USA > Illinois > Christian County > Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and history of Christian County, Volume II > Part 22
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80
Veterans: James C. McGinnis, promoted sec- ond lieutenant Company L; Francis M. McGin- nis, transferred Company B, Veterans, mustered out November 22, 1865; Aaron B. Shick, trans- ferred to Company I, Veterans, mustered out November 22, 1865; George B. Conner, private, transferred to Company F, Veterans; William Matthews transferred to Company H; John Rice transferred to Company H, Veterans, mustered out November 22, 1865; Jefferson L. Smith, transferred to Company H, mustered out No- vember 22, 1865; Lorenoz J. Van Winkle, trans-
Captain H. P. Harh
737
HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY
ferred to Company H, mustered out November 22, 1865; Samuel Bunstein, transferred to Com- pany D, mustered out November 22, 1865; Horatio M. Davis, recruit, transferred to Com- pany D; George W. Feugett, recruit, re-enlisted as veteran; George W. Ford, transferred to Company D, mustered out November 22, 1865; Egbert A. Ford, transferred to Company D, mustered out November 22, 1865; Henry Hinton, recruit, deserted ; Stephen A. Hunsley, recruit, transferred to Company D; Jesse Langley, re- cruit, mustered out December 30, 1864; William Matthews, recruit, re-enlisted as veteran; John Rice, recruit, re-enlisted as veteran; William Smith, transferred to Company F, Veterans, mus- tered out November 22, 1865; James M. Taylor, transferred to Company F, Veterans, discharged March 29, 1865, disability ; John White, trans- ferred Company F, mustered out November 22, 1865.
Company M: George W. McDonald, private, died in Arkansas, September 18, 1863; William M. McDonald, private, re-enlisted as veteran; John Pummil, private, re-enlisted as veteran, died at Little Rock, Ark., May 26, 1864; William S. Peel, private, re-enlisted as veteran, dis- charged August 18, 1862, disability ; William H. McDonald, transferred to Company C, Veterans, mustered out November 22, 1865; George B. Richardson, transferred Company C, Veterans, mustered out November 22,' 1865; Edward J. Bingham, transferred Company C, Veterans, mustered out November 22, 1865; Matthew H. Copple, transferred Company C, mustered out November 22, 1865; James M. Fleming, William R. Goodby, both transferred to Company C, Vet- erans, former mustered out November 22, 1865, latter June 22, 1865 ; James H. Cowan, James H. Doroon, unassigned recruits ; John T. Easley, unassigned recruit, transferred Company E, Vet- erans ; Harrison Gregory, unassigned recruit ; Charles H. Turhill, transferred to Company E, Veterans.
ELEVENTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY.
Company H : Levin Johnson, recruit, mustered out September 30, 1865.
Company M : Columbus Lemasters, unassigned recruit, mustered out May 23, 1865.
FOURTEENTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY.
Company E : Isaac Steel, transferred Company C, mustered out July 31, 1865.
FIRST ILLINOIS ARTILLERY.
Battery D : Jasper N. Kelley, recruit, mustered out July 28, 1865 ; Daniel Lockwood, recruit.
SECOND ILLINOIS ARTILLERY.
Battery B : Alfred C. Lovejoy, recruit, term ex- pired June 20, 1864, promoted second lieutenant Company B, mustered out July 15, 1865.
Battery C: William A. Dawson, corporal, de- serted July 12, 1862; Henry H. Behymer, cor- poral, mustered out October 22, 1864; Enoch C. Behymer, corporal, deserted July 20, 1862; Charles Humphreys, corporal, discharged for promotion to lieutenant in Eighth U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery ; Charles F. Humphreys, cor- poral, promoted first lieutenant Company C, mus- tered out August 3, 1865; Henry Hardtner, cor- poral, mustered out as sergeant, October 22, 1864; George W. Lawton, corporal, re-enlisted as veteran ; John A. Suttle, re-enlisted as veteran ; George W. Lawton, mustered out August 3, 1865. Robert Deegan, recruit, mustered out August 3, 1865 ; William T. Peters, recruit, discharged May 29, 1865, disability.
Battery F : David J. Fleming, died at Annapo- lis, Md., February 14, 1865.
Battery K : George W. Ritzman, recruit, mus- tered out May 26, 1865.
Battery M: Alexander Allen, unassigned re- cruit ; John Smith, unassigned recruit.
OTHER HEROES.
William M. Provine, first lieutenant of Com- pany B, Eighty-fourth Illinois Infantry, was made a prisoner of war at Atlanta, Ga., was con- fined at Columbia, S. C., later honorably dis- charged, May 13, 1865, subsequently becoming a resident of Taylorville, Ill. W. E. Rosemond, also of Taylorville, served as second lieutenant of Company A, Ninety-seventh Ohio Infantry. James M. Taylor, for a number of years engaged in the practice of law at Taylorville, served nearly three years in Company C, Ninety-sixth Illinois Infantry, lost an arm at Buzzard Roost, Ga., in 1864 and was honorably discharged as sergeant, March 18, 1865. Benjamin Dornblaser, for years a well known resident of Assumption, Ill., adjutant of the Forty-sixth Illinois Infantry, was promoted major, then colonel and brevet brigadier-general. William H. Kaup, another resident of Christian County, served in the Army
738
HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY
of the Potomac under General Sedgwick, from 1861 until his honorable discharge, October 23, 1864.
TWENTY-NINTH U. S. COLORED INFANTRY.
Company I: George Agee, mustered out No- vember 6, 1865.
Company K: John Pillow, unassigned recruit ; James Smith, unassigned recruit; Henry Van Pierce, unassigned recruit, substitute.
THIRTEENTH U. S. COLORED ARTILLERY.
William Chandler, enlisted April 11, 1865; Charles Long, enlisted April 11, 1865.
FIRST ARMY CORPS.
Roster of enlisted men of Company 10 and of Company 12 assigned to Company K, Eighth U. S. Veteran Volunteers.
Company 10: Joseph Hoffman, mustered out April 11, 1865, as corporal; Andrew J. Ballus, private, mustered out April 11, 1865; Almers Cochoran, private, mustered out April 11, 1865 ; Patrick Byrne, private, mustered out April 11, 1865; Henry Knapp, private, mustered out April 11, 1865; James Kervin, private, mustered out April 11, 1865 ; William Singsfield, private, mus- tered out April 12, 1865; William Quielesh, pri- vate, mustered out April 13, 1866; Joseph Guen- ther, private, mustered out April 13, 1866 ; Leon- ard Miller, private, mustered out April 13, 1866; Martin Engle, private, mustered out April 13, 1866 ; Howell G. Trogdon, private, mustered out April 13, 1866; John Graves, private, mustered out April 13, 1866 ; Jacob Hellwig, private, mus- tered out April 13, 1866; James Gunion, private ; William Jennings, private, mustered out April 13, 1866; Walter Spangler, private, mustered out April 12, 1866.
Company 12: Christopher Brammel, enlisted April 14, 1865; Abraham Burgen, enlisted April 14, 1865; John Becker, enlisted April 14, 1865; Joseph A. Crawford, enlisted April 12, 1865; James O. Douglas, enlisted April 14, 1865; Simeon Dabozyinsky, enlisted April 14, 1865; Michael Goedert, enlisted April 14, 1865; Keller Heist, enlisted April 13, 1865; John Halshizer, enlisted April 12, 1865; John Peppercorn, en- listed April 14, 1865.
James W. Anderson of Christian County, was a member of the Ninth Kansas Cavalry.
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
The conflict known in history as the Spanish- American War, in 1898, between the United States and Spain, fortunately was of short dura- tion, but, during the period following the de- struction of the United States battleship, the Maine, in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, the re- sponse to President McKinley's call for soldiers was so overwhelming as to leave no doubt as to the underlying patriotism of the citizens of the United States. As in every great movement, the state of Illinois took a foremost part and Christian County was not backward in the mat- ter of volunteers, Company B of the Fifth regi- ment being composed of men from this county. Although never called upon to engage in battle, because of the early cessation of hostilities, they proved their willingness for any service for the preservation of our country and are entitled to honorable remembrance in the military history of the county.
FIFTH ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS.
Company B : Charles A. Parish, captain ; Clif- ton G. Magner, first lieutenant ; Joe C. Michaels, second lieutenant ; William J. Flynn, first ser- geant ; Frank O. Nicodemus, sergeant ; Clarence A. Parish, sergeant ; Leroy Anderson, sergeant ; Alonzo H. Ranes, sergeant; Eugene E. Rucker, sergeant; L. Jean Perkins, corporal; Homer Chastain, corporal; T. Lead Hewitt, corporal ; Charles T. Jacobs, corporal ; Howard M. Raines, corporal; Charles C. Thompson, corporal ; Julius S. Michaels, corporal; John T. Brown, corporal ; Eugene Denton, corporal; Fred O. Edler, cor- poral; Harry Reitzer, corporal ; Howard J. Roof, corporal; J. Clark Waddell, musician; William P. Minnis, musician ; Forest C. Carriker, ar- tificer ; John Seifert, wagoner.
Privates: Barton G. Anderson, Charles F. Bair, Ismer Bruce, John M. Bayly, Charles Cole, Harry G. Clay, G. Cook Cayward, Joseph H. Claywell, William L. Dehart, Joy T. Danford, Charles H. Diamond, James W. Dempsey, Pharis B. Denlinger, Benjamin J. Daigh, Perry F. Easly, Claude Easly, James Ewing, William P. Ellett, Thomas V. Flock, John George Green, Clinton G. Harris, Worth Hendricks, Alvin D. Hawley, Jacob Heubner, William C. Knight, Charles Kelley, Charles C. Kesterton, Peter Larson, George McKee, George W. Matkin, Clinton Mad- dox, Orie B. Nichols, James W. Neff, George S.
739
HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY
Neer, Irwin Norred, George Oddy, Benjamin Oglesby, Abner Orr, Samuel Peabody, Lewis C. Prouty, Oscar Porter, Eugene Bricker, Reuben Powel, Simon Raines, Charles A. Reeves, Man- fred C. Reed, Robert Roper, Lewis Radford, John C. Stoy, Robert J. Slater, William J. Swick, Otto W. Simpson, John C. St. Clair, Frank B. Thompson, John P. Thompson, Al Tolle, William E. Welsh, Fred Wilson, Emil L. Wulfmeyer, Leigh Wones, Orville Ward.
On June 18, 1898, the following men were mus- tered in : Richard W. Alspaugh, Herbert Adams, Owen Barbre, Marcus L. Fulton, Ira A. Hone- fenger, George W. Hinton, Rudolph Hargis, Al- bert W. Huddleston, Chester Jones, Henry Keis- ter, Gordon Kirkpatrick, Frank Leach, Robert H. Mason, Edgar Matthew, David A. McAdoo, Clarence Saunders, Aubry Speer, Dwight Shehan, Mason Thompson, Cloyd H. Wallace, Tony H. Writzel. The colonel of the Fifth regiment was J. S. Culver who had removed to Springfield from Christian County.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
When strife ceased between the hostile armies of the North and South, after four years of warfare, normal conditions gradually came back to every section. Warriors returned to their farms, desks, stores and professions. But they had not forgotten the comrades with whom they had dared death on many a battlefield and largely to preserve the old association was the beginning germ that later was developed into that mighty patriotic organization known as the Grand Army of the Republic. All over the land posts were organized and loyal men gathered to- gether to further cherish love of country, to set an example to younger generations who are today enjoying the peace their valor won, and in the close association of comradeship, live over again the experiences of their four years of con- flict. How hearty their meed of praise to each other for endurance, for courage, for martial heroism unknown, before their day, in any war ; how ready their help and sympathy for each other in time of stress, and how supreme in their belief in the virtues of the comrades gone before. When all is said and done, the Grand Army of the Republic has been a mighty force in estab- lishing good government. Christian County veterans have organized G. A. R. posts at dif- ferent points and in the earlier days the mem- bership was large.
At Pana, the Henry A. Pope G. A. R. Post was named for Major Popc, a distinguished of- ficer in the United States army, a native of Pana, who was killed in Louisiana, in recon- struction days, after a brilliant military record during the Civil War. The active membership of this post numbers fifty men, and the old com- rades who no longer can answer to the roll call numbered three times that number. The present officers and comrades of this post represented quite a number of the states during their service between 1861 and 1865. The present comman- der, T. W. Marling, was a member of the Twen- ty-second Indiana; Newton Porter, senior vice commander, belonged to an Illinois cavalry com- pany ; Daniel Lytle, junior vice commander, was a member of the One Hundred and Sixteenth Illinois Infantry; G. M. Ludworth, the chap- lain, served in an Illinois regiment; and com- rade William L. Baldwin, served in the Second Illinois Cavalry; comrade William M. Warren, served in the Fifth Illinois Cavalry; comrade David Thomas was with the Sixteenth Illinois, and comrade F. E. Griffith was a sergeant major in an Ohio regiment. Among the military men of Pana is Capt. J. W. Kitchell, who served in an Illinois regiment ; Comrade McQuigg in an Ohio regiment, and August Trumper was sergeant in the Twenty-sixth Wisconsin Cavalry.
WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS.
This noble organization was created by the mothers, wives and daughters of Union soldiers of the Civil War for the purpose of aiding and assisting the Grand Army of the Republic, and "to perpetuate the memory of the heroic dead ; to extend needful aid to the widows and or- phans ; to cherish and emulate the deeds of our army nurses, and to inculcate lessons of patriot- ism and love of country among our children and in the comunities in which we live." This or- ganization has a helpful and inspiring history. The organization at Pana embraces over one hundred members. Its president is Mrs. Martha Tunison. Mrs. Frances Webber is corresponding secretary and Mrs. Susan Glasgow has been chaplain for over two decades.
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT.
Throughout Christian County may be found structures of bronze and stone, erected in mem- ory of fallen soldiers of the great Civil War and
740
HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY
their commanders. One of the most striking, perhaps, is that in Rosemond Grove Cemetery, near Rosemond, Ill. It consists of a pedestal formed from a single granite block, surmounted by figure of Abraham Lincoln, in bronze. The dedication is to the Union Soldiers and Sailors and their beloved commander-in-chief, Abraham Lincoln. It was a gift of Capt. and Mrs. J. W. Kitchell. Another beautiful monument, standing in Linwood Cemetery, Pana, was erected by popular subscription, supplemented by generous gifts from J. W. Kitchell and Eugene Hayward.
DISTINGUISHED MILITARY MEN.
Patriotism has burned brightly in many sec- tions of the county and this chapter cannot be brought to a close without mention of some other names that will never be forgotten in local his- tory. Major P. A. Galvin, who served in a Missouri regiment, reflected great credit on this county. Dr. J. H. Huber, many of whose phil- anthropic ideas found expression in the new modern hospital recently completed at Pana, was a surgeon throughout the war in an Ohio regiment. For many years after the war, Capt, Thomas P. Clark, who served in a Wisconsin cavalry regiment, was a leading citizen of Chris- tian County. Capt. A. P. Stover, of Pana, had the distinction of being the youngest captain in any Illinois regiment. Lieut. Isaac H. Alli- son, of this county, served as volunteer and vet- eran throughout the entire war.
TROUBLE ON THE MEXICAN BORDER.
For many years Mexico has been torn by internal strife, and raiding parties of Mexicans have repeatedly crossed the Rio Grande, de- stroying American property and taking Ameri- can lives. In the summer of 1916 after several of these raids had taken place the United States government determined to put a stop to them. Accordingly, most of the Regular Army and part of the National Guards were mobilized on the border and an expeditionary force under General Pershing was sent into Mexico to punish the outlaws. This vigorous action was effectual in stopping the raids and after several months' service in that region the guards were returned to their homes.
Christian County was represented in this campaign by Captain J. J. Bullington and liis brother, Warren Bullington, Keith Williams,
Slater Vollentine and Ralph Blalock, all of Taylorville, who were members of the Fourthi Regiment, I. N. G.
THE WORLD WAR.
In August, 1914, the greatest war the world has ever known broke out in Europe between Germany and Austria on one side and England, France, Russia and Serbia on the other. Bul- garia and Turkey were soon drawn into the conflict on the side of Germany and Roumania and Japan on the side of England. While the United States tried to remain neutral, it ap- peared to most thinking persons from the very nature of things, that she must inevitably enter the fight. Her action was determined finally by the attitude of the German nation whose submarines began to sink American trading vessels without warning. After repeated but fruitless protests, the American Congress in April, 1917, declared that a state of war existed between the United States and Germany. Im- mediately Congress passed the Selective Draft Law which authorized the raising of a large army of men between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-one years, by conscription. The ma- chinery of the law is too complicated to be mentioned in detail in this work. It is suffi- cient to know that the drawing of this large body of men was conducted in Washington by government officials. In every county, and in large cities, boards known as Exemption Boards were constituted. It was the duty of these boards to pass upon the claims for ex- emption from military service which the drafted men liad a right to make. The Board of Exemption for Christian County was com- posed of the following men: O. S. Nash of Sharpsburg, chairman ; O. L. Witmer, secretary ; and Dr. F. G. Eberspacher of Pana. Christian County's quota for the new National Army was 287. Sixteen cantonments have been prepared throughout the United States to receive these selected men. The Christian County men are being sent to Camp Zachary Taylor at Louis- ville, Ky. Five per cent of the quota was called at first. The thirteen men from Christian County who answered the first call are as fol- lows: Wiley Michael Casey, Pana ; Charles M. Baugher, Pana ; Charles J. Ullrich, Pana ; Wil- bur Lee Huggins, Grove City ; R. C. Deffen- baugh, Pana ; Harry Edwin Brubeck, Edinburg ; Clyde MeClintic, Edinburg ; Forrest Floyd
Jacob. L. Kartet
MRS. JACOB L. HARTEL
741
HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY
Pryor, Pana ; Frank Barnes, Taylorville; Carl E. Phillips, Pana ; William C. Davis, Morrison- ville; Chester H. Clawson, Stonington; Windsor A. Meinecke, Taylorville.
On September 19, 1917, the second contingent from Christian County, consisting of 113 men, or forty per cent of the quota, left for Camp Taylor. The men who responded to the second call are as follows: William T. Larkin, Taylor- ville; John V. Gauer, Morrisonville; William Vilmure, Pana; John Thomas, Owaneco; Jacob M. Craig; Owen R. McLean; Albert G. Lamken ; Adam H. Schoenborn, Assumption ; Arvor J. Broughton, Assumption ; Charles F. Randel, Pana; Macarri Vittorio, Stonington; Richard Rhodes, Palmer; George E. Matthes, Mt. Auburn; William P. Blackwood, Kincaid; Lee R. Dearringer, Taylorville; Lawrence F. Mack, Pana; Dan Johnson, Stonington; Lloyd S. Anderson, Taylorville; John B. Conturianx, Stonington; Leslie A. Childers, Taylorville ; Ralph D. Smiser, Morrisonville; Stewart B. Lusk, Taylorville; Henry D. Mills, Taylorville ; Jack Perry, Taylorville; Roy E. Ellrich, Tay- lorville ; Ortie
HI. Bullard, Morrisonville ; Richard Fulk, Edinburg; H. A. McCaskill, Taylorville; Charles O. Russel, Stonington ; Elmo Funderburk, Taylorville; Thomas D. Connolly, Assumption ; Fred Eggerman, Pana ; Leo Lacy, Taylorville; Oscar H. Maisch, Pana ; Earl H. Henry, Pana; Henry F. Neu- naber, Morrisonville; Jesse J. Robertson, Pana ; William M. Miller, Taylorville; Ray Higgin- botham, Morrisonville; William T. Plopper, Morrisonville; Charles W. Sheean, Pana ; T. M. Brady, Pana ; Charles N. Woods, Kincaid ; Louis Frescura, Tovey ; William L. Beaty, Taylor- ville; Thomas J. Debrun, Assumption; Peter Harrison, Kincaid ; Earl Colclasure, Edinburg ; Adolph Waskilis, Kincaid; Warren E. Sexton, Pana ; James R. Sallenger, Mt. Auburn; Harry G. Brown, Rosemond; Alvis L. Wicker, Kin- caid; Walter Durbin, Moweaqua; Alvin E. Kerr, Taylorville; Charles Wright, Taylorville; David Henderson, Mt. Auburn; Leo F. Michen- bier, Pana; Lewis E. Thompson, Nokomis; Edmund Hutte, Tana; Ethrum H. Arthur, Taylorville; Virgil S. Davis, Morrisonville ; Owen R. McLean, Morrisonville; George A. Lamken, Morrisonville; Hector La Plasse, Stonington ; Alex Schwetick, Taylorville ; Roger E. Sailsbery, Stonington ; John Tenbusch, Pana ; George J. Payne, Edinburg; James E. McKittrick, Pana ; John Finnigan, Assumption ;
Harrison H. Corns, Morrisonville; Camiel Peere, Pana; Ira Osborn, Pana; Jess Jones, Pawnee; Clement A. Richardson, Assumption ; Tony Mufick, Taylorville; Lee Blear, Bolivia ; Elmer Lee, Mt. Auburn ; Frank Mlachnik, Tay- lorville ; Arthur C. Mathews, Taylorville; Claude L. Oller, Pana; Ray Mounts, Assumption ; Walter F. Gideon, Taylorville; Lee Ayer, Pana; Roy Eles Laymon, Taylorville; Benja- min H. Gross, Owaneco; Everett S. Anderson, Taylorville ; Alexander Jevaltes, Kincaid; Bernie M. Varvel, Stonington; Hunter Hill, Edinburg; Madison M. Cameron, Owaneco ; Scott Wheeler, Assumption; Bruce Cassity, Morrisonville; Santi Paffe, Taylorville; George Sills, Findlay ; Emerson F. Soegard, Kincaid ; Delmar F. Deal, Morrisonville; Edward J. Doyle, Morrisonville; Stanley Palulis, Kincaid ; Alpha Law, Owaneco ; John Phillips, Pana ; John Murrell, Kincaid; Thomas S. Murdock, Kin- caid ; Clifford E. Kretsinger, Taylorville ; Cletus Adams, Taylorville; William T. Cox, Assump- tion ; Henry E. Prasun, Blue Mound ; Patrick F. Coady, Taylorville ; Will Granda, Pana ; Ned P. Smith, Pana; Clarence H. Jones, Pana ; Dot Henderson, Pana ; John Riva, Tovey.
The third call for twenty per cent. of the selected men was filled by the following Christian County men : Merle L. Welch, Edin- burg; Thomas C. Chambers, Edinburg ; Eugene F. Lee, Taylorville; Moses O. Mizer, Pana ; Albert J. Franscavitch, Pana; Louis Gonet, Pana ; William Grant, Pana; Scott O. Laymon, Taylorville; Port E. Nash, Sharpsburg; Joe Bodini, Kincaid; August W. Gossman, Pana ; Woodson Herring, Fulton, Mo .; Florimond, Legru, Pana ; Lowell L. Harbert, Morrisonville ; Herman Dees, Kincaid; Moses B. Greenlee, Pana; Edwin Beilsmith, Assumption; Frank Kolb, Pana; Fred Radamacher, Pana; Joseph L. Nichelson, Richwood, Mo .; John Hardy, Pana ; John W. Lynch, Pana ; Earl Grant, Paw- nee ; Guy Vaughn, Tayorville; Charles Cardoni, Tovey ; Raymond Stringer, Taylorville; Seward M. Long, Assumption; A. C. McCready, Morri- sonville; F. W. Klay, Pana; Alfred Camp- bell, Kincaid; Earl W. Sarver, Pana; William Williams, Mechanicsburg; John A. Borgic, Pana ; John French, Pana; Walter H. Cear- lock, Taylorville; Charlie Wilhite, Taylorville ; Adam Stalets, Pana; Hubert II. Adams, Kin- caid; Otto L. Gordon, Taylorville; William B. Angleton, Edinburg; Charles A. Wilhour, Owa- neco; Elijah Kopytek, Pana ; Delbert V. Smith,
742
HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY
Pana ; Ralph R. Spindel, Edinburg; Amos Rich- ardson, Edinburg ; John W. Devor, Pana; Roy McDonald, Pana; Mansel L. Sims, Taylorville ; Clyde C. May, Edinburg; David II. Fisher, Taylorville; Henry F. Higgins, Pana ; Jack Sta- letts, Pana ; Emmett Corlett, Kincaid ; Homer K. Martin, Taylorville; Antone Hubert, Kincaid ; John L. Coady, Taylorville; Herman Brents, Taylorville; John A. Noren, Taylorville.
These men left for Camp Taylor on Wednes- day, October 3. At this writing sixty-five per cent. of the entire quota has been called for military training preparatory to leaving for active service on European battlefields. It is expected that the remaining thirty-five per cent. will be called out in a short time.
VOLUNTEERS.
In every time of national necessity the men of Christian County have always been found ready to render their best services to their country. The following is a partial list of the men who have volunteered for military duty and are now in some of the various camps in the United States or in active service on the western battleground in France :
Leslie Hanauer, Taylorville; Jesse (Chick) Peel; Dr. Sam Herdman; Arthur Kerns; Vern Nash, Morrisonville; Orin Bloxam, navy, Tay- lorville; Paul Payton; Dr. Geo. Tahkersley, Owaneco; Bennie Jones, Taylorville; Noah Jones, Marion Brents, Anselmo Dappert, Ivan Dappert, John Dappert, Merlin Dappert, Rob- ert Wade, Minor Henson, aviation ; Major J. J. Bullington ; Slater Vollentine; Keith Williams; Clarence T. Hewitt; Earl Bloxam, Mt. Auburn ; Lieut. Stephen J. Link, Tayorville ; Lieut. Scott Hershey ; and W. C. Abrams, Dr. F. D. Morton, Ray Hopson, Burrel Wooll, O. E. Daggett, Tru- man Teaney, Keith Williams, Fred Eichelber- ger, all of the hospital unit; Alfred Marble- stone; Arthur McKnight; Alfred Spates; John Navadunski; Ralph Blalock ; Joseph Sincavage ; Dr. A. F. Kincaid, Stonington; Chas. Rexroad; Burl Frailey; John Lebetter; Albert Ander- son; Frank Clower, Morrisonville; John Smith, Morrisonville ; Louis Frederick ; Raymond Ha- non ; Ray Tarrant, Taylorville ; Lester Langley ; Charles Wright; John Nance; Aldyce Young ; Dr. J. P. Simpson, Palmer ; Clyde Oller, Tayor- ville; George Helmers, navy; Lieut. Wayne Hight, Assumption; Marcus, medical corps ; Earl Nichols. This list represents only about
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.