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Location: WATERMAN CEMETERY

City: SUTHERLAND

State: Iowa

Zip Code: 51058

Type of Memorial: Cemetery Stones

Year Dedicated: 1949

Access: Cemetery

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR


PVT. JAMES P. MARTIN WAS A MEMBER OF BATTERY H, 1ST WISCONSIN HEAVY ARTILLERY. HE WAS THE LAST CIVIL WAR VETERAN TO DIE IN IOWA, ALMOST REACHING HIS 102ND BIRTHDAY. HE WAS ACTIVE IN THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC AND WAS APPOINTED THE LAST STATE DEPARTMENT COMMANDER IN 1947.


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