A number of St. Thomas area men were members of the Le Sueur Tigers No. 2. (Roster)
Luke Smith appears in the 1860 census. He was living in Hillsdale Township (later renamed Tyrone). According to the census he was born in Ireland in 1832. He was single at the time of the census and a farmer.
Mathew Ahern is indexed as Herron in the 1860 census. He was 30 years old and born in Ireland. He is living in Hillsdale Township with his family. His wife is identified as Bridget Foley Herron. (Unusual to have a maiden name in the census record!) The children are Catherine, William and Mary A. Living in the household is Catherine Herron, possibly Mathew's sister.
Other volunteers who survived the conflict were James Doherty (1st Corporal--Tyrone), Samuel Doherty (Private--Tyrone), Daniel Burns (Private--Tyrone), Thomas Fowler (Private--Derrynane), Michael Heatherston (Private--Tyrone), William Murray (Private--Tyrone), and Henry Regan (Private--Tyrone). Also in the roster is "C. Roman". This is quite possibly Cornelius Ronayne. Ronayne is sometimes rendered as Ronan.
Some on the roster who also lived in Hillsdale were P. Horrisberger, Pete Stauff, William Snell, and William Luskey (No. 1).
There will be a memorial dedicated to the Le Sueur Tigers in Le Sueur on August 19, 2012.
The Brown County Historical Society is acknowledging the sesquicentennial as well--150th Commemoration of the U.S.-Dakota War.
A Google search will bring up a wealth of information about this historical event that a number of our St. Thomas ancestors participated in.
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