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St. Charles, Iowa, Sept. 6th, 1909.
Hon. J. W. Ellis, Maquoketa, lowa.
My Dear Sir :- I am in receipt of your announcement of the dedication of the monument of Ansel Briggs at Andrew, and the invitation to attend. I am sorry that it will not be my pleasure to be present, but I want to say that I feel an interest in the work that you are accomplishing. I want to congratulate you on the victory you have achieved in securing the removal of the body to Iowa, soil. Wishing you success in your chosen work and hoping that I may have the pleasure of meeting you often,
I am sincerely yours, H. A. MUELLER.
Early, Iowa, Sept. 7, 1909
Hon. J. W. Ellis, Maquoketa, Iowa.
Dear Friend Ellis :- Your kind invitation received some time ago and I have not answered sooner hoping to so arrange matters to be with my few remaining acquaintances in old Jackson County, Sept 22nd. At this writ- ing I fear I will not be able to go. I also have an invitation from Clinton county to meet with friends at about that date, but I fear will have to forego this pleasure also. Hoping the meeting will be a success and re- member me to all the boys, I am Yours truly,
Rep. from Sac County.
WILL DRURY.
U. S. Customs Service, Port of Des Moines, Iowa, Sept 7, 1909 Hon. J. W. Ellis, Secretary.
My dear Sir :- Upon my return from the west I found your invitation to attend, Sept. 22, 1909, the ceremony of unveiling a monument erected in the town of Andrew by the State of Iowa, to honor the memory of Ansel Briggs, first Governor of the State of Iowa. With many thanks to your His- torical Society for the invitation. I should like very much, as a Pioneer, to be present on such an interesting occasion, but on account of ill health, I fear it will be impossible for me to be with you. Thanking you again, I remain, Yours very truly, G. L. GODFREY.
Mashta, Iowa, Sept. 6th, 1909. Hon. J. W. Ellis, Sec Jackson Co. Historical Society, Maquoketa, Iowa.
Dear Sir :- We acknowledge with grateful thanks the invitation to at- tend the exercises of the unveiling and monument dedication by the State of lowa at Andrew, Sept. nd. 1909, in memory of Ansel Briggs, first Gov-
ernor of Iowa .. We take great satisfaction and rejoice with you in that the hopes which have gradually been gaining strength and definiteness, are now to become realities. We sincerely trust that the work in which you have so arduously engaged and in which all have so effectually co-operated, may be a joy to you, and a source of satisfaction and pride to our beloved State, Iowa. Our plans are now to be present the 22nd inst. and at which time we shall nope to clasp hands with many warm friends.
We have the honor to be most sincerely yours,
ALEX D. ROBERTSON,
(Mrs Alex D). Robertson, formerly Nannie M. Briggs, Grand-daughter of Ansel Briggs. )
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Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 3, 1909.
Hon J. W. Ellis.
My dear Sir :- Please accept my thanks for the invitation to attend the dedication of the monument in honor of the first Governor of lowa, Ansel Briggs, on the 22 .d inst. I find that my time is engaged for that date and that I cannot be present. Trusting, however, that you will have an inter- esting meeting, I am Very truly yours,
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G. S. ROBERTSON.
Dubuque, Iowa, Sept. 6, 1909 To Hon. J. W. Ellis Mequoketa, Iowa.
Dear Sir: - Your favor of Aug 2nd inviting my presence on the 22od inst. at Andrew as "Pioneer" on the occasion of the unveiling of a monu- ment erected to honor the memory of our first Governor is gladly accepted and will be pleased to attend on that occasion nothing preventing. My character as Pioneer with which you are pleased to honor me with, dates from Jan. 5th, my birth day in Dubuque in 1837, and I am possibly the old- est native living resident in Dubuque city and county at the present time. Our prosperous city was bit a small village in my childhood days and I have had the pleasure to see and watch its growth to a populous city of at least 50,000 inhabitants and co-incidents have seen and lived under the gov- ernorship of Ausel Briggs, whose memory you propose to honor. Thanking the Jackson Co. Historical Society for thus honoring me, I am
Yours very respectfully, ALEX SIMPLOT.
Omaha. Nebr., Aug. 30, 1909.
To the Honorable Secretary and Officers of the Jackson Co. Historical Society.
My dear Siis :- It is with expressions of warm appreciation and thanks that we write to ackeowedge your invitation to the dedication of the mon- ument Sept. 22ad, 1909, in remembrance of Ansel Briggs. The tender affec- tionate memories that must come upon us at such a time as this, should never lead us to untruthful compliment, aud ludeed the voice that is sil- vered today would be the very first to cry out against posthumous praise of his character. Still we would not be forgiven if we failed to give voice to the esteem in which he was universally held and for his great respect and testimonial from his fellow men of Iowa he would be sincerely conscious. and to accept it would be to lighten the sweet bond that directly connect him to Iowa and her people. How often have we who were intimately associated with him in the last years of his life, seen how solemnly and longingly he was conscious of the possibilities of the formative condition of lowa as a state and his conviction that she should have courage to execute the message written of her on the scroll of prophesy. "That this his adopted state might ever be distinguished for virtue, intelligence and pros- perity." He wanted for his loved Iowa, the summit of a mountain, whose lofty peaks might pierce the clouds so we follow where before us runs the vision of the shining ones. I am making all preparations to be with you on the date aforesaid when I hope to meet many old time friends and no doubt many new ones. Hoping for you all success, I am most
Sincerely yours. MRS. JOHN S. BRIGGS.
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JACKSON COUNTY VETERANS' 21ST ANNUAL REUNION
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Held at Bellevue, Wednesday and Thursday, August 25 and 26, 1909-Unfavorable Weather Condition.
It was the weather man alone that marred the annual event of the Jack- son County Veterans' As ociation, which was held at Bellevue, Iowa, last Wednesday and Thursday. The rain on Wednesday which started in the early morning kept many of the old soldiers at home and as a result the registration was much smaller than in former years, only 67 enrolling. How- ever, the enthusiasm that prevailed at the meetings was not lessened by the adverse weather condition. We reprint from the Sabula Gazette the registration and the following report:
REGISTRATION OF VETERANS.
MAQUOKETA.
Geo. Cooper, A, 15th Io. M. E. Finton, F, 31st lo.
Fred Gurius, I, 2d Mo.
Asa Struble, E, 2d Io.
T. J. Wilson, I, 12th Io.
Harvey Reid, A, 2d Wis
E. M. Weeman, K, 11th Ill. Cav. H. L. Benjamin, E, 46th Ill. Wm. Reed, I, 24th Io.
A. M. Phillips, I, 31st Io. Jos. Brady, F, 7th Io. Cav. Jas. C. Smith, I, 24th Io.
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Jas. M Bell Co. K .. 31st lo. John F. Snyder, K 2d 10. John F. Nicholsen, K, 31st lo. M. M. Bean, A. 45th Ill. Ignatz Klein, F. 12th Ill. Phill Fablinger, F, 96th Ill. I. N. Howard, I, 2d lo.
F. Tompkins, D, 43d Wis. Adam Heckelsmiller, E, 15th Ill. Wm. Snodgrass, F. 31st To. S. C. Sanderson, F, 96th Ill. Jes. M. Fonda, E, 27th lo. Eli Nelson, D, 5th To. Cav. John Grice, F, 12th N. Y.
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SABULA.
W. B. Lovell, A, 8th Io. Cav. Sam Kinder, 7th Wis. Battery.
W. R. Oake, A, 26th Io. J. H. Guenther, A, 9th Io.
Robt McLaughlin, D, 11th Io. John Weber, 92d Ill.
N. C. White, A, 9th Io. H. S. Heberling, Ist Io. Cav.
ANDREW.
R. M. Gibson, M, 2d Io. Cav.
E. B. Wylie K, 31st Inf.
W. F. Hoyt, K, 6th Cav.
Jas. G. Hamilton, A, 9th Io. S. M. Gibson, M, 2d Io. Cav. James Waddell, I, 139th Penn Inf.
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J. H. Kohlenberg, D, 2d io.
Pierce Cahill, F, 10th Wis.
Robt Honess, G, 74th N. Y.
Thos. Bramhold, 1, 24th Io.
Wm. Storm, I, 24th Io.
PRESTON.
Chas. Wager, 'A, 24th Io. C. A. Berninger, C. 5th Wis.
MILES
F. M. Miles, A, 24th.
V. Denick, A, 24th.
EMELINE.
John W. Said, A, 45th Ill. Thos. Houston, A, 26th lo.
DELMAR.
A. H. Brown, A, 9th Io. J. C. Donley, A, 124th Pa.
O. P. Cornish, F, 44th Io.
ELWOOD. Carl Herkleman, G, 2d Cal. Cav.
Wm. Troy, K, 31st Io. C. Gepford, E, 5th Io. Cav.
CANTON.
Levi Strong, A, 26th Io. Michel Walls E, 9th Mo. Cav.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Theo. Kleppien, E2, 26th Io., Charlotte, Iowa. G. E. Fuller, C, 92d Ill., Savanna, Ill.
D. W. Cleveland, A, 21st Io. Inf., Dubuque. James Ramey, K, 31st Io., Clinton. Geo. L. Wright, Lt. Col. 2d Io. Inf., Denver, Colo. John Ostert, K, 31st Io. Inf., Marshalltown. J. C. Carr, Adj. 31st lo. Inf., Morris, 111. James Belk, I, 31st Io. Inf., Otter Creek.
Thirteen sors of Veterans and 27 Patriotic Women registered. One fea- ture that was greatly missed was the Veterans' drum corps which has al- ways been an inspiring feature at previous reunions.
After registration Wednesday morning an excellent dinner was enjoyed at the me's hall and the ladies of Bellevue were highly complimented on
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the excellent rations provided and their careful attendance to the wants of their guests. Owing to the rain the afternoon program was postponed until evening when it was merged with the campfire program. The address of welcome was made by Mayor Kegler and was responded to by Commander Geo. Cooper, in behalf of the veterans. A strong address by Major W. H. Torbert, of Dubuque, was the principal number on the program and Major Torbert held the close attention of the large gathering for a considerable time. His talk had the right ring to it and the soldiers and their friends enjoyed it thoroughly.
Col. Geo. L. Wright, of Denver, Colo., was introduced and gave a very interesting talk. Col. Wright was one of the first Jackson county boys to enlist. His home was on a farm near Maquoketa, but when the war broke out he was attending college at Epworth. In May, 1861, he answered the call to arms and enlisted in the Third Iowa Infantry with a Dubuque com- pany. He served faithfully throughout the war and was mustered out col- onol in command of the Second Infantry. His attendance at the reunion was much appreciated.
Col. Wright was followed by W. R. Oake, of this city, who made some remarks that were well received.
One of the most interesting things on the program was the adjutant's memorial report read by Adjutant Harvey Keid. The Bellevue quartet sang some patriotic airs and the Maquoketa band added to the musical part of the program.
At the business meeting held on Thursday morning the following officers were elected :
Commander-William Reel, Maquoketa.
Senior Vice Commander-W. R. Oake, Sabula.
Junior Vice C.mmander-Pierce Cahill, Lamotte.
Adjutant-Harvey Reid, Maquoketa.
Quartermaster-G. M. Gibson, Andrew.
Commissary-J. G. Hamilton, Andrew.
Color Sergeant-Chas. Berninger, Preston.
Chaplain-John W. Said, Emeline.
PATRIOTIC WOMEN.
President-Mrs. Fred Gurius, Maquoketa.
First Vice President-Mrs Thomas Wilson, Maquoketa.
Second Vice President-Mrs. E. P. Waddell, Andrew.
Sergeant-Mrs. Royal Oake, Sabula.
Treasurer-Mrs. Joe Brady, Maquoketa.
Andrew was selected as the next place of reunion.
An amendment to the constitution was adopted by which it was pro- vided that when the membership of the association shall have become re- duced by death to a number too few to keep up its organization and care for the records and memorials that they shall be deposited with the Board- man Library Institute in the city of Maquoketa.
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Whereas, in the good province of the Great Commander of the universe the Jackson County Veteran Association was permitted to convene in the beautiful city of Bellevue on the 25th and 26th days of August, 1909. Therefore be it unanimouslly resolved by said association in session assembled.
1. That to the good and loyal people of Bellevue, we extend our sincere thanks for their most royal hospitality and entertainment, so freely given at the rink, in which our every want was freely and amply supplied.
2. That the music supplied by the Maquoketa concert band was of the most inspiring value and was highly appreciated by the combined patriotic societies of the county.
3. That we regard the able and eloquent address of Hon. W. H. Tor- bert as very appropriate and that his words have inspired us to future ac- tion for the greater good of the country for which we sacrificed much to save and protect.
4. That to the kindred patriotic organizations and especially to the W. R. C., who assisted us so ably in our duties of the occasion, we tender our sincere and heartfelt thanks.
5. That in our departure to our several homes we take an undying memory of the good wishes and interest extended by one and all in our be- half and will ever look back to this occasion as one of the happiest days of our life.
By order of said association, R. M. GIBSON, WM. REEL, G. L. WRIGHT,
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ADJUTANT'S MEMORIAL REPORT.
Commander and Comrades:
It Is now twenty-one years since the Jackson County Veteran Associa- tion came into being at the place in which we now meet. The life-time of a generation has passed. Sons of Veterans born that year have now attain- ed legal manhood, are qualified to exercise the right of suffrage, and some of them are fathers of grandsons of veterans. Taking a longer look back- ward, it is more than forty-four years since the last of us were mustered out of the military service because the great war had at last closed. During all of those forty-four years, the ranks of the grand army have gradually grown thinner, and today a mere remuant have brought their silvered heads and bowed forms to the scene of that first meeting. We still claim that we are boys as of old, but the gallant boast is made with a quaver in the voice that does not ring out with the shout and roar that erst was heard at Donelson and Vicksburg, at Resaca, McAllister and Spanish Fort, at Spottsylvania and Cedar Creek. Some of those yoices became still in the year that is just closed, and it becomes my un welcome duty to recall them to you.
1. That first meeting held at Bellevue, September 19th and 20th, 185%. came from an action taken by the Fifth lowa Infantry to hold a reunion there at that date. Iuka Post. G. A. R., appointed a committee to invite
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the Grand Army Posts and all old soldiers of the county to meet with the Fifth Iowa, and to organize a Jackson County Veteran Association to meet annually at some city or town in the county. That committee, Micheal Altfilisch, R. E. Coulehan, Anton Weinschenk, George Young and M. V. Smith, met favorable responses to the invitation, called the meeting and the result has been one of the liveliest, best sustained, veteran associ- ations in the state.
Comrade GEORGE YOUNG, thus early associated with the organiza- tion of our association beca ne one o' its most active, earnest and valuable members. I think that he never missed a meeting and he was ever ready to put his shoulder to the wheel and assist in all of its efforts and aims. At the reunion in Preston in 1902 he was elected commander and presided with great efficiency when the reunion was held in his own town in 1903. At Miles in 1906 he was elected junior vice-commander, and filled that office when the reunion of 1907 was held in connection with the home-com- ing at Maquoketa. And last year at Preston, he was elected quartermaster and anticipated with eager zest giving his efficient energy and skill to aid in making this present meeting in his home town a success. But alas, the mysterious dispensation of Providence decreed otherwise. He retired to rest after a day of ordinary activity and cheerfulness, but at four o'clock in the morning of March thirtieth, 1909, a sudden attack of heart failure seized him and he woke no more on earth.
Comrade Young was born in Hesse, Darmstadt, Germany in 1838; came to America in 1856 and settled first in Galena, but two years later came to Bellevue. In 1860 he went to Corinth, Mississippi, but came back before hostilities broke out, and on June 24, 1861, enlisted at Bellevue in the ranks of the first company raised in Jackson county, Company I, of the Fifth Infantry. On July second, 1863, he was promoted to chief musician of the regiment, and was mustered out at the expiration of his term of ser- vice, July 30th 1864 at Chattanooga, Tenn. He remained in the south after discharge and entered the service of the government as a carpenter until the close of the war. Then he accepted the same employment with the Memphis & Charleston railroad until 1868, when he returned to Bellevue. In 1874, he engaged in the hardware merchandising business, which he con- ducted successfully until his death.
He was always a public spirited citizen, entering heartily into every- thing that tended to promote the best interests of his city. He held several offices of trust, and had been for several years a member of the County Soldiers' Relief Commission. He was prominent in the affairs of the Ma- sonic lodge, and in the German Order of Harugari, and united heartily with his comrades in maintaining Iuka Post of the Grand Army of the Re- public. In the ranks of the Jackson County Veteran's Association his ab- sence will be sadly deplored.
2. LEMUEL MANLEY was a mulatto, free born among the Quakers of Pennsylvania, about 1822, but taken in early life to North Carolina. At the age of thirteen, his mother, who had purchased her freedom, took the
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family to Ohio. For some years he was employed on steamboats on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, but some time before the Civil war settled near Waukesha, Wisconsin. He enlisted there in the 37th Wisconsin, one of the new regiments organized in 1864. The regiment was sent to the Army of the Potomac, and took part in the latter part of Grant's cam- paign, including the siege of Petersburg, and the foot race to Appomattox. I was interested in Mr. Manley's army service because James Bintliff, his colonel, had been for more than a year a captain in my own regiment, and I knew him well.
Comrade Manley came to Maquoketa in 1828 from Clinton, but had also lived for a time at Fayette, lowa. He was a quiet, industrious conscien- tious man, respected by the whole community. He was often urged to join with the old soldiers in the Post, and in Memorial day services, but he seemed to feel that it would be presumption in a man of his color, and we had to be content with kindly recognition in other ways. He was admitted to the Soldiers' Home at Marshalltown about three years ago and died there August 28, 1908. His remains were sent to Maquoketa, where they were laid to rest beside his wife and daughter in Mount Hope cemetery, with full military honors by A. W. Drips Post, G. A. R. He was a man who bore his years lightly-few would have suspected that he had attained the great age of 86 years.
3. Among those who generally attended our reunions in the earlier years of the existence of the association, was ALLISON YOUNG, who then lived at Preston. He partook of the benefits of the Soldiers' Home at Marshall- town several years ago and died there October 5, 1908. He was born in Mer- cer county, Pennsylvania in 1827 but I am not informed in regard to his history before he came to Preston, except that his army service was in Company C, 45th Illinois Infantry, nor do I know just when he came to Preston. He was one who took great pride in his army record and enjoyed social intercourse with his comrades.
4. Another Bellevue comrade whose genial presence has been welcomed at nearly all of our reunions, but to whom the last good-bye has been said, is PATRICK HANNON, who died at his home in Bellevue. October 12, 1908. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, June 3, 1838, and came to America with his parents when he was five years old. Their home was at Cincinnati for a time, then DeWitt and Maquoketa. His enlistment in Company II. 12th Iowa Infantry is recorded as from Maquoketa, but his home was n Bellevue since his discharge, at the close of the war.
5. The state of Iowa was so young at the time of the Civil war, that instances are very rare of natives of the state enlisting in its regiments es- pecially as early as 1861. And when the soldier was twenty-four years old at enlistment as was Comrade JOUIN S. BILLUPS when he joined Com- pany A, of the old Ninth Infantry, August 6 1861, It means that he came into the world in Jackson county almost coincident with its first settlement. Comrade Billups was born in Bellevue the oldest settlement in the county,
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on September 14, 1857. He was left an orphan at six years of age, lived with friends at Cottonville eight years, and then ran on the Mississippi as cabin boy and steward on steamboats until 1858. when he removed to Ma- quoketa and took a position in the Wright Woolen Mills. He enlisted there in Captain A. W. Drips' company, re-enlisted as a veteran and served - four years in all, in the army.
After his return to Maquoketa he engaged in the grocery business as clerk, being in our store, that of D H. Anderson, for sixteen years. In 1898, he engaged in business for himself. He was a long and patient sufferer with Bright's disease, and passed away at midnight of February 9, 1909. He was of a quiet and unostentatious nature, but highly respected by all. He was an active member of the Union Veterans' Union of Maquoketa and often registered at our county reunions.
6. JOHN R. ROE, who died at his home in Maquoketa, March 14, 1909, came to that city about 1893 from his farm near Green Island. He was born in New Jersey in 1828 married in Danville, New York, in 1850, and came to Iowa a few years later. Ile enlisted at Jacksonville, Chicka- saw Co., in Company C, 38th Iowa, August 20 1862 and was discharged at the expiration of his term of se vice July, 1865.
Comrade Roe was a member of the Congregational church in Maquoketa and was highly respected for his probity and good works. He was a mem. ber of A. W. Drips Post, G. A. R , under whose auspices his remains were interred in Mt. Hope cemetery. We often met him in attendance at our county reunions.
FRITZ VOLLBEHR, another aged conrade who was thirty-three years old when he enlis'ed at Divenport in Company B. of the Tenth lowa In- fantry, September 22, 1864, died at his farm home about three miles from Sabula March 27. 1909, after only three days' illness. Comrade Vollbehr was a German, born in Kiel, Schleswig Holstein, in 1827. He served in the German army in his youth and became engaged in the Schleswig Holstein war of 1848. He came to America in 1854 making settlement at once at Sabula, and thus became for nearly fifty five years a resident of that lo- cility. He enjoyed through life a reputation for honesty and uprightness rarely equalled. Chauncey Lawrence Post, G. A. R., conducted the funeral obsequies and six members of A. W. Day Camp, S. of V. officiated as pall bearers.
8. The name of JOSEPHI W. SA VITZ, Company .F, 129th Pennsylvania Infantry appears upon the register of the first meeting of this association in 1888, a, a resident of Bellevue, and it is missing from very few of these held since. In 1895, he served the association at its eighth annual reunion at Bellevue as Officer of the Day. For the last few years he has lived at Preston and Maquioksta, and suffered gradually failing health. He had ar- rang. d to go to the Soldiers' Home, but became so weak that he was tak. e to the city hospital at Maquoketa and died there May 2nd. 1909. His remains were taken to Bellevue for interment in the family lot.
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9. WILLIAM SIMPSON was one of the young men of our ranks, born in Pike county, Pennsylvania in 1846, and came to Sabula with his parents in 1855. They located on a farm three miles from that town, and from there William, a boy of seventeen, enlisted in Company G, 142nd Illinois Infantry on May 15, 1864. He was discharged at Chicago, October 26, 1864.
He pursued the vocation of a farmer until two years ago, when weak- ened by a stroke of paralysis, he removed to Sabula. The malady proved fatal, and on the fifth of April, 1909, he was borne to his last resting place by loving hands of his comrades of the Grand Army Post and breth- ren of the Knights of Pythias lodge.
10. ARCHIBALD T. LAMBERTSON, of Company K, 31st lowa Infantrs, registered last year from Clinton, but he was an old Jackson county boy son of pioneers who came to Bellevue in 1843. He was born in Dearborn county in 1825, lived near Bellevue till 1876 when he removed to Clinton. He died at the home of his daughter in Palisade, Nebr., June 15, 1909, in his 84th year, and the remains were brought back to Clinton for interment.
11. A report of the mortality among Jackson county soldiers would not be complete without mention of EDGAR A. TOLMAN, who enlisted in Drips' Company A, 9th Infantry, with the Sabula squad, and the boys all say that he was a good soldier. Ile removed to western Iowa a good many years ago. I regret that further details of his death are not availa- ble
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