Dewitt Smith Jobe, a member of Coleman's Scouts, CSA, was captured in a cornfield about 1½ mi. west on Aug. 29, 1864, by a patrol from the 115th Ohio Cavalry. After swallowing his dispatches, he was mutilated and tortured in an effort to force him to reveal their contents. He refused and was dragged to death behind a galloping horse. He is buried in the family cemetery 6 mi. northeast.