SPANISH AMERICAN WAR

Those Who Served From Whiteside Co

Photo and Transcription Contributed by Dan Hand


James ANDREWS - of Erie IL 106 Reg. IL Inf.

Arthur E. DEEM - Co. E. 6th IL Inf. The last Survivor of the Spanish American War
        Biography

Arthur Eugene JACKSON - Co. E. 6th IL. Inf. s/o Royal & Anna (Champlain) Jackson

Merton R. JACKSON - Co. E. 6th IL. Inf. s/o Royal & Anna (Champlain) Jackson

Wilbur D. JACKSON - Co. E. 6th IL. Inf. s/o Royal & Anna (Champlain) Jackson

Andrew J. OSBORNE - of Erie IL

Ottie PICKENS



Uniform of Ottie PICKENS - of Erie IL

War of 1812 Veteran

Father of Rhae Barkman

Grandfather of Monty Barkman Thies

Contributed by LeRoy Sundin
Monty Thies holding her grandfathers uniform.
Taken by Larry Thies at the Erie Elementary Veterans Day program 2005.






A MEMORIAL TO PERPETUATE THE NAMES OF THE MEN OF STERLING AND ROCKFALLS WHO ENLISTED AT STERLING AND SERVED WITH CO. E. 6TH. ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. WAR WITH SPAIN 1898. GENERAL MILES EXPEDITION TO PUERTO RICO ENLISTED APRIL 26, 1898. MUSTEREED OUT NOVEMBER 25, 1898. FIELD AND STAFF Surgeon Major— Frank Anthony Sergeant Major— Edwin Johnson Lieu't Ordnance— Ben Eick Q. M. Sergeant— J. Rees Dillon Chief Musician— John O. Prestin Principal Musician— Fred W. Forbes HOSPITAL STEWARDS John L. Klinep Fred E. Brown Howard N. Geyer HOSPITAL CORPS Harry C. Goodman Guy A. Rodgers Frank W. Smith BUGLERS CAPTAIN William E. Lawrie FIRST LIEUTENANT Goodcil B. Dillon SECOND LIEUTENANT J. Frank Wahl FIRST SERGEANT Samuel H. Felgley Q. M. SERGEANT Edward A. Nuellen SERGEANTS John W. Cushman Leslie C. Sheldon Joshua H. Wildasin Fred E. Wagley CORPORALS Charles E. Hoobler Romeo Baker Martin L. Allpress Harry L. Hankinson Arthur E. Deem Devillo B. Deyoe John P. Lineberry Robert B. McNeil Will L. Burkhart Bert Johnson Herbert R. Grimes Alpheus W Triggs WAGONER Enos Book ARTIFICER Fred R. Hess PRIVATES Anderson, Carl Alderfer, Philip Apple, Frank J. Armstrong, Howard Aument, Frank H. Bailey, Frank C. Bassett, Bert Bassett, Edward Bassett, Marcus P. Bassett, Milton B. Bersinger, John E. Berlin, Clark Blair, Frank L. Brumley, Clair V. Buckley, Bernard J. Burr, James S. Bushnell, Leo H. Byers, Wilson R. Carey, John G. Carey, Elroy R Compton, Claire Connell, William Coryell, Frank H. Cunningham, Claire Davis, Isaac C. Drew, John H. Dillon, Moses L. Eager, Wallace Eastabrooks, Ernest V. Eberle, Charles E. Eberle, Harry C. Eberle, Edward J. Flock, William F. Haberle, Edward E. Hall, Guy Hansen, Gus Havens, George F. Hayes, Lewis E. Heathcoat, William Heath, Frank W. Higby, Lenorard Jackson, Arthur E. Jackson, Merton R. Jackson, Wilbur D. Johnson, Charles A. Johnson, Charles S. Johnson, Fred A. Jones, Richard O. Kahl, Ernest Latherow, Walter E. Lindsley, Calvin Lingel, William J. Little, Harry Lund, William C. Macke, Fred W. Matlack, Harold E. McKelvey, George A. Merricks, Edward Moore, Louis E. Morrison, Alfred G. Overholser, Arthur Pigg, Frank Ranger, Charles E. Reifsnyder, William Rodemyer, Herman Round, George A. Sheldon, John Slade, George Sneed, Fred W. Sneed, Burt J. Street, Albert L. Strock, John F. Struckman, William Wahl, Albert A. Walck, Jeremiah Wilkinson, Lee D. Winters, Carl Wright, Fred F. PLAQUE ERECTED 1940 BY LEO H. BUSHNELL CAMP W.S.W.V FROM A LEGACY GIVEN BY MRS. ALICE BUSHNELL

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