Happenings in Zanesville:
Tonight, Monday Oct. 17, you are welcome to come and help put together wreaths at the Lions Clubhouse at the Zanesville Lions Community Park. Food will be furnished beginning at 6 p.m. and after a short meeting we will begin the assembly line. Come and help out the Lions with this fundraiser as all proceeds go to the upkeep and expenses of the park.
The Coffee Cafe at the Zanesville Community Church of God continues on weekdays from 7:30 to 10 a.m. There is no charge and all are welcome to attend.
The Wells County Plan Commission will be at the Zanesville Town Council meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 15. The Plan Commission members will, however, review the Vision 2035 plan which is an updated comprehensive plan that includes Zanesville, at their meeting in Bluffton’s Wells Carnegie Government Annex. This will take place Thursday, Nov. 3, before they present it to the town at the November town council meeting. You are welcome to attend both meetings
On Oct. 11, I had the pleasure of joining several gentlemen who are members of the Champion Hill, Camp 17, Department of Indiana Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War. They came to Zanesville to Hoverstock Cemetery to place a plaque at the gravesite of Cyrus Young as he was the last Civil War veteran in Wells County to pass away.
On page 124 of the Zanesville History 1976 you will find a picture of Cy and Harriet’s home just two houses south of the four-way stop on the west side of Wayne Street. The ·book will tell you this:
“This was the home of Cyrus Young, born Mar. 13, 1845. He was a Civil War veteran who marched with General Sherman. He resided in this house from the time of his marriage, Feb. 27, 1873 until the article was written (1939). He married Harriet Young in the old Custer House, a pioneer hotelry on West Main in Fort Wayne. They had two daughters, Mrs. Maude (Clark) Hartup and Mrs. Stella May Bowman, wife of T.J. Bowman. Maude had 3 sons; Cliff, Jewel and Leo, all still living. Their father (Clair Clark) died young and they lived with Cy.”
It goes on to name the present owner and that Cy had a shop where the telephone office is still standing now across the street. In a later 1904 letter from Mrs. Knight to her son, I found out that Cy’s son-in-law, Clair Clark, was so loved that 700 people attended his funeral. Clair was a beloved Sunday School teacher.
In the 1976 book we missed listing Cy because his regiment is listed on the tombstone just below his name but it is almost impossible to see the engraving. We discovered this later.
Other Civil War veterans listed in the book at both Hoverstock and Old Zanesville (across the road) are as follows:
Hoverstock Cemetery — David Brobst, Company G. 101st Indiana Infantry; Robert Clark, Company G. 101st Indiana Infantry; Corpl. H.H. Diffendorfer, 101st Indiana Infantry; Corpl. Charles P. Espich, 51st Ohio Infantry; Daniel Fisher; W.B. Kress, Company D. 75th Indiana Infantry; Elias Kohr, Company D. 107th Indiana Volunteer; Amos Ward, Company A. Ohio Volunteer.
Zanesville Cemetery — Josiah Cauf, Company G.; Glanville Fowell, Company F.; J.P. Shepler, 137 Indiana Infantry; Corp. Charles Wentz, 31 Md. Infantry; Sgt. J.L Wilkerson, Company H. 75 I.I.
The Young tombstone reads Cyrus Young 1845-1941 and Harriet Young 1854-1943. Cyrus was a soldier in the 3rd Ohio Light Artillary Battery. He passed away in July 1941 and was the last Civil War soldier to be buried in Wells County. He was 96 years old.
The members helping with the ceremony and the placing of the plaque were: Don Morgan, Rick Wiegmann, Al Bowers, and Phil Dyer. Gib Young led the group telling that these soldiers were “Giants” as they fought for their homes. A white flower was placed near the stone as a symbol of eternal life and an American flag as a symbol of the country Cy loved.
Don’t forget to vote on Nov. 8, and when you do, think of all the military men and women who saved this right for you.
East Union Center Alumni lost a great guy from the class of 1948. Guy Junior Shutt, 92, of Kentland, a Wells County native, who died Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. Our condolences to the Shutt and the Walmsley families.
