A newly formed committee in Greene County is asking for the public’s help with a specialized project.

Chuck Offenburger is part of a committee that is wanting to establish a permanent memorial for the Civil War-era “schoolboy soldiers” from the “Old Rippey” area. Based on his talk to some Greene County High School students last school year about 32 teenage students, along with two adults from the small community of Rippey during the Civil War in 1892. Offenburger states of the 34 people that went to the war, ten died. 

Offenburger says their committee is requesting anyone with life stories of the “schoolboy soldiers,” along with any information, memorabilia, or photographs of the individual soldiers to contact one for committee members, Dianne Piepel via email mdppl@netins.com. A list of the individuals can be found below.

John W. Adkins (casualty), William L. Adkins, John Athey, Van Beuren Brand (casualty), G.B. (Banger) Burk, Archibald Burk, Philip Cline, Levi P. Davis, William M. Davis, John H. Davis, Milton Evans (casualty), James M. Evans, Hardin Hall (casualty), Daily B. John (casualty), John I. John, Dave John, Lewis John, Thomas Martin Lee, Joseph Lock, Joseph Myers, Henry R. Myers, John Myers, John Rhoads (casualty), James W. Smith, Robert T. Smith (casualty), Abraham Scott, Thomas Turpin (casualty), Marion Toliver, John H. Toliver (casualty), Gillum S. Toliver, Jacob M. Toliver, James C. Toliver, assistant teacher Isaac H. Brown (casualty), senior teacher Azor R. Mills.