Lake County, California

Civil War Veterans
and Cemeteries


Thanks go to Ron Cannon and Dean Enderlin for researching some of the military history of these veterans

Picture of Veteran's Reunion (mainly Civil War)
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Gaylord Post, No. 125
Upper Lake, Cal.
Officers - 1886


Godwin Scudamore   Commander
Emery Burk    Senior Vice-Commander
Wiley M. Shimer    Junior Vice-Commander
Robert G. Reynolds    Adjutant
William Woodard    Quartermaster
William Travis    Surgeon
Peter R. Yates    Chaplain
William Christie    Officer of the Guard
John W. Carson    Sergeant Major

If anyone has the birth state, Unit served, death date or burial place for any of these Civil War Veterans that are missing that information, please contact the webmaster. And if you know of a Civil War Veteran who lived in Lake County, that we have missed, please let us know.



VETERAN BORN SERVED DIED BURIED
ADAMS, L. J. ..... ..... 1898 Middletown
ADAMS, Young Hicks Missouri ..... 1926 Lower Lake
ANDERSON, Caleb Indiana 14th Kansas Cavalry, Co. E; Pvt. ..... .....
ARNOLD, John Pennsylvania ..... 1898 Yountville, CA

BADGEROW, Weston New York 27th Ohio Inf, Co. H ..... .....
BARNFIELD, Thomas H. Kentucky 5th Illinois Cavalry, Co. K; 2nd Lt. 1920 Upper Lake
BARRY, Robert Emmett New York Union F Co. 1 NY Cav 28 Feb 1927 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
BERTRAM, Harry Delaware ..... 1896 Lower Lake
BLANN, Zachariah Tennessee Confederate Army 1873 Lower Lake
BOLTON, James D. Virginia 18 mo. Confederate B Co. 23, VA Inf.; Pvt-
deserted, and joined Union Army		 02 Jun 1920 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
BOYDEN, Joseph A. Maine 8th Minnesota Infantry, Co. C 1909 Kelseyville
BRAMLET, George Washington Tennessee Enlisted 9/19/1861 Shasta, CA as a Private
10/5/1861 mustered into "C" Co. CA 4th Infantry
Mustered Out 10/5/1864 at Drum Barracks, CA		 16 Apr 1910 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
BROWN, Buell B. Ohio Union B Co. 6 Ohio Cav. 28 Jul 1920 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
BUCKNER, Frank B. Virginia 1st Cavalry Reg. Kentucky, Co. H 19 Dec 1910 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
BURCHER, Isaac L. Illinois Co D IL 93rd Inf 1913 Middletown
BURK, Emery Ohio 10th Kansas Infantry, Co. G 1933 Upper Lake
BYRNES, John Warner Missouri Confederate Infantry 1927 Hartley Cem., Lakeport

CADWELL, Ansen T. Michigan MI Volunteers. 1863 Tennessee
CARPENTER, Ira M. Minnesota 2nd Vermont Inf, Co. H 1907 Lompoc, CA
CARSON, John W. Illinois 2nd Kansas Battery 1910 Upper Lake
CAULFIELD, James Canada or Ireland Union C Co. 136 NY Inf.; Pvt 22 Oct 1921 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
CHRISTIE, William England Battleships "USS Vermont" & "Wabash" 1927 Upper Lake
CLARK, Charles B. New Hampshire 33 Regt IND INF 1899 Middletown
CLAYTON, William Jardine Tasmania Napa Rangers, California Militia; Pvt 01 Jul 1932 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
CODER, Sherman B. Ohio 44th Indiana Infantry 1889 Lower Lake
COFFMAN, James Elihu Missouri California Home Guards 1869 Upper Lake
COLE, Edwin Allen Michigan 27th Iowa Infantry, Co. F 22 Dec 1910 Yountville, CA
COLE, George William Michigan ..... 1906 Upper Lake
COLLIER, William Missouri (Captain) 1916 San Francisco
COLWELL, Dennis Hand Ohio ..... 1907 Kelseyville
CONRAD, Benjamin New York ..... ..... .....
COOK, Hiram W. OH or PA Co F, 65th IL Inf., also in the 33rd IN Inf. 1905 Middletown
CRUMP, Richard W. ..... 12th Mississippi Infantry, Co. F; Capt. 23 Jul 1903 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
CUMMINGS, John Canada 23rd Illinois Inf, Co. F 1927 Ukiah, CA

DAVIS, Perley J. ..... ..... ..... .....
DENISON, James M. Ohio Residence Center Point IA; 44 years old
Enlisted 8/4/1862 as 1st Lieutenant
8/25/1862 commissioned into "B" Co. IA 20th Infantry
Mustered Out 7/8/1865 at Mobile, AL, Captain		 1876 Upper Lake
DEPUTY, Addison Hester Indiana Enlisted as a Private
Had service in "D" Co. MO 13th Cavalry		 ..... .....
DICKENSON, Albion Maine USS Sabine ..... .....
DODGE, Abner Hubbard New York Wisconsin Volunteers, Co. H; Cpl.
40th Reg. of Wisconsin, Sgt.		 14 May 1923 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
DONALDSON, John ..... California 7th Infantry Reg., Co. E; Pvt. ..... Upper Lake
DOUGHERTY, Benjamin G. PA ..... 1894 Upper Lake
DUFFY, Henry Wesley TN 7th Calif Inf, Co. B ..... .....
DUNBAR, Walter Scott Maine Residence Nobleboro ME; 20 years old
Enlisted 8/14/1862 as Private.
8/14/1862 mustered into "K" Co. ME 16th Infantry
Mustered Out on 6/5/1865 at Arlington Heights, VA
*Promotions: Sgt (1863), 1st Sgt (1864)
* Wounded 5/10/1864 Spotsylvania Court House, VA		 1933 Sunnyvale, CA
DUNTON, Daniel ..... ..... 1888 Upper Lake
DUTCHER, Henry Dodge Wisconsin 10th Wisconsin Artillery Battery; Pvt 1912 Hartley Cem., Lakeport

ELLERY, William RI Captain
 1906 ........
EVANS, Luke New York 22nd New York Cav, Co. G
(Andersonville Prison)		 1928 Lower Lake
EVERSON, Joseph England Union Army 1909 Lower Lake

FICKES, Jacob Pennsylvania 72nd Reg., Ohio Volunteers, Co. I; Capt.
169th Reg., Ohio Volunteers; Major		 1896 Middletown
FLAGLER, William H. ..... ..... 1873 Lower Lake
FLOYD, Richard S. Georgia Confederate Army, Privateer "Florida" 1912 San Jose, CA
FULTON, James E. Maine Colonel 1912 San Jose, CA

GILLETT, Charles W. Ohio 1st Ohio Inf, Co. G 1897 Upper Lake
GRAY, John S. Iowa 36th Iowa Infantry, Co. D 1930 Santa Rosa, CA
GUNNING, Alfred H. England ..... 1906 Middletown

HAMMAN, Simeon F. Ohio Union 88th Indiana Vol. Infantry, Co. A; Cpl 03 Sep 1910 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
HAMMELL, David Ohio Co. D 161 OUG
Co D, 78 OVVI, 2nd Brig., 3rd Div., 17 Corp		 1919 Kelseyville
HARDING, Charles S. Pennsylvania 203rd Penn Inf, Co. E ..... .....
HARRIS, James Agnew Pennsylvania 40th Iowa Inf, Co. B 1921 Lower Lake
HASKINS, Charles New York ..... ..... .....
HAUCK, Francis Marion Pennsylvania 122 Reg.,Pennsylvania Inf. 1917 Kelseyville
HAUCK, Thomas Jefferson Pennsylvania 195 Reg., Pennsylvania Inf. 1917 Kelseyville
HOLMES, John(Cherokee John) California Union Army 1906 Kelseyville
HOWARD, Nathan Calvin Tennessee Confederate Army
5th Tennessee Infantry, Co. A		 1924 Texas

IRVINE, Landon C. ..... Confederate Kirkpatrick's Co., Virginia Lt. Arty; Pvt 17 Jan 1918 Hartley Cem., Lakeport

KELSAY, John Kentucky ..... 29 Sep 1908 corner of Renfro & Merritt Roads, Kelseyville
KENNEDY, Almus New Hampshire 200th Indiana Infantry 1922 Lower Lake
KING, Martin C. Ireland Co B, 4th Missouri State Militia ..... .....

LEAGUE, James N. Missouri Confederate Army,
Co. G, 15th Louisiana Infantry, Sgt.		 1922 Upper Lake
LEE, George M. ..... Co. C 50th Wisconsin Infantry 23 Mar 1935 Yountville, CA

MANNING, Mayfield .... Union, K Co. 7 Illinois Inf.; 1st LT 1903 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
MASON, Henry Barney New York Union, Co C, 105th Illinois Inf.; 1st LT 1918 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
MATHER, John S. Ohio Capt.,Co. I9th Reg., Iowa Inf Co. I 1908 Woodland Cem., Woodland, CA
MAXWELL, Philip New York ..... 1895 Middletown
McARTHUR, Alexander D. ..... Pvt., Co. H, 8th Texas Cavalry
(Terry's Texas Rangers)		 ..... .....
McCLELLAN, Samuel ..... ..... 1885 Lower Lake
McELROY, William Pennsylvania Union 76th Ohio Inf Co. K; Capt. 14 Jul 1913 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
McGEE, Bernard ..... ..... 1876 Lower Lake
MILES, Elias Indiana Union C Co. 33 Iowa Inf.; Pvt. 26 Feb 1916 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
MILLS, William H. New York Minnesota Heavy Artillery 1904 Kelseyville
MONROE, Curtis Jefferson Ohio Union A Co. 48 Iowa Inf.; Pvt. 14 May 1925 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
MORRIS, William Missouri Union E Co. 2 Massachusetts Cav., Pvt.; California 500 Battalion 10 Dec 1937 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
MULLINS, Elias P. ..... ..... 1879 Lower Lake
MUNZ, Marcus ..... ..... 1900 Middletown
MUSFIELD, Nickolas ..... ..... 1900 Middletown

NUTTER, Samuel O. ..... 2nd New Hampshire Inf Co. F 1906 Kelseyville

OGDEN, Philo Indiana Co. H, 78th Illinois Infantry 1911 Upper Lake
OLIVER, Henry A. Illinois 154th Illinois Infantry, Co. G; Captain 1883 Evergreen Cem., Los Angeles, CA
OZENBERGER, Joseph Pennsylvania or Ohio ..... 1923 Middletown
OZMUN, Orson Simon Ohio California Cavalry, Co. K, 2nd Reg.; Private
California Infantry, Co. E, 3rd Reg.; Private		 1888 Lower Lake

PACKWOOD, Samuel ..... Co. D 3rd (6th?) Missouri Cavalry ..... .....
PAGE, Ward W. New York 8th New York Cavalry 1932 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
PALSTINE, John Pennsylvania ..... 1902 Lower Lake
PARDEE, John Pope Ohio ..... 1907 Kelseyville
PARKER, Frank J. England 1st Reg. California Volunteers; Col. 1928 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
PATRICK, Corydon Amos ..... Pvt., Co. M, 9th New York Heavy Artillery
Pvt., Co. M, 2nd New York Heavy Artillery
Enlisted at Moravia, NY, on 29 August 1864 at age 19
Mustered into Co. M, 9th NY HART on 1 September 1864
Transferred to Co. M, 2nd NY HART on 27 June 1865
Mustered out at Washington, D.C., on 6 July 1865 		1932 Oakland, CA
PEMBERTON, Thomas M. Missouri Confederate Army 1930 Redding, CA
PIERSON, Henry Lewis Stewart Co., GA Confederate Sparta Guards, Co. E, 27 Louisiana Infantry 07 Mar 1878 Lower Lake
PORTER, Franklin H. Ohio Co.B, 3rd Wisconsin Inf
Co. B, 6th U.S. Cavalry (Regular Army)
Co. K, 4th Massachusetts Cavalry
Libby Prison		 1920 Kelseyville
POSTON, Dallas Virginia ..... 1924 Middletown
POWELL, Hiram Sidney Indiana Union C Co. 87 Indiana Inf.; Cpl. 02 Oct 1914 Hartley Cem., Lakeport

QUACKENBUSH, Charles Canada ..... 1899 Lower Lake

RANTZ, Daniel ..... Union, Co. C, 18th Reg, Wisconsin Inf.; Pvt. 01 May 1888 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
REID, James Madison Ohio ..... 1921 Kelseyville
REYNOLDS, Christopher C. ..... Co. B, 3rd Calif Infantry ..... .....
REYNOLDS, Robert G. Pennsylvania Co. A, 193rd Pennsylvania Inf 17 May 1918 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
RICHARDSON, Theodore Indiana ..... 1923 Yountville, CA
RUSSELL, Sullivan Streeter Maine Co. E, LaPorte, California Guard,1st LT. 01 Jun 1919 Hartley Cem., Lakeport

SAGERTY, Thomas J. Ohio Co. E, 11th U S Infantry 1915 Kelseyville
SAYRE,
     Morton Smith		 Ohio Co. E, 161st NY Inf.; Cpl.,
Drummer Boy;13th Army Corp		 1929 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
SCUDAMORE, Godwin England Union, Co. A, 80th Illinois Inf., Cpt.
POW Libby Prison		 22 May 1908 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
SEELEY, David T. ..... Co. K, 2nd Calif Cavalry ..... Oak Mount cemetery, Healdsburg, CA
SELLMANN, Henry
aka KLINE, Henry		 Germany ..... 1925 Middletown
SENSENY, Benjamin Indiana 13th Indiana Cavalry 1937 Middletown
SHIMER, William M. Pennsylvania Co. E, 8th Reg. Ohio Cavalry 1918 Upper Lake
SIMMONS, Levi W. Massachusetts 53rd Illinois Inf
Aide to Gen. McClellan		 1913 San Francisco, CA
SMITH, William H. New York ..... 1923 Lower Lake
SPIELMAN, Lawson W. ..... ..... 1903 Anaheim, CA
STANLEY, William Missouri Union Army 1930 Glendale, CA
STAPP, William ..... ..... ..... Kelseyville
SULLIVAN, Adolphus Missouri Union Army 1927 Kelseyville
SUMNER, John R. New York Co. F, 1st Reg., Iowa Vol. Cavalry 1908 Kelseyville
SWAP, Jacob E. New York Co. H, 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry
MEDAL OF HONOR recipient		 1925 Evergreen Cemetery, Oakland
SWEANEY, James N. ..... ..... 1904 Kelseyville
SWEETSER, George W. ..... 8th & 11th Mass. Infantry ..... .....
SYKES, James England ..... 1896 Lower Lake

THORNE, David Henry Maine ..... 1903 Middletown
THORNTON, Dr. Patrick H. Tennessee Confederate, Co. A, 1st Louisiana Cav. Surgeon 19 Mar 1905 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
TRAFZ, Michael Hamburg, Germany Union, 1st Battery, Wisconsin Ind. Lt. Arty 1916 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
TRAVIS, William ..... Co. B, 2nd California Cavalry ..... .....
TURNER, Hiram E. ..... ..... 1918 Middletown
TURNER, William ..... ..... ..... ....

VAN TREASE, Levy/Levi Tennessee Co. K, 8th Kentucky Cavalry 1910 Kelseyville
VESCELUS, Eldorado ..... Co. A, 152nd Reg., Indiana Volunteers 1932 Chico, CA
VICKROY, William Keller Pennsylvania Union, Co. B, 4th Minn Inf.; Pvt. 11 Jun 1905 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
VIRGIN, Thomas Ohio Union, Co. C, 37th Iowa Inf.; Pvt. 1889 Hartley Cem., Lakeport

WALDO, William Wallace Ohio Co. B, 15th Iowa Infantry 02 Aug 1917 Yountville, CA
WALLEN, Ezra ..... Co. D, 2nd Calif. Infantry ..... .....
WAYNE, George W. Kentucky Co. F, 9th Kentucky Cavalry 1910 Lower Lake
WEAVER, Stephen ..... Union Army; Pvt. 1919 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
WELTY, Louis A. Illinois Union, Co. E, 81st Illinois Inf.; Cpl. 16 Sep 1924 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
WEST, Heber C. New York Union Army 1905 Middletown
WEST, Wells Wallace Pennsylvania California 100;
Assigned as Co A, 2nd Massachusetts Cav.		 05 May 1924 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
WHITTON, William Thomas Missouri ..... 02 Jan 1904 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
WILSON, Amos M. Ohio H Co., 25th Wisconsin Inf.; Pvt. 1895 Hartley Cem., Lakeport
WILSON, Julian A. ..... Co. F, 57th Illinois Infantry ..... .....
WILSON, Radford G. Arkansas Confederate Army 1927 Mountain View Cem.,
Oakland, CA
WINCHESTER, Col. Herman New York ..... 1901 Lower Lake
WINCHESTER, Seth New York ..... 1873 Lower Lake
WINTON, John W. Massachusetts Union Navy 1926 Vallejo, CA
WOODWARD, William G. Ohio Union, Co. C, 8th Ohio Cav.; Pvt
POW, Libby Prison		 11 Dec 1917 Hartley Cem., Lakeport

YATES, Peter R. ..... Chaplain, Co. E, 3rd Indiana Cavalry ..... .....
YOUNG, William G. Ohio Co. H, 27th Illinois Infantry 1897 Kelseyville