One of the purest and best young men that ever enlisted to defend the flag of his country, a son of one of the early settlers of Polk County, and brother-in-law of Dr. W. H. Ward, of this city, he enlisted under Captain H. H. Griffiths, in Company E. 4th Iowa Infantry, July 15, 1861, and was discharged September 14, 1863, at Black River, Moss., for disability.
Robert S. Yount was born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, April 16, 1843; he came to [Polk] county in 1849. When the war began he was making his home with Dr. Ward, who then lived in Carlisle, Warren county. Dr. Ward, shortly after the beginning of the war, moved to Des Moines, and when Robert returned , made his home with his brother-in-law in this city, and at his death was buried in the cemetery here. His death occurred Sept.29, 1864.
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Robert S. Yount was born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, April 16, 1843; he came to [Polk] county in 1849. When the war began he was making his home with Dr. Ward, who then lived in Carlisle, Warren county. Dr. Ward, shortly after the beginning of the war, moved to Des Moines, and when Robert returned , made his home with his brother-in-law in this city, and at his death was buried in the cemetery here. His death occurred Sept.29, 1864.
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One of the purest and best young men that ever enlisted to defend the flag of his country, a son of one of the early settlers of Polk County, and brother-in-law of Dr. W. H. Ward, of this city, he enlisted under Captain H. H. Griffiths, in Company E. 4th Iowa Infantry, July 15, 1861, and was discharged September 14, 1863, at Black River, Moss., for disability.
Robert S. Yount was born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, April 16, 1843; he came to [Polk] county in 1849. When the war began he was making his home with Dr. Ward, who then lived in Carlisle, Warren county. Dr. Ward, shortly after the beginning of the war, moved to Des Moines, and when Robert returned , made his home with his brother-in-law in this city, and at his death was buried in the cemetery here. His death occurred Sept.29, 1864.
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Robert S. Yount was born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, April 16, 1843; he came to [Polk] county in 1849. When the war began he was making his home with Dr. Ward, who then lived in Carlisle, Warren county. Dr. Ward, shortly after the beginning of the war, moved to Des Moines, and when Robert returned , made his home with his brother-in-law in this city, and at his death was buried in the cemetery here. His death occurred Sept.29, 1864.
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Co. E 4th Ia. Civil War
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