Lee County Genealogy
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Civil War Burials in Lee Co Buena Vsta Cemetery
Photos contributed by Steve Hanken

                                              

Captain Thomas J. O'Bleness, 1st Iowa Cavalry Co. A,
*O'Blenness, Thomas J. (Veteran.)
Age 24. Residence Keokuk, nativity Ohio. Enlisted June 13, 1861. Mustered July 30, 1861. Promoted Seventh Corporal Sept. 1, 1862; Sixth Corporal Sept. 2, 1862; Fifth Corporal Sept. 28, 1862; Fourth Corporal Nov. 1, 1862; Third Corporal Jan. 22, 1862; Second Corporal June 10, 1863; Sixth Sergeant Oct. 15, 1863. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Feb. 22, 1864. Promoted Third Sergeant Sept. 10, 1864; Second Lieutenant Jan. 4, 1865; First Lieutenant Feb. 14, 1865; Captain July 18, 1865. Mustered out Feb. 15, 1866, Austin, Texas

Laban L. O'Bleness, 1st Iowa Cavalry Co A, buried at Buena Vista Mound Cemetery, Lee County, Iowa
*O'Bleness, Laban. Age 19. Residence Lee County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Feb. 6, 1864. Mustered Feb. 6, 1864. Mustered out Feb. 15, 1866, Austin, Texas
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Civilian stone

O'Bleness, Mathias. Age 21. Residence Alexandria, Mo., nativity Ohio. Enlisted July 12, 1861. Mustered Aug. 1, 1861. Wounded severely Nov. l7, 1861, Belmont, Mo. Discharged for wounds April 2, 1862, Bird's Point, Mo.
New Stone
Mathias O'Bleness, 7th Iowa INF. Co. D
*O'Bleness, Mathias.
Age 21. Residence Alexandria, Mo., nativity Ohio. Enlisted July 12, 1861. Mustered Aug. 1, 1861. Wounded severely Nov. l7, 1861, Belmont, Mo. Discharged for wounds April 2, 1862, Bird's Point, Mo.
 



                                

 Montreville Fannin, 7th Iowa Infantry Co. E, buried at Buena Vista Mound Cemetery, Lee County, Iowa
*Fannin, Montreville.
Age 20. Residence Keokuk, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Jan. 4, 1864. Wounded May 27, 1864, near Dallas, Ga. Mustered out July 12, 1865, Louisville, Ky.
Civilian Stone

New Marker for John Harmon, 37th Iowa Infantry Co C
*Harmon, John. Age 56 Residence Keokuk, nativity Tennessee. Enlisted Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered Oct. 27, 1862. Discharged for disability May 6, 1863, St. Louis, Mo

William Harris, 37th Iowa Infantry Co C
 

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