Ancestor and “Uncles” of Beth Ellen Wessel
Who Served in the Civil War

Ancestor

JAMES DUNLAP (1842-1892)
3rd Independent Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery;
8th Independent Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery

James Dunlap, father of
William Pitt Dunlap, father of
Alvina Margaret Dunlap, mother of
Lucille Dorothy Ellen Carmichael, mother of
Beth Ellen Wessel

“Uncles”

AUGUSTUS EUGENE DUNLAP (1847-1910)
Company B, 47th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry

Augustus Eugene Dunlap, brother of
James Dunlap, father of
William Pitt Dunlap, father of
Alvina Margaret Dunlap, mother of
Lucille Dorothy Ellen Carmichael, mother of
Beth Ellen Wessel

ADAM JOHN McGOWAN (1844-1932)
Company I, 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry

Adam John McGowan, brother of
Margaret Ellen McGowan, mother of
William Pitt Dunlap, father of
Alvina Margaret Dunlap, mother of
Lucille Dorothy Ellen Carmichael, mother of
Beth Ellen Wessel

ROBERT JAMES ORR McGOWAN (1839-1907)
Musician/Fifer, Company G, 5th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry;
33rd Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry;
Captain, Company B, 47th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry

Robert James Orr McGowan, brother of
Margaret Ellen McGowan, mother of
William Pitt Dunlap, father of
Alvina Margaret Dunlap, mother of
Lucille Dorothy Ellen Carmichael, mother of
Beth Ellen Wessel

FRIEDRICH HEINRICH LUDWIG NOLTE (1820-1899)
1st Regiment, Missouri Infantry, United States Reserve Corps;
Battery A, 1st Regiment, Missouri Artillery, United States Reserve Corps /
2nd Regiment, Missouri Light Artillery

Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig Nolte, brother of
Carl Henrich Philip Ludwig Nolte; father of
Carl Fredrick Conrad Nolte; father of
Amanda Lisette Emilie Nolte; mother of
Howard L. Wessel; father of
Beth Ellen Wessel

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