William Wesley Sturch served in the civil War. 24th Missouri Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) Company "H" - Enlisted at Jacksonport,Jackson Co., ARDear Troy,I finally got through William Wesley Sturch's pension file2/17/98, and got itdown to a more manageable size. I tried to put most pertinentinformation in the file. Left out many physician's affidavits, (quite afew over the period of time it covers) since they said mostly the samething. There is an affidavit from Richard Columbus Sturch in there.I guess my grandfather, James Wesley Scott, handled a lot of the stufffor Nancy Jane Meacham Sturch, the widow of Wm. Wesley. Found it quiteinteresting. Seems he had the same illness my son, Scott, has. Scott hasto take medication daily, and has bouts with his Crone’s Disease.(Colitis). William Wesley must have had a terrible time!!!Cousin Brenda Tengelins.James Wesley Scott of Salado, Arkansas wrote the following account on October 3, 1917. (James Wesley is the son of Amanda Caroline Sturch and Henry Scott}."Requested to write a short account of the life and ancestry of William W. Sturch, I pen the following:"William W. Sturch was the son of Richard and Elizabeth Sturch.Richard Sturch was born in Oxfordshire, England, April 10, 1791. When 11 years old he ran away from home and shipped for America. He followed the seafaring life until the war of 1812, between the United States and England, when he enlisted for the cause of his adopted land and served till the end of that war. In 1818 he visited his old home in Oxfordshire for the first time since his departure, his parents all these years thinking him dead. Here he remained for two years, returning then to the United States. He located in Rhode Island, where he drove stage seven years, then drifted along down the Atlantic Coast to South Carolina, where he married to Elizabeth, Dean, in 1827. Here the family lived until 1838, when they removed to the northe#^ |