Solomon G. Deamer - G.A.R., Bishop Post

Solomon G. Deamer

In 1860, Solomon was just a 17 year old lad, living with his father and mother, Benjamin and Margaret, and siblings, Caroline, Christiana, Benjamin and Wesley in Defiance Township.  His father was a plasterer, an occupation that Solomon would follow in the future.  

In April, 1861, Solomon enlisted in the Union Army, serving both in Company D, 100th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and Company G, 14th Ohio Infantry.  He didn't muster out until the end of the war, on June 25, 1865.

In the 1890 census, he reported his disability as a hernia in the "rite thigh."

At some point after returning home, he married his wife, Harriet.  In the 1870 census, they lived in Defiance where he worked as a brick mason.  In 1880, they were on Perry Street.  Solomon Diemer, 37, a plasterer, and Hattie, 34, had two boarders, Thomas Conley, 25, a machinist, and Louis L. Wagner, 20, a boat carpenter.  Solomon and Hattie had one child, but that child died at some point and was never listed on the census records.

Solomon died in 1897 at about the age of 54, leaving a will which left everything to his dear wife, Harriet, and naming his next of kin as two sisters, Catharine Fisher of Columbus, Ohio, and Caroline Young, of Defiance.  His obituary appeared in the Defiance Express on August 5, 1897:

His burial was in Riverside Cemetery.

(This is part of a series on Civil War veterans of Defiance County who were part of the G.A.R., Bishop Post, that headquartered in the city.  Formed in 1879, the post was named after a local man, Captain William Bishop, Company D, 100th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Army who died as a result of wounds received in battle.  The veterans' photos are part of a composite photo of members that has survived.  If you have other information or corrections to add to the soldiers' stories, please add to the comments!)