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Captain George Sharpe Elcock


Captain Elcock
Commanding Co. E 14th Regt. N.Y.S.M.

Born: August 16, 1842.

Died: May 15, 1918 at 5:30AM (75 years of age) of Chronic Myocarditis Arteriosclerosis.

Place of Death: 26 Halsey Street, Brooklyn, New York (at home).

Doctor: Francis B. Doyle practicing medicine at 145 6th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York.

Undertaker: Chas. J. Barr at 1256 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, New York.

Buried:

Death Certificate Number: 11735.

Description: Height: 5 foot, 8 inches.
Complexion: Dark.
Eyes: Grey.
Hair: Light Colored.

Occupation: Clerk.
Steampipes. Located at 1 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York.

Enlisted: April 18, 1861 as 2nd Lieutenant, Co. E (19 years of age).

Commissioned: 2nd Lieutenant in 14th Militia on May 6, 1861.
With Rank from April 29, 1861.

Mustered In: May 28, 1861 in Washington.

Elected: 1st Lieutenant August 4, 1861.
William H. Middleton discharged for disability on July 29, 1861.
Commissioned 1st Lieutenant in 14th Militia on August 12, 1861. With Rank from August 4, 1861.
Promoted to Captain February 22, 1862.

Captain William L.B. Stears resigned (discharged for disability) on December 11, 1861.

Mustered Out:- June 6, 1864.

Wounded: 1st Bull Run (no other information regarding this wound).
Gettysburg - slightly in the left breast by gunshot. Treated by Dr. Duffield, Surgeon of 7th Indiana.

Captured: 2nd Bull Run on August 28 or 29, 1862.
Prisoner of War for 6 weeks.
Confined to Prince William County, Virginia.
Paroled at Aikens Landing on September 24, 1862.
Arrived at Camp Parole, Maryland September 26, 1862.
Reported to Camp Parole October 24, 1862.
Exchanged for Confederate Captain on October 31, 1862.

Absences: Hospital November 1861.

Sick Leave to Brooklyn December 25, 1861 through February 1862. A letter was written to General George McClellan on December 24, 1861 requesting sick leave, which the General approved.
Recruiting Detail December 29, 1863 through April 17, 1864.

Married:Mildred Davis.

Marriage Date: June 18, 1873.

Died: June 24, 1874.

Buried: Section 11, Lot 02650, Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

Married:Julia E. Rose.

Born:February 27, 1854.

Marriage Date: November 14, 1878.

Died: March 18, 1901.

Buried: Section 11, Lot 02650, Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

Married:Jane Keasey Murray.

Born: 1862.

Marriage Date: January 29, 1908 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

  • Previously married to Calvin Detrick on February 23, 1882. Husband died February 18, 1905

    Died: 1957 (aged 95 years).

    Buried: Section 132, Lot 34130, Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

    Father: James R. Elcock.

    Born: February 5, 1809 in the United States of America.

    Died: November 21, 1889 (aged 80 years).

    Buried: Section 11, Lot 02650, Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

    Mother: Jane Sharpe.

    Born: March 3, 1816 in the United States of America.

    Died: May 18, 1900 (aged 84 years).

    Buried: Section 11, Lot 02650, Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

    Sister: Carrie Elcock.

    Married: 1st Lieutenant Addison D. Martin.

    Died: June 8, 1919.

    Buried: Section 11, Lot 02650, Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

    Children (all born to Julia E. Rose):
    William R. Elcock born December 16, 1879. Moved to Detroit, Michigan.
    Estelle E. Plowright born November 8, 1881 of Brooklyn.

    Last Known Addresses:
    572 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, New York.
    162 Cuimberland Street, Brooklyn, New York.
    26 Halsey Street, Brooklyn, New York.


    An Article from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle November 20th, 1861:

    
    

    Obituary

    
    

  • Captain Elcock is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York; Section 132, Lot 34130.
    Sources:
    The History of the Fighting Fourteenth by Tevis & Marquis.
    Military and Pension Records from the National Archives.
    Gravesite at Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.
    Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

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