Birth Date25 May 1830
Birth PlaceBendersville, Adams Co., PA, USA
Death Date4 Aug 1905 Age: 75
Death PlaceCalhoun County, IA, USA
Burial PlaceCottonwood Cemetery, Lake City, Calhoun Co., IA, USA
Misc. Notes
ObituaryCapt. John L. Rex, father of our townsman William Rex died August 4 at his home three miles west of Lake City in his 79 year of his age. He was born in Adams county, Penn.
315He served ikn the Civil War and fought at Antietam, Gettysburg and the Wilderness. He cam to Calhoun county in 1870. A widow and eight children survive him.
Headstone Inscription:
Co. B 149 Penn Vol.
Battle of Antietam - 1862
Battle of Gettysburg - 1863
Battle of the Wilderness - 1864
Siege of Richmond - 1864-65
Pioneered to Iowa - 1870
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