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     Wallace Wakefield Willey was born on 16 August 1828 in Medina Co., Ohio.^1,4,5 He married Hannah Baughman, daughter of Gideon Baughman and Lavina Artman, on 29 February 1872 in Cedar Co., Iowa.^2,3 He died on 7 October 1907 in Knowlton, Ringgold Co., Iowa, at age 79.^5,1,4 He was buried at Centenary Cemetery in Knowlton, Ringgold Co., Iowa.^4,1
     He served during the Civil War in Co. C of the 24th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, enlisting on 8 August 1862. The regiment was organized at Muscatine, Iowa, and mustered in on 18 September 1862. They left camp for Helena, Arkansas, on 20 October, where they spent the winter, and participated in Gen. Grant's Coldwater Expedition.
     On 11 April 1863 they left Helena to join Grant's Vicksburg Campaign. They fought in the Battles of Port Gibson and Champion Hill, and participated in the Siege of Vicksburg from 24 May to Vicksburg's surrender on 4 July. On 1 August they moved to New Orleans, and spent the winter of 1863-64 in Madisonville, Louisiana. In the spring of 1864 they were part of the Red River Campaign, returned to New Orleans in June, and then traveled by steamer to Washington D.C. They fought at the Third Battle of Winchester on 19 September, and at the Battle of Cedar Creek on 19 October.
     On 14 January 1865 they left Baltimore for Savannah, Georgia. They moved between various locations in Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina for the next few months, and were mustered out in Savannah on 17 July. They traveled to Baltimore, then to Davenport, Iowa, where they were paid and disbanded.^6,7
     He and his wife Hannah may have moved to Iowa about 1875.⁸ In any case, they lived in Jefferson Twp., Ringgold Co., Iowa, where they are listed in the 1880 and 1900 federal censuses, and in the 1885 Iowa state census. Hannah's father Gideon Baughman was living with them in 1885.^9,10,11
     Listed with him and Hannah in the 1880 census was Samuel Willey, age 10, born in Iowa, and listed as "son." However, Wallace and Hannah were not married until 1872, and in the 1900 and 1910 censuses Hannah is listed as having had no children. Listed with them in the 1885 census is Samuel Mayes, age 15, born in Iowa. It seems likely that the two Samuels are actually the same person, and his true relationship to Wallace Willey is unknown.^9,11,12,13
     A nice sentiment was expressed about him and his wife Hannah by A. H. Bonebrake, in a local newspaper article reminiscing about his early life in Knowlton. He wrote "Mr. and Mrs. Willey lived in the south part of Knowlton. The only remembrance I have of this elderly couple is that they were exceptionally fine people."¹⁴

More Information / Background

• 24th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
  
• Vicksburg Campaign
  
• Battle of Port Gibson
  
• Battle of Champion Hill
  
• Siege of Vicksburg
  
• Red River Campaign
  
• Third Battle of Winchester
  
• Battle of Cedar Creek.
  

     Presley S. Williams was born on 22 April 1839 (cemetery and death records say 22 April 1838, and the 1900 census says April 1840) in Columbia, Fayette Co., Indiana.^4,1,5,6 He married Mary Jane Baughman, daughter of Gideon Baughman and Lavina Artman, on 1 September 1864 in Fulton Co., Illinois.^2,3 He died on 18 September 1919 in Brereton, Fulton Co., Illinois, at age 80.^1,5 He was buried on 21 September 1919 at Greenwood Cemetery (lot S1/2 267 Div. M) in Canton, Fulton Co., Illinois.¹
     He and his wife Mary lived in Fulton Co., Illinois, where they are listed in Canton Twp. in the 1870 census⁷, in Banner Twp. in the 1880 census⁸, back in Canton Twp. in the 1900 census⁶, and in the town of Canton in the 1910 census.⁹
     He and Mary had seven children: Frank E. (b abt 1865), John A. (b abt 1867), Deida (b abt 1868), Arthur (b January 1870), Ella (b abt 1873), Rosa E. (b January 1875), and Anna F. (b March 1878).^4,7,8,6

     John Ham Trites was born on 22 May 1844 in Darby, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania.¹ He married Sarah P. Baughman, daughter of Gideon Baughman and Lavina Artman, on 1 September 1874 (his bio says 2 September 1874) in Fulton Co., Illinois.^2,1,3 He died on 25 July 1930 in Friberg, Otter Tail Co., Minnesota, at age 86.⁴ He was buried at Silent Vale Cemetery in Maine, Otter Tail Co., Minnesota.⁵
     After their marriage he and his wife Sarah lived with his parents on the family homestead in Canton, Fulton Co., Illinois,¹ and are listed there in the 1880 census. In addition to their children and John's parents, also living there in 1880 were John's sisters Lidia and Susan, and Marcus Merrand, a hired hand.⁶
     In 1885 he bought a 134-acre farm in Section 19 of Buckheart Twp., Fulton Co., Illinois,¹ and they moved there the following year.¹ They are listed there in the 1900 and 1910 censuses. Sarah's widowed father Gideon Baughman was living with them in 1900.^7,8
     Sometime between 1910 and 1920 they moved to Friberg, Otter Tail Co., Minnesota, where they are listed in the 1920 and 1930 censuses. In 1930 they had a servant, Helen Makousky, age 17.^9,10
     He and Sarah had six children: George G. (d as an infant), Lewis Davis (b 4 February 1877, d 6 August 1966), Susan Barnard (b abt 1879, d 1 December 1942), John H. (b September 1881, d 6 November 1912), Winifred L. (b June 1884), Sylvanus T. (b 7 August 1886, d 14 May 1971).^{1,6,7,11,12,13,14}

     William Henry Thomason was born about 1860 in Warren Co., Indiana.¹ He married Hannah Baughman, daughter of Gideon Baughman and Lavina Artman, on 26 February 1912 in Knowlton, Ringgold Co., Iowa.¹ He died on 13 April 1927 in Creston, Union Co., Iowa.²
     He and his wife Hannah are listed in Jefferson Twp., Ringgold Co., Iowa, in the 1920 federal census and the 1925 Iowa state census.^3,4

     Ann E. McCulloch was born on 19 May 1849 in Pennsylvania.^3,4 She married Sylvanus T. Baughman, son of Gideon Baughman and Lavina Artman, on 21 February 1867 in Fulton Co., Illinois.¹ She died on 23 February 1926 at age 76.³ She was buried at Centenary Cemetery (Plot 21-C) in Jefferson Twp., Fulton Co., Illinois.³
     After their marriage she and her husband Sylvanus lived in Fulton Co., Illinois, where they are listed in the census in Banner Twp. in 1870 and Putman Twp. in 1880. In 1880 Sylvanus's father Gideon was living with them, along with servants C. Dykeman (age 20) and Luke Lyons (18). Also in 1880, Ann was suffering from "cholera morbus" (i.e., stomach flu) at the time of the census taker's visit.^5,6
     By 1885 they had moved to Jefferson Twp., Ringgold Co., Iowa, where they are listed in the 1885 Iowa state census, and where Sylvanus's sister Hannah and her husband Wallace Willey were living.^7,8 They are also listed in Ringgold Co. in the 1895 Iowa state census (Sylvanus's father Gideon was again living with them)⁹, and in the 1900 federal census.¹⁰
     In 1910, after her husband's death, she was listed in the census in Jefferson Twp. with her daughter Elnora and her husband Joseph Hann.¹¹ In 1920 she was listed in Knowlton, along with her single brother William McCulloch.¹²
     She and Sylvanus had three children, Elnora (b 1867, d 1933), Henry Clay (b 1869, d 10 January 1937), and Sarah A. (b abt 1872).^6,3

     Ella Ophelia Allen was born in November 1852 (cemetery records say 1851) in Canton, Fulton Co., Illinois.^4,3 She married Jasper Newton Baughman, son of Gideon Baughman and Lavina Artman, on 12 May 1870 in Fulton Co., Illinois.¹ They divorced sometime between 1880 and 1900, as Ella is listed as divorced in the 1900 census (Jasper has not yet been found in 1900).⁴ She died on 23 November 1906.³ She was buried on 2 December 1906 at Greenwood Cemetery (Lot 160 div A) in Canton, Fulton Co., Illinois.³
     She and her husband Jasper are listed in Fulton Co., Illinois, in the 1870 and 1880 censuses, in Canton Twp. in 1870 and in Putman Twp. in 1880.^5,6 They moved to Marshalltown, Marshall Co., Iowa, in 1883³, and she is listed there in the 1900 census, after their divorce, with her son Ernest and four boarders.⁴
     She and Jasper had two children, Ernest A. (b 7 April 1872, d 2 December 1924) and Florence Edna (b July 1879, d 1960).^6,4,7,8

     Mary A. E. Farr was born about 1868 in Massachusetts.¹ She married Jasper Newton Baughman, son of Gideon Baughman and Lavina Artman, about 1900.¹ She died on 29 July 1932 in Washington, Washington Co., Iowa.³ She was buried at Riverside Cemetery in Marshalltown, Marshall Co., Iowa.⁴
     She and her husband Jasper are listed in Marshalltown, Marshall Co., Iowa, in the 1910 and 1920 censuses.^1,5 In the 1930 census she is listed as an inmate at the State Hospital for the Insane in Washington Twp., Buchanon Co., Iowa.⁶