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Subject: [OHGREENE-L] J.A. OLDHAM - 1862 obit - Another Xenia Soldier Gone
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 21:30:55 -0400

XENIA TORCH-LIGHT
WEDNESDAY - SEPTEMBER 24, 1862
XENIA, OHIO
GREENE COUNTY

ANOTHER XENIA SOLDIER GONE

J.A. OLDHAM, a member of the 44th Regiment, died in the hospital at
Gallipolis last week, and was buried in this city last Sunday. The
funeral sermon was preached at the Baptist Church by Rev. M.R. GUY, to a
large audience. The deceased was not yet 18 years of age, but he
determined to enter the service and has been a soldier for nearly a year
and was with his father and another brother in the battle at Lewiston
last Spring. He escaped all the dangers of the battlefield to be stricken
down by disease. His father and his brother were sick and in the hospital
with him at the same time. One of his sisters went to them. The fathers
so far recovered, as to be able to return with the corpse of his son. The
other brother yet remains sick at Galipolis. Such are the scenes all over
the land. When shall they cease? The family has the sympathy of the
community in their great affliction.

Debbie
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