John Henry W. Hespe
Parents
| Father | [unknown] |
| Mother | [unknown] |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 29 May 2010; Last Edited: 20 November 2021 |
| Person ID | 595 |
| Name | John Henry W. Hespe |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | ca. 1835 in Bremen, Germany1, 2 |
| Married | to Julia Ann _____2 |
| Died | 22 January 18651, 3 |
| Buried | in Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, New London County, Connecticut1 |
Biography
Henry is listed as a musician in the 1860 census and in the record book of interments at Fort Trumbull, Connecticut. The entry in this record book was made in 1879, listing his unit as 3rd US Artillery and date of death as 22 January 1865. The book also indicates that there was no post cemetery at Fort Trumbull and that interments were in New London cemeteries. In fact, he is interred at Cedar Grove cemetery, New London.3
One index at Ancestry.com shows that he drowned, but the actual source document has not been identified. His unit, the 3rd Artillery Regiment, served under the XXV Army Corps, 3rd Division, Artillery Brigade, at the second battle of Fort Fischer, North Carolina, 15-16 January 1865. The next reference to his unit is in February 1865 in Wilmington, North Carolina. It may be that he drowned sometime during the transit to Wilmington.
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Julia Ann _____ |
| Born | ca. 1836 in Ireland |
| Married | to John Henry W. Hespe |
| Children | of John Henry W. Hespe and Julia Ann _____: |
| +1. | Victoria E. Hespe |
| Born | February 1858 in Massachusetts |
| Married | ca. 1892 to Moses Allen Strickland |
| Died | 22 March 1904 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut |
| 2. | Henry Hespe |
| Born | 29 January 1863 in New London, New London County, Connecticut |
| Died | 11 September 1864 |
Sources
- Headstone, Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Connecticut, Henry Hespe, died 22 Jan. 1865, aged 20 years (a three line epitaph is heavily worn and unreadable). Above his name are the words My Husband.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Connecticut, Hartford County, Hartford, Page 44.
- Record Book of Interments at Fort Trumbull, Connecticut, Lieut. G. P. Cottere, 4th Arty, July 3rd, 1879.