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Fallon, Orren S. died 1862

FALLON, FOLLON

Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 11/24/2024 at 15:00:12

The contributor extracted the following short death notice from the letter of Rev. Mr. Sloan, written to the Union Sabbath School of McGregor,

Dated Dec. 11, 1862, Houston, Mo.
... the sad event of the sudden death of another of our soldiers, a member of Co. B, Orien Fallen, of Cox's Creek. He came in on the morning of Friday, from standing upon picket guard, sick and died the following Sabbath of lung fever. He was a good boy of 19 years.

~Weekly North Iowa Times, Wednesday, December 31 , 1862; pg 2

Notes:
-His surname spelling varies with the record
-Oren served in the 21st IA Inf
-There is a detailed memorial to Pvt Fallon on the FindaGrave website, giving a lot of family info. and photo of his gravestone in Jefferson Barracks Nat'l Cemetery


 

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