of Ashland, Oregon; Mrs. Emeline Norton, of Laramie, Wyoming; Charles F.; John Albert, who enlisted in February, 1864, and served until the close of the Civil war, his home being now in Jones county, Iowa; Mrs. Virginia Bickford, of Washington, Iowa; and Diana, who died at the age of sixteen years.
When a youth of fifteen years Charles F. Stuart, in 1858, accompanied his parents to Jones county, Iowa, and was living upon the home farm, about three miles northwest of Olin, when his patriotic spirit was aroused and he joined the Union army, enlisting on the 10th of August, 1861, as a member of Company B, Ninth Iowa Infantry, under Captain D. A. Carpenter. The command was assigned to the army of the southwest and was on duty in Missouri and Arkansas, participating in its first engagement at Pea Ridge, Arkansas. Mr. Stuart also took part in the battle of Chickasaw Bayou and was afterward taken ill, being poisoned with the water at Yazoo river. Later he participated in the battle of Jackson, Mississippi, and in the siege of Vicksburg, in which he was twice wounded, on the 22d of May, 1863. These were only flesh wounds, however, and he was off duty but for ten days. He took part in the second engagement at Jackson, then went back to Black river and afterward to Iuka, Tennessee, where he became ill and was left in the hospital for a few days. He was then again on 'duty at the battle of Brandon, after which the troops went into winter quarters. In December, 1863, he reenlisted in the same company and regiment and was granted a thirty days' veteran furlough. At the battle at Dallas, Georgia, he was taken prisoner and sent to Andersonville, where he remained from the 27th of May, 1864, until the 10th of September. He was then removed to Florence, South Carolina, where he continued until the 5th of February, 1865, when he made his escape. He was three months in getting to the lines and his companion who escaped with him was taken sick, Mr. Stuart remaining with him for five weeks, during which time they were cared for by an old negro. They then rejoined Sherman's forces at Charleston and reached their regiment at Alexandria, Virginia, on the 19th of May, 1865. After participating in the grand review at Washington, D. C., they were sent to Louisville, Kentucky, where they were discharged and mustered out on the 19th of July, 1865.
Mr. Stuart at once returned to his home in Jones county, Iowa, and resumed farming. There he resided until 1874, when he came to Story county. Here he operated a ditching machine for two years, after which he engaged in farming for two or three years. He then followed railroading until 1892, acting as bridge foreman, and since that date he has given his attention to general agricultural pursuits, owning and cultivating fifty-three and a half acres of land on section 24, Franklin township. The farm is well tilled and developed and brings to him a good annual income. Mr. Stuart was married in Jones county, September 14, 1865, to Miss Minerva Overball, who was born in Ohio, May 13, 1845, and died at Ana-