Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1901 — Soldiers’ Tombstones Arrive. [ARTICLE]

Soldiers’ Tombstones Arrive.

Twelve tombstones for the unmarked soldiers’ graves have arrived and been set in place. They are for the following soldiers: Joseph O. Pillars, of Company Q, 9th Indiana regiment, buried in the Crocket cemetery. James P. Beal, Co. A, 87th Indiana regiment, at Welsh cemetery, Jordan township. Alva Yeoman, 57th Indiana, at Makeever or Sayler cemetery, Newton township. Those for soldiers buried in Weston cemetery, In Rensselaer, are as follows: Wm. L. Richeson, Co. B, 128th Ind. James Watt, Co. A, 48th Ind. Robert Williams, Co. A, 87th Ind. Jacob Shaeffer, Co. I, 127 Penn. Jacob Bierly, Co. K, 48th Ind. BenJ. W. Cisscl, Co. A, 87th Ind. Wm. Bierly, Co. K, 48th Ind. Other stones are expected shortly.