SGT L. P. CARVER, TANGIPAHOA PARISH, LA
Transcribed and Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Dr Belford Carver, Aug. 2000

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SGT. L. P. CARVER

LYMAN P. CARVER is one of eight Union soldiers buried in Greenlawn Cemetery in 
Hammond, LA.  The following is taken from the records of the state and national 
Archives:

Sgt. Carver was born in Nunda, NY, June 27, 1836.  At the time of his enlistment, he 
was a farmer, and his residence and address was Whitesville, Allegany Co., New York,
and he was single.  His parents were Julius and Polly Carver.

He was 25 years of age when he enlisted on September 2, 1861 in Whitesville for a 
three-year period.  He was mustered in September 6, 1861 as a corporal, in Company 
H, of the 8th Infantry.  He was mustered out January 23, 1865 as a sergeant at 
Elmira, New York.  His promotion date was March 1, 1862.  He was captured at 
Plymouth, NC, April 20, 1864, confined at Andersonville, GA, and escaped November 
10, 1864.  However, he fought no battles in the Hammond area.

His widow, Lucy E. Carver, filed an application for his pension in 1899.  They married
in Chicago, IL December 3, 1868.  One son was born to them around 1872, named 
Harry L. Carver.

In 1895, they moved to Hammond, bought 10 acres of land and began to farm it.  The 
value of the land was about $1,000 in 1899, and apparently it was not too 
productiveñ$50 to $75 per year income from it.  The pension was for $8.

Charles and Velora E. Griffin, in their affidavit dated November 13, 1899, stated they
had been neighbors of Lucy in Marengo, McHenry Co., IL since 1852.  They met Lyman 
in 1866 when he came to Marengo from New York.  They moved to Hammond in 1888, 
and the Carvers came in 1895 through their efforts.

L. P. died July 1, 1899 in Hammond, just a few days after his 63rd birthday.  A few 
years later, Lucy married George R. Pollock, on January 19, 1905, in Hammond.  
George died on March 22, 1929, in Dexter, County of Chaves, New Mexico.  From Lucy's
death certificate, it appears they moved to New Mexico in 1905.

Lucy Carver Pollock died in Dexter, NM, July 20, 1937; and is buried in Hagerman, NM. 
Her father was Dan Lombard and her mother was Laura Porter, both of New York.  Lucy
was born August 10, 1848, in Marengo, IL.  She died at the age of 88 years, 11 
months, and 10 days, primarily of cerebral embolism.

Harry L. Carverís name appears on a general affidavit dated May 24, 1929, signed in 
Dexter, Chaves Co., NM, as a resident of Dexter.

Harry sold for $25 a 5 acre plot of land in Hammond to Addison J. Dietze in 1900.  
Lucy and her son sold for $850 their 10 acres of land in 1902 to H. P. Meloy.  I have no
information on where she lived between 1902 and her moving to New Mexico in 1905.

Minnie B. Deitz and Addison J. Deitz also signed an affidavit in behalf of Lucy.  They 
stated they had been acquainted with Lucy since she was a child, and lived as 
neighbors ever since.  They met Lyman about two years before his marriage to Lucy.  I
would assume they were from Illinois based on their statements.

Sgt. Carver is buried in the oldest section of the cemetery, near seven other Union 
veterans of the Civil War.  His grave number is: 1-1-180-A, no dates.  His headstone 
is engraved:

SGT. 
L. P. CARVER 
CO.  H.
 85th N. Y.  INF

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Belford E. Carver, EdD
August 19, 2000