Malinda Heistand
History of Shelby County, Indiana, Brant & Fuller, 1887, "Addison [Township] Sketches", page 592.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
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| Benjamin Heistand
(deceased), was a native of Montgomery
County, Ohio, and was born December 28, 1S26. He came to
Shelby County in 1849. He was married to Melinda Nail, March 7,
1850. He expired at Deland, Florida, March 28, 1887, and was
buried there. He served his country in the struggle for national
life, enlisting in 1861, in Company F, Fifty-first Regiment, Indiana,
and served five years. He received an honorable discharge at
Jeffersonville, Ind. He was present and participated in a number
of important engagements. He was by occupation a farmer. History of Shelby County, Indiana, Brant & Fuller, 1887, "Addison [Township] Sketches", page 592. Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming |
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