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Company F.
Corp. George Butler, e. June 1, 1863.
Jordon, J., e. June 1, '63, kld. in action at Julesburg, O. T.
Company G.
Collins, H. W., e. May 28, 1863.
Thomas, W. D., e. March 24, 1863.
Company H.
Second Lieut. Allen Ellsworth, com. July 13, 1863, from sergt. Co. disd. C, July 9, 1864.
Sergt. N. F. Munro, e. June 17, 1863.
Corp. Z. H. Bones, e. May 28, 1863.
Large, Wm., e. June 18, 1863.
Wellman, McG. W., e. June 23, 1863.
Company L.
Crawford, Geo., e. March 1, 1864.
Crowley, Patrick, e. Feb. 29, 1864, disd. May 16, '65, disab.
Dulin, James, e. March 4, 1864.
Israel, A. A., e. March 19, 1864.
Lock, E. M., e. March 19, 1864.
Magee, John, e. March 11, 1864, kid. accidentally, March 12, 1864. Nye, John W., e. Feb. 29, 1864.
Turner, L. G., e. Feb. 25, 1864. Thompson, Wm. E., e. March 4, 1864.
Ward, N. W., e. Feb. 29, 1864.
COMPANY UNKNOWN.
Bucher, Richard, e. March 26, 1864.
Baker, David, e. April 16, 1864.
Clark, John M., e. March 25, 1864.
Dowing, Geo. W., e. March 21, 1864.
Doll, L. Il., e. March 26, 1864. Forsythe, T. I., o. March 30, 1864. March, N. B., e. March 31, 1864.
Mace, H. L., e. March 25, 1864. Mace, R., e. March 25, 1864. Noe, Samuel, c. March 27, 1864.
Swinford, John R., e. March 25, 1864. Vance, O. H., e. March 23, 1864.
EIGHTH CAVALRY.
[NOTE .- This Regiment was mustered out at Macon, Ga., Aug. 13, 1865.]
Q. M. John Q. A. Dawson, com. Sept. 17, 1863, resd. March 29, 1864.
Company B.
Capt. Wm. H. Evans, com. Sept. 30, 1863, wd. at Camp- bellsville, Tenn., resd. March 9, 1865
First Lieut. John T. Ware, e. as 1st sergt. June 17, 1863, prmtd. 2d lieut. April 2, 1864, prmtd. Ist lieut. Avg. 13, 1864.
Second Lient. Daniel Henshaw, com. sergt. Sept. 30, 1863, resd. April 1, 1864.
Q. M. Sergt. Richard D. Williams, e. June 8, 1863.
Com. Sergt. Jas. A. Allison, e. June 13, 1863.
Sergt. Samuel F. Craig, e. June 10, 1863, captd. at New- nan, Ga.
Sergt. C. R. Kinkade, e. June 24, 1863, kld. at Florence, Ala.
Sergt. Geo. W. Stephens. e. June 15, 1863.
Sergt. John P. Glenn, e. June 26, 1863, trans. to Inv. Corps July 30, 1864.
Corp. R. W. Hamilton, e. June 20, 1863.
Corp. T. J. Haywood, e. Aug. 4, 1863.
Corp. R. M. Young, e. June 20, 1863.
Corp. John C. McDole, e. July 6, 1863.
Corp. W. Catlin, e. Aug. 14, 1863.
Trumpeter A. J. Graham, e. June 20, 1863, captd. at New- nan, Ga.
Wagoner Thomas B. Cale, e. June 14, 1863, trans. to . Inv. Corps April 30, 1864.
Burton, E. L., e. June 20, 1863, captd. at Newnan, Ga. died at Annapolis.
Byrum, E. L., e. July 6, 1863.
Byrum, L. E., e. Aug. 15, 1863, captd. at Newnan, Ga.
Babb, H. C., e. June 22, 1863, wd. at Cassville, Ga.
Conwell, John W., e. Aug. 6, 1863, wd. at Nashville, trans. to Inv. Corps April 2, 1865. Conwell, Lott, e. Aug. 10, 1863.
Cline, Simeon, e. Aug. 2, 1863.
Cotter, James, e. Aug. 25, 1863.
Fetter, A. J., e. June 20, 1863.
Frisby, Wm., e. June 22, 1863, died at Nashville.
Griffis, Wm. B., e. June 20, 1863, disd. Oct. 30, 1863.
Glenn, Jos. N., e. June 26, 1863.
Gladson, Wm. P., e. June 17, 1863.
Gettys, L. N., e. Aug. 15, 1863.
Hale, M., e. July 8, 1863, died at Kingston, Ga.
Hill, A. M., e. June 20, 1863.
Harris, B., e. Aug. I, 1863, captd. at Sipsy River, Ala.
Howe, Geo., e. Aug. 8, 1863, captd. at Sipsy River, Ala.
Hand, E., e. Aug. 17, 1863, captd. at Sipsy River, Ala.
Jourdon, John W., e. June 29, 1863.
Jourdon, B. F., e. July 23, 1863, captd. at Newnan, Ga. Kerr, H. J., e. Aug. 11, 1863.
Lewis, Geo., e. July 8, 1863, died at Nashville, Tenn. Land, James, e. June 26, 1863.
Myers, J. C., c. July 4, 1863.
Moffat, Jos., e. June 20, 1863, captd. at Sipsy River, Ala. Moffatt, Saml., e. June 20, '63, captd. at Sipsy River, Ala.
Olney, L. W., c. July 6, 1863. Packer, F. G., e. July 19, 1863.
Pollard, D. H., e. July 4, 1863.
Roberts, P. H., e. July 10, 1863.
Roberts, Wm. A., e. July 6, 1863.
Rouze, Joseph E., e. June 20. 1863, wd. at Florence, Ala.
Rhodes, J. Q., e. July 24, 1863, captd. at Newnan, Ga.
Shippy, S. R., e. June 11, 1863.
Stuber, F., e. June 13, 1863.
Sackett, Alex., e. Aug. 5, 1863, captd. at Newnan, Ga. Tharp, L. A., e. July 24, 1863. Taylor, Samuel, e. July 21, 1863.
Wilkins, G. W., e. June 10, 1863.
Wilson, Alfred, e. June 20, 1863, captd. at Newnan, Ga.
Wolf, II. C., e. July 6, 1863, died at Nashville.
Wilkins, Ralph, e. July 15, 1863, wd., died at Keokuk.
Wolf, H. D., e. July 6, 1863, captd. at Newnan, Ga., died at Wilmington, N. C.
Company H.
Barrows, Jas. C., e. July, 1863. Reed, Geo. J., e. Aug., 1863, captd. at Newnan, Ga.
Company L.
Capt. Aaron Pinney, com. Sept. 30, 1863.
Second Lieut. Newton Doggett, e. as sergt. Aug. 8, 1863, captd. at Newnan, Ga., printd. 2d lieut. Ang. 28, 1865. Sergt. H. D. Owen, e. June 9, 1863, captd. at Newnan, Ga. Sergt. John Underwood, e. June 11, 1863, died at Nash- ville. Corp. John Clark, e. July 15, 1863, captd. at Newnan, Ga. Saddler N. W. Collier, e. June 10, 1863.
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WAR RECORD OF WAPELLO COUNTY.
Wagoner E. Ashcraft, e. June 13, 1863.
Barnett, O. P., e. June 28, 1863.
Backus, Jas. M., e. July 27, 1863, captd. at Kingston, Ga., died at Andersonville. Cochran, Jas. H., e. Aug. 17, 1863, wd. at Florence.
Duley, Jolın M., e. July 8, 1863. Gotte, Joseph, e. June 27, 1863. Goodwin, O., e. Aug. 4, 1863. Ilendren, E. R., e. June 19, 1863. Hazlett, E. C., e. June 14, 1863.
Hendricks, W. A., e. Sept. 2, 1863.
Jewett, A., e. June 10, 1863, disd. Ang. 11, 1864, disab.
Klingler, Geo. W., e. June 10, 1863.
Merryfield, John F., e. Aug. 10, 1863.
Morrow, Samuel E., e. July 20, 1863.
Manro, Geo. W., e. Ang. 17, 1863, wd. at Campbellville, Tenn. McCormick, S., e. July 27, 1863.
Mercer, B. C., e. Aug. 11, 1863. 1
McVey, H. K., e. Aug., 1863.
Packer, A., e. June 10, 1863, disd. April 27, 1864.
Place, John W., e. July 10, 1863.
Peterson, John A., e. July 8, 1863, wd. at Cypress Creek, Ala. Renfro, John B., e. July 22, 1863.
Sheafer, P. M., e. July 27, 1863. Thompson, T. J., e. July 12, 1863.
Taylor, John W., e. June 15, 1863.
Whipple, Joseph, e. Aug. 20, 1863.
Company M.
Saddler Geo. W. Lindsay, e. July 9, 1863.
NINTH CAVALRY.
[NOTE. - The volunteers of this regiment were mustered out at Little Rock, Feb. 3, 1866; field staff and Companies A (' und D, Feb. 28; Company I, March 15; Company B March 23.]
Company B.
Sergt. William Ware, e. Oct. 9, 1863.
Company C.
First Lieut. Thomas J. Reigart, com. Nov. 30, 1863, res. May 22, 1865.
Sergt. William M. Gill, e. Aug. I8, 1863.
Corp. John B. Brown, e. Aug. 12, 1863.
Farrier G. C. Bell, e. Sept. 25, 1863. Batson, IIenry, e. Aug. 16, 1863. Carhartt, Clay, e. Oct. 10, 1863. Carver, J. Il., e. Oct. 5, 1863, died at Little Rock, Ark. Godfrey, I. I., e. Oct. 6, 1863. King, Charles, e. Sept. 5, 1863. Mullenix, David, e. Aug. 21, 1863. Randolph, I., e. Aug. 12, 1863. Wolfe, Levi, e. Sept. 12, 1863. Williams, Thomas, e. Sept. 26, 1863.
Company I.
Capt. Cyrus C. Bitner, com. Nov. 30, 1863, resd. Aug. 3, '64. First Lieut. Thomas J. Lafferty, com. Nov. 30, 1863, resd. July 27, 1864.
First Lieut. John H. Killinbargar, e. as sergt. Oct. 15, 1863, prmtd. 1st lieut. May 10, 1865.
Sergt. Elias Whited, e. Sept. 1, 1863, died at Memphis. Sergt. C. M. Lazenby, e. Sept. 1, 1863. Corp. John P. Heskett, e. Sept. 1, 1863. Corp. Mahlon Lappin, e. Sept. 1, 1863. Corp. F. A. Jones, e. Sept. 15, 1863., Corp. Harry Jones, e. Sept. 15, 1863. Corp. James F. Askey, e. Sept. 1, 1863. Farrier Wm. W. Napier, e. Sept. 15, 1863. Wagoner Michael Burk, e. Sept. 21, 1863. Annaws, W. N., e. Sept. 29, 1863. Carson, James, e. Sept. 11, 1863, disd. May 5, 1864, disab. CrowI, J. E., e. Oct. 15, 1863. Faris, William, e. Oct. 21, 1863. Marshall, J. N., e. Oct. 1, 1863. McMaster, W. R., e. Nov. 23, 1863. Phillips, S. B., e. Oct. 16, 1863. Pike, H. C., e. Sept. 15, 1863. Porter, J. H., e. Oct. 31, 1863. Powelson, L., Oct. 5, 1863.
Pyatt, John, e. Sept. 30, 1863.
Regester, J. E., e. Oct. 15, 1863.
Ruffcorn, W. H., e. Oct. 15, 1863, died at Eddyville, June 8, 1864.
Salon, J. W., e. Sept. 10, 1863. Ward, Simon, e. Oct. 10, 1863. Ward, J. M., e. Oct. 10, 1863.
Company K.
First Lieut. Wallace B. Goodal, com. Ist lieut. from Regt. Q. M. sergt. Sept. 19, 1865.
Brown, C., e. Oct. 28, 1863.
Eller, C., e. Oct. 28, 1863.
Company M.
Pumroy, John, com. Nov. 30, 1862, died at Ottumwa.
Q. M. Sergt. Henry Simons, e. Aug. 21, 1863.
Sergt. Sidney A. Jones, e. Ang. 25, 1863.
Sergt. Merritt M. Ford, e. Aug. 4, 1863, died at Ottumwa, Feb. 19, 1865. Corp. E. T. Muna, e. Ang, 25, 1863.
Trumpeter W. J. Osterhaut, e. Sept. 1, 1863.
Adams, J. J., e. Sept. 14, 1863.
Allen, J. S., e. July 29, 1863.
Burns, Hugh, e. Sept. 14, 1863.
Fightmaster, Alexander, e. July 22, 1863.
Kibler, J. D., e. Aug. 4, 1863.
Osterhaut, C. E., e. July 22, 1863, kld. at Lewisburg, Ark., shot by guard during a riot. Pegg, W. J., e. Nov. 11, 1863.
Payne, J. J., e. Aug. 28, 1863.
Parsons, J. A., e. Aug. 12, 1863.
Wolf, John, e. Oct. 9, 1863.
MISCELLANEOUS.
First Infantry.
Hoag, Stephen, e. April 23, 1861, m. o. Aug. 25, 1861.
Ott, Gottfred, e. Aug. 23, 1861, m. o. Ang. 25. 1861. Beltzer, John, e. April 20, 1861, m. o. Aug. 25, 1861. Brown, Edward P., e. April 20, 1861, m. o. Aug. 25, 1861.
Third Infantry. Nidiver, Geo. M., e. June 1, 1861, m. o. June or July, 1864.
Fourth Infantry.
[NOTE .- This regiment was mustered at Louisville, Ky., July 24, 1865.]
Corp. Thos. Pomeroy, e. July 4, 1861, trans. to Inv. Corps. McGraw, John, e. Dec. 6, 1861.
Atkinson, John W., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Allen, Wm. W., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Allen, John L., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Bigham, Robert, e. June 16, 1864.
Crawford, E. M., e. Sept. 15, 1862. Case, D. T., e. Sept. 15, 1862.
Dutton, Jeremiah, e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Foster, Torrence, e. Sept. 18, 1862. Gibbs, F. M., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Greeulee, M., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Gornes, Jas. R., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Hawk, Wm., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Lewellen, Wm. T., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Laing, Geo. J., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Millard, John H., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Nelson, N. G., e. Sept. 18, 1862. Pennebaker, Wm., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Poplin, R. G. M., e. Sept. 18, 1862. Ratcliffe, Wm. A., e. Sept. 18, 1862. Robinson, Wm., e. Sept. 18, 1862. Rush, Frederick, e. Sept. 18, 1862. Shumord, John L., e. Sept. 18, 1862.
Sixth Infantry.
Corp. Hiram Hull, e. July I, 1861, disd. Nov. 25, 1862, disab.
Brown, Geo. A., e. July 1, 1861, wd. April 6, 1862, m. o. July 24, 1865. Bradley, E. P., vet. Jan. 1, 1864, wd., m. o. July 24, 1865. MeGonegal, -, vet. Jan. 1, 1864.
Eighth Infantry.
Cummins, W. H., c. 1861, captd. at Shiloh, April 6, 1862, vet. Jan. 1, 1864, m. o. April 20, 1866.
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First Lieut. J. G. IIarrow, com. Sept. 23, 1861, resd. Dec. 31, 1861.
Dougherty, Wm., e. Aug. 10, 1861, m. o. April 20, 1866. Grier, Geo., died Dec. 26, 1864, of wds.
Johnson, Wm., e. Aug. 10, 1861, m. o. April 20, 1866.
Tenth Infantry.
Holland, J. W., e. Aug. 22, 1861, m. o. Aug. 15, 1865.
Eleventh Infantry.
Second Lieut. Wm. M. Twiggs, e. Sept. 17, 1861, com. Oct. 3, 1861, was private in Co. C, Ist Inf., m. o. July 15, 1865.
Thirteenth Infantry.
Asst. Surg. Seneca B. Thrall, com. Aug. 19, 1862, resd. April 4, 1864.
Reed, D. M., e. Oct. 10, 1861, vet. Dec. 1. 1863, m. o. July 21, 1865.
Fourteenth Infantry.
Musician Francis W. Kimble, e. Oct. 15, 1862, m. o. Nov. 16, 1864.
Littlefield, Wm. C., e. Oct. 17, 1862, m. o. Nov. 16, 1864. Bartholomew, Robt., e. Oct. 18, 1861, missing at Shiloh, died Aug. 5, 1863. Bearden, Wm., e. Oct. 17, 1861, captd. at Shiloh.
Turner, Hiram, e. Oct. 1, 1861, died at Macon May 19, '62. Clark, W. F., e. March 28, 1862.
Twenty-first Infantry.
Surg. Wm. L. Orr, com. Dec. 2, 1862, from asst. surg. 3d Cav. resd. Oct. 29, 1864.
Twenty-third Infantry.
Browning, W. S., e. March 29, 1864, m. o. July 26, 1865.
Twenty-eighth Infantry.
Ilunter, Jos., e. Dec. 12, 1863, wd. Sept. 19, 1864, m. o. July 31, 1865. Murphy, I. M., e. Dec. 12, 1863, disd. Nov. 23, 1864.
Twenty-ninth Infantry.
Thompson, John E., e. Feb. 14, 1864, m. o. Aug. 10, 1865.
Thirtieth Infantry.
Asst. Surg. J. C. Stoddard, com. Feb. 17, 1863, com. de- clined and canceled.
Bryant, Benj., e. Aug. 9, 1862, trans. to Inv. Corps. Berry, John P., e. Aug. 9, 1862, m. o. June 5, 1865. Corp. Thos. B. Fleanor, e. Aug. 22, 1862, m. o. June 5, 1865.
Carr, Arthur, e. Aug. 14, 1862, died April 17, 1863. Jackson, Geo. W., e. Aug. 17, 1862, died May 20, 1863.
Thirty-third Infantry.
Smith, Marion. e. March 22, 1864, m. o. July 17, 1865. Trent, Josiah, e. Feb. 2, 1864, m. o. July 17, 1865. Brooks, Peter, e. Feb. 4, 1864, m. o. July 17, 1865. Mitchell, Wm. W., e. Feb. 2, 1864, m. o. July 17, 1865. Treut, John, e. Feb. 2, 1864, m. o. July 17, 1865.
Forty-fourth Infantry.
Middleton, Loomis, e. May 7, 1864, m. o. Sept. 15, 1864.
Forty-fifth Infantry.
Wallace, A. A., e. April 30, 1864, m. o. Sept. 16, 1864.
Forty-eighth Infantry.
Parsons, Jas., e. June 3, 1864, m. o. Oct. 21, 1864.
Second Cavalry.
Larimore, M. K., e. March 10, 1862, died at Hamburg, Tenn. Cartner, D. M., e. March 10, 1862, m. o. Sept. 19, 1865. Fuller, S. J., e. March 19, 1862, died June 13, 1864. Lewis, Rufus, e. Aug. 3, 1862, m. o. Sept. 19, 1865.
Margaretz, Hermau, e. April 1, 1862, missing in battle of Boonesville July 1, 1862.
Samuel G. Vannice, e. March 1, 1864, died March 22, 1865, at Eastport, Miss., as Ist sergt.
Fifth Cavalry.
Bell, Dora, m. o. Ang. 11, 1865.
Besco, Henry, disd. Feb 7, 1862.
Leonard, Thos., disd. April 27, 1862.
Coan, W. S., e. March 17, 1864, m. o. Aug. 11, 1865.
Perrin, F., e. March 27, 1864, m. o. Aug. 11, 1865.
Guinn, Wm., e. March 30, 1864, m. o. Aug. 11, 1865.
Guinn, John C., e. March 30, 1864, m. o. Aug. 11, 1865.
Lynch, Jacob. e. March 30, 1864, m. o. Aug. 11, 1865.
Lynch, Wm. M., e. March 30, 1864, m. o. Aug. 11, 1865. Staton, Wm. M., e. March 30, 1864, m. o. Aug. 11, 1865. Thompson, J. S., e. March 30, 1864, m. o. Aug. 1I, 1865.
First Battery Light Artillery.
Jr. Second Lieut. D. M. Parks, e. at sergt., 1861, prmtd 2d lieut. March 19, 1864, resd. June 14, 1864. Jr. Second Lieut. Jas. Thomas, e. as private, 1861, prmtd. 2d lieut. June 13, 1865.
Sergt. W. M. Van Zant, died Feb. 12, 1864, at St. Louis.
Sergt. D. M. Sparks, m. o. July 5, 1865.
Corp. Chas. R. Parks, died at Milliken's Bend, La., March 7,1862.
Artf. Benj. Corbin, wd. and disd. June 16, 1863, disab.
Gardner, J. M., m. o. July 5, 1865.
Halsted, Wm. D., wd., m. o. July 5, 1865.
King, Fletcher, died April 29, 1864, at Agency City.
Mills, Wm. H., died Nov. 5, 1862, at Helena, Ark.
Parkhurst, Reese, kld. at Pea Ridge.
Rush, Ross, wd. at Vicksburg.
Temple, Jas. A., m. o. July 5, 1865.
Tosh, Geo. T., m. o. July 5, 1865.
Day, Henry, m. o. July 5, 1865.
Even, Thompson, e. Dec. 22, 1863, m. o. July 5, 1865.
Ferris, S. R., c. Oct. 10, 1864, m. o. July 5, 1865.
Thomas, Even, e. Dec. 22, 1863, m. o. July 5, 1865.
Gales, Washington, e. Oct. 10, 1864, disd. June 6, 1865, disab.
Fourth Battery.
Hobbs, Wm. T., e. Aug. 27, 1863, m. o. July 14, 1865. Logan, Jacob, e. Aug. 21, 1863, m. o. July 14, 1865. Mounts, John S., e. Aug. 18, 1863, m. o. July 14, 1865.
First lowa Infantry A. D.)
Sergt. Wm. Phillips, e. Aug. 29, 1863, m. o. Oct. 15, 1865. Bedinger, Jep., e. Aug. 25, 1863, died Nov. 3, 1864, at Hel- ena, Ark.
Carroll, Jas., e. Aug. 20, 1863, m. o. Oct. 15, 1865.
Harrison, 11., e. Aug. 20, 1863, died July 29, '64, at Helena, Ark., of wds.
Lewis, Robert, e. Aug. 25, 1863, died Sept. 1, 1864, at Hel- ena, Ark.
McBride, Hiram, e. Aug. 25, 1863. died Aug. 10, 1864, at Helena, Ark.
Basket, N., e. Sept. 2, 1863, m. o. Oct. 15, 1865.
Buck, Moses, e. Sept. 2, 1863, m. o. Oct. 15, 1865.
Brown, Benj., e. Sept. 24, 1863, m. o. Oct. 15, 1865.
Davis, Wm., e. Sept. 2, 1863, m. o. Oct. 15, 1865.
Holloway, J., e. Aug. 28, 1863, m. o. Oct. 15, 1865.
Lewis, Chas., e. Sept. 4, 1863, m. o. Oct. 15, 1865.
Second Cavalry, M. S. M. Hendricks, A. E., e. Feb. 13, 1862.
Twenty-fifth Missouri Infantry.
First Lieut. W. H. P. Norris, e. July 26, 1861, prmtd. from 2d sergt. Co. K, 2d Inf., Aug. 6, 1861.
Tenth III. Cavalry.
Doonegan, W., e. Aug. 16, 1862.
Twenty-fifth III. Infantry.
West, A. J.
Thirty-fifth III. Infantry. Toll. Wm. M., e. July 3, 1861.
BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY.
ABBREVIATIONS.
agt .... .agent
.carpenter
carp ..
.. clerk
mer.
. merchant
mfr .. manufacturer Co. .company or county
dlr
.dealer
mkr. .maker
far.
farmer
P. O. Post Office
grocer prop. proprietor gro.
I. V. A
Iowa Volunteer Artillery
I. V. C. .Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
I. V. I.
Iowa Volunteer Infantry
lab ..
laborer
Treas. Treasurer
OTTUMWA CITY.
A DLER, P. E., saloon.
ABELS, O. K., dealer in groceries and provisions ; born in Framingham Mass., Oct. 12, 1835; when he was . quite young, his parents removed to Hartford, Conn. He enlisted in the fall of 1861 in the 1st Conn. Battery ; served three years; was in all engage- ments his battery participated in. Came to Ottumwa in the spring of 1867; in present business ever since. Married Emily P. Pitkin in 1866 ; she was born in East Hartford, Conn.
Adler, S. E., attorney.
Ainley, Joseph, laborer.
Alexander, James, carpenter.
ALLEN, ELI, proprietor of the Riverside House; born Sept. 7, 1810, in Washington Co., Penn .; in 1813, came to Hamilton ; in 1826, moved to Franklin Co., Ind. ; in 1857, to Wapello Co., and in 1871, to the city of Ottumwa. While living at Agency City, was elect- ed Mayor; served three years; also elected to fill the unexpired term of Justice of the Peace at Agency City. Married Ellen Jackman May 21, 1835 ; had fourteen children-Solomon, Will- iam J., Ephraim T., Theodore H., Sarah C., Julia A., Harriet J., Matilda J., Charles F., David E., Warren O., Sam- uel H., Samuel, Mary S.
ALLEN, LEAMAN J., born in Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y., July 31, 1833 ; moved to Oakland Co., Mich., with his parents, when ten years of age ; four years after, to Farmington, Van Buren Co., Iowa ; remained five years ; thence to Memphis, Mo. ; six years after, came to Fairfield, Jefferson Co. En- listed in Co. B, 19th Iowa V. I. ; served in that company one and a half years ; re-enlisted in Co. K., 45th Iowa V. I. ; was promoted to Second Lieutenant in the 100-days service. Came to Ottumwa fall of 1864; engaged as foreman of Grimes' wagon-factory, which place he held for eight years ; carried on wagon manufacturing several years; the last two years, has been on the police force. Married Martha E. Noble December, 1856; born in Pennsylvania; had four children-two died in infancy, two liv- ing-Curtis and Everett. Mrs. Allen is a member of the M. E. Church.
Amelang, Paul, cigar-maker and taxider- mist.
Anderson, John, laborer.
Anson, W. J., attorney.
ANTROLOUS, R. L., grocer, E. Main st .; residence cor. Jefferson and Fourth sts .; born Sept. 22, 1828, in Indiana; in 1857, came to Wapello Co., and has been a resident here ever since; in 1877, he commenced his present
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st ... .. street
supt. superintendent
maclı machinist
mech mechanic
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DIRECTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY :
business. Married Miss H. M. Ardery in 1857 ; she was born in 1838, in De- catur Co., Ind .; have four children -- Ira, Emma, Clara and Cora; has a son by a former marriage, John H. Mr. A. has held about all of the township offices. Members of the Presbyterian Church. Republican.
ARMSTRONG, CYRUS, painter; born Sept. 25, 1839, in Montgomery Co., Ind ; moved to Ottumwa in the spring of 1844. Enlisted in the 15th Iowa V. I., and was engaged in the battle of Shiloh, siege of Corinth, and the battle of Corinth in 1862; battle of Vicksburg, and through all the siege at Vicksburg, and then he joined the com- mand of General Sherman in front of the Kenesaw Mountain, and was in all the battles and skirmishes of that com- mand up to the final surrender of the rebel army ; mustered out Nov. 14, 1864. Married Dec. 24, 1868, Margaret Cole, daughter of the Rev. J. L. Cole ; have four children-Mary, Effie, Wil- lie and Grace.
ARMSTRONG, W. B., was born in Milford, Penn., Aug. 10, 1830; moved to New York State in infancy ; lived there until 21 years old; then moved to St. Louis; was in a commis- sion house ; moved to Athens, Clark Co., Mo .; engaged in merchandising, and agency of railroad ; in 1861, moved to Ottumwa and engaged in the inter- est of the K., F. D. & M. R. R. Co. up to November, 1872; then for the B. & M. R. R. as general agent, and since, as local agent for the C., B. & Q. R. R. Co. Married Virginia S. Thone in March, 1858 ; was member of the City Council two terms; City Treasurer two terms; held the office of Trustee of Public Schools three years, and, in 1862, assisted in re- cruiting Co. M, 9th Iowa Cav .; intended going with the Company, but his brother was desirous of going, and both could not leave. Had four children -- Will- iam, Mary E., Paul O., and one de- ceased-Anna T.
Armstrong, D., painter. Asbury, W. H. H. Averill, D. W., dentist. ABBITT, E. F., clerk.
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BACHMAN, C. F. W., manufact- urer and jobber of furniture, and deal- er in stoves and house-furnishing goods (established in 1868) ; born in Prussia Feb. 26, 1838; came to the United States in 1838; first located at Goshen, Ind, where he learned the tinner's trade ; came to Ottumwa in 1866. Married Miss M. J. Heaton in May, 1864; she was born in Muscatine, Iowa; they have five children-Jessie G., Cora A., Louis M., Mary A. and Stella. Mem- bers of the First M. E. Church. From July 1, 1861, Mr. B. served one year as musician in the 14th Ill. V. I.
BACHMAN, CHARLES, watchmaker, wholesale and retail dealer in watches, clocks and jewelry, silver and plated ware, etc .; born at Fort Washington, Montgomery Co., Penn. ; June 29, 1840; parents removed to Philadelphia while an infant; when about 12 years of age, moved with them to Allentown, Penn. ; there learned the watchmaker's trade; in 1860, he went to Philadelphia, and worked at his trade. August 18, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, 47th Pennsylvania Vol- unteer Infantry ; was in all the engage- ments of his regiment ; was wounded at battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864; mustered out as Commissary Sergeant of his regiment in July, 1866. After leaving the army, returned to Allentown and worked at his trade for two years ; then came to Chicago ; from January to October 1868, he was located in Chicago and Ottawa, Ill .; October 1868, came to Ottumwa.
Baker, J. D., County Surveyor.
Baker, J. G., retired.
Baker, Nick, grain dealer.
Baker, S. D., clerk.
Baker, T. P., grocer.
Baker, Wm., painter. Ballard, Wm.
BALLINGALL, PETER G., is a native of Scotland; born in Glas- gow March 3, 1830; when about seven years old, he came to America and be- gan his active, self-reliant career as au errand boy, in the Province of Ontario ;
. before he was 11 years old he walked from Coburg, seventy-three miles below Toronto, to Chicago, by a roundabout way, a distance of seven or eight hun-
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dred miles ; he served in various capaci- ties in different hotels in Chicago, and was finally appointed receiver of the Lake House, which place he filled very acceptably to the guests until 1855 ; soon after this he traveled through most of the Southern States ; upon his re- turn, he became steward of the Briggs' House, Chicago, and soon after the proprietor of the Haskall House, Gales- burg; subsequently, had charge of the Ivin's House, Keokuk, Iowa, and of the Ashland House at Bentonsport ; he was also concerned in hotels at Fairfield and Agency City; came to Ottumwa in 1858; for nine years was proprietor of a stage-line from this place to Bloom- field, and in 1866 built the Ballingall House, which is the leading hotel in Ottumwa; he is also proprietor of the Depot Hotel ; he has been active in all public measures. Was commissioned Major of the 5th Regiment of the Iowa National Guards on the 20th of May, 1876, and was presented, by the Sher- idan Guards, with a handsome gold- mounted sword; he was commissioned Colonel on the 10th of April, 1877, and has received the nomination from nearly all the companies in the State for Major General ; he has been the recipient of a large number of valuable testimonials from various public sources, and has been unvaryingly enterprising, public-spirited and energetic.
BANE, GEORGE, Deputy County Treasurer ; born in Marshall Co., West Va., Jan. 6, 1833 ; in 1835, moved to to Urbana, Ohio; lived there until 1872; engaged in farming and teaching, alternately, from 1852 to 1872 ; taught in the public schools of that locality ; engaged in mercantile business one year ; served as Assessor and Deputy U. S. Mar- shal. In the fall of 1872, came to Rich- land Township, Wapello Co., Iowa ; was farming and teaching in this county until 1877; has held his present position since Jan. 1, 1878 ; married Rebecca J. McCaugh May 9, 1861; she was born in Washington Co., Penn., Nov. 20, 1832 ; have three children-William, Charles and George A. Mrs. Bane is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Bannister, D., secretary and treasurer Gas Company.
Barkwell, Samuel. omnibus-driver.
BARNES, ALBERT N., born
Aug. 12, 1844, in Richland Co., Ohio ; moved with parents to Wapello Co., in 1854. Enlisted in Company F, 4th Iowa Cavalry ; served 2 years in the army ; appointed Assistant Postmaster of Ottumwa in 1873; held that position up to the present time. Married Lizzie L. Martin, May 31, 1874; they have one child, Hattie Barnes.
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