History of Champaign County, Ohio, Its People, Industries and Institutions, Volume I, Part 77

Author: Middleton, Evan P., editor
Publication date: 1917
Publisher: Indianapolis, B.F. Bowen
Number of Pages: 1196

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Samuel C. Taylor, Co. G, 95th O. V. I., died at Fort Gaines, Ala., March 27, 1865. Buried in Mobile National Cemetery as Unknown.

Hamilton M. Terrell, Co. G, 95th O. V. I., died at Vicksburg, Miss., Aug. 10, 1865. Buried as Unknown in Vicksburg National Cemetery.

Harvey Vineyard, Co. B, 66th O. V. I., a prisoner of war, died at Lynchburg, Va., July -, 1862. Buried in Poplar Grove National Cem- etery, near Petersburg, Va.

Harrison Veach, Co. G. 95th O. V. I., died at Fort Pickering, Tenn., Feb. 20, 1863. Burial place unknown.

D. Webb, Co. C, 12th Ohio Cavalry, died at Catlettsburg, Ky., Sep- tember 12. 1863. Buried at Catlettsburg.

Benjamin L. Worrell, -, 17th O. V. I., wounded at Mission Ridge, Nov. 26, 1863, and died of wounds Dec. - , 1863. Burial place unknown.

Wm. Wilson, Co. H, 66th O. V. I., killed at Port Republic, Va., June 9, 1862. Buried as Unknown in Staunton National Cemetery.

Cornelius Ward, Co. H, 66th O. V. I., killed at Port Republic, Va., June 9, 1862. Buried among the unknown in Staunton National Cemetery.

Jos. Walker, Co. G, 3d Ohio Cavalry, died at Tuscumbia, Ala., June 30, 1862. Buried in National Cemetery at Corinth.

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Charles Willoughby, Co. G., 95th O. V. I., died at Duckport, La., June 20, 1863. Burial place unknown.

John E. Weaver, Co. D, 2d O. V. I., died at Huntsville, Ala., Aug. 15, 1862. Buried as Unknown in Chattanooga National Cemetery.

Cyrus Worden, Co. G, 134th C. N. G., died at Hampton, Va., July 31, 1864. Buried in Hampton National Cemetery.

J. H. Wilson, Co. F, 55th Mass Inf. (colored), died in Washington, D. C., April 20, 1865.

Joseph Warner, Co. E, 113th O. V. I., died at Jeffersonville, Ind., Jan. 11, 1865. Buried in National Cemetery at that place.

Geo. Workman, Co. B, 113th O. V. I., killed by an insane soldier, in South Carolina, Feb. 24, 1865. Burial place unknown.

Wm. K. Wilkerson, Co. F, 134th O. N. G., died at Hampton, Va., Aug. 4, 1864. Buried in Hampton National Cemetery.

John C. Woolly, Co. A, 66th O. V. I., died at home, - -, 1863, of disease contracted in the service.

Wm. Wells, Co. C, 13th O. V. I., died at Nashville, Tenn., March 19, 1863. Buried in Nashville National Cemetery.

John Weiderman, Co. A, 66th O. V. I., died at Strasburg, Va., April 21, 1862. Buried as Unknown in Winchester National Cemetery.

Aden H. Wood, Color Sergt., Co. C, 13th O. V. I., was killed at Stone River, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862. Buried in National Cemetery on the battle- ground.

Michael W. Walker, Co. C, 13th O. V. I., was wounded at Cassville, Ga., May 19, 1864, and died May 20, 1864. Burial place unknown.

Emerson Williams, Co. K, 13th O. N. G., died at Hampton, Va., Aug. 15, 1864. Buried in Hampton National Cemetery.

Andrew J. Ward, Co. E, 113th O. V. I., died at Nashville, Tenn., July 18, 1863. Buried in Nashville National Cemetery.

Harrison Walburn, Co. E, 113th O. V. I., died at Nashville, Tenn., March 5, 1863. Buried at home.

Joseph Wilkinson, Co. K, 113th O. V. I., was killed at Kenesaw Moun- tain, Ga., June 27, 1864. Buried in Marietta National Cemetery.

John M. Williams, Co. H. 26th O. V. I., was mortally wounded at Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 1, 1863, and died Oct. 1, 1863. Buried in Chat- tanooga National Cemetery as Unknown.

Thomas Whalen, Color Corporal, Co. C, 66th O. V. V. I., was mortally wounded at Pine Mountain, Ga., June 15. 1864, and died at Nashville, Tenn., July 14, 1864. Buried in Nashville National Cemetery.

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Geo. W. Wallace, Sergt., Co. D, 66th O. V. V. I., died at Chattanooga, Tenn., May 20, 1864. Buried in National Cemetery at that place.

Wesley Wynkook, Co. I, 66th O. V. I., died at Chattanooga, Tenn., June 24, 1864. Buried in National Cemetery at Chattanooga.

John Wren, Co. A, 66th O. V. I., died at Chattanooga, Tenn., July 7, 1864. Buried in National Cemetery at that place.

Matthew Wilson, Co. H, 66th O. V. I., was killed at Kenesaw Moun- tain, Ga., June 27, 1864. Buried in Marietta National Cemetery.

John Walker, Co. B, 66th O. V. I., was killed at Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862. Buried as Unknown in National Cemetery on the battleground. W. H. H. Weaver, Co. B, 66th O. V. I., died at Winchester, Va., - 1862. Buried at home.

Geo. C. Wallace, Co. G, 66th O. V. I., died at Alexandria, Va., July 16, 1862. Buried in Alexandria National Cemetery.

Alfred Whittredge, Sergt., Co. C, 12th Ohio Cavalry, was killed at Mt. Sterling, Ky., June 12, 1864. Burial place unknown.

Caleb M. Winget, Corporal, Co. A, 2d O. V. I., was killed at Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862. Buried in National Cemetery on the battlefield.

Wm. West, Co. A, 2d O. V. I., killed at Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862. Buried in Perryville National Cemetery.

J. Webster, Co. B, 32d O. V. I., wounded at Harpers Ferry, Va., Sept. 14, 1862, and died at Camp Parole, near Annapolis, Md., Oct. 2, 1862. Buried in Camp Parole National Cemetery.

Cyrus Wharton, Co. G, 134th O. N. G., died at Fortress Monroe, Va., July 31, 1864. Buried at home.

Frank Willoughby, Co. G, 95th O. V. I., was killed at Richmond, Ky., Aug. 3. 1862. Buried as Unknown in National Cemetery at that place.

John Whittey, Co. G, 66th O. V. I., was killed at Pine Mountain Ga., June 15, 1864. Buried in Marietta National Cemetery as Unknown.

Wm. A. Yutesler, Co. E, 45th O. V. I., died in Andersonville prison. Jason Yutesler, of Johnson township, died in 1862. Regiment unknown.

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.

The following additions and corrections are published in order to com- plete the record of deaths. The compilation of the list was a laborious task, but since it makes a most valuable link in the permanent history of the county, we feel requited for the work bestowed upon it. We hope it is

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complete, for the figures show a fearful contribution of lives from this small county, and the list proves a fact we have always maintained, viz: that in proportion, Champaign gave more of her bone and sinew to the country in the time of peril, than any other county in the state.

Dr. Thomas P. Bond, Surgeon, 66th O. V. I., and subsequently of the 32 O. V. I., died at home, in March, 1866, of disease contracted in the service.

Charles Blue, regiment unknown, died in the service; date and place unknown. Buried in Mechanicsburg Cemetery.

John Caton, Co. F, Ist O. V. I., died at Nashville, Tenn., September -, 1862. Buried as Unknown in Nashville National Cemetery.

Charles M. Chester, Co. D, Ist O. V. I., wounded at Rocky-Face Ridge, Ga., May 8, 1864, died at Chattanooga, Tenn., May 27, 1864. Buried in Chattanooga National Cemetery.

Geo. W. Deavers, Co. B, 21st Ills. Inf., prisoner of war, died in Ander- sonville prison, Ga., April 4, 1864. Buried in Andersonville National Ceme- tery.

Taylor Darrow, Co. E, 95th O. V. I., died in the service-date and place unknown.

Nelson Durand, Co. H, 66th O. V. I., died in Columbus, O., September -, 1864. Burial place unknown.

James Duffy, Co. H, 45th O. V. I., prisoner of war at Andersonville, Ga., exchanged and died at Camp Parole, Md., Dec. 19, 1864. Buried in National Cemetery at Annapolis.

Geo. Duffy, Co. H, 45th O. V. I., prisoner of war, died at Anderson- ville. Ga., Sept. 27, 1864. Buried in Andersonville National Cemetery.

John Elbert Ellsworth, Co. - , 5th Ohio Cavalry, wounded in battle of Five Forks, Va., April 9, 1865, and died a few days thereafter at Peters- burg. Buried as Unknown in Poplar Grove National Cemetery.

John B. Graham, Sergt., Co. G, Ist O. V. I., died at Chattanooga, Tenn .. Dec. 4, 1863, of wounds received at Chickamauga, Ga. Buried in National Cemetery at that place.

John Garrison, Burden U. S. Sharpshooters, killed in battle in Vir- ginia-date and place unknown.

Lorenzo Krouse, Co. -. 44th O. V. I., died in Pennsylvania,

1864, after discharge, of disease contracted in the service.

Reuben Gardner, Co. E. 113th O. V. I., died at home, March -, 1863, of disease contracted in the service. Buried at home.

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Isaac Groves, Co. D, 66th O. V. I., died in the service-date unknown. Buried in Mechanicsburg Cemetery.

Thomas Hanger, of Harrison township, died in the service in 1865. Date and circumstances unknown.

Wm. Hoffman, Co. E, 10th O. V. I., died of wounds received in bat- tle-date and place unknown.

Samuel Johnson, Marine, died on a gunboat on the Ohio river-date unknown. Buried in Mechanicsburg Cemetery.

Melvin Kenefield, Co. K, 2d O. V. I. (three months) Co. A, 2d O. V. I., (three years) prisoner of war from Stone River Tenn., died in Ander- sonille prison-date unknown.

Hugh Knight, Co. D, 66th O. V. I., died in the service -- date and place unknown.

James Kennedy, of Goshen township, died in the service, in an Illi- nois Regiment-date and place unknown.

Richard Lansdale, Co. E, 39th O. V. I., died in the service-date and place unknown.

Patrick Murray, Co. K, Ist O. V. I., was killed at Resaca, Ga., May 14, 1864. Buried in National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn., as Unknown.

Wm. J. Moore, Marine service on gunboat "Brilliant," died March 3, 1866, of disease contracted in the service. Buried at Kingston.

Harrison Owen, Co. I, 66th O. V. I., died at Camp Chase, near Colum- bus, O .- date unknown. Buried in Mechanicsburg Cemetery.

Warrett Owens, Lieutenant, 20th O. V. I., died at home, of disease contracted in the service. Date unknown.

George H. Poorman, Co. H, 2d Bat. 18th U. S. Infantry, wounded at Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 20; died Sept. 21, 1863. Buried in National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn.

James Stanage, Co. C, 93d Ills. Inf., died at St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 8, 1863. Buried in National Cemetery at Jefferson Barracks.

George Smith, Co. I, 66th O. V. I., died in the service-place and date unknown. Buried in the Cemetery at Mechanicsburg.

Fred Singer, Color Sergt., Co. H, 26th O. V. I., killed at Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862. Buried in National Cemetery on the battleground.

Wm. Stone, Co. I, 134th O. N. G., died at Hampton, Va., Aug. 14, 1864. Buried in Hampton National Cemetery.

C. M. Smith, Co. F, 134th O. N. G., died at Portsmouth, Va., July 28, 1864. Buried in Hampton National Cemetery.

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Samuel Shoemaker, Co. E, 185th O. V. I., died in Louisville, Ky., April 22, 1865. Buried in Cave Hill National Cemetery.

Anderson Smith, Co. A, 27th U. S. Colored Troops, was killed in charge on a fort in front of Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864. No burial.

Theo. Sutphon, Co. A, 2d O. V. I., wounded at Stone River, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862, and died Jan. 12, 1863. Buried in Stone River National Cemetery.

Robert J. Stewart, Lieut., 12th Ohio Cavalry, died in Tennessee, July 31, 1864. Burial place unknown.

Luther Taylor, Co. I, 66th O. V. I., died in the service-date unknown. Buried in Mechanicsburg Cemetery.

Lemuel M. Neal, Co. A, 66th O. V. I., 86th O. V. I., (three months), and 134th, O. N. G., died in 1864 of disease contracted in the service.

CORRECTIONS.

Wm. R. Arrowsmith, Co. H, 45th O. V. I. There is a discrepancy in the records, and the best evidence we have is that he died April 27, 1864, instead of September 27, as published in the regular list.

Benj. Herr, Co. G, 95th O. V. I., is buried at home, the family having removed his remains from the National Cemetery at Vircksburg.

Thomas B. Kizer, Co. C, 13th O. V. I., reported buried at home, is buried in the National Cemetery at Stone River, Tenn.

E. M. Mast, Lt. Col., 13th O. V. I., is buried in the cemetery at Kings- ton.

Wm. McCoy, reported "regiment unknown," probably belonged to the 54th O. V. I., and was killed in a charge on the enemy's works at Vicks- burg.

Jos. H. Newcomb, Co. K, 113th O. V. I., is buried in Mechanicsburg Cemetery.

Jno. O. Minturn, recorded as of the 13th O. V. I., was enlisted in the 12th Ohio Infantry. .

Wm. H. Miller, Co. HI, 26th O. V. I., reported "place of death and burial unknown," died in Columbus, O., and is buried in Green Lawn Ceme- tery.

George W. Shlonaker, Co. E, 113th O. V. I., is buried in the grave yard at Myrtle Tree Creek Church, near St. Paris, having been removed from Nashville, Tenn.

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Dav. T. Swords, Co. C, 13th O. V. I., is buried at Kingston, instead of Oak Dale.

Daniel Smith, Co. E, 95th O. V. I., buried at Woodstock.

Wm. E. Tullis, reported as belonging to Company G, 134th, was a member of Co. C.

Wm. Wells, reported as belonging to Co. C, 13th O. V. I., was not a member of that company.

Cyrus Worden, Co. G, 134th O. N. G., reported in Government Roll of Honor, is believed to have been Cyrus Wharton.

SOLDIER RELIEF.

There is no more interesting study from a local standpoint than the methods used by the people left at home during the war to furnish relief to those dependent for support upon the soldiers in the field. As early as April, 1861, the county commissioners realized the need of making an appropriation to provide for the families of volunteers and set aside five thousand dollars for this purpose. On the 5th of the following June they provided for a half-mill tax for the support of necessitous persons made so by reason of husbands, fathers or sons going to the front.

WHAT THE WOMEN DID.

While the county was officially taking cognizance of soklier relief in this substantial manner, there were a number of organizations which were making preparations to assist in providing clothing and hospital supplies for the men at the front. Early in the war Mrs. Milo G. Williams took the lead in organizing a Ladies' Aid Society, which was a very prominent factor in all kinds of charitable work during the progress of the war. This organization supplied immense quantities of clothing for the volunteers in this county and sent to the front hundreds of boxes of food and delicacies for the sick and wounded. Organizations of women all over the county knit socks, mit- tens, wristlets, bootees and even underwear for the soldiers. They collected jellies, fruits of all kinds, dried and canned, and every conceivable form of delicacy which female ingenuity could devise. The work of these voluntary organizations undoubtedly saved many lives and, while the women could not go to the front and fight, they could stay at home and send things to the front which would help the men to fight and take care of them after they were wounded. Too much credit can not be given to the women of Urbana

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and of Champaign county for their service to their country during the Civil War. And credit should be given above all others to Mrs. Milo G. Williams for her indefatigable labors in behalf of the soldiers. Probably no woman in the state did more in a local capacity than this noble woman of Urbana.

WHAT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DID.

A careful study of the commissioners' records from 1861 to 1865 shows that they were intensely patriotic and always ready to do their share toward making the war a success. Benjamin Davis, Thomas Chance and S. Will- iams were the commissioners at the opening of the war. S. P. Talbot was auditor during the war. While the commissioners appropriated thousands of dollars during the progress of the war for bounties, to assist in recruit- ing and for general relief work, the disposition of all of the money thus appropriated was in the hands of what was known as the "Champaign War Committee." This committee took charge of recruiting in conjunction with the provost marshal and the draft commissioners. The provost marshal was Alexander C. Deuel and the war committee was at first composed of William McDonald (chairman), R. C. Fulton (secretary), John H. Ryan, Thomas Chance and Isaac Johnson. In the latter part of 1863 Major Charles C. Fulton became chairman, while William H. Colwell was added to the com- mittee. The war committee took charge of the county fund and handled all of the money paid out to soldiers for bounties.

BOUNTIES.

The first soldiers who enlisted in 1861 were not paid a bounty, none of the volunteers for the three-months service receiving bounty. This included not only those of the First. Second and Third three-months regiments of 1861, but also the Eighty-sixth Regiment-three-months and six-months volunteers both-and the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth and all other regi- ments recruited for the hundred-day service. In other words, the only volun- teers who received a bounty were those who went out for three years. Not all of the members of the Sixty-sixth received a bounty, the local record of bounties showing only seventy-one volunteers belonging to this regiment who were paid a bounty.

Reference has been previously made to a record in the auditor's office which gives a list of all the volunteers who received a bounty. The first regiment recorded in this book is the Sixty-sixth, but, although this regiment

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was sent to the field on January 17, 1862, the first record of a bounty paid was made on August 11, 1862. The heading of the page on which the record is kept reads: "Receipts of Volunteers to whom money has been paid by Champaign county Military Committee." The record purports to give the name of the soldier, the township to which he was credited, the number of his regiment, date of receipt of bounty, amount of bounty, sig- nature of person receiving bounty, the witness to the transaction and "remarks." The record is illegibly written and in places it is nearly impos- sible to decipher it. All of the soldiers received fifty dollars bounty, some of which was paid by the township, some by the county and some evidently by private parties. In 1864 there were a few of the members of the Sixty- sixth paid a bounty, following a special order of the commissioners. Six volunteers were paid in March and June, 1864: Francis Brittin, James Murphy and Isaac Groves. in March and Thomas H. Breedlove, Cyrus B. Lemon and H. W. Shepherd, in June. Each of these six men were paid fifty dollars. Bounties were paid to the Twenty-sixth, Forty-fifth, part of the Sixty-sixth, Ninety-fifth and One Hundred and Thirteenth and to the scattering volunteers in several other three-years regiments.

The statement has been made frequently that there were no men drafted for the service during the Civil War in Champaign county. The statement is true, with qualifications. Men were drafted in 1863, but they either hired substitutes or their township quota was filled by the expiration of the time when the draft became operative. Llewellyn Niles, a member of Company G, Sixty-sixth Regiment, now a resident of Urbana, recalls vividly that John Loudenback had charge of the draft in 1863. He remembers distinctly the excitement attending the drawing of the names from the box and the anxiety experienced by some of the Southern sympathizers who feared that their names might be drawn for service. There is no local record of this draft, but those who were drafted furnished substitutes, a number of wealthy men in the county putting up the money to provide the substitutes. No drafted man was allowed a bounty, and this prohibition extended to the substitutes who took the places of drafted men.

MORE APPROPRIATIONS BY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

The county commissioners, as before stated, made frequent appropria- tions for the relief of the soldiers' families. On February 12, 1862, three thousand dollars was appropriated for a relief fund and at the same time three hundred dollars, the residue of a fund which the county had in some

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way acquired as the result of a sale of some railroad stock in which it was interested, was turned over to the relief fund. On May 22, 1862, the com- missioners borrowed three thousand dollars at six per cent. from the Cham- paign County Bank, this amount being turned directly over to the county war committee. On June 4, 1862, the commissioners levied a two and one- half per cent. tax on the one hundred dollars for relief purposes. In the fall of 1862 the county military committee got into trouble in regard to the bounty. To quote from the minutes of August 13, 1862: "The recruiting officers on the faith of subscriptions of the citizens of the county advertised that each recruit would receive from the military committee fifty dollars bounty, and when the committee came to pay the recruits there was not more than half enough money to do it with." The commissioners agreed to make up the deficit.

In this connection the historian offers all the data which has been found concerning the amount of bounty money subscribed by the citizens of the county. This represents voluntary donations and must not be confused with the special bounty fund created by a special tax. Salem township donated up to June 6, 1864, two thousand six hundred and fifty-two dollars, this donation being from one hundred and ninety-four contributors. This paid · for only twenty-six volunteers. It is not known whether this is all of the bounty raised by voluntary subscriptions in Salem township, but it is all of which any record is preserved in the auditor's office. The volunteer bounty fund collected at large over the county in order to stimulate enlistments was raised during 1864, the dates of the donations beginning with January 5 and closing September 6, 1864. Seven hundred and sixty-two persons con- tributed a total of twelve thousand two hundred and sixty-nine dollars to this fund. There is no way of telling how many of these subscribers paid the amounts which they agreed to donate to the fund, but it is fair to presume that most of them were paid. The first definite statement of the number of neces- sitous persons helped is found in the commissioners' record of July 28, 1863.

SOME INTERESTING WAR STATISTICS.

The township assessors in the spring of 1863 were given special instruc- tions to gather all the necessary data regarding the number of enlistments in the county. the number of needy families made so by reason of the war, and present the same to the auditor. This was called for because of an act of the Legislature passed on March 21, 1863, providing for a state appropria- tion for the necessitous families of the soldiers. The act allowed the fol-

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lowing amounts: For adults, fifteen dollars ; for children, seven dollars, each for six months. The complete report of the assessors was filed with the county commissioners on July 28, 1863, and is exhibited in the following table :

Township.

Number of Volunteers.

Necessitous Adults.

Necessitous Children.

Total Aided.

Total Ald Given.

Urbana

$ 960

Mad River

216

Jackson

107

250

Concord

Harrison

201

Johnson

136

500

Adams

Salem

109

291

Wayne

140

465

Rush

132

193

Goshen

170

532

I'nion

135

430

1,505

138

203

431

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The commissioners' records are very incomplete in giving data concern- ing the raising of volunteers, the enlisting of drafted men, the payment of bounties, relief and other amounts for the support of soldiers' families. As the war progressed, additional bounties were paid until by 1864 each soldier enlisting was allowed one hundred dollars bounty. Part of this was raised by direct taxation and the remainder b yvoluntary contributions. Some of the townships in the county were more loyal than others. The commission- ers' records make frequent reference to difficulties which were encounterd by the military authorities and the officials with citizens of Adams, Jackson, Johnson and Mad River townships.

WAR RECORDS IN AUDITOR'S OFFICE.

In the auditor's office at Urbana there have been preserved four small record books which give some interesting side lights on the war. One is a small blank book which contains a "List of persons who contributed to the fund for raising volunteers to fill the quota for Salem township under the call of the President for October, 1863; also the amount contributed by each person and the number of receipt." Following this statement as to the contents of the blank book, there is given a list of one hundred and ninety- four signatures contributing amounts ranging from one dollar to one hun- dred dollars, the total amout being two thousand six hundred and fifty-two

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dollars. Those giving more than fifty dollars were E. M. Morgan, John Enoch, John Wierman, William C. Long, Abram Herr, David Herr, William T. Stonebraker, Ed Stewart and brother, A. B. Funk, James Black and Thornton Lemon.

This money was not only subscribed, but it was also paid, and M. E. Morgan, who had charge of the fund, made an affidavit to this effect before the county auditor on July 6, 1864. His statement follows: "It is hereby certified that the foregoing named persons in Salem township have sub- scribed and paid into the bounty fund of said township for bounties to volun- teers who have enlisted under the requisition of the President of the United States the amounts opposite their names and that the money so paid has been appropriated to the use for which it was raised as stated above except the sum of $62. It is further certified that $2,600 has been paid for 26 volunteers and that the balance of $52 has been paid for the expense of recruiting." The trustees of Salem township at this time were Moses Mellwain, J. B. Thomas and William Stewart.

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History of Champaign County, Ohio, Its People, Industries and Institutions, Volume I, Part 77

Author: Middleton, Evan P., editor Publication date: 1917 Publisher: Indianapolis, B.F. Bowen Number of Pages: 1196

Author: Middleton, Evan P., editor
Publication date: 1917
Publisher: Indianapolis, B.F. Bowen
Number of Pages: 1196