Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1917 — Grave Stone at Francesville Tells Interesting History. [ARTICLE]

Grave Stone at Francesville Tells Interesting History.

If one were to visit the". graveyard in Francesville some time in the future they may see a grave stone which in itself tells an interesting story concerning a former patriotic American,/who served the north as a drummer boy during the civil war when but ten years of age. A granite grave stone has just been completed which will be placed over the grave of the deceased, and which bears the following inscription: “Joel Pratt Wood, bom 1804, died 1350. Drummer boy at the battle of Lundy’s Lane at age of 10, July 25, 1814. Fought with Texas in 1836 for her independence from Mexico.” Nothing further is known of the life of Joel Wood or when he settled in Indiana. He was the grandfather of A. W. Hubbell, who lives in Francesville and who is known to many Rensselaer people. A niece of the drummer boy of Lundy’s Lane, who died in Cleveland, Ohio, provided in her will for the purchase of the grave stone and its erection in the Francesville cemetery.