Part of James Lincoln Heath Pension, Dewitt, Clinton County, Michigan

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My step grandfather's, grandfathers

Civil War Pension statement contains the following information: 

James Lincoln Heath was born in Feb 1835 in Livingston Co. New York. He 
married Sarah Priestly in Livingston County. On the 13th of Feb. 1862 he 
joined the Union Army in St. Paul, Minn. He served in the Minn. Sharp 
Shooters as a private in 2nd Co. He was discharged in Washington D.C. in 
May 1864, when he enlisted again and served in the Adjt. Genl Office in 
Washington until 1866. He states that he resided in Dewitt Michigan until 
1886. In 1886 he moved to Knox County, Tennessee where he bought a farm. 
He had two sons that I know of  Charles L. Heath Sr. who became a local 
doctor in Tennessee. The other son James went back and forth from Tennessee 
to Michigan. He seemed to be a logger. One letter home to his mother 
mentions Loomis relatives in Michigan. I have school cards from the 1870s 
presented to son Charles for excellence, signed by teachers who  I 
believe taught in Dewitt. One is signed by a woman with the last name of 
Knapp. I do not know what became of son James the logger. James L. 
Heath and wife Sarah are buried in Knox County,. Tennessee near Knoxville. 

Sincerely: Toni Jollay Prevost, information contributed in loving memory 
for Charles L. Heath Jr.