David Wood.

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David Wood was born on August 25, 1851 to Samuel and Margaret Wood, at Mount Gilead, Ohio. In 1854, Samuel moved his family to the Kansas Territory to help the “Free Staters” keep slavery out of the region. In April 1861, Samuel raised a company for the 2nd Kansas Infantry and served as their captain. He fought at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek, and then raised a battalion which became part of the 6th Missouri Cavalry.

While stationed at Rolla, Samuel was joined by his family, including his ten-year-old son David, who repeatedly but unsuccessfully begged his father to take him on his frequent scouting trips. On one such trip, however, Samuel, sensing something was happening behind him, turned and found David riding on a pony in the center of a group of soldiers.

David later described the incident:

“He didn’t say much to me. I guess he realized he might as well yield to the inevitable. From then on he kept me with him, and on January 1, 1862, at Rolla, I was regularly enlisted. My duties were principally that of an orderly, carrying dispatches here and there and sometimes going where grown men could not go.”

David later became desperately ill with malaria and pneumonia, and Colonel Wood was forced to leave his son with a farm family. Although Samuel feared he would never see his son alive again, David received good care, recovered, and was retrieved by his father and returned to Council Grove, Kansas, ending his career in the army.

William P. Deming.

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William P. Deming. 

Birth: May 10, 1832.
Death: May 24, 1916.

Parents: David Ebenezer Deming (1796 - 1879). 

Wife: Elizabeth M. Deming, ( 1839-1908 ).

Siblings: William P. Deming (1832 - 1916), John Manly Deming (1834 - 1850), Jane Elizabeth Deming Crane (1836 - 1902), Isabelle Sarah Deming (1844 - 1845), George Deming (1845 - 1920).

Burial: Burlingame City Cemetery, Burlingame, Osage County, Kansas.

William P. Deming.

As First Lieutenant,65th U.S. Colored Infantry

Born on May 10, 1832, in Hinesburg, Vermont, William Pitt Deming moved with his family to Kalamazoo County, Michigan, in 1833. After working on his father’s farm, Deming moved to Burlingame, Kansas, in 1860.

On September 4, 1862, Deming enlisted as a private in Company I, 11th Kansas Cavalry, in Burlingame, and was mustered into service on September 15. In late April 1863 the 11th Kansas Infantry was reorganized as the 11th Kansas Cavalry. The 11th saw service in northwest Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri against guerrillas and regular Confederate forces, and participated in the Battle of Prairie Grove.

Deming was discharged from the 11th and mustered into service as a first lieutenant in Company H, 65th U.S. Colored Infantry in January 1864. Promoted to captain of the company in May 1866, Deming and the other members of the 65th U.S. Colored Infantry were mustered out of service on January 8, 1867, at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The 65th U.S. Colored Infantry was organized from December 1863 and January 1864 at Benton Barracks (St. Louis), and served on garrison duty at Morganza, Port Hudson and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Following his service, Deming returned to his farm, raised livestock, and became a bank president.
He died on May 24, 1916, in Burlingame, Kansas, and is buried in the Burlingame City Cemetery.

Kansas County Histories.

WILLIAM P. DEMING, farmer, Section 11, P. O. Burlingame, was born in Vermont, May 10, 1832, and is the son of David E. Deming and Eclecta L. Eldridge. When he was a child his father moved to Kalamazoo County, Mich., where he grew to manhood. He came to this State in 1860 and settled in Burlingame.

He owns a farm adjoining the city containing 160 acres, with good improvements and a coal shaft. Mr. Deming is one of the prosperous farmers in Osage County. When the war raged fiercely he offered his services to the Government. He enlisted in September, 1862, in Company I, Eleventh Regiment Kansas Volunteers and was transferred in 1863 to Sixty-fifth Regiment United States Colored Troops and appointed Captain. He was mustered out of the service in 1867.

He was united in marriage in Burlingame, Kan., June 10, 1868, to Mrs. Elizabeth M. Densmore, daughter of John Drew, Esq. Mr. Deming was educated in Kalamazoo Academy and Commercial College, in Chicago, Ill.

John C. Howard.

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John Howard from Lawrence, Kansas, enlisted on August 15, 1862, and was mustered into Company B, 12th Kansas Infantry in September 1862 at Paola, Kansas. He was promoted to corporal on September 25, 1862, and to sergeant on December 4, 1862.

The 12th Kansas Infantry was organized at Paola in September 1862 and initially operated along the Kansas-Missouri border, pursuing guerrillas and escorting supply trains. The regiment was involved in General Frederick Steele’s Camden Expedition in 1864, including the battles of Prairie D’Ann and Jenkins Ferry. The 12th spent the remainder of the war on garrison duty in Fort Smith and Little Rock.

Howard was mustered out with the regiment on June 3, 1865.

Author.  John C. Howard, Residence Lawrence; Enlisted into Kansas 12th., infantry, Co..B., on August 15, 1862, as Third Corporal; Mustered in September 25, 1862; December 4, 1862, was promoted to First Sergeant.

Christopher Columbus Harrison

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Christopher Columbus Harrison. 

Birth: Jan. 22, 1846, Paoli, Orange County, Indiana.
Death: Mar. 1, 1920, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.

Parents: Christopher C. and Mary Elizabeth Allen Harrison (1819 - 1906).

Wife: Louisa Mary Livingood Harrison (1846 - 1930).

Married August 29, 1866 at French Lick, Orange Co, IN.

Children: Thomas Franklin Harrison (1869 - 1932), Albert Edward Harrison (1871 - 1941), Amy Caroline Harrison Hubbard (1873 - 1929).

Siblings: Thomas Jefferson Harrison (1842 - 1926), Christopher Columbus Harrison (1846 - 1920), Joseph Warren Harrison (1848 - 1926), Nancy Ellen Harrison Breeden (1850 - 1908, George Harrison (1854 - 1854).

Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.

Indiana State Records. 

Thirteenth Cavalry /131st., Regiment.

Chris. C. Harrison, Residence West Baden; Mustered in April 2, 1864; Mustered out July 11, 1865.

Union Ex-Prisoners of War.

C. C. Harrison, Residence Topeka, Shawnee Co., Co. F., 13th., Indiana Cavalry; Captured Huntsville, September 30, 1864; Prison Cahawbe; Released March 6, 1865.

Author.  He lived in Topeka, Kansas, in the Seabrook Addition, his occupations were Farmer ( 1888-9 ), ( 1905 ), Groceries ( 1890 ).

Rudolph Fehlmann..

Publish date 1900.
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Rudolph Fehlmann.

Birth: October 27, 1834, Switzerland.
Death: January 22, 1918.

Wife: Bertha Emma McKeener Fehlmann.

Married March 10, 1882.

Children: Minna C., Rudolph J. Fehlmann.

Burial: Alida Cemetery, Alida, Geary County, Kansas.

Mr. Fehlmann came to Clay County, Kansas in 1881.  He settled in section 34 of Republican township, he was a Farmer and Stock Raiser on his 240 acres of land.  His post office address was Milford, Kansas.

George E. Flanders.

George E. Flanders.

Birth; 1841.
Death: December 6, 1907.

Parent: Cyrus Flanders.

Wife: Elizabeth "Lizzie" Flanders.

Children: Cyrus W., Charles: T. Flanders.

Burial: Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County,m Kansas.

Note. His head stone just reads G. E. Flanders.
His wife burial is unknown.

George spent most of his adult life in Topeka, Kansas, accept when he went to war.
His occupation was listed as a farmer, however in 1893 he was a Trustee for Topeka Township.
In 1905 he was living in Highland Park, Kansas, he was a clerk for the probate court..

Kansas Fifth. Cavalry.

George E. Flanders; Residence Topeka, Shawnee Co.; Kansas Fifth Cavalry, Co. A.; Enlisted December 1, 1861; Mustered in December 31, 1861; Trans. to Co. H., July 16, 1864; Prisoner of war; Captured at Mark's  ;  Mill, Arkansas, April 25, 1864.  Prison Tyler Texas, Released February 25, 1865.  Company H.; Residence Osawatomie; Enlisted November 2, 1862; Mustered in December 3, 1861: Mustered out April 25, 1865, at Leavenworth.

Samuel J. Evans.

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Samuel J. Evans.

Birth: Unknown.

Death: February 2, 1898.

Burial: Fort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas.

Massachusetts 47th., Militia, 9 Months service.

Evans, Samuel J, Priv., Res. Milford; trader; 33; enl. Oct. 23, 1862; must. Oct. 23, 1862; must. out Sept. 1,1863. See Band 26th Mass. Inf.; and Co. "H " 2d Mass. Нy. Arty.

Massachusetts 26th., Infantry, Band.

Evans, Samuel J. — Music. — Res. Milford; 32; barber; enl. Sept. 25, 1861; must. Oct. 18, 1861; must . out Sept. 15, 1862. See Co. "H" 2nd Mass. Нy. Arty.; and Co. "C" 47th Mass. Inf. (9 mos.).

Massachusetts 2nd., Heavy Artillery.

Evans, Samuel J., Priv; Res. Milford; 34; baker; enl. Nov. 27, 1863; must. Dec. 7,1863 prisoner, date not shown; exchanged Dec. 16, 1864; disch. for disability, Aug. 11, 1865. Newbern, N. C., as Qr. Master Sergt. See Co. "C" 47th Mass. Inf. (9 mos.); and Bend 26th Mass. Inf.

Kansas Ex-Prisoners of War.

Samuel J. Evans; Residence Topeka, Shawnee Co.; Massachusetts Second Heavy Artillery; Captured Plymonth, North Carolina, April 20, 1864; Prison Andersonville; Released December 11, 1864. 

Author.  He is recorded as being in Topeka in 1881, but was unable to find any records before or after.