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