Samuel G. Musselman

SAMUEL G. MUSSELMAN, a son of John and Keziah (Odell) Musselman, was born in Missouri, February 8, 1845. When he was an infant his mother died, and his father soon after took the family to Darke County, Ohio, subsequently, however, moving to Clarke County, Iowa, where he remained until seventeen years of age.  In 1862 he enlisted in defense of his country, and was assigned to Company B, Sixth Iowa Infantry and served three years. He participated in many severe battles, including Jackson, Vicksburg and Chattanooga. He started with Sherman to the sea, but at the battle of Resaca, May 14, 1864, was wounded, and was in the hospital ten months, rejoining his regiment at Raleigh. He was in line at the grand review of the army at Washington, and was soon after discharged and returned home, to Clarke County, Iowa, and went to work by the month.  He had saved his salary while in the service, and with this money bought 100 acres of land, to which he afterward added 206 acres, and this is now his fine farm, which he has improved and brought under a good state of cultivation. He is one of the substantial citizens of Fremont Township, and his property, which is one of the finest in the county, has been acquired by industry and good management.  He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Osceola Lodge, and also of the Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Musselman was married December 16, 1866, to Miss Barbara E. Glenn, and to them have been born five children, two sons and three daughters – Charles F., Thomas O., Myrtie O., Fanny A. and Susan A.  Charles F. and Myrtie O. are deceased.

SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Record of Clarke County, Iowa, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1886 p. 396-7

Dedication of the Iowa Monuments at Shiloh National Military Park

Introductory

Dedication Exercises at the Regimental Monuments

November 22, 1906

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9:00 A. M.

Exercises at the Sixteenth Regimental Monument

9:25 A. M.

Exercises at the Fifteenth Regimental Monument

9:45 A. M.

Exercises at the Sixth Regimental Monument

10:00 A. M.

Exercises at the Eleventh Regimental Monument

10:15 A. M.

Exercises at the Thirteenth Regimental Monument

10:30 A. M.

Exercises at the Second Regimental Monument

10:50 A. M.

Exercises at the Seventh Regimental Monument

11:10 A. M.

Exercises at the Twelfth Regimental Monument

11:25 A. M.

Exercises at the Fourteenth Regimental Monument

11:35 A. M.

Exercises at the Eighth Regimental Monument

11:50 A. M.

Exercises at the Third Regimental Monument

Dedication Exercises at the of Iowa State Monument

November 23, 1906

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1:30 P. M.

Call To Order:

Colonel W. G. Crosley, Vice Chairman of the Commission

Music: Fifty-fifth Iowa Regimental Band

“America”

Invocation:

Rev. Dr. A. L. Frisbie

“Unto thee, O Lord, belong power and dominion and majesty. Unto thee would we render that which is thine, with humble and grateful and trusting hearts. Teach us, first of all, to acknowledge our obligation to thee; to remember that thou art indeed, over all, and that thou art also blessed forever. We know not all thy ways. We understand not all the mysteries of thy being, but thou dost permit us to know very much of thy Fatherhood, of thy gracious disposition, thy fatherly spirit, thy love for us. And because thou hast had these thoughts toward us, thou hast mercifully led us throughout many years of trial — years of bright and years of sad experience; and thou hast taught us that our dependence is upon thee. Therefore, we humbly pray that thou wilt stay near by during all the history we are to make; during all the development for which we hope. We pray that thou wilt be our Leader, bringing us through a prosperous voyage to a blessed port.

“We have been making a pilgrimage of blessing, of memory, of gratitude, and of peace, and as we come to the conclusion of our special duty, and see now the completion of that which we began, we pray that we may go hence with hearts prepared to appreciate the multitude of favors we have received. We have had occasion to commune with the dead.  We have stood where they were buried, who died loyally and faithfully, giving themselves wholly that they might secure the permanence of this nation. We thank thee that this Union of states was so precious to them that they held nothing back, but gave themselves utterly to maintain its permanence. We thank thee, O Lord, that through all the suffering and martyrdom and battle shock and pain, these men held steadfast to that which they had begun. And Lord, for these brave of the brave, the twice five thousand men that stood here meeting the battle's shock, and the many times five thousand men who on other fields withstood the shock of battle — for these we give thee our thanks, for we recognize in them the preservers of the Union. We pray that the people may all cherish their memories with gratitude; that we may all remember that we have not come upon these blessings by any manner of accident or of experiment. May we remember that they have been won by those who devoted themselves with their best intelligence and highest consecration to secure them; by those who gave themselves with unfaltering devotion that they might maintain them. May we go hence with renewed determination that this government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth. May we see, and may others see, more and more, that these mercies have been ours because of infinite sacrifice. Lord, we pray that thy blessing may be upon our whole land — not divided, not dismembered, but one land, with one flag, with not a star erased.

“Grant thy favor to this portion of the Union, where all this was carried on, and where so much of suffering and loss was endured. And so upon north and south, upon one land, may thine own good light shine through all the days.

“Accept our thanks, we beseech thee; guide us safely to our homes. Bless the people of our state who sent us forth upon this mission, and be so with them and with us that the grace of the Lord Christ may be revealed, and justice and truth may be everywhere established. Accept our thanks, bear with us in our weaknesses and guide us in wisdom and love, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.  Amen.”

Presentation of Monuments to the Governor of Iowa

Colonel William B. Bell

Acceptance and Presentation to the United States Government

Albert B. Cummins, Governor of Iowa

Acceptance on Behalf the United States

 Colonel Cornelius Cadle

Music: Fifty-fifth Iowa Regimental Band

“Rock of Ages”

Address of General Basil W. Duke

of the Shiloh National Military Park Commission

Address of W. K. Abernethy

Representing Governor Cox of Tennessee

Music: Fifty-fifth Iowa Regimental Band

“Onward, Christian Soldiers”

Address of General James B. Weaver

Photograph:

Governor and Mrs. Cummins, Members of the Governors Staff and Their Wives

Music: Fifty-fifth Iowa Regimental Band

“Star Spangled Banner”

Address of Nathan E. Kendall

Music: Fifty-fifth Iowa Regimental Band

“America”

Benediction:

Rev. Dr. A. L. Frisbie

“Now be the peace of God upon all the resting places of our myriad dead, and upon the homes of the living, north and south, the peace of God, forevermore.  Amen.”

Taps

After the close of the dedication exercises, a brief sacred concert was rendered by the Fifty-fifth Iowa regimental band at the National cemetery, a short distance from the monument.

Iowa Shiloh Battlefield Monument Commission and Its Work

In Conclusion

SOURCE: Abstracted from Alonzo Abernathy, Editor, Dedication of Monuments Erected By The State Of Iowa, p. 201-301

William Arnold

1st Lieutenant
Co. K, 6th Iowa Infantry

Francis M. Kyte

FRANCIS M. KYTE, auditor of Clarke County, Iowa, is a native of the State of Indiana, born in Washington County, near Salem, March 4, 1839, a son of Lewis and Catherine (Colglazier) Kyte, natives of Ohio, and early settlers of Indiana, where the father died in 1851. His mother is still living in Clarke County, Iowa, at the advanced age of ninety-four years. Her family consisted of eight sons and three daughters, all but one of whom lived till maturity, the eldest one now living being seventy-one years old.  F.M. Kyte passed his boyhood on a farm in his native county, living there until after the death of his father, when he was thirteen years old. In the fall of 1852 his mother removed with her family to Iowa, and located in Clarke County, where he passed his youth and early manhood.  In July 1861, he enlisted in the defense of the Union, and was assigned to company F, Sixth Iowa Infantry, and served as Sergeant until January, 1864, when he re-enlisted and was promoted to First Lieutenant, serving as such until mustered out in July, 1865. He participated in the battle at Shiloh, the siege of Corinth, Mission Ridge, the Atlanta campaign, and in the march to Savannah, then back to Rolla and Bentonville.  After the war he returned to Osceola and attended Bryant & Stratton’s business college, and then taught school two years. He was elected auditor of Clarke County in the fall of 1869, and served until January, 1874. The next four years he engaged in the grocery business, when he was again elected county auditor, assuming the duties of his office in January, 1878, and has served to the present time, having proved himself to be a reliable and efficient public servant.  Mr. Kyte was married in August, 1868, to Miss Nancy L. Key, daughter of Nathan Key, of Clarke County. They have a family of three children – Charles, Laura and George. Mr. Kyte is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Lodge No. 77, Chapter No. 63, and Commandery No. 21. Also of the Knights of Pythias.

SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Record of Clarke County, Iowa, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1886 p. 254-7

Dedication Exercises at the Sixth Iowa Regimental Monument: Shiloh National Military Park

November 22, 1906

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9:45 A.M.

Music: Fifty-fifth Iowa Regimental Band

"Lead, Kindly Light"

Introduction of Speaker:

Captain Charles W. Kepler

A son of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander J. Miller, who at the time of the battle of Shiloh was Lieutenant of Co. G, Sixth Iowa, but who on July 18, 1863, became Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment, will speak a few words for the Sixth Iowa Infantry.

Address:

Jesse A. Miller of Des Moines, Iowa

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have heard this morning that certain regiments went into this battle as green troops. That is true of almost all the regiments that were here, for this was one of the early battles of the war, but there was no regiment that was placed here in as bad a predicament as the Sixth Iowa. On the morning that the battle commenced, its Colonel was in command of a brigade. Its Major was away on staff duty, and its Lieutenant Colonel was drunk and unable to command the regiment. The regiment fought here on this field for some time, without any commanding officer at all, except its company commanders, and when the commander of the brigade found that the Lieutenant Colonel was drunk he had him placed under arrest and sent to the rear. Captain Williams, who was not a ranking captain, was placed in command, and he commanded the regiment during the battle, until he was wounded, and then Captain Walden was placed in command. And so, while I say they were green troops, they were even worse off than other regiments, for they started without any commanding officers at all, and when they got one, he was not the one who had commanded them in the past. And yet this regiment did as valiant service as any regiment engaged. This regiment lost more men killed and mortally wounded in this battle than any other from Iowa, and more than any other regiment engaged, either north or south, with possibly one exception. I believe the Ninth Illinois had more men killed or mortally wounded here than the Sixth Iowa.

Throughout this battle, when Albert Sidney Johnston in the front was charging them, this regiment stood as a wall until they were driven back, and when driven back, although separated into two detachments, they again formed and on the second day of the battle they again went into the fight and fought until the end of the engagement.

This monument is erected to the memory of those who fought and suffered here, and it is a fitting memorial. The thing it teaches to us is not so much the valor of those who died and suffered here, as that we who come after them must live a high and noble life to merit what our forefathers have done for us. I, as one who was born after the war, as one who knows nothing of the war except as I have heard and read, feel that I am a better man and will live a better life for having visited these battlefields; and I believe that the people of all the states of this Union would be better citizens if they would visit the battlefields and see what we have seen and hear what we have heard. I hope that as the days go by and as the years roll on, that annually there will be pilgrimages from the north and from the south to these fields, that inspiration may be received by others, as it has been received by us, and that these memorials will ever tend to raise the citizenship of this country and make the people of this nation a better and higher type of civilization than any that has gone before.

Benediction:

Rev. S. H. Hedrix of Allerton, Iowa

"Our Father and our God, we praise thee for all of this great work and for this great regiment. Do thou bless the Sixth Iowa, its living and its dead; Lord bless and care for them all. Help us who are here today to know that our part is linked together with all of these great regiments on this and other fields, and do thou keep us all near to thee, looking forward and upward to better things, with purity of heart and life. May we keep our schools, our churches, our homes and our land, in all of its civilization, growing wondrously, in the great Redeemer's name.  Amen."

SOURCE:  Alonzo Abernathy, Editor, Dedication of Monuments Erected By The State Of Iowa, 212-4

See Also:

• 6th Iowa Infantry Monument: Shiloh National Military Park
• The Iowa Monuments At Shiloh National Military Park

Moses T. Johnson

MOSES T. JOHNSON, dealer in hardware and agricultural implements for the Osceola Hardware Company, is a native of Indiana, born in Owens County, August 19, 1846, a son of F. W. and Electa J. Johnson, who were both natives of Indiana, the mother born near Greencastle. His paternal grandfather, David Johnson, was a native of Virginia, and his maternal grandfather, Frederick Barrows, was a native of Vermont, and was a soldier in the war of 1812. Our subject’s parents had a family of twelve children, six sons and six daughters, seven still living, three sons and four daughters.  Moses T., the subject of this sketch, was but eight years old when his parents moved from Indiana to Clarke County, Iowa. They settled some five miles northwest of Osceola on a farm, remaining there two years, when they removed to Osceola where Moses T. was reared to manhood, attending the schools of that town, and later entered the State University, at Iowa City, where he pursued his studies for one year, after which he spent two terms at Adrian College, Michigan. He then returned to Osceola, and entered his father’s dry-gods store, assisting his father till he was twenty-four years of age, when he was married to Miss Samantha J. Ream, of Osceola, a native of Pennsylvania. Soon after his marriage Mr. Johnson went to Montgomery County, Kansas, where he ran a store at Radical City, his father being associated with him in the business. He subsequently returned to Osceola, Iowa, and was variously engaged for a time, when embarked in the general grocery business which he followed about four years. He then disposed of his business and settled on a farm where he followed farming for two years, when he again located in Osceola. In 1884 he entered the hardware store of the Osceola Hardware Company in the capacity of clerk, which position he still holds to the entire satisfaction of his employers. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have one daughter named Pearl. Mr. Johnson was elected a member of the city council in March, 1886. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, an organization in which he takes an active interest. In 1875 he went on an extended tour through California, then to Oregon and from there to Washington Territory. Mr. Johnson is associated with his brother, Thomas A. Johnson, in raising and dealing in cattle in which they are meeting with fair success.

SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Record of Clarke County, Iowa, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1886 p. 265

The Iowa Monuments At Shiloh National Military Park

Iowa State Memorial Monument

• Iowa State Memorial

THE REGIMENTAL MONUMENTS.

The eleven regimental monuments are uniform in size and design, differing only in the inscriptions. They, like the state monument, are built of Barre, Vermont, granite and United States standard bronze. A monument is erected to each Iowa regiment engaged in the battle and stands at the point where the regiment fought the longest and suffered its greatest loss. Upon a bronze tablet set in the granite is described the part taken by the regiment in the battle. The commission prepared the design for these monuments. The contract for their erection was let to P. N. Peterson Granite Company of St. Paul, Minnesota, for eighteen thousand and fifty-one dollars.  SOURCE: Alonzo Abernathy, Editor, Dedication of Monuments Erected By The State Of Iowa, p. 291

• 2nd Iowa Infantry
• 3rd Iowa Infantry
• 6th Iowa Infantry
• 7th Iowa Infantry
• 8th Iowa Infantry
• 11th Iowa Infantry
• 12th Iowa Infantry
• 13th Iowa Infantry
• 14th Iowa Infantry
• 15th Iowa Infantry
• 16th Iowa Infantry

HEADQUARTERS MONUMENTS.
Four Iowa colonels commanded three brigades during the Battle of Shiloh.

• Abraham M. Hare, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Tennessee
• Succeeded by Marcellus M. Crocker.
• James M. Tuttle, 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Tennessee
• John A. McDowell, 1st Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee

Frederick Johnson

Frederick Johnson enlisted in the Union army in 1862, a member of Company F, Sixth Iowa Infantry. He received a gun shot wound at the battle of Missionary Ridge, from the effects of which he died in 1868. He was a special favorite with all his acquaintances, and his death was a source of universal regret.

SOURCE: Abstracted from the biographical sketch of his father, Freeborn W. Johnson in Biographical and Historical Record of Clarke County, Iowa, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1886 p. 333

Aaron S. Johnson

AARON S. JOHNSON, dealer in real estate, Osceola, and one of the pioneer business men of Clarke County, was born in Spencer, Owen County, Indiana, September 20, 1836. His father, David Johnson, was a native of Virginia, born at the base of the Monongahela Mountains, and during his early years was a noted hunter, the bear being his favorite game. He was by occupation a farmer, which he followed the greater part of his life.  He was twice married, his first marriage taking place when he was but fifteen years of age. He was married to his second wife, Frances McDaniel, in Indiana, she being a native of Stokes County, North Carolina, our subject being the youngest child of this union. The father was one of the early settlers of Indiana, remaining in that State until his death at the age of seventy-four years.  Aaron S. Johnson, our subject, passed his boyhood days on the farm, receiving his education in the common schools of his native county. He remained with his parents till reaching his majority, and in the spring of 1857 went to Kansas. In July of that same year he came to Osceola, Clarke County, Iowa, where he followed farming for two years.  At the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion he enlisted in the Sixth Iowa Infantry as a member of the band and was at the hard-fought battle of Shiloh. He was mustered out in 1862, but reenlisted in 1863, and for five months was with the Forty-sixth Iowa Infantry as First Orderly, and was sent south to Tennessee and Alabama. He was in the service nearly three years, when he was honorably discharged.  He then returned to Osceola, and for several years he was engaged in the mercantile business. He then engaged in his present business, which he has since followed with success.  He was married in 1864 to Miss Maria E. Middleswart, of Clarke County, Iowa, and to this union has been born one daughter – Fannie C. Mr. Johnson was Provost-Marshal for Clarke, Union and Decatur counties for one year. For many years he was a notary public. He has served as school trustee and as councilman of the city of Osceola.

SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Record of Clarke County, Iowa, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1886 p. 381

John H. Jamison

JOHN H. JAMISON, a prominent citizen of Osceola, and a representative of one of the pioneer families of Clarke County, is a native of Washington County, Indiana, born near Salem, September 8, 1846. He is the eldest son of Robert and Christina (Kyte) Jamison, his father being a native of Kentucky and his mother of Indiana. In 1848 his parents moved to the State of Iowa, and lived two years in Monroe county. In the spring of 1850 they moved to Clarke County, where they still live. John H. was reared in Clarke County, attending in his youth the schools at Garden Grove, Decatur County.  When seventeen years old he enlisted in the war of the Rebellion and was assigned to the Sixth Iowa Infantry, serving eighteen months. He participated in the battle at Dallas, Georgia, where he was wounded. He was mustered out in July, 1865, and returned to Clarke County, Iowa.  He attended school at Garden Grove three years, and then went to Ann Arbor, Michigan, and took a commercial course. After leaving school he began teaching, his first school being in his home district, and the following spring was appointed superintendent of the Clarke County school, and served until the next autumn. He again taught in his own district during the winter, and then gave his attention to agriculture until the fall of 1872, when he was nominated and elected clerk of the District and Circuit Courts of Clarke County, assuming the duties of his office in January, 1873. This position he held by reelection eight years. From 1881 till 1884 he was cashier of the Clarke County bank, and the next year engaged in the boot and shoe business. In June, 1885, he was appointed agent of the American Express Company at Osceola, a position he still holds.  He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Knights of Pythias and the Grand Army of the Republic. He was married in December, 1877, to Miss Laura Davis of Washington, Iowa, daughter of J. D. Davis, now of Des Moines. They have one daughter – Helen E.

SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Record of Clarke County, Iowa, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1886 p. 371-2

Elijah Hart

ELIJAH HART, an enterprising farmer of Osceola Township, is a native of Ohio, born in Muskingum County, December 10, 1833. His father, John Hart, was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother of Ohio. The mother died when Elijah was quite small, and his father afterward moved to Morrow County, where he was reared and educated. In 1853 he came to Iowa and lived in Muscatine County eighteen months.  In the winter of 1856 he located on Clarke County, on what is known as the old Mormon Trace, in the southern part of the county, where he lived until after the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, when he enlisted in the defense of his country, and was assigned to Company F, Sixth Iowa Infantry. He was with his regiment at Shiloh, Corinth, Resaca, New Hope Church, and with Sherman on his march to the sea, his last battle being at Griswoldsville. He served faithfully four years and received an honorable discharge in July, 1865.  After the war he came again to Iowa, and engaged in farming in Clarke County. He was married in February, 1866, to Miss S. E. Wade, and after his marriage located on the farm where he now lives, on section 1, township 72, range 25, which contains 200 acres of valuable land, the most of which is now under cultivation. He has given considerable attention to stock-raising, and has been successful in that industry, having a fine grade of horses, cattle and hogs. Mr. Hart was elected justice of the peace in 1881 and served four years. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, taking an interest in everything that pertains to his comrades in arms. He and his wife are members of the Christian church, which he served as elder. They have two children – William and Effie E.

SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Record of Clarke County, Iowa, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1886 p. 428-9

William J. Hamilton

W. J. HAMILTON, is a native of DeWitt County, Illinois, born July 1, 1843, a son of Absalom and Ollie (Hutchins) Hamilton. When he was six years of age his parents died leaving him a penniless boy, but he found a friend in Captain S.P. Glenn, who took him home and cared for him until he was old enough to depend upon his own exertions. He remained with Captain Glenn until seventeen years old, accompanying him, in 1853, to Iowa.  In 1861 he enlisted in defense of his country, and was assigned to Company B., Sixth Iowa Infantry. He participated in many hard-fought battles, his regiment being engaged in twenty-seven, and marched 4,000 miles, but a part of the time he was absent on account of wounds received at Shiloh. He was wounded twice, in the arm and leg, and was absent from his company several weeks. He was at the battle of Jackson, Mississippi, Lookout Mountain and the siege of Vicksburg. He started on the Atlanta campaign, but was wounded at the battle of Resaca.  He was in the fight at Macon, Georgia, the siege of Savannah and at the surrender near Goldsboro. He then marched to Washington and was in line at the grand review of Grant’s and Sherman’s armies. He was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, and discharged at Davenport, Iowa, July 20, 1865, having served over four years.  While at home on furlough, after his wounds at Shiloh, a band of rebels collected at the resident of Mr. Goble, for the purpose of killing the wounded soldiers then at home, but being suspected Captain Glenn took out his company of home guards and captured the entire number. They fired upon the guards but the troop closed in upon them and took their arms. Two of the number were killed and the rest were taken to Osceola, but on taking the oath of allegiance were released the next day.  After the war closed Mr. Hamilton returned to Iowa and rented land of Captain Glenn, about two years. He then bought a farm of 200 acres which he improved, and then exchanged it for 200 acres of his present farm, to which he has since added 120 acres on sections 34 and 35. He is the owner of one of the best farms in the county, which he has acquired by industry, frugality and good management. He is one of the substantial and esteemed citizens of the township, having gained the confidence of all who know him, by his strict business integrity and straightforward dealing. In politics he is a staunch Republican. He is now Captain of Company A, Fifth Infantry, Iowa National Guards.  He was married November 25, 1869, to Miss Amy R. Winters, daughter of John and Emma Winters, of Henry County, Iowa. They have had nine children – John A. (deceased), Willie F., Jesse S., Susan L., Robert Glenn, Clarence Blaine, and three who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton are members of the Christian church, and are among its earnest and liberal supporters.

SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Record of Clarke County, Iowa, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1886 p. 436-9

George Gutches

GEORGE GUTCHES, one of the early settlers of Clarke County, and a prominent farmer of Osceola Township, was born near the city of Columbus, in Franklin county, Ohio, November 29, 1821, his parents, John and Nancy (Waits) Goetchius being natives of New York, the father being born in Dutchess County. They moved to Ohio when quite young, remaining in that State till their death. John Goetchius died in 1875, aged eighty-two years and five days and Nancy in 1835, aged forty-four years. They had a family of nine children of whom four yet survive. George Gutches, our subject, passed his youth on a farm, and in attending the common schools, remaining with his parents till twenty-four years of age.  He was united in marriage in 1844 to Miss Alcinda Armstrong, after which he rented a farm and engaged in agricultural pursuits on his own account, continuing to reside on rented land till 1854. He then came to Clarke County, Iowa, and entered 120 acres of land from the Government, on which he erected a small log cabin, and in the fall of the same year removed his family to his new farm, where he has since made his home. His wife died in 1858, leaving five children – William W. and George, both living in Columbus; Emeline, wife of George Briggs, now of Colorado; Sarah A., married to W. R. Jones, who is engaged in the stock business in Colorado; Anna, wife of Harry Teller, a merchant, of Colorado. For his present wife he married Mrs. Ellen J. Owen, a daughter of Thomas and Christena Taylor, natives of Scotland, both of whom died in Jefferson County, Indiana.  Mr. Gutches entered the service of his country in 1861, enlisting in Company F, Sixth Iowa Infantry, as a fifer, and participated with his regiment in twenty-seven hard-fought battles, among which were the following: Shiloh, siege of Vicksburg, Mission Ridge. He re-enlisted as a veteran, and took part in all the battles of his regiment, and was with Sherman on his march to the sea. He was mustered out at Louisville, and sent to Davenport, where he received his pay. He then returned to his home in Clarke County, where his wife had carried on the farm and cared for the family while he was at the front.  He now has eighty acres of well cultivated land in his farm which is located on section 24 of Osceola Township. His property has been acquired by years of hard toil and industry, he having commenced life for himself without capital. In his political views Mr. Gutches is a staunch Republican. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for many years, uniting with that denomination when a boy.

SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Record of Clarke County, Iowa, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1886 p. 352

S. P. Glenn

S. P. GLENN is a native of Sangamon County, Illinois, a son of Thomas M. and Anna (Scott) Glenn, natives of South Carolina. He was born November 6, 1825, and was reared on a farm, making his home with his parents, and obtained his education in the common schools, which he attended in the winter. When twenty years of age he enlisted in the Mexican war in Colonel Baker’s regiment, Company E, Fourth Illinois, from DeWitt County. He was absent from home just twelve months, his most important engagements being the siege of Vera Cruz and the battle of Cerro Gordo. He returned to his home in Illinois and engaged in farming.  In 1853 he with his family and parents, moved to Clarke County, Iowa, and entered 160 acres of Government land on the northwest quarter of section 27, township 73, range 25 west, Fremont Township. He at once went to work to build a cabin in which to shelter his family, which consisted of a wife and two children. Here he lived two years, when he sold out at an advance on the purchase price, and bought an adjoining farm, which he afterward sold and moved to Kansas. Meeting with reverses there he returned to Iowa where he has since lived.  At the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion he raised what was known as Company F, Sixth Iowa Infantry, which was the first company to leave for the field from Clarke County. He participated in the battle of Shiloh and had many narrow escapes, but was by shot or shell uninjured.  He was married July 1, 1847, to Frances Orlena Hamilton, and to them were born nine children –Thomas M., Olive A., James K., Samuel P., Orlena, Tabitha, Ruth, George and Fanny. James K., Samuel P., Orlena and George are deceased. Mrs. Glenn died February 3, 1866, and in 1867 Mr. Glenn married Miss Sarah E. Harlan, a daughter of Aaron and Jemima (Polly) Harlan, early settlers of Clarke County. Mr. Harlan was born in Barren County, Kentucky, January 13, 1803, and in his infancy his father moved to Hamilton County, Ohio, and thence in 1807 to Wayne County, Indiana, where he lived until manhood. He married Jemima, daughter of William and Jemima (Kelsoe) Polly, and to them were born eight children – James R., Stephen, Hosea, Noah, Aaron, Edee, Nancy and Sarah E. Mr. Harlan came to Clarke County in the fall of 1853, and first purchased eighty acres of land in Osceola Township, northeast of the village. He afterward bought forty-five acres in Fremont Township. He is now in the seventy-fourth year of his age and is one of the oldest residents of Clarke County.

SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Record of Clarke County, Iowa, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1886 p. 232

John Diehl

JOHN DIEHL, of Osceola Township, was born near Eaton, in Preble County, Ohio, February 27, 1835, a son of Jacob and Nancy (Good) Diehl, who were natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively. They had a family of ten children, of whom six still survive, John being the fifth child. His father went to Ohio in his youth, and was married near Germantown in that State, the mother dying in her native State in 1852. The father subsequently married again, and moved to Illinois, where his death occurred in 1873.  John Diehl was reared on a farm till his fifteenth year, when he began learning the blacksmith’s trade, which he followed until coming West in 1860. Mr. Diehl has been twice married. His first wife, Lydia A. Boadle, was a native of Montgomery County, Ohio. She died at the age of twenty-four years, leaving one daughter, Mary. Mr. Diehl was again married in 1859, to Sarah A. Carnahan, of Darke County, Ohio, a daughter of John and Sarah (Adams) Carnahan. They have four children living – Charley B., Minnie E., Dellie V., and John Richard.  In 1860 Mr. Diehl left Ohio, coming to Clarke County, Iowa, when he located on his present farm on section 4, Osceola Township, on the Knoxville Road. In July 1861, he enlisted in Company F., Sixth Iowa Infantry, in the three years’ service, and was in the Fourth Division, Fifteenth Army Corps. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountain, after which he was transferred to Battery D of the Fourth Missouri Artillery, in which he served six months, when he was detailed head blacksmith in the Fourth Division, in which capacity he served till he was honorably discharged at Davenport, Iowa, in July, 1864. Soon after his discharge he recruited a company, of which he was appointed First Lieutenant, and later promoted to Captain, but his company did not go into active service.  Since his return from the war, Mr. Diehl has devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits, in which he has met with success, and is now the owner of 400 acres of choice land, which is well improved and under fine cultivation. He is now classed among the prosperous and enterprising citizens of Clarke County, most of his property being made by his stock-raising, he having been very successful in the raising of cattle and hogs. Mr. Diehl has been president of the Clarke County Agricultural Society, and has served his township as trustee. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and a comrade of the Grand Army post, of which he is at present senior vice-commander. He and his wife are members of the Christian church, attending Union Chapel, and are respected members of society.

                                                

SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Record of Clarke County, Iowa, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1886 p. 314-5

Losses In The Iowa Regiments Engaged At Shiloh

Regiment	Killed	Wounded	Total Killed and Wounded	Captured and Missing	Total
Second	8	60	68	4	72
Third	23	134	157	30	187
Sixth	52	94	146	37	183
Seventh	10	17	27	6	33
Eighth	34	112	146	370	516
Eleventh	33	160	193	1	194
Twelfth	24	103	127	320	447
Thirteenth	20	139	159	3	162
Fourteenth	9	38	47	226	273
Fifteenth	21	156	177	8	185
Sixteenth	17	101	118	13	131

SOURCES: Samuel H. M. Byers, Iowa In War Times, p. 146