Information and stones of David and Joseph Stickels at Silent City Cemetery in Monroe, Iowa.

Mary Elizabeth (Berry) Stickels & husband David W. Stickels. (Mary's mother was Rachel (Pendroy) Berry) Mary Elizabeth Berry was a daughter of William P. and Rachel (Pendroy) Berry.   Mary E. Berry married David William Stickels on 07/28/1870. (Rachel Berry was a daughter of Jacob and Margaret (Boots) Pendroy. Born April 23 1825, Rachel married William  Preston Berry 04-29-1847 in Delaware County Indiana. Rachel (Pendroy) Berry went  as a widow to North Dakota with the Pendroy migration.)

David W. Stickels was the youngest of eight children of Joseph & Mary Condon Stickels.  He enlisted 02-13-1865 in the 7th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery. The regiment was organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio in January 01, 1862. David W. Stickels was mustered out 08-11-1865.

David W. Stickels was a Deputy Marshal at Monroe, Iowa in 1877. Newspaper articles state "....Mr. Stickels died of a severe cold following rescuing people and property .... on the Fourth of July, 1877, at the time of the great rain, when he worked nearly the whole night to rescue people and property from inundated houses.  He was one of the most efficient men on the force....."

David W. Stickels and his two years older brother Joseph Stickels are both buried at Monroe, Iowa. (David Stickels's brother Joseph Stickels was also in the Civil War and was awarded the Medal of Honor.

Special  THANKS to the Gayle Duncan  for providing information and pictures.

Medal of Honor winner, Joseph Stickels (seated) and wife Theresa (Meredith) Stickels (Undated photo.)

Image source: http://www.homeofheroes.com Photo by Kent Kool.

Above is an old picture of the two graves of brothers David and Joseph Stickels in the Silent City Cemetery at Monroe, Iowa.

Mary Elizabeth Berry was a daughter of William P. and Rachel (Pendroy) Berry.   Mary E. Berry married David William Stickels on 07/28/1870. (Rachel Berry was a daughter of Jacob and Margaret (Boots) Pendroy. Born April 23 1825, Rachel married William  Preston Berry 04-29-1847 in Delaware County Indiana. Rachel (Pendroy) Berry went  as a widow to North Dakota with the Pendroy migration.)

Joseph Stickels was a US Congressional Medal of Honor winner in the Civil War from Ohio.A Civil War Medal of Honor Winner - Buried at Monroe, Iowa.

It is interesting to find out that a Medal of Honor winner (Joseph Stickels)  is buried in the Monroe, Iowa Silent City cemetery. Also he was a brother of David Stickels that married Rachel (Pendroy) Berry's daughter. For these two reasons I have included his story on this site.

Although the grave on the left of Joseph Stickels appears to show less detail in the old photograph above, it probably is just slightly out of focus. I viewed these two stones and took pictures in 1999.

Today, as is clearly in evidence from viewing the new pictures, the stone of Joseph Stickels has weathered much less than the stone of brother David Stickels. The David Stickels stone is fairly hard to read today. The stone of  Joseph Stickels   actually shows fairly good readability today.

	View an old close-up picture of David Stickels' grave stone. According to Silent City Cemetery records on page 21 the David Stickels stone says 26-Jul-1878 33Y 4D H/O Mary E GAR.
	View a 1999 close-up picture of David Stickels' grave stone.
	View an old close-up picture of Joseph Stickels' grave stone. According to Silent City Cemetery records on page 21 the Joseph Stickels stone says 6-Dec-1876 33Y 21 D H/O Theresa J 1st Serg't Co A 83 Reg't Ohio Vol.
	View a 1999 close-up picture of Joseph Stickels' grave stone.
	Joseph Stickels was a US Congressional Medal of Honor winner

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(Thanks to the Duncan family in Oregon - Mary E. (Berry) Stickels's GG Grand daughter - for these old pictures, and bios. and other information. Mary E. Berry was a daughter of William and Rachel (Pendroy) Berry. Rachel Pendroy was a d. of Jacob and Margaret (Boots) Pendroy.)

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