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| Headstone, in the ground, Evergreen Cemetery |
From the Kentucky Post of March 9, 1905: “William Nelson Post No. 1, G.A.R. will meet at Memorial Hall Friday at 1 o’clock p.m. to attend the funeral of Samuel Sarver. A special meeting of Noah’s Dove Lodge No. 20, I.O.O.F. will be held this evening to take action also on the death. All members are requested to attend.”
On March 11, the same newspaper reported: “The remains of Capt. Sam Sarver were buried yesterday afternoon. Rev J.P. Whitehead officiated. The services were held at the chapel in Evergreen Cemetery. The members of Noah’s Dove Lodge No. 20, I.O.O.F. and William Nelson Post G.A.R. attended the obsequies in a body. The pallbearers were W.A. Patterson, Ed Davis, William Brinkman and Jos. Staubach.”
According to the 1890 Veterans Census for Campbell County, Mr. Sarver was a resident of Newport.
He had been a member of the 59th Ohio Infantry, which saw action in many of the more famous battles of the western theater, including Shiloh, Corinth, Perryville, Stone's River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga and the Atlanta campaign. This unit mustered out of service in late October 1864.
Rest in peace, soldier
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