Mills County, Iowa

Civil War Burials in Mills County

State of Iowa
ARMED FORCES GRAVES REGISTRATION RECORD

Adjutant General's Office
STATE CAPITAL, DES MOINES, IOWA

VETERAN's NAME: Nicholas Kiersch
Color: White
Serial No.: n/a
Date of Birth: 4 Apr 1844; Place: Luxemburg, Germany
Date of Death: 21 Feb 1938; Place: Mineola, Iowa
Cause: n/a, Age: n/a

Nearest relative:
Father: n/a; Mother: n/a; Wife: Wilhelmina Green
Children: Peter (deceased), John, Frank, Mrs. Agnes Schoening, Charley Harry, Mrs. Dora Hansen, Mrs. Bertha Lundby, Julius

MILITARY RECORD
Residence: Mills County, Iowa
Age: 20
Entered service date: 15 Nov 1864; Place: n/a
Discharged date: 21 Jul 1865; Place: Louisville, Kentucky; Rank: Pvt.
Organization served in: Co. I, 13, Iowa Infantry ; (Substitute ofr A. H. Orr)
Foreign countries served in: n/a
Membership in veterans organization: n/a

BURIAL INFORMATION
Burial place: Mineola, Oak Twp.
Name of cemetery: Mineola Character of grave marker: Mon. & H. Stone
Lot description: Addition: n/a, Block: n/a, Lot No. 257 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:
Malvern Leader
Glenwood Opinion
Additional information or history: Buried in Section 3; Nearly all burials are of people of German decent. Most monuments are inscribed in German

~ 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