Obituary for Alpheus (Alphene) Carman

"Another Veteran Gone." Rockford (Iowa) Register 28 January 1904

Comrade Alphene L. Carman died at his home in this place January 23, 1904 of infirmities of old age, aged 72 years.

He was born in Canada in 1832, and came with his parents to Illinois in 1839, removing to this county in 1858, this making him one of the first settlers in the region. He was married to Henrietta Ready and had a family of nine children who were born to them, five of whom are now living.

In 1861, he enlisted as a soldier in the 27th Ia. Inf. and served 3 years, participating in all the work and hardships which fell to the lot of that splendid body of soldiers. At the close of the war, he returned here and has since made his home at this place.  His business was that of a stone mason and he was rated as an expert workman. The funeral services were conducted on Tuesday by Rev. Smith of the ME (Methodist Episcopal) church under the auspices of the GAR Post of this place, the members of which formed a little company of comrades, whose ranks are fast thinning, which followed the remains to the cemetery.

The country can well afford to hold in grateful remembrance the men, who, like Comrade Carman, took their lives into their own hands to defend their country in its hour of peril.