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Thursday, January 12, 2012

41st – 48th Iowa Infantry Regiments

Attempts had been made to organize the Forty-first, Forty-second and Forty-third regiments of infantry, but were unsuccessful. In the summer of 1864 the governors of the western states proposed to the general government to send to the field a number of regiments enlisted for a short term to relieve the older regiments doing garrison duty and stationed on the western frontier. The proposition was accepted and Governor Stone, of Iowa, issued a proclamation calling on the people of the state for volunteers for 100 days. In response 3,900 men volunteered and were organized into the Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh regiments and the Forty-eighth battalion of infantry.

The Forty-fourth was organized of companies raised in the counties of Dubuque, Muscatine, Linn, Butler, Clinton, Marshall, Boone, Polk, Dallas and Scott. The field officers were S. H. Henderson, colonel; Henry Egbert, lieutenant-colonel; Josiah Hopkins, major. It was mustered into service in June, 1864, at Davenport, and had 867 men.

The Forty-fifth was raised largely in the counties of Henry, Washington, Van Buren, Lee, Davis and Des Moines, and numbered 912 men. It was mustered in at Keokuk, May 25, 1864, with A. H. Bereman, colonel; Samuel A. Moore, lieutenant-colonel; and James B. Hope, major.

The Forty-sixth was enlisted chiefly in the counties of Dubuque, Poweshiek, Dallas, Guthrie, Fayette, Taylor, Linn, Delaware, Winneshiek, Appanoose, Monroe, Wayne, Clarke, Cedar and Lucas, and numbered 892 men. Its field officers were David B. Henderson, colonel; L. D. Durbin, lieutenant-colonel; and George L. Torbert, major; and it was mustered into service in June, 1864.

The Forty-seventh was made up from companies raised largely in the counties of Marion, Appanoose, Benton, Wapello, Buchanan, Madison, Polk, Johnson, Keokuk and Mahaska, and numbered 884 men. Its field officers were James P. Sanford, colonel; John Williams, lieutenant-colonel; and George J. North, major. It was mustered into service in June, 1864.

The Forty-eighth battalion numbered 346 men, raised mostly in the counties of Warren, Jasper, Decatur and Des Moines, and were mustered into the service at Davenport, in July, 1864, with O. H. P. Scott, colonel.

The Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth regiments were sent to Tennessee, to guard railroads and perform garrison duty, while the Forty-seventh was sent to Helena, where it suffered greatly from sickness. The Forty-eighth battalion guarded rebel prisoners on Rock Island.

The services of the hundred-days-men were acknowledged in a proclamation issued by President Lincoln in October, and thanks were tendered to the states which furnished them.

SOURCE: Benjamin F. Gue, Biographies And Portraits Of The Progressive Men Of Iowa, Volume 1, p. 119

Monday, July 11, 2011

John Leland Manning

JOHN LELAND MANNING Son of Rev. Edmund Taylor & Abigail (Leland) Manning, b. 1847, Apr. 12, at South Bend, Ind. He was with the 16th Iowa Infantry, in the early part of the war of the Rebellion, and spent his fifteenth birthday encamped on the old battle-field of Shiloh. He enlisted May, 1864, in Co. F, 44th Iowa Infantry, and was honorably discharged as corporal of that company at expiration of his term of service. Subsequently, he attended the Iowa State University, and went to Chicago, Ill., in September, 1868. He was admitted to the bar as practicing attorney, 1869, Dec. 6; to the United States District and Circuit Courts in 1875, and is still in practice in that city. He has also been actively connected with other lines of business, and has long been manager of the Veterans' Police Patrol and Detective Agency. He was elected Commander of Ulysses S. Grant Post 28, G. A. R., for 1900, and, subsequently, President of the Commanders Association, composed of the forty commanders of the forty Posts of the G. A. R. in Chicago and Cook County, and representing 4,000 veterans of the war of 1861. He m. 1885, Sep. 24, Eva Emily Johnson.

The children of this marriage were:
  • Florence Iceland, b. 1887, May 4.
  • Eva Leland, b. 1892, Mch. 2; d. 1893, Oct. 19.

SOURCE: Abstracted from William H. Manning, The Genealogical And Biographical History Of The Manning Families Of New England And Descendants, p. 420-1, 561-2

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

William Wallace Waldo

WILLIAM WALLACE WALDO, son of Jeduthan Gray  and Nancy Rosanna (Newland) Waldo; born Nov. 25, 1838, in Franklin County, O. He left Ohio when nine years old and lived in Dallas Co., Ia., until 1887, when he went to California, where he has been a farmer, living, 1899 at Lakeport, Lake County. In 1861 he enlisted as private in Co. B, 15th Regiment Iowa Infantry and served for about two years, when he was discharged for disability. Late in 1863 he enlisted again, as wagoner in the 44th Regiment Iowa Volunteers, and served for one hundred days.

He married, Nov. 8, 1860, at Xenia, Ia., Julia-Ann, daughter of William Holmes and Frances (Marion) Harlow of Woodward, Ia.; born Oct. 10, 1843, at New York City; died Apr. 10, 1887, at Algona, Ia. He married secondly, Feb. 27, 1889, at Ukiah, Cal., Lydia, daughter of Green and Mary Ann (Stevenson) Hendricks of Lakeport, Cal.; born June 24, 1862, at Lakeport; living, 1890.

Children of William Wallace and Julia Ann (Harlow) Waldo:

John Norman, born at Woodward, Ia., Sept. 17, 1862; died July 10, 1863, at Woodward.
Nancy Rosanna, born at Perry, Ia., Feb. 22, 1864; died Oct. 18. 1890, at Covelo, Cal., unmarried.
Charles Wesley, born at Perry, Ia., Mar 23, 1866.
Jeduthan Arthur, born at Perry, Ia., July 27, 1868; living, 1899, unmarried.
William Walter, born at Perry, Ia., May 20, 1874; living, 1891), unmarried.
Nellie May, born at Woodward, Ia., Dee. 19, 1876; living, 1899, unmarried.
Mary Josephine, born at Woodward, Ia., Nov. 24, 1878; living, 1899, unmarried.

Child of William-Wallace and Lydia (Hendricks) Waldo. Born at Lakeport, Cal.:

Ella Maree, born Sept. 4, 1891.

SOURCE:  Extracted from Genealogy Of The Waldo Family: A Record Of The Descendants Of Cornelius Waldo Of Ipswich Mass. From 1647 To 1900, compiled by Waldo Lincoln A. B., Vol. 2, p. 671-2

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Jerome Shadbolt

Jerome Shadbolt passed away at the venerable age of eighty-three years, six months and twenty-two days, on the 31st of October, 1906. He had long been a resident of Butler county, having arrived here in the year 1855. He was a man well known for his business integrity and enterprise and much of his admirable character is indicated in the fact that he was in partnership with one man for thirty-two years. He was born in Stillwater, Saratoga county, New York, April 9, 1823, and when three years of age was taken by his parents to Genesee county, that state, where he remained until he reached the age of twenty-four. It was on the 3d of September, 1846, in Batavia, Genesee county, that he married Miss Louise L. Main, who was born there May 13, 1829, a daughter of William and Sophia (Briggs) Main, the former a native of Maryland and the latter, of Boston, Massachusetts. Mrs. Main was a daughter of Dr. William Briggs, a native of England, who after coming to America enlisted as a physician and surgeon under General George Washington at the time when he first took command of the American forces. Dr. Briggs was a prominent member of the medical profession in Boston and was a splendidly educated man. Following the war he took an active part in governmental affairs. His daughter Sophia was left an orphan at the age of nine years, at the age of nineteen was a teacher in a high school of Boston and at twenty-two years of age was married, becoming the wife of William Main, a merchant of that city. She died in Batavia, New York. In their family were eight children who reached adult age but Mrs. Louise Shadbolt is the only one now living.

In the year 1847 Jerome Shadbolt and his young wife emigrated westward to what was then the territory of Wisconsin. They arrived in Milwaukee on the 14th of October but Mr. Shadbolt did not believe the little village by the lake would ever amount to much and made his way northward a distance of twenty-one miles, to Grafton, Wisconsin. There he purchased the water power rights and erected a large factory for the manufacture of chairs. The business proved very profitable and he made money in that connection until he sold out to his partner preparatory to coming to Iowa. He arrived in Clarksville on the 4th of July, 1855, and was thereafter a resident of Butler county. He was a contractor and builder by trade and here entered into partnership with John Madigan, the relationship between them being maintained most harmoniously and profitably for thirty-two years, during which period they erected many substantial structures in and around Clarksville. Mr. Shadbolt also operated a steam sawmill here for some time.

The only interruption to his business career came when in 1864 he responded to the country's call for troops, enlisting in the Fifteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, with which he went to the front. He participated in the celebrated march to the sea under Sherman and was in the grand review in Washington, D. C., where thousands of victorious Union soldiers marched through the streets of the capital city from which hung a banner emblazoned with the words: "The only debt that the country owes which she cannot pay is the debt that she owes her soldiers." With the close of the war he was honorably discharged at Davenport, Iowa. In his later years he held membership with the Grand Army of the Republic and took great delight in meeting with his old army comrades. He returned from the war and again resumed his place as a business man of Clarksville and in connection with his building operations he engaged in farming for five or six years.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Shadbolt were born seven children: Jerome, who enlisted at the age of fifteen years for service in the Union Army, being at the front at the same time as his father, died December 15, 1871. Ida M. is the wife of William Walsh, of Clarksville. C. Sumner is living at Minneapolis, Minnesota. Albon B. is a resident of Bremer county. Rouen is the wife of J. P. Martin, of Butler county. Jessie O. is the wife of H. E. French, who is mentioned elsewhere in this volume, and Charles P., died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Shadbolt united with the Presbyterian church on the 15th of April, 1900. Mrs. Shadbolt is a charter member of the Women's Relief Corps and is the oldest living member of that body. She is at this time eighty-four years of age and a most remarkable woman for her years, still hale and hearty, physically and mentally. Mr. Shadbolt was ever a man of unassailable integrity and during his long residence in Clarksville he made many friends by reason of his enterprise, perseverance and reliability in business and his trustworthiness in other relations of life. He lived to witness many changes during the period of his residence here, covering more than a half century, and at all times he bore his full share in the work of general development and improvement.

SOURCE: Irving H. Hart, History of Butler County, Iowa, Vol. 2, p. 59-61

Friday, January 29, 2010

Iowa Colonels and Regiments: Appendix

SAMUEL M. POLLOCK, second colonel, 6th Cavalry, is a native of Ohio: age, thirty-five.

HERMAN H. HEATH, second colonel, 7th Cavalry, is a native of New York: age, forty-two.

HUGH J. CAMPBELL, second colonel, 18th Infantry, is a native of Pennsylvania: age, thirty-three.

JOHN Q. WILDS, second colonel, 24th Infantry, (mortally wounded at Cedar Creek, Virginia) is a native of Pennsylvania: age, forty.

GUSTAVUS A. EBERHART, second colonel, 32d Infantry, is a native of Pennsylvania: age twenty-nine.


IOWA COLONELS OF THE ONE-HUNDRED-DAYS’ SERVICE.

STEPHEN H. HENDERSON, 44th Iowa Infantry, is a native of Tennessee: age, thirty-six.

ALVAH H. BEREMAN, 45th Iowa Infantry, is a native of Kentucky: age, thirty-six.

DAVID B. HENDERSON, 46th Iowa Infantry, Is a native of Scotland: age, twenty-six.

JAMES P. SANFORD, 47th Iowa Infantry, is a native of New York: age, thirty-two.


SOURCE: Addison A. Stuart, Iowa Colonels and Regiments, p. 652

Sunday, February 8, 2009

44th Iowa Infantry

Organized at Davenport June 1, 1864. Ordered to Memphis, Tenn., and assigned to guard duty in that district till September, 1864. Mustered out September 15, 1864.

SOURCE: Dyer , Frederick H., A Compendium Of The War Of The Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1181