CIVIL WAR VETERAN ANSWERS LAST CALL
Jeremiah P. Wilson, Civil War veteran, and one of the well known pioneer citizens of Delaware county, died at his home on the West side Monday evening, July 16, 1918, following an illness which has extended over the greater part of three years.
Funeral services will be held in the Methodist Episcopal church
Thursday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Rev. C. K. Hudson, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, will have charge of the service. Interment will be made in Oakland cemetery.
Mr. Wilson was born in Callensburg, Clarion county, Pennsylvania, where he grew to young manhood, and where on September 2, 1861, he was united in marriage with Miss Catherine Weeter. Fifteen days after his marriage, on September 17th, 1861, he enlisted in Company A. Pennsylvania Volunteers. He participated in many bloody battles, among them being the battle of Fairoaks, Yorktown, Williamsburg, and the Peninsula Campaign. At. Fairoaks he was wounded and was taken prisoner, and was held a prisoner for a time in Libby prison, and later in Andersonville. Under cover of night he would crawl to a stream of water and take care of the wounds he had received in the engagement, and finally escaped from the prison, and joined his regiment again at Suffolk. He was wounded the second time, and taken prisoner. He was reluctant to tell of the horrible experiences he passed through during those terrible days of the rebellion. During the years that he was in the army he gave valiant service, and did his part nobly to preserve the nation. In July, 1865, he was honorably discharged from the army, and in 1867, he came to Delaware county, locating in Manchester, where he found plenty of work as a machinist and engineer. This city has been his home from the time he came west until his death.
He is survived by the wife, of this city, and one son, Sherman Wilson, of Cedar Rapids, and three daughters, Mrs. A. E. Nugent of Cedar Raids; Mrs. J. W. Rabenau, of Tintah, Minnesota; and Mr.s T. A. Coon, of Oelwein. One daughter, Mrs Alice Mead died at her home in Cedar Rapids in April, 1918.
He is also survived by three grand-daughters, Mildred Mead of Cedar Rapids; and one grandson, Lloyd Pelley, now at the front in France. One grandson, Clyde Pelley, lost his life in the sinking of the Tuscana, last spring.
Mr. Wilson was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of this city, and in early life was a member of the I. O . O. F. He was a member of W. A. Morse post, G A. R., the members of which organization will attend the funeral services in a body on Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Wilson was the youngest of a family of ten children all of whom preceded him in death. He was a kindly natured and likable man, and was devoted to his family and true to his friends. His death brings deep sorrow to the wife and children, and sincere sympathy is felt for them in their hour of affliction.
Manchester Democrat - Manchester, Iowa - July 17, 1918
Information provided by FAG Contributor: Barb W. (47902039)
Jeremiah P. Wilson, Civil War veteran, and one of the well known pioneer citizens of Delaware county, died at his home on the West side Monday evening, July 16, 1918, following an illness which has extended over the greater part of three years.
Funeral services will be held in the Methodist Episcopal church
Thursday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Rev. C. K. Hudson, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, will have charge of the service. Interment will be made in Oakland cemetery.
Mr. Wilson was born in Callensburg, Clarion county, Pennsylvania, where he grew to young manhood, and where on September 2, 1861, he was united in marriage with Miss Catherine Weeter. Fifteen days after his marriage, on September 17th, 1861, he enlisted in Company A. Pennsylvania Volunteers. He participated in many bloody battles, among them being the battle of Fairoaks, Yorktown, Williamsburg, and the Peninsula Campaign. At. Fairoaks he was wounded and was taken prisoner, and was held a prisoner for a time in Libby prison, and later in Andersonville. Under cover of night he would crawl to a stream of water and take care of the wounds he had received in the engagement, and finally escaped from the prison, and joined his regiment again at Suffolk. He was wounded the second time, and taken prisoner. He was reluctant to tell of the horrible experiences he passed through during those terrible days of the rebellion. During the years that he was in the army he gave valiant service, and did his part nobly to preserve the nation. In July, 1865, he was honorably discharged from the army, and in 1867, he came to Delaware county, locating in Manchester, where he found plenty of work as a machinist and engineer. This city has been his home from the time he came west until his death.
He is survived by the wife, of this city, and one son, Sherman Wilson, of Cedar Rapids, and three daughters, Mrs. A. E. Nugent of Cedar Raids; Mrs. J. W. Rabenau, of Tintah, Minnesota; and Mr.s T. A. Coon, of Oelwein. One daughter, Mrs Alice Mead died at her home in Cedar Rapids in April, 1918.
He is also survived by three grand-daughters, Mildred Mead of Cedar Rapids; and one grandson, Lloyd Pelley, now at the front in France. One grandson, Clyde Pelley, lost his life in the sinking of the Tuscana, last spring.
Mr. Wilson was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of this city, and in early life was a member of the I. O . O. F. He was a member of W. A. Morse post, G A. R., the members of which organization will attend the funeral services in a body on Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Wilson was the youngest of a family of ten children all of whom preceded him in death. He was a kindly natured and likable man, and was devoted to his family and true to his friends. His death brings deep sorrow to the wife and children, and sincere sympathy is felt for them in their hour of affliction.
Manchester Democrat - Manchester, Iowa - July 17, 1918
Information provided by FAG Contributor: Barb W. (47902039)
CIVIL WAR VETERAN ANSWERS LAST CALL
Jeremiah P. Wilson, Civil War veteran, and one of the well known pioneer citizens of Delaware county, died at his home on the West side Monday evening, July 16, 1918, following an illness which has extended over the greater part of three years.
Funeral services will be held in the Methodist Episcopal church
Thursday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Rev. C. K. Hudson, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, will have charge of the service. Interment will be made in Oakland cemetery.
Mr. Wilson was born in Callensburg, Clarion county, Pennsylvania, where he grew to young manhood, and where on September 2, 1861, he was united in marriage with Miss Catherine Weeter. Fifteen days after his marriage, on September 17th, 1861, he enlisted in Company A. Pennsylvania Volunteers. He participated in many bloody battles, among them being the battle of Fairoaks, Yorktown, Williamsburg, and the Peninsula Campaign. At. Fairoaks he was wounded and was taken prisoner, and was held a prisoner for a time in Libby prison, and later in Andersonville. Under cover of night he would crawl to a stream of water and take care of the wounds he had received in the engagement, and finally escaped from the prison, and joined his regiment again at Suffolk. He was wounded the second time, and taken prisoner. He was reluctant to tell of the horrible experiences he passed through during those terrible days of the rebellion. During the years that he was in the army he gave valiant service, and did his part nobly to preserve the nation. In July, 1865, he was honorably discharged from the army, and in 1867, he came to Delaware county, locating in Manchester, where he found plenty of work as a machinist and engineer. This city has been his home from the time he came west until his death.
He is survived by the wife, of this city, and one son, Sherman Wilson, of Cedar Rapids, and three daughters, Mrs. A. E. Nugent of Cedar Raids; Mrs. J. W. Rabenau, of Tintah, Minnesota; and Mr.s T. A. Coon, of Oelwein. One daughter, Mrs Alice Mead died at her home in Cedar Rapids in April, 1918.
He is also survived by three grand-daughters, Mildred Mead of Cedar Rapids; and one grandson, Lloyd Pelley, now at the front in France. One grandson, Clyde Pelley, lost his life in the sinking of the Tuscana, last spring.
Mr. Wilson was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of this city, and in early life was a member of the I. O . O. F. He was a member of W. A. Morse post, G A. R., the members of which organization will attend the funeral services in a body on Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Wilson was the youngest of a family of ten children all of whom preceded him in death. He was a kindly natured and likable man, and was devoted to his family and true to his friends. His death brings deep sorrow to the wife and children, and sincere sympathy is felt for them in their hour of affliction.
Manchester Democrat - Manchester, Iowa - July 17, 1918
Information provided by FAG Contributor: Barb W. (47902039)
Jeremiah P. Wilson, Civil War veteran, and one of the well known pioneer citizens of Delaware county, died at his home on the West side Monday evening, July 16, 1918, following an illness which has extended over the greater part of three years.
Funeral services will be held in the Methodist Episcopal church
Thursday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Rev. C. K. Hudson, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, will have charge of the service. Interment will be made in Oakland cemetery.
Mr. Wilson was born in Callensburg, Clarion county, Pennsylvania, where he grew to young manhood, and where on September 2, 1861, he was united in marriage with Miss Catherine Weeter. Fifteen days after his marriage, on September 17th, 1861, he enlisted in Company A. Pennsylvania Volunteers. He participated in many bloody battles, among them being the battle of Fairoaks, Yorktown, Williamsburg, and the Peninsula Campaign. At. Fairoaks he was wounded and was taken prisoner, and was held a prisoner for a time in Libby prison, and later in Andersonville. Under cover of night he would crawl to a stream of water and take care of the wounds he had received in the engagement, and finally escaped from the prison, and joined his regiment again at Suffolk. He was wounded the second time, and taken prisoner. He was reluctant to tell of the horrible experiences he passed through during those terrible days of the rebellion. During the years that he was in the army he gave valiant service, and did his part nobly to preserve the nation. In July, 1865, he was honorably discharged from the army, and in 1867, he came to Delaware county, locating in Manchester, where he found plenty of work as a machinist and engineer. This city has been his home from the time he came west until his death.
He is survived by the wife, of this city, and one son, Sherman Wilson, of Cedar Rapids, and three daughters, Mrs. A. E. Nugent of Cedar Raids; Mrs. J. W. Rabenau, of Tintah, Minnesota; and Mr.s T. A. Coon, of Oelwein. One daughter, Mrs Alice Mead died at her home in Cedar Rapids in April, 1918.
He is also survived by three grand-daughters, Mildred Mead of Cedar Rapids; and one grandson, Lloyd Pelley, now at the front in France. One grandson, Clyde Pelley, lost his life in the sinking of the Tuscana, last spring.
Mr. Wilson was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of this city, and in early life was a member of the I. O . O. F. He was a member of W. A. Morse post, G A. R., the members of which organization will attend the funeral services in a body on Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Wilson was the youngest of a family of ten children all of whom preceded him in death. He was a kindly natured and likable man, and was devoted to his family and true to his friends. His death brings deep sorrow to the wife and children, and sincere sympathy is felt for them in their hour of affliction.
Manchester Democrat - Manchester, Iowa - July 17, 1918
Information provided by FAG Contributor: Barb W. (47902039)
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