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JOSEPH H. THOMPSON.
Joseph H. Thompson, who on December 27, 1863, married Sarah Ann, daughter of William S. and Mary Catharine (Weaver) Yost, and sister of Jacob W. and Albert N. Yost, was born in Middletown, Henry County, Indiana, April 17, 1840, and died October 18, 1893. He is buried in the Sulphur Springs Cemetery. He entered the army in Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry, which he had assisted in raising, as heretofore stated, and was mustered into the service of the United States, as a private, August 21, 1862. He was soon afterwards ap- pointed Quartermaster Sergeant and participated in the marches, skirmishes and battles of the regiment until he was mustered out of the service, June 14, 1865. In the Fall of 1863, while on outpost duty with a detachment of his regiment, he was taken prisoner, near Waldron's Hill, Tennessee, and being paroled was shortly afterwards sent to Indiana on recruiting service. He remained on this service, some three months or more, and while at home was married as above stated.
After his discharge from the army, he returned to Sulphur Springs and, a year or so thereafter, engaged in the drug business at that place. He continued in that business until his death. He was a man of excellent business ability and was highly respected and esteemed in the community. He took unusual interest in educational matters and was school trustee of the district for a period of years. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and his charitable nature was reflected by many deeds of kindness.
Joseph H. and Sarah Ann (Yost) Thompson were the parents of five chil- dren, four boys and one girl, namely : William E .; George C .; Charles B .; Claudia M .. now Mrs. Everett G. Ballard ; and John R.
FAMILY OF MRS. ANN AGNES (HOOVER) YOST.
Ann Agnes (Hoover) Yost was the daughter of the Reverend George and Catharine (Rife) Hoover, the former, born September 26, 1813, and the latter,
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March 13, 1810. They came to Indiana in 1835 from Rockingham County, Virginia, where they had been married about the year 1834. They settled on what is now known as the Enos Adamson farm, three miles west of Middletown, Henry County, but only staid there one Winter and then moved to a farm two miles north of Sulphur Springs, which is now occupied by their daughter, Ann Agnes, widow of Jacob W. Yost. George Hoover died December 11, 1889, and Catharine, his wife, died February 9, 1900. Both are buried in the Bethel Cemetery which is located within a quarter of a mile of where they lived.
George Hoover began his ministry in the German Baptist Church in 1840, having joined that denomination in the preceding year. He was active in the ministry until the time of his death and during his long life of usefulness, he solemnized a great number of marriages and preached many funeral sermons. He was a devout Christian, a good citizen and delighted in deeds of charity and righteousness.
George and Catharine (Rife) Hoover were the parents of seven children, namely : Joseph R., now living in the State of Washington; Ann Agnes, now widow of Jacob W. Yost; John J .; Mary, died in infancy; Elizabeth, afterwards Mrs. Charles Wright, now deceased; David F .; and Sarah, afterwards Mrs. John G. Bartow, now deceased. All of these children are now dead, except Ann Agnes, Joseph R., and David F.
David F. Hoover followed his father in the ministry of the German Baptist Church, beginning his work in 1877. He is now probationary officer of the county and is at the head of the management of the German Baptist Orphanage, which is situated about a mile northeast of Honey Creek. A full account of that excellent institution will be found elsewhere in this History.
CHAPTER XXI.
INFANTRY CONTINUED.
ROSTER OF THE 124TH INDIANA INFANTRY-139TH INDIANA INFANTRY-HIS- TORIES OF THE REGIMENTS-BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF LIEUTENANT AMOS GRONENDYKE AND FAMILY-PRIVATE DANIEL H. BURRIS AND FAMILY-COR- PORAL WILLIAM CLINTON MURPHEY AND FAMILY.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOURTH INFANTRY REGIMENT, INDIANA VOLUNTEERS.
MUSTERED FOR THREE YEARS.
In the following roster, the name of each officer and man is followed by his- postoffice address at the time of enlistment. In some instances the soldier was not a resident of Henry County at the time of enlistment but moved to that county after the Civil War. In such cases the name of the county from which he enlisted is substituted for the postoffice address, and that is followed by the place of settlement in Henry County. Where the postoffice address is unknown, the name of the county from which the soldier enlisted follows his name.
The date of muster for the officers is the date they were actually mustered into the service of the United States and not the date of commission.
COMPANY A.
CORPORAL.
George W. Canfield, Lewisvile. Mustered in December 19, 1863. Mustered out August 31. 1865.
PRIVATES.
William S. Conway, Sulphur Springs. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Appointed Corporal. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
Washington L. George, Fayette County. Franklin Township, near Dunreith, after the Civil War. Mustered in December 26, 1863. Missing January 23, 1865.
Aaron S. Hatfield, Millville. Mustered in March 6, 1864. Mustered out July 31, 1865.
Hugh M. Mullen, New Castle. Mustered in March 6, 1864. Mustered out July 5, 1865.
COMPANY B.
PRIVATE.
William Bailey, Blountsville. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
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Robert Deitzer, Henry County. Mustered in February 15, 1864. Died at Louisville, Kentucky, March 29, 1864.
Mahlon Derickson, Henry County. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
Anderson R. Dudley, Henry County. Mustered in February 15, 1864. Mustered out June 24, 1865.
Charles Essenmacher, Senior, Henry County. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Mus- tered out August 16, 1865.
John Finkborn, Henry County. Mustered in January 30, 1864. Mustered out May 8, 1865.
Levi P. Gurtin, Henry County. Mustered in January 30, 1864. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
Mahlon Hawk, Blountsville. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
Lemuel Humphrey, Henry County. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Mustered out August 31, 1865. 1
William T. McInturf, Henry County. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
Cornelius J. Richardson, New Castle. Mustered in February 15, 1864. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
Charles M. Riley, Henry County. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Died September 8, 1864.
Peter Robinson, Henry County. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
Dennis Ryan, Wayne County. New Castle after the Civil War. Mustered in De- cember 26, 1863. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
ยท COMPANY D.
PRIVATE.
Joseph T. Kindley, Tipton County. Millville after the Civil War. Mustered in March 10, 1864. Mustered out August 14, 1865.
COMPANY F.
FIRST LIEUTENANT.
Amos Gronendyke, Middletown. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Died at Nashville, Tennessee, December 27, 1864, account of wounds at Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864.
SECOND LIEUTENANT.
William M. Moore, Middletown. Commissioned June 1, 1865. Not mustered. Mus- tered out as First Sergeant, August 31, 1865.
FIRST SERGEANT.
Isaac N. Chenoweth, Middletown. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
SERGEANT.
John Barnard, Middletown. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Mustered out Angust 31, 1865.
CORPORALS.
Adam Melross, Middletown. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
John L. Trout, Middletown. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Mustered out Novem ber 6, 1865.
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John W. Collins, Middletown. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Mustered out June 6, 1865.
David Jones, Middletown. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Transferred to V. R. Corps. Mustered out July 28, 1865.
William Meeker, Middletown. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Mustered out July 15, 1865.
MUSICIANS.
Isaac Grove, Middletown. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Discharged, disability, December 25, 1864.
Charles W. Grove, Middletown. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Died at Nashville, Tennessee, July 17, 1864.
PRIVATES.
Strather J. Bulger, Middletown. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
Seth Clevenger, Middletown. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Died at Murfrees- boro, Tennessee, April 20, 1864.
Samuel Fadely, Honey Creek. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Died at Nashville, Tennessee, October 27, 1864.
John W. Foster, Middletown. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Missing July 18, 1865. Andrew Grover, Middletown. Mustered in November 7 ,1864. Recruit. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
Wyatt Hockett, Spiceland. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
William M. Moore, Middletown. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Appointed Cor- poral and First Sergeant. Promoted Second Lieutenant.
Jonathan Murphey, Middletown. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Appointed Cor- poral. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
Edmund Poor, Middletown. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
Francis A. Sanders, New Castle. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Died at Knox- ville, Tennessee, June 24, 1864.
David Shields, Middletown. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Mustered out June 3, 1865.
James Stilley, Middletown. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Mustered out May 30,
1865.
Thomas B. Tucker, Middletown. Mustered in March 7, 1864. Mustered out May 30, 1865.
Richard Welch, Middletown. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
Pennel West, Middletown. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Captured in Atlanta Campaign. Died in Andersonville Prison, Georgia, June 28, 1864.
William H. West, Middletown. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
William H. Wise, Middletown. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Died at Indianapolis, Indiana, November 25, 1864.
William H. Yount, Middletown. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Appointed Corporal and Sergeant. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
COMPANY H.
CORPORAL.
John Q. A. Roberts, Randolph County. Mooreland and Kennard after the Civil War. Mustered in March 7, 1864. Appointed Sergeant. Mustered out June 17, 1865.
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COMPANY I.
SERGEANT.
David N. Kimball, Blountsville. Mustered in March 7, 1864. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
CORPORAL.
William B. Lacy, Blountsville. Mustered in March 7, 1864. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
PRIVATES.
John D. Brewington, Blountsville. Mustered in March 7, 1864. Mustered out Au- gust 31, 1865.
Edwin Burch, Blountsville. Mustered in March 7, 1864. Mustered out September 18, 1865.
Erastus Burch, Blountsville. Mustered in March 17, 1864. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
Anthony W. Jordan, Blountsville. Mustered in November 10, 1864. Recruit. Mus- tered out August 31, 1865.
Andrew J. Lucas, Blountsville. Mustered in March 7, 1864. Died at Marietta, Georgia, August 12, 1864.
Oscar Rogers, Blountsville. Mustered in March 18, 1864. Mustered out May 30,
1865.
John H. Templin, Blountsville. Mustered in March 7, 1864. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
John D. Wasson, Blountsville. Mustered in March 7, 1864. Died at Chattanooga, Tennessee, June 15, 1864.
COMPANY K.
PRIVATES.
George Eagle, Knightstown. Mustered in December 19, 1863. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
Theophilus Everett, Middletown. Mustered in' December 19, 1863. Mustered out August 31, 1865. William M. Gwin, Blountsville. Mustered in January 26, 1864. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
Henry Main, Blountsville. Mustered in March 7, 1864. Mustered out August 31, 1865.
HISTORY OF THE
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOURTH INFANTRY REGIMENT, INDIANA VOLUNTEERS.
MUSTERED FOR THREE YEARS.
The One Hundred and Twenty Fourth Regiment was organized and mus- tered into the service at Indianapolis, March 10th, 1864, and from there moved via Louisville, Kentucky, to Nashville, Tennessee, and from there marched to the front by way of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and intermediate points, to Athens, Alabama. Early in May the regiment moved to Red Clay, Georgia, and there- after, until it came within sight of the steeples of Atlanta (July 2Ist), was more or less constantly engaged with the enemy, taking part in the battles of Buzzard Roost, Lost Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain and Decatur. It took a conspicuous part in the siege and capture of Atlanta and afterwards engaged in the pursuit of
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General Hood which ended at Gaylesville, Alabama, in October. The regiment afterwards marched through Cave Springs, Resaca and Tilton to Dalton, Georgia, and thence by rail to Nashville, Tennessee, where it came under command of General George H. Thomas. On the Ioth of November, the regiment moved to Pulaski, Tennessee, arriving there on the 15th. On the 23rd, it was at Columbia and on the 26th took position at Rutherford's Creek, Tennessee. During this time, General Hood's Army had been pressing back the Union lines. The regi- ment arrived at Franklin, Tennessee, on the 30th and from there fell back with the army to Nashville. The battle of Nashville followed on the 15th and 16th of December, resulting in the complete rout of the Confederate Army and its demoralized flight.
On January 3, 1865, the regiment started for Washington City where it arrived on the 30th. There it was placed on transports and carried to Morehead City, North Carolina, and by February 28th had reached Newbern, North Caro- lina. From March 6th to March 2Ist, it was on the move, until it joined the victorious army of General Sherman, which had come through its "March to the Sea" to the "Old North State" and to final victory. The regiment was stationed at various points in North Carolina, until mustered out at Greensboro, in that State, August 31st, 1865.
This regiment bore an honorable part in the following engagements :
Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia (Buzzard Roost) . May 5-9, 1864.
Marietta, Georgia, (Lost Mountain) June 10 to July 3, 1864.
Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, (First assault) June 23, 1864.
Kenesaw Mountain Georgia, (General assault) June 27, 1864.
Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, (Hood's first sortie) July 20, 1864.
Atlanta, Georgia, (Hood's second sortie) July 22, 1864.
Atlanta, Georgia, (Hood's third sortie) . July 28, 1864.
Atlanta, Georgia, (Siege of) . . July 28 to September 2, 1864.
Columbia, Tennessee. November 24-28, 1864.
Franklin, Tennessee.
November 30, 1864.
Nashville, Tennessee.
December 15-16, 1864.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF AMOS GRONENDYKE.
LIEUTENANT, COMPANY F, 124TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, INDIANA VOLUNTEERS ; FARMER AND DRUGGIST.
The Gronendykes trace their lineage back to the Dutch Republic of Holland, the history of which is so replete with historic incident and interest. The first of the Gronendyke family to come into Indiana was James, a native of New Jersey, born in 1770. He settled first in Dearborn County but in 1819 moved to Fayette County where he lived near Connersville until his death in 1836. James Gronendyke was married to Johannah Hagerman who was also a native of . New Jersey. She was born in 1780 and died in 1825. They were the parents of eight children, seven sons and one daughter, named as follows: Nicholas, John, Peter, James, Thomas, Michael, Elias and Catharine. James Gronendyke re- married in 1828 and by this marriage had five sons and two daughters.
Michael, the sixth son of James and Johannah (Hagerman) Gronendyke, and his family, are the immediate subjects of this sketch. He was born in Dear- born County, Indiana, March 25, 1815, but was reared in Fayette County, where he resided until 1843, when he moved with his family to Henry County and settled in Jefferson Township, about six miles northwest of the present site of the vil- lage of Sulphur Springs, on the splendid tract of land now owned and occupied by his daughter, Lucinda Ann Josephine. This land, at the time he purchased it, comprised one hundred and sixty acres of virgin forest in an almost im- penetrable wilderness. By unceasing toil and persistent effort, he made it one of the finest farms in Henry County. He later added to his land hold- ings one hundred and sixty acres located in Delaware County, making in all three hundred and twenty acres of magnificent farm land. In 1837 Michael Gronendyke married, in Fayette County, Anna Hankins, a native of Pennsylvania. She was a daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Hankins and was born December 16, 1815. Michael and Anna (Hankins) Gronendyke were very religious people and were prominent members of the United Brethren Church to which denomination they were exceedingly devoted. They did everything in their power conscientiously to advance its interests and in the building of what is known as the Forest Hill Meeting House, which stands on the Gronendyke place. Michael was the moving spirit, donating the ground ard otherwise con- tributing to its erection and completion.
To Michael and Anna (Hankins) Gronendyke were born three children, namely : James, born in Fayette County, July 6, 1838; Amos, the subject of this sketch, born in Fayette County, November 14, 1840; and Lucinda Ann Josephine, born in Henry County, March 27. 1848. The first and last of the above named are still living. Michael Gronendyke died February 5, 1899, and Anna, his wife, died April 30. 1898. Both of these old pioneers lived for a period of more than four score years. They were hard-working, persevering, moral, economical, God- fearing citizens. They acquired, by their thrift and economy, comfortable homes. maintained a generous hospitality and were always good citizens and good neigh- bors. They are both buried in the Painter Cemetery, near Middletown.
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AMOS GRONENDYKE.
Amos Gronendyke, the second son of Michael and Anna (Hankins) Gron- endyke, came to Henry County with his parents in 1843 and remained with them on the farm until 1862 when he went to Middletown. He was educated in the common schools of the district and taught one term of school in his home neigh- borhood in 1860. After his removal to Middletown, he embarked in the drug business with Dr. John W. Burch, who afterwards engaged in the same business in New Castle. During this partnership, young Gronendyke read medicine, expect- ing in the course of time to practice that profession, but the country was in the throes of the Civil War, and no one was more outspoken or more enthusiastic in the support of the Government than the young druggist, who setting aside personal desires and ambitions, assumed the duty of a soldier.
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During the first years of the war he was Second Lieutenant of the Middletown Rifles, Indiana Legion, a local organization, which like the Union Guards of Knightstown, the Needmore Rangers of Mechanicsburg, the New Lisbon Indiana State Guards of New Lisbon, and the New Castle Guards of New Castle, consti- tuted a part of the militia organization of the State of Indiana and served to keep alive the military spirit at home and to familiarize the young men with military dis- cipline, thus making them a recruiting agency for the regiments already at the front and for new regiments when additional calls were made. At the time of the incursion of the Confederate troops under General John H. Morgan, into Indiana, he served as a private in Company C, 109th Indiana Infantry (Morgan Raid.) The service was brief and the danger being over the regiment was mustered out.
In the Winter of 1863-4, he was instrumental in recruiting and organizing what became Company F, 124th Indiana Infantry, and he was made First Lieu- tenant of the company. He was mustered into the service of the United States on January 26, 1864. The whole regiment was mustered in on March 10, 1864, assigned to the Army of the Cumberland and ordered to the front. Lieutenant Gronendyke was constantly with his company and regiment in all its marches, skirmishes and battles, until he was wounded at the battle of Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864. where a minie ball struck him in the left leg just below the knee. He was removed from the battlefield and taken to the hospital at Nashville, Tennessee, where the leg was amputated, with the hope of saving his life, but he never recovered from the shock of the operation. He died December 27, 1864. His remains were brought home and laid to rest with military honors in the Painter Cemetery, Fall Creek Township, Henry County, Indiana.
Lieutenant Amos Gronendyke was a fine specimen of young manhood, who well merited the encomiums of his comrades in arms and who held the steadfast good will and affection of a host of relatives and friends. He was a gallant and fearless soldier of the Union and his young life was full of future promise when he was so suddenly cut down.
JAMES GRONENDYKE.
James, son of Michael and Anna (Hankins) Gronendyke, whose time and place of birth are above recorded, came with his parents to Jefferson Township.
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Henry County, Indiana. He remained at home until April 9, 1862, when he was married to Mary J., daughter of Samuel D. and Anna Painter, of Fall Creek Township which adjoins Jefferson. Her parents belong to that well known Painter family of Northwestern Henry County, which is one of the most prominent and influential in the affairs of that part of the county. To the union of James and Mary J. (Painter) Gronendyke were born four children, two boys and two girls, namely : Otto Oris, died in infancy; Sarah Luretta, afterwards Mrs. James Mc- Mullen, now deceased; Sanford Alvin, died in infancy; and Bertha G., now Mrs. Frank Smith, living in Middletown. Two bright and promising grandchildren, Howard and Grace McMullen, live with and enliven the home of the grand- parents to whom they are very dear.
Mr. and Mrs. James Gronendyke are possessed of two hundred and twelve acres of the very best and most highly improved land in Henry and Delaware counties, situate within a mile of the old Gronendyke homestead. They also own one hundred and sixty acres of land in Harrison Township, Delaware County. Their residence, large and commodious, modern in construction and provided with every convenience, is one of the handsomest in Fall Creek Township. Looking at this beautiful home and its surroundings, it is apparently a far step back to the log cabin, the dark forest and the impenetrable wilderness. The old Gronendyke homestead, consisting of one hundred and sixty acres of land and a spacious brick residence, is now owned by Mr. Gronendyke's sister, Lucinda Ann Josephine, who has lived there all her life.
James Gronendyke, besides his occupation in farming, has been interested in several manufacturing enterprises. In 1875 he erected on his farm. not far from his residence, a building and plant for the manufacture of drain tile. He made additions and alterations, put in steam power and fitted up a saw mill for cutting hardwood lumber and in 1883 began the manufacture of the well known "Favorite" washing machine. He conducted this business for about twenty years, giving his closest attention to the details of making and marketing the finished products of the enterprise. The output during that time numbered over one hundred thousand machines which were sent to all parts of the civilized world. In 1904 Mr. Gronendyke sold the machinery of the factory together with the patents covering the machine to a syndicate of Middletown people, consisting mainly of such prominent citizens as John T. Burk, general manager, Adolph Cooper, Erastus L. Elliott, Cornelius Green and George L. Swain. These men with their combined capital and energy and push have greatly increased the sales of the "Favorite." Though hundreds of similar machines have been invented. this is considered the best ever manufactured.
ANCESTRY OF MRS. JAMES (PAINTER) GRONENDYKE.
The Painter family which came to Henry County at an early day, with its numerous descendants, is one of the largest families in the county. Samuel D. Painter, the father of Mrs. James Gronendyke, was born in Rockingham County, Virginia, October 6, 1816. He came to Henry County, Indiana, in 1834, settling in Fall Creek Township, where he farmed until his death which occurred July 12, 1876. He was united in marriage with Anna Rader, May 17, 1835. She was a native of Rockingham County, Virginia, where she was born May 17,
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1819. She died November 22, 1879. They were the parents of eight children of whom Mary J., wife of James Gronendyke, was the second. Mr. Painter was a prominent man in Fall Creek Township. He took an active part in its affairs and was for a time township trustee. The mother, Anna (Rader) Painter, came to Henry County in 1835. She was an excellent woman, a devoted member of the United Brethren Church, with which she became connected in 1839, and a loving and beloved wife and mother. They are both interred in the Painter Cemetery, which derives its name from this family.
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINTH INFANTRY REGIMENT, INDIANA VOLUNTEER'S.
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