Civil War Veteran: Co. A, 1st Dak Cal
G.A.R. Marker
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City Clerk's Office, September 1904: Abraham J. Trucks was born in Plymouth Co., OH, in February 1831, and died in Correctionville September 23, 1904, at the age of 73, after an illness of one week. At the age of 7 he moved with his family to Davenport, Scott Co., IA, where he received an academic education which well-fitted him for business life. In 1862 he enlisted in the 1st Dakota Territory Cavalry, serving 3 years under General Sully on the frontier, and was for a time a competent clerk in one of the military departments under command of that General. At the close of the war he went to Montana and engaged in mining until 1873 when he returned to Scott County. He came to Correctionville about 15 years ago. His occupations through life have been varied. He was never married and knew not the full enjoyments of domestic life. Somewhat eccentric perhaps, but always doing something, and who shall say, but that he did the best he could. A sister and other relatives mourn his demise.
Research by Joan Meister
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Sioux Valley News, 2 June 1898, page 1: A.J. Trucks saw no service in the south. He enlisted in May 1862 in Co. A, 1st Dakota Cavalry and served to the end of the war. The first year he was a scout, the service of this regiment being on the frontier against Indians. He was then a year in the quartermaster's department and finished his duty with 6 months in the adjutant general's office in Dubuque. After the war Mr. Trucks went west and worked in the mines and at civil engineering. The train with which he traveled had 6 fights with Indians and lost men out of the seventy of the party. He is now a resident of Correctionville and runs the town dairy.
Research by Joan Meister
G.A.R. Marker
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City Clerk's Office, September 1904: Abraham J. Trucks was born in Plymouth Co., OH, in February 1831, and died in Correctionville September 23, 1904, at the age of 73, after an illness of one week. At the age of 7 he moved with his family to Davenport, Scott Co., IA, where he received an academic education which well-fitted him for business life. In 1862 he enlisted in the 1st Dakota Territory Cavalry, serving 3 years under General Sully on the frontier, and was for a time a competent clerk in one of the military departments under command of that General. At the close of the war he went to Montana and engaged in mining until 1873 when he returned to Scott County. He came to Correctionville about 15 years ago. His occupations through life have been varied. He was never married and knew not the full enjoyments of domestic life. Somewhat eccentric perhaps, but always doing something, and who shall say, but that he did the best he could. A sister and other relatives mourn his demise.
Research by Joan Meister
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Sioux Valley News, 2 June 1898, page 1: A.J. Trucks saw no service in the south. He enlisted in May 1862 in Co. A, 1st Dakota Cavalry and served to the end of the war. The first year he was a scout, the service of this regiment being on the frontier against Indians. He was then a year in the quartermaster's department and finished his duty with 6 months in the adjutant general's office in Dubuque. After the war Mr. Trucks went west and worked in the mines and at civil engineering. The train with which he traveled had 6 fights with Indians and lost men out of the seventy of the party. He is now a resident of Correctionville and runs the town dairy.
Research by Joan Meister
Civil War Veteran: Co. A, 1st Dak Cal
G.A.R. Marker
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City Clerk's Office, September 1904: Abraham J. Trucks was born in Plymouth Co., OH, in February 1831, and died in Correctionville September 23, 1904, at the age of 73, after an illness of one week. At the age of 7 he moved with his family to Davenport, Scott Co., IA, where he received an academic education which well-fitted him for business life. In 1862 he enlisted in the 1st Dakota Territory Cavalry, serving 3 years under General Sully on the frontier, and was for a time a competent clerk in one of the military departments under command of that General. At the close of the war he went to Montana and engaged in mining until 1873 when he returned to Scott County. He came to Correctionville about 15 years ago. His occupations through life have been varied. He was never married and knew not the full enjoyments of domestic life. Somewhat eccentric perhaps, but always doing something, and who shall say, but that he did the best he could. A sister and other relatives mourn his demise.
Research by Joan Meister
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Sioux Valley News, 2 June 1898, page 1: A.J. Trucks saw no service in the south. He enlisted in May 1862 in Co. A, 1st Dakota Cavalry and served to the end of the war. The first year he was a scout, the service of this regiment being on the frontier against Indians. He was then a year in the quartermaster's department and finished his duty with 6 months in the adjutant general's office in Dubuque. After the war Mr. Trucks went west and worked in the mines and at civil engineering. The train with which he traveled had 6 fights with Indians and lost men out of the seventy of the party. He is now a resident of Correctionville and runs the town dairy.
Research by Joan Meister
G.A.R. Marker
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City Clerk's Office, September 1904: Abraham J. Trucks was born in Plymouth Co., OH, in February 1831, and died in Correctionville September 23, 1904, at the age of 73, after an illness of one week. At the age of 7 he moved with his family to Davenport, Scott Co., IA, where he received an academic education which well-fitted him for business life. In 1862 he enlisted in the 1st Dakota Territory Cavalry, serving 3 years under General Sully on the frontier, and was for a time a competent clerk in one of the military departments under command of that General. At the close of the war he went to Montana and engaged in mining until 1873 when he returned to Scott County. He came to Correctionville about 15 years ago. His occupations through life have been varied. He was never married and knew not the full enjoyments of domestic life. Somewhat eccentric perhaps, but always doing something, and who shall say, but that he did the best he could. A sister and other relatives mourn his demise.
Research by Joan Meister
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Sioux Valley News, 2 June 1898, page 1: A.J. Trucks saw no service in the south. He enlisted in May 1862 in Co. A, 1st Dakota Cavalry and served to the end of the war. The first year he was a scout, the service of this regiment being on the frontier against Indians. He was then a year in the quartermaster's department and finished his duty with 6 months in the adjutant general's office in Dubuque. After the war Mr. Trucks went west and worked in the mines and at civil engineering. The train with which he traveled had 6 fights with Indians and lost men out of the seventy of the party. He is now a resident of Correctionville and runs the town dairy.
Research by Joan Meister
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