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(as of 1941 with notes from 1894)

Old Oak Hill, Oak Hill, Gethsemane, Lansing Ridge, Village Creek, Paint Rock, Mays Prairie, Sandy Point, Faegre Prairie, Wexford & Wheatland cemeteries

~Source: Allamakee Journal and Lansing Mirror, May 28, 1941, page 3 (under the heading: HONORED SOLDIER DEAD) ~Transcribed by Diana Henry Diedrich for Allamakee co. IAGenWeb, November 2023
~Additional notes from Allamakee Journal, June 6, 1894, as well as gravestone photos, obits & other misc. sources were added by S. Ferrall


1941 OAK HILL CEMETERY

R.C. Ambler, Co. A, 10th Minn. Inf.
Oscar A Anderson, Co. A, 313 Engineers, World War
E.B. Bascom, Co. K, 5th Iowa Inf.
Jacob Beisel, Co B. 12th Iowa Inf.
Charles Bergeler, Co. C, 20th Wis Inf.
L Billheimer, U.S. Marines
Joel Blanchard, Co. F, 74th Illinois
Al Blanchard, Co. A, 27th Iowa Inf.
James Bort, Co. B, 12th Iowa Inf.
Edward N. Brockhausen, 306 Amm. Train, World War.
Geo. W. Camp, Co. G, 1st Iowa Cav.
C.W. Cowles, Co. K, 5th Iowa Inf.
(1894 list appears as J.W. Cowles of the 5th)
Jerome Callahan, Co. B, 38th Iowa. Inf.
J.W. Davis, 15th Wisconsin Infantry
John A. Decker, Co. B, 12th Ia. Inf.
Wm. Dikeman, Co. C, 18th Wis Inf.
Wm. Dubois, Co. B, 12th Iowa Inf.
Thos. Evans, Co. D, 10th Ills, Inf
Donald Fellows, U.S. Marines
Christ Fossum, Co. B, 27th Ia. Inf.
C.E. Gaulthier, 23rd U.S. Infantry.
George H. Glynn, Co. C. 32nd Division.
J.M. Gemmill, Co. C, 3rd Ia. Inf.
M. Godfrey, Co. H, 50th Wis. Inf.
Theo. Groetzinger, Co. B, 27th Ia. Inf.
Thomas R. Goodell, Co. A, 18th Iowa Inf.
Aksel Haug, U.S. Marines, V.F. W.
S.W. Hemenway, Capt. Co. B, 27th Ia. Inf.
Martin W. Hiller, Co. D, 83rd Ills Inf.
H.W. Houghton, Co. B, 38th Ia. Inf
(Note: 1894 list appears as A.H. Houghton, Chaplain 38th Iowa)
Patrick Howard, New York Regulars.
Knute Iverson, Co. B, 12th Iowa Inf.
Carl Johnson, Phillipines.
G. W. Kemble, Co. C, 3rd Iowa Inf.
Peter Larson, 6th U.S. Marines
A.E. Lytle, Co. G., 60th N.Y Inf.
Phillip Lowe, Co. K, 1st Nebr. Inf
James Lynch, U.S. Navy
S. Mather, Co. I, 9th Iowa Inf.
Charles Maxwell, Co. B, 27th Ia. Inf. Also Mexican War Veteran.
Geo. McKee, Co. B, 27th Iowa Inf.
Jos. Melvin, Co. E, 2d Minn. Inf.
Alex Miller, U.S. Navy
John Mobley, Co. C, 6th Iowa Cav.
Julius Nelson, Co. B, 27th Iowa Inf.
J.W. Ney, Co. B, 12th Iowa Inf.
James Parker, Co. G, 3rd Wis. Inf.
Fred Price, Co. B, 27th Ia. Infantry.
Geo. Peacock Co. A, 16th U.S. Cav.
Elias Redman, C.F, 76th Illinois Inf.
Paul Ruprecht, Co. B, 27th Iowa Inf.
James Ruth, Co. B, 6th Iowa Cavalry
Herman Schierholz, 27th Mo. Inf.
Frank Schmidt, Co. E, 23rd N.Y. Inf.
Andrew Sorlie, Co. B, 6th Iowa Cav.
John Strohm, Co. B, 27th Iowa Inf.
Robert Strong, World War Veteran.
Ingvold Sorlie, World War Veteran
S. D. Torrey, Co. F, 149th N.Y. Inf.
Richard Valentine, U.S. Navy
Fred Wagner, Co. B, 16th U.S. Inf
Frank Wier, Co. D, 64th N.Y. Inf.
Thos. Withrow, Co. C, 8th Ills. Cav.
E.M. Woodward, Co. C, 142 N.Y. Inf.
Arthur Young, U.S. Infantry

1941 OLD CEMETERY (Old Oak Hill)

Elias Swan, Co. E, 132nd N.Y Inf. (Note: Elias Andrew Swan, 2/14/1818-7/15/1888, gravestone in Oak Hill may be a cenotaph)
H. Strong, Co. B, 27th Iowa Inf.
(Note: Henry Horace Strong, 1837-1864, gravestone in Oak Hill)
Fredrick Schulz, Co. B, 27th Ia. Inf.
(Note: 1809-1882)
D.H. Volkert, Co. B., 12th Iowa Inf.
(Note: Daniel H. Volkert, 1815-1864)
F. Van Amberg, Co. G, 1st Ia. Cav.
(Note: James Frank Van Emberg, 1827-1892, gravestone in Oak Hill)

1894 OLD CEMETERY (Old Oak Hill)

The list of soldiers buried in the Old Cemetery from the Allamakee Journal, 6/6/1894 also included the following, several of whom appear in Oak Hill per the 1941 list:

Geo. F. Nye, Co. B, 12th Iowa
William Dubay, Co. B, 27th Iowa
(Note: shown as Dubois in the 1941 list)
D.H. Wolcott, Co. B, 12th Iowa
James Lynch, U.S. Navy
Jacob Biesel, Co. B, 12th Iowa
Thomas McGarrity, 16th U.S.
James Melvin, Co. E, 2nd Minn. Inf
Squire Mather, Co. I, 9th Iowa Inf.
(Note; has a cenotaph in the Postville cemetery w/inscripton "A soldier in Co I, 9th Iowa Vol Infantry, died and buried at Lansing, Iowa 9/26/1863, aged 24 y 8m 2d" He also has a gravestone in Oak Hill)
Thomas F. Healy, Confederate States of America

1941 GETHSEMANE CEMETERY

William Beck, Co. G, 126th U.S. Inf.
J.C. Becker, Mexican War.
John Dignan, Co. B, 27th Iowa Inf.
John Ehnos, Co. B, 6th Iowa Cavalry.
Henry Fitzpatrick, Machine gun Mate, 2nd class, U.S. Navy
Frank Gaulthier, Co. I, 31st Wis. Inf.
Albert Gaulthier, Co. A, 45th Wis. Inf.
Robert Jackson, Co. B, 27th Iowa Inf.
(Note: appears on the 1894 list as R.S. Jackson in the Catholic cemetery)
Thomas McGarrity, Co. A, 16th U.S. Inf
Frank Stirn, Co. I, 31st Wis. Inf.
T.F. Healy, Confederate Soldier
(Note: 1894 list = Thomas F. Healy in Old cemetery)
Sherman Smith, World War Veteran
James Rosecrans, World War Veteran
Joseph Gonyier, World War Veteran.
John Woodard, Co. K, 135th U.S. Inf.
John W. Dunlevy, Regimental Sgt. Major, Military Police, 88th Div.

1941 LANSING RIDGE CEMETERY

Louis Breuer, Co. K, 13th Iowa Inf.
Herman Greiser, World War Veteran.
Herman Hartfeil, 9th Wis. Inf. (the 1894 list names burial in Englehorn cem. on Lansing Ridge & that he was a Major)
Henry Hartong, Co. K, 13th Ia. Inf.
August Sauer, Co. B, Penn. Inf.

1941 VILLAGE CREEK CEMETERY

John Kelly, Co. A, 16th U.S. Inf.
Henry Pope, Co. K, 5th Ia. Infantry.
Francis Winter, Co. B, 12th U.S. Inf.

1941 PAINT ROCK CEMETERY

John J. Brophy, Co. D, 52nd Ia. Inf.
John W. Collins, 2nd Lieut., Co. D, 33rd Engrs., World War.
Harry Houlihan, U.S. Navy
Emmet J. Houlihan, 352 Inf., 88th Div.
John T. LaTronch, Casualty Detachment, World War
Joseph Jackson, Co. B, 12th Ia. Inf. Also Mexican War Veteran.
William O’Neill, World War Veteran, Co. E, 130th Inf., 33rd Div.
Edward Welch.
Alfred Wumm, 94th Illinois Infantry

1941 MAYS PRAIRIE CEMETERY

Chas. Feuerhelm, Co. A, 1st Wis. Cav.

1941 SANDY POINT CEMETERY

Edward Hammond, G.A.R. Vet

1941 FAEGRE PRAIRIE CEMETERY

Nels Johnson, Co. H, 352th Inf. 88 Div.

1941 WEXFORD CEMETERY

James Curran, U.S. Army and Navy
John Kelly, Company unknown.
Timothy Madden, Co. K, 24th Ky. Inf.
Edward Revoir, World War Veteran, Co. M, 88th Inf.
Martin Thornton, Co., A, 3rd Regt., U.S. Inf.

1941 WHEATLAND CEMETERY

Carl H. Kroeger, Co. H, 119th Inf.
Paul H. Welsandt, Co. G., 352nd Inf.
Albert Wiemerslage, 163 Depot Brig.


~Source: Allamakee Journal and Lansing Mirror, May 28, 1941, page 3 (under the heading: HONORED SOLDIER DEAD)
~Transcribed by Diana Henry Diedrich for Allamakee co. IAGenWeb, November 2023
~Additional notes from Allamakee Journal, June 6, 1894, as well as gravestone photos, obits & other misc. sources were added by S. Ferrall


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