William Jackson Gracey (1928)

GRACEY, MCCORMICK

Posted By: Kent Transier (email)
Date: 1/23/2016 at 12:02:23

The Osceola Sentinel
Thursday, May 10, 1928
Page 1, Column 6

Another Veteran Called

After being confined to his bed for three years as the result of a stroke of paralysis William Jackson Gracey, 87, passed away in Osceola at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mary L. McCormick, at 5:30 Tuesday evening.

The deceased came to Clarke county from Illinois in 1855. He therefore was one of the county's earliest settlers. He was one of the Clarke county boys who enlisted at Osceola in the 15th Iowa regiment in 1861, and he served with that noted unit until the close of the war. He was wounded at Corinth but as soon as he was able he again joined his comrades. His departure leaves but few of the Shiloh boys in Osceola,

He is survived by his devoted life companion and five sons and one daughter.

Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Mr. McKee of Osceola, from the Christian church in Truro at 2:00 o'clock this afternoon. Interment will be made in the Fields cemetery.
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Transcriber's note: Although the flavor of this obituary is that the deceased was a Clarke County resident, census data shows that he lived continuously in Ohio Township, Madison County from before 1870 to after 1920.

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