Some of the "Local Boys" (Paragon and surrounds) who volunteered for service in the 70th Indiana and other Indiana Units

During an interview of a local citizen, one Joe A. Blankenship, the following men were named as those who "from this community served in the Civil War." The article was first written by F.G. in a column entitled "Here and There" dated February 11, 1938. Reprinted in "Morgan County Scrapbook, Vol.1, published by the Morgan County History-Genealogy Club, Becky Hardin, editor; Lib Brown, researcher. (Some of those men listed below were not called out in this article. JHR)

Surname	Given	Company	Comments
Baker	Isaac	A, 70th Indiana
Baker	Jackson	H, Ind. 33rd
Baker	James	A, 70th Indiana	Transferred to the 33rd Indiana Regiment.
Baker	Jesse	H, 79th Indiana
Baker	William	B, 70th Indiana
Blankenship	P.M.
Blankenship	Phillip
Burkhart	Henry		probably son of Ambrose and Anna born 1844.
Burkhart	Robert		probably son of Ambrose and Anna b-1840, died at Resaca May 1864
Burkhart	William		probably son of Ambrose and Anna born 1845.
Butler	Tobias
Collier	David
Collier	Henry
Collier	Richard
Costin	Granville C.	D	Buried in Samaria Cemetery, 1840-1932, wife Sarah M., 1846-1930
Dilley	William A.		K, 7th Indiana Volunteers, A, 33rd Indiana Volunteers
Doan	Taylor
Eaton	Henry	D
Farr	Jefferson		probably son of James and Delilah born 1840.
Farr	Logan
Farr	Uriah H.	D	Brother-in-law of Absalom Ross
Filer	Caleb
Guy	Berry
Guy	Martin
Guy	William
Hacker	William	F
Hedrick	Nathan
Hodges	Thomas
Johnson	Ace
Johnson	Jesse
Johnson	Peter
Kirby	Hannibal
Marsh	Fielding
Myers	Charles	H
Newton	Henry	B
Pierson	George
Pierson	John
Robbins	Theodore
Ross	Absalom	D	My great grandfather.
Ross	Henry		probably son of John H. Ross, born c 1841. (Absalom Ross' nephew)
Rutledge	Jacob
Secrest	William		Cpl., and Sgt., Co. H, 79th Reg. Ind. Vol., my GG Grandfather.
Stiles	Jesse
Tackett	John
Tackett	Noah
Thacker	John T.	H	born 1829, died 1911. Pvt., Co. H, 70th Reg. Ind. Vol.
Voshell	Ephriam
Wartjen	James	J	could be Warthen, Wartjem.
Warthen	Simpson	H	born 1831
Whitchita	Andrew
Whitesitt	William
Young	Yarch	B	possibly John Young

Men of a Baker Family who resided near Paragon, Indiana

Pvt. Isaac C. Baker, Co. H, 79th Indiana, mustered in 27 August 1862, discharged 11 August 1863 at Chattahoochee River; ill health.

Sgt. William M. Baker, Co. H, 79th Indiana, mustered in 17 August 1862, died in hospital, 30 November 1862, typhoid fever, Nashville, TN

1st Sgt. Jesse R. Baker, mustered in 27 August 1862, Co. H, 79th Indiana, hospitalized Louisville, KY, special muster 10 April 1863. Died at home 18 May 1863, Morgan County, Indiana.

Pvt. James H. Baker, Co. H, 33rd Indiana, mustered in April 13, 1862, "Missing in Action", 5 March 1863 , Thompson's Station, TN, imprisoned Richmond, VA, exchanged 5 May 1863, mustered out 12 April 1865 near Raleigh, NC

This data provided by Carolyn Wells (Source: National Archives)

The men listed below were not mentioned in the above article, but were members of the local community.
Soldier	Co	Comments
Bragg, Wiley Farr, John F. Secrest, Nathan A. Farr, James C.	H H K	son of William J. and Katharine born 1840. this may be John Frank Farr born 1821. Mustered in as Sgt., Promoted to Captain, then Major. Corporal, 33rd Indiana Infantry, enlisted 16 Sep 1861, discharged 21 Jul 1865 (Son of William Farr, Martinsville, Ind.)

Absalom Ross 1839-1900 Company D, 70th Indiana Friendship Park Cemetery, Morgan Co., Indiana	Granville Costin 1840-1932 Company D, 70th Indiana Samaria Cemetery, Morgan Co., Indiana

John T. Thacker 1829-1911 Comapny H, 70th Indiana Fry Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana	James Harvey Baker Jr. 1846-1928 Company A, 70th Indiana Company H, 33rd Indiana Stanton, NE

Charles W. Croddy Company E 70th Indiana Volunteers Brandy Wine Cemetery, Fairland, IN Photo Courtesy of John Wolf	Joseph Edwards Company G 70th Indiana Volunteers Pleasant View Cemetery, Fairland, IN Photo courtesy of John Wolf

James McKinney Company B 70th Indiana Volunteers Forest Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, IN Photo courtesy of John Wolf	William Morgan Company B 70th Indiana Volunteers Forest Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, IN Photo courtesy of John Wolf

Tyra Stafford Company B 70th Indiana Volunteers St. Joseph Cemetery, Shelbyville, IN Photo courtesy of John Wolf