Wilkerson, a young farmer in Hamburg, Iowa, was drafted into the 13th Iowa Infantry, Company C; he left behind his pregnant wife Sarahett to run the farm. He traveled by his estimate more than 5,000 miles to seven states and the District of Columbia…
Robert Birkby was the husband of KMA radio homemaker Evelyn Birkby. Looking out window to the right are Larry and Luanne Barnard, Dulcie Jean Birkby, and Bob Birkby.