Civil War Soldiers buried in Minford Community Cemeteries Harrison and Madison Townships
Information was gathered from Veteran's Graves Registration at the Portsmouth Court House, Probate Office and Cemetery Records at the Portsmouth Public Library, Genealogy DepartmentCourt House records indicated in blue Cemetery records indicated in red Last Names A - F (red row indicates wounded, missing, or killed in action) Veteran's Name | Cemetery | Company | Birthdate | Deathdate | Adams, Hiram | Adams | F, 140th OVI, 2nd Lt. | 11-15-1832 | 6-6-1908 | Adams, Nathan | Adams | F, 53rd OVI, Army Pvt. | none listed | none listed | Adams, William | Adams | D, 56th OVI | 1846 | 11-28-1862 26y, 4m, 24d | Allen, Isaac | Kallner/Squires | F, 140th OVI | 12-16-1838 February 1839 Harrisonville, OH | 1-19-1895 February 1895 | Allen, John | Bennett | A, 79th OVI | 1843 | 1914 | Allen, William H. | Mt. Carmel | A, 39th OVI | 3-14-1837 | 1-20-1902 | Atkins, Walter | Adams | G, 2nd Colo Cav | 4-2-1837 | after 1903 | Auld, Thomas G. | Kelly | D, 1st OVHA | 1837 | 3-30-1863 | Aumiller, David | Kallner/Squires | F, 53rd OVI | 1833 | 2-19-1862 Fatally Wounded | Benner, Jacob F. | Glendale | USS Gampus | 1846 PA | 5-14-1882 | Benner, William | Glendale | G F, 1st OVHA tfrd from Co A | none listed | died 11-28-1862 buried 11-24-1862 | Bennett, Rolley E. | Bennett Fairview | G, 91st OVI twice wounded at Winchester, VA | none listed | 61y, 11m 9d 10-10-1895 | Bennett, Titus | Bennett | F, 1st OVHA | 1839 | 1920 | Bennett, William | Kallner/Squires | F, 140th OVI NG | 12-21-1833 | 12-21-1904 | Bookover, Fredrick W. AKA Buckhaver, Frederick | Mead | H, 191 OVI | Hanover Germany 1807 1828 | 9-8-1894 age66y | Bouser, Addison H. | Mead | A, 39th OVI | 1839 | none listed Springfield, OH | Bouser, Isaac AKA Bowser, Isaac | Mead | G, 56th OVI | 1818 | none listed | Boyer, Wesley | Hartley | F, 1st OVHA | 1828 | 2-15-1899 | Bradfield, John E. | Bennett Fairview | D, 56th OVI | 1840 | 3-17-1876 46y, 8m, 1d | Brown, Nathaniel E. | Mt. Carmel | G, 56th OVI wounded at siege at Vicksburg | 2-4-1824 | 12-25-1908 | Brown, William G. | Kronk/Pearl | B, 56th OVI G | 1836 | none listed | Burk, John C. | Harrison Furnace | Sgt, A & F, 56th OVI | 9-16-1822 PA | 5-11-1901 PA | Chapman, Robert Ross | Glendale Madison | Cpl., A, 195th OVI suffered hernia near Stephenson Depot, VA sick in Alexandria, VA rheumatism & lung trouble struck on head by robber, robbed of $80 & left for dead | 1-22-1823 | 5-9-1902 | Coburn, Arthur M. | Glendale Madison | F, 126th OVI H | 1-9-1843 | 9-26-1863 Lexington, KY | Coburn, O. M. | | Pvt., E, 33 OVI | | | Coburn, William H. | Glendale Madison | unassigned recruits, 12 OVC | 3-29-1840 | 3-19-1908 | Coburn, William T. | Glendale Madison | H, 126th OVI | 2-2-1835 Madison Township | 7-16-1864 died from wounds in Fredrick City, MD | Cole, Edmond | Monroe | Sgt, F, 1st OHA | 6-1-1842 | 4-24-1897 | Colegrove, H.L. | Colegrove | A, 39th OVI | none listed | none listed | Colegrove, John Allen | Bennett | E, 33rd OVI | 6-21-1843 | 10-9-1897 1914 | Colegrove, William | Kallner/Squires | B, 73rd OVI some time in hospital | 8-21-1846 | 8-21-1878 Jefferson Township | Compliman, William | St. John's/Lilly | Pvt., D, 1st Reg OHA | 8-10-1843 | 8-15-1916 | Conklin, Eli | Monroe | F, 91st OVI | 4-20-1839 Green Twp. Scioto Co., OH | 5-7-1892 | Concklin, Sylvanus AKA Conklin, Sylvanus | Monroe | 8 OVSS | 1841 | 9-23-1883 | Corgell, Samuel AKA Coriell, Samuel | Kallner/Squires | A, 195th OVI | 1830 | 9-7-1901 | Crabtree, Gillum | Mt. Carmel | B, 56th OVI 6 mo. in hospital in Cincinnati; gunshot wound in neck at Savine Cross Roads, LA captured & held 1 day | 1833 | none listed | Craig, Dickson | Glendale Madison | I, 140th PA | none listed | none listed | Crull, Caleb A. | Bennett | F, 140th OVI drummer | May 1827 1847 | October 1924 | Crull, David W. | Kallner/Squires | F, 140th OVI | 8-9-1820 | 5-24-1880 | Crull, Ira M. | Bennett Fairview | F, 91st OVI Drummer | October 1844 | 8-9-1924 | Crull, John R. | Kallner/Squires | F, 140th OVI | 8-7-1843 | 3-16-1876 32y, 7m, 9d | Crull, Samuel H. | Kallner/Squires | F, 140th OVI | 10-27-1841 | 7-27-1922 | Crull, Thomas J. | Kallner/Squires | F, 39th OVI | 1838 | 6-7-1870 32y, 10m, 25d | Cush, Charles C. | Bennett | 8 OVSS | 1845 | none listed | Daniels, George | Bennett | H, 169th OVI | 6-12-1822 | 2-5-1906 | Deaver, George W. AKA Deever, George W. | Monroe | F, 91st OVI | 1838 | 1-21-1865 | Debo, Augustus | Pleasant Grove | D, 197th OVI | 6-6-1834 | 3-31-1900 | Dixon, George | Mead | USS Grampus USS Benton USS Brilliant | 1834 | 1913 | Dixon, Noah | Mead | B, 22 OVI injured left ear by explosion of gun cap 1862 | 1840 | 1923 | Douglas, James | Glendale Madison | B, 26th OVI | 2-6-1822 | 9-7-1953 | Downey, John | Mt. Carmel | G, 183rd OVI | 4-4-1833 PA | 8-11-1881 | Eckhart, Jacob A. | Bennett | K, 91st OVI wounded & disabled at Winchester, VA | 8-7-1843 | 1916 | Elliott, Salathiel | Lindsey | E, 33rd OVI | 3-25-1847 Harrison Twp. Scioto Co., OH | 6-16-1894 Athens, OH | Emnett, George A. | Lilly | B, 11th OVM | 6-20-1839 | 1-1-1895 | Erwin, Robert (Crpl) | Bennett | F, 91st OVI | 1834 | none listed | Erwin, William | Bennett | F, 91st OVI | 1836 | none listed | Flack, Benjamin | Flack | K, 91st OVI | 2-7-1836 | 7-15-1903 | Flack, Isaac | Flack | K, 194th OVI | 5-20-1840 | 7-26-1920 | Foye, Julius | Batterson | 39th Vol. Inf | 4-28-1850 | 10-9-1917 | Frazier, W.A. | Shumway | G, 35th OVI | none listed | none listed | Fullerton, Isaac | Kronk/Pearl | B, 173rd OVI | | | Fullerton, Isaac Rev. | Martin | G, 56th OVI, Capt. | 2-15-1809 | 11-11-1886 next of kin: Mrs. J. S. Rickey | Fullerton, John | Bennett Fairview | G, 56th OVI | 8-1-1843 | 10-15-1912 | Fulton, Hugh | Jenkins | F, 138th OVI | 8-26-1828 | 12-18-1925 |
Information below taken fromThe Portsmouth Times, Thursday, May 28, 1931, p. 11.Lois Camp No. 16, Sons of Union Veterans of Minford, met and completed arrangements for Decoration day. The soldiers graves in the Bennett cemetery will be decorated about 10:30 a.m. followed by singing and speaking. The procession will be at Mt. Carmel cemetery about noon where they will eat their lunch.In the afternoon the cemeteries at White Gravel, Flack's Jenkins and White's will be visited in the order named. Singing and music by the Harrisonville drum corps will be a feature at each of the cemeteries. The last Civil war veteran in Madison township has answered the final roll call, Comrade Jenkins being the last. Samuel O'Neal, a former resident of this township, is a Civil war veteran and resides in New Boston. He is now almost 90 years old.
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