7th Missouri State Militia Cavalry

Organized at large in Missouri March and April, 1862. Served unattached, Dept. of Missouri, to September, 1862. District of Southwest Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to October, 1862. Unattached, Army of the Frontier, Dept. of Missouri, to June, 1863. District Central Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.—Post Oak Creek, near mouth of Briar, March 26, 1862. Warrensburg April 8. Warrensburg May 17 (Co. "G"). Pursuit of Poindexter August 8-15 (Detachment). Independence August 12. Scout from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Independence August 12-14. Expedition to Hickory Grove August 17-27 (1 Co.). Fayetteville, Ark., October 24. Scout from Linden to White River April 1-5, 1863 (Co. "G"). White River April 17. Scout from Newtonia to French Point and Centre Creek May 13-18 (Detachment). French Point May 15 (Detachment). Carthage May 16 (Detachment). Hartsville May 23. Mountain Store May 26. Carthage June 27-28. Scout from Sedalia August 25-28 (Detachment). Clear Fork August 26 (Detachment). Near Syracuse October 25 (Co. "H"). Warsaw October 7. Near Camp Cole October 9. LaMine Bridge October 10. Booneville October 11-12. Merrill's Crossing and Dug Ford, near Jonesborough, October 12. Blackwater October 12. Marshall, Arrow Rock, Blackwater, October 13. Jonesborough October 14. Warrensburg May 28, 1864. Near Dunksburg June 27-28 (Co. "K"). Wellington July 8. Operations near Wellington July 9-13. warder's Church July 10 (Detachment). Columbia July 12 (Detachment). Johnson County July 16. Clear Fork, near Warrensburg, July 16 (Detachment). Scout in Johnson County July 26-31 (Detachment). Blackwater River July 27 (Co. "G"). Big Creek July 28 (Co. "C"). Expedition from Warrensburg to Chapel Hill July 29-August 2 (Co. "K"). Near Chapel Hill July 30 (Co. "K"). Operations near Holden August 2-8. Merrick's Creek, near Holden, August 8 (Co, "K"). Operations in johnson county August 11-19 (Detachment). Near Holden August 12 (Detachment). Scout from Crisp's Mills on Big Creek August 25-30 (Co. "M"). Near Rose Hill August 26 (Co. "M"). Near Lone Jack September 1 (Detachment). Operations in Johnson County September 1-9 (Detachment). Expedition from Sedalia to Scott's Ford on Blackwater September 2-4. Scout in Lafayette County September 20-25 (Detachment). Arrow Rock Road September 23 (Detachment). Prince's Shoals, Osage River, Cole County, October 5-6. Near Jefferson City October 8. California and Booneville October 9. Near Booneville October 11-12. Sedalia October 15. Little Blue October 21. Independence, Big Blue and State Line October 22. Westport October 23. Engagement at the Marmiton or Battle of Charlot October 25. Mine Creek, Osage River, Marias des Cygnes, October 25. Scout from Warrensburg to Greenton Valley November 29-December 3 (Detachment). Scout from Camp Grover to Texas Prairie January 12-15, 1865 (Detachment). Scout from Warrensburg to Miami January 12-17 (Co. "I"). Scout from Warrensburg to Snibar Hills January 18-22 (Detachment). Scout from Warrensburg to Tabo Creek, etc., February 1-5 (Detachment). Scout in Lafayette County February 3-8. Scout from Warrensburg to Columbus and skirmish near Greenton March 19-23 (Detachment). Near Booneville May 3. Duty in Central District of Missouri till July. Mustered out July 11, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 56 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 6 Officers and 152 Enlisted men by disease. Total 218.

SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1308

John W. Hall

JOHN W. HALL, proprietor of the Osceola creamery, is a native of Whitehall, Indiana, born December 27, 1841. He came to Iowa with his parents, Warren and Cynthia (Parks) Hall, in 1851, they locating near Leon, in Decatur County, where the mother died. The father died in Clarke County.  John W. Hall came to Clarke County in 1860 and settled at Green Bay, where he was engaged in carpentering and contracting for a time. He subsequently engaged in farming, which he followed till 1872.  He was married in Mills County, Iowa, in 1868, to Sarah A. Scott, a native of Wisconsin, but at the time of her marriage living in Mills County. Mr. Hall came to Osceola, where he again began contracting and building, erecting creameries in different parts of the State, and was the contractor on the State Asylum for the feeble-minded. He continued contracting till he engaged in his present business, as successor to I. W. Johnson.  The business was established by Holt & Hall, in 1878, and has always been carried on with success. The building is 30 x 120 feet in size, the rear part being the creamery department, and the front devoted to their butter-and-eggs business. They manufacture about twenty-five hundred pounds of butter daily, and also deal extensively in eggs, shipping a car load a week, their average shipment per year being about 30,000 dozen.

SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Record of Clarke County, Iowa, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1886 p. 397

Legion Assists In Last Rites of J. W. Hall; Civil War Vet

Three times the guns roared forth in the bright air and the mournful notes of "Taps" echoed from the hillsides as The American Legion's ritual was ended and the last mortal remains of another Civil War Veteran was consigned to the grave Monday afternoon in Maple Hill Cemetery.  John W. Hall, for many years one of Clarke County's most influential citizens, has gone to his rest.  Another name has been crossed off the list of those boys of '65; another of those sterling pioneer citizens has been called.  On the fingers on one hand can be counted those old soldiers remaining, and the real pioneers of the county are almost as few.

John Hall was for many years recognized as one of the leading contractors of public buildings in Iowa.  Nearly every one knew that he was the contractor of the court house here but few were acquainted with the fact that he was connected with the construction of every church in the city and that he built the Glenwood home for the feeble minded children.  More than fifty creameries were built by him in this state.

With his parents, Warren and Cynthia Hall, he moved to Clarke County from the place of his birth, Whitehall, Indiana in 1860.  He was engaged in the carpenter and contracting business there for a time and in the early days of the war enlisted in Co. K of the 7th Missouri Cavalry.  In 1868 he was married to Sarah A. Scott.  They moved to Osceola where he embarked on his career as a contractor.  Later he served two terms as county treasurer and for twelve years was state oil inspector.  He also engaged in a number of other enterprises in the city.

He was a member of the I.O.O.F. and a charter member of the Knights of Pythias.

Of recent years he has lived quietly in retirement here.  Enjoying his friends and neighbors in the satisfaction that comes from a life well lived.  During the past few months his health has been failing rapidly as can be expected for one who is nearing 91 years.  A few days ago he took to his bed and on December 22, just five days before his 91st birthday, he quietly passed on.

Among those who are left are, the good wife Mrs. Sarah A. Hall of Osceola, two sons, Edgar C. Hall of Sabetha, Kansas, and Frank D. Hall of Osceola; three daughters; Mrs. Hattie M. Tarlton of Osceola, Mrs. Nina L. Foster of Des Moines, and Mrs. Ethel Tillotson of Osceola.  One daughter, Jessie, passed away at the age of seven years.  There are seven grand children living and 11 great grand children; also one brother, Samuel Hall of Auburn, Washington, and many other relatives and a host of friends.

Funeral services were conducted from the Webster Funeral Home, Monday, December 26, by Rev. R. Underwood, Pastor of the Methodist Protestant Church, assisted by Rev. F. C. McCallon, pastor of the Christian Church and a squad of the American Legion Post and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Osceola.  Internment was made in Maple Hill Cemetery.

– Published in The Osceola Sentinel, Osceola, Iowa, Thursday, December 29, 1932, p. 1, columns 6 & 7

John W. Hall, Private, Co. K, 7th Missouri State Militia Cavalry: Pension Index Card

SOURCE: Civil War And Later Veterans Pension Index at Fold3.com

John W. Hall, Private, Co. G, 3rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry: Pension Index Card

SOURCE: Civil War And Later Veterans Pension Index at Fold3.com