George W. Brister.

George W. Brister.

Birth: Apr. 9, 1829, Mississippi.
Death: Feb. 18, 1901.

Parents: Martha Ann Hickman Brister (1800 - 1879).

Children: Amanda Elizabeth Brister Brown (1862 - 1933).

Siblings: William T. Hickman Brister (1821 - 1904), George W. Brister (1829 - 1901), Jacob B Brister (1831 - 1887), Rose Ann Brister (1832 - 1843), Allie Emmaline Brister (1833 - 1900), Charity Brister (1837 - 1914), Frances Lavicy Brister Nations (1841 - 1918).

Burial: Patroon Cemetery, Patroon, Shelby County, Texas.

Louisiana State Records.

Brister, G. W., Pvt. Co. G. 25th Regt. La. Infty. En. March 15th, 1862. Lisbon, La. Present on Roll to July, 1862. Rolls from Nov., 1862, to Feb., 1863, Absent. Wounded in Battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dec. 31st, 1862.
Rolls from May. 1863, to Aug., 1863, Absent. Wounded at Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dec. 31st, 1862. Left order of Dr. Ware. Roll for Sept. and Oct. 1863, Dropped from the Roll Oct. 1st, 1863. Sent to Hospl. Last heard from in La. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Captured at Murfreesboro, Tenn., Jan. 5th, 1863. Appears on Roll of Prisoners of War at Camp Morton, Ind.,
delivered at City Point, Va., April 12th, 1863, for exchange.

William Stevenson Geren.

William Stevenson Geren.

Birth: Nov. 28, 1836, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.
Death: Jul. 22, 1921 Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.

Parents: Abram Geren (1806 - 1851), Elizabeth Scallorn Geren (1808 - 1896).

Wife: Mary Jane Newton Geren (1844 - 1884).

Children: George Ellis Geren (1868 - 1929), William Edward Geren (1873 - 1928), Ella E Geren Knighton (1875 - 1937), Cora Lee Geren (1877 - 1883), Thomas Jefferson Geren (1881 - 1938).

Siblings: Mildred Geren Youngblood (1831 - 1920), John F Geren (1834 - 1861), William Stevenson Geren (1836 - 1921), James Preston Geren (1841 - 1933), Maryann E Geren (1844 - 1917).

Burial: Gilgal Cemetery, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.

Louisiana State Records.

Geren, William S., Pvt. Corpl. Co. G, 8th La. Inf. En. Aug. 6, 1861, Camp Pickens. Present on Rolls to Dec., 1861. Roll for Dec., 1861, to April, 1862. Present. Re-enlisted and mustered in by Capt. Kary at Camp Gladden. Roll for Feb. to June, 1862, Absent, sick since May 11. Rolls from July, 1862, to Aug., 1863, Present. Roll for Aug.11 to 31, 1863, Present. Apptd. Corpl. Aug. 1,1868. Rolls from Oct. to Dec. 1863, Present. Roll for April to Aug. 31, 1864, Absent. Wounded since June 2, 1864. Record copied from Memorial Hall, New Orleans, La., by the War Dept., Washington, D. C.,
June, 1903, occupation farmer, Res. Minden, La., age -, single. Wounded June 3, near Richmond. Went home on furlough and not returned.

Robbins E. Babcock.

Robbins E. Babcock.

Birth: May 15, 1839, St. Clair County, Michigan.
Death: May 12, 1905, East Tawas, Iosco County, Michigan.

Wife; Margaret Hull Hamilton Babcock.
Married March 15, 1875.

Children: Erastus Babcock.

Burial:, American Legion Cemetery, East Tawas, Iosco County, Michigan.

Michigan State Records.

Babcock, Robbins E., Sanilac County. Enlisted in company E, Fifth Infantry, Aug. 6, 1861, at Fort Wayne, for 3 years, age 22. Mustered Aug. 28, 1861.
Wounded in action at Locust Grove, Va., Nov. 27, 1863. Transferred to company B, June 10, 1864.
Discharged at expiration of term of service near Petersburg, Va., Aug. 27, 1864. Present residence, East Tawas, Michigan.

Edward G. Hewitt.

Edward G. Hewitt.

Birth: 1841.
Death: January 15, 1900.

Parents: Valentine G., Caroline A, Morey Hewitt.

Siblings: Elvira L., George H., Edward G., Adaline A. Hewitt.

burial: South Sutton, Massachusetts.

Massachusetts State Records.

Hewitt, Edward G. — Priv. — Res. Sutton; 20; painter; enl. May 25, 1861; must. July 12, 1861; wounded and missing, Oct. 21, 1861, at Ball's Bluff, Va.; wounded May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va.; disch. for wounds, Feb. 18, 1863, at Boston, Mass.

Medical and Surgical History.

HEWITT, EDWARD G., Private, Co. H, 15th Massachusetts Volunteers. Gunshot wound of face. Missile entered under left eye, fracturing the bone badly. Fair Oaks, Virginia, May 2lst, 1862. Missile not recovered. Left eye nearly blind. A sinus opened near left ear, discharging pieces of bone and pus. Discharged February 18th, 1863, and pensioned.

Joshua F. Lock.

Joshua F. Lock.

Birth: Sep. 7, 1842, Evansville, Preston County, West Virginia,
Death: Dec. 5, 1924, Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa,.

Parents: William R. LOCK and Nancy Ann PIERPOINT.

Wife: Julia Ann Crown Lock (1840 - 1927).

Children: Burley Locke (1869 - 1947), John M. Locke (1870 - 1914), Gertrude B. Locke Alkire (1874 - 1911).

Burial: Iowa Veterans Home Cemetery, Marshalltown, Marshall County. Iowa.

Iowa State Records.
Iowa 15th, infantry, Co. E.

Lock, Joshua F. (Veteran.) Age 19. Residence Keosauqua, nativity Virginia. Enlisted Oct. 14, 1864. Mustered Dec. 1, 1864. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Wounded in head Aug. 11, 1864, near  Atlanta, Ga. Mustered out July 24, 1865, Louisville, Ky.

Medical and Surgical History.

CASE—Private Joshua F. Lock, Co. E, 15th Iowa Volunteers, aged 21 years, was wounded near Atlanta, Georgia, August llth, 1864, by a couoidal musket ball, which caused a perforating fracture of the base of the cranium. On the same day he was admitted to the hospital of the 4th division, Seventeenth Corps; on the 14th, was sent to the Seventeenth Corps hospital, and on September 20th, 1864, was furloughed. On November 22d, he was admitted to the hospital at Keokuk, Iowa. Simple dressings only were applied to the wound. He was discharged the service August 25th, 1865, and pensioned. On August 28th, 1865, Pension Examiner H. F. Cleaver states that there was partial hemiplegia of the right side, and rates the disability total.

Edward Ware..

Edward Ware.

Birth: unknown.
Death: Oct. 8, 1884.

Parents: William Ware (____ - 1865), Nancy Godfrey Ware (1819 - 1904).

Siblings:: dward Ware (____ - 1884), Sarah B. Ware (____ - 1851), Mary J. Ware (____ - 1847).

Burial:, Bonaparte Cemetery, Bonaparte, Van Buren County, Iowa.

Iowa State Records.
Iowa 13th, Infantry Co. F.

Edward. (Veteran.) Age 21. Residence Washington, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 9, 1861. Mustered Oct. 15, 1861. Wounded in leg April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Wounded in head July 28, 1864, near Atlanta, Ga. Mustered out June 2, 1865, Washington, D. C.

Medical and Surgical History.

CASE—Private Edward Ware, Co. F, 13th Iowa Volunteers, aged 24 years, was wounded near Atlanta, Georgia, July 20th, 1864, by a conoidal musket ball, which fractured both tables of the frontal bone at the upper border, left side, and penetrated the brain. He was admitted to the hospital of the 4th division, Seventeenth Corps, on July 30th; on August 3d, was transferred to the hospital of the Seventeenth Corps, and on August 10th, was sent north. No records of the case can be found, until December 19th, when Ware was admitted to the hospital at Keoltuk, Iowa, from furlough. The ball had been removed by incision on November 6th, 1864, and simple dressings had been applied. The wound was still open, but looked healthy. On January 2d, 1865, Ware was transferred to Davenport, Iowa, for muster out, and discharged June 2d, 1865, and pensioned. Subsequent information states that this man is a confirmed epileptic.

Jacob C. Sunday.

Jacob C. Sunday.

Birth: unknown.
Death: Jun. 18, 1864.

Burial: Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

ILLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES.
Illinois Civil War Detail Report.

Name: SUNDAY, JACOB C. Rank: PVT. Company: C. Unit: 34 IL US INF.

Personal Characteristics.

Residence: CHINA, LEE CO, IL. Age: 27. Height: 5' 8. Hair: BROWN. Eyes: HAZEL. Complexion: DARK. Marital Status: SINGLE. Occupation: FARMER. Nativity: YORK CO, PA.

Service Record.

Joined Where: FRANKLIN GROVE, IL. Period: 3 YRS. Muster In: SEP 7, 1861. Muster In Where: CAMP BUTLER, IL. Remarks: DIED JUN 20, 1864 AT CHATTANOOGA TENN OF ACCIDENTAL WOUND CORPORAL.

Medical and Surgical History.

SUXDAY, JACOB C., Corporal, Co. C, 34th Illinois Volunteers, was, on May 9th, 1864, admitted to hospital No. 1, Chattanooga, Tennessee, with a gunshot contusion of the skull. He died on June 18th, 1864, from ceiebritis.

New York saoldiers with Sabre cuts

This is a list of New York soldiers who got sabre cuts. There will be no other information on these names.
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BRILL, WILLIAM, Private, Co. H, 15th New York Cavalry, aged 18 years. Sabre-cuts of the scalp. Winchester, Virginia, November 15th, 1864. Admitted to hospital at Annapolis Junction, Maryland, January 4th, from Patterson Park hospital Baltimore. Returned to duty March 25th, 1865.

CAIN, PATRICK, Private, Co. G, 62d New York Volunteers, aged 38 years. Sabre-cut of the scalp. Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 3d, 1864. Admitted to McKirn‘s Mansion Hospital, Baltimore, June 11th. Returned to duty August 3d, 1864.

CARNEY, WILLIAM, Private, Ce. L, 2d New York Cavalry. Sabre-cut of the scalp, and a shell and gunshot wound of the upper third of the right thigh. Aldie, Virginia, June 17th, 1863. Admitted to Hospital No. 1, Annapolis, Maryland, June 22d. Died June 22d, 1863, from the efl'ects of the gunshot injury.

COLLVER, EDWARD A., Private, Co. B, 2d New York Cavalry. Sabre-cut of the let occipital region, two and a half inches in length. Brandy Station, Virginia, June 9th, 1863. Admitted to First Division Hospital, Annapolis, Maryland, June 14th. Returned to duty August 10th, 1864.

COREY, LEANDER A., Musician, Co. K, 2d New York Cavalry, aged 21 years. Sabre-cut of the scalp. Admitted to Judiciary Square Hospital, Washington, February 81h, 1864. Returned to duty March 14th, 1864.

COYNE, THOMAS, Corporal, Co. B, 10th New York Cavalry. Sabre-cut, two and a half inches in length, over the left occipital region; also a wound of right side of face. Brandy Station, Virginia, June 9th, 1863. Admitted to First Division Hospital, Annapolis, Maryland, June 14th. Returned to duty October 19th, 1863.

CROCKER, JAY, Private, Co. D, 10th New York Cavalry. Sabre-cut of the left parietal region, two and a half inches in length, directly over the parietal eminence. Brandy Station, Virginia, June 91h, 18m. Admitted to Hospital No. l, Annapolis, Maryland, June 14th. Returned to duty August 15th, 1863.

DURSTEN, THOMAS, Quartermaster Sergeant, 15th New York Cavalry, aged 20 yams. Sabre-cut of the scalp. New market, Virginia, December 21st, 1864. Admitted to hospital at Frederick, Maryland, December 23d. Returned to duty February 1st, 1865.

ELLS, WILLIAM 8., Private, Co. K, 9th New York Cavalry. Sabre cut of the scalp and right arm. Culpeper, Virginia, August lst, 1863. Admitted to Douglas Hospital, Washington, August 3d. Returned to duty October 10th, 1863

FAGLE, FREDERICK, Private, Co. C, 10th New York Cavalry. Two sabre-cuts on the vertex of the scalp, one of the  let. cheek, and one of the left shoulder. Brandy Station, Virginia, June 9th, 1863. Admitted to First Division Hospital, Amapolis, Maryland, June 14th. Returned to duty May 2d, 1864.

FOX, ELIAS, Private, Co. G, 15th New York Cavalry, aged 26 years. sabre—cut of the scalp. Newmarket, Virginia, December 21st, 1864. Admitted to hospital at Frederick, Maryland, December 23d. Returned to duty January 21st, 1865.

GARDNER, WILLIAM, Private, Co. H, 15th New York Heavy Artillery, aged 26 years. Sabre-cut of the scalp. South Side Railroad, Virginia, March 31st, 1865. Admitted to White Hall Hospital, Pennsylvania, May 27th, from Lincoln Hospital, Washington. Discharged from service July 22d, 1865.

GREEN, JOHN, Sergeant, Co. D, 18th New York Cavalry, aged 20 years. Sabre-cut of the scalp. Alexandria, Louisiana, April 2lst, 1864. Admitted to Marine Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 23d. Furloughed June 18th, 1864. Deserted August 31st, 1865.

HABMON, MARTIN, Sergeant, Co. I, 9th New York Cavalry. Sabre-cut of scalp. Rapidan, Virginia, October 11th, 1863. Admitted to Regimental Hospital, and returned to duty October 11th, 1863.

HASKIILL, DAVID E., Sergeant, Co. F, 8th New York Cavalry. Sabre-cut of the scalp. Beverly Ford, Virginia, June 9th, 1863. Admitted to Lincoln Hospital, Washington, June 11th. Returned to duty June 17th, 1863.

HORTON, L. P., Private, Co. L, 10th New York Cavalry. Sabre-cut of the scalp. Virginia, May 11th, 1864.

INGRAHAM, CHAUNCEY, Private, Co. K, 4th New York Cavalry, aged 23 years. Sabre-cut of the scalp. Upperville, Virginia, June 215i. Returned to duty September 28th, 1863. Received a similar wound at Front Royal, Virginia, August 16th, 1864. Admitted to Camp Parole Hospital, Annapolis, Maryland, October 7th. Deserted, while on furlough, November 18th, 1864.

John R. Updyke.

John R. Updyke.

Birth: May 21, 1839.
Death: Jun. 17, 1927.

Wife: Catherine Evans ( 1854-1907. )

Children: Martha M., Ray S., Milo Updyke.

Com B 5th NY Cav., Civil War.

Burial: Glenwood Cemetery, Watkins Glen, Schuyler County, New York.

New York State Records.

UPDIKE, JOHN R.— Age, 25 years. Enlisted, August 10, 1862,at Corning; mustered in as private, Co. B, August 21, 1862, to serve three years; mustered out with, detachment, to date June 13, 1865, at Staunton, Va., as Updyke, John R.

Medical and Surgical History.

UPDYKE, J. R., Private, Co. B, 5th New York Cavalry. Sabre-cut of the scalp, and gunshot wound of the hip. Hanover, Pennsylvania, June 30th, 1863. Admitted to Fort Schuyler Hospital, New York Harbor, July 15th. Returned to duty  August 28th, 1863.

Elijah Mosely Dodson

Maj Elijah Mosely Dodson.

Birth: Feb. 20, 1835, DeKalb County, Georgia.
Death: Apr. 21, 1904, Chattanooga, Hamilton County,

Tennessee. Confederate veteran. Son of Samuel and Rebecca Gardner Dodson. In battles at Snodgrass Hill (Chickamauga) and Missionary Ridge. "Shot through the head just below the brain at Missionary Ridge." Wounded (again) and permanently disabled at Kennesaw Mountain on July 19, 1864. After the war, he practiced law in Ringgold, Georgia, and served in the Georgia Legislature. Married Frances Garmany in June, 1866. In 1871, moved his law practice to Chattanooga, and was one of the founders of the Central Baptist Church. Helped develop Sherman Heights in East Chattanooga, and Dodson Avenue was named for him.

Burial: Forest Hills Cemetery, hattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

MUSTER ROLL OF
COMPANY B, 1st CONFEDERATE
REGIMENT INFANTRY,
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
C. S. A.
CATOOSA COUNTY, GEORGIA
RINGGOLD VOLS.

Dodson, Elijah M., 2d Lieutenant March 18, 1861. Resigned  Sept. 28, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 6th Regt. Ga. State Troops Oct. 18, 1861. Elected 2d Lieutenant Nov. 30, 1861; Captain Feb. 7, 1862. Mustered out Apr. 1862. Elected Captain of 2d Co. D, 1st Confederate Regt. Inf. May 1, 1862; Major Sept. 2, 1863. Wounded at Missionary Ridge, Tenn. Nov. 25, 1863.  Wounded and permanently disabled at Kennesaw Mountain, Ga. June 19, 1864. In Floyd House and Ocmulgee Hospitals at Macon, Ga. Aug. 1864-Mch. 1865. Furloughed Apr. 11,1865. 

Henry Clay Hamar.

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Henry Clay Hamar.

Birth: Mar. 10, 1842, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana.
Death: Dec. 27, 1932, Putnam, Dewey County, Oklahoma.

Parents: James A. Hamar (1822 - 1897).

Wife's: Philena Ann Points Hamar (1840 - 1908), Maggie Holder Hamar (1868 - 1946).

Children: May Elizabeth Hamar Ellis (1863 - 1950). Laura Kathern Hamar Rawlings (1867 - 1948). James Henry Hamar (1869 - 1948). Francis Melvin Hamar (1875 - 1941). Olive Ann Hamar Waters (1878 - 1960). Ida Evelyn Hamar Munson (1890 - 1976). George Harrison Hamar (1894 - 1974).

Siblings: Henry Clay Hamar (1842 - 1932). John Points Hamar (1845 - 1924). David Hamar (1849 - 1912). Sarah Elizabeth Hamar Dixon (1850 - 1916). Everett S. Hamar (1853 - 1890).

Burial: Mound Cemetery, Taloga, Dewey County, Oklahoma.

Was A Civil War Vet.

Kansas 13th infantry, Co. E.

Henry Clay Hamar, Private, Residence Marshall Co., Enlisted August 4, 1862, Mustered in September 20, 1662: Mustered out with Regiment June 26, 1865.

Henry Thomas Rainey.

Henry Thomas Rainey.

Birth: May 6, 1844.
Death: Jul. 17, 1929.

Wife; Fannie E Taylor Rainey (1848 - 1900).

Married August 15, 1867, Houston County Georgia.

Children: Rufus Dean, Lila Ruth Rainey.

Note: Confederate Civil War Veteran.

Burial: Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia.

Rainey, Henry Thomas—Enlisted as a private in Co. A, 14th Battn. Ga. Light Artillery Apr. 26,  1862. Discharged Dec. 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 37th Regt. Ga. Inf. Feb. 9, 1864. Wounded through shoulder at Resaca, Ga. in 1864. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865. (Born in Twiggs County, Ga. May 1844. Died in Bibb County, Ga. in 1929.)

GEORGE BROWN,of SOUTHBOROUGH.

GEORGE BROWN,
Son of Abner and Emeline Brown, was born in Madison N. Il.,  June 7th, 1837 ; enlisted May 3d, 1861, and was mustered into the U. S. Service July 16th, 1861, as private in Company I,  13th Regiment Mass. Volunteers, to serve three years He Was wounded in the skirmish at Harper’s Ferry, September 2d, 1861.

He was under fire at Cedar Mountain Va., August 9th, and Rappahannoek Station on the 22d, and in the battles of Thoroughfare Gap, August 28th, second Bull Run on the 29th and 30th, Chantilly September 1st, Antietam, Md, September 17th, Fredericksburg Va., December 13th, 1862; Deep Run April 30th, 1863; Chancellorsville May 3d, 4th and 15th; Gettysburg Pa., July 1st, 2d and 3d; Mine Run November 27th, 1863.

He re-enlisted January 2d, and was mustered in January 4th,1864, to serve three years. He was in the battles of the Wilderness Va., May 5th, 6th and 7th,1864. Laurel Hill and North side of Spotsylvzrnia from the 8th to the 14th of May; near Spotsylvania Court House, East side, from the 14th to the 20th. North Anna River, near Jericho Ford,
May 23d ; Bethesda Church, May 30th, 31st and June 1st; Coal Harbor, June 3d ; in front of Petersburg, June 17th ; and on the 18th he was again wounded. He was transferred to Company  B, 39th Regiment July 16th, 1864, and was discharged at  Alexandria, Va., for disability, June 13th,1865.

Thomas F. Jones.

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Corp Thomas F Jones, Jr.

Birth: Apr. 10, 1845, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.
Death: Mar. 21, 1935, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.

Company H, 85th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Corporal, Age 18, enlisted June 4, 1862, 3 months: Appointed Corporal June 12, 1862.

Company F, 133rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Private, Age 19, Enlisted May 12, 1864: 100 days, mustered out August 20, 1864.

Comapny A, 5th Independent Battalion, Ohio Cavalry (6 months, 1863-64). He was recorded in this regiment but wasn't found on the rosters.

Parents: Thomas Fox Jones (1808 - 1861), Martha Jones (1809 - 1870).

Wife: Maria A Hymrod Jones (1850 - 1931).

Children: Ada E Jones (1873 - 1919), Raymond Jones (1880 - 1965).

Siblings: Theodore Jones (1832 - 1916), Thomas F Jones (1845 - 1935).

Burial: Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. ,

Sheriff's & Deputy Sheriff's Joliet Illinois

Here is a list of Sheriff's and Deputy sheriff's of Joliet ( Will ) county Illinois.
These comes from the city directories.

1909-1910

HENRY O, WILLIAMS, Sheriff.
Albert E, Brazill  dep. sheriff.
Jacob Stetzenbach, dep sheriff.

1905-1906.

Joseph H Ray, Sheriff.
Thomas R, Blair,deputy sheriff.
John M, Danti deputy sheriff.
John Kammerman, deputy sheriff
Alfred J, Lindgrendep county sheriff
John Notman, deputy county sheriff,
Edward G, Powers deputy county sheriff

1903-1904.

Joseph H Ray, Sheriff.
Charles R, Backus deputy sheriff.
Thomas R, Blair deputy sheriff,
John M. Danti deputy sheriff.
Henry C, Demmond deputy sheriff.
John Kammerman, deputy sheriff
John Notman, deputy county sheriff,

1912-1913.

Sheriff-Thomas Stevenson.
Backus Charles R, dep sheriff,
Charles R, Backus deputy sheriff.
Thomas Stevenson Sheriff.
John Notman, deputy county sheriff,
John R. Pitts deu sheriff.
Edward L, Reinhard dep sheriff.
Reuben F, Williams deputy sheriff

1884.

Lorenz Reitz, County Sheriff.
Frank Collins, deputy sheriff.
Gabriel Metzger, deputy sheriff.
Isaac T. Millspaugn deputy sheriff,

1887.

Robert Huston, county Sheriff.
John Gowran, deputy sheriff.
Thomas J. Stevenson, dep. county sheriff,

Western Movie Starts of 1920.

Here are six Western starts with some information about them.
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Lyman Parcher

Capt. Lyman Parcher

Birth: 1835.
Death: Aug.28, 1893.

Wife, Mary Frances Tunison Parcher (1845 - 1929).

Burial: Miriam Cemetery, Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri.

101st Ohio Infantry, Co. A

Captain Lyman Parcher, Enrolled and mustered as First Lieutenant, July 24, 1862, at Columbus. Promoted to Captain, November 15, 1862. Resigned at Murfreesboro', Tenn., February 26, 1863, on account of wounds received in Battle of Pea Ridge, Mo., March 7, 1862.

 Afterwards raised a Company in the 179th Ohio; was commissioned Captain, and served to the end of the war.
Died at Marysville, Mo., August 28, 1893.

CAPTAIN LYMAN PARCHER,

farmer, section ‘19. This popular citizen is a native of Ohio, and was born in Crawford County, January 18, 1835. His father, Samuel, was among the early settlers of Northeastern Ohio. Lyman was educated and reared in the Buckeye State. In 1856, he came to Iowa, remained a short time, returned to Ohio, and came to Iowa again in 1857. At the breaking out of the rebellion, he was among the first to tender his services to the Union cause, enlisting, in 1861, in the Fourth Iowa Infantry, as second lieutenant. of Company H.

He was severely wounded at the battle of Pea Ridge, and, after recuperating in the hospital, secured a recruiting officer’s commission, and organized Company E, of the One Hundred and First Ohio, and, as captain of this company, yet undrilled, participated at the engagements of Knob’s Gap, Stone River, and other battles.

In 1863, he was obliged to leave the service, on account of. his wound, and, after convalescing, in 1864, he recruited Company B, of the One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Ohio, and with them participated at the last battle of Nashville. He served until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged. In 1866, in com with others, Captain Parcher engaged in the manufacturing of wagon material at Bucyrus, Ohio. In this industry he continued until 1868, when he sold out.

In January, 1869, he was appointed mail agent on the Pittsburgh 8: Fort Wayne Railroad, between Crestline and Chicago, which position he held until the spring of 1871, when he resigned,and came to Iowa, locating in Adams County. There he resided until the spring of 1872, when he took up his abode where he now resides His estate consists of ninety acres, adjoining the corporate limits of Maryville, on which is situated a residence, indicating comfort and prosperity.

He is also owner of valuable town property, besides land in Adams County, Iowa. The captain manifests a live interest in the progress of Nodaway County, and takes an active part in all enterprises that will further its developments, In 1878, he was elected to the office of justice of the peace. He is numbered among Nodaway's most substantial men. In 1867, Miss Mary F. Tunison, a native of Springfield, Illinois, became his wife. They have five children by this union: Fred, Josephine, Charles L., Edmond K. and Jessie M. He is a Master Mason-

Tom Mix

TomMix Joins Fox Films
New Comedy Organization Gets Famous Cowboy Photo- player—Eight Years With Selig.

TOMMIX, cowboy, rough rider, motion picture actor, scenario writer and director, has signed with the William Fox forces and will immediately begin work on a series of western comedies for the Fox film comedy program. The engagement of Mr. Mix for Fox film comedies marks the first change America's most famous cowboy has made in his picture career. For eight years he was leading man with Selig and his followers are numbered by the hundreds of thousands in all parts of the world. For staging the Mix comedies Mr. Fox has leased a large tract of land on the Winna Brown ranch, near Los Angeles, erected a complete western city from dance hall to under taking establishment and arranged for the maintenance of a large stock farm to furnish horses and cattle for the films.  Opposite

Mr. Mix, when he begins work for Fox film comedies, will be Victoria Forde. who has played his female leads ever since he has been in pictures.

TomMix is one of the most picturesque figures on the Pacific Coast. He is typically a westerner and unmistakably a cowboy, always wearing a sombrero, which fits exactly with his rugged virile eatures. He is a familiar character in and about Los Angeles.

++ Moving Picture World, 1917.
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John Edward ("Grit"), Bruce.

BRUCE, John Edward ("Grit"), newspaper correspondent, historian; born at Piscataway, Md., Feb. 22, 1856; son of Robert and Martha Allen (Clark) Bruce; self-educated; married Florence A. Bishop, of Cleveland, O., Sept. 10, 1895. Established.

 The Argus (weekly newspaper) at Washington, D. C, 1879, the Sunday Item, 1880; editor The Republican, of Norfolk, Va., 1882; associate editor and business manager the "Commonwealth," Baltimore, Md., 1884; established Grit, Washington, 1884; under name of "Bruce Grit," paid contributor to Boston Transcript, Albany Argus, Buffalo Express, Sunday Gazette and Sunday Republic of Washington; member literary bureau of Republican National Committee, 1900. Established Yonkers (N. Y.) Weekly Standard, 1908; American correspondent to African Times and Orient Review, London, Eng.

Probation officer in Yonkers since 1910; a founder and president Negro Society for Historical Research. Republican. Methodist. Mason; member Order of African Redemption (Liberia) African Society (London). Author (children's book): Biography of Eminent Negroes, 1910; wrote (pamphlets) The Blood Red Record (a history of lynching in the South), 1905; The Blot of the Scutcheon; The Nation, the Law, the Citizen Their Relation Each to the Other; Concentration of Energy; No Heaven for the Black Man.

Address:146 Warburton Ave., Yonkers, N. Y.

Morris W. Lasure

Morris W. Lasure.

Birth: 1843, Montgomery County, Ohio.
Death: Sep. 12, 1928.

Wife: Cassandra Fox Lasure.

Children: Ella, Ida, Hamilton S., Sanford W., Samuel E. Lasure.

Burial: Fairfield Cemetery, Fairborn, Greene County, Ohio.

Mr. Lasure was Marshal of Fairfield Ohio from 1910 -1914.

Ohio State Records.
Fourth Ohio Cavalry, Co. H.

Lasure, Morris, Private, Age 18 Enlisted Sept. 16, 1861 For,3 yrs captured and paroled Oct. 18, 1862, at battle of Kington, Ky.; mustered out with company July 15, 1865; veteran.