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1895, Maq. 1895
1900
Elvia
66
Ralph .6
Mrs Georgia Snoddy-Price, De Witt. 1868, Maquoketa ... 1868 1895
Mr E Battles, Tama Co, Ia. 1871, Jackson Co. . . 1871 18 85
Mrs Anna Norten, Monmouth. 1873, Jackson Co .. . 1873 1873
1854 A Jennings, Buchanan Co .1846, Pa. 1854
J A Parkinson, Rock Valley
1861, Lyons 1861
1891
J C Buchanan, Walker, Ia.
1844, Pa. 1852
1867
Erma Bentley Hind, Grand Rapids, Wis.
·1879, Maquoketa. .. 1879
1902
James HI Allen, Chicago. 1846. Concord. N H.1851 1873
Everet Gregory, De Witt 1877, Maquoketa . . . 1877 1877
P N Krogaard, Clinton.
1873, Germany .... . 1904 1904
Cliff L Day, Sabula.
F H Latham, Sabula.
Ed Hind, Grand Rapids, Wis.
Joe Richael,
Willard Richael,
Laura Hind,
Gusta Heath, Anthon, Ia. 1865, Maq. 1865 1869
Walter S Wright, Milwaukee . 1864, Maq. 1864 1886
Lee Krebs, Milwaukee 1800, Indiana 1879
1881
James J Henton, Olin
1877, Maq. 1877 1897
Mrs Fuglsang, Battle Creek . 1875, Denmark 1880
1900
Cecelia Clemensen, Battle Creek 1896, Maq 1896
1900
Estella C Rice, Aurora, Ill
1868, Maq. 1868 1906
J W Ralston, Dubuque.
1875, Wis 1874
1902
Mrs Ralston, Dubuque
1876, Ia 1901
1902
Mrs Ella Edleman, Davenport
1864, Ia 1864 1881
Mrs Ida Snoddy, Olin, Ia
1861, Ia 1864
1881
Miss Hazel Snoddy, Olin, Ia.
1895, Ia 1895
1883
Flora Priaulx Dell Beloit, Wis
1882, Maq 1882
190G
Phineas L Dell, Beloit, Wis
1884, Maq 1884
1906
Miss Emma Clark, Delmar 1849, Ontario, Can. 1855
1856
Mrs Hattie Rossiter. Delmar
1844, Ontario, Can. 1855
1856
W A Davis, Mitchell, S D.
1856, Indiana .. . . ..
1856
1900
-31-
Francis Biehle-Hileman, Bellevue, Iowa. Aug 15, 1872, Maq. . 1872 1899 E W Haight. Fortuna, Calif .. Apr 22, 1852, Wash . 1856 1888
Mrs Belle Haight, Fortuna. Cilif. Jan 17, 1859, Ia . . . . . 1872 1888 Mrs CO Wellock, Fortuna, Calif Mar. 19, 1879, Kan .. 1880 1888
Eva Calkins-Briggs, St Paul, Minn 1861, Iowa 1886 1889
1840, N Y 1853 1891
C D Willock, Fortuna, Calif . Aug 13 1871
Miss Jessie H Willo k, Fortuna, Calif,.
L E Anderson, Hendricks, Ind.
1831 Indiana .1852
1858
M Bolton Geneva, Neb.
1854 Ohio 1856
1879
Dale Harris, Beaumont, Kan
1892 Maq. 1892
1900
Grace Potter, Davenport
1901 Maq. 1901
1906
J J Frank. Stockton, Calif
1882 Maq .1882
1901
Mrs Fred Mc Kennett, Perry, Iowa
1879 Maq 1879
1903
Vern Bowman Davenport.
1884 Maq .1884
1905
Asa Fugate, Correctionville,
. 1868 Maq 1868
1903
Bert Robinson, Clinton, Ia.
'81 Maq. '81
'02
. Ella Swigart-Clements, Clinton, Ia
'57 Maq.
'57
'00
Mat Petersen, Battle Creek, fa. '60 Mag
'60
'80
Eli Edwards, Correctionville, Ia. '50 Maq .. '50
'75.
Jaunita Gage, Topeka, Kans '96 Maq. '96
J U Fugate, Correctionville, . '66 Maq
'66
'01
Fred Raff, Elgin, Ill. '76 Maq
"76
'06
Charles Prussia, Savanna, Ill
'77 Jackson, Co. דדי
'99
Celia Miller-Anderson, Lyons. Ia
'53 Findley, O '56 '86
Mr Rachel Winterstein Rosecrant, Cedar Rapids. '50 Pa.
'51 '85
Rosie Becker, Davenport,. '79 Maq
'79
'05
E J Smalley, Watertown
.'76, Huston, Minn
'89
'02
E F Gollobith, Chicago, Ill '85, Maq.
'85
'92
F J Swift, Draper, S D. '83, Emeline, Ia. '98
'00
C A Beck, Bellevue, Ia. '62, Germany, '81 '87 '87
'95
'06
Harriet E Shrove, Lyons, Ia '73, Andrew
'73
'06
T H French, Preston, Ia '65, Maq '65
'84
Bert Isbell, Mechanicsville, '74 Maq.
'74
'96
Bert Strohm, Chicago, Ill '72 Maq '72
'76
HI B Bryant, Miles, Ia '53 England '71 '73
Mrs Lottie Williams-Thompson, Oklahoma City. 1884, Maq. 1884
'03
Jerry S Green, Marshalltown, Iowa
.1853, Iron Hills 1853
'94
Mrs Ed Mitchell, Marion
1878, Maq 1878
'98
E A Gordon. Ohio.
1843, Ohio 1855
'61
Minnie M Orr, Marion, Iowa
'85 Maq '85
'99
Henry Boer, Sioux Falls, S D. '48 Pa. . '51
'06
Eugene A Van Sebaick, Bellevue, Iowa '55 N Y "71
'73
'91 '97
C Dirby, Marion, Ia. '64 Maq '64
V E Hopkins, Grundy Center, Ia. '56 Pa.
'87
Pauline Biehle-Beck, Bellevue, Ia. . '70, Maq. '70
H V Shrove, Lyons, Ja. '66. Ill.
Mrs Olive L Wright, Lyons, Iowa
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E Frank Brown, Vinton, Iowa. . '66 Maq. '66
'70
Mrs Noble Lockhart, Livingston, Mont. '86, Mo. '86 '05
Mrs Geo Adair, Jamaica, Iowa '59, Indiana '02
Mrs Clara Bodkin-Grant, Massilon, Iowa '67, Va. '68
'89
Mrs Nellie Brundage, Miles, Iowa. '86, Maq
'86
-'06
Mrs Lodisa Allen Staton, Storm Lake, Iowa '34, N Y. '55
'65
C E Smith, Moline, Ill. '96 '76, Springbrook ... '82
C A Clarke, Rock Island, Ill. '77, Maq. '77
'97
Ivah Emery Van Ness, Amber. Iowa. '80, Maq
'80
'92
Herschill N Pangborn, Thurman, Colo. '42, Maq. '42
'73 '91
B Kettler, Albia, Iowa '54. Germany '91
Mrs Carrie Buxler Flannigan, Davenport, Iowa. '75, Marion, Ia '80
'99
Elizabeth Klema, Minneapolis, Minn '76, Baldwin '77
'95
Bartley Klema, Clinton, Iowa .'83, Maq '83
'00
E H Knittle, Onslow, Iowa '74, Maq '74
'99 '87
J C Dennison, Bellevue, Iowa. .'69, Alden, N Y '85
Mrs Mary Metheney-Brown, Wyoming .'76. Ohio. '81
'03
Phyllis Brown, Wyoming
'95, Cascade, Iowa. '00
'03
R F McMeans, Leir, S D '42 Pa.
'47
'06
Sarah Bell McMeans. Leir, S D. '49, Pa.
'62
'06 '00
Louis Weise, De Witt, Iowa '71, Davenport, Ia. '75
'80
'06
Dan Wagoner, Stockton, Iowa
'29, Pa ..
'45
'95
Ed Mellish Oxford, Iowa.
'61, Vermont '73
'84
Mrs Ed Mellish, Oxford, Iowa '64, Maq '64
'84 '02
H E Griffin, Red Oak, Iowa. '73, Maq
Ida Eisentrout-Griffin, Red Oak, Iowa '77, Iron Hills '91
'02
Maude Bailey-Smith, De Witt, Iowa. .'81, Welton '92
'99
Effa Chase-Read, Monroe, Mo .'63, May. '63 '71
Name and Residence
Born Came Left
Lulu Sweet, Fayette, Iowa
'75, Maq
'75
'97
Mrs Abby Murphy Daly, Council Bluffs, Iowa ... '38, Ireland.
*64
'82
Mrs Geo G Howes, Dubuque, Iowa
'72, Andrew. '91
'00
W C Bradley, Davenport, Iowa.
, 70, N J. '50
'01
Ruth Bernice Howes, Dubuque, Iowa
Charles V Howes, Dubuque, Iowa
Miss Bess Lancaster, Kenosha, Wis
C P Romer, Bedden, Neb.
'75, Maq '75
*04
John W Fenton, Zwingle
'59, Maq. '59
'01
Francis Barnice Banghart, Colorado Springs
'817 Cascade '90
'01
Rirdie King-Rigby, Davenport . 771. Maq. '71
'93
Mrs Wm Johnson, Texas '66, Germany '80
'95
D M Allison, McCausland '54, Pa.
'61
*05
Mrs Nancy Allen, Clinton
. '66, Jackson Co. '66
'02
F B Tinker, Chicago.
'70, Maq. '70
'02
Mary Moorhead Roheson, Cedar Rapids.
'47, Va '52
'87
W HI Roheson, Cedar Rapids
1
Bert Bowman, Moline, Ill. 'SO, Maq.
-33-
Geo H Bailey, Chicago. '77, Illinois. '87
'06
Anna Blunt Bodman, Muscatine.
'62, Davenport. '65
'99
Mrs Lina Monroe Eaton, Dolores, Colo.
Aug 11, '43, Ohio. '55
'62
Mrs Sadie Billups Calloway, Chicago '73 May. '73
'94
Florence Calloway, Chicago
Emma Dunbar-Fleming, Des Moines
'59 Maq.
Laura Shaw Broecksmit, Cedar Rapids.
'41, Bellevue '42
'73
Ferd C Fiske, Lincoln, Neb.
'56, N Y '57
'83
Mrs Carrie Kelso Russell, Pittsburg, Pa.
Miss Jennie Kelso, Bellevue, Iowa
Rev D Russell, Pittsburg, Pa
Sam Raff, Springville, Iowa.
'82 Maq '82
'97
Clarence Rowe, Stoughton, Wis.
'83 Maq. '83
'03
Melvin Ward, Iowa ..
'84 Maq
Earl A Barker, Chicago
'82 Maq '82
'03
F C Bowman, Marengo.
'84 Maq '84
'06
Bess Merrill, Cedar Rapids
'83, Oxford '03
'06
Myrtle Nims-Huff, Charlotte
'78, Maq. '78
'02
FL Huff, Charlotte.
'78, Maq '78
'02
E J Eaton, Santa Anna, Calif
'56, Maq. '56
'78
J B Lyons, Maquoketa
'36, N Y '55
'64
Edna Grant, Massilon, la
'92, Maq '92
'99
Lydia A Lyon, .
.'41,
'65
'85
A W Fuggett, Correctionville
'68, Maq. '68
'81
'05
S M Faith, Green Island.
'75, Pa
'00
'04
Eugene Kemerer Finton, Zwingle
'66. Zwingle. '00
'04
Flora Russell-Kitts, Moline, Ill
'85, Minn. '89
'05
Cornelia Prindle.Stevenson, Aurora, Neb
'39, Vermont '54
'79
M W Guilfoil, Welton
.'46 Sabula '69
'69
May Chandler-Lyles, Clinton, Ia
'66, Bridgeport '66
'80
Clara Dodd-Somers, Bellevue, Ia.
.'77, Maq.
'77
'04
Blaine Holcomb, Chicago .'84, Fulton '96
'01
H W Somers, Bellevue, Ia.
Alice Hurst-Hunter, Waterloo, Ia .'85, Maq. '85
'02
B B Hunter, Waterloo, Ia
Bert Elwood, Tipton.
'68, Maq. '68
'97
MC Mattingly, De Witt, Ia
'49, Maryland '52
'53
'F A Wynkoop, De Witt, Ia
'41, N Y '75
'00
Anna C M Kruse .. .
Mrs F Fedderson, Calumet, Ia. '65, Germany '70
'77
Mrs T J Foley, Chicago, Ill
'81, Onslow
'82
'93
Jasper Harding, Clinton
'44, Ohio '53
'02
Candace M Farr Bowman, New Market, Ia
'47, Canada '54
'96
W M Bowman, New Market, Iowa.
'45, Va. '51
'96
Imogene Farr, Madrid, Iowa
'88
Miss Jessie Anderson. Danville, Ind
'02
Ralph Kitts, Moline, Ill.
'81, Maq
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Mattie McClury Fisk, Cedar Rapids '82, Ohio '90
,98
Miss Lulu Copp, Cedar Rapids ...
'90, Maq. '90
'98
Winfield Tubbs, Logunta, Colo.
'80, Maq. '80
'03
Pearl M Breeden, Cedar Falls
'87, Maq. '87
'02
W H Kane, Davenport
Mrs W H Kane, Davenport.
A G Bossuot, Great Falls, Mont.
'63
'91
Chas H Wilcox, Burley, Iowa.
'53, Maq. '53
'80
Dr G A Isbell, Clinton
.'52, Jackson Co. '52
'01
H S Farr, Madrid
'53, Ontario '54
'80
Alvin Tate, Michigan
'69, Mich. '83
'87
Errol Williams, Rockford, Ill
'88, Maq '88
'07
FH Wray, Sioux City
49, N Y
'53
'70
La Dayne, Moline.
.'86, Jackson Co '86
'01
O Orndorf, Gladbrook.
'48, Va
'65
'90
Mrs Ellen Lamey, Ons'ow
'36, Pa
'51
'04
Mrs Myrtie Challis, McClausville.
'84. Pa. '00
'05
Mrs &tella Miller Struble, Chicago
84, Maq
'84
'03
Mrs Mamie Flathers, Odeboldt.
.'57, Ind. '67
'83
Mrs J D Stickley, Cedar Rapids
'69, lowa '69
'06
Charles L Lee, Davenport.
'85, England
'04
'04
John Brundage. Miles.
'80, Maq. '55
'07
Henry Richeal, Manilla, Iowa
'55
'06
C E Morehead, Cedar Rapids
'78, Maq
"78
'97
Frank E Isbell, Clinton
Maq
'01
Florer ce Billup Smith, Savanna. Ill.
Maq
'02
F C Sears, Brookston, Ind.
'62, Maq
'62
'04
Mary Keegan, Chicago.
'00, Maq.
'05
Cora Rayborn, Davenport
'84, Maq
'06
Kate Burnett Sweesey, Davenport.
'59, Maq-
'07
Zora Miller Isbell, Mechanicsville, Iowa.
'72, Ohio '80
*99
Lloyd Waugh, Lebanon, Neb
H E Waugh, Lebanon, Neb.
'63, Maq '63
'89
Emma Brinker-Barnes, Ontario.
'66, Maq '66
'95
Irma Sleigh, Dundee, Ill.
'Illinois. '94
Melvin Goodenow, Nebraska '44, N Y '45
'70
Eugene Brown, Waverly
"71, Maq
'71
'05
Glen Eaton, Telluride.
'87, Maq '87
'05
Orville D Stuart, Chicago
'67, Ohio. '89
*93
Elizabeth Long-Stuart, Chicago
'74, Baldwin "74
'01
TT Keeney, Marshalltown
'45. Lyons '65
'05
Walter Sanger, Miles
'88, Maq. '88
'07
W D Spurl, Bellevue
'72, Vinton, Iowa '77
*02
B L Edson, Miles.
'79, Maq
'79
'05
Fred Anderson, Clinton
'77, Maq '77
'82
I F Lee, Riverton, Oregon
'43 Wis '44
'89
F M Fort, Clinton.
'48, Monmouth. '71
'86
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Emma Wynkoop-Fort, Clinton
'50, IIl '73
'86
Paul C Kelley, Dixon, Ill
'77
'94
'04
Geo J Gurius, Bellevue
'72
'72
'89
W H Johnson
'60 Maq.
"79
John Rudolph, Birmingham
'62 Germany '80
'03
Mary Jane Rands, Welton
'65
'88
'90
Chas W Decker, Moline, Ill
"71, Maq. '71 '98
Luella Simmons-Petersen, Tacoma, Wash '77 Maq.
'79
J Work, Clinton
'36 Pa.
'67
'02
Mrs Rose Wilcox-Ellis
'79 Maq.
"79
'04
Mrs Otto T Ellis.
'73 Whatcheer, Ia '90
'92 '99
C A Bradley, Marion, Ia
'70 Maq
D M Beard, Epworth, Ia
'57 Maq
'57
'96
James B Wright, Sioux City
'59 Jackson, Co. '59
'69
John Barnes, St Thomas, Ont
'61 .
'87
'95
Anna Reichling Tier, Davenport.
'72 Jackson Co
'82
'91
Mrs Wm Vosburgh, Fortuna, Calf
'35 Ohio '42
'64
Mrs Carrie Swigart Goen, Independence, Iowa .. '61 Maq
'77
'77
'01
Amel Brockman, Dixon, Iowa
'75,
"75
'01
Chas Peterson, Plain View
'66,
'66
'97
Henry Kettelsen, Dixon, Ill
'78,
'78
'96
Louis Meyer, Donahue
'65,
'65
'86
Todd Anderson. Clinton, Iowa
'85, Maq
'85
'03
Mrs Mary May Work Hall. Clinton
'73, Maq
'73
'92
Mr CO Hall, Clinton
W A Davis, Mitchell, So Dik
'56, Ind
'56
'00
Chas N Wilcox, Burley, Iowa
'53, Maq
:53
'80
Dr G A Isbell, Clinton
'52, Jackson Co '52
,01
H S Farr, Madrid
'53, Ont '54
'80
Wm Tate, Michigan
'69, Mich
'83
'87
FH Wray, Sioux City
'49, N Y
'53
'70
Mr La Dayne, Moline, Ill
'86, Jackson Co '86
'01
A Orndorf, Gladbrook
'48, Va
'65
'90
Mrs Helen Lamey, Onslow
'36, Pa
'51
'04
Mrs Myrtle Challis, Mechanicsville
'84, Iowa
'00
'05
Mrs Stella Miller Struble, Chicago
'84, Maq '84
'03
Mrs Mamie Flathers, Odebolt
'57, Ind '67 '83
Mrs J D Stickley, Cedar Rapids
'69, Iowa '69
'06
Mrs Otto Hunt, Monmouth
'79, Jackson Co '79
'00
Mrs D L Herbert, Smithtown
'37, Va
'57
'67
J H Demont, Petersburg, Neb
'57, Maq '57
'76
DH Wade, Elwood
'33, N Y '52
'52
Isiah DeGraw Woodard, Panama
Canada
'63
'73
JE Woodard, Panama
'71, Maq
'71
'73
Fannie D Skiff, Oxford
'39, N Y
'54
'54
J Tier.
'70 Germany '68
'91
'91
'86
H F Brockman, Dixon, Iowa
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Mrs Currie Gibson Crane, Delmar
'72, Maq ,72 '07
Minnie Thomas, Omaha, Neb
'93, Maq '93
'04
Mrs A Carpenter, Marion
'75, Maq "75
'87
Mrs Gertrude Stephens Strang, Albert
'64, Wis '01 '03
Netta McCauley
Alice Bailey Harrington, Delmar
'55, Maq '55
'60
W H Grant, Terre Haute, Ind
'54, Pa
'77
'80
Mrs W H Graul, Terre Haute, Ind
'60, Ill
M E Beeman, Rockford, Ill
'37, Canada '44
'02
Mae Clark, Monmouth
'88, Maq
'88
'88
Mrs Anna Hutchins, Omaha
'03
Glen Bailey, Baldwin
'92, Maq '92
'01
Clara Pool Walter, Iowa
'63, Canada '63
'85
Mrs Clara Streets Hood, Stone City
'61. Jackson Co '61
'02
Bertha Davies Dickson, San Bernardino, Calf
'70 Va
'83
'97
Margaret Dickson, San Bernardino, Calf.
Veda Taylor, Winthrop
'98, Maq
'98
'04
Louis Fisk, Zwingle
'25, N Y '61
סד׳
Laura Fisk, Zwingle
LeRoy Klenfelter, Mt Vernon
'89, Maq
'89
'99
H L Pool, Gladbrook
'67, Jackson Co '67
'04
A D Barnes, St Thomas, Ontario
'60, Ont '88
'95
Carl P Bauch, Miles
'76, Maq
'91
Charles Sanborn, Minneapolis, Minn
'67, Maq
'95
Bertha Anderson Large, Wells, Minn
"78, Maq
'02
Jos D Large, Wells, Minn
."78,
'01
'02
David A Large, Wells, Minn
'04, Maq. '04
'05
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JACKSON COUNTY VETERAN ASSOCIATION.
Adjutant Harvey Reid's Memorial Report.
Maquoketa, Iowa, Sept 2, 1907.
It is a sad duty and not a pleasant task to place upon record year by year a mention and report of those who served their country in its peril, but have now passed out of our ranks into the eternal countermarch. Our comrades are gone, no recruits can ever take the vacaced files, but we de- sire to preserve for posterity their names, and some record of what they did for their country's honor.
1. Among those who assembled at our reunion at Miles last year, no one enjoyed the privilege with keener zest than Comrade William M Trout. The inroads of an insiduous malady and defective eyesight made the minis- trations of helping hands almost constantly necessary, but he entered thor- oughly into the spirit of social enjoyment that the meeting with loved com- rades afforded. At the evening camp-fire his voice was heard in patriotic and genial utterances, and we were all thrilled by his warm tribute to the memory of our recently departed comrade, John Monahan. Ten days later on the 8th of September, 1906, a messenger sent to arouse him from what seemed an unusually late nap, found that his s'eep was the eternal one. He had passed quietly away several hours before from heart weakness that had been sipping his strength for several years.
William Meisee Trout was of Pennsylvania German parentage, born in Lebanon county in that state June 9th 1841. His parents came to Jackson county in 1848 and settled on a farm just outside the city limits of Ma- quoketa. William and his brother George (now a banker at Wamego, Kan- sas) both became members of one of the first companies raised in Jackson county for the war, Company A of the 9th Infantry, commanded by Captain A. W. Drips George went out with the company on its organization in August, 1861, and William followed as a recruit May Ist. 1862. He re-en- listed as a veteran and was mustered out with his regiment at the close of his term of service. After the war, Comrade Trout engaged in mercantile business, first at Andrew, and then at Delmar, finally removed to Denver, Indiana, the former home of his wife, and was engaged in business for sev- eral years there and at Peru, Indiana. His wife died there and his own health having become impaired, he retired from active business and re- turned to his old home in lowa about ten years ago.
Wherever he lived his attachment for and interest in his old comrades in arms was strong and sincere. He became a member of the Grand Army
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of the Republic in Indiana, and after his return here joined A. W. Drips Post at Maquoketa. He was an ardent promoter of the organization in both places. He was for several years Secretary of the Ninth Iowa Regi- mental Association. Our lamented comrade will be longest remembered in Maquoketa for his effective work in securing the erection of the soldiers' monument there. The nucleus of a fund dedicated to that purpose had been secured from the surplus left when the expenses of the big Eastern Iowa reunion of 1886 bad been paid. This was being held by Comrade Dr. A. B. Bowen who was generously allowing seven per cent. compound inter- Est on it, but no one seemed to have courage to attempt to raise the large additional funds that would be necessary. The problem roused Comrade Trout's mettle He was appointed on the Monument Committee to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Comrade Dorsey W. Trump, and he was made chairman of the Finance committee. Then things moved. We all helped, but it was largely in response to Comrade Trout's persistent prod- ding. He called on individuals, lodges, churches, and schools with the re- sult that 795 individuals ar d 19 organizations contributed, and the monu- ment was dedicated May 30, 1900, in the presence of one of the largest con- courses that the city ever contained.
And so in every public enterprise of a beneficial or patriotic nature, our comrade gave hearty sympathy and aid by purse and labor, when, very often, his frail body demanded rest rather than rustle. The community which knew his worth is better and richer for his having lived in it.
2. George William Macomber was a boy of only seventeen when he en- listed in Co. M, 2d New York Mounted Rifles, Septemb.r 22, 1863. Army service was not kind to him. He spent six months of the time in a hospi- tal, and was discharged August 28, 1865 He removed to Appleton, Wis , in 1866, and to Iowa in 1873. where he lived for some years at Preston. and then at Maquoketa. He was a remarkable sufferer from rheumatic distor- tion of his limbs and more than thirty years was unable to walk on his feet, or to use his hands and arms with any freedom. Yet such was his indomitable pluck and energy that he found many avenues of employment in what he could do in his crippled condition, until increasing weakness contined him to his house for the last few years of his life. He passed to rest October 8, 1906, and was followed to "God's acre" in Mt. Hope ceme- tery by a large concourse of sympathizing neighbors and comrades.
3. James M Carrington, a native of Indiana, born at Danville in that state April 8, 1838, came to Jackson county about four years before the war and settled in Monmouth township. Here he enlisteud in Capt. Martin's company (1) of the 24th Iowa, and served through all the perilous service of that devoted regiment. He resumed his vocation of farming after the war in Monmouth township and in Joues county until his death which occurred at his home near Oxford Mills, Jones county, October 20, 1906. He regist - ered at several of our reunions in the western part of the county, and was highly respected as a comrade, and as an upright worthy man and citizen.
4 A face rarely missed at our reunions was that of Joseph II. Fay- ram of Monmouth. Comrade Fayram was an Englishman, born in Lan- cashire in 1839, but came to America when a boy, lived for a time in Prov-
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dence, R. I., and then removed to Canton in this county. His army ser- vice was with Co. K, 56th Illinois Infantry, in which be served in the ranks for a time and then was detailed as a mechanic. He was a jolly companion who greatly enjoyed social meetings with his comrades, and his absence will be sincerely deplored He died at his home in Monmouth, November 13, 1906 and was interred under the auspices of A. P. Hovey Post G. A. R.
5. We have the right to claim Dwight D. Comstock of Lost Nation as a member of the Jackson County Veteran Association, since he joined with us at several of our reunions. He had, like Carrington, enlisted in Martin's company of the 24th Iowa, and after discharge for disability again served in the 11th Iowa until the close of the war. Soon after his discharge Com- rade Comstock engaged in the mercantile business at Smithtown in Clinton county. When the Milwaukee railroad was built he removed his goods to their new station at Lost Nation, and thereafter during his long life was engaged in business enterprises at that place. His life closed on January 11, 1907, at the ripe old age of nearly seventy-nine years, crowned with the honor and respect of his fellow citizens, and the esteem of his so dier com- rade to whom he had ever been bound by ties deep and tender.
6. It may seem to be wandering far out of the bound of Jackon county to mention Colonel William E. Small who died at Marshalltown, February 12, 1907, at the age of eighty- five. But he was once a resident of the coun- ty, having owned a farm just outside the limits of Sabula from about 1866 for several years, and made his home in the town. In 1868 the writer re- members that he took part in organizing what was probably the first sold- iers' society in the county. It was a Post of the old Third Battalion form of organization of the Grand Army of the Republic, and Col. Small was chosen as the Post Commander. The present writer received the ap- pointment of Post Adjutant. Gen. Add. H. Sanders of Davenport, was De- partment Commander for the state. The Post lasted, I believe, about as long as the state organization did, but there were inherent defects in both that interfered with their usefulness and they quietly died.
Col. Small was born in Portland, Maine, removed to Davenport in 1854 where he engaged in lumber business. He soon afterwards made his home in Iowa City where he lived when the war boke out. When the Tenth In- fantry was organized he received a commission as Lieutenant Colonel, dat- ed September 10, 1861. He was promoted to the colonelcy November 2, 1862, on the resignation of Col. Nicholas Perczel, and was honorably dis- charged for disability August 19, 1863. After leaving Sabula he lived in Brooklyn, Iowa, for many years, engaged in the grain and lumber busi- ness. He was twice elected mayor of Brooklyn, and also served a term as postmaster of that town. He removed to Marshalltown in 1901, and died of old age at the home of his daughter Helen, Mrs. George C Neil.
7. Jonathan Jaynes was a pioneer in Jackson county. Born in Illinois in 1830 he came with his parents to Iowa in 1846, and settled in Washington township near Bellevue. In 1864 he drew a prize in the lottery of the draft, and promptly accepted the demands of his country. He was assigned to Co. G, 2d Iowa Infantry under date of September 26, 1864. and served
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with that regiment in the held during the remainder of its service, and was discharged May 1, 1865. After the war he engaged in farming near Spring Brook, and atterwards in Van Buren township. He died at his home in Van Buren, May 5, 1907. He was essentially a home body and seidom registered at our reunions
8. It can be said of our jolly Comrade John Streets, on the contrary, that although a resident of Jones county he seldom missed one of our re- unions. He was a native of Delaware county, Ohio, born September 3. 1841, and came to lowa with his parents when seven years old. In 1860 he returned to Ohio and enlisted there in 1861 in Company HI, 76th Ohio In- fantry, served his full term, re-enlisted as a veteran, and was discharged at the end of the war. His regiment formed part of the Fifteenth Army Corps and participated in most of the engagements of that hard fighting corps including the March to the Sea Comrade Streets returned to Iowa in 1865 settled first in Jackson county but removed in 1869 to Jones county near Monmouth, where he departed this life May 10, 1907.
I am naming several in this report whose residence in Jackson 9 county ceased before this Association was organized, but being Jackson county soldiers, or otherwise closely connected with our county military his- tory, I have deemed it proper to place their names in these records, because they all honored the county in the patriotic service they rendered. One of those soldiers was DeForest Beebe Marikle, who died in Escondideo, California, June 20 1907. Comrade Marikle .¿ born in Cortland county, New York, November 21, 1844 came to Sabula with his parents in 1857. In June, 1862, he and his friend, William B. Lovell, still living at Sabula, con- ceived the idea that service with the regulars would be mest to their liking, and they went to Freeport and enlisted in Company C. of the 12th United States Infantry. They were sent at once to Fort Hamilton, New York City, and here Marikle was taken sick, and was unable to join the regiment with Lovell, or at all, as he received his discharge in September for disa- bility. Lovell found the regiment serving in the Fifth Corps of the Army of the Potomac and arrived to take his place in the ranks on the last day of Mcclellan's desperate Seven Days' Battle, being in the engagement at Malvern Hill. He also took part in the battles of Second Bull Run, South Mountain and Antietam. In the latter fight, while working in a battery to which he had been detailed, he was badly hurt by a tree limb falling on him which had been cut off by a cannon ball, so badly hurt that he never rejoined the regiment but received his discharge while still at an army hos- pital and returned home in December, 1862.
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