Adoniram J. Tisdale was born near Springfield, Ohio, in 1834, December 15, and is the fourth of a family of seven children born to Robert D. and Minerva (Forsythe) Tisdale, natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania, respectively. When young both moved to Ohio, where Mr. Tisdale studied medicine and practiced that profession successfully for about forty years. He remained in Ohio until about 1836, and then moved to Adams County, Ind. While there he served as county judge some time, and also was elected representative of Adams and Jay Counties, but as these duties interfered with his profession, he refused a re-election. The mother of our subject died in Adams County, a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, to which church Mr. Tisdale belongs. The father is now living with his fourth wife, in Madison County, Iowa, where he moved in 1856. He was engaged in farming in Iowa some time, but is now living a retired life.
Adoniram laid the foundation of his education at the village school, and afterward attended Franklin College. He also spent a large portion of his time in his father's apothecary shop, and studied under his guidance. After coming to Iowa with his parents he engaged in farming, but finding that the country needed his services, enlisted in 1861, in Company F, Fourth Iowa Infantry, U.S.A., as private, and from that position became successively corporal, sergeant, second lieutenant and captain. He participated in the battles of Pea Ridge, Vicksburg, Port Gibson, Jackson, Champion's Hill, Baker's Creek, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Taylorsville. He afterward accompanied his regiment on the Atlanta Campaign, and was in the battles of Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Jonesboro, and Griffin's Station, and from there marched on to the sea aad participated in the engagement at Savannah. He also marched through the Carolinas and fought at the battle of Bentonville. During his service of four years and three months, he was in every battle (thirty-six in all) in which his regiment was engaged, and at the battle of Dallas, Ga., received a severe injury, from which he has never recovered, and, on account of which, he now draws a pension. He received his discharge at Davenport, Iowa, in August, 1865.
In 1863 he married Caroline Parker, a native of Coshocton County, O., born in 1842, and a daughter of Rev. Leonard and Mary (Hill) Parker, natives of New York and Vermont, respectively. They moved to Ohio when young, and there were married. The father was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years, and while a resident of Ohio wrote a work on "Baptism" and "Universalism Against Itself." In 1855 he moved to Iowa, and engaged in farming in connection with his ministerial duties. Mrs. Parker was also a Methodist, and the mother of three sons and eleven daughters. After her death Mr. Parker was married to Rachel Peach. In early life he was a Whig, but afterward became a Republican. The union of Mr. Tisdale and Miss Parker has been blessed with four children: Albert M., Nellie F., Robert L. and an infant. In 1865 the family moved to Schuyler County, Mo., where they have since resided. Mr. Tisdale now owns a good farm of 280 acres of land, which he devotes to stock raising and farming.
In politics he has always been a Republican, and cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. He was brought out by his party for circuit clerk of Schuyler County, in 1870, and for State Senator some years later. He belongs to the secret societies of Masonry, A.O.U.W. and G.A.R. Mrs. Tisdale is a member of the Methodist Church.
History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam and Schuyler Counties, Missouri, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co, Pages 1219-1221
(assumed burial at Glenwood)
Adoniram laid the foundation of his education at the village school, and afterward attended Franklin College. He also spent a large portion of his time in his father's apothecary shop, and studied under his guidance. After coming to Iowa with his parents he engaged in farming, but finding that the country needed his services, enlisted in 1861, in Company F, Fourth Iowa Infantry, U.S.A., as private, and from that position became successively corporal, sergeant, second lieutenant and captain. He participated in the battles of Pea Ridge, Vicksburg, Port Gibson, Jackson, Champion's Hill, Baker's Creek, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Taylorsville. He afterward accompanied his regiment on the Atlanta Campaign, and was in the battles of Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Jonesboro, and Griffin's Station, and from there marched on to the sea aad participated in the engagement at Savannah. He also marched through the Carolinas and fought at the battle of Bentonville. During his service of four years and three months, he was in every battle (thirty-six in all) in which his regiment was engaged, and at the battle of Dallas, Ga., received a severe injury, from which he has never recovered, and, on account of which, he now draws a pension. He received his discharge at Davenport, Iowa, in August, 1865.
In 1863 he married Caroline Parker, a native of Coshocton County, O., born in 1842, and a daughter of Rev. Leonard and Mary (Hill) Parker, natives of New York and Vermont, respectively. They moved to Ohio when young, and there were married. The father was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years, and while a resident of Ohio wrote a work on "Baptism" and "Universalism Against Itself." In 1855 he moved to Iowa, and engaged in farming in connection with his ministerial duties. Mrs. Parker was also a Methodist, and the mother of three sons and eleven daughters. After her death Mr. Parker was married to Rachel Peach. In early life he was a Whig, but afterward became a Republican. The union of Mr. Tisdale and Miss Parker has been blessed with four children: Albert M., Nellie F., Robert L. and an infant. In 1865 the family moved to Schuyler County, Mo., where they have since resided. Mr. Tisdale now owns a good farm of 280 acres of land, which he devotes to stock raising and farming.
In politics he has always been a Republican, and cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. He was brought out by his party for circuit clerk of Schuyler County, in 1870, and for State Senator some years later. He belongs to the secret societies of Masonry, A.O.U.W. and G.A.R. Mrs. Tisdale is a member of the Methodist Church.
History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam and Schuyler Counties, Missouri, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co, Pages 1219-1221
(assumed burial at Glenwood)
Adoniram J. Tisdale was born near Springfield, Ohio, in 1834, December 15, and is the fourth of a family of seven children born to Robert D. and Minerva (Forsythe) Tisdale, natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania, respectively. When young both moved to Ohio, where Mr. Tisdale studied medicine and practiced that profession successfully for about forty years. He remained in Ohio until about 1836, and then moved to Adams County, Ind. While there he served as county judge some time, and also was elected representative of Adams and Jay Counties, but as these duties interfered with his profession, he refused a re-election. The mother of our subject died in Adams County, a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, to which church Mr. Tisdale belongs. The father is now living with his fourth wife, in Madison County, Iowa, where he moved in 1856. He was engaged in farming in Iowa some time, but is now living a retired life.
Adoniram laid the foundation of his education at the village school, and afterward attended Franklin College. He also spent a large portion of his time in his father's apothecary shop, and studied under his guidance. After coming to Iowa with his parents he engaged in farming, but finding that the country needed his services, enlisted in 1861, in Company F, Fourth Iowa Infantry, U.S.A., as private, and from that position became successively corporal, sergeant, second lieutenant and captain. He participated in the battles of Pea Ridge, Vicksburg, Port Gibson, Jackson, Champion's Hill, Baker's Creek, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Taylorsville. He afterward accompanied his regiment on the Atlanta Campaign, and was in the battles of Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Jonesboro, and Griffin's Station, and from there marched on to the sea aad participated in the engagement at Savannah. He also marched through the Carolinas and fought at the battle of Bentonville. During his service of four years and three months, he was in every battle (thirty-six in all) in which his regiment was engaged, and at the battle of Dallas, Ga., received a severe injury, from which he has never recovered, and, on account of which, he now draws a pension. He received his discharge at Davenport, Iowa, in August, 1865.
In 1863 he married Caroline Parker, a native of Coshocton County, O., born in 1842, and a daughter of Rev. Leonard and Mary (Hill) Parker, natives of New York and Vermont, respectively. They moved to Ohio when young, and there were married. The father was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years, and while a resident of Ohio wrote a work on "Baptism" and "Universalism Against Itself." In 1855 he moved to Iowa, and engaged in farming in connection with his ministerial duties. Mrs. Parker was also a Methodist, and the mother of three sons and eleven daughters. After her death Mr. Parker was married to Rachel Peach. In early life he was a Whig, but afterward became a Republican. The union of Mr. Tisdale and Miss Parker has been blessed with four children: Albert M., Nellie F., Robert L. and an infant. In 1865 the family moved to Schuyler County, Mo., where they have since resided. Mr. Tisdale now owns a good farm of 280 acres of land, which he devotes to stock raising and farming.
In politics he has always been a Republican, and cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. He was brought out by his party for circuit clerk of Schuyler County, in 1870, and for State Senator some years later. He belongs to the secret societies of Masonry, A.O.U.W. and G.A.R. Mrs. Tisdale is a member of the Methodist Church.
History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam and Schuyler Counties, Missouri, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co, Pages 1219-1221
(assumed burial at Glenwood)
Adoniram laid the foundation of his education at the village school, and afterward attended Franklin College. He also spent a large portion of his time in his father's apothecary shop, and studied under his guidance. After coming to Iowa with his parents he engaged in farming, but finding that the country needed his services, enlisted in 1861, in Company F, Fourth Iowa Infantry, U.S.A., as private, and from that position became successively corporal, sergeant, second lieutenant and captain. He participated in the battles of Pea Ridge, Vicksburg, Port Gibson, Jackson, Champion's Hill, Baker's Creek, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Taylorsville. He afterward accompanied his regiment on the Atlanta Campaign, and was in the battles of Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Jonesboro, and Griffin's Station, and from there marched on to the sea aad participated in the engagement at Savannah. He also marched through the Carolinas and fought at the battle of Bentonville. During his service of four years and three months, he was in every battle (thirty-six in all) in which his regiment was engaged, and at the battle of Dallas, Ga., received a severe injury, from which he has never recovered, and, on account of which, he now draws a pension. He received his discharge at Davenport, Iowa, in August, 1865.
In 1863 he married Caroline Parker, a native of Coshocton County, O., born in 1842, and a daughter of Rev. Leonard and Mary (Hill) Parker, natives of New York and Vermont, respectively. They moved to Ohio when young, and there were married. The father was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years, and while a resident of Ohio wrote a work on "Baptism" and "Universalism Against Itself." In 1855 he moved to Iowa, and engaged in farming in connection with his ministerial duties. Mrs. Parker was also a Methodist, and the mother of three sons and eleven daughters. After her death Mr. Parker was married to Rachel Peach. In early life he was a Whig, but afterward became a Republican. The union of Mr. Tisdale and Miss Parker has been blessed with four children: Albert M., Nellie F., Robert L. and an infant. In 1865 the family moved to Schuyler County, Mo., where they have since resided. Mr. Tisdale now owns a good farm of 280 acres of land, which he devotes to stock raising and farming.
In politics he has always been a Republican, and cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. He was brought out by his party for circuit clerk of Schuyler County, in 1870, and for State Senator some years later. He belongs to the secret societies of Masonry, A.O.U.W. and G.A.R. Mrs. Tisdale is a member of the Methodist Church.
History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam and Schuyler Counties, Missouri, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co, Pages 1219-1221
(assumed burial at Glenwood)
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