Charles Leuthart, a native of
Switzerland, was born April 4, 1830. He emigrated to this country in 1859, and
made his home in Floyd Co., in 1865. His father, John Leuthart is
deceased, as is also his mother Elizabeth (Viliger) Leuthart. Nov. 1860,
he was married in Louisville, Ky., to Mary Rosenberger who was
born in 1842, in Clark Co., Ind. She
was a daughter of the late Adam and Deborah (Rosenberger) Rosenberger,
deceased. Seven children have blessed this union born the order here given: John
dec., Joseph, Nicholas, Frank P., Charles, Eliza
and Valentine. Our subject was engaged in farming and was 31 years old
when the war broke out; he enlisted in the Union army during the fall of 1861,
at Louisville, Ky., in Co. B, 4th Ky. Cav. He was promoted to Corp.,
and to Sergt., and so served in the battles of Lebanon, Stone River, Lookout
Mt., Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Nashville and Wilson’s Raid. He was
stricken with typhoid fever and was cared for in hospital in 1862, at Nashville
for three months and at Louisville, Ky., the same length of time. He was
honorable discharged from his enlistment in winter of 1863-64 to re-enlist as a
veteran, thus obtaining a veteran’s furlough of thirty days. He was finally
honorably discharged Aug. 1865, at Macon, Ga.
Comrade Leuthart is a member of Sanderson Post, 191, his occupation is
that of a farmer and his address is Navelton, Ind.
From the book, Presidents, Soldiers, Statesmen Vol. II
H.H. Hardesty, Publisher
N.Y., Toledo, Chicago
1893
Pg. 1205
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