Charles Edgington
1821-1901; 7th
Cpl., Co. A, 34 IA Infantry; Oakdale Citizens Cemetery; born in Ohio;
enlisted 08/09/1862, residing at Garden Grove, Iowa; discharged due to
disability at St. Louis, Missouri 04/10/1863; widow Sarah; member of Dixon
Point GAR, Petaluma, California; pension application #103274; widow's
pension application filed in 1901 in California; died in Oakdale,
California; Charles is enumerated on the Veterans Schedule of 1890 in Ogden,
Utah with Reason H. Slater, his son-in-law. They both served from
Iowa. |
Obadiah Eighmy
1836-1933; Pvt.,
Co. E, 12 WI Infantry; Turlock Memorial Park; born in New York; wife Mary
H.; came to Petaluma, California by 1910; pension application #579908 filed
on 01/15/1886; widow's pension application filed on 19/12/1933 in
California; a carpenter; first and last Commander of GAR Post #197, Turlock,
California. |
James Gordon Elmore
1843-1931; Pvt.,
Co. D, Snider's Battalion, MO Cavalry, CSA; Modesto Pioneer Cemetery
Mausoleum; born in Pike County, Missouri; wife Mary M. Orr Burks; first came
to California in 1865, returned with rest of family by railroad in 1869;
Director of First National Bank in Salida, California; active in County
Farmers' Alliance; died near Salida. |
