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the latter being alone in the management since Feb- ruary 26, 1874. Later that year John and Emma Leonard, employes of the office since its beginning, left for Texas. On January 7, 1875, Mr. Wigton sold his half interest to Dague, but on October 14, 1875, the pioneer editor resumed sole ownership, when W. F. J. Comly was appointed associate editor.
During the year 1875 the county seat war was confined for a time to the pages of this Journal and the Gazette.
The destruction of the Gazette office and contents occurred July 29, 1889. Insurance on building and stock, although heavy, did not cover the total loss. Owing to the efficiency of the fire department the Oliver building was saved, although at one time in possession of the fire fiend.
The Central Nebraskan was issued February 8, 1878, by A. D. Williams and M. J. Abbott. In their salutatory they speak of the success which at- tended the Kenesaw Times during its existence for the eighteen months prior to February 8, 1878, when the Nebraskan succeeded it. The publishers further state: "The Times was a sort of by-play with us. We expect to give more time and energy to the Ne-
braskan. * It will be Republican in pol- itics. * We desire both specie payment and the remonetizing of silver; not because we deem either gold or silver a desirable currency, but for the purpose of making the greenback equal to the gold dollar or any other." Some days after Abbott called on Mr. Clarke at the bank for pro- ceeds of note left for collection, and was handed seventy-five silver dollars. He scratched his head a little, but without further comment took away the load of metal. In March, 1878, A. D. Williams' name appears as sole owner, and on November 8, I. D. Evans became associated with him. With No. 1 of Volume II of the Central Nebraskan, Feb- ruary 4, 1879, was ushered in the era of semi-weekly journals here.
No. 1, Vol. I, Daily Nebraskan, was issued May 3, 1880, by A. D. Williams, who in his salutatory says: " Well! here we are-the Hastings Daily Nebraskan-and with associated press dispatches several hours ahead of any other source. Arrange- ments have been made by which we shall, in any
event, run the Daily during the presidential cam- paign. It is for the citizens, and especially the bus- iness men of Hastings, to say whether it shall con- tinue as a permanent institution of the city. This arrangement will do away with the semi-weekly edition, and the weekly will assume its old quarto or double form."
The salutatory of A. T. Bratton, as publisher of the Nebraskan (weekly), appeared June 21, 1883. In this he says: " Politically we have always lent allegiance to the Republican party. *
* * Our doctrine is 'live and let live.' There are substantial rights which labor is demanding, and which, when properly formulated and understood, must and will be recognized, simply because they are founded in eternal justice." In this issue the verdict of guilty, returned by the jury in the trial of William B. Thorne, for embezzling $22,000, is given. In the local columns is a report of the first annual literary entertainment by the students of Hastings' College, and a programme of the Fourth of July festivities at Ayr.
The Adams County Democrat was issued July 10, 1880, by Richard Thompson, who in his salu- tatory says: " The question of establishing a Demo- cratic newspaper in Adams County is a question that has been agitated for some time. The enterprise in all its bearings has been thoroughly discussed. The question as to whether there was a demand for such a paper, and whether it would pay, were the princi- pal points. These having been settled the Demo- crat makes its appearance as a Democratic journal. Its mission is not to pull down and destroy, but to build up-to represent the real interests of the party and this great country." The Wahlquist Brothers (R. B. and G. L.) are the present owners of this journal. Mr. Le Doiyt, for many years connected with the press, and one of the old settlers of Hast- ings, is a member of the staff of the Democrat.
The Nebraska Volksfreund dates back to 1883. On April 13, 1886, the office was purchased by William Breed, who settled at Hastings in 1874, and in November, 1889, by P. N. Carson, who issued No. 26 of Vol. VII, December 19, 1889. At the close of January, 1890, this journal suspended publica- tion.
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The Ilastings College Review for December, 1883, was edited by F. R. Dungan, assisted by Prof. G. E. White, J. H. H. Hewitt, A. D. Raney, Alice Yocum, O. A. Farnham, T. J. MeCully and G. A. Birdsall. Miss Ada F. Nowlan contributed a paper on Beethoven.
The Vidette is the college journal of the students. It was first issued in 1885.
The Hastings Independent was issued July 3, 1886, by Frank Taggart, manager, and Isaac Le Doiyt, editor. In the salutatory the editor says: "The Independent comes before you as an inde- pendent family newspaper. Politically we shall hold that measures are above men, and shall support such men only as we think will best subserve the com- mon good. On March 12, 1887, the office was pur- chased by A. L. Wigton and A. H. Brown, and this journal entered the Republican ranks.
The Nebraska Newspaper Union was established at Hastings in March, 1888, with the view of sup- plying to the local press ready printed matter or whole editions of weekly newspapers. Beyond the organization little was accomplished, although the field is here and Hastings has railroad communica- tion with it in all its parts.
The Hastings Republican was issued January 12, 1889, by C. L. and F. A. Watkins. In their salu- tatory they outline their politics in the following paragraph: "The Hastings Republican as a name mirrors a true image of the political features of this journal. The Republican expects to have the cour- age of its convictions. When an opinion is urged by the stress of demand it will be given without fear or favor, but given with due defference to the honest judgment and motives of its readers." This modest little paragraph was well received and the Republican won its way into favor. The issue aver- ages about 1,200 weekly. The whole paper is printed at Hastings.
Hastings Tribune, No. 1, Vol. I., was issued November 16, 1889, by R. Thompson, who estab- lished the Democrat in 1880, and Allen P. Brown, of Clay County. Within a month the Tribune established itself as a journal full of news, and one capable of drawing a very fine line between the sacred and profane. The Christmas of 1889 ap-
peurs to have made a favorable impression on Brother Dick. for, on December 27, he makes on his editorial page, the following modest proposition: " The Tribune office is greatly in need of a popular book, written by several well-known authors. The work is one of mutual interest and has been read, more or less, by thousands of people. It is famil- iarly known as the Bible, or word of God. We were, at one time, the owner of this valuable work, but it was pilfered by some unknown wretch. To any one who will kindly furnish us with a volume of this valuable work we will send them a copy of this great moral and family newspaper. This prop- osition will be open until January first ouly. An illustrated edition preferred !"
The Daily Press was issued November 24, 1889, by the Press Publishing Company-J. W. Kinsella, president and manager; W. B. Palmer, secretary and treasurer, and Walt Mason, editor.
The Press was a most aggressive morning jour- nal and made enemies daily. The old Nebraskan was even driven to oppose it determinedly; so that, notwithstanding its newsy character, it had to col- lapse, the last copy being issued December 12, 1889.
The Trade Book, a periodical devoted to the in- terests of real estate agents and property owners, is issued by F. E. Garratt in January, April, July and October each year, No. 29 being issued in October.
In January, 1890, a report was current that a new weekly journal was to be established in the interest of the Union Labor movement.
The Adams County Gazette made its appearance at Juniata, in January, 1872, by C. C. and R. D. Babcock. In 1876 the office was removed to Hast- ings. In November, 1880, Charles Kelley and J. W. Short purchased the office, and they, in Decem- ber of that year, sold to W. L. Wigton & Brother, who consolidated it with the Journal under the name Gazette-Journal. During its career of four years at Juniata it espoused the claims of that town against all opposition, but deserted when the enemy attacked in force, and moved into their headquarters.
R. D. Babcock, born in Monroe County, Mich., in 1846, served from 1863 to 1865 with the Eleventh Michigan Cavalry and Sixth United States Colored Cavalry, and, in 1871. settled in Juniata precinct,
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where he entered a quarter-section. In December he was elected county clerk, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in July, 1876. In January, 1872, he and C. C. Babcock established the Adams County Gazette, which they continued to publish at Juniata until the fall of 1876, when the office was moved to Hastings. On Mr. Babcock's removal to Hastings he resumed the practice of law, making land laws a specialty.
The Juniata Herald was issued October 25, 1876, by the Citizens Company, with A. H. Brown, editor. The office was sold to G. S. Guild, Septem- ber 15, 1877. William Knickerbocker purchased the office July 23, 1880. He was followed by J. W. Liveringhouse and F. W. Francis. On the latter's death in March, 1884, I. H. Rickel, the present publisher, purchased the paper.
The Ayr Times was established January 14, 1882, by C. L., G. M., and F. A. Watkins.
A. H. Brown, who in 1868 established the People's Journal at Vinton, Iowa, settled in Juniata precinct, August 16, 1872, where he resided on his 160-acre homestead for a year, when he was elected county superintendent of schools. From 1873 to
1876 he was editor of the Gazette, and when the Herald was established by the citizens, in the fall of 1876, he was appointed editor.
The Kenesaw Times was founded June 8, 1876, by A. D. Williams, and continued publication there until 1878, when it was merged into the Central Ne- braskan of Hastings. It appears, however, that a second paper of the same name was established in 1883.
The Holstein Record was issued April 13, 1889, by the Holstein Publishing Company. This journal is devoted to the interests of the village and neigh- borhood and is considered a good advertising medium for the locality.
The Holstein Nonpareil is the name of a little paper started in January, 1890, at the place named. W. T. Carson is the manager.
The third newspaper office ever built in Adams County, the Central Nebraskan, in 1877-78, on Third Street, was torn down in May, 1885, to make way for the new block at the corner of that street and Lincoln Avenue. The first printing office was erected for the Juniata Gazette in 1872, and the third for the Hast- tings Journal in 1873.
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CHAPTER XV.
MILITARY HISTORY-SURVIVORS OF THE CIVIL WAR-ROSTER OF SOLDIERS-STRICKLAND POST-JUNIATA POST- HANSEN POST-KENESAW POST-COMPANY F-ASSOCIATIONS AND SOCIETIES-REUNIONS, ETC.
The mighty rivals, whose destructive rage Did the whole world in civil arms engage, Are now agreed .- Roscommon.
HILE the Rebellion oeeu- pied the attention of a number of the present citizens of Adams Coun- ty, none of its native white residents have been engaged in warfare. Dur- ing the terrible years of civil strife only two settlers were within its boundaries and the date of their location was then recent. Again, the tide of Civil War ebbed and flowed far away from this prairie land, so it may be truly said of Adams County that it was outside the war belt, for the reason that there was nothing here to antagonize. The Sioux in their attack on the California Trail carried their war to the very lines of the county, south and east, destroying the property of the settlers, kill- ing some and carrying others to a captivity far worse than death. A few years more and the county is filled with veterans of the greatest war known in history. Round the summer camps of the pioneers, stories of Gettysburg, South Mountain, Shiloh, the march to the sea, Wilderness, Pea Ridge, Vieksburg and a hundred other well-fought fields are told; but there is no war. The soldiers have laid aside the rifle and sword and taken up the plow-share. They are the harbingers of peace-the pioneers of progress. The story of the war has been told in
thousands of volumes and in tens of thousands of written reminiseences. The results of that war are accepted forever. Here may be given the names of participants in the struggle for preserving the Union, only sofar as local records permit. It is a list of sol- diers associated together in the ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic. A few decades and suel names will be searched for in vain, like those of the Revolution and other wars marking the first century of the Republic.
The question of organizing a post of the G. A. R. was considered at a soldiers' meeting held at Mil- lett's Hall, April 18, 1878. C. H. Paul presided, with E. Steinau, secretary; a committee, comprising J. N. Lyman, F. S. Wells and the officers named, was appointed to obtain a charter. The charter was duly granted, and on May 13, 1878, Strickland Post No. 19 was organized with T. D. Scofield, com- mander; C. H. Paul, S. V. C .; W. H. Brown, J. V. C .; J. N. Lyman, Q. M .; A. H. Sowers, surgeon: F. S. Wells, chaplain; L. C. Palmer, adjutant; John D. Crane, S. M .; E. Steinan, Q. M. S.
Post No. 13, G. A. R, met October 5, 1880, for re-organization. A. C. Yoeum was elected P. C .; A. H. Bowen, S. V. C .; James Walling, J. V. C .; A. II. Sowers, surgeon; W. H. Stoek, Q. M .; L. B. Palmer, adjutant; George F. Work, chaplain; A. Poole, O. G .; W. W. Dungan, O. D .; R. R. Mor- ledge, Q. M. S .; A. S. Hill. S. M., and A. L. Wig- ton, A. A. M. O., and four unofficial members.
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The roster of the post is as follows, the eighteen first named being charter members:
S. Alexander, 1st Neb. Inf. James T. Farrer, 10th Ia. A. L. Wigton, 88th O. Inf. Inf. W. W. Dungan, 5th Ia. Inf. Isaac A. Hall, 101st N. Y. Geo. F. Work, 5th Ia. Inf. Inf. Henry Jewett, 47th Ill. Inf. H. E. Honghtaling, 10th Wis. Inf. F. M. Abbott, 84th Ill. Inf. A. D. Yocum, 17th O. Inf. Geo. Miller, 15th U. S. Inf.
J. D. Crane, 5th N. Y. Art. James Ross, 2d Ia. Inf. L.B. Palmer, 62d Ill. Inf. A. F. Benjamin, 157th N. Y. Inf.
W. S. Martin, 83d O. Inf. Alex. Rogers, 54th Ill. Inf. A. H. Sowers, 14th O. Inf. David Koch, 23d Mo. Inf. J. N. Lyman.
J. F. Heiler, 26th 111. Inf. J. F. Ross, U. S. Navy. F. S. Wells, U. S. Navy.
T. D. Scofield, 27th M. S. S. J. W. Coulter, 33d Ill. Inf. C. L. Stone, Chicago M. Bat. W. H. Scott, 60th O. Inf. H. Shedd, 117th N. Y. Inf. A. Poole, 11th Wis. Vol. James Walling, 149th N. Y. Inf. W. A. Smith, 16th Ky. Inf. S. B. Whitman, 2d U. S. S. J. D. Van Houten, 5th Ill. Cav.
J. Wooster, 36th O. Inf. H. B. Tanner, 17th Mo. Inf. Henry Williams, 78th N. Y. J. R. Sims, 203d Pa. Inf. Inf.
H.A. Forcht, Merrill's Horse. Peter Zobel, 32d Ind. Inf.
J. E. Hutchinson, 4th Ia. John R. Winter, 186th O. Batt. Inf.
W. H. Stock, 17th Ill. Cav. R. R. Morledge, 4th Ia. Inf.
A. H. Bowen, 4th Mich. Inf. J. P. Sackrison, 40th Ill. Inf.
A. S. Hill, 3d Wis. Inf. Carl Clark, 83d Ill. Inf.
E. H. Bartlett, 1st Ia. Cav. J. T. Ross, 14th Ind. Inf. W. H. H. Coulter, 8th Mo. Inf.
J. Stebbler.
N. C. Barlow, 95th Ill. Inf. A. G. Williss, 2d Ia. Cav. C. L. Kinkaid, 1st Ia. Cav. J. R. Hursh, 195th Pa. Inf. B. F. Noll, 20th Ill. Inf. Peter Newcomb, 129th Ind. Inf. S. Rhinhardt, 2d Mich. Inf. H. B. McGaw, 97th O. Inf. A. J. Millet, 12th Ia. Inf. Anson Forhes, 1st Mich. Eng. Wm. Callahan, 28th Pa. Inf. John M. Boyd, 61st Pa. Inf. F. M. Alexander, 26th Ind. Chas. H. Paul. Inf.
F. M. Clark, 8th O. Inf.
W. C. Beal, 9th Mich. Inf. J. A. Snyder, 7th Wis. Inf. S. H. Henderson, 24th la. Inf.
C. B. Sperry, 4th Wis. Art. J. L. Cline, 5th Pa. H. A. Robt. B. Williams. Jos. S. Land, 16th Mich. Inf. Frank Dalbry, 2d O. Inf. J. P. Hoagland, 132d Pa. Inf. J. T. Briggs, 77th Ill. Inf. R. D. Babcock, 11th Mich. Stephen Mason, 104th Ill. Cav.
Inf. W. H Griffith, 1st Mich. John G. Burgeroff, 49th Ill. Inf. Inf. Edward Orton, 7th Ill. Inf. Wm. C. Hodges, 41st O. Inf.
L. S. Gould, 73d Ill. Inf.
W. II. Colton, 45th Ill. Inf.
I. W. Cramer, 30th Wis. Inf. U. K. Brown, 53d Pa. Inf. Hart Livingstone, 99th Ind. H. M.Carpenter, 15th Mass. Inf. Inf.
Joseph A. Palmer, 54th Mass. Inf.
Inf. Geo. M. Rogers, 18th Wis. West Montgomery, Ist Neh. Inf.
Fred Rinker, 64th Ill. Inf.
J. O. Beehe, 1st R. I. L. A. F. S. Browning, 1st Ill. Art. H. S. Rogers, 14th Ia. Inf. L. H. Tate, 8th Mass. Art. Jonathan Carter, 17th Mich. Inf.
J. J. Buchanan, 3d Mo. Cav. J. B. McCleary, 1st Col. Cav. John Stabler.
Sames K. Sample. W. C. Ridley, 118th O. Inf. Nicholas Corbin, 7th Mo. Isaac.E. Dorsey, 30th O. Inf. Cav.
N. A. Nash, 42d Wis. Inf.
G. A. Whitman, 72d Ill. Inf. S. H. Snively, 1st Pa. Cav. A. C. Moore, 5th Ia. Inf.
P. Allender, 58th Ill. Inf.
C. M. Millett, 65th N. Y. J. H. Knight, 3d Ind Cav. Inf.
G. W. Dade, 19th Mass. Inf. Seth Lewis, 6th N. Y. H.D. C. H. Hurd, 2d Pa. Inf.
Joseph Marion, 46th Ill. Inf. Henry Van Fleet, 27th Mich. N. R. Burton.
Inf.
James Corliss, 42d Mo. Inf. F. L. Stock, 142d Ill. Inf.
C. B. Nelson, 1st N. Y. Eng. B. F. Ranall, 8th Minn. Inf. Geo. V. Cope, 10th Mich. G. S. Morgan, 2d Ky. Cav. Inf.
Geo. N. Waller, 61st Ill. Inf. James E. Bence, 67th O. Inf. Alfred Burge, 42d Ill. Inf.
D. M. Leland, 24th Ia. Inf. T. F. Pearl, 21st N. Y. Cav. George P. Alford, 27th O. Geo. Stratton, 3d N. Y. Inf. Inf. Josiah Lee, 40th Ia. Inf. Myron Van Fleet, 30th Mich. Jacob B. Boyer, 84th Ill. Inf. Inf.
Frank Kearney, 106th N. Y. Inf.
F. M. Hickok, 11th Ia. Inf. Thomas F. Coy, 26th Ky. Inf. James Gibson, Art. Wm. Hoiloks, 20th Wis. Inf. Jesse Doty, 54th O. Inf. Edwin Burroughs, 42d Ill. Calvin Sowers, 6th O. Inf. Inf.
Frank Hartman, 1st Ill Art. Chas. Nute, 2d D. C. Inf.
W. H. Chadwick, 20th Mich. Eng.
Fred Stoelting, 20th Wis. C. B. Kemple, 86th Ill. Inf. Inf.
C. W. DeRocher, 3d Me. Inf. W. S. Reeser, 151st O. Inf. O. B. Hewett, 2d Neb. Cav. J. J. Bassett, 160th N. Y. W. C. Beale, 9th N. Y. Inf. Inf.
G. W. Spay, 38th Ill. Inf. Geo. R. Wolf, 175th O. Inf. W. H. Akenum, 186th N. Y. L. C. Shields, 2d Kan. Inf. H. E. W. Deremus, 2d Col. Cav.
L. U. Albershardt, 72d O. J. W. Forbs, 142d Ill. In.f Inf.
James Milman,5th Wis. Inf. John Weytman, 13th Kan. James T. Johnson, 17th Ill. Inf.
Inf.
T. J. Dowd, 3d Wis. Inf.
James T. Renther, 8th Ill.
D. S. Wilkinson, 7th Wis. Inf. Inf. Inf.
G. E. Douglass, 157th N. Y. Oliver Wright, 106th N. Y. Inf.
A list of soldiers buried in Hastings Cemetery, given in the record of this post, is as follows: G. W. Howe, Col. Burke, Otto Arnoux, - Keating, Levi W. Miller,-
Byron S. Morrell, 64th N. Y. Inf.
C. J. Delnitt, 35th Ill. Inf. M. H. Batty, 3d N. Y. H.A. M. W. Peters, 1st Wis. Inf.
Wm. H. Reed, 30th Ill. Inf. A. M. Eager, 124th N. Y. Inf.
A. H. Brown, 13th Ia. Inf. Wm. Worline.
James Steffins, 15th Ill.Inf. Lewis D. Reynolds. Henry P. Klinger, 47th Ill. Inf.
Griffin Yeatman, 1st Del. Inf. Richard Conquest, 1st Col. Cav.
J. O. Garmon, 19th Mich. Inf.
A. A. Adams, 22d V. R. C. Milton C. Ross, 3d Ia. Inf. S. C. Dilley, U. S. Art.
W. H. Marshall, 140th Ill. Inf.
Samuel Long, 20th Wis. Inf.
Alfred Martinis, 202d Pa. Inf.
Wm. 'Monroe, 13th Wis.Inf. W. R. Saine, 17th O. Inf. D. H. Holmes, Merrill's Horse H. Bromley, 92d N. Y. Inf. H. G. Wetherill, 96th N. Y. Inf.
H. G. Nights, 36th Ia. Inf. D. B. Wirt, 46th Ind. Inf. Geo. H. Hurd, 37th Ill. Inf.
H. G. Mills, 102d Ill. Inf.
A. Benedict, 65th Ill. Inf. James Meadows, 51st Mo. Inf.
Albert S. Pierce, 17th V. R. C.
John D. Hayes, Berdine's S. S.
J. Hodges, 14th O. Inf. F. C. Mastin, 153d Ill. Inf.
Charles Dominic, 20th Pa. Cav.
Wm. Croft, 6th Mich Inf. Nick Zinner, 36th Ill. Inf. John Yeager, 12th Ill. Inf. H. L. Grisell, 75th Ind. Inf. J. H. Darnell, 48th Ill. Inf.
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Riggs, -Alexander, Stephen Carson, C. M. Millet, N. A. Nash, J. W. Hansel. James MeCleary, James Riley, J. II. Scott, Aug. Poole, Capt. Wicks, George Brennan, - Palmer, - Cope, - Pearson, Joseph Iowe and Willis Campbell.
In January, 1888, James Gibson was adjutant and W. R. Burton, commander. In December of that year H. G. Knight was elected commander; II. M. Carpenter, S. V. C .; Frank Kearney, J. V. C .; Jacob Wooster, Q. M .; I. W. Cramer, O. of D .; Byron S. Morrell, surgeon; W. S. Beale, I. G .; S. H. Snively, O. G .; T. F. Pearl and J. R. Hursh, delegates, with J. L. Kline and J. E. Bruce, alter- nates; John Winters, O. of G. Byron S. Morrell was subsequently appointed adjutant, and Dr. Pierce appointed surgeon to fill vacancy; J. R. Wright, chaplain; George Stratton, S. M .; J. M. Boyd, Q. M. S., and W. C. Beale, sentinel,
The following officers were elected in December, 1889: A. H. Brown, B. S. Morrell, G. M. Rogers, W. R. Burton, D. M. Leland, F. M. Alexander, Mr. Snively, J. M. Boyd, Mr. Beal, John Winter, T. F. Pearl and J. R. Hursh, delegates, and A. C. Moore and I. W. Cramer, alternates. George Stratton was appointed adjutant.
Strickland Post elected A. Poole, captain; I. W. Cramer, first and J. Hursh, second lieutenant of the drill company of twenty-four, who proposed to com- pete for the prize tent offered by the department.
Juniata Post of the G. A. R. was instituted Oc- tober 24, 1881, under the title of Geary Post No. 82, with B. F. Smith, commander; S. L. Salsbury, S. V. C .; A. H. Brown, J. V. C .; J. W. Livering- house, adjutant; G. T. Brown, Q. M .; O. Steever, surgeon; W. Spade, chaplain; A. V. Cole, O. of D .; H. H. Ballou, O. of G .; G. S. Guild, S. M., and M. Van Buskirk, Q. M. S. Philip Hoover, R. I. Nolan, S. J. Shirley, S. L. Brass, G. Avery, F. M. Thompson, B. W. Hammond, G. T. Brown, W. Twidale and James Newell unofficial members. The position of commander has been filled by the following named members: B. F. Smith, A. V. Cole, S. L. Brass, James Newell, J. Burwell, O. Steever, James L. Kelvey and I. R. Ball. S. L. Brass is the present adjutant.
The roll of members comprises the following names :
B. F. Smith, 1st Mich. S. S. | Benj. Davis, 38th Ia. Cav. A. 11. Brown, 13th O. Inf. J. G. Mahler, 20th Ind. Cav. O. Stevers, 96th N. Y. Inf. Jacob Silvers, 15th U. S. G. S. Guild, Mass. Inf. Cav. W'm. Spade, 147th Pa. Inf. James M. Miller, 1st Ind. S. L. Salisbury, 139th l'a. Art. Inf.
F. Kieser, 34th Ind. Inf.
A. V. Cole, 4th Mich. Inf. Nick Gordon, 2d Ia. Inf.
P. Hoover, 104th O. Inf.
II. II. Ballou, 13th Vt. Inf.
S. L. Brass, 1st Mich. Cav. O. F. Foote, 7th Pa. Cav.
Jacob Hammer, 47th Ind. Inf.
W. F. Kellar.
F. M. Thompson, 6th P. R. I. Vanderwort, 140th Ill. V. C. Inf.
B. W. Hammond.
M. Van Buskirk, 109th N. Y. Inf.
Wm. Twidale, 9th Mich. Cav.
G. T. Brown, 47th Ia. Inf.
J. W. Liveringhouse, 30th Henry Winkley, 27th Wis. Ind. Inf. Inf. Riley D. Burton, 67th Ind. J. Newell, 30th Ind. Inf. D. H. Freeman, 13th Mich. Inf. Inf. Joseph Lilly, 172d Pa. Inf. Simeon Johnson, 14th P'a. J. Burwell, 14th O. Inf. Cav.
M. K. Hutchinson, 47th O. Inf.
R. S. Langley, 122d Ill. Inf.
Lewis Alvers, 58th Ill. Inf. Joseph Basey, 1st O. H. Art. B. F. Baker.
*G. G. Vreeland, 36th III. Absalom O. Overman, 95th Inf. Ind. Inf.
A. Borden.
H. Schick, 3d Pa. Art. John S. Price.
James McKelvey, 16th N. Y. Inf.
G. P. Alford.
Darius C. Kerr, 14th Ind. Inf.
Jacob Swift, N. Y. Inf. Alvin Wells, 1st Mich. Cav. C. H. Chapman, 18th Mich. Inf.
W. P. Davis, Ill. Inf. Henry Vinear, Inf.
12th Md.
G. S. Dwight.
D. Morgan, 13th Wis. Inf. Gottleib Laher, 68th O. Inf. O. A. Buzzell, 33d Mass.
+John Young, Mexican War. John E. Adams, 30th Ind. Inf.
E. J. Ilanchett, N. Y. Cav. James Beach, 2d Mich. Art. C. F. Orvis, 145th Ill. Inf.
N. L. Brass, 1st Mich. Cav.
Amos Wilson, 36th O. Cav. D. V. Stevens, 118th Ind.
Alex. Rogers, 1st and 54th Ill. Cav.
B. E. Swift, 117th N. Y. Cav.
Adam Land, 123d Ill. Cav.
Inf. W. B. Hamilton, 53d III. Inf. N. H. Kathorn, 12th III. Cav.
II. E. Drake, 30th Ind. Cav. Henry Jewett, 47th Ill. Inf.
*All the above named mustered In October 24, 1881.
+Mustered in 1882.
$Mustered in 1883.
Wilson S. Richards, 68th O. Inf.
R. II. Nolan, U. S. Navy. S. J. Shirley, 83d Ill. Inf. G. Avery, 23d Mich. Inf.
D. R. Ball, 46th Ind. Inf. Jacob Morgan, 31st O. Inf. Richard Van Buskirk, 21st N. J. Inf.
Peter Anderson, 2d U. S. Art.
Wm. Martin, 83d O. Inf. +John F. Merrill.
Charles Collins, 7th Mo. Inf. James McFerren, 21st Pa. Cav.
Wm. Champlin, 1st Mich. Inf. W. J. Barger, 15th Ia. Inf. Geo. Mizen, Sr., 42d Wis. Inf.
Samuel Wright, 5th Mass. Inf. Jesse Millikar, 139th Ind. Inf.
Isaac Smith, 128th Pa. Inf. C. Hohlfelt, 9th Wis. Inf. M. D. Ovitt, 17th Vt. Inf. Elias Knowles, 26th Ill. Inf. W'm. H. Stephens, 11th Ind. Cav.
Norman G. Gibson, 29th Ind. Inf.
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HISTORY . OF NEBRASKA.
John R. VanHouten, 151st |Samuel Nicholas, 18th Ill. Ill. Inf. Inf. John Konkright, 155th Ind. D. M. Criswold, 129th Ill. Inf.
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