STOCKWELL, LEMUEL

STOCKWELL, TUBBS, ROBINS

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Date: 7/2/2004 at 16:47:24

Biography reproduced from page 528 of the History of Kossuth and Humboldt Counties, Iowa published in 1884:

Lemuel Stockwell, son of W. S. And S. A. (Tubbs) Stockwell, was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, Sept. 29, 1848. He lived in Delaware county until 1868, when he removed to Hancock Co., Iowa, locating in Amsterdam township. He remained there two years, when he came to Kossuth county and located on the southeast quarter of section 29, township 97, range 28. He has 100 acres of land under cultivation, and is engaged in mixed farming. In 1863 he enlisted in company D, 12th Ohio Cavalry, under Gen. Kilpatrick. He was assigned to Stoneman’s 23d Corps. He was mustered in at Cleveland and served almost three years. He participated in the battles of Murfreesboro, Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, Kenesaw, Peach Tree Creek, Marietta and siege of Atlanta. Mr. Stockwell was wounded three times, but not seriously. He was united in marriage on the 10th of May, 1870, with Rosetta Robins, of Hancock Co., Iowa. He is a republican in politics.