Spanish-American War Veterans from Poweshiek County, Iowa

Spanish-American War Veterans

Poweshiek County, Iowa

Spanish-American War Veterans with residence listed in Poweshiek County, Iowa. See notes below the table.

Name	Unit	Age	Residence	Nativity	Enlisted/ Appointed	Mustered	Discharged/ Mustered Out	Promoted/ Transferred	Page
Abel, Burdette A.	50th K	26	Grinnell	Iowa	A First Lieutenant April 26, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		399
Adkins, George W.	50th M	28	Montezuma	Iowa	E April 26, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		400
Arnold, Frank V.	51st M	27	Grinnell	Illinois	E June 24, 1898	June 24, 1898	MO Nov 2, 1899, San Francisco, Cal.		515
Bailey, Frank H.	50th K	21	Grinnell	Iowa	E April 26, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines,Iowa	P Corporal July 27, 1898	408
Baldwin, Charles	49th Band	18	Grinnell	Illinois	E June 1 1898, as Musician	June 2, 1898	D May 20, 1899		285
Barnes, David A.	50th K	26	Grinnell	Iowa	E April 26, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		408
Barnes, Obediah F.	50th K	30	Grinnell	Iowa	E April 26, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		408
Blodgett, Archie R.	50th K	19	Grinnell	Iowa	E April 26, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		408
Blow, Keith W.	50th K	18	Grinnell	Illinois	E April 26, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		409
Boydston, Walter R.	50th K	18	Montezuma		E June 18, 1898	June 18, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		409
Brown, Frank O.	50th K	23	Grinnell	Illinois	E April 26, 1898 as Musician	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		409
Bryan, Leonard	52nd D	21	Montezuma		E June 25, 1898	June 25, 1898	MO Oct 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		637
Campbell, David L.	50th K	26	Grinnell	Iowa	E April 26, 1898 as Third Sergeant	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		416
Capper, I. Milton	50th K	19	Victor		E July 10, 1898	July 10, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		416
Coon, Fred F.	52nd Band	22	Brooklyn	Iowa	E May 25, 1898 as Musician	May 25, 1898	MO Oct 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		627
Corley, Jesse L.	51st F	21	Grinnell	Mass.	E June 16, 1898	June 16, 1898	D Sept 20, 1899, Manila, P.I.	P Cook rank of Corporal March 15, 1899	529
Corley, Karl C.	50th K	24	Grinnell	Iowa	E April 26, 1898 as Second Corporal	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		416
Cunning, Howard N.	51st H	21	Brooklyn	Iowa	E June 16, 1898	June 16, 1898	MO Nov 2, 1899, San Francisco, Cal.		530
Davis, George W.	50th K	26	Grinnell	Iowa	E April 26, 1898 as Fifth Sergeant	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		420
DeCamp, William M.	50th K	21	Grinnell	Iowa	E April 26, 1898 as First Corporal	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		420
Decatur, Charles E.	50th K	44	Grinnell	New York	E April 26, 1898 as Company Quartermaster Sergeant	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		420
Dieterich, Joseph P.	50th K	22	Victor		E July 10, 1898	June 30, 1898	MO Nove 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		420
Doty, David S.	50th K	44	Deep River		E June 18, 1898	June 18, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		420
Drake, John A.	52nd Band	27	Brooklyn	Iowa	E May 25, 1898, as Musician	May 25, 1898	MO Oct 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		627
Dryden, Carey	27th IL G	21	Montezuma			Aug 9, 1861			29
Evans, Charles I.	50th K	34	Searsboro	Iowa	E April 26, 1898	May 17, 1898		T to Hospital Corps, 7th Army Corps, June 10, 1898	423
Fellows, Jesse L.	49th G	19	Grinnell	Iowa	E June 21, 1898	June 21, 1898	MO May 13, 1899, Savannah, Ga.		316
Ferguson, Cecil C.	50th K	22	Victor		E June 30, 1898	July 10, 1898	MO Nove 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		426
Finley, Mike	50th K	30	Grinnell	England	E April 29, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		426
Fish, William H.	50th K	20	Victor		E June 1, 1898	June 1, 1898	MO Nove 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		426
Flynn, Robert L.	50th K	21	Grinnell	Ohio	E April 30, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		426
Gilbert, Fred C.	50th K	19	Victor		E July 1, 1898	July 1, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		430
Givin, Ellsworth	50th I	18	Victor		E June 21, 1898	June 21, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		430
Harper, Harry H.	50th K	20	Victor		E July 1, 1898	July 1, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		439
Hart, Irving	50th K	21	Grinnell	Iowa	E April 29, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa	P Corporal July 27, 1898	439
Hulbert, Marion	50th K	22	Grinnell	Missouri	E May 7, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		439
Hull, Samuel W.	50th K	21	Grinnell	Illinois	E April 29, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		439
Hyter, George W., Jr.	50th K	18	Victor		E July 7, 1898	July 7, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		439
Johnson, William E.	50th K	23	Grinnell		E June 30, 1898	June 30, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		443
Jones, Edward M.	50th K	22	Grinnell		E June 28, 1898	June 28, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		443
Joy, Louis H.	50th K	24	Grinnell	Iowa	E April 29, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa	P Corporal July 27, 1898	443
Kiesel, Ferdinand J.	50th K	19	Grinnell	Germany	E April 26, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		447
Kerr, Karl Victor	50th K	18			E July 10, 1898	July 10, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		447
LaGrange, Nathan	50th K	32	Grinnell	Iowa	E April 29, 1898 as Artificer	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		453
Lamb, Linus E.	51st F	32	Malcolm [Malcom]	Illinois	E June 15, 1898	June 15, 1898	D for disability Nov 1, 1898, Presidio, San Francisco, Cal.		568
Lynch, John W.	50th K	25	Grinnell	Iowa	E April 26, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa	P Corporal July 27, 1898	453
McBlain, John	50th K	18	Grinnell	Scotland	E April 26, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa	T to U.S. Hospital Corps, Seventh Army Corps, June 8, 1898	456
McDaniel, George A.	50th K	24	Victor		E June 30, 1898	June 30, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		456
McKee, James W.	50th K	24	Montezuma		E June 18, 1898	June 18, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		456
Martyn, Charles A.	50th K	23	Grinnell	Iowa	E April 26, 1898 as Fourth Sergeant	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		461
Martyn, William M.	50th K	18	Grinnell	Iowa	E April 26, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		461
Mehlin, Theodore J.	50th K	21	Grinnell	Iowa	E April 26, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		461
Michel, Paul	50th K	21	Grinnell	Iowa	E May 7, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		461
Mincer, Louis E.	50th K	22	Grinnell		E June 28, 1898	June 28, 1898	D for disability Aug 30, 1898, Jacksonville, Fla.		462
Mitchell, George A.	50th K	22	Grinnell	Iowa	E April 26, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		462
Morris, Frank	52nd D	22	Montezuma		E June 27, 1898	June 27, 1898	MO Oct 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		692
Morris, Harry	50th K	23	Grinnell	Iowa	E April 26, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		462
Morris, Justus J.	50th L	20	Montezuma	Iowa	E May 3, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		462
Mortland, James A.	Signal Corps	25	Montezuma		E June 18, as First Class Sergeant		D April 18, 1899		761
Mowitt, John P.	50th K	26	Grinnell	Illinois	E April 26, 1898 as First Sergeant	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		462
Nichols, Ira A.	50th K	21	Grinnell	Iowa	E April 26, 1898 as Wagoner	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		464
Niswander, Luther S.	50th K	23	Brooklyn	Virginia	E April 30, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		464
Norris, Arthur C.	50th K	29	Grinnell	New Hamp.	A Captain April 26, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		464
Nysoe, Peter N.	51st Band	29	Grinnell	Denmark	E May 28, 1898 as Musician	May 30, 1898	D Aug 9, 1899, San Fernando, P.I., to enlist in U.S. Volunteers	T to Company B, June 25, 1898 T from Company D, Feb 18, 1899	510
Peck, Maurice K.	50th K	22	Grinnell	Illinois	E April 26, 1898 as Sixth Corporal	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		470
Pilgrim, William T.	50th K	21	Grinnell	Illinois	E April 26, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		470
Plambeck, Archie F.	50th K	20	Grinnell	Iowa	E April 26, 1898 as Fifth Corporal	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		470
Plambeck, H. Christian	50th K	27	Grinnell	Germany	A Second Lieutenant April 26, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		470
Powell, Benjamin M.	50th K	27	Montezuma		E June 18, 1898	June 18, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		470
Prather, Albert G.	50th K	32	Grinnell	Illinois	E April 26, 1898 as Musician	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa	P Corporal July 27, 1898	471
Price, Charles C.	49th K	27	Brooklyn	Iowa	E May 3, 1898	June 2, 1898	MO May 13, 1899, Savannah, Ga.	P Artificer Aug 1, 1898	357
Pugh, Joseph F.	Signal Corps	31	Brooklyn		E June 17, 1898		D Oct 15, 1898, Camp Hamilton, Ky.		765
Raymond, Lester P.	49th K	21	Malcolm [Malcom]	Iowa	E April 26, 1898	June 2, 1898	MO May 13, 1899, Savannah, Ga.	P Corporal July 25, 1898	362
Reed, Julius A.	50th K	26	Grinnell	Illinois	E April 30, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		475
Roth, George W.	50th K	26	Grinnell	Iowa	E April 26, 1898 as Third Corporal	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		475
Sargood, Preston H.	50th K	24	Deep River		E June 18, 1898	June 18, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		483
Stickle, Francis H.	50th K	25	Grinnell	Iowa	E April 26, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		483
Stickle, William A.	50th K	21	Grinnell	Iowa	E April 26, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		483
Teufel, Louis	50th K	18	Victor		E July 5, 1898	July 5, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		488
Thayer, John W.	50th K	27	Grinnell	Iowa	E April 26, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		488
Thorp, Francis W.	50th K	27	Grinnell	Iowa	E April 26, 1898 as Second Sergeant	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		488
Warne, Clarence S.	50th K	26	Grinnell	Iowa	E April 26, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		496
White, Charles	50th K	22	Montezuma	Iowa	E April 30, 1898	May 17, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		496
Whitworth, Harry Jr.	50th K	21	Victor		E July 1, 1898	July 1, 1898	MO Nov 30, 1898, Des Moines, Iowa		496
Wilkins, Walter C.	51st H	25	Victor	Iowa	E June 14, 1898	June 14, 1898	MO Nov 2, 1899, San Francisco, Cal.		617

Abbreviations
50th K	50th Infantry, Company K
A	Assigned
D	Discharged
E	Enlisted
MO	Mustered Out
P	Promoted
P.I.	Philippine Islands
Signal Corps	Twelfth Company U.S. Volunteer Signal Corps
T	Transferred

These records were transcribed from Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers in Miscellaneous Organizations of the Mexican War/Indian Campaigns/War of the Rebellion and the Spanish American and Philippine Wars Together with Historical Sketches of Volunteer Organizations/ Vol. VI Miscellaneous (1911). Transcription by William Haloupek on 11 Nov 2014.

Residence was given in terms of nearest town, so I looked up records for all towns in Poweshiek County. Some of these may have lived in adjacent counties, and some in Poweshiek county may have been closest to towns in other counties.

History
The Spanish-American War began on 25 Apr 1898 and ended on 12 Aug 1898, so it lasted about three and a half months. It was fought mainly in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines, and lead directly to the Philippine-American War of 1899-1902. Theodore Roosevelt wrote about the former conflict in his 1899 book, The Rough Riders.

Roosevelt in 1898, at Montauk, Long Island, after returning from Cuba.

After the Spanish-American War, about 29,000 American soldiers were quarantined for 30 days at Camp Wikoff, on Long Island, to prevent the spread of yellow fever and other tropical diseases.

Links
The 49th Iowa Volunteer Infantry history and departure and roster and officers
The 50th Iowa Volunteer Infantry history
The 51st Iowa Volunteer Infantry history and history and history and roster (Company M only)
The 52nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry history

Most of the soldiers listed here enlisted in the 50th Infantry, Company K, in May or June of 1898, and mustered out on 30 Nov 1898, with a few staying until 13 May 1899, presumably to take part in the war in the Philippines.

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