BIOGRAPHIES OF SIOUX COUNTY
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EDMUND MANY DEEDS
Edmund was born to Stanton (Oranota) (1871) and Flora (1876) Many Deeds on 17 July 1895. His siblings included: Maude (1892), Mark (1896), Ethel (1900), Theodore (1904), Clinton (1908), Leo (1911), David (1915), Myrtle (1917), and Juanita (1921).
He was a Code Talker in World War I having served from 22 July 1918 until 15 January 1919 at one time posted to the 6lst Battalion Comppany.
Edmund married Mary Jane High Eagle (1899) on 18 August 1917 in Corson County, South Dakota. Their children included: Mary Melda (1918), Lloyd, Edmund, Lenore (1930), and Robert (1934).
Burial.

GEORGE (Wicakatela) MANY WOUNDS
George was born 15 November 1891 to Tiberius (Wopotapi) and Pretty Beaver (Capawastewin) Many Wounds in Fort Yates, Sioux County, North Dakota.
George was first married to Clara Unknown, born in 1888. They had two children; Josephine (1909-1920) and Jennie (1913-18 Jan 1916).
George and Mary Halsey (born about 1889-died 28 January 1949) married sometime after 1917. Their children included: Leona (1920), Francis Marie (1921), Phyllis (about 1922), Peter, Anita (1931), and Courtney. In a previous marriage to John D. Howard, Mary's children included Marion, Joseph, Eleanor, Antoine, and Daisy.
From the Roster of the Men and Women Who Served in the Army or Naval Service: "MANY WOUNDS, GEORGE. Army number 502,368; registrant, Sioux county; born, Fort Yates, N. Dak., Nov. 15, 1891, of American parents; occupation, barber; inducted at Fort Yates on March 6, 1918; sent to Fort Logan, Colo.; served in 19th Recruit Company, Fort Logan, Colo., to April 5, 1918; 20th Company, Coast Artillery Corps, Manila Bay, Philippine lslands, to discharge. Discharged at San Francisco, Calif., on Oct. 13, 1919, as a Private." In 2008 the government recognized the service of the World War Code Talkers of which George was one of them.

An excerpt from North American Indians In Great War by Susan Applegate Krouse:
The Coast Artillery Corps provided one serviceman with a chance to see much of the Pacific. Private George Many Wounds (Sioux), thirty, from Fort Yates, North Dakota, enlisted, serving in several companies in the Coast Artillery. He later listed the places where he was posted during his service: “On the 5th of May we landed at Manila, P.I. [Philippine Islands], then posted at Corregedor Island. Ft. Mills and at Fort Drum. El Fraile. Then sent to Tienkin China to relief [sic] the 15th Infantry. On our way to the states we were quarantined at Nakasaki, Japan for 18 days on the U.S. transport Sherman. Took 47 days to make Frisco, Calif. on account of typhoons. The precise order of these postings is unclear, but Many Wounds did see much of the world.

ANDREW MARSH
Andrew was an early pioneer in both Sioux and Emmons Counties. Biography

SAMUEL EVANS "MINA HANSKA (LONG KNIFE)" MCELDERRY>

DAVID RICHARD MEAD
David was born to Alexander J. and Fannie Rich Mead on 17 October 1848 in Illinois. His siblings included; Alexander, Jr., Fanny, Maria, Herbert, Harriet, Eva, Kate (1856-2 June 1921), and Marion.
In 1850 the family was living in Whiteside County, Illinois and then in 1860 they were in Genesco, Henry County, Illinois which is where David registered for the Civil War, gave his age as 17, but there is no record he served. In 1870 he is still in Genesco working as a Tinsmith.
After 1870 he lived in Waseca County, Minnesota before relocating to the Standing Rock Reservation. He was appointed the Fort Yates postmaster on 3 December 1879 probably because he had a store there that could accommodate the post office. By 1900 he has relocated to Montana where he lived out the rest of his life.
On 17 October 1873 in Winona County, Minnesota David married Alice Henrietta Bingham daughter of Amherst and Emily Bingham. There were no children from the marriage.
David's Burial, Tombstone Photo, Obituary
Alice's Burial, Tombstone Photo.

WILLIAM HENRY MENZ

JAMES DAVID MERRILL
James lived in Emmons County in 1890 and Sioux County in 1900 and 1910. Biography

DAVID JAMES MOLASH
David was born to James and Johanna (Jane) Molash in Chamberlain, Brule County, South Dakota on 25 September 1893. His siblings included, at least, George (1897), Paul (1898), Isadore (1900), Ellen (1903), Florence (1905), Joseph (1907), Francis (1910), and James (1915).
He was a Code Talker in World War I. From the Roster of the Men and Women Who Served in the Army or Naval Service: "MOLASH, DAVID J. Army number 2,787,125; registrant, Sioux county; born, Chamberlain, S. Dak., Sept. 25, 1893, of American-Bohemian parents; occupation, farmer; inducted at Fort Yates on May 25, 1918; sent to Camp Lewis, Wash.; served in Company D, 348th Machine Gun Battalion, to discharge. Grade: Private 1st Class, March 3, 1919; overseas from July 6, 1918, to April 2, 1919. Engagements: Offensives: Meuse-Argonne; Ypres-Lys. Defensive Sector: Aubreville (Lorraine). Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on April 22, 1919, as a Private 1st Class."
David married Florence Hannah (Hattie) Webb. He died on 3 September 1971 in Wisconsin. Burial.

GEORGE GILBERT MOLASH
George was born to James and Johanna (Jane) Molash in Kennebec, Lyman County, South Dakota on 18 March 1897. His siblings included, at least, David (1893), Paul (1898), Isadore (1900), Ellen (1903), Florence (1905), Joseph (1907), Francis (1910), and James (1915).
He was a Code Talker in World War I. From the Roster of the Men and Women Who Served in the Army or Naval Service: "MOLASH, GEORGE. Army number 4,039,946; registrant, Sioux county; born, Kennebec, S. Dak. March 18, 1897, of American parents; occupation, farmer; inducted at Fort Yates on July 26, 1918; sent to Camp Custer, Mich; served in Company C, 40th Infantry, to discharge. Discharged at Camp Sherman, Ohio, on Jan. 19, 1919, as a Private."
George first married Annie Vermillion (1900) who later married Fred Demery and then Clara Wolfer. Children included, at least, George William (1924), Marie Murial (1926), and Jacqline (1928).
George died on 18 August 1967 in Miles City, Custer County, Montana. Burial.

JOHN MORIARTY
John also used the alias Francis Moore. John was born in Ireland in March 1844 and imigrated with his parents at a young age. He enlisted in Company B, 3rd Regiment, Massachusetts Cavalry during the Civil War. He continued his career in the Army after the Civil War and retired U. S. Army in Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota where he was living in 1900 and 1910. He passed away early 1919 or before as his wife, Margaret (married in 1897), started receiving a widow's pension on 18 July 1919. Margaret was living in Burleigh County in 1920. In 1890 he and Margaret were living at Fort Yates. His place of death and burial are unknown.

BERNARD "BERNEY" JOHN MULHERN

BERNARD "BARNEY" JOHN MULHERN, JR.

GARY FREDERICK MYERS
Gary was born 4 November 1947 in Germany to LaMarr C. and Rosemarie J. Schneider Myers. Their children included Gary, Linda, and Guy. The family lived in Fort Yates at the time of Gary's enlistment into the U. S. Marine Corps.
Gary served in the Vietnam War as a Private First Class until his death at Quang Tri, Vietnam on 13 May 1968. He served in Company D, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Amphibious Force. Gary's Vietnam Virtual Wall Full File Information and Name Rubbing.
He is buried at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery in Mandan Memorial, Photo, Tombstone Picture.