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YODER, William N., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Date of Birth: May 6, 1843, Place of Birth: Greene County, Pennsylvania, Date of Death: Dec 11, 1932, Place of Death: Indianola, Iowa, age 89, Place of Burial: Manoah Cemetery, Lot 533, Grave 5, Indianola, Iowa, Father: William Yoder, Mother: Rebecca, Wife: Rebecca Brochhall
War Record:
Private in 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company A, , also 163rd Regiment, enlisted Sept 9, 1862, mustered Nov 21, 1862, discharged by General Order June 22, 1865.
Sources:
Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: (William N.) – residence Indianola, Bates History of Pennsylvania Volunteers: William H., Post 116 Application Paper, age 64
Post 116 Personal Reminiscences, p.24, After enlistment sent to Pittsburg for Provost duty, took sick, sent to hospital, had smallpox – furloughed 60 days, reported back to Pittsburg and sent to Regiment at Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia…Gettysburg, Hagerstown, taken prisoner, sent to Libby Prison Nov 12, 1864 from there to Salisbury Prison where I remained until Mar 26, 1865, when I was exchanged & discharged from the Army
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined 1907, age 64
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Butcher, Date of Birth: Nov 2, 1822, Place of Birth: Weare, County of Somerset, England, Date of Death: Jan 22, 1905, Place of Death: Indianola, Iowa, Place of Burial: I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Indianola, Iowa, Father: Peter Young, Mother: Annabelle Stone, Wife: Mrs. Jane Dyer, Children: Fred C. – deceased, Robert – Indianola, Iowa, Emma Young McHugh – deceased, Louise Young Archer
War Record:
Private in 44th Iowa Infantry, Company A, enlisted May 13, 1864, age 41, residence Dyersville, born England, mustered out Sept 15, 1864. See Company G, 6th Cavalry, enlisted age 42, Oct 7, 1864, mustered out Oct 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers: Young, John, Dyersville, Commission Paper Feb 3, 1905, 1889 edition G.A.R. Muster Roll: Company G, 44th Iowa, Post 116 Application Paper, age 62 in 1885
Post 116 Personal Reminiscences, p.31: Died Jan 22, 1904, Graves Registration says died Jan 26, 1905 Indianola, age 82, married 1st Mrs. Jane Dyer Young, 2nd Mrs. Jane Lavorne Young, G.A.R. had Mrs. Jane Dyer Froome (only one wife)
Death Certificate supplied July 24, 1948, John Young died Jan 22, 1905 Indianola, Father –see above. Informant, Fred C. Young of Indianola, Iowa give his own father & mother names instead of his father’s father and mother.
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined Dec 26, 1885, age 62, suspended 1899, dropped 1901
YOUNG, Joseph Theodore, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Retired farmer, Date of Birth: Nov 9, 1846, Place of Birth: Indiana, Date of Death: Sept 14, 1905, Place of Death: Indianola, Iowa, - hit by lightning, Place of Burial: Indianola, Iowa, Father: James T. Young, Mother: Amanda Hart, Children: Orville Young (adopted)
War Record:
Private in 46th Iowa Infantry, Company K
Sources:
Post 116 Descriptive Book, died Sept 14, 1905 at Indianola, Iowa
Graves Registration (July 22, 1948): Joseph Theodore Young died Sept 14, 1905, Indianola, Iowa, Buried in I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Indianola, Lot 203, Grave 2, parents, and adopted child. Record: Company K, 46th Iowa Infantry
Death Certificate supplied July 24, 1948: Theodore Young died Sept 14, 1905…Father, John, mother, Mary Beem, born Indiana, father born North Carolina, married, was struck by lightning, informant, Emma.
Post:
Lucas Post 320, joined 1885, suspended 1890
Indianola Post 116, joined June 26, 1897, age 50, reinstated 1900
YOUNG, Robert D., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Born: England, Died: Sept 22, 1917, Indianola, Iowa, Buried: I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Indianola, Iowa, Lot 297, Grave 3, Father: James R. Young, Mother: Margaret Diel or Deil, Wife: Mary Brown, Children: James – Chicago, Illinois, John – Houston, Texas
War Record:
Private in 6th Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, Company G, age 18, residence Dubuque County, Iowa, nativity England, enlisted Oct 7th and mustered Oct 17, 1864, mustered out Oct 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa
Sources:
Post 116 Application Paper, Roster of Iowa Soldiers
Post:
Indianola Post 116, joined April 9, 1904, age 58
YOUNKIN, Samuel Freeman, GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Mechanic, Date of Birth: April 1, 1844, Place of Birth: Somerset, Pennsylvania, Date of Death: Sept 24, 1909, Place of Death: Osceola, Iowa, Place of Burial: Maple Hill Cemetery, Osceola, Iowa, Wife: Ellen Iams, Children: Ida Boyles – Wichita, Kansas, Mrs. W.H. Calfee – Osceola, Iowa, Sadie – Osceola, Iowa
War Record:
Private in 12th West Virginia Infantry, Company A
Battles, etc:
Prisoner at Andersonville & Florence 9 months 11 days
Sources:
Ex-Soldiers Living in Iowa 1886: - Osceola, Graves Registration: Osceola Sentinel [newspaper] Sept 30, 1909
Post 116 #46 on Roster Descriptive Book: S.F. Younkin, enlisted Aug 11, 1862, mustered out June 22, 1865, General Order #77
Post:
Osceola Post 173, joined June 1883, age 41, suspended Dec 23, 1901, dropped 1902
Indianola Post 116
YOUNT, Enoch J., GAR Card File
Biographical Information:
Occupation: Farmer, Spring Hill, Iowa
War Record:
Privates in 2nd Iowa Infantry, Company D, and 8th Iowa Cavalry, Company M.
Private in Company D, 2nd Iowa Infantry, enlisted May 4, 1861, mustered May 27, 1861, discharged for disability July 29, 1862, (see Company M, 8th Cavalry). Enlisted age 22 (as a Veteran) Company M, 8th Cavalry, Des Moines, Aug 20, 1863 as 3rd Corporal, mustered same day, promoted 1st Corporal ….2nd Sergeant July 14, 1865, mustered out Aug 13, 1865, Macon, Georgia
Sources:
Roster of Iowa Soldiers
Post:
Norwalk Post 355, joined Aug 25, 1884
Indianola Post 116, joined 1890, suspended 1893, dropped June 20, 1895