@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Civil War Soldier Obituaries of Lawrence Co., Ohio @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Abel, Jess Sr. (private) Co. B. Ironton Register Feb. 03, 1898 Old veteran gone - Jess Abel, Sr., died last Saturday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles Golden, near Old Maidsville. His age was 64 years 1 day. He lived in Ironton over 30 years - came from Wheeling and held a position as nailor at Belfont Mill. During the Civil War he was a volunteer in the 2nd WV Cavalry. 2d W. Va. Cav. Died - January 27, 1898 ===================================================================================== Semi-Weekly Irontonian, 19 January 1909, Thursday, Page 1. Ackerson, Thomas The people of Sheridan were surprised to receive the sad news regarding the death of Mr. Thomas Ackerson, who died at his home last Saturday night at ten o’clock after a brief illness of only a few days, aged 75 years. His death was due to pneumonia. The deceased was attacked with a sudden illness on Tuesday evening and Dr. O’Neil, a well known physician of South Point was summoned at once, but owing to his extreme advanced age, was unable to bring about his recovery and he passed to his reward at the time above mentioned. Mr. Ackerson was a member of the Missionary Baptist church at Ice Creek and his life was always that of a consistent Christian gentleman. He was quiet and unassuming and commanded the deepest respect of those who knew him best. He was very intelligent, energetic and well advanced in current events, also cheerful, good natured, extremely kind, always made friends easy and was held in the highest esteem by all his acquaintances. He was a veteran of the Civil war and a member of the 5th Virginia regiment, and was engaged in some of the hardest fought battles. The funeral services were held at the M. B. church at Sheridan and conducted by Rev. McKee. A wife and six children survive him. James, Edward, Charles, Mrs. Daniel Adams, Mrs. Wm. Walters and Mrs. Isaac Crabtree, all of whom reside at Sheridan. 5th W. Va. Inf. ==================================================================================== THOMAS ACKERSON Semi-Weekly Irontonian, 22 January 1909, Friday. The people of Sheridan were surprised to receive the sad news regarding the death of Mr. Thomas Ackerson, who died at his home last Saturday night at ten o’clock after a brief illness of only a few days, aged 75 years. His death was due to pneumonia. The deceased was attacked with a sudden illness on Tuesday evening and Dr. O’Neil, a well known physician of South Point was summoned at once, but owing to his extreme advanced age, was unable to bring about his recovery and he passed to his reward at the time above mentioned. Mr. Ackerson was a member of the Missionary Baptist church at Ice Creek and his life was always that of a consistent Christian gentleman. He was quiet and unassuming and commanded the deepest respect of those who knew him best. He was very intelligent, energetic and well advanced in current events, also cheerful, good natured, extremely kind, always made friends easy and was held in the highest esteem by all his acquaintances. He was a veteran of the Civil war and a member of the 5th Virginia regiment, and was engaged in some of the hardest fought battles. The funeral services were held at the M. B. church at Sheridan and conducted by Rev. McKee. A wife and six children survive him. James, Edward, Charles, Mrs. Daniel Adams, Mrs. Wm. Walters and Mrs. Isaac Crabtree, all of whom reside at Sheridan. A Friend. ======================================================================================== Adams, William William Adams; served thirteen months, and was discharged on account of disability, and died of disease contracted in the army Nov. 17, 1864. He was buried here. Was 32 years of age; left a widow and five children. 1st. W. Va. Light Artillery -- Battery B ======================================================================================= Akers, Wm. [Acres] Ironton Register March 30,1905 Acres, Wm. - Died Mar. 26, 1905 Hanging Rock, Ohio of asthma, age 76 years. He was a veteran of the Civil War. =========================================================================================== Blake, Zachariah S. WELL KNOWN MAN DIED AT CORYVILLE Semi-Weekly Register, 25 September 1919, Thursday. At seven o’clock yesterday morning, Zechariah S. Blake, aged 75, a Civil war veteran and husband of Winn Blake, the spiritualist medium of Coryville, Ohio, passed away after being stricken with a stroke of paralysis more than a month ago. Because of the national fame of his wife in whose spiritual powers many had faith and of his own personality, Mr. Blake was well-known in this section and well liked by all who knew him. He was born November 4, 1846 and served in the Civil war with the Union army at the age of sixteen years. In March, 1863, he returned to this part of the county, met Miss Elizabeth Winn, who was attending Marshall college and shortly after married her. Soon after his marriage, Mr. Blake re-entered the army service and was captured by the Confederates, serving nine long months in the Andersonville, Ga., prison. Then he escaped and made his way to Sherman’s army near Savannah, Ga. Following the war, Mr. and Mrs. Blake moved to Coryville, where they have lived since. There is located the home of Winn Blake, a Mecca for those interested in spiritual séances. Although Mr. Blake has been ill in health since his service with the Union army, he has always taken an active interest in the civil and military welfare of the country. He took a very active interest in the campaign of the A. E. F. in France during the recent war and followed every move the Americans over there made. Of the fifteen children who were born to Mr. and Mrs. Blake, three survive: Ralph L. Blake, of Coryville; Mrs. B. B. Davis, of Huntington; Mrs. C. E. Still, of 2428 Collis avenue, Huntington. Four brothers and two sisters of Mr. Blake also survive: Willard Blake, M. I. Blake, Anzelle Blake, Louis Blake all of Proctorville, and Mrs. Edward Strickard of Cincinnati and Mrs. Nellie Staley of Chesapeake, O. There are also seven grand children and seven great-grand children surviving. Mr. Blake was a member of the Coryville Baptist church. The funeral services were held this morning at ten o’clock from the residence and the burial was made at the Bradrick cemetery. ======================================================================================================== Bowles, John Ironton Register, 21 February 1907, Thursday. DIES IN OREGON John Bowles, a former resident of Lawrence county, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mattie Ball of Portland, Oregon, Monday night, February 4th, aged 80 years. Death was due to alveolar heart trouble. A Portland exchange has the following to say of him: "Mr. Bowles retired Monday evening, feeling as well as usual. He was a man of robust constitutions and sickness had seldom visited him. One of the members of his family went to his room to call him Tuesday morning and found that he had passed away. "Mr. Bowles was born in Virginia November 12, 1826. His parents moved to Ohio while he was still a boy and he continued to reside in that state until he moved to Oregon in 1883, settling in Oswego, where he owned considerable property. He was married in 1846 to Miss Sarah McIntyre of Lawrence county Ohio. Seven children were born of the union of whom six survive him. Mr. Bowles enlisted in an Ohio regiment during the Civil War and remained in the service until a wound necessitated the amputation of his left arm, and he was discharged. The funeral took place Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the I. O. O. F. Hall at Oswego, Oregon with funeral at Oswego. He is survived by one son, John Bowles of Alabama, and five daughters, Mrs. Susan Chuck and Mrs. Kate Fox of Oswego, Mrs. Elizabeth Hosey of Oregon City; Mrs. Martha Ball of Portland, and Mrs. Lucy McClelland of Ohio. ================================================================================================= Bowling, Daniel Ironton Evening Tribune, 8 May 1930, Thursday, Page 9. Daniel Bowling, 86, a veteran of the Civil War, died this morning at 8 o’clock at his home in Greenup after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held Friday at the Stapf Mortuary parlor in Greenup with interment at Wakefield, Ohio. He is survived by 17 children and his widow, Mrs. Clara Mitchell Bowling, to whom he was married last fall. The following children survive: Mrs. Lucinda Luther, Johnson, Ky.; Mrs. Louise Collins, Prestonsburg; Mrs. Juliana Higgins, Jackson, O.; Mrs. Martha Sloan, Hillsboro; William Bowling, Boone County, Ky.; John Bowling, Boone County; Burbridge Bowling, Greenup; Joe Bowling, Floyd County; Mrs. Fannie Gibson, Greenup; Sheridan Bowling, Greenup; Mrs. Anna Greathouse, Pike County, Ky.; Taylor, Edwin, Ernest, Grace, William and Pearl Bowling, all at home. Four children preceded him in death. ======================================================================================= Bowling, Daniel Ironton Tribune, 10 May 1930, Saturday, Page 4. Funeral services for Daniel Bowling, 86, Civil War veteran of Greenup, Ky., were held Friday morning. Mr. Bowling had been married four times and was the father of 22 children, 18 of whom survive. Interment in the Wakefield, O., cemetery under direction of Stapf Undertaking Co. of Greenup. ==================================================================================== Bradshaw, James Ironton Register Apr. 4, 1895 This well-known citizen of Lawrence county died 31st, 1895. He was born in Russell Co., W. Va., Dec. 22nd, 1817; was consequently 77 years, 8 months, 21 days old. He had lived in this county over a half century, coming to this county when quite a young man. He leaves three sons and three daughters and a wife to sorrow. No man has more friends to mourn their loss than does James Bradshaw. He was a member of Myrtle Tree Missionary Baptist church and had been a standby of that church for about a half century. His house was the home of the early ministers of this county. Many old men of our county will call to mind the active days of James Bradshaw as a business man. He never had a superior in the back part of Lawrence county. He was one of the leading men of southern Ohio. He was mild yet decisive in all his ways. He said what he would do and did that and no more. The last day of his life was one of his active days. He worked all day. He hauled lumber until almost night; did his feeding, ate his supper, felt a little bad; was aiming to pull of his boots, but got sick so fast he had to be assisted to get his boots off and was seized with an apoplectic fit. When Dr. D. G. Stewart was called, he rallied, said that he would be all right directly but was soon seized again never to recover. He went down not to rise in this life, but rise in a better clime where the true and brave shall meet to know no sorrow and see no tears. His funeral took place April 1st, ‘95. Thus ends one of the noble lives of Aid township, and one of the model men of Lawrence county--a career of usefulness and bliss. The sympathy of all go out to the bereaved ones. ======================================================================================= Daniels, Maurice P. 23d Ohio Volunteer Inf. Maurice P. Daniels, Co. A; killed at the battle of Cloyd Mountain, May 9th, 1864; pierced through the forehead by a musket ball and killed instantly. Buried where he fell.-- He was a soldier of the best quality and was lamented by all his comrades. ======================================================================================== Obituary of a Civil War Veteran Peter Hunte PETER HUNTER, CIVIL WAR VET, DIES LAST SERVICES TUESDAY The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldiers last tattoo; No more on Life's parade shall meet The brave and daring few. Of Fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And Glory guards with solemn round, The Bivouac of the dead. --O'Hara. The birth of a new day brought the eve of life and the start of eternal adventure Sunday to Peter Hunter of north Fifth street. Ironton's best known veteran of the Civil War died quietly and peacefully at sunrise following a long fight against infirmities of advanced age. And as he gave a final sigh in resignation to the inevitable victory of Death, Ironton lost one of its most colorful veterans of the great conflict. Only five now remain in the city and county. Mr. Hunter died at the age of 90 years, following a life of sefulness, activity and romance. Although he had been in failing health for some time, his indomitable spirit carried him on and on and he arose from a sick bed to participate in the annual Memorial parade here on May 30. His pride in life was his record of service to his country and one of his greatest joys in the fading years was the life membership in the Elk lodge, voted him in recent years. Mr. Hunter was born in Maple Grove, W. Va., on March 9, 1849. His grandparents were plantation owners of Eastern Virginia. Even though the family owned slaves, it was a house divided, for Peter Hunter, his brother Joseph and his father-in-law Frank DeMaro, fought with Union forces while his brother Sam joined the Confederates and was fatally injured in the Vicksburg siege. He was a cousin of the famed General Early of the Confederate forces. Peter Hunter joined the Union army at the age of sixteen years, at Greenupsburg, now Greenup, Ky. He was assigned to Company K of the 53rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry and went into training at Lexington. He served for the duration of the war under Colonel True, was "in" on the history-making battle of Gettysburg and was discharged at Louisville. His life continued along its adventurous course for he immediately entered river service, as mate, pilot and captain on tugs plying between the Kanawha river, Ohio and Mississippi. He was united in marriage to Amelia DeMaro, on Nov. 8, 1877. She died thirteen years ago. The family first resided in Ashland, then moved to Ironton and Mr. Hunter had been one of the city's distinguished residents for well over a quarter century. But even the Civil War, then river service, failed to completely satisfy his yearning for action. He attempted to enlist for the Spanish-American War, was temporarily accepted and traveled as far as Ft. Thomas before being turned back due to his age and his family. He did have a son, Henry, in that war, and in 1917 had a son, James Hunter, in the World War. Mr. Hunter was the last of the Virginia family of Hunters, his parents and all his brother and sisters having preceded him in death. Two sons, Sam and Edgar, are dead, but three sons and one daughter, Mrs. Mary Hunter Sloan of Ironton, James Hunter of Ironton, Henry of Columbus, and Charles, now in South Carolina, are living. The body will lie in state at the residence 619 north Fifth street until one p. m. Tuesday and veterans of all wars will meet at Legion Hall this evening at 7:30 o'clock and march to the bier in a body. Last services will be conducted in the Feuchter-Davidson funeral home Tuesday at three p. m. by Rev. W. N. Mantle of First M. E. church. Military honors will be paid by the American Legion at the grave in Woodland cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 1 to 3 p. m. Tuesday. The death of Mr. Hunter leaves only five living Civil War veterans in the city and county, the group including Ed Hoover of Ironton, Perry Brumfield of Waterloo, David Hoover of Athalia, Robert Simpson of Chesapeake, and James Wilson of Aid. Ironton Evening Tribune, 12 June 1939, Monday, Page 8. ================================================================================