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John Muth
1838 - 1922
John Muth Appointed
1916, assumed
County Judge C.
W. Lamoreux on Tuesday last appointed John Muth of Watertown, as a member of
the Soldier’s Relief Commission.
John Muth was
born in Germany in the year 1838 and came to this country in the year 1840 and
has lived in Watertown for many years and has at different times represented
this ward on the county board. Mr. Muth
served in the civil war and was a member of Co. E., 20th Wis. Inf. He served three years and was in the battles
at the siege of Vicksburg, Prairie Grove, Fort Morgan and many others.
Watertown had
never been represented on this commission and the friends of Mr. Muth are very
much pleased to have him receive the honor of a place on the commission which
was made vacant by the resignation of Casper Buerger of Lomira who resigned on
account of illness. We congratulate Mr.
Muth and know that he is well qualified for the position.
This Soldier’s
Relief Commission is composed of three members and the law now provides that
two of them must be honorably discharged soldiers of the civil war of veterans
of the war with Spain.
In many of the
counties of the state the commission is now composed of two civil war veterans
and one Spanish war veteran. In the city
of Beaver Dam there is now an association of Spanish war veterans and it is
probable that sometime in the future the association will be given
representation on this commission.;
The other members of the commission are E. J. Tyler of Horicon and John Seward of the town of Trenton, both being veterans of the civil war.
Cross References:
1883, Pease Post charter member
Civil War veteran, GAR Personal War Sketch, 1890
Is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery
