Martin Hildebrand 193 Ohio Infantry

Headstone, Asbury Methodist Church

Martin Hildebrand joined Company K of the 193 Ohio Infantry, a unit formed in early 1865 at Camp Chase, Ohio. The regiment served in West Virginia and Virginia before mustering out in August 1865

Kentucky Post June 14, 1929

Miss Mary Rose was married to Martin Hildebrand, “The Village Smith” Dec. 9, 1858 and six sons and two daughters, 17 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren are living to rise up and call them blessed.

Mr. Martin Hildebrand served in the Civil War on the Union side, during the last year of that war.

Mr. and Mrs. Hildebrand were lifelong members of the Asbury Methodist, and Mr. Hildebrand’s death Feb 23, 1900 was a great loss not only to the church but to the entire community as well.

 Mrs. Hildebrand cast her first vote for Herbert Hoover at the election last November.

Joseph Redman, 188 OH Infantry

Difficult to read headstone, Asbury Methodist Church cemetery

Joseph Redman lived from February 5, 1827 until October 15, 1880. He was a member of Company C of the 188th Ohio Infantry regiment. This unit was organized at Camp Chase in Ohio in early 1865 and spent time on duty in Tennessee, until being mustered out in September 1865.

Rest in peace, soldier