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Soldier's Memorial in Coudersport, PA
Submitted by Barb Hyde, 2009


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Potter County's memorial to its veterans is in the courthouse square behind the courthouse. The column for the memorial was raised on December 20, 1874. On the four sides of the base of the column are engraved the names of the soldiers who died in the Civil War, organized by township. The 318 names were carved by Joseph Schwartzenbach, the brewer from Germania, who was also a talented stonecutter. In April of 1887, the statue of a Civil War soldier was placed on the top of the column to complete the monument. The completed monument was dedicated on June 8, 1887.

More recently, the monument has been expanded to honor all veterans. Four stone benches, World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, face the monument. Behind them is a low wall with a center stone that says

IN MEMORY OF THE VETERANS OF ALL WARS

The list of soldiers who died is a historic list, even though we know it is incomplete. The names of the soldiers inscribed on the base of the monument are:

South Face (Front)	East Face	North Face (back)	West Face
ALLEGHENY Daniel Higley Judd Adolphus J. Nelson David Dayton John Ross Jeremiah J. Burd George Cole William Rogers Perry Brown William James John Peet George Byam Carson Wilson Henry Byam Allen Hatch John D. Burd Chelson Bunnell Huwlet Smith Darius Brown Philo Baker William G. Raymond Danial Elisha Smith BINGHAM Allen Bennett Joseph Kile Leonard H. Merrick William N. Howe Girden M. Perry John Graham Daniel Monroe Ephriam Kile Valorus C. Merrick Levi Hann Abram Williams Chandler C. Crum Ezra Daniels Calvin Morris Washington W. Eddy Fredus Bacon Frones H. Cutler CLARA John Staysa Daniel S. Morey Ira Chandler Charles Welch Henry Smith, Jr. David Baker Orrin S. Chandler Joel Terwilliger George Wakeley Uriah Robinson Niles K. Bessy ROULETTE George W. Barr John L. Burt Abel C. Card John W. Clark Angelo Crapsey John J. Dingman Lewis A. Fisher Almeron N. Lyman John Maltby David Marsh John McDowell William R. Pomeroy Francis Reed, Jr. Gardner Sheldon Lawrence Stratton Andrew Jackson Thompson Martin Weimer Samuel Grace	EULALIA Samuel Schofield Uriah Glace Lorentus Cole Elijah McNamara Frank Crook Loren Haggedorn Hoxie Austin R. C. Cannon Lewis H. Yeomans William McCann William B. Jenkins GENESEE C. C. Cavanaugh John Amidon Dennis Clancy Isaac E. Seely James M. Barlow Martin V. Ryan Roger Rooney Washington Wilson Ira Downs John V. Plants Matthew Roach HEBRON Daniel Clark, Jr. John Blackman Ransom Fessenden Charles H. Hydorn Winfield Goodwin George W. Higley Benjamin Higley Francis Davis Leonardo J. Clark Andrew W. Estes Hosea B. Harris Burdsell Harris A. George Post George W. Luce Martin White Edward Bickford Cassius Strong Roswell Burton Almeron G. Burdick Monterville Monroe Lewis Higley Ransom Higley Nelson Campbell Henry Hollenbeck William VanWickle John Phillips Smith B. Finch Chauncy VanWegen Henry Ingram George W. White Moses R. Phillips HOMER Dennis H. Chesbro William B. Ayers John Dereamer Matthew O. Crosby Almond M. Chesbro. Austin Ayers Mahlon Dereamer Henry Hadley George C. Rossiter Charles J. Earle Solomon Foster JACKSON George Haight KEATING Joseph A. Dingee OSWAYO Jirah R. Munson Henry M. Munson Benjamin R. Goff John D. Barger Joseph P. Miller Wilson Hyatt Jonathan Oles Patrick M. Dermott Henry Snath Orson Kenyon William Brizzee John Brizzee Cassius M. Cole Eneas H. Munson Edward Morley Nathan A. Goff William W. Robbins Alvin B. Harris James Badger Edgar Furman Gilbert M. Kenyon William M. Wilcox Leroy West Milton Merwin Samuel Stilson Silas Andrus George K. Hodge, Jr. Abner Fosmer Thomas Kenyon D. W. Stiles Henry Seneca Welsh COUDERSPORT Barnet F. Stebbins Asa Toombs A. J. Northrup Luman Warringer GERMANIA John Butler	HECTOR Ashley Leach John Wilkinson Rook Wilkinson Thomas Wilkinson Warren Owen Joshua Owen Jared Abbott W. W. Little James Brooks Francis Surdam James Blackman Harlow Button Oscar Webb Charles Johnson Simeon Ellis George Vincent Jackson Persing Orlando Sunderlin Stephen L. Loucks John Douglass Samuel Rogers Sylvester Burdick Alvin Martin Austin Weeks Peter Davis HARRISON William F. Stone Samuel Stone John A. Thomas Redner Springer John Springer George Kennada Henry Williams Leonard Williams John Harrison George Ellis Levi Ellis Alva Palmatier Burt Palmatier William H. Raymond Manassa Courtwright George Kibbe Harvey Warner Henry Cummings Leonard Fletcher George Morgan William Coston Peter VariSickles Harvey J. Warner James Cotton Theodore P. Metcalf John W. Palmatier M. Fay Sibel Jeremiah Springer Charles Worden PLEASANT VALLEY Henry McDowell William Haynes John Haynes Philip Haynes Amasa Eastwood SUMMIT Stephen Redson Elijah Willoughby SWEDEN Andrew J. Ward Chester Miles Daniel D. Butler Nicholas Palmeter J. N. H. Bell Alonzo Wagoner Gottlieb Hundredmark. SYLVANIA M. B. Carson James Logue George Cooper ULYSSES Orange A. Lewis Judson Brown Collins Brigham Americus Byam Abram Close Duick Whipple, Jr. Willard Whipple Obediah Johnson Raymond Calhoun Edward Torrey Melville Torrey George Torrey Nathan Torrey Ephriam E. Howe James T. Douglass John Harris Abram VanGelder Rev. Charles Wilson Andrew J. Swift Sheldon M. Gibbs Lester Fling Luther Armstrong Nelson Labar James Haddock Russell Perkins Oliver Crum Claudius Slade Gilbert P. Whipple Morris Schlessinger Asa Shaver Frederick Walters	PIKE Elliott A. Kilbourne Walter S. Youngs John H. Youngs Samuel D. Youngs Charles McCumber George W. Howe James Alvord Walter B. Trask Hiram Wilcox Erastus Riley SHARON Edwin A. Starkweather Alfred Chapel John S. Hulbert Levi R. Preston Charles McKenster Harlow Mead Jacob Burbank Charles Terrett Spencer Press William H. Brightman Joseph Pierce Peter Rockefellow William E. Rockefellow Millard Hopkins Winfield Hopkins Richard Matteson Cyrus Warner Roscoe Warner David Terwilliger Beniah Terwilliger John Covert Alvin W. Kinney Henry Mattison Robert Bessy William Hitchcock Edmund Duel James W. Vesper Charles H. Johnson William Peterson Henry Goble Henry Carpenter George H. Barnes Monroe Barnes Edward Burslem John Haynes Welcome S. Coats Elisha T. Blanchard Lyman Allen Ed. Griffith Frank Norwood Allen C. Barnes Lot Crawford Elijah C. Gilbert Mendall C. Whitney George White Marvin Corwin Hiram Pierce Henry Hitchcock Kingsley Snyder William H. Hanyan Elmer D. Kellogg John Reckhow Lewis A. Wood Stratton Blanchard Fred VanLiew Wilder Wheeler William S. Moore Marion Sherwood James B. Perry Charles Christman John Tompkins John Hay Hosea Perrin Nichols Bradley Volney Mix Horace Pratt Abel B. Sparks Mendall L. Wilson WEST BRANCH Warren W. Wetmore WHARTON Seth McMullen Warren Mahon Albert Card John Jordan, Jr. William Ross Isaac W. Rounds Dunham Courtwright Abraham Courtwright Horace Taylor William Horton Thomas Logue George Cooper Brewster Foster Christopher Corwine STEWARDSON Chester Knickerbocker James Thurston ABBOTT Mathew Fetzer Fred Schultheis Charles Helfrecht Jacob Braun Frank J. Knik Daniel Boligh Newton Nelson

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