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 Department

Court House records indicated in blue
Cemetery records indicated in red

Last Names A - F
Click here for Last Names G - L
Click here for Last Names M - Z
(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 age 66y
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 seige 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 from The 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 beteran and resides in New Boston.  He is now almost 90 years old.