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SANDERS, John H., GAR Card File
Biographical Information: none given
War Record:
Corporal Company B, Marines Mississippi, enlisted July 7, 1862 as a Private in Company H, 18th Iowa Infantry, mustered Aug 6, 1862, discharge for disability, St. Louis, Missouri; date not known
Sources:
Record of Posts: Company H, 18th Iowa Infantry, Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Sanders, John H.,
John H. Sanders – death date April 5, 1918, Des Moines, Iowa, buried Laurel Hill Cemetery #534, Norma Cooper, Pleasantville, Iowa
Post:
Carlisle Post 425, joined May 15, 1888, suspended 1890, and 1894
SAYERS, Daniel H., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Date of Birth: July 4, 1843, Place of Birth: Clinton County, Ohio, Date of Death: April 19, 1916, Place of Death: I.S.H. (Iowa Soldiers Home) Marshalltown, Place of Burial: Iowa Soldiers Home Marshalltown, Iowa, age 73
War Record:
Private in 39th Ohio Infantry, enlisted July 31, 1861 for 3 years, age 18, appointed Corporal Sept 24, 1861; Sergeant April 29, 1863; reduced to ranks July 16, 1864, mustered out with Company July 9, 1865 as a veteran
Sources:
Roster of Ohio Soldiers: Sayres, Daniel H., Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: Sayers, Dan H., residence Summerset, Des Moines Register [newspaper] Nov 24, 1920, p. 12, Death in Des Moines
Post:
Carlisle Post 425, joined 1892, suspended 1894
SCANLAND, Charles, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Mechanic, Date of Birth: Aug 15, 1839, Place of Birth: Virginia, Date of Death: June 11, 1910, Place of Death: Indianola, Iowa, Place of Burial: I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Lot 111, Grave 6, Indianola, Iowa, Father: Joseph Scanland, Mother: Arabella Stone, Wife: Mary J. Yale, Children: Joseph
War Record:
Private in 34th Iowa Infantry, Company C, enlisted Aug 13, 1862, age 27, residence Indianola, mustered out at Memphis, Tennessee, pulmonary consumption & wound in right knee.
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Scanland, Chas. W., Post 116 Application Paper age 43 in 1883, Graves Registration: died June 1, 1910
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined May 19, 1883, suspended June 30, 1886, dropped Jan 1, 1888, reinstated June 29, 1895, dropped Feb 19, 1898, reinstated July 26, 1906
Biographical Information:
Date of Birth: 1845
War Record:
Private in 35th Iowa Infantry, Company I, enlisted March 31, 1864, mustered April 14, 1864, age 19, residence Johnson County, Iowa, nativity Ohio. Transferred to Company I, 34/38 Consolidated Infantry, July 12, 1865, mustered out Aug 15, 1865, Houston, Texas
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers, Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: residence Milo
Post:
Milo Post 275, joined March 9, 1884, suspended March 8, 1885, reinstated Dec 25, 1888
SCHELL, Francis H., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Carpenter, Place of Birth: Brownsville, Pennsylvania
War Record:
Sergeant in 18th Illinois Infantry, Company G, enlisted July 28, 1861, mustered July 28, 1861, residence Fairfield, see Company G, as consolidated, mustered out July 28, 1864, Little Rock Arkansas – expiration term of service
Sources:
Adjutant General’s Report Illinois: Schell, Francis H., 1889 edition & 3rd edition of G.A.R.: Shell, Record of Posts: Schell, Post 116 Application Paper, age 45 in 1884, Schell, F.H.
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined March 8, 1884, age 45
SCHEMALPFAENIG, Jacob, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Butcher, Place of Birth: Germany, Date of Death: July 20, 1910
War Record:
Private in 38th New York Infantry, Company C, enlisted May 7, 1861 at New York City by Capt. R.F. Allason for 2 years, age 25
Sources:
Post 116 Descriptive Book: enlisted June 1861, mustered out June 1863
37th Annual Encampment: Schimelfenig, J., Private Company C, 38th New York Infantry, New York Men in the Civil War: Schimmelpfennig, Jacob
Post:
Indianola Post 116, June 2, 1883, suspended Sept 30, 1888, reinstated Dec 20, 1888, suspended Sept 30, 1890, dropped June 30, 1891, reinstated 1906
SCHOOLER, Henry, GAR Card File
Biographical Information: none given
War Record:
Sergeant in 21st Indiana Infantry, Company B, enlisted July 24, 1861, residence Ottumwa, Iowa, Veteran, mustered out Jan 13, 1866 as Sergeant
Sources:
Adjutant General’s Report Indiana: Shuler, Henry
Record death not found in Burials, Warren County through Historical Library, Oct 30, 1946
Post:
Carlisle Post 425, joined March 31, 1887, suspended 1890
Biographical Information:
Residence: Farmer, Indianola, Iowa, Place of Birth: Indiana
War Record:
Corporal in 34th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Company D, age 33, residence Indianola, nativity Ohio, enlisted Aug 14, 1862, mustered Oct 15, 1862, discharged for disability March 14, 1863, St. Louis, Missouri
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: born Ohio, Application Paper Post 116: age 61, born Indiana – signed only by John M. Fallis, “Will pay when mustered”
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined 1890, age 61
SCOTT, Benjamin F., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Date of Birth: 1842, Date of Death: July 12, 1924, Place of Milo, Iowa, Place of Burial: I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Milo, Belmont Township, Warren County, Father: Robert F. Scott, Mother: Martha Lambert, Wife: Mary L. Patterson, Children, Charles F., Mrs. John Kinsie, Pearlie G
War Record:
Sergeant in 141st Ohio Infantry, Company C, enlisted May 2, 1864 for 100 days, age 22, mustered out Sept 3, 1864 at Gallipolis, Ohio
Sources:
Roster of Ohio Soldiers: Benjamin F., Sergeant, Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: Scott, B.F., Sergeant – residence Milo
Post:
Milo Post 275, joined Sept 26, 1885, suspended Jan 30, 1891, reinstated Dec 31, 1891
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Date of Birth: 1837, Place of Birth: Montgomery County, Indiana, Date of Death: Sept 1902
War Record:
Sergeant in 31st Iowa Infantry, Company A, enlisted Aug 20, 1862 as 4th Corporal, age 25, residence Mt Vernon, Iowa, born Indiana, promoted 4th Sergeant Sept 9, 1863, mustered out June 27, 1865
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: (John W.), Post 201 Transfer Card filed with Post 116 – age 54 in 1896, Post 116 Descriptive Book: death
Post:
Lewis Post 201, joined July 7, 1883, transferred May 5, 1896
Indianola Post 116, by transfer card 1896, age 54
SCOVILLE, Frederick E., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Date of Birth: Feb 22, 1832, Date of Death: Dec 19, 1905
War Record:
Private in 8th Illinois Cavalry, Company K, enlisted Sept 7, 1861, mustered Sept 18, 1861, residence Victor. Re-enlisted as a Veteran, Jan 1, 1864, mustered Jan 1, 1864, mustered out to date March 8, 1865 as of 1st enlistment
Battles, etc:
Prisoner, Andersonville and Florence May 5, 1864 to Dec 13, 1864
Sources:
Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: Company K, 8th Illinois Cavalry, A.G.R. (Adjutant General’s Report) Illinois: Frederick E.
Post:
Carlisle Post 425, joined March 31, 1887
SCROGGS, William H., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Date of Birth: Nov 24, 1835, Place of Birth: Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio, Date of Death: 1899, Place of Death: California, Father: Alexander Scroggs, Mother: Mary Almond, Wife: Harriet Barbour, Children: Charles B, William C., Edwin, John H., and Ira Scroggs (deceased), Alice Dale – Los Angeles, California, Richard E. – Indianola, Iowa
War Record:
Sergeant in 81st Ohio Infantry, Company C, enlisted Sept 19, 1861, age 26, at Cincinnati, Ohio, wounded Oct 3, 1862 in battle of Corinth, Mississippi, discharge Jan 29, 1863, to accept promotion in 111th Regiment U.S. Colored Troops, from which discharged Nov 1, 1866, as Lieutenant Colonel – Service 3 years
Battles, etc:
Shiloh, Corinth, wounded right arm, Pulaski, Tennessee
Sources:
Roster of Ohio Soldiers: (William H.), Post 116 Application Paper: age 59 in 1898, mustered out at Greenfield, Ohio, Oct 30, 1866, Lieutenant Colonel, expiration term of service – From T.H. Ewins, Post 416, Illinois, Post 116 Descriptive Book: death
Graves Registration: died March 4, 1921, age 85 at Indianola, Iowa, buried Manoah Cemetery, Lot 371, Grave 4, Indianola, Iowa
Post 116 Personal Reminiscence, page 23: Promoted to Company B, 111th Regiment, Colored Troops, sent to Sulphur Branch, Trustle, Alabama, then to Athens, Alabama on General Court Martial detail where I was taken prisoner by General Forrest Sept 24, 1864; was taken to Meredian, Mississippi and later to Enterprise, Mississippi, where held until Nov 1864; where I was sent to Memphis, Tennessee, and then to Benton Barracks to be exchanged March 1, 1865, was ordered to join my regiment at Nashville, Tennessee, where I arrived March 7th, was ordered by General George H. Thomas to go to Mobile, Alabama to bring back prisoners taken on Hood’s Raid through North Alabama, Brot 1000. At Nashville was appointed Inspector of Defense Rail Road
Post:
Illinois Post 416
Indianola Post 116, joined Jan 15, 1895, age 59, suspended 1899
SEXTON, Isaac B., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Died: Nov 25, 1863, Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, Buried: National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee
War Record:
1st Lieutenant 10th Iowa Infantry, Company B
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Sexton, Isaac, age 33, residence Carlisle, nativity Kentucky, enlisted Aug 23, 1861, as 5th Sergeant, mustered Sept 6, 1861, promoted 1st Lieutenant, Feb 24, 1863. Killed in action Nov 25, 1863, Missionary Ridge, Tennessee. Buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee, section G, grave Q
Post:
Carlisle Post 425, Warren County, Iowa is named in honor of this soldier, Lieutenant Isaac Sexton
SHAFFER, Frank (i.e. Benjamin Franklin), GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Residence: Clark County, Iowa, Occupation: Farmer, Date of Birth: Jan 21, 1841, Place of Birth: Pennsylvania, Date of Death: Jan 25, 1921, Place of Death: New Virginia, Iowa, Place of Burial: Fremont Cemetery, Osceola, Iowa, Father: Jonathan Shaffer, Mother: Mary, Wife: Nancy Jane Printz, Children: John J., George. Alice, Jesse, James, Minnie, Floyd
War Record:
Private in 6th Iowa Infantry, Company G, enlisted July 8, 1861, age 20, residence, Windham, mustered out July 16, 1864, Roswell, Georgia
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Shaeffer, Frank, Post 444 Descriptive Book: Shaffer, Frank, Charter Post 444: Shafer, Frank. Grave Registration: Schaffer, Benjamin Franklin – born Bowlsbury, Pennsylvania, children shown: John C., George F., Jessie J., James W. all of Clarke County, Iowa, Millie Chandler of Clarke County, Iowa and Sadie Deitrick of Emmet County, Iowa
Post:
Oxford Post 183, joined June 11, 1883 and Oct 6, 1886
New Virginia Post 444, joined Nov 1, 1887
SHARP, George E., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Date of Birth: May 27, 1829, Date of Death: April 1, 1904, Place of Burial: Newbern Cemetery, Lucas County, Liberty Township
War Record:
Private in 34th Iowa Infantry, Company K, enlisted Aug 7th, mustered Oct 15, 1862, age 22, residence Chariton, nativity Pennsylvania. Transferred to Company A, 34th Consolidated Battalion Nov 12, 1864, transferred to Company A, 34/38 Consolidated Infantry Jan 1, 1865, mustered out Aug 15, 1865, Houston, Texas
Sources:
Roster Iowa Soldiers: George E, Post 309 Descriptive Book: age 44 in 1884, Graves Registration has death March 8, 1904
Post:
Lacona Post 309, joined April 12, 1884
SHAVER, James Henry, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Place of Birth: Warren County, Ohio, Date of Death: Oct 2, 1915, age 70, Place of Death: Indianola, Iowa, Place of Burial: Manoah Cemetery, Lot 134, Grave 6, Indianola, Iowa, Father: Henry Shaver, Mother: Lucy Jones, Wife: Sarah Williamson, Children: Henry, Alva R., Bertha Shaver Tharp
War Record:
Private in 48th Iowa Infantry, Company A and Corporal in 10th Iowa Infantry, Company G
Enlisted July 4, 1864, mustered July 13, 1864, age 19, residence Warren County, Iowa, nativity Ohio. Mustered out Oct 21, 1864, Rock Island, Illinois, expiration term of service, General Order No.8
Enlisted Jan 16, 1865, Company G, 10th Iowa Infantry, as Shaffer, Jas. H., age 20, residence Warren County, mustered out Aug 15, 1865, Little Rock, Arkansas
Sources:
Roster Iowa Company A, 48th Iowa: Shaver, James H. and Shaffer, James H. (48th & 10th Infantry), Post 116 Application Paper reinstated 1891, age 49, Post 116 Descriptive Book: born Ohio – age 56
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined March 17, 1883, age 46, suspended 1887, reinstated 1899, reinstated Sept 26, 1891, age 58
SHAVER, John W., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Place of Birth: Warren County, Ohio
War Record:
Private in 1st Iowa Cavalry, Company D, enlisted Sept 1, 1862, age 24, residence Indianola, mustered out June 30,1865 Coliersville, Tennessee
Sources:
Roster Iowa Soldiers: Shaver, John W., Post 116 Application Paper
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined March 8, 1884, age 45, suspended June 30, 1887, dropped 1888, reinstated 1896, transferred 1896
SHAW, Charles G., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Accountant, Date of Birth: Machias, New York, Date of Death: Aug 14, 1901, Place of Death: Indianola, Iowa, Place of Burial: Manoah Cemetery, Lot 414, Grave 2, Indianola, Iowa, Father: Chase Shaw, Mother: Elmira Walton, Wife: Elizabeth Shane, Children: John
War Record:
Sergeant in 42nd Illinois Infantry, Company C, and Sergeant in 83rd Illinois Infantry, Company E,
Enlisted Aug 20, 1861 Company C., 42nd Illinois Infantry, residence Knoxville, mustered Aug 20, 1861, transferred to Regimental Band, Sept 18, 1861. Enlisted July 24, 1862 Company E, 83rd Illinois Infantry, mustered Aug 21, 1862, mustered out June 26, 1865 as 1st Sergeant
Sources:
Adjutant General’s Report Illinois: (Charles G.), Post 116 Application Paper: age 46 in 1884
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined May 3, 1884, suspended June 30, 1891, and 1892, reinstated 1892
Biographical Information:
Date of Birth: 1842, Date of Death: March 17, 1923, Place of Death: Milo, Iowa, Place of Burial: Belmont Cemetery, Belmont Township, Warren County, Iowa, Father: William Shaw, Mother: Rose Clark, Wife: Emily Gilbert, Children: William Allison, Cora E., Ella
War Record:
Private in 132nd Ohio Infantry, Company I, enlisted May2, 1864 for 100 days, age 21, mustered out with Company Sept 10, 1864
Sources:
Death Certificate #91-296, Milo age 80 years, died March 17, 1923, son of Wm. and Rose Clark, Roster of Ohio Soldiers
Post:
Milo Post 275, joined May 30, 1885
SHELLHART, Samuel, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Residence: New Virginia, Iowa, Occupation: Farmer, Date of Birth: 1839, Place of Birth: Ohio, Date of Death: Sep 12, 1909, Place of Death: New Virginia, Iowa, Place of Burial: Virginia Cemetery, Virginia Township, Warren County, Iowa, Father: James Shellhart, Mother: Susan Miller, Wife: May Richmond, Children: Mrs. Charles Hines – Osceola, Iowa
War Record:
Corporal in 23 Iowa Infantry, Company B, enlisted Aug 7, 1862, age 24, residence Polk County, mustered out July 26, 1865, Harrisburg, Texas
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Shellhart, Samuel, Post 444 Descriptive Book: Shellhart, Samuel, mustered out August 1865
Post:
Des Moines Post 7, joined Jan 1, 1880
New Virginia Post 444, joined April 20, 1889
SHEPHERD, Isaac N., GAR Card File
Biographical Information: none given
War Record:
Private in 5th Illinois Cavalry, Company F, enlisted Dec 4, 1863 as recruit, residence Robinson, mustered Dec 5, 1863, mustered out Oct 27, 1865
Sources:
Adjutant General’s Report Illinois: Sheppard, Isaac N., 1889 edition G.A.R.: Shepherd
Post:
Hartford Post 169, joined May 12, 1883, transferred Aug 1, 1888
SHEPHERD, William C., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Blacksmith, Date of Birth: April 25, 1816, Place of Birth: Ohio, Date of Death: Sept 26, 1893, Place of Death: Hartford, Iowa, Place of Burial: Hartford Cemetery, Hartford, Iowa, Father: Charles Shepherd, Mother: Susan Logan, Wife: (1) Elizabeth Draper died Nov 23, 1860, Keokuk, (2) Delila Embree born Illinois, married March 18, 1862, Warren County, Iowa, Children: Mary L. born 1863, Mark A., Lenora B., Joseph E., William F., Jessie M.
War Record:
Sergeant in 3rd Iowa Infantry, Company G, enlisted May 21, 1861 as 2nd Sergeant, age 45, residence Indianola, reduced to ranks at his own request Oct 21, 1861, discharged Oct 21, 1862
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Shepherd, William C., Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: Shepherd, W.C, - residence Hartford
Iowa Census 1885 Warren County, Richland Township, p.443 (Hartford in Richland Township): Shepherd, William C., age 68 married, born Ohio, Blacksmith, Delilia 52, born Illinois, Mark A. age 19, Joseph E. age 15, William F. age 12, and Jessie M. age 10, all children born Warren County, Iowa
Graves Registration, names parents, wife, Mary Walls, children: Walter and Allen A. deceased
Name only shown History Warren County: W.C. Shepherd
[handwritten]: Parents of Wm. C. – Peter Burr Shepherd married 1st Mary Barber
Post:
Hartford Post 169, joined May 12, 1883
SHEPHERD, William R., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Date of Birth: April 10, 1848
War Record:
Private in 115th Indiana Infantry, Company H, mustered Aug 6, 1863, residence Putnam County, supposed mustered out Feb 25, 1864
Sources:
Ex-Soldiers Living Iowa in Iowa 1886: Shepherd, W.R. – residence Hartford, Adjutant General’s Report of Indiana: Shepherd, William R.
Photo on file in group of Post No. 169, taken after 1897
Post:
Hartford Post, joined July 12, 1884, age 36, suspended June 1, 1887, dropped Nov 1, 1887
SHETTERLY, Abraham, GAR Card File
Biographical Information: none given
War Record:
Private in 34th Iowa Infantry, Company B, enlisted Aug 11, 1862, age 18, residence Hartford, born Indiana. Transferred to Company C, 34th Consolidated Battalion, Nov 12, 1864, mustered out Aug 15, 1865, Houston, Texas
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Shetterly, Abraham
Post:
Hartford Post 169, joined July 12, 1884, age 37, transferred March 21, 1885
SHETTERLY, Edwin B., GAR Card File
Biographical Information: none given
War Record:
Private in 3rd Iowa Infantry, Company G, enlisted May 21, 1861, age 21, residence Hartford, born Indiana, wounded severely in foot, April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tennessee, mustered out June 18, 1864, Davenport, Iowa expiration of term of service
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: (Edwin B.)
Post:
Hartford Post 169, joined Feb 21, 1883
SHINN, William Bennet, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, New Virginia, Iowa, Date of Birth: April 24, 1838, Place of Birth: Salem, Ohio, Date of Death: July 7, 1904, Place of Death: New Virginia, Iowa, Place of Burial: Union Chapel, Iowa, Father: Isaac Shinn, born Salem, Ohio, Mother: Christiana Phillips, born Salem, Ohio, Wife: (1) Louisa Irving, (2) Susan Kimbell, born Panora, Iowa, married 1860, died 1876, (3) Lorene Knesel, Children: Minnie Smith – Osceola, Iowa, Delvina Shinn – New Virginia, Iowa, Cora Cunningham – Shawnee, Wyoming, Myrtle Huckaby, 2629 Adams St., Chicago, Illinois, Charles Shinn – Chicago, Illinois, Opal Mann – Silverton, Oregon
Reference to Osceola Sentinel [newspaper], July 14, 1904: Lizzie E. Fickle – Circleville, Kansas, Saddie J. Yale – Yale, Iowa, Minnie W. Smith – Clarke County, Iowa, Cora E. Hoffman – Platt Center, Nebraska, Myrtle Huckaby – Osceola, Iowa, Maude Opal – Clarke County, Iowa
War Record:
Corporal in 178th Ohio Voluntary Infantry, Company I, enlisted Sept 7, 1864, age 27, for 1 year, appointed Corporal Sept 26, 1864, mustered out with company June 29, 1865
Sources:
Daughter, Myrtle Huckaby, 2529 Adams St., Chicago, Illinois, June 21, 1943, Roster of Ohio Soldiers: Wm. B. Shinn
Post:
New Virginia Post 444, joined Nov 1, 1887
SHIPLEY, Benjamin Rush, GAR Card File (116)
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Place of Birth: Adams County, Ohio, Date of Death: Jan 11, 1936, age 96, Place of Death: Indianola, Iowa, Place of Burial: Manoah Cemetery, Lot 120, Grave 6, Indianola, Iowa, Father: Richard Shipley, Mother: Elizabeth Clark, Wife: Mary Jane Elder, daughter of Henry, Children: Martha Zulinda (married John McKelvy) – Powell, Wyoming, Edna Alice (married Nelson D. Wiley) – Indianola, Iowa, Henry Edward – Route 6, Des Moines, Iowa, Elsie and Ethel Shipley (twins)
War Record:
Private in 36th Iowa Infantry, Company D, enlisted Aug 5, 1862 as Drummer, age 23, residence Eddyville, born Tennessee, mustered out Aug 24, 1865
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: (Benjamin R.), Death Certificate #G91-14, Post 116 Personal Reminiscence, p49 (name regiment and date death, age at death only)
Record sent Jan 3, 1939 to Mrs. L.L. McVey, daughter, 745 33rd St., Des Moines and
Jan 17, 1939 to R. Dale Squires, City Hall, Des Moines
On card announcing burial services for A.S. Ruby death for B.H. Shipley is given Jan 11, 1936
Oskaloosa Herald [newspaper] Jan 20, 1936, p.3, col.4
Family Information from Elise Shipley March 17, 1948, through Mrs. Garretson, Historical Library
Graves Registration shows family: Father: Alman L, mother of veteran, Elizabeth Clark; Wife, Mary Jane Elder; Children: Mrs. J.T. McKelvy of Powell, Wyoming, Mrs. W.D. Wiley of Indianola, Iowa, E.R., Mrs. D.R. Noble of Allerton, & Mrs. T.T. McVey of Des Moines, Iowa
Post:
Indianola Post 116
SHIVE, Joseph, GAR Card File (275)
Biographical Information:
Date of Birth: 1844
War Record:
Private in 91st Indiana Infantry, Company H and Private in 124th Indiana Infantry, Company C
Sources:
Adjutant General’s Report Indiana, vol.vi, page 497, one year service, 91st Indiana Infantry, Shives, Joseph, enrolled Nov 19, 1864, honorably discharged Aug 31, 1865, enlisted Company H, 91st Indiana Infantry; transferred to Company C, 124th Infantry, residence Little River, A.G.O. Washington, March 31, 1949; transferred to Company C, 124th Indiana, 9 months service
Post:
Milo Post 275, joined Sept 26, 1885
SHOOP, William H., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Date of Birth: 1839, Place of Birth: Ohio, Date of Death: March 6, 1915, Place of Death: Carlisle, Iowa, Place of Burial: Carlisle Cemetery, Lot 217, Grave 2, Father: Henry Shoop, Mother: Martha Pane, Wife: (1) Elizabeth Dill, (2) Caroline Templeton, Children: Henry, Elmer (deceased), Cora Watson – Nebraska, Eva Anderson – Tacoma, Washington, Jennie Seid – Carlisle, Iowa
War Record:
Private in 2nd Ohio Infantry, Company B, and Private in 24th Ohio Infantry, Company A
Enlisted April 17, 1861 for 3 months, age 21, discharged July 1, 1861 at Camp Upton, Virginia on Surgeon’s Certificate for disability Company B, 2nd Ohio Infantry
Sources:
Post 425 Roster 1893: 3 months service in Company B, 2nd Ohio Infantry, 7 months in Company A, 24th Ohio Infantry
Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886, Private Company B, 2nd Ohio Infantry: Soup: W.H. – residence Avon (Polk County), Roster of Ohio Soldiers, 42nd Annual Encampment: Company B, 2nd Ohio Infantry, Birthplace from Roster Post 425
Post:
Carlisle Post 425, joined 1890, suspended 1894
SHULER, John A., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Sandyville, Iowa, Date of Birth: May 7, 1846, Place of Birth: Owen County, Iowa, Date of Death: June 21, 1930, Place of Death: Indianola, Iowa, Place of Burial: Manoah Cemetery, Lot 668, Grave 6, Indianola, Iowa, Father: James Shuler, Mother: Elizabeth Clark, Wife: Sarah A. Sandy, Children: Jerry – Indianola, Iowa, Mrs. John Slocom
War Record:
Private in 1st Indiana Heavy Artillery, Company B, mustered March 8, 1864, residence Gosport, mustered out Jan 13, 1866 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Sources:
57th Annual Encampment: Shuler, John A. –Private Company B, 1st Indiana Heavy Artillery, Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: Shuler, J.A. – Private B, 1st Indiana Heavy Artillery – residence Sandyville, Adjutant General’s Report of Indiana: John A.
Application Paper Post 116
Post 116 Personal Reminiscences, p.40: Moved with parents to Iowa in 1853 – left an orphan 1855. Enlisted 4th Iowa Infantry under Captain William Aug 1861, not mustered, considered too young – some too old. Re-enlisted 36th Iowa Infantry, not mustered on account of age; 3rd attempt Company B, 1st Indiana Heavy Artillery at Gosport, Indiana under Captain James Grimsbey within 3 miles from where I was born; was accepted and mustered into U.S. Service at Gasport, Indiana – We used the heaviest & longest distance guns, using Sea Coast Howitzers, Dalgreen Mortar, and a few Whitworth; was also armed with small arms for our own support known as Merrill rifle loading……[text cut off when microfilmed]….forced ball with sword. Regiment consisted of 12 companies and numbered at one time 1800 men, seldom all together as regiment was scattered, some in Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. Depleted 40 to 50% from various caused ineid to war. Signed Feb 18, 1926
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined Dec 20, 1890, age 42, suspended 1892, dropped 1893, reinstated Oct 2, 1897
SHUMIRE, Daniel, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Date of Birth: March 12, 1842, Date of Death: March 21, 1933, Place of Death: Hartford, Iowa, Place of Burial: Hartford Cemetery, Hartford, Iowa, Father: David Shumire, Wife: (1) Sadie Tidball, (2) Lizzie Vernon married 1884, Children: 2 girls, 1 boy: John H. – California, Elizabeth Carrens – Colorado, Mrs. William Nichols – Hartford, Iowa, Lettie – Colorado
War Record:
Private in 10th Iowa Infantry, Company G, enlisted Aug 29, 1861, age 18, residence Hartford, born Germany, wounded in hand severely May 22, 1863, Vicksburg, Mississippi. Reenlisted and remustered (as a Veteran) Jan 21, 1864, mustered out Aug 15, 1865, Little Rock, Arkansas
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Shumier, Daniel, Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: Shumire, Daniel – residence Hartford
Photo taken after 1897, on file, in group of Post 169
History of Warren County by Martin, 1908 shows: Shulmire, Daniel, born March 7, 1843, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, son of David, mother died when he was only an infant. He came with brother-in-law in 1850 to Lisonier, Indiana where latter died. Married Sept 1867 Sally Tidball born Ohio. They had five children: Martha Alice (married William Nochols), Elizabeth J. (married Joshua Carrens of Colorado), John H. of California and Letta a teacher of Colorado, Lena B. at home. Lost 3 in infancy
Post:
Hartford Post 169, joined July 24, 1886
SHUPE, James M., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Residence: Lacona, Iowa, Occupation: Farmer, Date of Death: Sept 4, 1922
War Record:
Private in 10th Iowa Infantry, Company G, enlisted Jan 15, 1865, age 19, residence Warren County, nativity Ohio, mustered out Aug 15, 1865, Little Rock, Arkansas
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: James M., Post 309 Descriptive Book: Occupation; death
Post:
Lacona Post 309, joined March 16, 1889, age 42
SILCOTT, George W., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Date of Death: Aug 1, 1889, Place of Death: Indianola, Iowa, Place of Burial: Manoah Cemetery, Lot 363, Grave 1, Indianola, Iowa, Father: James Silcott, Mother: Eliza Shott, Wife: Amy Shaver, Children: George, William (deceased), Estie (married William Sopher), Lillian (married Randolph), Lulu (married Wilson), Rex Wilson – Police Dept, Des Moines, Iowa
War Record:
Private in 3rd Iowa Infantry, Company G, enlisted May 21, 1861, age 20, residence Indianola, born Ohio, discharged Oct 25, 1862, see Company A, 48th Infantry
Battles, etc:
Gunshot wound to left hip, Shiloh, Aug 1, 1890 [year incorrect]
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: (George W.), Post 116 Descriptive Book #7, age 42
Mabel Potter says there was no son William
George Sopher, son of Katie (Mrs. William) Sopher, living in Des Moines, 3618 5th St., Tel 3-2374, His sister, Eldria
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined Dec 27, 1882
SILCOTT, James A., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Sharron, Iowa, Date of Death: April 17, 1905, Place of Death: Indianola, Iowa, age 71, Place of Burial: I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Lot 49, Grave 3, Indianola, Iowa, Father: James Silcott, Mother: Eliza Shott, Wife: Mrs. Amy or Almira Shaver Silcott (his brother George’s widow), Children: no children
War Record:
Private in 34th Iowa Infantry, Company C, enlisted Aug 13, 1862, age 28, residence Indianola, born Ohio, discharged for disability, May 20, 1863, St Louis, Missouri
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: (James A.), Post 116 Descriptive Book
Graves Registration shows father: James, mother, Ann Harger, wife, Mrs. Amy Silcott
History of Warren County, Iowa by Martin
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined Jan 6, 1883, suspended 1885, reinstated 1886, suspended 1894, dropped 1895
SILCOTT, John William, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Otter Township, Warren County, Date of Birth: March 30, 1841, Place of Birth: Adams County, Ohio, Date of Death: Jan 15, 1917, Place of Death: Indianola, Iowa, Father: John Silcott, Mother: Mary Sealm, Wife: Martha Brown, Children: F.M., Mrs. Edson Woods – Indianola, Iowa, Mrs. Ella Moore – Des Moines, Iowa
War Record:
Sergeant in 90th Ohio Infantry, Company K, enlisted Aug 2, 1862, age 21, appointed Corporal Jan 1, 1863; Sergeant Jan 1, 1866; mustered out with Company at Camp Dennison, Ohio, June 13, 1865 – Service 3 years.
Battles, etc:
Stone River, Sergeant after Chickamauga, was with Sherman in Atlanta Camp, in Campaign at Nashville to look after Hood’s Army
Sources:
Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: (J.W.) – Company C, - residence Indianola, Roster of Ohio Soldiers: (John W. ) – Company K, Post 116 Personal Reminiscence: John William Silcott died at Indianola Jan 15, 1917
Application Paper Post 116, joined Sept 28, 1889, age 48, joined Nov 8, 1885, No.134 on Roster
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined Nov 11, 1884, suspended June 30, 1885, Dec 30, 1887, dropped Jan 1, 1888, 1901, reinstated 1905
SILCOTT, William, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Date of Death: Feb 11, 1904, Place of Death: Indianola, Iowa, age 71, Place of Burial: City Cemetery, Lot E-34, Grave 1, Indianola, Iowa, Father: Hiram Silcott, Mother: Sarah Mahaffeety, Wife: Mary Derrough
War Record:
Private in 34th Iowa Infantry, Company C, enlisted Aug 13, 1862, age 29, residence Indianola, born Ohio, transferred to Company B, 34th Consolidated Battalion Nov 12, 1864
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: (William), History of Warren County – Union Historical Company Publishers, Post 116 Descriptive Book
Letter of thanks for kindnesses of Post on his long illness and death from Mary Silcott, wife dated March 8, 1904
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined Jan 6, 1883
SIMMERMAN, John, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Date of Birth: 1835, Place of Birth: Illinois, Date of Death: June 10, 1932, Place of Death: Indianola, Iowa, age 94, Place of Burial: Hewitt Cemetery, White Oak Township, Warren County, Iowa, Father: Harvey Simmerman, Mother: Margaret, Wife: Mary Jane Stewart, Children: Mrs. Roy Miller, Andrew, Mrs. Cora Davis, Everett, Mrs. Ollie Ginn, Charles, Allen, Mrs. Addie King, Mrs. Myrtle Green, Mrs. Nellie New, Perry, Thomas, Alfred, Mrs. Beulah Graham
War Record:
Private in 3rd Illinois Cavalry, Company A, enlisted Feb 21, 1864, mustered April 8, 1864, residence West Jersey, transferred to Company C as Consolidated.
Sources:
Adjutant General’s Report Illinois: Recruit, Post 116 Descriptive Book: John H. age 48 in 1883, 18 months [might mean that he served 18 months]
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined June 30, 1883, suspended June 30, 1885, dropped Jan 1, 1886
SIMONS, David N., GAR Card File
Biographical Information: none given
War Record:
Private in 34th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Company K, enlisted Aug 8th and mustered Oct 15, 1862, age 19, residence Chariton, nativity Pennsylvania. Transferred to Company A, 34th Consolidated Battalion, Nov 12, 1864. Transferred to Company A, 34/38 Consolidated Infantry Jan 1, 1865, mustered out Aug 15, 1865, Houston, Texas
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: David E.
Post:
Indianola Post 116
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Summerset, Iowa, Place of Birth: Velango, Pennsylvania
War Record:
Private in 34th Iowa Infantry, Company K, enlisted Aug 8, 1862, Company K, 34th Iowa Infantry, age 25, residence Chariton, born New York. Transferred to Company A, 34th Consolidated Battalion, Nov 12, 1864
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Simons, Levi, Ex-Soldiers Living In Iowa 1886: Simons, Levi – residence Summerset, Record of Posts: Simons, Levi, Post 116 Application Paper: born Velango, Pennsylvania, age 47 in 1884
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined July 12, 1884, discharged Jan 26, 1886
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Date of Death: June 11, 1880, Place of Death: Warren County, Iowa, Place of Burial: Hendrickson Cemetery, Liberty Township, Warren County, Iowa, Father: James Sinift, Mother: Amelia M., Wife: Sarah Thompson
War Record:
Private in 7th Iowa Infantry, Company F, enlisted Feb 4th, mustered Feb 224, 1864, age 35, residence Kirkville, nativity Ohio, mustered out July 12, 1865, Louisville, Kentucky
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers
Post:
Lacona Post 309, joined April 12, 1884, suspended 1887, dropped Jan 11, 1887, reinstated March 25, 1905
SLOCUM, Edwin R., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Date of Birth: Nov 26, 1846, Place of Birth: Wyoming, New York, Date of Death: Nov 20, 1895, Place of Death: Indianola, Iowa, Place of Burial: I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Indianola, Iowa, Father: Edward Slocum, Mother: Magdalene Ellen, Wife: Lucy Ann Vaunice, Children: Robert Edwin – Pharr, Texas, L.I. – Nunn, Colorado
War Record:
Private in 124th Illinois Infantry, Company A, enlisted Feb 7, 1865, residence Kewanee, mustered out June 15, 1865
Sources:
Adjutant General’s Report Illinois: (Edwin R.) recruit, Robert Edwin Slocum, May 8, 1942; birth & death, burial, Post 116 Application Paper- birthplace, Descriptive Book – death
History of Warren County
Post:
Indianola Post 116
SMITH, Francis D., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Merchant, Place of Birth: New York, Date of Death: April 16, 1909, Place of Death: Indianola, Iowa, age 63, Place of Burial: Manoah Cemetery, Indianola, Iowa, Father: Isaac Smith, Mother: Emmeline D, Wife: Sarah Tutwiler, Children: Mrs. J.M. Reynolds, Mrs. A.R. Hatcher, Harry Smith, Ralph Smith
War Record:
Corporal in 14th New York Infantry, Company D, enlisted May 17, 1861 at Albany by Captain W. I. Cowan for 2 years, age 21. Mustered out May 22, 1863 (Descriptive Book). Re-enlisted Aug 17, 1864 Coal Heaver U.S. Navy, mustered out June 15, 1865
Sources:
New York Men in the Civil War: Smith, Francis D.: Private, Post 116 Descriptive Book: 2nd enlistment
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined 1891, suspended 1893, reinstated 1895, dropped 1894, reinstated 1899, dropped 1900
SMITH, Franklin, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Place of Birth: Scott County, Illinois, Date of Death: Sept 2, 1929, Place of Death: Newbern, Iowa, Place of Burial: Newbern Cemetery, White Breast Township, Warren County, Iowa, Father: David Smith, Mother: Sarah Frame, Wife: Francis W., Children: Franklin (deceased)
War Record:
Private in 33rd Iowa Infantry, Company K, enlisted Aug 15, 1862, age 21, residence Fremont, born Illinois, mustered out July 17, 1865, New Orleans, Louisiana – Service 3 years
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers
Post 309 Descriptive Book: joined G.A.R. June 17, 1905 by transfer [card} Feb 10, 1912 in Post 309
Post:
Knoxville Post 48, joined Feb 8, 1884, (from Descriptive Book Post 49)
Columbia Post 317, joined April 11, 1884, transferred Aug 12, 1887
Lacona Post 309, joined June 17, 1905, (also listed Transfer Card Feb 10, 1912)
SMITH, George W., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Place of Burial: Shaver Cemetery, Liberty Township, Warren County, Iowa
War Record:
Private in 3rd Colorado Infantry, Company G, enlisted age 24, Sept 6, 1864, Company G, 3rd Infantry Colorado, mustered out Dec 29, 1864
Sources:
Adjutant General Colorado Nov 12, 1847: Smith, George W., Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: (Geo.) – residence Palmyra, Graves Registration; burial place
Post:
Hartford Post 169, joined Nov 25, 1884
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Railroad Hand, Date of Death: May 7, 1916, Place of Death: Lacona, Iowa, Place of Burial: Cochran Cemetery, White Breast Township, Warren County, Iowa, Father: James Smith, Mother: Savilla, Wife: Sarah Wise, Children: Perry, Frances, James C., Rozella Shupe, Rodie Offenburger, Mary, Charles R. – Lacona, Iowa
War Record:
Private in 34th Iowa Infantry, Company D, enlisted Aug 13th, 1862, mustered Oct 15, 1862, age 25, residence Lacona, nativity Ohio, discharged for disability March 25, 1863, St. Louis, Missouri
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers
Post:
Lacona Post 309, joined April 12, 1884, suspended Sept 1, 1888, dropped 1913
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Plasterer, Date of Birth: April 23, 1833, Date of Death: June 8, 1897, Place of Burial: Atlantic Cemetery, Atlantic, Grove Township, Cass County
War Record:
Private in 3rd Iowa Cavalry, Company G, enlisted Aug 26th, mustered Aug 30, 1861, age 30, residence Keosauqua, nativity Pennsylvania, discharge for disability March 20, 1862, Fulton, Missouri. Re-entered the service Dec 21, 1863, mustered out Aug 9, 1865, Atlanta, Georgia
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Company G, 3rd Iowa Cavalry: John E., Grave Registration: born 1831, died 1897
Post:
Lacona Post 309, joined April 12, 1884, discharged Sept 16, 1889
Walnut Post 408, joined Dec 6, 1889, age 58
SMITH, Lefferry D., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Residence: Newburn, Iowa, Occupation: Farmer, Date of Birth: Sept 24, 1820, Place of Birth: Pennsylvania, Date of Death: May 1, 1906, Place of Birth: Chariton, Iowa, Place of Burial: Newbern Cemetery, Liberty Township, Lucas County, Father: David Smith, Mother: Mary, Wife: Fannie Gring, Children: William S. Smith
War Record:
Private in 34th Iowa Infantry, Company G, enlisted Aug 13th, mustered Oct 15, 1862, age 38, residence Newbern, nativity Ohio. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps July 1, 1864. Borne on rolls to Aug 31, 1864, sick in hospital, Benton Barracks, (St. Louis, Missouri, no later record found)
Sources:
Knoxville Express [newspaper] May 9, 1906, Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Lefferry D., Post 309 Descriptive Book: age 80 in 1905, born Pennsylvania
Post:
Chariton Post 18, joined July 7, 1888, suspended Dec 31, 1891
Lacona Post 309, joined June 17, 1905, age 80
SMITH, William Henry Harrison, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Minister, Date of Birth: 1845, Place of Birth: Tennessee, Date of Death: July 10, 1903, Place of Death: Indianola, Iowa, Place of Burial: Manoah Cemetery, Lot 409, Grave 2, Indianola, Iowa, Father: William Smith, Mother: Catherine D., Wife: Rebecca Pendergast
War Record:
Corporal in 19th Iowa Infantry, Company H, enlisted Aug 14, 1862, age 22, residence Lebanon, born Tennessee, promoted 6th Corporal Sept 1, 1864, mustered out July 10, 1865
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: (William H.H.), Post 116 Application Paper: age not shown, belonged to Post 234
Post 116 Descriptive Book: reinstated Nov 5, 1891, transferred Dec 5, 1891, died 1903
Post:
Nevinville Post 60, joined Dec 6, 1883, transferred Oct 1, 1885
Cambridge Post 234, cd (transfer card) Nov 23, 1886, transferred May 20, 1889
Indianola Post 116, joined 1889, dropped Sept 30, 1890, reinstated Dec 31, 1891, transferred Dec 31, 1891
Monroe Post 84, joined 1891, transferred 1894
Anita Post 50, joined 1894, transferred 1895
Scranton Post 111, transferred 1902
Biographical Information:
Residence: New Virginia, Iowa, Occupation: Farmer, Date of Birth: 1846, Place of Birth: Indiana, Date of Death: April 1905
War Record:
Private, 7th Iowa Infantry, Company C, enlisted July 24, 1861, age 18, residence Hopewell, mustered out Jan. 7, 1863, disability – wounded left arm, accidently shot Oct. 22, 1862, left arm amputated Oct. 26, 1862
Sources:
Descriptive Book Post 51 (later 302), Post 444 Dead Book: Snook, Isaiah, Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: Snook, Isaiah, New Virginia, Descriptive Book Post #59, No.141, Roster Iowa Soldiers: Snook, enlisted July 15, 1861, mustered July 24, 1861, discharged Jan 7, 1863
Post Record:
New Virginia Post 51 (later 302), joined May 17, 1884, held the position of Post Adjutant
New Virginia Post 444, joined May 28, 1888
LaCelle Post 189, joined 1894
Missouri Valley Post 59, joined April 9, 1906
Woodbine Post 86, joined Sept. 20, 1915
Logan Post 38, joined Sept. 1915, age 69
SNYDER, Anthony, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Residence: % S.J. Schneider, R.F.D. (Rural Free Delivery) #1, Lacona, Iowa (Warren County), Occupation: Carpenter, Blacksmith, Farmer, Date of Birth: Dec 5, 1846, Place of Birth: St. Peters, Franklin County, Indiana, Date of Death: Aug 20, 1941, Place of Death: Lacona, Iowa, Place of Burial: St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Bauer, Iowa (buried Aug 23rd, 1941), Father: Jacob Schneider, Mother: Cathrine, Wife: Cathrine Bauer married May 24, 1873, Bauer, Iowa, Children: Sylvester, Barbara, Mary, Joseph, Victor, Mark, Veronica, Luke T. Schneider – Lacona, Iowa
War Record:
Private in 35th Indiana Infantry, Company B, enlisted Oct 13, 1864, Greensburg, Indiana, age 18, discharged Sept 30, 1865, Camp Stanley, Texas
Pension C-2 568 815
Sources:
War Department 1939, Mr. Lunn, Veteran’s Administration, Des Moines: notice death
After service lived in Indiana and Iowa, “I drove mules when I had a chance, rather than marching – was supervisor – I am too old and have forgotten most everything I knew.” March 30, 1938
Post membership dues: paid $2.00 on Feb 22, 1940 for the year of 1940, paid $2.00 on Feb 19, 1941 for the year of 1941
Post:
Lacona Post 309
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Place of Birth: Flat Rock, Indiana
War Record:
Private in 48th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Company A, enlisted June 1, 1864, mustered July 13, 1864, age 19, residence Warren County, nativity Indiana, mustered out Oct 21, 1863, Rock Island, Illinois, expiration of term
Sources:
Post 116 Descriptive Book #240: Private Company A, 48th Iowa, Roster of Iowa Soldiers, Post 116 Application Paper age 58
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined Aug 13, 1903, age 59
Biographical Information:
Date of Death: July 29, 1900, Place of Death: Des Moines, Iowa age 58, Place of Burial: Hartford Cemetery, Lot 49, Grave 1, Hartford, Iowa, Father: John Spain, Mother: Harriet Spark, Wife: Sarah Lock, Children: Mrs. Grant Fowler – Des Moines, Iowa, Mrs. Lewis Dunn – Des Moines, Iowa, Mrs. Thad Fowler – Des Moines, Iowa
War Record:
Private in 3rd Iowa Infantry, Company G, enlisted Nov 8, 1861, age 19, residence Hartford, born Iowa, discharged Dec 4, 1862, Memphis Tennessee for disability
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers
Post:
Hartford Post 169, joined May 12, 1883, suspended Sept 11, 1887, dropped Feb 12, 1888, transferred 1893
SPEER, Benjamin Franklin, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Father, Date of Birth: Feb 25, 1845, Place of Birth: Missouri, Date of Death: Dec 12, 1934, Place of Birth: Indianola, Iowa, Place of Burial: Linn Grove Cemetery, Linn Township, Warren County, Iowa, Father: Joseph Speer born Indiana, Mother: Doreatha Collier born Missouri, Wife: Martha A. born Missouri, Children: Alva D. (married to Hattie J.)
War Record:
Private in 27th Missouri Infantry, Company G
Sources:
61st Annual Encampment: Company I, 27th Missouri Infantry, Graves Registration: Company I, 27th Missouri information – burial place, name borne Benjamin Franklin, Death Certificate: born Feb 25, 1846, parents, Informant – Otis Speer, Prole, Iowa
Iowa Census 1925, Warren County, Indianola, Book 33, file 14, drawer 3: Speer, Benjamin F. age 80, widower, living with daughter-in-law, Hattie J. widow of Alva D. Speer. War Record – Company G, 27th Missouri Infantry
Death Certificate: 91-167, birth, death parents, name borne Speer, Benjamin Franklin, mother, Doreatha Collin, Informant Otis Speer of Prole, Iowa
Post:
Kellerton Post 435, joined 1889
Indianola Post 116, joined 1916
Photo from newspaper of Benjamin Franklin Speer (no date or name of paper)
Caption reads – Last Survivor, B.F. Speer of Indianola is the last surviving honor guard who stood at the bier of Lincoln at Washington, D.C.. In this picture he stands at attention, explaining: “I had to do this for two hours at a stretch while posted at the head of Lincoln’s casket.”
SPENCER, Elihu T., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Date of Death: Sept 22, 1911, Place of Death: Carlisle, Iowa, Place of Burial: Middle River Cemetery, Lincoln Township, Warren County, Father: Jonas Spencer, Mother: Mary Ann, Wife: Laverna Lamb, Children: William – Freeport, Louisiana, Alcanser – deceased, Renaldo – deceased, Loyolo – deceased
War Record:
Private in 10th Iowa Infantry, Company G, enlisted March 30, 1864, age 18, residence Palmyra, born Ohio, mustered out Aug 15, 1865, Little Rock, Arkansas
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: (Elihu)
Post:
Hartford Post 169, joined May 12, 1883, suspended Jan 1, 1887
SPENCER, Joseph W., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Date of Birth: 1828, Place of Birth: Ohio, Place of Burial: Maple Hill Cemetery, Osceola, Iowa
War Record:
Corporal in 60th Illinois Infantry, Company I, enlisted Dec 10, 1861, residence Spring Garden, mustered Feb 17, 1862, mustered out date not shown
Sources:
Adjutant General’s Report Illinois: Spencer, Joseph W.
Post:
Milo Post 275, joined Jan 3, 1885, transferred Dec 31, 1891
Osceola Post 173, joined 1892, suspended 1896
SPRINGER, Oliver, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Place of Birth: Schenectady, New York, Date of Death: Feb 24, 1905, Place of Death: Indianola, Iowa, Place of Burial: City Cemetery, Block 7, Lot 4, Grave 5, Indianola, Iowa, Father: James Springer, Mother; Julia Stone, Wife: Maxmilla Johnson
War Record:
Private in 34th Iowa Infantry, Company I, enlisted Aug 15, 1862 as 3rd Sergeant, age 28, residence Decatur, born New York, discharged for disability Feb 26, 1863, St. Louis, Missouri
Sources:
History of Warren County, Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Springer, Oliver, Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: Springer, Oliver – residence Tuskeego, Transfer Card from Post 251 filed with Post 116, Sergeant dated Jan 19, 1889, age 54
Post:
Leon Post 251, joined July 3, 1884, transferred Jan 19, 1889, age 54
Indianola Post 116, cd (transfer card) July 6, 1889, age 55, suspended 1892, reinstated 1893
SPRY, Benjamin Franklin, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Laborer, Date of Birth: March 5, 1842, Place of Birth: West Liberty, Ohio, Date of Death: Sept 6, 1921, Place of Death: I.S.H. (Iowa Soldiers Home) Marshalltown, Iowa, Place of Burial: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa
War Record:
Private in 34th Iowa Infantry, Company B.
Sources:
Des Moines Tribune [newspaper] Sept. 7, 1921, p.3
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined Jan 13, 1883, suspended Sept 30, 1885, reinstated April 2, 1887, transferred April 3, 1887
Des Moines Post 7, cd (transfer card) April 30, 1887, suspended 1892, dropped 1892, reinstated 1909
SQUIRES, Frederick C., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Date of Birth: 1843
War Record:
Corporal in 2nd Vermont Infantry, Company A, enlisted Nov 25th and mustered Dec 10, 1863, residence Shaftsbury, promoted Corporal Nov 1, 1864, mustered out July 10, 1865
Sources:
Roster Vermont Volunteers: p.36: Frederick C., Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: F.C. – Corporal, residence Milo, G.A.R.: Rank, Musician
Post:
Milo Post 275, joined Feb 2, 1884, transferred March 5, 1887
ST. JOHN, Thomas H., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Residence: Liberty, Clark County, Iowa, Occupation: Farmer, Date of Birth: 1847, Place of Birth: Monroe County, Ohio, Date of Death: Mar 8, 1928, Place of Death: I.S.H. (Iowa Soldiers Home), Marshalltown, Iowa, age 80, Place of Burial, I.S.H. Marshalltown, Iowa
War Record:
Private in 185th Ohio Infantry, Company B., enlisted Jan 20, 1865, age 16, service 1 year, mustered out May 16, 1865 (R. Mich. Vols: Enlisted Jan 26, 1865)
Sources:
Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: Liberty
Post 444 Descriptive Book: St. John, T.H., Roster of Ohio Soldiers: (Thomas H.), Post 173 Descriptive Book: residence Woodbury
Post:
New Virginia Post 444, joined Dec 22, 1888
Osceola Post 173, joined Dec 28, 1908, age 61
Des Moines Post 12, joined 1911, age 62
STACY, Selden H., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Date of Birth: Dec 17, 1844, Place of Birth: Washington County, Ohio, Date of Death: Dec 2, 1913, Place of Burial: Liberty Cemetery, Osceola, Iowa
War Record:
Private in 18th Iowa Infantry, Company B, enlisted Jan 29, 1864, age 19, residence Warren County, born Ohio, mustered out July 20, 1865
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Stacy, Selden H., Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: Stacy, S.H. – residence Medora, Post 116 Application Paper, age 37 in 1883, signed Selden H. Stacy – 1889 edition: Stacey, Record of Posts: Stacy
Graves Registration, dates birth, death, burial carried Stacey, Seldon H.
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined May 14, 1883, suspended March 30, 1886, dropped Oct 1, 1886, reinstated March 29, 1902
STANDIFIRD, Aquilla, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Date of Death: Jan 2, 1932, Place of Death: Leavenworth, Kansas, age 93, Place of Burial: Manoah Cemetery, Indianola, Iowa, Father: William Standiford, Mother: Rebecca, Wife: Anna Gray, Children: Ida Allen, Inez Burnett, William, Maude Jones, Edith Silcott, Nellie Silcott, Edward, Guy Standiford – Des Moines, Iowa
War Record:
Private in 23rd Iowa Infantry, Company D, enlisted July 26, 1862 as 1st Sergeant, age 23, residence Corydon, born Indiana, promoted 2nd Lieutenant April 11, 1863, resigned March 27, 1864
Sources:
Roster Iowa Soldiers: Standifird, Aqulla, Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: Standifird, A. – 2nd Lieutenant – residence Allerton
Post:
Allerton Post 28, joined June 20, 1883, suspended April 1, 1888, reinstated 1890, suspended 1895
Indianola Post 116, joined 1906, age 67, transferred 1906 and Jan 7, 1911
Des Moines Post 7, cd (transfer card) 1911
STANSELL, James J., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Place of Birth: Arcadia, Wayne County, New York, Father: James A. Stansell, Mother: Lou Myers, Wife: Mary Allen, Children: Frank – New Virginia, Iowa
War Record:
Private in 47th Illinois Infantry, Company G, enlisted as Corporal March 2, 1865 and mustered March 8, 1865, residence Rock Island, Illinois, mustered out Jan 21, 1866, Selma, Alabama
Sources:
Records of Post 444, Report of Adjutant General Illinois: James P – Corporal
Post:
New Virginia Post 444
STAPLEFORD, Daniel, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Date of Birth: 1829, Date of Death: Oct 5, 1903, Place of Death: Warren County, Iowa, Place of Burial: Hammondsburg Cemetery, Otter Township, Warren County, Iowa, Father: James Stapleford, Mother: Harriet Park, Wife: Nancy Hart
War Record:
Private in 20th Iowa Infantry, Company C, enlisted Aug 12, 1862, age 34, residence Buffalo, nativity Illinois, mustered Aug 22, 1862, mustered out Oct 8, 1865, Mobile, Alabama
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers, Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: residence Liberty Center
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined Jan 26, 1884, age 56, transferred July 6, 1885 or April 3, 1887
Milo Post 275, joined Aug 29, 1885, suspended June 30, 1891, reinstated Dec 31, 1891
STAPLETON, Martin, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Residence: New Virginia, Iowa, Occupation: Farmer, Date of Birth: 1840, Place of Birth: Canada, Date of Death: Dec. 1, ?, Place of Death: Keokuk, Iowa, Burial: New Virginia Cemetery, Virginia Twp, Warren Co., Iowa, Father: William Stapleton, Mother: Wilma Stone
War Record:
Private, 26th Iowa Infantry, Company I, enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, age 23, residence Wheatland, transferred to Invalid Corps Sept 1, 1863, discharged July 5, 1865 V.R.C., Company E.
Sources:
Descriptive Book Post 51 (later 302) New Virginia, born 1840, Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Stapleton, Martin, Post 444 Descriptive Book
Post Record:
New Virginia Post 51, joined 1884
New Virginia Post 444, joined Nov. 1, 1887
STEELE, George W., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Date of Birth: Feb 22, 1842, Place of Birth: Missouri, Date of Death: March 4, 1929, Place of Death: Marshalltown, Iowa, Place of Burial: Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa
War Record:
Private in 14th Iowa Infantry, Company E, enlisted Sept 26th and mustered Oct 24, 1861 (Company C), age 19, residence Toronto, nativity Missouri. Transferred to Company M, 7th Cavalry April 25, 1863. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Feb 29, 1864, transferred to Company M, 7th Cavalry reorganized, mustered out June 22, 1866, Sioux City, Iowa
Sources:
Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: Company C, 14th Iowa, Steele, George – residence Lathrop, Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Company C, 14th Iowa – Steele, George W., Graves Registration, Des Moines Register [ newspaper] March 6, 1929, p.2
Post:
Carlisle Post 425, suspended 1892
STERRETT, Samuel E., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Residence: Lothrop, Iowa, Occupation: Farmer, Place of Birth: Green County, Ohio
War Record:
Private in 83rd Illinois Infantry, Company B, enlisted Aug 11, 1862, mustered Aug 21, 1862, residence Hale, mustered out June 26, 1865
Sources:
Application Paper: Enlisted Aug 11, 1862, mustered out at Nashville, Tennessee June 27, 1865, signed Samuel E. Sterett
Adjutant General’s Report Illinois: Sterrett, Samuel E., Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: Sterrett, S.E. – residence Lothrop
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined July 12, 1884, age 45, suspended Dec 30, 1888, dropped Sept 30, 1890, reinstated 1900
STEWART, John Alexander, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Place of Birth: Cortsville, Ohio, Date of Death: Sept 14, 1905
War Record:
Private in 105th Ohio Infantry, Company A, enlisted Aug 2, 1862, age 26, transferred to Company B, 1st Regiment U.S. Veteran Volunteer Engineers, July 29, 1863; mustered out Sept 26, 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee by order of War Department – Service 3 years
Sources:
Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: (J.A.) – residence St. Charles, Roster of Ohio Soldiers: (John Alexander), Post 116 had Transfer Card from Post 158
Post:
St. Charles Post 158, joined Dec 19, 1885, transferred April 27, 1886, age 44
Indianola Post 116, suspended Sept 30, 1890, reinstated Dec 31, 1890, suspended 1895
STIERWALT, Henry Allen, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Date of Birth: Sept 28, 1841, Place of Birth: Warren County, Indiana, Date of Death: March 14, 1921, Place of Death: Milo, Iowa, Place of Burial: Sandyville, Iowa, Father: William Stierwalt born Indiana, Mother: Alcey Guy born North Carolina, Wife: Elizabeth Baker born Sept 14, 1852, Zanesville, Ohio, married Indianola, Iowa, Children: Florence Alcy Davey – Milo, Iowa, Harriet Alice Martin – Milo, Iowa, India Pearl Jordan – Milo, Iowa
War Record:
Private in 34th Iowa Infantry, Company B, enlisted Aug 11, 1862, mustered Oct 15, 1862, age 20, residence Hartford, nativity Indiana. Transferred to Company C, 34th Consolidated Battalion Nov 12, 1864, transferred to Company C, 34/38 Consolidated Infantry, Jan 1, 1865, mustered out Aug 15, 1865, Houston, Texas
Sources:
Death Certificate died March 14, 1921, Milo, buried Sandyville, Iowa, Mother Alcy born North Carolina, Informant Florence Davey, Sandyville, Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Stierwalt, Henry A., grandson-in-law, Fred B. Wilson (by telephone, June 25, 1941): Stierwalt
Graves Registration: died Oct 24, 1921, Sandyville, Iowa, age 80, son of Arthur & Gretchen Barber, Wives: Sophia J. Pennington & Elizabeth Baker
History of Warren County, 1879, p.699, his parents moved to Polk County, Iowa 1856, remained 2 years, moved to Warren County, H.A. (Henry A.) married Dec 19, 1866, Miss Sophia J. Pennington, who died Aug 12, 1867, married 2nd Elizabeth Baker, native Ohio, had two daughters: Florence A. and Hattie Alice, both living
Granddaughter, Kaomi Martin (Fred) Wilson, 2402 Adams St., Des Moines, Iowa
Mrs. Henry A. Stierwalt to be 85 years old in Sept. 1941 is living with daughter, Mrs. Hattie Martin at Milo, Iowa (June 26, 1941, statement of Fred B. Wilson).
Florence Stierwalt, wife of John D. Davey, Hattie Martin the widow of Robert Martin, came back to Milo in 1918, India, the wife of Roy D. Jordan
Post:
Milo Post 275, joined Feb 7, 1884
Biographical Information: none given
War Record:
Private in 114th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company F, enlisted Aug 18, 1862 for 3 years, age 23, listed as Musician. Transferred from Company G, Nov 27, 1864, mustered out with Company July 31, 1865 at Houston, Texas
Sources:
Roster of Ohio Soldiers: Musician Company F, 114th O.V.I. (Ohio Volunteer Infantry)
Post:
Norwalk Post 355, joined Aug 25, 1884
STORY, Isaac K., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Date of Birth: Nov 26, 1841, Place of Birth: Green County, Ohio, Date of Death: May 10, 1927, Place of Death: Indianola, Iowa, Place of Burial: I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Lot 704, Grave 3, Indianola, Iowa, Father: Isaac Story, Mother: Jane Clark, Wife: Rebecca Ramay, Children: Mrs. W.J. Hewitt – Indianola, Iowa, Mrs. William Brewer – Indianola, Iowa, Alice – Indianola, Iowa, John – deceased, W.H. – Des Moines, Iowa
War Record:
Private in 8th Iowa Infantry, Company K, enlisted Sept 11, 1861 Davenport, Iowa, age 19, residence Columbus City, born Ohio. Promoted 5th Corporal Dec 3, 1863, Re-enlisted and remustered (a Veteran) Jan 11, 1864, promoted 2nd Corporal Nov 1, 1865, mustered out April 20, 1866
Battles, etc:
Shiloh, Corinth, Mississippi, Vicksburg Campaign, Mobile Campaign, wounded twice at Shiloh, in hospital Mound City, Illinois
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Story, Isaac K., Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: Story, I.K. –residence Indianola
Post 116 Personal Reminiscences, p.11: Story, Isaac K. – most intimate friends were John N. Story, R.J. Moore, Ira Hendrix, Lee Sharp, L.H. Blake, Post 116 Descriptive Book: Isaac K. Story – age 41, wounded right thigh & left hip, Shiloh, April 6, 1862
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined Jan 6, 1883, suspended Sept 30, 1888, reinstated Dec 30, 1888, transferred June 30, 1891
SUTTON, John P., GAR Card File
Biographical Information: none given
War Record:
Private in 34th Iowa Infantry, Company D, enlisted Aug 13, 1862, transferred to Company B, 34th Consolidated Battalion, Nov 12, 1864, mustered out Aug 15, 1865, Houston, Texas
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Sutton, John
Post:
Hartford Post 169, joined April 5, 1884, suspended Dec 24, 1886, dropped May 113, 1886
SWEENEY, John Henry, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Merchant, Date of Birth: July 16, 1846, Place of Birth: Jefferson County, Wisconsin, Date of Death: Dec 28, 1912, Place of Death: Nevada, Iowa
War Record:
Private in 34th Illinois Infantry, Company K, enlisted Dec 2, 1861, residence Prophetstown (Sweeney, Henry), discharged Oct 21, 1862 for disability.
Sources:
Post 116 Descriptive Book: Enlisted Dec 16, 1861, discharged Nov 1862 chronic diarrhea at Nashville, Tennessee. Enlisted Aug 31, 1863 Company B, 89th Illinois Infantry, residence Altona, mustered Aug 31, 1863, transferred to 59th Illinois Infantry (Sweeney, John H.), mustered out New Braunfels, Texas, Dec 1865, General Order 82, San Antonio
Sources:
Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: Sweeney, J.H. – Company K, 34th Illinois Infantry – residence Jewell, Adjutant General’s Report Illinois: Sweeney, Henry – recruit
Post:
Webster City Post 86, joined April 11, 1889, transferred 1900
Indianola Post 116, cd (transfer card) Oct 21, 1903, age 69