• General Notes

  REFN: 953
  Armed Forces Graves Registration Record, Iowa County, Iowa, Book No. 1
  Civil War, Record No. 662,  shows  John Farley died in Marengo, Iowa,
  buried in Old Marengo Iowa Co. Iowa Cemetery Washinton Twp., ORIG N 1/2. 
  Rank at time of discharge:  Private.  Place of Birth:  England.   That he
  was inducted into the Army on Sept. 15, 1862 in Muscatine, Iowa and was
  discharged on May 24, 1865 in Davenport, Iowa.  Served with Co. D 37th.
  Iowa Vol. Infantry.
  History of Iowa County, which was published in 1881, shows his name as
  "Jack" Farley and gives some history as to the 37th Iowa Vol. Infantry
  which was known as the "Greybeard Regiment".  It was formed of men 45
  years of age and older.

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