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George Armstrong Custer 1839 – 1876 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Dec 1839

Birth Location: New Rumley, Harrison, Ohio USA

Death Date: 25 Jun 1876

Death Location: Little Big Horn Battle Site, Big Horn County, Montana, USA

Father: Emannuel Custer

Mother: Marie Kirkpatrick

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Bacon, Mo-nah-se-tah Custer

Children(s): Eva Custer, Emma Custer, Emmanuel Custer, Charles Custer, James Custer, Eliza Custer, Josiah Custer, Custer None, Eliza Custer

The birth of George Armstrong Custer General took place in 1839 in New Rumley, Harrison, Ohio USA, to Emannuel Henry Custer and Marie Ward CUSTER Kirkpatrick. George Armstrong Custer General married Elizabeth Clift CUSTER Bacon and Mo-nah-se-tah (long debated Cheyenne Princess) Custer, and together they had Eva Custer, Emma M Custer, Emmanuel Custer, Charles Custer, James Custer, Eliza Jane Custer, Josiah Steele Yellow Bird Custer, Custer and Eliza Jane Custer. George Armstrong Custer General's death occurred in 1876 in Little Big Horn Battle Site, Big Horn County, Montana, USA.

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Parents

Emannuel Custer
1806 – 1892
Birth Location: Cresaptown, Allegany, Maryland, United States
EC
Marie Kirkpatrick
1807 – 1882
Birth Location: Burgettstown, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States,
MK

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Bacon
1842 – 1933
Birth Location: Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States
EB
Mo-nah-se-tah Custer
1851 – 1922
Birth Location: Texas
MC

Children(s)

Eva Custer
1866 –
Birth Location: Ohio, United States
EC
Emma Custer
1869 –
Birth Location: Ohio, United States
EC
Emmanuel Custer
1870 –
Birth Location: Ohio, United States
EC
Charles Custer
1871 –
Birth Location: Ohio, United States
CC
James Custer
1875 –
Birth Location: Ohio, United States
JC
Eliza Custer
Birth Location: –
EC
Josiah Custer
1869 –
Birth Location: Texas
JC
Custer None
1869 –
Birth Location: –
C
Eliza Custer
1869 –
Birth Location: Roswell, Chaves, New Mexico, United States
EC

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 5 Dec 1839
    Event Place: New Rumley, Harrison, Ohio USA
    Record Source: American Civil War Soldiers, Family Data Collection - Births, Family Data Collection - Individual Records, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current, Web: New York, Find A Grave Index, 1660-2012, Side served: Union; State served: Regular Army; Enlistment date: 24 Jun 1861, Birth year: 1839; Birth city: New Rumley; Birth state: OH

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: Sep 1873
    Event Place: North Dakota
    Record Source: U.S., Returns from Military Posts, 1806-1916, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916; Microfilm Serial: M617; Microfilm Roll: 628

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1907-1907
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: Handy Book of American Authors, 1907

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: Official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1861-1865

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 25 Jun 1876
    Event Place: Little Big Horn Battle Site, Big Horn County, Montana, USA
    Record Source: American Civil War Soldiers, Family Data Collection - Individual Records, U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current, Web: New York, Find A Grave Index, 1660-2012, Side served: Union; State served: Regular Army; Enlistment date: 24 Jun 1861, Birth year: 1839; Birth city: New Rumley; Birth state: OH

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Little Big Horn Battle Site, Big Horn County, Montana, USA; then West Point, Orange County, New York
    Record Source: U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current, Web: New York, Find A Grave Index, 1660-2012
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