Soldiers who enlisted for service in the Philippines.
Sullivan County furnished a large quota, in proportion to population, for service in the Philippines following the Spanish-American War. On the return of some of these soldiers in 1901 a home coming celebration was made the feature of the Independence Day of that year, and it was notable for the presence of a great crowd in Sullivan and for the many evidences of military patriotism. The veteran of there wars were present, there being there Sullivan County survivors of the Mexican War -Willis Benefield, Joe Ingle and John Stanley. A list of the soldiers from this county who had enlisted for service in the Philippines, as prepared by the committee on reception, contained the following names:
Andrews, Boyd - Carlisle
Austin, Alva E. - Sullivan
Barcus, George - Hymera
Bays, Harold C. - Sullivan
Bose, Frank - Jackson Hill
Boles, Benjamin - Sullivan
Buff, John - Merom
Bunch, John - Sullivan
Cook, Edward B. - Hymera
Cleveland, Herbert - Carlisle
Crynes, John - Jackson Hill
Daniels, Will - Merom
Day, Homer - Sullivan
Denny, Charles W. - Sullivan
Dooley, Stephen J. - Sullivan
Dorsey, Arthur - Sullivan
Edmonson, Stephen - Jackson Hill
Everhart, William S. - Jackson Hill
Foster, William E. - Sullivan
Freeman, Benjamin N. - Sullivan
Gardner, Fred - Sullivan
Groves, Charles - Merom
Haddon, Jesse - Dugger
Hammack, John - Sullivan
Hammond, Elmer - Sullivan
Hawhee, James H. - Carlisle
Higbee, Ray - Sullivan
Jenkins, Lee - Carlisle
Johnson, Robert W. - Sullivan
Keene, Samuel - Hymera
Kelly, Harry H. - Sullivan
King, James A. - Merom
Kircheval, William - Farmersburg
Leach, Marshall - Sullivan
Lee, George - Merom
Lester, Arthur H. - Merom
Lucas, Charles E. - Sullivan
Luzader, Claude - Sullivan
McCammon, Herbert - Paxton
McCloud, Fred - Sullivan
McCloud, John - Sullivan
McClure, John - Sullivan
McClure, Orlando - Sullivan
McGrew, Finley - Sullivan
Morris, Bert - Merom
Neal, John J. - Sullivan
Neal, Bert - Sullivan
Norton, Nelson - Sullivan
O'Haver, Arthur - Sullivan
Pinkston, Arthur - Merom
Purcell, John E. - Paxton
Rotramel, Charles - Carlisle
Sanders, Earl - Hymera
Sankey, Jesse - Fairbanks
Shake, Norris - Carlisle
South, Levi - Sullivan
Spilkey, James F. - Sullivan
Terwilliger, Louis A. - Sullivan
Thompson, Frank H. - Merom
Wible, John W. - Merom
Wilson, James - Carlisle
Wilson, Perry - Jackson Hill
West, Thomas E. - Sullivan
Yeager, James E. - Graysville
Young, Walter - Sullivan
Source: A History of Sullivan County, Indiana. Closing of the first century’s history of the county and showing the growth of its people, institutions, industries and wealth. Thomas J. Wolfe, Editor. The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909, page 115-117.