Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Sullivan, Hugh H. |
Born |
01/16/1838 |
Spouse |
Myrtle J. (Wheeler) Sullivan |
Father |
William Sullivan |
Mother |
Maria (Quakenbush) Sullivan |
Occupation |
Locomotive engineer at B&O Railway. He began his career in railwayin New Albany at the Salem Railway Co. in 1853. After serving for three years. He then enlisted in the war. After serving, he took up his locomotive engineer career with the L & N Railway Co. He remained with that railway until he went out onto the "Great American Desert" to construct the Union Pacific Railway. After returning from that expidition, he started at the O. & M. Railway Co. |
Places of residence |
They resided in a home on West Walnut St. in Washington, Indiana. |
Notes |
Married the daughter of Mrs. Mary Wheeler, Myrtle Jolly, on December 21, 1881 in Seymour, Indiana. Mr. Sullivan moved to Washington in 1889. |
Birthplace |
Lawrence County, Indiana |
Relationships |
Father was a blacksmith born in North Carolina. Mother was from New York. The Sullivans are from Irish descent. |
Titles & honors |
Mr. Sullivan first enlisted into Company K, Fourteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was taken to West Virginia. His command became part of the Army of the Portomac. In the summer after his enlistment, his regiment came into contact with the Rebels at Rich Mountain. He participated in the Batlle of Bull Run, Killpatrick's Raid on Richmond, Green Briar, South Mountain, Fredricksburg, Chancellorsville, Ceder Mountain, Raccoon Ford, Malvern Hill, Antietam, and Gettysburg. He served three years. |
