Captain Alvah Philbrook, Co. D, 24th Wisconsin Infantry, USA

1830

  • April 21: Alvah Philbrook was born in Ossipee, New Hampshire to parents John and Ann Philbrook.

1846

  • March: Alvah Philbrook graduated from the Thornton Academy in Saco, ME.

1850

  • September 11: The U.S. Federal Census showed 19-year-old Alvah, a machinist, living with his parents and siblings in Biddeford, Maine.

1853

  • January 5: Alvah Philbrook married Caroline Manning in Boston, Massachusetts. Caroline was the daughter of Cephas Manning, an inventor and master railway mechanic.

1854

  • May 18: Daughter Caroline Alice Philbrook was born.

1856

  • The Philbrook family relocated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

1860

  • June 21:  The U.S.Federal C ensus enumerated Milwaukee, WI showed Alvah, machinist on railroad, and Caroline living with their daughter, Caroline, age 6. Also living with the family was an 18-year-old domestic servant named Anna Staggemann.

1862

  • August 9: Milwaukee Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  • August 14:  Milwaukee Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  • August 21: Alvah enlists in the U.S. Army.

1864

  • January 11: Milwaukee Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  • November 30:  Captain Alvah Philbrook fought in the Battle of Franklin. He was killed in action.

1865

  • January 23: Milwaukee Sentinel, Milwaukee Wisconsin.