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HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
Holmes, Washington, E. and M., Co. C., Portsmouth, May 19, 1865. Hughes, Samuel, 6th C, Co. F. Andersonville Pris., July 21, 1864. Helmer, Charles, 6th C., Co. M. Andersonville Pris., Aug. 5, 1864. Heffern, James, 21st I., Co. H. Bowling Green, Jan. 14, 1863. Helsill, Ira, 21st I, Co. E. Murfreesboro, Tenn., May 10, 1863. Hanna, John, 6th C., Co. A. Hanover, Va., May 8, 1864. Hamblin, Wm., 5th I., Co. F. June 18, 1864. Hinkle, John, 3d I., Co. C. Nashville, July 5, 1865. Harrington, Samuel. 16th I., Co. I. Washington, June 1, 1865. Irons, Judson W., 14th I., Co. F. Big Springs, Miss., July 3, 1862.
Irons, Charles W., E. & M., Co. D. Nov. 16, 1862. Irons, Burdell C., E. & M., Co. F. New York, May 16, 1865. Jewell, Leander, 6th C., Co. A, Hanover, Va., May 28, 1864 Jinks, John, 6th I., Co. B. New Orleans, Aug. 14, 1864. Johnson, Richard, 3d I., Co. A. Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863. Jenner, Casper, 5th I., Co. I. Grand Rapids, May 27, 1865. Jonnson, Edward, 13th I., Co. A Detroit, May 14, 1865. Johnson, Guy, 21st I., Co. H. Lookout Mt., Aug. 19, 1864 Johnson, Wm. W., 6th C., Co. M. Washington, Oct. 11, 1864. Jacobs, Jasper, '3d I .. Co. F. Groveton, Aug. 29, 1862. Johnson, Mark. 13th I., Co. A. David's Island, N. Y., May 16, 1865.
Johnson, Harvey, 13th I., Co. C. Stone River. Kugers, Jacob, 3d I., Co. F. Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864. Keeny, Curtis L., 2d C., Co. F. St. Louis.
Kennedy, Charles E., 26th I., Co. I. Farmville, Va., April 7, 1865.
Knapp, John M., 21st I., Co. B. Bent, N. C., March 21, 1865. Kearney, Hugh, 5th I., Co. A. Detroit, April 6, 1865.
Kennedy, John, 8th I., Co. H. Petersburg, April 2, 1865. Kettle, Fred. S., 6th C., Co. B. Harper's Ferry, Jan. 3, 1865. Kniffin, Webster J., 3d I., Co. A. Camp S., Va., June 1, 1863. Kimbert, Henry F., 10th C., Co. F. Flat Creek, Tenn., Aug. 27, 1864.
Konkling, Andrew I., 6th C., Co. B. Oct. 26, 1862.
Kennedy, John, E. & M., Co. B. Accident, Fayetteville, N. C., March 14 1865.
Knapp, Wm. J., 26th I .. Co I. Andersonville, Pris, October 20, 1864.
Kelly. Francis, 6th C., Co. A. Prisoner, 1863.
Lynch, John, 2d C. Co F. Cleaveland, Tenn., April 2, 1864.
Lock, Henry C. 21st J., Co. H. Nashville, Dec. 7, 1862. Lee, Robert, 3d I., Co. C. Sparta, Mich.
Lyon, Geo. R., 21st I., Co. B. Louisville, Nov. 30, 1862. Linsley, Erastus R., 21st I., Co. E. Louisville, Oct. 30, 1862. Lynch, Dennis, 14th I., Co. B. Nashville, October 28, 1862.
Lewis, Anson, 3d I., Co. A. Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862.
Lozo, Joseph, 21st I., Co. B. David's I., N. Y., May 17, 1865.
Lovell, Isaac, 25th I., Co. B. Alcantra, Ga., August 6, 1864.
Lynd, John, 16th I., Co. E. Field, Va., June 4, 1865. Lind, James, 6th C., Co. H. Andersonville Pris., Sept. 25, 1864.
Leach, John B., 4th C., Co. H. Nashville, Dec. 25, 1862.
Louder, Charles H., 2d C., Co. E. Nashville, May 4, 1865.
Lawyer, Abram A., 21st I., Co. H Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862.
Lawyer, Henry, 3d I., Co. A. Wilderness, May 6, 1864. Lamberton, Robert H., 24th I., Co. I. October 6, 1862. Leclaire, John, 4th C., Co. H. Livington, Monroe, 6th C., Co. F. Falling Waters, July 14, 1863. Livingston, John, 6th C., Co. F. Fairfax, June 22, 1863. Martin, Thomas A. McLean, Neil, 3d I. Nashville, Feb. 27, 1865.
McLean, Peter, 6th C. Richmond, Va. May 28, 1864.
McDermott, D., 26th I., Co. I. Hanover, Va., May 24, 1862. Marsh, Orville, 7th C., Co. D. Sept. 4, 1864. Morey, Charles B., 2d C., Co. H. In Michigan, May, 1864.
Mathews, James, 8th I., Co. D. In Michigan, Feb. 4, 1864.
Mormon, Mortimer W., 10th C., Co. A. Pt. Isabel, Ky., March 22, 1864. Morey, Benj. F., 13th I., Co. C. Chickamauga, Tenn., Sept. 19, 1863.
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HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
Mead, John, E. & M., Co. D. Chattanooga, Feb. 21, 1864. Mashkum, James, 1st Sharpshooters, Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864. McNaughton, Duncan, 2d C., Co. E. N. Madrid, April 20, 1862. McFall, Jacob, 6th C., Co. F. Berryville, Va., Sept. 5, 1864. McCarty, Charles, 26th I., Co. I. Andersonville Pris., Aug. 18, 1864. Murray, William, 26th I., Co. I. Deep Bottom, Va .. July 27, 1864. Merryfield, Milton M., 21st I., Co. B. Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862. McLain, Ivan, 21st I, Co. E. Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862. Marvin, John W ., E. & M., Co. D. Nashville, Nov. 2, 1862. Myers, Charles, E. & M., Co. C. Nashville, Oct. 12. 1862. Murony, John, 14th I., Co. F. Campbell, O, May 19, 1862. Mc Dougal, Arthur, 8th I., Co. H., Washington, Oct. 29, 1861. McGrath, Michael, 3d I., Co. D. Groveton, Aug. 29, 1862. Mead, Harvey H .. 3d I., Co. K. Groveton. Morse, Joseph, 2d C., Co. F. Nashville, Sept. 23, 1863. Morgan, Homer H., 3d I., Co. B. July 21, 1861. McFall, Jonas, 16th I., Co. H. Washington, April 30, 1865. Mc Garvey, Adam, 3d I., Co. K. Ft. Lyon, Oct. 18, 1861. McNitt, Horace, 4th C., Co. H. Nashville, Jan. 19, 1863. Mc Lenathan, Joel, 5th I., Co. A Detroit, Jan. 28, 1865. Mitchell, Lieut. Thomas N. V., 14th C. Wounds. Murfreesboro, Dec., 1862. Merryfield, Oakland.
Mc Murray, Samuel, 5th I .. Co. E. Jan. 2, 1865. Miller, Geo. W., 3d I., Co. A. Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862. Mc Call, Berdan, 8th I., Co. D. Petersburg, Jan. 30, 1865. Marsh, David A., 13th I .. Co. E. Savannah, March 3, 1865. Myers, Henry I., 16th I., Co. B. Washington, June 9, 1865. Mc Connell, Thomas C., 10th C., Co. D. Knoxville, March 14, 1865. Montague, Samuel, E. & M-, Co. D. Washington July 8. 1865. Mc Hugh, John, 26th I., Co. I. New York, Aug. 15. 18 3. Mallory, Nathan E., 21st I., Co. F. Chattanooga, March 28, 1865. Myers, Charles F., 6th C., Co. H. Andersonville prison, July 25, 1864. Misner, James, 6th C., Co. F. Andersonville prison, Aug. 17, 1864. McLane, Stewart J, 21st I., Co. E. Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862. McPhearson, Finley, 6th C., Co, F. Cumberland, Tenn., May 5, 1865. Morse, Allen, 6th C, Co. M. Andersonville prison, Oct. 1, 1864. Miller, Robert W., 6th C., Co. E. Plainfield, Mich., Jan. 20, 1865. Miers, Jacob, 6th C., Co. M. Richmond, Aug. 1, 1864.
Moffit, John, 21st I., Co. H. Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 3, 1863. Matthews, Anthony D., E. & M., Co. D. Murfreesboro, April 15, 1863. Morris, John M., 21st I., Co. B. Nashville. Tenn., Dec. 29, 1862. Miller, Charles, 3d I. Co. B. Virginia, March 18, 1863. Murphy, Michael, 3d I., Co. B. Philadelphia, Feb. 1, 1873.
Munthorn, David, 6th C., Co. E. Campbell hospital. 1863. Mayfield, O., 6th C., Co. B. Falling Waters, July 14, 1863. Mc Donald, I., 6th C., Co. F. Falling Waters, July 14, 1863. Mosher, Timothy J., Washington, 1883 Moore, Alfred D., E. & M., Co. A. Chattanooga, April 19, 1864. Mauranski, Augustus 21st I., Co. B Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862. Misner, Walter, 6th C., Co. F. Washington, Aug. 30. 1863. Martin, Alonzo R., 6th C., Co. B. Falling Waters, July 14, 1863. Mil'er, Abraham. At home, of wounds. Nellis John, 6th C., Co. H. Nov. 18, 1864. Noble, David, E. & M., Co. C. Tuscumbia, Ga., June 22, 1862. Neal, Flavius J., 6th C., Co. B. Falling Waters, July 14, 1863. Norman, Otheviah F., 6th C., Co. M. Andersonville prison, Sept. 26. 1864. Newton, Merritt, 13th I., Co. C. Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862. Nesbitt, Henry J., 21st I., ( o. H. Lookout Mt., Aug. 20, 1864. Newton, Wm., 5th I., Co. A. Virginia, Oct. 27, 1864. Nicols, Miner S., 21st I,, Co. H. Murfreesboro, May 11, 1863. Nash, Ira A., 26th I., Co. I. Alexandria, Va., Jan. 25, 1863. Newson, James W., 21st I., Co. E. Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 17, 1863. Osgood, Samuel B., 2d.C., Co. D. Golconda, Sept. 13, 1862. Oneans, Elon, 2d C., Co. E. New Albany, Sept. 30, 1863.
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HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
O'Brein, John, 14th I, Co. B. Nashville, Jan 31, 1863. Provin, Charles E., E. & M., Co. B. Atlanta, Oct. 15, 1864. Potter, John, E. & M., Co. H. Tennessee, Jan. 29, 1864. Page, ( harles F., 8th I., Co. I. Wilderness, May 6, 1864. Petty, Reuben, 10th C., ( o. A. Knoxville, April 27, 1864. Porter, Fred, E. & M., Co. H. Tennessee, Jan. 29, 1864. Propardet, Frederick, 3d I., Co. F. Philadelphia, Sept. 2, 1862. Pelton, Francis, 6th C., Co. B. Falling Waters, July 14, 1863. Pearsall, John B., E. & M .. ( o. E. May 10, 1862. Provin, James I., 6th C., Co. F. Smithfield, Va., Feb. 5, 1864. Pixley, Austin, 6th C., Co. A. Aqua Creek, Va., June 15, 1864. Parker, Geo. W., 3d I., Co. F. Huntsville, Ala., Feb. 1, 1865. Pool, Henry, 3d I., Co. A. Virginia, June 25, 1862. Pyle, George W., 21st I., Co. B. Bentonville, March 13, 1865. Plaster, Jacob, 1st C., Co. L. Washington, Nov. 22, 1861. Piersons, Aaron R., 15th I., Co. E. Chattanooga, June 12, 1665. Potter, Wm. W., 21st I., Co. E. Nashville, April 13, 1863. Pierce, James B., 3d I., Co. E. Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. Peterson, Theodore F., 3d I., Co. A. Philadelphia, April 22, 1863. Patten, George F., Falling Waters, July 14, 1863. Potter, Henry B., 6th ., Co. B. Falling Waters, July 12, 1863. Prindle, Wm., 4th I., Co. F. Florence, S. C., Nov. 11, 1864. Phillips, Bennett, Washington, Aug. 5, 1863.
Powley, John.
Russell, Otis H., E. & M., Co. D. Chattanooga, July 6, 1864. Ramslar, Purdy, E. & M, Co. D. Chattanooga, June 19, 1864. Russell, Charles A., 10th C., Co. F. Flat Creek, Tenn., Aug. 17, 1864. Rennells, Joel, 25th I., Co. B. Knoxville, July 8, 1864. Rathbun, Edwin, 21st I., Co. E. Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862. Rykert, Peter, E. & M., Co. K. Chattanooga, March 17, 1864. Randall, Lafayette, 13th I., Co. C. Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862. Richmond, Charles H., 8th I., Co. D. Washington, September, 1862. Richards, Charles L., 2d C., Co. D. St. Louis, Jan. 30, 1862. Rathbun, Almeron D)., 21st I., Co. I. Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862. Robertson, George, E. & M., Co. D. Nashville, May 11, 1862. Rhodes, Oliver, 8th I., Co. D. Chantilly, Sept. 1, 1862. Reed, Henry S., 2d C., Co. E. Farmington, July 7, 1862. Riordan, Edmond, 3d I., Co. F. Groveton. Rice, Samuel L., 3d I., Co. B. Fair Oaks. Roberts, Isaac W., 3d I., Co. F. Seven Pines, May 31, 1862. Robinson, James, 3dC., Co. M. Lagrange, Tenn., Sept. 20, 1863. Rogers, Ezra J., 3d I., Co. B. Murfreesboro, Dec. 28, 1865. Rosel, Abram, 6th C., Co. B. Falling Waters, July 14, 1863. Rowly, Cady, E. & M., Co. K. Marshall, Mich., April 13, 1865. Rectenwald. Jacob, 4th C., Co. H. Nashville, Dec. 15, 1862. Reed, Luman O. . 14th I., Co. F. In the field, Georgia. July 5. 1864. Rolands, Richard, 6th C., Co. M. Andersonville, prison, April 16, 1864. Roswell, Wm. R., 21st I., Co. H. Nashville, Jan. 13, 1863. Randall, Alfred A., 21st I., Co. H. Nashville, Jan. 4, 1864. Richmire, Abram, 21st I., Co. E. New Albany, Dec. 22, 1862.
Rogers. Rennes, 6th C., Co. B. Falling Waters, of wounds, July 30, 1863. Richardson, Francis D., 6th C., Co. F. Falling Waters, July 14, 1863. Rexford, John, 21st I., Co. B. Nashville, Feb. 14, 1863. Richards, Luther
Soules, Thomas C., E. & M., Co. F. Bridgeport, Ala., June 24, 1864.
Smith, Capt. Edgar W., 21st I., Co. D. Wounded at Chickamauga, Oct. 1, 1863.
Steele, Elisha, 2d C., Co. C. Andersonville prison.
Smith, Erson H., Libby prison, Sept. 12, 1863.
Steneca, H., 7th C., Co. M. Washington, June 22, 1864. Sapwell, Thomas A., 1st Light Art. Rome, Ga., June 22, 1864. Sherman, Hiram, 13th I., Co. C. Tuscumbia, Ala., June 16, 1862. Smith, Amos M., 26th I., Co. I. Washington, Oct. 10, 1864. Sligh, Capt. James. Tullahoma, Nov. 15, 1863.
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HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
Soules, James H., 4th C., Co. H. Mitchellville, Tenn., Dec. 2, 1862. Spearback, Geo. W., 8th I., Co. D. Wilm. Is., April 16, 1862. Simmons. William S., 14th I., Co. F. Farmington, Miss., July 20, 1862. Shriver, Frederick, 3d I .. Co. B. Groveton, Aug. 20, 1862. Story, Geo. W., 2d C, Co. E. New Madrid, March 24, 1862. Sliter, Joseph T., 6th C., Co. B. Falling Waters, July 14, 1863. Sims, James W., 14th I., Co. A. Franklin, Tenn., Feb. 28, 1864. Smith, Eugene, 3d I., Co. K. Fair Oaks.
Smith, Charles D., 3d I., Co. A. Fair Oaks. Stevenson, Morris, 21st I., Co. I. Newbern, N. C., May 24, 1865. Soules, Harrison C., 3d I., Co. A. Annapolis, 1862. Squiers, Ethan E., 21st I., Co. F. Detroit, Feb. 3, 1865. Steele, Cyrus B., 16th I., Co. G. Washington, June 27, 1865. Schenk, Wm. F .. 2d C., Co. E. St. Louis, Dec. 11, 1862. Sliter, Geo. H., 21st I., Co. H. Dansville prison, April, 1864. Stanton, Thomas, 3d I., Co. D. Nashville, June 29, 1865. Shoff, Frank, 3d I., Co. F. Nashville, April 11, 1865. Seymour, Wilson B., 7th (., Co. B. Dakota T., Sept. 3, 1865. Smith, Chauncey, 5th I., Co. F. Salisbury, N. C., Dec. 22, 1864. Shoemaker, Wm., 5th I., Co. I. Petersburg, June 18, 1864. Smith, Geo. W., 3d I., Co. C. Nashville, July 5, 1865. Strong, Henry, 3d I., Co. C. Nashville, April 8, 1865. Scagel, Dennis, 16th I., Co. B. Gravelly Run, Va., March 31, 1865. Stanley, Reuben F., 14th I., Co. E. Nashville, Jan. 13, 1865. Smith, Alfred E., 26th I., Co. I. Washington, Feb. 10, 1865. Smith, Denton, 16th I., Co. A. Washington, June 6, 1863. Sterling, Richard, 1st C. Nov. 1, 1864.
Sears, James, 6th C., Co. H. Point of Rocks, Aug. 23, 1865. Sibley, Wm. F .. 21st I., Co. B. Lookout Mt., Nov. 1, 1864. Smoke, Horace B., 6th C., Co. H. Andersonville prison, Aug. 15, 1864. Smith, Daniel, 6th C., Co. F. Richmond, Jan 15, 1864. Shirk, Alfred, 2d C., Co. B. New Albany, Sept. 15, 1863. Slayton, Wm. I., 25th I., Co. B. Louisville, July 22, 1863. Stark, Jacob, 6th C., Co. M. Grand Rapids, Nov. 28. 1862. Stilwell, Lyman D., 4th C., Co. M. Andersonville prison, May 2, 1864. Smith, Wm., E. & M., Co. D. Nashville, Jan. 25, 1863. Stewart, John H., 21st I .. Co. E. Bowling (freen, Nov. 25. 1862. Smalley, John, 21st I .. Co. F. Murfreesboro, Tenn., March 17, 1863. Sleigh, Robert. Gettysburg, July 2. 1863.
Spaulding, Cornelius, 6th C., Co. H. Washington, Jan. 19, 1863. Streeter, Seth, 6tlı C .. Co. H. Washington, Aug. 2.
Soules, Warren V., 4th C., Co H. Murfreesboro, Tenn., May 1, 1863. Squiers, Samuel C., 21st I., Co. H. Murfreesboro Tenn., Jan. 1, 1864. Smith, Lucas M., 1st Ind. Co. Detroit Oct. 1. 1864. Slater, Major, E. & M., Co. C. Chattanooga, July 24, 1864. Treadway, James R., 14th I., Co. F. Field, Ga., July 5, 1864.
Towsley, Dwight, 5th I., Co. F. Of wounds, July 1 1864.
Thayer, Allen, 3d I., Co. F. Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864. Truax, L. C, 6th C., Co. M. City Point. Va., Aug. 12, 1864. Tubbs, Almon H., 3d C., Co. K. Oxford, Miss., Dec. 10, 1862. Trescit, Geo., 21st I., Co. G. Louisville, Dec. 1862. Tole, Samuel T., 26th I., Co. I. Deep Bottom. Aug. 16, 1864. Tabor, James A., 5th I., Co. E. Washington, April, 18, 1865. Thurston. Henry H., 1st Lt. Art .. Co. E. Drowned, May 2, 1865. Tancred, Matthew, 14th I., Co. K. Andersonville prison, May 25, 1864. Tubbs, Lorenzo D., 13th I .. Co. G. Bentonville, March 19, 1865. Tower, George, 13th I., Co. C. Stone River, Dec. 31, 1863. Tower, Henry C., 13th I., Co. C. Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. Taylor, Orange, Sth I., Co. D. Washington, 1863. Tyler, John W., 6th C., Co. A. Fairfax, May 6, 1863. Upson, Wm. D., E. & M. Nashville, March 4, 1865. Van Norman, Benj., 10th C., Co. A. Greenville. Tenn., Aug. 24, 1864. Van Dusen, James, 2d C., Co. D. St. Louis, Dec. 5, 1862.
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HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
Vanlieu, Cornelius 6th C., Co. F. Andersonville prison., July 14, 1864. Vandecan, E., 26th I .. Co. I. Washington June 4, 1864. Vincent, Chester, 21st I. Co. I. Bowling Green, Nov. 16. 1862. Van Dusen. Philip, 3d I .. Co .. D. Groveton. Aug. 29. 1862. Van Wie. George, 3d C., Co. L. Jackson, Tenn., April 25, 1863. Van Etten, Hogan, 3d I., Co. B. Gulf of Mexico, Nov. 13, 1865. Van Dusen, James, 16th I., Co. F. Coming home, Feb. 27, 1865. Van Etten, Van Buren, 4th C., Co. H. Tennessee. Dec. 28. 1862. Wolf, Abram E. & M,. Co. D. Chattanooga, April 24, 1864. Wood, Seldon. E. &. M., Co. D. Chattanooga. Nov. 5, 1863. Wallace, James C., E. & M., Co. A. Cartersville, Ga., July 13, 1864. Wilkes, Nathan, 2d C., Co. C. New Albany (suicide), Sept. 30, 1864. Wegal, Charles, 4th C., Co. H. Nashville, Dec. 24, 1862. White, Henry, 2d C., Co. D. Farmington, Miss., July 15, 1862. Watson, Henry G., 2d C., Co. E. Chapel Hill, Oct. 8, 1862. Wolcott, Joel, 26th I., Co. I. Washington, May 24, 1864. Washburne, Willard, 3d I., Co F. Groveton, Aug. 29, 1862. Wolcott, Lawrence S., 13th I., Co. C. Stone River, Jan. 2, 1863. Wood, John H., 6th C., Co, A. Fairfax, April 25, 1863. Weeks, Darwin D., 13th I., Co. C. Nashville, Nov. 19, 1862 White, John, 21st I., Co. B. Danville, Ky., Oct. 31, 1862. Wright, Wm., 3d I., Co. A. Washington, May 12, 1862. Ward, Henry, 3d I., Co. A. Fair Oaks. Worden, Alonzo, 21st I., Co. H. Savannah, Dec. 20, 1864. White, Norman G., 3d [., Co. D. Fair Oaks. Wait, Wilbur, 3d I., Co. F. June 12, 1862.
Whitfield, Thomas, 16th I., Co. H. Baltimore, Dec 18, 1864.
Wirtz, John E., & M., Co. B. Louisville, Dec. 12, 1862.
Williams, Geo. W., 6th C., Co. A. Winchester, Va., Jan. 8, 1865.
Wood, Wm., E. & M., Co. D. N. Y. Harbor, April 23, 1865. Wait, Henry, E. & M., Co. L. Sultana, April 27, 1865.
Williams, Geo. C., E. & M., (o. C. Town Creek, Ga., Dec. 7, 1864. Whitney, Solomon M., 21st I., Co. F. Chattanooga, Sept. 22, 1863. White, Samuel, jr., 10th C., Co. D. Knoxville, May 26, 1865. Walters, Reuben, 6th C, Co H. Richmond, Dec. 25, 1864.
Whitworth, wm. G., 6th C., Co A. Andersonville Prison, Sept. 20, 1864.
Williams, Daniel. M., E. & M., Co. H Nashville, Jan. 27, 1863.
Wright, Andrew C, E & M, Co C. Richmond, June 28, 1863. Walker, Geo. D., E. & M, Co. F. Nashville, Feb. 28, 1863. Waters, Stephen. 8th I., Co. D. Petersburg, July 1, 1864. Warren, Daniel S., 21st I., Co. H. Bowling Green, Dec. 5, 1862. Woodward, Albern O., 21st I., Co. G. Louisville, Dec. 28, 1862.
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Wood, Jackson, 21st.I., Co. E. In Michigan camp, March 28, 1863: Wilson, James F., 21st I., Co. E. Bowling Green, Dec. 19, 1862. Washburne, James W., 21st I., Co. 1 Chattanooga, Nov. 9, 1863. Williams, Nathaniel N., 21st I., Co. E. Nashville, Jan. 15, 1863. West, John, 3d I., Co. D. Camp Pitcher, Va., March 10, 1863. Webster, John, 3d I., Co. E. Camp Sickles, Va., April 6, 1863. Wright, Julius M., 4th C., Co. H. Annapolis, Md., March 20, 1863. Willard, Milo, 21st I., Co. H. Danvil e, Ky. (a prisoner).
Worden, W. H., 3d C. Co. E. New Albany, Miss., Oct 5 1863.
White, Geo. W., 21st I .. Co. B. Resaca, Ga., May 14, 1864.
Younger, Jasper I., &d C., Co. E. Benton Barracks, Dec. 12, 1862. Youngs, Franklin E., 2d C , Co. E. St. Louis, July 20, 1862.
Yerkes, Major Silas A., 13th I. . Oct. 26, 1865.
BURIED IN THIS COUNTY.
The names of the soldiers buried in Fulton-street Cemetery, with the number of lot and block, are given as follows :
Name. Lot. Blk.
Name. Lot. Blk.
6 Fred. Porter 21 4
T. V. B. Mitchell 12
Charles Parks .. 29
6
Benj. K. Weatherwax. 26
8
- Babcock. 35
6
J. W. Sligh .. 25
8
Unknown Soldier
35 6 S. G. Champlin 0
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HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY.
Fred. Rose.
28
B. F. Porter. 5
6
8
F. H. Cummings.
30
5 Capt. B. B. Church 6
7
Spencer Squiers.
27
5 Samuel Judd ..
5
7
C. H. Patten. .
7
5 Charles H. Carey
10
7
Fred. Dean ...
12
5 R. M. Collins. 10
7
George H. Barker
6
5
T. W. Kellogg 9
7
Darwin Lyon.
6
2
Patrick Weber.
8
7
George Westlake H. R. Truax 20
9
2
Alvin Clark .. 2
7
E. S. Drew
9
1 Henry Barrett. 27
10
Edward Mills
28
1 Selden Wood
15
11
J. J. Leonard.
8
3 E. D. Waters.
5
11
Z. E. Bliss.
3
15
H. Foote.
14
5
Names of soldiers buried in Oak Hill :
Henry S. Johnson, 13th Mich. Inf. John Armitage, 6th Heavy Art.
Francis -- , no regiment given.
Jno. O'Harra, no regiment given.
Benj. B. Welch, no regiment given.
Robert Keeler, 19th Mich. Inf.
Philip Krotz, no regiment given.
Martin Watts, 6th Heavy Art.
J. B. W., Co. B.
Peter McNair, no regiment given.
John Ayres, no regiment given. D. Titus, Co. D.
Hazard, 19th Mich. Inf.
Jno. McAllister, no regiment given. David M. Servis, no regiment given.
Orrin Fox, 23d Mich. Inf.
James Montgomery, 15th Mich. Inf.
John Masters, no regiment given.
H. Osborne, 23d Mich. Inf.
Charles Davis, no regiment given.
And 41 unknown.
The names of the soldiers buried in Greenwood Cemetery are as follows ;
J. W. Vortheup,
Hail Scribner.
John McPherson.
Bellnap, sr.
L. Borden.
Francis Hall.
Dowding.
James D. Bennett.
Johnnie McPherson
Homer Lackey.
Charles M. Rogers.
- Thuston.
Connelly.
Francis McPherson.
One unknown.
George Widdicomb.
THE FAMILIES OF THE SOLDIERS.
The patriotism of the people was living in every emergency. They halted not for official aid, but with a proverbial promptitude came forward to espouse a cause that was second to that of the Re- public, the sustenance of the soldiers' families. In addition to in- dividual donations, the county, realizing its duty, entered on the good work. The war should be carried to a successful issue; the wives and children of the soldiers should be provided for; the widows of the Union defenders should be cared for.
The aggregate expenditure of Kent county for the purposes of carrying on the war, up to 1866, was $167,550.50, while the amount expended up to 1867, under the Soldiers' Relief Law of May 10, 1861, in relieving the families of the soldiers, was $76,311. The expenditures caused indirectly by the war added many thou- sand dollars more to the expense of the county; so that it is not too much to estimate the amount of money paid out on account of the war at a half million dollars. The total indirect losses, result- ing from that effort of treason to sustain a State within a State, slavery with freedom, and falling heavily on this county, can never be estimated. Those sacrifices of life and money were not made in vain : the magnificence of the military record of Kent county would
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alone compensate for many losses; but the material compensation exceeds even this. It shows what a rare recuperative power was in existence, and teaches a never-to-be-forgotten lesson,-that the Republic will conquer every foeman from without, every traitor from within its confines.
Though the soldiers who fell in guarding our liberties can never be restored to this world, their memories will live on forever to inspire the future with a full sense of all that liberty is worth, and to teach the American people of other days to guard it as nobly and faithfully as they did.
CHAPTER XIII.
THE COUNTY PRESS.
The newspaper is one of the truest evidences of civilized life. It is the chief proposer of great enterprises. It is the exponent of the American mind, with very few exceptions, and these occur only where ignorance or viciousness leads the freeman of our soil to become a convert to the savage opinions of theoretical Euro- peans. Happily the newspaper men of the country do not claim many professors who indulge in nonsensical praise of the slave- holding monarchies of the world. Such stuff takes root only in the minds of the more imbecile of our citizens. The press and people understand their duties to the Republic, and appreciate the bless- ings which a federal government confers. So long as these inde- fatigable framers of opinion stand faithfully by the pen and press- just so long will liberty trample on all treason from within, all treachery from without.
Kent county entered upon its newspaper era within a year after its organization. Since that time the press has grown in extent and influence, until now it boasts of four daily and eight weekly journals. Looking back over a period of 44 years since the Grand Rapids Times was first published, one must be forcibly re- minded of all the newspaper men, past and present, have done in tlie interest of the county, the State and the Republic. Every evi- dence points out the journalists of the past as equal to those of our day. Flunkeyism was not the attribute of one of them. They labored late and early in training the minds of their constituents, and in most cases so philosophically that they conferred inestima- ble good on the district, and won the confidence of the people. They opposed whatever seemed dangerous in proposed innovations, and while supporting law and order, were always among the first denouncers of whatever seemed tyrannical or arbitrary. They stigmatized moral cowardice, and insisted that, from the village council room to the chambers of the National Government, virtue should be doubly cherished and vice subjected to rebuke and pun- ishment. A reader may possibly imagine that the idea is too far- fetched; but let him claim the confidence of the newspaper mau, or venture to act his part for even a brief space of time, a full reali- . zation of his labors and his sacrifices will break upon the mind, he will learn a little of his studies and anxieties, and join in the opin- ion which must ever be entertained of the honest journalist.
Proscribe the liberty of the press and the nation suffers just in such proportion as the press suffers. Proscribe the liberty of the
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press and the cause of human freedom is checked for a time; trade, the health of nations, rolls languidly on; man looks around him in alarm; the safeguard of progress is enchained. Therefore, let us regard, cherish and support the honest journalist, stigmatize what may be really corrupt in the newspaper, and be always ready to co-operate with justice and to applaud her holy work.
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