Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-10-17
DANIEL GRAHAM
LAID TO REST MON.
Pioneer Citizen Died After
Short Illness with Pneu-
monia. Buried with
Military Honors.

Funeral services for Daniel Graham
were held at his late home in this
village Monday afternoon attended
by nearly every resident, every bust
ness place in town closing from two
to four o'clock out of respect for the
man who had for many years taken
an active part in the affairs of Eagle
River and Villas County. Rev. w. j.
Davies gave an interesting account Of
the life just ended, pointed out the
various ways in which it had been of
value to the community and the ma
tion which he had always done
much for His long service as a sol
dier in the Civil War was given
prominence by the presence of few
old comrades who like him had worn
the blue, while short distance away
about 30 of Villas county's returned
soldiers and seven sailor boys stood in
line during the service and also the
entire Eagle River school body all
marching behind the casket to the
cemetery where after the grave-side
ceremonies were over a firing squad
fired three volleys over his remains
and "Taps, !" the last mark OF atten
tion that the deceased soldier can re-
ceive from his comrades was sounded.
Mr.. Graham was born at LOckp0rt,
N. Y, July Is, 1912, one OF a family
Of twelve children that laid the foun
dation for a future love and sacrifice
for country through the Revolution
airy War "reminiscences Of a grand
father who had fought at Lundy
Lane. After attending district and
high school at Lockport. in 1856 as
boy OF IA he came west to Chicago
and further completed his education
by a business college course. In 1858.
he accompanied Robt. Linney, state
surveyor for louisiana on survey
down the Mississippi and Red Rivers.
At the outbreak of the Civil War,
Linney became Col of the 1st Louis
anna Regt. Mr.. Graham whose, SYM
pathies were wholly with the North
enlisted in August 1861 in Co. /, 9th
Vols. for three months, receiving an
honorable discharge at the end of
that time. The Roster of Wisconsin
Volunteers shows that on Decembers
"a 1862, he again enlisted in the Bird
Wisconsin Battery of Light Artillery
from which he was discharged July
3, 1865 with the rank of sergeant
This Battery under Capt. l.. Il.
Drury, was in the Army of the Cum
berland operations and is mentioned
in Harper's Pictorial History of the
Civil War as serving with distinction
at the battles of Stone River, Duck
Creek, Chicamaugua, Missionary
Ridge and Lookout Mountain. He
Was part o: detachment later
placed aboard the transport ''Look-
out" guarding conveyance of supplies
to Knoxville. In the spring Of 1864,
his command followed Gen Sherman
up to the siege of Atlanta and was
then attached to the army yf Gen.
Thomas and took part in the bait les
at Franklin and Nashville, and was
one of the brigade detailed to cap
ture jeff Davis.
After the war he located at Chill
ton for several years and operated a
staye mill, later going to Amigo
where numbering operations in white
pine were fiourishing. He came to
Eagle River in 1882 and since then
had been continuously engaged in
surveying, timber estimating and
real estate and had served several
terms as county surveyor which po-
sition is made vacant by his death.
Mr.. Graham was an active Repub-
lican and strongly S Imported the
doctrines of that faith, yet fair to-