History of Winneshiek and Allamakee counties, Iowa, Part 48

Author: Alexander, W. E; Western Publishing Company (Sioux City, Iowa)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Sioux City, Ia. : Western Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 772


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441


HISTORY OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY.


An examination of the following figures, compiled from reports of the County Superintendents for various years, will give a bet- ter idea of the condition of educational matters in our county than anything else we could here lay before the reader.


In 1867 there were 6,083 persons between the ages or five and twenty-one years. In 1873, 7,511; in 1875; 7,705; in 1877, 8,450; in 1880, 7,927; in 1881, 7,520, distributed among the various school districts as follows:


DISTRICTS.


Persons bet.


5 & 21 years,


Per cent en-


rolled


Per cent. of attendance.


DISTRICTS


| Persons bet.


5 & 21 years.


Per cent en-


Per cent. of


attendance .!!


1 Center


379


52


44


42 Lybrand ..


4


90


75


2 Fairview


198


86


46


43 West Grove.


32


88


47


3 Franklin.


273


82


60


44 Minert.


30


90


50


4 Hardın ..


58


86


60


45 Woodland


32


62


65


5 French Creek.


271


67


45


46 Myron.


28


90


43


6 Hanover.


192


60


52


47 Empire.


28


93


50


7 łowa.


129


65


18 48 South Grove.


20


60


58


8 New Albin


153


99


54


49 Postville.


260


95


53


9 Jefferson


407


75


54


50 Highland.


42


62


50


10 Capoli


60


66


50


51 Mound City


38


100


47


11 Village Creek


145


85


58


52 Climax.


37


65


53


12 Prairie.


55


73


42


53 Little Paint


32


71


41


13 Wexford


48


71


41 54 St. Joseph.


28


96


52


14 Russell ..


61


90


40


(55 Harpers' Ferry


76


77


70


15 Laf. Center


72


80


51


56 Excelsior.


54


50


55


16


No. 7.


41


71


41


57 Spring Brook


50


66


50


65 58 Paint Rock


38


90


40


18


2.


106


66


50


59 Wheatland


64


47


47


19


86


80


70


60 Harmony. .


49


73


31


20


..


4.


65


54


51.


61 English Bench


57


81


52


21


..


5.


50


80


65 62 Clear Creek.


49


82


65


22


66 6.


34


60


60


63 Union


53


66


70


23 Linton.


276


76


45


64 Columbia


38


58


55


24 Ludlow


403


88


48 65 Eells.


47


59


61


25 Lycurgus


116


68


47 66 No. 2.


38


84


72


26 Howard.


65


70


44 67 Pleasant Ridge.


44


73


66


27 Makee


64


70


44 68 South West.


67


66


32


28 Paulk.


35


91


62


69 Helming ..


42


70


50


29 Hanson.


45


66


47


70 West Ridge


23


78


55


30 Fan


27


100


37


71 Emmet


41


73


63


31 Elk.


41


73


47


72 No. 8.


34


53


66


32 Waukon


470


98


51


73 Dorchester


102


69


40


33 Storla.


30


77


40


74 New Galena.


44


90


26


34 Ness ..


76


71


37


75 Vosse Vagen


84


64


44


35 Cross Roads.


65


77


54 /76 Washington.


49


82


45


36 Paint.


56


80


45


77 Waterloo Ridge


74


54


45


37 Cherry Mound.


52


77


45 78 Bergen.


44


90


61


38 Dahl.


59


75


84


Monona Junction


24


39 North West


55


65


60 44


For the County


7520


74


52


41 Evergreen.


35


86


77


*


-


40 Grimsgard.


62


63


17 Lansing No 1


749


68


3.


-


rolled.


1


412


HISTORY OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY.


In 1831 there were seventy-eight school districts in the county, and one hundred and forty-seyen teachers were required to supply all the schools, of whom the nativity was as follows:


Male Female


On Atlantic Ocean


1


0


Canada.


3


Connecticut.


1


1


England


0


1


Germany


2


0)


Indiana.


1


1


Illinois


1


3


Iowa ..


18


62


Ireland.


1


0


Maine


0


1


Maryland.


2


1


Massachusetts.


1


0


Michigan


:


1


Minnesota


0


2


Missouri.


0


2


New York


0


1


Ohio.


0


8


Pennsylvania


3


1


Tennessee


1


0)


Vermont. .


1


0


West Virginia.


0


1


Wisconsin


1


11


The following statement shows the more interesting of our county school statistics compared for the years 1873, 1877, and 1881:


1873


1877


1881


Ungraded schools


114


....


122


Graded schools.


3


6


Total No. of schools.


117


128


128


Average duration in months


7.06


6.90


6.90


Teachers employed-males


61


86


68


-females


125


161


178


Average monthly compensation-males.


$38.88


$35.12


$31.66


-females.


$27.59


$21.60


$22.56


No. pupils enrolled.


5502


6326


5413


Total average attendance.


. . .


3432


2915


Average cost of tuition per month. per pupil.


.72


1.37


1.40


No of school houses-frame.


95


95


brick


4


4


stone.


....


22


17


66


total


117


128


126


Value of school houses


$75,285


$87.918 $82,741


Value of apparatus.


...


$2,182


$1,204


Volumes in libraries


19


.


. .


·


10


log.


..


..


5


Nova Scotia.


ANDREW MEYER


4


TLF


445


HISTORY OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY.


EXPENDITURES. School House Fund.


1873


1877


1881


Paid for school houses and sites


$5485.90


1392.12


Libraries and apparatus


281.17


2.00


On bonds and interest


1481.84


. . .


694.96


On hand.


2049.33


1914.42


668.38


Total


$9298.24 $7444.05 4092.76


Contingent Fund


1873.


1877.


1881.


Paid for rent and repairs


1619.49


1820.46


Fuel


2008.81


2183.98


Secretaries and Treasurers


793.37


968.50


Records, dictionaries, etc.


90.05


Insurance, and janitors.


651.87


Supplies, brooms, chalk, etc.


429.12


Other purposes.


2823.79


1578.84


On hand.


3012.78


4916.40


2853.47


Total


$10259.24 $13984.33


$10576.29


Teachers' Fund.


1873.


1877.


1881.


Paid teachers


$26111.97


$30182.67


$22023.12


Other purposes


109.25


On hand


10248.52


14638.41


15776.04


Total


$36360.49 $44821.08 $43908.41


From the second Tuesday in October, 1880, to the second Tues- day of October, 1881, certificates were issued as follows:


Males.


Females.


Number receiving professional,


5


0


Number receiving first-class.


13


23


Number receiving second-class,


19


51


Number receiving third-class,


37


110


Total number of certificates,


74


184


Number of applicants rejected.


16


58


Number of applicants examined,


83


230


Number certificates revoked,


00


00


Average age of persons receiving certificates, .


24


21


Number who had no experience, .


12


25


Number who had taught less than a year, .


15


23


In 1877 they were as follows:


Males.


Females.


Number of first-class.


28


30


Number of second-class,


26


63


Number of third-class,


2


17


Total number issued,


56


115


Applicants rejected.


7


18


Applicants examined,


63


133


Average age of persons receiving certificates,


25


20


Number certificates revoked, .


2


0


...


..... .


. . . .


.....


.


. .


...


...


...


. ..


.


. ..


335.30


For other purposes.


.


28


446


HISTORY OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY.


NORMAL INSTITUTES.


Teachers in attendance.


Where held.


Commencing.


Continuing


Males.


Females.


Total.


1868| Waukon.


July 6 ..


1


27


119


1869 Lansing.


February 1.


1


41


85


126


Postville


October 25.


1


30


77


107


1870 Waukon


October 17.


1


38


71


109


1871 Lansing.


August 28


1


22


56


78


1872 |Po-tville.


August 26


1


44


82


126


1873 Waukon


October 6.


1


42


112


154


1874 Lansing.


August 10


1


32


1875 Waukon.


August 9.


4


79


1876 Waukon


August 21


2


11


58


69


1877 Waukon


August 20


3


14


32


46


1878 Waukon.


August 12


3


21


81


102


1880


Waukon


August 2.


4


24


104


128


1881 Waukon


August 8.


4


24


120


144


1882|Waukon


August 14


3


9


130


139


The county possesses but one private school (aside from the sis- ters schools at Lansing) of importance, the Waukon Seminary, J. Laughran, principal, for many years a prominent educator of this county. Its report for 1881, was two teachers and forty pupils.


According to the State census of 1875 (the latest available) there were in the county but 271 persons over sixteen years of age who could not read, out of a population of 17,868.


RELIGIOUS.


Among the early settlers of the county were Christian men and women, who brought their religion with them into the wilderness, and were not willing to abandon the public ordinances of the gospel, but in the humble cabin, or the groves -- "God's first temples" -they gathered at the summons carried from house to house that "a preacher is coming," and raised the simple hymns of praise, the devout prayers, and listened to the earnest exhortations of the de- voted pioneer ministers, who traveled through heat and cold, rain and shine, from settlement to settlement, preaching the gospel, bringing news of the outer world, ministering consolation in the days of trial, burying the dead, and marrying the sons and daugh- ters. The ministers were given a hearty welcome in every home; and in the homes of many settlers, whose rough speech and rugged ways would not indicate that they were of Puritan stock, the missionary found a cordial hospitality that made them indeed oases to him.


1879


Waukon


August 11


3


weeks.


Year. .


447


HISTORY OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY.


The earliest religious services of which we have any knowledge, were held by Rev. Lowrey, a Presbyterian, at the Old Mission in 1835. but there were no settlers in the county then to participate in them.


In 1840, the old Mission was made an appoinament by the Methodists, and was filled "at stated times by the Rev. Sidney Wood, whose Circuit was Clayton County, and in 1841, Quarterly Meeting was held there and presided over by the Rev. Alfred Brunson, who came over from Prairie du Chien to do so. These were the first Methodist appointments ever made in the county.


Mr. Brunson died at Prairie du Chien, August 3, 1882, where he had resided since 1866. He was born in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, February 9, 1793. He first came to Prairie du Chien as a missionary to the Indians in a buggy from Meadville, Pennsylvania, to Galena, and from there in the saddle, and in the pioneer days traveled through the country from the Galena River to Lake Superior, and from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi, on horse back in all kinds of weather, preaching the gospel to the set- tlers and natives.


The first Catholic missionary was Father Thomas Hare, who came in 1851 and established the first permanent church in the county, in Lafayette Township. Further of this influential mis- sionary will be found under the head of Wexford, in the chapter on villages.


Of the other early ministers, we find mention of the following among the remnants of early county records that are still in ex- istence.


On the 27th day of March, 1850, A. M. Eastman produced to the Clerk of the Court his license as a minister of the gospel, of the Congregationsl Church, obtained and bearing the seal of the Court of the County of Des Moines, and received authority to sol- emnize marriages.


August 24, 1850, "a certificate was issued to Eldridge. Howard, M. G.," authorizing him to solemnize marriages, he presenting a similar certificate from the Clerk of Jackson County, with cre- dentials of the M. E. Church.


Rev. Howard held services in the Post settlement as early as 1848.


July 9, 1851, a similar certificate was granted to Joel Baker, who presented his credentials as an ordained minister of the Bap- tist church.


In the fall of 1851, D. W. Lyons was a Presbyterian minister in the southern portion of the county; and Alfred Bishop, a preacher of the M. E. Church, performed marriage ceremonies on Yellow River.


Nov. 10, 1851, Ole Peter Peterson presented his certificate as a regular local preacher of the M. E. Church, and was given au- thority to solemnize marriages.


448


HISTORY OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY.


July 15, 1852, Niels Oleson Brandt presented his certificate of ordination as minister of the gospel of the Lutheran denomina- tion, from Bishop J. L. Arup, of Norway; also certificates of O. L. Clausen. Supt. of Norwegian Lutheran Church of Wisconsin, and the Clerk of Jefferson County, Wis.


Rev. Francis Walsh had charge of the Catholic Church of Lan- sing and vicinity from about 1852 until the summer of 1863. He is at present at Keewick, Iowa.


In 1852, Rev. E. Howard, before mentioned, preached in Center township, using his own dwelling house for a church. It was a low shanty of only one room, 16x16 feet, and stood on the farm noweowned by O. Deremo.


The Methodists organized a class at Postville in December, 1850.


The Rossville Baptist Church was organized Aug. 27, 1853, and J. S. Mitchell was its first Clerk. The first pastor was Rev. J. S. Shofield, since whom the following have ministered unto that charge, viz: ' Eider Moreland, J. A. Poole, Newell, C. D. Farns- worth, Starr, Frink, Dye, Cooley, and J. M. Wedgwood, the latter until the summer of 1882. The church has no pastor at present, but maintain the prayer meeting, covenant meeting, and Sunday School. The present church membership is sixty-five. They have a good church building, erected in 1861; and had a parsonage until quite recently they disposed of it. N. E. Brace is Deacon at present, and N. Mitchell, Clerk.


The Lansing Congregational Church was organized in April, 1854.


The Waukon Baptist Church was organized June 17, 1854, on Makee Ridge.


The Waukon M. E. Church was organized the same year, 1854.


The Waukon Catholic Church was established, northwest of that town, about the year 1855.


The German Presbyterian Church of Waukon (now of Ludlow,) organized Aug. 11, 1856.


The Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Waukon, in 1857.


The Mount Hope Presbyterian Church, of Union City Town- ship, was organized by Rev. Joseph Adams and J. W. Crawford, in June, 1858. It was supplied in its earlier years by Dr. A. H. Houghton, of Lansing; and by Rev. Frothingham (then of Cale- donia, Minnesota, we believe), and Rev: Herndon.


The German Zion Evangelical Church of Columbus Ridge, is a flourishing organization. In July, 1873, they dedicated a fine new frame church, costing $1,000, and all paid for. Rev. L. Schuerer was pastor of the church at that time.


There are four Norwegian Lutheran Churches in the county, of which two are in Paint Creek, one in Lansing, and one at Fa- grie Prairie. In 1877, the latest statistics we have at hand, they


149


HISTORY OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY.


comprised a total membership of 998, of which cast Paint Creek church had 423, west Paint Creek church 433, Lansing 61, and Fa - grie Prairie S1.


The Lycurgus Catholic Church, on Lansing Ridge, is also a large and flourishing body, under the charge of Father Slattery. They have possessed a large stone church for many years, which was greatly enlarged by an addition crected, we believe, in 1879, or 1880.


STATISTICS OF POPULATION, ETC.


The population of Allamakee County at different periods since its organization has been as follows:


1819.


227


1850


777


1851


1800


1852


2000


1854.


4266


1856


7709


1859


10843


1860


12237


1863


13465


1865


13957


1867


16003


1869


16766


1870


17868


1873


18304


1875


19168


1880


19791


By townships its population was:


TOWNSHIP OR TOWN.


1860


1:67| 1870


1875


1880


Center


620


892


1048


1184


1080


Fairview


270


586


630


492


558


Franklin.


752


794


850


846


898


French Creek


436


668


791


751


761


Hanover


355


442


550


531


602


Iowa.


164


284


347


683


787


Jefferson


1020


1053


1015


971


1135


Lafayette


814


1024


1120


1250


1161


Lansing (including town)


1197


2443


2519


3144


2723


Lansing (town).


1537


175%


2280


1811


Linton ..


€60


476


712


786


743


Ludlow


638


773


1038


1015


1001


Makre (including Waukon).


1425


1624


1784


1813


2205


Waukon


871


809


1350


Paint Creek


859


1108


1141


1120


1158


Post (including Postville).


765


1007


1223


1531


1550


Postville


719


732


Taylor


806


915


863


932


876


Union City.


334


425


578


405


680


Union Prairie.


7261


865


912


854


1017


Waterloo.


406


624


747


860


856


. .


. .


Total


12237|16003 17868 19168 19791


450


HISTORY OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY.


NATIVITY OF POPULATION.


1870


1875


Number born in Iowa, .


6,774


8,654


Born in United States but not in lowa,


4,991


4,685


Born in foreign countries, .


6,103


4,959


Born of foreign parentage,


11,800


6,548


Whose father only was foreign born


667


306


Whose mother only was foreign born.


332


120


The following figures are interesting for comparison:


1867


1875


Number of dwellings,


2,762


3,339


Number of voters, .


.3,081.


3,653


Number of militia, .


1,998


2,366


Foreigners not naturalized,


493


329


In 1857 the number of miles of railroad in operation was 5, in 1872 it was 41, and in 1880 it was 65.


ASSESSED VALUATIONS.


Year


Lands and Town Lots


Personal Prop- erty


Railroad Prop- erty


Total Value


1867


$1,781,368


$701,231


$


$2,482,599


1875


1,997,307


580,311


155,583


2,733,202


1880


2,347,970


620,943


169,197


3,138,110


ABSTRACT OF VOTES FOR GOVERNOR.


August 5, 1850, the County first voted on the Governorship, since when the votes have been as follows :


Year.


Total


1850 Stephen Hempstead.


30 J. L. Thompson


27


57


1854 James W. Grimes


299 Curtis Bates


197


496


1857 Ralph P. Lowe.


543 B. M. Samuels


574 1117


1859 Samuel J. Kirkwood


743 A. C. Dodge.


1025 1768


1861 Samuel J. Kirkwook


955 |W. H. Merritt.


990 1945


1863 Wm. M. Stone.


997|J. M. Tuttle.


1343 2340


1865 Wm. M. Stone


1004|T. H. Benton, Jr.


1290 2294


1867 Samuel Merrill.


1216 C. Mason


1307 2523 1435 2920


1869 Samuel Merrill.


1485 G. Gillaspy


1871 Cyrus C. Carpenter


1257 J. C. Knapp


1363 2620


1873 Cyrus C. Carpenter.


1049 J. G. Vale


1536 2585


1875 Samuel J. Kirkwood


1833 Shepard Leffler


2157 3994


1877 John H. Gear


1547 John P. Irish.


1540 3196


Vote!


(Scattering, 1875, 4, 1877, 109).


1879-J. H. Gear, 1795, H. H. Trimble, 1584; Daniel Campbell, 206; scatter- ing, 2-total vote, 3587.


1881-Buren R. Sherman, 1355; L. G. Kinne, 1258; D. M. Clark, 254-total vote, 2867.


451


HISTORY OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY.


ABSTRACT OF VOTES FOR PRESIDENT.


Allamakee County first voted for Presidential candidates in November. 1852. The vote at the several elections has been as follows:


1852|Scott


142 Pierce


123


1856 Fremont.


630 Buchanan.


500 Fillmore.


28


*1860 Lincoln.


1185 Douglas


1151 Bell


9


1864 Lincoln


1337|Mcclellan


1363


1868 Grant


1543 Seymour


1403


1872 Grant


1455 Greeley


1384


1876 Hayes


1709 Tilden


1646 Cooper . .


39


1880 Garfield


1838 Hancock


1531 Weaver .


·


332


*Breckenridge, 5.


CHAPTER XI.


1 War Record; Allamukee County Volunteers; Fifth, Twelfth and Twenty-Seventh Infantry; First, Sixth and Ninth Cavalry; Outline of Operations; Volunteer Roster of Allamakee County.


The principal regiments of Iowa State troops in which Allama- kee County volunteers served, were the 5th, 12th and 27th In- fantry, and the 1st, 6th, and 9th Cavalry. A brief outline of their operations is given below.


The Fifth Regiment was mustered into the service in July, 1861, at Burlington, whence it went to Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, in August, and spent the fall and most of the winter at various points in Missouri. In February, 1862, it was sent south- ward, and took part in the operations at New Madrid, Island No. 10, Iuka, Corinth, Vicksburg, Jackson, Champion Hills, and Mis- sion Ridge. At the expiration of its three years' term of service it was disbanded, the veterans being tranferred to the Fifth Iowa Cavalry.


The Twelfth Regiment was organized at Camp Union, Dubu- que, in October and November, 1861, mustered into the service November 25, 1861, and shortly after went to Benton Barracks, St. Louis, where it remained until January 27, 1862, when it were ordered south. It immediately went to the front, under General Grant, with the force that caused the evacuation of Ft. Henry, and thence to Ft. Donelson where it was the first time in action, February 12, 13 and 14, 1862. In the first day's fight at Shiloh, April 6, 1862, they were allowed to be surrounded, having had no orders to fall back, and after several hours desperate fighting were obliged to surrender, at 6 o'clock p. m., 16 men being killed and 98 wounded, among the latter being Col. Woods, severely. About


452


HISTORY OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY.


400 were captured, and remained over six months in rebel prisons before they were paroled. Those who were not captured were im- mediately reorganized as Companies E and K of the "Union Brig- ade," and took a prominent part in the siege of Corinth, and in the battle of Corinthi, in October following. About the first of April, 1863, the Regiment was reorganized at Benton Bar- racks, and immediately reported to General Grant in the field near Vicksburg. On December 25th, 1863, the regiment re- enlisted as veterans. and served until mustered out Janu- ary 18, 1866, at Memphis, when they were ordered to Davenport for final pay and discharge, January 25th. The regiment partici- pated in twenty-five engagements, viz: Fort Donelson, Shiloh, siege of Corinth, battle of Corinth, Jackson, Vicksburg, Jackson (siege and capture), Brandon, White River, Tupelo, Nashville, Brentwood Hills, Spanish Fort, besides twelve skirmishes at dif- ferent dates. It was under fire 112 days, and marched 2,670


miles. Total miles traveled, 13,809. The total number of casu- alities was 582, of which 95 were killed in action or mortally wounded, 217 died of disease, 22 died of disease caused by wounds, 247 discharged for disability and wounds, and one dismissal.


The Twenty-seventh Regiment was mustered into service at Camp Franklin, Dubuque, October 3, 1862. Companies A, B and I were largely recruited in this county. The regiment was first ordered into Northern Minnesota to superintend the payment of friendly Indians in that region, and thence to Cairo, Ill., thence to Mississippi, thence to Tennessee, thence into Arkansas, doing duty most of the year 1863 as provost guards, train guards and picket guards, except in September, when it assisted in the cap- ture of Little Rock. March 10, 1864, the regiment moved from Vicksburg to take part in the Red River expedition, and assisted in the capture of Fort De Russey, March 14. At Pleasant Hill, April 9, the regiment came out with the following casualties: Killed in action, 4; wounded, 70; missing, 14. In October and November, 1864, was in pursuit of Price through Missouri, and thence moved to Nashville, Tenn. Thence in February and March, 1865, to Cairo, New Orleans, and into Alabama, participating in the capture of Mobile, and in July to Vicksburg, St. Louis, and Clinton, Ia., where they were mustered out August 7, 1865, having marched over 3,000 miles, and traveled by steamboat and rail over 10,000 miles. Its principal engagements were in the Red River expedition-Pleasant Hill and Old Oaks-Ditch Bayou, Ark., Cane Creek, Tupelo, Old Town Creek, Nashville, and Fort Blakely.


Of the service performed by the cavalry it is difficult to give a connected sketch, so much of it being by detached companies. The First Regiment operated in Missouri and Arkansas during 1862, doing good service against Quantrell and other guerrillas, and participating in the battles of Clear Creek, Prairie Grove, etc. During 1863 it was engaged in hot work in Arkansas a great deal


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of the time, making an excellent record. In 1864 the veterans were in Arkansas and Missouri, constantly scouting and skirmish- ing with guerrilla bands. participating in the campaign against Price and the battle at Boonville. In 1865 the regiment operated against Forrest in Tennessee and Mississippi, and went to Texas that summer. On the 19th of February, 1866, they left Austin, Texas, for Davenport, where they were discharged and paid off, in March.


The Sixth Cavalry was mustered in at Davenport early in 1863, and participated in several compaigns under Gen. Sully against the Indians in Dakota. They were mustered out at Sioux City October 17, 1865.


The Ninth was mustered in November 30, 1863, at Davenport, and proceeded to St. Louis, where it remained until May, 1864, when it was transported to Duvall's Bluff, Ark., and the re- mainder of that vear performed scouting, foraging and garrison service in that vicinity, with frequent engagements with guerrilla bands. The service during 1865 was similar, until the cessation of hostilities, when the companies were assigned stations at vari- ous points. The regiment was mustered out at Little Rock, Ark., in February, 1866.


The total number of men furnished by Allamakee county dur- ing the war was about eight hundred, or two hundred more than her quota. A complete list of them it is impossible to prepare at this day. The following is as nearly full and correct a roster as we have been able to make it from a thorough search of the Ad- jutant General's reports, and consultation with those best posted in the matter. It numbers 805, but contains some repetitions be- cause of the transfer of some men from one organization to an- other, and possibly contains a few names that belong to other counties. On the other hand, there are numerous omissions that cannot be supplied from any records we can obtain :


VOLUNTEER ROSTER OF ALAMAKEE COUNTY. [Abbreviation :- d, died; k, killed; pro, promoted.]


THIRD INFANTRY. Co. C .- May, 1861.


Wm. S. Orr, k, Atlantic, July 21, '64. Hiram L. Wait. Geo. W. Smith. Jas Fulton, d, Macon, Ga, Sept. 29, '62.


Reuben Dinger, d, March, '64.


FIFTHI INFANTRY. Co. I. Richard Barrett.


Co. K.


Geo. H. Stevens, Capt., d, Port Hud- E. B. Bascom, Capt. son. '63. Stephen W. Smith, 2nd Lieut., k, at Iuka, '62.


Chas. A. Comstock, Capt.


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Samuel A. Cooper.


Davis Googins. J. S. Gardner, k, Vicksburg. C. E. Walrath. W. W. Woodmansee.


J. W. Austin.


John W. Holly.


J. W. Hudson.


Joel. C. Hall.


John J. Cangh.


Louis Brewer.


C. G. Beeler.


G. W. Botsford.


C. M. Chery.


J. W. Cowles.


A. J. Oyle.


Henry Papka, d, Jefferson City.


Henry Pope.


Nathaniel Philbrick.


Wm. T. Powell.


John W. Smith.


M. D. Rublee.


Andrew Soll.


Chas. H. Lercreucc.


H. D. Spaulding.


J. Sheidecker, k, Iuka, '62.


S. C. Thomas.


J. Wampler, d, Otterville, Mo.


Wm. E. Gardner.


C. G. Beeles.


Chas. Rannish.


NINTH INFANTRY. Co. E. Franz Warner. Co. H. J. W. Phillips, Cart.


Edward Ryan, Hans Simenson,


Samuel Barr, Joseph Lamont, Jacob Olesen.


Wm. A. Bentley, Elias Randall, Hugh K. Phillips,


Garret Purcell.


James S. Smith,


Franklin Morgan, Hiram Clark, d. Oct., '63.


L. W. Green, James M. Barr,


John S. Mather, Squire Mather,


Co. I. George S, Ricc. John Gemmell, d. Miss., '63.


TWELFTHI INFANTRY. Co. C. Elias Repp,


W. C. Earle, Capt., Col. 71st A. D.


Lyman H. Merrill, Ist Lieut., d. rebel Daniel Harbaugh, d Macon, Oct. 18, '62. prison., Montgomery, May 29, 1862. J. P. Jackson, 1st Lieut. J. H. Borger, Ist. Lieut. Watson R. Hanscom, Captain. John D. Cole, 2d Lieut., 1st Lieut. Hubbard Goodrich,




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