Soldier: George Karns
Regiment: 3rd Ohio Infantry Company: I
Age: 18 Date Entering Service: 6/16/1861
Period of Service: 3 years plus
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Enlisted 6/16/1861 with 3rd Ohio Infantry Company I, discharged 6/24/1864. Re-enlisted in Merril’s Horse Cavalry at St Louis and served to the end of the war. Member of the G.A.R. of Wetmore, Kansas Soldier’s Lodge #240 A.F. and A.M
Battles in which he fought:
Battle of New Madrid, Missouri 3/3 to 13/1862
Battle of Island NO 10, Tennessee 4/8/1862
Siege of Corinth, Mississippi 4/30/1862
Battle of Iuka, Mississippi 9/19/1862
Battle of Resaca, Georgia 5/13 to 16/1864
Battle of Little Blue, Missouri 10/21/1864
Battle of Big Blue, Missouri 10/23/1864
Battle of Little Osage River, Kansas 10/25/1864
Other interesting information discovered:
George Karns was born in Morrow County, Ohio on 6/16/1843. George married Caroline Kehrewecker of Cardington, Ohio on 1/23/1868 in Morrow County; eleven children were born of this union. George moved to the State of Kansas in 1866. He became wealthy as a farmer and stock raiser. He assisted in the organization of the Farmers State Bank of Circleville, Kansas and held the office of president for four years. He died at home after a long illness on 5/30/1908. George received an invalid’s pension on 11/15/1889. Caroline Karns received a widow’s pension on 8/21/1908.
Date of Death: 5/30/1908 Place of burial: Ontario Cemetery, Nemaha County, Kansas
Adopted By: Keith Richey Researcher: Velda L Montgomery