PIERCE COUNTY NEBRASKA CIVIL WAR DATABASE - b

 

 

BAKE, F. (FIDELIA?)

          Iowa 12th Infantry Company C  

Sources:  1890 Veterans Census

 

 

BARBER, JOESPH DORR; Pierce

B: 13 August 1842 New York D: 7 October 1908 Iowa Burial: Grinnell,

Iowa

          New York 33rd Infantry Company I

          Sources:  1890 Veterans Census - Pierce

Notes: Barber, Joseph Dorr; 33rd New York Infantry, Sgt; I; 8-13-1842 /10-7-1908; GAR; Grinnell (Iowa) Hazelwood GAR Records /Soldiers' Records

 

BARNES, F. A.; Pierce

          Sources:  1893 Nebraska Veterans Census

 

 

BEALS, JOHN M.; Foster

          B: 1830 Vermont D: 3 May 1893 Burial: Lambrecht Cemetery

          Iowa 38 Infantry Company E and 34 Infantry Company K Drummer

          Enlistment Date: 11 August 1862 Freeport, Iowa

Mustered Out: 15 August 1865 Houston, Texas

          Sources:  1890 Veterans Census

                   Cemetery Record

                   Sons of Union Veterans Data Base

 

 

BECK, HENRY S.; Pierce

B: Unknown, Ohio D: 14 February 1925, Independence, Kansas

          Ohio 43rd Infantry Company I

Sources:   1890 Veterans Census

1893 Nebraska Veterans Census

                   Civil War Pension File

 

Pierce County Call; Pierce, Nebraska; 26 February 1925

 

Death of H. S. Beck

 

H. S. Beck, who was so well and favorably known among the old settlers of this part of Pierce county, died Saturday, February 14, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. A. Spencer, at Independence, Kansas.

 

This sad news was received by The Call from his son-in-law, W. A. Spencer.  Mr. Spencer wrote that Mrs. Spencer, who was the only daughter of Mr. Beck, was standing up well under the strain which had been hard for her during the past six months.

 

Mr. Beck was one of the old timers of Pierce county and while a resident of Pierce was prominent in our business circles, being president of the First National Bank, which later surrendered its charter and merged in the Pierce County Bank.

 

Mr. Beck was also interested in educational affairs and in the spring of 1892 was chosen as a member of the Board of Education and served as director until about the year 1905.

 

Mr. Beck was a soldier of the Civil War, enlisting in an Ohio regiment.  He took part in the battle of Iuke and Corinth and was mustered out as a Captain of volunteers.

 

Mr. Beck, being a native of Ohio, was a great admirer of her favorite sons.  He considered Presents Wm. McKinley and William Howard Taft as among our greatest statesmen and lawyers and especially fitted to assume the highest office in the gift of people of the nation.

 

In the fall of 1894 Mr. Beck was chosen Representative of Pierce and Cedar counties to the Nebraska legislature.  He voted for John M. Thurston, who was then the foremost Republican in Nebraska and a candidate for United States Senator before the legislature.  Mr. Thurston was elected.

 

After making his home with his daughter at Independent, Kansas, he made frequent visits to Pierce to look after his land interests and his many friends were always glad to welcome him.

 

In later years he became very feeble, owing to old age, and those who knew and loved him best realized it was only a question of a short time before he would be “called to his long home.”

 

His death will be learned of with deep regret by his many old friends in Pierce.

 

 

BEERS, DAVID R. ; Meadow Grove

B: 30 August 1834 Pennsylvania D: 4 November 1905 Burial: Indian Creek

Cemetery, Lane Oregon

Pennsylvania Company D

          Sources:  1890 Veterans Census

                   Sons of Union Veterans Data Base

 

 

BITER, JOSEPH; Osmond

          Burial: Osmond Cemetery; Osmond, Nebraska

          Indiana 33rd Infantry Company F – Private

          Enlistment Date: 21 February 1865

          Mustered Out: 21 July 1865 Louisville, Kentucky

                Sources: Cemetery Record

                    Pension File

 

 

BLAKE, EPHRAIM E.; Pierce

          B: 17 July 1842 Ohio D: 20 November 1919 Burial:  Prospect View, Pierce

          Iowa 28th Infantry Company G

Enlistment Date:  15 August 1862 Iowa City, Iowa
Mustered Out:
31 July 1865 Savannah, Georgia

          Sources:  Cemetery Record

 

Pierce County Call; Pierce, Nebraska; Thursday, 20 November 1919; Page 1

 

Old Soldier Answers The Last Roll Call

 

E. E. Blake Passes Away at Two O’Clock This Morning.

 

E. E. Blake, father of Mrs. E. B. Fanske, passed away at the home of his daughter this morning at 2 o’clock. Mr. Blake had been very feeble the past two or three years and his death was caused by a general breaking down, caused by old age.

 

Mr. Blake was a native of western Iowa. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in the 28th Iowa regiment and served his country faithfully to the end of the conflict.

 

During his prime he was very prominent in politics. He was one of the wheelhorses (sic) of the Republican party. He held the office of County Clerk of Plymouth county, for a number of years. After this he was employ of the Chicago & Northwestern railway.

 

Short funeral services will be held at the E. B. Fanske home tomorrow afternoon at one o’clock. Interment will be made in Prospect View cemetery, south of town.

 

 

BOMAR, HENRY J.; Plainview

          B: 1 January 1842 Knox County, Illinois D: 10 November 1920 Omaha

Illinois 83rd Infantry Company K

          Enlistment Date: 1 August 1862 Knox County Illinois

          Disability Discharge:  24 January 1863

Sources: 1890 Veterans Census (Antelope County)

1893 Nebraska Veterans Census

 

 

BRANDE, ALFRED GERRY; Pierce

B: 22 August 1840 West Gardiner Maine D: 10 January 1928 Pierce,

Nebraska Burial: Prospect View, Pierce

Maine 11th Infantry Company F (Listed as Alfred G. Brann) – 2nd Lieutenant

          Enlistment: 12 November 1861 West Gardiner, Maine

          Maine 2nd Cavalry Company I

          Enlistment: 22 December 1863

          Discharged:  15 December 1865

Sources:  1890 Veterans Census

Cemetery Record

                   Sons of Union Veterans Data Base

 

Pierce County Call; Pierce, Nebraska; 12 January 1928, Page 1

 

Old Veteran Answers Final Muster Out

 

Rev. A. G. Brande dies at his home Tuesday afternoon at 5:45 o’clock

 

Rev. A. G. Brande, one of the three surviving veterans of the Civil War passed away at his home in the southwester part of Pierce Tuesday afternoon at 5:45 o’clock from an attack of bronchial pneumonia – being ill from the same a little over a week.

 

Father Brande’s health had been fully as good as usual and as has been his custom in years past, he put most of his time in reading – being seated in his arm chair by the furnace register.

 

He and his good wife were both taken with bad colds on January 1st and a physician was called for them in t he afternoon.  Father Brande’s condition was greatly improved Tuesday and Wednesday following and he was up and dressed and seemed in a happy frame of mind.  However, early Thursday morning he became restless and a physician was again summoned.  Upon examination it was found that pneumonia had set in. His two sons arrived at the bedside and his daughter, Mrs. Frank Frahm was summoned from Omaha.  All that could be done was done to stay the ravages of the disease but owing to his advanced age, he fought a losing fight and another of the nation’s saviours (sic), who never surrendered in battle, answered the final muster out late Tuesday afternoon.

 

The flag on the pole in the city square and court house lawn are at half mast in due reverence to the old solider, who in the days of 1861-65 fought for the liberty and union – one and inseperable (sic).

 

Funeral services will be held at the Congregational church, of which the deceased was pastor from the fall of 1891 to 1895. Services will be held at two o’clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. C. Vincent. Burial will take place in Prospect View cemetery..

 

We might add that had Rev. Brande lived until the 24th of February, he and his faithful wife would have observed their 64th wedding anniversary – a privilege that comes to very few married couples.

 

Pierce County Call; Pierce, Nebraska; 19 January 1928; Page 1

 

Funeral Services of Rev. A. G. Brande

 

Were held in the Congregational Church last Friday Afternoon at 2 O’clock

 

The funeral services of Rev. A. G. Brande, who passed away at his home in the southwest part of town last Tuesday afternoon at 5:45 o’clock were held Friday afternoon at the Congregational church at two o’clock.

 

These services were attended by a large company of friends who had known him during the thirty seven years he had lived in our midst. Some had been identified with him during his work as pastor of the Congregational church, while others who were connected with the Sunday school at that time had brown to be men and women of the present heads of families.

 

The rostrum was a veritable bank of flowers—the expression of love and respect from relatives and many friends. The casket was draped with the flag he loved so well and with the Masonic apron.

 

The services at the church were very simple, consisting of three hymns, “Asleep in Jesus”, “Lead Kindly Light” and “Abide With Me”, sung by a mixed quartet, consisting of Judge Douglas Cones, Mesdames H. H. Holbert and A. J. Mastalir and Theo Buerkle, with Mrs. Elmer Magdanz as pianist.

 

Rev. C. Vincent, pastor of the church, read several select portions of scripture and also read the history of the life of Rev. Brande, which was as follows:

 

Alfred Gerry Brande was the son of Thomas Brande and his sife, Rebecca Robinson Brande.

 

He was born at West Gardiner, Maine, August 22, 1840. On his mother’s side, he was a direct descendent of pastor John Robinson, leader of the Pilgrims in England and Holland prior to their leaving for America in the Mayflower. Many of his ancestors participated in the American Revolutionary War and in the Ware of 1812.

 

After attended the public schools and college he studied law, intending to make the legal profession his life work. But shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in Co. F., Eleventh Regiment, Maine Infantry, on October 24, 1861.

 

He served under General Geo. B. McClellan in the Army of the Potomac in the campaign before Richmond, and participated in the siege of Yorktown, the battles of Seven Pines, Oak Grove, Mechanicsville, Gaines Mill, Fair Oaks, White Oak Swamp, Savage Station and Malvern Hill, known as the Seven Days battle north of Richmond.

 

After serving nearly two years he was discharged on account of disability in service and returned home. On December 1, 1863, he re-enlisted in Co. I, Second Main Veteran Cavalry and was sent to Ft. Barraneas, Florida, seeing service in Alabama and Georgia until the close of the war, being mustered out and discharged, December 15, 1865.

 

In his first enlistment as well as his second, he held the commission of 1st Lieutenant.

 

It was while at home after his first year years service in the army that he was married to Mary Caroline Smith, February 24, 1864, leaving for the war front two weeks later. Had he lived until February 24, 1928, Mr. and Mrs. Brande would have celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary.

 

After the war he moved west and located on a farm near Troy, Minnesota. Somewhat later he entered upon the great work of the Christian ministry, holding pastorates at Saratoga, St. Charles and Money Creek, Minnesota, at Waupun and Johnstown, Wisconsin, Warren, Illinois, and Charles City and Tipton, Iowa. In October 1891, he came to Pierce as pastor of the Congregational church.

 

After serving this church for five years, he was compelled to retire from the pastorate and the active work of the ministry because of failing health, but during the years of his retirement and until the end came, his interests and prayers were for the community and the church he loved so well.

 

Mr. Brande was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, holding the position of chaplain of the posts in the many cities in which he lived.

 

He was also a member of the Masonic fraternity, and prior to this death, he was probably one of the oldest, if not the oldest Mason in the state, in years of service. He, with a number of his comrades, joined Kennebec Lodge A. F. & A. M. at Hallowell, Maine just before leaving for the war front in October 1861, thus extending his Masonic service over a period of sixty-two years. He was also a member of the royal Arch degree of the York Rite Masons.

 

Mr. Brande was taken ill about two weeks ago, pleuro-pneumonia developing later. He passed peacefully away at 5:45 o’clock Tuesday evening, January 10, 1928, in his 88th year.

 

He is survived by his aged wife and three children, viz: A. L. Brande of Pierce, Mrs. Frank Frahm of Omaha and C. B. Brande of Pierce, also a sister, Mrs. Carrie Page of Pierce, a brother Wilber Brande of Minnesota, three grand children, Mrs. Winifred O’Neill, Dorothy and Mary Brande, and three great-grandchildren, Donald Turek, Mary Ellen and Grace O’Neill, all of Pierce.

 

Immediately following this Rev. Vincent gave the brief but touching address in which he eulogized the life work of the deceased.

 

After the services at the church the remains were taken to Prospect View cemetery. Here the beautiful Masonic burial service was used – D. J. Malone taking the part of the Grand Master.

 

At the close of this service, Chas. Chilvers, as bugler, sounded “taps” and the benediction was pronounced by Rev. C. Vincent.

 

The pall bearers were Messrs. Thos. Chilvers, S. M. Durfee, Ed. B. Fanske, T. C. Andersen, Chas. H. Chilvers and Jos. Wolf.

 

 

 

BROWN, Theodore P.; Plainview

B: 3 September 1829 New York D: 7 July 1916 Plainview Burial: Tawney

Cemetery

          Illinois 104th Infantry Company D

          Enlistment Date:  9 August 1862 LaSalle, Illinois

          Disability discharge on 10 April 1863

          Sources:  1883 Pensioner (injury to abdomen, hip)

1890 Veterans Census

 

Plainview Republican; Plainview, Nebraska; 18 July 1916

 

Old Soldier Answers Call

 

Rev. T. P. Brown, an early settler of Pierce County and veteran of the civil war, quietly and peacefully passed away at his home in East Plainview, Friday morning, July 7, 1916, aged 86 years 10 months and 4 days. Rev. Brown was well known over northeast Nebraska, a man who leaves many friends and will long be remembered as one of the grand old men.

 

Theodore P. Brown was born in Ontario Co., New York, September 3rd, 1829, moving with his parents to La Salle Co., Illinois, in 1846, where he resided until 1852, when he went to California in search of gold.

 

He returned to Illinois in 1856, and was united in marriage to Miss Margaret M. Cummins on October 28, 1857. To this union were born ten children, four of whom survive, viz: Ida M. Coval, Sheridan, Ill.; John L. Brown, Seattle, Wash.; Mamie Burdick, Ponca, Nebr.; William J. Brown, Royal, Nebr.

 

Deceased was a member of Company D, 104 Illinois Infantry. After about nine months’ service he was wounded and received an honorable discharge. After returning from the army he took up the ministry and was ordained as a minister in the United Brethren Church, Oct. 6, 1867, being active in the work for over fifty years.

 

In 1880, Mr. Brown and family settled on a homestead seven miles south of this city, and the greater part of the time since his home has been in Pierce county.

After an illness of several years, Mrs. Margaret Brown died July 27, 1901, and on November 2nd, 1906, Mr. Brown was again united in marriage to Mrs. Mary J. Smith, who survives him.

 

Funeral services were conducted in the Plainview Methodist church at nine o’clock Sunday morning by Rev. Adams of Lynch, assisted by Rev. Jackson of this city.

 

Interment was made in the Tawney cemetery, three miles east and ten miles south of town.

 

 

BRYAN, R.F.; Osmond

          Sources:  1893 Nebraska Veterans Census

 

 

BUCKINGHAM, ABEL; Plainview

B: 20 February 1847 Connecticut D: 1 November 1925 Sawtelle, California

Burial: Los Angeles National Cemetery

          Michigan 1st Cavalry Company I – Corporal

          Enlistment:  16 December 1863

          Mustered Out:  10 March 1866 Salt Lake City

          Sources: 1890 Veterans Census

                   1893 Nebraska Veterans Census

                   Pension File

                   Sons of Union Veterans Data Base

 

The Plainview News; Plainview, Nebraska; 11 November 1925; Page 1

 

 

BURCH; JOHN M.; Warren

          B:  July 1835 New York D: 1909 Hartford, Michigan Burial: Union

Cemetery; Battle Creek, Nebraska

New York 110th Infantry Company C – Sergeant

Enlistment Date: 6 July 1862

Discharged: 28 August 1865

          Sources:  1890 Veterans Census

                   Sons of Union Veterans Data Base

 

Pierce County Call; Pierce, Nebraska; 21 October 1909, Page 9

 

J. M. Burch Dead

 

Dr. J. M. Alden received a telegram from Hartford, Michigan, Wednesday afternoon conveying the sad news of the death of J. M. Burch, a former resident of Mills precinct. Mr. Burch came to Pierce county about twenty-five years ago and settled in Mills precinct. About two years ago he sold his farm and moved to Meadow Grove.  Here he lived until about three months ago when he moved back to his old home at Hartford, Michigan. Mr. Burch had had heart trouble for a number of years, but since moving back to Michigan the trouble has developed into a dropsical affection and he had been failing rapidly.  He leaves a wife and two sons; Fred, who lives at Spokane, Wash., and Claude, who is on a homestead at Stanley county, S. D. Claude was with his father at the time of his death. Mr. Burch was a veteran of the Civil war. Thus again we must chronicle the death of another of the nation’s gallant defenders who has gone to answer the roll call of the Great Beyond.

 

 

BURNS, JOHN; Plainview

          B: 1841 Illinois D: 27 March 1899 Burial:  Memorial Park, Plainview

          Illinois 57 Infantry Company H - Corporal

          Enlistment Date:  10 October 1861 Manlius, Illinois

          Disability Discharge:  29 April 1862

          Iowa 46th Infantry Company I

          Enlistment Date:  12 May 1864 Tipton, Iowa

          Mustered Out:  23 September 1864 Davenport, Iowa

Sources:  1890 Veterans Census

                   1893 Nebraska Veterans Census

                   Pension File

                   Sons of Union Veterans Data Base

 

The Plainview News; Plainview, Nebraska; 31 March 1899; Page 3

 

Died

 

Burns – At his home four miles northwest of Plainview, March 27, John Burns, aged 56 years, seven months and seventeen days. The deceased was born in Pennsylvania and when quite young moved with his parents to Illinois. In 1861 he enlisted as a private in the civil war but was discharged on account of disability. After recovering from his sickness he moved to Iowa and then re-enlisted in the Fifty-seventh Iowa and served until the end of the war. He was married in 1870, at Elmwood, Ill., to Emma J. Cook and moved to Iowa. In the spring of 1882 he came to Nebraska, and took a homestead near Plainview upon which he lived until his death. Two sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. Burns, only one of whom survives his father’s death, the other dying in infancy. Mr. Burns was a charter member of Lauman Post G.A.R. of Plainview and remained with them until death compelled him to relinquish the work he loved so well. He was a devoted husband, indulgent father and sincere friend, always ready to lend a helping hand to those in distress, sympathizing with those in sorrow and he will be missed by all who were so fortunate as to know him.

 

Funeral services were held at the house Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock, conducted by Rev. E.E. Hosman and interment took place in Plainview cemetery. Lauman Post G.A.R. turned out generally as a mark of respect for their dead comrade.

 

Pierce County Call; Pierce, Nebraska; 31 March 1899; Page 8

 

John Burns, an old and respected citizen of Dry Creek precinct, and a veteran of the civil war, was buried Tuesday afternoon.  He leaves a loving wife and son to mourn his loss.