Civil War Draftees, Wells County, Indiana Contributed by: Adam J. Barrone, barraj01@holmes.ipfw.edu [Note from the contributor: The microfilm image is of poor quality, so then, my printout is even worse. I am sure that I incorrectly transcribed some of the names for the reason of illegibility. The microfilm is at the Bluffton-Wells Public Library, Bluffton, Ind.] Bluffton Banner 10 Oct 1862 Names of the Drafted The draft came off at the Court House on Monday last, the 6th inst., superintended by Auditor McFadden, Sheriff DeHaven, Provost Marshall Michael Miller, and Commissioner John L. Wilson. Everything passed off quickly. Our worthy Sheriff presented quite a novel aspect, sitting, blind-folded, groping in the box for the little slips containing the name of the lucky men [lucky in italics], while the big Provost Marshall fave some fine exhibitions of physical power in shaking the said box. The following are the names of those drafted in the order in which they were drawn: ======= Jackson ======= Richard Baird William Banter John Minnich George W. Henderson David Cloud David D. Taylor John Lowry Jacob Houst Zephaniah Allen William K. Allen John Unrue Jackson Roush William D. Corey James Coolman Thomas G. Kilender James H. _____ John G. Meridith (18.) ======= Chester ======= William Brenteman Samuel Greenwood Allen Wilson James B. Shadle Isaac F. Wilson John C. Richards Caleb Ayres Daniel Tuttle Ephriam Perry Jesse Thomas Alexander Ludnam John J. Sutton Luther Twibel Richard J. Cr_m John S. Goddin John Smity Ira Gamble Lewis P. Wilson William Lockwood (19.) ========= Rockcreek ========= James H. Walker William Ducker Lewis Leah Daniel Highland Francis M. Burroughs Hugh McClure (6.) ===== Union ===== Hiram Schoonover John Higginbotham Amos Slain Benjamin Wikle Wilmouth Jarvis James Harris George Salens Enoch Sink Noale Johnson Henry Haredu Ephraim Mygrants Joseph Ormsby Lewis Geplant James Wolfcale George Fens__maker Andrew Wolfcale Heming Dewitt (17.) * William M. Hamilton ========== Nottingham ========== Joseph Becher Samuel Gehrett John W. Thornburgh Elias Oxenrider Martin Smith Joseph Yarger James Scott John Newhouse John Alberson Thomas E. Houdyshell John S. Hinie George Updegraff George M_y__ Edwin B. Shaw Benjamin Grisell George Gottschalk Lewis Grove Isaac J. Shoemaker Adam Swigart John Rose Calvin Burgess William T. Murphy John Gill Charles W. M. Ferris Peter McDaniel John M. Powers (26.) ======== Harrison ======== Joseph J. Shoemaker John Suter Jacob Houdyshell Christopher Lukibill Ferdinand Biberstine Joel Kemp William H. Stansbury John B. King Reeve Small Nelson Van Horn Gabriel Schrock Walter DeHaven James H. Ridgley William Little Jacob Miller Moses Rothschild George S. Brown (17.) * John Steffen * Ulrich Gerber * Benjamin Bomgardner * David Bomgardner Those marked with a * are consientiously opposed to bearing arms, and will have to pay $200 each. The draft falls heavily upon this class of persons - 34 per cent or one out of every three.