The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-02-23
SACRIFICES OF HANCOCK In THE
REBELLION.

The following comprises portion
of the brave men from Hancocl
county, who died in their country.
cause, freely sacrificing themselves
for their (and our) Government
Shall we not love and revere them
and keep their memories fresh in oui
remembrance
GEORGE MrssAMoRE, of jackson
tp., enlisted in company +, 57th reg
iment, In October, 1862, and died a,
Young's Point, of chronic diarrh9a
February 18th, 1868. Age AZ years
1 months and II days.
PETER WYCKoFF, of Pleasant to-,
enlisted in company ID, 99th regi-
ment, August 9th, 1862. Died at
Bridgeport, Alabama, of chronic di.
arrhea, December 9th, 1868. Aged
20 years, III months and 20 days.
HARRISON BENNETT enlisted in com.
pany +, 57th regiment, in September,
1861. He died at Paduea, Ky,
March 23d, 1862, of measles. Aged
20 years and months.
DAVID p SToKER, of Findlay tp.,
enlisted in company f. 2lst regiment
September 9th, 1861. Was shot
through the left lung at the battle oI
Stone River, December 3lst, 1862
and died January 11th, 1868. Ag,
32 years and ii days.
Cyrus III, SToKER, of Findlay tp.,
enlisted in company f, 2lstregiment,
August 23d, 1862. Was shot through
the head at the battle of Stone Riv-
er, January I'd, 1868. Age % years,
D months and % days.
OLIVER T. GOODWIN, of Findlay
tp., enlisted, the 1lth of August,
1862, in company G, Goth regiment,
and was wounded at Atlanta, Ca,
August 9th, 1868, and died at Ma.
rietta, Ca, August llth, 1864. Age
10 years and six months.
CALVIN FAIL enlisted in company
+, 9th regiment, October 10th, 1862,
from Amanda tip. lie died in hospi.
tai, near Vicksburg, March 3D., 1868.
Age IL years and nine months.
McKENDREE SMITH, of Biglick tp.,
enlisted in company A, 123d regi.
ment, August 10Th, 1862. Died at
Mower U. S. Hospital, Philadelphia,
Pa, of typhoid pneumonia, October
18th, 1864. Age u years, 2 months
and 10 days. His remains were
brought home by his father and in
tered.
ESQUIRE SMITH, of Blanchard tp
enlisted, August lst, 1862, in com
pany G, 09tI. regiment. lie was
wounded at the battle of Stone Riv-
er, January I'd, 1868, and died at
Nashville, Tenn, February 9th, fol.
lowing. Age "a years, s months and
IL days.
WM II. SHEPARD, of Washington
tp., enlisted July Both, 1861, and re
enlisted in 1864, and was taken pris
onea in the Shenandoah Valley, June
9th following. He was taken TO An
Jacksonville prison and kept there ten
months, was exchanged and sent tC
Vicksburg, and with many others was
put on board the steamer Sultana
to be carried north. The steamer
was blown up and lie was drowned.
JOIN C. LEONARD, of Biglick tp.,
enlisted in company A, 2lst reg't,
August %, 1861, was captured at
Chicamauga, and died at Anderson
Vile June IL, 1864, aged % years and
8 months.
ABsALoM +. KLECKNER, same com.
pany, regiment and township, and en-
listed at same time was killed at TIC
battle of Stone river Dec. 81, 1868,
aged about % years.
JOSEPH CAMP, same company, reg.
iment and township, and enlisted al
Same time; was captured at the bat.
tie of Stone River and taken to An.
dersonville prison; he died in Sept
1864, just as he was released from
prison.
TILDEN KLEcKNER, same company
regiment and township, and enlisted
at same time; was wounded at tho
battle Of Chicamauga September 20
1868, and died soon after, aged 2C
years.
MosEs A. OMAN, of Eagle twp, en-
listed July 27, 1862, in company d
Goth reg't; died at Nashville, Tenn.
Jan. 10, 1868, of pneumonia, aged 2(
years 8 months and 90 days.