The War of 1861–1865 took the lives of unreturned soldiers from Forkston Township, including Porter Somers, Syrel A. Adams, Bennett Kasson, Chas. Harris, Geo. and Marvin Robinson, C.W. and John Hitchcock, Lewis Dawson, Warren Harding, Wm. and Alfred Palmer, John Wallace, Geo. Rosengrant, Wm. Mooney, Allen Lott, Fred Bronson, and Chas. Hunsinger.