Civil War Veteran: Abraham Van Winkle

Abraham Van Winkle
Born:  Abt. 1834 or 1835 in Illinois
Died:  September 14, 1914 in Hemet, Riverside County, California
PVT CO B 91 ILL INF

Enlisted July 8, 1862 as a PVT in CO B 91 ILL INF and mustered out April 13, 1863.
While at Bethany, Missouri he suffered a gunshot wound to his left shoulder and was in prison for 15 days.

He spent the last seventeen years of his life in California, the last thirteen in Hemet and the vicinity.

Civil War Veteran: Frederick K. Shawhan

Frederick K. Shawhan
Born:  August 9, 1835 in Ohio
Died:  February 18, 1902 in San Jacinto, Riverside County, California
CAPT CO D 123 OHIO INF

Enlisted at age 27 on August 16, 1862 as a CAPT in Co D 123 Ohio Infantry.
Commisioned an officer on September 24, 1862.
Discharged for wounds, he mustered out on March 14, 1865.

After his discharge he worked in the mining industry.  He lived in California for several decades, the last few years in San Jacinto with his wife and two children, a daughter and a son.

Civil War Veteran: William Lewis Roach

William Lewis Roach
Born:  November 7, 1840 in Kaskaskia, Randolph County, Illinois
Died:  March 13, 1926 in Hemet, Riverside County, California
CO G 1ST REG ILL MARINE ARTY

According to his obituary Mr. Roach served in the Civil War and was buried in the Soldier's Section at his request.  His occupation was in mining, contracting and construction.  He spent the last three years of his life in Hemet, California.

Unable to find any information on an Illinois Marine Artillery Unit or on Mr. Roach's military service.

Civil War Veteran: George W. Pool

George W. Pool
U.S. SOLDIER

Civil War Veteran: Alonzo E. Parsons

Alonzo E. Parsons
Born:  December 20, 1843 in Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin
Died:  February 28, 1930 in Hemet, Riverside County, California
PVT CO H 13 WIS INF

Alonzo Parsons enlisted as a PVT in CO H 13 WIS VOL INF on August 26, 1864 and mustered out on September 13 1865.  He spent the last eight years of his life in Hemet, California.

Civil War Veteran: William Mallory Lancaster

William Mallory Lancaster
Born:  August 16, 1842. Switzerland County, Indiana
Died:  December 16, 1923. Hemet, Riverside County, California
PVT CO A 3 IND CAV

William Mallory joined the Union Army at the age of 20.  Originally a farmer, he returned to that occupation after the Civil War.  He also spent three years as a pilot on the Ohio River.  After marrying in 1873 he and the family lived in Kansas where he continued to farm, as well as serving a four year term as the Sheriff of Hodgeman County.  The family moved to Portland, Oregon where they spent eight years before finally moving to Southern California.  William Lancaster had been a resident of Hemet for the last three years of his life.

Civil War Veteran: Leonard E. Kuykendall

Leonard E. Kuykendall
Born:  Abt. 1839 in Indiana
Died:  September 9, 1896
CO H 1 MO ENGRS (ENGR'S of the WEST)

Enlisted from Paris, Illinois on August 14, 1862 as a PVT in CO H 1 ENGR'S of the WEST MO VOLS.
Discharged with the rank of ARTIFICER on April 11, 1863 in La Grange, Tennessee due to disability.
He was a painter in civillian life.

Civil War Veteran: Urias Kreighbaum

Urias (also known as Uriah) Kreighbaum
Born:  August 1839, Ohio
Died:  February 6, 1915
PVT CO C 20 IND INF
PVT CO D 20 IND INF

Served during the Civil War as a PVT in CO C 20 IND INF from July 23, 1861 until February 1864, and as a PVT in CO D 20 IND INF from April 1, 1864 until July 18, 1865.  He participated in the Battle of Bull Run and Gettysburg.  He suffered a gunshot wound to the right shoulder during the Battle of the Wilderness.
He married in 1868 and during the 1880s made his home in Nebraska.  By 1900 he and his family were living in the Valle Vista area of Riverside County, California where he was a rancher.

Civil War Veteran: Charles A. Harper

Charles A. Harper
Born:  1842 in Massachusetts
Died:  January 4, 1904 in California
PVT CO F 13 VT VOL INF

Enlisted as a PVT in CO F 13 VT INF on September 10, 1862 from Williston, Vermont. Mustered in on October 10, 1862. Mustered out on July 21, 1863 at Brattleboro, Vermont.
He moved to California after the Civil War.  By the late 1800s he was living in San Jacinto, California where he was the City Marshal for a number of years.    In December 1903, while hunting, he fell from the buggy in which he was riding and suffered a serious break to his leg, just above the ankle.  The injury was so serious that his doctor advised amputation but Mr. Harper refused and he died several weeks later from the resulting blood poisoning.

Civil War Veteran: Thomas Hannah

Thomas Hannah
Born:  March 12, 1824, Virginia
Died:  August 15, 1913, Riverside County, California
CO C 70 IND VOL INF

Born in Virginia, Thomas Hannah moved to Indiana when he was a young man and took up farming.  By the time he enlisted in the Union Army in July of 1863 he was a merchant, operating a large general merchandise business.  He served in the military for three years, returning to farming and raising stock after the Civil War.   He and his family moved to the vicinity of Hemet, California in 1899 where he continued farming and ranching.

Civil War Veteran: Daniel Gebhart

Daniel Gebhart
Born:  April 1835, Pennsylvania
Died:  Probably before 1905, California
CO G 53 IND INF

Married to Emily in 1899, they were both living in Hemet, Riverside County, California on June 1, 1900 where he was a farmer.

Civil War Veteran: Ozias W. Foote

Ozias W. Foote
Born:  July 24, 1836, Corwall, Addison, Ohio
Died:  September 17, 1888, California
SGT MAJ, F&S, CO E 128 OHIO INF

Enlisted in Co. E 128th Ohio Inf. as a Sergeant on January 9, 1864 and was promoted to Full Sergeant Major on May 21, 1865. On July 6, 1865 he was promoted to Full 2nd Lieutenant, mustering out at Camp Chase, Ohio on July 13, 1865.
He served in the Guard Garrison at Ohio's Johnson's Island guarding Confederate prisoners.

Still living in Ohio in 1880, by 1888 he had moved to San Jacinto, California where he was a farmer.

Civil War Veteran: Oliver Ferris

Oliver Ferris
Born:  1837
Died:  April 26, 1909, Auld, Riverside County, California
SERGT CO H 63 OHIO INF

Civil War Veteran: John R. Fariss

John R. Fariss
Born:  About 1844, son of L. P. Fariss
Died:  Unknown (probably before 1905 in Riverside County, California)
CORPL CO H 45 IA INF

The 45th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was one of a number of regiments raised in the summer of 1864 for short-term service.  Known as "Hundred Days Men," these regiments were organized as part of an effort to end the war in 100 days.  They served rear garrison duty enabling veteran troops to take part in Sherman's Atlanta Campaign.
Mustered in at Keokuk, Iowa on May 25, 1864 they moved first to St. Louis, Missouri, then on to Memphis and Moscow, Tennessee.  They were assigned to guard the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.  Mustered out September 16, 1864 at Keokuk.
John R. Fariss was mustered in as a Corporal and mustered out as a First Corporal.

Civil War Veteran: Alexander Edwards

Alexander Edwards
Born:  February 19, 1828, Indiana
Died:  October 27, 1897
LIEUT CO C 52 IND INF

Enlisted in the Union Army from Shelbyville, Indiana on February 1, 1862 as a 1st Sergeant.
Promoted to Full 2nd Lieutenant on May 14, 1862.
Promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant on September 4, 1862.
Resigned March 2, 1865.

His military headstone was supplied by the Stockbridge Marble Co. of Massachusetts.

A second headstone is inscribed "Veteran Of Two Wars."

Based strictly on his year of birth I suspect he was also a veteran of the Mexican-American War

Civil War Veteran: Lewis Durett

Lewis Durett
Born:  Abt 1831, New York
Died:  July 15, 1916, San Jacinto, Riverside, California
PVT CO F 27 MICH INF

A pioneer of the San Jacinto Valley, he was a rancher and businessman and built the first brick building in San Jacinto.

Civil War Veteran: James Sweatland Deming

James Sweatland Deming
Born:  July 7, 1827, Bloomfield, Hartford County, Connecticut
Died:  April 2, 1890, California
PVT CO H 17 WIS INF

Civil War Veteran: Collon J. Davidson

Collon J. Davidson
Born:  February 1, 1845, Jersey County, Illinois
Died:  January 27, 1921, Sawtelle, Los Angeles County, California
CO H 133 ILL INF

Civil War Veteran: Joseph Crawford

Joseph Crawford
Born:  March 7, 1832, New York
Died:  December 2, 1911, Riverside County, California
CO F 12 WISC INF

An early settler of the San Jacinto Valley he had lived in the area for most of the last 35 years of his life.  He built and owned the first wagon road into the San Jacinto Mountains.  He was a member of the G.A.R.  With no known relatives at the time of his death he willed his entire estate, reportedly $10,000, to the Methodist and Christian Churches of San Jacinto.

Civil War Veteran: William Cramer

William Cramer
Born:  April 2, 1837, Claremont, Belmont County, Ohio
Died:  March 12, 1922, Hemet, Riverside County, California
PVT CO K 7 ILL CAV