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Named gaps, each with its settling source
The rolls: (1) A true Penn Township roll of the Civil War dead does not exist in Chapman or Howard — settler: the 1894 list of veterans, widows and orphans by township, Saint Joseph County Civil War Records, Reel Three (Notre Dame Archives), cross-read against the Adjutant General's rosters. (2) Penn's quota, credits and bounty votes — settler: the county commissioners' record, 1861–65, and the Reel One draft lists. (3) The Penn burial roll's cemetery separation (Osceola ground vs Mishawaka ground) — settler: the printed page image, Howard vol. 1, pp. 734–735. (4) Page-image verification of every roll name and date quoted from transcription — settler: the archive.org page images, Chapman pp. 444–448 and Howard pp. 731–735; the transcriptions' internal disagreements (the Ira A. Wilson entry above all) stand unresolved until then.
The men: (5) George and John Pulling's regiments — settler: Terrell's Adjutant General rosters, residences filtered name by name (a "Mishawaka" residence there can mean Penn farm country on a Mishawaka post office; township settlement must be confirmed per man, never assumed). (6) Whether Reynolds Moon or James Hoard ever lived on Penn ground — settler: their War of 1812 pension and bounty-land files. (7) John Squires' actual 1812 service, if any — settler: the Ohio militia compiled service records (NARA M602). (8) Any Penn or Osceola man of the Mexican War, and any county company — settler: Indiana in the Mexican War (1908) and the 1887 veterans' roster. (9) The five "Mishawaka"-residence men in Gore's 157th rosters, and any Penn-residence Spanish-American man — settler: the printed roster pages and the company descriptive books (Indiana State Archives).
The modern wars:(11) Kincaid at first-hand ABMC strength — settler: the Commission's own database entry for serial 35557270. (12) Kalil's burial, his August 1965 obituary, his Wall of Faces profile, and the place and circumstance of his death — settlers: the Tribune obituary file and VA gravesite records; the Wall of Faces search by home city Osceola, Indiana; the 1st AmTrac Battalion command chronology for August 1965 (NARA / Texas Tech Virtual Vietnam Archive). (13) Korea's Army county-only rows — settlers: the SJCPL Military Service Notes Column Index (1941–1979) joined with the county obituary record. (14) First World War service cards by residence, and any town service flag — settlers: the service-card index searched by residence = Osceola; the Tribune's 1917–19 files. (15) The Gold Star county figure 109 is carried from the Granger recount, not recounted here — settler: an entry-by-entry count of the roll's transcription.
The institutions: (16) Post 308's charter date — settler: the Indiana Legion's post history. (17) Whether a VFW post was ever chartered in Osceola — settler: the VFW's national charter records. (18) A veterans memorial on the ground, past database strength — settler: an in-person check of Osceola Cemetery and the town hall grounds. (19) The Honor the Fallen hometown search for the later wars — settler: that database queried directly by hometown = Osceola, Indiana. (20) The Medal of Honor negative at registry grade — settler: the Congressional Medal of Honor Society roster by state and city. (21) The two Chapel Hill servicewomen's residence test — settler: their obituaries. (22) Osceola men's GAR membership and any Osceola Decoration Day — settler: Houghton Post No. 128's descriptive book and minutes, and the Mishawaka papers' May issues, 1880s–1900s.
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