Hackler, Melville G.
| Birth Name | Hackler, Melville G. |
| Gender | male |
| Age at Death | 78 years, 2 months, 4 days |
Events
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| Birth | September 23, 1843 | Henry County, Missouri, United States | Missouri | |
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| Death | November 27, 1921 | Reno County, Kansas, United States | Kansas | |
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| Burial | 1921 | Stafford, Stafford County, Kansas, USA | Peace Creek Cemetery | |
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Relation to the center person (Claunch, William Nathan) : second great granduncle
Parents
| Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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| Father | Hackler, George | November 3, 1803 | November 18, 1855 | |
| Mother | Boyer, Frances | October 1, 1810 | October 20, 1872 | |
| Sister | Hackler, Sarah Elizabeth Jane | 1835 | 1892 | |
| Sister | Hackler, Nancy Matilda | May 27, 1832 | September 14, 1875 | |
| Brother | Hackler, Conrad M. | October 29, 1833 | April 3, 1896 | |
| Brother | Hackler, Troy | January 15, 1836 | May 5, 1906 | |
| Brother | Hackler, William Creed | September 3, 1838 | February 17, 1916 | |
| Hackler, Melville G. | September 23, 1843 | November 27, 1921 | ||
| Brother | Hackler, Wiley Reece | May 10, 1846 | July 12, 1913 | |
| Brother | Hackler, Fielden | December 26, 1849 | August 1, 1920 | |
| Brother | Hackler, Henry | 1831 | August 14, 1863 |
Narrative
Civil War Service:
BATTLE UNIT NAME: 8th Battalion, Missouri Infantry
SIDE: Confederacy
COMPANY: D
SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Corporal
SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Corporal
ALTERNATE NAME:
FILM NUMBER:
M380 ROLL 6
PLAQUE NUMBER:
NOTES:
https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=046AF2A3-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A
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Civil War Service:
Corporal, Company D, Musser's Battalion
8th Missouri Infantry
Enlisted July 1, 1862 in Maysville, Arkansas by Colonel Cockrell
Company Muster roll dated Dec 62 to Jan 63
Company Muster roll dated Mar/Apr 63
Research Notes from Mary Louise Claunch
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Unit Details:
9th Regiment, Missouri Infantry
OVERVIEW:
9th (Clark's) Infantry Regiment [also called 2nd Regiment] was organized in November, 1862, by consolidating the 8th Infantry Battalion and the Missouri companies of Clarkson's Missouri Cavalry Battalion. The two Arkansas companies of this regiment seceded and merged into Buster's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion. The unit served in D.M. Frost's, J.B. Clark's, and C.S. Mitchell's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department. It fought at Prairie Grove, lost 4 killed and 108 woundedat Pleasant Hill, and sustained 52 casualties at Jenkins' Ferry. The regiment disbanded in the spring of 1865. Its commanders were John B. Clark, Jr.,' Lieutenant Colonels M. W. Buster and Richard H. Musser; and Majors Richard Gaines. Harry H. Hughes, and J. Quin Morton.
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Biographical Sketch:
Died at age 78. Melville shares a headstone with his wife, Margaret E.
Married Margaret Ellen Corcoran in 1868. Melville was 25 years old. Their children:
George Hackler (1868-1868). Died at age 1 month. No cemetery.
William Hackler (1869-1869). Died at age 2 months. No cemetery.
Thomas "Henry" Hackler (1870-1944). Died at age 73. See below.
James Monroe Hackler (1876-1877). Died at age 2 months. No cemetery.
Edgar Hackler (1878-1878). Died as an infant. No cemetery.
Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Hackler (1879-1881). Died at age 2. See below.
Anna Gertrude Hackler Loney (1881-1967). Died at age 85. See below.
Ida (twin) Hackler (1885-1885). Died as an infant. See below.
Ada (twin) Hackler (1885-1885). Died as an infant. Memorial #101985213.
Ned Fielden Hackler (1886-1976). Died at age 89. See below.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97958151/melville-g_-hackler
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