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Biographical Information:
Occupation: Lawyer, Place of Birth: Astabula County, Ohio
War Record:
Private in 33rd Illinois Infantry, Company H, enlisted May 1864 as 1st Lieutenant, residence Wataga, Illinois (Adjutant General’s Report: enlisted and mustered June 21, 1864). Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
Sources:
Post 116 Descriptive Book #260: enlisted May 1864 as 1st Lieutenant Company B, 138th Illinois Infantry, discharged Oct 1865 as 1st Lieutenant
Application Paper Post 116: lists only enlisted as 1st Lieutenant in Company B, 138th Illinois Infantry, Report of Adjutant General Illinois: Company B, 138th Illinois Infantry, not shown in Company H, 33rd Ohio, Illinois nor in Ex-B, any above regiments
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined July 24, 1909, age 70
Biographical Information:
Residence: New Virginia, Iowa, Occupation: Farmer, Date of Birth: Sept.25, 1842, Place of Birth: Shelby, Richland County, Ohio, Date of Death: April 26, 1933, Place of Death, Indianola, Iowa, Buried: IOOF Cemetery, Indianola, Lincoln Twp, Warren Co., Iowa, Father: Harvey Gambell, Mother: Catherine Cooper, Wife: Elizabeth Ann Cone, Children: Harvey, Isaac Walter, Edmund Raymond, Caroline E. Hawes – Indianola, Iowa
From Personal Reminiscence:
First battle Chickasaw Bayou, lost first man, Isaac Yount, next Arkansas Post, took 1000 prisoners…. Champion Hill, Black River Bridge, Siege Vicksburg, Jackson, Mississippi – In Sept. 1863 went by boat to Memphis, Tenn., then by rail to Corinth, Miss., on foot to Woodville, Alabama, where we wintered. In Spring 1864 went to Chattanooga, Tenn., engaged in that long hard battle, thence with Sherman in battle of Atlanta, GA., then long March to the Sea, then on longer march from Savannah, Georgia to Washington. Last engagement was Bentonville, N.C. – was in Columbia, S.C. when it was burned. Took part in Grand Review, Washington, was mustered out there and paid off and turned over equipment at Davenport, Iowa.
War Record:
Private in 25th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Company B, enlisted August 13, 1862, age 19, residence Mount Pleasant, Iowa, promoted to 1st Corporal Oct. 27, 1864, mustered out June 6, 1865
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Gambell, Leroy, Post 116 Personal Reminiscences, p.20, Transfer card from Post 444, filed with Post 116 – signed by M.L. Leonard, A.A. G. Dept. Iowa: Lee Gambell, Application Paper Post 116, Gamble, Post 444 Descriptive Book: Gambell, Lee, Name not on Charter, Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: Gamble – residence, New Virginia
Post Record:
New Virginia Post 51, joined Dec.13, 1884
New Virginia Post 444, joined Nov.1, 1887, age 45, transferred March 9, 1893
Indianola Post 116, joined 1893, age 51
GARBISON, Jacob, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Date of Birth: 1835, Date of Death: Jan 23, 1890, Place of Death: Warren County, Iowa, Place of Burial: Liberty Center Cemetery, Liberty Township, Warren County, Iowa, Father: James Garbison, Mother: Harriet Marsh, Wife: Polly
War Record:
Private in 34th Iowa Infantry, Company D, enlisted Aug 13th and mustered Oct 15, 1862, age 27, residence Liberty, Iowa, nativity Ohio. Discharged for disability May 18, 1863, Chicago, Illinois
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Garbison, Jacob B, Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: Garbison, Jacob – residence Milo
Post:
Milo Post 275, joined Feb 2, 1884, suspended June 1, 1886, reinstated Dec 25, 1888
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Date of Death: Jan 23, 1927, Place of Death: Palmyra, Iowa age 86, Place of Burial: Palmyra Cemetery, Palmyra Township, Warren County, Iowa, Father: Truman Gardner, Mother: Sallie White, Wife: Matilda A. Evans born Pennsylvania, Children: James L., Mertia B., Edward E., George L.
War Record:
Private in 2nd Illinois Cavalry, Company B, enlisted and mustered Aug 12, 1861, residence Logan County, Illinois, mustered out Aug 11, 1864
Sources:
Adjutant General’s Report Illinois: Gardner, Giles C., Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: Gardner, G.C., Company B, 2nd Illinois Cavalry – residence Palmyra, Graves Registration: burial place – no record Gardner, Giles C.
Not found in any states for which we have indexes March 16, 1946
Record obtained from Census. Iowa Census 1895 Warren County, Palmyra Township, page 495, Gardner, Giles C. age 54 married, born Pennsylvania, Farmer, Methodist, record – Private Company B, 2nd Illinois Cavalry, Matilda A. age 46, born Pennsylvania, James L. age 19, born Illinois, Mertia B. age 11, born Warren County, Iowa
Post:
Hartford Post 169
GILBERT, Ebenezer B., Gar Card File
Biographical Information:
Residence: P.O. Avon, Iowa, Date of Birth: Sept 26, 1835, Place of Birth: Illinois, Date of Death: Sept 14, 1918, Place of Burial: Avon Cemetery, Allen Township, Avon, Iowa, Father: Haden Gilbert, nativity Kentucky, Mother: Phoebe Jordan, nativity Illinois, Wife: Mary E. Lee?, Children: Alma, Eveline – Cass County, Iowa
War Record:
Private in 21st Iowa Infantry, Company H, enlisted Aug 22, 1862, mustered Aug 23, 1862, age 23, residence Peosta, Iowa, nativity Illinois, mustered out July 15, 1865, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Ebenezer B., 1870 Census: Phoebe Gilbert Family, vol.106, page 670, John R. Jorgan page 686, Haden Gilbert family 1860, ? Township, ? County, vol.79A, page 18
Post:
Carlisle Post 425, joined May 15, 1888, suspended 1894, reinstated 1901
GILBERT, William, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Date of Birth: 1846
War Record:
Private in 48th Iowa Infantry, Company A, enlisted May 30, 1864, mustered July 13, 1864, age 18, residence Warren County, Iowa, nativity England, mustered out Oct 21, 1864, Rock Island, Illinois, expiration term of service
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers, Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: residence Milo
Post:
Milo Post 275, joined May 30, 1885
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Place of Birth: Chillicothe, Ohio
War Record:
Sergeant in 73rd Ohio Infantry, Company C, enlisted Aug 30, 1862, age 19, appointed Corporal May 1, 1864; Sergeant April 1, 1865; mustered out with Company July 20, 1865, service 3 years
Sources:
Roster of Ohio Soldiers: Glenn, Charles, G.A.R. Muster Roll all editions: Glenn, Charles, Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: Green, Charles, Sergeant Company C, 73rd Ohio – residence Indianola, Application Paper Post 116 is dated March 8, 1884, age given 40
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined Jan 3, 1885, suspended Dec 30, 1886, dropped July 1, 1886
GOODHUE, Stephen W., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Accountant, Date of Birth: 1823, Place of Birth: Salem, Massachusetts, Place of Death: Indianola, Iowa, Place of Burial: I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Lincoln Township, Warren County, Iowa, Father: James Goodhue, Mother: Rebecca Stone, Wife: Mary James
War Record:
1st Lieutenant in 68th U.S. Infantry, Company H, enlisted July 1862 in Company H, discharge Captain Feb 5, 1866 Company F, 68th U.S. Colored Infantry
Sources:
Post 116 Descriptive Book, Transfer Card from Post 5, Illinois to Post 116, Indianola: Stephen W. Goodhoe
Post:
Chicago, Illinois Post 5, joined Nov 26, 1880, age 57, transferred March 24, 1906
Indianola Post 116, joined 1906, age 83
GRAHAM, Andrew J., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Editor, Date of Birth: 1833, Place of Birth: Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Date of Death: Oct 27, 1887, Place of Death: Red Oak, Iowa, Place of Burial: I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Indianola, Iowa, Wife: (1) Jennie Reed married Aug 31, 1864, died June 11, 1872, (2) Mrs. Nannie M. Oliver born Iowa, married Dec 31, 1874, Children to 2nd Marriage: Jessie
Mrs. Graham (Andrew’s 2nd wife) has one daughter, Mattie, by a former marriage
War Record:
Sergeant in 135th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company F, mustered Aug 14, 1862, mustered out with Company May 24, 1863
Sources:
Bates History of Pennsylvania Volunteers: Corporal, not found in Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886
History of Warren County 1879, page 592-593: Graham, A.J. editor; was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in 1833; his youth was spent on a farm; he received an academical education at Fairfield, Pennsylvania and graduated from the Westminster College in Wilmington, Pennsylvania in 1864 and pursued Theological studies at Monmouth, Illinois and at Allegheny City, Pennsylvania; licensed to preach in April 1866, and came to Iowa in 1868, and was located in St. Charles, Madison County; in Jan 1873 he purchased an interest in what is now The Indianola Herald [newspaper] and has retained the position since that time; he married Miss Jennie Reed Aug 31, 1864; she was born in Pennsylvania and died June 11, 1872; he married for his second wife Mrs. Nannie M. Oliver Dec 31, 1874; she was born in Iowa; they have one daughter Jessie; Mrs. Graham has one daughter, Mattie by former marriage
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined May 19, 1883, transferred Sept 20, 1884
Red Oak Post 57, joined Oct 28, 1884
GRAHAM, Edward C., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Date of Birth: 1831
War Record:
Private in 10th Iowa Infantry, Company G, enlisted Aug 29, 1861 as 4th Corporal, mustered Sept 7, 1861, age 31, residence Indianola, nativity Indiana. Mustered out Sept 28, 1864, Kingston, Georgia, expiration term of service
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Graham, Edward, Record of Posts and G.A.R. Muster Roll: Graham, Edd C., Same Company and Regiment shows one Enoch C.
Post:
Milo Post 275, joined Feb 2, 1884, suspended March 1, 1885, dropped Sept 21, 1885
GRAHAM, Enoch C., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Place of Birth: Indiana, Date of Death: July 21, 1912, Place of Death: Indianola, Place of Burial: I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Indianola, Iowa
War Record:
Sergeant in 10th Iowa Infantry, Company G, enlisted Aug 29, 1861, age 22, residence Indianola, born Indiana, promoted 4th Sergeant Jan 26, 1863, mustered out Sept 28, 1864
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: (Enoch C.), Graves Registration lists death date as Aug 11, 1912
Application Paper Post 116: dated 1885, age shown 68 – made previous application
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined Jan 6, 1883, age 46, suspended June 30, 1885, dropped Jan 1, 1887, reinstated
GRAHAM, Henry S., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Machinist, Place of Birth: Athens County, Ohio, Date of Death: June 4, 1924, Place of Death: Indianola, Iowa, Place of Burial: I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Lincoln Township, Warren County, Iowa, Father: Henry Graham, Mother: Maria Cleod, Wife: Mrs. Belvidere Ford, Children: Jennie A., Charles L., Veda S., Fay
War Record:
Musician in 10th Iowa Infantry, enlisted Oct 1, 1861 as 3rd Class Musician, age 25, residence Warren County, Iowa, born Ohio, mustered out Feb 26, 1862
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Graham, Henry S., Application Paper Post 116, age 54
Brother of David Shepard Graham, Private in Company C, 4th Iowa Infantry, died 1865, buried in National Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined July 18, 1891, Roster no.184, suspended 1899, reinstated 1905
GRAHAM, James C., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Laborer, Date of Birth: Jan 31, 1840, Place of Birth: Monroe, Indiana, Date of Death: March 11, 1909, Place of Death: Clarke County, Iowa, Place of Burial: Liberty Cemetery, Father: Enoch Graham, Mother: Ann, Wife: Lizzie J. Westbrock, Sister: Sarah J. Reynolds, Brother: Charles A. of Detroit, Michigan
War Record:
Private in 34th Iowa Infantry, Company C, enlisted Aug 13, 1862, age 22, residence Indianola, born Indiana, transferred to Company B, 34th Consolidate Battalion, Nov 12, 1864, mustered out Aug 12, 1865, Houston, Texas, Company C, 34/38 Consolidated Battalion
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: (James C.), Application Paper Post 116, age 48, Graves Registration: Osceola Sentinel [newspaper] March 18, 1901, Member Post 173
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined Jan 26, 1884, transferred Sept 30, 1888
Osceola Post 173
GRANTHAM, Robert Richardson Clastel, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Born: 1843, Ohio, Died: Aug 30, 1923
War Record:
Private in U.S. Signal Corps
Sources: none given
Post:
Indianola Post 116, cd Oct 23, 1896, also in Posts 45, 252, 230, 454, and 152
Biographical Information:
Residence: Lacona, Iowa, Occupation: Farmer, Place of Birth: Iowa
War Record:
Private in 7th Iowa Infantry, Company B, enlisted Aug 4th and mustered Sept 10th, 1863, age 20, residence not shown, mustered out June 12, 1865, Davenport, Iowa
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers, Post 309 Descriptive Book: born Iowa, age 51 in 1896
Post:
Panora Post 37, joined Feb 20, 1882
Lacona Post 309, transferred April 25, 1896
Centerville Post 122, joined 1917
GREEN, Franklin, GAR Card File
Biographical Information: none given
War Record:
Private in 54th Illinois Infantry, Company K, enlisted Dec 10, 1861, residence Greenup, Illinois, mustered Feb 16, 1862, mustered out Feb 17, 1865
Sources:
Adjutant General’s Report Illinois: (Franklin)
Post:
Hartford Post 169, joined Dec 29, 1883
GREEN, James E., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Indianola, Iowa, Born: Harrison County, West Virginia
War Record:
Sergeant in 3rd West Virginia Cavalry, Company L, enlisted March 26, 1865, discharged as Sergeant June 30, 1865, Telegram War Department June 15, 1865
Sources:
Post 116 Application Paper – age 63 in 1904
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined June 18, 1904, age 63
GREENWAY, Richard Henry, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Born: Feb 19, 1843, Indiana, Died: Aug 23, 1904, Pleasantville, Iowa, Buried: Pleasantville, Iowa, Wife: Elizabeth Ann Brown, Children: Edgar A.
War Record:
Private in 9th Iowa Cavalry, Company L, enlisted and mustered July 31, 1863, age 21, residence Warren County, nativity Indiana, promoted 6th Corporal Jan 14, 1864; 5th Corporal July 3, 1864; mustered out Feb 3, 1865, Little Rock, Arkansas
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Greenway, Richard E., Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: Greenway, R.H. – Corporal Company L, 9th Iowa Cavalry – residence Pleasantville, Graves Registration: Greenway, Richard Henry
Post:
Hartford Post 169, joined Nov 17, 1883, suspended Oct 10, 1884, dropped March 10, 1886, suspended June 30, 1891
GRIFFIN, Samuel A., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Date of Birth: 1841
War Record:
Private in 2nd Illinois Artillery, Company A
Sources:
Record of Posts, Company A, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery: Griffin, Samuel A, Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: Griffin, Samuel – Company A, 2nd Illinois Artillery – residence Milo, Adjutant General’s Report Illinois shows only in Company H, 2nd Illinois Artillery – Griffin, Alfred
Shown in Company H, 2nd Illinois Artillery: Griffin, Alfred enlisted July 6, 1862, mustered July 26, 1862, prisoner of war since Nov 6, 1863, not mustered out with Battery
Post:
Milo Post 275, joined Dec 11, 1886, suspended 1890, dropped 1892
GRUMBLING, Christopher M., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Teacher, Date of Birth: May 10, 1842, Place of Birth: Indiana County, Pennsylvania
War Record:
Sergeant in 135th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, mustered Aug 15, 1862, mustered out with Company May 24, 1863 at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Re-enlisted Sept 3, 1864 as Landsman Lower Mississippi Squadron – discharged from U.S.S. Great Western Aug 16, 1865
Sources:
Bates History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, Post 116 Application Paper – age 40 (in 1883)
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined April 11, 1883, age 40, transferred June 24, 1884
Mount Pleasant Post 20, joined Aug 22, 1884, suspended 1899, dropped 1901
GUINN, Thomas S.M., GAR Card File
Biographical Information: none given
War Record:
Private in 2nd Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Company G, enlisted Dec 9, 1861, Company G, 2nd Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, mustered Private Dec 9, 1861, promoted to Corporal March 7, 1863. Mustered out Jan 13, 1865. Residence – Brownsville, Nebraska (Shown on some records as “Gwin”)
Sources:
Adjutant General’s Report Kansas, June 18, 1948: Guin, Thomas S.M., Record of Post: Guinn, T.S.M. – Company G, 2nd Kansas Cavalry (or T.S. McGuin)
Adjutant General War Department, Washington: Gwinne, Thomas S.M., Private Captain Matthew’s Company G, Kansas Volunteer Infantry became Company G, 2nd Kansas Cavalry. Enrolled age 18, Brownsville, Dec 9, 1861. Mustered Dec 9, 1861 Fort Leavenworth. Corporal Company G, 2nd Kansas Cavalry April 10, 1863. Detached service escort duty since June 1, 1864. Mustered out Jan 13, 1865, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas as Corporal
Post:
Carlisle Post 425, joined Dec 16, 1887
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Milo, Iowa, Date of Death: Dec 19, 1914, Place of Death: Milo, Iowa, Place of Burial: I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Indianola, Warren County, Iowa, Father: William Guy, Mother: Reziah Wellman, Wife: Matilda Emmons, Children: Clarence – Guide Rock, Nebraska, Albert – deceased, Sherman – Milo, Iowa, John – deceased
War Record:
Private in 34th Iowa Infantry, Company C, enlisted Aug 13, 1862 and mustered Oct 15, 1862, age 33, residence Indianola, born North Carolina, transferred to Company B, 34th Consolidated Battalion, Nov 12, 1864, transferred to Company B, 34/38 Consolidated Battalion Jan 1, 1865. Mustered out Aug 15, 1865, Houston, Texas
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Guy, John B, Post 116 Descriptive Book, Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: J.B. – residence Milo
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined March 17, 1883, transferred May 3, 1884
Milo Post 275, May 24, 1884
GWINN, Samuel Mc Elheny, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Date of Birth: Oct 23, 1833, Green Brier County, Virginia, Died: Aug 13, 1911, Hartford, Iowa, Buried: Hartford Cemetery, Hartford, Iowa
Personal History: Came from Madison County, Indiana to Warren County, Iowa, Father: Alexander Gwinn died 1835, Mother: Mary (Gwinn) Gwinn married 2nd to James Freel Sr. March 25, 1837,
Wife: Sarah Jane Shetterly, daughter of Samuel and Jane (Freel) Shetterly, married at Hartford, Iowa Sept. 27, 1858, born Jan 22, 1835 in Madison County, Indiana, died May 7, 1911
Children: Ann M. Gwinn born 1860, Cora May Gwinn born 1861, Homer H. Gwinn born 1862, William W. Gwinn born 1867, Lela Gwinn (married Leo J. Thomas) and later O’Malley, Jessie Gwinn, daughter born Aug 3, 1878 died Aug 11, 1878
Mary Gwinn and James Freel Sr. had 4 daughters and two sons. The mother died Jan 1, 1842 after giving birth to twins who survived.
War Record:
Private in 34th Iowa Infantry, Company B, enlisted Aug 11, 1862, age 28, residence Hartford, born Virginia, discharged for disability March 10, 1863, St. Louis, Missouri
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: (Samuel M.), Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: Gwinn, Samuel M. – residence Ford (Company B, 34th Iowa Infantry)
Orville E. Hoyt of Kamrar, Iowa in G.A.R. Office Oct 12, 1951 – says parents of Samuel Gwinn were Alexander and Mary Gwinn, that Mary Gwinn afterward married James Freel Sr. and they were parents of James M. Freel, member of Post 275, G.A.R. of Milo, Iowa
Orville E. Hoyt was at a family reunion June 7, 1931 and saw the veteran Jas. M. Freel and his son & wife, Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Freel
Robert V. Fisher and others – see in envelope for Robert Fisher’s date
Post:
Hartford Post 169, joined May 12, 1883, age 50
Photo taken after 1897, on file is group of Post 169
Biography of Samuel M. Gwinn
Samuel McElheny Gwinn was born October 23, 1833 in Green Brier County, Virginia. He was the son of Alexander and Mary (Gwinn) Gwinn. He moved with his parents and three older sisters to Stony Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana in 1834. His father died in 1835. His widowed mother remarried on March 25, 1837 to James Freel and they had four daughters and two sons. The mother died January 1, 1847 after giving birth to twins who survived.
Samuel McElheny Gwinn removed to Richland Township, Warren County, Iowa about 1857. He was married at Hartford, Iowa on September 27, 1858 to Sarah Jane Shetterly. Sarah Jane Shetterly was born January 22, 1835 in Madison County, Indiana. She was the daughter of Samuel and Jane (Freel) Shetterly. She moved with her parents and sister and three brothers to Richland Township, Warren County, Iowa in 1848. Another sister and two more brothers were born here.
To the union of Samuel M. Gwinn and Sarah J. Shetterly were born probably seven children. They were: (1) Ann M. Gwinn born 1860, (2) Cora May Gwinn born 1861, (3) Homer H. Gwinn born 1862, (4) William W. Gwinn born 1867, (5) a daughter who married Leo J. Thomas, (6) Jessie Gwinn, (7) a daughter born August 3, 1878 died August 11, 1878
Samuel McElheny Gwinn died August 13, 1911, Sarah Jane Gwinn died May7, 1911
This record compiled by Robert V. Fisher, Des Moines, Iowa