Married Mary Katharine Smith April 13, 1861. They had 8 children. Lewis served in the Civil War as a Corporal under Captain Joseph A. Collins - Co. M 1st Regiment Tenn. Calvary. Father was Jonathan Beals (later changed to Bales) and mother was Eliza J. Humberd.
"When war was declared, people in this area were divided in opinions, close neighbors might be in favor of opposite sides. Men were sometimes taken as prisoners and to avoid being taken prisoner, Lewis his for several days in a secret compartment of the barn. He then slipped out at night and walked to where he could enlist in the Union Army. The place in the hay loft in the barn where Lewis hid was called 'Kentucky'. This was to prevent the family having to lie when the soldiers asked where he was - they would just say, 'He went to Kentucky'.
His grand-daughter told me that after a small skirmish near Lewis' home, a dead soldier was left on the ground. Mary Katherine and her mother-in-law who was living with her, dug a grave and buried him.
Lewis R., Mary K., and all the children came to Iowa in the early 1900's, the parents coming the same time as the daughter, Sarah Jane Thompson, and family came." (told by Mabel Roberts, grand daughter of Lewis R. Bales)
OBITUARY: With the passing of L. R. Bales we have lost on of our early residents...who for several years carried the flag at all G.A.R. functions. We had him as a watchman at the Chautauqua and as a watchman at the RR track during fair times. He died July 25th at the home of his daughter, Mrs S A Thompson. in East River Township at the age of nearly 77 years. He was born December 7, 1842 in Tennessee. He came to Iowa in 1902 and has since lived in Clarinda. His wife died January 1918, since which he has made his home with his children. In 1861 he was married to Miss Mary Katherine Smith. Six children survive: Mrs Sarah Jane Thompson of near Shambaugh, Nancy Ann Thompson of New Market, C. C. Bales of Clarinda, J. H. Bales of Worth, MO, Mary Katherine Holt of Clarinda and A. J. Bales of Yankton, SD. Among his most cherished memories was his record in the Union Army having enlisted in 1863 and fought for freedom until victory was won. He was a constant member of the United Brethren Church in Clarinda where the funeral services were held July 27th conducted by Rev. H N Hulse of Casey, IA, the remains laid to rest in the Davis cemetery southeast of town.
"When war was declared, people in this area were divided in opinions, close neighbors might be in favor of opposite sides. Men were sometimes taken as prisoners and to avoid being taken prisoner, Lewis his for several days in a secret compartment of the barn. He then slipped out at night and walked to where he could enlist in the Union Army. The place in the hay loft in the barn where Lewis hid was called 'Kentucky'. This was to prevent the family having to lie when the soldiers asked where he was - they would just say, 'He went to Kentucky'.
His grand-daughter told me that after a small skirmish near Lewis' home, a dead soldier was left on the ground. Mary Katherine and her mother-in-law who was living with her, dug a grave and buried him.
Lewis R., Mary K., and all the children came to Iowa in the early 1900's, the parents coming the same time as the daughter, Sarah Jane Thompson, and family came." (told by Mabel Roberts, grand daughter of Lewis R. Bales)
OBITUARY: With the passing of L. R. Bales we have lost on of our early residents...who for several years carried the flag at all G.A.R. functions. We had him as a watchman at the Chautauqua and as a watchman at the RR track during fair times. He died July 25th at the home of his daughter, Mrs S A Thompson. in East River Township at the age of nearly 77 years. He was born December 7, 1842 in Tennessee. He came to Iowa in 1902 and has since lived in Clarinda. His wife died January 1918, since which he has made his home with his children. In 1861 he was married to Miss Mary Katherine Smith. Six children survive: Mrs Sarah Jane Thompson of near Shambaugh, Nancy Ann Thompson of New Market, C. C. Bales of Clarinda, J. H. Bales of Worth, MO, Mary Katherine Holt of Clarinda and A. J. Bales of Yankton, SD. Among his most cherished memories was his record in the Union Army having enlisted in 1863 and fought for freedom until victory was won. He was a constant member of the United Brethren Church in Clarinda where the funeral services were held July 27th conducted by Rev. H N Hulse of Casey, IA, the remains laid to rest in the Davis cemetery southeast of town.
Married Mary Katharine Smith April 13, 1861. They had 8 children. Lewis served in the Civil War as a Corporal under Captain Joseph A. Collins - Co. M 1st Regiment Tenn. Calvary. Father was Jonathan Beals (later changed to Bales) and mother was Eliza J. Humberd.
"When war was declared, people in this area were divided in opinions, close neighbors might be in favor of opposite sides. Men were sometimes taken as prisoners and to avoid being taken prisoner, Lewis his for several days in a secret compartment of the barn. He then slipped out at night and walked to where he could enlist in the Union Army. The place in the hay loft in the barn where Lewis hid was called 'Kentucky'. This was to prevent the family having to lie when the soldiers asked where he was - they would just say, 'He went to Kentucky'.
His grand-daughter told me that after a small skirmish near Lewis' home, a dead soldier was left on the ground. Mary Katherine and her mother-in-law who was living with her, dug a grave and buried him.
Lewis R., Mary K., and all the children came to Iowa in the early 1900's, the parents coming the same time as the daughter, Sarah Jane Thompson, and family came." (told by Mabel Roberts, grand daughter of Lewis R. Bales)
OBITUARY: With the passing of L. R. Bales we have lost on of our early residents...who for several years carried the flag at all G.A.R. functions. We had him as a watchman at the Chautauqua and as a watchman at the RR track during fair times. He died July 25th at the home of his daughter, Mrs S A Thompson. in East River Township at the age of nearly 77 years. He was born December 7, 1842 in Tennessee. He came to Iowa in 1902 and has since lived in Clarinda. His wife died January 1918, since which he has made his home with his children. In 1861 he was married to Miss Mary Katherine Smith. Six children survive: Mrs Sarah Jane Thompson of near Shambaugh, Nancy Ann Thompson of New Market, C. C. Bales of Clarinda, J. H. Bales of Worth, MO, Mary Katherine Holt of Clarinda and A. J. Bales of Yankton, SD. Among his most cherished memories was his record in the Union Army having enlisted in 1863 and fought for freedom until victory was won. He was a constant member of the United Brethren Church in Clarinda where the funeral services were held July 27th conducted by Rev. H N Hulse of Casey, IA, the remains laid to rest in the Davis cemetery southeast of town.
"When war was declared, people in this area were divided in opinions, close neighbors might be in favor of opposite sides. Men were sometimes taken as prisoners and to avoid being taken prisoner, Lewis his for several days in a secret compartment of the barn. He then slipped out at night and walked to where he could enlist in the Union Army. The place in the hay loft in the barn where Lewis hid was called 'Kentucky'. This was to prevent the family having to lie when the soldiers asked where he was - they would just say, 'He went to Kentucky'.
His grand-daughter told me that after a small skirmish near Lewis' home, a dead soldier was left on the ground. Mary Katherine and her mother-in-law who was living with her, dug a grave and buried him.
Lewis R., Mary K., and all the children came to Iowa in the early 1900's, the parents coming the same time as the daughter, Sarah Jane Thompson, and family came." (told by Mabel Roberts, grand daughter of Lewis R. Bales)
OBITUARY: With the passing of L. R. Bales we have lost on of our early residents...who for several years carried the flag at all G.A.R. functions. We had him as a watchman at the Chautauqua and as a watchman at the RR track during fair times. He died July 25th at the home of his daughter, Mrs S A Thompson. in East River Township at the age of nearly 77 years. He was born December 7, 1842 in Tennessee. He came to Iowa in 1902 and has since lived in Clarinda. His wife died January 1918, since which he has made his home with his children. In 1861 he was married to Miss Mary Katherine Smith. Six children survive: Mrs Sarah Jane Thompson of near Shambaugh, Nancy Ann Thompson of New Market, C. C. Bales of Clarinda, J. H. Bales of Worth, MO, Mary Katherine Holt of Clarinda and A. J. Bales of Yankton, SD. Among his most cherished memories was his record in the Union Army having enlisted in 1863 and fought for freedom until victory was won. He was a constant member of the United Brethren Church in Clarinda where the funeral services were held July 27th conducted by Rev. H N Hulse of Casey, IA, the remains laid to rest in the Davis cemetery southeast of town.
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