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GEORGE F. ST. SURE, MD

 

George F. St. Sure, MD  (December 29, 1839 - May 9, 1892)

 

Georg Frderik Patrik Bolivar, born December 29, 1839 in Skummeslavs parish, Halland.

 

In the 1850 US Census he was listed as George St. Sure, age 11, born in Sweden. Fled Sweden in 1842 with his parents and two servants, apparently because of some financial irregularity. (per Jeannette St Cyr Andrews, one was a man the other was a woman.  See a link to her letter about the family here)

 

Jeannette St. Cyr Andrews confirms that he was born in Sweden.  My understand that he never had a family.  Please let me know if this is incorrect.

 

Odd that I do not see in the 1880 US Census a listing of any other St. Sure family members other than Charles, William and Franklin’s families. 

 

His is buried at Wildewood Cemetery in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.  The records have it as “St. Sure, George Blk 12 22   May 11, 1892 “

 

Here is another document from mother St. Sure  [sts0290.jpg] which starts out with the civil war experience of Adolph and George.  On the next page  [sts0291.jpg] she writes more about the “Wisconsin Volunteers”. 

 

According to the notes of Robert E. St.Sure (my Grandfather) made in the 1980's,  Lindsfelt's son, George St. Sure, who, like his father was a doctor who served in the Union Army. [sts0304.jpg] 

 

Grandpa says that "Dr. Adolf St. Sure had a son George who was also a surgeon in the Union Army with his father.  Dr. George St. Sure, 36 years younger than his father enlisted in the 16th Wisconsin Volunteers when that union was organized ..."    

  

These facts need to be checked.  There is no mention of a George St. Sure (or any other Lindfelt or Lindsfeldt) on Meeker's website for the 15th Wisconsin.  Grandpa writes the "16th Wisconsin Volunteers" - is that a "typo" or was there a 16th?  Why wouldn't he have joined his father - perhaps he did?  George is buried in the St. Sure lot in Sheboygan by the way. 

 

Grandpa continues "[he] was commissioned hospital steward.  Later he was transferred to the 17th Regiment which contained a Sheboygan Company and was promoted to First Assistant Surgeon"

 

"After his term of enlistment was over, he re-enlisted and was made a chief surgeon in the same army in which his father was medical [sts0305.jpg] director traveling with General Sherman on his famous march to the sea... her was mustered out of the army in 1865."

 

Mother St. Sure had a copy of the discharge papers for Dr. George St. Sure.  In her note  [sts0144.jpg] attached to it she writes “ Copy of discharge papers Dr. George St. Sure of Wisconsin.  Marched with General Sherman’s army.  Discharged after.  Dr. Frank St. Sure was Jeannette’s brother – both dead.  She sent me this copy long ago. “  Here is a one page handwritten copy of the service of George St. Sure [sts0257.jpg] in the 17th Wisconsin Volunteers. 

I am curious to learn more about family lore that Franklin St. Sure may have used/borrowed/taken his brother George St. Sure ‘s  Union Army identification after the war, perhaps in traveling out to California. 

 

According to one website [ http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war_us/wisconsin/index.html#1  ], George is listed as  being in the 17th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment  “George St.Shure;  Company:  E ; Rank In: Private , Rank Out:  Assistant Surgeon  

 

The 17th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was Organized at Madison, Wis., and mustered in March 15, 1862. Left State for St. Louis, Mo., March 23. At Benton Barracks until April 10. Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., April 10-14. Attached to 1st Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 1st Brigade, 6th Division, District of Corinth, Miss., to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 6th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, to July, 1865.  SERVICE.--Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30, 1862. Duty at Corinth until November. Near Ramer's Crossing, Mobile & Ohio Railroad, October 2 (Co. "A"). Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12. Moved to Grand Junction November 2. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign, operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad November 2, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Moved to Moscow, Tenn., January 3, thence to Memphis January 10, and to Young's Point, La., January 18. Moved to Lake Providence, La., February 8 and duty there until April 20. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 20-30. Battle of Port Gibson, Miss., May 1 (Reserve). Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Expedition to Mechanicsburg May 26-June 4. Moved to Natchez, Miss., July 12-13 and duty there until October 9. Expedition to Harrisonburg September 1-8. Trinity September 2. Near Harrisonburg and capture of Fort Beauregard September 4. Cross Bayou September 10. Moved to Vicksburg October 9 and duty there until March, 1864. Veterans on furlough March 8-April 21. Moved to Cairo, Ill., April 21-22, thence moved to Clifton, Tenn., May 4, and march to Ackworth, Ga., via Huntsville and Decatur, Ala., and Rome, Ga., May 5-June 8. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign June 8 to September 8. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Brush Mountain June 15. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Howell's Ferry July 5. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Leggett's or Bald Hill July 20-21. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel July 28. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Pocotaligo, S.C., January 14. Barker's Mills, Whippy Swamp, February 1. Salkehatchie Swamp February. 2-5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 12-13. Columbia February 16-17. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June, and there mustered out July 14, 1865.  Regiment lost during service 41 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 228 Enlisted men by disease. Total 269.

 

Found on the internet:

 

Wisconsin 17th Infantry

 

Mustered out July 14, 1865

 

St. Sure, George, Surgeon, Sheboygan, Wis.  From April 1865.

 

FROM

 

An Alphabetical List of the Battles of the War of the Rebellion By John Wesley Wells, Newton Allen Strait

 

Reprint. Originally pub.: Rev. ed. Washington, D.C. : G.M. Van Buren, 1883.

 

 

Here are some records and photos provided by Cousin J. 

 

George St. Sure 1890 Veterans Schedule

 

George St. Sure Grave Marker, Wildwood Cemetery

 

Wildwood Cemetery plots, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

 

Wildwood Cemetery, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

 

St. Sure Lindsfelt Plot #12 Wildwood Cemetery

 

Note that Cousin “P” says George’s stone is listed as

 

· George Dec. 29, 1839 - May 9, 1892 [GAR marker]

 

 

 

 Alcoholism in the Family:

 

My grandfather’s notes make mention that alcoholism as to Dr. George [sts0362.jpg].  Need to piece that together.  Note:  George’s brother, William, was a doctor at a facility that treated alcoholism in Sheboygan.  Franklin too suffered from it.  Others too. The point is that William may have had personal reasons for going into that field.

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Sidenote:  Cousin “P” has located the “birth/baptism records” for Charles (and  George).  I’d love to see those.

Not to be confused with George F. St. Sure, an attorney from Hawaii.  

George F. St. Sure, MD

(1939—1892)

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Note: I am 99% sure this is George St. Sure.  The handwriting on the back is from my grandfather, and, although I think he guessed on some photos (I see a lot of his handwriting on photos), I know some of these photos hung at his home so I assume he was familiar.