NARROW ESCAPES - Caulley's Corner
List and research compiled by Sharon Milich Kouns, Martha Martin and the late Tom Clutters
In Memory of Tom Clutters.
Lawrence County, Ohio
Civil War soldiers and newspaper stories about them.
Ironton Register; July 21, 1864
Improbable as it may appear, yet it is nevertheless true, that a bold attempt was made on Sunday morning, by eight desperate guerrillas, to raid across the Ohio River, a few miles below Guyandotte, Virginia, in order to rob the store of L.D. Russell, at the mouth of Indian Guyan. In this they were frustrated by their own carelessness and the pluck of young Billy Bays. They neither succeeded in killing any person, or robbing store; but were outwitted, and skedaddled, leaving their wounded behind, and themselves slightly demoralized. A citizen of that vicinity has written us the following particulars:
About two o'clock Sunday morning a band of rebels came to the river opposite "The Boat Yard," or mouth of Indian Guyan. One of them swam over, and appropriated L.D. Russell's skiff, and eight of them crossed to this side of the river, evidently intending to rob Russell's store, but by mistake called upon George W. Bay, at his store, saying they wanted some cigars. As soon as the door was opened, they rushed in, and George, seeing he state of things, reached for his revolver, but before he could make any use of it, they fired upon him several times, inflicting two very severe wounds in his chest; also inflicting a slight wound upon his sister, Sarah. In the meantime "Billy," a younger brother, rushed in with his "tools," and discharged six shots, making five of them tell, sending the rebs down stairs in a great hurry. One of them, giving his name as Boyd, has since been ascertained to be Mill J. Stephenson. He only went a few steps before falling. The remainder reached the river, but the first ones reaching the skiff, pushed off, deaf to the pleadings of their companions, who shot at them to bring them back.
After vainly trying to get a gunnale into the river, they finally succeeded in finding a "joeboat" capable of carrying a few of them. They pushed off, some of them swimming, and calling lustily for help; and it is thought two of them were drowned. They left their Captain, John Keller, at O. Harris's, and he and Stephenson are now at the hospital at Guyandotte, said to be mortally wounded.
Result of the raid: Two prominent Cabell county rebels mortally wounded, and two more probably drowned; one Union man badly; one young lady very slightly wounded. After crossing the river, they reported having killed “Russell” (Bay).
You can trace the rebs' course from the store to the river, by the blood.
NARROW ESCAPES
SOME EXCITING WAR EXPERIENCES
NO. 1
MAYOR CORNS' EXPERIENCE
Ironton Register, Thursday, November 18, 1886
[Under the above head we propose to publish a series of articles, or rather interviews with old soldiers, giving details of narrow escapes while in the service. We well print them as long as the boys keep us posted with startling personal experiences or our interviewer can gather them in.-- Ed. Reg.]
"What was your ‘narrow escape’ in the army?" we asked of Mayor Corns, of the old Second Va. Cavalry, as he stood smoking his morning stoga, before the big cannon stove of his office, last Monday.
"Oh, I had several that I thought was pretty narrow-- narrow enough to make my flesh creep when I even think of them now."
"But," said we, "what was the little the worst fix you got into while serving Uncle Sam?"
"Well, sir, about the worst fix," replied the Mayor, and he laughed and shuddered at the same time, "was when our division under Custer attacked Fitzhugh Lee, on the evening after the battle of Sailor’s Creek-- that was the 7th of April, 1865, two days before the surrender at Appomatox. Lee was trying to get off with a big wagon train, and Custer had orders to intercept him and capture the train if possible. Just at nightfall, we caught up with Fitzhugh Lee’s cavalry, down there not very far from Farmville. The enemy had gone into camp for the night. They were in the woods and had thrown up piles of rails as a protection against attack. We had a heavy line of skirmishes which were soon driven in, and then, having discovered the enemy’s line, Custer ordered a general charge. There were about 7000 cavalry and we went in with a rush, but after a bitter little fight we were repulsed. We ran into a ditch or drain in the charge and that upset our calculations. We piled into that ditch with considerable confusion and were glad to get out, without bringing any rebs with us. Our lines were soon reformed and another charge sounded. It was then after dark, but the moon was shining brightly. It was an open meadow over which we charged, and save the drain, was a pretty place for a cavalry fight, for those who liked that kind of business."
"After the charge was sounded and we were on full gallop, lo and behold the enemy was charging too, and the two divisions of cavalry met in a hand to hand fight in the middle of the plain. It was an awfully mixed up affair. We couldn’t tell friend from foe half the time. We had been on the go so much that our blue uniforms were dust-colored and about as gray as the rebels’. It was the biggest free fight ever I got into, and every fellow whacked away and tried to kill every fellow he came to. It happened, however, that I got in with a little squad of six or eight of our boys, and we kept together until we found ourselves completely within the enemy’s lines, with the rebs’ banging away all around us. Our army was getting the best of the fight, and gradually pushing the rebs back, and of course we went back with the rebel line. It looked scary for us. I saw Johnny Connelly near me and said to him, "This is a bad fix--we must get cut of this." And he said, "Yes, and here are five or six others of us right near." I got them together, for I was a Lieutenant commanding a company, and said, "Boys, we must charge to the rear and join our army," and one of the boys said, "Here goes," and started, and we were all about to put after him, but just as I started, a reb who was just in front of me, and who I thought was one of our boys, whirled around and, drawing his saber, called out, "Surrender, you d----d Yankee," at the same time bringing the saber down toward my head with fearful velocity. I dodged and the saber struck my shoulder, but did not cut the flesh as I had on an overcoat with a bear-skin collar. The blade went right through these, but stopped at the flesh, but it paralyzed my arm, which fell to my side. He did it so quickly that I had no time to parry. But missing my head, he quickly drew his saber for another stroke, and I would have got it the next time clean through my head, but just as the reb had the saber at its full height for another blow, a First N. Y. Cavalryman struck his carbine right against the fellow’s head, and exclaiming "Not this time, Johnny," blazed away and shot the reb.’s head just about off. Then we scampered to the rear, but hadn’t gone far when we got into the ragged edge of our own line and felt ourselves considerably safer. In getting out of there, three balls struck me, but I consider the narrowest escape, was when that New York Cavalryman stuck his carbine at the reb’s head and presented the blow which would have gone right through my head, as sure as fate. The narrowness of the escape was intensified by the fact that the war only lasted two days longer.
"Before we got out of there, Johnny Connelly was shot crazy, but I snatched his horse’s rein and got him within our lines. He was sent back to the field hospital and I never saw him since; but if ever I come across that N. Y. Cavalryman, I’ll take him home, set him down in the best rocking chair in the front parlor, and feed him on mince pie and roast turkey as long as he lives."
"Well, we drove Fitzhugh Lee back, captured his camp, and got a great many prisoners, a large proportion of whom were drunk. We found applejack by the bucketfuls all through the camp, but we were not allowed to touch a drop, though my arm hurt me terribly bad."
"Well, Mr. Corns, that was a ‘narrow escape.’"
"Narrow! Well, I should say so, and I sometimes have to feel up there to be sure my head ain’t split in two yet."
Italicized names died in action
*civil war soldiers - lawrence county ohio
Sharon Kouns: I have put newspaper spelling in brackets [ ] - the spelling as we know it today, is how it will be indexed. I have guessed at a few possible interpretations of the name.
|-A- |
|Abbott, Benjamin | | |76th OH Inf. |
|Abbott, Emily (widow) |Upper |widow’s pension | |
|Abbott, Jackson, private, Co. C. |Upper / Perry Twp. |Discharged |5th W. Va. Inf. |
| | | |Died: March 28, 1883 |
| | | |Buried: Newton Cem. |
|Abel Anton | | |5th PA HA |
|Abel Jesse | | |2nd WV Cav. |
|Abel, Jess Sr. (private) Co. B. |IR FEB. 03, 1898 |2d W. Va. Cav. |
| |Old veteran gone - Jess Abel, Sr., died last Saturday at the home of |Died - January 27, 1898 |
| |his daughter, Mrs. Charles Golden, near Old Maidsville. His age was 64|Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| |years 1 day. He lived in Ironton over 30 years - came from Wheeling |Ohio |
| |and held a position as nailor at Belfont Mill. During the Civil War he| |
| |was a volunteer in the 2nd WV Cavalry. | |
|Able, Andy |Ironton |Discharged | |
|Able, Jesse |Ironton |Discharged | |
|Abrams, Jonathan | | |1st OH HA |
|Abrams, Milton | | |2nd WV Cav. |
|Ackerman, Thomas |Perry |Discharged | |
|Ackerson, Thomas |SWI JAN. 22, 1909 |5th W. Va. Inf. |
| |The people of Sheridan were surprised to receive the sad news | |
| |regarding the death of Mr. Thomas Ackerson, who died at his home last | |
| |Saturday night at ten o’clock after a brief illness of only a few | |
| |days, aged 75 years. His death was due to pneumonia. | |
| |The deceased was attacked with a sudden illness on Tuesday evening and| |
| |Dr. O’Neil, a well known physician of South Point was summoned at | |
| |once, but owing to his extreme advanced age, was unable to bring about| |
| |his recovery and he passed to his reward at the time above mentioned. | |
| |Mr. Ackerson was a member of the Missionary Baptist church at Ice | |
| |Creek and his life was always that of a consistent Christian | |
| |gentleman. He was quiet and unassuming and commanded the deepest | |
| |respect of those who knew him best. He was very intelligent, energetic| |
| |and well advanced in current events, also cheerful, good natured, | |
| |extremely kind, always made friends easy and was held in the highest | |
| |esteem by all his acquaintances. | |
| |He was a veteran of the Civil war and a member of the 5th Virginia | |
| |regiment, and was engaged in some of the hardest fought battles. | |
| |The funeral services were held at the M. B. church at Sheridan and | |
| |conducted by Rev. McKee. A wife and six children survive him. James, | |
| |Edward, Charles, Mrs. Daniel Adams, Mrs. Wm. Walters and Mrs. Isaac | |
| |Crabtree, all of whom reside at Sheridan. | |
|Ackison, Thomas |Lawrence Twp | | |
|Acre, Charles |Hamilton Twp | | |
|Adams, Asa | | |5th WV Inf. |
|Adams, Charles T. |LaBelle |Discharged |189th OH Inf. |
|Adams, George W. Jr. | | |36th OH Inf. |
|Adams, Henry Battery B. | | |1st OH LA |
|Adams, Honshell | | |5th WV Inf. |
|Adams, James Wm. |Aid Twp | |4th OH Cav. |
|Adams, James |Elizabeth Twp | |6th OH Cav. |
|Adams, Joshua |Perry |Discharged |39th KY Inf. |
|Adams, Nathaniel | | |14th KY Inf. |
|Adams, Priscilla |Ironton |widow’s pension | |
|Adams, Rosselle |Ironton |widow’s pension | |
|Adams, Roswell | | |5th OH Cav. |
|Adams, Simon |Elizabeth |Discharged |173rd OH Inf. |
|Adams, Thomas |Lawrence |Discharged |14th KY Inf. |
|Adams, William |Fayette Twp/ Elizabeth Twp/ |Discharged |188th OH Inf. |
| |Burlington/ Ironton | |53rd OH Inf. |
|Adams, William |William Adams; served thirteen months, and was discharged on account |1st. W. Va. Light Artillery -- |
| |of disability, and died of disease contracted in the army Nov. 17, |Battery B |
| |1864. He was buried here. Was 32 years of age; left a widow and five | |
| |children. | |
|Adams, William B. |Elizabeth Twp | |1st OH HA |
|Adams, William H. | | |1st WV LA |
|Addis, Benjamin |Aid |Discharged |2nd WV Cav. |
|Addis, Burton D. | | |173rd OH Inf. |
|Addis, Thomas B. |Symmes |Discharged |173rd OH Inf. |
|Addis, Sarah E. |Aid |widow’s pension | |
|Adkins, Harrison | | |45th KY Inf. |
|Adkins, Isaac |Lawrence Twp | | |
|Adkins, J.A. | | |5th WV Inf. |
|Adkins, Joseph |Rome |Discharged | |
|Adkins, Pleasant A. |Fayette Twp | |5th WV Inf. |
|Adkins, Richard |Rome |Discharged |2nd WV Inf. |
|Adkins, Riley |Union |Discharged | |
|Adkins, Thomas G. |Upper |Discharged | |
| | | | |
|Adkins, William |Fayette |Discharged |188th OH Inf. |
|Adkins, William E. | | |45th KY Inf. |
|Adkins, William H. |Mason |Discharged |14th KY Inf. |
|Adkinson, Arius |Ironton |Discharged | |
|Aills, Christopher C. |Perry Twp. | |173rd OH Inf. |
|Akers, Nathaniel |Decatur |Discharged |14th KY Inf. |
|Akers, William |Hamilton |Discharged |6th OH Cav. |
|Akers, Wm. [Acres], Wm. |IR MAR. 30,1905 | |
| |Died Mar. 26, 1905 Hanging Rock, Ohio of asthma, age 76 years. He was | |
| |a veteran of the Civil War. | |
|Akins, Fletcher |Mason |Discharged | |
|Akins, Mary A. |Mason |widow’s pension | |
|Aldrich, Robert |Aid |Discharged | |
|Aldridge, Mark | | |4th OH Cav. |
|Aldridge, Robert |Aid Twp | |4th OH Cav. |
|Aldridge, William |Elizabeth Twp | | |
| |died in war | | |
|Aleshire, Michael |Decatur |Discharged | |
|Alexander, Geo. W., private, Co. L | | |1st O Lt. Art. |
| | | |Died: December 17, 1867 |
| | | |Buried: Hecla Cem. |
|Alexander, James, (Private) Co. I. |Ironton |Discharged |146th O V I |
| | | |Died: March 11, 1893 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Alford, Stephen |Perry Twp. | |126th OH Inf. |
|Allen, Alexander | | |40th KY Inf. |
|Allen, Caleb |Perry Twp. | |27th OH Inf. |
|Allen, Daniel |Perry Twp. | |189th OH Inf. |
|Allen, Emily J. |Ironton |widow’s pension | |
|Allen, Geo. W. |Mason Twp. | | |
| | | | |
|Allen, Hiram |Perry |Discharged |189th OH Inf. |
|Allen James | | |2nd WV Cav. |
|Allen, James M. |Perry |Discharged | |
|Allen, James S. (Lt. Col.) Co. F & S |Perry Twp. | |2d W. Va. Cavalry |
| | | |Died: March 15, 1868 |
| | | |Burial: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Allen, James W. | | |173rd OH Inf. |
|Allen, John |Perry Twp. | |173rd OH Inf. |
|Allen, John C. | | |56th OH Inf. |
|Allen, John L. |Perry Twp. | |5th WV Inf. |
|Allen, Joseph |Perry Twp. | |56th OH Inf. |
|Allen, Joshua |Perry Twp./ Lawrence Twp | |5th WV Inf. |
|Allen, Marion |Perry Twp. | |173rd OH Inf. |
|Allen, Norval D. |Mason |Discharged |173rd OH Inf. |
|Allen, Perry |Perry Twp. | |189th OH Inf. |
|Allen, Robert |Ironton |Discharged | |
|Allen, Rulany |Mason |Discharged ? widow’s pension? | |
|Allen, Thos. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Allen, William | | |9th WV Inf. |
|Allen, William |Mason Twp. | |died in war |
|Allen, William |Mason |Discharged | |
|Allen, William H. |Ironton |Discharged |5th WV Inf. |
|Allen, Wm. H. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Alley, Abijah D. |Perry Twp. | |86th OH Inf. |
|Allis, Christopher | | | |
|Alltop, Ephriam |Mason |Discharged |173rd OH Inf. |
|Alltop, Ruth |Mason |widow’s pension | |
|Altic, John |Union |Discharged |1st OH HA |
|Amos, James M. | | |18th OH Inf. |
|Amos, John P. | | |18th OH Batt. |
|Amos, Stephen D. | | |18th OH Batt. |
|Amos, Stephen D. |Decatur/Ironton |Discharged | |
|Anderson, Geo. C. | | |56th OH Inf. |
|Anderson, Geo. W. |Elizabeth |Discharged |188th OH Inf. |
|Anderson, George |Fayette Twp/ Elizabeth Twp | |5th WV Inf. |
|Anderson, Henry F. |Elizabeth Twp | |56th OH Inf. |
|Anderson, Isaac N. | | |34th OH Inf. |
|Anderson, James C. | | |53rd OH Inf. |
|Anderson, John T. |Burlington |Discharged |188th OH Inf. |
|Anderson, Nathaniel |Mason Twp. | | |
|Anderson, Samuel | | |J. 2nd WV Cav. |
|Anderson, Thomas |Fayette Twp | |77th OH Inf. |
|Anderson, William | | |5th WV Inf. |
|Anderton, Edmond | | |9th WV Inf. |
|Anderton, Nathaniel | | |1st OH HA |
|Anderton, Abner |Mason Twp. | | |
|Anderton, Edmond |Mason Twp. | | |
|Andre, Silman | | |7th WV Inf. |
|Andrew, John |Lawrence Twp | | |
|Andrews, Wm. |Hamilton Twp | | |
|Angel, Robert | | |18th OH Inf. |
|Angel, Henry |Aid Twp | | |
|Angel, John |Aid Twp | | |
|Angel, Robert |Hamilton Twp | | |
|Angle, Henry | | |2nd WV Cav. |
|Angle, Zachariah |Decatur |Discharged |173rd OH Inf. |
|Ankrim, Capt. |IR FEB. 23, 1888 |2nd Va. Cavalry |
| |Capt. Ankrim died at Fayetteville, a few days ago. He was Captain of | |
| |the old Second Va. Cavalry, and has been merchandising since the war. | |
|Appleberry, James |Aid Twp | |33rd OH Inf. |
|Arbaugh Alexander |Union |Discharged |4th WV Inf. |
|Arbaugh, Isaac |MI Jan 25, 1916 | |
| |ARBAUGH, Mrs. Nancy, - aged 69 yrs, Wife of Isaac Arbaugh, a civil war| |
| |veteran. burial at Delawder Cemetery | |
| |Aid Twp Discharged | |
|Argo, S. D. |IR Apr. 7, 1898 - Death of S. D. Argo. - Solomon D. Argo died at his |Civil War |
| |home, near Wheelersburg, last Friday. He was born at Marble furnace, |Died Apr. 1898 |
| |Adams Co., Ohio, July 15, 1827, and was nearly 71 years of age...He |Built 3rd house in Ironton |
| |came to Ironton in 1849, and built the third house in the town, | |
| |located on 4th between Buckhorn and Etna. In 1856 he married Mary J. | |
| |Lambert, daughter of Elias Lambert... of this union were born Thomas | |
| |B., Elizabeth, Elias L., James K., Emily E. and Benjamin F. In 1857, | |
| |he moved to the old homestead near Cemetery Lane. he was in the war | |
| |from 186_ and 1865, and was wounded at Selma, Alabama. In 1864, he | |
| |was married again to Fannie A. Hopkins of Dayton, and of this union, | |
| |on daughter, _____, was born, who lived at home at the death of her | |
| |father. In 1865 he moved to Allen county, but returned to Ironton in | |
| |1871, and was in the employ of the Iron Railroad for some years. In | |
| |1890, he moved to the mouth of Pine Creek, Scioto county, where he | |
| |died.... | |
|Armstrong, John W. |Rome |Discharged | |
|Arnold, Agnes B. |Ironton |widow’s pension | |
|Arnold, E. (1st Lieut.) Co. E. |IR Apr. 3, 1870 - Dr. E. Arnold, a well-known and esteemed citizen of |20th O V I, 3 mos. |
|Captain, Asst. Surgeon |Ironton, died last Saturday, and was buried, Monday. - The funeral was|Died: March 31, 1873 |
| |very large and was attended by the Encampment, Knights of Pythias and |Buried: Woodland Cemetery, |
| |Druids. |Ironton, Ohio |
|Arnold, Emel |Ironton |Discharged | |
|Arnold, Phoebe |Ironton |widow’s pension | |
|Arther, James H. |Perry |Discharged | |
|Arthur, Caleb |Fayette Twp | | |
|Arthur, Meredith |Fayette Twp | | |
|Arthur, Stephen |Windsor |Discharged | |
|Arthur, William |Fayette Twp | | |
|Arthur, William |Union |Discharged | |
|Artrup, James M. |Windsor |Discharged | |
|Ashburn, Hiram F. |Lawrence Twp | | |
|Ashcraft, Joshua |Ironton |Discharged | |
|Ashmore, Thomas |Windsor |Discharged | |
|Ashworth, Joseph |Elizabeth |Discharged | |
|Atkeson, Charles |Hamilton Twp | | |
|Atkinson, Chas. T.,(Sergt.) Co. A. |twp unknown | |5th W. Va. Inf., removal. |
| | | |Burial: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Atwell, Samuel G. |Union |Discharged | |
|Auckerman, Daniel |Union / Hamilton Twp |Discharged | |
|Authur, William |Fayette |Discharged | |
|-B- |
| | | | |
|Backus, Nathan | | |33rd OH Inf. |
|Backus, Thomas | | |33rd OH Inf. |
|Backus, Thomas J., private, Co. F. | | |27th O V I, |
| | | |Died: Feb. 22, 1894 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Bagley, Henry |Henry Bagley, Co. D; died in hospital at Parkersburg, and buried |5th WV Inf. |
| |there. | |
|Bagley, James H. | | | |
|Bagley, Richard | | |6th OH Cav. |
|Bailey, Anderson | | |5th WV Inf. |
|Bailey, Lemuel | | |14th KY Cav. |
|Bailey, Perry | | |17th WV Inf. |
|Bailey, Platoff | | |1st OH LA |
|Bailey, Thomas | | |1st OH LA |
|Baise, Abednego | | |173rd OH Inf. |
|Baise, Alfred B. | | |5th WV Inf. |
|Baker, Franklin | | |15th IL Cav. |
|Baker, Newton A. | | | |
|Baker, Thomas R. | | |2nd OH Cav. |
|Baldwin, Alexander | | |39th KY Inf. |
|Baldwin, Jarvey R. | | |39th KY Inf. |
|Baldwin, John A. | | |7th WV Cav. |
|Baldwin, John W. | | |39th KY Inf. |
|Ball, Farlan E. | | |92nd OH Inf. |
|Ball, Frank X. | | |189th OH Inf. |
|Ball, James M. | | |9th WV Inf. |
|Ball, Jesse | | |2nd KY Inf. |
|Ball, Minton | | |9th WV Inf. |
|Ball, George W. | | |9th WV Inf. |
|Ballard, A.J. | | |188th OH Inf. |
|Ballard, Charles H. | | |173rd OH Inf. |
|Ballard, Elisha B. | | |188th OH Inf. |
|Ballard, Isaac H. | | |5th WV Inf. |
|Ballard, Richard | | |188th OH Inf. |
|Ballard, Stephen | | | |
|Ballard, William H. | | |14th KY Inf. |
|Bandy, Marquis D.L. | | |18th OH Inf. |
|Banker, Hiram H. | | |56th OH Inf. |
|Banks, Samuel | | |14th KY Cav. |
|Barber, Joseph L. | | |6th OH Cav. |
|Barbour, Thomas | | |173rd OH Inf. |
|Bare, Calihan | | | |
|Bare, Henry J. | | |193rd OH Inf. |
|Barger, Alexander | | |1st OH HA |
|Barger, Alexander | | |1st OH HA |
|Barker, Harvey | | |40th KY Inf. |
|Barnett, Andrew | | |27th OH Inf. |
|Barnett, Thomas J. | | | |
|Barnhardt, James | | | |
|Barnhouse, Joseph | | |173rd Oh Inf. |
|Barr, Lemon | | |2nd Wv Cav. |
|Barr, William L. | | |22nd Ky Inf. |
|Barrett, John | | |2nd Oh Ha |
|Barrett, Martin | | |2nd Wi Inf. |
|Barrett, Michael | | |2nd Wv Cav. |
|Barron, Richard E. | | |2nd Wv Cav. |
|Barron, Thomas J. | | |2nd Wv Cav. |
|Barton, Henry | | |91st Oh Inf. |
|Bartram, Frederick | | |45th Ky Inf. |
|Bartram, Leonard | | |45th Ky Inf. |
|Bass, Peter | | |23rd Oh Inf. |
|Bates, Daniel | | |45th Ky Inf. |
|Bausch, Michael | | |2nd Oh Inf. |
|Bazell, E. Hamlin | | |5th Wv Inf. |
|Bazell, James B. | | |5th Wv Inf. |
|Bazell, Martin S. | | |2nd Wv Inf. |
|Bazell, Wiley G. | | |5th Wv Inf. |
|Bazell, William H. | | |6th Oh Cav. |
|Beach Joseph | | |2nd Wv Cav. |
|Beals Henry M. | | |18th Oh Inf. |
|Beals Isaac | | |2nd Wv Cav. |
|Bearskill Henry J. | | |2nd Wv Inf. |
|Beatty James | | |39th Ky Inf. |
|Beatty Robert S. | | |27th USCT |
|Beck Joseph | | |2nd Wv Cav. |
|Beckett Andrew J. | | |38th In Inf. |
|Beckett Solomon | | |45th Ky Inf. |
|Beebe Franklin | | |80th Oh Inf. |
|Belcher Jesse | | |27th Oh Inf. |
|Belcher John W. | | | |
|Belcher Squire | | | |
|Belcher William | | |91st Oh Inf. |
|Bell John | | |91st Oh Inf. |
|Bell John | | |91st Oh Inf. |
|Bell Miller A. | | |53rd Ky Inf. |
|Bellomy Thomas J. | | |10th Ky Cav. |
|Beloat William Q. | | |189th Oh Inf. |
|Belville John Q. | | |1st Wv La |
|Benedict William | | |193rd Pa Inf. |
|Bennett George W. | | |1st Oh Ha |
|Bennett James C. | | | |
|Bennett John | | | |
|Bennett Squire | | |91st Oh Inf. |
|Bennett Thomas | | |5th Wv Inf. |
|Bennett Thomas S. | | |56th Oh Inf. |
|Bennett William T. | | | |
|Benson David | | | |
|Berg George O. | | |1st Oh La |
|Berry James F. | | |53rd Oh Inf. |
|Berry Jonathan | | |5th Wv Cav. |
|Berry Patrick | | |12th Oh Inf. |
|Berry Reuben P. | | |1st Oh Ha |
|Betts Isaac J. | | |1st Oh Ha |
|Betts Reuben W. | | |1st Oh Ha |
|Betts William | | |6th Oh Inf. |
|Beverly William | | |14th Ky Inf. |
|Bezantin William | | | |
|Bice Joseph L. | | |91st Oh Inf. |
|Bickford Oscar S. | | |173rd Oh Inf. |
|Bickley Nelson | | |42nd Usct |
|Biggs Jarvis | | |10th Ky Cav. |
|Biggs Willoughby | | |39th Ky Inf. |
|Billups Gideon | | |173rd Oh Inf. |
|Bimpson Joseph N. | | |George’s Cav. |
|Bingham James C. | | |56th Oh Inf. |
|Bird George | | |1st Oh Ha |
|Black Alfred | | |4th Usct |
|Black James W. | | |27th Usct |
|Blackburn Jeremiah | | |173rd Oh Inf. |
|Blackburn Solomon | | |2nd Wv Inf. |
|Blackwell Elias R. | | | |
|Blackwell Reed J. | | |2nd Wv Inf. |
|Blackwell Richard | | |2nd Wv Inf. |
|Blair Andrew T. | | |9th WV Inf. |
|Blair, Jeptha | | |5th WV Inf. |
|Blair, John | | |27th OH Inf. |
|Blake, John W. | | |188th OH Inf. |
|Blake, Sheldon | | |188th OH Inf. |
|Blake, Zachariah S. | | |5th WV Inf. |
|Blake,Mills | | |6th OH Inf. |
|Blankenship, A.J. | | |53rd OH Inf. |
|Blankenship, Andrew. | | |5th WV Inf. |
|Blankenship, Beverly | | |27th OH Inf. |
|Blankenship, Casenter | | |18th OH Inf. |
|Blankenship, E. | | |2nd WV Cav. |
|Blankenship, Hiram | | |14th KY Inf. |
|Blankenship, James | | |23rd MO Inf. |
|Blankenship, John | | |22nd OH Inf. |
|Blankenship, John | | |23rd KY Inf. |
|Blankenship, John | | |5th WV Inf. |
|Blankenship, M. | | |27th OH Inf. |
|Blankenship, Perry | | |189th OH Inf. |
|Blankenship, Richard. | | |5th WV Inf. |
|Blankenship, Vincent | | |40th KY Inf. |
|Blankenship, Wm. F. | | |27th OH Inf. |
|Blankenship, Wm. W. |W. W. Blankenship, Co. C. Killed at second Bull Run, Aug, 29, 1862. |5th WV Inf. |
|Blazer, Simeon | | |193rd OH Inf. |
|Blevins, John | | | |
|Blizzard, Stephen | | |50th OH Inf. |
|Blowers, Chas., private, Co. H. | | |2d W. Va. In,f. |
| | | |5th W. Va. Cav. |
| | | |Buried: Hecla Fce Cem. |
|Blowers, James | | |1st WV LA |
|Blowers, Uriah | | |6th OH Cav. |
|Blowns, James |Perry Twp. | | |
|Blume, Charles W. | | |1st OH LA |
|Bodmer, Godfrey | | |1st OH LA |
|Boggess, Christopher | | |13th WV Inf. |
|Boggs, Andrew W. | | |18th OH Inf. |
|Boggs, Anthony B. | | | |
|Boggs, Charles L. | | |6th OH Cav. |
|Boggs, Harrison | | |1st OH HA |
|Boggs, John A. | | |1st WV LA |
|Boggs, Robert L. |Mason Twp | |9th WV Inf. |
|Boggs, William H. | | |1st OH HA |
|Boggs, Wilson |Fayette Twp | |5th USCT |
|Bolen, Henry | | |27th OH Inf. |
|Bone, Cleveland | | |39th KY Inf. |
|Bone, Doctor H. | | |2nd WV Cav. |
|Bone, John D. | | |13th TN Cav. |
|Bone, William H. | | |2nd WV Cav. |
|Bonsall, Charles | | |18th OH Inf. |
|Bonsall, William H. | | |1st OH HA |
|Boonfield, John A. |Mason Twp | | |
|Boonfield, Rufus |Mason Twp | | |
|Booth, Andrew J. | | |173rd OH Inf. |
|Booth, George M. | | |6th OH Cav. |
|Bostick, James K. | | |141st OH Inf. |
|Botkin, Granville | | |146th OH Inf. |
|Bowdle, William T. | | |193rd OH Inf. |
|Bowen, Anthony | | |6th OH Inf. |
|Bowen, Christopher C. | | |6th OH Cav. |
|Bowen, George W. | | |6th OH Inf. |
|Bowen, Hugh | | |5th WV Inf. |
|Bowen, John | | |56th OH Inf. |
|Bowen, John A. | | |5th WV Inf. |
|Bowen, Thomas J. | | |91st OH Inf. |
|Bowen, William | | |56th OH Inf. |
|Bowen, William J. | | |188th OH Inf. |
|Bowers, William | | |47th OH Inf. |
|Bowles, Jacob | | |56th OH Inf. |
|Bowles, John |IR Feb. 21, 1907 |27th OH Inf. |
| | | |
| |John Bowles, a former resident of Lawrence county, died at the home of| |
| |his daughter, Mrs. Mattie Ball of Portland, Oregon, Monday night, | |
| |February 4th, aged 80 years. Death was due to alveolar heart trouble. | |
| |A Portland exchange has the following to say of him: "Mr. Bowles | |
| |retired Monday evening, feeling as well as usual. He was a man of | |
| |robust constitutions and sickness had seldom visited him. One of the | |
| |members of his family went to his room to call him Tuesday morning and| |
| |found that he had passed away. | |
| |"Mr. Bowles was born in Virginia November 12, 1826. His parents moved | |
| |to Ohio while he was still a boy and he continued to reside in that | |
| |state until he moved to Oregon in 1883, settling in Oswego, where he | |
| |owned considerable property. He was married in 1846 to Miss Sarah | |
| |McIntyre of Lawrence county Ohio. Seven children were born of the | |
| |union of whom six survive him. Mr. Bowles enlisted in an Ohio regiment| |
| |during the Civil War and remained in the service until a wound | |
| |necessitated the amputation of his left arm, and he was discharged. | |
| |The funeral took place Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the I. O.| |
| |O. F. Hall at Oswego, Oregon with funeral at Oswego. | |
| |He is survived by one son, John Bowles of Alabama, and five daughters,| |
| |Mrs. Susan Chuck and Mrs. Kate Fox of Oswego, Mrs. Elizabeth Hosey of | |
| |Oregon City; Mrs. Martha Ball of Portland, and Mrs. Lucy McClelland | |
| |of Ohio. | |
|Bowles, Robert | | |56th OH Inf. |
|Bowles, William | | |4th OH Cav. |
|Bowling, Daniel |Daniel Bowling, 86, a veteran of the Civil War, died this morning at 8| |
| |o’clock at his home in Greenup after an extended illness. Funeral | |
| |services will be held Friday at the Stapf Mortuary parlor in Greenup | |
| |with interment at Wakefield, Ohio. | |
| |He is survived by 17 children and his widow, Mrs. Clara Mitchell | |
| |Bowling, to whom he was married last fall. | |
| |The following children survive: | |
| |Mrs. Lucinda Luther, Johnson, Ky.; Mrs. Louise Collins, Prestonsburg; | |
| |Mrs. Juliana Higgins, Jackson, O.; Mrs. Martha Sloan, Hillsboro; | |
| |William Bowling, Boone County, Ky.; John Bowling, Boone County; | |
| |Burbridge Bowling, Greenup; Joe Bowling, Floyd County; Mrs. Fannie | |
| |Gibson, Greenup; Sheridan Bowling, Greenup; Mrs. Anna Greathouse, Pike| |
| |County, Ky.; Taylor, Edwin, Ernest, Grace, William and Pearl Bowling, | |
| |all at home. Four children preceded him in death. | |
| |Ironton Evening Tribune, 8 May 1930, Thursday, Page 9. | |
| | | |
| |BOWLING | |
| |Funeral services for Daniel Bowling, 86, Civil War veteran of Greenup,| |
| |Ky., were held Friday morning. Mr. Bowling had been married four times| |
| |and was the father of 22 children, 18 of whom survive. Interment in | |
| |the Wakefield, O., cemetery under direction of Stapf Undertaking Co. | |
| |of Greenup. | |
| |Ironton Tribune, 10 May 1930, Saturday, Page 4. | |
|Bowling, Emmett |Perry Twp. | | |
|Bowling, Enoch | | |4th OH Cav. |
|Bowling, Joseph | | |4th OH Cav. |
|Bowling, Joseph J. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Bowling, Thos., private, Co. E. | | |14th Ky. Vol. Inf., |
| | | |Died: March 20, 1888 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Bowman, Jacob |Fayette Twp | | |
|Bowman, Jacob J. | | |188th OH Inf. |
|Bowman, Joseph |Fayette Twp | | |
|Bowman, Joseph B. | | |188th OH Inf. |
|Bowman, Joseph W. | | |173rd OH Inf. |
|Bowman, Thisle M. |Fayette Twp | |188th OH Inf. |
|Boyd, James | | | |
|Boyd, Joseph |Mason Twp | |179th OH Inf. |
|Boyer, Henry E. | | |173rd OH Inf. |
|Brace, Joseph |Perry Twp. | | |
| |died in war | | |
|Bradshaw, Geo. W. | | |45th KY Inf. |
|Bradshaw, Hiram | | |4th IN Cav. |
|Bradshaw, James |IR Apr. 4, 1895 | |
| |This well-known citizen of Lawrence county died 31st, 1895. He was | |
| |born in Russell Co., W. Va., Dec. 22nd, 1817; was consequently 77 | |
| |years, 8 months, 21 days old. He had lived in this county over a half | |
| |century, coming to this county when quite a young man. He leaves three| |
| |sons and three daughters and a wife to sorrow. No man has more friends| |
| |to mourn their loss than does James Bradshaw. He was a member of | |
| |Myrtle Tree Missionary Baptist church and had been a standby of that | |
| |church for about a half century. His house was the home of the early | |
| |ministers of this county. Many old men of our county will call to mind| |
| |the active days of James Bradshaw as a business man. He never had a | |
| |superior in the back part of Lawrence county. He was one of the | |
| |leading men of southern Ohio. He was mild yet decisive in all his | |
| |ways. He said what he would do and did that and no more. | |
| |The last day of his life was one of his active days. He worked all | |
| |day. He hauled lumber until almost night; did his feeding, ate his | |
| |supper, felt a little bad; was aiming to pull of his boots, but got | |
| |sick so fast he had to be assisted to get his boots off and was seized| |
| |with an apoplectic fit. When Dr. D. G. Stewart was called, he rallied,| |
| |said that he would be all right directly but was soon seized again | |
| |never to recover. | |
| |He went down not to rise in this life, but rise in a better clime | |
| |where the true and brave shall meet to know no sorrow and see no | |
| |tears. His funeral took place April 1st, ‘95. Thus ends one of the | |
| |noble lives of Aid township, and one of the model men of Lawrence | |
| |county--a career of usefulness and bliss. The sympathy of all go out | |
| |to the bereaved ones. | |
|Bradshaw, James M. | | |140th OH Inf. |
|Bradshaw, Wm. T. | | |9th WV Inf. |
|Bragg, David C. | | | |
|Bragg, Gideon J. | | |91st OH Inf. |
|Bragg, William | | |1st WV Cav. |
|Brammer ,Andrew | | |1st OH HA |
|Brammer, Charles | | |173rd OH Inf. |
|Brammer, Elijah G. |Elijah Brammer, Co. D; killed in action at Kelly's Ford, Va., August |5th WV Inf. |
| |22, 1862. Buried on the field. | |
|Brammer, James O. |Mason Twp | |173rd OH Inf. |
|Brammer, John | | |2nd WV Inf. |
|Brammer, John |Perry Twp. | | |
| |died in war | | |
|Brammer, John C. | | |6th WV Cav. |
|Brammer, John L. | | |173rd OH Inf. |
|Brammer, Robt. C. |Perry Twp. | |5th WV Inf. |
|Brammer, Rowland | | |5th WV Cav. |
|Brammer, Samuel |Perry Twp. | | |
|Brammer, Samuel F.V. | | |173rd OH Inf. |
|Brammer, Samuel H. | | |5th WV Inf. |
|Brammer, William | | |188th OH Inf. |
|Brammer, William A. |Fayette Twp | | |
|Branch, Henry, private, Co. C. | | |6th U. S. C. T. |
| | | |Died: Apr. 4, 1882 |
| | | |Buried: Kelly Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Brandt, J. C., private, Co. L. | | |12th O. V. C., |
| | | |Died: Feb. 16, 1899 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Branham, Isaac C. |Fayette Twp | |173rd OH Inf. |
|Brannigan, John |MI May 25, 1920 | |
| |John Brannigan, aged 96 years and two months, probably the oldest | |
| |resident in Ironton and Lawrence county, passed away yesterday | |
| |afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. James Furlong of Chestnut | |
| |street. Mr. Brannigan’s death although expected for some time, came as| |
| |quite a surprise to the members of his family. On account of his | |
| |weakened condition the deceased was compelled to spend the greater | |
| |part of the day in bed, this being the case since a year ago last | |
| |March when a decided weakness was noticed. Only last Saturday did his | |
| |condition become worse, death resulting yesterday afternoon from | |
| |infirmities of age. | |
| |The deceased was a native of Ireland, his birthplace being County | |
| |Mayo. He was married in England to Mary Burke. Two children were born | |
| |to this union in England. Mrs. Jas. Furlong of this city, and Mrs. | |
| |Ella Hill, wife of Tom Hill of West Virginia, who died about thirty | |
| |years ago. Mr. Brannigan with his wife and family emigrated to the | |
| |United States shortly before the Civil War. He located in Buffalo | |
| |Furnace, Ky., and later came to Maddy, thence to Ironton where he has | |
| |since resided. He engaged in the ore mining business and followed this| |
| |occupation until his health failed. | |
| |The deceased is survived by four children viz: Mrs. Furlong of this | |
| |city, John Brannigan of Santoy, O., Michael Brannigan of this city, | |
| |and Mrs. Chas. Matthews of West Ironton. Thomas Brannigan, a son, died| |
| |eighteen years ago and Mrs. Mary Brannigan died twenty years ago. | |
| |Since the death of the wife fifteen years ago, Mr. Brannigan has made | |
| |his home with his daughter, Mrs. Furlong. | |
| |The deceased was a member of St. Lawrence Catholic church and had | |
| |always been a regular attendant until ill health kept him home. The | |
| |funeral arrangements have not yet been made. Burial will occur under | |
| |the direction of O’Keefe and Co. | |
| | | |
|Brassfield, John |Fayette Twp | |5th USCT |
|Brattin, Allen T., Capt., Co. I. | | |9th W. Va. Inf., |
| | | |Died: Nov. 7, 1892 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Bratton, Purley | | | |
|Brawley, Alexander, 2d Lieut., Co. B. | | |1st. W. Va. |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Brawley, James | | |2nd OH HA |
|Brawley, Samuel S. | | |2nd KY Inf. |
|Breckenridge, Isaac | | |27th USCT |
|Breeden, James A. | | |146th OH Inf. |
|Brewer, William H. | | |4th WV Cav. |
|Brice, Chas. H., wagoner, Co. H. | | |2d W. Va. Inf., |
| | | |Died: September 19, 1874 |
| | | |Buried: Kelly Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Bridges, Hamilton | | |78th PA Inf. |
|Bridwell, John | | |146th OH Inf. |
|Briner, George | | |W. 2nd WV Cav. |
|Broadwell, Geo. | | |W. 54th KY Inf. |
|Broce, James P. | | |7th WV Cav. |
|Bronfield, D. S. |Mason Twp | | |
|Bronfield, Frank |Mason Twp | | |
|Bronfield, Samuel |Mason Twp | | |
|Bronfield, Sloan |Mason Twp | | |
|Brooks, Calvin D. | | |53rd OH Inf. |
|Brooks, Edwin C. | | |18th OH Inf. |
|Brooks, George | | | |
|Brooks, John K. | | | |
|Brooks, William | | |23rd OH Inf. |
|Brown, Alfred | | |9th WV Inf. |
|Brown, Anderson | | |173rd OH Inf. |
|Brown, Austin, private, Co. E. | | |9th U. S. C. T. |
| | | |Died: December 2, 1896 |
| | | |Buried: Kelly Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Brown, Daniel |Perry Twp. | |1st WV LA |
|Brown, Edward, private, Co. B. | | |1st W. Va. Lt. Art. |
| | | |Died: October 15, 1899 |
| | | |Buried: Hecla Fce Cem. |
|Brown, George | | |36th OH Inf. |
|Brown, Henry | | |3rd WV Cav. |
|Brown, Henry R. | | |39th KY Inf. |
|Brown, Isaac | | |56th OH Inf. |
|Brown, James |IR Aug. 22, 1901 | |
| |Veterans of the civil war are dropping off rapidly and scarcely a week| |
| |passes without one or more of the "old boys" are added to the list of | |
| |those answering the long roll. The latest to pass away was James | |
| |Brown, who died at 10 o’clock Thursday night at his home in the Parker| |
| |Block, aged 64 years. He was a member of Capt. John V. Keeper’s | |
| |battery of the First Virginia Light Artillery, and was a gallant | |
| |soldier. He leaves a wife and three daughters. The funeral services | |
| |were held at 2 p. m. Saturday at Lagrange. | |
|Brown, James F. | | |53rd OH Inf. |
|Brown, James L. | | |1st WV LA |
|Brown, Jenison | | | |
|Brown, John | | |18th US Inf. |
|Brown, John H. | | |1st OH LA |
|Brown, John H. | | |2nd OH HA |
|Brown, Joseph R. | | |14th KY Inf. |
|Brown, Nathaniel | | |3rd WV Cav. |
|Brown, Peter | | | |
|Brown, Robert C. | | |18th IN Inf. |
|Brown, Stephen |Mason Twp | | |
|Brown, William | | |3rd WV Cav. |
|Brown, Wm. R. |Mason Twp | | |
|Browner, William | | |188th OH Inf. |
|Browning, Archibald | | |4th OH Cav. |
|Browning,Elijah | | |1st OH HA |
|Brownstead, Geo. | | |91st OH Inf. |
|Broy, Andrew | | |115th IN Inf. |
|Brubaker, Abraham |Perry Twp. | |188th OH Inf. |
|Brubaker, Daniel D. | | |188th OH Inf. |
|Brubaker, David T. | | |188th OH Inf. |
|Brubaker, Jacob | | |5th WV Inf. |
|Bruce, Abraham | | |91st OH Inf. |
|Bruce, Clayton | | |173rd OH Inf. |
|Bruce, Crayton |Perry Twp. | | |
|Bruce, Cyrus |Perry Twp. | | |
|[Bruse], Cyrus | | | |
|Bruce, Cyrus C. | | |183rd OH Inf. |
|Bruce, Daniel |Perry Twp. | |10th KY Cav. |
| |died in war | | |
|Bruce, G. W. |Fayette Twp | | |
|Bruce, James |Perry Twp. | |173rd OH Inf. |
|[Bruse], James | | | |
|Bruce, James M. |Perry Twp./ Fayette Twp | |2nd WV Inf. |
|Bruce, Jeremiah |Perry Twp. | | |
|Bruce, John | | |5th WV Inf. |
|Bruce, Joseph | | | |
|Bruce, Lindsey | | |173rd OH Inf. |
|Bruce, Lloyd | | |173rd OH Inf. |
|Bruce, Nelson |Perry Twp. | | |
| |died in war | | |
|Bruce, Nelson D. | | |10th KY Cav. |
|Bruce, Richard | | |5th WV Inf. |
|Bruce, Vincent | | |1st WV Inf. |
|Bruce, Vincent | | |5th WV Inf. |
|Bruce, Vincent |Perry Twp. | | |
|Bruce, Washington | | |78th OH Inf. |
|Bruce, Wilson S. | | |6th OH Cav. |
|Bruce, Wm. |Perry Twp. | | |
|[Bruse], Wm. | | | |
|Bruce, Wm. |Perry Twp. | | |
| |died in war | | |
|Bruce. Lindsey |Perry Twp. | | |
|[Bruse], Lindsey | | | |
|Bruch, Chester |Fayette Twp | | |
|Brumfield, Geo. |Mason Twp | | |
|Brumfield, George | | |126th OH Inf. |
|Brumfield, James A. |Mason Twp | | |
|Brumfield, James F. |Mason Twp | | |
|Brumfield, Jas. F. | | |23rd OH Inf. |
|Brumfield, John A. | | |91st OH Inf. |
|Brumfield, Perry | | |33rd OH Inf. |
|Brumfield, Petry |Mason Twp | | |
|Brumfield, Rufus P. | | |1st WV LA |
|Brumfield, Samuel | | |1st OH HA |
|Brumfield, Sloan | | | |
|Brumfield, Wm. |Mason Twp | | |
|Bryant, Abraham | | |1st IA Cav. |
|Bryant, Anderson | | |54th KY Inf. |
|Bryant, Francis A. | | |54th KY Inf. |
|Bryant, George W. | | |5th USCT |
|Bryant, George W. |Fayette Twp | | |
|Bryant, John W. | | |5th USCT |
|Bryant, John W. |Fayette Twp | | |
|Buck, James, Sergt., Co. G. | | |2d W. Va. Cav., |
| | | |Died: September 3, 1886 |
| | | |Buried: Newton Cem. |
|Bulger, Milton R. | | |9th OH Cav. |
|Burch, Chester | | |5th WV Inf. |
|Burch, Theodore N. | | |188th OH Inf. |
|Burch, Wayne | | |2nd WV Cav. |
|Burcham, George | | | |
|Burcham, James P. | | |39th OH Inf. |
|Burcham, John H. | | |173rd OH Inf. |
|Burcham, William F. | | |173rd OH Inf. |
|Burden, Edward | | |27th OH Inf. |
|Burden, James M. | | |27th OH Inf. |
|Burgess, Francis M. | | |14th KY Inf. |
|Burgess, Reuben D. | | |6th OH Inf. |
|Burke, Joseph M. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Burke, William A. | | |18th OH Inf. |
|Burnett, Lafayette | | |23rd OH Inf. |
|Burns, John A. | | |2nd WV Cav. |
|Burns, Seabird | | |9th WV Inf. |
|Burr, Halsey C. | | |23rd OH Inf. |
|Burr, Lewis S. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Burroughs, Charles | | |18th OH Inf. |
|Burton, John B. | | |173rd OH Inf. |
|Burton, Martin, private, Co E. | | |5th W. Va. Inf. K, |
| | | |1st W. Va. Vet Inf. |
| | | |Buried: Kelly Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Burvender, Mark |Fayette Twp | |5th USCT |
|Busby, Samuel | | |18th OH Inf. |
|Bush, Corydon | | |146th OH Inf. |
|Bush, Horace E., Farrier, Co. G. |twp unknown | |1st W. Va. Cavalry, |
| | | |Died: Nov. 28, 1886 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Bush, Thomas H. | | |22nd KY Inf. |
|Butcher, Lewis M. | | |13th WV Inf. |
|Butler, Bazzel | | |5th US Inf. |
|Butler, James E., private, Co. G. | | |2d W. Va. Cav., |
| | | |Died: January 9, 1895 |
| | | |Buried: Sacred Heart Cem. |
|Butler, James H. |James H. Butler, Co. B, drowned in the Ohio river, Oct. 11, 1863. |2nd Va. Cav. |
|Butler, John | | | |
|Butler, Richard D. | | |6th OH Cav. |
|Butler, Thomas R. | | |1st OH HA |
|Butler, William L. | | |2nd OH HA |
|Butterfield, Ben |
|NARROW ESCAPES |
|SOME EXCITING WAR EXPERIENCES NO. 7 |
| |
|BEN BUTTERFIELD'S EXPERIENCE |
| |
|Ironton Register, Thursday, December 30, 1886 |
| |
|"You were in the artillery during the war, were you not?" asked the REGISTER reporter of Ben Butterfield. |
| |
|"Yes," said Ben, "I was in Battery L of the 1st Ohio Artillery." |
| |
|"Well, then you must have a "narrow escape" for me. I want one from the artillery, sure," said the reporter. |
| |
|"I haven’t any of a very thrilling character," said Mr. Butterfield. " I saw some things that I don’t care to see again, but nothing where I was |
|personally involved. There was a scene at Cedar Creek, on the 19th of October, 1864, that was pretty rough. It was the day that Sheridan made his|
|celebrated ride. The rebels attacked our army, which was lying along the north bank of Cedar Creek, before dawn, and before we could get over our|
|surprise, had us briskly retreating. Our battery was then in the Army of West Virginia, on the left side of the turnpike, at the foot of |
|Massanuttin mountain, from which the rebs made their first dash on our lines. |
| |
|"Our whole line was driven back and the battery went with it, but at several intervals getting into position, and as often lighting out again |
|with due haste. Our whole army was driven back, and were pretty well demoralized. It was about noon, when we got as far back as Middletown, |
|possibly six or eight miles from our original position. There Sheridan found us, on his side from Winchester. Our lines were soon reformed, and |
|soon changed retreat into attack, and from that moment we kept driving the rebs, until we regained the old line at Cedar Creek. |
| |
|"When we got there, our battery took position on the right of the road, a few hundred feet from where we were in the morning. A rebel battery was|
|planted across the creek just opposite us, and it was our purpose to pay particular attention to it, as it was doing our boys a great deal of |
|damage. We were just about ready to reply to their fire, when Capt. Gibbs, commanding our battery, gave the order, ‘by hand to the front,’ which |
|meant that we were to seize the piece and push it farther ahead. Now this was a little difficult, for there were piles of stone there, which had |
|been used by the infantry as a protection against the enemy’s fire. But they had been knocked down and lay about in heaps, so it was tough work |
|to get our cannon any farther to the front. Now we approach the scaly point, and it involves two well known persons of this county-- John H. |
|McGee and Esq. A. J. Jones-- two as brave men as ever fired a shot for their country. |
| |
|"Well, when the order ‘by hand to the front’ was given, McGee, Jones and myself jumped to the left wheel of the gun carriage to work it forward. |
|We were all at the precise places required by the tactics on such an order. McGee caught the front of the wheel and pulled, his right leg braced |
|up near the wheel. Jones was at the side of the wheel and pushing, his left lef thrust forward and near McGee’s right leg. I was at the back of |
|the wheel and pushing with all my might. Just at this moment came a shell from the enemy’s battery towards our piece. How it did tear and scream,|
|and how sure it was aimed! That shell came right at us. It struck John McGee’s right leg and Jack Jones’s left leg and tore off the lower part of|
|those limbs. As Jones fell, or as the shell knocked him about, he struck my foot-- I was that near to him. At the same time the shell exploded, |
|sending the pieces in every direction. Jones fell on the spot where he was struck, but McGee hopped off on the leg he had left. My ‘narrow |
|escape’ consisted in being the only one of the three, tugging at the same wheel, that didn’t lose a leg by that shot. |
| |
|"Really, the men who ought to tell this story are friends McGee and Jones, for they are the ones who got hit, and could tell it better, but then |
|it wasn’t altogether a narrow escape for them. I was the fellow who had the escape. Another remarkable thing about that shot was-- it not only |
|took off a leg apiece of two gallant soldiers, but it was probably, the last cannon shot fired in that celebrated battle of Cedar Creek, where |
|Sheridan made his famous ride. This is in substance about what I recollect of this exceedingly bloody and interesting reminiscence." |
| |
|[The Reporter will add, for the benefit of the reader who may not know them, that Messr. McGee and Esquire A. J. Jones are two prominent citizens|
|now living in this county, the former at Rockcamp and the latter at Willow Wood. They each sport a peg leg, one the left and the other the right.|
|When one walks along the sidewalk, you couldn’t tell from the noise whether it is John or Jack, unless you looked up to see. At the Portsmouth |
|reunion they rode together, and were the observed of all observers. May they live long and be happy.] |
|Butterfield, Benjamin, Battery L | | |1st OH LA |
|Byard, George L. | | |6th OH Cav. |
|Byard, Silas | | |5th WV Inf. |
|Bysel, John | | |6th OH Cav. |
|-C- |
| | | | |
|Carnes, Francis M. |Mason Twp | | |
|Carrell, Samuel A. |Mason Twp | | |
|Casey, Edw., private, C. | | |13th W. Va. Inf. |
| | | |Died: July 30, 1892 |
| | | |Bur: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Cassidy, Martin C. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Cassidy, Rease [Casidy], Rease |Perry Twp. | | |
|Cassidy, Thomas S. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Chambers, Richard |Perry Twp. | | |
|Channel, Robert R. |Mason Twp | | |
|Charlton, John, Corp., H. | | |5th W. Va. Inf. |
| | | |Died: July 13, 1887 |
| | | |Bur: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Chatfield, David R. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Chatfield, Robert |Perry Twp. | | |
|Chatfield, Samuel K. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Chatfield, Samuel K., Corp., A. | | |188th. O V I |
| | | |Died: Feb. 21, 1898 |
| | | |Bur: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Chatfield, Seth |Perry Twp. | | |
|Clark, A. S. |Mason Twp | | |
|Clark, Asa |Mason Twp | | |
|Clark, Cornelius |Mason Twp | | |
|Clark, Ellis E., private, I. | | |9th. Ind. Vol. Inf. |
| | | |Died: January 26, 1891 |
| | | |Bur: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Clark, Geo. W. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Clark, Geo. W. |Mason Twp | | |
|Clark, Samuel R., private, H. | | |9th. W. Va. Inf. |
| | | |Died: October 13, 1899 |
| | | |Bur: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Claybaugh, Jacob |Jacob Claybaugh, Buglar Co. G, killed at Camp Piatt, June 5, 1864. |2nd Va. Cal. |
|Cochran, Abraham, Corp., K. | | |2d W. Va. Cavalry |
| | | |Died: July 29, 1894 |
| | | |Bur: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Cochran, John J., private, C. | | |56th O V I |
| | | |Died: January 29, 1894 |
| | | |Bur: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Coffman, Jacob |Mason Twp | | |
|Coffman, John H. |Mason Twp | | |
|Cole, Thos. |IR Nov. 24, 1864 - A dispatch was received from Col. Kingsbury, on |91st OVI |
| |yesterday by Capt. Cole of Hanging Rock, that his son, Thos. Cole, was| |
| |killed near Bunker Hill, Va., on the 18th inst., in a severe skirmish | |
| |with the enemy. Geo. E. Downing started immediately to secure the | |
| |body which was still in the hands of the enemy. Lieut. Cole served in| |
| |the three months campaign and afterwards volunteered in Company H, | |
| |91st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He is highly spoken of by those who | |
| |knew him. A more lengthy notice will be given hereafter. | |
|Coleman, John, private, I. | | |18th Ky. Inf. |
| | | |Died: November 24, 1894 |
|Coleman, Thornton, private, E. | | |5th. U. S. C. T. |
| | | |Died: Feb. 23, 1896 |
| | | |Bur: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Colley, Wm. L. |Wm. L. Colley, Co. B, wounded while on picket near Charlotteville, |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |Va., and left in the hands of the enemy, March 3, 1865. He afterwards | |
| |died from the wounds. He was a brave soldier. | |
|Collier, Cornelius |Perry Twp. | | |
|Collier, James |Perry Twp. | | |
|Collier, James |Perry Twp. | | |
|Collier, John |Perry Twp. | | |
|Collier, Wm. H. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Collins, Nathan, private, | | |9th W. Va. Inf. |
| | | |Died: Dec 6, 1898 |
| | | |Bur: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Collins, O. S. |Perry Twp. | | |
|[Collin], O. S. | | | |
|Combs, John, Adj F & S. Capt., H. | | |2d W. Va. Inf. |
| | | |5th W. Va. Cavalry |
| | | |Died: Aug 21, 1894 |
| | | |Bur: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Conway, Lewis |Lewis Conway, Co. B, died at his home in Ironton, June 16, 1863, of |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |disease contracted in the army. He was loyal, true and brave. Buried | |
| |at Kelly's Cemetery; was 48-years of age when he died. Native of | |
| |Wales. | |
|Corn, Amos |Mason Twp | | |
|Corn, Clark |Mason Twp | | |
|Corn, Geo. |Mason Twp | | |
|Corn, Greenville |Mason Twp | | |
|Corn, James |Mason Twp | | |
|Corn, James |Mason Twp | | |
|Corn, Jesse Jr. |Mason Twp | | |
|Corn, John |Mason Twp | | |
|Corn, John |Mason Twp | | |
|Corn, Jordon |IR Nov. 19, 1885 |91st |
| |Mrs. Nancy Field, of Perry township, received $1,236 pension, a few |Died: April 8, 1883 |
| |days ago. She was the widow of Jordan Corn, formerly of the 91st, and| |
| |who died April 8, 1883, and she since married W. B. Field. She gets | |
| |the arrears notwithstanding her marriage, but she is cut off from | |
| |future pensions. | |
|Corn, Peter |Mason Twp | | |
|Corns, Joseph |Joseph Corns, Co. A, was born in Allegheny county, Pa. Came to Ironton|5th Va VI |
| |in 1860. In the Summer of '61, he enlisted in Co. A, Capt. McFadden. | |
| |Was killed in action at Franklin, Va., in the Fall of '62.-- His death| |
| |was instantaneous, being shot through the heart. Buried near | |
| |Moorfield, Va., at midnight, on the night of his death. He was known | |
| |as a kind and genial companion, and a brave soldier. His loss was | |
| |deeply felt by his companions in arms. | |
|Cornell, Jacob |Mason Twp | | |
|Coute, George |Perry Twp. | | |
|Crabtree, Handy |Perry Twp. | | |
|Crabtree, Henry |Perry Twp. | | |
|Crabtree, Henry [Crabtru], Henry |Perry Twp. | | |
|Crabtree, Thomas |Perry Twp. | | |
|Crawford, Alex |Mason Twp | | |
|Crawford, Alma |Mason Twp | | |
|Crawford, John |Perry Twp. | | |
|Crossland, A. D. | | |91st O.V.I. |
|Crossland, A. D. |
|We have room for another "narrow escape," not a very big one, but a little laughable one. Lieut. A. D. Crossland, of the old 91st tells it. |
|Everybody knows A. D.-- as brave a fellow and as jolly as ever went into the army. He said to us on Thanksgiving day: |
| |
|"I see you are giving the "narrow escapes" of the boys in the army-- I want to tell you mine-- it’s a short one. It took place at the battle |
|of Cloyd mountain-- a mighty hot little fight. You see I was Quartermaster and didn’t have to fight except in my own way, but I generally saw |
|the boys through. So at that fight, I got a musket and run a corps of my own. I cornered a big reb behind a small tree. I had the advantage, |
|because I had first aim, and as I saw a part of him, I tried to shoot, but the trigger on the old musket wouldn’t work, and while I was |
|fussing at it to get it to go off, the reb peeped around and surmised the difficulty, and as I was behind a very small tree that didn’t |
|altogether conceal me, reb concluded his chance had come; so he raised up, took aim, and fired. Good gracious, how I was scared! but he |
|missed me, and immediately I thought the thing to do was to get away from there, so I jumped from behind the tree and struck northward like |
|greased lightning, to get with the boys. As soon as I started to run, I looked back to see if Johnny Reb was coming after me, but how happy I |
|was, when I saw him climbing in the opposite direction as fast as his legs could carry him. As soon as he shot, he dropped his gun and lit |
|out, just as I had done. He was going so fast I expect he is running yet. Now you can talk of your "narrow escapes," but I’m athinking that’s |
|a pretty narrow one for a Quakermaster to get out of, don’t you?" "We do, truly." |
|Crossley, Chas. B., private, B. | | |4th U. S. C. T. |
| | | |Died: Feb. 23, 1893 |
| | | |Bur: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Cornell, Willis |Willis Cornell, Co. K; killed at Bull Run, August 27, 1862, and buried|5th Va VI |
| |on the field. | |
|Crossley, Simeon, Capt., Co. H. | | |91st O V I |
| | | |Died: April 11, 1873 |
| | | |Bur: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Cumpston, Captain Alf. |IR May 1, 1862 - Captain Alf. Cumpston, of the 5th Virginia regiment, | |
| |has been in town for a week past. He reports his boys are well; they | |
| |are at Moorfield now, and will move forward towards Dixie land with | |
| |the army. Captain Cumpston left yesterday. | |
|-D- |
|Daily, John C. |Mason Twp | | |
|Daley, Vincent |Mason Twp | | |
|Davidson, Thomas |Perry Twp. | | |
|Davies, Wm. L. |SWI Oct. 27, 1908 | |
| |Death came as a blessed relief Sunday morning shortly after three | |
| |o'clock to Wm. L. Davies, one of the most popular young men of the | |
| |city, who has been suffering for nearly two years from an affliction | |
| |of the lungs. | |
| |With a determination that characterized his life, Mr. Davies, when he | |
| |learned that his lungs were afflicted began a battle to overcome the | |
| |disease, but his efforts were in vain and death conquered Sunday | |
| |morning. | |
| |Will Davies was born on December 16, 1875, and all his life had been | |
| |spent in this city. He was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. | |
| |Davies. When it became apparent in March, 1907, that the condition of | |
| |his health demanded a change of climate, the deceased with his father | |
| |left for Texas, going first to Belrio. A series of stops was then made| |
| |at El Paso, Alamogordo, Phoenix and other points but the greater | |
| |portion of the time from March, 1907, until a few weeks ago was spent | |
| |at Alamogordo. Mr. Davies remained with his son until April, 1908, | |
| |thirteen months. Two weeks ago last Sunday Will signified his | |
| |intention of returning East and his father met him in St. Louis. He | |
| |arrived October 8, last and began to sink and it was evident to the | |
| |faithful watchers at his bedside that the end was not far distant. | |
| |The deceased was educated in the public schools of the city and early | |
| |in life showed an aptitude for civil engineering, and so proficient | |
| |did he become in his chosen profession that until ill health compelled| |
| |him to discontinue the work he was assistant instructor in engineering| |
| |in the Ohio State University. | |
| |He also served for several years as assistant city engineer under J. | |
| |R. C. Brown. Mr. Davies joined the Methodist church in early | |
| |childhood. | |
| |He served throughout the Spanish-American War as a member of Co. E. | |
| |7th O. V. I. and was a member of the Spanish American war veterans who| |
| |will attend his funeral in a body. | |
| |He was a possessor of a very fine voice and as a member of the Acolian| |
| |Quartette participated in many concerts, and other singing. Wm. Davies| |
| |was a young man of many strong characteristics. | |
| |He is survived by his father, at present assistant sanitary policeman,| |
| |one brother, Geo. of Newport, and three sisters, Mrs. J. F. McConnell,| |
| |and Misses Lillian and Carrie. | |
| |The funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o’clock at | |
| |Wesley chapel. | |
|Davis, Andrew J., private, | | |8th Ind. Batt. Lt. Art. |
| | | |Died: February 16, 1897 |
| | | |Bur: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Davis, Edwin, private, B. | | |2d W. Va. Cav. |
| | | |Died: June 16, 1863 |
| | | |Bur: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Dawson, James |Perry Twp. | | |
|Dawson, W. B. |W. B. Dawson, Co. G, killed in action at Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6,|2nd Va. Cal. |
| |1865. He was a brave soldier and was killed three days before Lee's | |
| |surrender. | |
|Dawson, Wm. |Wm. Dawson, Co. G, died in hospital at Fortress Monroe, April 26, |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |1865, of wounds received in action. He was a good soldier and fell | |
| |about the last of the battle. | |
|Day, Kimber B. |Kimber B. Day, Co. A; native of Mason Co., Ky. Volunteered in 1861. |5th Va. VI |
| |Served 15 months. Died at his home in Ironton, of Chronic Diarrhea. | |
| |Buried at Kelly's Cemetery. Was 56 years of age when he died. He was | |
| |above age, but such was his patriotic zeal that he would volunteer in | |
| |defense of his country. Was in the Seven Days and second Bull Run | |
| |battles. He was a very powerful, brave and moral man, and much loved. | |
| |Left a wife and 5 children. | |
|Dean, Ezra, ensign, |War 1812 | |11th U. S. Inf. |
| | | |Died: January 25, 1872 |
| | | |Bur: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Deboard, Thos. J., private, E. | | |45th Ky. Inf. |
| | | |Died: July 20, 1898 |
| | | |Bur: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Deering, John S. [Dearing], John S.|Perry Twp. | | |
|Deering, Wm. W. |IR Dec. 10, 1903 - Pioneer Gone. - William W. Deering, one of the |4th O.V.I. |
|[Dearing], Wm. W., Co. G. |pioneers of this county, died at noon Monday, at his home on Fourth |Died: Dec. 1903 |
| |street in Lombard addition,...aged 64 years. He was born at the | |
| |present site of Deering this county, and lived there almost all his | |
| |life, having been a resident of Ironton for several years. He was a | |
| |veteran of the Civil War, having served in Company G Fourth O. V. I. | |
| |He is survived by a widow and eight children. The latter are: Mrs. | |
| |Mary Taylor, of Covington, Ky., Chas. Deering, of Old Maidsville; Mrs.| |
| |J. H. Harshbarger, of Newport, Ky., M. and Wiliam Deering of | |
| |Cumberland, Md.; Ben Deering, of Fayette township; George and Lula | |
| |Deering, of Ironton. | |
|Dement, John |Mason Twp | | |
|Dement, Samuel |Mason Twp | | |
|Dement, Stephen |Mason Twp | | |
|Dement, Wm. |Mason Twp | | |
|Dennison, Edwin |Perry Twp. | | |
|Dennison, James |Perry Twp. | | |
| |died in war | | |
|Diels, A. J., private, I. | | |46th Ky. Inf. |
| | | |Died: Dec. 29, 1872 |
| | | |Bur: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Dillow, Thomas |Perry Twp. | | |
|[Dellaw], Thomas | | | |
|Ditcher, James, private, I. | | |23d U. S. C. T. |
| | | |Died: June 20, 1888 |
| | | |Bur: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Dits, Wm. M. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Donohoe, Alvin, private, H. | | |56th O.V.I. |
| | | |Died: January 23, 1900 |
| | | |Bur: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Donohoe, William H., private, H. | | |6th. O. V. C. |
| | | |Died: Aug. 24, 1895 |
| | | |Bur: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Doran, Edward |Edward Doran, Co. G, died in hospital, at Guyandotte, Va., March 24, |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |1862. He was respected by all his comrades. | |
|Dosson, Lewis |Mason Twp | | |
|Dowling, Patrick |Patrick Dowling; born in Ireland. Served two years. Taken prisoner at |1st. W. Va. Light Artillery -- |
| |Lynchburg. Died in the hands of the rebels in his 20th year. Generally|Battery B |
| |loved, faithful and brave. | |
|Drake, Stephen P. |Stephen P. Drake, Co. B, captured by Mosby's Guerrillas near Newtown, |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |Va., March 5, 1864, and he with several other prisoners was started | |
| |with a guard toward rebeldom. The second day after their capture, they| |
| |killed the guard and escaped to the mountains, but were pursued by | |
| |other rebels, and it is supposed that he was recaptured and killed, as| |
| |he was never heard from afterward. He was a good soldier. | |
|Driscoll, Shandy H., seaman, G. B. | | |"Signal," Mississippi Sq., Died: |
| | | |August 9, 1888 |
| | | |Bur: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Dundon, John |John Dundon, Serg't Co. G, drowned in crossing the Great Kanawha |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |river, Feb'y 26, 1864. He was a good and brave soldier. His body was | |
| |recovered and buried in the Catholic Cemetery in this city.-- Born at | |
| |Albany, N. Y. | |
|Dugan, Patrick |Perry Twp. | | |
| |died in war | | |
|Dunfield, George |George Dunfield, Co. G, died in Libby Prison, Dec. 27, 1863. He was a |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |brave patriot but was starved to death by rebel demons in their prison| |
| |pens. | |
|Duncan, Hugh |Hugh Duncan, Co. E; killed at Meadow Bluffs by bushwhackers.-- Resided|5th Va VI |
| |near the mouth of Guyan. | |
|Dunfield, John, private, G. | | |2d W. Va. Cav. |
| | | |Died: January 14, 1873 |
| | | |Bur: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Dyer, Thomas |Thomas Dyre, Co. K; killed at Lexington, Va. His family live near Rock|5th Va VI |
| |Camp. | |
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|Earles, Charles |IR May 6, 1869 - Irontonians Afar. - A gentleman who went from this | |
| |county to Fort Scott, Kansas, has returned to his old “stamping | |
| |ground.” He don’t like it. He tells us that Col. Hawley, Geo. H. | |
| |Richey and John and Charley Earles are living on a “claim,” about | |
| |twenty-five miles from Fort Scott. They are vigorously farming. The | |
| |last time our informant saw Col. Hawley he was mauling rails. The | |
| |Col. has sold his property in Fort Scott, and is paying attention to | |
| |agricultural pursuits. All of them are growing in health and | |
| |strength. | |
|Earles, John |IR May 6, 1869 - Irontonians Afar. - A gentleman who went from this | |
| |county to Fort Scott, Kansas, has returned to his old “stamping | |
| |ground.” He don’t like it. He tells us that Col. Hawley, Geo. H. | |
| |Richey and John and Charley Earles are living on a “claim,” about | |
| |twenty-five miles from Fort Scott. They are vigorously farming. The | |
| |last time our informant saw Col. Hawley he was mauling rails. The | |
| |Col. has sold his property in Fort Scott, and is paying attention to | |
| |agricultural pursuits. All of them are growing in health and | |
| |strength. | |
|Edwards, Charles |Perry Twp. | | |
|Edwards, Elisha F. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Effingham, John H. |Mason Twp | | |
|Ellson, Israel |Mason Twp | | |
|Ellswick, Martin |Perry Twp. | | |
|Ellswick, Wm. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Elswick, Richard, Sergt., I. | | |39th Ky. Inf. |
| | | |Died: Nov. 24, 1887 |
| | | |Bur: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Embree, John |Mason Twp | | |
|Enochs, Wm. H., Col. Brvt Brig | | |1st W. Va. Vet. Inf. |
|Gen., | | |Died: July 13, 1893 |
| | | |Bur: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Enochs, Wm. H., Gen. |
|"I suppose you have observed that the REGISTER is giving some "Narrow Escapes" of the boys in the war, Gen. Enochs?" |
| |
|"Yes, indeed," said the General, "I read them with a great deal of interest. They are a good thing. They remind me of what Gen. Hayes said to |
|me at Portsmouth, during the reunion. He remarked that the real history of the war has not yet been written; and will not be, until the boys |
|have a chance to tell their personal experiences." |
| |
|"Well now," said the reporter, "that’s just what I am after, a "narrow escape" from you." |
| |
|"Oh, I have none worth relating. I was in a great many battles and met danger with the rest of the boys, but I have no distinctively romantic |
|escape to relate. My narrowest escape was where I didn’t altogether escape. It was at the battle near Winchester, on the 19th of September |
|1864--Sheridan’s first great battle in the Shenandoah Valley. You remember the engagement began about noon. The 19th corps was on the left; |
|the 6th corps in the center and the Army of West Va. on the right, and my regiment, which I commanded that day, was on the extreme right of |
|the whole line; that is, of the infantry line. Custer’s and Merritt’s divisions of cavalry still covered our flanks." |
| |
|"Well, we had driven the rebel forces gradually from the start; and they were very hard to drive as they fought behind the stone fences which |
|abound in that country. It was on toward five o’clock in the evening, and the rebel lines had been driven back from every point except where |
|the artillery was planted, which was a strong position. Their cannon was doing fearful execution, and the musketry from that quarter was very |
|severe. Gen. Duval, who commanded our brigade, had fallen, and the ranks were much shattered. I had lost my horse in a swamp soon after the |
|fight commenced and so was afoot in the battle. Things were in a turmoil and confusion; nobody seemed to be directing our brigade or division,|
|so I took hold of our end of the line myself, and ordered an assault on the rebel artillery. I thought we wouldn’t be killed any faster going |
|ahead than standing still. Then the enemy opened on us furiously. Our line as it advanced had a very ragged edge to it. It was made up almost |
|without any order as to regiment, a dozen regiments being represented, in some parts of the line." |
| |
|"As we approached the rebel position, I happened, at one moment, to be looking down the line, awfully anxious about its maintaining itself, |
|when my "narrow escape" came to me in the form of a minnie ball, and down I went, to figure, as the comrades around me supposed, among the |
|list of the killed. And I would have thought so too, possibly, if I had not been knocked senseless. There I lay insensible, for some time, but|
|finally regained my thoughts, to find that I couldn’t see. I was blind as a bat for over an hour; but during that little period, I felt about |
|to ascertain the extent of my wound, and found a ball sticking in the side of my head about two inches above the right ear. It had gone |
|through my hat band and flattened against the skull, which it bruised badly, and to which it stuck until I pulled it off. The first man who |
|discovered I wasn’t dead was Lewis Neff, of Rome township, who gave me a drink from his canteen." |
| |
|"That was indeed, a very close shave," said the reporter, "but what of the charge on the artillery?" |
| |
|"Oh, that was the best part about it," said the General--"the boys went right on, and captured the rebel works; and that did as much as any |
|other one thing that day to give us the victory. The next day, I was all right and took command of my regiment again." |
| |
|"Where’s the ball?" asked the reporter. |
| |
|"I carried it for a couple years after, but finally lost it," replied the General; "but I can recollect everything about that fight without |
|the ball as a reminder. It struck me too forcibly to ever be forgotten." |
| |
|Gen. Enochs house was built for Robert Hamilton in 1854. IR Aug. 1884. [IR Apr. 24, 1856 - For good work see that in the new house of R. B. |
|Hamilton, near the Grove. It is the best house in town, although some may not like the plan. The workmanship about the entire building - |
|brick work, carpenter work and painting - is superior. The carpenter work was done under the supervision of D. W. Voglesong, the painting by |
|J. G. Steen, and the brick work, we believe, by S. White.] |
|IJ Dec. 29, 1869Year1869 - Gen. Enochs will leave to-day for Columbus as member of the Legislature from this county. He will endeavor to get |
|a short furlough in March to attend court here; meantime, his partner, Thos. Cherrington, will be found at the offices at all times. We hope |
|to hear from the General often. [IR Mar. 24, 1870 - Gen. Enochs voted against Women Suffrage in the Ohio Legislature, last week. How could |
|you General ! the ladies of Ironton will scratch out your eyes when you come home.] |
|IR May 21, 1873 - For Sale. - 150 acres of farming and timber land, adjoining Athalia, in this county, for sale very cheap, or will be |
|exchanged for city property. W. H. Enochs. |
|IR July 23, 1874 - Gen. Enochs has purchased two lots on corner of Jefferson & 5th and will after awhile erect a residence thereon. |
|IR Aug. 27, 1874 - Gen. Enochs is fitting up a residence on 2nd between Olive & Vernon streets. |
|IR Jan. 21, 1875 - Gen. Enochs is receiving proposals for the erection of two tenement houses on the lots adjoining J. C. Clark’s residence. |
|Gen. W. H. Enochs renominated to Congress. |
|IR July 2, 1891 - Gen. and Mrs. W. H. Enochs have invited the members of the Dick Lambert Post and their wives to spend the 4th with them at |
|their home on 4th street. It will be a sort of picnic gathering, in the beautiful grounds about the residence. The officers of the Post |
|request the REGISTER to circulate the cordial invitation. |
|IR Oct. 31, 1895 - Mrs. Clarke and Miss Rhodes will move to the Enochs mansion this week, and their boarders will go with them and enjoy more |
|palatial quarters. |
|IR Oct. 11, 1900 - Fred J. Horschel has purchased one of the Enochs lots on South fifth street between Adams and Jefferson, adjoining the lots|
|recently purchased by Col. E. J. Bird, Jr. Mr. Horschel will erect a nice cottage on the lot as soon as plans can be prepared. |
|IR Apr. 25, 1901 - Col. E. J. Bird Jr. will erect a handsome pressed brick and stone ______ in the rear of Mrs. Enochs’ _____ this summer. |
|MI May 26, 1914 - Bird Home Purchased Monday by E. W. Bixby - A real estate deal was consumated Monday whereby E. W. Bixby, who resides in |
|the Enochs homestead, on Adams street, becomes the owner of the large stone house at the corner of Fifth and Adams street, which was begun |
|some nine years ago by Colonel E. J. Bird, but which though almost completly erected was never finished. The two lots owned by Mr. Bixby, on |
|the opposite corner of Adams street, were considered in the deal, but the cash consideration was not made public. The sale was completed |
|through the Star Building and Loan, which took the building over some time ago at a sheriff’s sale. Mr. Bixby stated that work would begin at|
|once toward the completion of the building, which he will occupy as a residence. All of the outside work on the building, which is made of |
|the finest possible building stone. Greenfield limestone has been completed as has the greater portion of the plumbing and the work necessary|
|for the completion will be the carpentry work and an amount of plumbing. When completed the building will be one of the most beautiful |
|residences of the city, and local residents will rejoice that it is to be completed as it will add materially to civic beauty. Two lots above|
|the property were also secured by Mr. Bixby, in the deal, but another lot which was included in the estate was not purchased by him. It is |
|understood that within a short time at least one and possibly two other splendid new buildings will be erected above the Bixby property. [MI|
|July 14, 1915 - The last rites over the remains of the late Edwin W. Bixby were held Tuesday afternoon at the beautiful home at the corner of |
|Fifth and Adams...the active pall bearers were relatives of the dec’d: I. H. Bixby, F. A. Bixby, H. H. Campbell, L. B. Campbell, Ed. S. |
|Wilson and R. E. Mitchell] [his father Edwin Bixby, the jeweler, passed away in 1906 at the home of his {Edwin Sr.] daughter, Mrs. Harry H. |
|Campbell, 64 So. 2nd St.] |
|Estler, J. A. ----, I. | | |2d N. J. Cav. |
| | | |Died: February 28, 1889 |
| | | |Bur: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|-F- |
|Feril, Wm. H. |Mason Twp | | |
|Farley, Henry H. |Henry H. Farley, Co. D; died at Gallipolis. |5th Va VI |
|Ferrel, Judson |Mason Twp | | |
|Fields, James |Perry Twp. | | |
|Fields, Jesse |Perry Twp. | | |
|Fields, Richard |Perry Twp. | | |
|Fields, Russell |Perry Twp. | | |
|Fillinger, G. W. |Mason Twp | | |
|Finck, Geo. |Mason Twp | | |
|Finley, James |James Finley, only surviving Negro Civil War veteran in Lawrence | |
| |county, died Tuesday afternoon at his home at 1105 South Tenth street | |
| |after an extended illness. He had been ailing for some time but was | |
| |not taken seriously ill until last Thursday. | |
| |Mr. Finley was born in Virginia and would have been 85 years old next | |
| |August 11th. He moved to Lawrence county with his family at the age of| |
| |4 years, locating at Vesuvius Furnace. He enlisted with the 27th Negro| |
| |Infantry at the outbreak of the Civil War at the age of 19 years and | |
| |served until peace came, when he returned to Ironton. He was employed | |
| |at Toledo for some time, but then returned to Ironton and for 20 years| |
| |was an employee at the old Dupuy tannery. His wife preceded him in | |
| |death 33 years, but he is survived by three children, Joseph and | |
| |Clarence of Cleveland and Mrs. Susie Gordon of Ironton. A | |
| |daughter-in-law, Mrs. Carrie Finley of Pittsburgh will arrive Thursday| |
| |to attend last rites, which will probably be held Friday. | |
| |Mr. Finley was a member of the G. A. R. and attended reunions of that | |
| |organization until his health started failing. He was a member of | |
| |Quinn Chapel for 60 years and for 43 years resided at Ninth and Maple | |
| |streets. | |
| |Funeral arrangements are in charge of Gholson and Sons and will be | |
| |announced later. | |
| |Ironton Evening Tribune, 7 May 1930, Wednesday, Page 10. | |
|Fisher, Geo. C., private, I. | | |173d O V I |
| | | |Died: September 8, 1888 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Firmer, John W. |John W. Firmer, Co. D; died at his home in Rome township. | |
|Flour, Lewis |Mason Twp | | |
|Flour, Wm. |Mason Twp | | |
|Flyan, John |Perry Twp. | | |
|Folwell, Margull B. |Mason Twp | | |
|Forbus, Daniel |Daniel Forbus, Co. B, was killed in action at Lynchburg, and buried on|5th Va VI |
| |the field. | |
|Foster, Mrs. |Widow’s pension | |
| |IR Nov. 19, 1885 - Mrs. Foster of Burlington, received $720 accrued | |
| |pension last week. | |
|Fox, Abner |Abner Fox, died in the hospital at Beverly, W. Va. on the 3d of Oct., |1st. W. Va. Light Artillery -- |
| |1863, from a wound in the knee received in the battle near White |Battery B |
| |Sulphur Springs, on the 26th of August 1863. Enlisted Oct. 1st, 1861, | |
| |at Ceredo, and served honestly and bravely. His company sent $102.50 | |
| |home to his widow. Was 38 years of age, and left a widow and two | |
| |children. | |
|Fox, Christ F., private, G. | | |27th O V I |
| | | |Died: July 28, 1899 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Frailey, Martin, private, B. | | |5th W. Va. Inf. |
| | | |Died: August 24, 1899 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Frazier, Samuel |Perry Twp. | | |
|Freeman, M. A. |Perry Twp. | | |
| |died in war | | |
|Freeman, I. W. |Getaway |IR Feb. 17, 1898 - The pension of | |
| | |I. W. Freeman, Getaway, has been | |
| | |raised from $8 to $10. | |
|-G- |
|Gammon, Jesse |Perry Twp. | | |
|Gammon, Wm. |Perry Twp. | | |
| |died in war | | |
|Gardner, Samuel |Samuel Gardner, Co. G, died in Andersonville prison pen, August 4, |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |1864, and lies buried in the National Cemetery at that place. His | |
| |grave is No. 4,788. He was a brave soldier. | |
|Gaut, Abraham |Mason Twp | | |
|Gayhart, John |Mason Twp | | |
|Gearhart, James W. |Mason Twp | | |
| |died in war | | |
|Geltz, Jacob, private, I. | | |146th O V I |
| | | |Died: August 11, 1896 |
|George, John S., Capt., | | |Ind Co. O Cav. |
| | | |Died: February 16, 1895 |
|Gholson, Jas. H., Corp. |War 1812 | |Capt. Ward's Co., Ky. Inf. |
| | | |War 1812 |
| | | |Died: December 29, 1844 |
|Ghrist, Columbus O. |Mason Twp | | |
|Gibson, George |Perry Twp. | | |
|Gibson, Wm., private, A. | | |Ind. W. Va. Excempt Inf. |
| | | |Died: May 31, 1882 |
|Gilfillian, Campbell, Hospital | | |2d Army Corps. |
|Corps. | | |Died: September 19, 1898 |
|Gilleland, Wm. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Gilliland, Richard |Perry Twp. | | |
|Gilliland, Vincent |Perry Twp. | | |
|Gillen, E. F. |IR Aug. 29, 1872 - E. F. Gillen, has assumed the management of the | |
| |European Hotel in Cincinnati. It is an elegant house, and | |
| |conveniently situated. Visit him during the exposition. | |
|Gladman, Wm. |Mason Twp | | |
|Goins, Wm. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Golden, Fletcher, 1st Sergt., H. | | |6th O. V. C. |
| | | |Died: June 1, 1890 |
|Golden, John |John Golden, Co. G, captured while on picket, and died in |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |Andersonville prison pen, July 1st, 1864.-- He is buried in the | |
| |National Cemetery at that place. His grave is No. 2,712. He was a | |
| |brave soldier. | |
|Goodfellow, John |John Goodfellow, Co. G, died in hospital at Sandy Hook, Va., aged 60. |2nd Va. Cal. |
|Gosset, Joseph |Joseph Gosset, Co. E; died at Cabell, buried there. |5th Va VI |
|Gray, Chas. S., 2d Lieut. | | |U. S. Marine Corps. |
| | | |Died: September 6, 1898. |
|Gray, Geo. N. | | | |
|Gray, Geo. N. |
|NARROW ESCAPES |
|SOME EXCITING WAR EXPERIENCES |
|NO. 6 |
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|COL. GEORGE N. GRAY'S EXPERIENCE |
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|Ironton Register, Thursday, December 23, 1886 |
| |
|We interviewed Col. Geo. N. Gray, the other day, upon his experiences in the army, and after circling the Colonel with a good many |
|interrogatories, managed to get a very interesting and romantic "Narrow Escape" from the recesses of his memory. He remarked in substance, as |
|follows: |
| |
|"In 1862, I was Lieutenant in the Signal Corps, and attached to the Mississippi Gunboat Flotilla, which was under command of Commodore Davis. |
|Just after the fall of Memphis, in June of that year, we were ordered to White river, and up that, to look for Gen. Curtis’s command, which |
|seemed lost somewhere in Arkansas or Missouri. There were five or six gunboats in the fleet, and we arrived at White river, June 16th, and |
|steamed up that stream. We soon approached a little town of St. Charles, where there was a high bluff back from the left bank of the river on |
|which was a fort and several heavy seige guns. We had the 46th Indiana regiment and landed on the left bank; about two miles below the town |
|and just below where a little bayou put out. |
| |
|"Well, the next morning, the 17th, one of the gunboats, steamed up the river to open fire on the fortifications. But before the boat started, |
|I was sent with two men to shore to creep along between the river and the fort, and through the canebrake, to a high piece of ground beyond |
|the fort, so I could take observations from there, for from that point I would be able to look right down into the enemy’s works, see their |
|force and count their guns. The intelligence I was to gain there, I was to signal to my associate officer on the gunboat, who was to |
|communicate to Col. Fitch, and let him know the situation, so he could attack if desirable. My progress along the bank was to be protected by |
|the gunboat, which was to draw all the enemy’s attention and gunpowder. It was about three miles from where I started to the knoll I was |
|after. We began our journey through the thicket and canebrake. Soon the gunboat coming slowly up the river opened out, and the guns in the |
|fort replied, and under the hissing shells and solid shot of both sides, we three men crept along. It was pretty uncomfortable, I tell you, |
|but seemed worse than it really was. Well, myself and two men had got up the river bank about two miles from where we started, and were a |
|little in advance of the gunboat, when a shot from the fort blew up the gunboat-- the shot had struck a steampipe; several men were scalded to|
|death; some jumped overboard and swam ashore to be butchered; and the boat drifted helpless toward the side the rebels were. |
| |
|"The enemy then came out of the fort and rushed to the river bank, firing at men in the water and on the boat. There were about 1100 infantry |
|in the fort, and, of course, they shot and killed all they could. Out of the 200 on that gunboat, I think we lost in shot, drowned and scalded|
|about 150. |
| |
|"Now, the blowing up of the gunboat made my situation especially perilous. Here we were two miles from our forces, and the rebs all around us,|
|and looking for us. Soon, about thirty came scooping through the canebrake looking for us, and finally discovered us. About a dozen rushed at |
|us with guns aimed, ready to shoot, but I cried: ‘There is no use of that; we surrender,’ and they took us in. Anticipating capture, I had hid|
|our signal flags and tore off all insignia of the signal service, thinking perhaps the rebs might torture us into sending false signals to our|
|forces. Well, we were taken around the upper end of the fort, to a place back of the works. I saw, as I passed by, the artillery and the |
|number of men and took a careful observation. |
| |
|"About that time, another gunboat had steamed up in front of the fort and engaged it. The infantry had hurried from the river bank back behind|
|the fortifications. There was all excitement. The cannonade was tremendous. We were left in charge of two infantry men; and one of them |
|straggled away from us in the confusion and hurly-burly of the fight. A field of corn skirted the bluff back of the fortifications, and but a |
|few steps from us. I asked our guard if we might not get a roasting ear, and he assented. As we went to the corn, I said quietly to my |
|comrades. ‘We’ll run when we get there.’ Of course, the guard’s attention was divided between watching us and the shells from the gunboats, |
|and that gave us a better opportunity; so as soon as we got well into the corn, we took to our heels. The guard fired at us, and several |
|joined in pursuit. Gracious, but we did run! Pretty soon we came to a bayou, an arm of White river, that stretched around the bluff that the |
|rebs were on. It was about 50 feet wide. There was nothing to do but plunge right in, and in we went. It was a terrible moment to me, for I |
|couldn’t swim; and what if the waters were over my head! In I went, deeper and deeper, till the water was to my shoulders, and the next few |
|steps might take me still deeper. I could hear my pursuers prowling through the cornfield, not far back. The bottom of the bayou was swampy |
|and I seemed to sink deeper every step. I stretched my neck and turned my face upward and kept on. The anxiety of that moment was horrible, |
|but I thought it was better to be drowned than be shot. I had seen our own soldiers shot as they came from the gunboat, struggling through the|
|waters, and I was sure that would be my fate if I turned back. Another step or two and I found the bottom solider and the waters less deep. On|
|I pushed and soon emerged from that perilous journey. My two comrades were swimmers and got over before, and just as I landed and got into the|
|woods, the reb guards were approaching the bayou, but we were beyond their reach. We took our course down the bayou, in the direction of Col. |
|Fitch’s regiment, and in a short time arrived there. We were sorrowful looking objects, soaked and muddy from head to foot. |
| |
|"Col. Fitch looked at us in amazement, and was more amazed when we told our story. ‘Do you suppose I can take the works from the rear?’ he |
|asked. I told him I thought he could. He then put his command in marching trim, and I led the way up the bayou to our wading place, where the |
|regiment crossed. The second gunboat had passed up the river beyond the fort, and another boat started to engage the enemy, while Col. Fitch |
|with his regiment attacked from the rear. The infantry completely surprised the rebel forces and captured the whole business. I expect they |
|killed and wounded about 250 of the enemy, took all the guns and many prisoners. There are two or three other very interesting incidents |
|connected with this matter. |
| |
|"There was a signal officer beside myself connected with that expedition, Lieut. Wood. At first, he was assigned to that land duty, and I was |
|to stay on the gunboat; but as he was not well, we changed places-- I went ashore, and he stayed on the gunboat. When the boat blew up, he |
|jumped overboard and swam to the opposite shore. If I had been there I would have drowned, for I couldn’t swim a lick. |
| |
|"When we three retreated from the rebs, and happened to strike the bayou at the only place possible to wade, we found there a rebel picket who|
|had been shot right in two, only a moment before, by solid shot from the gunboats. He was horribly mangled. He was, doubtless, there to watch |
|that narrow place in the bayou, and if it hadn’t been for that timely solid shot, he would have made it serious for us. |
| |
|"Col. Fry, formerly of the Navy, commanded the rebel guns, and he was among our prisoners. Capt. Flory, Capt. Sill and myself were talking |
|together, when Fry slipped by and made a dash for some adjacent timber. We called him to halt, but he kept on and I sent a ball from my |
|revolver after him, but it missed; and then Fry, still retreating, threw out a sign of free masonry, which we all observed, but Capt. Sill, |
|saying ‘that won’t do here,’ fired his revolver and hit Fry, bringing him to the ground with a hole through his lungs; but he got over it. I |
|speak of this, because he was the man who commanded the filibustering Virginias in an attack on Cuba, a few years after, and who died under |
|the walls of Havana, the same expedition in which the son of our townsman, Mr. DeGrei, was shot. |
| |
|"One other thing, and it bore on our minds all the time; we had knowledge that the rebs there had declared they would give no quarter. It was |
|understood that Gen. Hindman had sent that word to Col. Fitch. Then the fact that they shot all who escaped from the boat, made our experience|
|deeply distressing. That was the thing that impelled us to ‘light out’ at the first slim chance. |
| |
|"Well, I guess I’ve told you all you care about knowing. I may say that the expedition was quite successful, and Gen. Curtis and his army got |
|out of their box, without our help, even if our efforts were full of narrow escapes." |
| |
|IR Nov. 22, 1877 - Mr. L. W. Richards will occupy Mr. H. S. Neal’s residence on the corner of 4th and Olive. Mrs. Neal and her two daughters |
|will spend the winter in Washington. Col. Gray will reside in the J. C. Clarke’s house where Mr. Richards has dwelt for a couple years past. |
|[1884 states that John Clarke’s built in 1874 Harry Campbell ‘s home] [IR Apr. 28, 1892 - Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Clarke are visiting their |
|brother, C. C. Clark, this week.] |
|IR July 11, 1878 - Col. Gray has purchased the brick residence of James Ferguson on the corner of 6th and Adams, price $6,500. |
|IR July 18, 1878 - Col. Gray intends to put some improvements upon the Ferguson property before he moves in. |
|IWR Oct. 14, 1899 - The Old Kelly Barn. - Mr. Geo. N. Gray, the present owner of the Kelly homestead, is having the old barn torn down. It |
|has not as yet been decided what deposition will be made of the homestead but it is probable that the Deaconess hospital will be located |
|there. |
|IR Jan. 21, 1892 - Col. Gray has turned one of his side verandahs into a beautiful little conservatory, and Mrs. Gray says a large coal oil |
|lamp furnishes enough heat on the coldest nights. |
|IR Feb. 18, 1904 - Miss Amanda Doak Humphreys died ..at the home of Col. and Mrs. George N. Gray..of South Sixth street. |
|IR Aug. 17, 1905 - Mrs. Isabelle Humphrey...died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Geo. N. Gray, on south Sixth street,...aged 87. |
|Gregory, Peter |Mason Twp | | |
|Greene, Samuel |Samuel Greene, Co. E; killed at Cross Keyes, June 8, 1862, buried on |5th Va VI |
| |the field. | |
|Guess, Joseph |Perry Twp. | | |
|Gussin, James |Mason Twp | | |
|-H- |
|-I- |
|Hackworth, Geo. W. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Hackworth, Pleasant |Perry Twp. | | |
|Hackworth, Preston |Perry Twp. | | |
|Hackworth, Thomas |Perry Twp. | | |
|Hackworth, Wm. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Hague, John |Mason Twp | | |
|Hailey, Irwin R. |Irwin R. Hailey, Corp'l Co. B, killed in action near Winchester, Va., |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |Sept 5, 1864. He was brave and loved by all who knew him. | |
|Hall, George B., private, G. | | |182d O V I |
| | | |Died: July 12, 1892 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Hall, Lewis |Mason Twp | | |
|Hall, Wm. D. |Mason Twp | | |
|Hamilton, Thomas |IR Jan. 24, 1901 - Thomas Hamilton, died at his home at 91 Center |Capt. John S. George’s Independent |
| |Street...deceased was past 55 years of age. He was born at Center |Calvary |
| |Furnace, June 9, 1846, and with the exception of 6 years spent in |and |
| |Portsmouth, was a continuous resident of this county... he was |Co. H. Sixth Ohio Calvary |
| |enlisted in Capt. John S. George’s independent calvary, and at the end| |
| |of the three months service enlisted for 3 years service in Company H,| |
| |Sixth Ohio Calvary... in battle of Bull Run and St. Mary’s Church, | |
| |Va...Served on the Register, Irontonian, Ironton Journal and | |
| |Republican. ... Mrs. Hamilton and three children survive..Johanna, | |
| |aged 14; John, aged 11, and Mary Louise, aged 8. He had one brother | |
| |here, Attorney John Hamilton, and four sisters, Mrs. F. C. Tomlinson, | |
| |Mrs. W. H. Enochs, Mrs. McGugin, and Mrs. Rosa McBride of New York... | |
|Hammon, Robt. |Perry Twp. | | |
| |died in war | | |
|Hammond, Robt. M. |Perry Twp. | | |
| |died in war | | |
|Hammond, Thomas |Thomas Hammond died this morning at his home at Coal Grove after an | |
| |illness due to the infirmities of old age. The deceased was born in | |
| |Lawrence county on July 2, 1832, being 85 years, ten months and 19 | |
| |days old. He was a civil war veteran, being a member of Co. I, 7th | |
| |Ohio regiment | |
| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |
| |-------- honest and industrious and his death has caused much sorrow. | |
| |The wife of the deceased preceded him in death thirty years. He is | |
| |survived by one sister, Mrs. Martha Justice of Wellston, and the | |
| |following children: Mrs. Louis Berry of Buchanan Co., Ky.; Mrs. Thomas| |
| |Adams of South Point; Mrs. J. | |
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| |-------------------------. | |
| |Ironton Democrat, 26 December 1917. | |
|Haner, Noah |Mason Twp | | |
|Harmon, Hiram |Perry Twp. | | |
|Harmon, John |Perry Twp. | | |
|Hardy, Thomas |Thomas Hardy, Co. E; killed at Berryville, Va., Sept. 3, 1864. Fell in|5th Va VI |
| |a gallant charge, and was buried in his own blanket on the field. He | |
| |was one of the brave and true. | |
|Harmon, Nigbley |Perry Twp. | | |
|Harparee, Elias, private, E. | | |27th O V I |
| | | |Died: March 14, 1893 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Harrison, John |Mason Twp | | |
|Harrison, Lewis P. |Mason Twp | | |
|Harrison, Solomon |Mason Twp | | |
|Harvey, Albert |Albert Harvey, Co. G, killed in action at Lewisburg, Va., May 2d, |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |1863. He was a good and faithful soldier and was respected by all who | |
| |knew him. Buried at Kelly's Cemetery. | |
|Harvey, Alvin |Mr. Alvin Harvey of Lorain street was summoned to Hamilton, O., by the| |
| |death of his aged father George Harvey a veteran of the Civil war of | |
| |the Co. of the 5th Va. He having enlisted from Ironton in the 23rd | |
| |Ohio for the three month service, then to the 5th Va. until the end of| |
| |the war. Mr. Harvey was about 78 years of age was one of the first men| |
| |to build a home in Russell, Ky. living there until almost 15 years | |
| |ago, moving to Hamilton where he has made his home since and one of | |
| |the old original molders of Ironton having been an employee of the old| |
| |Ironton foundry, and later at Foster’s. | |
| |Funeral arrangements are unknown, but will perhaps be Monday. He | |
| |leaves a devoted wife and nine living children as a daughter Helen | |
| |died almost a year ago. The living are Mr. J. C. Harvey, Lewis, | |
| |William, Roy, Elmer of Hamilton, Alvin of Ironton, Mrs. D. A. Jones of| |
| |Dallas, Texas, Mrs. C. C. Lawrence of Indianapolis, Ind., and Ruby at | |
| |home. | |
| |30 January 1917, Tuesday | |
|Haskins, John G. |Mason Twp | | |
|Haskins, Thos. S. |Mason Twp | | |
|Haskins, Wm. |Mason Twp | | |
|Hastings, Samuel |Perry Twp. | | |
|Hastings, Simeon |Simeon Hastings, Co. A; native of West Virginia. Killed at second Bull|5th Va VI |
| |Run. His body was not recovered. Was 25 years of age, and left a wife | |
| |and 3 children. | |
|Hastings, Thomas |Perry Twp. | | |
|Hastings, Thomas |Perry Twp. | | |
|Hatcher, Charles |Perry Twp. | | |
|Hatfield, Henry |Mason Twp | | |
|Hauer, Lewis |Mason Twp | | |
|Hauer, S. M. |Mason Twp | | |
|Hauer, Tolbert |Mason Twp | | |
|Hawley, Co. |IR May 6, 1869 - Irontonians Afar. - A gentleman who went from this | |
| |county to Fort Scott, Kansas, has returned to his old “stamping | |
| |ground.” He don’t like it. He tells us that Col. Hawley, Geo. H. | |
| |Richey and John and Charley Earles are living on a “claim,” about | |
| |twenty-five miles from Fort Scott. They are vigorously farming. The | |
| |last time our informant saw Col. Hawley he was mauling rails. The | |
| |Col. has sold his property in Fort Scott, and is paying attention to | |
| |agricultural pursuits. All of them are growing in health and | |
| |strength. | |
|Helmeax, Wm. |Mason Twp | | |
|Helms, Wm. G. |Mason Twp | | |
|Henry, Dr. J. S., Hospital steward,| | |49th Ky. Inf. |
|F & S | | |Died: May 2, 1895 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Henry, Elliott C., private, I. | | |146th O V I |
| | | |Died: September 30, 1890 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Henry, Mark S., Corp., H. | | |91st O V I |
| | | |Died: August 20, 1882 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Henshaw, Henry H. |Henry H. Henshaw, Co. B, died at Wytheville, Va. of wounds received in|2nd Va. Cal. |
| |action at the place, July 18, 1863. No purer minded and nobler boy | |
| |than Henry ever lived. Life to him was a path of duty, which he | |
| |followed faithfully. He was always found at his post, and was loved | |
| |and esteemed by all his comrades. | |
|Henthorn, J. W., farrier, K. | | |2d W. Va. Cav. |
| | | |Died: June 10, 1891 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Hickman, Joseph, private, B. | | |5th U. S. C. T. |
| | | |Died: December 29, 1896 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Higgins, James |Mason Twp | | |
|Higgins, John M. |Colonel John M. Higgins, well known Portsmouth man and a native of | |
| |this county, died Monday night at his home in Portsmouth after an | |
| |illness of several years. colonel Higgins was born November 20, 1842, | |
| |at Pine Grove Furnace, this county, and located in Portsmouth in 1851.| |
| |He was for a quarter of a century advertising manager of the old Daily| |
| |Blade and was quite prominent in Scioto county politics. He was a | |
| |veteran of the Civil War and was wounded at the battle of Perryville. | |
| |He is survived by a wife and one son, Hugh H. Higgins, traffic manager| |
| |of the Portsmouth Street Railway and Light Company. The funeral | |
| |services will be held this afternnon at 3 o’clock at the family | |
| |residence, 627 Seventh street, Portsmouth. | |
| |Morning Irontonian, 18 February 1920, Wednesday, Page 3. | |
|Higgins, John W. |Mason Twp | | |
|Higgins, R. J. |R. J. Higgins of Coal Grove, recently came into possession of the | |
| |sword of Capt. Wm. Smith, who was shot in a battle in the Shanendoah | |
| |valley, four miles from Winchester. At the time Capt. Smith was shot | |
| |Mr. Higgins, who was color bearer of his company, had his cap knocked | |
| |off by the sword of Capt. Smith as he fell. The ball entered the head | |
| |just above the ear. As it was known to be a mortal wound, Levi Jacks | |
| |was detailed to take Capt. Smith home. He died at Parkersburg enroute | |
| |to his home and his body was sent on to his home at Aid Ohio. He was | |
| |about 35 years of age at the time of his death. The sword came into | |
| |the possession of James Jenkins, a brother-in-law of Capt. Smith, who | |
| |turned it over to Mr. Higgins because of his intimate associations | |
| |with him just prior to his death. | |
| |Capt. Smith was a son of Arch Smith, a resident of Aid Township, | |
| |Lawrence county, Ohio. It will be remembered that Capt. Uriah Payne | |
| |and Capt. Smith recruited Company H, of the Ninth W. Va. Infantry in | |
| |1861 and was stationed at Guyandotte, W. Va. and was captured in | |
| |October 1861. Capt. Smith had gone home the day before the battle and | |
| |was not captured and as Capt. Payne was captured, Capt. Smith, then a | |
| |Lieutenant, the command of the company fell to him and was commanded | |
| |by him until his death. The company numbered about thirty-five men the| |
| |morning Capt. Smith was killed. Rube Shattuck and Ed. Brown were also | |
| |killed. In forty years, the number has gone down from fifty-three to a| |
| |very few. The names of the ones living are Sergeant R. J. Higgins, | |
| |Sergeant Amos Lambert, Joseph Fitzer, E. Woods, William Hankins, John | |
| |Willis, L. Massie, Gains Massie, M. A. Smith, brother of Capt. Smith, | |
| |Abner Anderson, David Gossett, George Faultner James Darling and James| |
| |Craig. | |
| |Ironton Register, 11 October 1906, Thursday. | |
|Hilburn, John |Perry Twp. | | |
|Hill, Winfield |Perry Twp. | | |
|Hisel, Squire |Mason Twp | | |
|Hisell, Francis M. |Mason Twp | | |
|Hisell, Jasper G. |Mason Twp | | |
|Hobstetter, Peter, private, I. | | |9th O V I |
| | | |Died: February 28, 1889 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Hock, John |Mason Twp | | |
|Hoffman, George |George Hoffman, Co. B, died of wounds received in action near |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |Lewisburg, Va. May 18, 1863. He was a good and brave soldier. | |
|Holliday, Samuel |SWI Sept. 26, 1911 - Died in West. - ... Mr. Samuel Holliday, whose |2d Virginia Calvary |
| |home is at Ft. Scott....formerly resident of Coal Grove.... Mrs. |Died: Sept. 1911 |
| |Phliancy Wolfe of 4th and Washington street is a twin sister....He |Bur: Ft. Scott |
| |also leaves one brother, Mr. Homer C. Holiday of Beatrice, Neb. Mr. | |
| |Joel Holliday of Coal Grove, now deceased was also a brother...His | |
| |wife also survives him. Mr. Holliday belonged to the Second Virginia | |
| |Calvary and was once taken as prisoner of war....Buried at Ft. Scott. | |
| |Mrs. J. H. McGee is a niece of Mr. Holiday. Mrs. Reuben Higgins of | |
| |Coal Grove is a sister-in-law. | |
|Holmes, Jas. H., Capt., H. |IR Mar. 31, 1892Year1892 - James H. HolmesHolmes, James H., an old |1st W. Va. Lt. Art. |
| |soldier and river captain, and ex-game warden of this county, died at |Died: Mar? or May 24, 1892 |
| |his home on Vernon street, between 2nd and Front streets, last Friday |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| |evening. Captain Holmes has been a resident of this city for nearly |Ironton, Ohio |
| |30 years... | |
|Holt, James, private, A. | | |4th U. S. C. T. |
| | | |Died: January 2, 1897 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Hoover, David P. |David P. Hoover, 96, last of the county's civil war veterans and long | |
| |known as the "baby" of the veterans because he was the youngest of the| |
| |surviving veterans of that war, died Tuesday evening at 6:30 at his | |
| |home at Athalia. Born at Connellsville, O., a son of Aaron and Delilah| |
| |Hoover he enlisted in the army at the age of 13, serving with the 13th| |
| |Ohio Regiment and after the war returned to his home at Connellsville.| |
| |He moved to this county in 1868 and the remainder of his life was | |
| |spent here. In 1872 he was united in marriage to Miss Josephine | |
| |Guthrie and 10 children, five sons and five daughters, were born to | |
| |their union. His wife and five daughters preceded him in death. The | |
| |five surviving sons are Ernest, Fred, William and Clyde of Athalia and| |
| |Harry of Chesapeake. Also surviving are six grandchildren, Madeline, | |
| |and Don Hoover, of Chesapeake; Herbert and Russell Hoover, Athalia and| |
| |Mrs. Dorothy Hadloser and Mrs. Geraldine Pigman both of Huntington. | |
| |The body will be at the residence, where friends may call, after 5:00 | |
| |o'clock this evening. Services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:00| |
| |o'clock at Athalia Methodist church, with the Rev. Frank Harding | |
| |officiating. Burial will be in Miller cemetery. | |
| |It was announced this afternoon that Congressman T. A. Jenkins will | |
| |speak during the church service. | |
| |Efforts were also being made this afternoon to have an American Legion| |
| |or other veteran delegation attend, as an honor to memory of the | |
| |gallant G.A.R. | |
| |Ironton Tribune, 20 November 1946, Wednesday, Page 1. | |
|Hopkins, Wm. G., private, B. | | |2d W. Va. Cav. |
| | | |Died: January 27, 1897 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Huckstep, Cornelius, private, C. | | |4th U. S. C. T. |
| | | |Died: Apr. 16, 1888 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Hugernean, J. V. |Mason Twp | | |
|Huggins, Thos. |Mason Twp | | |
|Hughs, Charles |Perry Twp. | | |
|Hughs, Charles |Perry Twp. | | |
|Hughs, James |Perry Twp. | | |
| |died in war | | |
|Hughs, Jonathan |Perry Twp. | | |
|Hughs, Joseph |Perry Twp. | | |
| |died in war | | |
|Humphreys, Thomas |Thomas Humphreys, Co. C; killed at Waterloo Bridge, Va., August 28, |5th Va VI |
| |1862. He was one of the best men. his last words were: "I would be | |
| |willing to die if I knew my country was safe, and that my dear wife | |
| |and children would be cared for." Buried on the field. | |
|Hunt, Wm. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Hunter, John |Perry Twp. | | |
|Hunter, Peter |"There is something about a soldier that is fine, fine, fine." | |
| |The writer who penned those words covered the nation’s defenders in | |
| |the wars but he must have specifically had in mind, those veterans of | |
| |the civil war. For around them was and is a halo of romance, rugged | |
| |individuality, a bit of humor and perhaps a touch or two of blarney. | |
| |The ill-trained troops of the Revolution made possible the birth of a | |
| |nation but those who served in the Union forces of the Civil war | |
| |preserved a nation, and the daily passing of these veterans, along | |
| |with those courteous, courageous members of the Confederate | |
| |army--gallant even in defeat--will remove the last living testimonies | |
| |of another romantic chapter in American history. | |
| |Peter Hunter of North Fifth street, tall, strong-voiced but a bit | |
| |crippled by advancing infirmities of age, is Ironton’s last living | |
| |veteran of the Civil War. And his history is one of patriotism, one of| |
| |the reckless abandon of youth, the wild search for adventure and the | |
| |blazing of trails that led to today’s rapidly developing America. He | |
| |was 89 years old last week, received a happy remembrance from the Elk | |
| |Lodge, in which he is a life member, hasn’t a worry in the world. | |
| |Through Peter Hunter’s memory flash visions of mounted infantry moving| |
| |against confederates, the campaign against Gettysburg and the | |
| |culmination of a three-day battle there, river romance, the steady | |
| |development of transportation. | |
| |Mr. Hunter was born in Maple Grove, W. Va., on March 9, 1849. His | |
| |grandparents were plantation owners of Eastern Virginia. Even though | |
| |the family owned slaves, it was a house divided, for Peter Hunter, his| |
| |brother Joseph and his father-in-law Frank DeMaro, fought with the | |
| |Union forces while his brother Sam joined the confederates and was | |
| |fatally injured in the Vicksburg siege. He was a cousin of the famed | |
| |General Early of the Confederate forces. | |
| |Peter Hunter joined the Union army at the age of sixteen years, at | |
| |Greenupsburg, now Greenup, Ky. He was assigned to Company K, of the | |
| |53rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry, where "hard tack, sou belly and | |
| |coffee" was the daily menu and a small four-man tent was his home. | |
| |Veterans were paid at the rate of $13 a month. "It was funny to watch | |
| |us tumble from those tents at Roll Call" reminiscences the aging | |
| |veteran. He served for duration of the war under Colonel True, was | |
| |"in" on the history-making battle at Gettysburg and was discharged at | |
| |Louisville. His life continued along its adventurous course for he | |
| |immediately entered river service, as mate, pilot and captain on tugs | |
| |plying between the Kanawha River, Ohio and Mississippi. He was united | |
| |in marriage to Amelia DeMaro on Nov. 8, 1877. She died twelve years | |
| |ago. The family first resided in Ashland, then moved to Ironton and | |
| |Mr. Hunter has been one of the city’s distinguished residents for well| |
| |over a quarter century. | |
| |He remembers George and Bill Bay at the time they operated a store at | |
| |Indian Guyan. Then they entered the river trade and among their boats | |
| |were the J. C. Crosley, Falcon, the side-wheeler Scioto and others. | |
| |The last boat operated by Mr. Hunter was the Crown Hill but he still | |
| |has a yearning for the river and not so many summers ago launched upon| |
| |the impromptu boat trip that had relatives in a three-day flurry until| |
| |he had been located. | |
| |But even the Civil War, then river service, failed to completely | |
| |satisfy his yearning for action. He attempted to enlist for the | |
| |Spanish-American war, was temporarily accepted and traveled as far as | |
| |Ft. Thomas before being turned back due to his age and his family. He | |
| |did have a son Henry, in that war, and in 1917 had a son James Hunter,| |
| |in the World War. His has been a patriotic family. And there comes a | |
| |feeling of sorrow as he looks back upon the years and realizes he is | |
| |the last of his "buddies," the last Ironton wearer of the "little | |
| |brown button," that mark of service given every Union soldier by a | |
| |grateful nation. All these G. A. R. buttons were made from metal | |
| |poured from rebel cannon and every veteran listed it among his most | |
| |prized possessions. First Mr. Hunter wore his with John L. Ziegler | |
| |Post, 92, G. A. R. at Kenova, being a charter member of that | |
| |organization. Then he transferred to Dick Lambert Post of Ironton. | |
| |Mr. Hunter is the last of the Virginia family of Hunters, his parents | |
| |and all his brothers and sisters having preceded him in death. Two | |
| |sons, Sam and Edgar, are dead but four sons and one daughter, Mrs. | |
| |Mary Hunter Sloan of Ironton, James Hunter of Ironton, Henry of | |
| |Columbus, John of Vermillion, Ohio, and Charles, now in the east are | |
| |living. | |
| |Ironton Tribune, 13 March 1938, Sunday, Page 3. | |
|Huston, John F. |Mason Twp | | |
|Hysle, Squire |Squire Hysle, Civil War veteran of Arabia died at his home this | |
| |morning at 4:30 o’clock after an illness of two weeks. He was 84 years| |
| |old last August. | |
| |Squire Hysle was born and reared in Lawrence county and spent all | |
| |years of his life here, except those given to the service of his | |
| |country during the Civil War. He was a quiet, highly esteemed resident| |
| |and is survived by his widow, two step sons, Jake Hughes of Columbus | |
| |and Noah Hughes of Springfield, Ohio and one brother, Link Hysle of | |
| |Arabia. | |
| |Funeral services will be held at the home Sunday afternoon at 2 | |
| |o’clock with Rev. Milton Bruce officiating. Burial will be made in | |
| |Wilgus cemetery under direction of Undertaker Phillips. | |
| |Ironton Tribune, 22 February 1929, Friday, Page 4. | |
|Imes, Hiram G. |Hiram G. Imes one of the well known and highly respected citizens of | |
| |this county passed away suddenly Sunday morning at his home on Spruce | |
| |street, between Fourth and Fifth aged 78 years. Mr. Imes’ death was | |
| |due to an attack of heart trouble. The deceased was a veteran of the | |
| |Civil War, being a member of Co. F., 27th Ohio V. I. He was a splendid| |
| |citizen and gallant and brave soldier. The deceased came to this city | |
| |from Elizabeth township only a short time ago. He is survived by the | |
| |wife and the following children: Rev. Joseph Imes and John P. Imes of | |
| |Ironton, Edward Imes, Mrs. Geo. Evans and Mrs. Alfred McClelland of | |
| |Jacksonville, O., Mrs. Oscar Gruber of this city and Mrs. Wm. Woods of| |
| |Vesuvius. | |
| |The funeral services will be held this afternoon at Pine Grove, with | |
| |Rev. Thomas Rhoden in charge. Burial will follow in the Pine Grove | |
| |cemetery under the direction of Gholson and Sons. | |
| |Morning Irontonian, 10 August 1920, Tuesday, Page 5. | |
|Imes, Solomon H., private, F. | | |27th O V I |
| | | |Died: September 21, 1885 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Irwin, John |John Irwin, Co. K, died in hospital of disease (date unknown). He was |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |a good soldier. | |
|Irindle, William |William Irindle; died at ------------- Creek, Va. |5th VA VI |
|Irwine, John |John Irwine, Co. B, captured by Mosby's Guerrillas, near Ashby' Gap, |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |Va., July 16, 1864 and supposed to have been murdered by them.-- He | |
| |was a brave and good soldier. | |
|Israel, W. P. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Israel, Wm. P., Maj. F & S | | |1st O. Lt. Art. |
| | | |Died: July --, 1869 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|-J- |
|James, Benj. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Jackson, James |James Jackson; served faithfully in the 3 months service and joined |1st. W. Va. Light Artillery -- |
| |this battery. Killed at Droop Mountain, Nov. 13, 1864. Buried on the |Battery B |
| |battlefield. From Hanging Rock. 12 months in the service. Aged 19. | |
|James, D. J., private, H. | | |60th O V I, July 15, 1899. |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|James, Mart |Mason Twp | | |
|Javens, John |John Javens, Co. K, died in hospital of disease (date unknown). He was|2nd Va. Cal. |
| |a good and faithful soldier | |
|Jefferson, Joseph |Mason Twp | | |
|Jenkins, David, private, K. | | |183d O V I, September 15, 1880. |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Jenkins, Elias |Perry Twp. | | |
|Jenkins, Jonas |Perry Twp. | | |
| |died in war | | |
|John, Edward, 2d Lieut. A. | | |5th W. Va. Inf., September 3, 1863.|
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Johnson, Frank S. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Johnson, James, private, A. | | |4th Cali. Inf., April 25, 1883. |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Johnson, Jeremiah |Mason Twp | | |
|Johnson, John W. |Mason Twp | | |
|Johnson, Solomon |Perry Twp. | | |
|Johnston, Benj. K. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Johnston, James H. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Johnston, Walter |Mason Twp | | |
|Jones, Henry |Henry Jones, Co. B, died of wounds received in action near Winchester,|2nd Va. Cal. |
| |Va., Sept. 10, 1864. He was loved and respected by all who knew him. | |
| |Buried at Hanging Rock. | |
|Jones, Samuel |Sam’l Jones, one of Lawrence county’s most honorable and valued | |
| |citizens died Sunday evening at five o’clock at his home in | |
| |Cherryville, at the age of 75 years, after an illness of some months | |
| |duration, due to a complication of diseases, largely the resultant | |
| |effects of his service for his country during her great need in the | |
| |days of the war between the states, and his advanced age. | |
| |The deceased was the father of Col. T. H. B. Jones, Randolph L. Jones,| |
| |Mrs. Carrie Payne of this city. Sam’l D. of Hamilton township, Joseph | |
| |M., who died in a hospital in Columbus while in service during the | |
| |Spanish American war, Miss Lidia L., and Asher D., at home. | |
| |His aged wife also survives, but her health is very poor and it is | |
| |believed that the shock of the death of her beloved companion of so | |
| |many years may prove too much for her and that their separation will | |
| |be of but short duration. | |
| |The subject of this sketch was born in Monroe county in 1833 and fifty| |
| |four years ago was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Makiffson, and| |
| |their union proved a most congenial and happy one, blessed by the | |
| |birth of children who all proved a joy and a blessing. | |
| |When the country was in need of men to defend her cause Sam’l Jones | |
| |volunteered his aid and fearlessly and valiantly served until he was | |
| |honorably discharged, as a member of 116th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. | |
| |After the close of the war the deceased and his most estimable wife | |
| |moved to Lawrence county and settled at Cherryville, where they lived | |
| |and reared their children beloved by neighbors and all who knew them. | |
| |Sam’l Jones was a man who loved his home, his family and his fellow | |
| |man. Honest, unselfish, kind and considerate of all, his is indeed a | |
| |death that will cause genuine sorrow to enter the heart of many. | |
| |Charity, and benevolence were two of his strong characteristics, and | |
| |many were the deeds of kindness that he did, unbeknown to any except | |
| |himself and those directly concerned. He was follower of the | |
| |injunction to not let the left hand know what the right hand doeth. | |
| |Besides those already mentioned, the deceased is survived by the | |
| |following brothers, Lewis, aged 85, of Indiana; Abraham, aged 83 of | |
| |Illinois; and Wm. Benton, aged 68, of Northern Ohio. | |
| |The funeral services will be held this morning at 10 o’clock from the | |
| |home of Col. T. H. B. Jones, on Center street, and will be in charge | |
| |of Dick Lambert Post, G. A. R. of which the deceased was a member of | |
| |many years standing. | |
| |Interment will occur in Woodland. | |
| |Semi-Weekly Irontonian, 27 October 1927, Tuesday, Page 5. | |
|Joseph, Beals |Beals Joseph was born May 12, 1837; departed this life January 30, | |
| |1921, aged 83 years, 8 months, 18 days. He was united in marriage | |
| |February 6, 1865 to Miss Sarah Lambert. To this union 12 children were| |
| |born. A heartbroken wife and the following children remain to mourn | |
| |their loss: John, Henry and Green Joseph, Mrs. Estella Blair, Mrs. | |
| |Osha Runyan, Mrs. Sarah Kouns and Mrs. Elizabeth Harmon. Five | |
| |children, Edward, Cynthia, Charles, Josiah and Mrs. Ida Brown preceded| |
| |their father in death. He is also survived by one sister, Mrs. | |
| |Elizabeth Willis and a host of friends and relatives. At an early age | |
| |he was united with the Leatherwood Baptist church and has for many | |
| |years lived a consistent Christian life. Always ready and willing to | |
| |lend a helping hand to those who needed his assistance. He not only | |
| |proved himself a true Christian soldier but also served his country in| |
| |her time of need, being a corporal of Co. H, 91st Ohio Infantry. Just | |
| |one more of our heroes who have passed the great divide, having | |
| |competed his work on this earth and entered the well-earned rest of | |
| |one who has labored hard and finds as his greatest reward the | |
| |knowledge of work well done. A very small number of these heroes | |
| |remain and let us love them for the sake of our own who have already | |
| |answered the last roll call. The years have passed, three score almost| |
| |since then and yet can we salute a few of those who rid the land of | |
| |slavery, though Lincoln sleeps and Grant and Sherman with him rest. | |
| |These few wait still taps and the great reveille with comrades true. | |
| |He will be sadly missed by his companion of so many years but her one | |
| |great consolation is the hope that they will meet again. | |
|Judd, Chas. H., private, A. | | |19th Iowa Inf., Apr. 15, 1895. |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Jurock, Prosper, private, D. | | |2d W. Va. Cav., March 14, 1890. |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Justice, Allen |Perry Twp. | | |
|Justice, Cale |Perry Twp. | | |
|Justice, David |Perry Twp. | | |
|Justice, Israel |Perry Twp. | | |
|Justice, Jonathan |Perry Twp. | | |
|Justice, Payton C. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Justice, Wm. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Justice, Wm. |Perry Twp. | | |
|-K- |
|Kaeel, Simon |Perry Twp. | | |
|Kearns, Joseph |Mason Twp | | |
| |died in war | | |
|Kees, Wm. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Kelley, Henry |Perry Twp. | | |
|Kelley, James |Perry Twp. | | |
|Kelley, Levi Jr. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Kelley, Levi Sr. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Kelly, Darby |Darby Kelly, a well known Civil War veteran living near Beechwood Park| |
| |passed away Wednesday morning after suffering from an illness due to | |
| |infirmities incident to old age. The deceased was about___ years of | |
| |age and was highly respected in the city. Mr. Kelly had been living | |
| |with his daughter since the death of his wife some 30 years ago. He is| |
| |survived by a son Will and one daughter who is at home. The deceased | |
| |worked in the Kelly mines and the mines of B. F. Lynd and was highly | |
| |respected and was a most efficient workman. | |
| |Semi-Weekly Register, 15 December 1911, Friday. | |
|Kelly, Wm. D. |William D. Kelly died at his home in Ironton last Friday afternoon, | |
| |the 2nd day of October, at 1 o'clock. He had been ill for several | |
| |months. Last Winter, he had the grippe, which ran into pneumonia, | |
| |sorely affecting his lungs. He would have frequent spells of | |
| |suffocation and in one of these he died. He was out riding the day | |
| |before his death. That night he had a severe spell and it came near to| |
| |killing him then, but in the morning he insisted on getting up and | |
| |riding out, declaring the fresh air would revive him. He sat up on the| |
| |side of his bed, put on his pantaloons, and attempted to stand but | |
| |found he was too weak, so his son Ironton persuaded him to lie down | |
| |which he did. It was the first time he had given up and did then, only| |
| |when physical infirmity was too great. In four hours afterward, he | |
| |died, sinking peacefully as if in sleep. | |
| |About the first of the century, Luke Kelly moved from Russell county, | |
| |Va., to Ohio. He bought 500 acres of land at what is now known as | |
| |Union landing. This tract he divided up among his five sons, Reuben, | |
| |Joshua, Charles, Joseph and John Kelly, into tracts of 100 acres each | |
| |running down the river in the order named. Rev. J. M Kelly was a son | |
| |of Joshua, the late General Kelly was a son of Charles; Samuel was a | |
| |son of Reuben; Whitfield was a son of John, and William D., the | |
| |subject of this sketch, was a son of Joseph. He was born on the farm, | |
| |next below the well-known Gen. Kelly farm, January 13, 1815. | |
| |When William was about five years old, his father moved to where | |
| |little Etna furnace now stands. It was then a wilderness, but Joseph | |
| |Kelly was a great stock man and he went there to raise cattle. He | |
| |bought a large tract of land. The hewed log house which he erected, is| |
| |still standing. Afterward, Joseph Kelly sold to James Rodgers and | |
| |others the tract of land, on which Etna was built in 1832, Mr. Kelly, | |
| |(W. D.' s father) going into the company. | |
| |About 1835, W. D. Kelly, then being twenty years old, struck out for | |
| |himself. His father sold him about 100 acres in the neighborhood of | |
| |where the Kelly cemetery now is, and there William went, into the | |
| |midst of the forest, built himself a log cabin, and went to | |
| |housekeeping all by himself. He was a young man of energy and grit. He| |
| |turned his attention to anything honorable to make money. He raised | |
| |livestock, made maple sugar, felled the forests and sold the cordwood | |
| |to the steamboats. In this way he accumulated quite a little sum of | |
| |money. | |
| |On the 18th of September, 1838, Mr. Kelly married Miss Sarah Austin, | |
| |who lived on the second farm below where he was born; and immediately | |
| |moved down to his wife's land, where he built a two story frame house,| |
| |which was quite a palace in those days. But he still kept his farming | |
| |and wood-yard interests up here, where he came regularly, attended to | |
| |his stock, his farm and his wood, and then went home for Sunday. Rev. | |
| |J. M. Kelly says he often heard W. D.'s horse clattering up the road | |
| |before daylight and down long after night. Thus he pushed every | |
| |enterprise, industriously. | |
| |One day while riding from his home to his farm, when near the old | |
| |brick house, close to Goldcamp's mill, he saw a little crowd, and in | |
| |the midst, John S. George, crying the sale of the old Judge John | |
| |Davidson place. Mr. Kelly came up, bid the two-thirds, and took in the| |
| |property. Peter Lionbarger, who owned the farm next above, and who | |
| |lived in a log house, where B. F. Ellsbury's residence now is, stepped| |
| |up to Mr. Kelly, and said you had better buy mine too. A price was | |
| |immediately agreed upon and Mr. Kelly became the owner of most of the | |
| |land where Ironton now stands. Then he bought Isaac Davidson's farm | |
| |next above, which fronted his own possessions, back toward what is now| |
| |known as Kelly's hill. This was about 1847. | |
| |Soon after the purchase of the Davidson farm, about 1848, Mr. Kelly | |
| |moved to the brick house, near the Goldcamp mill, and here is where he| |
| |resided when John Campbell, Dr. Briggs and others came to see him | |
| |about the formation of the Ohio Iron and Coal Co. and the founding of | |
| |a new town. Mr. Kelly entered heartily into the project and was | |
| |commissioned to buy Neff's, Coopenhaver's, Fort's, and other | |
| |contiguous strips of land for the new town site. He also sold to the | |
| |new company the farms he had bought of Mr. Lionbarger and the John | |
| |Davisson estate, that extended from about what is now Jefferson street| |
| |to Storms creek. He did not, however, dispose of his original farm or | |
| |the tract purchased from Isaac Davidson. Upon a portion of the latter | |
| |tract, in 1850, he built his residence, and all that part in front to | |
| |the river, he laid out into lots, and which is known as W. D. Kelly's | |
| |addition to Ironton. The back portion he reserved as a farm, for he | |
| |loved farming and was very successful at it. Even after his success as| |
| |a furnace man, he was a seller of farm products, and often have we | |
| |seen in the early morning, with his big wagon, filled with peaches, | |
| |sweet potatoes, honey, &c., backed up against the market benches and | |
| |himself attending to the sales. In 1857, the Ohio State Board of | |
| |Agriculture awarded him the first premium for having the best improved| |
| |farm in the state. His greenhouses were famous and his peach orchards | |
| |were known far and wide. In the raising of vegetables, he was always | |
| |successful, and whatever came from Kelly's gardens was sure to be | |
| |good. He kept his farm, though with not much vigor latterly, until | |
| |1870, when he sold 70 acres, which was nearly all the level land, to | |
| |the Kelly Building Association, which had it surveyed into town lots, | |
| |and much of this is now covered by residences. | |
| |Mr. Kelly began his career as an iron man in 1844, when he became a | |
| |member of the firm of Dempsey, Rodgers & Co., proprietors of Etna | |
| |furnace. He held an interest there for three years. When the Iron | |
| |Railroad and Ohio Iron and Coal Co. were organized in 1849, he became | |
| |a member of both, and was nearly all his life a director in both. In | |
| |1851 he leased Lagrange furnace, and ran it for three years, making | |
| |considerable money in the venture. In 1862, he leased Center furnace | |
| |and operated it for five years, and in 1865, in company with A. | |
| |McCullough and Isaac Dovel leased Hecla furnace, which they ran for | |
| |four years. In both of these enterprises, Mr. Kelly made money. In | |
| |1862 he purchased Center furnace, and in 1869, he built Grant furnace,| |
| |in Ironton. These two furnaces he and his two sons, Lindsey and | |
| |Ironton, under the firm name of W. D. Kelly & Sons, operated for some | |
| |years. | |
| |While much of Mr. Kelly's success in the iron business may be assigned| |
| |to his discretion in entering the industry at the right time, much, | |
| |also, may be attributed to his tireless energy and his close attention| |
| |to detail. | |
| |In 1880 with his sons, Lindsey and Ironton, he conceived the idea of | |
| |building the Kelly Nail & Iron works in this city, which industry is | |
| |today one of the most prominent and successful in the city. | |
| |In 1855, he organized the Exchange Bank, which has been in operation | |
| |ever since. | |
| |Thus, Mr. Kelly has been in the world, a positive force. He has | |
| |cleared the forest, founded towns, built furnaces and factories, | |
| |conducted large business affairs, employed laborers by the hundred, to| |
| |the joy and welfare of humanity. He was faithful to his trusts. He was| |
| |honest in business. You could rely on his word. He was a plain, direct| |
| |man who attended to his own business in his own way, but who has left | |
| |upon the community the impress of a useful, honorable life. | |
| |The funeral took place at the residence last Sunday afternoon. There | |
| |was a large gathering of people. The funeral services were conducted | |
| |by Rev. E. E. Moran, and the venerable J. M. Kelly, cousin of the | |
| |deceased, who preached the discourse. A quartette choir composed of | |
| |Mrs. Retting, Miss Rucker and Messrs. Bird and Humes, sang two | |
| |beautiful hymns. Rev. J. M. Kelly's sermon was largely devoted to a | |
| |biographical sketch of the deceased, giving in an interesting manner | |
| |the facts which we have above related. The reverend gentleman founded | |
| |his scriptural remarks on 1st. Cor: 7th Chap., 29th verse, the thought| |
| |relating to the brevity of life; and upon this idea he preached a very| |
| |entertaining and impressive sermon. A long line of people then took | |
| |their last view of the features of W. D. Kelly. The coffin was a | |
| |cloth-covered casket, the only ornament being a beautiful floral | |
| |design. The body was taken to the Kelly Cemetery, and was followed by | |
| |a long cortege, and the form was laid to rest by the side of a beloved| |
| |daughter, Mary, who had died many years ago. The white shaft in the | |
| |beautiful lot, that has stood there for nearly forty years, inscribed | |
| |with the name of W. D. Kelly and silently hinting of the sad day that | |
| |was to come, may now complete its inscription, and it may do this in | |
| |commemoration of many virtues and a useful honorable life. | |
| |Ironton Register, October 8, 1891, Thursday, Page 1. | |
|Kemp, C. T. M., private, I. | | |146th O V I, December 11, 1886. |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Kelly, John |John Kelly, Co. K; killed at Lynchburg, Va., June 18, 1864, and buried|5th VA VI |
| |on the field. | |
|Kennedy, John |After a brief illness of one day, John Kennedy, a soldier, | |
| |frontiersman and pioneer resident of this city, died yesterday morning| |
| |about nine o’clock at the home of his son-in-law, Roy Mascari. Heart | |
| |failure was the immediate cause of death. Had he lived a few more | |
| |months, Mr. Kennedy would have reached his eightieth milestone. | |
| |Born in Ireland, the deceased came to America in 1863, and soon after | |
| |his arrival, enlisted in the Union army serving during the last two | |
| |years of the Civil War with General Meade in Virginia. At the close of| |
| |the war, he re-enlisted for frontier service and spent eight years | |
| |fighting Indians. Forty-nine years ago he came to Ironton, where he | |
| |has resided ever since, proving himself to be no less loyal as a | |
| |citizen than as a soldier. During his long residence here, he has | |
| |firmly established himself in the esteem of all who knew him. His wife| |
| |died eight years ago, and since that time he has made his home with | |
| |his daughter and son-in-law. Two sons, F. T. Kennedy of Cleveland, and| |
| |W. J. Kennedy of Philadelphia survive. Mrs. Macari is the only | |
| |daughter. | |
| |Mr. Kennedy was a faithful member of St. Lawrence church from which | |
| |place the funeral services will be conducted, with interment in Sacred| |
| |Heart Cemetery. Definite announcement of the funeral will be made | |
| |after the arrival of the sons, who are now en-route here. | |
| |Morning Irontonian, 23 September 1920, Thursday, Page 7. | |
|Keye, William, private, A. | | |5th W. Va. Inf., October 8, 1884. |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Kilgon, Samuel |Perry Twp. | | |
| |died in war | | |
|Kilgon, Wm. E. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Kilgore, Geo. W. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Kilgore, Jacob |Perry Twp. | | |
|Kimison, Calahan J. |Mason Twp | | |
|Kinall, Wm. |Mason Twp | | |
|King, Eli |Perry Twp. | | |
|King, Jeremiah |Mason Twp | | |
|Kingry, Abner |Mason Twp | | |
|Kingry, John Peter |Mason Twp | | |
|Kingry, Wm. |Mason Twp | | |
|Kingsbury, Chas., Lieut. Col. A A | | |1st Army Corps. Cav. Corps. |
|G, | | |Died: Sept. 25, 1866 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Kirker, Carey L. |Carey L. Kirker, Bugler Co. B.--Missing in action at Newtown, Va., | |
| |July 22d, 1864; supposed to have been killed, or died in some horrible| |
| |prison pen, for no official information has been received in regard to| |
| |him since the above date. Although young he was a good soldier and | |
| |always went where duty called him. | |
|Kirker, Richard A., Sergt., B. |Richard A. Kirker, Serg't. Co. B, captured by being sent into the |2d W. Va. Cav. |
| |enemy's lines with false dispatches, in order to divert the enemy's |Died: Apr. 19, 1865 |
| |attention to a certain quarter, while Gen. Hunter, by whose order he |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| |was sent, withdrew his army from in front of Lynchburg, Va., and |Ironton, Ohio |
| |retreated, as the army at this time was in a very perilous situation. | |
| |He suffered a long time in the rebel prisons, from the effects of | |
| |which, he died after he was exchanged and on his way home. He was a | |
| |good and faithful soldier, and was loved by all who knew him. The date| |
| |of his capture was June 17, 1864. Buried at Kelly's Cemetery. | |
|Kirker, Wm. W., 1st Lieut., H. | | |91st O V I |
| | | |Died: August 21, 1871 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|Kirkpatrick, Samuel |Samuel Kirkpatrick, Co. A, died in Wheeling Hospital. |5th Va VI |
|Kitts, Edward F. |Edward F. Kitts, a well known and highly respected resident of Kitts | |
| |Hill answered his final summons at 8 o’clock Thursday morning after a | |
| |long sickness with bronchitis and complications. | |
| |Mr. Kitts was well acquainted throughout Lawrence county and everyone | |
| |who chanced to meet him was soon impressed by his kindly disposition. | |
| |He was 87 years old and did his country honor during the civil war | |
| |being in some of the fiercest battles and staying with the cause until| |
| |he was honorably discharged at the close of the war. | |
| |Mr. Kitts was born in Noble county, Ohio, and is survived by a loving | |
| |wife and a splendid family of children, two sons and five daughters. | |
| |The sons are Edward and Frank and the daughters are, Mrs. W. E. | |
| |McCormick of Bolder, Cal., Mrs. L. H. Deering of Fort Scott, Kans., | |
| |Mrs. Willis Crow of Kitts Hill, Mrs. ? H. Ramey and Mrs. J. L. Brace | |
| |of Rock Camp. David Kitts of Proctorville, O., is his brother. | |
| |Mr. Kitts was a leader in the community in which he lived, and was for| |
| |years engaged in the merchandise business of Kitts Hill. He also was | |
| |influential in establishing a post office at his home place and of | |
| |getting the first rural route out that way. He was a life long member | |
| |of the Methodist church and was also licensed to preach and frequently| |
| |filled pulpits for this denomination throughout Lawrence county. | |
| |Through all his suffering which was intense at times, he bore it | |
| |patiently and died firm in his belief that he would live with the | |
| |Savior in a world beyond. | |
| |The funeral services were be conducted Saturday afternoon at ? o’clock| |
| |by Rev. A. Plum having charge of the last sad rites at the Mamre | |
| |church, near Kitts Hill. Interment in the family burying ground at | |
| |Kitts Hill. | |
|Knight, Geo. A. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Kratzenburg, Geo., Corp., G. | | |27th O V I |
| | | |Died: December 31, 1896 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., |
| | | |Ironton, Ohio |
|-L- |
|Lambert, Rich'd, private, | | |Capt. George's Ind Co Ohio Cav. |
| | | |Died: July 17, 1861 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Lambert, Samuel H. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Lambert, Whitfield |Perry Twp. | | |
|Lambert, Wm. G., Sergt., H. | | |6th O. V. C. |
| | | |Died: March 17, 1897 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Lauhorn, Charles |Perry Twp. | | |
|Law, Wm. C. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Leffingwell, William |William Leffingwell, aged 75 years, well known over the county, passed| |
| |away yesterday morning at 1 o’clock at his home in Arabia following an| |
| |illness of several weeks of complications. The deceased was a veteran | |
| |of the Civil War and has lived in this part of the country for many | |
| |years. The wife passed away six years ago. He is survived by five | |
| |daughters and three sons viz: Mrs. Addie Massie of Greasy Ridge, O., | |
| |Mrs. Lou Payne of Aid, O., Mrs. Ann Griffiths of Pedro, O., Mrs. | |
| |Arzilla Nelson of London, O., Mrs. Nettie Delawder of Pedro; John and | |
| |James Leffingwell of Fowler, Ind., Bartley of Pedro. One daughter, | |
| |Mrs. Ella Pine, passed away some time ago. Three brothers, Lora of | |
| |Cherryville, O., Sam of Pedro, and Wesley of Illinois, also survive. | |
| |The funeral services will occur Saturday morning at 10 o’clock from | |
| |the Fairview church, Rev. McCarley officiating. Burial will be under | |
| |the direction of Undertaker Phillips of Waterloo. | |
| |Morning Irontonian, 4 June 1920, Friday, Page 4. | |
|Lemons, John, private, E. | | |27th O V I |
| | | |Died: April 9, 1899 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Lewis, Hiram, Sergt., C. | | |73d O V I |
| | | |Died: May 21, 1899 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Lintner, Fredr., private, L. | | |1st O. Lt. Art. |
| | | |Died: January 10, 1890 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Literal, George |Perry Twp. | | |
|Litteral, James |Perry Twp. | | |
|Livingston, John |John Livingston, aged 66 years, died last Wednesday at 9:30 o’clock, | |
| |at his home on South Third street, after a seven weeks’ illness of | |
| |pneumonia. The deceased was born in Scotland, March 26, 1835, and came| |
| |to Mt. Vernon Furnace, this county, with his parents at the age of 16.| |
| |He lived there and at Pine Grove until ten years ago, when he moved to| |
| |Ironton, opening a grocery store on South Third street, where he was | |
| |engaged in business at the time of his death. He leaves a wife and | |
| |three children, Hugh, Samuel and Margaret, all of this city. He was a | |
| |member of Company C, 126th O. V. I. during the civil war, enlisting | |
| |May 13, 1864, at Mt. Vernon Furnace. He was in the battles of Flint | |
| |Hill, Charleston, Smithfield, Winchester, Bermuda, Hundred and | |
| |Petersburg. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and a member of | |
| |the Presbyterian Church. | |
| |Ironton Register, 13 June 1901, Thursday. | |
|Lloyd, Joseph, private, E. | | |179th O V I |
| | | |Died: Apr. 25, 1899 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Loudensloke, H. |H. Loudensloke, sergeant Co. E; died at Parkersburg, Va., Dec. 27, |5th Va VI |
| |1862. | |
|Louis, John |Perry Twp. | | |
|Lowery, Benj. F., private, H. | | |53d O. Vet. Inf. |
| | | |Died: July 31, 1885 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Lunsford, Andrew, private, B. | | |1st W. Va. Lt. Art. December 27, |
| | | |1899 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Lunsford, Presley |Presley Lunsford, Serg't Co. G. killed in action at Winchester, Va. |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |July 24, 1864. He was a fine soldier. | |
|Lunsford, Reuben |The sufferings of Reuben Lunsford, one of the county’s most | |
| |sympathetic and popular residents, were ended yesterday afternoon at | |
| |1:20 o’clock when the death angel visited the home at 1015 south Ninth| |
| |street and called his spirit to a well merited reward in the Great | |
| |Beyond. Mr. Lunsford has been ill for several years and has been in | |
| |serious condition since last January, the end coming Wednesday as a | |
| |result of a complication of diseases. | |
| |Reuben Lunsford was born at Buckeye Creek in 1848 and at the time of | |
| |his death was 74 years of age. He has spent almost his entire life in | |
| |Lawrence county, the latter thirteen being spent in and around | |
| |Ironton. Practically all his years were spent as a farmer but, for a | |
| |short time he conducted a grocery store near the Park avenue tunnel. | |
| |He has many friends in Ironton and throughout the county who will | |
| |realize the loss of a firm friend in his demise. He was a veteran of | |
| |the Civil War, serving faithfully with Company F, First Ohio Heavy | |
| |Artillery. | |
| |The wife Lucinda Lunsford and three sons survive to morn the death of | |
| |a devoted father, T. E. Lunsford of Gallipolis, C. E. Lunsford, Vernon| |
| |street blacksmith and O. L. Lunsford, a conductor on the | |
| |Huntington-Ashland traction. One sister, Mrs. Belle Massie of Andis | |
| |and one adopted son, Thomas Lunsford, also survives. A half-brother | |
| |John Smith, died thirty years ago. | |
| |The funeral will be held at Sugar Creek Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock | |
| |with Rev. G. F. Hughes of Junction City, a brother-in-law, in charge. | |
| |Burial will be in Sugar Creek cemetery under direction of Gholson and | |
| |Sons. | |
| |Morning Irontonian, 25 October 1923. | |
|Lunsford, Reuben |Reuben Lunsford, of Capt. Payne's Co. of the 9th Va., regiment. Killed|9th Va VI |
| |at Guyandotte in the first fight.-- Buried at Ceredo. Left a wife and | |
| |2 children. Was from Symmes Creek. | |
|Lunsford, Pressley, Lt. |Lieut. Pressley Lunsford; Killed at Winchester. Resided at Vesuvius |5th Va VI |
| |Furnace. | |
|Lyons, Willis |Willis Lyons, another highly respected G. A. R. veteran, passed away | |
| |Sunday night at his home in Coal Grove, after a long illness of | |
| |Bright’s disease. | |
| |He was born in Louisville, Ky., in 1837, and was married to Mary E. | |
| |Walters in 1863. | |
| |He enlisted in the army, serving three years and three months as a | |
| |private in the 65th Virginia Regiment Company B, and after being | |
| |discharged lived here as one of the best citizens of Lawrence county. | |
| |He leaves a wife, six children, one brother and two sisters to mourn | |
| |his loss. Mrs. William Fuller, of Walnut street, is his daughter. | |
| |The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. Dillon and Rev. A. J. | |
| |Boyd, with interment in the G. A. R. burying place at Woodland. | |
| |Ironton Register, 17 January 1905, Thursday, Page 2. | |
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|Mahan, James, private, H. | | |5th O. V. C. |
| | | |Died: October 6, 1896. |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Mains, John C., Sergt., G. | | |45th Ky. M Inf. |
| | | |Died: February 14, 1893. |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Mariner, Chas., private, A. | | |62d Pa. Inf., |
| | | |Died: October 6, 1892. |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Maris, James |Perry Twp. | | |
|Markin, L. D., 1st Lieut., D. | | |1st W. Va. Vet. Inf. |
| | | |Died: January 20, 1896. |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Markins, John M. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Martin, David |Perry Twp. | | |
|Martin, David |Perry Twp. | | |
|Martin, Edward |Edward Martin, Co. K, died in hospital of disease (date unknown). He |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |was a brave soldier. | |
|Martin, Jacob |Perry Twp. | | |
|Martin, Jacob, private, C. | | |4th U. S. C. T. |
| | | |Died: May 13, 1886. |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Martin, James |Perry Twp. | | |
|Martin, James |Perry Twp. | | |
|Martin, John |Perry Twp. | | |
|Martin, John |Perry Twp. | | |
|Martin, Samuel |Perry Twp. | | |
|Martin, Thedore |Perry Twp. | | |
|Martin, Thomas |Perry Twp. | | |
|Martin, Wm. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Massie, Isaac |Isaac Massie; killed at Guyandotte. Buried at Ceredo. | |
|Massie, Moses |IR Mar. 29, 1900 | |
| |Moses Massie, an old soldier who lived near Ohio Furnace, just this | |
| |side of the line between Lawrence and Scioto counties, was found dead | |
| |in his bed last Thursday. | |
| |He was up and about Wednesday and was apparently enjoying his usual | |
| |health upon retiring Wednesday night. | |
| |Mr. Massie was 60 years of age and leaves a wife and family. He was a | |
| |member of Co. F, 173d O.V.I. during the war. | |
| |Saturday, Coroner Ellison and Mr. J. W. Lowry held a post mortem over | |
| |the remains. The coroner has rendered a verdict that the death of the | |
| |deceased was due to a rupture of the heart. | |
| | | |
|Matney, Jackson |Perry Twp. | | |
|Matney, Wm. B. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Maynard, Wm. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Mays, Joseph, private, K. | | |3d W. Va. Cav. |
| | | |Died: October 20 1893 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Mayse, W. L. | W. L. Mayse died Saturday at 3 a. m. at the home of Mrs. John | |
| |Roberts of Third of Third and Pleasant streets. Mr. Mayse had been in | |
| |poor health for some time but became worse last Sunday and the end | |
| |came peacefully. Mr. Mayse was born at Rock Camp, Ohio on Feb. 14th, | |
| |1836. He served in the U. S. Army and will be buried with military | |
| |honors in the Soldier’s plot at Woodland. Funeral services will be | |
| |held at the home of his sister, Mrs. J. M. Brammer at 3403 So. 3rd | |
| |Street, Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock. | |
| |Mr. Mayse is survived by his sister, Mrs. J. M. Brammer and two | |
| |brothers, Joseph of Ironton and Jesse of Raymond City, W. Va., also a | |
| |niece and nephew, James and Lorraine Brammer of Ironton. The funeral | |
| |will be in charge of Undertaker Schneider of Chesapeake. | |
| |Ironton Tribune, 30 October 1932, Sunday, Page 3. | |
|McClaky, Michel |Perry Twp. | | |
|McConnell, James |James McConnell, Corp'l Co. G, died in hospital at Cumberland, Md. |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |August 25, 1864, of disease contracted in the army. He was a brave and| |
| |good soldier. | |
|McConnell, Thos. |Perry Twp. | | |
| |died in war | | |
|McCoy, Flandry |Perry Twp. | | |
| |died in war | | |
|McCoy, John |Perry Twp. | | |
|McCoy, Mose L. |Perry Twp. | | |
| |died in war | | |
|McCoy, Samuel |Perry Twp. | | |
|McDaniel, Daniel, private, H. | | |6th O. V. C. |
| | | |Died: December 24, 1890 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|McGovney, James |Perry Twp. | | |
|McKee, Amos |Amos McKee, Co. B, killed in action at Hager's Hill, Ky., January 7, |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |1862. He was a good soldier, and the second soldier who fell from | |
| |Lawrence county. Buried in Kelly's Cemetery. | |
|McKnight, Daniel, private, H. |IR July ? 1899 - Daniel McKnight, a veteran of the Civil War, died at |5th W. Va. Cav. K. 173 O V I |
| |his home on 4th, lst Monday. His age was 65. He was an important |Died: July 10, 1899 |
| |witness in the case of the State vs. J. W. Lowry, and a policy holder |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| |in the insurance company. |Ohio |
|McMillin, John, private, K. | | |11th W. Va. Inf. |
| | | |Died: March 3, 1896 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|McQuigg, Wm. T., Capt., C. | | |5th W. Va. Inf. |
| | | |Died: October 19, 1880 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Melvin, Charles |Perry Twp. | | |
|Melvin, Chas., private, D. | | |5th W. Va. Inf. |
| | | |Died: September 18, 1888 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Meadow, J. C. |J. C. Meadow, Co. E; enlisted in 1861, and served his term out and was|5th Va VI |
| |discharged. He was special agent for the Provost Department. The | |
| |rebels came in at Ceredo and killed him. He fought them bravely, and | |
| |they shot him through the head after he had surrendered. He was buried| |
| |at Catlettsburg with the honors of war. He was a brave man. Left a | |
| |wife and 4 children. | |
|Melvin, James M. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Melvin, John |Perry Twp. | | |
|Melvin, Philip |Perry Twp. | | |
|Meyers, Charles H. |MI Apr. 28, 1911 | |
| |In obedience to the call of the Savior, whom he had served so | |
| |faithfully for many years, Charles H. Meyers one of Ironton’s pioneer | |
| |citizens laid down the burdens of this world, to enter into the | |
| |heritage of glory, which is the rewards of such of noble Christian | |
| |life. He was taken ill Monday night with pneumonia and in spite of all| |
| |that could be done passed away at six o’clock Thursday morning. | |
| |By his death, Ironton loses one of its most magnificent citizens. | |
| |While his life had been a very quiet one, the power of his example, | |
| |was forcibly felt by all with whom he came in contact. Love and | |
| |thought for his family, and interest in the church work to which he | |
| |was so devoted, filled his days with peace and joy. Every thought and | |
| |action showed the exalted state of his mind. He was always the last to| |
| |see, but the first to condone a fault in others. | |
| |Mr. Meyers was born in Hesse, Germany in July of 1837 making his age | |
| |74 years. With his parents, he came to Frederick, Md., when but six | |
| |years of age. A few years before the Civil war he came to Ironton, and| |
| |learned the trade of a machine molder which he has followed until | |
| |several years ago, when ill health caused his retirement. He was | |
| |considered one of the finest molders in this part of the country and | |
| |was employed in the Olive Foundry from the time he learned the trade | |
| |until he quit work. | |
| |In 1860 he was united in marriage to Miss Jane Golden. In response to | |
| |the call for volunteers to fight for the country’s cause, he enlisted | |
| |in Company H, of the Fifth West Virginia Infantry, at the breaking out| |
| |of the Civil war and served until the strife was ended, when he | |
| |returned home, quietly taking up the work of his Savior. He was one of| |
| |the six, James and Walter Price, John Rees, William Todd, Charles H. | |
| |Meyers and Geo. W. Keye who in 1868, founded the First Christian | |
| |church of Ironton. Soon after the church was organized, Mr. Meyers was| |
| |elected elder, and has conscientiously performed the duties of the | |
| |office up until last Sunday, the day before his illness. The growth | |
| |and strength of the church was in a large measure due to his | |
| |indefatigable effort as he was always present to aid in the meetings | |
| |and assist financially. | |
| |The loving wife who has enjoyed his companionship for so many years, | |
| |is left, with the following children to mourn the loss of a tender and| |
| |devoted husband and father, Mrs. E. W. Chambers of Waco, Tex., who | |
| |will arrive some time today, Mrs. Ella Clark of Postville, Ky., Mrs. | |
| |Edward Ward of Newport, Ky., William H. Meyers of Cincinnati and Mrs. | |
| |Henry Cook, Mrs. H. W. Hopkins and Richard Meyers of this city. One | |
| |sister, Mrs. Mary E. Lutz of Frederick, Md., and three brothers, | |
| |Herman of Baltimore, Md., Edward F., of Washington, D. C., and George | |
| |A. Meyers of this city also survive. | |
| |The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at two thirty at the | |
| |Christian church, Rev. Coakwell, the pastor conducting the services. | |
|Meyers, Jacob A. |Jacob A. Meyers, Serg't Co. K, killed in action near Fayetteville, |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |July 4, 1864. He was a brave patriot and was always found at his post | |
| |of duty. | |
|Menefee, Wm. E. | SWI Jan. 15, 1909 | |
| |Another of the brace boys who went forward upon their country’s call | |
| |for help in the trying days of ‘61 has answered to the call of taps as| |
| |sounded by the Bugler on High, and in his death Ironton loses another | |
| |of her honorable, unassuming and quiet citizens. Wm. E. Menefee is the| |
| |latest of the "boys in blue" to answer the final call. | |
| |Death came to him as a blessed relief, at an early hour Wednesday | |
| |morning and while it caused genuine sorrow to all his acquaintances it| |
| |came not unexpectedly as he has been in poor health many years. In | |
| |fact his health has never been good since he was discharged from the | |
| |army, for disabilities, he having contracted a severe cold while in | |
| |the service from which he never recovered. | |
| |A stroke of apoplexy some four years ago left him in a bad shape | |
| |physically, and a second stroke one week ago today was the direct | |
| |cause of his demise. | |
| |Wm. E. Menefee was born in Virginia in 1831, and just before the war | |
| |moved to Hecla furnace. Upon his return from the front, where he | |
| |served in Battery I, 1st Ohio Light Artillery was mine boss at Hecla | |
| |for many years. Seventeen years ago he came to Ironton where he has | |
| |since resided. He joined the Baptist church many years ago and was a| |
| |member at the time of his death. | |
| |He leaves a wife and four children and a host of friends to mourn | |
| |their loss. The children are Wm. S., of Bay City, Mich., Joel of | |
| |Standard, W. Va., Mrs. Maggie Chapman, of Ashland and Mrs. Pearl | |
| |McQuigg of this city. | |
| |The funeral arrangements will be announced later. | |
|Miller, Mathew |Matthew Miller, Co. G, died June 1, 1863, at Camp Piatt, Va., of |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |disease contracted in the field. He was a good soldier. Buried in | |
| |Catholic Cemetery. | |
|Miller, Abraham W. |Abraham W. Miller, Co. E; killed in a charge near Brownsboro, Va., in |5th Va VI |
| |a fight with Gen. McCauslin's cavalry. This gallant soldier fell near | |
| |a Union man's house, and his grave was carefully marked, a slip of | |
| |paper attached to which was written: "Soldier rest thy warfare's | |
| |oe'r." A true and faithful soldier. Resided near Rome in this county. | |
|Millisons, Geo. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Mitchell, Edward |Edward Mitchell, Blacksmith, Co. B, died in hospital, at Fayetteville,|2nd Va. Cal. |
| |Va., April 30, 1863, of disease, contracted in the army. He was | |
| |patriotic and brave. Buried at Hanging Rock. Aged 38. Native of | |
| |England. | |
|Moore, Stanford |Perry Twp. | | |
|Moore, John |John Moore, Serg't Co. K, died while a prisoner of war on Belle Isle, |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |Va., (date unknown). He was a brave good soldier. | |
|Morgan, Edward, private, I. | | |5th W. Va. Inf. |
| | | |Died: July 24, 1889 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Morgan, John C., private, H. | | |10th Ky. Cav. |
| | | |Died: May 11, 1896 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Morgan, Mordecai, private, B. | | |2d W. Va. Cav., removal. |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Morgan, Wm. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Morris, Jona, Surgeon, | | |9th W. Va. Inf. |
| | | |Died: December 29, 1895 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Moser, Fredr., private, I. | | |67th Pa. Inf. |
| | | |Died: May 18, 1889 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Mountain, Samuel, Sergt., I. | | |185th O V I |
| | | |Died: May 21, 1879 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Murdock, I. B., Capt., B. | | |2d, W. Va. Cav. |
| | | |Died: Apr. 11, 1890 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Murphy, Wesley, private, H. | | |56th O V I |
| | | |Died: June 6, 1896 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|-N- |
|Nazle, Conrad |Perry Twp. | | |
|Neal, Simeon |Perry Twp. | | |
|Neff, Geo. W., Sergt., Co. F. | | |56th O V I |
| | | |Died: October 15, 1894 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Newman, August, private, Co. C. | | |53d O V I |
| | | |Died: January 19, 1896 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Nigh, Elias, Col. | | |Vols., Maj. U S A, Dept. Q. M. |
| | | |Gen., |
| | | |Died: February 24, 1899 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|North, John |MI MaY 23, 1920 | |
| |John North, a veteran of the Civil War died Saturday afternoon at his | |
| |home on Pine street aged 78 years, 4 months and 21 days. The deceased | |
| |was born Dec.1st 1841 in Buckingham county Virginia. He served as a | |
| |private in Co. H Second West Virginia Infantry and also in Company H, | |
| |Fifth West Virginia Cavalry during the Civil War. His service extended| |
| |over the three year period and he was honorably discharged June 2, | |
| |1864. After the war he was united in marriage in 1874 to Eliza | |
| |Ann Ravencraft, settling at Ohio Furnace where he engaged in mining | |
| |and for thirty-five years he had charge of the mines of Means, Kyle | |
| |and Company, moving to Ironton about three years ago. Mr. North was a | |
| |conscientious Christian gentleman and was an active member of the | |
| |Methodist church of Ohio Furnace for thirty years. He is survived by a| |
| |loving wife and a family of grown children as follows: Oscar North, | |
| |Mrs. John Castrop and Wm. North of Columbus.; Mrs. Edith Groff of | |
| |Kankakee, Ill., Frances and Laura North of Cleveland, O. Mrs. Rose | |
| |Sanford of Los Angeles, Cal., Curtis, James, Dewey, George and Ruth | |
| |and Mrs. Wm. Spears of this city. The funeral arrangements have not | |
| |yet been made, but will be under the direction of Gholson and Sons. | |
|-O- |
|Ollom, I. W. |MI Feb. 17, 1920 | |
| |I. W. Ollom, aged 84, passed away at his home in Proctorville after an| |
| |illness of several months, due to bronchitis and heart trouble. The | |
| |funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon from the First M. | |
| |E. Church at Proctorville under the auspices of the Proctorville I. O.| |
| |O. F. The deceased was a veteran of the Civil War and was in every way| |
| |a splendid husband and father. | |
|O’Donnell, Daniel |Daniel O'Donnell, Co. K, accidentally killed on the B. & O. R. R., |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |July 19, 1864. He was a good and brave soldier. | |
|Omish, Joseph |Perry Twp. | | |
|Ormstead, Ralph, Maj. Co. F & S, | | |5th W. Va. Inf. |
| | | |Died: September 15, 1863 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Osborne, Benj. F., private, Co. H. | | |26th Ky. Inf. |
| | | |Died: December 5, 1894 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Owen, Wm. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Owen, Wm. |Perry Twp. | | |
|-P- |
|Pancake, Abraham |Perry Twp. | | |
|Pancake, Andrew |Perry Twp. | | |
| | | | |
|Pancake, Henry |Perry Twp. | |5th Va. |
|Pancake, Henry |
|NARROW ESCAPES |
|SOME EXCITING WAR EXPERIENCES |
|NO. 2 |
|HENRY PANCAKE'S EXPERIENCE |
| |
|Ironton Register, Thursday, November 25, 1886 |
| |
|Henry Pancake, the popular grocer on Center-St., [Ironton, Ohio] belonged to the 5th Va., and was one of those daring spirits selected from |
|various regiments of the Army of West Va. to make up Blazer’s Scouts, a mounted company under the command of Capt. Dick Blazer, of the 91st, |
|to keep an eye on Mosby’s guerillas and counteract their warfare. It took a hardy, brave soldier to engage in this service and Blazer’s Scouts|
|were of that kind. So the REGISTER interviewer knew that Henry must have the recollection of a few narrow escapes and consequently tackled him|
|for one. |
| |
|"Yes," said Henry, "I had a few close calls, but I don’t know as I can describe them as close as they were. I tell you I came near concluding |
|several times that the jig was up." |
| |
|"I remember one little experience in particular, and I cannot now tell just when it happened, but sometime in the latter part of 1864. We had |
|gone down on a scout from the neighborhood of Winchester into Luray valley. We had ridden two days and nights and were returning toward |
|Winchester again. We had crossed the Shenandoah river, at Jackson’s ford, about daylight, and rode into Cabletown, about a mile from the ford,|
|and back on the Harper’s Ferry road a short distance, where we stopped to cook a little breakfast. I was standing near Capt. Blazer and Lieut.|
|Coles, boiling some coffee, when a colored boy came up and said about 300 of Mosby’s Guerillas had crossed the ford, and taken a position in |
|the woods, about half way between the ford and Cabletown, and were watching us. That was only a half mile or so from where we were. The darkey|
|had been sent by a Union woman near the ford to apprise us. The Captain ordered Lieut. Coles and myself to go to a little hill or mound, about|
|half way between us and them, and see how many there were and all about them." |
|"We proceeded to the hill and got a good view of the rebs, and confirmed all the intelligence given by the colored boy. In the meantime, Capt.|
|Blazer had formed his command and proceeded across the fields in the direction of the rebs, and we joined him when he had advanced some |
|distance. We told him there were 300 of them, that they were in a good position and it wouldn’t do to attack them with our little force, |
|amounting to 65 men all told. But the Captain told us to fall in, and the way we went. Before we got into position to attack the rebs who were|
|across the road, we had to let down two big rail fences. This we did and filed into the field which was skirted by the woods where the rebs |
|were and in plain view of them. It was a desperately daring deed, and we hurried up the job, coming around into line like whip cracker. Just |
|as we got into line, here came the rebs down on us with a yell. We fired one volley, and then they were on us, blazing away. To get through |
|the gap in the fence and get out of that scrape, and into the road, was the aim of all. But the rebs were right with us, shooting our boys |
|down and hacking our ranks to pieces. Every fellow was for himself, and when those got into the road who could get out they flew in all |
|directions, some across the fields, some up toward Cabletown and some toward the ford. Oh, it was an awful nasty fight! We stood no show at |
|all. We had hardly got into line when every fellow was expected to save himself. I got into the road among the last, the rebs all around me |
|and after me. I had on a rebel uniform and that’s what saved my head, just then. Well, I took down toward Cabletown as fast as my horse could |
|carry me. Lieut. Coles was just ahead of me, and Capt. Blazer was ahead of Coles. Another of our boys was just at my rear, and he was soon |
|made prisoner. The balls whizzed all around me. Near the cross roads at Cabletown, Lieut. Coles fell from his head resting on his arm as I |
|passed by. After I had passed him, I looked back and the foremost reb, whom I recognized as one of the prisoners we had when we made the |
|attack, stopped right over him, aimed his carbine and shot Lieut. Coles dead." |
| |
|"Only Capt. Blazer and myself were left on that road and there were 30 or 40 of Mosby’s men after us. I gained on Blazer and soon caught up |
|with him. The Captain asked, ‘Where’s the boys?’ I replied, ‘All I know is one just behind and I guess they’ve got him by this time.’ ‘I am |
|going to surrender,’ said he, and I said ‘I’ me going to get out of this.’ The Captain halted and gave himself up. The rebs were not over 30 |
|yards from us and peppering away. The surrender of the Captain stopped them a moment, and I gained a little, but on came the rebs mighty soon |
|again and chased me for two miles further. The pursuing party was reduced to about ten, and those finally gave up the chase by sending a |
|volley that whizzed all around me. When I looked back and saw they were not pursuing me, I never felt so happy in my life." |
| |
|"I rode on more leisurely after this, but had not proceeded more than a mile or so when I saw a man leading a horse along a road that led into|
|the road I was on. I soon observed he was one of our men. He had been wounded and escaped. |
| |
|"We went together until we came to our pickets near Winchester about dusk. There I was captured sure enough, because I had on the rebel |
|uniform, and put in prison. I could not make the pickets or officers believe that I was a union soldier, and wore the rebel uniform because I |
|was ordered to do so, but about 11 o’clock that night, my story was found to be true and I was released. |
| |
|"Now a little about that rebel uniform, and thereon hangs the point of my ‘narrow escape.’ The chase after me was different from that after |
|Capt. Blazer. He could surrender and live; I couldn’t. I had to beat in that horse race or die, and as there were 40 horses on the track after|
|me it looked every minute like dying. There were 16 of us in Blazer’s company who wore rebel uniforms, and I was the only one who got out of |
|that scrape alive. Of the entire number in the company, 65, only 13 escaped and five of these were wounded. That was the last of Blazer’s |
|scouts." |
| |
|"I went down next day to the scene of the fight. Twenty-two of our boys were buried near the road. The colored people had buried them. Lieut. |
|Cole’s body was exhumed and sent home and now sleeps in Woodland Cemetery near Ironton. He was a brave young fellow." |
| |
|"Yes," said the reporter, "I knew him well. We belonged to the same company. He was a daring young officer--generous, chivalrous, patriotic. |
|Tell me further about the rebel uniform." |
| |
|"You see," said Henry, "we were organized to fight Mosby’s Guerrilas, and we had to fight them as they fought us, and wearing each others |
|uniform was a part of the game. Why, I’ve got in with the rebels and rode for miles without their suspecting I was a union soldier. One time |
|Mosby’s men captured a mail wagon, and some of us wearing rebel uniforms caught up with them and helped guard the wagon until our pursuing |
|force came in sight. That’s the way we had to fight Mosby, and it was part of the regulations that some of us wore the gray." |
| |
|"Well, then," suggested the reporter, "to have been a Blazer Scout, was a sort of continuous narrow escape." |
| |
|"Yes," said Henry, "I’ve only given you one of the incidents that was particularly interesting to me. That’s what you asked for." |
|Parker, Wm. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Payne, Uriah |IR Nov. 8, 1906 |Mexican and Civil War |
| |Capt. Uriah Payne, a well known and most highly respected resident of | |
| |Mason township, died at his home near Wilgus early Thursday morning. | |
| |Death was due to the infirmities of advanced age. | |
| |The deceased was 81 years of age, and was a veteran of the Mexican and| |
| |Civil wars. | |
| |He leaves six children, five sons and a daughter, to mourn his loss. | |
| |The funeral took place from the Fairview Baptist church at 2 o’clock | |
| |Friday afternoon. Rev. J. C. Dillon of Coal Grove, conducted the | |
| |services. The burial was at Fairview cemetery. | |
|Payne, William U. |IR June 2, 1904 | |
| |William U. Payne, aged 68 years, died at his home in Aid Township, | |
| |this county, on May 20th. The funeral services were held May 23d. | |
| |Burial at Aid cemetery. | |
| |The deceased was a veteran of the civil war, having served with | |
| |distinction in Co. H, 9th W. Va. Vol. Inf. He was a brave soldier, | |
| |good, upright citizen and the community feels the loss of such men. He| |
| |was well and favorably known in this city and the news of his death | |
| |will be read with genuine regret. | |
|Parse, George |Perry Twp. | | |
|Partlow, Wm. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Pemberton, Richard |Perry Twp. | | |
|Peterson, Wm., Corp., Co. G. | | |22d Ky. Inf. |
| | | |Died: December 18, 1896 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Powers, James H. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Powers, Linzey M. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Powers, Siras H. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Prater, William |MI Dec. 21, 1922 | |
| |William Prater, 82 years old Civil War veteran and a member to Dick | |
| |Lambert Post, G. A. R., died at the home of his daughter Mrs. M. F. | |
| |Loftus of Coal Grove Wednesday morning after a brief illness. Death | |
| |was the result of a stroke suffered last Sunday. The deceased was | |
| |widely known both in Coal Grove and the county in general and | |
| |announcement of his passing came as a shock. | |
| |The decedent is survived by the following children: Mrs. S. V. Weldon | |
| |of Russell, Ky., Mrs. W. O. Archer of Russell, Mrs. Harry Sullivan of | |
| |Garrett City, Ind., Mrs. M. F. Loftus of Coal Grove and John Prater of| |
| |this city. The funeral services will be held at the residence of Mrs. | |
| |Loftus Friday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock with Rev. T. F. Carey of | |
| |Russell in charge. Interment will be in Woodland cemetery Bingaman and| |
| |Jones in charge. | |
|Prichard, Thos. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Pugh, John, private, Co. B. | | |2d W. Va. Cav. |
| | | |Died: October 14, 1888 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
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|Rainwater, Robt. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Ratcliff, John |Perry Twp. | | |
|Ratcliff, Richard |Perry Twp. | | |
|Ratcliffe, Amos |Perry Twp. | | |
|Ratcliffe, Daniel |Perry Twp. | | |
|Reeves, Braxton P. |Braxton P. Reeves, Serg't Co. B, killed in a sabre charge at |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |Barboursville, Va., made by Co. B. on the rebel Gen. Jenkins Cavalry | |
| |Brigade, which resulted in his being driven out of town. He was a | |
| |brave man. Buried at Mount Vernon. | |
|Remy, Eli |MI Aug. 13, 1914 | |
| |At ten minutes of eleven o’clock last night Eli Remy, a G. A. R. | |
| |veteran, and resident of Deering, this county, since the Civil War, | |
| |passed to the Great Beyond, after suffering seven weeks from an | |
| |abscess of the liver. The death of Mr. Remy, while not unexpected came| |
| |as a great shock to the members of his family. | |
| |Eli Remy was born in West Virginia and came to this county after the | |
| |Civil War, and has since resided here one the county’s best known and | |
| |most highly respected residents. He was married in 1865 and to the | |
| |union was born thirteen children, of which number eleven survive, | |
| |together with his wife, to mourn the loss of a devoted father and | |
| |husband. | |
| |Mr. Remy was taken ill while attending market in this city about seven| |
| |weeks ago and was taken to the residence of J. R. Remy, on Depot | |
| |Square, where death occurred. | |
| |The funeral arrangements have not yet been made but they will be under| |
| |the direction of Gholson and Sons and will be held at the Lorain | |
| |Street Baptist church, with Rev. McKee, and Rev. Carey officiating. | |
| |The services will likely be under the auspices of Dick Lambert Post, | |
| |G. A. R. | |
| |The deceased was affiliated for the past forty-five years with the Ice| |
| |Creek Baptist church and was always active in the church affairs. His | |
| |death will be heavy loss to entire community. | |
| |The following children survive, together with Mrs. Eli Remy, who was | |
| |at the bedside when death occurred: Sylvester V., Mrs. Fred Howell, | |
| |deceased, J. E. and W. C., all of this city; Paris Remy, of Berkley, | |
| |Cal., Frank of Strobel; Mrs. Molly Madden of Summerton, Ariz.; Mrs. | |
| |Myrtle Massie, deceased, Cleveland, of Summerton, Ariz.; Mrs. Nora | |
| |Sharp of Cincinnati, O.; and Homer of Deering. | |
|Remy, R. M. |IR Aug. 29, 1907 | |
| |Dr. T. H. Remy of Hanging Rock received a telegram Sunday evening from| |
| |his sister, Miss Lizzie Remy of Denver, Col., conveying the sad | |
| |intelligence of the sudden death of his father, Mr. W. M. Remy at that| |
| |place. Mr. Remy had been ailing for some time with kidney trouble and | |
| |this disease was the cause of his death. | |
| |Mr. Remy was 73 years of age and spent the most of his life at | |
| |Burlington, this county. His wife preceded him to the better world by | |
| |several years. The children who survive are Dr. T. H. Remy, and | |
| |Charles of this city, Mrs. Cassie Clere of Huntington and Miss | |
| |Elizabeth of Denver, Col. Mr. Remy was a life member of the Baptist | |
| |church. He was also a prominent G. A. R. man having served his country| |
| |for two years during the civil war in the 23rd Ohio volunteer Infantry| |
| |and was discharged for disability. | |
| |His remains will be brought here for interment at the cemetery at | |
| |Burlington. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. | |
| | | |
|Rial, Samuel |Perry Twp. | | |
|Rial, Wm. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Richards, Samuel, 1st Sergt., | | |Captain George's Ind Co. Ohio Cav.,|
| | | | |
| | | |Died: February 25, 1886 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Richey, George H. |IR May 6, 1869 - Irontonians Afar. - A gentleman who went from this | |
| |county to Fort Scott, Kansas, has returned to his old “stamping | |
| |ground.” He don’t like it. He tells us that Col. Hawley, Geo. H. | |
| |Richey and John and Charley Earles are living on a “claim,” about | |
| |twenty-five miles from Fort Scott. They are vigorously farming. The | |
| |last time our informant saw Col. Hawley he was mauling rails. The | |
| |Col. has sold his property in Fort Scott, and is paying attention to | |
| |agricultural pursuits. All of them are growing in health and | |
| |strength. | |
|Ricker, Alex. H., 1st Lieut., Co. | | |91st O V I |
|H. | | |Capt. H. 2d W. Va. Cav. |
| | | |Died: January 19, 1879 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Ricket, Joseph |Perry Twp. | | |
|Riddle, Ramson |Ramson Riddle, Co. E; killed at second Bull Run, Aug 27. Buried on the|5th Va VI |
| |field. Resided near Burlington. | |
|Riggs, David |Perry Twp. | | |
|Riggs, David |Perry Twp. | | |
|Riggs, Harry |SWR May 3, 1918 |27th OVI |
| |Huntington, May 2. -- Harry Riggs aged seventy-six years a veteran of | |
| |the Union army dropped dead yesterday morning at 7:30 o’clock. | |
| |The end, which was due to heart disease came to Mr. Riggs while he was| |
| |at breakfast with his family. | |
| |He was born near McCormack, Boyd county, Ky., and most of his life was| |
| |spent in the Blue Grass state. Early in the Civil War he joined the | |
| |Union Army of the Twenty-seventh Ohio Volunteers. | |
| |He was twice married. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Amanda Sanders | |
| |Riggs, and the following children all by his former marriage. | |
| |Mrs. Ollie Literall, Music, Kentucky, Arch Riggs, Blair, W. Va., Cary | |
| |Riggs, Portsmouth, O., Roscoe Riggs Russell, Ky., Miss Bertha Riggs | |
| |Cincinnati, O., and Mrs. Emma Rogers, Rockwood, O. | |
| |His funeral will take place at his home 1111 Seventh avenue Friday | |
| |morning at nine o’clock. It will be under the auspices of Bailey Post | |
| |No. 4, Grand Army of the Republic. The services will be conducted by | |
| |Dr. M. L. Wood of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church of which Mr. Riggs | |
| |was a member, interment will be at Greenup, Ky. | |
|Robbins, M. J. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Robbins, Samuel |Perry Twp. | | |
|Roberts, Calvin |IDR Dec. 14, 1917 | |
| |Taps have been sounded for Calvin Roberts, aged 79, veteran of the | |
| |Civil war. Death came Tuesday afternoon at 4:15 at his home on Fourth | |
| |and Oak streets after an illness of five weeks’ duration. | |
| |Mr. Roberts was a resident of Ironton for about forty years and was | |
| |widely known. His wife preceded him to the grave about five years ago,| |
| |but the following children survive: Mrs. Almira Payne, of Ironton; | |
| |Mrs. John Beaver of Mt. Sterling, O.; Mrs. Louisa Kelley of Ironton, | |
| |Mrs. A. B. Martin of Ironton, W. H. Roberts of Mt. Sterling, Mrs. W. | |
| |J. Roberts of Huntington. Four children have passed on. | |
| |The descendent was a member of Dick Lambert post, G. A. R., and was | |
| |always active in the affairs of the post. The funeral services were | |
| |held at Fairview Baptist church at Wilgus of which he was a member, | |
| |and were in charge of Rev. John Ridgeway. Interment was in the | |
| |Fairview cemetery under direction of Gholson and Sons. | |
| |A large number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren also survive. | |
| |Mr. Robert served in the Civil war from ‘61 to ‘65, with distinction | |
| |to himself and to the nation. He had resided in this county | |
| |practically all his life and was one of its best known residents. | |
|Roberts, James, private, Co. C. | | |4th O. V. C. |
| | | |October 2, 1899 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Robinson, Geo. D., private, Co. H. | | |91st O V I |
| | | |Died: December 14, 1892 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Robinson, John |Perry Twp. | | |
|Robinson, Richard |Perry Twp. | | |
|Robinson, Wm. |IR Oct. 15, 1863 - William Robinson, of this place, belonging to the |45th Kentucky Regiment |
| |45th Kentucky Regiment, was drowned in the river, near Catlettsburg, |Died: Oct. 1863 |
| |on Sunday evening last. It appears he had gone up from this place to | |
| |join his Regiment, and not having any other means of crossing, | |
| |undertook to swim his horse over. After he had started, he fell or | |
| |was thrown off his horse, and was heard to cry for help. Skiffs put | |
| |off to his assistance, but did not reach him in time to save him. The| |
| |horse swam over. | |
|Rodgers, John L., Sergt., Co. G. | | |4th O. V. C. |
| | | |Died: March 5, 1893 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Rodgers, R. E., Maj., Co. F & S, | | |4th O. V. C. |
| | | |Died: April 10, 1872 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Rogers, Geo. P., 2d Lieut., Co. H. | | |91st O V I, |
| | | |Died: July 12, 1883 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Rogers, William R. |IR May 5, 1904 | |
| |Another veteran of the civil war has answered the last roll call. | |
| |William R. Rogers, No. 161 Railroad street, passed away Thursday | |
| |afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, after a long illness. Mr. Rogers was 74 | |
| |years of age and for many years has been totally blind. He was a | |
| |veteran of the civil war and served throughout the bloody strife with | |
| |the 27th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. | |
| |Mr. Rogers is survived by a wife and six children; Michael Rogers, of | |
| |Hecla; W. H. Rogers, of Wellston; Mrs. Willis Reed, of Olive Furnace; | |
| |Riley Rogers, of Moulton, and Charles and Silver Rogers, of this city.| |
| |Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock from his | |
| |late home. Interment will be in Woodland cemetery. | |
|Romo, Geo. W. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Ross, William |Perry Twp. | | |
|Roush, John C. |IET Feb. 18, 1929 | |
| |John C. Roush, age 85 years, four months and six days, a veteran of | |
| |the Civil War and father of Service Director J. Arch Roush, died this | |
| |morning at 1:05 o’clock at his home at 1903 south Eighth street, after| |
| |a brief illness. Mr. Roush had been in poor health for some time, but | |
| |his condition did not become critical until the latter part of last | |
| |week. | |
| |Mr. Roush was a retired farmer. He was born at Hurricane, W. Va., | |
| |October 12th, 1843, a son of John and Nancy Roush and was left an | |
| |orphan when a young boy. He came to this county and worked on a farm | |
| |until 1861 when he enlisted in the 26th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Three| |
| |of his brothers were also in the war. Mr. Roush was only 18 when he | |
| |enlisted and weighed only 93 pounds. Being too slender to carry a | |
| |musket he was made a drummer boy. | |
| |Becoming sick he was sent to the hospital authorities because of his | |
| |slight stature sought to detain him there to act as a nurse. He became| |
| |homesick, however, and wrote a personal letter to President Lincoln | |
| |asking that he either be sent back to his company or sent home. | |
| |President Lincoln replied with a personal letter advising him to stay | |
| |where he was and to be a good boy and do his duty. Mr. Roush treasured| |
| |his letter for years but a few years ago it burned up. After receiving| |
| |his letter he was transferred back to his old company and after three | |
| |years and three months of service and hardship he was honorably | |
| |discharged and returning here settled on a farm on Aaron's Creek, this| |
| |county. | |
| |He became a member of the Brethren in Christ church at the age of 72 | |
| |and was a faithful member. On November 21, 1867, he was united in | |
| |marriage to Philadelphia Rucker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Uriah | |
| |Rucker, pioneer residents. To their union were born 10 children, three| |
| |of whom preceded him in death. Seven, with the faithful wife remain to| |
| |mourn his loss. They are: Mrs. Orpha Boggs, Ironton. Mrs. Gena | |
| |Runnels, Pedro, J. A. Roush, Ironton, D. Roush, Pedro, James Roush, | |
| |Lancaster, J. W. Roush and Mrs. Nettie Massie, Ironton. One sister, | |
| |Mrs. J. W. Goffman of Columbus, 27 grandchildren and six great | |
| |grandchildren also survive. Mr. and Mrs. Roush last year celebrated | |
| |their 61st wedding anniversary. | |
| |Mr. Roush was a splendid citizen, kindly and charitable and his death | |
| |is a source of sorrow to all who knew him. The funeral services will | |
| |be held at the home Thursday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock. Burial will be| |
| |in Woodland cemetery under the direction of Undertaker Phillips, of | |
| |Waterloo. | |
|Roush, Martin |IET Sept. 29, 1926 | |
| | | |
| |Martin Roush, 85, a veteran of the Civil War, died Tuesday night at | |
| |the home of his son, Fred Roush, in Coal Grove. Mr. Roush had been in | |
| |failing health for the past several months but his illness did not | |
| |become critical until about 10 days ago. | |
| |He was born in Virginia, but came to this county in 1856 and for years| |
| |operated a farm at Marion. He retired a number of years ago and has | |
| |since made his home with his son. | |
| |He is survived by four children, George Roush, of Akron; Fred Roush of| |
| |Coal Grove; Okey Roush of New York City, and Albert Roush of Seattle, | |
| |Wash. One brother, John Roush, of this city, and a sister Mrs. Emeline| |
| |Coffman, of Columbus, also survive. | |
| |The funeral arrangements had not been completed today and will be | |
| |announced later. Interment will be made at Marion under the direction | |
| |of Mortician Phillips, of Waterloo. The funeral services will be in | |
| |charge of Rev. T. F. Carey. | |
|Rush, Wm. |Wm. Rush; killed at Lynchburg. Shot through the heart. He told the |1st. W. Va. Light Artillery -- |
| |boys the night before that he would be shot the following day.-- |Battery B |
| |Buried on the field. Was from this place. Served two and a half years;| |
| |was a good fellow and brave soldier. | |
|Ryan, M. B., private, Co. A. | | |173d O V I |
| | | |Died: October 28, 1896 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
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|Sacrets, James |Perry Twp. | | |
|Sanders, E. M., Sergt., Co. B. | | |2d W. Va. Cav. |
| | | |Died: January 29, 1900 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Scott, Samuel |Perry Twp. | | |
|Shaffer, Samuel |IT Feb. 23, 1929 | |
| |Samuel Shaffer, Civil War veteran who was born, reared and spent most | |
| |of his life in the vicinity of Okey and Rappsburg, died at his home in| |
| |Mason township Friday evening at 8 o’clock at the age of 87 years. He | |
| |was a fruit grower and farmer and was widely known. | |
| |Mr. Shaffer is survived by one sister, Ellen, and three daughters, | |
| |Mrs. Letha Kearns of Huntington, Mrs. Wm. Wells of Mt. Sterling, Ohio,| |
| |and Maggie Shaffer at home. | |
| |Funeral services will be held at Lawrence chapel M. E. church Sunday | |
| |afternoon at 2 o’clock with Rev. Jasper Strickland in charge. Burial | |
| |will be made in Lawrence chapel cemetery under direction of Undertaker| |
| |Phillips. | |
|Shelton, Charles | | |2nd Va. Cavalry |
|Shelton, Charles |
|NARROW ESCAPES |
|SOME EXCITING WAR EXPERIENCES |
|NO. 4 |
| |
|CHARLES SHELTON'S EXPERIENCE |
| |
|Ironton Register, Thursday, December 9, 1886 |
| |
|So you were in the 2nd Va. Cavalry?" we asked of Charles Shelton. |
| |
|"Yes," he replied. |
| |
|"Well, the 2nd Va. Cavalry was around some, and got into tight places, did you ever get in any?" the reporter asked. |
| |
|"A few. Henry Pancake’s interesting experience which you published calls to mind a "narrow escape" for me, on account of my having on rebel |
|pants and an old white hat. Of course we all had narrow escapes. I learned this in my first soldiering in Kanawha valley. One day, our |
|regiment was strung out a mile long and, was fired on by a bushwhacker from the opposite side of the river, and every man said that the ball |
|just missed his head and that was all. However, after we had marched an hour or so, that ball or some other succeeded in knocking the crown |
|out of Jimmie McGovern’s hat. Now, as I was going to say of myself; at the battle of Waynesborough I lost my cap and found that white hat. |
|That night after the fight was over, I changed my muddy pants for a rebel pair that was dry and clean. These I had to keep for some weeks as |
|we were on the go all the time. We marched to White House Landing, then to Petersburg, then to Five Forks, then to Sailor’s creek. In the |
|evening after the fight was over, two of Co. F. and myself assisted one of my company to the hospital. There we were detained to wait on the |
|wounded that night." |
| |
|"Next morning, we started for the command. On reaching the battle ground, which was situated on a ridge, we stopped to consider which way to |
|go as there were roads leading in different directions. Just then a regiment of nice, clean soldiers, headed by several fine looking officers,|
|came in sight. They halted some distance away, and soon one of their officers came dashing toward us, and at once, I thought this must be |
|General Meade, and sure enough it was. Now here, I must further describe my appearance, for I do not wonder at him taking me for anything else|
|but a confederate soldier. I had on the right kind of a cavalry jacket and as I was bugler of course was striped across the breast like a |
|zebra, and the broad brimmed homemade hat lopped well down about my ears. The General made right for me. "What command do you belong to?" he |
|asked in a shrill voice that almost lifted me out of my saddle. "2nd Va. Cav., Co. E. Capt. Joe Ankrom, Lieut. J. M. Corns, Lieut. Hicks." |
|This I said and more too, in one breath, for I began to see that we were going to get in trouble." |
| |
|"What are you doing here?" I explained all about the matter and told him that we were at a loss to know which road to take to get to our |
|command. "What are you doing with those rebel clothes on?" he asked. I explained how I came by these, and said I, "General, I see you are |
|taking me for a rebel. Why, here," showing him a pin that I wore on my jacket, with name, company and regiment inscribed on it, also a ring |
|with the same. Then I searched my pockets for a letter from home, but he would not look at anything, but the gray pants and white hat. |
|Finally, he said, "your command went out that road." He then went back to his staff. We started, but did not proceed far till an officer came |
|up and commanded us to halt. He said that the General wanted us to come back there." |
| |
|"On our way back, he asked me the same questions, and I tried to tell the same story. When we reached the General, and his staff this officer |
|said: "General, it will be well to see to this fellow, for he tells a crooked story." The regiment was then drawn up in line of march and I |
|was placed in the rear under guard. We did not go far, till we came to a halt. An officer came dashing back and ordered me to dismount. My |
|horse was taken away and I was led to one side by two of these nice looking soldiers, who seemed afraid to get close to me. These two soldiers|
|commenced to load their guns, and Oh! that old white hat began to raise and I thought of everything I ever did, both good and bad. I could not|
|help but think that I had been the best soldier that ever carried a bugle, and had been in every fight the regiment ever had. I had helped |
|Custer capture those thirty-six battle flags with all that artillery, and now the war was about to end and I was to shot down as a rebel spy. |
|It was too bad; but just then I heard the clatter of horse’s hoofs coming back along the line. As they came up, I observed two officers and |
|two men. I knew one of them. I hollowed out, "there is a man I know." Said I, "You are a Lieut. in the first N. Y. Cav. I belong to Co. E. 2nd|
|Va. Cav. Capt. Joe Ankrom. You know him?" "Yes," said the Lieut. "Why?" "These men are going to shoot me for a rebel spy." I was then turned |
|over to this Lieut. and thus rescued, and had the pleasure of seeing Lee surrender at Appomattox a few days after." |
| |
|"That indeed is a very romantic experience," observed the reporter. |
| |
|"It may be romantic to listen to, but the very recollection of it gives me the cold chills. I don’t want to figure it in that sort of a |
|romance any more," Mr. Shelton replied. |
| |
|"Indeed I hope not," said the reporter, "but, yet these narrow escapes become very interesting to recall, twenty years after the danger’s |
|past." |
|Shuff, Smith |Perry Twp. | | |
|Shepherd, B. F. |B. F. Shepherd; spent the first 3 months in Co. A, 18th Ohio. Was |1st. W. Va. Light Artillery -- |
| |wounded by accident in crossing the river by a discharge of his |Battery B |
| |revolver. Before he was fully restored he enlisted in the 2d Battery. | |
| |Took Typhoid Fever at Cumberland, Md., and after two weeks suffering | |
| |died in February, 1862. He was one of the first to cross the river in | |
| |defense of his country; risked his life in going up Sandy river in | |
| |quest of Col. Zeigler's family. Was brought home for burial, and was | |
| |buried with military honors. He was very much respected. Belonged to | |
| |the Sunday School to the last in civil life, and was not afraid to | |
| |die. | |
|Shortridge, John |John Shortridge, Co. K; died at Parkersburg. |5th Va VI |
|Sillabaugh, Wm., private, Co. D. | | |1st W. Va. Lt. Art., removal. |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Sites, Christopher |Perry Twp. | | |
|Skelton, Isaac |Perry Twp. | | |
|Slay, James |Two men died suddenly in Ironton, last Monday, sitting in their | |
| |chairs. James Slay, a soldier who live back of Old Maidville, was | |
| |found dead in a chair in the back of the room of Anderson’s saloon at | |
| |3rd and Railroad, and that night, Daniel Minard, aged 70 years, | |
| |expired at his home on North Second. He was ill in the night, and was | |
| |found before day, in his chair, in the cold embrace of death. | |
| |Ironton Register, 9 December 1898, Thursday. | |
|Slavens, Henry |Henry Slavens, Co. E; died at Parkersburg, and buried there. |5th Va VI |
|Sloan, Nathan, private, Co. I. | | |146th O V I |
| | | |Died: July 26, 1894 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Slusher, Peter, private, Co. G. | | |1st W. Va. Cav. |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Smedley, Geo. W., private, Co. G. | | |196th O V I |
| | | |Died: January 8, 1888 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Smith, Wm. G., private, Co. H. | | |6th O. V. C. |
| | | |Died: September 17, 1894 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Snyder, Randolph |Perry Twp. | | |
|Soules, Geo. W., private, Co. F. | | |12th Pa. Reserves. G. Pa. Vet. Inf.|
| | | | |
| | | |Died: May 23, 1882 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Spradling, Thomas |Thomas Spradling, Co. I; born in Floyd county, Ky. Enlisted is '61, |5th Va VI |
| |and served his whole term; killed instantly by a cannon ball at the | |
| |battle of Winchester, and was buried on the field. Was 25 years of | |
| |age. Left a wife and two children who live here. He was a good hearted| |
| |man and brave soldier. | |
|Sperry, Asha |Perry Twp. | | |
|Sperry, Isaac |Perry Twp. | | |
|Sperry, James, private, Co. H. |Perry Twp. | |6th O. V. C. |
| | | |Died: October 7, 1864 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Sperry, Wm. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Spriggs, Frank |Frank Spriggs, Co. I; born in Lawrence county, Ky. He served his full |5th Va VI |
| |term of 3 years. Was wounded at Winchester. His leg was amputated | |
| |twice. He died there, and was buried in the soldiers' graveyard. Left | |
| |a widow and two children. He was a sober, moral and good man. | |
|St. Clair, Wm., 1st Lieut., Co. G. | | |1st W. Va. Cav. |
| | | |Died: October 30, 1884 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Stable, John |Perry Twp. | | |
|Stanley, Robert |Perry Twp. | | |
|Stanley, Wm. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Stead, Barton |Perry Twp. | | |
|Stead, George |Perry Twp. | | |
|Steed, Aaron H., private, Co. I. | | |189th O V I |
| | | |Died: June 1, 1899 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Steed, E. P. |
|NARROW ESCAPES |
|SOME EXCITING WAR EXPERIENCES |
|NO. 9 |
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|E. P. STEED'S EXPERIENCE |
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|Ironton Register, Thursday, January 13, 1887 |
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|HOW A PICKET POST WAS CAPTURED. |
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|The REGISTER reporter encountered E. P. Steed, in town the other day, and made him fork over a "Narrow Escape." He was a member of|
|CO. F., 1st Va. Cavalry. It seems that the Va. Cavalry service had a wonderful fascination for our boys, as many of them went into that arm of|
|the service from this county. We have told several "Narrow Escapes" of the 2nd Va. boys and now one from the 1st Va. is in order. |
| |
|"Well sir," said Mr. Steed, "what I am to tell you about, happened on the 14th day of December 1862, when our army was lying near Centerville,|
|and our company was doing picket duty at Bull Run bridge. There were sixteen of us sent out from the regiment, and we were posted a short |
|distance from the bridge, on the left side of the road, in a pine thicket. In the fore part of the night, six of us patrolled the pike, |
|crossing the bridge and going toward Gainesville five miles off. We had returned about midnight, and turned in with boys, thinking everything |
|was all right. Of course we had out sentries--one near the bridge, and one back of us on the road, between us and our regiment." |
| |
|"About 2 o’clock in the morning, I heard some horses’ hoofs, coming slowly towards us, and pretty soon I heard the sentry between us and the |
|camp, call out: |
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|"Halt, who comes there?" |
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|"Friends with the countersign," replied a voice. |
| |
|"Advance, friends, and give the countersign," returned the sentry. |
| |
|"They did advance, and in doing so gobbled the sentry, and the next instant fired a volley right into our post. Oh, I tell you there was a |
|hustling and a scampering in every direction. With the volley came the rebels with a yell, right down on us. It seemed to me every one of us |
|was gone for good; that there were no possible chance of a single one of us getting out of there. But I dodged about among them the best I |
|could, right between them, almost touching them, and by freely using my legs, got out of that scrimmage, and ran about 75 yards till I came to|
|a gulley, into which I dropped and laid down in it as close as possible for three-quarters of an hour. In the meantime, the rebs were scouring|
|about, trying to get as many of our boys as possible. I lay there thinking every minute my time had come, but as good luck would have it, they|
|missed me, and in a short time, I saw they were getting away from there, expecting, of course, our regiment would soon be there. |
| |
|"Well, I laid there until about 3 o’clock, and then I thought I’d get into a skirt of pine woods about 100 yards distant, and across the open |
|field I ran with all my might. When I got into the woods, I though to myself, the safest thing to do, was to stay right there, lest in going |
|into camp at that hour, I might have some serious complications with the sentries. So I sat at the foot of a white oak tree, and waited and |
|watched for daylight, which seemed never would come. I shivered and nodded and listened and imagined all sorts of things till the first faint |
|blush of day came, and then glancing suspiciously about, I thought I saw the form of a man, under a tree about 30 yards away, and soon I felt |
|sure it was a man. Then I began to wonder who it was, and whether it was an enemy or not. Maybe it is a reb with a gun looking for me! Thus |
|painfully musing in my mind I kept an eye on the indistinct form, at the same time breathing low and holding myself perfectly still lest I |
|would be discovered. That man seemed to be pursuing the same tactics. He was as still as the tree at whose foot he sat. He didn’t move a |
|muscle, except I thought I could see him turn his head slowly, but I know he didn’t see me. And yet, the suspense was terrible. Here we were, |
|right after a fight, and I trying to get away. There a reb looking for me. I was two miles from camp. I would be murdered, and the world would|
|never know it. |
| |
|"At length, daylight began to grow stronger, and I imagined I saw a bluish cast to the man’s clothes, and that was a big consolation. Then I |
|peered more intently, and the more I looked, the calmer I became--it was blue clothes sure enough, but the figure never moved. This worried |
|me; but the next thought that came to me was, that form is familiar, yes I know it; I’ll call out. So bellowed softly: |
| |
|"Ben." |
| |
|"The figure turned its head, with a "hello" from its lips, and sure enough, it was he--my old messmate Ben Griffith. Well, now that meeting |
|was a jolly one, for it ended a dreadful suspense. He, like me, had escaped and started for camp, but had concluded it wasn’t safe to venture |
|further till daylight. Thus my ‘narrow escape’ at the picket post terminated with a queer little romance." |
| |
|"Indeed it did," said the reporter. "and I thank you very much for the story." |
|Steed, E. P., Co. F. | | |1st Va. Calvary |
|Steed, Henry |Perry Twp. | | |
|Steed, Silveston |Perry Twp. | | |
|Steed, Sylvester, private, Co. I. | | |189th O V I |
| | | |Died: March 16, 1879 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Stewart, John E. |
|NARROW ESCAPES |
|SOME EXCITING WAR EXPERIENCES NO. 11 |
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|John E. Stewart's Experience |
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|Ironton Register, Thursday, January 27, 1887 |
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|IN THE RIFLE PITS. |
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|John E. Stewart, of Symmes township, was a member of Co. G. 53d O. V. I. Capt. Geo. K. Hosford’s company. His allusion to his old Captain, |
|which was warmly complimentary, brought on the talk, which finally wound up with some of his army experience, which we propose to weave into a|
|"Narrow Escape." |
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|"It was in front of Atlanta in the Summer of 1864, where we boys had a pretty tough time and many a big scare. The rebs had their lines of |
|protection around Atlanta in pretty good shape, and so our troops invested it slowly and cautiously." |
| |
|"Our command occupied a gentle ridge and was protected by the summit. The rebel line was stretched along a parallel ridge, just opposite, |
|probably, about 300 yards. The rebel sharp-shooters held the valley between. Our skirmish pits were just over the ridge which our line |
|occupied and about thirty yards ahead of it. These pits were holes in the ground, about 15 feet long, the dirt thrown up in front, and on the |
|dirt, rails laid, so as to form little port holes. Each of these pits were occupied by ten or twelve soldiers. A profile of the way the land |
|lay is thus shown: |
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|(note from smk - please draw a semi-circle between line dashes to get the effect of the diagram in the paper.) |
|______ ___________ _____ |
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|"a" shows our line; "b" the skirmish pits; "c" the rebel sharpshooters; "d" the rebel line." |
| |
|"The skirmish pits were dangerous places. Many a soldier lost his life there. They were well arranged for protection, but the reb. |
|sharpshooters got the hand of watching the little port holes, and as soon as they would see a shadow move across one, which was sure proof of |
|some of us peeping, a ball from a reb. rifle already aimed would strike pretty close, if it did not perforate some poor head. One day, while I|
|was watching the chance to off some rebel across the valley or among the sharpshooters, and I was mighty careful not to fill the entire port |
|hole with my head, "zip" cause a bullet and struck the rail just above my cranium. My! but I was scared; and I fell back, and quivered as if a|
|ball had gone right through me. It was sometime before I could muster up courage, to take a peep at that port hole again." |
| |
|"Sometimes, the rebels would make a dash on our skirmish pits and capture the boys. They would attempt this generally, at night, when they |
|could creep up through the timber and undergrowth close to us. To obviate this, our forces would put out sentries, some 30 steps in advance of|
|the skirmish pits, to raise the alarm if the rebs gathered to make a rush on the pits." |
| |
|"One night about eight o’clock--when it was pretty dark--I was detailed as sentry, and left the pit on the hazardous mission. I advanced about|
|thirty steps, as quietly and stealthily as possible, expecting every moment to meet a reb, or a bullet from him. It was quite dark, and I |
|thought it well enough to seek the assistance of some friendly shadow or accommodating obstacle to assist me in keeping the watch with safety |
|to myself as well as efficiency for the service; and so, after feeling and crawling around sometime, I came upon a little bunch of sumac or |
|sassafras, which was no protection, but the mere outline of one, for a night watch." |
| |
|"So, I began bestowing myself as quietly as possible behind that bush, letting myself down easily, and straightening my legs for a night’s |
|watch; but just at the critical moment when silence was worth a world to me, I ran my foot against a stick which broke and snapped like a |
|young pistol. Immediately, bang, bang, bang, went rifles in front of me, and the balls whizzed and struck all around me. I thought I was gone;|
|in fact, I did go; but is was to the skirmish pits--helter-skelter, race horse speed, I skipped those thirty steps, and into the skirmish pit,|
|like a prairie dog into his mound. There must have been fifty balls struck around that rifle pit just as I jumped into it. How the boys did |
|laugh! And how I enjoyed it too, then; for I laughed with them most heartily. I could afford to laugh, for my "narrow escape" had doubtless |
|saved an attack on the pits, for the rebs were certainly gathering for that kind of job." |
| |
|"I may mention here that going from the line to the pits, (a to b in the diagram) was a perilous performance. Many a brave soldier fell, while|
|rushing across that open space. I remember John Gossett, who lived in this county, was shot in the head and killed while running from the line|
|to the pits." |
| |
|"That is a very interesting experience, Mr. Stewart," said the reporter. "Were there other boys from this county in the pits beside yourself?"|
| |
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|"Yes," he replied, "I think John or Charley Earles was in the pit the night I rushed for it so heartily." |
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|Stewart, John E., Co. G. | | |53d O.V.I. |
|Stewart, John H. |John H. Stewart, a highly-respected and well known citizen of this | |
| |county, died at his home in Symmes township, near Sherritts, about 7 | |
| |o’clock Sunday evening, after several days of illness of pneumonia. | |
| |Mr. Stewart was born in Symmes township, near where he died, June 1, | |
| |1839, and was a continuous resident of that township during the whole | |
| |of his life. He married Miss Ruth Griffith March 31, 1859. | |
| |He served his country with distinction in the 173d Ohio, during the | |
| |Civil War. | |
| |He owned and cultivated a large farm, and was known as one of the | |
| |leading farmers of the county. Mr. Stewart united with Palestine | |
| |Baptist church early in life and was recognized as one of the most | |
| |trusted members of that body. He never held but one office, that being| |
| |the office of treasurer of his native township, which position he held| |
| |for a long period of time. | |
| |He is survived by his devoted wife, and the following children: Mrs. | |
| |Emma Marks, of Michigan, who will be unable to attend the funeral; | |
| |Mrs. T. C. Edwards, of this city; Miss Luella Stewart, who teaches at | |
| |Hanging Rock, and Mrs. Ermina Vermillion and W. Harlen Stewart, of | |
| |Sherritts. | |
| |All of the members of the family were present when death came but Mrs.| |
| |Marks. | |
| |The funeral took place at the family residence at 1 o’clock p. m., | |
| |Tuesday, conducted by Rev. C. H. McKee, of Solida, the interment | |
| |following at the family burying ground near the residence. | |
| |There are very few men who are better known in Lawrence county than | |
| |Mr. Stewart, and probably none who were held in high esteem. In his | |
| |death this county loses one of her best citizens. | |
|Stewart, John, Corp., Co. F. | | |63d Pa. Inf. |
| | | |Died: April 5, 1885 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Stewart, John N. |John N. Stewart, Com. Serg't Co, died while a prisoner of war, at |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |Belle Isle, date unknown. He was a good and brave soldier. | |
|Stobble, Frederick |Perry Twp. | | |
|Sweeney, James |James Sweeney, Co. K, killed in action July 4, 1863. He was a very |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |patriotic and brave soldier. | |
|Sutherland, Seth, Sergt., | | |5th Bat. O. Lt. Art. |
| | | |Died: September 9, 1868 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Swasty, Frederick |Perry Twp. | | |
|-T- |
|Taylor, Daniel |Perry Twp. | | |
|Thomas, Edward B. |Edward B. Thomas, enlisted as a Private in Co. B, Oct. 10, 1862; he |2nd Va. Cav. |
| |was afterwards promoted to Serg't Major, for his good soldierly | |
| |qualities. He was killed in a charge of the regiment on the enemy, | |
| |near Winchester, Va., July 24, 1864. Buried in Kelly's Cemetery. | |
|Thomas, D. J., Lt. Co. A. |Lieut. D. J. Thomas, Co. A, native of Indiana. Killed at Lynchburg and|5th Va. VI (vol. inf.) |
| |buried there. His son was taken captive by the rebels after his | |
| |burial. Was in the service nearly three years. Was 43 years of age | |
| |when he died. A good man and a brave soldier. | |
|Thomas, Samuel |Perry Twp. | | |
|Thomer, John, Corp., Co. A. | | |14th Ky. Inf. |
| | | |Died: August 9, 1884 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Thompson, Geo. W., Corp., Co. I. | | |189th O V I |
| | | |Died: November 4, 1888 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Thornhill, James |Perry Twp. | | |
|Tomlinson, Thos. H. |Thos. H. Tomlinson, Bugler, Co. B, found dead at Camp Piatt, Va., |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |Sept. 1, 1863. | |
|Turner, John |John Turner, aged 70, a veteran of the Civil War, passed away | |
| |yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock at his home at 1314 South Ninth | |
| |street. Mr. Turner had been ill but four and one-half days, taking his| |
| |bed after his day’s work last Wednesday. Death was caused by | |
| |influenza. The deceased was a member of the Dick Lambert Post, G. A. | |
| |R., of this city, and was quite well known and highly esteemed. He is | |
| |survived by two children, Earl and Emma May Turner. The funeral | |
| |arrangements have not yet been made. Burial will be made under the | |
| |direction of Bingaman and Jones. | |
| |Morning Irontonian, 17 February 1920, Tuesday, Page 3. | |
|Turvey, James |Perry Twp. | | |
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|Upp, Harry, private, Co. H. | | |2d U. S. Inf. |
| | | |Died: September 7, 1898 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Van Every, Martin |Martin Van Every, Serg't Co. B, died April 20, 1862, in hospital at |2nd Va. Cal. |
| |Charleston, V. Va., of disease contracted in the army. | |
|Vanhorn, Calvin |Perry Twp. | | |
|Vanhorn, Sam |
|NARROW ESCAPES |
|SOME EXCITING WAR EXPERIENCES |
|NO. 14 |
|Ironton Register, Thursday, February 17, 1887 |
| |
|Sam Van Horn's Experience. |
| |
|"Say, Sam," said we to Samuel Vanhorn. "Haven't you a 'Narrow Escape' for the Register." |
| |
|"I have had several, and, by the way, I think the 'Narrow Escapes' in the Register are mighty interesting reading," replied Sam. |
| |
|"Give me your best one." |
| |
|"I might miss the best, but this one I will relate for you, strikes right now." |
| |
|"What part of the service were you in?" |
| |
|"I belonged to famous Battery B. 1st West Va. Light Artillery." |
| |
|"My 'Narrow Escape' happened on the 20th of July. 1864, but to better describe it I must go back one day. On July 19th, while on the march up |
|Loudon valley the lumber chest to my gun exploded, killing two or three men and the two wheel horses, and completely destroying the carriage |
|of the gun. After this, the remaining four horses were attached to the caisson of the same gun, making ten horses to the caisson, of which I |
|was placed in charge. The next morning, we attempted to cross the Shenandoah River at a ford, coming out of Ashby's gap. The Calvary went in |
|the advance. While they were in the river watering their horses, the artillery and infantry being on the bank behind, quite a number of |
|Johnnies on the other side of the river who had been concealed now stepped out on the bank and began firing on them. This caused a general |
|stampede among the cavalry, infantry and artillery. The whole command temporarily demoralized by the unexpected attack, broke now into |
|confusion. Capt. Jno. V. Keepers, our captain, who at that time seemed to be the only coolheaded man present, undertook to get some of his |
|guns into position on a narrow ridge dividing a ravine from the river. I undertook to follow him with my ten horse caisson. The captian |
|succeeded in getting his guns on top of the ridge and I got part way up with my caisson, on to a small knoll where there was a little frame |
|dwelling, house, but could get no further. Seeing that the caisson was of no benefit there, and it being seemingly almost impossible to get it|
|down again, I halted the boys and, riding up to where Capt. Keepers was, asked him what I should do with that caisson. |
| |
|He replied: "Do not bring it up here for we haven't enough room to get the guns into position." I told him I did not believe I could turn |
|around where I was and go back down. He answered in a quick, sharp tone: |
| |
|"If you can't get it back up into the gap roll the d--n thing into the river." |
| |
|I went back down and examined the ground again. I found a narrow path which looked like it might have been a path to a spring from the house |
|before mentioned. Maybe in ante-bellum days it had been trodden by the bare-feet of some pretty Virginia lass. However I didn't think about |
|that then. No time for romantic imaginings. I told the boys to pull around the house by that little path and they could get out of range of |
|the enemy's fire behind the ridge. This left me on the side of the building next to the enemy with no chance to shun fire until the boys |
|moved the caisson out of the way. I knew I stood in the way of where Johnnie wanted to shoot, where they not only wanted to shoot, but did |
|shoot without even telling me to get out of the way. About 15 or 20 of the stepped out on the bank on the opposite side of the river and, |
|taking deliberate aim, fired at me. My position was not very inviting, to say the least. |
| |
|I think every shot they fired struck that building around my horse and myself. I shall never forget my feelings at this time. I could |
|distinctly hear the balls strike the building within 4 or 5 feet of where I was sitting on my horse. I felt very lonesome. I took my feet out|
|of the stirrups so I would have a clear fall, because I thought it was impossible for them to miss me as they were in close range---not over |
|200 yards away. It has always been a mystery to me why they didn't hit me. So there you have my 'Narrow Escape.' The boys managed to get the |
|caisson down behind the ridge out of the way, and afterward up into the gaps where we took position. Captain Keepers, finding he could not |
|get in position, where he was, soon followed, and took up a position in line with my caisson, where we continued an artillery duel with a |
|rebel battery on the opposite side of the river the balance of the day." |
|Vanhorn, Sam, Battery B. | | |1st W. Va. Light Artillery |
|Vermillion, Jesse |IR Dec. 22, 1904 |173 O. V. I. |
| |Jesse Vermillion was born March 11, 1829. Died November 30, 1904. Aged|Died: Dec. 1904 |
| |75 years, 8 months, 19 days. | |
| |On Oct. 31, 1850, he was married to Emmaline Irwin who joined the | |
| |ransomed host in glory nine and one half years ago. | |
| |Of this union were born five children all of whom are still living. | |
| |He was converted years ago and spent the remainder of his life in the | |
| |service of God. He was always found when able, in the Sunday School | |
| |and church services, where he will be greatly missed. | |
| |In the war of the rebellion, he gave his service to his country, being| |
| |a member of the 173 O. V. I. | |
| |While he was a man of few words, quiet and unassuming habits, yet he | |
| |was a man of firm determination, always found at his post of duty | |
| |ready to perform his part. He was loved and respected by all. | |
| |He loved and cherished his family and home better than any other place| |
| |or thing on earth and in his last sickness, he whole desire was to go | |
| |home. And as family and friends, we believe he is now enjoying the | |
| |sweet rest of his heavenly and eternal home. | |
| | | |
|Vickers, Joseph, private, Co. B. | | |4th O. Bat. |
| | | |Died: September 11, 1894 Buried: |
| | | |Woodland Cem., Ironton, Ohio |
|Vititoe, William |William Vititoe; killed at Guyandotte. Was from Mount Vernon Furnace. |5th Va VI |
|Waller, Coleman B. |Coleman B. Waller, sergeant Co. K; killed at Lynchburg, June 18, 1864.|5th Va VI |
| |He while making a charge on the enemy's lines. His widow and children | |
| |live near Rock Camp. He was a true man and a good soldier. | |
|Waller, Wm. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Washburn, Elias H., private, Co. C.| | |9th W. Va. Inf. |
| | | |Died: December 1, 1898 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Warren, William |Wm. Warren, Co. K, of Coal Grove, in this county, enlisted at Ceredo, |5th Va VI |
| |W. Va., and was transferred to Co. H; was mortally wounded on July 24,| |
| |1864, at Winchester, where he died. He served with honor to his | |
| |regiment and country. Left 3 days on the battlefield before his body | |
| |was recovered. Left a wife and 2 children. | |
|Washburn, Wm. C., private, Co. H. | | |91st O V I |
| | | |Died: August 7, 1899 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Waters, Thos., private, Co. H. | | |91st O V I |
| | | |Died: January 28, 1885 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Wayn, Joseph |Perry Twp. | | |
|Webb, Daniel D. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Webb, Elias |Perry Twp. | | |
|Webb, Henry |Perry Twp. | | |
|Webb, Jesse |Perry Twp. | | |
|Webb, Milton |Perry Twp. | | |
|Webb, Pleasant |Perry Twp. | | |
|Webb, Sylvester, private, Co. G. | | |39th Ky, Inf. |
| | | |Died: December 14, 1892 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Webb, Thompson |Perry Twp. | | |
|Webb, Wm. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Weddle, Col. |
|NARROW ESCAPES |
|SOME EXCITING WAR EXPERIENCES |
|NO. 5 |
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|COL. WEDDLE'S EXPERIENCE |
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|Ironton Register, Thursday, December 16, 1886 |
| |
|"Here, Col. Weddle, I’ve caught you at last," said the REGISTER man when he met the Colonel pulling away at a cigar in front of Winters’ drug |
|store. |
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|"What’s the matter? What have I done?" returned the Colonel with a laugh. |
| |
|"Why, haven’t you read the ‘Narrow Escapes’ in the REGISTER, and don’t you see you have kept out of them?" the reporter replied. |
| |
|"Yes, I read them, and I like to read what the other boys have done, but please excuse me." |
| |
|"Not at all-- we let no guilty man escape. Come now; the 1st West Va. was a fighting regiment, and you were one of them. Think up a ‘Narrow |
|Escape’ right quick, now." |
| |
|"Well," said the Colonel, putting on his thinking cap, "Port Republic was about as hot a time as I ever saw, but you want some personal |
|reminiscences where a fellow got in a peculiar tight pinch himself? I guess that was down at Berryville. Let’s see-- now I don’t know that |
|I’ll get the dates precisely right-- but it was when Early was retreating out of Maryland. He had gone into Virginia and was striking toward |
|Winchester, and we were following him up cautiously. We had started from Sandy Hook, and intended to reach Leetown and demonstrate on his |
|flank, but he had passed down the pike. We then went to Snicker’s ford, where we encountered the enemy and had a severe fight. |
| |
|"I must tell you of a funny incident here, and rather ‘narrow’ too. Our regiment had charged across the ford and had been driven back, where |
|we had a steep, slippery clay bank to climb, to get out of the way of the enemy’s fire. My adjutant and I had clasped hands to aid each other |
|up the bank. The rebs were across the river, only a short distance, just peppering us lively. Now, as fast as my adjutant and myself got near |
|the top of that bank, we slipped back, and the more we hurried the worse we would slip, and the faster the rebs fired the more we hurried. It |
|was a scary time, and many of our boys were shot there. My adjutant, whose hand I held till we got up the bank, was shot twice in the cap, a |
|shoulderstrap carried off, a button shot away and a ball pierced his clothing in left side--five close misses in getting up that bank; but I |
|escaped-- that’s a close call. |
| |
|"Well, a couple days after that, we moved on to Berryville, and my regiment and the 2nd Maryland were sent out the Winchester pike on picket. |
|The rest of the division was below Berryville. We had out three companies, from each regiment, on each side of the road, on picket, and the |
|main part of the two regiments was on the pike, a short distance back. I was sitting in the regimental ambulance, and my cook had just |
|announced that the coffee and bacon were ready, when ‘bang’ went a musket out the road, and ‘bang, bang’ went others. I mounted my horse and |
|galloped in the direction of our advanced picket line, which, in the meantime, had got itself in good position, and using my glass saw a large|
|rebel force advancing in line of battle. I was commanding my regiment, but Col. Rogers, of the 2nd Maryland, was my senior. I gave orders to |
|pickets to fall back stubbornly, and then reported to Col. Rogers, who had ordered his own regiment to do the same thing. The two regiments |
|then kept on falling back slowly and fighting all the time, till they got to Berryville. Here were some old earthworks, badly washed by the |
|rain, and we got over into them. The rebels kept coming, and confident of success charged the earthworks. This was about 5 o’clock in the |
|afternoon. The form of the earthworks was a right angle, and the rebel line came up in a sort of semi-circle, enveloping the corner of the |
|angle. We would have been most delightfully wiped out then, had it not been for Gen. Duval, who lay with the rest of his brigade in the |
|neighborhood of Berryville, and who formed in line when the firing was first heard. His forces reached the fort soon after we got behind it, |
|but the works being very small, a part of his brigade was thrown out to the left to prevent the enemy coming in that direction and getting |
|behind the works. |
| |
|"The attempt of the enemy to carry the works by storm was a very exciting combat, at least where I stood, about midway of the front of the |
|angle, and just where the ‘narrow escape’ which you demand took place. I was standing there, sword in hand, directing the firing against the |
|advancing line of the enemy. The rebs came nearer and nearer, and the fire got hotter and hotter, and soon the rebs were right on us. Now |
|mind, the earthworks were hardly to be dignified by that name, not being over two or three feet high and affording very little protection at |
|anything like close quarters. While I was standing, as I remarked, a great, tall reb right in the front of the attacking line made a jump at |
|me and sought to reach me with a lunge of his bayonet, and it was close work, I tell you. He had the longest arms and made the biggest lunge, |
|and he was going for me. The point of his bayonet gave me a prod in the lower part of the breastbone and drew the blood, but not enough to |
|hurt much. He was about to step forward to be sure the next time, when one of the boys near me jumped up and placing his musket near the |
|fellow’s head blew it pretty nearly off. That was a ‘narrow’ as I wanted it." |
| |
|"Yes," said the reporter, "that was very close, but how did the fight end?" |
| |
|"Oh, we repulsed them, but they kept up an artillery fire till 10 o’clock. The next morning, however, we left, and formed a new line nearer |
|the Potomac. That fight was on the 3rd of September. A few days after, Sheridan came in with two corps and drove Early out of the valley." |
|Weddle, Jacob, 1st Lieut., Co. E. | | |1st W. Va. Inf. Lt. Col. F & S 2d |
| | | |W. Va. Vet. Inf. |
| | | |Died: February 7, 1889 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Westlake, Wm. E., seaman, G B | | |Died: July 2, 1891 |
|"Signal," Mississippi Sq., | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|White, John F., Com Sergt., Co. M. | | |7th O. V. C. |
| | | |Died: February 7, 1892 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|White, Michael, private, Co. H | | |53d O V I |
| | | |Died: April 2, 1892 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Wilkinson, J. W., Capt., Co. F. | | |7th U. S. Cav. |
| | | |Died: March 30, 1890 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Williams, T. G. |IR Aug. 29, 1872 - Mr. T. G. Williams now assists in the “locals” and | |
| |the general business of the REGISTER office. | |
|Willis, Benj. F., Corp., Co. K. | | |10th Ky. Cav. |
| | | |Died: February 16, 1892 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Willis, G. B. |MI Jan. 17, 1920 |5th W. Va. |
| |G. B. Willis, aged 76 years, a prominent resident of Kitts Hill, where|Died: Jan. 1920 |
| |he spent his entire life, passed away last evening about 7 o’clock | |
| |death resulting from an attack of pneumonia. | |
| |The deceased was born December 1, 1843 and was born and reared in | |
| |Lawrence county. He was a veteran of the Civil war, serving in Company| |
| |B, 5th Virginia Infantry. Surviving the deceased are the widow, one | |
| |son, E. L. Willis of Kitts Hill, and three daughters Mrs. James Markel| |
| |of Marion, Ohio, Mrs. George Ball of Ironton, and Mrs. Ed. Kitts of | |
| |Colorado. Three grandchildren also survive viz: Ralph Roush and | |
| |William Paul of Ironton and Mrs. Charles Zimmer of Huntington, W. Va. | |
| |Mr. Willis has been blind for several years. | |
| |The funeral arrangements have not yet been made. Bingaman and Jones | |
| |are in charge. | |
| | | |
|Willis, Hugh |IR Apr. 2, 1903 |5th W. Va. |
| |When the venerable Hugh Willis departed this life at Forestdale, |Died: March 23, 1903 |
| |Monday, March 23, 1903, the county lost one of the prominent | |
| |characters, who figured in the early history of the county. | |
| |The parents of the subject of this sketch came from Virginia in 1808 | |
| |and located in Aid township, this county. There were eleven children | |
| |in the family six boys and five girls, five of whom were older than | |
| |the subject of this sketch. | |
| |Hugh Willis was born in 1817 somewhere near the mouth of Sharp’s | |
| |Creek, and attended his first school in a house opposite the mouth of | |
| |Sharp’s Creek a mile above Marion. He was then 16 years old. In those | |
| |days teachers were hired for from $12 to $15 per month. | |
| |Mr. Willis was examined for a certificate in 1840, and taught his | |
| |first school in Lawrence Township, on Yellow Creek, in a log house | |
| |which had a chimney up to the mantle, no floor, no seats but round | |
| |logs: but it was pronounced a good school. Mr. Willis’ second school | |
| |was taught where Rock Camp now is, and the house in which the school | |
| |was taught stood where the mill now stands. That was in the fall and | |
| |winter of 1840, and in 1841 he taught the Marion school. Mr. Willis | |
| |told the writer that in all his early schools his wages were $11 per | |
| |month and "board around." | |
| |In 1842 Mr. Willis attended the Burlington academy two terms and at | |
| |the close of which he was examined by the regents of the board and was| |
| |awarded a life certificate of second de- | |
| |Mr. Willis taught thirty years in Ohio, twelve years in West Virginia | |
| |one year in Kentucky and three years in Indiana; hence he spent | |
| |forty-six years in the school room. He taught his last school in West | |
| |Virginia in 1885. | |
| |Mr. Willis was married twice--first to Phoebe Croley of South Point; | |
| |and of this union there were born seven children; six boys and one | |
| |girl second to Mrs. Harriet L. Wilson nee Stratton, on January 18, | |
| |1876; and of this union there were born five children, all girls. | |
| |Mr. Willis served his country during the civil war in the Fifth West | |
| |Virginia Infantry for three years and one month. Mr. Willis was a | |
| |member of the M. E. church from his early manhood... | |
|Willis, William F. |William F. Willis, Co. E; died at Parkersburg, Dec. 28, 1861. |5th Va VI |
|Willis, Isaac |Perry Twp. | | |
|Willis, James |Perry Twp. | | |
|Wilson, John |
|NARROW ESCAPES |
|SOME EXCITING WAR EXPERIENCES NO. 12 |
| |
|John Wilson's Experience |
| |
|Ironton Register, Thursday, February 3, 1887 |
| |
|GRAPE(S) SHOT IN THE FRYING PAN. |
| |
|"Hello, John Wilson, haven’t you a ‘Narrow Escape’ for the Register." |
| |
|"I don’t know. I was in several close places." |
| |
|"Well, we want your closest call." |
| |
|"Well, I believe that was at Winchester. I was in Co. D, 23d O. V. I., President Hayes’ old regiment. Our regiment saw a good deal of hard |
|service. At Cloyd Mountain, we lost 38 killed and wounded out of my company. I have had holes shot through my blouse several times, but I |
|consider my ‘Narrow Escape’ occurred at Winchester, July 28th, 1864. We were in line of battle 3 or 4 miles above Winchester. The rebels |
|charged on us, and the first thing I knew my company was scattering and falling back, getting away in different directions as fast as the boys|
|could ‘hoof’ it. They all seemed to be seeking more healthy quarters. To save myself, I started too. I had fallen back, I suppose, a couple |
|hundred yards or such a matter, trying to get out of reach of their guns. In order to get under cover or some apple trees, I obliqued to the |
|right. I didn’t go but a very short distance that way until they opened on us with grape and canister. I had obliqued off to the right, as I |
|said before, to try to get under cover of the apple trees, while the dust kept flying around me powerfully. All at once I felt as if a man had|
|struck me terrible blow across the back. I fell to the earth, but soon scrambled to my feet, glad I wasn’t killed, and kept going from there. |
|I took along a row of apple trees and ran my best, while the apples rained like hail about my ears, as a result of the enemy’s firing. |
| |
|"We kept up our retreat till we reached Bunker Hill. There we fell into line of battle again, and when the rebs came up, gave them another |
|volley. While we were in line of battle here, a boy named Cubbage asked: |
| |
|"John, what make your frying pan handle stick out so straight?" |
| |
|"I answered: ‘I must have caught it on an apple tree limb and bent it.’ |
| |
|"But, upon examining my knapsack to see what was the matter, I found a grape shot imbedded in the pan. It had passed through my oil blanket |
|and woolen blanket, and bent up my frying pan until it looked like a ____ ___. I was glad it was the pan, though, and not myself that was |
|drawn up so." |
| |
|"Well, that we indeed interesting," added the reporter. "The more I gather in these narrow escapes, the more varied and interesting they |
|become. Thank you, John." |
| |
|"You’re welcome, sir." |
|Wilson, John, Co. D. | | |23d O. V. I. |
|Wilson, Solomon |Perry Twp. | | |
|Winters, Amaziah |Perry Twp. | | |
|Winters, Amezirah |Perry Twp. | | |
|Winters, Charles |Perry Twp. | | |
|Winters, Curtis |Perry Twp. | | |
|Winters, Thos., Sr., Capt., Co. G. | | |1st W. Va. Cav. |
| | | |Died: February 5, 1893 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Winters, Wm. |Perry Twp. | | |
|Wise, Eura |Perry Twp. | | |
|Wise, William |MI 20 September 1922 | |
| |The Grim Reaper took another of the Civil War veterans from the ranks | |
| |of the G. A. R. Tuesday when William Wise, aged 82 years, 2 months and|Died: Sept. 1922 |
| |13 days, died at the home of Mrs. Fred Shotsky on N. 7th street after |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| |an extended illness. |Ohio |
| |Mr. Wise was the father of twelve children, three of whom are still | |
| |living. The other nine with his wife preceded him to the grave. He | |
| |fell about six weeks ago, injuring his leg. Since that time his | |
| |condition has become graver and graver until the end which came at | |
| |8:30 o’clock Tuesday morning. The three children surviving are Joseph,| |
| |Jacob and Mrs. Mary Shotsky. | |
| |The funeral will be held from the Shotsky home Thursday afternoon at 2| |
| |o’clock with interment in Woodland under direction of Gholson and | |
| |Sons. | |
|Woodfin, Henry, Corp., Co. B. | | |4th U. S. C. T. |
| | | |Died: January 16, 1900 |
| | | |Buried: Woodland Cem., Ironton, |
| | | |Ohio |
|Wyatt, Francis M. |Perry Twp. | | |
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