Ceremony honors last Civil War vet buried in county
Private John W. Kingsley, the last Civil War veteran buried in Wabasha County. John W. Kingsley was born in Chenago County, New York on Nov. 24, 1842 and died Dec. 28, 1936 in Minneapolis. Kinglsey had a drug store in Mazeppa and his son Floyd took over.
The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) conducted the ceremony with assistance of the Wabasha County Historical Society, American Legion Post 588 Veterans Honor Guard and the Mazeppa Area Historical Society.
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