The purpose of this page is to identify the military veterans buried at Mt. Zion Cemetery, Fairmont Avenue, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia.

According to A Century of Service (1850-1950), A Short History of Zion Lutheran Church, Wheeling, W. Va., by Pastor William M. Erhard, 1950, on September 14, 1863, The Reverend William Berkemeier, pastor of the Zion Lutheran Church, began negotiations to purchase a tract of land along Caldwell's Run for use as a cemetery for the deceased of the Zion church membership. The original plot was purchased from Joseph Caldwell for $1917.75; the cemetery was dedicated July 3, 1864. The Mount Zion Cemetery Association was formed and the following men were incorporators: W. Berkemeier, Ernest Ziegler, V. W. Siebrecht, John Jericho, Andrew Stueck, Frederick Knapp, Henry Frebold, Frederick Hoffmeister, Henry Zimmermann, Karl Kettler, Frederick Schnepf, K. Kunkel, K. Miller, Jacob Heinlein, Karl Meyer and others. Extensions have been made to the cemetery over the years, and by 1950, 9681 bodies were interred there.

ALL VETERANS BURIED AT MT. ZION CAN BE ADDED TO THIS LIST. The names presented here were Civil War soldiers unless otherwise noted.

In 1984, Audra Wayne of the Wheeling Area Genealogical Society compiled a book of the gravestone readings at Mt. Zion. Based on the way the book was compiled, showing the date of interment, number of interment, and the lot number, it looks like she utilized a plot map, which may have contained barely legible handwritten entries, as well as errors and ommissions. She may have read the tombstones, as well, and if she did, it is likely that many grave markers were missing or illegible. She had a daunting task and she made a diligent effort to record the burials at Mt. Zion. Had she not done this book, we researchers would be far worse off today, as the cemetery has continued to deteriorate.

Audra Wayne also compiled a booklet containing information about Civil War soldiers of Ohio County. She did much of her research at the National Archives while she was residing close to Washington, D.C. If she included information in her booklet, she had a good faith basis for doing so. For that reason, they are included here, even when not all of the particulars are known.

Both of Audra's books were a tremendous help in this project, as well as other Civil War projects I have done. However, there are errors in - and there will always be errors in this type of research - because some facts and data can never be sorted out. The resources we have today make research simpler but there are still conflicts galore.

Articles in the Wheeling newspaper indicate that committees were periodically formed for the purpose of identifying and recording the graves of veterans. One article mentions that some graves are unmarked. - It is difficult to know how conscientiously the committeemen approached this task, but it is certain that errors occurred. See Unmarked Graves

Compiling this list has been challenging, time-consuming - and frustrating, mainly because many of the veterans graves at Mt. Zion have deteriorated beyond identification.

Sources used in this effort include the 1864 and 1865 West Virginia Adjutant General's reports; various West Virginia Adjutant General's records on microfilm, owned by this writer; the 1890 Ohio County Census of Vets & Widows, transcribed by this writer; vital records online; pension index cards; pension files owned by this writer; the Mt. Zion Cemetery book by Audra Wayne; Audra Wayne's booklet of Ohio County Civil War soldiers; newspaper articles.

A number of the soldiers are found on the Civil War regimental websites of lindapages.com: Civil War: West Virginia

An article in the Wheeling Register 30 May 1883, lists the following veterans as buried at Mt. Zion Cemetery. See Fallen Brave

Dan Smith - Frank Marshall - Julius Kemppe - Charles Brooks - Jas. H. Cook - John Strippel - George Widekin - Allan Stevens - August Fischer - Henry Ebeling - George Weiser - Peter Brenthmann - Henry Speacht - Fred Lohmann - John W. McCready - John Newland, Sr. - Louis Wagner - Brown Florence - Cornelius McCurdy - August Frederick - Thos. Atwell and son - Charles Koch - Joshua Foster - George Kettler - Floyd Long - Jacob Koehlein - Chas. Munchmeyer - August Eckhart - Thomas Dunning - Adam Hammond - John Stentzel - Chas. Clegg - Fred Schamberger - Geo. Birch Jr. - Conrad West - Theo Batch

ARCHEY, JOSEPH, private, Company "H" 1st WV Cavalry; m/i 11 Aug 1861; m/o 8 July 1865; died 20 Mar 1918. Pension, certificate #151267; widow received pension certificate #857704 following his death. According to his pension card, he died at Glen Dale Hospital 20 Mar 1918. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

ARMSTRONG, JAMES, Company "F" 3rd West Virginia Cavalry. Private; age 41; enlisted 3 Feb 1865; m/i 14 Feb 1865 per W.Va. Adjutant General's records; m/o 8 July 1865 per 1890 Ohio County Census of Vets & Widows. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book; death in Mar 1893. See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

ATWELL, THOMAS (and Son - unknown), A man of this name was in Company "H" 17th West Virginia Infantry; age 40; m/i 18 Feb 1865; company m/o 30 June 1865. Born 1825; died 24 Apr 1881. Listed in 1883 newspaper article as buried at Mt. Zion. Found in 1880 census on Jacob Street; a carpenter born in New York. Thomas and large family listed in Mt. Zion cemetery book.

BACHER [also BACKER], LEVI, private; Company "A" 77th Ohio Infantry; m/i 28 Oct 1861; m/o 8 Mar 1866. Born 1835; died Dec 1900. Info from 1890 Ohio County Census of Vets & Widows, at which time his address was 2324 Jacob Street, Wheeling, W. Va. Disability Incurred: Broken down in health all over. Pension certificate #442118. Widow got a pension after his death, certificate #552406. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

BATSCH, THEO., Company "C" 6th West Virginia Cavalry. Born 1828; died 3 Oct 1875. Buried at Mt. Zion or Peninsula, according to Audra Wayne's records, although 1883 newspaper article states burial at Mt. Zion.

BIRCH, GEORGE, sergeant, Company "H" 1st West Virginia Light Artillery; m/i 22 Aug 1864; m/o 11 July 1865. Also served in Company "A" 4th West Virginia Cavalry, for 6 months, 6 July 1863 to 15 Mar 1864. Pension, certificate #382297; widow Flora B., maiden name Dickerson. George died 2 Oct 1878/79. Flora died 24 May 1911 and is buried at Greenwood Cemetery. See MORE ABOUT GEORGE BIRCH

BISHOP, HIRAM, Company "A" 17th West Virginia Infantry. Enlisted as Hiram DOYLE - Pension Index Card - He was born in Belmont County, Ohio, according to the record for his second marriage. However, his death record states he was born in Wetzel County to Hiram Bishop and Matilda Belleville. He married Mary M. Montgomery and one child from that marriage was Harry Bishop. At the age of 21, Harry was shot and killed at the wharf in Wheeling in 1906; buried at Mt. Zion, Wheeling. Mary, the mother, had already died, and Hiram, possibly born Apr 1848, was married in Marshall County to Emma Gatho, age 18, born Ohio County. At the time of the 1900 census, Hiram and Emma had 3 children: Murtle, Ada, and Hattie. Hiram died of a stroke 11 Feb 1916, and is buried in Mt. Zion. Listed Name is spelled Bishoff on death record and Mt. Zion Cemetery book but should be Bishop. See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

BOETTCHER, HENRY, private, Company "A" 1st New Jersey Artillery; m/i 18 Nov 1863; m/o 22 June 1865. Born in Germany. Died 27 May 1902. Pension certificate #652778; widow received pension certificate #550488. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book.

BOWMAN, GEORGE, private, Company "B" 88th Penna. Infantry; m/i 4 Oct 1861; m/o 26 Apr 1864; disability incurred: loss of left arm from gunshot wound(?), according to the 1890 Ohio County Census of Vets & Widows. Born 1839; died 27 May 1918. Pension certificate #28951. Died 26 May 1918 at the National Military Home in Ohio. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2 by Larry Bloomfield.

BOWMAN, RICHARD, private, Company "K" 6th West Virginia Cavalry. Born 9 Sep 1840; died 14 July 1922. Pension certificate #622726. Originally enlisted in the 2nd W. Va. Infantry and served in Company "C". The 2nd Infantry became the 5th W. Va. Cavalry and he served in Companies "K" & "C". The 5th Cav was combined with the 6th Cav and he served in Company "D." Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book.

BROCKMAN(N), CHRISTIAN, private, Battery "A" 1st West Virginia Light Artillery; m/i 28 June 1861; age 49; m/o 8 Aug 1864, per 1864 W.Va. Adjutant General's Report. Pension applied for by widow, Marguerite, in 1890, but no certificate awarded. Christ Brockman listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book was interred 24 Dec 1874. Surname spelled BRAKEMAN in some Adjutant General's records.

BREMER, WILLIAM (WILHELM), private, Company "H" 6th West Virginia Infantry; m/i 7 Oct 1861; age 26; m/o at end of 3 year enlistment, per 1864 W.Va. Adjutant General's Report. Born 1835; died 21 Feb 1916. Son of Frederick and Elizabeth (Otto) Bremer. Pension applied for in 1886 and 1904; certificate #433727. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book.

BRENTMAN, PETER, Company "I" 6th West Virginia Infantry; m/i 14 Feb 1865; age 19, per 1865 W.Va. Adjutant General's Report. Listed in 1883 newspaper article as buried at Mt. Zion; not found in cemetery book.

BROEMSEN, HEINRICH. Born 15 Jan 1825; died 9 Feb 1886. This is Henry Broemsen, 2nd Lieut., Company "H" 6th West Virginia Infantry; age 33 when m/i 22 Nov 1861; m/o expiration term of service, per 1864 W.Va. Adjutant General's Report. Pension applied for by widow in 1890, but no certificate awarded. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book.

BRIMSON, WILLIAM, private, Company "G" ??16th Illinois Cavalry. Born 1839; died 17 Oct 1905. From the 1890 Ohio County Census of Vets & Widows: BREMSON, William, Private, Company "A", 1 Ill Cav. Enlisted Jun 1861; discharged 1864; length, 3-0-0. Address: 15-36th Street, Wheeling, WV. Remarks: Could not find his discharge. - [No confirmation of his service.] Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, PHOTO 3, by Larry Bloomfield.

BROOKS, CHARLES. Died July 1873, age 48. No information about military service. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book, as well as the 1883 newspaper article regarding burials at Mt. Zion.

BRUNO, NAPOLEON BONAPART [also BRUNEAU, NOVEY], Company "A" 3rd West Virginia Cavalry. Born 25 Feb 1844; died 11 Feb 1913. According to the 1890 Ohio County Census of Vets & Widows, he enlisted 9 Mar 1865; discharged 30 Jul 1865; length, 0-3-21. Address: Wheeling, WV. Pension certificate #925180; widow received pension certificate #760621. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

CALDABAUGH, PHILLIP, private, Company "F" 189th Ohio Infantry; m/i 15 Feb 1864; m/o 27 Feb 1865. Born 13 Mar 1845; died 5 May 1930. Son of Carl and Eleanor (Kraft) Caldabaugh. MORE ABOUT PHILIP CALDABAUGH - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

CALVERT, [SIDNEY] SMITH, Corporal, Company "G" 4th US Vol. Infantry. Enlisted 13 June 1898; discharged 8 June 1899. Died 15 Dec 1951 in Aspinwall, Allegheny Couny, Pa. Buried at Mt. Zion, Wheeling, 18 Dec 1951. See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

CLARK, GEORGE W., Company "E", 3 PA Heavy Art. Enlisted 1864; discharged 1865; length, 1 yr. Widow, Maranda, apparently gave the info for 1890 Ohio County Census of Vets & Widows. Veterans' card at Penna. State Archives site states he enrolled 25 Feb 1864 and was m/i that day. States m/o as 9 Nov 1862 but the year must be an error. He was 5'11", fair complexion, light hair, gray eyes, a resident of Washington, Penna. His occupation was "nailor." - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

CLARK, GEORGE W., private, Company "E" 15th West Virginia Infantry. Died 8 [OR 9] Feb 1882. Listed in the Mt. Cemetery book but cannot identify his military service using the Adjutant General's records. Listed in Audra Wayne's list of Civil War soldiers, with burial at Mt. Zion.

CLEGG, CHARLES, private, Company "K" 1st West Virginia Infantry; age 43; m/i 14 Nov 1861. Born 1818. If this is the veteran, the surname is spelled KLAGG in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. He died in 1871. See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

CLINE [KLINE, KLYNE], JOHN W., private, Company "C" 3rd West Virginia Cavalry; private; age 19; m/i 16 Sep 1864. Also served in Company "I" 77th Ohio Infantry; enlisted 2 Dec 1861; discharged 18 Jan 1862. Pension card says "alias John Reese." Born 13 July 1840; died 5 Apr 1901, per death record. Was an iron worker. Pension certificate #1008474; original application 1891. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book.

COLSE, LOUIS, private, Company "E" 1st Penna. Infantry. Listed in Audra Wayne's booklet of Civil War soldiers, with burial at Mt. Zion, but not found in her Mt. Zion Cemetery book. Military record not found. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

COOK(E), JAMES H., Musician, Company "B" 1st (West) Virginia Infantry, organized for 3 months, May-Aug 1861. Died before newpaper article of May 1883, which lists him as buried at Mt. Zion. May have been a achool teacher, born NY, listed in the 1860, 1870 and 1880 censuses near some of the other vets in South Wheeling; wife is a widow inthe 1900 census. Always listed as James H. Not listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book but widow, Eliza, and children are buried there. No other James Cook in Ohio County in this time frame. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

CRAFT, JAMES, private, Company "K" 1st West Virginia Infantry; m/i 10 Sep 1861; m/o 26 Nov 1864. Pension. Died 5 Nov 1895; buried at Mt. Zion per death record. Pension applied for 1890; certificate #566292. See PHOTO, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

CRAIG, WILLIAM, private, Company "H" 6th West Virginia Infantry; m/i 2 Oct 1861; m/o 10 June 1865. Born 1844; died 26 July 1922 at the National Military Home in Ohio. Pension certificate #996319; widow #932165. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

CRUMMITT, JOHN R. [Robert]. Born 25 Feb 1846; died 5 Feb 1925. No military record found. Listed in Audra Wayne's booklet of Civil War soldiers, with burial at Mt. Zion. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

DANEHART [DAEHNHART], WILLIAM, Company "I" 6th West Virginia Infantry. Born 1820 Germany; died 18 Sep 1887. Widow's Pension certificate #275625. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, PHOTO 3, by Larry Bloomfield.

DANNENBERG, HENRY, private, Company "A" 2nd U. S. Artillery. Born 8 Dec 1837; died 16 Nov 1898. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, PHOTO 3, by Larry Bloomfield.

DECKER, JACOB, private, Company "E" 1st West Virginia Cavalry; m/i 10 Feb 1865; m/o 8 July 1865. Born 1833; died 20 Jan 1901. Address: 3620 Jacob Street, Wheeling, WV. Pension. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

DUNNING, THOMAS. Company "A" West Virginia Independent Exempts Infantry; age 49; m/i 1 Oct 1862 at Wheeling, W.Va. Died 10 July 1863, at Wheeling. Death notice in Wheeling newspaper gave age as 59.

EBELING, HENRY, private, Company "H" 6th West Virginia Infantry. Born 1843; died July 1877, per death record. Birth year may be 1838. This would probably be Henry Ebeling Jr., 24 at the time of m/i. - Henry B. Ebeling, 44, also served in this regiment. Both m/i 7 Oct 1861 and served until their term of service was expired. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield. Who is this monument for? Are both Henry Ebelings buried at Mt. Zion?

ECKHARDT, AUGUST, Company "H" 6th West Virginia Infantry. He was 45 when he m/i 7 Oct 1861; m/o when term of service was expired. Died 27 July 1877, per online death record. Birth year stated as 1806 so he was older at the time of enlistment. Widow's pension certificate #280615. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

ELLIOTT, J. W. [JOHN WESLEY], private, Company "E" 92nd Ohio Infantry. Born 1833; died 1 June 1901. Applied for a government pension in 1885; issued certificate #692932; widow #557685. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

ESMYER [ESMYRE], LEWIS, private Company "H", 1 Ohio Light Artillery. Enlisted 17 Oct 1861; discharged 16 Oct 1864; length, 3-0-0. Address: Wheeling, WV, 820 Main, per 1890 Ohio County Census of Vets & Widows. Born 17 Feb 1841; died 6 Nov 1905. Pension certificate #637513; widow #610115.

FETTE, WILLIAM, private, Company "I" 6th West Virginia Infantry; m/i 18 Feb 1865; m/o 10 June 1865. Born 1845; died 14 Nov 1892. Death notice in Wheeling Register, stating burial at Mt. Zion. Pension applied for in 1892 by veteran; in 1894 by widow; in 1896 by minor child or chilren. No pension certificates issued. Names also spelled FATTY in military record. See PHOTO by Jim and Linda Fette.

FILLMER, LOUIS, private, Company "H" 6th West Virginia Infantry; age 28; m/i 7 Oct 1861, per 1864 Adjutant General's Report; m/o 1 Dec 1864, per 1890 Ohio County Census of Vets & Widows. Born 1833, Germany; died 23 July 1889. Widow's pension (Caroline) certificate #294195. Death record states burial at Mt. Zion and listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

FISHER, AUGUST, private, Company "H" 6th West Virginia Infantry; age 40; m/i 7 Oct 1861, per 1864 Adjutant General's Report; mustered out expiration term of service. Born 17 Feb 1823; died 21 May 1874. Listed in 1883 newspaper article as buried at Mt. Zion; not found in cemetery book. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

FISHER, JOHN, private, Company "A" West Virginia Independent Exempts; m/i 19 Sep 1862; m/o 31 May 1865; length, 2-0-12. Address: 3515 Chapline Street, Wheeling, WV - per 1890 Ohio County Census of Vets & Widows. Born 1808. Pension applied for in 1890; no certificate. Listed in Audra Wayne's booklet of Civil War soldiers, with burial at Mt. Zion. Not listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

FLOOD, FRANCIS, private, Company "F", 1st West Virginia Infantry; age 45; m/i 29 Oct 1861, per W. Va. Adjutant General records; m/o 23 Sep 1862 per widow, Georgianna, 1890 Ohio County Census of Vets & Widows. Carpenter, born in London, England. Discharged on account of disability, date and place unknown. Applied for pension 1879 and received pension certificate #247937; widow #245551. Mt. Zion Cemetery book lists burial Oct 1885; widow Georgianna June 1903. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

FLORENCE, BROWN, private, Company "B" 1st (West) Virginia Infantry. This was the 3 month organization formed at the outset of the war, May-Aug 1861. Born 8 Oct 1843; died 16 Aug 1893. Don't know why he is listed as dead in the 1883 news article but he did have a 7 year old son who died in 1880. As the committees were trying to locate soldiers' graves, they may have mistakenly thought the son's grave was that of the soldier. May be listed (with some date conflicts) in the Mt. Zion Cemetery book as "FLORENCE BROWN." He received a pension, certificate #822398; widow, #393786. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

FONNER, CHARLES, private, Company "C" 18th Penna. Cavalry. Also served in Company "C" 3rd Provisional Cavalry. Born 1826; died 1 Oct 1902. Pension certificate #528498; widow #552045. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book.

FOSTER, JOSHUA, private, Company "I" 170th Ohio Infantry. Born 1825; died 15 Oct 1882 at Wheeling. JOSIE in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. In 1890 widow applied for a pension; no certificate. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

FOX, ARTHUR W., private, Company "A" 39th Ohio Infantry; m/i 16 Jul 1861; m/o 9 Jul 1865. Born 24 Nov 1837; died 19 Aug 1916. Pension certificate #500744; widow #814647. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

FREDERICKS [also FRIEDRICHS], AUGUST, private, Company "H" 6th West Virginia Infantry; age 29; m/i 28 Oct 1861 per W. Va. Adjutant General records; m/o 1 Dec 1864 per 1890 Ohio County Census of Vets & Widows. Born 1833; died 3 July 1881. Widow's pension certificate #306055. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

FUHRMAN(N), HENRY, SR., Company "H" 6th West Virginia Infantry; age 28; m/i 7 Oct 1861 per W. Va. Adjutant General records. Born 8 Nov 1833; died 3 Sep 1868. Widow applied for pension 1888; certificate #253725. Not found in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. Listed in Audra Wayne's list of Civil War soldiers, with burial at Mt. Zion. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, PHOTO 3, by Larry Bloomfield.

GEBHART, SAMUEL, private, Company "G" 78th Ohio Infantry. Also served in 22nd Ohio Independent Light Artillery. Born 1 Aug 1843; died 4 Nov 1925 at Wheeling. Pension certificate #957259; widow #971782. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

GILLESPIE, ANDREW, private, Company "A" 1st West Virginia Infantry; m/i 25 Sep 1861; discharged 4 Oct 1862, Arlington, Va., on Surgeon's Certificate of disability; Ironworker, born in Westmoreland County, Pa., per Adjutant General's record. Died 25 Nov 1900. Pension certificate #709965; widow #813317 (or 813377). Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

GOETZ, CHARLES, private, Company "H" 6th West Virginia Infantry; 30; m/i 7 Oct 1861 per Adjutant General's record; m/o 1 Dec 1864. Born 1830; died 30 Sep 1899. Pension certificate #704942; widow #501364. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, PHOTO 3, PHOTO 4, by Larry Bloomfield.

GRABE, HENRY. Born 1812; died 1 Jan 1894. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book but no military service record found. Listed in Audra Wayne's list of Civil War soldiers, with burial at Mt. Zion. See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

GRIFFIN, WILLIAM, Company "D" 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery. Also served in Company "A" 6th West Virginia Infantry. Listed as a deserter from the 6th Infantry in the 1864 W.Va. Adjutant General's Report. He was 18 and deserted 6 Aug 1861 at Fort McHenry, Md. He subsequently joined the Ohio regiment and this desertion issue was resolved because he was awarded pension certificate #826295; widow #663536. Died 17 Mar 1907. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book.

GUY, ROBERT A., Sergeant, Company "I" & Company "C" 1st West Virginia Infantry. M/i 15 May 1861; m/o 19 Jul 1865. Pension Certificate #302594. Not listed in Audra Wayne's Mt. Zion Cemetery book. According to Larry Bloomfield, this is his marker at Mt. Zion: PHOTO. It sasy, "Sgt. R. A. Guy CO I 1st WVA INF"

HAMMOND, ADAM, private, Carlin's Wheeling Battery "D" 1st West Virginia Light Artillery; 36;m/i 22 Aug 1862; m/o 27 June 1865. Born 1826 in Staffordshire, England; died 11 Apr 1872. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book.

HAMMOND, CHARLES, private, Company "K" 6th West Virginia Infantry; age 45; m/i 1 Oct 1861; m/o term of service expired. Born 1817; died 1 Jan 1889. Applied for pension May 1888. Awarded certificate #583174; widow #317008. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

HANKE, AUGUST, private, Companies "H" & "P" 6th West Virginia Infantry; age 30; m/i 7 Oct 1861; m/o expiration term of service. Pension certificate #495983; minor #353780, filed 1891. Died Jan 1911. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

HANKE, HENRY, Born 10 May 1845 in Germany; died 16 Apr 1892. No military record found. Not found in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. Listed in Audra Wayne's list of Civil War soldiers, with burial at Mt. Zion. Henry Hanke, born 1844; died 1889 is buried at Mt. Zion. See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield. Was he a soldier?

HARMAN, GEORGE, private, Company "H" 1st West Virginia Cavalry; age 27; m/i 16 Feb 1864, Wheeling, WV; recruit; deserted 1 Nov 1864 at Remount Camp, MD - per W.Va. Adjutant General's records. Born 1839; died 19 Nov. 1890. Surname listed as HERMAN in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. Listed in Audra Wayne's list of Civil War soldiers, with burial at Mt. Zion. See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, PHOTO 3, by Larry Bloomfield.

HARTER, PHILIP, private, 76th Ohio Infantry; age 23; m/i 5 Dec 1861; m/o 15 July 1865. Not listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. Listed in Audra Wayne's list of Civil War soldiers, with burial at Mt. Zion. He was in Company "G."

HAZLETT, JOHN A., private, Company "H" 1st West Virginia Light Artillery; age 19; m/i 28 Sep 1864; captured at New Creek 28 Nov 1864; m/o 6 June 1865. Born 26 Feb 1846; died 23 May 1921. Pension certificate #786060; widow #909646. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2 by Larry Bloomfield.

HOFFMEISTER, WILLIAM, private, Company "I" 6th West Virginia Infantry; m/i 14 Feb 1865; m/o 10 June 1865. Born 27 Jan 1835; died 6 June 1888. Widow's pension #336847. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, PHOTO 3, by Larry Bloomfield.

HONECKER, JACOB, private, Carlin's Wheeling Battery "D" 1st West Virginia Light Artillery; m/i 2 Sep 1862; right arm shot off 5 June 1864; discharged 17 June 1865. Born 19 Nov 1844; died 11 Oct 1925. Pension certificate #42266. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

HOOTH, GEORGE, private, Company "K" 1st West Virginia Infantry; age 43; m/i 14 Nov 1861, Wheeling. Blacksmith, born in Holmstead, Germany. Discharged on account of disability 18 Jun 1864, at Front Royal, Va., date, number of order and by whom unknown. Info from W.Va. Adjutant General's records. Died Feb 1892. Pension certificate #562041; widow #342639. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book.

HUMES, FRANKLIN, private, Company "H" 6th West Virginia Infantry; m/i 10 Sep 1861; m/o 5 July 1865. Born 1845; died 6 Jan 1909, per pension index card. Pension certificate #478530; widow #674805, filed Jan 1909. Not listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book but listed in Audra Wayne's list of Civil War soldiers, with burial at Mt. Zion.

HUMES, JAMES, captain, Company "A" 15th West Virginia Infantry; commissioned 2 Sep 1862; dismissed 21 Nov 1864. Died 27 Aug 1897 at City Hospital, Wheeling. Originally buried at Mt. Zion; may have been moved to Greenwood, according to Audra Wayne's list of Civil War soldiers. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

HUMES, SAMUEL, private, Company "H" 6th West Virginia Infantry; age 24; m/i 14 Oct 1861; m/o 10 July 1865. Born 1837; died 4 Sep 1898. Pension certificate #888767; widow #484825. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book.

ICKLER, JOHN, private, Company "A" 1st West Virginia Light Artillery; age 26; corporal; m/i 28 June 1861; re-enlisted 4 Jan 1864; m/o July 1864. Born 1834; died 3 June 1899. Pension certificate 454267; widow 478906. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, PHOTO 3, by Larry Bloomfield.

IKIN, BENJAMIN, private, Company "K" 6th West Virginia Infantry; age 45; m/i 1 Oct 1861; m/o term of service expired. Born 1811; died 27 May 1892. Pension certificate #533105. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2 by Larry Bloomfield.

JACK, CHARLES T. From the 1890 Ohio County Census of Vets & Widows: Private, Company "C" 49th Ind. Infantry; m/i 30 Sep 1861; m/o 2 Feb 1864. Service not confirmed. Born 10 Aug 1835; died 16 June 1904 per death record. The son of Samuel and Esther (Dennison) Jack; spouse Melinda E. Mays. Pension not found under this info. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book.

JONES, DAVID, private, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery; age 22; m/i 30 Aug 1862; m/o 27 June 1864. Exchanged from Camp Parole, near Annapolis, Md. Born 1840; died 1897. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

KEMPFE, JULIUS, private, Company "H" 6th West Virginia Infantry; age 45; m/i 7 Oct 1861; term of service expired. Born 1816 in Germany; died 14 Oct 1881. Widow's pension #282585; widow Matilda filed in July 1890. Also spelled KEMP, KEMPPE. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book.

KETTLER, GEORGE, private, Company "H" 6th West Virginia Infantry; age 45; m/i 7 Oct 1861; m/o term of service expired. Widow's pension certificate #247107; filed 27 Dec 1886. Not listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book but listed in 1883 newspaper article as buried at Mt. Zion.

KNUTH, FREDERICK, private, Company "H" 6th West Virginia Infantry; age 45; m/i 7 Oct 1861; m/o term of service expired. Born 1833; died 25 May 1899. Pension applied for 1890; received certificate #844478. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

KOCH, CHARLES. Died before newspaper article of 1883. A Charles Koch organized the "South Wheeling Guards" in 1877/1878 and was commissioned Captain by Governor Mathews, according to news article Mar 1878. May be the same man who died 28 Jan 1882, age 31, per news article and death record. He was born in Germany in 1851. Not listed in the Mt. Zion Cemetery book. An older Charles Koch is listed in death records as born 1800 in Germany, died 28 Jan 1881. This is probably an error and is the man who died in 1882. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

KOHNLINE [also KOEHNLINE], JACOB, private, Company "I" 6th West Virginia Infantry; age 18; m/i 11 Jan 1863; company m/o 25 Nov 1864. See PHOTO, PHOTO 2, PHOTO 3, PHOTO 4 by Larry Bloomfield.

LEASURE, ADAM C., private, Company "A" 4th West Virginia Cavalry (6 month company); age 20; m/i 6 July 1863; company m/o 15 Mar 1863. Born 1837; died 25 Oct 1873. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

LARUE, EDWARD W. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

LOGES, FRED. [FRIEDRICH] K., first sergeant, Company "H" 6th West Virginia Infantry; age 33; m/i 7 Oct 1861; mustered out term of service expired. Born 25 Apr 1828; died 28 Dec 1905. Applied for pension July 1887; received certificate #445314. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, PHOTO 3, PHOTO 4, by Larry Bloomfield.

LOHMAN(N), FREDERICK (also FRIEDERICH], private, Company "H" 6th West Virginia Infantry; age 39; m/i 7 Oct 1861; m/o term of service expired. Born 1822; died 22 June 1874. Widow applied for pension July 1890; awarded certificate #371406. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

LONG, FLOYD, private, Company "H" 1st West Virginia Light Artillery; age 18; m/i 22 Aug 1864; captured at New Creek 28 Nov 1864. Died of consumption 29 Aug 1865, in his 19th year, per newspaper death notice. Not listed in the Mt. Zion Cemetery book. Listed in the 1883 list of vets buried at Mt. Zion.

MANGES, ISAAC, Company "F" 21st Penna. Cavalry; enlisted 17 Feb; discharged 8 July 1865, per pension index card. Born 7 Nov 1847; died 9 Mar 1928. Mill worker. Pension applied for Nov 1909; certificate #1158747. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book.

MARSHALL, FRANK [FRANCIS L.], Military service not known. Widow is Jane in 1890 Ohio County Census of Vets & Widows. Death record states born 1836; died 19 May 1881. According the 1880 census was born in New York and lived on Caldwell's Run. Frank Marshall named in Apr 1877 news article as living at the mouth of Caldwell's Run and having severe pneumonia. A death notice for this resident of Caldwell's Run was published 20 May 1881. He was a nailer at LaBelle mill. Named in 1883 article which lists vets buried at Mt. Zion. Also listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. Frank and Jane's sons were George and Frank.

MARTIN, CHARLES, private, Company "G" 25th Ohio Infantry; enlisted 24 May 1864; discharged 18 June 1866, per pension index card. Born 1820; died 13 Aug 1891, per death record. Pension certificate #401705; widow, #342343; filed Aug 1891. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

MASON, JAMES B., Company "K" 79th Ohio Infantry. Applied for pension Apr 1887; certificate #510613. Died Oct 1898. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

McCREADY, JOHN W., private, Company "B" 1st (West) Virginia Infantry, organized for 3 months at the outset of the war, May-Aug 1861. Died in July 1874; listed in the Mt. Zion Cemetery book. Named in the 1883 news article listing veterans buried at Mt. Zion.

McCURDY, [HUGH CORNELIUS in bk] CORNELIUS, Company "I" 6th West Virginia Infantry; age 41; m/i 15 Oct 1861; company m/o 25 Nov 1864. Born 1845; died 16 Apr 1911.

McMORRIS, JOHN, private, Company "I" 55th Ohio Infantry; m/i 3 Nov 1861; m/o 9 Nov 1863. Born 29 Aug 1825; died 31 Mar 1904. See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

MESSENGER, JOHN N., private, Company "B" 1st West Virginia Cavalry; age 20; m/i 19 Sep 1861; m/o 8 July 1865. Pension applied for 1879; certificate #270751; widow # A8-19-26. Born 16 Dec 1840; died 4 Sep 1923. See MORE ABOUT JOHN MESSENGER - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

MILLER [also MUELLER & MULLER], HENRY, private, Company "A" 1st West Virginia Light Artillery; age 39; m/i 1 Feb 1862. Born 1820; died 17 Feb 1876. Pension Jan 1864; certificate #380771; widow #289913 (Augusta). - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

MORROW, RALPH D.[DOUGLASS], Company "A" 38th Penna. Infantry. Also served in Company "K" 190th Penna. Infantry. Pension certificate #777782; widow, #780983. Born 11 Aug 1845; died 8 Aug 1914 at Wheeling. Listed in the Mt. Zion Cemetery book.

MOZIER, ANTHONY, private, Company "H" 1st West Virginia Light Artillery (six months); age 20; m/i 24 Sep 1863; m/o 15 Apr 1864. Born 1843; Died 29 Dec 1926 in Shadyside, Ohio. Pension certificate #780849. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. Wife was Catherine Orr; may be Catherine Mosier buried at Mt. Zion Feb 1875. A widower, his children in 1880 census were Charles, Margaret and Clara. See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

MULLER, JOHN, private, Company "H" 6th West Virginia Infantry; age 44; m/i 7 Oct 1861; m/o term of service expired. Applied for pension July 1890; certificate #593131; widow #327667. In Audra Wayne's list of Civil War soldiers buried at Mt. Zion, with birth 1817; death 1891. There was a John S. Miller and a John Mueller in Co. "H" 6th W.Va. Infantry. Both applied for pensions in July 1890; different certificate #s. - See PHOTO, by Larry Bloomfield.

MUNCHMIER, CHARLES, Company "H" 6th West Virginia Infantry; sergeant; age 44; m/i 7 Oct 1861; m/o term of service expired. Born 1825. Spelled MUNCHMEYER in 1864 W.Va. Adjutant General's Report. A shoemaker in the 1870 Census, born Germany. Died in Sep 1873, per Mt. Zion Cemetery book - spelled Muenchmeier. Widow applied for pension May 1890; no certificate. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

NEWLAND, JOHN, SR., private, Company "A" Independent West Virginia Exempts. Born 1801/1802; died 10 Aug 1875. From roster: NEWLAND, Jonathan; resident of or enrolled at Wheeling, WV; age 60; m/i Oct 1862 at Wheeling, WV; m/o 31 May 1865. Named in 1883 article which lists vets buried at Mt. Zion. Not listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book.

PAULUS, GEORGE, corporal, Company "I" 1st West Virginia Infantry; age 26; m/i 5 Nov 1861; wounded; discharged for disability 23 Mar 1863. Butcher, born in Hessen Castle, Germany. Info from W.Va. Adjutant General's records. Applied for pension Oct 1878; certificate #161280; widow #453837. A millwright, born Germany 1835; died 30 May 1897, per death record. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book.

PETTICORD, THOMAS, private, Company "E" 1st West Virginia Infantry; m/i 17 Oct 1861; age 48; Engineer, born in Maryland. Info from W.Va. Adjutant General's records. Born 1809 in Baltimore; died 10 Mar 1895 in Wheeling, per death record. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. Pension applied for Nov 1888; certificate #451560.

PLANTS, GEORGE W., private, Company "I" 8th Penna. Reserve Infantry. [also known as the 37th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment]; m/i 15 July 1861; m/o 24 May 1864. Born 28 Oct 1843; died 24 June 1905. Pension applied for May 1880; certificate #737587; widow #602586. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

PLATT, CHARLES [CHARLES HENRY], private, Company "B" 155th Ohio Infantry. Also served in Company "E" 55 Pa. Mil. Infantry. Born 14 Oct 1842; died 22 Feb 1912. Pension certificate #804837. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book.

POWERS, JOHN T., private, Company "H" 1st West Virginia Light Artillery. Born 1830/34 in Maryland; died 30 Nov 1897. Applied for a pension June 1890; certificate #693973; widow #460954. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book.

PRICHARD or PRITCHARD, JAMES NEWTON, private, Company "A" 6th West Virginia Infantry; age 23; m/i 1 Apr 1862; m/o 5 Apr 1865. Born 10 Apr 1839; died 5 May 1914 at Wheeling. Pension certificate #500831; widow #778157. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO, by Larry Bloomfield.

ROTH, MICHAEL. Born 26 Feb 1820 Germany; died 15 July 1897 at Wheeling. Buried at Mt. Zion per death record. Military service unknown. In Audra Wayne's list of Civil War soldiers buried at Mt. Zion. - See PHOTO, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

RUPP, JOHN, Company "P" 6th W. Va. Infantry. Not listed in Audra Wayne's Mt. Zion book. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

SCHAMBERGER, FRED. Death record shows he was born 1846 in Germany; died 25 or 27 Feb 1877 in Wheeling. Military service unknown. In the 1883 news article that lists veterans buried at Mt. Zion.

SCHAU, LOUIS, private, Company "F" 39th Ohio Infantry; m/i 20 July 1861; m/o 17 Jan 1862; died 15 Apr 1918 at Wheeling, per pension index card. Pension certificate #434321; widow #850446. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

SCHMIDT, CHARLES. In Audra Wayne's list of Civil War vets buried at Mt. Zion. Listed as captain, Company "A" 1st West Virginia Infantry but he is not listed in the records of that regiment. If he was the father of Charles Schmidt, mayor of Wheeling, he is mentioned in this biography, published in 1890. Regarding the father, it says, "he organized the first company of volunteers in Washington, in the spring of 1861, and of this was chosen captain." In 1880 he was till in South Strabane, Washington, Pennsylvania. See BIOGRAPHY OF HIS SON, CHARLES. The son, Charles, died in 1912. Questionable.

SCHOTT, HENRY, Company "C 5th & 6th West Virginia Infantry; 25; m/i 1 June 1861; re-enlisted as a Vet. Vol. 3 Jan 1864. The company m/o 14 June 1864; recruits and veterans transferred to the Sixth West Virginia Cavalry, and Schott was a sergeant in Company "C." Born 1834 Hur Hessen Germany; died 1888. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield. See Company "C" 5th W. Va. Cavalry

SCHULTZE, HENRY, Lieut., Company "C", 5th West Virginia Cavalry. From W.Va. Adjutant General's records: Age 40; m/i 1 June 1861, commissioned Sept. 23, 1862. Glassblower born in Germany. Promoted from 1st Sergeant to 1st Lieutenant order of Sept 23, 1862, to rank Sept 10, 1862. Dismissed Dec 9, 1863, by sentence of G. C. M. - 1890 Ohio County Census of Vets & Widows: Lived at 31-33rd Street, Wheeling, WV. Born 1819; died 6 Dec 1892 per death record. In Audra Wayne's list of Civil War soldiers buried at Mt. Zion; not found in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. See Company "C" 5th W. Va. Cavalry

SCHULTZE, JOHN W., private, Company "B" 1st (West) Virginia Infantry (3 month organization); m/i 11 May 1861; m/o 28 Aug 1861. Born 27 Jan 1836 Belmont County, Ohio; died 31 May 1903 and buried at Mt. Zion per death record. See BIOGRAPHIES - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

SEABRIGHT, FREDERICK, private, Company "H", 6 West Virginia Infantry; m/i 14 Oct 1861; m/o 14 Dec 1865. Born 20 Sep 1820; died 19 Apr 1903. Pension under spelling SEABRECHT; certificate #224436. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. There was also a younger man of this name in the same company. - See PHOTO 1 PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

SEAMON, GEORGE. Born 11 Oct 1842; died 3 Apr 1926. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. In Audra Wayne's list of Civil War soldiers buried at Mt. Zion. Military service unknown.

SEIBERT [SIEBERT], FRANZ, private, Company "B" 1st (West) Virginia (3 month organization May-Aug 1861) & Company "H" 6th West Virginia Infantry; age 36 m/i on 27 Sep 1864 as Vet. Vol. Born 1823; died 8 Dec 1905. Filed for pension Nov 1885; certificate #476014. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

SELICK, ANDREW, private, Company "A" 6th U. S. Cavalry. Initially served in Company "G" 7th West Virginia Infantry [spelled SELIG]; age 19; m/i 18 Nov 1861; left when he enrolled in US Cavalry, per W.Va Adjutant General's records. Born 1841; died 1901. Applied for pension May 1883; certificate #760649; minor #535046. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

SIMMONS, JOSEPH, private, Company "F" 1st West Virginia Infantry; age 19; m/i 29 Oct 1861; discharged for disability. Served in Company "K" 6th West Virginia Infantry, but 1864 Adjutant General's Report gives age as 45. Pension index cards also state he served in Company "E" 11 Ohio Cavalry. Pension applied for Oct 1878; certificate #161413; widow #427843. Listed in Audra Wayne's booklet of Civil War soldiers, with burial at Mt. Zion, but not found in her Mt. Zion Cemetery book.

SMITH, DANIEL, private, Company "H" 3rd West Virginia Infantry, subsequently designated the 6th Cavalry; age 29; m/i 28 June 1861; m/o 16 Aug 1864. Born 1832; died 9 June 1879. Widow's pension (Ann) certificate #313623. This NEWSPAPER ARTICLE describes the death of Daniel Smith. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

SMITH, GEORGE, private, Company "F" 49th Penna. Infantry; m/i 2 June 1864; m/o 15 July 1865. Widow's pension applied for July 1890; certificate #296417; minor #437999. Died 25 Nov 1887. All information per pension index card. Listed in Audra Wayne's booklet of Civil War soldiers, with burial at Mt. Zion, but not found in her Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

SMITH, JAMES D., private, Company "B" 1st (West) Virginia Infantry (3 month organization); m/i 11 May 1861; m/o 28 Aug 1861. Born 1836; died 1 Dec 1907. Filed for pension Dec 1890; certificate #991643. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

SOLDAN, ANDREW, private, Company "D" 1st West Virginia Cavalry; age 22; m/i 1 Oct 1861; m/o 26 Nov 1864 expiration term of service. Born 15 Apr 1840; died 28 July 1926. Pension certificate #342536. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

SPEARS, THOMAS, private, Company "L" 6th West Virginia Infantry; age 33; m/i 14 Oct 1861; m/o 12 Nov 1864. Born 1829; died 10 Jan 1909. Pension certificate #777900; widow #675605. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book.

SPECHT, HENRY, private, Company "H" 6th West Virginia Infantry; age 38; m/i 7 Oct 1861; m/o 1 Dec 1864. Born 1823 Germany; died 8 May 1876. Widow's pension applied for Nov 1887; certificate #242971. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

STEPHENS, BENJAMIN, private, Company "E (and Co. "Y") 61st Penna. Infantry; enlisted 17 July 1863; discharged 28 June 1865. He died 23 Dec 1914 at the National Military Home in Ohio. Pension certificate #156722. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book as buried 24 Dec 1914. According to the 1890 Ohio County Census of Vets & Widows, he sustained 3 wounds in the left leg.

STEPHENS, ALLEN. He is listed in the 1883 newspaper article and he is listed in Audra Wayne's list of Civil War soldiers buried at Mt. Zion. But he is not not listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. There were two men of this name in West Virginia regiments; one in the 6th Cavalry and the other in Carlin's Wheeling Battery "D" 1st West Virginia Light Artillery. It seems likely that the newspaper refers to Allen Ramsey Stephens of Carlin's Battery. He was also in the 3 month organization of the 1st West Virginia Infantry at the outset of the war. He was a POW at Andersonville Prison and was exchanged at the end of the war. Unfortunately, he was one of the 1700 people who died in the explosion of the steamer Sultana on the Mississippi River on 27 April 1865. There is no information about his burial; it is simply known that he was drowned. It is possible that his family brought his remains home for burial, or perhaps the family or other vets put some type of memorial for him at Mt. Zion. This book is out of print but read this: SULTANA DISASTER

STEWART, ISAAC F., Company "A" 102 Penna. Infantry. Also in Company "L" 6th Penna. Heavy Artillery. From the 1890 Ohio County Census of Vets & Widows: Enlisted 27 Aug 1864; discharged 13 Jun 1865; length, 0-9-6. Address: 108-31st Street, Wheeling, WV. Disability Incurred: Rheumatism. Remarks: Discharged on ac't of Rheumatism. - Died 7 July 1892. Pension applied for May 1889; certificate #469238; widow #357773. Listed in Audra Wayne's booklet of Civil War soldiers, with burial at Mt. Zion, but not found in her Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

STRAUTMANN, WILLIAM, private, Company "H" 6th West Virginia Infantry; age 40; m/i 7 Oct 1861; m/o expiration term of service. Widow's pension applied for Aug 1889; certificate #338423. There is a William Strautman listed in the Mt. Zion Cemetery book who was buried in 1886. Identity not confirmed. Listed in Audra Wayne's booklet of Civil War soldiers, with burial at Mt. Zion.

STRIPPEL [or STRIPPLE], JOHN, private, Company "H" 6th West Virginia Infantry; age 45; m/i 7 Oct 1861; m/o expiration term of service. Born 1825; died 15 Nov 1883 [or 1882]. Widow's pension (Sophia) applied for Aug 1891; certificate #330067. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

STROBEL, CHARLES L.[LOUIS], orderly sergeant, Carlin's Wheeling Battery "D" 1st West Virginia Light Artillery; age 30; m/i 20 Aug 1862; m/o 27 June 1865. Originally served in the 3 month 1st (West) Virginia Infantry, May-Aug 1861. Born 1832; died 22 Oct 1885. Widow's pension (Catherine) applied for July 1890; certificate #335045. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book.

STROBEL, ROBERT W., corporal, Company "G" 1st West Virginia Infantry; m/i 30 Oct 1861; m/o 26 Nov 1864. Born 16 Jan 1836; died 19 Dec 1927. Pension certificate #322303. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

SUTTON, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, private, Companies "K" and "A" 7th West Virginia Infantry; age 18; m/i 20 Nov 1861; discharged for disability 30 Dec 1862. Born 27 May 1846; died 31 May 1933. Pension certificate #224028. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book.

SWAUGER, SWANGER, [SWAGER] RICHARD W., private, Company "B" 1st (West) Virginia Infantry (3 month organization); m/i 11 May 1861; m/o Aug 1961. Born 1841. Buried 20 Apr 1888, according to the Mt. Zion Cemetery book. See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

TAPPE, HENRY C.[CHRISTIAN], private, Company "H" 6th West Virginia Infantry; age 20; m/i 7 Oct 1861; m/o expiration term of service. Born 1840; died 6 Aug 1913, per pension index card. Pension certificate #560475. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, PHOTO 3, by Larry Bloomfield.

UHRLAUB, GEORGE. Age 87. Listed in Audra Wayne's booklet of Civil War soldiers, with burial at Mt. Zion. Not listed in the Mt. Zion Cemetery book. No information about military service. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield. His stone is the same one as Michael Roth. Inscriptions on front and back.

VERNON, ABRAHAM, private, Carlin's Wheeling Battery "D" 1st West Virginia Light Artillery; age 25; m/i 20 Aug 1862; m/o 27 June 1865. Born Feb 1832 in Guernsey County, Ohio; occupation cooper. Died Aug 1902. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book.

WAGNER, LOUIS. Named in the 1883 news article listing veterans buried at Mt. Zion.

WEISER [WEISNER], GEORGE, private, Company "H" 6th West Virginia Infantry; age 45; m/i 7 Oct 1861; m/o expiration term of service. Born Germany; died 16 Feb 1878. Widow's pension applied for June 1883; certificate #257337. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book.

WELSH [WELCH], SAMUEL, 8th corporal, Company "H" 15th West Virginia Infantry; age 25; m/i 1 Oct 1862; absent wounded at Wheeling, per 1864 W.Va. Adjutant General's Report. Born 1839; died July 1920. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

WEST, CONRAD, private, Company "F" 3rd West Virginia Cavalry; m/i 13 Feb 1863; m/o 30 June 1865. Born 1834; died 2 Aug 1880. Widow's pension applied for July 1890; certificate #291471. Named in the 1883 news article listing veterans buried at Mt. Zion. Listed in the Mt. Zion Cemetery book. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

WEDEKIN [also WIDEKIN], GEORGE. Named in the 1883 news article listing veterans buried at Mt. Zion. Listed in the Mt. Zion Cemetery book as GEORGE WIDIKIND, buried 12 Dec 1880. Death record gives address as 3518 Wood - Ward 8; born Germany; died 11 Dec 1880, age 36.

WILDPRET, LOUIS C., private, Company "A" 13th N. Y. Cavalry. Enlisted 1 Sep 1864; discharged 30 June 1865. Also served in Company "I" 3rd US Artillery. Born 1847; died 28 Mar 1891 per newspaper death notice and pension index card. Not listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book but listed in Audra Wayne's list of Civil War soldiers, with burial at Mt. Zion. Others of the surname buried there. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

BAER, GEORGE HENRY - Company "H" 17th W. Va. Infantry - Born Apr 10, 1872; died May 2, 1943. A carpenter & boat builder; divorced; lived in Triadelphia District. See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

CALVERT, SIDNEY - Born 12 Nov 1874; died 15 Dec 1951.

COHRT, EDWARD - Inducted 2 May 1898; discharged 19 Jan 1899. Born 11 May 1879; died 16 Jan 1959.

CUNNINGHAM, JESS ERVIN - Born 28 Dec 1870; died 19 Dec 1949.

HALL, JAMES M. - Died 13 Feb 1923.

HINKLEMAN, HENRY D. - Born 1874; died 17 July 1932.

HORN, ADOLF, Company "D" 2 West Virginia Infantry. Born 16 Dec 1874; died 15 Nov 1925. - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, by Larry Bloomfield.

LEWIS, FRANKLIN HARVEY - Born 14 July 1876; died 30 Mar 1952. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

MORROW, H. A. - Born 23 Nov 1875; died 7 Sep 1935.

MOZIER/MOSIER, CHARLES E., private, Company "M" 1st West Virginia Infantry. Born 4 Aug 1868; died 30 June 1908. Listed in Mt. Zion Cemetery book and probably the son of Civil War soldier Anthony Mozier. Probably the Charles Mosier in this list of Spanish-American War soldiers listed here: SPAN-AM WAR - See PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2, PHOTO 3, by Larry Bloomfield.

PRICHARD, HARRY W., Private. Company "M" 1st West Virginia Infantry. Born 2 Oct 1872; died 18 Oct 1936. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

PRENTICE, CLARENCE - Born 1 Aug 1876; died 10 Mar 1941.

RODEHEAVER, GEORGE E. - Born 6 July 1877; died 13 Mar 1923.

ROSE, EDWARD C. - Born 1879; died 1910.

STEINMAN, AUGUST, Private, Company "D" 2nd West Virginia Infantry. Born 5 Apr 1875; died 27 May 1930. - See PHOTO by Larry Bloomfield.

ZIEGLER, JOSEPH - Born 30 Jan 1875; died 29 Mar 1954.

ZEAROTT, GEORGE DAVID, JR. - Coxswain, USNR. Born 13 Oct 1923; died 29 Aug 1959. See PHOTO by Gary Zearott.