The small item with 3 chain links and letter "F-L-T" is A symbol of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a fraternal organization. Stands for Friendship, Love, and Truth.
Click on images for best views.
*Tim Francisco Jr.; Vice President N.F. Bates Camp 64 in Iowa surveyed this cemetery January of 2007. He described the cemetery as almost forgotten. Thanks Tim for the picture of Hiram's stone.
Son of Burr W. McKim & Catherine Wines; born Cambridge, Ohio; husband of Sarah Jane Kays; died at Eddyville Wapello County Iowa.
CIVIL WAR VET {names is spelled Hiram McKine in records}
Enlisted as Private Sep. 6, 1861; aged 18.
Enlisted CO B 15th In. Reg. Ohio; Sep. 6, 1861.
Promoted to Full Corporal Dec. 28, 1864.
Mustered out CO B 15th Inf. Reg. Nov. 21, 1865.
*Source American Civil War Soldiers; Provo, Utah.
Pension was filed for in Iowa Sep. 1, 1889; wife Sarah filed Mar. 18, 1911.
Hiram McKim Civil War Records
MCKIM, KAYS
Posted By: Mary Ellen "IRISH EYES ARE SMILING"
Date: 2/11/2007 at 10:32:50
Hiram McKim and two of his brothers, John & Martin, served together in Company B., 15th Ohio Infantry.
Organized for three months service, May 4th, 1861, it served in West Virginia and was discharged August 1st. The regiment was reorganized for three years service near Mansfield in September, by Colonel Moses R. Dickey, and joined General Buell in Kentucky. It partisipated at the battle of Shiloh and the siege of Corinth, and was with Rosecrans at Stone River and Chickamauga. The 15th, re-enlisted as veterans, and on the 10th of February 1864, returned to the field and participated in all of Sherman's battles in the Atlanta campaign.It moved with Thomas to Nashville and took part in those brilliant victories and then marched to East Tennessee. At the close of the war the regiment was ordered to Texas and performed arduous duties in that remote quarter until November, when it returned to Columbus Ohio and mustered out December 27th, 1865.
Hiram was born Aug. 15, 1844 at Cambridge, Ohio and died March 4, 1910 at Eddyville, Wapello county Iowa. He is buried at Highland Cemetery of Eddyville Mahaska county Iowa. {Old Eddyville Cemetery} His wife Sarah Jane Kays is also buried in the same cemetery.
Click on images for best views.
*Tim Francisco Jr.; Vice President N.F. Bates Camp 64 in Iowa surveyed this cemetery January of 2007. He described the cemetery as almost forgotten. Thanks Tim for the picture of Hiram's stone.
Son of Burr W. McKim & Catherine Wines; born Cambridge, Ohio; husband of Sarah Jane Kays; died at Eddyville Wapello County Iowa.
CIVIL WAR VET {names is spelled Hiram McKine in records}
Enlisted as Private Sep. 6, 1861; aged 18.
Enlisted CO B 15th In. Reg. Ohio; Sep. 6, 1861.
Promoted to Full Corporal Dec. 28, 1864.
Mustered out CO B 15th Inf. Reg. Nov. 21, 1865.
*Source American Civil War Soldiers; Provo, Utah.
Pension was filed for in Iowa Sep. 1, 1889; wife Sarah filed Mar. 18, 1911.
Hiram McKim Civil War Records
MCKIM, KAYS
Posted By: Mary Ellen "IRISH EYES ARE SMILING"
Date: 2/11/2007 at 10:32:50
Hiram McKim and two of his brothers, John & Martin, served together in Company B., 15th Ohio Infantry.
Organized for three months service, May 4th, 1861, it served in West Virginia and was discharged August 1st. The regiment was reorganized for three years service near Mansfield in September, by Colonel Moses R. Dickey, and joined General Buell in Kentucky. It partisipated at the battle of Shiloh and the siege of Corinth, and was with Rosecrans at Stone River and Chickamauga. The 15th, re-enlisted as veterans, and on the 10th of February 1864, returned to the field and participated in all of Sherman's battles in the Atlanta campaign.It moved with Thomas to Nashville and took part in those brilliant victories and then marched to East Tennessee. At the close of the war the regiment was ordered to Texas and performed arduous duties in that remote quarter until November, when it returned to Columbus Ohio and mustered out December 27th, 1865.
Hiram was born Aug. 15, 1844 at Cambridge, Ohio and died March 4, 1910 at Eddyville, Wapello county Iowa. He is buried at Highland Cemetery of Eddyville Mahaska county Iowa. {Old Eddyville Cemetery} His wife Sarah Jane Kays is also buried in the same cemetery.
The small item with 3 chain links and letter "F-L-T" is A symbol of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a fraternal organization. Stands for Friendship, Love, and Truth.
Click on images for best views.
*Tim Francisco Jr.; Vice President N.F. Bates Camp 64 in Iowa surveyed this cemetery January of 2007. He described the cemetery as almost forgotten. Thanks Tim for the picture of Hiram's stone.
Son of Burr W. McKim & Catherine Wines; born Cambridge, Ohio; husband of Sarah Jane Kays; died at Eddyville Wapello County Iowa.
CIVIL WAR VET {names is spelled Hiram McKine in records}
Enlisted as Private Sep. 6, 1861; aged 18.
Enlisted CO B 15th In. Reg. Ohio; Sep. 6, 1861.
Promoted to Full Corporal Dec. 28, 1864.
Mustered out CO B 15th Inf. Reg. Nov. 21, 1865.
*Source American Civil War Soldiers; Provo, Utah.
Pension was filed for in Iowa Sep. 1, 1889; wife Sarah filed Mar. 18, 1911.
Hiram McKim Civil War Records
MCKIM, KAYS
Posted By: Mary Ellen "IRISH EYES ARE SMILING"
Date: 2/11/2007 at 10:32:50
Hiram McKim and two of his brothers, John & Martin, served together in Company B., 15th Ohio Infantry.
Organized for three months service, May 4th, 1861, it served in West Virginia and was discharged August 1st. The regiment was reorganized for three years service near Mansfield in September, by Colonel Moses R. Dickey, and joined General Buell in Kentucky. It partisipated at the battle of Shiloh and the siege of Corinth, and was with Rosecrans at Stone River and Chickamauga. The 15th, re-enlisted as veterans, and on the 10th of February 1864, returned to the field and participated in all of Sherman's battles in the Atlanta campaign.It moved with Thomas to Nashville and took part in those brilliant victories and then marched to East Tennessee. At the close of the war the regiment was ordered to Texas and performed arduous duties in that remote quarter until November, when it returned to Columbus Ohio and mustered out December 27th, 1865.
Hiram was born Aug. 15, 1844 at Cambridge, Ohio and died March 4, 1910 at Eddyville, Wapello county Iowa. He is buried at Highland Cemetery of Eddyville Mahaska county Iowa. {Old Eddyville Cemetery} His wife Sarah Jane Kays is also buried in the same cemetery.
Click on images for best views.
*Tim Francisco Jr.; Vice President N.F. Bates Camp 64 in Iowa surveyed this cemetery January of 2007. He described the cemetery as almost forgotten. Thanks Tim for the picture of Hiram's stone.
Son of Burr W. McKim & Catherine Wines; born Cambridge, Ohio; husband of Sarah Jane Kays; died at Eddyville Wapello County Iowa.
CIVIL WAR VET {names is spelled Hiram McKine in records}
Enlisted as Private Sep. 6, 1861; aged 18.
Enlisted CO B 15th In. Reg. Ohio; Sep. 6, 1861.
Promoted to Full Corporal Dec. 28, 1864.
Mustered out CO B 15th Inf. Reg. Nov. 21, 1865.
*Source American Civil War Soldiers; Provo, Utah.
Pension was filed for in Iowa Sep. 1, 1889; wife Sarah filed Mar. 18, 1911.
Hiram McKim Civil War Records
MCKIM, KAYS
Posted By: Mary Ellen "IRISH EYES ARE SMILING"
Date: 2/11/2007 at 10:32:50
Hiram McKim and two of his brothers, John & Martin, served together in Company B., 15th Ohio Infantry.
Organized for three months service, May 4th, 1861, it served in West Virginia and was discharged August 1st. The regiment was reorganized for three years service near Mansfield in September, by Colonel Moses R. Dickey, and joined General Buell in Kentucky. It partisipated at the battle of Shiloh and the siege of Corinth, and was with Rosecrans at Stone River and Chickamauga. The 15th, re-enlisted as veterans, and on the 10th of February 1864, returned to the field and participated in all of Sherman's battles in the Atlanta campaign.It moved with Thomas to Nashville and took part in those brilliant victories and then marched to East Tennessee. At the close of the war the regiment was ordered to Texas and performed arduous duties in that remote quarter until November, when it returned to Columbus Ohio and mustered out December 27th, 1865.
Hiram was born Aug. 15, 1844 at Cambridge, Ohio and died March 4, 1910 at Eddyville, Wapello county Iowa. He is buried at Highland Cemetery of Eddyville Mahaska county Iowa. {Old Eddyville Cemetery} His wife Sarah Jane Kays is also buried in the same cemetery.
