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Daniel Opliger

Daniel Opliger

Male 1811 - 1864  (53 years)

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  • Name Daniel Opliger  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
    Birth 1811  Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 Jul 1864  General Hospital No. 6, New Albany, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 15
    • Died of typhoid fever contracted in service and in line of duty as a soldier in the Civil War. [15, 16]
    Burial Bethel-Wallen Cemetery, Washington Township, Allen, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Headstone of Daniel Opliger and Nancy Andrew
    Headstone of Daniel Opliger and Nancy Andrew
    Image file from the Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Allen County Indiana Cemetery Project website.
    Headstone of Daniel Opliger and Nancy Andrew
    Headstone of Daniel Opliger and Nancy Andrew
    Image file from the Find A Grave website (findagrave.com), submitted by jim crick on 21 August 2010.
    Notes 
    • of Germany [17]
    Person ID I1401  The John and Tuly Huntington Family
    Last Modified 26 Sep 2021 

    Family 1 Harriet Ashley,   b. 3 Dec 1810, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 May 1846 (Age 35 years)  [12, 17, 18, 19
    Children 
     1. George W. Opliger,   b. Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Rebecca Ann Opliger,   b. 4 Sep 1845, Washington Township, Allen, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1924, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F620  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Sep 2021 

    Family 2 Nancy Andrew,   b. 1823, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Apr 1903 (Age 80 years)  [13, 14, 15, 16
    Marriage 14 Apr 1850  Allen County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    Notes 
    • It was believed that Rebecca Ann Opliger was the eldest daughter and third child of Daniel and Nancy Opliger. [14]
    Family ID F621  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Mar 2016 

  • Photos
    Daniel Opliger (born 1811)
    Daniel Opliger (born 1811)

    Documents
    Military Pension File for Daniel Opliger
    Military Pension File for Daniel Opliger
    From the National Archives and Records Administration, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, Record Group 15, National Archives Identifier 300020, Roll WC101621-WC101639. Image files obtained March 2016 from the Fold3.com website.
    1860 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), Washington Township, Allen, Indiana; Sheet 247
    1860 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), Washington Township, Allen, Indiana; Sheet 247
    Dwelling 75, Family 75, Lines 35-39, Household of Daniel Opliger; 6 June 1860; National Archives Microfilm M653, Roll 243. Image file from the Ancestry.com website.
    1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), Washington Township, Allen, Indiana; Sheet 158B
    1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), Washington Township, Allen, Indiana; Sheet 158B
    Dwelling 1146, Family 1158, Lines 13-17, Household of Daniel Opliger; 25 September 1850; National Archives Microfilm M432, Roll 135. Image file from the Ancestry.com website.
    'Celebrate Golden Wedding'
    "Celebrate Golden Wedding"
    The Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana), 6 July 1912, page 6, columns 6 and 7.

  • Sources 
    1. [S19] Death Certificate for Rebecca Ann Ervin.
      Name recorded as "Daniel Opliger"

    2. [S21] Headstone of Daniel Opliger and Nancy Andrew.
      Name recorded as "Daniel Opliger"

    3. [S25] Headstone of Harriet Opliger.
      Name recorded as "Daniel Opliger"

    4. [S44] Alfred B. Rondot, Eugene Frank Rondot of Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana: Genealogy, (Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1979), 34, 929.2 R6653204R.
      Name recorded as "Daniel Opliger"

    5. [S123] 1860 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), Washington Township, Allen, Indiana; Sheet 247, Dwelling 75, Family 75, Lines 35-39.
      Name recorded as "Daniel Opliger"

    6. [S136] 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), Washington Township, Allen, Indiana; Sheet 158B, Dwelling 1146, Family 1158, Lines 13-17.
      Name recorded as "Daniel Opliger"

    7. [S1643] Military Pension File for Daniel Opliger.
      Name recorded as "Daniel Opliger"

    8. [S1650] Obituary for Nancy Opliger.
      Name recorded as "Daniel Opliger"

    9. [S1652] "Celebrate Golden Wedding," The Fort Wayne Sentinel, 6 July 1912.
      Name recorded as "Daniel Opliger"

    10. [S1780] Jane A. (Griswold) Potter, oldest grandchild of John Ashley, "The Ashley Record", (dictated to Ethel Letcher at Niles, Berrien, Michigan, in March, 1900).
      Name recorded as "Daniel Opliger"

    11. [S2576] Probate case file for John Ashley, Allen County, Indiana.
      Name recorded as "Daniel Opliger"

    12. [S19] Death Certificate for Rebecca Ann Ervin.

    13. [S21] Headstone of Daniel Opliger and Nancy Andrew.

    14. [S44] Alfred B. Rondot, Eugene Frank Rondot of Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana: Genealogy, (Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1979), 34, 929.2 R6653204R.

    15. [S1643] Military Pension File for Daniel Opliger.

    16. [S1650] Obituary for Nancy Opliger.

    17. [S1780] Jane A. (Griswold) Potter, oldest grandchild of John Ashley, "The Ashley Record", (dictated to Ethel Letcher at Niles, Berrien, Michigan, in March, 1900).

    18. [S25] Headstone of Harriet Opliger.

    19. [S2576] Probate case file for John Ashley, Allen County, Indiana.