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Descendants of William Bickett
Generation No. 1
1. WILLIAM4 BICKETT (THOMAS3 BECKETT, JAMES2, THOMAS1) was born 1814 in Newfield House, Ballinderry, Co., Antrim, Northern Ireland, and died June 22, 1861 in Age: 47 yr. 10 mo. 10 da., Sunbeam. Mercer Co., Illinois. He married (1) ELIZABETH MCCOLOUGH in County Antrim, Ireland. She was born 1817 in Co., Antrim, Ireland, and died October 12, 1843 in Butler Co., Pennsylvania USA. He married (2) MARGARET BECKETT in Butler Co., Pennsylvania, daughter of MATTHEW BECKETT and JANE HALL. She was born 1809 in "Fairy Hill" Co., Antrim, Northern Ireland, and died Aft. 1878 in Warren Co., Illinois.
Notes for WILLIAM BICKETT:
A story told to Ralph Beckett by William George Beckett about a family of Becketts going to America,
storms causing the ship to be blown back to Ireland. It was not know which family or when it happened.
Cousin Ralph,
I spent several hours Friday with my cousin Lois Anne Hinn in Seattle. As I was mainly in the city to visit my daughter, and since I hadn't seen Lois since 1959, we could only scratch the surface genealogically speaking.
Lois has all her mother's old papers and is very interested in the family's history. She has a number of the old photographs from the homesteading days on her walls, including one of James Edward Rutledge with a long, full beard. He was a full-time minister and actually married Elizabeth Steward Beckett and Francis Marion Danner. There are a number of photos of Elizabeth, who I gather was a genuine force in the family, a thin, care-worn woman seeming all her life. Lois Anne has four of my mother's early paintings, one of which was a portrait of Elizabeth as an elderly woman.
Lois Anne was very interested in the information you had gathered about the death of Ernest Danner. She had heard the story, but with no details. Another family story concerns William Beckett and Elizabeth McColough. This marriage was unsanctioned (perhaps she was a Catholic?). When they crossed to America, the boat was blown back in a storm, and there was a family crisis. As you know, when Elizabeth died, William married a cousin.
Lois Anne does have Louella's journal, although I didn't see it. I did see her photograph and a Beckett family Bible. There were entries for only 3 or 4 generations, all of which seem to match your information. There were also photos of Mary just before her death in 1897, so this is also correct.
What else can I think of off hand? (I'm still a bit tired from the drive back.) Yes! The Irish connection with my Grandpa Danner. He could very well have gone to Newfield House in 1894, and in connection with the YMCA. That year the "Y" had an international convention in London, and my Grandfather was sent as an American representative. (The YMCA was just coming into prominence at the time, and there were plans to make it an international force. Basketball dates from this period.) Lois Anne thinks it was Granny Beckett (Lois Anne continually referred to Elizabeth this was) who encouraged them to go to Ireland.
I also heard the story of what drew my grandfather first to YMCA work and latter to leper missionary work. He was a man of boundless energy. He had once plowed a huge field at the age of eight that was the talk of Mercer County. Later in Iowa, he began to see how the younger sons of large families, and unable to inherit the farm, were drifting to the towns with nothing to do. This was an issue addressed by the YMCA, and Grandpa discovered his gift for fund raising and public relations.
The Blythe Danner mystery was not cleared up, but the visit to Aunt Lois was confirmed by none other but Lois Anne's husband, Jerry, who was there. He remembers because Blythe at 11 was a brat and broke things in my Aunt Lois' Webster Grove house. She must be related to Frank Danner in some way.
So much for a first report. I will probably think of things later, and can always ask Lois Anne things. She's got drawers of stuff.
Cousin Peter
William is believed to be buried southwest of Aledo, Ohio Grove Twp., Mercer County, Illinois.
Probably in a plot, registered to another person.
Cemetery Records, Mercer County, Illinois.
The McPherren (McClure, Nolan, Dilley) cemetery. Volume 3, Page 44.
June 22, 1861 age 47 yr 10 m 10 d
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmercer/cem/all-key.htm#vol3
1860 Census
Pope Creek Area, Mercer County II, Illinois
Family #184
William Bickett, 35, Farmer, born Pa. (Probably a Family member, yet to be placed)
Thomas Bickett, 24, Laborer, born Pa. Son of William Bickett, Family #185
Family #185
William Bickett, 47, Farmer, born Ireland.
Margaret Bickett, 48, born Ireland.
James, 22, Ohio.
Elizabeth, 20, Pa.
William, 18, Pa.
Arthur, 14, Pa.
1870 Census Mercer County, Il (again a transcription)
Suez Township
#17 Thomas Bickett, 36, farmer, Pa
Margaret, 37, Pa
William M, 8, Il
Melley P, (female) Il
Mary C., 1, Il
#18 James Bickett, 34, farmer, Pa
Ellen E. Bickett, 32, Pa
Elmer, 6, Il
Lewis Buckman, 21, farm laborer, Sweden
There is a Fanny Becket, age 15, born Il, working as a domestic for the Amos
Waterman family in New Boston in 1870.
1880 US Census (a transcription again)
Census Place: Suez, Mercer, Illinois
Source: FHL Film 1254236 National Archives Film T9-0236 Page 468B
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Thomas BICKET Self M M W 46 PA
Occ: Farmer Fa: IRE Mo: IRE
Margaret BICKET Other F M W 47 PA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: PA Mo: PA
Mary C. BICKET Other F S W 11 IL
Occ: At School Fa: PA Mo: PA
William MITCHELL Other M S W 18 IL
Occ: Farmer Fa: OH Mo: OH
Nellie R. MCEOWN Other F S W 12 IL
Occ: At School Fa: NY Mo: NY
Census Place: Mercer, Mercer, Illinois
Source: FHL Film 1254236 National Archives Film T9-0236 Page 327A
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
James BICKETT Self M M W 44 PA
Occ: Farmer Fa: IRE Mo: IRE
Ellen E. BICKETT Wife F M W 42 PA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: MA Mo: NH
Alma BICKETT Dau F S W 16 IL
Fa: MA Mo: NH
Albert R. BICKETT Son M S W 8 IL
Fa: MA Mo: NH
More About WILLIAM BICKETT:
Burial: The McPherren Cemetery, Ohio Grove Twp., Mercer County, Illinois
Comment 1: Second Wife, Margaret Beckett, a cousin
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: Butler Co., Pennsylvania & Mercer Co., Illinois
More About ELIZABETH MCCOLOUGH:
Burial: October 14, 1843, Butler City, Cemetery
Occupation: Housewife
Residence: Co., Antrim, Ireland and Butler Co., Pennsylvania USA
More About MARGARET BECKETT:
Also Known As: Margaret Bickett after marriage to William Bickett
Burial: Monmouth Cemetery, Monmouth, Illinois
Comment 1: Married William Bickett, widower, Butler Co., Pennsylvania
Comment 2: Married Thomas Struthers, widower, Warren Co., Illinois
Occupation: Housewife
Residence: Butler Co., Pennsylvania, Mercer & Warren Co., Illinois.
Children of WILLIAM BICKETT and ELIZABETH MCCOLOUGH are:
2. i. THOMAS5 BICKETT, b. January 20, 1834, New Castle, Pennsylvania; d. October 19, 1899, Liberty, Gage Co., Nebraska.
3. ii. JAMES M. BICKETT, b. March 08, 1836, New Castle, Pennsylvania; d. November 09, 1923, Liberty, Gage Co., Nebraska.
4. iii. ELIZABETH STEWART BICKETT, b. May 16, 1838, New Castle, Pennsylvania; d. March 28, 1929, 215 East Bloomington St., Iowa City, Iowa.
iv. WILLIAM CHARLES BICKETT, b. October 20, 1840, Butler Co., Pennsylvania; d. November 16, 1862, American Civil War, Jackson, Tennessee.
Notes for WILLIAM CHARLES BICKETT:
1860 Census
Pope Creek Area, Mercer County II, Illinois
Family #184
William Bickett, 35, Farmer, born Pa. (Probably a Family member, yet to be placed)
Thomas Bickett, 24, Laborer, born Pa. Son of William Bickett, Family #185
Family #185
William Bickett, 47, Farmer, born Ireland.
Margaret Bickett, 48, born Ireland.
James, 22, Ohio.
Elizabeth, 20, Pa.
William, 18, Pa.
Arthur, 14, Pa.
1870 Census Mercer County, Il (again a transcription)
Suez Township
#17 Thomas Bickett, 36, farmer, Pa
Margaret, 37, Pa
William M, 8, Il
Melley P, (female) Il
Mary C., 1, Il
#18 James Bickett, 34, farmer, Pa
Ellen E. Bickett, 32, Pa
Elmer, 6, Il
Lewis Buckman, 21, farm laborer, Sweden
There is a Fanny Becket, age 15, born Il, working as a domestic for the Amos
Waterman family in New Boston in 1870.
1880 US Census (a transcription again)
Census Place: Suez, Mercer, Illinois
Source: FHL Film 1254236 National Archives Film T9-0236 Page 468B
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Thomas BICKET Self M M W 46 PA
Occ: Farmer Fa: IRE Mo: IRE
Margaret BICKET Other F M W 47 PA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: PA Mo: PA
Mary C. BICKET Other F S W 11 IL
Occ: At School Fa: PA Mo: PA
William MITCHELL Other M S W 18 IL
Occ: Farmer Fa: OH Mo: OH
Nellie R. MCEOWN Other F S W 12 IL
Occ: At School Fa: NY Mo: NY
Census Place: Mercer, Mercer, Illinois
Source: FHL Film 1254236 National Archives Film T9-0236 Page 327A
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
James BICKETT Self M M W 44 PA
Occ: Farmer Fa: IRE Mo: IRE
Ellen E. BICKETT Wife F M W 42 PA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: MA Mo: NH
Alma BICKETT Dau F S W 16 IL
Fa: MA Mo: NH
Albert R. BICKETT Son M S W 8 IL
Fa: MA Mo: NH
American Civil War, killed in action, unknown date unknown grave.
Mustered into Company G, 78th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry as
Pvt., William Becket, October 12, 1861. Transferred to the 4th U.S. Cavalry on
November 30, 1862. Date and cause of death unknown, place of burial unknown.
Armstrong Co., in The War of the Rebellion
The 78th Regt. Pa. Vol. Inf. was recruited and organized by Col. William Sirwell, at a rendezvous on the Allegheny river, immediately above the town of Kittanning, in Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania This rendezvous was called "Camp Orr," in honor of Gen. Robert Orr, a distinguished citizen of Kittanning, who had also rendered his country efficient service in the field in the war of 1812.
The companies composing the regiment came into camp in the following order: August 14, 1861, a company from Kittanning, Armstrong Co., Pa., in charge of James S. Hilberry; August 27, 1861, a company from Indiana Co., Pennsylvania, in charge of William Cummins; August 29, 1861, a company from Clarion Co., Pennsylvania, in charge of John M. Brinker; August 29, 1861, a company from Apollo, Armstrong Co., Pa., in charge of Robert D. Elwood; September 3, 1861, a company from Freeport, Armstrong Co., Pa., in charge of Dr. Charles B. Gillespie; September 5, 1861, a company from Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, known as the "Buffington Blues," in charge of John Jordon; September 6, 1861, a company from Cherry Tree, Indiana Co., Pa., in charge of Michael Forbes; September 10, 1861, a company from Clarion Co., Pennsylvania, in charge of James N. Hosey; September 11, 1861, a company from Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, in charge of Rev. De Witt C. Hervey; September 17, 1861, a company from Butler Co., Pennsylvania, in charge of William S. Jack. These ten organizations remained in "Camp Orr," drilling and recruiting, until October 12, 1861, when they were mustered into the service of the United States as the 78th Regt. P. Vol. Inf., by Capt. H. B. Hays, U. S. A., mustering officer, on duty at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
COMPANY G.
OFFICERS.
Captain John Jordan, m. i. s. Oct 12, 1861; res. April 12, 1864.
First Lieutenant Wm. J. Galbraith, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; trans. to U. S. Signal corps June 20, 1863.
First Lieutenant Jacob R. McAfoos, m. i. s. Oct 12, 1861; pro. from 2d Lt. Aug. 26, 1863; m. o. with Co.
Second Lieutenant Wm. J. Williams, m. i. s. Oct. 18, 1861; pro. from Com Sergt. April 24, 1864; commissioned Capt. April 13, 1864--not mus.; m. o. with Co.
First Sergeant Samuel H. Croyle, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with Co.
Sergeant Bernard Huber, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with Co.
Sergeant Andrew J. Thompson, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with Co.
Sergeant Geo. G. Borland, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; wounded at Stone River, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862; m. o. with Co.
Sergeant Peter O. Bowser, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; dis. Nov. 4, 1864.
Sergeant Wm. A. Henderson, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; dis. on surgeon's certificate May 18, 1862.
Sergeant Samuel Klugh, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; dis. on surgeon's certificate May 18, 1862.
Sergeant John C. White, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; dis. on surgeon's certificate July 20, 1863.
Corporal Thomas Shea, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with Co.
Corporal Robert L. Marshall, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with Co.
Corporal Isaac Schrecengost, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with Co.
Corporal David L. Cochran, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with Co.
Corporal Wm. G. McElhiney, m. i. s. Oct, 12, 1861; m. o. with Co.
Corporal Jos. McElwee, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with Co.
Corporal John C. Roof, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; trans. to 4th Reg. U. S. Cav, Nov. 30, 1862.
Corporal Thos. McCleary, m. i. s. Feb. 2, 1864; trans. to Co. A, Oct. 18, 1864; vet.
Corporal John W. P. Blair, m. i. s. Feb. 2, 1864; trans. to Co. A, Oct. 18, 1864; vet.
Corporal James W. Collums, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; died at Camp Wood, Ky., Feb. 17, 1862.
Corporal Arthur L. Myrtle, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; killed at Stone River, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862.
Musician John G. Webb, m. i. s. March 4, 1862; trans. to Co. A Oct. 18, 1864.
Musician James M. Hawk, m. i. s. March 12, 1862; trans. to Co. A Oct. 18, 1864.
Musician McKendria M. Lias, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; died at Camp Negley, Ky., Dec. 11, 1861.
PRIVATES.
Borland, Samuel, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with Co.
Bowser, Wm. J., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with Co.
Bowser, John G., m. i. s. Sept. 12, 1862; dis. on surgeon's certificate June 29, 1863.
Becket, William, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; trans. to 4th Reg. U. S. Cav. Nov., 30, 1862.
Bowser, Washington, m. i. s. Aug. 7, 1862; trans. to Co. A Oct. 18, 1864.
Bridget, Hamilton, m. i. s. Sept. 13, 1862; trans. to Co. A Oct. 18, 1864.
Burket, John, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; died at Louisville, Ky., Nov. 16, 1862.
Bennett, Abraham, m. i. s. Feb. 2,1864
Campbell, Mark, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with Co.
Clark, Wm., m. i. s. Sept. 15, 1862; trans. to co. A Oct. 18, 1864.
Coursins, James H., m. i. s. Sept. 13, 1862; trans. to Co. A Oct. 18, 1864.
Coursins, Simon, m. i. s. Sept. 14, 1862; trans. to Co. A Oct. 18, 1864.
Cable, John W., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; died at Camp Wood, Ky., Dec. 14, 1861.
Clever, Wm. H., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; died at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 1, 1862.
Christman, Michael, m. i. s. Sept. 12, 1862; died at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 25, 1863.
Croyle, John, m. i. s. Sept. 13, 1862; missed in action at Stone River, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862.
Davis, Orlando P., m. i. s. July 8, 1863; trans. to Co. A Oct. 18, 1864.
Dickson, John, m. i. s. Sept. 12, 1864; trans. to Co. A Oct. 18, 1864.
Erwin, James M., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; killed at Stone River, Tenn., Jan. 2, 1863.
Fowler, Francis, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; dis. on surgeon's certificate May 18, 1862.
Fienner, Elijah, m. i. s. Sept. 13, 1862; dis. on surgeon's certificate, date unknown date.
Guyer, Wm. W., m. i. s. April 1, 1862; dis. on surgeon's certificate May 18, 1862.
Hagerty, Wm. A., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; wounded at Stone River, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862; absent sick at m. o.
Hughes, Geo., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with company.
Hoover, Jacob, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with company.
Hopkins, John A., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with company.
Hosack, Wm. S., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with company.
Henesy, Oliver, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with company.
Hooks, Hugh A., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; wounded at Stone River, Tenn., Jan. 2, 1863; m. o. with company.
Henesy, Charles, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with company.
Hall, John, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; captured at Stone River, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862; absent at m. o.
Howser, Isaac, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; dis. on surgeon's certificate May 18, 1862.
Heath, Joshua, m. i. s. Feb. 2, 1864; trans. to Co. A Oct, 18, 1864; vet.
Hastings, John S., m. i. s. Oct. 1861; died at Camp Negley, Ky., Dec. 11, 1861.
Hull, Morrison, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; killed at Stone River, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862.
Jewell, Thos M., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with company.
Johnston, Wm. C., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 161; m. o. with company.
Johnston, Thos., m. i. s. Oct. 1861; dis. on surgeon's certificate May 18, 1862.
Lemon, John H., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; dis. on surgeon's certificate Aug. --, 1862.
Myrtle, Henry A., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; absent sick at m. o.
Marshall, James W., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; wounded near Dallas, Ga., May 27, 1864; m. o. with company.
Marshall, William A., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with company.
Myers, Joseph L., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with company.
Myrtle, Jacob B., m. i. s. Feb. 2, 1864; trans. to Co. A Oct. 18, 1864.
Mains, Daniel, m. i. s. March 4, 1864; trans. to Co. A Oct. 18, 1864.
Murph, Daniel, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; died Jan. 5, 1863, of wounds received at Stone River, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862.
McLeod, Jas. A., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; wounded at Stone River, Tenn.; m. o. with company.
McCracken, Jas., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with company.
McVey, Daniel L., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with company.
McPherson, Eli, m. i. s. March 4, 1862; trans. to Co. A Oct. 18, 1864.
McMillen, Daniel, m. i. s. Sept. 10, 1862; trans. to Co. A. Oct. 18, 1864.
McBride, Enos, m. i. s. March 12, 1862, died at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 30, 1862.
McCrady, George, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; died at Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 12, 1862.
Pool, Wm. R., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; dis. on surgeon's certificate July 20, 1863.
Porter, Wm. M., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; died at Louisville, Ky., Dec. 21, 1861; buried in Nat. Cem., Sec A, range 3, grave 9.
Reed, George S., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with company.
Ruffner, Simon, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with company.
Runyan, Phineas, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with company.
Ruffner, Daniel, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with company.
Ruffner, William H., m. i. s. March 3, 1864; trans. to Co. A Oct. 18, 1864.
Roudybust, Michael, m. i. s. March 24, 1864.
Soxman, Henry F., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; wounded at Stone River, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862; m. o. with company.
Snyder, John S., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with company.
Sowers, William, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with company.
Sowers, Samuel H., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; m. o. with company.
Shannon, George W., m. i. s. Aug. 30, 1862; trans. to Co. A Oct. 18, 1864.
Shannon, James, m. i. s. Aug. 30, 1862; trans. to Co. A Oct. 18, 1864.
Sowers, Henry, m. i. s. Sept. 13, 1862; died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., May 11; buried in Nat. Cem., Stone River, grave 306.
Troutner, Thomas, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; trans. to 4th Reg. U. S. Cav, Nov. 30, 1862.
Troutner, George W., m. i. s. March 4, 1864; trans. to Co. A Oct. 18, 1864.
Thompson, John H., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; died, date unknown date, of wounds received at Stone River, Tenn., Jan. 2, 1863.
Wilson, Thomas, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; died near Nashville, Tenn., March 15, 1862.
Yingst, Henry E., m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; trans. to Vet. Reserve corps July 1, 1862.
Yount, Daniel, m. i. s. Oct. 12, 1861; trans. to Vet. Reserve corps Aug. 1, 1862.
Yount, Jacob, m. i. s. Sept. 12, 1862; died at Louisville, Ky., Nov. 25, 1863; buried Nat. Cem., sec A, range, 28, grave 10.
4th Reg. U. S. Cav.
FOURTH UNITED STATES CAVALRY. The Fourth United States Cavalry regiment, one of the most effective units of the United States Army against Indians on the Texas frontier, was organized on March 26, 1855, at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, as the First Cavalry Regiment. It was redesignated on August 3, 1861, as the Fourth United States Cavalry. Its first commanders were Col. Edwin V. Sumner and Lt. Col. Joseph E. Johnston. From 1855 to 1861 the First Cavalry served against hostile Plains Indians, sought to keep peace between the opposing factions in Kansas, and fought against Confederates in Missouri, Arkansas, and Indian Territory. In 1861-62 two companies served with distinction in Virginia before being reunited with the regiment in Tennessee. The regiment fought gallantly and continuously in the western theater from Shiloh to Macon.
In August 1865 the Fourth Cavalry was sent to Texas. At various times during the next thirteen years units of its twelve companies occupied the military posts between the Rio Grande and Jacksboro and between San Antonio and San Angelo. Before 1871 the operations of the regiment were limited to guarding the mail and settlements against Indians and to desultory attempts to overtake bands of Indian raiders. Col. Lawrence Pike Graham never led a major campaign, and none of the regiment's fourteen skirmishes with Indians was of major significance.
In December 1870 Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie was given command of the Fourth Cavalry, with orders to put a stop to Comanche and Kiowa raids along the Texas frontier. On February 25, 1871, Mackenzie took command of the Fourth Cavalry at Fort Concho. A month later he moved the headquarters of the regiment to Fort Richardson, near Jacksboro; companies of the Fourth remained at Fort Griffin and Fort Concho. In May, while Gen. William T. Sherman, commander in chief of the army, was at Fort Richardson, the Kiowas brutally mutilated some teamsters with a wagon train on nearby Salt Creek Prairie [WARREN WAGON TRAIN RAID) A few days later at Fort Sill, Sherman had three leaders of the raid, Satanta, Satank, and Big Tree, arrested and had Mackenzie return them to Jacksboro for trial for murder. On the way a trooper killed Satank when he tried to escape; Satanta and Big Tree were sentenced to life imprisonment.
In August Mackenzie led an expedition into Indian Territory against the Comanches and Kiowas who had left the agency, but he was later ordered to return to Texas. He then led eight companies of the Fourth Cavalry and two companies of the Eleventh Infantry, about 600 men, in search of Quahadi Comanches, who had refused to go onto the reservation and were plundering the Texas frontier. On October 10 he skirmished with a group in Blanco Canyon, near the site of present Crosbyton, but the entire band escaped across the plains. The following summer Mackenzie, with six companies of the Fourth Cavalry, renewed his search for the Quahadis. After establishing his supply camp on the Freshwater Fork of the Brazos (now the White River) southeast of present Crosbyton, Mackenzie with five companies of cavalry followed a cattle trail across the unexplored High Plains into New Mexico and returned by another well-watered Comanchero road from Fort Bascom, near the site of present Tucumcari, New Mexico, to the site of present Canyon. At the head of 222 cavalrymen on September 29 he surprised and destroyed Chief Mow-way's village of Quahadi and Kotsoteka Comanches on the North Fork of the Red River about six miles east of the site of present Lefors. An estimated fifty-two Indians were killed and 124 captured, with a loss of three cavalrymen killed and three wounded. For almost a year both the Kiowas and Comanches remained at peace.
In March 1873 Mackenzie and five companies (A, B, C, E, and K) of the Fourth Cavalry were transferred to Fort Clark with orders to put an end to the Mexican-based Kickapoo and Apache depredations in Texas, which had cost an alleged $48 million. On May 18, 1873, Mackenzie, with five companies of the Fourth Cavalry, surprised and burned three villages of the raiders near Remolino, Coahuila; the cavalrymen killed nineteen Indians and captured forty-one, with a loss of one trooper killed and two wounded. The soldiers recrossed the Rio Grande into Texas at daybreak the next morning, some of the men having ridden an estimated 160 miles in forty-nine hours. The raid and an effective system of border patrols brought temporary peace to the area.
When the Southern Plains Indians opened the Red River War in June 1874, the Grant administration discarded its Quaker peace policy and authorized the military to take control of the reservations and subdue all hostile Indians. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, commander of the Division of the Missouri, ordered five military expeditions to converge on their hideouts along the upper Red River country. In the ensuing campaign the Fourth Cavalry was the most successful. On September 26-27 it staved off a Comanche attack at the head of Tule Canyon and on the morning of September 28 descended by a narrow trail to the bottom of Palo Duro Canyon. There it completely destroyed five Comanche, Kiowa, and Cheyenne villages, including large quantities of provisions, and captured 1,424 horses and mules, of which 1,048 were slaughtered at the head of Tule Canyon. Afterward, Mackenzie, with detachments of the regiment, made two other expeditions onto the High Plains. On November 3, near the site of Tahoka, in their last fight with the Comanches, the cavalrymen killed two and captured nineteen. In spring 1875 Mackenzie and the units of the Fourth Cavalry from various posts in Texas were sent to Fort Sill to take control of the Southern Plains Indians.
Meanwhile, the Indians in Mexico had renewed their marauding in Texas. In 1878 General Sherman, at the insistence of the Texans, transferred Mackenzie and six companies of the Fourth Cavalry to Fort Clark. This time Mackenzie led a larger and more extensive expedition into Mexico, restored a system of patrols, and reestablished peace in the devastated region of South Texas.
Outside Texas, Mackenzie and the Fourth Cavalry administered and controlled the Kiowa-Comanche and the Cheyenne-Arapaho reservations for several years, and after the annihilation of George A. Custer's command on the Little Big Horn in June 1876 forced Red Cloud and his band of Sioux and the Northern Cheyennes to surrender. In the autumn of 1879 Mackenzie with six companies of the Fourth Cavalry subdued the hostile Utes in Southern Colorado without firing a shot and in August 1880 forced them to move to a reservation in Utah. Immediately thereafter, the Fourth Cavalry was transferred to Arizona, where Mackenzie was to assume full command of all military forces in the department and subdue the hostile Apaches. Within less than a month the Apaches had surrendered or fled to Mexico, and on October 30 Mackenzie and the Fourth Cavalry were transferred to the new District of New Mexico. By November 1, 1882, when W. B. Royall replaced Mackenzie as colonel, the Fourth Cavalry had forced the White Mountain Apaches, Jicarillas, Navajos, and Mescaleros to remain peacefully on their respective reservations.
From 1884 to 1886 the Fourth Cavalry operated against the Apaches in Arizona. In 1890 the regimental headquarters was moved to Walla Walla, Washington. During World War I the Fourth Cavalry remained in the United States in case hostilities should erupt along the Mexican border. In 1942 the unit was reorganized and redesignated the Fourth Cavalry Mechanized and sent to Europe, where it participated throughout the remainder of World War II. Afterward in Vietnam the unit served with undiminished valor.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: James M. Merrill, Spurs to Glory: The Story of the U.S. Cavalry (Chicago: Rand McNally 1966) Ernest Wallace, Ranald S. Mackenzie on the Texas Frontier (Lubbock: West Texas Museum Association, 1964)
More About WILLIAM CHARLES BICKETT:
Burial: A Soldier's Grave.
Military service: October 12, 1961, Co., G, 78th Pennsylvania, Volunteer Infantry, 4th U.S. Cavalry.
Child of WILLIAM BICKETT and MARGARET BECKETT is:
5. v. ARTHUR HILL5 BICKETT, b. April 20, 1846, Butler Co., Pennsylvania USA; d. July 13, 1932, Mt. Ayr, Ringold Co., Iowa.
Generation No. 2
2. THOMAS5 BICKETT (WILLIAM4, THOMAS3 BECKETT, JAMES2, THOMAS1) was born January 20, 1834 in New Castle, Pennsylvania, and died October 19, 1899 in Liberty, Gage Co., Nebraska. He married MARGRETTA A. BETTS December 25, 1860 in Aledo, Mercer Co., Illinois. She was born April 06, 1833 in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, and died May 13, 1899 in Liberty, Gage Co., Nebraska.
Notes for THOMAS BICKETT:
Liberty, Nebraska Journal, Thursday, October 19, 1899.
Died-Saturday night about 12 o'clock At his home four miles north-west of this city, Mr. Thomas Bickett, of heart failure, The funeral services were held from the residence Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. A. P. Beal, former pastor of the family, assisted by Rev. Schwarts and Rev. Gibbons.
The obituary will appear later.
Liberty, Nebraska Journal, Saturday, October 21, 1899.
Thomas Bickett expired at his home five and one-half miles north-west of this place, at 1 o'clock yesterday morning. He was about 60 years of age and well known throughout this section of the state. Deceased attended the Salvation Army meeting at Union Hall Saturday night and was apparently in good health.
Shortly after returning he was taken suddenly ill and expired at the above hour. The funeral was held here today. This gentleman was one of the best know residents of this community and his many friends were shocked to learn of his death. It is thought apoplexy caused his death.
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BICKETT, THOMAS BITTS, MARGARET in MERCER 12/25/1860 00A/ 00001446
1860 Census
Pope Creek Area, Mercer County II, Illinois
Family #184
William Bickett, 35, Farmer, born Pa. (Probably a Family member, yet to be placed)
Thomas Bickett, 24, Laborer, born Pa. Son of William Bickett, Family #185
Family #185
William Bickett, 47, Farmer, born Ireland.
Margaret Bickett, 48, born Ireland.
James, 22, Ohio.
Elizabeth, 20, Pa.
William, 18, Pa.
Arthur, 14, Pa.
1870 Census Mercer County, Il (again a transcription)
Suez Township
#17 Thomas Bickett, 36, farmer, Pa
Margaret, 37, Pa
William M, 8, Il
Melley P, (female) Il
Mary C., 1, Il
#18 James Bickett, 34, farmer, Pa
Ellen E. Bickett, 32, Pa
Elmer, 6, Il
Lewis Buckman, 21, farm laborer, Sweden
There is a Fanny Becket, age 15, born Il, working as a domestic for the Amos
Waterman family in New Boston in 1870.
1880 US Census (a transcription again)
Census Place: Suez, Mercer, Illinois
Source: FHL Film 1254236 National Archives Film T9-0236 Page 468B
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Thomas BICKET Self M M W 46 PA
Occ: Farmer Fa: IRE Mo: IRE
Margaret BICKET Other F M W 47 PA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: PA Mo: PA
Mary C. BICKET Other F S W 11 IL
Occ: At School Fa: PA Mo: PA
William MITCHELL Other M S W 18 IL
Occ: Farmer Fa: OH Mo: OH
Nellie R. MCEOWN Other F S W 12 IL
Occ: At School Fa: NY Mo: NY
Census Place: Mercer, Mercer, Illinois
Source: FHL Film 1254236 National Archives Film T9-0236 Page 327A
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
James BICKETT Self M M W 44 PA
Occ: Farmer Fa: IRE Mo: IRE
Ellen E. BICKETT Wife F M W 42 PA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: MA Mo: NH
Alma BICKETT Dau F S W 16 IL
Fa: MA Mo: NH
Albert R. BICKETT Son M S W 8 IL
Fa: MA Mo: NH
More About THOMAS BICKETT:
Burial: October 21, 1899, Liberty Cemetery, Liberty Twp., Gage Co., Liberty, Nebraska
Comment 1: December 1894, Moved from Illinois to Gage Co., Nebraska.
Occupation: Farmer
Notes for MARGRETTA A. BETTS:
Liberty, Nebraska Journal Thursday, May 18, 1899.
Margaretta A. Betts was born in West Moreland, Co., Pennsylvania Apr. 6, 1833. She came to Illinois in 1856 and was married to Thomas Bickett at Aledo, Illinois on Christmas Day 1860. They moved to Gage Co., Neb., in Dec. 1894.
For about four years she has been an intense sufferer and died at noon Saturday May 18, 1899 while undergoing an imperative operation for Strangulated Hernia.
She was the mother of four children, three of whom died in infancy one daughter survives her, and assumes the mother mantle in the home, In additional to her own children She raised two motherless children.
While young she united with the unknown church, and after marriage joined the Methodist church of which she was a member at the time of her death.
Her religious life was quiet and retiring but she projected her character in spirit of God on the life about her.
She lived for others, in the midst of her constant suffering she gave her life
to others.
A faithful wife and loving mother she approximated Soloman's portrait of the true woman.
During half a century she had been becoming one of God's Noble woman
and she has entered into her rest.
"Give her the fruits of her hands: and let her own works praise her in the gates"
More About MARGRETTA A. BETTS:
Burial: May 15, 1899, Liberty Cemetery, Liberty Twp., Gage Co., Liberty, Nebraska
Comment 1: 1856, Moved to Illinois.
Children of THOMAS BICKETT and MARGRETTA BETTS are:
i. INFANT6 BICKETT.
ii. WILLIAM BICKETT, b. 1862.
iii. MARY C. BICKETT, b. 1869; d. Aft 1899.
iv. MELLEY P. BICKETT, b. 1870.
3. JAMES M.5 BICKETT (WILLIAM4, THOMAS3 BECKETT, JAMES2, THOMAS1) was born March 08, 1836 in New Castle, Pennsylvania, and died November 09, 1923 in Liberty, Gage Co., Nebraska. He married ELLEN ELIZA MILLER. She was born 1837 in Pennsylvania, and died September 14, 1920 in Liberty, Gage Co., Nebraska.
Notes for JAMES M. BICKETT:
A James Bickett smashed his hand, reported in The Freeport Journal, Freeport, Pa. May 11, 1885
Liberty, Nebraska, Thursday, November 15, 1923.
James Bickett, pioneer of Liberty, died Friday, at the age of 85 years. since the death of Mrs. Bickett four years ago the deceased has made his home with his only daughter, Mrs. C. F. Crocker. Funeral services held Sunday afternoon from the family home and burial was in Liberty cemetery.
1860 Census
Pope Creek Area, Mercer County, Illinois
Family #184
William Bickett, 35, Farmer, born Pa. (Probably a Family member, yet to be placed)
Thomas Bickett, 24, Laborer, born Pa. Son of William Bickett, Family #185
Family #185
William Bickett, 47, Farmer, born Ireland.
Margaret Bickett, 48, born Ireland.
James, 22, Ohio.
Elizabeth, 20, Pa.
William, 18, Pa.
Arthur, 14, Pa.
1870 Census Mercer County, Il (again a transcription)
Suez Township
#17 Thomas Bickett, 36, farmer, Pa
Margaret, 37, Pa
William M, 8, Il
Melley P, (female) Il
Mary C., 1, Il
#18 James Bickett, 34, farmer, Pa
Ellen E. Bickett, 32, Pa
Elmer, 6, Il
Lewis Buckman, 21, farm laborer, Sweden
There is a Fanny Becket, age 15, born Il, working as a domestic for the Amos
Waterman family in New Boston in 1870.
1880 US Census (a transcription again)
Census Place: Suez, Mercer, Illinois
Source: FHL Film 1254236 National Archives Film T9-0236 Page 468B
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Thomas BICKET Self M M W 46 PA
Occ: Farmer Fa: IRE Mo: IRE
Margaret BICKET Other F M W 47 PA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: PA Mo: PA
Mary C. BICKET Other F S W 11 IL
Occ: At School Fa: PA Mo: PA
William MITCHELL Other M S W 18 IL
Occ: Farmer Fa: OH Mo: OH
Nellie R. MCEOWN Other F S W 12 IL
Occ: At School Fa: NY Mo: NY
Census Place: Mercer, Mercer, Illinois
Source: FHL Film 1254236 National Archives Film T9-0236 Page 327A
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
James BICKETT Self M M W 44 PA
Occ: Farmer Fa: IRE Mo: IRE
Ellen E. BICKETT Wife F M W 42 PA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: MA Mo: NH
Alma BICKETT Dau F S W 16 IL
Fa: MA Mo: NH
Albert R. BICKETT Son M S W 8 IL
Fa: MA Mo: NH
More About JAMES M. BICKETT:
Burial: Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Liberty Twp., Gage Co., Nebraska
Comment 1: Moved from Illinois to Gage Co., Nebraska.
More About ELLEN ELIZA MILLER:
Burial: Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Liberty Twp., Gage Co., Nebraska
Comment 1: September 14, 1920, Bowhays Funeral Home
Children of JAMES BICKETT and ELLEN MILLER are:
i. ELMER6 BICKETT, b. 1862, Mercer County, Illinois.
6. ii. ALMA BICKETT, b. 1864, Mercer County, Illinois; d. April 14, 1944, Braham, Minnesota.
iii. ALBERT R. BICKETT, b. 1873, Mercer County, Illinois; d. April 06, 1918, Kansas City, Missouri.
More About ALBERT R. BICKETT:
Burial: April 1918, Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Liberty Twp., Gage Co., Nebraska
Comment 1: Bowhays Funeral Home.
Comment 2: Cremation
Occupation: Postal Service
4. ELIZABETH STEWART5 BICKETT (WILLIAM4, THOMAS3 BECKETT, JAMES2, THOMAS1) was born May 16, 1838 in New Castle, Pennsylvania, and died March 28, 1929 in 215 East Bloomington St., Iowa City, Iowa. She married FRANCIS MARION DANNER June 03, 1862 in Mercer Co., Illinois, son of WILLIAM DANNER and ELIZABETH MASON. He was born January 28, 1839 in Virginia, and died April 15, 1919 in 215 East Bloomington St. Iowa City, Iowa.
Notes for ELIZABETH STEWART BICKETT:
1860 Census
Pope Creek Area, Mercer County II, Illinois
Family #184
William Bickett, 35, Farmer, born Pa. (Probably a Family member, yet to be placed)
Thomas Bickett, 24, Laborer, born Pa. Son of William Bickett, Family #185
Family #185
William Bickett, 47, Farmer, born Ireland.
Margaret Bickett, 48, born Ireland.
James, 22, Ohio.
Elizabeth, 20, Pa.
William, 18, Pa.
Arthur, 14, Pa.
1870 Census Mercer County, Il (again a transcription)
Suez Township
#17 Thomas Bickett, 36, farmer, Pa
Margaret, 37, Pa
William M, 8, Il
Melley P, (female) Il
Mary C., 1, Il
#18 James Bickett, 34, farmer, Pa
Ellen E. Bickett, 32, Pa
Elmer, 6, Il
Lewis Buckman, 21, farm laborer, Sweden
There is a Fanny Becket, age 15, born Il, working as a domestic for the Amos
Waterman family in New Boston in 1870.
1880 US Census (a transcription again)
Census Place: Suez, Mercer, Illinois
Source: FHL Film 1254236 National Archives Film T9-0236 Page 468B
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Thomas BICKET Self M M W 46 PA
Occ: Farmer Fa: IRE Mo: IRE
Margaret BICKET Other F M W 47 PA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: PA Mo: PA
Mary C. BICKET Other F S W 11 IL
Occ: At School Fa: PA Mo: PA
William MITCHELL Other M S W 18 IL
Occ: Farmer Fa: OH Mo: OH
Nellie R. MCEOWN Other F S W 12 IL
Occ: At School Fa: NY Mo: NY
Census Place: Mercer, Mercer, Illinois
Source: FHL Film 1254236 National Archives Film T9-0236 Page 327A
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
James BICKETT Self M M W 44 PA
Occ: Farmer Fa: IRE Mo: IRE
Ellen E. BICKETT Wife F M W 42 PA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: MA Mo: NH
Alma BICKETT Dau F S W 16 IL
Fa: MA Mo: NH
Albert R. BICKETT Son M S W 8 IL
Fa: MA Mo: NH
More About ELIZABETH STEWART BICKETT:
Burial: Oakland, Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa
Occupation: Housewife
Residence: Iowa City, Iowa.
Notes for FRANCIS MARION DANNER:
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More About FRANCIS MARION DANNER:
Burial: Oakland, Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa
Occupation: 1915, Retired Farmer and Methodist Minister
Property: 1862, Mercer Co., Illinois
Children of ELIZABETH BICKETT and FRANCIS DANNER are:
7. i. WILLIAM MASON DANNER6 SR, b. June 22, 1863, Mercer Co., Illinois; d. 1952, Washington, D. C.
ii. FRANK ALLEN DANNER, b. November 19, 1866, Mercer County, Illinois; d. July 07, 1961; m. (1) MARGARET SLEMMONS, September 12, 1890; b. August 13, 1869, Iowa; d. January 31, 1919, Iowa; m. (2) ELSIE KLIEBENSTEIN, 1923; b. Crendy Center, Iowa.
More About FRANK ALLEN DANNER:
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: 420 Lucas Street, Iowa City, Iowa
More About MARGARET SLEMMONS:
Burial: Oakland Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa
8. iii. SAMUEL ERNEST DANNER, b. 1872, Mercer Co., Illinois; d. July 16, 1905, Coralville, Iowa.
iv. MARY E. DANNER, b. 1874, Mercer Co., Illinois; d. 1897, Iowa City, Iowa.
More About MARY E. DANNER:
Burial: Oakland Cemetery. Iowa City, Iowa
v. LOUELLA M. DANNER, b. 1876, Iowa City, Iowa; d. 1969, Western Springs, Illinois.
More About LOUELLA M. DANNER:
Burial: Oakland Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa
Comment 1: Kept Family Diary throughout her life-diary fell to heir, to Lois Danner
Residence: 215 East Bloomington St., Iowa City, Iowa
5. ARTHUR HILL5 BICKETT (WILLIAM4, THOMAS3 BECKETT, JAMES2, THOMAS1) was born April 20, 1846 in Butler Co., Pennsylvania USA, and died July 13, 1932 in Mt. Ayr, Ringold Co., Iowa. He married MARGARET JANE PAXTON February 18, 1873 in Mercer Co., Illinois.. She was born 1852 in Mercer Co., Illinois., and died 1943 in Younceville, California.
Notes for ARTHUR HILL BICKETT:
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BICKETT, A H PAXTON, JENNIE MERCER 02/20/1873 00A/0155 00003164
1860 Census
Pope Creek Area, Mercer County II, Illinois
Family #184
William Bickett, 35, Farmer, born Pa. (Probably a Family member, yet to be placed)
Thomas Bickett, 24, Laborer, born Pa. Son of William Bickett, Family #185
Family #185
William Bickett, 47, Farmer, born Ireland.
Margaret Bickett, 48, born Ireland.
James, 22, Ohio.
Elizabeth, 20, Pa.
William, 18, Pa.
Arthur, 14, Pa.
1870 Census Mercer County, Il (again a transcription)
Suez Township
#17 Thomas Bickett, 36, farmer, Pa
Margaret, 37, Pa
William M, 8, Il
Melley P, (female) Il
Mary C., 1, Il
#18 James Bickett, 34, farmer, Pa
Ellen E. Bickett, 32, Pa
Elmer, 6, Il
Lewis Buckman, 21, farm laborer, Sweden
There is a Fanny Becket, age 15, born Il, working as a domestic for the Amos
Waterman family in New Boston in 1870.
1880 US Census (a transcription again)
Census Place: Suez, Mercer, Illinois
Source: FHL Film 1254236 National Archives Film T9-0236 Page 468B
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Thomas BICKET Self M M W 46 PA
Occ: Farmer Fa: IRE Mo: IRE
Margaret BICKET Other F M W 47 PA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: PA Mo: PA
Mary C. BICKET Other F S W 11 IL
Occ: At School Fa: PA Mo: PA
William MITCHELL Other M S W 18 IL
Occ: Farmer Fa: OH Mo: OH
Nellie R. MCEOWN Other F S W 12 IL
Occ: At School Fa: NY Mo: NY
Census Place: Mercer, Mercer, Illinois
Source: FHL Film 1254236 National Archives Film T9-0236 Page 327A
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
James BICKETT Self M M W 44 PA
Occ: Farmer Fa: IRE Mo: IRE
Ellen E. BICKETT Wife F M W 42 PA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: MA Mo: NH
Alma BICKETT Dau F S W 16 IL
Fa: MA Mo: NH
Albert R. BICKETT Son M S W 8 IL
Fa: MA Mo: NH
Company "A" 138th Regiment, Warren Co., Illinois Infantry
Name Rank Residence Date of Muster Remarks
138th Illinois Infantry
Organized at Camp Wood, Quincy, Illinois, by Colonel John W. Goodwin, and was mustered
in June 21, 1864, for one hundred days.
On 26th July, the Regiment moved to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and was assigned to garrison duty, Colonel Goodwin commanding post. Major Tunison, with Companies C and F, occupied the post of Weston, Mouria from July 7th to August 3d, Brigadier General Thomas A. Davis commanding
District of North Kansas and Major General Curtis commanding Department of Kansas.
The Regiment was mustered out of the United Sates service at Springfield, Illinois, October 14th, 1864
Field & Staff
Name Rank Residence Date of Rank or Enlistment Date of Muster Remarks
BIGGER, David P 1st Asst Surg. Wataga Jun 21, 1864 Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
EDWARD, John H Quartermaster Ottawa May 17, 1864 May 17, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
FERGUSON, Smith T 2nd Asst Surg. Morris Jun 21, 1864 Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
GOODWIN, John W Colonel Pontiac Jun 21, 1864 Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
HASKIN, Benjamin F Chaplain Victoria Jun 21, 1864 Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
HOLT, Alexander H Lt. Colonel Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
JOHNSON, John H Adjutant Young America Jun 21, 1864 Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
ROWE, James J Surgeon Avon Jun 21, 1864 Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
TUNISON, John Major Kankakee Jun 21, 1864 Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
Non-Commissioned Staff
Name Rank Residence Date of Rank or Enlistment Date of Muster Remarks
BRUNNER, Samuel M Prin. Musician Abingdon May 17, 1864 Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
HARDING, Delloyd QM Sergeant Monmouth May 2, 1864 Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
HUNT, George B Prin. Musician Ottawa May 3, 1864 Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
PATTERSON, John O Hosp. Steward Oquawka May 16, 1864 Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
PORTER, John S Comm. Sergeant Ottawa May 6, 1864 Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
STRAWN, James Serg. Major Ottawa May 10, 1864 Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
Name Rank Residence Date of Rank or Enlistment Date of Muster Remarks
ABRAMS, William H Sergeant Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
ACHESON, Joseph Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
ALLEN, James T Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
ALLRED, Francis Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
ANDERSON, James O Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
AVENELL, Charles P Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
BABCOCK, James W Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
BAILEY, David B Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
BARRETT, William H Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
BASSETT, Fletcher L Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
BEVERIDGE, Andrew Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
BICKETT, Arthur H Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
BOYD, George J Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
BROOK, James W Corporal Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
BROWN, William Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
BURROUGHS, Eugene P Sergeant Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
CALDWELL, Andrew F Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
CAMPBELL, John M Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
CARSON, Francis M Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
CATHCART, David J Corporal Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
CLAYCOMB, Samuel Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
COOPER, William Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
CRAWFORD, James S Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
DAVIS, Andrew A Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
DAVIS, Charles F Musician Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
DUNCAN, Basil A Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
EARP, Delos D Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
FINDLEY, Stuart S Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
FINLEY, John A 2nd Lt. Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
FOSTER, Martin L Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
FRASIER, George Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
FRAUL, Richard Musician Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
FRISBEE, Eugene Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
GETTEMY, John Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
GETTEMY, Joseph A Corporal Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
GIBSON, David S Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
GILES, John R Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
GIVEN, Obadiah G 1st Serg. Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
GRAHAM, Samuel L Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
HALL, Edward E Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
HARDIN, Delavan S Corporal Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
HENDERSON, Clark E Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
HERDMAN, Frank A Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
JOHNSON, William F Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
JONES, Thomas Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
KENNEDY, Patrick Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
KERR, Samuel F Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
KILLIAN, William E Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
KNAPP, Henry H Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
LEIGHTY, Jacob Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
LESLIE, James C Corporal Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
LIGGOTT, James B Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
LUSK, John W Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
MADDEN, James B Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
MANNON, Samuel E Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
MARSHALL, Thomas M Wagoner Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Private.
Died at Ft. Leavenworth, Kas., July 30, 1864
MATHEWS, John W Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
McADAMS, Frederick Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
McADAMS, George Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
McCLANAHAN, M'nroe R Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
McCLANAHAN, Wm. S Captain Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
McCONNELL, Robert Corporal Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
McINTYRE, David Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
McKINNEY, William Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
McLEAN, Joseph Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
McREYNOLDS, David Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
MITCHELL, William R Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
NELSON, Strawder B Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
NEWBANKS, Robert Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
PAINE, Barton W Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
RAMP, William F Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
RENWICK, Andrew Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
RIDLON, James F Corporal Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
ROOD, Joseph B Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
RUNGE, John C Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
SCHUSSLER, George B Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
SCOTT, Winfield Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
STAPP, Guy 1st Lt. Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
STEPHENSON, Charles M Sergeant Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
STEWART, Samuel J Corporal Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
STRUTHERS, Allen B Sergeant Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
WALLACE, David M Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
WOODS, Richard P Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
WOODS, William S Private Monmouth Jun 21, 1864 Mustered out Oct 14, 1864
More About ARTHUR HILL BICKETT:
Comment 1: Buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Mt Ayr, Iowa
Military service: American Civil War: Co., A, 138 Infantry, Monmouth, Illinois.
Occupation: Postal Clerk in 1899, Mt Ayr, Iowa.
Residence: Mt Ayr, Ringold Co., Iowa.
More About MARGARET JANE PAXTON:
Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Mt. Ayr, Iowa
Comment 1: A relative in Younceville, California?
Residence: Mt Ayr, Ringold Co., Iowa.
Children of ARTHUR BICKETT and MARGARET PAXTON are:
i. EDITH LILA6 BICKETT, b. 1878, Mt Ayr, Iowa; m. JAMES WALTON TRIPLETT; b. 1873, Mongomery Co., , Iowa.
More About EDITH LILA BICKETT:
Comment 1: Third wife of James Tripplett
Education: 1897, Graduated High School, Mt. Ayr, Iowa
Occupation: 1899, Teacher-Mt Ayr, Iowa
More About JAMES WALTON TRIPLETT:
Comment 1: Third wife of James Triplett
Occupation: Real Estate, Yuma, Colorado
ii. JOHN F. BICKETT, b. 1885, Mt Ayr, Iowa.
More About JOHN F. BICKETT:
Education: 1904, Graduated High School, Mt. Ayr, Iowa
Generation No. 3
6. ALMA6 BICKETT (JAMES M.5, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3 BECKETT, JAMES2, THOMAS1) was born 1864 in Mercer County, Illinois, and died April 14, 1944 in Braham, Minnesota. She married CHARLES FRANK CROCKER, son of FRANCIS CROCKER and MARY CROCKER. He was born 1874 in Washington Co., New York., and died June 15, 1928 in Liberty, Gage Co., Nebraska.
More About ALMA BICKETT:
Burial: Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Liberty Twp., Gage Co., Nebraska
Residence: November 09, 1923, Gage Co., Nebraska.
More About CHARLES FRANK CROCKER:
Burial: June 17, 1928, Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Liberty Twp., Gage Co., Nebraska
Comment 1: In the mercantile business in Liberty, Nebraska for forty years.
Child of ALMA BICKETT and CHARLES CROCKER is:
i. CARL7 CROCKER.
More About CARL CROCKER:
Comment 1: Adopted
7. WILLIAM MASON DANNER6 SR (ELIZABETH STEWART5 BICKETT, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3 BECKETT, JAMES2, THOMAS1) was born June 22, 1863 in Mercer Co., Illinois, and died 1952 in Washington, D. C. He married (1) LOIS RUTLEDGE, daughter of MR RUTLEDGE. She was born in Oquawka, Illinois, and died 1943 in Montclair, New Jersey. He married (2) LAURA.
Notes for WILLIAM MASON DANNER SR:
William Mason Danner was the retired General Secretary of the American Mission to Lepers.
Cousin Ralph,
Have been able to put together a few more pieces of my grandfather's career.
William Mason DANNER, Sr.
Before 1890: State Secretary, Iowa YMCA (Davenport newspaper)
1892: Head of YMCA, Louisville, KY
1896: Head of YMCA, Denver, CO
1910: Becomes associated with Leprosy Mission (see below)
1911-1937: Secretary of American Leprosy Missions
1912: Living in Cambridge, MA (both sons at Harvard)
1916: Testifies before Congress (see below)
Between at least 1917 & 1943: Living in Montclair, NJ
His wife, Lois Rutledge Danner, died in 1943. I recall he later remarried and moved to Washington, DC, where he died in 1952. Perhaps my cousin Lois Anne can provide more details. I will send you separately a rather interesting article my aunt Lois Stender wrote for the Leprosy Mission newsletter. Below is the Danner section of the ALM website that gives further details. A fuller account of the Carville relationship can be found at:
http://fortyandeight.org/thestar/v54i3p10.htm
(This has my grandfather's name wrong the first time -- William H. Danner -- but the name is given in full later in the piece.)
Cousin Peter
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http://www.ilep.org.uk/ilep_member_alm.htm
American Leprosy Missions, ALM
History
In 1906, the United Kingdom's “Mission to Lepers” in India (later known as The Leprosy Mission) sent Mr. Wellesley Bailey to the United States to form an American Committee. William Danner became associated with the American Committee in 1910. He was appointed as its first full-time secretary in 1911, serving for 26 years. On September 25, 1917, the American Committee became an autonomous body - the American Mission to Lepers. In 1950, the board of directors changed the agency's title to American Leprosy Missions, (ALM), and officially classified it as a tax-free charitable foundation, operating as a Christian medical mission.
In ALM's early years, Danner established the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Centre in Carville, Louisiana, as a division of the U.S. Public Health Service. As early as 1914, the American Committee and its supporters had urged the U.S. Congress to establish a national leprosarium. In 1916, Danner gave testimony at the 64th Congress hearings of the committee on public health to assess the need for a national leprosarium. The bill in favor of the leprosarium was passed on January 25, 1917. Danner was authorized by the U.S. Surgeon General to purchase the Louisiana State leprosy colony in Carville.
In early 2000, the National Hansen's Disease Program clinical services moved from the Carville facilities to Summit Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. During his tenure as secretary, Danner established local leprosy committees in China, Japan, the Philippines, France and South America. Three training centres, the Schieffelin Centre in Karigiri, India, ALERT in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia, and the Hospital Lauro de Souza Lima in Bauru, Brazil, were also later co-established by ALM. ALM was elected as a member of ILEP in 1975.
More About WILLIAM MASON DANNER SR:
Comment 1: Sent to Ireland by the YMCA in 1894.
Comment 2: 1894, Stayed at Newfield House ancestral home of family in Ballinderry, Co., Antrim, N. Ire.
Comment 3: 1894, Newfield House would have been in ownership of William Beckett in 1894
Occupation: 1894, General Secretery, YMCA, Louisville, Kentucky
Notes for LOIS RUTLEDGE:
[From the New York Times 1943]
Montclair, N,J., Sept. 27— Mrs. Louis [Lois] Rutledge Danner, long active in welfare work for lepers in association with her husband William Mason Danner, former general secretary of the American Mission to Lepers, died Saturday of a heart ailment at her home, 56 South Park St. Mrs. Danner, who was 80, was first treasurer of the National Y.W.C.A. in 1888.
A descendant of Edward Rutledge, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Mrs. Danner was born in Oquawka, Ill., and was a graduate of Iowa Wesleyan College at Mount Pleasant. After her marriage, she lived for a time at Louisville, Ky., where Mr. Danner was general secretary of the Y.M.C.A. She had lived here since 1918.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Danner leaves two sons, Paul Rutledge Danner, who, as manager of the Manila office of the Asia Life Insurance Company, has been interned with his family since the Japanese attacked the Philippines; Dr. William Mason Danner Jr., an instructor at Santa Barbara (Calif.) College, and a daughter, Mrs. Charles A. Stender of Montclair.
Children of WILLIAM SR and LOIS RUTLEDGE are:
9. i. DR. WILLIAM MASON DANNER7 JR, b. July 16, 1890, Chicago, Illinois; d. December 19, 1946, Santa Barbara, California..
ii. PAUL RUTLEDGE DANNER, b. 1891, Louisville, Kentucky; d. 1957; m. MISS RUTH.
Notes for PAUL RUTLEDGE DANNER:
"Paul could not possibly have been in Iowa in 1943, although I'm sure he would have wanted to be. As I mentioned, in 1943 he was in the Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila, a guest of the Japanese. He paid us a visit in California immediately upon his return, reduced to skin and bones. His wife was Ruth, who was Irish and (I was told spoke only Gallic until she was ten."(Peter K. Danner))
Manager of the Manila office of the Asia Life Insurance Company, has been interned with his family since the Japanese attacked the Philippines.
More About PAUL RUTLEDGE DANNER:
Comment 1: 1943, Property registered in his name, Johnson Co., Iowa
iii. MARY DANNER, b. August 03, 1891, Oskaloosa, Iowa; d. August 1976, Tama, Iowa; m. JOSEPH J. BIDWELL, June 17, 1920; b. April 07, 1894, Elden, Iowa; d. October 01, 1976, Virginia.
10. iv. LOIS RUTLEDGE DANNER, b. January 31, 1904; d. May 1987, Webster Grove, Missouri.
8. SAMUEL ERNEST6 DANNER (ELIZABETH STEWART5 BICKETT, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3 BECKETT, JAMES2, THOMAS1) was born 1872 in Mercer Co., Illinois, and died July 16, 1905 in Coralville, Iowa. He married JENNIE E. WOLF April 22, 1897 in Iowa City, Iowa. She was born in Iowa City, Iowa.
Notes for SAMUEL ERNEST DANNER:
On Sunday, July 16, 1905 at 8:10 P.M., Ernest, his preference of name, was shot by Will P. Jones with a Mobley, Henley & Co., .32 caliber hammerless revolver.
Billy Jones was having a long time dispute with his ex-wife of two years, Ellvena Jones, concerning her refusal to live with him and her changing the names of their two children. Dorthy Jones, age 7, to Demmie Cooper and Powell Clark Jones, age 4, to Clark Cooper, the surname of her sister's husband.
Mrs R. S. Cooper of Island Point, Vermont, said: "I formerly lived in Decorah, Iowa." The home town of Mrs. Jones. "There subsequent to the divorce of my sister, Mrs Jones from Will Jones, Will made threats at numerous times. He wrote letters to Mrs Jones of a threating nature. Among other things, he declared that, if he ever found Ellevena in the company of another man, he would kill them both."
On Saturday night, July 16, 1905, Jones and his cousin Garfield Jones spent considerable time, hiding near the Danner farm, watching the house until 2:00 A.M., Sunday morning. Sunday evening, Garfield Jones drove his horse and buggy from Iowa City, where they had been drinking in a saloon, with Billy Jones as a passenger, to the Ernest Danner home about one and one half miles northwest of Coralville, Iowa.
Mrs S. E. Danner's story: "Sunday night about 7:50 Billy Jones and Garfield Jones drove by while my husband and myself and Mrs Jones were in the barnyard together. A little later Garfield drove back alone and spoke to Mrs Jones who asked him to come in. She asked him who was with him when he drove by and he said he had not driven by with anybody he was alone. She then asked where Will was. Garfield then said he had not seen him for four weeks, and that Will had gone to Chicago that afternoon. Mr Danner declared that he had recognized the horse and then Will came round the corner
of the house. Mrs Jones said, "Will if you have anything to say, come like a gentleman and don't go sneaking around like a cur." She did not go to met him, but he reached for his revolver saying, "I'll fix you." Ellvene started to run and he shot her in the back. then in quick succession he shot my husband. I hastened to the children to care for them, fearing that he would shoot us to."
The account given by Reverend Francis M. Danner, the father of S. A. Danner: "Will Jones, as you may know, has been divorced from his former wife for about two years. She has been living with her sister, Mrs Cooper, of Decorah. At times of course she has been engaged as a nurse, she being a professional nurse. She has been at my son Ernest's home two or three times during that time visiting. I have it from Mrs Greer that Garfield Jones had told her that Will Jones had told Garfield that if Mrs Jones did not answer certain questions as he wanted them answered, he would shoot Ellvena the first time he met her. Mrs Jones said to me after she was shot that she did not answer his question the way he wanted her to and that he drew a revolver and shot her while she had turned in an attempt to get behind the buggy. Then it was my son, who was close by, undertook to prevent a repetition of the shooting. Will turned and shot Ernest, the gun being close to the latter's face because there were powder marks on his chin." F. M. Danner lived a little further east and across the
road from Ernest Danner. "Mrs Eggenberg notified me of the shooting of Mrs Jones but did not speak of the shooting of my son until I had left the house. Then my wife made haste to follow me. I went into the house and Mrs Jones called to me for help to take off her clothes, saying she had been shot in the back and was bleeding to death. I had to cut her corset. Just as I had her clothes removed so that I could examine her back Billy Jones came into the house out of the dinning room and jerked at something and threw it on the floor." (Broken Phone)
"The conversation following was something like this: " 'Billy, my god, what have you done?' I asked. " ' I didn't shoot her,' he said, 'I only shot to frighten her.' " 'You did,' she said, 'You said you would and I'm dying.' "Then she turned to me and exclaimed, 'O, turn me over and stop the blood.' "I asked Billy to help me and he did.
When he saw the wound he said: " 'O, will you forgive me? I shot you.' " 'Yes, she replied, 'I'll forgive anyone. I'm dying but you know you did it on purpose.'
"All this time I was wondering where Ernest and his wife were. I heard his wife and the children crying. Then Mrs Jones told me that Billy shot Ernest too. That was the first I knew of it. I asked Billy to help me lay Ellvena back on the couch so that I could go to my son. I asked him what he meant by killing my son, and he begged forgiveness saying that he had nothing against Ernest. When I had seen my son I went back out and Will was gone. As to the actual cause for the shooting I can only sermise from what she told me before the shooting. She told me that he had been wanting her to live with him and that she had refused the request."
(The Iowa Citizen):
No one who has not been in such a position can imagine the feelings of a father facing the murderer of his son. there was such a meeting last Sunday evening in the S.E. Danner home, when Mrs Ellvena Jones, lying wounded on the couch with her murderous assailant and F.M. Danner near her, told the latter, Ernest Danner's father, that Billy Jones had murdered his son. the father's first impulse was to brain Jones with his heavy cane. F. M. Danner: "Then with a effort and a prayer on my lip, I stopped myself just in time to prevent my repeating the crime Will Jones had already committed. It was
that little verse of scripture that runs something like 'Avenge not thine own wrongs, ' that checked me at that terrible moment and I now thank God that all my life I have had family worship and read the scriptures daily in my home. When he asked Mrs Jones and I to forgive him, I told him to ask God for forgiveness, that it was useless for us to do so." Surgical examination of the wounds found a bullet had entered Mrs Jones back just under her left shoulder blade, going from there to her spine and lodged in the sixth dorsal vertebra. The posterior parts of two vertebra had been injured causing pressure
upon the spinal cord. this resulted in paralysis of the limbs to some degree. On September 12, 1905 an operation was performed, some part of these two vertebra were removed and she recovered. Her two children went with her sister to stay with her sister in Decorah during her recovery.
Ernest Danner was shot in the throat on the left side, the bullet crossing backwards and downwards toward the right. His lower extremities were also paralized. He died from this wound on July 17, 1905 at about 10:30 A.M.
Will Jones was tried in Johnson Co., Courthouse on September 23, 1905, for murder in the 2nd degree. His Attorney was Stephen Bradley. Judge O. A. Byington sentenced him on September 26, 1905, Jones birthday, age 36: "Will Jones, I sentence you to hard work in the penitentiary at Ft. Madison for the rest of your natural life." Jones was born on September 26. 1869.
The State Board of Control published a new order to go into effect the first of October; Johnson Co., was then to send all prisoners to Anamosa Prison. Will Jones left for Anamosa with Sheriff Rowland on October 2, 1905. Co.,
Attorney Fairchild said the law and the evidence were in favor of first degree murder, but inasmuch as we have saved the Co., the expense of a long trial and have secured a life sentence, I think that it is all that could be expected. I am satisfied." Jennie Danner nee Wolfe was to later marry Frank Johnson of California.
More About SAMUEL ERNEST DANNER:
Burial: Oakland Cemetery. Iowa City, Iowa
Comment 1: July 16, 1905, Shot by Will P. Jones at 8:10PM
More About JENNIE E. WOLF:
Comment 1: 1897, Her family owned property in Iowa City, Iowa where the VA Hospital now stands
Children of SAMUEL DANNER and JENNIE WOLF are:
11. i. WILLIAM EARL7 DANNER, b. January 17, 1900, Jackson Co., Iowa; d. May 15, 1968, Iowa City, Iowa.
12. ii. HELEN M. DANNER, b. 1903, Iowa City, Iowa.
Generation No. 4
9. DR. WILLIAM MASON DANNER7 JR (WILLIAM MASON DANNER6 SR, ELIZABETH STEWART5 BICKETT, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3 BECKETT, JAMES2, THOMAS1) was born July 16, 1890 in Chicago, Illinois, and died December 19, 1946 in Santa Barbara, California.. He married SARAH ETHEL KOLB June 06, 1917 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, daughter of EMANUEL (MANNIE) KOLB. She was born October 02, 1894 in Morrisania(Now Part of The Bronx), New York, New York., and died January 05, 1969 in Santa Barbara, California..
Notes for DR. WILLIAM MASON DANNER JR:
December 20 1946: Dr. William Mason Danner Jr., former Stanford University faculty member died at his home in Santa Barbara, California. Dr and Mrs Sara Kolb Danner owned a home on the Stanford campus for a number of years, coming to Stanford in 1933, when he enrolled as a graduate student in the psychology department. Subsequently he was appointed as a teaching assistant and later an instructor in both the psychology and education departments.
He was a Harvard graduate, graduating in 1913. He was in charge of the YMCA in Boston. He had been a YMCA Executive up to the time he came to Stanford. He received his PhD. in psychology in 1943. He left Stanford and joined the faculty at Santa Barbara State College on a part time basis.
He was a member of Sigma XI, Scientific Honor Society.
He met his wife Sara in 1914, when his father came to Philadelphia to speak on missions to the lepers at Sara's local church.
In 1919, he was posted to the YMCA in South Bend, Indiana. In 1926, he accepted a YMCA posting in Santa Barbara, California.
(Peter K. Danner, July 25, 2002)
Dear Mr. Beckett,
I have now had a chance to read your account of the Danner family, and read it with great interest. The William Mason Danner (21b) on your list is definitely my grandfather, because he was indeed General Secretary of the YMCA in Lewisville, KY in 1894. Note: that should be THE General Secretary (not "a general secretary"); this was the title used by the YMCA for the top position in a location. I can say nothing either way about the Ireland story, but the family moved to Denver, where my father graduated from high school in 1908. My Uncle Paul was likely born in 1891, in Kentucky, since my father was kept out of college a year, so he and Paul could be classmates, which they were, both graduating from Harvard in 1913.
Paul could not possibly have been in Iowa in 1943, although I'm sure he would have wanted to be. As I mentioned, in 1943 he was in the Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila, a guest of the Japanese. He paid us a visit in California immediately upon his return, reduced to skin and bones. His wife was Ruth, who was Irish and (I was told spoke only Gallic until she was ten).
A sibling named Mary is new to me, but you have Lois Stender of Webster Grove exactly right. After my Grandfather Danner left "Y" work, he was active in leprosy missionary work. Aunt Lois had many stories of working with him, and actually met her future husband on a tour of the Far East. Charles Stender was captain of one of the boats they found themselves on in the South Pacific. I am certain of the Rutledge connection; this was her middle name and she had an uncle (her mother's brother) whose name was Arthur Rutledge. She once gave me a personal account of that Ernest Danner shooting.
Sincerely,
Peter Danner
My wife recently passed away after 42 years of marriage and, as a distraction, I have been trying to put together a bit of her family history for our two children. It was in this connection that I stumbled across your remarkable genealogy of the Becketts.
I am the son of William Mason Danner Junior (21bc on your list). He was born in Chicago on July 16 and died Dec. 19, 1946, when I was only ten years of age. As you report, he was for several years a professor of psychology at Stanford University, but teaching in Santa Barbara, CA at the time of his death. Both he and his father were for many years involved with the work of the YMCA. The elder William Mason Danner (21b) died in Washington D.C. in the early '50s. My uncle Paul (21bb) was a year younger than my father. He married an Irishwoman, Ruth, and was in marine insurance in the Philippines when the Japanese invaded and spent World War II interned. He died in 1957.
I know little of my father's family history (my mother's side is much better documented). Thus your genealogy has proved a godsend. Most of what I know I learned from my Aunt Lois (21bd) late in her life. I wish I had known her better, but was glad I was able to visit her on a trip to St. Louis shortly before her death (she and her husband passed away in the mid-'80s. They had two children, as you report: Charles Jr. is correct; their daughter's name was Lois Ann.
One correction, if I might: I believe my grandfather Danner (21b) was married to Lois Rutledge, not Elizabeth Davis. Aunt Lois (21bd) was very proud of being descended from Abe Lincoln's girlfriend, and was named for her. I have never heard of an Elizabeth Davis, nor is the name Mary Danner familiar to me.
I will bore you with no more details, but am willing to share any information I might have. In closing, I remember visiting Uncle Frank Danner (21c) at his home in Iowa City when he was a very old man. This might have been around 1950.
Sincerely,
Peter K. Danner
[From the Santa Barbara News Press, Dec. 20, 1946]
Dr. William Mason Danner Jr., 57, one of Santa Barbara's adopted sons and famous for his long years of service in YMCA work, died last night. In Santa Barbara he was general secretary of the YMCA for five years and more recently had taught at Santa Barbara College and the University of California at Los Angeles.
During the past year he had conducted his own practice along with being the consulting psychologist for the Devereaux School here.
Dr. Danner was born in Chicago in 1890 and spent the early years of his life in Louisville, Ky. He attended schools in Denver, Colo., and graduated from Harvard University in 1913. He obtained his Ph.d degree from Stanford University in 1942 in psychology.
He spent more than 20 years in active YMCA fork, beginning as house executive of the branch in Boston. During the first World War he was general secretary for the "Y" at Camp Devens, Mass., and later activates chairman for the organization in all the New England states.
From 1919 to 1924 he was general secretary of the South Bend, Ind., YMCA, from where he went to head the "Y" at Ardmore, Pa. He then came to Santa Barbara in 1926 and remained as general secretary of the YMCA here until 1931. For the next nine years he did graduate work and was on the faculty of Stanford University. From 1940 to 1945 he taught at Santa Barbara College and at UCLA.
Dr. Danner was the son of Dr. William Mason Danner of Montclair, N.J., and Washington, D. C., and the late Lois Rutledge Danner. His father is retired general secretary of the American Mission to Lepers.
In Philadelphia on June 6, 1917, Dr. Danner married Miss Sara Kolb. She survives him and is noted in art circles under the name Sara Kolb Danner. The Danner home is at 1978 Mission Ridge Rd.
Other survivors are: a son, Peter; a sister, Mrs. Charles A. Stender, Montclair, N. J., and a brother Paul Rutledge Danner of New York.
On his mother's side, Dr. Danner is a descendant of Edward Rutledge, signer of the Declaration of Independence. His mother was a great-niece of Ann Rutledge.
Funeral services are planned for 11 am tomorrow in the Santa Barbara Cemetery Chapel.
Notes for SARAH ETHEL KOLB:
Sara Kolb Danner is an artist of considerable repute. Sara inherited her interest
in art from her father. Sara entered the Philadelphia school of Design in 1912.
In 1923, Sara won a prize at the Indiana State Fair where she held a one woman show. Her paintings were exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1942, she exhibited a one woman show in Santa Barbara, her painting "Eucalyptus" was later that year won first prize at the annual show of the Woman Painters of the West. In 1943, her painting, "Second Grade" took best of show honors at the largest Woman Painters of the West to that time, at the Los Angeles Museum.
Her painting, "Schoolhouse" auctioned by Butterfield is shown on the wed site of askart.com. In 1951, her painting, "Lambertville" won best of show at the Hoosier Salon. Sara rented a studio in New Hope, Pennsylvania in 1952, a very productive year for her. For several years after the death of her husband in 1946, Sara moved back and forth between Santa Barbara and Philadelphia, where her family lived.
More About SARAH ETHEL KOLB:
Comment 1: Liked to use the name as Sara.
Child of WILLIAM JR and SARAH KOLB is:
i. PETER KOLB8 DANNER, b. January 10, 1936, San Jose, California; m. ZURIEL ELIZEBETH LELANDE, September 12, 1959; b. November 17, 1936, Laguna Beach, California; d. May 29, 2002, Palo Alto, California.
10. LOIS RUTLEDGE7 DANNER (WILLIAM MASON DANNER6 SR, ELIZABETH STEWART5 BICKETT, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3 BECKETT, JAMES2, THOMAS1) was born January 31, 1904, and died May 1987 in Webster Grove, Missouri. She married CHARLES A. STENDER September 11, 1936. He was born January 16, 1893, and died January 1983 in Webster Grove, Missouri.
Notes for LOIS RUTLEDGE DANNER:
(Peter K. Danner, July 25, 2002)
"A sibling named Mary is new to me, but you have Lois Stender of Webster Grove exactly right. After my Grandfather Danner left "Y" work, he was active in leprosy missionary work. Aunt Lois had many stories of working with him, and actually met her future husband on a tour of the Far East. Charles Stender was captain of one of the boats they found themselves on in the South Pacific. I am certain of the Rutledge connection; this was her middle name and she had an uncle (her mother's brother) whose name was Arthur Rutledge. She once gave me a personal account of that Ernest Danner shooting".
(Peter K. Danner)
Found this letter in which Lois Stender gives some family history and mentions the Becketts. This has reminded me of three things. First, her husband Charles was a "Junior."(Peter found later that he was not designated as "Jr.") Second, her daughter, Lois Ann, was a year younger than me; thus born in 1937. Lois Ann married Gerry Hein. Heidi is Lois Ann's daughter.
Dear Peter, Sept. 27, '79
[First paragraph cut as irrelevant)
Heidi has pleased Charles very much by studying German this year. As you know, his heritage is 100% German (although his father and grandfather were native-born New Yorkers). All my Mother's ancestors were English (Rutledges, etc.). My paternal grandfather was of German descent, but my grandmother Danner (Elizabeth Beckett) had Scottish forbearers. They were given a grant of land in Ireland (near Belfast) for some service to the Crown in the long long ago and migrated there. Hence the Irish element.
I wish you could visit Charles' mother's relatives in Detmold (Lippe) the next time you are in Germany. They have been on the same land for 500 years. Otto Frangmeild, 93, is still living (a retired professor and writer of poetry, several small volumes published, a most musical family as well). Detmold in the Tireteberger Wald where Hermann turned back the legions of Varus.
Charlie incorrectly remembered something I told him. My mother's brother Albert Rutledge went out to Montana in the late 1890s. In 1924 she and my Dad and I visited Uncle Albert in Bozeman. Meeting us
at the railroad station, he said, "It's a good thing you didn't arrive yesterday! They were hanging a horse thief named Danner." (No relative, thank goodness.)
Charles and I both have such vivid recollections of you at age two coming with your parents to visit us in Montclair (we still lived in our first apartment home then) and of the excited jabber of Lois Anne, who was a year younger and couldn't really talk yet, when she first laid eyes on you).
Love from us both, Aunt Lois & Uncle Charles
From Crossways, the Bulletin of American Leprosy Missions, Fall 1984:
June 22, 1984
Dear American Leprosy Missions,
This is the 121st birthday anniversary of my father William M. Danner, the First General Secretary of what was then known as the American Committee of the Mission to Lepers, London.
The first office of the Mission was in our house in Cambridge, Massachusetts, when I was a little girl of eight. I am now 80. In an assembly line around our dining room table neighbor volunteers helped to collate and sent out packets of literature and later the first piggy banks.
When I was eight years old [i.e., 1912], I went with my parents to several Missionary exhibitions entitled The World in Boston. The World in Cincinnati, etc., where the Mission had a booth with pictures and literature and a small scale model of one of the first hospitals helped at Ramachandapuram, India.
I was dressed sometimes in a Chinese costume and sometimes an Indian sari and stood on a table while I told stories to people who gathered around several times a day about young leprosy sufferers whom the Mission had aided. (I still have a newspaper clipping with picture entitled The Littlest Lecturer.)
I was privileged to go with my parents to the Far East in 1917 to visit leprosy mission hospitals and in 1926 on a globe-circling trip which included Chiengmai Colony in northern Thailand, where Dr. McKean founded with money raised by my father. My years in the Mission office at “156” [Fifth Ave., New York] in the late 1920s and early 1930s were some of my best.
It gives me a lift to have someone ask about those pioneer days. Surely ALM is the epitome of “Tall oaks from little acorns.
Sincerely,
Lois Danner Stender
More About LOIS RUTLEDGE DANNER:
Comment 1: 1969, Fell Heir-to Family Diary kept by Louella Danner
Residence: 1969, Webster Grove, Missouri
Notes for CHARLES A. STENDER:
Peter K. Danner, July 25, 2002)
" I know little of my father's family history (my mother's side is much better documented). Thus your genealogy has proved a godsend. Most of what I know I learned from my Aunt Lois (21bd) late in her life. I wish I had known her better, but was glad I was able to visit her on a trip to St. Louis shortly before her death (she and her husband passed away in the mid-'80s. They had two children, as you report: Charles Jr. is correct; their daughter's name was Lois Ann".
Her father, my Uncle Charles Stender, met his future wife, my Aunt Lois, in the Far East all right, but he was not a ship's officer. He was the American Vice Counsel in Java when my grandfather went there for the leper mission.
More About CHARLES A. STENDER:
Occupation: Metropolitan Insurance Co.
Residence: Webster Grove, Missouri
Children of LOIS DANNER and CHARLES STENDER are:
i. LOIS ANNE8 STENDER, b. 1937, Webster Grove, Missouri; m. GERVIS HEIN, 1959.
More About GERVIS HEIN:
Also Known As: Jerry
ii. CHARLES DANNER STENDER, b. February 28, 1940, Webster Grove, Missouri; d. January 01, 1990, Orange County, California.
11. WILLIAM EARL7 DANNER (SAMUEL ERNEST6, ELIZABETH STEWART5 BICKETT, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3 BECKETT, JAMES2, THOMAS1) was born January 17, 1900 in Jackson Co., Iowa, and died May 15, 1968 in Iowa City, Iowa. He married RUTH M. ALBERHASKY, daughter of ALBERT ALBERHASKY and JOSEPHINE SLADEK. She was born August 24, 1906 in Iowa City, Iowa, and died September 03, 1950 in Iowa City, Iowa.
More About WILLIAM EARL DANNER:
Burial: 1968, St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa
Comment 1: 1968, Mrs Allen Roth, St., Louis, Missouri-Earl's Book of Memory
Residence: 1968, 126 North Gilbert St., Iowa City, Iowa
More About RUTH M. ALBERHASKY:
Burial: September 07, 1950, St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa
Occupation: 1950, Office Clerk-Purity Baking Co.
Residence: 1950, 126 North Gilbert St., Iowa City, Iowa
Children of WILLIAM DANNER and RUTH ALBERHASKY are:
i. DAVID ALLEN8 DANNER, b. August 18, 1925, Iowa City, Iowa; m. DORTHY LINNAN, June 30, 1948, Thomas More Chapel, Iowa City, Iowa; b. 1925, Poccahontas, Iowa.
More About DAVID ALLEN DANNER:
Education: University of Iowa
Residence: 1994, Western Springs. Illinois
More About DORTHY LINNAN:
Education: American Institute of Business, Des Moines, Iowa
ii. MARILYN RUTH DANNER, b. March 23, 1927, Iowa City, Iowa; m. RALPH IRISH; d. July 1993, Amarillo, Texas.
More About MARILYN RUTH DANNER:
Education: Nurse-University of Iowa
Residence: 1994, Amarillo, Texas
More About RALPH IRISH:
Residence: 1994, Amarillo, Texas
12. HELEN M.7 DANNER (SAMUEL ERNEST6, ELIZABETH STEWART5 BICKETT, WILLIAM4, THOMAS3 BECKETT, JAMES2, THOMAS1) was born 1903 in Iowa City, Iowa. She married NORWOOD CLARK LEWIS.
More About NORWOOD CLARK LEWIS:
Occupation: 1921, Clerk for his father; Henry Lewis, Rexall Store
Children of HELEN DANNER and NORWOOD LEWIS are:
i. NORWOOD CLARK8 LEWIS II, b. December 08, 1925; m. MISS BETTY.
ii. HENRY WILLIAM LEWIS, b. February 23, 1931; m. MISS SHERRY.
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