roll of honor
the civil war soldiers of table rock
With the exception of two good-humored veterans of the War of Northern Aggression, Captain Richard P. Jennings and William T. Shorter, the veterans below were Union veterans of the American Civil War and many belonged to the Table Rock post of the Grand Army of the Rebublic, John N. Gere Post 165. This photo, taken circa 1887, probably includes many of them. There was a gathering of veterans at the grove of Samuel Barnard which was attended by veterans from Pawnee City and perhaps other places as well. The Pawnee newspapers of the day listed those present, although there was no photograph. But this photograph has survived, with a second photograph that is likely only the Table Rock veterans.
Civil War veterans of Table Rock. Most have not been identified. Back row, 2nd from right, is Owen Crisler. Some are seen in other photographs of the day.
The Civil War veterans, another photo, shared by Dave Leichman. It appears to have been taken on the same occasion as above. There are fewer men. Why? Perhaps these are the men who belonged to the G.A.R.? Photo 3023.
died in the service of his country
mCnEAL, Pvt. WILLIAM j.Although then living in Table Rock, in the Territory of Nebraska, he enlisted in Kansas, serving in Company G, 2nd Kansas Cavalry. He was mustered into Company G on November 28, 1861, along with three friends from Table Rock -- John N. Gere, John Bousfield, and Jesse Morton. After surviving a combination of measles and pneumonia early in 1862 from which he was not expected to recover, he did recover. However, he drowned in the Kansas River near Ft. Riley on June 7, 1862. His remains were not recovered. He lies in a resting place known but to God.
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VETERANS
As time permits and information is found, we are able to assemble little biographies of some of the soldiers.
roll of honor
The men below fall into several categories. They are included below if they enlisted from Table Rock, regardless of where they were buried. They are listed below if they lived in Table Rock most of their lives -- a number died elsewhere in the closing years of their lives because they were nursed through the end in an old soldiers home or in the home of a child, and their bodies were not brought back to Table Rock. The others are men who found their way to Table Rock, stayed, and are buried here.
ault, frederick
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1844-1927
Pvt., Co. C., 85th Ohio Infantry. Served May 31, 1862 - September 23, 1862. |
Cemetery maintenance
GAR Marker: Missing Tombstone: Good 
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Barrett, john? - 1891
Pvt., 76th Illinois Infantry. Served August 5, 1862 to July 6, 1865 Siege, assault, and surrender at Vicksburg. |
Cemetery maintenance:
GAR marker: Missing Tombstone: Severe tilt backward |
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BGILLINGS, HIRAMBillings, a first-wave pioneer here in Table Rock did not enlist from here even though he lived here but rather returned to his previous home in Ohio to enlist in Company B, 67th Ohio Infantry. Mustered in December 2, 1861, mustered out on December 12, 1865, months after the end of the war.
The 67th Ohio at the siege of Peterburg, engaged in on the final pursuit of Lee and they were at Appomattox for Lee's surrender. Casualties: 60% of the regiment. |
His resting place is in the northwest quarter, south side. He is buried in a section that is primarily of the McNeal family. |
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blodgett, w. w.Believed to have been a Private in Company G, 11th Kansas Cavalry but this is still to be verified.
Dates of service have not yet been found. |
Cemetery Board records show him in the northeast quarter, at "1-50-8" but there is no headstone at that location.
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there is No headstone for pvt. blodgett's grave. |
bousfield, john
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(1840-1925)
His obituary describes enlistment from Nemaha County but the roster of his regiment, the 2nd Kansas Cavalry, identifies him as a Table Rock man. |
Tombstone appears to be in good shape.
Existence of GAR star unknown. |
John C. Bousfield's tombstone in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Brownville, Nebraska
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John Bush & wife Rebecca with their children. Back row: Lottie Bush Horton, Ella Bush Skillet, and Mattie Bush Martin, and in front is Laura Bush Widdifield. Photo 8019, shared by Susan Gavitt Horton
cooper, Pvt. elias1843-1879
Company M, 3rd New York Battalion. Served September 5, 1864 to June 26, 1865, mustered out due to illness. |
Cemetery maintenance:
GAR Marker: Missing Tombstone: Good |
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cooper, henry1825-1900
Private, Co. I, 7th Michigan Infantry. Served February 5, 1864 - May 31, 1865. |
Cemetery maintenance:
GAR Marker: OK Tombstone: OK |
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crisler, owen1830-1910
Corporal, Co. G, 154th Illinois Infantry. Records conflict as to date of service. One source gives February 1864 to May 1865. A GAR burial record states it was from February 15 to May 22, 1865. |
Cemetery maintenance:
GAR Marker: OK Tombstone: Good |
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Ora Crisler & sons Ora and Ira, Photo 8022, shared by Earline Shaw.
crisler, anslum1833-1904
Sgt. Co. G., 34th Illinois Infantry. Served August 10, 1861 to July 12, 1865 |
Cemetery maintenance
GAR Marker: OK Tombstone: Good |
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davidson, robert1841-1926
Private, Company A, 108th Illinois Infantry. Served August 11, 1862 to August 5, 1865. Battle of Vicksburg |
Cemetery maintenance:
GAR Marker: OK Tombstone: OK |
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decker, elkana1826-1893
Military service still to be ascertained; some sources say 9th Iowa but that is disproved. He lived in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania and he likely enlisted from there, probably as a civil engineer. Dates of service not yet located. |
Cemetery Board records show burial in the northeast quarter of the cemetery, at "35-1-1" but there is no headstone there.
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there is no headstone for elkana decker's grave |
edwards, tilman1836-1885
Company A, 9th Missouri Cavalry and Company B, 61st Missouri Infantry |
Cemetery maintenance
GAR Marker: OK Tombstone: Good |
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labeled as "Family of Tilman Edwards," this picture was taken at an unknown time but almost certainly after he died in 1885. There are 2 empty chairs in the picture, a rocking chair at the left and then another chair beyond it. Is the chair in the foreground, by the young boy, symbolic of his presence?
jAMES l. fisher
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1839 - 1918
Pvt., Company H, 115th Illinois Served 1863 - 1864 This long-time resident of Table Rock, a member of the G.A.R. post here since at least 1885, is buried in Wilsonville, Nebraska, where the family moved within a few years after a daughter was born here in 1900. |
buried in wilsonville, ne |
fulton, alpheus1849-1912
Private, Co. G, 53rd Illinois Served January 12 to July 22, 1865 |
Cemetery records show that on July 25 1885, Fulton purchased Plots 1 to 4 at 31-2 but there are no burial records for those plots. However, a G.A.R. list of burials in Nebraska cites his burial in the Table Rock Cemetery in Plot 3, next to his wife.
An application for a military tombstone is in process. |
THEre is no headstone for alpheus fulton's grave. |
greiner, abram1840-1904
Sgt., Co. H, 32nd Pennsylvania Infantry. Served November 4, 1861 to July 12, 1865 |
Cemetery maintenance
GAR Marker: OK Tombstone: Good |
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GRIFFING, JOSEPH1827-1881
Military unit: "Pennsylvania Infantry." Dates of service not ascertained. |
Cemetery maintenance
GAR Marker: Marginal Tombstone: OK |
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groom, charles |
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1834-1910
Private, Co. A, 47th Illinois Infantry. Served August 1, 1861 to August 1, 1863. |
Cemetery maintenance
GAR Marker: Missing Tombstone: OK 
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hastings, john1840-1914
Private, Co. F, 24th Iowa Infantry. Served August 8, 1862 to May 30, 1865 |
Cemetery maintenance
GAR marker: Missing (the one shown is no longer there) Tombstone: OK |
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HEWELL, AMOSMilitary service not yet confirmed. The name of Amos Hewell is on the veterans' memorial in the park.
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horton, benjamin1846-1891
Private, Co. H, 46th Illinois Infantry. Served February 21, 1865 to January 20, 1866 |
Cemetery maintenance
GAR marker: Missing Tombstone: Badly tilting to the right |
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Photo 7768, Benjamin & Cornelia Horton family, shared by Susan Horton
irwin, james1830-1899
Private, Co. A, 112th Illinois Infantry.
Served August 12, 1862 to March ?, 1864. |
Cemetery maintenance
GAR marker: OK Tombstone: OK, but very difficult to read |
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JENNINGS, GEORGEA record of George Jennings' military service has not yet been found. He appears on the veterans' memorial in the square.
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JENNINGS, RICHARD1844-1923
CONFEDERATE. Capt., Co. E, 23rd Virginia Infantry Cedar Mountain, Cold Harbor, 2nd Manassas, Harper's Ferry, Fredricksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, and Petersburg. |
Cemetery maintenance
Confederate marker: Missing Tombstone: OK |
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lehman, john
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1845-1941
Private, Co. F, 118th Illinois Infantry. Served August 14, 1862 - June 15, 1865. Note: GAR burial record gives date mustered out as July 1966, also says transferred to the Invalid Corps on January 15, 1863. (The Invalid Corps consisted of men who were wounded or incapacitated but were still able to perform duties such as guard duty even though they could not withstand the rigors of the field.) |
Cemetery maintenance
GAR marker: Tombstone: |
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John Lehman, detail of the 1887 photograph of Civil War veterans
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John Lehman, shared by Dave Leichtman
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Linn, james1841-1892
Private, Company C, Iowa 6th Infantry. Served July 4, 1861 to July 18, 1864 |
Cemetery maintenance
GAR marker: Missing Tombstone: OK |
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martin, wesley j.1832-1911
Corporal, Company F, 106th Illinois Infantry Served August 9, 1862 to July 12, 1865 |
Cemetery maintenance
GAR marker: OK Tombstone: |
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McLaughlin, thomas1839-1897
Private, Company A, 106th Illinois Infantry. Served August 1862 to August 1865 |
Cemetery maintenance
GAR marker: OK Tombstone: Acceptable |
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McNeal, james r.
enlisted from table rock
A younger brother of William McNeal, who died in the War.
moe, charles b.1839-1904
Private, Company L, 6th Ohio Cavalry. Served August 12, 1861 to June 27, 1865. |
Cemetery maintenance
GAR marker: Missing Tombstone: Tilting badly forward |
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morton, jesse
enlisted from table rock
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(1840-1916)
Company G, 2nd Kansas Cavalry Enlisted in the 2nd Kansas Cavalry with John N.Gere, John Bousfield, and William McNeal, all of Table Rock |
Tombstone is in a national cemetery, in good shape.
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Leavenworth National Cemetery
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mumford, luther m.1830-1882
Corporal, Company C, 1st Regiment, 2nd Brigade, Nebr. Mil. Served August 25, 1864 to February 6, 1865. |
Cemetery maintenance
GAR marker: Missing Tombstone: Tilting badly to the right. Note, name on stone is mis-spelled Monford Luther is the brother of Pvt. Henry Mumford, who is also buried in this cemetery. Both came here with their families prior to the Civil War. |
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mumford, thomas tracy
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(1840-1914)
He served two enlistments Company E., Nebraska Volunteer Cavalry, November 2, 1863 to December 11, 1863. He then joined the regiment as a veteran and served February 22, 1864 to March 12, 1866, serving on the Western frontier to protect settlers (Indian Wars). |
Brother of Henry and Luther Mumford. "Tracy" is buried in Pawnee City; he moved there in 1867.
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Burial in Pawnee City Cemetery.
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norris, chauncey h.1836-1911
1st Lt., Company G, 2nd Regiment, Nebraska Cavalry Volunteers. Served November 11, 1862 to December 14 1863. |
Cemetery maintenance
GAR marker: OK Tombstone: Good |
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pattison, william1836-1914
Private, Company I, 91st Illinois Volunteers. Served August 8, 1862 to March 31, 1863, discharged with gunshot wound. |
Cemetery maintenance
GAR marker: Damaged Tombstone: OK |
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Pepoon, joseph1838-1921
Commissary Sgt., Company A, 1st Oregon Cavalry. Served March 29, 1865 to December 16, 1865. |
Cemetery maintenance
GAR marker: OK Tombstone: Tilting badly left |
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shorter, william thomas1843-1935
Confederate. Sgt., 22nd Virginia Battalion. He is on list of over 160 Nebraska Civil War vets to travel to the 1913 Gettysburg Union, names cleared by the Dept. of Nebraska G.A.R. Dates of service to be confirmed. According to his obituary, he was wounded at Gettysburg, and taken prisoner at the battle of Spotsylvania and held at Lookout Mountain until two months after Lee's surrender. |
Cemetery maintenance
Flag marker: Missing Tombstone: OK |
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smith, charles r.1840-1923
Private, Battery M, 2nd New York Heavy Artillery Dates of service not yet found |
Cemetery maintenance
GAR marker: OK Tombstone: Acceptable |
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smith, john C.
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John Smith is listed on the veterans' memorial in the square. He was one of the Nebraska veterans who attended the 1913 Gettysburg reunion. However, his military service records have not yet been located
A long-time resident of Table Rock, he is buried in Inglewood, California, where he traveled only a few months before his death, perhaps to visit a family member.. |
buried in inglewood,california |
Photo 10750, John C. Smith and family, taken in Medford, Oregon in 1909
This photograph was shared on Ancestry in 2020 by "LadyOracleOKC." With the photograph she transcribes a 1973 narrative about who is in it: "This picture of the Smith family was taken in Medford, Oregon in June or July 1909. The ages given are as of that year. Standing in back row, left to right: John Clive Smith (age 26): Daisy Elzona Dungan (age 34): James Lucas Smith (41): Mattie (Jims wife) (age unknown); Delma Elvina Jones (29): Alma Lovena Bootoms (29): Marie Antionette Hodge (23) Seated: John Carter Smith (77): Saran Antionette Smith (66): (Parents of those in the back row ecxept for Mattie) At the time this picture was taken there was another daughter, Clara Isadore Caselton, Iving in Nebraska but was unable to be on the west coast until after the picture was taken, There was another son, William Lindsley Smith, not in the picture. We do not know if he was alive at this time as he did not keep in close touch with others. The LITTLE ONES are (left to right) Beatrice Jones (Schneider) age 2: Now living in Stockton, Calif. Berniece Jones (Creason) age 4: Now living in Talent , Oregon. Vivian Hodge (Cook) age 5: Now living in Phoenix, Arizona. Delma Jones is the only one in this picture, other than the three "Littleones", living at the time this is being typed, March 1973. She will be 93 years old on Sept. 22 1973. She lives in Yreka, California but spends the winters in Stockton, Calif. with daughter Beatrice Schneider."
walter smith
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BURIAL ELSEWHERE |
Snoke, cosmus1843 - 1919
Private, 1st Battalion, Pennsylvania Infantry (Stewart's Battalion), July 16 to November 14, 1864. Additional service in Co. A of 48TH “Mil. Infantry,” dates of service not yet found. |
Cemetery maintenance
GAR marker: Missing Tombstone: OK |
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snyder, lawrencePrivate, Company M, 3rd New York Light Artillery
Served September 5, 1864 to June 26, 1865 2nd Battle of Petersburg |
Cemetery maintenance
GAR marker: OK Tombstone: OK |
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stevens, peter1840-1927
Private, Company G, 2nd Nebraska Cavalry. Served November 6, 1862 to December 8, 1862 |
Cemetery maintenance
GAR marker: Tombstone: OK |
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WOLFE, CHARLESCaptain, Company L, 3rd Missouri Cavalry.
Served September 7, 1863 to January 2, 1865 |
Cemetery maintenance
GAR Marker: OK Tombstone: Tilting |
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