Bartenders and Slaoons, Indiana.

Here is a list of about 83 Bartenders  and 71 Saloons, there is no information on the names.  This list is to help find a ancestor and learn where he or she was  at this time in history.  The City Evansville, Indiana, the year 1888.

A note about the Saloons of Evansville and there were many and I bet you get a picture of what they may look like but you would be wrong. The saloon as we know them wasn't the only saloons in town.  There were saloons in Boarding Houses, Billiard Rooms or Halls and Groceries Stores. One could get a bottle of beer or a glass of wine about any place in town.

The saloon list which there are three, were copied from the City Directory and you may not be able to enlarge them enough to read. In this case you may copy them so you can enlarge  them your self.  No need to ask its ok.  In fact all the information an pictures at this web site are free to any one to copy.

Bartenders.

Emil Alexander.
August Allers.
William H. Anderson Jr.
Otto Becker.
William Beerwerth.
Hugh Bradley.
Fred Brandhorst.
David Bridgerforth.
Fen. Bristow.
Joseph Bucher.
J. E. Buckner.
John Bullen.
John H. Callanan.
Edward Castle.
George Eikenbrodt.
Edward Eissler.
Albert G. Green.
John Greendonner.
Theodore Gromm.
Andrew Gronotte
Benjamin N. Haake.
Henry B. Haake.
Jacob Hartmann.
hiram Hendrickson.
Tony Hermann.
Dan Hudson.
John S. Hutcheson.
Samuel Jones.
Henry J. Kaelin.
Otto Karn.
William Kelly.
David klauss.
Aaron Knapp.
Frank Koob.
George Krum.
Peter P. Kuehn.
George Latnam.
Conrad Leonhise.
Frank Lindsay.
J. V. Mandel.
John Martin.
Charles D. Mauntel.
Charles C. Meckel.
William Meier.
Charles P. Metcalfe.
John D. Miller.
Benjamin F. Morris.
Michael Norton.
John Oeth.
Roger Patrick.
John B. Patterson.
Philip Peter.
G. I. Philips.
Ed. Pinkstaff.
Adam Reinhart.
John T. Rohol.
Henry Rost.
August Roth.
John Ryerson.
Fred P. Sanders.
Price Sanders.
Henry Schneider.
Jacob Schneider.
Edward Schoellkopf.
John G. Schoellkopf.
James N. Smith.
William Smith.
Charles Snvder.
Marion Stanley.
Dennis Sweeney.
William Tabor.
Len. Taylor.
Fred C. Thienes.
William H. Thum.
Henry Vollmer.
Christ Weisheimer.
John Wentzel.
John Wentzel.
Robert White.
Henry Wolf.

Saloons.
There are no names of the saloons just those of the owners, saloonkeepers and so on.
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Henry Slavern "Henry" Schmick

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Henry Slavern "Henry" Schmick.

Birth: Dec. 28, 1842, Randolph County, Arkansas.
Death: Jan. 30, 1937, Austin. Travis County, Texas.

Wife: Sina J. or Sinie J. Schmick.
Married 1882.

Children: Child Schmick (1883 - 1899),

Burial: Eastland City Cemetery, Eastland, Eastland County, Texas.

The first Sheriff of Eastland was born in Arkansas, December 28, 1843. He enlisted in the Confederate Army (1861) as First Lieutenant in the 7th Arkansas Regiment, and served until the surrender in 1865.

In 1868 he came to Eastland and engaged in the cattle business.  When the County was organized in 1873, he held the office of Sheriff for eight consecutive years. He has been merchandizing since his term of office expired. He is a member of the Christian Church.

Mr. Schmick was a Civil War Veteran, and listed in the 7th., Arkansas Infantry Co. E. C. S.A.  His head stone say's the same.  Whoever He is not on the roster.  There was a Henry Schmick, in the 7th., only in Co. A, as a Private.

Henry S. SChmick is listed in the 38th., Arkansas Infantry Co. E as a Second Lieutenant.

Asbury B. Crocheron.

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Mr. Asbury B. Crocheron, sheriff of Owyhee county, was born at Long Tom, Lane county, Oregon. October 25, i860. From there he moved with his parents to Idaho City, and in the spring of 1867 came to Silver City. He was educated in tiie ]nil)lic schools of Silver City, with the advantage of one year in Portland. Until the last few years he has been engaged quite extensively in the stock business, and was recognized as one of the most daring riders and best "ropers" in this section. Mr. Crocheron was elected assessor and tax collector for the 1890-2 term, and was re-elected for the same office, without opposition, for the 1894-6 term. He was then elected sherifT of the county in 1896, which ofifice he fills in an able manner. He was married October 14, 1897, to Mrs. Millie Walston, of Reynolds. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity.

Asbury B. Crocheron.
Birth: October 25, 1860..
Death: 1926.
Burial: Bruneau Cemetery, Bruneau, Owyhee County, Idaho.

Millie R. Walston Crcheron.
Birth: July 22, 1870.
Death: November 9, 1907.
Iolds Creek Cemetery, Reynolds, Owyhee County, Idaho.

Marcellus Jerome Clark ( Sue Mundy.)

This is not his whole story by a long shot.  His story was to long to put here.  Those who would like to learn more about his live and execution I will leave a title and link at the end of this story.


Captain George Swope, of the Fifth Indiana Cavalry, and provost marshal had charge of the execution.  Mundy was asked if he had anything to say, to make it known. He directed his remarks to his spiritual advisor in a very low voice, he said : " I am a regular Confederate soldier, and have served in the Confederate army for four years. I fought under General Buckner at Port Donalson, and belonged to General Morgan's command when he entered Kentucky. I have assisted and taken many prisoners and have always treated them kindly. I was wounded at Cynthiana and cut off from my command. I have been in Kentucky ever since;

I could prove that I am a regular Confederate soldier, and I hope in, and die for, the Confederate cause." A white cap was placed over his face and at the word three the prop was pulled from under the trap. The fall was not more than three feet and it did not break his neck; he was choked to death. his sufferings were of short duration. Thus ended the career of the notorious Sue Mundy. He was captured on Sunday, taken to Louisville on Monday, tried on Tuesday and executed on Wednesday, all of the same week.

Sue Mundy was nearly six feet tall, straight and remarkably well built, and would weigh about one hundred and sixty pounds. His complexion was fair ; he had long dark hair which touched his shoulders, he had a beautifully shaped mouth, and in short was a handsome man. His whole demeanor was firm, polite, quiet and unassuming; he bore the air of a man of culture and gentlemanly refinement.

He said he would have been twenty-one years of age in the following August and would die before he reached his manhood, and yet, had been a man to his country. He wore a black velvet cap, a black or dark blue jacket with one row of Kentucky State buttons, a pair of dark cassimere pants and a pair of old boots, cut down in imitation of a pair of shoes.

Famous Kentucky Tragedies and trials.

by L. F. Johnson.

Publish 1916. pages 180-100.

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Annie Davis Martin.

 

Victoria Inn, 1909.  later to become the St. Genevieve's Collage for young ladies

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Annie Davis Martin.

Birth; November 6, 1860.
Death: March 18, 1947.

Parents: Junius Davis, Anne Swann Martin.

Husband: James G. Martin, (1853-?).

Parents: James G. Martin, Marianne Martin.

Married June 3, 1879.

Children: Esther K., Anne S. martin.

Burials: Unknown.

Mrs. Martin lived in Buncombe County, North Carolina, in the town of Asheville North Carolina. Mrs. Martin was a busy woman all her live running Boarding House's  and Inn's.

She ran the Victoria Inn, Mtn. Meadow Inn and Kenilworth Inn and a few other Boarding House I couldn't find names for.  She was also V-Pres. of the Strickler Seed Co.

History of the Limerick Home, South Carolina

LIMERICK.
 

In 1707 the Lords Proprietors permitted the Cypress Barony to be alienated and divided into smaller tracts ; there upon it was parceled out, 5000 acres to Dominick Arthur, and 3500 acres to both John Gough and Michael Mahon, who took out new grants for their portions. Michael Mahon was a
native of Limerick, Ireland, as was also Dominick Arthur, and the name of Limerick became attached to the part of their shares subsequently sold to Daniel Huger, son of the first Huger emigrant, who made Limerick his place of residence.

With the sale and partition of the Cypress Barony, and its plantation equipment, the family of Landgrave Thomas Colleton lost all touch with the province. In later years all the part of the Cypress Barony allotted to Michael Mahon and John Gough, with 7341/2 acres off the Arthur portion, had become the property of members of the Ball family.

It is impossible to relate all of the notable achievements of the family of Hugers. Daniel Huger the third, to whom Limerick had been devised by his father, conveyed it on March 12th, 1764, to Elias Ball of St. John's Parish, Berkley County, as containing 45641/2 acres. It continued to be owned by the Ball family for over a century and a quarter, not passing from their hands until after 1890.

There stands to-day on Limerick, the old plantation dwelling which has attained the venerable age of two hundred and odd years. Though slightly run down at the heels, it is certainly a quaint and curious old-fashioned affair that has stood the acid test of years. A glimpse of the swamp around the head waters of the Cooper are seen in the background of the illustration. This house is fairly typical of the dwellings of that day and time in those isolated regions, as is the magnificent avenue of oaks which marked the approach to most of these plantation residences.

Elias Ball, of Limerick, was held in high esteem by his brother parishioners, who erected a mural tablet to his memory in Strawberry Chapel, an honor bestowed on no other layman of that parish. He was strong-willed, kind-hearted, clearheaded, resolute, generous and affectionate. On his plantation his word was law, although he was kind to his slaves. As an illustration of his undisputed sway the following anecdote is told :

One of the overseers on the plantation was to be married, the feast was ready, the company had assembled, minister and groom were on hand ; but the bride at the last minute refused to be married at all. She would listen to neither coaxing, threats nor arguments. Mas 'Lias fortunately happened to be on the plantation ; to him a little negro boy was sent. "Mas 'Lias, Mis' Katie say she wun't married." "Tell Miss Katie I say she 'must married.' " Back sped the messenger in hot haste mth the tidings and she was.

Isaac Ball, second son of John Ball, Sr., came into possession of Limerick at the death of his uncle a few months after (1810). He married his cousin, Eliza Catherine PoyasThey settled at Limerick and lived a happy useful life. Having no children they adopted a little nephew of Mrs. Ball's.

Limerick passed to William James Ball, whose wife, Julia Cart, had charm of manner equal to her beauty of face. After her death in 1858, near the close of the Civil War, he married his cousin, Mary Huger Gibbes, and lived at Limerick, where he died in 1891.

 

 

Author. I was unable to place the pictures where I wanted them in the story.

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Publish date of the pictures was1921.

Amos Schwob, Indiana.

Amos Schwob was born in Germany, March 22, 1859. He is a son of John Schwob, a native of Germany, born about 1835, and Mary (Miller) Schwob, also a native of Germany, in which country they were married. They settled and lived there for a time, John working at the shoemaker's trade. When he emigrated to this country they were thirty-seven days out from Hamburg, Germany, to New York, where he landed in 1861, with his family and without money. He managed to get enough from some one to pay their way to Columbus, Ohio, where John began to work at his trade, and Mary, by the week, to earn money to repay that which he had borrowed to pay their way to that place.

They remained in Columbus, Ohio, awhile, when they moved to a town in Fairfield county, Ohio. Here Mr. Schwob worked at his trade until about 1865, when they came to Huntington county, Indiana. He then rented Daniel Burman's farm and began farming, the owner of the land living at the time in Ohio. Mr. Schwob had met him while there, and in this way he became a resident of Huntington county. He traveled from Ohio to his destination in Indiana by wagon, arriving here during war times.



Amos Schwob First Home.
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After arriving in Huntington county he worked at his trade, also farming, which he continued more or less until about 1877. He then bought three acres of land, three miles north of Warren, Indiana, and built alog house on it. After owning that for about five years, he sold it, and bought forty-eight acres of the old Alexander Morgan farm in Huntington county. Later on he added twenty acres adjoining, and is nowliving on this farm. Mary having died about 1889, Mr. Schwob married Adeline Heenenberger. To his marriage twelve children have been born, six of whom are yet alive: Amos; Mary, who is the wife of William J. Ellerman, a farmer of Huntington county, Indiana; John, deceased; Rosina is the wife of Augustus Ballhoffer, and they reside in Grant county, Indiana; an infant, deceased; Katherine, the wife of Leopold Ruef, a resident of Huntington county: Willie, deceased : Agnes, burned to death in childhood ; Charlie, deceased ; Henry a resident of Huntington county, Indiana: Luella is the wife of Harry Posev, and they are residents of Marion, Indiana, and an infant, deceased.

When John Schwob started life he had nothing and after coming to Indiana he had much sickness in his family, ague and other diseases incident to a new country.

Amos Schwob was nine years old before he could speak English. Soon after coming to Huntington county, his mother decided that her son should have some schooling.She accordingly made him ready and proceeded to take him to school herself, he crying all the time on the way. At that time three months was the longest and only term taught in the common school during the year. Amos had to learn to speak English, and it was three years before he made much headway in his mastery of the common branches taught in the schools.

He attended his last term of school when he was sixteen years old. Being the oldest in the family of children, he did not get more than two months schooling in each year during the time of his attendance in the district school.He is now a fair scholar, having picked up a great deal of scholastic knowledge since his school days, and speaks both the German and English languages fluently.

Amos remained at home until he was eighteen years old, at which time his father told him he did need him any longer at home and that he might work out. The subject then engaged himself to Kale Wylie for nine months work, but while he was gone to make his contract his father rented thirty acres more land for a corn crop and he found upon his return that his father had made arrangement to keep him home, consequently he had to break the contract for work which he had already made. In the new arrangement which he made with his father, the latter was to give him a team of horses and a set of harness and a wagon if the son would remain at home until he was twenty-one years of age. January i, 1880, Amos was married, being at that time a few months under twenty-one years old. He got the team promised by his father, and took, instead of a wagon, a buggy and harness.

He still has one of the horses received from his father, which is now more than twenty-five years old. His wife, before her marriage, was Ella Wharton, born July 29, 1862, in Montgomery county, Ohio. She is a daughter of Mark and Minerva (Dyke) Wharton, natives of Ohio, and she was born in Montgomery county, that state. They came to Huntington county, Indiana, about the year  1870, and both of them are still living in Warren, Indiana. Mark Wharton has devoted his life to farming. He is the father of three children, Charlie, a resident of Gas City. Indiana, is a minister in the Church of Christ ; Elorence, the wife of Peter Lines, a resident of Huntington county, Indiana, and Ella, wife of Amos Schwob.

After their marriage, Amos Schwob and his wife went over to the Wabash river and rented the "Holt" place, a farm of one hundred and eighty acres. All they had was a team and the clothes which they wore. In the fall of 1879 Amos and his brother-inlaw, William J. Ellerman, had rented this place and put in a wheat crop. He was not thinking of marriage at that time, but seeing a good chance to start in life, he and Ella Wharton decided to consummate their union at once. While they were very poor, yet they were contented with their lot, and especially with themselves.

They remained on this farm for three years, when he rented a farm from John Roach, but after putting out a wheat crop on the farm, he sold his interest. He then traded his buggy and set of double harness which his father had given him, for a first payment on the purchase of forty acres of land and moved onto that. After remaining on this land for one summer he sold his forty acres for the reason that he could not, as he had intended, buy after awhile an adjoining forty-acre tract. It was so situated, however, that it could not be sold. For that reason he did not desire to keep his tract ; added to this was the fact that he was making four hundred dollars in the deal, which of itself was no small incentive. He then moved on to the farm owned bv his father-in-law, an eighty-acre tract, and was there for two years. He then bought eighty acres in Wells county, Indiana, where he now lives.

In the fall of 1886. when he purchased this farm, Mr. Schwob assumed an indebtedness of fourteen hundred dollars. At that time there was only a garden patch cleared on the land and the improvements in the way of building consisted of a log cabin only.He has since then cleared, fenced and improved it in ever}- way. and he has now sixty-five acres under a good state of cultivation, having twenty-six hundred rods of tiling on the eighty acres. Neither he nor his wife have ever had a dollar given to them. He now owns one hundred and twenty acres of land in one Ijody which, with the exception of his woodland, is all under a fine state of cultivation.

He says that he has worked night and day for seven years, but thinks if it had not been for the chicken production he could niit hiiye bought a postal card. After the oil boom came on, he was a pumper for eight years. His farm is in the oil territor^' and his income from that source will average probably fifty dollars per month. During the last one or two years he has engaged in the breeding of shorthorn cattle: he had previously bred Poland China hogs, but at present he has a variety of the latter stock, including Duroc, Poland China and Chester White breeds. He also has a house and lot in Warren, Indiana, and eighteen acres of land adjoining the town site.

He has devoted his entire life to. the vocation of farming, yet, as he says, he could make a boot. The subject of the present sketch is the father of three children: Artie E., born April 1, 1884. at home with parents, will take up high school work in \\'arren, Indiana ; Arvie E.. born April 19, 1889, and Eva E., born June 3, 1897. Both himself and wife are members of the Disciples church. Generalh- speaking, he has been a Democrat in politics, warming up some and doing active work for his party during campaigns. Both his boys are in school and have done well in their school work, standing well in their respective grades. His youngest son will enter the eighth grade next year.

Amos Schwob Home of today.
 

In the personage of Amos Schwob we find the best type of the German American Yeomanry and American citizenship, possessing in his make-up all the attributes of pertinacious industry, patience and thrifty habits which characterize his German ancestry. He has risen from a condition of penury, through which his father struggled, surrounded by the adverse circumstances of an ignorance of our language and the serious diseases incident to a new country to a plane of citizenship and a position in the and he has pride in the progress of his sons in the schools, which so far surpass his own meager opportunities. His own and his father's success, as portrayed in the present sketcli, afford a striking illustration of the rewards that await, not only the industrious and worthy emigrant from a foreign shore, but every citizen in our faxored land. community in which he lives which does him the highest honor. His labors have been rewarded in the possession of a competency

Colonel Harry W. Gilmor.

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Harry W. Gilmor

Birth: Jan. 24, 1838.
Death: Mar. 4, 1883.

Wife: Mentoria N. Strong Gilmor (1845 - 1879).

Children: Harry Gilmor, Alice B. Gilmor (____ - 1943)*\.

Burial: Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland.

Civil War Confederate Army Officer. Lieutenant Colonel and commander of the 1st Maryland (CSA) Cavalry.

Colonel Harry Gilmor enlisted in the Confederate service August 31, 1861, as a private in Captain Frank Mason's Company G, Ashby's Regiment of Cavalry ; March 27, 1862, was elected Captain ; May 7. 1863, was commissioned Major and subsequently Lieutenant-Colonel in command Second Maryland Cavalry.

Albert G. Barney.

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Albert G Barney.

Birth: Unknown.
Death: Jul. 29, 1864.

Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan.

Michigan Twentieth infantry, Co. C. 

Albert G. Barney, Bedford. Enlisted in company C, Twentieth Infantry, as Sergeant, Aug. 9, 1862, at Battle Creek, for 3 years, age 18. Mustered Aug. 16, 1862. First Sergeant Feb. 24, 1863. Sergeant Major May 1, 1863. Acting Lieutenant from Dec., 1863, to May, 1864.  Commissioned First Lieutenant, company C, May 12, 1864. Died  July 29, 1864, at Battle Creek, Mich., of wounds received in action  June 2, 1864.

Calhoun County History, Michigan.

Albert G. Barney, of Bedford, sergeant major, at the organization was commissioner first lieutenant May 12, .1864. He received a wound in the engagement at Bethesda Church, Virginia, June 2, 1864, from which he died at home the 29th of the following month.

Author.  I Believe he was born in 1844 an his parents were Milton and Nancy Barney.  I read many Calhoun county histories and although there were many Barney's in them little was said about their wife's or children.  Be cause of this I couldn't make a connection.

Alfred U or V. Bannard, Illinois.

Alfred U. or V. Bannard, was born about 1832 England, his wife Anna was born about 1840, Scotland.  Its not known when they came to America.  They had three  daughters; Edith U., Susana A., and Maggie Bannard.

They lived in Champaign County, Illinois, in the town of Champaign. When they came is not known, but they lived there at lest from 1878- 1880, after that I couldn't find any records.  While in Champain Mr. Bannard was in the business of Wholesale and Retail Grocer.

His business was on the north west corner of Church and Neil.  They lived on the south west corner of University and Prairie.  What they did after leaving Champaign is not known.  But in 1910, they were living in Oregon.  Their daughter Edith U. Bannard is buried there.  I couldn't find any other family burials.

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Lake Captains of Cleveland Ohio.

Some of your families may have story's that one of your ancestors was a captain, but your not sure where it was.  All these Captain's sailed on lake Erie.  I don't have any information on these names.  However you have the State, city and about where he was sailing and a time line.  

1871.

G. Knight.

James H. Pellett.

1872.

William Case.

Alfred Davis.

Charles Deott.

Thomas Dowling.

Ezra Honeywell.

M. C. Malcom

Joseph Moffit.

Smith Moore.

Julius Morgan.

J. H. Pellett.

J. V. Thomas.

C. B. Tower.

George H. Tower.

William H. Weaver.

James Whitworth.

1873.

John Becker.

John Brown.

John Kirby.

1876.

Joseph Colwell.

Stephen Lampoh.

Joseph Mallory.

John D. Mullen.

Joseph D. Taylor.

1877.

David Becker.

William McNally.

Lyman B. Waterbury or Waterburg.

18979.

George Bessant.
William Cumming.
Robert Harrington.

Luke Cunningham, Indiana.

Luke Cunningham.

Birth: 1860, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey.
Death: May 22, 1905. La Porte County, Indiana.

Parents: Michael & Nancy Cunningham

Wife: Rosetta (Rose) Cunningham.

Married 1887.

Children: Maggie M., Aleneda, Earl Cunningham.

Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana.

In 1893-4, he was working as a Dock Wolloper which was a casual laborer on docks or wharves..

Indiana North State Prison.

This will not be a history of the prison. There is all kinds of information easily found on the internet.  But what is not easily found is the workers of the prison.  On this post you will find a list of the workers.

Indiana North State Prison.

Maryland City, La Porte, County, Indiana.

 

James W. French, Prison Warden

Birth: Unknown.

Death: Unknown.

Wife: Mary S. Stewart, (1858- 1895.)

Children: Louis, Mary French.

Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana.

 

Thomas E. Donnelly, Prison Deputy, Warden.

 

Patrick W. Driscall, Prison Clark.

 

Robert H. Calvert, Prison Physician.

 

W. H. Xander, Prison Chaplain.

 

Luke M. Flemming,  Prison Steward.

 

Uriah M. Ballinger, Prison Guard.

 

William E. Drumb, Prison Guard.

 

William Fowler, Prison Guard.

 

Alexander W. French, Prison Guard.

 

Benjamin Hough, Prison Guard.

 

George W. Kirby, Prison Guard.

 

John McCrary, Prison Guard.

 

Andrew Magovern, Prison Foreman.

 

John Minnimen, Prison Guard.

 

George Patterson, Prison Guard.

 

William Schoenemann, Prison Guard.

 

Benjamin Spencer, Prison Worker.

 

William H. Storm, Prison, Prison Guard.

 

 

Charles E. Bowen, Indiana.

Charles E. Bowen.

Birth: Dec., 1858, Randolph Count, Indiana.
Death: Jun. 10, 1910, Lynn, Randolph County, Indiana.

Parents: James D. Bowen (1832 - 1899), Mary Bowen (1836 - 1902).

Wife: Josephine Nelson Bowen (1870 - 1930). Children:

Children: Ephriam Freemont Bowen (1892 - 1937).

Burial: Spartanburg Cemetery, Spartanburg, Randolph County, Indiana.

In 1909, Mr. Bowen was living in Randolph county, Indiana,in the township of Green's Fork in the town of Spartanburg. He was a Merchant, Dealer in Groceries, Dry Goods, Harware and general Merchandise.

Family History.

 

 

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Thomas J. Melvin, Illinois.

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ILLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES.

Illinois Civil War Detail Report.

Name: MELVIN, THOMAS J Rank: PVT. Company: C. Unit: 59 IL US INF.

Personal Characteristics. Residence: ELLISVILLE, FULTON CO, IL. Age: 29. Height: 5' 7. Hair: LIGHT. Eyes: BLUE. Complexion: LIGHT. Occupation: CARPENTER. Nativity: VA.

Service Record. Joined When: DEC 5, 1863. Joined Where: WHITESIDE, TN. Period: 3 YRS. Muster In: JAN 12, 1864. Muster In Where: WHITESIDE, TN. Mustered Out: DEC. 8, 1865. Remarks: VETERAN PROMOTED COMMISSARY SERGEANT DEC 5, 1863 & TRANS TO NON COM STAFF. Remarks: PROMOTED COMMISSARY SERGANT OCT 1, 1862 REDUCED TO RANKS JUN 30, 1863 & REENLISTED AS A VETERAN. Remarks: REDUCED TO RANKS JUN 30, 1863 REAPPOINTED DEC 3, 1862.

Illinois Fifty-Ninth, Infantry, Regimental History.

Page 191, This morning the Acting Adjutant, Hale Phillips Adjutant West being on Colonel Post s brigade staff and the Commissary Sergeant, Thomas J. Melvin, obtained permission to return to Nashville on business.

On their way they overtook the train a few miles from Nashville. With the train was Captain Clayton Hale and Lieutenant Fred. Brasher, Quartermaster: the former returning to the regiment from a leave of absence, and the latter in charge of the train. Very soon after  the Adjutant and Commissary arrived at the train, and before they had dismounted from their horses they were surrounded by a large squad of rebel cavalry and all taken prisoners. Resistance was useless, as there was no guard with the train, and consequently they surrendered without an effort to escape. They were treated very kindly by their captors paroled and allowed to proceed to Nashville. 

David Evans, Ohio.

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David Evans, Jr..

Birth: 1837, Ceredigion, Wales.
Death: Jun. 14, 1863, Mississippi.

Parents: David D. and Ann Evans Evans.

Siblings: David Evans (1837 - 1863), Richard D. Evans (1839 - 1899), Fredrick Evans (1850 - 1852).

Burial: Sardis Cemetery, Oak Hill, Jackson County, Ohio.

Ohio 56th, Infantry, Regimental History.

Page 138, Corporal David Evans of Company C, the son of David and Ann Evans, was born in Wales in 1837.  The family emigated to the United States when he was quite young. This comrade was a close friend of the writer, and we were attending school at a distance from each other in 1861, but the war spirit was strong in the land, and on September 9, 1861, we started for Portsmouth, Ohio, to enlist; and at a railway station we met, and on September 10 we volunteered, and were never separated until the catastrophe at Champion's Hill, where he was mortally wounded on May 16, 1863, from which he died July 14, 1863. He was a very strong man physically, and few would have survived as long as he did with such a terrible wound.

Page 48, A shell struck Corporal David Evans of Company C, and tore a terrible gash in his breast. He was a man of line physical frame, but from the effects of this wound he died July 14, 1863. He was the comrade that captured the flag at Port Gibson on May 1, 1863.

Roscoe F. Hersey.

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Roscoe Freeman Hersey.

Birth: Jul. 18, 1841, Milford, Penobscot County, Maine.
Death: Sep. 30, 1906, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine.

Parents: Samuel Freeman Hersey (1812 - 1875), Jane Ann Davis Hersey (1819 - 1862).

Wife: Eva C Wardell Hersey (1843 - 1936).

Children: Jane Ann Hersey Finch (1865 - 1948), Eva Estelle Hersey Mudge (1869 - 1959), Clinton Burnett Hersey (1874 - 1899).

Siblings: Roscoe Freeman Hersey (1841 - 1906), Jane Eliza Hersey (1843 - 1847), Dudley H Hersey (1846 - 1900), Eugene May Hersey (1851 - 1906), Edward Lewis Hersey (1854 - 1908).

Burial: Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota. Brevet

Maine First  Heavy Artillery.

 

Colonel ROSCOE F. HERSEY.

Joined as First Lieutenant from Bangor, promoted Captain March 2, 1863. A student, son of Gen. Samuel F. Hersey one of Maine's most useful and prominent citizens, he brought to the service rare
ability and generous loyalty. He was very active and enthusiastic for the welfare of Company F,  became popular and much beloved by the men; was wounded at Spottsylvania, May 19, 1864; mustered out Oct. 29, 1864. He has since been a prominent citizen, lumberman and banker of St. Paul, Minn. Colonel Hersey would certainly have become prominent had he remained in service

Benjamin H. & William D. Child.

Benjamin H. Child.
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Benjamin Ham Child.

Birth: May 8, 184. Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.
Death: May 16, 1902, Providence, Providence County. Rhode Island.

Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was a Second Lieutenant in the Union Army. He was awarded the Medal of Honor as a Corporal in Battery A, 1st Rhode Island Volunteer Light Artillery for action at Antietam, Maryland on September 17, 1862. His citation reads "Was wounded and taken to the rear, insensible, but when partialy recovered, Child insisted on returning to the battery and resumed command of his piece, so remaining until the close of the battle."

Parents: John Griswold Child (1794 - 1876), Mary Ann Ham Child (1803 - 1868).

Wife's: Ruth P. Child (1832 - 1918), Louisa S. Child (1840 - 1871).

Burial: Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.

BENJAMIN H. CHILD,. Wounded at Bull Run battle July 21, 1861; wounded slightly in head at battle of Antietam Sept 17, 1862; promoted corporal; promoted sergeant; wounded severely in
shoulder at battle of Gettysburg July 3, 1S63; promoted to second lieutenant Battery H, Jan. 8, 1864; resigned for disability Nov. 23. 1864.

Benjamin and William were twin brothers.
 

William D. Child.

William Dayton Child.

Birth: 1843.
Death: May 18, 1898.

Burial: Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.

WILLIAM D. CHILD,  Enrolled Oct. 4, 1861; promoted to first sergeant; transferred to Battery B Aug. 12, 1864; placed in temprary command of combined Batteries A and B, for a time after the battle of Reams s Station.

Navy & Army Gunner's.

All these names had Petitions or Bills and other business before Congress.  There will not be a lot of information, but you may find it interesting to learn what your ancestor or a name of interest was doing at this time in history.

Look for notes as there may be some from time to time.  As there is so much information some names may be repeated. ( All the information I have on the names is here, so please not ask for additional information. )  However I well be glad to answer any questions you have.    
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January 27, 1848.  A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of David Gardner, of Southborough, Massachusetts. Whereas, David Gardner, late of Southborough, Massachusetts, was a gunner on board of the Bonhomme Richard, under the command of John Paul Jones, when captures were made of the Serapis, Countess of Scarborough, the Betsey, the Union, and the Charming Polly, and his name was by mistake entered on the roll of said ship as Henry Gardner:

Note.  The Bill went on to say if there had been a Henry Gardner on said ship and he was paid, said money shall be refunded to the United States.
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Note. That vessels, under ten guns, to be commanded by lieutenants, That the pay of the officers in such vessels be paid; Gunners-$12.00.
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Note. in 1778, quarter gunners were paid $8.00 per month.
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January 10, 1810, a petition of John Lester, praing to be allowed and paid the arrearages of pay due for his services as quarter gunner, on board of the United States' brig "Hornet."
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In 1786,  Benjamin Pierce, late a gunner of the continental frigate Alliance
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January 19, 1848, A  petition of Ann Kelly, widow of Darnel Kelly, deceased, a gunner in the naval service, praying a pension.
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February 10, 1826, "That there be paid, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred dollars, in semiannual payments of fifty dollars each, to Penelope Denny, the mother of James Denny, late a Quarter Gunner in the Navy of the United States, to commence from the 1st day of January, 1826."

Note. Name was also spelled Denney.
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February 13, 1851, A  petition of Samuel Lawrence, praying compensation for services as acting gunner in the navy.
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September 17, 1785,  The Memorial of Tousaint Lopes, late a gunner in Colonel Cranes Regiment of Artillery; praying for the payment of the principal and interest of the certificates issued to him on account of pay, beg leave to report as their opinion--
That the prayer of the Memorialist cannot be granted.
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Note. May 6, 1844, Any U. S. Navy ship of vessel, lost by shipwreck the Gunner shall be allowed twenty-five dollars for his loss.
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December 15, 1851, A  petition of Ursula E. Cobb, widow of Charles Cobb, late a gunner in the navy, praying to be allowed a pension.
See March 5, 1850 for  more information.
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January 19, 1818, A  petition of John Viol, a gunner's mate in the navy during the revolutionary war, praying to be allowed and paid the compensation to which he conceives himself entitled for the time he remained a prisoner of war.
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January 31, 1853, A  petition of Matilda Brown, widow of William B. Brown, late a gunner in the navy, praying a pension.
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February 20, 1860, The petition of citizens of the State of Pennsylvania in behalf of John L. Kissick, a gunner's mate on board the United States ship Princeton.
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February 9, 1846, A  petition of Harriet Ward, widow of Joseph Ward, deceased, a gunner's mate in the naval service praying a pension.
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March 5, 1850, A  petition of Ursula E. Cobb, widow of Charles Cobb, deceased, late a gunner in the United States navy, praying for a pension on account of the death of said Cobb from disease contracted by hardships and exposure whilst in the line of his duty.
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February 1, 1844, A petition of Ann Gardner, widow of Francis Gardner, of Brooklyn, State of New York, praying a pension in consideration of the services of her husband, who was a gunner in the navy, and died in the service.
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January 15, 1866, A  petition of William Peterkin, late gunner United States navy, officer in charge of the 2d cutter of the Shamrock on an expedition under Lieutenant Cushing, United States navy, up the Roanoke river, October 27, 1864, praying a distributive share of the prize money resulting from the blowing up of the rebel ram Albemarle on that expedition.
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April 16, 1860, A petition of John L. Kissick, a gunner's-mate injured by the explosion on board the United States steamer Princeton, in 1844, praying a pension.
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March 7, 1796, Stephen Minor, of Connecticut Quarter Gunner, one half pension.
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January 1, 1848,  The memorial of Ann Carpenter, of the State of Massachusetts, praying for the renewal of her pension, which was heretofore given her in consideration of the services of her late husband, Jacob Carpenter, deceased, a gunner in the navy:
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March 9, 1832, "That there be paid, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following sums to the commander of the American squadron, and the officers and crew of the "ketch Intrepid," for their distinguished bravery in the destruction of a Tripolitan frigate of 44 guns, in the year 1804, formerly known as the United States' frigate Philadelphia, viz.

"4th. To Lewis Heermann, surgeon, Ralph Izard, master's mate, William Wiley, boatswain, William Hook, gunner, and William Keller, master's mate, or their respective heirs, $2,000 each, making, together, ten thousand dollars.

"6th. To George Crawford, George Brown, John Newman, and Paul Frazier, quartermasters; Samuel Endicott, James Wilson, John Ford, and Richard Dayles, quarter gunners; Solomon Wren, sergeant; and Duncan Mansfield, corporal of marines; and to Salvadore Catelino, pilot, or to their heirs, respectively, $1, 136 66 each, making, together, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.
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December 15, 1834, A petition of Thomas Barry, gunner in the navy of the United States, praying that his improvement on the repeating arms, originally invented by Mr. Chambers, may be examined and tried, and, if found to answer for the public service, that he may be suitably compensated.
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February 9, 1858, The petition of Sarah Brown, widow of John Brown, deceased, who was a quarter gunner in the navy of the United States, praying for a continuation of her pension.
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January 21, 1839, a petition of Sarah B. Morse, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, daughter and only surviving child of Richard Morse, deceased, who was a quarter-gunner on board the United States frigate President, and died on board and in the service of the United States in 1812, praying for arrears of pension to which she is entitled in consideration of the services and death of her father.
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December 15, 1837, A petition of Mary Elliot, widow of Luke Elliot, quarter-gunner, who was slain in the private armed vessel Growler, in the late war with Great Britain, setting forth that she received a pension up to the 5th day of February, 1833, and praying that it may be renewed and continued during her life.
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May 28, 1868, A petition of Anna Burneice, widow of William Burneice, late gunner United States navy, praying for a pension.
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March 12, 1838, A petition of Sophia Anderson, of the city of Philadelphia, widow of William Anderson, who was a quarter-gunner in the naval service of the United States, and died of disease contracted in Service, praying to be allowed a pension.
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June 8, 1844, A petition of Catharine Walling, of the same city and States widow of Thomas Walling, deceased, who was a quarter-gunner in the navy, of like import.
Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania.
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February 6, 1840, A petition of John Straughan, of the State of Maryland, praying for pay and rations, as a quartermaster gunner in the naval service of the United States, from the 22d June, 1807, until June, 1812.

Christian & Simon Streit, Conn.

Christian Streit.
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STREIT, LIEUT. CHRISTIAN, born in Germany, May 21, 1822; served in the German army; came to the United States, and finally settled in New Haven. He was an accomplished musician, was a member of the New Haven City Band and of other organizations of the kind. He served with the Second Connecticut regiment early in the war, and when that regiment's period of service had expired, he organized a band for the Ninth regiment. He enlisted in the Ninth as leader of the band, Sept. 14, 1861, and was mustered Oct. 4. He was promoted to be second lieutenant of Company F, July 3, 1864, and was transferred to Company B, of the Ninth battalion, Oct. 12, that year. He was mustered out Aug.3, 1865. Lieut. Streit died Nov. 12, 1880, leaving a wife and seven children.

His brother, Simon Streit, also served with the band of the Ninth, being honorably discharged Sept. 17, 1862. He reenlisted as a private of Company B., June, 1864, was promoted to corporal that month, and was transferred to Company A, Ninth battalion Oct. 12, 1864. He was mustered out Aug. 3, 1865. After the war, Simon enlisted, Aug., 1866, in the regular army and was assigned to Company K, Seventeenth U. S. Infantry, which became, in Dec, 1866, Company K, of the Twenty-sixth infantry. He was appointed principal musician of the regiment, Feb. 1, 1869, was transferred to the non-commissioned staff of the Tenth U. S. Infantry, March 3, 1869, and was honorably discharged Aug.18, that year. He is now a member of the New Haven police force.

Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut.

Luther N. Curtis

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Luther N. Curtis.

Birth: 1841.
Death: 1924.

Wife: Emily Loomis Burt Curtis (1845. .

Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut

Was a Civil War Veteran.

Connecticut twenty-First Infantry, Co. A.

Luther N. Curtis, Residence Harford; Mustered in August 11, 1862. Promoted Second Lieutenant, Co. K., January 26, 1864; Wounded in the Lungs dangerously, about June 2, 1864
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Samuel B. Sigler.

Samuel B Sigler.

Birth: Jun. 19, 1838, Smithsburg, Washington County, Maryland.
Death: Aug. 26, 1918, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia.

Wife: Annie Alvina Hayslett Sigler (1841 - 1922).

Children: Edward R. Sigler (1872 - 1946), Bertha M. Sigler Grove (1880 - 1959).

Burial: Green Hill Cemetery, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia.

Civil War Veteran..

Maryland  First Cavalry Co. D., "Coles" Cavalry.

Samuel B. Sigler, Second Lieutenant, Enlisted November 8, 1861.Enlisted as a Private; Promoted Commissary Sergeant; First Sergeant; Second Sergeant August 25, 1863; taken prisoner, August 18, 1863.  Mustered out December 2, 1864.

Emilius Ilgenfritz Weiser

Capt. Emilius Ilgenfritz Weiser.

Birth: Apr. 16, 1835 York County Pennsylvania,
Death: 1902

Parents: Samuel Weiser (1788 - 1856) Anna Maria Ilgenfritz Weiser (1808 - 1876).

Wife: Mary Louisa Von Hoff Weiser (1843 - 1915).

Children: Emilius James Weiser (1867 - 1937), William Walter Weiser (1870 - 1872), Harry Martin Weiser (1885 - 1938).,

Burial: Phelps Cemetery Decorah Winneshiek County Iowa

Winneshiek County History.

Captain E. I. Weiser was born in York, Pa., April 10, 1835, and emigrated from the place of his nativity to Decorah in 1856.Being possessed with a warm heart and a genial nature, and a patriotic love of country, the threats of war against the Union aroused his impulsive nature to a desire to make any sacrifice hardship, sufiering, even life itself — in his country's cause. As a result, when the first cry of a distressed country was heard, call-ing on her sons for protection against the assaults of traitors.

Capt.. E. I. Weiser was the first and foremost of her patriots in Winneshiek County to respond. Capt, E. I. Weiser was the first man to enlist from Winneshiek County in his country's service in the late civil war. He enlisted as a high private in Company D, and was elected first Lieutenant at the first election held by the company.

Capt. E. I. Weiser participated in many warm skirmishes and two hard fought battles. He was wounded at Shiloh; also at Hatchie, on the 5th of October, 1862. The wound he received at Hatchie disabled him from further active military service during the war. Eight months he was detained in the hospital by his wound, and seven of these eight months he was compelled to lie in one position on his back. He was with his company one week while it was at Memphis. While here the boys of Company D presented him with a silver pitcher, as a mark of their regard and the appreciation they had for him as a soldier and commander. Capt. Weiser was brave, cool, efiicient, and possessed all the noble attributes requisite in a successful commander. His physical disability is a glorious certificate of his bravery.  

Michael Martion, Iowa.

Michael Martin, dealer in groceries and provisions; Lawler, lowa, was born in Ireland, in 1829, and is the eldest son of Edward and Catherine Martin. When he was twenty -two years of age, in '51 he emigrated to America, locating for three or four years at Cincinnati, Ohio, removing from thence he came to this state, settling in Clayton county, in 1855. Here he remained until 1873, when he removed to Lawler engaging in the grocery and prowision trade and has remained there ever since. Notwithstanding his loss by the fires, that have devastated the town, he is considered, by all, to be financially sound. He was married in 1858, to Bridget Boughana, a native also of the "Emerald isle" and they have six children, Katie, Edward, Lizzie, Mary A., Joseph and John. Mr. Martin has been identified with the educational system of his adopted home, having been a member of the school board, and is one of Lawler's most influential citizens.

Matthew Y. Buchanan & family.

MATTHEW Y. BUCHANAN

(Farmer and Stock-raiser).

Mr. Buchanan was born in Randolph county. Mo., April 5, 1838. His father, C. C. Buchanan, and mother, Elizabeth Jenkins, were natives of Tennessee, but moved to Missouri in the year of 1836.
They settled in Randolph county near Moberly, and entered land where the north-west portion now stands. The father died here July 9, 1881, aged 68 years, two months and 21 days. Matthew Y. was
next to the eldest of a family of seven children, of whom four, three sons and a daughter, are still living.

Their names were Luty J., Matthew Y., Cicero G., Cyrus W., Alonzo M., James H. and John T. Cicero, Cyrus and James died prior to the death of their father, the first named dying when young, the other two reached maturity, and graduated from college with high honors. Cyrus had chosen the profession of physician, while James had become a lawyer. Alonzo is a minister, and John T., who graduated from Commercial College, is now proving the value of his business course by keeping books.

During his youth Matthew Y. lived on the home farm, having all the advantages in education that the county afforded. In September, 1861, Mr. Buchanaa enlisted under Gen. Sterling Price, first in cavalry but principally as a private in the tenth Missouri infantry. He took part in the second fight at Boonville, Corinth, Miss., Helena,  Ark., and numerous smaller skirmishes. He fought with signal courage until 1863, when nearly all of his regiment was captured. For 20 months he was kept a prisoner at Fort Delaware and Alton ; then being exchanged, he returned to the service only to be again captured near Natchez, Miss. He was taken to Alton and not released until the close of the war.

Not long after, Mr. B. was married, in Randolph county, to Miss Mary Ficklin, daughter of Tyre and Louisa Baker. This estimable lady survived but one short year leaving an infant daughter, Ida Mary, who died September 24, 1875. After his marriage Mr. Buchanan made a home for himself on the farm where he now resides. He has nearly 150 acres of very valuable land adjoining the town of Moberly, all in good state of cultivation. He has besides about 105 acres of timbered land in the same vicinity.

His residence is a comfortable one, a  are his other buildings. In February, 1871, Mr. Buchanan was married a second time, the lady of his choice being Miss Sarah, daughter of Alexander and Martha T. Wisdom, of Macon county. There are five children : C. Earl, Katie M., Onie A., Walter C, and Claud. Mr. and Mrs. B. are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and take an active part in church matters. They are highly respected members of the community.

Author. Matthew Y. Buchanan Death was April 7, 1903.  Burial Sugar Creek Cemetery, Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri.

William Evans Jenkins & family.

I would like to thank Troy Jenkins for sending me this information on his family.

I too am a native Kansan but am now a naturalized Texan. I saw your post on Indiana Soldiers and thought I would send you some information I found of my Great-Great Grandfather, William Evans Jenkins. He served in Company C of the 69^th Indiana Infantry with the rank of Musician and survived the war and moved to Vermilion County, Illinois with his family not long afterward. He had two brothers, John Finley and Richard Cochran Jenkins, who both served in the 8^th Indiana Infantry and died in the war, Richard of smallpox in St. Louis and John in battle at Opequan Creek in Winchester, Virginia. William married after moving to Illinois and settled in Fithian where he was a charter member of GAR Post 741. He attended the 1915 69^th Indiana reunion and died in 1917. His grandson Albert was born in Fithian but ended up in Hutchinson, KS, which is where both my father and myself were born.

I am also sending you some information on three other of my family members. William Henry Musselman was born in Chillicothe, Ross Co, Ohio May 16, 1841 to Jonathan and Sarah Musselman. He later moved with his family to Greene County, Illinois and joined Co F, 1^st Missouri Volunteer Cavalry 0n August 7, 1861. His father Jonathan enlisted in B Co., 61^st Illinois Infantry on December 28, 1861 as a private and was mustered out February 7, 1865.. William attained the rank of Sergeant and was mustered out September 1, 1865 in St. Louis. He married Katie Brown there and moved back to his parent’s home in Illinois. His father died in 1871 in Woodville, Illinois and is buried at Belltown cemetery in Greene County, Illinois.

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His wife Katie died not long after that. He remarried to Alpharetta Wise. Alpharetta’s father, Marquis De Lafayette Wise, known as Lafayette, was born in 1829 in Gallatin County, Kentucky. Lafayette enlisted in H Co., 107^th Illinois Infantry on September 4, 1862 as a sergeant and was mustered out June 21, 1865. William and Alpharetta moved to Pawnee County KS, along with his mother Sarah. His father-in-law also moved to Kansas, living in Winfield where he was a member of GAR post 85 and Lafayette died December 16, 1889 and is buried in Winfield. William joined GAR post 8 in Larned, Kansas and he died March 22, 1895 and is buried in Larned Cemetery. I have attached a photo of William that appears to be not long after the war.

 William was born in 1844 in Camden, Preble Co, Ohio and is buried in Stearns Cemetery in Muncie, IL, just south of Fithian. He also left a strong military heritage as his grandson Albert served in the US Navy during WWII and his great grandson Gary (my uncle) and myself both served in the US Army during the cold war, Gary in the mid 1950’s and I in the late 1980’s.

William date of birth was July 17, 1844 and his death date was February 12, 1917. He married his wife Harriet E. Black on April 21, 1870. She also had two brothers in the war. Austin Black served in C Co., 25th Illinois Infantry and died in 1861 of typhoid fever in Jefferson City, MO. Samuel Black served in F Co., 26th Illinois Infantry and survived the war and was also a charter member of GAR Post 741 in Fithian, IL. William and Harriet had 8 children, 6 sons and 2 daughters.

Murder of Louisa McAdams,Illinois.

In 1869, a circumstance occurred near the little village of Dudley ville, which cast a gloom over the entire community. We allude to the brutal murder of Mrs. Louisa McAdams, in July of that year, by John Moore, a near neighbor. He went to her residence in the absence of her husband, grossly insulted her, and when she attempted to escape from him, he pursued her and cruelly murdered her by cutting her throat from ear to ear. For this crime, lie was arrested, tried, convicted, and sentenced to be hanged by Judge Gillespie. He made a full confession of his guilt, which was afterward published, and, on the 23d of October, 1869, he expiated his crime upon the gallows, under the  sentence of the court the only execution that has ever taken place in Bond County.

Birth: May 30, 1851
Death; July 5,, 1869.

Age: 18.

Burial: Camp Ground Cemetery, Greenville, Bond County, Illinois.

John Bowls, Indiana.

About the year 1838, a man whose name was John Bowls, who lived near -the west bank of Blue River Lake, was arrested upon the charge of killing his wife. His little girl, who was about twelve or thirteen years of age, said that her father and mother quarreled, and that her father struck her mother on the head with a large potato, and knocked her down, after which he stamped upon her breast with the heel of his boot, until he killed her, all of which was witnessed by her.

Whitley County not having been organized at that time, the territory which it at present comprises being then embraced within the bounds of Huntington County, there were no courts nearer than Huntington in which to try him ; and, in consequence of the lack of means for the administration of justice, this man, whom every one believed to be guilty escaped the punishment which he doubtless merited. After holding him in custody for a short time, and after a few of the good citizens had visited Huntington several times, making futile efforts to set the machinery of the law in motion against him, he was set at liberty. In a short time afterward he went away, no one knew whither, and his children were sent back to Ohio, whence they had come.

North & South Battle Of First & Second Bull Run.

The battle of first Bull run also known to the Confederates as Manassas was on July 18- 21, 1861.  There were many regiment from both sides, to many to list here.  The companies involved were numerous and will not be listed here.

I keep saying ( Will Not be List here), then whats the point of the post? As there were so many regiment and companies involved I decided to pick one regiment from both sides.  However as the number of men of each company is so large I will only list the men of each company that were either Killed, Wounded, Died of wounds or missing.  The Second Bull Run, was fought August 28-30, 1862.

The Regiments involved are the New York Eight Infantry and South Carolina Second Infantry.

New York Eighth Infantry.

BERTRAM, CHARLES, Age, — years. Enlisted, April 4, 1862, at New York city; mustered in as private, Co. B, April 4, 1862, to serve three years; missing since battle of Bull Run, Va., August 30, 1802; no further record.

COHEN, LOUIS, Age, 27 years. Enlisted, April 23, 1861, at New York city; mustered in as private, Co. H, April 23,1861, to serve two years; captured, August 29, 1862, at Bull Run, Va.;
paroled, September 3, 1862, at Centreville, Va.; mustered out with company, April 23,1863.

DEYHLE, GEORGE, Age, 22 years. Enlisted, August 4, 1862, at New York city; mustered in as private, Co. P>, August 4, 1862, to serve three years; reported missing since battle of Bull Run, Va., August 30, 1862; no further record.

EHLERMANN, DIETRICH, Age, — years. Enlisted, April 23,1861, at New York city; mustered in as private, Co. K, April 23, 1861, to serve twTo years; wounded, August 29, 1862, at Bull Run, Va.; died of wounds, August 30, 1862, at Regimental Hospital.

HERZFELD, JOSEPH, Age, 32 years. Enlisted, April 23,1861, at New York city; mustered, in as private, Co. E, April 23, 1861,to serve two years; killed in action, August 30, 1862, at Bull Run, Va.

KAUFFMANN, PHILIPP, Age, 20 years. Enlisted, April 23, 1861, at New Y'ork city; mustered in as private, Oo. G, April 23, 1861, to serve two years; killed in action, August 30, 1862, at Bull Run, Va.

KETTENRING, HENRY, Age, 26 years. Enlisted, April 23, 1861, at New York city; mustered in as private, Co. G, April 23, 1861, to serve two years-; killed in action, August 30, 1862, at Bull Run, Va.

KNOBLOCH, MATHIAS, Age, 21 years. Enlisted, April 23, 1861, at New York city; mustered in as private, Co. I, April 23, 1861, to serve two years; killed in action, August 30, 1862, at Bull Run, Va.

KRUMHETER, HENRY, Age, 29 years. Enlisted, April 23,1861, at New York city; mustered in as private, Co. I, April 23, 1861, to serve two years; wounded, August 30, 1862, at Bull Run, Va.; died of wounds, September 21,.1862, at Military Hospital, Fairfax Seminary, Va.

KUEHNE, AUGUST, Age, — years. Enlisted, April 23, 1861, at New York city; mustered in as private, Co. K, April 23, 1861,to serve two years; captured. August 30, 1862, at Bull Run, Va.;
paroled, September 13, 1862, at Aiken's Landing, Va.; no further record.

RETTBERG, CARL, Age, 33 years. Enlisted, April 23, 1861,at New York city; mustered in as private, Co. A, April 23, 1861, to serve two years; promoted corporal and sergeant major, dates not stated; reduced to sergeant and transferred to Co. A,December 22,1861; reduced to ranks, date not stated; killed in action, August 29, 1862, at Bull Run, Va.

WEHMANN, WILLIAM, Age, — years. Enlisted, April 23, 1861, at New York city; mustered in as private, Co. I, April 23, 1861, to serve two years; killed in actiqn, August 29, 1862, at Bull Run, Va.; also borne as George Wehmann.

South Carolina Second Infantry.

Co. A. 

Governor's Guards.

Second Corporal, Goodwyn, Charles Thomson (born July 13, 1845), enrolled at Columbia for State duty, April 8, 1861; mustered into Confed- erate service, May 22, 1861; wounded in the arm at Manassas, July 21, 1861; not on any available muster roll subsequent thereto.^

Casson, James H., enrolled at Columbia, April 8, 1861, for State duty; mustered into Confederate service, May 22, 1861; reported on muster roll of January 8, 1862, as detached on baggage guard at Manassas, Va. ; reported on muster roll of May 1, 1862, as detailed as baggage guard at Gordonsville, Va.; wounded at Savage Station, June 29, 1862; reported on muster roll of November 1, 1862, as absent, wounded ; reported on mus- ter roll of January 1, 1863, as present; died July 7, 1863, of wounds received at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863.

Dickerson, George W., enlisted May 22, 1861 ; wounded in foot at Manassas, July 21, 1861; enlistment renewed for two years, February 5, 1862; on last available muster roll (June 30, 1864) as present.

Dwight, W. M., enlisted May 22, 1861 ; wounded in the thigh at Manassas, July 21, 1861; enlistment extended for two years, March 22, 1862; not on any available muster roll after May 1, 1862

Emlyn, H. N., enlisted at Columbia, by Captain Casson, June 5, 1861 ; reported on muster roll of June 30, 1861, as at Culpeper, Va., with fever; wounded in the side at Manassas, July 21, 1861; not on any available muster roll after May 1, 1862.

Hollis, Charles, enlisted at Columbia, by Captain Casson, August 6, 1861; died of pneumonia at Moore Hospital, near Manassas, Va., December 30, 1861.

Co. B.

Butler Guards.

Captain, Hoke, Augustus D., entered State service, April 16, 1861 ; mus- tered into Confederate service, May 28, 1861 ; reported on regi- mental return of January 17, 1862, as having been wounded at Manassas, July 21, 1862, and as then in Greenville; on muster roll of May 1, 1862, as present; retired at the Reorganization, May 13,1862.

Sergeant, Jones, John M., enlisted at Greenville, for State duty, April 13, 1861 ; mustered into Confederate service. May 23, 1861 ; reported on regimental return of January 17, 1862, as guarding baggage at Manassas; not on muster roll of May 1, 1862, or any subsequent available muster roll.

Private, Markley, Henry C, enlisted at Greenville, for State duty, April 18, 1861 ; mustered into Confederate service. May 28, 1861 ; reported on regimental roster of January 17, 1862, as assistant postmaster at Manassas, Va., since December 28, 1861 ; reported on muster roll of May 1, 1862, as detailed in the Postoffice Depart- ment ; not on any subsequent available muster roU.

Private, Parkins, J. Daniel, enlisted at Greenville, for State service, April 13, 1861 ; mustered into Confederate service. May 23, 1861 ; reported on regimental roster of January 17, 1862, as guarding baggage at Manassas, Va. ; reported on muster roll of May 1, 1862, as on baggage guard at Gordonsville, Va. ; not on any subsequent available muster roll.

Private, Payne, John, enlisted at Greenville, for State duty, April 18, 1861 ; mustered into Confederate service. May 23, 1861 ; killed at Manassas, July 21, 1861.

Co. C.

Colmbia Grays

Private, urst, James P., enlisted at Morris's Island, for State duty, April 24, 1861 ; mustered into Confederate service. May 23, 1861 ; reported on muster rolls of December 31, 1861, and May 4, 1862, and regimental return of January 17, 1862, as on detached duty, guarding baggage at Manassas, Va. ; reported on muster roll of November 1, 1862, as present; reported on muster roll of May 1, 1864, as having returned from a furlough of thirty days from April 1, 1864; on last available muster roll (July 1, 1864) as present.

Private, Perry, Chesnut, enlisted at Morris's Island, for State duty, April 24, 1861 ; mustered into Confederate service. May 23, 1861 ; reported on muster roll of December 31, 1861, and regimental return of January 17, 1862, as on detached service with Govern- ment working squad on road between Manassas and Centreville; reenlisted February 7, 1862; reported on muster roll of May 1, 1862, as present; on last available muster roll (July 1, 1864) as present.

Co. E.

Camden Volunteers.

Lieutenant, DePass, William L., entered State service, at Camden, April 9, 1861 ; mustered into Confederate service, May 23, 1861 ; severely wounded in the head at Manassas, July 21, 1861 ; not on muster roll of May 1, 1862;' or any subsequent available muster roll.

Co. G.

Flat Rock Guards.

Private, Gardner, Robert C, entered State service, at Camden, April 24, 1861; mustered into Confederate service. May 22, 1861; wounded at first Manassas, July 21, 1861; died of his woimds, at Orange, Va., November 13, 1861.

Co. H.

Lancaster Invincibles.

Captain, McManus, Amos, entered State service, at Lancaster, April 28, 1861; mustered into Confederate service. May 22, 1861; wounded in an arm at Manassas, July 21, 1861 ; reported on muster foil of April 30, 1862, as on furlough; not on any subsequent available muster roll.

Sergeant, Williams, D. A., promoted from 3rd Corporal between May 22, and June 30, 1861; wounded at Manassas, July 21, 1861; promoted to 3rd Sergeant between June 30, 1861, and April  30,  1862.

Co. I.

Palmetto Guards.

Private, Bird, Isaac Bailey, enlisted at Charleston, May 9, 1861 ; mus- tered into Confederate service. May 22, 1861; reported on r^- mental roster of January 17, 1862, as having guarded baggage at Manassas, first, on October 17, 1861, and, second, on Decem- ber 12, 1861 ; reported on muster roll of November 1, 1862, as present; reported on muster rolls of January 1, February 28, July 1, August 31, and October 31, 1863, and February 29, and April

Private, Calder, Samuel C, enlisted at Charleston, May 9, 1861; mus- tered into Confederate service. May 22, 1861; reported on regi- mental roster of January 17, 1862, as having guarded baggage at Manassas, first, October 17, 1861, and, second, December 12, 1861; discharged on Surgeon's certificate, by command of the Secretary of War, September a, 1862.

Co. K.

Brooks Guard Volunteers.

Private, Phillips, L. R., enlisted at Charleston, May 9, 1861 ; mustered into Confederate service. May 23, 1861; wounded at Manassas, July 21, 1861 ; reported on muster roll of February 10, 1862, as on detached service; reported on muster roll of May 30, 1862, as present; promoted to 2nd Sergeant between May 30, and Novem- ber 1,1862.

Private, Purse, William G., enlisted at Charleston, May 9, 1861; mus- tered into Confederate service. May 23, 1861 ; on muster roll of July 1, 1861; woimded at Manassas, July 21, 1861; not on any subsequent available muster roll.