Mills County, Iowa  

 

Cemetery Directory

 

State of Iowa

ARMED FORCES GRAVES REGISTRATION RECORD

Adjutant General's Office

STATE CAPITAL, DES MOINES, IOWA

~ This Record for Filling in S & SR Permanent Record ~

 
  RECORD NO:  
 

GENERAL INFORMATION

Buried in County:  Mills

War Served in:  Civil

Veteran's Name:  William Fickel Color: White Serial No.: n/a
 
Date of Birth:  28 Feb 1835 Place:  Perry County, Ohio
Date of Death: 17 Feb 1873 Place:  Anderson Twp., Mills County
Cause:  Small Pox Age:  38
Nearest relative: Father: William Mother:  Elizabeth
Wife:  Maria Sowers  

Children:                                 George B.

 
W. Homer  
Clark (deceased)  
Joseph B.  
   

MILITARY RECORD

Residence at Time of Residence:  Roseville, Ohio Age:  29
Entered service date:  2 May 1864 Place:  Zanesville, Ohio
Discharged date:  23 Aug 1864 Place:  Zanesville, Ohio Rank:  Pvt.
Organization served in:  Co. K, 159, Ohio Inf.
 
 
 
 
Foreign countries served in:    n/a
Membership in veterans organization:    n/a
 

BURIAL INFORMATION

Burial place:  Rural Anderson Twp.

Name of cemetery:  Wesley Chapel Character of grave marker:  Mon. & H. Stone
Lot description: Addition:  n/a Block:   n/a Lot No.   171 Grave No.:  n/a 
If buried in foreign country, state where and date of reburial:  n/a
Amount of pension:  n/a Pension Claim No.:  n/a

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Name and address of persons and organizations furnishing this information:

G. B. Fickle, Adj. Gen. Ohio

 
 
Additional information or history:
    He came to Iowa in 1873, contracted Smallpox on the way, and died within a few days after arriving in Mills County.
Buried in Section 30,
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Wesley Chapel Cemetery located on the J. H. Plumb farm. Cemetery started in connection with the Wesley Chapel Church (M. E.) in 1874.

 
 
 
 

~ source: Iowa War records survey. Graves registration division Register of the U.S. war veterans buried in Mills County, 1865-1937 -

                  LDS microfilm #1502657, #2

~ Transcribe by Constance Diamond for Mills County IAGenWeb, May 2008