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Soldiers in War of 1812. jla Tur. Dk.mockat of February 1, i we made the following statement: So ! far as is known the only Revolutionary War soldier buried iu Crawford conutv . was Jeremiah Wright, whose grave is | near Fredouia.Prof. J. M. Johnson, uf Marengo, sends us the following information concerning soldiers of the War of 1S1ยป. He j write* as follows.iIsom .Stroud fought and was wouud- j **d in the battle of Tippecanoe, Xovem- j ber 7. 1S11. As war was not declared j until June lih 1*1-, some may not re-j gard this as a part of the War of 131-1. With due defereuce to the opinion* of all who differ from me, I regard it as a j part of that war. Isom Stroud is bur- j ied in the Marengo cemetery.James Suddartb. father of I). 13. ' Suddartb, of Euglish, and William 13. Johnson, my own father, both of whom under (Jen. William H. Harrison and Governor Shelby of Kentncky helped chase the British (Jen. Proctor a short time after Perry * victory of September 10, 1;*13. on Lake Erie, are both buried in the Marengo cemetery. I think Samuel Neal also is buried in Crawford county. I frequently heard my father aay that he crossed the lake in one of the vessels engaged in that battle and that the seamen yet had the cotton in their ears that they had in them during the battle. Yours respectfully, J. M. Johnson.
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English Crawford County Democrat
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Thu, Apr 05, 1906
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