Civil War Veterans of Monterey County, California.

Researched and Compiled by : 
Timothy P. Reese, PCC of Salinas , CA. & Robert L. Nelson ,PCC. of Santa Cruz.CA. 
Both members of the “Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War”. 
Department of California & Pacific. Camp Abraham Lincoln # 10.  
The Reese-Nelson CWV-MC Data Base


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CHURCH, EPHRAIM B.   (1842-1915)   CALIFORNIA, LOS GATOS, UNK
(American Ancestry or L. Warren Church I 1984)

  Ephraim Baldwin Church was born at South Egremont November 3, 1842 .  On July 29, 1862 he 
enlisted in Co. K of the 34th MA Volunteer Infantry.  His occupation at the time was listed as that 
of a farmer.  While in that unit he participated in the battles of Ripon, Oct. 18, 1863;  New Market, 
May 15, 1864;  Piedmont, June 5, 1864;  Lynchburg, June 17, 18, 1864;  Hatchers Run, Mar. 30,31, 
1865;  Fort Gregg, Apr. 2, 1865, and was at Appomatox for Lee’s surrender Apr. 9, 1865.  He is also 
reputed to have served as a guard for Lincoln for a six months period.  During his enlistment he 
attained the rank of corporal and was mustered out on June 16, 1865.
  Sometime between 1870 and 1874 he married Maria Shaver of Shaffer who was also born in
 Massachusetts.  Ephraim, Maria, and their daughter Etta arrived in California by train in 1876, and 
farmed near his brother Warren I, in North Monterey County.  Ephraim’s property was in the area 
of echo Valley Road, Tustin Road and Vista Drive.  He later sold his interests in Monterey County.  
On January 27, 1892 Ephraim sold the proper and the family removed to Los Gatos where Ephraim 
and Maria remained..  Ephraim Church died in Los Gatos  on  February 6, 1915 of chronic cystitis.