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Marks, David
Bishop Fletcher Haywood, Edward
Moyer, Sidney
Biddle, Jas. M. Hatfield, C. L.
Nutt, John
Buzzle, O. Hay, Joshua
Powers, Henry
Carter, Joseph Hine, J. N.
Rodgers, William
Cole. Emanuel Hart, D. E.
Sheffield, Fred B.
Dumaresq, Alfred P.
Jones. Geo. W.
Stutesman, Thomas
Gardner, Wm. Kinney, G.
Stout, Alfred
Green, James Leggett, E.
Whitehead, William
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There were Fulton County men in many other regiments and while no attempt will be made to further state herein regimental records, an endeavor will be made to name the men, and as far as possible state the regiment in which they served. There were fourteen men in the
TWENTY-FIFTH REGIMENT, OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY :
Angel, D. W.
Foor, Abraham
Porter, Enoch
Andrews, Chas.
Foor, Samuel
Reckner, I.
Batdorf, Q.
Mattison, Alex
Swift, Geo.
Batdorf, John
Osborn, Gil
Whiteman, Levi
Fouty, Park Osborn, George
There were eleven Fulton County men in the
THIRTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT, OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY :
Curry, Charley
Keller, John Thomas, John
Ditto, Martin
Nohl, Jacob
Theobold, Jacob
Diehlman, George
Nohl, Alexander ยท
Theobold, Henry
Gilbert, Jacob
Phillipar, Fredk.
and there were fifteen men of the county in the
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT, OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY :
Dubois, Lemuel Keller, Geo. A.
Miley, Thomas
Fuller, Robert
Kimerer, Perry Murray, Samuel
Ford, M. O.
Levi, Ely
Overmeyer, W. D.
Gamber, Lorenzo
Murray, James W.
Saltzgaber, Henry
Hogle, Frank
Murray, John T. Wright, William
and of mounted men, there were twenty-three with the
TENTH OHIO VOLUNTEER CAVALRY :
Atkinson, John Lane, B. Stegall, Wallace
Berry, John
Miller, John Taylor, Luther H.
Barrett, Russell
McClarren, R. J. Verity, James L.
Childs, G. W.
Meeker, Wm.
Viers, Edwin
Chatfield, James
Peck, John D.
Van Fleet, O. B.
Funk, F.
Shadle, Ferdinand
Wells, A.
Kenney, John
Stratton, David
Wicks, R. L.
Lott, John D.
Stegall, John
Smaller detachments were with various regiments as follows: SIXTIETH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Eight men: Aumend, Thomas; Cooney, Aaron ; Downer, Lorenzo; Downer, Theodore W .; Soles, Sylvester; Specht, Noah ; Smith, Richard; Smith, David.
THIRTEENTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Six men : Cook, William; Mikesell, U. S .; Pierson, William; Ray- mond, J. R .; Wiesel, Dan; Washburn, Chas. H.
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TENTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Nine men: Biddle, A .; Foster, Pitt; French, Lewis; Green, C. B .; Gorsuch, Reason; Gorsuch, A. J .; Rufer, W .; Stegall, W .; Weeks, R.
EIGHTY-SEVENTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Seven men: Brigham, W. S .; Blizzard, R. C .; Fluhart, J. H .; HIyde, Ed .; Hyde, Robert; Williams, W. C .; Williams, Allen.
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Eight men: Dowell, F .; Eekhart, S. A .; Heckman, Geo .; Miller. B. C .; Scott, Leonard; Wise, J. L .; Zimmerman, Josiah; and Zimmer. man, Benj.
ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIFTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Six men: Clingaman, Dan; Clingaman, A. J .; Coleman, Henry; Piper, J. B .; Severanee, Benjamin; and Snow, Isaae.
EIGHTY-FIFTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Five men: Brown, T. H .; Culbertson, Persing Ulysses; Taft, H .; and Zimmerman, M.
THIRD OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Six men: Allman, Jacob; Carter, William; Donahoe, William; Lawrence. John: Lambert, R .; and Vass, Frank D.
SIXTH CAVALRY
Five men : Denson, F. A .; Disbrow, C .; MeConkey, S .; McConkey, Jerry ; and Palmer, M. T.
With the Fourth Michigan Regiment were three Fulton County men, Peter Landis, M. Richardson, and John Seibold; with the Eleventh Michigan Regiment were three men, Alex Stout, Robert Sutton, and Harvey Sutton; and with the Twenty-First Ohio Volunteer Infantry were three men, George Cornell, Daniel Dunham, and Jesse Tracy.
Then there is a miscellaneous list, which ineludes the names of Fulton County men who served in the United States Navy, as well as of some who served in the Federal Army :
Abbott, Henry; U. S. S. Ark. Bayes, Lorenzo, D., 38th Iowa Barnes, A. A., 9th Cav. Brigham, J. II., 69th Ohio Burnham, Edward. Ind. Buxton. Leander, 136th Ohio Clark, A. B., 2nd Ind. Carpenter. Chas., scout.
Chaffer, Theron De G., Bat. M.
Collings, Harvey, 1st Mieh.
Clark, D. W., Miss. Flotilla Carr, Michael Culbertson, Enoch, 69th Ohio. Eager, H. J., U. S. Civ. Engr.
Foster, William, 4th Ind.
Farwell, James, 184th Ohio.
Guilford, Robert, 125th Ohio Gee, William, 49th Ohio. Hilton, Amos, 8th Mich. Ilewth, George, 39th Ill. Hallet, John, 9th Mieh. Hill, W. E., 6th Ohio. Hatton, Frank, 84th Ohio King, James C., 169th Ohio. Kinney, John, 11th Ohio. Kuney, Lee, 110th Ohio. Lec. Wesley, W., 69th Ohio Miller, D. C., 65th Ohio.
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Lenhart, Hiram, 30th Ohio
Stegall, J., 102nd Ill.
Shute Wm. H., 9th O. Cav.
Northwangle, Geo., 5th O. Cav. Palmer, Chris, 185th Ohio.
Skeels, Bert, 9th O. Cav.
Phillips, George, 123rd Ohio.
Spencer, George, 27th Ohio.
Pike, Oliver, 11th Ohio.
Thomas, George, 184th Ohio.
Porter, B. F., 15th Ohio.
Thompson, J. J., U. S. Navy. Thompson, Eli, 173rd Pa. Vol.
Rogers, George, 3rd N. Y. Cav.
Rollins, S. W., 15th O. Bat.
Walters, Octavius, Spec. Com. Waltz, E. L., 142nd Ohio.
Ruckman, John, 57th Ohio.
Walters, Samuel, 20th Ind.
Sams, Joshua, 72nd Ohio.
Weeks, B. L., 16th Ill. Cav.
Sams, Abram, 72nd Ohio.
Wells, Jud., 120th Ohio.
Scott, William, 123rd Ohio.
Williams, E. W., 59th Ind.
Socies, L. V., 197th Ohio.
Zimmerman, Joseph, 185th Ohio.
Shinaberger, Jacob, 65th Ohio.
and lastly comes the list of the men who it is known served during the war, but in what regiment is not known to present compiler. Those of
REGIMENT UNKNOWN :
Baker, Alonzo
Ives, C. Jerome
Rine, Charley
Barnes, Wash.
Jewell, Enos
Rice, Seymore
Batdorf, Jeremiah
Kutzli, Bernath
Rhodes, Daniel
Borton, Silas
Meeker, Lewis
Smalley, Tracey F.
Carter, Andrew
Meeker, Ben.
Siegel, John
Church, Philander
Mudge, Elijah
Stonestreet, Everett Strong, J. L.
Canfield, Henry T.
Miller, Herman
Strong, T. E.
Close, Lemuel
Northerin, John
Struble, Alfred
Coniga, Fred
Null, William
Sellinger, Benjamin
Darling, Fayette
Pontious, John
Tabor, Loren
Dennis, Isaac
Patent, Joseph
Thomas, Joseph
Ely, Levi
Pike, V.
Whitehead, Randolph Welch, Dan
Fullerton, Wm.
Price, William
Whaley, Franklin
Farley, Abe G.
Phillips, Fred
Warren, Nathaniel
Farley, Joe
Rendols, Hass
Warren, William
Grosscross, A.
Randall, Ezra
Warner, Irvin
Grime, Ferdinand
Raker, Jacob
Vanderlin, Dan
Harrison, James
Raker, Robert
Van Nortwick, John
Hindee, William
Raker, Richard
It may be considered that such a contribution out of a population of only about 14,043 (1860 census) would represent practically the whole of the adult male strength. As a matter of fact, Fulton County did give to the nation, for service in the Union military or naval forces, practically the whole of its able-bodied young and middle-aged man- power, a glorious record; and it may be easily realized that home con- ditions during the years of war were arduous and trying. In addition to heart-pangs for loved ones, who passed their days in almost constant danger, there was the strain of "carrying-on" the home until the return of the men of the family. From many homes went two, three, four, or five strong-minded and whole-hearted patriots, some never to return ;
Ely, Joe
Pike, Justin
Campbell, George
Meister, Jacob
Ring, Frank, 57th Ohio.
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and in their absence the women-folk, the young and the feeble, had to live through the period as best they eould. There was of course not much development work done during those years; only necessary building was attempted. And the principal citizens sought to direct the attention of the more fortunately circumstanced to matters of relief of those in need of relief and sympathetic help. There was much privation, but the good-hearted people gathered around those in need, and so the trying winters passed.
Joch Brigham, one of the commissioners of the county in 1861, had very active part in the relief work, and in the duties entrusted to county officials by the state over the eventful period. Governor Tod appointed him a member of the military commitec of the ninth dis- trict, which corresponds approximately to the present Congressional district. Mr. Brigham was also treasurer of the Fulton County Military Relief Committee, and among the many inventories of articles sent to the men in the field by that committee are some interesting entries. Among the records are the following entries, in 1861: Capt. M. R. Brailey, Capt. R. A. Franks, and their comrades of the 38th Ohio Volun- teer Infantry, 200 pairs socks, 57 undershirts, 350 pounds dried fruit, etc .; Capt. E. L. Hayes, 175 pounds dried fruit, 225 pairs socks, 37 quilts, blankets, etc. Each township had its military committee, and an invoice of articles bought and sent November 11, 1861, totals to $900.75. A letter from Richard Mott, of Toledo, to Mr. Joel Brigham, dated October 16, 1861, asks him to hold up Fulton County donations until further orders, and closes with a tribute to Mr. Brigham for his services, stating: "The account of your trip to the 38th Regiment in Kentucky .... is truly interesting. The handsome return of money from the men in the field brought home by you is encouraging, and it is highly creditable to the character and thrift of our volunteers." Mr. Brigham on that trip was entrusted by the soldiers with $5,000, which they wished their families at home to have. The women of Fulton County were particularly active; they formed a Soldiers Aid Society, in Wauseon, in October, 1861. The members met weekly, un- less there was an urgent call, in which case they would meet oftener. They labored throughout the county, and the work done embraced the preparation of lint and bandages, the making of shirts and drawers, sheets, pillows, pads for the wounded, and much knitting of socks, mittens; also the drying of fruit and the making of pickles, jellies, and such-like eatables. Many boxes, containing some of the most of the articles above-mentioned were sent into the field, the ladies in one instance mecting specially, and at short notice, to prepare a box, which Col. E. L. Hayes would be able to distribute to Union soldiers at Libby prison. In this connection one of the prisoners later wrote a Fulton County friend :
"The angels of mercy generally hover over the needy, oppressed, and unfortunate. They came near us, through the Soldiers Ladies Aid Society, of Wauseon, who had made up a small box of under- clothing, and sent it to the prisoners from Wauseon at Libby Prison, through Major Hayes. It was the only parcel sent to Union prisoners the ever reached its destination. Major Hayes was permitted, under a guard, to deliver it to us."
During 1862, and 1863 there were many subscription lists opened, and in May, of 1863, a very lengthy list of subscriptions to the Bounty
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Fund was published in the Northwestern Republican. And the work of caring for the soldiers in the field, and of the needy families at home, continued until the end.
On December 5, 1864, the Fulton County Relief Committee, Naa- man Merrill, Octavius Waters, Joel Brigham, Oliver B. Verity, and D. W. H. Howard issued an appeal "to the Benevolent and Patriotic Citizens of Fulton County." to make a special effort, stating that :
"The cold chilling winds of winter are again upon us; our brave soldiers are in the field defending our hearthstones, and all that is dear; now is the time to show our love of country by deeds, not by words .. The families of our soldiers need supplies for winter-everything you have to spare, such as wood, meat, potatoes, turnips, cabbage, flour, meal, clothing, fruit, money, etc., will be thankfully received. .... Re- member our brave sons. Many are in their graves, others in hospitals, others crippled and wounded, and at home their families are all well worthy of your contributions and acceptance, not as charity but as your bounden duty. ... Now is the hour to redeem our oft tendered pledge, that the families of our soldiers should be provided for ..
"The following named persons have been appointed as committees in the several townships to attend to said business, and make necessary arrangements, to wit: Amboy, David Duncan, ch'm, S. Johnson, S. Haughton, N. Welch, W. D. McCann, John Clendening; Royalton, H. C. Jordan, S. Carpenter, G. B. Brown, B. F. Philips; Chesterfield, A. C. Hough, G. Bates, G. W. Thorp, D. C. Gillis, J. P. Ross, J. W. Bates ; Gorham, Chas. Allen, ch'm, J. Gambier, H. A. Canfield, J. P. Ritter, W. E. Gay, Geo. Gambier, Lucius Ford; Franklin, J. Ely, ch'm, E. Masters, J. McLaughlin, N. Palmer, J. S. Riddle; Dover, M. D. Hib- bard, ch'm, J. Shadle, M. Handy, M. Markley, J. Miller, W. H. Stevens; Pike, W. P. Cowan, ch'm, W. Waffle, B. Dunbar, J. Shaffer, E. Sindel, J. N. Herrick ; Fulton, O. Merrill, ch'm, J. H. Miller, T. Watkins, J. Luke, E. Werrick, E. Wilson, H. Witt, and J. Watkins; Swan Creek, A. J. Allman, ch'm, P. R. Lewis, N. Brailey, S. H. Cately, O. W. Parish, J. Hoag; York, S. Zimmerman, ch'm, B. Skeels, A. B. Gunn, J. McQuilling, T. Kelley, R. Fowler; Clinton, J. Cornell, ch'm, A. Fal- conner, D. A. Gorsuch, W. H. Buckmaster, J. Newcomer, T. Lingle, L. Eckhart; German, J. W. Roseborough, ch'm, J. F. Rogers, T. H. Brown, D. B. Allen. A. Markley, G. Betts.'
The records of some of the townships show that considerable sums were received by the Relief Committees during the winter of 1864. For instance, Swan Creek Township Fund, 1864-65 records subscriptions of $200 each by John Mclaughlin, Jonathan Hoag, and Jacob Koos, and a very lengthy list of substantial subscriptions ranging down to $25.
There was, of course, much political strife during the years of war. The Democrats who were for compromise with the Confederates were designated "Copperheads" and "traitors;" and Democrats thought quite as hardly of Union men. An 1863 issue of the "Northwestern Republican" had an editorial beginning: "Copperheads say our soldiers have all turned abolitionists, and this is because they refuse to vote for those in the North who are in sympathy with the rebels. . I admit our soldiers are abolitionists ; that they are in favor of abolishing treason. . Is it any wonder that our boys in the army are down on the convicted traitor, Vallandigham? Is it any wonder that they declare that Jeff
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Davis is more deserving of their vote than Vallandigham? Jeff Davis is a brave traitor ... . A soldier voting for Vallandigham, who boasts that he never voted them' a man or a dollar, would be like a Christian voting for the Devil. Our soldiers .... intend to abolish treason and traitors, wherever found. That's why it is that copperheads are down on our soldiers."
The election of October 13, 1863, in Fulton County, gave Brough 1778 votes for governor, against 824 cast for Vallandigham. The Union paper, the "Northwestern Republican," recorded the voting thus: "Glorious Fulton! The Cops Skinned Alive !! Dead 'Snaiks' at a Dis- count !!! As usual we have met the enemy and they are ours. Never before did the Demoeraey meet with so withering a rebuke as was dealt out to them by the Loyal sons of our gallant Little Fulton on Tuesday last." German Township, which cast 125 votes for the "Ca- nadian," and only 115 for Brough, was eventually "redeemed" by the vote of the soldiers.
In the following spring came the staggering news of the assassina- tion of President Lincoln. It affected the whole-souled pioneers of Fulton County as keenly as it did the people of other parts of the country. J. W. Roseborough wrote to the Wauseon "Republican" from Burlington, O., on April 17, 1865:
"Abraham Lincoln is no more. The greatest hero, the noblest patriot, and the best statesman of the age has fallen ..... No truer patriot, or more sagacious statesman ever lived in America .... than Abraham Lincoln ...... This will be the verdict of posterity. Abra- ham Lincoln, the man whom, above all others, his countrymen trusted and loved, is dead. .. .As fell our blessed Saviour, so hast thou, great man, fallen, by the hands of murderers ...... Sleep in peace, the great- est of freedom's living or dead champions-thy name and thy fame are immortal."
And Mrs. Julia Carter Aldrich ("Petrasia Peters"), of near Wauseon, wrote:
"Assassinated. Lincoln dead. O, erushing blow A seething chaos then before the vision whirled; * *
The Nation's joy was paralyzed in this brief time- The Union, stabbed, in deepest mourning was arrayed. * * * * * In mart and port torn battle-flags half-masted hung. Near fields with vietory's gore yet red upon the sod; Such agony could form no prayer for human tongue- The spirit cried 'Hast thou forgotten us, Oh, God'."
And when at last the war was at an end, and party feelings were less keen, the general spirit throughout the home county was one of fervent relief, and of joyous anticipation of the final return home of the "boys," of the war-hardened veterans, and of those stalwarts who had rallied to the Union during the decisive later years of war. The spirit is well shown in a poem, composed by Carrie Hibbard, of Spring Hill, Dover Township, on July 2, 1865, "in honor of the boys in blue." Her interests were eentered in the Sixty-Seventh Regiment; but she penned the sentiments of all loyal and expectant hearts in the county at that moment; and the poem is here reproduced to honor all the
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patriots of Fulton County who gave themselves to the nation in its supreme need, during the years 1861-65. The poem reads:
They are coming from the Southland, to the tread of martial drum; They are marching from their campfires,-loyal, brave, and true they come;
And our hearts go out to give them gladsome welcome as they come.
They are coming nearer, nearer; we can hear their gallant tread; We can see their floating banner, with its bars of white and red, And its silver constellation, sheding glory o'er each head.
They have proudly born that standard where the fiery shot and shell In a lava tide from Wagner, and vanquished Sumter fell; Let its glory gild each forehead; it befits them passing well.
O gallant Sixty-Seventh! When was sent upon the wire, The tidings daily, hourly, of the sacrificial fire
How our heart-strings drew about you, husbands, brothers, sons and sires.
For those whom God commissioned, we have little need of tears Their footprints shall be stardust, through a thousand thousand years And the banners o'er those battlements are never drenched with tears.
And to you, O brave, returning to your North, tried, gallant, true, Every breeze shall bear the greeting the united waft to you; And our grateful tears of welcome fall as the evening dew.
We have suffered, when your noble ranks were thinned upon the plain ; Have exulted when your banner rode the victor breeze again; And gloried that its triple folds have never caught one stain.
Our glad exultant shout shall rise, to greet you as you come ; 'Twill die away against the skies, above the clash of drum; God bless the Sixty-Seventh! A thousand welcomes home.
The comradeship and loyalty one to another, while in bodily danger in the field has happily been sustained and strengthened since through the medium of the organizations of the Grand Army of the Republic. The first post organized by former soldiers, in Fulton County was known as Post No. 106, 10th Ohio District, Grand Army of the Republic. It was formed on March 18, 1867, and in September of that year its name was changed to Camp Skeels, No. 106. Some irregularity, however, in its organization brought about its disband- ment in 1869, and no other post was organized in Wauseon for more than ten years, Losure Post, No. 35, coming into being on June 16, 1880. The service records of members of that post showed that M. T. Palmer had served sixty months in the army in war time. Others of long service were: Charles Cornell, 48 months; Elias Wiley, 48 months ; Albert Bloomer, 43 months; Harrison Highshew 37 months; Geo. Guilford, 36 months; L. D. Bayes, 35 months; and A. R. Hill, 26 months. Charles Cornell was one of those most active effecting the organization of the first post, that of 1867; and the charter members of the second, the Losure Post, No. 35, were: A. S. Bloomer, W. C. Kelley, M. T. Palmer, A. R. Hill, A. B. Smith, E. S. Callendar, H.
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H. Williams, E. T. Wilcox, H. E. Randall, W. C. Scott, Campbell Bayes, James C. King, Wm. McClaren, R. B. McLaren, Festus Funk, Andrew J. Gorsuch, Judson Jones, Enoch Neville, George Cage, Elliott Bayes, Elias Willey, E. I. Root, Henry J. Harrington, James Gray, I. H. Matthews, Marion Losure, C. B. Lyon, A. B. Clark and John Close. At fullest strength, the Losure Post had three hundred members. Today, its surviving comrades number fifty-two, the strongest post of five in Fulton County. There were originally eleven Grand Army of the Republie posts in Fulton County, but the sweep of time brought an inexorable weakening of posts, by death, until one after another merged with stronger organizations, leaving five in existence at present. The surviving comrades of Losure Post (Wauseon), No. 35, Grand Army of the Republic, on Decoration Day of 1920, were: H. T. Brigham, F. C. Bogart, L. Buxton, P. H. Bayes, Daniel Brown, M. Buehrer, A. M. Clark, C. W. Cornell, Daniel Clingaman, M. L. Eldridge,
WAUSEON, IN YEAR (1867) FIRST G. A. R. POST WAS ORGANIZED.
Joe Forest, Samuel Foncannon, Jacob Gaiman, Aaron Gingery, John Hoffmire, J. F. Hoffman, Levi Hoy, A. Hogeboom, J. H. Hunter, M. Hill, J. C. King. C. B. Lyon, L. Lyon, J. McConkey, R. B. McClaren, Stillman Mikesell, A. J. Marks, D. J. Miller, A. W. Miller, A. Mikesell, John Miller, Homer Overmire, Simon Pontious, H. R. Palmer, Enoch Porter, J. Richards, John Reeds, Joe Gallabank, E. T. Shaw, Allen Shadle, A. Sams, J. Shambarger, R. Shadel, John Winzelar, Ed. Williams, Wm. Wier, S. Walter, Isaac Whipple, Martin Worley, T. D. Foster, Fred Phillipar, G. D. Newcomer.
Those of Stout Post Grand Army of the Republic, of Fayette on that date were: C. L. Allen, J. W. Binns, Samuel Bear, Frank Bilding, Henry Coleman, Joseph Harrison, Lorenzo Gamber, S. A. Jones, Aaron Kuney, Theo. Sebring, Jacob Reynolds, H. M. Riee, Peter Landis, Eli Thompson, John D. Vine, William Wright, Wm. Westfall, and Frank Woolaee.
Those surviving comrades of Quiggle Post, No. 289 (Swanton), of Grand Army of the Republie on Decoration Day, 1920, were: William Palmer, Abram Huftile, D. M. Alton, L. G. Marsh, Geo. Conklin,
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Wm. Maberry, William Hill, Jerry Walters, Lewis Aton, James Hallet, Silas Munsel, Geo. Harrington, Jno. Snellbaker, J. Whidden, C. Mer- rill, Gil. Smith, Wm. Sheffer, T. Little, J. Kirschner, W. S. Barnes, P. C. Houser.
Those of Baxer Post, No. 238 (Lyons), which was organized in 1882 with eighteen charter members, were, on Decoration Day, 1920: Fred A. Slater, Augustus Noble, A. C. Daniel, original charter mem- bers and Wayne Carpenter, Chas. Blaine, Wm. Thornton, L. B. Cham- plain, Mel Hinkle, James Kellogg, and F. A. Moses, ten in all.
Lastly, the surviving comrades of McQuillan Post (Delta) on the same day were: Quimby Batdorff, Frank Briggs, Horatio Berkey, Henry Cottrell, Wm. E. Hopkins, Jacob Hiser, W. E. Hill, C. L. Hat- field, C. S. Griffin, Samuel Frybarger, S. B. Finney, Nelson Falor, B. F. Miley, Samuel Murray, Jacob Anderson, John J. Zelner, John A. Williams, E. L. Waltz, F. S. Wolcott, A. H. Stine, Sylvester Soles, Hosea Shadle, H. H. Quiggle, E. C. Moor, D. T. Miller, J. M. Long- necker, Daniel M. Tremaine, E. S. Kennedy, and Geo. D. Havens.
May they have still many more years of comfortable life, honored and respected by their fellow-townsmen, and by the people of the county in general, and saved from all care or financial worries by the . provident hand of "Uncle Sam," who in the recently increased pension has again declared the nation's indebtedness to the soldiers of 1861-65, and its determination that some of the debt shall be repaid. All can- not be, but those stalwart patriots seek not the luxuries and artificialities of modern life. As a matter of fact, most of them have done independ- ently-well in civil life, and have been useful productive citizens.
The Civil War section of this chapter ought rightly to contain some information regarding the work of the Woman's Relief Corps. Auxiliary organizations of the Grand Army of the Republic were established at most of the county posts, and contributed much to the usefulness of the posts. The first organization was formed in Denver, Colorado, in 1883, and the first to be established in Fulton County was the Woman's Relief Corps, No. 20, of Wauseon. That came into exis- tence in February, 1884, with a charter membership of thirty-two, but with a strength soon afterwards, and for many years, of more than one hundred. During the first seven years, they received and expended in Fulton County and other parts of the state, $962. The relief work, outside of money, cannot well be estimated, as in the early years it consisted of a call and gathering of the Corps for a day's work for a destitute family, or a needy sister ; of clothing gathered and remodeled; of visits to the sick; and in many other ways doing such work as one would expect of an earnest band of Christian women, devoted to the interests of the Grand Army, to humanity, and to the nation. All the Relief Corps units of the county were imbued with like spirit, and were equally effective. The first president of the Wauseon body was Mrs. Mary C. Eager.
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