Mr. and Mrs. O.W. Eighmy, former residents of Chetek, recently celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary at their home at Turlock, Calif. Mr. Eighmy is a Civil War veteran.4


Listing of Civil War Veterans buried in Stanislaus County, CA:
Obadiah Eighmy
1836-1933; Pvt., Co. E, 12 WI Infantry; Turlock Memorial Park; born in New York; wife Mary H.; came to Petaluma, California by 1910; pension application #579908 filed on 01/15/1886; widow's pension application filed on 19/12/1933 in California; a carpenter; first and last Commander of GAR Post #197, Turlock, California.63