Richard
Scarrem was born in 1759 in New Jersey. He died
in 1856 and was buried in the Old Cemetery near
Eddyville, Wapello County, Iowa. In 1941,
his remains were moved to the Memorial Plot at
the Highland Cemetery in Eddyville in Mahaska
County, Iowa. Patriotic groups, including
the Oskaloosa Chapter DAR, gathered that
Memorial Day to dedicate to his honor a bronze
tablet imbedded in a seven ton boulder.
His
marker says: “Fought in the American
Revolution with Vermont Volunteers who
defeated Burgoyne at Saratoga and in other
battles of the War dedicated to memory of
this service to his country.”
Richard
Scarrem