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June 4, 1913, Mr. Fairchild married Miss Sara Wolford, of Danville, the daughter of Milton J. and Maude (Black- well) Wolford, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of North Carolina. He died May 28, 1928, and his widow lives at Wolford Hotel, Danville. Mrs. Fair- child is a graduate of Danville High School, class of 1900, and spent three years at the Art Institute, Chicago, where she received honorable mention for her work. She at- tended the University of Illinois, and was graduated from the Loring School for Girls in Chicago. She is a talented pianist. Mr. and Mrs. Fairchild have two sons: Roscoe Wolford, born June 18, 1917; and Harold Blackwell, born March 27, 1921.
Mr. Fairchild is a Republican but has never sought public office. He holds membership in Saint James Metho- dist Episcopal Church, and his wife is a teacher in the Sunday School. He is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge, thirty-second degree. During the Spanish-American War he served as a corporal in Battery A, Illinois Light Artil- lery, and participated in the Porto Rican campaign.
The Danville Benefit & Building Association is among the oldest and most dependable business institutions of Vermilion County. It was chartered on June 12, 1874, with a capital stock of five hundred thousand dollars. It was subsequently increased to five million dollars; later in- creased to fifteen million dollars; and finally increased to thirty million dollars. The business was begun in the office
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of the J. G. Holden Lumber Company at the corner of Hazel and Van Buren streets. J. G. Holden was president, and Seth Steward became secretary.
The business was later located in the office of L. T. and C. J. Palmer in the basement of the Old First National Bank Building, with M. J. Wolford as secretary. When the Palmer National Bank was established they removed to the rear room of this bank, later to the adjoining room, where it was improved and rebuilt. The present beautiful quarters of the company are the result of the remarkable growth of the institution.
M. J. Wolford served in the capacity of secretary of the Danville Benefit & Building Association continuously from two years after its organization until his death, May 28, 1928. Present assets amount to an excess of eight million dollars. The present officers are: C. U. Feldkamp, presi- dent; J. T. McMillan, vice president; R. S. Fairchild, secre- tary; J. E. Walker, treasurer; and W. Brewer, attorney. C. U. Feldkamp and J. T. McMillan make up the advisory committee. The directors are: C. U. Feldkamp, C. K. Palmer, C. F. Shane, J. A. Cathcart, W. C. Rankin, W. Brewer, R. S. Fairchild, J. W. Meitzler, J. T. McMillan, Thomas Conron, J. E. Walker, and C. H. Gones.
William Y. Ludwig, who is serving as deputy county treasurer of Vermilion County, is one of the leading cit- izens of Danville. He was born at Amityville, Berks Coun- ty, Pennsylvania, February 10, 1869, the son of William V. R. and Mary Y. (Jones) Ludwig.
William V. R. Ludwig was born near Reading, Penn- sylvania, October 28, 1843. He clerked in a general store as a youth and later learned the miller's trade. In 1867 he came west and settled near Pilot Grove, Vermilion County, on the California Ridge, where he farmed. Sub-
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sequently he removed to Catlin, and in 1876 purchased a farm near Fithian, Illinois, where he spent the remainder of his life. He died January 19, 1918, and is buried in Stearns Cemetery, Fithian. His first wife, Mary Y. (Jones) Ludwig, was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, September 8, 1843, and died February 12, 1876. She is buried at Catlin, Illinois. To this union were born three children: William Y., the subject of this sketch; Charles J., born November 4, 1870, farmer, lives near Fithian, Illi- nois; and Rosa Imogene, born January 9, 1875, married Frank W. Mccullough, lives at Wingate, Indiana. Mr. Ludwig was married second to Martha Ludwick, deceased. To them were born two daughters: Eva Ann, born August 16, 1879, married Lester Fellows, lives at Fithian, Illinois; and Deborah Margery, born September 15, 1881, died November 2, 1917. She was a school teacher.
The boyhood of William Y. Ludwig was spent in Ver- milion County. He was graduated from Indiana Normal College in 1891 and began his teaching career in Vermilion County schools. He then taught in the schools of Buffalo County, Nebraska, for two years and upon his return to Vermilion County again resumed his teaching in the schools here for four years, after which he was appointed county superintendent. In that capacity he was in charge of two hundred and thirty-six schools, four hundred and thirty-seven teachers, and sixteen thousand pupils. He became assistant state superintendent of public schools at Springfield, Illinois, in 1911, and remained in that position until 1917. Mr. Ludwig went to Peoria, Illinois, in Jan- uary, 1919, with the Federal Baking Company as auditor. Early in 1921 he became trust officer for the American Bank & Trust Company of Danville. He resigned from that office in July, 1926. In 1926 he became deputy county treasurer, which office he still holds.
Mr. Ludwig has always been a Republican. He holds membership in Saint James Methodist Episcopal Church,
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and has the following lodge affiliations: Olive Branch Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, No. 38, Past Master; Vermilion Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, No. 82; Danville Council, Royal and Select Master Masons, No. 37, Past Thrice Illustrious Master; Athlestan Commandery, Knights Templar, No. 45, Past Commander; Danville Con- sistory, thirty-second degree; Past Thrice Potent Master, Lodge of Perfection; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 332; and Sons of the Revolution.
Harlin Melville Steely was born one mile south of Hoopeston, in Grant Township, Vermilion County, No- vember 25, 1856. He is the son of George Steely and Han- nah (Hiser) Steely. George Steely was born in Fountain County, Indiana, September 6, 1830, and died August 15, 1907. His wife, Hannah Hiser, was born in Kent Town- ship, Warren County, Indiana, February 16, 1836, and died September 11, 1892. They were married October 22, 1854. Both are buried in Red Top Cemetery on the Dixie Highway two miles south of Hoopeston. Mr. Steely's grandfather, George Steely, was born in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1778, died February 20, 1848, and he served as a soldier from Ohio under General Harrison at the battle of Tippecanoe on November 7, 1811, and in the War of 1812, he served as Lieutenant in Captain George Wolfe's company, in the Second Regiment of Ohio, com- manded by Colonel James Renick. He married, in Picka- way County, Ohio, November 24, 1811, Elizabeth Emerson, born November 16, 1791, and died February 10, 1853, daughter of Captain Thomas Emerson and Mary Downey Emerson, his wife, and to this couple twelve children were born, nine of whom reached manhood and womanhood, and married.
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MARIAM M. MARQUESS STEELY
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Their son, George Steely, was reared on a farm two miles north of Covington, Indiana. He was educated in the common schools of the county, and Indiana Asbury, now known as DePauw University, and enlisted as a sol- dier in the War with Mexico in 1847. Ten children were born to George Steely and Hannah (Hiser) Steely, his wife, to-wit: Harlin Melville Steely, born November 25, 1856; William Wallace Steely, born October 11, 1858; Clara Isabel (Steely) Stone, born September 4, 1860, died May 30, 1902; Charles Steely, born January 14, 1863, died January 30, 1863; Zaidee (Steely) Phillips, born June 3, 1864; George Steely, born May 12, 1867, died January 27, 1869; Mark Antony Steely, born December 6, 1869; Earl Steely, born July 30, 1873, died September 10, 1873; Ger- trude Steely, born August 28, 1874, died January 11, 1875; an infant son, unnamed, born May 28, 1879, died May 29, 1879.
The great-grandparents of Mr. Steely were Gabriel Steely and Mary Steely, his wife, of Pickaway County, Ohio. Gabriel was born August 19, 1763, it is believed in North Carolina, and died May 2, 1830. He served as a pri- vate in Captain Jehiel Gregory's company in the Third Regiment of Ohio, in the War of 1812. His wife, Mary Steely, was born January 28, 1767, and died in Fountain County, Indiana, January 25, 1850, and Gabriel Steely was the son of Ulrich Steely, and Anna Steely, his wife, who died in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, in May, 1793.
Harlin Melville Steely was raised on a farm, attended the rural school, and the high school at Hoopeston, and in 1875 became a teacher, which profession he followed for seven years, and was principal of the high school at Poto- mac in the years 1878 and 1879. While teaching he read law, and on September 17, 1880, was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Illinois, and began practice in the City of Hoopeston, and served ten years as City Attor- ney of that city, and in 1892 removed to Danville, and
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formed a co-partnership with William J. Calhoun, with offices in the First National Bank Building, where this partnership continued for eleven years. Mr. Steely still maintains his office in the same building and is associated in practice with his son, H. M. Steely, Jr.
On August 25, 1878, he was united in marriage with Miss Mariam M. Marquess, the daughter of James F. and Sarah Ellen (McLean) Marquess. She was born at Rob Roy, Indiana, February 9, 1859. Mr. Marquess was born in Miami County, Ohio, March 23, 1834, and died in Foun- tain County, Indiana, October 12, 1894. He was married to Sarah Ellen McLean, April 25, 1858, and she was born January 7, 1842, and died in Grant Township, Vermilion County, Illinois, in 1867. To Mr. and Mrs. Steely were born three sons, Dr. George Steely, born September 30, 1879, physician and surgeon, with offices in The Temple Building, Danville, who is a World War soldier, having served with the rank of captain; Robert Wallace Steely, born January 2, 1882, died August 29, 1903, who was a soldier in the Spanish-American War, and H. M. Steely, Jr., born July 16, 1884, who graduated from Yale Univer- sity in 1908, was admitted to the bar in Illinois in 1911, was enlisted, examined, and accepted at Camp Taylor, Kentucky, held up on account of the flu, and did not get to see service, and who is now associated in the practice of law with his father.
Mr. and Mrs. Harlin Melville Steely have two grand- children: Elizabeth and Roberta Steeley. They are chil- dren of H. M. Steely, Jr. His wife is Fern E. Hostettler, a native of Olney, Illinois, daughter of Prof. Henry W. and Stella (Shaw) Hostettler. Doctor George Steely mar- ried Edythe H. Nims, of Hinsdale, New Hampshire. Both of the daughters-in-law of Mr. Steely are members of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and his two sons are members of the Sons of the Revolution.
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Mr. Steely in politics is a Republican, attends the Chris- tian Church, of which his wife is a member. He is a mem- ber of Star Lodge, No. 709, A. F. and A. M. of Hoopeston, Illinois; Hoopeston Chapter R. A. M. No. 181; Mt. Olivet Commandery No. 38 K. T .; Benevolent and Protective Or- der of Elks, No. 332; Sons of the Revolution; Sons of the War of 1812, and Mrs. Steely is a member of the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution.
The Revolutionary records of Mrs. Steely come from John McLean, Revolutionary soldier from Pennsylvania, and Sarah Armstrong, his wife, who died in Benton, Yates County, New York; William F. McLean, his son, who was a soldier in the War of 1812, and Sarah Woodhull, his wife; Alexander Armstrong McLean and Mary Jane Potter, his wife; Sarah Ellen McLean and James Franklin Marquess, her husband, and the revolutionary record on her father's side is William Marquess, William Kidd Marquess, and Jane Trussel, his wife of Loudoun County, Virginia; Wil- liam Kidd Marquess, Jr., who was a member of the Legis- lature in Indiana in the Session of 1850, from Fountain County, and Elizabeth Phillips, his wife, James F. Mar- quess and Sarah Ellen McLean, his wife.
The Revolutionary records of Mr. Steely come from Colonel Alexander Lawson Smith, who served as a private in 1775, was appointed a captain by Congress, July 13, 1776, became a major, a lieutenant colonel, and then a colonel, and who died in 1801, in Berkeley County, West Virginia, and Mary Smith, his wife; Hannah (Smith) Starry, their daughter, born October 25, 1778, married at Martinsburg, West Virginia, October 25, 1798, died War- ren County, Indiana, September 19, 1861; Daniel Starry, her husband, was born June 1, 1777 and died November 29, 1842; Hannah (Starry) Hiser, born in Berkeley County, West Virginia, September 25, 1806, married in Warren County, Indiana, December 2, 1830, died Novem- ber 8, 1858, and Nicholas Hiser, her husband, born No-
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vember 1, 1800, died February 7, 1847; Hannah (Hiser) Steely, born February 16, 1836, married October 22, 1854, died September 11, 1892, and George Steely, her husband, born September 6, 1830, died August 15, 1907. The sec- ond record being Captain Thomas Emerson and Mary (Downey) Emerson, his wife, who was commissioned cap- tain or master of the sloop Lethe, September 5, 1782, a privateer, and who had previously served on the sloop Franklin, and had been captured and imprisoned by the British; Elizabeth Emerson, their daughter, who married George Steely, lieutenant in the War of 1812; George Steely, their son, who married Hannah Hiser, and who were the parents of Harlin Melville Steely.
Mr. Steely for years has been attorney for the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway Company, the Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, the Toledo, Saint Louis and Western Railroad Company, the street railway system of the City of Danville, and the Illinois Power and Light Cor- poration, and a great number of coal and other business corporations, and is still active in the practice.
Oliver Morton Jones, an attorney with offices in the Daniel Building, at Danville, has practiced law in this city for over thirty-eight years and ranks among the most prominent lawyers of Vermilion County. He was born at Rob Roy, Fountain County, Indiana, January 18, 1867, the son of Henry B. and Joanna Dudley (Meeker) Jones.
Henry B. Jones was born at Rob Roy, Indiana. He was a farmer during his life and lived on the same farm, where he was born, until seven months prior to his death in 1904. He is buried in Fountain County, Indiana. Mr. Jones took an active part in the public affairs of his com- munity, holding public office, such as trustee of schools a number of times. He was an active Republican from the
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organization of that party until his death. His widow lives at 821 Franklin Street, Danville. She is a native of Fountain County, Indiana. Two sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. Jones: Oliver Morton, the subject of this sketch; and L. E., lives at 821 Franklin Street, Danville.
Oliver Morton Jones spent his boyhood on a farm near Rob Roy, Indiana, and attended the country schools near his home. He attended high school at Attica, Indiana, and was graduated from Purdue University with the degree of Bachelor of Science in June, 1889. He was graduated from the Law Department of the University of Michigan in June, 1891, and was licensed to practice law by the Supreme Court of Michigan on the 29th day of May, 1891, by the Supreme Court of Indiana, June 26, 1891, and by the Supreme Court of Illinois on January 19, 1892. Mr. Jones came to Danville to begin the practice of law on November 9, 1891, and has practiced here continuously since that date.
October 7, 1891, Mr. Jones married Miss Emma Fouts, a native of Deer Creek, Indiana, the daughter of Solomon and Margaret (Bridge) Fouts, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Ohio. He died April 1, 1907, and his wife died November 1, 1911. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Jones: 1. Josephine, was a teacher of music and voice culture at the University of Wisconsin prior to her marriage to Professor L. L. Iltis, who is also connected with the Department of Music at the University of Wisconsin. She is a graduate of North- western University. Mr. and Mrs. Iltis live at 2306 Van Hise Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin. 2. Joanna, the wife of Louis G. Bishop, of Danville. She is a teacher of elocu- tion. She is a graduate of Hamilton College, Lexington, Kentucky, and of the Leland Powers School of the Spoken Word, Boston, Massachusetts. 3. Paul F., resides at 208 East Roselawn Avenue, Danville. He was born Novem- ber 6, 1898. He is a graduate of Danville High School,
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1917, and attended Northwestern University. He was second lieutenant of Infantry, United States Army, dur- ing the World War. He was graduated from the Law Department of the University of Michigan in 1922 and was admitted to practice by Supreme Court of Illinois in that year. He is now a member of the firm of Jones, McIntire & Jones, attorneys, Danville. He is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Phi Delta Phi fraternities. Mr. Jones was city attorney for Danville in 1925. He was commander of American Legion Post No. 210, in 1927. Politically, he is a Republican. He married Edith L. Fair- child in 1924.
Mr. Jones has always been a Republican. He was a member of the Vermilion County Board of Supervisors for twelve years, chairman of the Road Committee for eight years during the time the county hard road system was constructed. Acting with Arthur R. Hall, he prepared and introduced all resolutions and other legal work for the county hard road system. He was a member and presi- dent of the Board of Education for about twelve years, and was corporation counsel for the city of Danville for six years. Mr. Jones holds membership in St. James Methodist Episcopal Church, Danville, and is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias.
Hiram Jones, paternal grandfather of Oliver Morton Jones, was born in North Carolina in 1796. When a child of eight he moved to Tennessee and from there to Ken- tucky, where he was married to Sally Taylor in 1818. They moved to Fountain County, Indiana, in 1828. Sally Taylor was born in Kentucky. Both paternal grandparents died in Fountain County, Indiana, in 1878.
Usual H. Meeker, maternal grandfather of Oliver Mor- ton Jones, was born in New York State in 1811. His wife, Sarah Dudley, was born in Maine in 1809. Both of them, during childhood, moved to Hamilton County, Ohio, where
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they were married. They moved to Fountain County, Indiana, in 1833. Both died and are buried in Fountain County, Indiana.
The ancestry of Oliver Morton Jones is an example of the mingling of the people of New England with the people of the southern states in the settlement of the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. A large percentage of the citizens of these states are descended from pioneers who came from both the northeastern and southeastern parts of the United States. The citizens of these states present a composite picture of the citizens of America during and shortly after the Revolutionary War.
I. Ray Carter .- Perhaps one of the best known of the younger lawyers of Vermilion County is found in I. Ray Carter, of Danville. He is a native of Illinois, born at Thomasboro, Champaign County, September 22, 1891, the son of Isaac and Eliza Ann (Faulkner) Carter.
Isaac Carter, who lives retired at Rossville, Illinois, has been a highly successful farmer of Champaign County. He was born at Bismarck, Illinois, and when a young man located at Thomasboro, where he remained until 1893. He then removed to Gifford, Illinois, and in 1902 settled at Henning. He has lived at Rossville since 1904. Eliza Ann (Faulkner) Carter was born at Portsmouth, New Hamp- shire, and died March 24, 1928. She is buried at Rossville. To Mr. and Mrs. Carter were born four children: I. Ray, the subject of this sketch; Clark C., Leslie, and Edna, all living at Rossville.
I. Ray Carter grew up at Rossville, where he received his early education. Following his graduation from Ross- ville High School in 1910 he attended the University of Illinois, from which he received his Bachelor of Arts de- gree in 1914. Two years later he was graduated in law
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from the University of Chicago, and immediately engaged in practice as assistant state's attorney under John H. Lewman. In 1924 Mr. Carter left the state's attorney office and at that time formed a law partnership with John H. Lewman.
On April 23, 1921, Mr. Carter was united in marriage with Miss Carrie Partlow, of Danville, the daughter of Hon. Augustus A. and Zora (Bookwalter) Partlow, of Illi- nois. Mr. Partlow was circuit judge for two terms and at present is Commissioner of Supreme Court of Illinois. His wife is deceased. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Carter, Robert Partlow and Anne Carolyn.
Mr. Carter is a member of the Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge, thirty-second degree; Elks Club, Knights of Pythias and American Legion. He is a Republican in politics.
During the World War, Mr. Carter enlisted in the Ordnance Department, April 11, 1918, and was discharged from the service, December 29, 1918.
George Steely, M. D .- One of the foremost physicians and surgeons of Vermilion County is Doctor Steely, who has successfully engaged in the practice of his profession at Danville for almost twenty-five years. He was born at Hoopeston, September 30, 1879, the son of Harlin M. and Miriam M. (Marquess) Steely.
A sketch of Harlin M. Steely appears elsewhere in this history.
George Steely was educated in the public schools of Hoopeston and Danville. He attended the University of Illinois and the University of Chicago, graduating from the latter in 1902 with the degree of bachelor of science. He took a course at Rush Medical College, Chicago, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Boston, being
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graduated from the latter in 1905 with the degree of Doc- tor of Medicine. He began the practice of his profession at Danville in 1905 and continued in general practice until he entered the service of his country in the World War. He enlisted September 30, 1918, and was commissioned cap- tain in the Medical Corps, U. S. A., October 24, 1918. He was stationed at Camp Greenleaf, Georgia, from Novem- ber 8 to December 24th; then ordered to Hoboken, New Jersey; and then stationed at General Hospital, No. 1, from December 31, 1918, to August 23, 1919, with the ex- ception of two weeks in March, when he was ordered to Rockefeller Institute for special training in the treatment of infected wounds under Doctor Alexis Carrel and staff, and one week under Doctor Shutro at Polyclinic Institute, New York. On August 23, 1919, he was honorably dis- charged and returned to Danville where he resumed his practice, which has been limited entirely to general surgery.
Doctor Steely is staff surgeon at St. Elizabeth and Lake View Hospitals, Danville: lecturer on orthopedic surgery in the Training School for nurses at both of these hospitals; and local surgeon of the New York Central Railroad, Chi- cago, Cincinnati, Cleveland and St. Louis Railroad, Illinois Power and Light Corporation, Danville Street Railway and Light Company, and numerous industrial and casualty companies. He is a member of the Vermilion County Med- ical Society, Illinois State Medical Society, Aesculapian Society of the Wabash Valley, Tri State Medical Society, Association of New York Central Railway Surgeons, American Association of Railway Surgeons, American Medical Association, and became a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons at New York City October 24, 1924.
On January 17, 1906, Doctor Steely married Miss Edythe H. Nims, of Hinsdale, New Hampshire, the daugh- ter of Ruel P. and Mary (Mann) Nims. Mr. Nims died in 1916 and his wife died in 1892. Doctor and Mrs. Steely
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have no children. She is the registrar of Governor Brad- ford Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Danville.
Doctor Steely is a Knight Templar, a thirty-second de- gree Mason, a Shriner, and belongs to the Elks Club. He is also a member of Delta Tau Delta college fraternity and Phi Rho Sigma (medical) fraternity, and the Kiwanis, Country, and Yacht Clubs of Danville. He is also a life member of the Sons of American Revolution. Politically he is a Republican.
Milton John Wolford, deceased, often referred to as "the first citizen of Danville," was widely known through- out Vermilion County as a banker, philanthropist, and dis- tinguished citizen. He was born near Coultersville, now West Sunbury, Butler County, Pennsylvania, April 6, 1844, and died in Danville, May 28, 1928. He is buried at Danville.
Mr. Wolford received his education in the public schools of Butler County, Pennsylvania, and attended Westminster College. He gave up his university work in his junior year and was later graduated from the Iron City Commercial College, Pittsburgh. On August 4, 1862, he enlisted in Capt. Winfield H. Clarke's Company F, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, serving nine months, and was honorably discharged on May 26, 1863, at Camp Custin, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In 1864 he re-enlisted as first sergeant in Company A, Capt. W. R. Hutchinson's company, Sixth Regiment of Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, or the Two Hundred Twelfth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. Later, he was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant and as a member of Battery A, Sixth Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, participated in the campaign through Maryland to Antietam, arriving there
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