Lyman Sackett1

(c 1824-1873)
Lyman Sackett, whose parents have not been identified, was born in New York StateG in about 1824. He died in Cherry Grove, Goodhue County, MinnesotaG, on 28 August 18732 and was buried at the Comstock Family Cemetery, Cherry GroveG.2 He married in about 1848, Lucinda Kelsey.
     Lyman Sackett served as a Union soldier in the 1st Regiment, Minnesota Heavy Artillery, in the American Civil War.3,4
     In 1860 Lyman was living in Cherry Grove, Goodhue County, MinnesotaG, and was recorded in the census as Lyman Sackett, a farmer, aged 35, and born in New York State. Living with him were his wife Lucinda, 32, also born in New York State, and sons, Irwin, 11, and Maurice, aged one year.5
     In 1870 he was living in Cherry Grove, Goodhue County, MinnesotaG, and was recorded as Lyman Sacket, a farmer, aged 50, and born in New York State. Living with him were his wife Lucinda, 43, and children, Edmund/Edward?, 11, Mary A, 7, and Sarah, aged three.6

Children of Lyman Sackett and Lucinda Kelsey

 Notes & Citations

  1. Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, not recorded.
  2. Website Minnesota Burials database (John Dalby) (MyFamily.com), "Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index, Cherry Grove, Goodhue County, Comstock Family Cemetery, Lyman Sackett, d. 28 Aug 1873, age 49."
  3. Website American Civil War database (National Park Service) (www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/index.html), "Sackett, Lyman, Union, 1st Regiment, Minnesota Heavy Artillery."
  4. Website Civil War Veterans database (John Dalby) (ancestry.com), "Minnesota Civil War Soldiers, Sackett, Lyman, pvt, age 40, induction 11 Feb 1865, Heavy Artillery, b. New York, residence Cherry Grove, Goodhue County, Minnesota, discharge 27 Sep 1865."
  5. 1860 United States Federal Census, M653_570/193
    Cherry Grove, Goodhue County, Minnesota
    Lyman Sackett, 35, farmer, $640, $270, b. NY
    Lucinda Sackett, 32, b. NY
    Irwin Sackett, 11, male, b. NY
    Maurice Sackett, 1, b. MN.
  6. 1870 United States Federal Census, M593_4/81/577
    Cherry Grove, Goodhue County, Minnesota
    Sacket, Lyman, 50, farmer, $1,200, $375, b. NY
    Sacket, Lucinda, 43, keeping house, b. NY
    Sacket, Edmund/Edward?, 11, at home, b. MN
    Sacket, Mary A, 7, at home, b. MN
    Sacket, Sarah, 3, at home, b. MN.
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