The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-02-12
Roster Of Soldiers who Marched
out to the War with Mexico
back In the Forties...OId Land.
mark, Number 80.
Original Copy of the Muster Roll
that will be of interest to De.
scendants of the Soldiers.
A Few of the Men Who Marched
to the Front at that Time Still
Living In This Vicinity
Comparatively SparseIy Settled
Territory that Sent Out a
Splendid Company of VoIun.
I teers.
(By John Danner.)


pany that left here in 1S46 to take part
in the Mexican war, under the COM
mand of Captain James Allen and
Lieutenant Samuel Beatty, concluded
there could be no more fitting subject
Tor one of my "Old Landmark" articles.
The muster roll contains names of
many who will be remembered by some
of our citizens. Captain Allen was an
old and honored citizen and was we'll
known to many of the older residents
of Canton and Massillon. where he
had resided. and for time was con.
nected with the newspaper industries
of said cities.
The Mexican war provided the op-
portunity for Mr.. Allen to get up
company and go to the front in the
defense of the stars and stripes; said
war was occasioned by the question
of the annexation of Texas, at that
time province Of Mexico, which ex.
tended to the Indian territory on the
north. and on up to the Oregon terri.
tory on the Pacific ocean. Texas had
been settled by Americans. who saw
their danger for that liberty they had
enjoyed in the more eastern states,
II the territory remained under Mex.
lean rule. They attempted at first to
secede from Mexico. and then asked
the United States to sustain them, and
annex the country to this,
The Whig party at that time, and
many others opposed this movement
chiefly because they feared that 1t
would afford an opportunity for the
extension of slavery. But the will of
the American people would not yield
to this view. the war went on, and
finally Mexico had to give up. The
war lasted from April 20, 1846, to May
80, 1848. By an act of congress ten
million dollars was placed at the dis
posai of the president, James X. Polk
> to carry out the war. and fifty thous-
Sand volunteers were called for by the
esame power.
Ohio was then comparatively new
and thinly populated state to what 1t
is today. and yet she came forward
with fully five regiments of volunteer
soldiers, and took an honorable part
in the prosecution of said war, and
our Stark county, with Captain James
Allen was among the first and fore
most to go to the front, and it is to
record this brave act of Captain Allen
and his men that this article is brought
out, so that the second generation
the men that then enlisted.
The following is the muster roll of
Captain Aliens company (K) in the
third regiment, Ohio Foot volunteers
commanded by Col. Samuel r. Curtis,
called into the service by the presi
dent, under the act of congress ap-
proved May 13, 1S46, for the term of
twelve months from the 28th day Of
February, 1s47.
James Allen. captain, A; Samuel
Beatty. first lieutenant. 25; Jacob G.
Frick. second lieutenant, 81; Horace
L. Brown, second lieutenant, %; John
L. Cross, first sergeant, 21; William
]. Hartman. sergeant, 18; John Fitz.
simmons, sergeant, 10; John B. Collins
sergeant. 90; Patrick Fitzpatrick. cor
poral, 21; John Matson, corporal, "a;
Lewis Hemminger. corporal, %; viii.
liam McCurdy. corporal. 18; Augustus
F. Frederick, drummer, 46; Louis Gle
ment, fifer, 21; prfvates-Thomas
Barnd 20, George M. Bollinger 19.
Charles Bradley 81, Charles H. Coombs
%. Hiram Correll "a, John Cotwinkle
40, John Cox 10, Jeroboam Creighton
81, John Dickas e. Harvey Davis 80,
Isaac Doxsey 18. Jacob Ebersole %,
James Elliott 29. Ambrose Essner a.
Jacob Fentenheim 20, Peter Finney
81, Charles Floom 20, Frederick Vogel-
gesang IS, Andrew P. Gallagher 10.
John Ganett 18, Theodore Gibbons 90.
Ferdinand w. Hack %, William w.
Hastings 81, Isaiah Keltner 18. Freder-
icl Kissner 36, George A. Klingle 3O
Christian Ledigh 40, John Link %,
Philip Martin 18, Findlay McGrew 49,
John G. Maloney 81, John Mungrew
&c. Samuel T.. Murrah %. Wesley Nu-
gen 81, Leander Preston 10, Jacob w.
Rex 26, Jacob Scbold 20, John Shan.
non 20, Frederick Souter 26, James
r. Stall 28, Samuel Stall %. John Ste.
yens "a, John Stone 81, Thomas Thomp.
: son 23, William G. Torrance 81. John
Ulam 10, John w. Wagner 90, John r,
Walter 22, Alonzo M. Waters 20, De-
witt G. Whiting 20 William Yawkey
81. The figures at the end of oach
name indicate the age of each.
Those who died in the company were
Jacob Reed, age 49, died in the hos.
pital at Camargo, Mexico. April 8, 1S47.
Joseph Schlinl1, ago SO, died in the
hospital at Saltillo. Mexico. April 23.
1847.
Robert M. Schilling, age IS, died in
hospital at Camargo. Mexico, April l.,
Abraham Metz, age 20, was dis
charged at Buena Vista, Mexico. on
surgeons certificate of disability, by
order of General Wool.
The company was enrolled at Massil-
Ion by Major General Jarvis. May 80.
ls46, and were mustered into service
June 25. 1916. at Cincinnati, by Cap
tain u. Shriver.
Captain Allen was an able and for
midablc newspaper writer. and was a
brother-in-law to Mrs. julius Whiting,
6r.. of North Market street.
Lieutenant Samuel Beatty hardly
needs any introduction to the present
reneration. Having served In the
iats civil war. starting out ~ colonel
ol tho 1pth Q. X 4. and returning .