Pvt. (USA), Alexander S. Kale

United States, Civil War Soldiers Index
1861-1865 —Missouri

	  record title:	United States, Civil War Soldiers Index

name: Alexander S. Kale

event: Military Service

rank in: Private

rank out: Private

side: Union

state (or origin): Missouri

military unit: 42nd Regiment, Missouri Infantry

company: B

nara publication title: Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Missouri.

nara publication number: M390

nara roll number: 25

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Civil War Pension Index Cards
residence: Missouri

	  record title:	Civil War Pension Index Cards

name: Alexander S. Kale

rank: [BLANK]

company: B

regiment: 42

state: Missouri

arm of service: Infantry

publication title: Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900

nara publication number: T289

publisher: National Archives and Records Administration

collection title: Civil War Pensions

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   He was born in Randolph county, Indiana , and is a son and the only

   surviving child of James M. and Elizabeth (Stephens) Kale , the

   former born in Augusta County, Virginia , in 1804 , and the

   latter in Ohio . The paternal grandfather, David Kale , was a

   soldier in the Revolution under Washington, being a member of

   the celebrated command of Virginia Riflemen on which the great

   commander relied for expert service in emergencies, and was

   present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Harpers Ferry, Va. 

   Mr. Kale's father enlisted as a lieutenant in the First Missouri

   Cavalry, Company A, and his company was soon afterward assigned

   to the Army of the Cumberland under command of General Thomas,

   Mr. Kale was with his company until he was killed at the battle

   of Bowling Green, Kentucky in the spring of 1863 . The stricken

   widow who survived him, and whose maiden name was Elizabeth

   Stephens, bore him nine children. She died in spring of 1866.

   Alexander S. Kale enlisted in defense of the Union in Company B,

   Forty-second Missouri volunteer infantry, and was soon at the

   front. 

   His children are: Anna , the wife of D. P. Chambers, of Schyler

   County, Missouri; who died March 8, 1910; Charles, who is living

   on the homestead, and Bettie, the wife of William M. Soltman of

   this county. Their parents were married on November 15, 1865 .

   The mother's name before her marriage to their father was Mrs.

   Martha Shouse , she having been previously married and being a

   widow when Mr. Kale wooed and won her. She is a daughter of John

   C. and Emily (Blancett) Rowland, long well known residents of

   this county.