Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Records for Hardin County, IA

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POST NO. 141
POST NAME:: Charles Payne
LOCATION: Iowa Falls, Hardin Co., IA
POST NAMESAKE: SGT Charles J. Payne (c.1841-1862). Co. C, 6th IA Inf., KIA at Shiloh, TX, on 6 Apr 1862. Resident of Iowa Falls and local hero.
CHARTERED: 7 Mar 1883
DISBANDED: 31 Dec 1932
NOTES: 45 charter members. Disbanded with the death of the last member.
 
POST NO: 154
POST NAME: Buckner
LOCATION: Eldora, Hardin Co,, IA
POST NAMESAKE: PVT Edward C. Buckner (1841-1862). Col. A, 2th Inf., KIA at Fort Donelson, TX on 15 Feb 1862. Resident of Eldora, a local hero.
CHARTERED: 29 Mar 1883
DISBANDED: unknown
NOTE: 41 charter members
 
POST NO. 311
POST NAME: E.H. Mix
LOCATION: Ackley, Hardin Co., IA
POST NAMESAKE: LTC Edward H. Mix (c. 1829-1864) 32nd IA Inf., KIA at Pleasant Hill, LA on 9 Apr 1864
CHARTERED: 16 Apr 1884
DISBANDED: 1 Jan 1921
NOTES: 25 charter members
 

POST NO. 338
POST NAMES: B. Kersey / John Lockard (after 1891)
LOCATION: Union, Hardin Co., IA
POST NAMESAKES: 2SGT Benjamin V. Kersey (1836 - ?). Co. B, 11th IA Inf.; SGT John Lockard (1837-1862). Co. C, 6th IA Inf., died 22 May 1862 at Waterloo, IA (on his way home), from wounds received at Shiloh, TX, on 6 Apr 1862, buried in Hauser Cem., Hardin Co, IA.
CHARTERED: 26 Jun 1884
DISBANDED: 1 Jan 1920.
NOTES: Chartered as Ben Kersey Post, renamed John Lockard Post in 1891.
 
POST NO. 351
POST NAME: Col. Job Stout
LOCATION: Radcliffe, Hardin Co., IA
POST NAMESAKE: LTC Job Stout (1817-1864), 69th IN Inf.
Chartered: 4 Aug 1884
DISBANDED: Before 1888
NOTES: 11 charter members
 
POST NO. 436
POST NAME: Fairbanks
LOCATION: Alden, Hardin Co., IA
POST NAMESAKE: PVT Whitcomb Fairbanks (184301862), KIA Shiloh, TN, on 6 Apr 1862
CHARTERED: 9 Jul 1887
DISBANDED: 7 Mar 1931
NOTES: 21 charter members
 
POST NO. 486
LOCATION: New Providence, Hardin Co., IA
POST NAMESAKES: PVT John Rutan (1839-1864). Co. B, 11 IA Inf., KIA near Atlanta, GA, on 14 Aug 1864; 2SG Benjamin V. Kersey (1830-?). Co. B, 11th IA Inf.
CHARTERED: 17 Jan 1891
DISBANDED: unknown
NOTES: 23 charter members. The Post changed its namesake to Ben Kersey Post 486 on 27 Jan 1894; however, it was still being called Rutan Post in 1897.