From: Ancestry.com
Name: Charles Dubray ,
Enlistment Date: 06 September 1864
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: New York
Unit Numbers: 1598 1598
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 06 September 1864 at the age of 18
Enlisted in Company C, 91st Infantry Regiment New York on 06 September 1864.
Mustered out Company C, 91st Infantry Regiment New York on 10 June 1865 in Washington, DC
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[Year: 1880; Census Place: Saranac, Clinton, New York; Roll: T9_820; Family History Film: 1254820; Page: 552C; Enumeration District: 36; Image: 0435.]
1880 US Census
Household: Saranac, Clinton, NY
Charles DUBRAY Self M Male W 33 NY Laborer CAN GER Margret DUBRAY Wife M Female W 31 NY Keeping House CAN CAN
Charles DUBRAY Son S Male W 11 NY At Home NY NY
Lewis DUBRAY Son S Male W 10 NY At Home NY NY
Margret DUBRAY Dau S Female W 8 NY At Home NY NY
Libbie DUBRAY* Dau S Female W 6 NY At Home NY NY
William DUBRAY Son S Male W 5 NY At Home NY NY
Edmond DUBRAY Son S Male W 3 NY At Home NY NY
Soloman DUBRAY Son S Male W 1 NY At Home NY NY
Judson DUBRAY Son S Male W 1M NY NY NY
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The Malone Farmer, Wednesday, November 16, 1910
The body of Charles Dubray Sr. was found Wednesday forenoon in an abandoned ore shaft near Redford, into which he had fallen while on his way from the home of a son in Standish to that of another son in Redford. He disappeared Sunday and it was not until Wednesday morning that trace of him was found. Then his hat was discovered near the unprotected mouth of the shaft. The mine contained about 60 feet of water and his body was recovered with grappling irons. There was a cut on his head five inches in length showing where he had struck the timbers of the shaft a few feet below the opening. He was 65 years of age. On his body was found $19 in cash and his pension papers. The coroner found that his death was accidental.
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Clinton County, NY, Civil War Record - 1861 to 1865
February 20 ·
DROWNED IN A MINE BETWEEN STANDISH AND REDFORD -
After the 91st Infantry finished its tour of duty in Louisiana, it returned to camp in Baltimore in the fall of 1864 in sore need of new recruits. Charles Dubray and 2 of his brothers were recruited in Plattsburgh to help fill the void. He enlisted on September 6th 1864, and joined the regiment as part of Company C in their winter quarters.
In March, 1865, the regiment, with the exception of one company which remained at Baltimore, was ordered to Petersburg, where it participated in the closing operations of the siege with the 1st Brigade, 3rd division, 5th corps, and lost 230 in the Appomattox Campaign. The regiment was mustered out near Washington, July 3, 1865.
When Charles returned home, the told the Saranac Town Clerk he had been in the Battle of Gravelly Run on March 31, 1865, the Battle of Five Forks on April 1st, and Maple Grove on April 2nd. He also reported he had been at the Surrender of General Lee on April 9th.
In 1867 Charles married Marguerite Rosalie Gagne in Redford. His parents, Jean-Baptiste Dubreuil and Melinda Strack, who attended the wedding, had both been born in towns on the French/German border. The couple had at least 11 children. Marguerite died in 1888.
The first page of the Plattsburgh Sentinel of November 11, 1910 records his death.
Drowned in a Mine – Body Found in 60 Feet of Water
The body of Charles Dubray, Sr., was about 10 o’clock Wednesday forenoon recovered from an abandoned ore shaft near Redford into which the unfortunate man had fallen a week previously while on his way from the home of one of his sons in Standish to that of another son in Redford - a distance of just over 9 miles.
Mr. Dubray, who was about 65 years of age and a veteran of the Civil War, had in recent years made his home with his children in that section, moving from one to the other when he felt so inclined. On Wednesday of last week, between 5 and 6 o’clock in the afternoon, he left his son’s home in Standish with the intention of going to his son in Redford. He took with him his pension papers with the intention of having them filled out while in Redford. This was the last seen of him alive. When he did not make his appearance at his son’s in Redford no alarm for his safety was felt as it was supposed that he had gone to his daughter’s house who also lived in Redford. On Sunday the son went to his sister’s home and then for the first time learned that their father was missing.
A search was at once instituted but it was not until Wednesday forenoon between 8 and 9 o’clock that the missing man’s hat was found near the unprotected mouth of an abandoned shaft about 2 miles from Redford village. On timbers a few feet below the opening, a quantity of blood was discovered. The mine contains about 60 feet of water being filled to within about 10 feet of the surface. Grappling irons were secured and after about half an hour’s work, the body was brought to the surface.
There was a cut about 5 inches in length on the dead man’s head showing where he had struck the timbers in his fall. The shaft into which he had fallen is about 6 rods from the highway, known in that section as the “short cut” and, in all probability, Mr. Dubray had in the darkness wandered off the highway and fell into the shaft.
On the body of the dead man was found $19 in cash and the pension papers he had intended to have filled out. Coroner Carpenter was notified and went to the scene, where he held an inquest and returned a verdict of accidental death.
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