The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-10
F. II. Lyman, Secretary of the Com
mission Sends Out Formal Call to
the People of the County Asking
Data for Memorial.


statement follows:
"The committee, consisting of W.
Fl. Harrison, George Kreuscher, Ell. B.
Schwann, Jas. Spencer, George Hale,
G. E. Likes and F. H. Lyman, appoint
ed by the county board of supervi-
sors to consider and recommend some
device or way whereby the name of
every old soldier who enlisted from
or was or should be credited to Ke-
nosha county during the civil war,
may be placed on the walls Of the
court house, met on Saturday after
noon, January 90 and organized by
electing W H. Harrison chairman and
F. H. Lyman secretary.
Ways and means to procure the
requisite data and otherwise to prose
cute the work were discussed.
The secretary was authorized to pre-.
pare an address, (inviting prompt and
friendly co-operation), to be published
in the papers and to be mailed in cir
cular form.
The following were appointed as sub
committees of one, each in his own
way to gather and forward to the
secretary all procurable information
along the line of this work.
Somers-James Moran, [. T. Bishop.
e. j. Gnardinier, Mrs. Geo. Leet.
Paris-George Kreuscher, Geo. Hale.
Brighton-Jas. NORM, B. II. Stocker.
Wheatland-Lyman Fay, Paul sau-
err, Fred Enbele, John P. Sherer.
Randall B. Vossburg, w. H. Har.
rison, H. P. Benedict.
Salem-M. Loescher, A. III. Kruck-
man, A. G. Pacey, Griffin Culver.
Bristol--David Pierce, Jas. Eddy,
Will Bacon.
Pleasant Prairie-Samuel Cropley,
JAS. Irving, Herman King.
First Ward-J. G. Collins.
Second Ward-Geo. Hale, L. ! G.
Graves, Miss Emma Merrill.
Third Ward-C. E. Likes, II. F. Jor-
dan.
Fourth Ward-C. A. Dewey, A. j.
Burg, Geo. G. Limpert.
Fifth WardC. A. Leonard, J. Coshun.
Sixth Ward-C. F. Stemm, E. G..
Timme.
Seventh Ward-H. B. Schwann.
Eighth Ward-M. Hensgen, P. Dris-
sell
Any person SO disposed, may add his
or her name to the foregoing list The
aim is to get the information promptly
and accurately.
w. Ell. Harrison, Chairman
F. II. Lyman, Secretary.
Following is the general invitation
to all to participate in the work:
To All Friends of Kenosha County
Soldiers:
The board of supervisors of Keno
sha county has started movement to
have placed on the walls of the court
house bronze tablets bearing the name
of every Kenosha county man, who
from 1861 to 1865 enlisted in defense
of the union. Also to have written
fitting record of his military service,
to be deposited for future reference in
one of the fire proof vaults.
To this end the board appointed a
committee organized by. electing for
prosecute to completion this work.
On Saturday the Goth of January the
committe organizer by electing for
president Mr.. w. H. Harrison of the
township of Randall and for secretary
f. H. Lyman.
The first, most important and most
laborious duty of the committee will
be the compilation of names and mill
tary records OF about twelve hundred
men, very many of whom sleep in
soldiers graves.
Available records will furnish the
names of majority and the military
organizations to which they belonged
The committee must, however, depend
on the veterans themselves if living. or
if dead, on surviving friends for in.
formation concerning instances of
conspicuous bravery in battle, skirmish
or raid or any other episode thrilling
pathetic or humorous incident to the
military career of any Kenosha county
soldier.
All persons in any way interested
are hereby urged to send at once to
the secretary all the information here
in suggested and in particular careful
answers to the following:
| What was the full name of soldier?
Give date of enlistment.
From what township did he enlist
What was his military ranks
| Engagements and campaigns partici
pated in and prison experiences
| With what regiment, company, bat