Where did they go?
Members of the 92nd Illinois who resided in Iowa as of 1886. (County given first, followed by city, then soldier’s name).
Many of these soldiers settled permanently in Iowa, while others moved time and time again, often to states farther west or south. Still others returned to Illinois prior to settling down permanently.
Adair County
Fontanelle: S. S. Dentler
Adams County
Mount Etna: Harvey Church
Benton County
Belle Plaine: George Wilcoxen
Black Hawk County
Hudson: Barney Smith
Reinbeck: John Patterson
Waterloo: David Balliett
Luther R. Odell
J. F. Reinhart
Boone County
Boonesboro: William A. Kimbel
Ogden: O. L. Sturtevant
Bremer County
Sumner: John Orvis
Waverly: C. Dove
C. S. Vincent
Buchanan County
Fairbank: A. G. Dunham
Hazelton: John Goddard
Independence: James Foreman
William N. Irvine
Buena Vista County
Alta: James Taylor
Newell: Chester Cheney
Matthew Cheney
J. L. Doxsee
Storm Lake: A. B. Williams
Butler County
Shell Rock: B. Pierce
J. Roberts
Calhoun County
Lohrville: Albert Craven
Manson: Edgar S. Lent
William H. McCoy
D. C. Wilson
Rockwell City: W. W. Walters
Cass County
Anita: A. J. Kingery
Cumberland: William S. Speran
Griswold: A. S. Eshleman
L. J. Weaver
Cerro Gordo County
Clear Lake: Joseph Bowers
Mason City: Ernest Koller
Cherokee County
Cherokee: George C. Brace
Clayton County
Garnavillo: David Chair
McGregor: H. H. Clark
Clinton County
Clinton: E. F. Emory
Crawford County
Charter Oak: Andrew Atwood
Denison: Robert Getty
Fayette County
Oelwein: J. B. Decker
Charles Dugan
Jared Hill
H. L. Oakes
Floyd County
Charles City: R. J. Huie
Noah Sweet
Rockford: F. W. Steuben
Franklin County
Geneva: Theodore Thomas
Hampton: George C. Hindman
C. C. Freeguard
Latimer: James Gaston
Green County
Jefferson: Isaac Morris
Rippey: P. H. Myers
Grundy County
Grundy Center: Simon Arnold
William A. Elliott
Charles W. Reynolds
William C. Sheimer
Morrison: George Finlayson
A. F. Tilton
Wellsburg: Nicholas Nichols
Guthrie County
Jamaica: C. P. Tilton
G. W. Tilton
Hamilton County
Jewel: Charles Glamann
Hardin County
Iowa Falls: William Beaty
William Boddy
H. W. Dodson
Levi Thorp
Martin Van Buskirk
Steamboat Rock: Jerome Seabury
Ida County
Ida Grove: Mahler D. Kooker
Jackson County
Miles: George A. Gottshall
Jasper N. Marsh
Monmouth: William Fox
Sabula: William H. Collins
John Nagle
Sterling: John Webber
Jones County
Center Junction: Frank Brutsman
Oxford Junction: John H. Kuch
Keokuk County
Lancaster: Roswell Eldridge
Linn County
Cedar Rapids: James H. Brown
Thomas Gaines
C. Goodell
G. R. Skinner
Center Point: J. M. Squier
Marion: P. L. Gemmell
Springville: John Reed
Marshall County
Green Mountain: Andrew Diehl
Marshalltown: John F. Plotner
Robert J. Rodermel
State Center: W. K. Bower
Mitchell County
Osage: Josiah Shores
Montgomery County
Red Oak: T. C. Adair
Villisca: John Wade
Muscatine County
West Liberty: S. B. Lowe
O’Brien County
Paullina: W. F. Clark
Palo Alto County
Curlew: S. W. Tressler
Pocahontas County
Laurens: Alex McClain
Polk County
Elkhart: James J. Guthrie
Poweshiek County
Deep River: John C. Winters
Ringgold County
Tingley: Enoch Atwood
Jacob Fraim (Frain??)
Scott County
Davenport: William B. Milligan
LeClaire: C. F. Graham
Shelby County
Shelby: W. H. Brown
Sioux County
Boyden: Russell B. Lockwood
Story County
Cambridge: P. J. Guthrie
Colo: A. M. Norris
John Reynolds
Iowa Center: E. G. Lewis
Kelley: G. O. Bassett
Nevada: James Hallowell
Zearing: R. D. Smith
Tama County
Tama: James Brice, Jr.
Thomas Brice
Thomas W. Carter
Traer: Hiram Deyo
Taylor County
New Market: G. W. Richardson
Union County
Creston: Fred W. Sims
Van Buren County
Bonaparte: George W. Miller
Washington County
Washington: William P. Moothart
Winnebago County
Forest City: Edgar Perkins
Woodbury County
Correctionville: D. H. Furgason
Danbury: Ralph French
L. D. Herrington
Wade A. Herrington
John Herrington
Pierson: Jonathan Hitchcock
Wright
Belmond: William Shoemaker
Bruce: Elijah Thomas
Clarion: W. G. Cole
George W. Work
Eagle Grove: A. L. McCausland
J. B. Whitley
Villages listed below can not be found on any current map of Iowa. Counties are unknown. Anyone know in which counties these small towns existed prior to vanishing from the map?
Barclay: Godfrey Miller
Big Grove: Benjamin W. Noe
Crystal: Richard Mason
Morgan’s Mills: John H. McCracken
Niles: A. Armagost
Prairie Hill: Charles Edgerton
J. K. Tumbleson
Sharps: Abraham Pope
Spalding: William H. Spear
Van Cleve: E. L. Wallace
Westerville: Alfred Turner
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