Soldiers
Veterans
from
Ransom and Newton Townships
(and a few from Falls Township, Wyoming County, PA)
Revolutionary War
2 Charles Butterfield, Sr.
2 William Collum - enlisted June 17, 1781 until about Dec 15, 1782, Capt Bonnel's Company of New Jersey Troops
2 George Cooper
4 Manuel (Emmanuel) Dersheimer- fought with the Pennsylvania Flying Camp, under Captain Heller (Haller) at Long Island and Fort Washington
2 Capt. John Green
Conrad Shafer - buried in Ransom Valley Cemetery (no stone)
War of 1812
2 Charles Butterfield, Jr.
2 John Sims Green
Elias Smith
Peter Washer
Civil War
5 John Adams - Co. B, 52nd Reg PA Vols, died 7 Jun 1864 in Hilton Head, South Carolina
2 John Anneman - one of the first to enlist, nine months of service, re-enlisted March 15, 1864 for three years, Co A 11th Reg PA Cavalry, discharged at the end of war Aug 13, 1865 in Richmond, Virginia
2, 3 George W. Ace - Co. G. 52d Reg. PA Vol, Oct 18 or 19, 1864-Jul 12 1865 (end) buried in Milwaukee Cem.
5 David B Austin - PA Co. A. 2nd Reg NY Vol died in 1864 Anderson prision
1, 3, 5 Jason Ayers Co H 52nd PA Infantry Sep 1 1864-Jul 12 1865 buried in Jermyn Cemetery, Jermyn, PA
3 Jacob Ayres 52nd Infantry 1 Sept 1864-12 Jul 1865 buried in Newton Cem.
3, 4 David Aylesworth Baker - served in Co. H, 52nd Regt, Penna Vols 13 Oct 1863-12 Jul 1865 buried Newton Cem.
3 William Baker Co K 77th PA Vols buried in Newton Cem.
2, 3 Allen D. Beemer Co. K. 11th PA cavalry Sergeant Aug 31 1861-Aug 13 1865 buried in Wyuka Cemetery, Lancaster, Nebraska
1 George Beemer 11th Cavalry
Six Brink brothers served in Civil War:
5 Abram K. Brink Co K 11th Reg PA Cav
5 Bodwine A. Brink Co K 11th Reg PA Cav
1,3,5 Charles W. Brink Co K 11th PA Cavalry Aug 31 1861-Sep 1 1864 buried in Fairview Cem, Elmhurst
5 George Brink Co K 11th Reg PA Cav
5 Peter H. Brink Co K 11th Reg PA Cav
1, 5 Silas S. Brink - killed according to the 1880 book but living in 1912. 11th Cavalry
Also Jonathan S. Brink's son 5 John Brink Co K 11th Reg PA Cav died 1873, lost an arm in service
1, 2 W. Norman Butterfield - Co. B. 143d Reg PA Vo, Enlisted Aug 26, 1862
3 Judson Cahoon Co K 11th PA Cavalry 31 Aug 1861- 13 Aug 1865 buried in Newton Cem.
4 Brooks Campbell - Serg Co E Reg PA Vol, Discharged Oct 1, 1863, buried in Ransom Valley Cem.
2 George W. Canterbury - Enlisted 1861, served to the end
2. 3 James Chambers Irwin Bacon's Co M 11th PA cavalry, March 15, 1864 - July 16, 1865 (Sons of Civil War list Aug 13, 1865) buried in Washburn Cemetery, Scranton
1, 3 Allen H. Collum - died from disease contracted in the army Co B 143rd PA Vols Enlisted Aug 26 1862 (died 1867) buried in Newton Cem.
1, 2, 3 Andrew S. Collum - died from disease contracted in the army1 , Co. H. 52d Reg. PA Infantry, Enlisted Sept. 1, 1864, Honorable Discharge June 23, 1865, died in 1927 3 buried in Newton Cem.
3 William Compton Co K 12th PA Res 21Aug 1861-11 Jun 1864 buried in Newton Cem.
Five Comstock brothers served in Civil War:
2 Elbridge Comstock
2, 3 Giles N. Comstock - 11th PA cavalry Enlisted Feb. 29, 1864 until Aug 13, 1865, re-enlisted April 11, 1872, served five years with US Army 4th US cavalry, buried in Newton Cem.
2. 3 Judson C. Comstock - 11th PA cavalry Enlisted Feb. 29, 1864 until Aug 13, 1865 buried in Newton Cem
2 Kinsley Comstock - Killed June 14, 1862
2 Raymond Comstock - Navy
1,3 Harvey S. Coon / Samuel H Coon- missing1, Co H 191st PA Vols, Sep 11 1861- Sep 2 1864 buried in Newton Cem3
3 Samuel H Coon Co K 8th PA Inf. Apr 23 1861-May 29 1861buried in Newton Cem3
1, 3 Lewis Courtright Co B 143rd PA Infantry buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Waverly, Tioga County, New York
1, 3 Oliver Decker Co K 143rd PA Infantry Aug 30 1862-Feb 29 1863 buried in Shoemaker Cemetery, Dalton, PA
1, 3, 5 Samuel Decker - wounded 143rd Infantry1 Co K 142nd PA Vols 3, 5 1st Sergeant Aug 20 1862-May 29 1865 buried Newton Cem.3 Served 3 years5
3, 4, 5 Dennis Dorsheimer Co G 33rd PA Vols, Nov 24 1863-Apr 8 1865 buried in Newton Cem.
3 Edwin L. Drake Co B 52nd PA Vols Feb 29 1864- Jul 12 1865 buried in Newton Cem.
1 John Drisler - missing
5 Samual Evans Co G 50th Reg PA Vols and Co B 35th Reg Militia
2 George Gardner - enlisted November 1862, Co D 143d Reg PA Vol, served to the end
2 William Gaul, Sr. - Enlisted Spring 1861, private, Co E. 1st PA Artillery, died May 31, 1862 Battle of Fair Oaks
2, 4 Joseph Geary - Co. H. 141 Reg. PA. Vol Enlisted Mar 19, 1864 & served until end buried in Ransom Valley Cem.
1 Leonard Harris 52nd Infantry
3, 4 George Hartman - Co E 12th PA Cav Nov 12 1861-Jul 20 1865 buried in orchard of the old Ransom Poor House
4 William Helf - Serg. Co. F., 7 reg. PA. Vol. Discharge May 5, 1865 buried in Ransom Valley Cem.
1,3, 4 George W Hopkins - killed Co B 143rd Infantry, Aug 26 1862-Jun 3 1864 has a stone in Newton Cem/buried on battlefield
3. 4 John Hopkins Co H 8th PA Vols. Apr 23 1861- Jul 29 1861 buried in Newton Cem.
3, 4 Judson D. Hopkins Co B 104th PA Vols. Jan 5 1864-May 26 1865 buried in Newton Cem.
3, 4 William S. Hopkins Co H 52nd PA Vols Nov 4 1861-Nov 5 1864 buried in Newton Cem.
3 James Jennings CO C 96th PA Vols Sep 23 1861-Aug 22 1862 buried in Newton Cem.
1, 2, 3 Henry Baldwin Kern - Co F 52nd Infantry army, enlisted Oct 24 1861 died in hospital Aug 15, 1863 buried in Newton Cem.
3 Henry S. Kern Co I 46th PA Vols Jul 13 1863-Jul 16 1865 buried in Newton Cem.
1 William Kern - Navy
2, 3 Joseph N. Kircher - Co G 177th Reg PA Vol, CorporalNov 2 1862- Aug 5, 1863, buried in Newton Cem.
3 Stephen Lake Co B 26th PA Vols May 27 1861-Jun 18 1864 buried in Milwaukee Cem. There's a possibility that this is the wrong Stephen Lake.
3, 4 Andrew Landsiedel (Landsickle) - Co. K 132 Reg. PA. Vol. Aug 14 1862-May 24 1863 buried in Ransom Valley Cem.
1,3 Levi Lewis - Co K 11th Cavalry shot by rebel scouts, Aug 13 1861-Mar 12 1863 buried in Newton Cem.
3 Robert F. Lewis Co G 210th PA Vols Sep 27 1864-Jun 3 1865 buried in Newton Cem.
3 Jacob B. Lesh Co K 11th PA Cav Aug 31 1861- Mar 3 1864 buried in Milwaukee Cem.
1 Myron Maxfield 52nd Infantry
1 Jacob Maxfield - died after discharge, on the way home 52nd Infantry
1,3 Lewis McClusky (McCloskey) Co B 143rd PA Vols. Mar 15, 1865- Jun 12, 1865 buried in Newton Cem.
1 Peter McClusky - 144th
2 Barnett Metzgar - Enlisted Oct 1861, served one year, re-enlisted and served until the end
3 John Oister Co K 52nd PA Vols Mar 9 1864-Jul 12 1865 buried in Milwaukee Cem.
4 Stephen Olmstead - 77th Regiment, PA. Co G
5 William H Rave Co I 104th Reg PA Vols
5 Sylvester Reeves Co A 3rd Reg Heavy Artillery lost his health in Civil war, in 1900 he lives in State Hospital, Danville
1 John Richards - died in hospital in Washington from amputation of limb 143rd Infantry
2 Benjamin Faulkner Rifenbary - Co B 177th Reg
3 John Rodimer Co H 52nd PA Vols, Sep 16 1861-Nov 5 1864 buried in Newton Cem
3 Levi Rosenkrans Co B 143rd PA Vols Mar 9 1865-Jun 12 1865 buried in Newton Cem
3 Judson Rosenkrantz Co B 143rd PA Vols Aug 26 1862-Jun 12 1865 buried in Newton Cem
5 Horace W Rozelle Co K 67th Reg PA Vols
5 Theodore Rymer Co G 88th reg PA Vols
3 Ezra Setzer USS Franklin Navy Gunner 1861-1864 buried in Milwaukee Cem.
1 George Sigman 11th Cavalry
1 John Sister 52nd Infantry
3 D.S. Skinner Co B 177th PA Vols Musician Nov 2 1862 - Aug 5 1863 buried in Milwaukee Cem
3 George J. Skinner Co I 143rd PA Vols Sep 20 1862-Jun 12 1865 buried in Newton Cem.
3 George H. Smith Co C 51st PA Vols discharged Jul 27 1863 buried in Newton Cem.
3 Henry Smith Co F 53rd PA Vols Sep 13 1863-Jun 30 1865 buried in Newton Cem.
5 Isaac L Smith Co C 184th Reg PA Vols, wounded at Petersburg, Virginia on 16 Jun 1864, lost fingers on left hand
1, 3 John R. Smith Co B 143rd PA Infantry Aug 26 1862 - Jun 12 1865 (transferred to Veterans Reserve Corps Jan 29 1864). buried in Rose City Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon
1, 2, 3 William N. Smith Co. H 52nd Reg PA Vol, Nov 4 1861 - Aug 24, 1864 lost his leg by bursting shell at Charleston buried in Newton Cem.
1, 2, 3 George S. Snover Co B 143d PA Vol, March 9, 1863- June 20, 1865 buried in Newton Cem.
5 William Sollars
1, 3 Ira G Sutton Co D 143rd PA Infantry Sep 6 1862 - Dec 21 1863 discharged for disability. buried in Cedar Crest Cemetery, Trucksville, Luzerne County, PA
3 Adam Thompson Jr. Co G 52nd PA Vols, Nov 4 1861-Nov 5 1864 buried in Newton Cem.
5 James C. Turner Co F 7th P.R.V.C. Prisoner in Anderson 11months, 22 days
1, 3 Solomon Van Sickle Co B 52nd Infantry Sep 16 1862-Jun 24 1865 buried in Newton Cem.
3 John Van Derburg Co F 53rd PA Vols Oct 12 1861- Jun 30 1865 buried in Newton Cem
2 Joseph B. Vosburg - Army, lost arm in Battle of the Wilderness
2, 3 John J. Ward - Co K 203d Reg PA Vol, Jun 1864- July 3, 1865 (according to Sons of Union Sept 5 1864-Jun 23 1865) buried in Newton Cem
3 John Weiss Co K 11th PA Cav Aug 31 1861 - Sep 1 1864 buried in Newton Cem.
2 Frederick M. Wescott - enlisted 1864, served nine months until end
3 Andrew E. Williams Co B 143rd PA Vols Aug 26 1862-May 19 1865 buried in Milwaukee Cem
4 William W. Wilson - PA 11th Cav Private enlisted August 31, 1861 Captured at Darbytown Road, Va., October 7, 1864; died at Salisbury, N.C., December 15, 1864; burial record, November 24, 1864; Vet
3 Louis H. Winters Co B 143rd PA Vols Mar 10 1865-Jun 12 1865 buried in Newton Cem
3 Samuel J. Winters Co B 143rd PA Vols Mar 10 1865-Jun 12 1865 buried in Newton Cem
George H Smith
American Indian Wars
Frank Smith
Spanish-American War of 1898
2 Benjamin F. Butterfield
2 Anthony Mayer - Enlisted 1896, 13th Reg, discharged 1898
Elmer O Thompson
World War I
Willard Andrews
Roland Beemer
Mathew John Bender
Robert D Cairns
Clarence I Davis
Peter F Dopko
Jesse B Evans
Roy H Huthmaker
George Jacoby
Harry S LaCoe
Gene Fuller LaRue
Earl J Moser
Abram Richards
Cecil L Snover
Stanley A Stonier
George C Turner
World War II
Harold Ames
Theodore Anderson
Burton Ayers
William J Biesecker
James T Biesecker
Roger H Boardman
Carl B Bonno
Robert W Bowen
Elmer L Garrison
Frank M Bowman
Warren Burke
Edmund P Carr
John F Cooper
Charles S Cosner
Lawrence R Cosner
Walter Dagger Jr
Frederick J Dennis
Frederick W Eckel
Roy Evans
Charles T Harris Sr
Harold Huggler
William H Huthmaker
Joseph Jakubos
Earl Jenkins
Glenn Kapp
Hendrick E Kern
Leon G. Kircher, Sr.
Charles S LaCoe
Clayton S LaCoe, Sr.
Glenn L LaCoe
Ira A LaCoe Jr
Kenneth R LaCoe
Ray K LaCoe
Wayne LaCoe
Thomas W Learn
William J Lewis
John Lucas, Jr
William F McColligan
Loren M Miller
Ruth J Monske
Francis J Morgan
Warren J Mumford
Melvin Petty
Milton Petty
Norman Petty
Oswald W Petty Jr
Ray C Petty - Killed in action at Hellerfield, German Apr 11 1945
Warren R Petty
William M Pety
Willard E Price
Idris T Pugh
Russell W Reeves
Clifford A Richards
Harry Richardson
Robert H Rodney
Thomas N Rosenkrans
Leo K Schultheis
Kenneth Sherman
Andrew E Smith
Daniel Smith
Ralph Smith
Charles J Stout Jr
Edward W Taylor
James C Vanderburg
Thomas P White
John J Williams
Edgar Richard Winters
Lewis J Yates
Korean
Duane E Ayers
George Depeu
Joseph Richards
John Thomas Shotwell
Harry B Winters
Vietnam
Paul Ambrosavage
Carl Bonno Jr
Robert Gavocatiz
Robert E Roberts
William H Smith
Mark R White
Others who served
2 James Craig Jr. - PA Navy (before Revolutionary War, navy belonged to each state)
2 Joseph LaRue - died in the army
2 Morgan LaRue- died in the army
2 James McCabe, Jr. - Enlisted Oct 1909, US Navy, US Ship Panther
Paul David Allen - peacetime
Dean Joseph Mirabelli - peacetime
Daniel W Beynon
1 Partial list of Union soldiers in the Civil War that went from Newton Township listed under the Newton Township biography in the book History of Lackawanna, Luzerne, and Wyoming Counties, PA with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of their Prominent Men and Pioneers. New York: W.W. Munsell & Co., ©1880 Note: Although these men are listed as living in Newton Township, some have moved to Ransom Township after 1880 or moved to Newton Township before 1880.
2 History of Newton and Ransom Townships by J.B. Stephens, Montrose, PA: JB Stephens, ©1912
3 From Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War database online
4 From other researchers
5 Falls Township Directory ©1900 pages 54-68
most of the names listed without numbers were found online in the PA Veteran's Burial Cards
I will add more soldiers when I find more
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