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Switzerland County Decoration Day 1886

The following article about Decoration Day 1886 in Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 20 May 1886 – Page 4, Column 3
See also: Switzerland County Military Records

Decoration Day in Vevay.

At a meeting of the G. A. R. Post last night the following arrangements were made for observing Decoration Day, Monday, May 31st, (that time being specified by order of the Department of Indiana.)

Assemble at Post room Monday morning and start at 8 sharp for Mt. Sterling, and decorate the soldiers’ graves there. Returning reach Vevay about 11 o’clock.

1 P. M. Assemble at Post Headquarters and at 1:15 march to Court House Square; form possession and march to cemetery. Ceremonies and decoration of graves at cemetery. Return to Court House about 2 P. M. Ceremonies followed by address by Rev. H. Harris.

The meetings at Post Headquarters in the morning and afternoon will be public, and all soldiers are cordially invited to assemble with the members of the G. A. R. and march with the procession. Citizens of Vevay and vicinity generally are also invited to cooperate and join the possession.

The following committees have been selected, and the persons named below are requested to serve without further notice, with the full power to fill vacancies and add to their number if desired.

COMMITTEE ON MUSIC.
Col. W. D. Ward, Misses Lottie Patton, Mollie Dickason, Lilly Waldo, Dora Kessler, Lida Griffith, Lulu Ward, Bettie Dufour, Mrs. E. M. Stevens, Mrs. T. S. Banta, Mrs. R. T. F. Abbett, Mrs. Edward Van Pelt, Mrs. W. R. Johnston, Mrs. W. L. Fisk, Messrs. W. H. Pleasants, Dr. Smith, I. P. Loring, A. B. Shaw, Carl Boerner, Andy Porter, Ed. Van Pelt, J. A. VanOsdol.

COMMITTEE ON FLOWERS.

1st Ward—Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Johnston, Miss Freddie Boerner, Mrs. E. M. Stevens, Misses Lulu Ward, Emma Patton, Mary Rous, Ada Grisard.

2d Ward—Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Thiebaud, Miss Laura Simpson, Mrs. P. C. Holland, Mrs. J. W. Faulkner, Mrs. C. O. Thiebaud, Miss Alice Yonge, Mrs. U. P. Schenck.

3d Ward—Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Hollcroft, Miss Grace Stepleton, Mrs. David Dyer, Mrs. M. D. Thiebaud, Mrs. George Nash, Miss Lottie Ogle, Miss Jennie Schenck.

The committee is requested to select at least thirty little girls and boys to distribute flowers at the cemetery. Citizens generally requested to contribute fowers.

COMMITTEE ON FLAGS AND MARKING GRAVES.
B. W. VanOsdol, J. E. Kincaid and Thomas H. Downey.

Switzerland County Mexican War Roster

The following article about Switzerland County, Indiana in the Mexican War appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 8 Apr 1886 – Page 4, Column 2
See also: Switzerland County Military Records

Roster of Co From Switzerland County in the Mexican War.

Mr. Julius Dufour has favored us with the following full list of the Company enlisted in this county during the war with Mexico. At that time Mr. Dufour was a merchant, and received an order for uniforms for the members of the company, and has the original order, from which we copy the names:

MUSTER ROLL OF THE SWITZERLAND RIFLE MEN.

Scott Carter, Captain.

William Price, 1st Lieutenant.

Smith Dumont, 2nd Lieutenant.

David Allen, age 20

Jesse Burton, 44

Ebenezer Bright, 46

Richard Bright, 29

Joseph Bosaw, 20

Johnson Brown, 20

Jesse O Cole, 18

Silas Caulkins, 20

Alfred Cook, 18

Gabriel J. Dalmazzo, 25

Theophile Danglade, 20

Edward Detraz, 23

William Dilks, 20

Franklin Dufour, 22

John Davidson, 28

William Elsrod, 41

John S. Elston, 19

Richard Fallis, 28

William T. Goddard

Thomas Gustline, 23

William P. Guard, 20

Henry Humbert, 25

Charles Humbert, 21

Nathan Harwood, 30

William J. Hooper, 32

Wilson Houston, 18

Hiram Hunt, 19

James C. Hart, 19

Arden Heath, 20

Jeremiah Henkle

William Henderson, 34

Eli Jessup, 22

Lemuel Kirtley, 19

David Kelley, 21

William H. Marsh, 24

Lewis F. Marston, 23

James P. Marsh, 23

Joseph Moore, 18

Columbus McCulloch, 18

Hugh Manford, 23

William McKenzy, 24

Jackson Mount, 28

Miles Mendenhall, 19

Wilson McCrary, 26

Thomas McDowell, 23

Alexander McCrary, 20

Allen Merrill, 18

Eugene Morerod, 21

Michael Oram, 21

Levi Phillips, 19

William Preser, 27

James Patterson, 21

Nathan Peak, 24

Charles Pleasants, 21

George Richmond, 22

Frederick Ramey, 18

Lorenzo Roberts, 21

John Rochat, 18

Abel Stout, 20

Isaac Sheredin, 31

Robert Sheredin, 21

Jesse Stepleton, 20

Baley Shelley, 20

William Scott, 29

James H. Scott, 31

Rufus Stevens, 23

Edward Shiefelbein, 29

George Saddler, 21

Robert Torrence, 20

James Torrence, 23

William Terry, 19

Ruben Terry, 25

Smith Ligner, 21

Henry Turner, 19

Benjamin Viles, 18

Rial B. Wilcox, 20

John Wiles, 18

Lewis Wilkinson, 18

Carles N. White, 19

Jackson Waltz, 21

William Walker, 18

Switzerland County Memorial Day – 1884

Memorial Day festivities in Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 29 May 1884 – Page 4, Column 1
See also: Switzerland County Military Records

MEMORIAL DAY,
Friday, May 30th, 1884.
Vevay, Ind.

The following are the Committees appointed by Maj. Patton Post to make arrangements for memorial ceremonies tomorrow, Friday:

  • Vocal music—G. J. Thiebbaud, J. C. Long, and James Boyd.
  • Instrumental music—David Jayne, John I. O’Neal, and J. S. Girard.
  • Flags—L. F. Works, Oliver Cole, and John W. Kincaid.
  • Flowers—F. J. Hollcroft, Jas. Kincaid, B. W. VanOsdol.
  • Speaker’s Stand—Joseph Belch, F. J. Moxley, and M. P. Baird.
  • Programme—W. J. Baird, Wm. Freeman, L. F. Works.
  • Ice and Water—Jas. R. Cole, Peter Joyce, and Paul Clark
  • Finances—Jas. C. Long, Jas. Boyd and Jas. Girard.
  • Arms—F. J. Moxley, Isaac Froman and Jas. R. Cole.

The following are the names of soldiers buried in Vevay Cemetery, whose graves will be decorated with flowers tomorrow, Friday. Should you know of any deceased soldier whose name is omitted in this list, please report the name in writing to Col. W. D. Ward, L. F. Works, or any member of the G. A. R. in Vevay, not later than 8 o’clock Friday morning:

SOLDIERS OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
John Critchfield, Charles Neal, Peter Dumont.

SOLDIERS OF 1812.
Andrew R. Porter, John Roberts, Thomas Leazenby, John Huston, William Humphrey, John McHoan, John Kyle, Jerry Plew, Henry Umbar, Edward Potter, Joseph Malin, Ebenezer Seymour, Peer Dumont, Griswold, A. Mendanhall, E. Golay.

SOLDIERS OF MEXICAN WAR.
Capt. Wm. Armstrong, Miles Mendenhall, John Marjtion, J. M. Davison, Joseph Ingold, John Mendle, Joseph Allen.

SOLDIERS OF THE LATE WAR.
Sol. McCallum, Capt. William Mead, Aaron Wintier, Martin Wintizer, Jackson Jennings, John E. Kincade, I. W. Bristow, Abraham Plew, E. P. Baird, Maj. Wm. Patton, John Lamunyon, F. W. Baxter, H. A. Barlow, Calvin C. Wilcocks, Burden Wilcocks, George P. Anderson, Benjamin C. Miller, Oliver A. Day, Charles Rochat, Lieut. G. H. Rodgers, Lieut. P. J. Hatch, Joseph W. Eblin, John LeClerc, Capt. John S. Roberts, John J. Holcroft, J. S. Robb, S. C. I. Vanduzen, Wm. Price, Jimmie M. Wright, George B. Burns, Brown Downey, James Davies, Edie Pleasants, Matthew Worstell, Capt. George Stivers, Capt. T. M. Danglade, Phil Boswell, Willis Roberts.

[See newspaper for program details.]

Switzerland County Pensioners – 1883

Pensioners from Switzerland County, Indiana in 1833 appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 10 Jan 1884 – Page 1, Column 4
See also: Switzerland County Military Records

Roll of Honor.

List of Pensioners
Of the United State on the roll January 1, 1883, residing in Switzerland County, Indiana. An official copy furnished for publication in the Vevay Reveille by the Interior Department:

[See newspaper for injuries and pension amount.]

AARON.

  • Wright L. Smith
  • Peter Voris
  • Zach. T. Stapleton
  • William Waldon
  • Mary W. Gray, widow
  • Clarissa H. Mingus, widow

ALLENSVILLE.

  • Francis Livings
  • Andrew J. Works

BENNINGTON.

  • Phillip C. Holand
  • Wm. P. Eades
  • Joseph N. Pearce
  • Massey Mellen, widow
  • Nancy J. Cole, widow
  • Harry Buchanan, minor
  • Elizabeth Cole, widow 1812
  • Elizabeth Neal, widow 1812

CENTER SQUARE.

  • Robert E. Hall
  • James C. Kirkpatrick
  • Clarissa G. Stevens, widow
  • Elizabeth Hagerman, widow 1812

CRAIG.

  • Henry D. Banta
  • Warren Roberts

EAST ENTERPRISE.

  • George Lewis
  • Eli S. Richmond
  • John N. Weathers
  • Priscilla Bright, widow
  • Lucinda Welch, widow 1812

FLORENCE.

  • Robert Klein
  • John A. Keith
  • Wm. H. Stevens
  • Thomas Baldwin
  • John P. White
  • David Smith
  • Joseph Nepper
  • Harriet Jane Andrews, widow
  • Delilah Keith, widow
  • Rebecca W. Marshall, widow
  • George Ellis, father
  • Susan J. Coy, widow
  • Eadah Edrington, 1812
  • Maria Ellis, widow 1812

MARKLAND.

  • George A. Simpson
  • Franklin Bennet
  • Margaret McVey, mother
  • Elizabeth Tapp, widow

MOOREFIELD.

  • John Farrel
  • Isaac Higgans
  • Mathew Warstel
  • Mary Rodgers, widow 1812

MOUNT STERLING.

  • Nathaniel M. Cotton
  • Ostrum Boright
  • Francis M. Fergusion
  • Sarah Garrard, mother
  • Sarah Webb, widow 1812

PATRIOT.

  • George M. Douglas
  • Andrew J. Green
  • David Hewitt
  • Herman Milges
  • Upton Lanekins
  • Silas Howe
  • Benjamin E. Addis
  • Thomas Edmonson
  • John Montanye
  • Henry W. Starkee
  • Joshua M. Scranton
  • Aaron Z. Taylor
  • William Walker
  • Wm. P. Conch
  • Wm. G. DeHart
  • Wm. H. Bonnell
  • Constantine B. Shafer
  • John J. DeHart
  • Jacob H. Bruner
  • Joseph Baker
  • Lewis P. Bradford
  • Charles O. Bryan
  • James R. Remer
  • Fanny M. Hewitt, widow
  • Rowena Dodson, mother
  • Eliza Cunningham, mother
  • Elsie Herrick, widow 1812
  • Amy Emerson, widow 1812
  • Lydia Rowin, widow 1812
  • Margaret Buck, widow 1812
  • Jane Beckwith, widow 1812
  • Caroline Berry, widow 1812

PLEASANT.

  • David Gunnion
  • Eli S. Henry
  • Alexander Horton
  • Edith L. Hayes, widow
  • Cynthia McCullough, mother

QUERCUS GROVE.

  • Nelson Tarbox
  • John J. Douglas
  • Joel A. Davis
  • Edward P. Goddard

SUGAR BRANCH

  • Benj. Miles
  • Woodson Long
  • John Cole
  • Prior M. Pavy
  • George H. Redd
  • Mathew Bodle
  • Silas Ward
  • Masa Pickett, mother
  • Mary A. Mead, widow
  • Sarah Andrews, widow
  • Margaret Tague, widow
  • Eliza Clemens, widow
  • Parmelia Clark, widow
  • Mary Chandler, widow
  • Lucinda J. Kinder, widow
  • Jane Thurston, widow

VEVAY.

  • Andrew Jones
  • Isaac M. Gray
  • James P. Kelso
  • Peter Joyce
  • Joshua D. Griffith
  • Adolph Hildebrand
  • Joshua H. Means
  • Wm. D. Ward
  • David Dyer, Jr.
  • Joseph W. Redd
  • Wm. Patton
  • Lewis F. Works
  • John R. McKay
  • Christopher Noll
  • Harrison Roberts
  • Wm. W. Peak
  • John T. Schroeder
  • Mathew Worstell
  • John Walters
  • John Rochat
  • James E. Long
  • Francis L. Mennet
  • Barbara Cole, mother
  • Jerusha Neal, mother
  • Fanny Martin, mother
  • Mollie Roberts, widow
  • Barbara Anderson, widow
  • Elizabeth Scheirelbein, widow
  • Sylvia D. Hatch, widow
  • Nancy B. Violette, widow 1812
  • Mary J. McMahan, widow 1812
  • Lucy Nulter, widow 1812
  • Eliza J. Burns, widow 1812
  • Eli Cotton
  • Wm. Freeman
  • Durbin M. Miller
  • Wm. W. Long
  • Hiram Jennings

VINEYARD.

  • Catharine Lancaster, widow 1812

Switzerland County Soldiers Reunion – Sep 1882

The following article about a soldier’s reunion in Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 21 Sep 1882 – Page 5, Column 1
See also: Switzerland County Military Records

Soldiers’ Reunion

At a meeting of the old soldiers on the Fair Ground on the last day of the Fair it was decided to hold a Reunion on the Fair Ground at E. Enterprise on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 13th and 14th next. Call to order Friday at 10 a.m. sharp, and arrange program. All are expected to bring their baskets well filled, that we may spread tables with plenty for our families and also all who may come from a distance.

The Secretary was instructed to send a notice to the papers in both counties with request to publish.

Stephen H. Ross, 6th Ohio

W. F. Smith, Mortimer S. Longwood, John M. Kelly, Co. E, 7th Ind.

Adjunct Theodore Livings, Lewis P. Bradford, W. H. Bonnell, 93d Ind.

Moses H. Anderson, Co. B, 55th Ky.

Lieut. E. P. Goddard, Ira Stout, Frank Luther, W. W. Tinker, Lewis F. Works, Co. E, 50th Ind.

Rewel W. Fuget, 22d Ind.

W. D. Ward, Col, 37th Ind.

J. B. Williams, Frank Livings, David S. McClure, Daniel Lock, 3d Indiana Cavalry

Lieut. Ernest C. North, F. M. Miller, J. W. Facemeyer, John Wethers, Co. C, 83d Ind.

Capt. James F. Simpson, Dr. P. C. Holland, Co. H, 6th Ind.

W. J. Baird, Co. C, 54th Ind.

H. L. Richmond, Co. H, 15th Ind., Co. I, 117th Ind., Co. L, 140th Ind

C. O. Potter, 10th Ind Calvary

H. D. Tinker, Co. C, 54th, Co. I, 117th Ind.

James R. Roan, Co. B, 137th Ind.

David C. Hatch, Co. D, 45th Iowa, Co. B, 156th Ind.

T. J. Turpin, Commissary Louisville Legion, Mexican War

John M. Sedam, Col. I, 117th, Co. G, 139th Ind.

A. J. Works, Co. C, 54th; Co. I, 177th; Co. G, 139th; Co. E, 146th Ind.

Dr. J. W. Vanosdol, Co. I, 139th Ind.

Robert Sedam, Co. C, 54th; Co. I, 140th Ind.

A. B. Vannatter, Co. C, 54th; Co. H, 117th; Co. G, 139th, Co. E, 116th Ind

Morrison L. Brown, Co. L, 117th Ind.

George Armstrong, Co. I, 140th Ind.

We want to see all the old soldiers with their wives and children, we want to see the fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters of those who fell in battle, on the march, in the hospital, and on the tented field, and now lie sleeping in the Sunny South. We want to rejoice together that we have a united country, enjoying all the blessings of peace.

A. J. Works, Sec.

Switzerland County Military Headstones – 1882

A list of headstones for Switzerland County, Indiana deceased soldiers appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 8 Jun 1882 – Page 5, Column 2
See also: Switzerland County Military Records

There is now on the Vevay Wharfboat, shipped to Alfred Shaw, P. M., by order of the War Department, Head Stones for the following deceased soldiers, which the friends of said soldiers, which the friends of said soldiers are requested to call for, and place at their graves. Friends will please attend to this promptly:

Bennington.

  • Madison Olmstead, Co. F. 22d Ind. Inf.
  • William Herron, Co. B, 140th Ind. Inf.
  • T. C. Lock, Co. A. 6th Ind. Inf.

Bethel Chapel.

  • J. F. Banta, Co. E., 116th Ind. Inf.

Craig Township.

  • T. T. Wakefield, Co. B., 140th Ind. Inf.

Mt. Sterling.

  • R. B. Cotton, Co. I., 117th Ind. Inf.
  • D. A. Fallis, Co. A., 3d Ind. Cav.

Vevay.

  • F. W. Baxter, Co. A, 3d Ind. Cav.
  • C. C. Wilcox, Co. C, 3d Ind. Cav.
  • O. H. Morton, Co. C, 3d Ind. Cav.
  • Nicholas Kestner, Co. A, 3d Ind. Cav.
  • J. E. Kincaid, Co. C, 3d Ind. Cav.
  • Benj. Miller, Co. C, 3d Ind. Cav.
  • Abram Plew, Co. C, 3d Ind. Cav.
  • L. W. Bristow, Co. A, 3d Ind. Cav.
  • Burden Wilcox, Co. F, 22d Ind. Inf.
  • Martin Wintizer, Co. F, 22d Ind. Inf.
  • E. P. Baird, Co. E, 140th Ind. Inf.
  • Capt. William Mead, Co. D, 10th Ind. Cav.
  • John Lamunyon, Co. D, 10th Ind. Cav.
  • Jackson Jennings, Co. D, 10th Ind. Cav.
  • Aaron Wintizer, Co. D, 10th Ind. Cav.
  • H. A. Barlow, Co. A, 9th Ill. Cav.

Switzerland County Ex-Solider Reunion – Oct 1879

The following article about a Switzerland County, Indiana soldier reunion appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 9 Oct 1879 – Page 5, Column 1
See also: Switzerland County Military Records

J. B. Lewis, enrolling officer, has handed us the following list of ex-soldiers who were in attendance at the reunion at Aaron last Friday:

  • I. M. Smith, 140 Ind. Infantry Co. B
  • J. M. Smith, Co. D, 93 Ind. Vol.
  • J. B. Lewis, Co. B., 140 Ind. Vol
  • Martin C. Shaddy, Co. B, 140 Ind. Vol
  • Cyrus Demaree, Co. B, 3 Cav, 45 Reg
  • John M. Osborn, Co. D, 93 Ind. Inf.
  • Newton Day, Co. B, 140 Ind. Inf.
  • Johnson Miles, Co. H., 9 Ky. Cav.
  • Wm. N. Seymour, Co. A., 3 Cav., 45 Reg
  • Benjamin Welch, Co. B, 140 Ind. Inf.
  • Richard Smith, Co. B, 156 Ind. Inf.
  • John S. Shaddy, Co. B., 156 Ind. Inf.
  • John O. Riley, 7 Penn. Cav. Co. B
  • Ed. E. Banta, Co. L, 3 Cav., 45 Reg
  • Joseph M. Pierce, Co. H., 6 Ind. Inf.
  • Abel Stout, Co. D., 3 Ind. Inf., Mex. War
  • George W. Smith, Co. E, 123 Ill. Mounted Inf.
  • Joseph A. Noble, Co. F, 52 Ind. Inf
  • J. W. Allen, Co. D, 6 Ind. Inf.
  • Robert Horton, Co. B, 140 Ind. Inf.
  • J. Copher, 13 Reg., Co. E, Ind. Inf.
  • Wm. Buckhanan, Co. D, 93 Ind. Inf.
  • John S. Cole, Co. H, 6 Reg, Co. B, 140 Ind. Inf
  • Isaac Lewis, Co. D, 93 Ind. Inf.
  • Wm. D. Ward, Colonel 37 Ind. Inf.
  • Wm. Baird, Co. C, 54 Ind. Inf.
  • Theodore Livings, Adjutant 93 Ind. Inf.
  • Wm. Mullembrook, Co. H., 83 Ohio Inf.
  • Geo. W. Armstrong, Co. I., Ind. Inf. 140
  • Joseph Fulton, Co. C, Ind. Inf. 93
  • James P. Cole, Co. F, 22 Ind. Inf.
  • Silas E. Smith, Co. B, 156 Ind. Inf.
  • T. F. Buckhanan, 54, Co. B, Ind. Inf.
  • Matthias Bodle, Co. F., 22 Ind. Inf.
  • Thomas F. Adams, Co. E, 50 Ind. Inf.
  • Joseph Kincaid, Co. I., 140 Ind. Inf.
  • James Christie, Co. D., 13 Ind. Inf.
  • Nimrod Hallgarth, Co. H, 6 Ind. Inf.
  • Joseph Hallgarth, Co. H., 6 Ind. Inf.
  • T. Stepleton, Co. L, 3 Ind. Cav., 45 Reg
  • F. M. Cole, Co. D, 3 Cav, 45 Reg.
  • P. J. Riley, Co. H, 6 Ind. Inf.
  • Wm. S. Lurmhan, Co. H., 6 Ind. Inf.
  • James Paulley, Co. B, 140 Ind. Inf.
  • A. C. Adams, U. S. Navy
  • J. W. Rogers, Co. C., 3 Cav., 45 Reg
  • Josiah Orem, Co. B, 140 Ind. Inf
  • T. B. McGregor, Co. B, 140 Ind. Inf, 2d Lieutenant
  • Peter Voris, Co. D., 93 Ind. Inf.
  • James R. Cole, Co. I, 140 Ind. Inf
  • George W. Pierce, Co. H, 52 Ind. Inf.
  • T. J. Cole, Co. B, 140 Ind. Inf.
  • Philip Holland, Co. H., 6 Ind. Inf.
  • Nicholis Wainscott, Co. L, 3 Cav., 45 Reg.
  • Wm. Patton, Co. A, 3 Cav., 45 Reg.
  • John P. White, Co. D, 18 Ind. Inf.
  • David Dyer, Co. A., 3 Cav.

Switzerland County Ex-Soldiers Meeting – Oct 1875

The following article about Switzerland County, Indiana veterans appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 9 Oct 1875 – Page 4, Column 2
See also: Switzerland County Military Records

Meeting of Switzerland County Ex-Soliders.

A number of ex-soldiers met at the Court House last Saturday afternoon for the purpose of perfecting arrangements to attend the Soldiers’ Reunion to be held at Indianapolis next Thursday and Friday, Oct. 14th and 15th.

The meeting was called to order by Wm. R. Johnston, Co. A., 3d Cavalry.

On motion, Capt. Percy Rous, Co. E, 50th Infantry, was elected President of the meeting, and W. J. Baird, Co. C, 54th Infantry, Secretary.

Upon taking the Chair, Capt. Rous, in a neat and appropriate speech, stated the object of the meeting.

A committee was appointed to ascertain who would attend the reunion. The reported the names of the following persons:

  • Levi Sedam, Co. A., 3d Cavalry
  • J. P. Marsh, Co. B, 140th Infantry
  • Isaac M. Smith, Co. B, 140th Infantry
  • J. M. Manford, Co. B, 140th Infantry
  • A. E. Lamb, Co. A, 79th Infantry
  • W. G. Smock, Co. C, 82d, Co. B, 156th
  • George Kyle, Co. D, 18th Infantry
  • Dr. R. R. Ruther, Co. D, 18th Infantry
  • W. Chase, Co. D, 18th Infantry
  • Wm. Platt, Co. E, 50th Infantry
  • J. D. Davis, Co. C, 63d Infantry
  • F. J. Hollcroft, Co. E, 146th Infantry
  • J. C. Long, Co. A, 3d Calvary
  • J. D. Works, Co. D, 10th Calvary
  • William Cole, Co. F, 22d Infantry
  • Oliver Cole, Co. F, 22d Infantry
  • Geo. H. Redd, Co. F, 22d Infantry
  • John H. Murphy, Co. M, 3d Calvary
  • N. H. Morrison, Co. D, 3d Calvary
  • Capt. Percy Rous, Co. E, 50th Inf
  • Rev. J. J. Goodner, Co. A, 3d Cav

The following persons were elected officers to take charge of the Company while at Indianapolis:

  • John D. Works, Captain
  • John G. Long, 1st Lieutenant
  • Isaac M. Smith, 2d Lieutenant
  • J. M. Manford, Orderly Sergeant
  • Committee on Transportation—J. C. Long, J. D. Works, and William R. Johnston.

It was decided to start for Madison Wednesday evening, leaving Madison Thursday on the morning train.

On motion, the editors of the Vevay papers were requested to publish the proceedings of the meeting.

Switzerland County Soldiers Reunion – Sep 1875

The following article about Switzerland County, Indiana veterans appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 18 Sep 1875 – Page 4, Column 3
See also: Switzerland County Military Records

Soldiers Reunion.

There will be held at Indianapolis on the 14th and 15th of October a Soldiers Reunion. Meetings are being held in all of the Counties over the State for the purpose of organizing to attend this grand Reunion.

Switzerland County was not tardy when Soldiers were needed to carry on the war, but furnished her quota with a promptness that we took look back to with pride. She should be equally prompt now to send her representatives to a Reunion, the object of which is to keep alove the fraternal feelings of those of her sons who shared the hardships and dangers of the march and the battle field during the long four years of our country’s peril. We therefore call upon the Soldiers of Switzerland County (no matter in what Regiment they served or what their term of service may have been, officers and privates,) to meet at the Court House in Vevay, on Tuesday, September 21, at 2 o’clock, P. M., for the purpose of making arrangements to attend the Reunion at Indianapolis. Turn out one and all, no matter whether you can go to Indianapolis or not. Let us at least have a Reunion of the Soldiers of our own County, and let every one who can attend the Reunion at Indianapolis that Switzerland County may not be ashamed of her representation.

  • William Patton, Co. A, 3rd Ind. Cav.
  • W. R. Johnston, Co. A, 3rd Ind. Cav.
  • David Dyer, jr., Co. A, 3rd Ind. Cav.
  • Henry Cotton, Co. A, 3rd Ind. Cav.
  • James C. Long, Co. A, 3rd Ind. Cav.
  • Henry D. Banta, Co. A, 3rd Ind. Cav.
  • William Long, Co. C, 3rd Ind. Cav.
  • Geo. P. Anderson, Co. C, 3rd Ind. Cav.
  • James C. Kincaid, Co. C, 3rd Ind. Cav.
  • John W. Kincaid, Co. C, 3rd Ind. Cav.
  • John Long, Co. C, 3rd Ind. Cav.
  • John D. Works, Co. D, 10th Ind. Cav.
  • Henry Fallis, Co. D, 10th Ind. Cav.
  • Lewis F. Works, Co. E, 50th Ind. Inf.
  • John P. White, Co. D, 10th Ind. Inf.
  • Mathew Worstel, Co. F, 22d Ind. Inf.
  • A. J. Elder, Co. F, 22d Ind. Inf.
  • James Horton, Co. B, 140th Ind. Inf.
  • M. P. Baird, Co. D, 93d Ind. Inf.
  • Hugh Brown, Co. H, 6th Ind. Inf.
  • John Armstrong, Co. C. 54th Ind. Inf.
  • S. R. Tinker, Co. C, 54th Ind. Inf.

And many others.

Veterans in Vevay Cemetery – 1869

The following article about Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 10 Jun 1869 – Page 3, Column 1
See also: Switzerland County Cemetery Records and Military Records

Mr. Wm. Smith, Superintendent of Vevay Cemetery, has kindly furnished us with the names of persons interred in the Cemetery who had formerly belonged to the U. S. Army. The following is their names and the wars in which they served:

REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

  • Peter Dumont
  • James Gray

WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN—1812-15.

  • John Roberts
  • Jerry Plew
  • Jas. Nutter
  • Joshua Smithson
  • [–?–] Huston
  • John Holdcraft
  • Wm. Humphrey
  • Edward Patton
  • John Kyle
  • P. Dumont
  • H. Sockwell
  • [–?–] Seymour
  • Dr. Mendenhall
  • E. Golay

WAR WITH MEXICO.

  • Wm. Armstrong
  • Miles Mendenhall
  • Joseph Ingoll
  • Lewis Marston
  • Henry Umbar
  • John Davidson
  • Henry Turner

SOUTHERN REBELLION-1861-2-3-4.

  • Joseph Eblin
  • George Rodgers
  • Omer Cole
  • Alexander Evans
  • Ed. Pleasants
  • Wm. Price
  • John LeClerc
  • Abraham Plew
  • Samuel Vanduzen
  • George Stivers