Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1917 — MONUMENT TO DRUMMER BOY [ARTICLE]

MONUMENT TO DRUMMER BOY

Harry Boothroyd, the Monticello! monument man, has * completed a granite grave stone that will be placed at the grave of Joel Pratt Wood in the Franqesville cemetery. The inscription tells an interesting story in the life of the deceased and proclaims him to have been a patriotic American. The inscription reads: : “Joel Pratt Wood, bora 1804, died 1850. Drummer boj 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 here of the life history of Joel Pratt Wood or when he settled in Indiana. He w-as the grandfather of A 1 W. Hubbell, who lives at FYancesville and who is known to many Monticello 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 Franeesville cemetery . —White County Democrat.