Van Alstyne, George Washington

1859 - 1937  (~ 26 years)

• Name	Van Alstyne, George Washington
  Born	From 1819 to 1859
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch Id	L4BJ-JM7
  Died	From 1845 to 1937
  Buried	1929	West Webster Cemetery, Webster, Monroe, New York, United States
  Person ID	I678	USA
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	Van Alstyne, Abraham,   b. 2 Apr 1804,   d. 2 Jan 1860, Webster, Monroe, New York, United States  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Staats, Dorcas Whitbeck,   b. 20 Nov 1810, Stuyvesant, New York ,   d. 11 Jan 1881  (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F372	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Whiting, Celia,   b. 1850, Webster, Monroe, New York, United States
  Married	14 Oct 1869	Webster, Monroe, New York, United States
  Notes	1870 Celia Ann Vanalstyne in the 1870 United States Federal Census Name: Celia Ann Vanalstyne Age in 1870: 19 Birth Year: abt 1851 Birthplace: New York Married with in the year-month: October Home in 1870: Webster, Monroe, New York Race: White Gender: Female Post Office: West Webster Value of real estate: View image Household Members: Name Age Washington Vanalstyne 28 Celia Ann Vanalstyne 19 Source Citation Year: 1870; Census Place: Webster, Monroe, New York; Roll: M593_971; Page: 459B; Image: 134244; Family History Library Film: 552470 © 2017, Ancestry.com http://search.ancestry.com/search/collections/1870usfedcen/23871899/printer-friendly?tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&rhSource=7667 Actual Image: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7163/4275077_00217?pid=23871899&backurl=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db%3D1870usfedcen%26indiv%3Dtry%26h%3D23871899%26indivrecord%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2021
  Family ID	F366	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  George Washington Van Alstyne served a valiant and colorful role in the U.S. Civil War. he enlisted with the Union Army August 12, 1862 with Company C, 4th Heavy Artillary, New York. He was honorably discharged June 13, 1865. G.W. Van Alstyne served in grading the United States Capitol at Washington DC. He served under General Hancok in the famous battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Ann, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and at the seige and blowing up of part of Petersburg and Deep Bottom, Reams Station on the Weldon Railroad, where he was taken as prisoner. George W. was held prisoner six weeks at Bell Island prison, the transferred to Saulsbury prison, North Carolina where he was held until February 22, 1865, when he was parolled.