Post by fred on Jun 5, 2018 14:11:15 GMT -6
I received an email today sent to several people seeking help in locating relatives. The email was from a retired Army officer who had contacted me regarding a 7th Cavalry Medal of Honor awardee. The email I received was from a friend who had forwarded the original, comprised of several other emails. I have taken the liberty of combining all of them and editing out duplication. The rest speaks for itself and I am hoping we can find someone…
“Quite by accident, I discovered in April 2017 that Saddler Otto Voit, H Company, 7th U. S. Cavalry (awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery while serving as one of four sharpshooters laying down covering fire in aid of water parties at Reno Hill) is buried in Louisville, Kentucky. I had never seen a headstone marking the resting place of a Medal of Honor recipient from the Indian Wars.
“I am contacting you to see if you or anybody in your organization might be aware of any surviving relatives of Saddler Voit. I have conducted substantial research as part of an application for a Kentucky Historic Marker (roadside) to honor Saddler Voit. The application was granted and I then raised $2,500 to pay for a foundry to fabricate the marker. We are planning a dedication ceremony at 10:30 a.m. EST on August 7, 2018 (Purple Heart Day) to unveil a Kentucky Historic Marker for the resting place of Saddler Otto Emil Voit. Metro Louisville government is helping with the dedication ceremony and asked me if I knew of relatives of Saddler Voit we might invite to the ceremony. I am no genealogist, so I’m sending requests to groups like yours in the hope of locating relatives of Otto Voit.”
LTC Steven A. Edwards (Ret.)
JA, USAR
Member, Bluegrass Chapter/Chapter 146, Military Order of the Purple Heart
Best wishes,
Fred.
“Quite by accident, I discovered in April 2017 that Saddler Otto Voit, H Company, 7th U. S. Cavalry (awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery while serving as one of four sharpshooters laying down covering fire in aid of water parties at Reno Hill) is buried in Louisville, Kentucky. I had never seen a headstone marking the resting place of a Medal of Honor recipient from the Indian Wars.
“I am contacting you to see if you or anybody in your organization might be aware of any surviving relatives of Saddler Voit. I have conducted substantial research as part of an application for a Kentucky Historic Marker (roadside) to honor Saddler Voit. The application was granted and I then raised $2,500 to pay for a foundry to fabricate the marker. We are planning a dedication ceremony at 10:30 a.m. EST on August 7, 2018 (Purple Heart Day) to unveil a Kentucky Historic Marker for the resting place of Saddler Otto Emil Voit. Metro Louisville government is helping with the dedication ceremony and asked me if I knew of relatives of Saddler Voit we might invite to the ceremony. I am no genealogist, so I’m sending requests to groups like yours in the hope of locating relatives of Otto Voit.”
LTC Steven A. Edwards (Ret.)
JA, USAR
Member, Bluegrass Chapter/Chapter 146, Military Order of the Purple Heart
Best wishes,
Fred.