Rule, Oliver

RULE

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 20:34:04

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.722

RULE, OLIVER, carpenter and joiner, Allen Township, P. O. Carlisle; born in Putnam county, near Greencastle, Indiana, October 1, 1840, and came to this county in the fall of 1852; August 1, 1861, he enlisted in Co. B, Tenth Iowa Infantry, and served for three years, then re-enlisted as a veteran and was mustered out of the service August 5, 1865, at Davenport, Iowa; some of the principle battles were Corinth, New Madrid, Vicksburg, Champion's Hill, Chattanooga, Savannah, Atlanta, and various skirmishes: has been twice married, first to Leah Adkins, on February 17, 1861, a native of Warren county; she died April 22d, 1864; left one daughter, Mary E; he married again to N. E. Pearson, November 16, 1865; have one daughter, Rosetta E.