PIERCE COUNTY NEBRASKA CIVIL WAR DATABASE - M

 

 

MAKE, E.;

 

 

MARTIN, GEORGE PEMBROKE; Pierce

          B: 24 October 1827 St. Marys County, Maryland D: 21 February 1900

Burial: Prospect View Cemetery; Pierce, Nebraska

          Wisconsin 35th Infantry Company G - Private

          Enlistment Date: 23 January 1864 New Berlin, Wisconsin

          Mustered Out: 15 March 1866 in Brownsville, Texas

          Sources: 1890 Veterans Census

                   1893 Nebraska Veterans Census

                   Cemetery Records

                   Sons of Union Veterans Database

 

Pierce County Call; Pierce, Nebraska; 23 February 1900

 

Another Veteran Passes Away

 

George P. Martin, an old and respected citizen of Pierce, passed away Wednesday morning, Feb. 21st, 1900, after an illness of three days, lacking but three days of being 72 years and 4 months old. George Pembroke Martin was born Oct. 24, 1827, in Marys County, Maryland. When still a small boy he moved to Muskingum County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood. On August 20, 1850, he was united in marriage to Amanda A. Groves and four years later moved to Vernon county, Wis.  He enlisted in Co. G, 35th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, at the outbreak of the rebellion and served his country faithfully. In the fall of 1881 he came to Pierce County and located on his homestead in Blaine precinct. Here he lived until in November of last year when he purchased a little home in Pierce and moved here to spend his remaining years. Four girls and six boys were born to Mr. and Mrs. Martin, of which number Mrs. Mary Oliver, of Rose, Wis., Mrs. Ethel R. Hecht, of Plainview, Geo. W., Joshua M., and Amos W., all of Oregon and Elias S. of Pierce, survive. Funeral services were held at the M. E. church Thursday afternoon conducted by Rev. M. Inhelder, interment being made in Prospect View Cemetery. A number of movers of Pierce Post, G. A. R., attended the services and followed the comrade to his last resting place. J. W. Sloan, W. H. Morton, Jacob Pentico, Jos. Forsyth, I. Glaze, Jas. Pool, W. W. Quivey and J. Dean acted as pall bearers.

 

 

MASON, M.; Plainview

          Sources:  1893 Nebraska Veterans Census

 

 

 

MATTESON, ABEL; Osmond

B: 8 June 1821 Livingston County, New York D: 30 March 1894 Burial: Osmond Cemetery; Osmond, Nebraska

          Iowa 9th Infantry Company H - Private

          Enlistment Date: 18 November 1861 Burr Oak, Iowa

          Disability Discharge: 16 July 1862 Helena, Arkansas

          Sources:  1893 Nebraska Veterans Census  

                   Obituary Notice

                   Sons of Union Veterans Database

 

ABEL MATTESON

Source Unknown

In Osmond on March 30, 1894, Mr. Abel Matteson died at age 72 yrs., 9 months, and 22 days.

He was born in
Livingston County in the western part of the state of New York on June 8, 1821.

When a child his parents came west and settled in the northwest part of
Ohio where his boyhood days were spent.

In the year 1849 on Nov. 25, he was married to Miss Hancy L. Chappell of Painesville Lake Co., Ohio, now on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad, some 30 miles east of Cleveland and on the shore of Lake Erie. He and his wife left
Ohio in 1854 and came west, settling in Iowa at the town of Decorah, Winneshiek Co. where they lived many years. Having enlisted in 1861 under Capt. M.A. More, Co. H. 9th Reg. Iowa Infantry. He was in the battle of Pea Ridge. At one time a spent ball struck his belt. The hard marches connected with the battle so overcame him that he was unable to continue in the service and was consequently discharged in July, 1862.

About 11 years ago (1883) he and his family came to Dixon Co.,
Nebr. and 3 years ago came to Osmond, Pierce Co., Nebr. where he resided till his death.

Mr. Matteson became converted 18 yrs. ago and was during these years, made his home with the Congregational and Presbyterian churches.

Mr. and Mrs. Matteson have had 10 children, five of whom are still living, 3 sons and 2 daughters have died, and 3 sons and 2 daughters still live.

Mr. Matteson in his last illness was confined to his room and bed for more than 4 months but bore it all with due patience and resignation. He had no fear of death and felt all through his sickness that he would not recover and sometimes expressed the wish that he might not. He was one of the few men who lived a long life and never was engaged in a lawsuit.

He rarely spoke ill of anyone and was charitable and upright in his judgment and dealing with his fellowmen.

His funeral services on Sabbath morning April 1st were conducted by Rev. G. M. Lodge, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. His text was 1st Cor. 13:12. The Methodist congregation joined in the services filling the house to its utmost capacity.

A very large concourse of people followed his remains to Osmond’s new cemetery, there to remain until the resurrection morning. The bereaved family have the sympathy of all the citizens. They mourn not as those who have no hope.

 

 

MAUCK, REUBEN W.; Plainview

B: 1 March 1843 D: 8 March 1901; Burial Memorial Cemetery; Plainview,

Nebraska

          Missouri 21st Infantry Company D – Private

          Enlistment Date: 15 July 1861

          Discharge Date: 6 April 1866

          Sources: Pension File

Sons of Union Veterans Database

 

Pierce County Call; Pierce, Nebraska; 15 March 1901

 

R.W. Mauck died Friday of Bright’s disease.  He had been sick for a long time and death was a welcome visitor.  He was fifty-eight years of age at the time of his death.  He was a veteran of the civil war, serving four years.  Funeral services were held in the M.E. church of which he was a consistent member and the remains interred in the Plainview cemetery.

 

 

McCLINTOCK, MARTIN V.B.; Foster

          B: 10 March 1847 Summerset County, Pennsylvania D: 12 June 1911

Waterloo, Nebraska Burial: Prospect Hill Cemetery; Waterloo, Nebraska

          Pennsylvania 21st Cavalry Company M

          Enlistment Date: 24 July 1863

          Pennsylvania 21st Cavalry Company E

          Transferred:  20 February 1864

          Mustered Out: 8 July 1865

          Sources: 1890 Veterans Census

 

The Waterloo Gazette; Waterloo, Nebraska; 16 June 1911; Page 1

 

M. V. B. McCLINTOCK DIES

 

Was at Work Saturday But Not Feeling Well Sunday and End Came Suddenly Monday Morning

 

The community was shocked a second time _______ eight hours _______ it became known that M.V. McClintock had died suddenly Monday morning. He was at work Saturday but was not feeling well Sunday and Monday morning did not rise to go to work. Mrs. McClintock called him about 8 o’clock and he answered her, but it is thought the end came shortly after that hour.

 

The funeral service was held at the Presbyterian church Wednesday afternoon, Rev. E. Aston officiating. The casket was covered with many beautiful flowers, on one design of which was the word, “Father.” The church choir rendered appropriate selections. The following were pall bearers: A.S. Sibert, C.A. Colvin, C. Goodwin, A. Stenglein, B.F. Bell and Thos. Reed. Burial was at Prospect Hill Cemetery.

 

Martin Van Buren McClintock was born March 10, 1847, at Petersburg, Summerset county, Pa. He came west after the war and on Nov. 24, 1873, was married to Eliza Jane Bunt, at Vermillion, S.D. Twelve children were born to them, ten of whom and the mother, survive deceased. There are three sons and seven daughters, as follows:

 

Mrs. Alice Wooliscroft, Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. Warren Beller, New Castle, Neb.; Mrs. E. B. Goldsburg, Omaha; William, Marcellus, Evelyn, Elsie, Esther, Emma and Emmett, Waterloo. 

 

There are also three brothers living as follows: Andrew, Chauncey and Marcellus, of LeMars, Iowa. They all attended the funeral. Mrs. Pritchard of Kennard, sister of Mrs. McClintock, and children and E. B. Goldsburg were also present at the funeral.

 

The family lived in northern Nebraska a number of years, being in Boyd county four years before coming to Waterloo in 1895. Deceased was a soldier of the civil war, enlisting in a Pennsylvania regiment in 1864 and serving two years. He was a cripple for years and worked under great difficulties but was faithful to his duties, was a good citizen, a kind husband and father and well thought of in the community.

 

 

McCLURE, SIMON T.; Plainview

          Iowa 4th Cavalry Company I

          Enlistment Date: 10 October 1861 Fontanelle, Iowa

          Mustered Out: 8 August 1865 in Atlanta, Georgia

          Sources: 1890 Veterans Census (Antelope County)

1893 Nebraska Veterans Census

 

? Simon M. McClure B: 1842 D: 1916 Burial: Geary, Oklahoma Sources: Sons of Union Veterans Database

 

 

McDONALD, COLUMBUS FRANK; Pierce

          B: 27 December 1824 Smyth County, Virginia D: 6 January 1911

          Confederacy – Virginia 50th Infantry Company E

          Enlistment Date: 27 May 1861 Smyth County, Virginia (Hotel Keeper)

          Dropped from Rolls: 26 May 1862

          Sources: Cemetery Record

 

Pierce County Call; Pierce, Nebraska; 12 January 1911; page 2

 

 

McDONALD, JAMES VAN BUREN; Pierce

          B: 30 November 1834 Smyth County, Virginia D: 30 September 1915

Burial: Prospect View; Pierce, Nebraska

          Confederacy – Virginia 23rd Infantry Company E

          Enlistment Date: 20 May 1862

          Resigned:  9 November 1862

          Sources:  Cemetery Record

 

Pierce County Call; Pierce, Nebraska; Thursday, October 7, 1915

James V. McDonald at Rest

James Van Buren McDonald, on old and highly respected citizen of this community, passed away at his home in the west part of the city last Thursday evening at 11 o'clock. His final sickness dates back about four months and he gradually grew weaker, suffering much at times, though his final hours were painless and he passed away calmly and peacefully, surrounded by all his family, except one son, Charles, living in California, who was unable to be present. Prior to his death Mr. McDonald expressed himself ready to go and assured his pastor that he was at peace with God and man. In his last hours, watchers at his bedside heard him speak faintly of marching hosts, songs and the voice of "mother" and who but knows that in the last moments of dissolution, just before the spirit of this Godly patriarch left its tenement of clay and wings its flight to the glory of the new Jerusalem, the vail was lifted by angel hands and his eyes were permitted to see the militant legions of saints of the other world and his ears listened to the anthems of the "choir invisible" and "mother's" voice came clear and sweet across the valley of the shadow of death in glad and welcome recognition.

Mr. McDonald was a man whose life was an open book; who whose integrity was unquestioned; one who was honorable in his dealings with his fellow man; a man-generous, kind hearted and universally respected and loved. As his pastor said in the last sad funeral rites, he was a good man-a Godly man-and what can be said more as a tribute to man. His was a wonderful life-passing the allotted time of
three score years and ten. Had he lived until next November he would have been 82 year old. What a vista of progress, of wonderful events, were contained in his life and his death was emblematic of the sheaves of grain, ripened and ready for the Master's garner.

Deceased was born in Smyth county, Virginia,
November 30th, 1833, being 81 years and 10 months old to the day at the time of death. He was united in marriage to Emaline Ann Gannaway on August 28, 1857, at Bristol, Tennessee. The bride of those long ago days still survives. Twelve children were born to this sacred union. Of these one daughter and five sons survive, viz: James B. of Pierce, Charles T., of San Pedro, Calif., Kenneth Wilton, of Bridgeport, Nebr., Dr. G.E., of Superior, Wyo., Solomon R., of Council Bluffs, Iowa and Mrs. Laura Estelle Glaze, of Pierce.

Mr. McDonald served in the Confederate army during the Civil War as first lieutenant and regimental quartermaster under General Flood and General Derrick. He also had two brothers, Frank and William, former residents of Pierce, who served in the army as Captains.

Mr. McDonald resided in Virginia until 1882, when he moved to Nebraska, first locating at Pilger and two years later coming to Pierce, where he resided continuously up to the time of his death. He was a carpenter by trade and worked at his profession until a few years ago when his age compelled him to retire from active life. Mr. and Mrs. McDonald celebrated their gold wedding anniversary in Pierce on
August 28, 1907. At that time Mr. McDonald, though 74 years of age, was hale and hearty and only a few days before had gone to Foster and laid four squares of hard flooring in considerable less than a day. He came from old Scotch-Puritan stock that settled in Virginia over 300 years ago.

Funeral services were held at the M.E. church, of which he was a member, last Friday afternoon, being conducted by the pastor, Rev. C.O. Trump. The services were attended by a large concourse of relatives, neighbors and friends and the floral tributes were numerous and beautiful. Interment was made in Prospect View cemetery south of town
.

 

 

McDONALD, WILLIAM HAMILTON; Pierce

B: 30 July 1829 Smyth County, Virginia D: 3 March 1908 Fremont,

Nebraska Burial: Prospect View; Pierce, Nebraska

          Confederacy – 1861-1865 - Captain

          Sources: Cemetery Record

 

Pierce County Call; Pierce, Nebraska; 5 March 1908; page 1

 

Judge McDonald Passes Away

 

Wednesday morning relatives and friends in Pierce received word of the death of Wm. H. McDonald at his home in Fremont. Death came at 12 o’clock Tuesday night but was not unexpected ad Mr. McDonald had been in poor health for some time and during the past week had failed very rapidly. The remains will be brought to Pierce today (Thursday) and funeral serves held in the M. E. church at 3 o’clock this afternoon. Interment will be made in the family lot in Prospect View Cemetery.

 

William Hamilton McDonald was born on a plantation in Smyth county Virginia, July 30, 1829, and died at Fremont, Nebr., March 3, 1908, being 78 years 7 months and 3 days old.  He grew to early manhood on the plantation of this father and at the age of 20 in the year of 1849, when the gold fever was at its heights, he started for California. He traveled with a wagon train across the prairies of Nebraska long before it was settled by the white people. He followed the old California trail across the entire state from east to west, the trip taking several months band being full of hardship and danger. After spending about two years in his search for gold he returned to his native state by boat from San Francisco to New York. Hence home by rail. He raised a company of soldiers and served in the Confederate army from 1861 to 1865 as a captain.

 

He was united in marriage Eleanor A. Beatty, April 27th, 1854. Removed to Nebraska in 1876 and located on a farm near Fontanelle in Dodge county, residing there until the spring of 1883, when he came to Pierce and engaged in the lumber business for a short time. In 1885 he was elected to the office of County Judge and served in that capacity for 15 years. He removed to Fremont in the spring of 1907, where he resided till his death.

 

He is survived by a wife, three daughters and two brothers. The surviving daughters are Mrs. Henry Herman, Mrs. Will Martin and Mrs. Joseph Smith, all residing at Fremont. The brothers of deceased are Columbus Franklin and James V. McDonald, both residents of Pierce.

 

 

McINTOSH, L.. EUGENE; Plainview

          Burial: Memorial Cemetery; Plainview, Nebraska

          Wisconsin 38th Infantry Company I – Private

          Enlistment Date: 13 August 1864

          Discharge Date: 2 June 1865

          Sources: Cemetery Record

                   Sons of Union Veterans Database

 

 

McKEE, JOHN L.; Plainview

          B: Pennsylvania

Burial: Memorial Cemetery; Plainview, Nebraska

          Pennsylvania 49th Infantry Company I – Corporal

          Pennsylvania 197th Infantry Company K - Private

          Sources: 1890 Veterans Census (Antelope County)

                   1910 Soldiers & Sailors Home; Grand Island, Nebraska

Sons of Union Veterans Database

 

 

MENDLESON, WILLIAM; Plainview

B: October 1835 Austria D: 15 February 1937 Burial: Wilmington

Cemetery; Wilmington, California

          Ohio 29th Infantry Company D – Private

          Enlistment Date: 10 September 1861

          Discharge Date: 20 December 1862

Sources: 1883 Pensioner (injury to abdomen)

1893 Nebraska Veterans Census

                   Sons of Union Veterans Database

 

 

MEWIS, HERMAN R.; Pierce

          B: October 1847 Germany D: 1920 Wyoming Burial: Douglas Park

Cemetery; Douglas, Wyoming

          Wisconsin 51st Infantry Company C

          Enlistment Date: 31 March 1865 Theresa, Wisconsin

          Wisconsin 51st Infantry Company K

          Transfer Date: 30 June 1865

          Mustered Out: 29 August 1865

          Sources: Pension File (Wyoming)

 

 

MORTON, WILLIAM H.; Pierce

          B: December 1823 Delaware D:

          Wisconsin 22nd Infantry Company I

          Illinois 8th Cavalry Company E

          Enlistment Date: 26 September 1864 Rosemondton, Illinois

          Discharged Date: 12 May 1865

          Sources: 1883 Pensioner (bronchitis, aphonia)

                   1890 Veterans Census

                   1893 Nebraska Veterans Census

 

 

MOTT, RICHARD; Foster

          B:  Syracuse, New York D: 3 December 1899 Burial: Bazille Mills, Nebraska

          Wisconsin 20t Infantry Company C

          Enlistment Date: 12 August 1862 Fennimore, Wisconsin

          Mustered Out: 14 July 1865 in Galveston, TX

          Sources: 1890 Veteran Census (Knox County)

 

Pierce County Call; Pierce, Nebraska; Friday 8 December 1899

 

Richard Mott died Sunday forenoon at 11:30 o’clock after a long and painful illness. He was born at Syracuse, New York and at the time of his death was 66 years of age. He enlisted in the civil war at the age of 29 years. He leaves three brothers, two in Ohio and one in Illinois. He also leaves a son, Frank, living six miles northeast of Creighton and one daughter, Mrs. Ed Moore, living two miles north of Foster. He was buried Monday at Bazille Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Moore wish to extend their thanks for the help rendered the deceased during his illness.

 

 

MURPHY, WILLIAM TYLER; Plainview

B: 23 September 1840 D: 31 January 1939 Burial: Oak Hill Memorial Park;

Escondido, California

          Iowa 13th Infantry Company B – Wagon master

          Enlistment Date: 06 October 1861 Fairview, Iowa

          Mustered Out: 21 July 1865 in Louisville, Kentucky

          Sources: 1890 Veterans Census (Antelope County)

1893 Nebraska Veterans Census

                   Sons of Union Veterans Database