Peter Dibean (Sr.)
(-)
Peter Dibean (Jr.)
(1817-1865)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Mary Till De Droit-Strait

Peter Dibean (Jr.) 20

  • Born: 1817, Canada
  • Married: 5 Dec 1840, St. Mary's Church, Burlington, Chittenden County, VT 18,19
  • Died: 14 Jan 1865, Pontiac, Oakland County, MI 21

   Cause of his death 

  • Disease & starvation from being a POW   during the Civil War.

   Military Service Notes:

In 1861 (the start of the Civil War), along with his son Alexander, Peter Dibean enlisted in the Michigan 5th Infantry in Company "D" Fort Wayne, Detroit from Oakland County August 23, 1861 for three years at age 44, mustered August 28, 1861. He was part of the force that was guarding Washington DC as well as carrying out missions in the State of Virginia. September 24, 1862 Peter was discharged for medical reasons at Fort Ward, Virginia and returned to Michigan.

After returning to Michigan Peter enlisted in Michigan 8th Cavalry in November of 1862. Served in both Company "C" and Company "D." He served with the 8th Cavalry in campaigns throughout the southern states until being captured while in battle in the State of Georgia.

Taken prisoner on August 3, 1864 at Clinton, Georgia on the Stoneman Raid and imprisoned in Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, Georgia. Peter remained in prison until December 1864 was placed in a military hospital in Virginia. Just before Christmas he was "given a furlough" and returned home to Pontiac, MI. He died two weeks after being released, on January 14, 1865. At time of release from prison he weighed 68 pounds and wasn't able to walk, all a result of disease & being starved while in prison at Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, Georgia.

 

   Events:

• Service Record, 1861-1865, Civil War (*See Notes). 22

• Burial, 16 Jan 1865, Mt. Hope Cemetery, Pontiac, Oakland County, MI (Sec 1, Lot 125, Grave B). 23

Peter married Mary Till De Droit-Strait on 5 Dec 1840 in St. Mary's Church, Burlington, Chittenden County, VT 18.,19 (Mary Till De Droit-Strait was born in 1825 in Canada and died on 4 Feb 1865 in Pontiac, Oakland County, MI 24.)

   Marriage Notes:

Peter Dibien & Mary Till De Droit (H-----?)
were married on 5 Dec 1840.

Witnesses:
were Cypnan?/Cyman? DeDroit & John Varenault.

(Signed)
Jeremiah O Callaghan.

SOURCE: Marriage Record, St. Mary's Cathedral, Burlington, VT.