CORPL. HORACE S. HUMESTON, TANGIPAHOA PARISH, LA
Transcribed and Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Dr Belford Carver, Aug. 2000

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CORPL. H. S. HUMESTON

HORACE S. HUMESTON is one of eight Union soliders buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, 
Hammond, LA.  The following was taken from the state and National Archives.

Corporal Humeston was a resident of DeWitt, IA, born in New York about 1840.  He 
enlisted August 8, 1862, at the age of 22; and was promoted to corporal April 1, 
1865.  He served in Co. H, 26th Iowa Infantry.  He was discharged June 6, 1865 in 
Washington, DC.

Corporal Humeston was a farmer, wagon maker, and mechanic.  He was 5 feet 9 
inches tall, of light complexion, had brown hair and blue eyes.  He died October 14, 
1896, at the age of 56.

His wife was Mary Stewart and they were married December 6, 1865 in Jackson 
County, Iowa.  She died May 9, 1897.  She filed for his pension on October 30, 1896.

He apparently was wounded or became very ill while marching to Washington in 1865 
which caused blindness and partial paralysis, which became progressively worse 
with time, and finally causing his death.

Hammond signers were: Dr. J. L. Robinson, William E. Libby, Rhonda Merritt, and G. W. 
Campbell.

There was no information concerning any children.  Neither his name nor hers appear 
on the Greenlawn Cemetery list, even though there is a headstone marking his grave 
in Section 1.  
No one appears to be buried next to him.  He is east of  two other Union veterans, Hill 
and True.

(There is a Marie S. Humiston, 1-4-077A on the list.  The dates on the headstone are 
December 9, 1824 - March 16, 1900, which do not correspond to Maryís date of death,
1897.  "Mother" is engraved on the top.  The coping is old bricks  Section 4 is south 
of Section 1 in the cemetery.)

Belford E. Carver, EdD
August 22, 2000