John F. Hess, Emery M. Eastman, John H. Craven

John F. Hess.

Brith: Unknown.
Death: Unknown
Burial: Great Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, Barton County Kansas.

John F. Hess, Surgeon, 96th., Ohio Infantry, Age32; date of commission as Assistant Surgeon August 14, 1862; on detail with 13th., I. U. S. A., from December, 1862, until April 1, 1863, when returned to Regiment; promoted to Surgeon, and commission date April 2, 1863, and mustered September 29, 1863.  Battles: Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Vicksburg, Jackson, Grand Coteau, Sabine Cross Roads, where captured and on duty with union wounded in Rebel Hospitals ten weeks, at Mansfield Louisiana; exchanged and returned to Regiment June 19, 1864; Mobile and Whistler.  Mustered out with Regiment July 7, 1865.  Residence Greant Bend.

Emery M. Eastman., Captain, 96th., Ohio, Infantry, Age 26; date of commission as a Second Lieutenant, Company G., July 28, 1862; promoted to Frist Lieutenant, December 2, 1862, and to Captain Company F., March 19, 1863, and transfrred to Company A., November 1864, on consolidation.  Battles: Chickasasw Byou, Sieges of Vicksburg and Jackson,Mississippi, Grand Coteau and Sabine Cross Roads, La., where wounded in right hand; Fort Gaines, Fort Morgan, Spanish Fort, Fort Blakely, Mobile and Whistler.  Mustered out with Regiment July 7, 1865.  Residence Willsford, Kansas.

John H. Craven.

Birth: Dec. 2, 1833
Loudoun County
Virginia, USA
Death: 1916

John was the first son and third child of Highlen and Eliza Craven. He married Frances Lynde on January 18, 1866 in Knox County, OH. They were the parents of three known children: Gertrude, born abt. 1867; Ulysses L, born abt. 1869; and Mary, born abt. 1871. All were born in Iowa. The family lived in Middlebury, Knox, OH, LaGrand Township, Marshall County, Iowa and Moundridge, McPherson County, KS.

Parents:
Highlen Craven (1805 - 1886)
Eliza Wynn Craven (1812 - 1900)

Wife: Frances E. Lynde Craven (1837 - 1915)*

Burial: Mound Cemetery, Moundridge, McPherson County, Kansas.

John H. Craven, Private, 96th., Ohio, Infantry, Age 27; enlisted August 11, 1862.  Battles: Chickasasw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Vicksburg, Jackson ( sent home October 3, 1863, on sick furlough for sixty days, and returned December 14, 1863 ), Sabine Cross Roads, Fort Gaines, Fort Morgan, Spanish Fort, Fort Blakely, Mobile, Whistler.  Transferred to Company C., November 18, 1864, and mustered out with Regiment July 7, 1865.  Residence Elyria, Kansas.

PERCY DANIELS.

COL. PERCY DANIELS, P. O. Girard, owner of the "Narragansett Farm," son of the Hon. David Daniels, of the Rhode Island bench, and grandson of Dexter Ballon, one of the pioneers of the woolen manufacturing industries of the New England States. He was born in Woonsocket, Providence Co., R. I., in 1840. He received his rudimentary education in the public schools of Woonsocket, and his literary education at the Westminster Seminary, Vermont, and the University Grammar School of Providence, R. I. At eighteen, he commenced the study of civil engineering, under the preceptorship of S. B. Cushing, Sr. In poor health at the breaking out of the war, and anxious to go, he "roughed it" in the Michigan pineries during the winter of 1861-62, and then returning to Woonsocket raised Company E, of the Seventh Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant July, 1862, First Lieutenant when the regiment left the State, September, 1862, promoted to Captain after the battle of Fredericksburg, to Lieutenant-Colonel on the opening of the siege of Petersburg, was brevetted Colonel for gallant service at the "Mine fight," when inviting the men of a strange brigade to follow him; a line of works were carried from which they had before been repulsed; and assigned to duty on his brevet commission for meritorious conduct at the battle of Pegram farm (September 30, 1864).

During the latter months of the siege his regiment formed part of the garrison of the famous Fort Sedgwick (or Hell, as commonly called), and apart of this time he was in command of the fort, and in the fall of Richmond and Petersburg took part with the Ninth Corps in the pursuit and capture of Lee's army. He returned to Providence in June, 1865, with the 350 men that remained of the original 1,000. After the war, intending to locate in the South, he accepted a position in the Engineer Corps of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, but after two winters in Tennessee came West, traveled through Eastern Nebraska and Kansas, and concluding to locate here, went East and married Miss Eliza A. Eddy, of Leicester, Mass., a graduate of the Westfield State Normal School, and teacher in the Worcester schools. Returning at once, he engaged in merchandising at Crawfordsville, the then county seat, till 1869.

In 1868, he bought the present farm sited and was engaged in its improvements and cultivation till 1873, when he rented the farm, went back East and accepted a position in the City Corps of Engineers of Worcester, Mass., and subsequently became Chief, staying till 1878. From there he went to Providence, R. I., and was interested in professional duties and the settlement of the estate of a brother, Judge Francis A. Daniels, till 1881, when he returned to his farm, where he has been actively at work since. He has been connected with the Masonic Order since 1865, and he and his wife are active members of the Presbyterian Church. "Narragansett Farm" contains 380 acres and is beautifully located on Section 10, Crawford Township, three and a half miles northwest of Girard, the county seat; 125 acres of it is used for grain tillage, 160 acres devoted to pasture, and the balance is wild grass, which yields an abundance of hay. The land is first quality; handsome dwelling and substantial barn and stables; an orchard of eight acres, a small grove of chestnuts, several groves of other forest trees, and a large fish pond, are located on the farm. Col. Daniels pays considerable attention to the breeding of good cattle and hogs.

JOHN H. FRASER

JOHN H. FRASER, farmer, Section, 12, P. O. Hiawatha, and of the firm, Fraser & Burt, dealers in agricultural implements. Was born in Monroe County, N. Y., December 18, 1836. Removed to Kane County, Ill., with his parents, in 1841, where he followed the occupation of farmer to a considerable extent. In 1862, he enlisted with Company 1 of the One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served in the same till the close of the great Rebellion.

Mr. Fraser was married in that State in 1866, to Miss Margaret Miller, and in 1870 came West to Kansas, locating on a farm five miles east of Hiawatha, where he has since made his home. In 1871, he commenced in the pump and windmill business, in connection with his farming, and in February, 1882, removed his business to Hiawatha, and formed a co- partnership with Mr. Burt in the farm machinery line. He is a member of Star of Hope Lodge, No. 1338, of the K. of H.

Civil War.

Name FRASER, JOHN H
Rank PVT
Company I
Unit 127 IL US INF
Residence PLATO, KANE CO, IL
Age 27
Height 5' 6
Hair LIGHT
Eyes BLUE
Complexion LIGHT
Marital Status SINGLE
Occupation MACHINIST
Nativity BEVERLY, HALTON, CANADA
Joined When AUG 12, 1862
Joined Where ELGIN, IL
Joined By Whom CPT RAYMOND
Period 3 YRS
Muster In SEP 5, 1862
Muster In Where CHICAGO, IL
Muster In By Whom
Muster Out JUN 5, 1865
Muster Out Where WASHINGTON, DC
Muster Out By Whom CPT NELSON

Thomas J. R. Grant.

Thomas J. R. Grant.

Birth: 1827.
Death: 1910.

Parents:
Elijah Grant (1793 - 1873)
Ann Marie Meek Grant (____ - 1849)

Children:
Charles M Grant (1866 - 1926)
Nellie Grant Muir (1871 - 1960)

Burial: Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina, Saline County, Kansas.

Civil War.

Name GRANT, THOMAS J R
Rank PVT
Company K
Unit 7 IL US INF
Age 25
Height 5' 9 1/2
Hair BROWN
Eyes GREY
Complexion LIGHT
Marital Status MARRIED
Remarks DISCHARGED 1 NOV 1864 TERM OF SERVICE HAVING EXPIRED. Wounded at Shiloh, April 6, 1862, discharged November 1, 1864.

Nannie Harris-Charity Kerr-Alice Van Ness.



Nannie Harris.

Just before the Lawrence Massacre, General Ewing, had a number of women from Jackson County Missouri, arrested for being spies and other reasons.  Nannie Harris, Charity Kerr and Alice Van Ness along with fourteen others were imprisoned in a cheap, poorly constructed, two-story brickbuilding in Kansas City, on Grand avenue between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets.  The rear of the building extended back into a ravine, where the walls of the foundation had been built without excavation, the ground there being low, and the intenionbeing being to fill about the walls and thus give them earth support.  But this filling had not been done.  The rear room of this building, in the first-story, had never been completed.  There was no floor in it, and the hogs that then reanged at large in Kansas City came there to lie in the shade and the loose dirt which they rooted up along the walls.  It much be said that there was negligence in the case of this building by General Ewing.



Charity Kerr.



Some time in the summer of fall of 1863, it was decided to send the women to St. Louis, where better housing could be found for them.  Some how the women found out they were to be removed from Kansas City, and they determined to escape if possible.  They dug under the foundation wall of that part of the building occupied by them, and in one more night they would have dug their way out and would be free.  But a wind-storm came up and the building collapsed, killing a number of women and wounding others.



Alice Van Ness.
Aka Alice Vane.



If you would like to read more about these women and the Lawrence Massacre, then read the following book, it has many illustrations like those on this page.  This book can be found and read on the internet.

( Quantrill And The Border Wars.)  By Connelley, William Elsey, Pub. 1910.



William F. Creitz.



Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Company A.



First Lieutenant, William F. Creitz, Residence Holton, Mustered in July 16, 1861. Promoted Captain September 11, 1861. Captain, William F. Creitz, Residence Holton, Mustered in Sept. 11, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 11, 1864, Leavenworth, Kan.

Birth: unknown

Death: 1893.

Was a 32 year-old Blacksmith. He was described at enlistment as: 5' 7", dark complexion, grey eyes, black hair. Born in Leigh County, PA., died in 1893 in East Portland, OR. His wife was Melissa Jane Creitz (1847 - 1928.) Burial: Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery Portland, Motnomah County. Oregon.

HEADQUARTERS FIFTH KANSAS CAVALRY, Carthage, Mo., March 22, 1862.

I have the honor to report concerning my expedition to Carthage as follows:

I broke camp on Dry Wood about 2 o'clock on the afternoon of the 19th and marched about 8 miles, encamping on the south side of Dry Wood Creek. Owing to the heavy rain that fell during the night and continued at intervals during the following day (20th) I did not move my whole command, but detached Captain Creitz, with a portion of his company, in the afternoon to Lamar, with orders to occupy that place during the night and to move to Carthage the following day.

No. 47. Report of Captain William F. Creitz, Fifth Kansas Battery (improvised), or expedition to Mount Elba.

PINE BLUFF, ARK., April 7, 1864.

SIR: In obedience to your circular of April 6, desiring the names of non-commissioned officers and men of my command that deserve special mention for meritorious conduct during the late expedition under your command, I would respectfully submit the following statement: All, both non-commissioned officers and men attached to my command, performed their respective duties so promptly and efficiently in the management of the guns throughout the action at Mount Elba and subsequent pursuit of the enemy, that I beg to be excused from making special mention of the conduct of any particular one of my command.

Very respectfully, WM. F. CREITZ, Captain, Commanding Fifth Kansas Battery.

Abram D. Clark.

ABRAM D. CLARK, foreman wood-work department M. P. Shops, was born in LaSalle, Ill., February 16, 1840. Was educated in LaSalle and Chicago; then learned the millwright trade, which he followed until the breaking out of the war. He enlisted, in 1862, in Company C, One Hundred and Fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteers; was discharged on account of disability caused by a wound received at the battle of Chickamauga. Re-enlisted in 1864, in the United States Marine Service, and served until the close of the war. He returned to Illinois, then removed to Iowa, where he engaged in carpentering about two years, then returned to Illinois. In December, 1871, he settled in Kansas in the position of station agent on the Central Branch at Vermillion, Marshall County, a position he retained about four years; then removed to Atchison and engaged in the wood-working department of M. P. R. R. Was appointed to present position in October, 1880. Mr. C. was married in Fort Dodge, Iowa, July 3, 1865, to Miss Mary Conlee, of that city. They have six children - Leslie W., Annabelle, Norval, Harry, Roy, Frank.

Civil War.

Abram D. Clark, Enlisted in the 104th, Illinois Infantry, Company C., April 10, 1863, was in the Tullahoma and Chickamauga campaigns, was wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Chickamauga, September 20, 1863; escaped afterwards and came into are lines. Discharged for wounds April 21, 1864.

Name CLARK, ABRAM D
Rank PVT
Company C
Unit 104 IL US INF
Age 23
Joined When APR 10, 1863
Joined Where CHICAGO, IL
Joined By Whom LT RYNARSON
Period 3 YRS
Muster In APR 10, 1863
Muster In Where DECHERD, TN
Remarks DISCHARGED APR 21, 1864 ON ACCOUNT OF WOUNDS