CIVIL WAR VETERANS

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CIVIL WAR VETERANS

WHO DIED, IN THEIR HOMES, IN LURAY,

CLARK CO., MO.

Bellowes, Walter S.: died 1921, age 73, at his home in Luray
buried in Combs Cemetery, at Luray.

Davidson, James: born 1822 died, age 52, at Luray,
buried: Ashton Cemetery
Co. Battalian B, 69th EMM

Dennison, John William: born 1842, died 1924, age 81, at his home in Luray,
buried: Combs Cemetery at Luray Co. G, 113 Ohio Volunteers Infantry
1883 Pensioners Roll, “gunshot wound back, arm & hand.

Hill, William H.: died 1924, age 87, at Luray,
buried in Combs Cemetery at Luray
1883 Pensioners Roll, “partial paralysis left side & lumbar abscess.”

Kelly, Levi: born 1832, died 1909, age 76, at his home in Luray,
buried in Combs Cemetery, at Luray.
Co. D, 2nd Reg. Cavalry, M. S. M.,
1883 Pensioners Roll, “chronic diarrhea & hepatitis.”

Perry, Jeptha Allen: born 1846, died in Luray, 1933, age 87,
buried in Combs Cemetery, at Luray,
Co. F 39th Mo. Infantry. Was confined to a wheel chair his last 15 years. (Jeptha’s wife Sarah Jane Bradford Perry was one of the neighbors who assisted in preparing the Spencer family for burial in 1877. The entire family, of five, had been murdered with an axe, at their home, on August 2, 1877).

Rowe, Isaac: born 1839, died 1923, age 84, died at his home in Luray,
buried Combs Cemetery, at Luray.
Co., H 192d Regt., Pennsylvania Volunteers

Shannon, John Beal Stephen: born 1836, died 1910, age 74, at his home in Luray,
buried in Combs Cemetery, at Luray.
Missouri Home Guards

Sisson, Henry E.: born 1833, died 1901, age 68 “at his home in Luray,”
of lung trouble from which he had suffered many years, and complications of la grippe.
Burial was in the Conkle Cemetery, north of Luray.
He served in the 146th Indiana Regiment.

Wilson, George W.: born 1841, died 1904, age 62, at his home in Luray,
buried in Combs Cemetery, at Luray
Co. A, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry
1883 Pensioners Roll, chronic diarreha.”

Note: The “died at Luray,” notations were copied from their obituaries.

CIVIL WAR VETERANS WHO LIVED IN LURAY,

AND THOSE WHO WERE BURIED IN CEMETERIES,

AT LURAY

Ackland, William:
Co. M, 9th Iowa Cavalry
Buried in Combs Cemetery, at Luray.

Bennet, James H., Lieutenant: died 1910, age 67
69th Missouri Militia
1883 Pensioners Roll “chronic diarreha” address listed as Luray.

Bobbs, James:
Co. H 21st Mo. Infantry
Buried in Combs Cemetery, at Luray.

Borden, T. L.:
At the reunion of the 21st Mo. Regiment, in 1900, his address was given as Luray.
Co. E. 21st Mo. Regiment. (Could not find burial site).

Bradley, William B.: 1842-1920
Co. C. 21st Mo Line
Buried in Combs Cemetery, at Luray.
1883 Pensioners Roll lists his address as Luray “disease of the heart, lungs & chronic diarreha”

Brokaw, Aaron: d. 1870, age 59
Enlisted June 17, 1861 at Luray, Mo.
21st. Regiment, Mo. volunteers
Buried in Combs Cemetery, at Luray

Dewey, Asaph C.: 1844-1931
19th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Buried in Eldorado Cemetery, at Luray

Hise, Levi Tillman: 1821-1896
Co. E, 21st Regiment of Mo. Infantry Volunteers
Lost his right forefinger, contracted a fever, and lost his sight
1883 Pensioners Roll gives his address as Luray

Jones, Eph. E.:
At the reunion of the 21st Mo. Regiment, in 1900, his address was given as Luray.

Jones, E. P.: Co. F, 21st. Mo. At the Battle of Athens celebration in 1900 his address was given as Luray. (Wife of E. P. Jones, died in 1874, at the age of 32, is buried in Combs Cemetery. Could not find a tombstone for him).

Lane, Peter B.: 1848 - 1926, age 78,
buried Combs Cemetery. Listed as a surviving veteran in 1922. Address given as Luray.

Mattley, Aaron, Captain: 1822-
1st northeast Mo. Home Guards
Wounded at the Battle of Athens , 1883 Pensioners Roll, “gun shot wound right side,” listed address as Luray

Northcraft, William J.:
Confederate.
Died 1899, age 67, buried in Combs Cemetery, at Luray.

Reed, Charles M.: 1842-1924, “of Luray”
Funeral service at Luray, buried in “West” (Combs ?) Cemetery, 1883 Pensioners Roll, “injury to abdomen,” address Luray

Riggs, William P.:
Co. K, 51st Mo. Infantry
Buried in Eldorado Cemetery at Luray

Sackett, Erastus E., Capt.: 1817-1869
Home Guards, & 21st. Mo. Infantry
Buried in Combs Cemetery, at Luray.

Overhulsor, Cornelius: 1833-1872, age 39
Co. F, 69th E. M. M.
He enrolled in Luray, Aug. 9, 1862, & in 1863, Sept. 5, he was ordered into active service under Captain Sackett, of Luray.
Buried in Eldorado Cemetery, at Luray
Note: In 1988, the tombstone of Cornelius was removed from the Eldorado Cemetery, and reset in Ashton beside his wife Sarah’s tombstone.

Wickham, James: died 1912, age 79,
buried in Luray Cemetery (named as Wright Cemetery, but usually called Eldorado Cemetery). He was a member of the Home Guards & participated in the Battle of Athens.
Died at his home near Luray.

White, A. B.: 1840 - 1916.
Co. F,
buried in Combs Cemetery, at Luray.

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Sources: Tombstone inscriptions, “1883 Pensioners Roll,” military records & obituaries.