New info on Samuel Sarver

A couple of weeks ago, I posted an entry on Samuel Sarver who had been a member of the 59th Ohio Infantry.

A reader found some a brief mention of this soldier and was kind enough to share it. I've pasted it below.

Dies of a Broken Heart.

Newport, Ky., March 11--Samuel Sarver, a well-known pioneer riverman, died of a broken heart. His venerable wife had passed away less than a week ago, and grief in losing his companion of almost a half a century caused his own death.

(Berea Citizen. Ed:  03-16-1905, pg. 7, col. 6)
 

Samuel Sarver, 59 OH Infantry

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