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Hough,\" \"United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865.\" Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-T3GH-ZGPQ?i=831 image 832 of 4011; Citing multiple microfilm publications, Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollis S. Hough was born in 1835 or 1836, the son of a Connecticut farmer ('United States Census, 1850').  Hough married Harriet F. Stevens, and they had two daughters, Mary and Laurie ('United States Census, 1860', United States Census 1880').  During the American Civil War, Hough served in the First Connecticut Artillery Regiment, first as a Private and then a Sergeant ('United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865'). Harriet died in 1895 at age 59, and Collis died in 1913 at age 77 (Find a Grave, 'Collis S. Hough' and 'Harriet F. 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