JOHN WALL

JOHN WALL WAS BORN IN BEAVER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, OCTORER 15, 1843, AND DIED AT HIS HOME IN MOUNT AYR, IOWA, MARCH 24, 1924, AGED 80 YEARS, FIVE MONTHS AND NINE DAYS.  AT AN EARLY AGE HE MOVED WITH HIS PARENTS TO KNOXVILLE, IOWA, WHERE HE ENLISTED IN COMPANY K 3RD IOWA CAVALRY SEPTEMBER 3, 1861. AFTER SERVING HIS FIRST ENLISTMENT HE RE-ENLISTED ON JANUARY 1, 1864. HE WAS PROMOTED TO 6TH SERGEANT DECEMBER 1, 1864. IN THE ENGAGEMENT OF APRIL 1, 1865, HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE HAND. ON AUGUST 9, 1865, HE WAS MUSTERED OUT OF SERVICE AT ATLANTA, GA., AND IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO HIS HOME IN MARION COUNTY, WHERE ON JANUARY 5, 1868, HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE WITH JOSEPHINE BIGGS.  TO THIS UNION WERE BORN SIX CHILDREN- MRS. ROSA GALLOWAY, WIFE OF O.M. GALLOWAY OF MISSOULA, MT., E.B. WALL OF MOUNT AYR, OSCAR WALL OF GREENFIELD, IOWA, LUTHER WALL OF WAPELLO, IOWA, FRANK WALL OF GALESVILLE, WI AND NORA WHO DIED FEBRUARY 17, 1881. HIS WIFE DIED DECEMBER 1, 1881. WITH HIS FAMILY MR. WALL MOVED FROM MONROE COUNTY TO MOUNT AYR IN THE SPRING OF 1880 AND ENGAGED IN THE GROCERY BUSINESS.  HIS DEALINGS WITH THE PUBLIC WERE EVER CHARACTERIZED BY HONESTY AND A CONSCIENTIOUS DESIRE TO SERVE.  IN POINT OF SERVICE AS WELL AS IN YEARS OF AGE HE WAS HE OLDEST BUSINESS MAN IN MOUNT AYR.  MR. WALL WAS A MEMBER OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH; ALSO A MEMBER OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. BESIDES HIS CHILDERN HE LEAVES FIVE GRANDCHILDREN AND THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.