Winneshiek Civil War Veteran Dead Special to The Gazette. DECORAH-William C. Fifield, 92, Civil war veteran and pioneer resident of Winneshiek county, died at his home in Fremont township Friday. 'He was one of the last five Civil war veterans living in the county. Born 1843, in Rutland co county, Vermont, Mr. Fifield was a son of William and Laura Ransom Fifield. In 1854 the family came to Iowa. He was married June 2, 1869, to Malinda Shelmidine, who died Nov. 14, 1920. Surviving are eight children: Mrs. W. W. Howard and Ethel Fifield, Davenport; Mrs. Ray Goldsworth, Mrs. Linda Elliott, Vesta, Edna, Clinton W. Fifield, all of Harmony, Minn., and Mrs. Harry Goldsworthy, Cresco. Mr. Fifield enlisted ed in Company D, Sixth Iowa Cavalry, on Oct. 1, 1862, and was mustered out at Sioux City Oct. 17, 1865. He saw service in the Indian campaign in the Dakotas, participating in the battles of White Stone Hill, Tah-kuk-onuty and the Bad Lands.
