This was copied from Frank Myers Lucascountyan dated June 8, 2013 and June 11, 2011
Civil War's cost
commemorated at Wells
We're talking about a Civil War-related event at the museum this fall --- within the Sesquicentennial observance period that will end during 2015. And that reminded me of a roster of Lucas County's Civil War dead --- more than 100 young men --- that I started two years ago, but didn't finish. The list is complete, on paper, but the entry for each soldier needs to be developed and posted. I only made it through the "Ds" two years ago, but will get back to work now, maybe even finish the roster before September.
So that was why I drove out to Clore-Wells Cemetery, just east of Norwood, yesterday. One young man who died while in service is buried there, two who died elsewhere are commemorated and another, who made it home but died as a relatively young man because of war-related causes, rests beneath the only government-issue grave marker in the little burying ground.
Wells (Clore) probably is the oldest graveyard in the immediate Norwood area, located on land deeded to the public for use as a cemetery by John Wells. It came to be known as Clore because it is located almost in the front yard of the Leland Clore farmstead. Most of the burials here occurred before 1900 (the latest marked grave dates from 1939). Only 66 people are commemorated although there most likely are a number of unmarked graves.
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Quite recently, the cemetery has undergone a name change. When uniform signage was placed at all of Lucas County's rural cemeteries some years ago, "Clore" was selected for this one. More recently, a distressed Wells descendant came along, asked for a change and offered pay for a new sign --- "Wells." Because the land was given by John Wells, the offer was accepted. However, most probably still know the cemetery as "Clore" and it flies under that name within the popular Find-A-Grave system.
The four Civil War soldiers commemorated or buried here are Abel T. Edwards, Jesse Wells, Jacob Burgett and Silas Wells (Jesse Wells' brother).
Edwards, Jesse Wells and Burgett were among several young men from the neighborhood who enlisted together during September of 1861 for service in Co. C, 13th Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Abel Edwards and Jesse Wells died of wounds sustained at Shiloh, the first great battle of the Civil War that involved large numbers of Iowa troops.
Abel, a son of Abel T. Edwards Sr. and Lucy E. (Bennett) Edwards, was 23 when he was killed. Here's the biographical paragraph composed by a relative, "Kathy S.," for his Find-A-Grave memorial: "Abel enlisted in Co. C, 13th Iowa Infantry, 28 Sept 1861. The company was formed in Lucas Co. Iowa, and included several men from the Norwood area including Elias Mills who later married Abel's sister Elizabeth. They (were) mustered into service 28 Oct 1861 at Keokuk, Iowa. The men spent the winter in camp at Jefferson City, Missouri, where three died of disease. On 6 April 1862, the company experienced it's first and bloodiest battle --- Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing (Tennessee) --- under Ulysses S. Grant. Abel was shot in the lungs and removed to the 4th Street Military Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He survived the wound for two weeks."
Abel died April 20, 1862, in Cincinnati and was buried in a section of that city's Spring Grove Cemetery set aside for military use. When his mother died ten years later at Norwood, a commemorative inscription for Abel was added to her tombstone. Abel's military marker at Spring Grove (left) is taken from his Find-A-Grave memorial. The tombstone he shares with his mother at Clore-Wells is at the top of this post.
Abel died April 20, 1862, in Cincinnati and was 
Jacob Burgett, born during 1840 in Indiana, was a son of of William and Hannah (Leach) Burgett, Like his young friends from the Norwood area, he enlisted in Co. C, 13th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, during the fall of 1861. Like them, he fought in the Battle of Shiloh, but survived and continued to serve.
After honorable discharge, he returned with health impaired to Lucas County and married Mary E. Wells (a daughter of John and Ruth Wells and sister to Jesse and Silas) on Oct. 11, 1865. The had eight children, two of whom died young and are buried with Jacob at Clore-Wells. During 1884, when he was 44, Jacob's health failed. Because that failure could be traced to the rigors of war, he was granted a veteran's pension that year, but died on Aug. 12, and was buried near his deceased children. Mary, who married John Rash after Jacob's death, survived until 1933, when she died in Ottumwa. This photo, from Find-A-Grave, was taken by Doris Christensen.
Jesse Wells, son of John and Ruth (Huffman) Wells, was born Jan. 17, 1842, in Ohio, and also enlisted in Co. C, 13th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, on Sept. 28, 1861. He was fatally wounded on the battlefield of Shiloh on April 6, 1862, and buried there. Although his remains would have been disinterred and moved later to what now is the Shiloh National Cemetery, they were unidentifiable so he is buried there among the "unknowns."
During the summer after Jesse was killed, his older half-brother, Silas, born ca. 1838, enlisted on Aug. 9, 1862, as 2nd corporal in Co. K, 34th Volunteer Iowa Infantry, and was promoted to full corporal during October. He became critically ill before his unit was deployed, however, and was sent home to Lucas County to recover, or die. He died on Nov. 4, 1862, and his remains were taken to the Clore-Wells Cemetery for burial. (Silas was a son of John Wells and his first wife, Susannah McBride Wells, who died not long after Silas was born).
Ruth Wells, stepmother of Silas and mother of Jesse, died during 1864, before the war ended, so it probably was John who ordered the joint tombstone, now badly eroded, that commemorates their two sons at Clore-Wells --- Silas, who is buried near it, and Jesse, far away on the battlefield at Pittsburg Landing.
Three stones commemorate Norwood youths who served in Company C, 13th Volunteer Infantry, a company predominantly filled with Lucas County men in the Civil War. Jesse Wells, son of John and Ruth, was killed in action at Shiloh on April 6, 1862 and is buried on the battlefield. Abel T. Edwards, wounded the same day, is buried at the National Military Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio. Jacob Burgett (Burkett) was transferred to the Invalid Corps on March 2, 1862; his date of death is unknown. Silas Wells, son of J. & S. Wells died Nov. 3, 1862 in the war.
To visit the Wells Cemetery, drive west from Chariton on Highway 34 to Lucas, then turn north on Highway 65 and drive 6 miles to 545th St. (H20). Turn right , follow this road to the east, the cemetery is located on the first curve in the road, about ¾ mile east of Highway 65. Address: 54902 150th Ave.
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Row 1
Co.
E. buried on Battlefield GAR
Row 2
Elizabeth Feb 10, 1880 ag 9y 18d dau of J. & P. F.
Lydia May 12, 1927 ag 83y 3m 10d
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The Wells Cemetery Norwood
Three stones commemorate Norwood Lucas County Shiloh on April 6,
1862 and
is buried on the battlefield. Abel T. Edwards, wounded the same day, is buried
at the National Military Cemetery Cincinnati , Ohio March 2, 1862 ; his date of death is unknown.
Silas Wells, son of J. & S. Wells died Nov. 3, 1862 in the war.
To visit the Clore Cemetery Chariton on Highway 34 to Lucas, then
turn north on Highway 65 and drive 6 miles to 545th St. 54902 150th Ave.
*Note: the entries marked with an (*) were listed in the first cemetery
book, but markers can not be found now.
Starting at the northeast corner, North-South
Row 1
1. WELLS, John Sep 15, 1876 ag 72y 11m
15d
2. WELLS, Jesse Apr 6, 1862 ag 20y 2m 20d sn of
John & Ruth
Silas Nov 3, 1862 ag 21y 8m
24d Sn
of J. & S.
3. WELLS, Ruth
W. wf of J. Nov 15, 1864 ag 40y
4. WELLS,
Margaret E. Apr 28, 1866 dau of J.
& R.W.
5. BURGETT,
Lewis C. Jul 31, 1882 ag 1y 3m 18d sn of
M.E. & J.
6. BURGETT,
Tener D. Jan 30, 1873 ag 1y 11m 17d dau
of M.E. & J.
7. BURGETT,
Jacob Co. C 13 Ia.
Row 2
1. KEEN, David
L. Nov 17, 1862 ag 17d sn of
I. L. & A.
2. MC CAFFREY,
Rosetta T. Feb 26, 1874 ag 5y 3m 12d dau
of J.W. & M. T.
3. MC CAFFREY,
Robert E. Feb 17, 1874 ag 1y 10m 10d sn
of J.W. & M. T.
4. BUSSELL,
Elizabeth M. Nov 14, 1857 ag 24y 9m 2d wf of W.W.
5. BUSSELL,
Charlie R. Aug 14, 1871 ag 2y 2m 23d sn of W. W. & T. A.
6. HOWARD,
Cyntha A. Feb 3, 1812 – June 5, 1906 ag 94y 4m 2d
7. HOWARD, H.
C. Sep 7, 1867 ag 56y 4m 26d
8. HOWARD,
Elizabeth Ellen Jan 18, 1889 ag 49y 7m 21d dau
of H.C. & C.A.
9. BRINEGAR,
Dora P. Feb 10, 1880 ag 3y 8m 21d dau of J. & P. F.
10. HOWARD,
Myrtle Pearl Mar 12, 1880 ag 2y 10m 7d
11. LONEY, Mariah
A. May 3, 1871 ag 27y 8m 16d wf of Richard
12. MYERS, Louisa Mar 26, 1866 ag 22y 5m 24d dau of D. & C.
13. MYERS, Mary
Jane Apr 18, 1868 ag 25y 5m 15d dau of D. & C.
Row 3
1. BUSSELL,
Eliza Alice Dec 25, 1857 ag 3y 9m dau
of J. S. & S. M.
2. BUSSELL,
Sarah M. Apr 21, 1862 ag 28y 8m 29d wf of
Jas. S.
3. LONG, Nancy
Ann Jan 21, 1853 – May 2, 1854 dau of J.L. &
M.A.
4. ROUTT, Mary
A. 1863 ag 1y
Edgar
R. Mar 2, 1862 ag 8d Children
of G.B. & A.A.
5. DUNN, Carrie
A. Jun 4, 1869 ag 1y 10m 22d dau
of H. & R.F.
6. EATON,
Charley M. Aug 25, 1874 ag 9y 6m 5d sn of J.M. & L.N.
John
M. Feb 10, 1888 ag 47y 2m 23d
7. EATON,
Luella J. Jul 1, 1891 – Jul 31, 1893
8. EATON,
Lillian Jun 1, 1905
9. MYERS,
Christina July 5, 1814 – Nov 20, 1897 wf of Daniel
10. MYERS, Sarah
Adaline Jul 18, 1890
11. MYERS, Daniel Feb 5, 1894 ag 80 y 20d
Row 4
1. BAXTER,
Christena Mar 17, 1889 ag 72y 11m wf
of Benjamin
*2. BAXTER, James Jan 9, 1868 ag 3d son
of B. & C.
3. BAXTER,
Elnora Dec 31, 1864 ag 5m
29d dau of B. & C.
4. BAXTER,
Lucinda Oct 7, 1860 ag 10y
9m 30d
5. CRAWFORD,
Benjamin Jan 29, 1871 ag 2y 9m 16d sn
of J. & S.
6. CRAWFORD, William
Oct 6, 1874 ag 1y 28d
7. CRAWFORD,
Christena Feb 8, 1889 ag 21y 27d dau
of J. & S.
8. EDWARDS,
Lucy E. Feb 14, 1872 ag 54y 8m 19d wf of A.
Abel
T. Apr 20, 1862 ag 23y 3m 6d Sn
of A. & L. E. Killed in battle
9. EDWARDS, Joel Apr 16, 1860 ag 1y 5m 9d sn
of A. & L.E.
10. EDWARDS, Lucy
Ellen Aug 16, 1857 ag 2y dau
of A. & L.E.
11. EDWARDS, John Wesley Dec 31, 1854 ag 1y
12. EDWARDS, Abel Feb 1, 1895 ag 85y 4d
13. CASE, Phebe
C. Feb 3, 1855 ag 13y 2m 5d dau
of N. & H.
14. DAWSON,
Martha J. Feb 28, 1873 ag 19y 6m 22d wf of J.M.
Row 5
1. VOORREES,
Isaac Jan 21, 1865 ag 65y 11m
2. NASH,
Matilda J. Nov 30, 1859 – Dec 15, 1859 dau of E. & M. J.
3. NASH, John Dec 13, 1856 – Dec 6, 1859 sn of E. & M. J.
4. NASH,
Horatio Nov 6, 1852 – Nov 13, 1859 sn of E. & M.J.
5. DANIELS,
Jennett Jan 23, 1862 ag 57y
7m 28d wf of J.
6. DANIELS,
John Aug 25, 1868 ag 71y 3m 25d hus
of Jennett
Row 6
1. BAXTER,
Silas 1869-1939
2. WELLS,
Christenure Sep 6, 1861 ag 1y 9m 15d dau
of J. & M.
3. DAY, Tabitha
E. Sept 17, 1878 ag 8y 24d dau of H. H. & M. E.
4. NASON (?),
Paulina Oct 27, 1874 ag 1y 2m 4d dau
of R. & C.
5. SMITH,
Joseph Aug 8, 1860 ag 4y 1m 6d sn of J. N. & E.
6. SMITH, Flora
A. July 9, 1860 ag 1y 1m 17d dau of J.N. & E.
7. MERRY, Elmira May 6, 1882 ag 31y 10m 26d wf of G.B.
WEBSTER, Geo. July 1, 1862 ag 48y
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