Stephen Phillip
Gascoigne was a veteran of the Civil War, having been a member of Company E, First Regiment and Company B, 17th Regiment,
Wisconsin Volunteers. I am most interested in finding out information on him, his family, his parents, siblings, etc. He was born to Phillip
Gascoigne and Elizabeth
Perkins Gascoigne 21 Apr 1842 in Stonesby,
Leicester,
England. He immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1846 through
New York. He file his naturalization papers in the
Beadle County Courthouse, State of
South Dakota, 10/17/1888. Bk 1, P 426. 1st paper. He died 25 Feb 1910. His obituary states that he passed away this, Friday morning, after a lingering sickness of many months. He was making his home with his son, John
Gascoigne, in
Huron