HISTORY OF FORD COUNTY

PIPER CITY GUARDS.
Company C, Ninth Battalion Illinois National Guards, was organized March 27, 1876. The list of original members has been furnished, and is as follows, viz:
Captain, H. C. Baughman; First Lieutenant, F. O. Walrich; Second Lieutenant, D. F. Walden; Orderly Sergeant, J. P. Madden; Sergeants, John Neinmier, J. D. Parsons, E. F. Pulver, J. T. Wilson; J. R. Rezner, Color Sergeant Ninth Battalion; Corporals, J. W. Ramsay, J. R. Bagly, S. Kiblinger, Frank Kiblinger; Musician, H. S. Randall; privates, Henry Allnut, Watson Bishop, John Hobbis, E. A. Kice, G. M. Bagley, N. G. Plank, J. S. Telfer, J. B. Telfer W. M. Thompson, Joseph C. Kirk, M. Johnson, William Hartley, James Liston, Alex Liston, J. Netterville, John C. Zea.
The company was reorganized September 4, 1877, in accordance with the new military code, and under the consolidation of the different regiments and battalions May 4, 1882, was assigned to the Fourth Regiment, and was known as Company H.
The present commissioned officers are Frank O. Walrich, captain; John Rorbach, first Lieutenant; J. R. Rezner, second lieutenant.

Extracted 26 Oct 2016 by Norma Hass from History of Ford County, Illinois, Volume 1, page 312.

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