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Revolutionary War ~ Colonial Heroes
Name                                Died               Cemetery         Marker        

Joshua Armstrong                 1844              Armstrong        DAR Plaque

Jonathon E. Cooper               8 Aug 1845   Falkner             Bronze Plaque

James Falkner                                           Falkner

William Bates                        1848             Lock Haven      SAR Stone

Joseph Chandler                     8 Oct 1844   Noble                P

William Gillham                      1825           E. Newbern                   

John D. Gillham                      1851           E. Newbern

Silas Crain, Sr.                        1844           Lax                   DAR Plaque


Josiah Cummings

John McDow
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Black Hawk War ~ Rangers
Name                                  Died                    Cemetery          Marker

Jonathan E. Cooper, Capt.       8 Aug 1845         Falkner              Bronze Plaque

John R. Black,    Calvary

John H. Reddish, Capt.

R. J. Simmons

Robert Lathan                           1885                 Keller

John N. English,  Calvary           1888                 Oak Grove

Glover Short

Thomas Chapman                     1870                 Paradise

Jacob Lurton                             1896                 Lurton

Thomas McDow              16 Jul 1873                 Newbern Cemetery

Gershan Patterson

G. A. Suttlemeir

David Short

James Samper

Jesse Watson

William Bates                            1868                 Lock Haven              SAR Stone
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War of 1812
Name                                     Died                  Cemetery                  Marker

James H. Wedding                    1837                 Rosedale

John Brown                              1878                 Pruitt

Philip Grimes                            1851                 Grimes

Francis Colean                          1846

Henry Babcock

Horatio N. Belt

Jesse Watson

Aaron Trabue                           1877                 Paradise              Bronze Plaque

Richard C. Fuller                       1850                 Newbern

Josiah Askew

David Gilbert

Thomas McManus           

Adam Newel                             1876                 Oak Grove

George Finne

William Stafford
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The Mexican War
Name                                       Died                 Cemetery                  Marker

William M. Falkner                    1898                 Falkner                     P

Edward R. Brigham                   1902                 Fieldon                     P

Elias Waldron                            1865                 Lax                          P

Isaac M. Free                            1900                 Rowden

Samuel C. Ellis                          1907                 Scenic Hill

Hezekiah Funk, Capt.                                        Schlansker                 P

M. M. Nihles                             1911                Oak Grove

George Martin

John M. Smith, Capt.                                         Oak Grove

Charles Gregory

Robert McFarland

Cyrus Talman

James Suddeth

Chancey Brown

Elam Brown
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