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That the grass shall be mowed and raked as frequently as a home lawn.
That the public shall be kept from using it as a thoroughfare in going to or from the Milwaukee depot.
That plants and flowers shall be put in the rockery in their season.
That no intoxicating liquors shall ever be permitted to be sold on the grounds.
And that no concerts, except sacred ones, shall be permitted in the park on Sundays.
Roberts' Park comprises four city lots opposite the Commercial Hotel, in which eighteen years ago Mr. Roberts set out elm, oak, poplar, maple, basswood and other native trees; he built a fine rockery on the plot that is beautiful with the flowers and foliage of plants during the summer months, and the lawn has been kept closely mowed and raked, and all this he has done at his own expense. It has been an inviting spot to wearied travelers to eat a lunch or await a train, and town folks too have ofttimes enjoyed its inviting shade.
THE EARLY PROFESSIONS
Of the early physicians of Postville the most prominent were Dr. John S. Green, who had practiced at Hardin since 1854, and came to Postville in 1867, Vol. 1-25
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and Dr. Luther Brown, a hospital steward in the regular army and graduate of Rush Medical College, Chicago, who located here in 1866. Both were here about a quarter of a century. Dr. John Shepherd practiced here for many years, until his death in 1902. Others were: S. Riddle, 1858 to '62; Linert, 1864-5; and Boughton, in 1874.
The attorneys who established their offices here were not numerous, the first being T. C. Ransom, who had lived at Hardin and Wankon for some years prior to locating in Postville in May, 1868. After two or three years he removed to Forest City, Iowa. Simeon S. Powers also had an office at Hardin until he formed a partnership with Ransom at Postville in 1870. He continued to prac- tice here until his death, which ocurred in the fall of 1887. Fred S. Burling and Herman A. Stowe practiced here in partnership for over ten years, coming from West Union in July, 1872. Mr. Stowe withdrew from the firm and went West; but Mr. Burling has continued in the profession here for more than forty years. John T. Clark, the pioneer lawyer of Waukon, established an office in Postville in 1880; but later made his home with his son at Lime Springs where he passed his declining years.
POSTMASTERS
Elijah Stevenson, '49 to '51. James Stevenson, '51 to 53. Josiah D. Reed, 53 to '56. Emery Higbey, '56 to '59. H. B. Hazleton, '59 to '63. G. F. Web- ster, '63 to '65. Warren Stiles, September 2, '65 to June 30, '66. John Moir, Jr., July 1, '66, to December 31, '77. A. R. Prescott from January 1, 1878, until succeeded by N. J. Beedy, who served during Cleveland's first term. Capt. Jas. Perry, four years under Harrison. J. N. Leithold, four years under Cleveland. Editor W. N. Burdick then received the appointment by Mckinley, but lived less than two years, when his son A. S. Burdick was appointed and still holds the fort.
POSTVILLE BUSINESS DIRECTORY, 1882
Attorneys-Burling & Stowe, John T. Clark, S. S. Powers.
Insurance Agents-F. S. Burling, II. Dawes, O. E. Omley, S. S. Powers. Postmaster-Alva R. Prescott.
Agent C., M. & St. P. R. R .- James F. Wilson.
Agent B., C. R. & N. R. R .- James Perry.
Newspapers-Postville Review, District Post.
Jewelers-J. H. Gray, J. Glines.
Lumber-J. S. Mott.
IFardware and Tinware-Matthew Beucher, Mott & MeAdam, H. Stone. Drugs, Medicine and Books-Bayless, Douglass & Co., Anton Staadt.
Restaurants-Edward Sheehy, John Thoma.
Wagon Makers-Meyer & Hecker.
Agricultural Implements-C. A. Leithold, Kemmerer, Lamb & Co. Pumps and Windmills-A. F. Marston.
Carpenters-C. P. Darling, H. P. Dawes, T. M. Miller, J. W. Sheehy, H. B. Taylor. E. E. Wilson.
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Hotels-"Commercial," J. M. Lisher ; "Burlington," Burhans Bros.
Painters-J. B. Reed, E. H. Putnam, Taylor, Phillip Deitzler. Photographer-B. F. Taylor.
General Merchandise-John A. Finney, Luhman & Sanders, F. W. Roberts, Skelton & McEwen, Ward & Meyer.
Clothing -- D. Osterdock.
Fruit and Confectionery-Peter Miller, John Moir, Jr.
Bakery-Peter Miller.
Blacksmiths-Meyer & Hecker, E. Parsons, G. W. Stafford.
Shoemakers-Wm. Grans, J. B. Schmidt, A. Stockman.
Cabinet Makers and Furniture Dealers-T. B. Easton, August Koevenig, A. W. McDaneld.
Machine and Repair Shop-Dresser & Fairchild.
Harness Makers-J. A. Enke, H. W. Meyer.
Milliners and Dressmakers-Canfield & Jones, Duff & Cross, Viola Hunter. Barber-J. K. Phillips.
MILITIA COMPANY
Company D, 4th Regiment, I. N. G. was enrolled March 16, 1880. Mustered into service by Capt. E. B. Bascom, of Lansing, Iowa, the same day. An elec- tion for officers was immediately held, and James Perry elected captain ; A. R. Prescott, first lieutenant. Joseph B. Reed, second lieutenant.
H. P. Dawes was first sergeant; Loren M. Powers, second sergeant ; J. J. Beedy, third sergeant ; Arthur F. Marston, fourth sergeant; * Ed H. Putnam, fifth sergeant; Wm. F. Owen, first corporal; Frank Orr, second corporal ; Elbert D. Stiles, third corporal; D. Henry Laughlin, fourth corporal.
Musicians -* Dennis Hardin, Jas. Sheehy.
Privates-Joseph Anderson, George Bellows, C. J. Bishop, J. Cole, Edgar Clough, James Doyle, Chas. Gordon, John H. Griffin, Ben S. Gulic, Fred E. Haines, James Hogan, John McGhee, James McGhee, Chas. T. Makepeace, George McWilliams, Dennis Murphy, Lyman Newton, John O'Brien, Darius Orr, Ellison Orr, Lyman Patterson, John K. Phillips, Timothy Perry, Fred Rathman, John Redhead, Lincoln Redhead, Henry J. Reusch, John S. Roll, James T. Shep- herd, Wm. Shepherd, Stephen Spoo, *Alonzo L. Stiles, Lamotte Taylor, Otis Van Velzer, Hugh Wheeler, N. E. Wells, Geo. W. White, Henry Wells.
No record of the official succession in the company is at hand, but we find that at the Cedar Falls encampment in 1883 the captain was Darius Orr, who was promoted to the lieut-colonelcy later. The company had a good spirit and would undoubtedly have done their full duty had necessity occurred. But before such occasion arose they had somewhat lost interest, and the authorities replaced the company with an organization in another town.
NEWSPAPERS
The Postville Review was established in 1873, the first issue being dated March 19th. The proprietor was F. M. McCormack, a printer from Decorah,
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who gave it an independent republican cast of politics. After conducting the paper for a couple of years in his peculiar manner McCormack sold out to W. N. Burdick who vastly improved it in character and made of it a faithful exponent of the interests of the town. An outline of his newspaper career is given in the chapter on the county press. At his death in 1901 the Review passed into the hands of his sons, A. E. and A. S. Burdick, who continue its management today.
In August, 1882, a paper called the District Post was started by M. C. Mead, formerly of the Holland, Iowa, Gazette, devoted to the interests of the Greenback party, but it ceased to exist after two or three years.
In 1891 the lowa Volksblatt, a German paper, was established by J. Gass, a former pastor of the Lutheran church of this place. It started out with an edition of 1,500 copies, and the first four issues were printed on the press of the Review. After this a Washington hand press was used for several years. In 1895 Mr. Gass transferred the management of the paper to his printers, Henry Brechler and Gustav Dietsch, both of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and in 1897 Mr. Dietsch bought out the other parties and conducted it alone until March 1, 1908, when he sold the plant, including the office building. to Paul Ronneberger and Sam Hoesley, both experienced newspaper men from Monroe, Wisconsin, who continue to operate it.
The Postville Graphic was established by Edgar F. Medary, December 10. 1891. In 1893 Mr. Medary was called to take charge of the Waukon Democrat, because of the death of both his father and brother who had owned it, and he turned over the Graphic to Bruce Baldwin, a newspaper writer of some note in this part of the state. His control was brief, however, and he was succeeded by W. J. Wallis, who continued the business with profit until 1899, when he re- moved the plant to Waukon and with his son started the Allamakee Democrat. This venture proved a mistake, and they shortly after sold the outfit to Medary, who consolidated it with his own plant.
BANKS
The Postville State Bank-This institution is the outgrowth of a private bank started by Scott Roberts and Hall Roberts in 1877, and known as Roberts Brothers Bank. As such it was continued until May 2, 1891, when it became incorporated as the Postville State Bank, with a capital of $50,000, and the fol- lowing officers: President, W. C. McNeil; Vice President, J. B. Hart; Cashier, F. W. Roberts: Directors, Wm. Larrabee. A. Hart, A. Staadt, Geo. Redhead, D. Jacobia. W. C. McNeil. Hall Roberts, J. B. Hart and F. W. Roberts.
In 1894 J. B. Hart was elected president, and so continued until 1911. F. E. Crandall was elected cashier in 1907 and held that position until I911, also. At that time Wm. Leui was elected president and A. L. Peterson, cashier, which offices they still hold. F. W. Roberts is now vice president.
June 6, 1911, the state charter was renewed for twenty years. When organ- ized as a state bank the capital was fixed at $50,000, which was all paid in and a surplus fund was gradually accumulated from the earnings until the surplus is now equal to the capital, $50,000 each. Deposits are now about $425,000, and have increased rapidly within the last few years. During the last year, 1912, this
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institution erected a fine new bank building at a cost of about $15,000. It is thor- oughly equipped with all the modern arrangements and devices for the safety and convenience of its patrons, and is in a better condition than ever to take care of their business.
The present directors of this bank are: Wm. Leui, A. L. Peterson, F. W. Roberts, Hall Roberts, Wm. Weihe, B. C. Fleming, Godfrey Staadt, and C. F. Meier.
The Citizens State Bank-This bank was incorporated April 27, 1891, with a capital of $25,000, and the following named officers : President, F. L. Williams; Vice President, W. S. Webster; Cashier, James McEwen; Directors, Fred Beedy, Carl Holter, R. N. Douglass, and John Sanders; these with the officers constituting the board of directors.
In July, 1911, the bank renewed its incorporation for a second period of twenty years; and on January 24, 1912, its capital was increased from $25,000 to $100,000, and its directorate increased to nine. And at the annual meeting in June, 1913, the following officers were elected for the current year : President, R. N. Douglass ; Vice President, H. S. Luhman ; Cashier, L. S. McEwen (to take the place of his father, Jas. McEwen, who had served continuously from 1891 until his death, in October, 1912) ; Assistant Cashier. Leo O. Beucher; Direc- tors (besides the above named officers), P. J. Beucher, L. H. Schroeder, F. L. Williams, Carl Holter, John Waters, Wm. Harris.
The annual report shows this institution to be in a prosperous condition, with an increase of over $100,000 each in deposits and loans. The April report to state auditor showed total assets of $522,407.78; deposits of $409,163.73; un- divided profits, $13,240.05.
BRICK AND TILE MANUFACTORY
An enterprise which adds much to the prestige of Postville as an important business center is the Postville Clay Products Company, organized in 1910, and incorporated June IIth of that year, with authorized capital of $75,000. Its officers at the time were : President and Treasurer, R. M. Burtis; Vice President, W. H. Burtis; Secretary, A. E. Cornell. Its purpose was stated, especially, "to manufacture clay or other products of all kinds or forms and of every name and nature, and to sell and trade in such products and all kinds of other real and personal property and manufactured products." The concern have installed a valuable equipment of machinery of improved patterns, and the plant continues to grow and flourish. It has recently added another battery of drying kilns to increase its output.
SOME OLD-TIME VOTERS
The local press recently published the following list, furnished by Geo. S. Tuttle, of Post township men, who voted for Lincoln in '60. Of the list Edmond Douglass is the oldest having voted at eighteen presidential elections, his first be- ing for Henry Clay in 1844. Several of the others voted for Fremont in 1856. The list follows: Edmond Douglass, James Orr, David Vickery, L. D. B. Haw- kins, Horace Willis, George Lull, A. Abernethy, George Redhead, Warren Stiles,
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John Moir, John Durno, J. H. Laughlin, Charles Bloxham, Enos Ervin, J. D. Lawson, all of Post township, and all but two of whom live in Postville.
AN ANCIENT AUTOGRAPH
Way back in the dim and musty past when Postville was but a flag station on the Military Road between Fort Crawford, Wisconsin, and Fort Atkinson, Fowa, there was built in this hamlet an imposing hostlery called the National Hotel, and in its day it was rather a pretentious structure, which enjoyed a good patronage and put Postville on the map in big red letters. Time rolled on and the railroad rolled in, and other inns came, with the result that the old tavern came into disuse as such and was remodeled somewhat and converted into a resi- dence, and is now occupied as such by Carl Senholz and Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Thoma. The upper story of the structure has been little changed and on a win- dow pane upstairs in a guest room is inscribed the following autograph, probably cut in the glass with a diamond ring : "Mrs. Harris Hoyt, Chicago. Nov. 7. 1864." -Postville Review, July, 1913.
EARLY VILLAGES
Lybrand-The first town in the county to have a platted existence as shown by the county records, was founded by Jacob Lybrand, who came from West Union in the spring of 1850. It was located on section 15. Post township, and was platted May 3, 1851, from a survey made April ist by S. P. Hicks, deputy county surveyor. Hiram Jones and Jacob Lybrand were the owners of the land, and their acknowledgment was taken before Elias Topliff, justice of the peace. Being on the main traveled road between McGregor's Landing and Decorah, it soon became a place of considerable importance for those days. Mr. Lybrand opened a store, and a postoffice was established there in 1851, but was discontinued sometime in the late sixties. Hiram Jones also kept a .store in 1853 and '54. There was a milliner shop and shoe shops ; and in 1854 John D. Cooper started to build a large stone hotel, but it was unfinished when he sold to Elisha Harris the following fall. Mr. Harris eventually bought all of the land comprising the village, and made a farm of it, converting the shops and stores into barns and sheds for produce and farm stock. The "great hotel," finished by him, was totally destroyed by a tornado, September 21, 1881. There was a Presbyterian church organization here until 1856, being with that at Postville, in the third presbytery of the Synod of lowa.
The old "double trail" to the Indian "Decorah village" ran through this set- tlement from "Hickory Creek" at Hardin ; and crossed the Yellow river at what was called "the dry sink," from near which one of the mainly traveled branches diverged towards the north, passing west of Waukon and extending to two In- dian villages in the lowa valley near the mouth of French Creek. Mr. Lybrand was a bachelor, of somewhat eccentric habits, and was widely known as a re- markably honest and conscientious man. He remained here a few years when he removed to Minnesota and located a town which he named St. Nicholas, on Lake Albert Lea. The town of Albert Lea got the start of his place, however, for county seat, and he went to Alexandria, that state, from which he was driven
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by the Indian outbreak of 1862, and returned to Allamakee and Fayette counties for a couple of years. Again going to Minnesota, he located the town of Red Wood Falls. but finally returned to Alexandria, where he died January 21, 1875, upwards of seventy years of age.
Myron-Is situated on the Yellow river, in Post township, near the north line, and dates its platted existence only from May 8, 1873. although it is an old-time settlement and far more entitled to be styled a village than many of the mythical towns so-called. It possessed a large and excellent flouring mill for many years ; also a store, postoffice, blacksmith shop, etc. It was named for F. Myron Schwartz, son of P. F. Schwartz, the first settler. After the discontinuance of the postoffice at Lybrand, by the resignation of Elisha Harris, it was removed to the house of P. F. Schwartz who was appointed postmaster of "Myron" in 1869. R. T. Burnham removed his flouring mill from Hardin to Myron in 1865. S. F. Goodykoontz, of Waukon, purchased a half interest in the property in 1866, and a little later had a plat surveyed on the east half of section 3. D. D. Hendrick started a store in 1867. Some building was done, a schoolhouse erected, and several dwellings put up, to the north of the platted village. There is an ex- cellent waterpower here, and the flouring mill was the life of the place. When the milling industry declined all other business faded away; and the postoffice followed upon the introduction of the rural mail service, within a very few years.
Cleveland was started in 1856, by James M. and Marie Ann Arnold, the orig- inal owners, and was situated on the northeast quarter of southeast quarter of section 1. The plat was surveyed in March, 1856, and acknowledged before John Laughlin, justice of the peace. Mr. Arnold had settled here in 1850, near the Reuben Smith location of the previous year. Cleveland was practically one with Manchester, which was just over the line in Franklin township. There was a postoffice here in 1861, which was discontinued a few years later.
Moneek was in Winneshiek county, just over the line, but furnished the first lumber for Allamakee county settlers in 1850. It was located on the north fork of Yellow river, on section I in Bloomfield township, and the sawmill was built in 1849 by Moses S. McSwain and Abner DeCow. Others came in, mostly Canadians. A postoffice was established in 1852, and existed for some ten years. Frank Teabout started Frankville, and the state road was located along this ridge, leaving Moneek inaccessible down among the hills. Its decline began in 1855. the tide of immigration flowing by, and the village entirely disappeared.
In 1854 Post was the most thickly settled part of the county, the population being 504. In 1910 the township contained 713 exclusive of Postville which had 952.
The township officers of Post, in 1913, are: Clerk Geo. S. Tuttle; Trustees, Arthur Behrens, Mort C. Deering, J. M. Harris; Assessor, Wm. Foels; Justices, Wm. Shepherd and A. F. Marston ; Constable, E. A. McGhee.
Among the early mills in Post township was Saunder's mill on the south fork of Yellow river, in section 20, and a sawmill a short distance below this in the south edge of section 17. Both of these appear on a map published in February, 1859. Also "Smith's mill" on section 12. This place came near being the first county seat, in the contest with Columbus in 1851.
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CHAPTER XXIII
ALLAMAKEE IN THE CIVIL WAR
The following roster of Allamakee county volunteers in the War of the Re- bellion is compiled from the roster and record of Iowa soldiers published by the state in 1910, with such corrections and additions as are warranted by other docu- ments and local records, and is probably as complete as can now be made. The total number of men furnished by the county was about eight hundred, or some two hundred more than our quota. The county records show the action taken by the board of supervisors at various times to provide bounties for recruits, but they need not be given here. The response to the call of our country was so hearty that it did not become necessary to resort to a draft.
THIRD INFANTRY
The Third Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, was mustered into the United States service at Keokuk, Iowa, June 8 and 10, 1861, and immediately went into active campaigning in Missouri, participating in several important engagements. It did its full share in the two days' battle at Shiloh, and in the sieges of Corinth, Vicksburg, and Jackson, where it suffered disastrous loss. It was also engaged in the Atlanta campaign, and subsequently the few survivors were consolidated with the Second Regiment and marched with Sherman to the sea. They were mustered out July 12. 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky. But five men of this regi- ment were credited to Allamakee county ; all in Company "C":
Dinger, Reuben. Age 20. Enlisted March 11, 1862. Died Oct. 1, 1864, Rome, Ga. Buried in National cemetery, Marietta, Ga.
Fulton, James. Age 19. Enlisted May 22, 1861. Died Sept. 9, 1862, at Macon City, Mo.
Orr, William. Age 18. Enlisted May 22, 1861. Promoted drummer June 8, 1861. Wounded at Hatchee River, Tenn., Oct. 5, 1862. Re-enlisted and re- mustered Feb. 2, 1864. Killed at Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864. Buried in National cemetery at Marietta, Ga.
Smith, George W. Age 21. Waukon. Enlisted May 22, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Dec. 17, 1863.
Wait, Hiram L. Age 25. Enlisted May 22, 1861. Detached for naval service Feb. 14, 1862. Returned to company June 23, 1863. Re-enlisted Dec. 17, 1863. Re-enlisted Jan. 4, 1864.
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FIFTH INFANTRY
The companies assigned to this regiment were ordered into quarters at Bur- lington, Iowa, by Governor Kirkwood, in June, 1861, and were mustered into service July 15, 1861, by Lieut. Alexander Chambers, U. S. A. The regiment was ordered into active service very soon after, and marched into Missouri to repel the rebel forces then threatening to invade Iowa. During the following year it performed most difficult and arduous service in that state, chiefly, where the conditions then existing were most deplorable. Its first important battle was at Iuka, Mississippi, where it lost nearly fifty per cent of the number engaged, in killed and wounded, September 19, 1862. Besides luka it participated in the battles of Corinth, Jackson, Champion Hill, Port Gibson, Raymond, Black River Bridge, Missionary Ridge, and sieges of New Madrid, Corinth and Vicksburg, and numerous minor affairs. At the expiration of its three years term of service it was mustered out July 30, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and those re-en- listing as veterans were transferred to the Fifth Iowa Cavalry.
The enlistments from this county were all in Company "K" except one from Bellevue in Company "I," credited to Allamakee county.
Barrett, Richard. Age 21. Enlisted at Bellevue in Co. "I," June 24, 1861, Third Corporal. Promoted Fourth Sergeant Jan. 1, 1862. Wounded at Iuka, Sept. 19, 1862. Promoted Second Lieutenant Feb. 6, 1863; First Lieutenant, June II, 1863.
COMPANY "K"
Stevens, George HI. Age 29. Waukon. Captain. Resigned Dec. 2, 1861.
Comstock, Charles A. Age 44. Lansing. First Lieutenant. Promoted Cap- tain Feb. 1, 1862. Discharged Feb. 28, 1862. (See 27th Regiment.)
Austin, John W. Age 21. Lansing. Enlisted July 1, 1861, Fourth Corporal. Wounded at Champion Hills, Miss., May 16, 1863. Promoted Second Lieutenant June 21, 1863 ; First Lieutenant Aug. 6, 1863. Discharged March 12, 1865.
Bascom, Elias B. Age 28. Lansing. Enlisted July 1, 1861. Promoted Sec- ond Lieut. Feb. 1, 1862 ; First Lieut. May 14, 1862; Captain Jan. 23, 1863. Taken prisoner at Missionary Ridge Nov. 25, 1863.
Bartshe, Christian. Age 20. Rossville. Enlisted July 15, 1861. Taken pris- oner at Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 25, 1863. Died at Andersonville, May 23, 1864. Buried in National Cemetery at Andersonville.
Beeler, Chester G. Age 34. Rossville. Enlisted July 15. 1861. Discharged for disability Oct. 24, 1864, Keokuk, Iowa.
Botsford, Geo. W. Age 24. Lansing. Enlisted July 15, 1861. Wounded at luka, Sept. 19. 1862. Transferred to Invalid Corps Sept: 1. 1863.
Brewer, Lewis. Age 39. Lansing. Enlisted July 15, 1861. Discharged for disability Dec. 16, 1862, Yacona, Miss.
Chery, Chas. M. Age 35. Lansing. Enlisted July 15, 1861.
Clark, Chas. V. Age 20. Waukon. Enlisted July 15, 1861. Died Dec. 27, 1863, at Waukon, Iowa.
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Clark, Nelson. Age 18. Allamakee County. Enlisted July 15, 1861.
Cooper, Samuel A. Age 28. Lybrand. Enlisted July 1, 1861, Third Ser- geant. Promoted First Sergeant Sept. 10, 1862; Second Lieut. May 18, 1863. Discharged July 16, 1863, to accept promotion as Captain in Twelfth Louisiana Colored Infantry.
Cowles, James W. Age 20. Lansing. Enlisted July 15; 1861. Promoted Fourth Corporal. Wounded at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863. Promoted Fourth Ser- geant July 15, 1863. Taken prisoner at Chattanooga, Nov. 25, 1863. Died in Andersonville prison Sept. 26, 1864. Buried in National Cemetery, Andersonville.
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