S. W. Trenchard

Company G.

Was born in Steuben county, New York, on the 27th of June, 1836. When ten years old his parents moved to Wisconsin, and in 1852 he moved to Delaware county, Iowa, and lived on a farm until 1858, when he learned the carpenter's trade. Received a common school education, and when the war broke out, on the 13th day of June, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, First Iowa Cavalry, serving three years and three months. Mustered out as corporal at Davenport, September 9th, 1864. Has followed contracting and building ever since.

SOURCE: Charles H. Lothrop, A History Of The First Regiment Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteers, p. 341