Military - Civil War

Veterans Buried in Idaho

ANDERSON, PETER -- a Civil War veteran, Corpl Co F, 10th KAN. INF buried Hillcrest Cemetery, Arco, Idaho [Butte County]

ANDERSON, RUFUS -- buried in the Council cemetery, was a farrier and wagoner, Civil War, D Company, 2nd Nebraska cavalry. [Adams County]

ASH, SOLOMON -- a Civil War veteran, b. 12/6/1825 in Wooster, Ohio, private in E Company 99th Infantry Regiment of Indiana, d. 11/18/1909 in Caldwell, Idaho, buried Canyon Hill Cemetery [Canyon County]

BARR, William -- a Civil War veteran, Wagoner Co. H 25th IA Infantry, 23 Jan 1833 - 29 Sep 1914, Morris Hill Cemetery – Boise [Ada County]

BARTON, JOSEPH MILLER -- a Civil War veteran, Co. G unit, 4 Calvary division from Illinois, buried St. Anthony, ID [Fremont County]

BOARDMAN THOMAS G. -- a Civil War veteran, CO D, 48 MASS. INF buried in the Mt. Home Cemetery [Elmore County]

BOWES, JOHN -- a Civil War veteran, U.S. Navy, buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho [Bannock County]

BRINSON, DAVID -- a Civil War veteran, Corporal, Co D, 1st Colorado Cavalry, buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho [Bannock County]

BROADSWORD, ISRAEL ADAM -- a Civil War veteran, who was the last civil war veteran in the pacific northwest when he passed away in 1952 in Spokane Veterans Hospital at the age of 105 years old is buried in Sandpoint, Idaho. He served with 51st Missouri volunteers during the civil war. [Bonner County]

BURNET, Edward Gourveneur -- a Civil War veteran, privater Co. K 40th Iowa Infantry; born: 7 Apr 1846, died: 7 Feb 1933; enlisted: 15 Aug 1862, discharged: 2 Aug 1865 [Ada County]

CHAMBERS, JOSEPH -- a Civil War veteran, Whitmore's Co., 1st Utah Mil buried in the Ashton City Cemetery, Ashton Idaho [Fremont County]

CLOONAN, JAMES -- a Civil War veteran, Corporal, Co G, 1st Michigan Light Artillery, buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho [Bannock County]

COLLIER, JAMES ERVIN -- a Civil War veteran, Co I, 28th ILL Inf., born Aug 1824, Kentucky, died 9 April 1919; Idaho wife Mary Alice (Collier) b. Sep 1847, Iowa d. 15 Dec 1926, Idaho buried in the Small Cemetery. [Clark County]

COOK, LEWIS FRANKLIN -- a Civil War veteran, born 9-16-1834. Resident of TX when he served as a Confederate Capt. Well's Regt. Company B, Texas Calvary (Dismounted) 4-1865. Took his family to ID 1869. Settled in the Caldwell area. Donated the land for Marble Front School in Canyon Co. Died 1-12-1919 in Caldwell ID. [Canyon County]

DEAN, JOSEPH -- a Civil War veteran, CORPL. , CO F, 15 ILL. INF buried in the Mt. Home Cemetery [Elmore County]

DODGE, DAVID -- a Civil War veteran, b. 29 May 1848 d. 27 Apr 1926 [family headstone says was civil war vet but no unit listed] buried in the Mt. Home Cemetery [Elmore County]

DONALDSON, REBEN -- a Civil War veteran, Co E., 105th ILL. Inf. buried in the Ashton City Cemetery, Ashton Idaho [Fremont County]

ESCHER, JOSEPH A. -- a Civil War veteran, Private, Co K, 13th Iowa Infantry, buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho [Bannock County]

ESCHER, WILLIAM L. -- a Civil War veteran, Co. D, 2nd U.S. Infantry, buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho [Bannock County]

FALLERT, MICHEL -- a Civil War veteran, Co. A, 112 ILL. INF buried in the Howe Cemetery [Butte County]

FRIEND, Samuel -- a Civil War veteran, private Co. K 28th Iowa Infantry; born: 26 Mar 1843 - Huntington Co., Indiana, died: 30 Mar 1913 - Boise, Idaho (in Old Soldier's Home); buried: Ft. Boise Military Reserve Cemetery; parents: Nicholas and Naomi Jane (Ervin) Friend; siblings: John (Civil War veteran), James Clarke (Civil War veteran), William M., Mrs. Mary Jane Davis and Mrs. Rebecca Elizabeth Francis; lived in Iowa, Missouri, Wyoming, Nevada and Idaho; a miner, superintent, and manager in the Wood River Valley mining district; a resident of Blaine/Alturas county; never married. [Ada County]

Biography of Samuel Friend

SAMUEL FRIEND. Born and reared on the frontier, and as soon as he reached a proper age enlisting in the service of his country in defense of the Union, seeing arduous and exacting field and siege work during the gigantic struggle between the sections and still bearing the marks of its burdens, and since that war living at the very edge of civilization in the Northwest.

Samuel Friend of Hailey, Idaho has had a varied and interesting experience of the strenuous American life, and has vigorously embraced his opportunities for assisting in defending, developing and improving his native land in many phases of her trials and needs. His life began in Huntington county, Ind., on March 26, 1843, when the conditions of that section were still primitive and unsettled. His parents were Nicholas and Naomi (Ervin) Friend, natives, respectively, of Ohio and Maryland, and early settlers in the state of his birth. In 1851, when he was but eight years old, they moved to Muscatine, Iowa, and in the following spring started for California, but his father meeting with an accident in being thrown from a horse, the family was obliged to halt at the site of the present city of Omaha, where they were among the first to take up land and engage in farming. Their general health being poor in that neighborhood, they moved to Friend's Grove, Iowa and six months later to Newton, in that state, in order to secure proper medical treatment for the father, but he died there in 1857. The mother survived him nineteen years, when she too passed away. They were of German ancestry** (see annotation below) and thrifty people, who built comfortable homes for themselves at whatever point they settled. There were seven children in the family, five boys and two girls, six of whom acquired a common-school education, the seventh having died at an early age.

In July 1862, Samuel enlisted in the Union army in Captain Myers' company, afterward known as Company K, Twenty-eighth Iowa Infantry, he being then nineteen years of age. Not long after being ordered to the front he was taken prisoner at Helena, Ark., and was held in captivity six weeks. After his exchange he joined his regiment on the Vicksburg expedition, and witnessed the bombardment of that city by the gunboat in the river. He also took part in several of the noted engagement in that part of the South, among them the battles of Port Gibson, Champion Hill, Jackson, Natchez, New Orleans and others. His command was the Second Brigade, Second Division, Thirteenth Army Corps, and saw active service at Vicksburg and in all the contests incident to that campaign. After the surrender of Vicksburg they were ordered to Jackson where, after skirmishes and attacks lasting many days, the Confederates found a gap through which they were able to retreat, and Mr. Friend was one of the first of the Federal troops to enter the city just as the rear guard of the enemy was making its way across Pearl River bridge. He was instrumental in stopping the burning of the city. Some time was then passed at the different cities along the Mississippi River, and he was sent up the Bayou Tasche to aid in shipping sugar to the army in New Orleans. he returned to that city and spent the winter, and in the ensuing spring was sent with his regiment to the Red River country where he took part in the battle of Sabine Cross Roads under General Ransom, and later in that of Pleasant Hill and the numerous skirmishes occurring until General Banks reached the Mississippi. He then returned to New Orleans and from there was sent to Washington by steamer. For four days they were stuck on the bar at the mouth of the Mississippi, and at the end of that time were out of fresh water. Soon after, by the aid of eight tug boats, they were able to move, and continued their voyage to the Capital City. Mr. Friend remained at Washington three weeks and at the end of that period joined Sheridan's forces across the Shenandoah River and helped to fight the battles of Halltown Heights and Winchester. At the latter he was wounded in the leg, after which he was sent to Harper's Ferry and from there to Philadelphia, and finally to his own state of Iowa, where he was discharged from the service on account of disability caused from gunshot wounds which made him a cripple for many years.

Sometime after the war he determined to try his fortune in the new county of the great Northwest, and came to Rawlins, Wyo., but even here he was not allowed to work or dwell in peace. He was attacked by Indians, by whom the stock was run off and many of the party were wounded, he having barely escaped with his life on this and other occasions during the years spent on the plains. From there he followed along the line of the Union Pacific Railroad, contracting in construction work on the line until its completion. After that he engaged in mining and prospecting in Nevada and Utah for a number of years, and in 1879 came to the Wood River country and renewed his mining and prospecting industries, which he has continued ever since. He was one of the first locators of mines in the Wood River and Smoky districts and is still interested in them. His principal occupation for many years has been leasing and bonding mines; also superintendent and manager, and in this line he has been very successful.

In politics Mr. Friend is a Republican, and in fraternal relations he belongs to the Masonic order and the Grand Army of the Republic, in the latter being commander of E. D. Baker Post, No. 6. Throughout the section of his residence and the mining districts of Idaho he is one of the best known and most highly respected citizens.

Submitted By Matthew D. Friend
July 25, 2011, Monday

Annotations

The German Ancestry in which the author mentioned has been proven that Samuel's mother Naomi Jane Ervin is descendant of James Ervine, a Revolutionary War veteran of Irish ancestry. Then to his father, Nicholas Friend is descendant from the Nils Larsson Frande, one of the original settlers of the Delaware River Valley in the mid-seventeenth century, who was of Swedish ancestry. It has been told that this Nils Larsson Frande had been known as Nicholas Friend. A fabricated tale was told in the past that this Nicholas Friend was of English origin but had been debunked.

Citations

Bowen, A. W. "Samuel Friend," Progressive Men of Southern Idaho (Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co., 1904): 726-727.

FULLER, WILLIAM M. -- a Civil War veteran, CO B, 152 IND. INF buried in the Mt. Home Cemetery [Elmore County]

GUSLER, V. H. -- a Civil War veteran, Sargent, Co. M, 1st U.S. Cavalry, buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho [Bannock County]

HAMILL, SAMUEL B. -- a Civil War veteran, Company I, 12th ILL Cavalry , birth 7 May 1840 - death 28 Dec 1907., buried Spencer Cemetery [Clark County]

HARDWICK, JOHN H. -- a Civil War veteran, Private, 21st Illinois Infantry, [wife = Azubah D. b. 5 Nov 1850 - d. 29 June 1934], buried in the Downey, Idaho [Bannock County]

HARKNESS, HENRY ORVILLE -- a Civil War veteran, 1st Sergeant, Co. K, 45th Illinois Infantry. 28 May 1834 (Norwalk, Huron, Ohio) - 5 Apr 1911, buried McCammon, Idaho [Bannock County]

HARRIS, WILSON -- a Civil War veteran, Co. A, Hatch's Minnesota Cavalry, buried Riverside Cemetery, St. Anthony, Idaho [Fremont County]

HARRITT, John Doan -- a Civil War veteran, Private Co. D 64th Illinois Infantry; born: 25 Dec 1846, died: 25 Dec 1914; buried: Morris Hill Cemetery - Boise, Idaho; enlisted: age 17 at Ottawa, La Salle, illinois, father gave permission for him to enlist. [Ada County]

HEATH, ALBERT HENRY -- a Civil War veteran, Sergeant, Co. A, 8th Minnesota Infantry, Born March 10, 1824, Brownville, Maine, Died December 6, 1912, Orofino, Idaho., Buried in Hill Cemetery, Orofino, Clearwater County, Idaho. [Clearwater County]

HERMAN, ANDREW -- a Civil War veteran, served Company K, 47th Illinois infantry. Died 8 Aug 1907 in Nampa Canyon County, Idaho. Buried Kohlerlawn Cemetery, Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho [Canyon County]

HILT, John T. – a Civil War veteran, Private Co. G 4th IA Calvary, 27 Mar 1842 - Mar 1920, Morris Hill Cemetery – Boise

HONESS, JAMES -- a Civil War veteran, Co I , 24 th Iowa Inf. born 10 Jun 1830 - Died 29 March 1909, buried Ashton City Cemetery, Ashton Idaho [Fremont County]

IRELAND, FLETCHER -- a Civil War veteran, Co. F, 4th MD. INF buried in the Howe Cemetery [Butte County]

IVERS, Thomas Heartly -- a Civil War veteran, Private Co. G 7th IA CAV, 26 Jan 1845 - 1 Mar 1919, Morris Hill Cemetery – Boise [Ada County]

JIMERSON, JOSEPH W. -- a Civil War veteran, served as a private in Co. H, 111th Regiment of the Illinois Volunteers, died in Canyon Co., ID, on 16 Jul 1908. [Canyon County]

KENDRICK, JAMES H -- a Civil War veteran, CSA -, Co A, 12th Reg. Arkansas Calvary (Wright's Regiment) buried in the Dubois City Cemetery [Clark County]

KYES, GEO. EDWARD -- a Civil War veteran, born 11-16-1835, Monroe County, Mich. Territory. Enlisted 2-16-1864, Co. 'C' 6th. Minn. Inf. Discharged: 6-15-1865 at Ft. Gaines, AL. Died 5-27-1933, Sandpoint, ID. [Bonner County]

LONG, JOSEPH F. -- a Civil War veteran, Co E U.S. Calvary / rank = sergt., buried Riverside Cemetery, St. Anthony, Idaho [Fremont County]

MATHEWS, T. J. -- a Civil War veteran, Lieutenant., Co. I, 135th Illinois Infantry, buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho [Bannock County]

MCKEON, FRANCIS -- a Civil War veteran, Private, Co. H, 115th New York Infantry, buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho [Bannock County]

MOON, CARLOS HOBART -- a Civil War veteran, Co A 10th ILL. Inf. / rank = cpl., buried Riverside Cemetery, St. Anthony, Idaho [Fremont County]

NICHOLSON, JAMES A. -- a Civil War veteran, CO H, 35 MO INF buried in the Mt. Home Cemetery [Elmore County]

OWENS, ALEXANDER -- a Civil War veteran, Co D., 137th ILL. Inf. buried in the Ashton City Cemetery, Ashton, Idaho [Fremont County]

PARK, CHARLES N. -- a Civil War veteran, Co E - 60 New York Inf., buried Riverside Cemetery, St. Anthony, Idaho [Fremont County]

PEASE, JOHN DAVID -- a Civil War veteran, birth 1837 death 1917, Co C. 17th Kan. Inf. Vol., buried Riverside Cemetery, St. Anthony, Idaho [Fremont County]

PIERCE, Thomas H. -- a Civil War veteran, private Co. A 1st Illinois Cavalry and Co. E 94th Illinois Infantry; born: 27 May 1844, died: 26 Oct 1906 - Boise, Idaho; buried: Fort Boise Military Cemetery - Boise, Idaho; a resident of Latah County, Idaho, died in the Old Solder's Home [Ada County]

POOL, GEORGE -- a Civil War veteran, CO B, 86 ILL INF buried in the Mt. Home Cemetery [Elmore County]

QUINN, JAMES B. -- a Civil War veteran, CO A, 165th NY INF, birth 1846 - death 1919, buried in the May Cemetery [Custer County]

RANSON, OLIVER -- a Civil War veteran, Co F, 107th Penn. Inf. / Captured and was in Libby Prison. b. 4 March 1846, Yorkshire Eng d. 24 March 1924 , Medicine Lodge, Clark Co, Idaho. wife Terona Stout (Ransom) b. 11 Nov 1856 Penn d. 19 Sept 1918, Medicine Lodge, Clark Co, Idaho buried in Dubois Cemetery [Clark County]

RAYNOR, CHAMPION -- a Civil War veteran, Corporal, Co. A, 121st New York Infantry, buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho [Bannock County]

ROGERS, CHARLES C. -- a Civil War veteran, Co B. 94 th N.Y. Inf. buried in the Ashton City Cemetery, Ashton, Idaho [Fremont County]

SANDERS, Franklin A. -- a Civil War veteran, born 11 May 1840, Lorain County, OH. Co. I, 10th Iowa Volunteer Inf. 1861-1865 Died 10 Sep 1914, Idaho Falls, ID, buried Rose Hill Cemetery. [Bonneville County]

SHOCK, JERMIAH W. -- a Civil War veteran, CO I, 57 IND. INF buried in the Mt. Home Cemetery [Elmore County]

SIMMONS, RICHARD -- a Civil War veteran, Ozark, MO, Cpl. CD B6th Kansas Cavalry, Frazier Cemetery. [Clearwater County]

SIMONDS, GEORGE J. -- a Civil War veteran, Co L , 2nd Cal. Cav. buried in the Ashton City Cemetery, Ashton, Idaho [Fremont County]

SIMPKINS, SEALAR -- a Civil War veteran, CO H, 22 MICH. INF buried in the Mt. Home Cemetery [Elmore County]

SMITH GEORGE W. -- a Civil War veteran, CO H, 51 MO, INF buried in the Mt. Home Cemetery [Elmore County]

STEWARD, GEORGE EMORY -- a Civil War veteran, 18, 1846 - 1943, Indian Valley Cemetery. Enlisted as Steward Emory. One of the last two Civil War veterans living in Idaho at the time of his death. [Adams County]

TEED, SAMUEL C. -- a Civil War veteran, born 1847 Ohio is buried at Fraser, Clearwater County Cemetery, Idaho. He served in the 13th Michigan Infantry Company E. [Clearwater County]

THOMPSON, Emanual, Edwin -- a Civil War veteran, ( in some records, he is listed as Edwin Thompson or E. E. Thompson) enlisted in "A" Company, 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteers, Infantry, on 12 Sept 1861. He was wounded at Alante, Ga18 Aug 1864. He was honorably discharged 17 July 1865 at Louisville, Ky. He died 2 Aug 1924 and is buried in the Riverside Cemetery, Bingham co. Idaho. (near Blackfoot, Id) [Bingham County]

TROTTER, MARION WAKEFIELD -- a Civil War veteran, buried in Canyon Hill Cemetery, Caldwell [Canyon County]

WALDT, FREDERICK E. -- a Civil War veteran, Union / 1st Reg. US Reserve Corp. Missouri Inf buried in the Chester Cemetery [Fremont County]

WARD, S. S. -- a Civil War veteran, Private, Co. B, 1st Battalion Delaware Cavalry, buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho [Bannock County]

WHITE, WILLIAM S. -- a Civil War veteran, CO B, 72 NY. INF / b. 9 AUG 1847 d. 5 NOV 1920 buried in the Mt. Home Cemetery [Elmore County]

WOMERSLEY, ALEXANDER -- a Civil War veteran, Private, Co. B, 18th Massachusetts Infantry, buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho [Bannock County]

WRIGHT, GEORGE M. -- a Civil War veteran, 8th Minnesota Regiment, Company H, died Caldwell, ID, Nov. 12, 1911. [Canyon County] RIVERS, WILLIAM, died Feb 2, 1885, in Albion, Cassia, Idaho. A "Northerner." (This Information has not been verified against any military records.) [Cassia County]

WYLEY, CALVIN -- a Civil War veteran, CO C, 51st MO. INF. [birth 1839 death 1936] buried in the Glenns Ferry City Cemetery, Glenns Ferry Idaho [Elmore County]