Collection #

M0904

William p. mallonee
family materials, ca. 1860–1917

Collection Information

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Contents

Cataloging Information

Processed by

Brent Abercrombie and Dorothy Nicholson
June 2007

Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269

www.indianahistory.org

COLLECTION INFORMATION

VOLUME OF COLLECTION:	1 Manuscript Box
COLLECTION DATES:	Ca. 1860–1917
PROVENANCE:	Betty J. Freeland, Howe, Indiana, November 2, 2005
RESTRICTIONS:	None
COPYRIGHT:
REPRODUCTION RIGHTS:	Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society.
ALTERNATE FORMATS:
RELATED HOLDINGS:
ACCESSION NUMBER:	2006.0004
NOTES:

BIOGRAPHiCAL SKETCH

William P. Mallonee was born on January 30, 1840 in Ohio, and as a youth moved to Decatur, Indiana in Adams County.  On August 28, 1862, Mallonee enlisted as a Private in the “H” Company of the 89^th Indiana Infantry.  He served with the Union Army for nearly three years, and in that time was promoted to Corporal.  After the war, William married Rachel Archbold.  William died January 2, 1902 less than a month before his 62^nd birthday. 

Sources:

http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&1962831.  6/11/2007

http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1900usfedcen%2c&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=William+P.&gsln=Mallonee.  6/11/2007.

http://content.ancestrylibrary.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=4654&path=T288_311-2873.1&ln=William%20P.%20Mallonee&st=r&pid=2008085&rc=&zp=100.  6/12/2007.

Information found within the collection.  

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The collection contains two Civil War journals, 1863–1875, with portions of the journal transcribed (July 1863–Oct. 1865).  It documents his experiences during the war and to the final days of the war, to his journey home, his homecoming, his wedding, and the move to his farm. There is also a written and transcribed poem by William Brokaw, 1865, a friend of William Mallonee.  Also in the collection are two letters written to William’s future wife Rachel Archbold, 1864–1865, a Rachel Mallonee pension certificate, 3 supplement slips with envelope (ca. 1902–1917), 2 loan payment receipts (1909), and 2 deeds with a mortgage (ca. 1861–1911).  There are also seven Mallonee family photographs identified by the donor of William, his wife Rachel, and two of their daughters Margaret and Ida, and William’s brother Thomas (2 cased images, 3 tintypes, 1, postcard, and 1 cabinet card).   

CONTENTS

CONTENTS	CONTAINER
William Mallonee Transcribed Journal, July 16, 1863–October 31, 1865	Box 1, Folder 1
William Mallonee Civil War Journals, ca. 1863–1876	Box 1, Folder 2
Mallonee Pension and Legal Papers, ca. 1861–1917	Box 1, Folder 3
William Mallonee Letters to Rachel, 1864–1865 William Brokaw Poem, 1865	Box 1, Folder 4
Mallonee Family Tintypes: William Mallonee in uniform with rifle Rachel Archbold [cased image] Rachel and William Mallonee [cased image] Thomas Mallonee, brother of William Margaret and Ida Mallonee, daughters of Rachel and William ca. 1860–1870	Box 1, Folder 5
Mallonee Family Photos: William Mallonee, ca. 1880 Group photo with Rachel Mallonee, two of her daughters Ida and Ada, son-in-law James Hoagland and nephew Marion Hoagland, ca. 1910 Photocopy of daughters Etta, Ida, Ada, and Margaret Mallonee	Box 1, Folder 6

CATALOGING INFORMATION

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