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Urbana Family Wins Civil War Hero Honor with Headstone
Melissa Brening of Lowes Park Illinois unearthed the story of Isaiah Belfield a Civil War soldier buried in Cox Cemetery near Urbana He served in the 34th New York Infantry and the 15th New York Cavalry and his descendants organized a ceremony with Urbana American Legion Post 264 Paul Belfield of Vinton received a medal for his grandfather s service Belfield later moved to Urbana becoming a farmer carpenter and mason
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Steve Meyer
Urbana
Melissa Brening
Lowes Park
Ill
Brening
Isaiah Belfield
Cox
Belfield
Pioneer
Margaret
34Th New York Infantry
15Th New York Cavalry
Anna Kelly
Cedar Falls
Kelly
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Cox Cemetery
Urbana American Legion
Paul Belfield
Vinton
34Th
New York Infantry
15Th
New York Cavalry
Appomattox
Robert E. Lee
Virginia
New York