Family Relatives Who Served in the Police and Military as of June 2022
William Blacker - Union Army, American Civil War
Ruth's 2nd Great-Granduncle

Inducted 30 April 1861 in St. Clair, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania

Muster 1
  • In: 30 April 1861, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 3 month enlistment
  • Age 35, miner
  • Private
  • Company B, 14th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
  • Out: 7 August 1861, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Muster 2
  • In: 25 February 1864, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, 3 year enlistment
  • Age 35, dark complexion, 5ft 6in, blue eyes, brown hair, miner
  • Private
  • Unit 0235, Company F, 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
  • Out: 7 August 1865
Charles Blacker - Union Army, American Civil War
Ruth's 2nd Great-Granduncle

Inducted 30 April 1861 in St. Clair, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania

Muster 1
  • In: 30 April 1861, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 3 month enlistment
  • Age 27, miner
  • First Sergeant
  • Company B, 14th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
  • Out: 7 August 1861
Muster 2
  • In: 12 September 1862, St. Clair, Pennsylvania
  • Age 27, fresh complexion, 5ft 6in, blue eyes, light brown hair, mason
  • Captain
  • Company H, 6th Infantry Regiment
  • Out: 27 September 1862
Muster 3
  • In: 23 February 1864, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, 3 year enlistment
  • Age 28, medium complexion, 5ft 5.5 in, grey eyes, brown hair, mason
  • Private
  • Company F, 7th Cavalry Regiment
  • Promoted to Corporal on ?,
  • Promoted to Sergeant on 22 December 1864
  • Out ?
James Blacker - Union Army, American Civil War
Ruth's 2nd Great-Granduncle

Inducted 30 April 1861 in St. Clair, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania

Muster
  • In: 30 April 1861, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 3 month enlistment
  • Age 24, miner
  • Third Corporal
  • Company B, 14th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
  • Out: ?
Albert McCain - Union Army, American Civil War
Laron's 2nd great-granduncle

On 5 November 1863, 14 year old Albert McCain was inducted in the Union Army in Kingston, Roane County, Tennessee for a period of three years. While he was part of the regiment it was engaged in skirmishes in Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama.

He was mustered into Company I of the 3rd East Tennessee Cavalry Regiment as a private. The muster rolls for the company show the following for him:

  • 14 December 1863: Muster in at Nashville, Tennessee
  • 29 February 1864: Absent on temporary detached duty from 27 December 1863
  • March-April 1864: Present
  • May-June 1864: Present
  • July-August 1864: Present
  • 3 August-3 December 1864: Absent captured by the enemy 24 September 1864
  • January-February 1965: Absent captured by the enemy 24 September 1864
  • March-April 1865: Absent captured by the enemy 24 September 1864
  • May-June 1865: Deceased lost on the Steamer Sultana 27 April 1865

There are some reports that he was captured by Nathan Bedford Forrest's troops at the battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle in Alabama. He was sent to a prison on the Cahaba River in Alabama or one in Andersonville, Georgia. He was released from prison in April 1865 and taken to a parole camp at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Albert was one of the 2500 paroled prisoners that boarded the steamboat Sultana on 24 April 1865 in Vicksburg as it went north from New Orleans. The legal capacity of the Sultana was 376 so it was grossly overloaded.

At around 2:00 AM on April 27, 1865, when the Sultana was about seven miles north of Memphis, Tennessee its boilers suddenly exploded. First one exploded followed by two more. Between 1500 and 1800 people were killed. There is no accurate record because many of the bodies were never recovered and some of the passengers had disembarked in Memphis.

Albert's widowed mother, Mary McCain had been dependent on him for support before he Inducted. When he didn't return from the war she filed an application for an army pension on 31 October 1865. During the war she was living on the family farm. According to the application the farm was located "on the wagon road leading from Decatur to Kingston, about thirteen miles from Decatur the county seat of Meigs County, Tennessee".

A report from the Adjutant General's Office dated 19 April 1866 affirmed that Albert must have died in the explosion on the Sultana even though there was no record of his death.

Victor Moses Iverson - U. S. Marine Corps
Laron's grandfather

Victor was inducted in the Marine Corps on 2 September 1915 at Salt Lake City, Utah. On 1 November 1915 he was mustered into Company B of 30th Marine Barracks on Mare Island near Vallejo, California.

His mother, Hannah Iverson who was living alone in Kaolin, Clark, Nevada became very ill. Victor was discharged 24 January 1916 so he could take care of her.

Robert Cromwell - U. S. Army
Laron's 1st cousin once removed. He and Arthur Cromwell are sons of Wilbert Cromwell and Mary McCain.

Inducted 13 January 1941 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Death 22 June 1945 in Luzon, Philippines.

George Iverson - U. S. Marine Corps
Laron's 1st cousin once removed

Inducted 20 January 1942 in Los Angeles, California. he was wounded on the island of Saipan and was killed 25 February 1945 on Iwo Jima island. He is buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Arthur Cromwell - U. S. Army Air Force
Laron's 1st cousin once removed. He and Robert Cromwell are sons of Wilbert Cromwell and Mary McCain.

Inducted 5 August 1943 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a tail-gunner in a B-17 bomber. He was killed on 11 September 1944 when the bomber he was in was shot down over Germany.

Alvin Iverson - U. S. Navy
Laron's uncle

Inducted 21 November 1942 in Ogden, Utah. Discharged 12 November 1945 in Norman, Oklahoma.

Keith Iverson - U. S. Navy
Laron's uncle

Inducted 13 February 1943 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Discharged 25 July 1946 in Shoemaker, California

Grant Iverson: U. S. Navy
Laron's uncle

Inducted 9 December 1943 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Discharged 22 April 1946.

Rodney Waite: U. S. Army
Laron's father

Inducted 25 October 1944 at Fort Douglas in Salt lake City, Utah. Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law.

Discharged 15 December 1945.

Earl Blacker - U. S. Army
Ruth's uncle

Inducted on 26 December 1944 at Fort Douglas in Salt Lake, Utah for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law.

Melvin Brown - U. S. Army Air Force
Ruth's uncle

Inducted on 29 October 1945 at Army Air Field in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada

Discharged 2 January 1947.

William Brown - U. S. Navy
Ruth's 1st cousin

The muster roll for the U. S. S. Current shows him as a member of the crew with an enlistment date of 5 August 1946.

Grant Iverson: U. S. Army
Laron's uncle

Enlistment 19 August 1950. Wounded in Korea discharged 31 August 1952.

Herbert Scovel - U. S. Army
Ruth's 1st cousin
Paul Blacker - U. S. Army
Ruth's brother
Richard Waite - U. S. Army
Laron's brother
Mark Waite - U. S Air Force
Laron's brother
Rick Shumway - Utah County Deputy, Blackwater Security in Iraq
Our son-in-law
Caleb Waite - U. S. Marine Corps
Our son
Ethan Waite - U. S. Marine Corps
Our son
Ryan Waite - Utah County Deputy
Our Son

Morgan Waite - North Las Vegas and Twin Falls Police

Eli Shumway - National Guard
Our grandson