Oliver Rasnake

Biography
Born	06/06/1836
Birth Location	Russell Co.
Died	01/17/1908
Death Location	Stearns Co., MN
Father	Elijah Jr. Rasnake
Mother	Martha Hobbs
Married	4/8/1855 6/2/1879 (Minnesota)
Spouses	Margaret J. Duty Emily Frances Pressley
Military Units
16th Cavalry
Ferguson's Battalion
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
16th Cavalry
Page 2.jpg
Page 3.jpg
Ferguson's Cavalry
Page 2.jpg
Misc
dickenson_county_herald_8-30-1928b.jpg

Census Information: 1850: 770, Age 13 1860: Not found 1870: Meeker Co., MN, Collinwood 2, Age 34 1880: Stearns Co., MN, Avon 65, Age 43 1900: Stearns Co., MN (1905), Age 1910: DEAD 1920: DEAD 1930: DEAD

Miscellaneous Information: Newspaper mentions: St. Paul Globe, 4/28/1897 Nordstern (St. Cloud) Reporting Avon News, 1/20/1908 St. Cloud Times (MN), 1/22/1908 St. Cloud (MN) Journal-Press, 1/23/1908 Little Falls Herald, 1/24/1908 Notes: Death record has mother as Martha Gilbert. In MN by 1866. Obituary online

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record
Card 1 Private, Capt. Charles E. Stevenson's Company, Ferguson's Battalion Cavalry Appears on a muster roll for Aug. 4, 1862 (Dated Aug. 4, 1862) Enlisted: When: Aug. 5 Where: Lebanon, Va By whom: Maj. Cecil Period: 3 Last paid: By whom: To what time: Present or absent: Present Remarks:	Card 2 Private, Company A, 16th Virginia Cavalry Appears on a Report of Rebel Deserters surrendered in the limits of the Deptmt. of West Va., for the month of April, 1865. Report dated Headquarters Deptmt. West Va., Cumberland, Md., May 18, 1865. Height: 5 ft. 9 in.; age 28 yrs; Complexion: Dark; eyes: Blue Hair: Brown; occupation: Farmer Remarks: Took oath & sent North Apl. 20, 1865	Card 3 [Oath of Allegiance. April 22, 1865. Signed by name.]