JACOB ELLIOTT WAYMIRE: Civil War soldier, mustered in as Cpl. Dec 9, 1861, killed Mar 22, 1862. Co G 47th Ind. Inf Regiment. Jacob was killed at Riddle's Point, Missouri. Details are described in U.S. Pension Office records. Union forces were vying with Confederates for control of the Mississippi River, a crucial waterway for transport of troops and supplies. The 47th's first confrontation came at New Madrid, Missouri, in February 1862. The troops clashed at Island Number 10, site of a Confederate garrison, and several other nearby areas along the river. They skirmished at Riddle's Landing, 12 miles south. After five weeks of thunderous fire between Union and Rebel gunboats and shore batteries, the Confederates withdrew. Union forces took control of the river.

Corporal Waymire obtained permission from his commander to assist Fred Bolenius, a civilian. An unexploded bomb lay in Bolenius's yard. Pension records starkly describe what happened. "Bolenius and Waymire attempted to take the percussion cap out of a 64-pound shell that had been thrown there by Rebel gunboats. While working at it, the shell exploded and instantly killed Fred Bolemius and three of his little children, and also Jacob Waymire."

The incident was referred to in a New York Times article on April 6, 1862. The Co Capt. took his body back to Indiana.

Notes from Ed Waymire - great great granson to Jacob E Waymire: David and Elliott Waymire were among the first settlers in Duck Creek township before it was founded. Prior to that it was part of the Pipe Creek township. Jacob erected a steam-powered sawmill near the Waymire Cemetery in 1850 and sucessfully operated it for over 16 years before it was sold. A later buyer moved it to Elwood to its present location Sawmill Rd, now 29th St and Main St, northwest corner. (it is now gone but I well remember it when it was there as Ault's Sawmill).
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Son of Jacob Waymire 1781-1857 and Elizabeth Fuller 1788-1824, husband of Rachel Howard, father of:

Sarah Ann Waymire 1843-1916
Charles Waymire 1845-1935
Cornelius "Nealy" Waymire 1847-1915
John Wesley Waymire 1849-1908
James Monroe Waymire 1854-1855
Albert Waymire 1856-1935
Rosa Waymire 1861-1922
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Jacob Elliott Waymire was born 17 January 1822 in Wayne Co., Indiana. He was the son of Jacob Waymire and Elizabeth Fuller of North Carolina. He was married to Rachel Howard 27 January 1842 in Wayne Co., In. She was the daughter of John Howard and Sarah Callaway. She was born 10 February 1821. Jacob and Rachel had seven children, Sarah Ann Waymire, Charles Waymire, Cornelious (Knealy) Waymire, John Wesley Waymire, James Monroe Waymire, Albert Waymire, and Rosetta Waymire.
Jacob Elliott was one of the first settlers in Duck Creek township before it was founded. He erected a steam powered saw mill near the Waymire Cemetern in 1850 and successfully operated it over 16 years before it was sold.
He mustered in the service as a Corporal, 4December 1861, Company G, 47th Indiana Infantry Regiment. He was killed at Riddle's Point in the battle of Island River. A shell landed about a mile from the river in a farmer's yard. Jacob was attempting to disarm the shell, aided by the farmer, by removing the powder with a file handle. The shell exploded killing Jacob, the farmer, and the farmer's two children who were nearby.
He was buried in the Elwood City cemetery, Madison Co., In. Section 8, Row 3 by his wife Rachel Waymire. (This information taken from "The Quest for John Rudolph Waymire" by Peggy Stone Tegel and military information in the Indiana Room at Elwood Public Library.)

Information would suggest that he died sometime during the siege and capture of Island No. 10, Mississippi River, [Missouri] March 15-April 8