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16th Ohio Volunteer Infantry - 38th Reunion Images
September 17-18, 1913 - Loudonville, Ohio
Veteran soldiers of Company B, 16th OVI, posing for reunion photo, September 17 or 18, 1913, on front porch of unknown home.  Back of photo captioned "Uncle Donald & Aunt Suzie in middle".  No first name of "Donald" is found on the regimental roster, however, an Isaiah Donald was a member of Company B and married a Susan Linhart after the war.  Are these the "Uncle Donald and Aunt Suzie" written on the back of the above photo?  Is this the home of Isaiah Donald or is he one of the veterans sitting on the porch?  See the gravesite and obituary of Isaiah K. Donald.

Image courtesy of Pat Okin whose son found this "postcard photograph" in a house he purchased in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, and who graciously donated the actual photo to this website.  Thanks Pat and son!

Note most of the men seem to be wearing their white reunion ribbons.  This reunion was held 52 years after the formation of the 16th OVI three-year regiment.

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It is noted in the transcript of the 38th Reunion that soldiers attending stayed in the town hotels while some stayed at the homes of private citizens who offered up their homes for the soldiers.  It could be assumed the younger couple sitting to the far right are the homeowners but their names are not known so their relationship to the 16th OVI, if any, is unknown.  Names of the various soldiers in the photo are not known but based on the records of the 38th Reunion, the following soldiers from Company B attended:
    Major R. W. Liggett, Lakeville, Ohio
    Corp. B. F. Wilson, Holmesville, Ohio
    Corp. M. F. Strock, Brookfield, Mo.
    Corp. Samuel Frizzell, Killbuck, Ohio
    Private Joseph Christopher, Killbuck, Ohio
    Private I. K. Donald, Loudonville, Ohio
    Private Joseph Beagle, Crestline, Ohio
    Private Nathan Young, Canton, Ohio
    Private Thomas B. Linn, Indianapolis, Ohio
    Private Henry Shire, Lakeville, Ohio
    Private Henry Livingston, Marion, Ohio
We can assume the eight or nine men in the photograph are among those listed just above.

Is this the house, today, where the above photo was taken?
This Google Street View image of 415 N Union St., Loudonville, Ohio, is believed to be the same house at which the reunion photo was taken.  In a highly zoomed view of the reunion photo you can see the house number "415" just above the front door.  Doing a Google search of "415" addresses in Louidonville, Ohio, came up with the above image.  Note the same structure, porch columns, window and door placement. 
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