Halsey Draper Atherton
October 29, 1846 - February 28, 1919

Born at Greenfield, Ohio
Wife - Ruth Amanda (Crandall) Atherton 1851 - 1917
Children: George, Fred, Dora, Effie, Della, Jessie, Frankie, Clyde, Ida
Son of Rufus and Develia (Franklin) Atherton

Initial enlistment Company A, 192nd Ohio Infantry - Rejected August 17, 1962 by mustering officer - he enlisted at age 16 without his parent's permission
Branch Company H, Ohio 166th Infantry Regiment, 188th and 192nd Ohio Infantry
EnlistedFebruary 25, 1865
Mustered out September 1, 1865, at Wincherster, Virginia

GAR McPherson Post 33 - 1st term joined 1900

Ottumwa Tri-Weekly Courier Ottumwa, Iowa, November 27, 1900
Iowa Pensions
Halsey D. Atherton, Manning, $6
Renewal - Henry F. Burmeister, Norway, $8 (doubtful this is Manning's Burmeister)
Increase - Henry Pflug, Denison, $8.

Halsey, Ruth & Frankie Atherton are buried in the Manning Cemetery.
Section A Row #35 north - south.