Remembering Our Veterans of Early Wars

Remembering Our Veterans of Early Wars. . , In every war, the nation has used men from this community. This significant mound, once covered with flowers, and now flags, is dedicated to the Nations dead, which insures that no soldier is forgotten on Memorial Day., Adam Link, one of the last Revolutionary War soldiers in America, is buried in Union Cemetery. He, in a particular sense, gives honor to the village of Sulphur Springs. Adam was born November 14, 1761 near Hagerstown, Maryland. He served three enlistments with the Pennsylvania militia in the cause of the Revolutionary War against the British. Private Link died in Liberty Township on August 15, 1864, at the age of 102., Excerpts from the 1933 Sulphur Springs Centennial History, There are thirty-eight Civil War veterans buried in this cemetery. Annapolis, which later became Sulphur Springs, was a strong supporter of the Union cause. Villagers, who trained under the watchful eye of Amos Keller at his village hardware store, became Co. C, 49th OVI. The Centennial History lists eighty-two villagers who served in the Civil War. Of those, eighteen survived the war and are buried at Union Cemetery., Samuel B. Koons . John Caris . John Zandle . Samuel Smalley . Levi Burrows . Caleb Ackerman . Jacob Waters . Ebenezar Frantz . Peter Rutan . Geo. JG Hasse . John W. Becker . Ezekiel Hatten . Resin Graham . Jacob Rice . Oliver J. Keller . Oliver Flohr . Charles Charlton . James M. Manahan, On December 31, 1862 the 49th OVI became involved in the Battle of Stones River in Tennessee. Captain Amos Keller and his brother, 1st Lieutenant Aaron H. Keller were wounded. Amos died the following day and Aaron died January 27, 1863. Both were removed from the field and are buried together at Oakwood Cemetery in Bucyrus., Other villagers that gave their lives during the Civil War: , Joseph Stough . Oliver Leppert . Andrew C. Torrents . Samuel Core . James H. Dicks . John Rock . Milo A. Dicks . John McIntyre . Thomas C. Squires, Twenty other Civil War Veterans are known to be buried at Union Cemetery: , Samuel Boardman . John C. Fry . Edward Hatten . Albert Humiston . John Ulmer . William S. Brown . John H. Fry . Martin Hatten . Charles F. Sexauer . John J. Eberhart . William Cox . Thaddeus Gray . George Heiby . John Smith . Jacob F. Shafer . John Flohr . Jonas Harmon . George Howell . Charles Snyder . John Weston, Jacob Shafer and his wife Mary Jane, an Army Nurse, served in the Mexican War.