JOHN WHITTIER STRATTON John Whittier Stratton was born of Quaker parents in Columbia County, Ohio, on May 10, 1845. His boyhood home was a station on the Underground Railroad. A few years later he joined the Union Army "to free the slaves". He was a cousin of Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War in Lincoln's Cabinet. At the outbreak of the war he enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty third Ohio Infantry, where he served as captain of Company D. At the end of the war, he settled at Conotton, Ohio, residing there until 1900. In May of that year he moved to Creston, Iowa. There for thirty years he served the best interests of his community. As a businessman, active in church and fraternal circles, he -was widely known and highly respected. For many years he was actively interested in the work of the Grand Army of the Republic, with membership in Post No. 440, at Creston. At the Fifty fourth Annual State Encampment held at Cedar Rapids in June, 1928, he was elected Commander of the Iowa Department. In May, 1930, Comrade Stratton attained the advanced age of eighty five years, but the end was near. On December 5th of that year he responded to the final call. Source: The Iowa Department of the Grand Army of the Republic
JOHN WHITTIER STRATTON John Whittier Stratton was born of Quaker parents in Columbia County, Ohio, on May 10, 1845. His boyhood home was a station on the Underground Railroad. A few years later he joined the Union Army "to free the slaves". He was a cousin of Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War in Lincoln's Cabinet. At the outbreak of the war he enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty third Ohio Infantry, where he served as captain of Company D. At the end of the war, he settled at Conotton, Ohio, residing there until 1900. In May of that year he moved to Creston, Iowa. There for thirty years he served the best interests of his community. As a businessman, active in church and fraternal circles, he -was widely known and highly respected. For many years he was actively interested in the work of the Grand Army of the Republic, with membership in Post No. 440, at Creston. At the Fifty fourth Annual State Encampment held at Cedar Rapids in June, 1928, he was elected Commander of the Iowa Department. In May, 1930, Comrade Stratton attained the advanced age of eighty five years, but the end was near. On December 5th of that year he responded to the final call. Source: The Iowa Department of the Grand Army of the Republic
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