Veteran of Four Wars Buried in Marshall, Minnesota

From the October 31, 2017, Marshall (Mn) Independent  "A walk in the cemetery reveals four-time war hero" by Jody Isaackson."

More than 50 Civil War veterans are buried at the Marshall Cemetery.  They are easy to identify because of their iron markers put up by the GAR (Grand Army of the Republic).

George Mathhews served in four wars:  Seminole War 1842, Mexican War 1846, Dakota War 1852 and the Civil War 1862-1865.

After the Civil war, he served three more years with the 1st Minnesota Mounted Rangers.

In a June 21, 1895 newspaper article, it was written that he served six enlistments in four different wars.  At age 80 he was living in Minnesota in the state soldiers home and was a member of the D.F. Markham Post GAR.

--Old Secesh