Ephraim E. Brown
: Company C, 64th Regiment, NY State Volunteers. Age 18 years, enlisted December 6, 1861 at Otto to serve three years; mustered in as Private on Dec. 9, 1861; promoted Corporal, December 29, 1862; Sergeant, October 15, 1863; wounded in action, May 12, 1864 at Spotsylvania, VA; discharged, December 5, 1864; again enlisted December 6, 1864; mustered out February 3, 1865 at Elmira, NYReference: "Adjutant General's Report, 1901"
"Eph" carved his own monument from stone on his property and this photo shows him standing next to it. He is buried in Englishville Cemetery, Plainfield Township, Kent County, MI.
Photo of "Eph" when he was in his 80s - wearing his medals.
Photos of Eph next to his monument and the one of him when he was in his 80s were submitted by Pam Hudek. Eph was her great-great-uncle.
Photo of Ephraim as a young man, in uniform, submitted by Pat Murphy, great-great niece of Ephraim
