The Dayton Review
Thursday, Feb. 27, 1919

A Veteran Passes

The passing of Charles Lindquist, as noted in our last issue, takes away from our midst another of the aged veterans of the Civil War. He was born in Mellby parish, Sweden, November 5, 1883,* and passed away at his home in Dayton, February 18, 1919, at the ripe age of 85 years, 3 months and 12 days.

He grew to manhood in the land of his birth, and emigrated to this country in the spring of 1859, settling first at Andover, Ill., where he united with the Swedish Lutheran Church, August 21, 1859. On August 22, 1861, he enlisted in Co. C, 42nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and at the expiration of his enlistment, he reenlisted January 1, 1864, as a veteran in the same company, was promoted to corporal, and honorably discharged at Camp Butler, January 12, 1866.

He participated in the battles of New Madrid, Mo., Island No. 10, Siege of Cronith, Farmington, Columbia, Tenn., Stone River, Tenn., Chickamauga, Ga., Mission Ridge, Tenn., Rock Face Ridge, Ga., Recaca, Adairsville, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Siege of Atlanta, Jonesboro, Lovely, Ga., Spring Hill, Franklin, Nashville, and minor battles.

He was wounded three different times during the war; at Farmington by a gunshot wound in both legs, May 9, 1862, and confined in the regimental hospital there for some time; at Stone River by a gunshot in the thigh; and at Recaca, where he was wounded in the breast by a shell, breaking two bones. At Stone River he was also captured and confined in Libby prison thirty one days, receiving his parole February 10, 1863. He had also been confined in the hospital at St. Louis in November, 1861, on account of fever.

His army service extended over five and a half years, and he was always interesting in the annual campfires with happy descriptions of the varied experiences he had endured in his long and active participation in the great civil conflict.

After his discharge from the service, he returned to Andover, where he married on February 14, 1866, to Mary S. Johnson, who died March 16, 1872, after a happy married life of six years. He was again married to Josephine Frances, who died February 11, 1877.

He was the father of seven children, four sons and a daughter by his first marriage, and two daughters by his second marriage. One son, August, preceded him in death April 19, 1916. The others, Jonas A. Lindquist of Gowrie; Mary Lindquist of this place; C. E. Lindquist, G. L. Lindquist, Clerk of Webster County, and Sara Lindquist, all of Fort Dodge, and Mrs. O. A. Christopherson of Knierim, survive with eleven grandchildren, a great grandchild, two brothers and two sisters to mourn his passing.

In 1893, he came to Dayton where he has since lived. For many years he has been secretary of the Scandinavian Insurance Company. His funeral was held last Friday afternoon from the Lutheran Church, his pastor, Rev. Jessup, conducting the services, assisted by Rev. Lundholm of Gowrie, who spoke in English, and his remains were laid to rest in Dayton cemetery. An escort of returned soldier boys accompanied his remains, six of them acting as pallbearers. A host of lifelong friends of the family tender sympathy in their sorrow. He lived a long and active life, and his community has been blessed by the life he lived among us.

* Swedish church records for Mellby parish record Carl Jonasson Lindquist's birth as Nov. 16, 1833 with baptism the following day on Nov. 17, 1833.