Known Gem County Civil War Veterans

Compiled by Meg Davis, Director/Curator and volunteers from Idaho Historical Society Civil War Index and from obituary research. If you have information to add to this page, please do not hesitate to contact us.


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ADAIR, James M - d.1938
Gem Arkansas Co. I, 1st Arkansas Cavalry
buried in Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

ALLERTON, Judson - 1838-1912
New York Co. F, 86th New York Vol. Inf.
buried at Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

BABB, David D - d. 1922
Pennsylvania Co. K, 141st Pennsylvania Infantry

BARRETT, Richard - d. 1834-1916
Wisconsin Co. B, 30th Wisconsin
buried at Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

BATTY, Marshall - 1843-1919
C, U. S. C. 111th Infantry
Illinois Co. F, 57th Illinois Volunteer
buried at Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

BATES, Joseph

BISHOP, Ira A - 1846-1928
Illinois Co. B, 11th Illinois Cavalry

BROOKSHIRE, Christopher C - 1843-1910
buried at Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

BURTON, Ira L 1844 1929
buried Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

CARMICHAEL, John
22nd Iowa Inf. Co. H
"Sgt. Co. H. 221 IA Inf."
buried at Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

COLBURN, Louis
Medal of Honor for distinguished bravery at Gettysburg; 10th NY Cavalry

CRAIG, Thompson - 1838-1915
170th Ohio Inf.
buried Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

DALY, John
Missouri Co. A, 2nd Missouri

DAVIS, Thomas Morgan - 1844-1927
buried Emmett's Riverside Cemetery Old City, Old City Block

DIXON, W. H. - 1841-1922
Illinois Co. A, 9th Illinois

FULLER, William

GARDNER, George - 1843-1926
New York U. S. N. North Atlantic Squadron
buried Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

GILL, Melvin

GOODSELL, Jared "Jerry" 1833 1909
New York Co. E, 50th New York Engineers

GREEN, A. M.

GREENE, Granville M. - 1841 1919

HALL, Abraham - 1846-1917
Co K 186, Illinois INF"
buried in Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

HARLEY, Cornelius
California Co. M, 1st California Cavalry

HUGHES, John W - 1845-1943
Arkansas Crawfords Regiment
buried in Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

JACKSON, Samuel
Co. I, 31st Ohio Inf.

JAMISON, James
Co. G. 20th Iowa Inf. Vol.

JONES, Albert G - 1847-1943
Missouri Infantry
buried in Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

KELBE, Wm

KNOUSE, Elkan L
Iowa Co. G, 21st Iowa
buried in Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

LICK, Solomon
"Co. A 63rd Illinois Inf"
buried in Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

LICK, Nathaniel
5th US Cavalry

LOOMIS, Andrew
Co. D., 1st Mo. Cavalry

McHENRY, Oliver - 1841-1898
Co B 40 PA Vol - Capt. Co A. 28 Regt USCT"
buried in Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

MARCH, Jacob C
Iowa Co. D, 3rd Iowa Cavalry

MILLER, Abraham
Tennessee Co. C, 18th Tennessee Cavalry

MOORE, Socrates - 1821-1911
Iowa Army, "Corpl Co. B 4 M.O.S.M. Cav"
buried in Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

MOULTON, PHB
Co. E.6th Mo. Inf.
Co. H. 1st Mo. Cav.
Com Sgt Co. H. 1st SMVSB"
buried in Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

NEWBY, Robert - 1836-1905
Gem Wisconsin Co E, 32nd Wisconsin Infantry
buried in Emmett's Riverside Cemetery, near flagpole

OLIVER John B - 1840-1911
Co. A, 36th Reg. Volunteers
"Co. A 36 D.V.I"
buried in Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

PARSON, George
Iowa Co. E, 15th Iowa

PECK, Isaac
"Co. C 113th Ohio Inf" buried in Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

PERKINS, John

PETERSON, Thomas - 1830-1908
Wisconsin Co. C, 50th Wisconsin Infantry

Phillips, Charles

PHILLIPPI, James M - 1847-1929
died in Boise, Idaho Soldiers Home

POST, D. A.

REED, Charlie d. 1932
Wisconsin 33rd Wisconsin Regiment
"Co. A 33 Wisc. Inf"
buried in Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

REED, George Washington - 1843-1923
Iowa 29th Iowa Infantry
buried in Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

RICHARDSON, Aaron - 1844-1936
Missouri 35th Missouri Infantry
Illinois 11th Illinois Cavalry

ROBERTSON, Joseph
Nebraska Co. H, 18th Nebraska
Morris Hill: Joseph Bradford Robertson, b. 1856, IA, m. in Kansas (same??)

ROOT, David H - 1846-1930
Illinois Co. I, 3rd Illinois Cavalry
buried in Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

SCHULPE, Benjamin

SHERARD, George W.
"Co. C 43 MO Inf"
buried in Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

SMITH, Jonathan - 1817-1909
Missouri Co. E, 23rd Missouri
Missoui Co E, 25th Missouri Infantrty
buried in Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

STRICKLAND, Amaziah - d. 1904 "Co. B 1 Cal. Cav."
buried in Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

THOMPSON, Joseph B - 1844-1923
Vermont Co. 2, 9th Reg., Vermont Vol. Inf.

TOOTHMAN, Davis - 1830-1920
Confederate Army
buried in Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

VANDERHOFF, Francis H. - 1840-1924
Illinois Co. B, 2nd Illinois Cavalry
buried in Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

WESTON, H. H. - 1836-1905
Illinois 122nd Illinois Volunteers
Riverside -- Hryum J -- Old City??

WHEELER, John West - 1840-1914
Indiana Co. D, 13th Indiana Cavalry
"Com Sgt. Co. L 13 Ind Cav"
buried in Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

WILBUR, Hiram L. - 1845-1916
New York Co. E, 109th New York Volunteers
"Co. E 109 NY Inf"
buried in Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

WILMOT, Chauncy (Chauncey?) J. - 1841-1913
New York Co. A, 93rd New York Volunteers

WOMACK, Alexander - 1836-1916
buried in Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

WORNUCH, Alexander
Illinois Co. E, 45th Illinois Infantry

WRIGHT, Jerome B. - 1838-1927
Colorado Co. B, 2nd Colorado Cavalry
"Co. B2 Co Cav 1838-1927"
buried in Emmett's Riverside Cemetery

Sweet-Montour Cemetery

See Sweet Cemetery at Gem.IdGenWeb for photos

BADLEY, Robert Arthur A d. 1913
Gem Colorado Co. B, 2nd Colorado Cavalry
Colorado 3rd Colorado Cavalry

DAY, Joseph E. - 1833-1919
Ohio Co. K, 27th Ohio Volunteers

DeLONG, H. H. 1843 - 1904
2nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Co. K.

FOX, Balaam - 1845-1925
Missouri Co. B, 7th Missouri Vol. Cavalry bio http://gem.idgenweb.org/bio_bfox.html

HALL, Abraham Seitz - 1844-1909
Ohio Co I, 88th Ohio Infantry

IRETON, Lorenzo S. - 1849-1891
Ohio Co. K, 79th Ohio Infantry

NEWELL, Charles C. - 1 May 1845 - 7 Mar 1923
16th Missouri Cavalry, Bugler

NOLAN, Henry G (no dates)
Sgt., 29th Iowa Infantry, Co. D

WILLIAMS, George W. - 1836 - 1909
"Co. H. 2nd Regt Ore Mtd Vol. Indian Wars"

Ola Cemetery

See Ola Cemetery at gem.idgenweb.org for photos

BEAL, Lorenzo - 1834-1901
Illinois Co. C, 149th Illinois Infantry
(GAR marker)

BOWMAN, Wm - 1838-1915

FRANCE, William T. - 1843 1933
Illinois 11th Illinois Cavalry

PERON, George W. - 1844-1922
GAR marker

STINER, Jacob - 1831-1910
103rd Regt. Penn. Inf.

Other Civil War Veterans with Gem County Connections

COOK, Geo F
Iowa Co. D, 2nd Iowa
findagrave Fort Boise Military Cemetery; Geo. F Cook, Co I, 2 IA Inf

LAMONT, Hugh - d. 1904
buried in Morris Hill, Hugh LaMont, b. Feb 1845, d. June 1904

MAHER John - 1835-1902
Kentucky Simons Idep. Bat. Of KY, Light Artillery

VA locator: Sgt -- Simmonds, 7 Btry, LA, died 11-02-02, buried Boise Barracks
buried at Ft. Boise Military Cemetery; b. May 1833, Ireland; d. Nov. 1902

SULLIVAN, Andrew Jackson - 1845 1923
Iowa 4th Iowa Calvary
findagrave: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, San Mateo, Calif.

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