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Moshier. Samuel T., age 20, volunteer, October 8, 1861, three years. Eighteenth regiment, company F, private, served three years, mustered out October 1864, in hospital a good deal.
Morris, Nathan, age 18, volunteer, December 25. 1861, three years, Seventy-third regiment, company F, private, served six months, killed at the battle of Cross Keys, June 8. 1862.
Morris, Elwood, age 21. volunteer, December 25, 1861. three years. Seventy-third regiment, company F, private, mostly on detached service and transferred to First veteran reserve corps.
Morris, Mordecai, age 20, volunteer, January 16, | ability.
1865. One Hundred and Ninety-third regiment, company E, private, served six months, mustered out August 4, 1865.
Morris, Silas S., age 19. volunteer, January 16, 1865, One Hundred and Ninety-third regiment, com- pany E, private, served six months, mustered out Au- gust 4. 1865.
Morrow, James, Sixty-third regiment. company G, died.
Morris, William, age 28, Third colored regiment, company C. private, died June 15, 1865. at Goldsbor- ough, North Carolina, of chronic diarrhea.
Painter, John, age 23, Twenty-fifth regiment, com- pany H.
Painter. William, age 19, Thirty-sixth regiment, company H.
Palmer, J. Amos, fifth regiment, company G.
Penrose, Albert, age 20, volunteer, August 1. 1861, three years, Thirty-sixth regiment, company F, private, missing. probably killed at Winchester, July 24. 1864. Penrose. William, age 17, volunteer, February 22, 1865. one year, One Hundred and Eighty-ninth regi- ment, company F, private, mustered out September 26, 1865.
Pewthers. Charles J., age 32, volunteer, November 19, 1861, three years, Second Virginia cavalry, com- pany F. corporal, died June 22, 1864, by explosion of ammunition wagon.
Pickering. Elwood E., age 16, volunteer, May, 1864,
one hundred days, One Hundred and Forty-eighth regi- ment, company E., private, served four months, mus- tered out September, 1864, re-enlistment, February 20, 1865, Fifty-third regiment, company B, private, mus- tered out August II, 1865.
Pickering, Jasper C., age 18, volunteer, February 13, 1864. Fifty-third regiment, company B, mustered out August II, 1865, wounded May 14, 1864, at Re- saca.
Pickering, B. C., Seventy-third regiment.
Price, Jacob L., age 30, volunteer, February 5, 1864, three years. One Hundred and Twenty-second regi- ment, company C, private, served eight months, died October 19, 1864, mortally wounded September 19, 186.
Rardin, Andrew, age 32, volunteer, May, 1864, one hundred days, One Hundred and Forty-eighth regi- ment, company D, private, served four months, mus- tered out September, 1864.
Rardin, Eli, age 33, volunteer, February, 1864, three years, Thirty-sixth regiment. company F, private, mus- tered out July 27. 1865, wounded July, 1864.
Rardin, Leroy L., volunteer, three years, First light artillery, company K. private, cannoneer, died May, 1862, of fever, in Franklin hospital.
Rardin, Levi H., volunteer, three years, First light artillery, company K. cannoneer, in fourteen battles, mustered out February, 1865.
Rardin. John C., age 17, volunteer, February, 1865, One Hundred and Eighty-eighth regiment, company E, private, mustered out September 21. 1865.
Rardin, Jacob C., age 26, volunteer, September, 1861, three years. Second Virginia cavalry, company F, private, honorably discharged March, 1863, for dis-
Rardin, William H. H., age 22, volunteer, Septem- ber, 1861, three years, Second Virginia cavalry, com- pany F, private, mustered out June 30, 1865, wounded at Guyandotte.
Randolph. Isaiah N., age 27, volunteer, August 13, 1862, three years, Thirty-sixth regiment, company F, private, mustered out July 27, 1865, wounded in battles of Winchester and Perrysville.
Reed, John W., age 17, volunteer, July 4, 1863, three years, First heavy artillery, company I, private, served two years, mustered out July 25. 1865.
Read. Stephen W., are 18, volunteer, September, 1861, First cavalry, company L., died of typhoid fever at Louisville. January, 1862.
Rester, Aaron, age 27, Thirty-sixth regiment, com- pany F.
Rowland. Jolin, age 17, volunteer, November, 1861, three years, Seventy-seventh regiment, company F, pri- vate, mustered out March 8, 1866, wounded at Shiloh, captured in the Red River expedition, held ten months.
Roman, Isaac, age 20, volunteer, October 8, 1861, three years, Sixty-third regiment, private, served one year, honorably discharged November, 1862. for dis- ability, wounded at battle of Corinth, re-enlistment May, 1864, one hundred days. One Hundred and Forty- eighth regiment, company D. sergeant, served four months. mustered out September, 1864.
Ross, James, age 26. volunteer, November 25, 1861, three years, Seventy-third regiment, company F, pri-
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vate, attained rank of first leutenant. served one year and eight months, mustered out July 20, 1865, wounded at Resaca May, 1864.
Sharpe, Joel, age IQ. volunteer, May, 1864, one hundred days, One Hundred and Forty-eighth regi- ment, company D, private, served four months, mus- tered out September, 1864, re-enlistment February 22, 1865, One Hundred and Eighty-ninth regiment, com- pany F. private, served seven months, mustered out September 28, 1865.
Shaner, Emmor, age 24. volunteer, August 8, 1862, three years, Thirty-sixth regiment. company F. pri- vate, served three months, honorably discharged No- vember 24, 1862, for di-ability.
Sheets, Henry C., age 32, volunteer. September 24, 1861, three years, Eighteenth regiment, company I, pri- vate, served three years, mustered out November 9, 1864.
Sheets, Harrison, age 22, volunteer, October 8, 1861, three years, Eighteenth regiment. company F, private, served two years and three months, killed Jan- uary 2, 1863, at Stone River.
Sheets, John W., age 21, volunteer, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth regiment, company A, private, died January 14. 1864. at Cumberland Gap.
Simpson, William, Fifth regiment, company G.
Shinn, James H., age 19, volunteer, One Hundred and Twenty-second regiment, company C., private, died 1864. at the battle of the Wilderness.
Sherman, Jasper, Sixty-third regiment, company F. Sivill, Samuel N., age 44. volunteer, August 13, 1862. three years, Thirty-sixth regiment, company F, private, honorably discharged February 2, 1863, for dis- ability.
Sivill, Tobias, age 16, volunteer, October 14, 1861, three years, Sixty-third regiment, company G, private, served three years and ten months, mustered out July 8, 1865.
Sivill, Nathan, age 18, volunteer, September 22, 1861, three years, Thirty-sixth regiment, company F, private, died February 8, 1862, of measles and typhoid fever.
Slotterback, Joseph, age 18, volunteer, March 2, 1864, Seventy-seventh regiment, company F. private. captured at Mark's Mills April 25. 1864, and died in Tyler prison June 29, 1864, of typhoid fever.
Slotterback, Henry, age 24, volunteer, February 23, 1864, Seventy-seventh regiment, company F, private, died July 6, 1864, of typhoid fever.
Smith. Thomas, age 34. volunteer. October, 1862, three years, Ninth cavalry, company B. corporal.
Smith, Josiah, age 18, volunteer, October 10, 1861, Second Virginia cavalry company H, private, captured, and supposed to have died in prison.
Smith, Wilton, age 22, Thirty-ninth regiment, com- pany C.
Spear, Henry L .. age 23, volunteer. February 29, 1864. Seventy-seventh regiment, company C, private, served two years, mustered out March 8, 1866, captured and in Tyler prison for ten months.
Starman, Jonathan, Seventy-seventh regiment, com- pany F.
Stoneman, John, age 23, volunteer, 1861, three years,
Seventy-seventh regiment, company F, private, killed at Pittsburg Landing, 1862.
Stoneman, Jasper, age 20, volunteer, 1861, three years, Sixty-third regiment, company G. sergeant, served seven months, died of typhoid fever at Nash- ville, June. 1862.
Tate. John, Fifth regiment, company G.
Taylor, David, age 55, volunteer. October 11. 1861, three years, Seventy-third regiment, company F. pri- vate, served four months, honorably discharged Feb- ruary 11, 1862, discharged for disability and died at home, April 11. 1862, of lung disease.
Taylor, William W., age 31, volunteer, August t8, 1861, three years, Eighteenth regiment, company C, private, served four months, mustered out October 9, 1865. re-enlisted as a veteran, captured September. 1863, in Libby. Danville Andersonville and Florence prisons.
Taylor. Brintal, age 27, volunteer, three years, Au- gust 18, 1861. Eighteenth regiment, company C, pri- vate, honorably discharged February, 1865.
Taylor, Finley W., age 18, volunteer, August 18, 1861. three years, Eighteenth regiment. company C, private, served three years, mustered out November, 1864
Taylor, John Wesley, age 15. volunteer, August 18, 1861, three years. Eighteenth regiment, company C, pri- vate, served three years, mustered out November 10, 1864. captured at battle of Stone River, held six weeks and paroled.
Taylor, Wilson P., age 14. volunteer, May, 1864, one hundred days, One Hundred and Forty-eighth regiment. company D, private, served four months, mustered out September, 1864. re-enlistment. February 15, 1865, six months, One Hundred and Eighty-ninth regiment. com- pany F. private, served seven months, mustered out September 25. 1865.
Underwood, William H., age 22, volunteer. Septem- ber 22. 1861, three years, Nineteenth regiment, company D, private, attained rank of orderly sergeant, served four years, mustered out October 21, 1865.
Vanfleet, John, age 23, volunteer, October. 1861. three years, Seventy-seventh regiment, company F, pri- vate, missing, re-enlisted as a veteran.
Way, Milton, age 18, volunteer, January 20, 1862, three years, Twentieth regiment, company I, private, served three years and five months, mustered out July 15, 1865.
Way. Samuel, age 24, volunteer, August, 1862, three years, Ninety-second regiment. company .\. private, served seven months, died March 20, 1863, at Carthage.
Way, Willam, Twenty-eighth regiment, company I. Wilson, Washington, age 24, volunteer, November 5. 1861, three years, Sixty-third regiment, company G, private, served nine months, honorably discharged .\n- gust 27. 1862. for disability.
Wilson, James M., age 20, volunteer, November 3, 1861, three years, Sixty-third regiment, company G, corporal, died September, 1864, of camp disease at Atlanta, Georgia.
Wilson, Nathan, age 34. volunteer, May, 1864, one hundred days, One Hundred and Forty-eighth regi- ment, company D. private, served four months, mus- tered out September, 1864.
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HISTORY OF MARIETTA AND. WASHINGTON COUNTY,
Wilson James C .. age 37. August 8, 1862, three years, Thirty-sixth regiment, company I, private. served two months, honorably discharged October 30, 1862, for disability. wounded at Antietam.
Wilson, Finley V., age 21, volunteer, August I, 1861. three years, Thirty-sixth regiment, company F, private. mustered out October 6, 1864. wounded at South Mountain. Mission Ridge and Winchester.
Wilson, Jacob B., age 19. volunteer, September. 1861. Seventeenth regiment. company H, private, died 1863. supposed to have been killed at Chickamauga.
Wilson. Andrew F., age 29, volunteer. May. 1864. one hundred days, One Hundred and Forty-eighth regi- ment, company D. corporal, served four months, mus- tered out September. 1804.
Wilson. Jacob P., age 21. volunteer, August, 1861, three years, Thirty-sixth regiment, company F. private, served three years, mustered out August 1. 1864.
Wilson. Harmon T., age 20, volunteer. August &, 1862, three years, Thirty-sixth regiment, company F. private, killed September. 1864. at Berrysville.
Wilson, Abram P., age 27, volunteer, September. 1861. three years, Thirty-sixth regiment. ' company F. private, served three years, mustered out August, 1864. Wilson, William F., age 34. volunteer, May, 1864. one hundred days, One Hundred and Forty-eighth regi- ment, company D, private, served four months, mus- tered out September. 1864.
Witham, Nathan R., age 30, volunteer. May. 1864, one hundred days. One Hundred and Forty-eighth regi- ment, company D. private. served four months, mus- tered out September. 1864.
Witham, Wesley K., age 20, volunteer, February 15. 1865. six months. One Hundred and Eighty-ninth regiment, company F. private, served seven months, mustered out September 28, 1865.
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Wood. Matthews, age 31. volunteer. Octoher 6, 1862. three years, Ninth cavalry, company C, private. attained rank of corporal, honorably discharged June 13, 1865. for disability.
Yocum. John, age 18. Ninety-second regiment, com- pany G.
RECAPITULATION.
De Beck's battery 2
First Ohio heavy artillery
Second Virginia cavalry
Ninth Ohio cavalry
One each in First Ohio cavalry and Second Ohio cavalry
Fourth Virginia cavalry
One Hundred and Twenty-second Ohio
Thirty-sixth Ohio
One Hundred and forty-eighth Ohio
Seventy-seventh Ohio
Seventy-third Ohio
Thirteen each in Sixty-third Ohio and Eighteenth Ohio (three years)
Ninety-second Ohio
Five each in the Fifth Ohio and Fifty-third Ohio ..
Four each in Thirty-ninth Ohio. One Hundred and Eighty-ninth Ohio, One Hundred and Ninety-third Ohio
Two each in Seventeenth Ohio, Thirtieth Ohio, Seventy-fifth Ohio. Nineteenth Ohio 8
One each in Third Ohio, Fifteenth Ohio, Twenty- fourth Ohio. Twenty-fifth Ohio, Sixtieth Ohio Twentieth Ohio. Twenty-eighth Ohio, Eighty- seventh Ohio. One Hundred and Twenty- ninth Ohio. One Hundred and Eighty-eighth Ohio. Third Virginia infantry
Total number of soldiers 180
Died 33
RECAPITULATION OF SOLDIERS OF WASH- INGTON COUNTY.
ARTILLERY.
First Virginia light artillery ( Buell's battery) 109
First Ohio (DeBeck's battery ) 56
First Ohio ( Huntington's battery ) 55
First Ohio light artillery ( scattering) 10
Second Ohio heavy artillery ( battery K) 25
Second Ohio heavy artillery ( scattering ) 10
One each in the Eleventh and Eighteenth Ohio
independent batteries. First United States ar- tillery. First New York artillery. Second Ar- kansas light artillery. First Iowa light artillery, and Fourteenth United States colored heavy artillery 7
CAVALRY (VOLUNTEERS ).
4
First Ohio cavalry 163
Second Ohio cavalry
5
Fourth Virginia cavalry 12
Fifth Ohio cavalry 3
Seventh Ohio cavalry
105
Ninth Ohio cavalry
61
Thirteenth Ohio cavalry
II
First Virginia cavalry 7
Second Virginia cavalry 91
Third Virginia cavalry 4
Fourth Virginia cavalry 68
Fourth Ohio independent battalion 16
One each in the Sixth and Twelfth Ohio, Fifth.
Seventh and Ninth Virginia, Fifth and Sixth
Kentucky, Third Iowa, Second Louisiana,
Third United States. Seventh Missouri. II
INFANTRY (VOLUNTEERS ).
First Ohio
2
Second Ohio
1
29 Third Ohio
8
23 Fifth Ohio
10
20 Tenth Ohio
3
J7 Eleventh Ohio
2
Twelfth Ohio IO
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26 Thirteenth Ohio
2
0 Fourteenth Ohio
2
IO Fifteenth Ohio 5
Sixteenth Ohio 2
Seventeenth Ohio 7
12 Eighteenth Ohio (three years) 104
I
9 2
2
3
4
1
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Eighteenth Ohio (three months )
61 Second Virginia
3
Nineteenth Ohio
5 Fourth Virginia
Twentieth Ohio
6 Sixth Virginia
Twenty-second Ohio
3 Seventh Virginia
Twenty-third Ohio
6 Ninth Virginia
Twenty-fourth Ohio
3
Eleventh Virginia
Twenty-fifth Ohio
26 Fourteenth Virginia
Twenty-sixth Ohio
3
Fifteenth Massachusetts
2
Twenty-seventh Ohio
13 Eighteenth United States regular-
3
Twenty-eighth Ohio
3
Fifth United States colored regiment
Thirtieth Ohio
4
Twenty-seventh United States colored regiment
5
Thirty-second Ohio
5
One each in the Fourth, Sixth. Seventh. Twenty- ninth, Thirty-first. Thirty-seventh. Forty-fifth.
Thirty-third Ohio
553
Forty-ninth. Fifty-second. Fifty-ninth, Sixty-
Thirty-eighth Ohio
2
first. Seventy-second. Seventy-sixth. Eighty-
Thirty-ninth Ohio
242
first. Eighty-ninth. Ninety-first. Ninety-sev-
Forty-second Ohio
3
enth. One Hundred and Fourth. One Hundred
Forty-third Ohio
12 and Seventeenth. One Hundred and Twenty-
Forty seventh Ohio
25
Fifty-third Ohio
16
Fifty-eighth Ohio
Sixtieth Ohio
Sixty-second Ohio
13
Sixty-third Ohio
181 2
Sixty-fourth Ohio
Sixty-fifth Ohio
Sixty-sixth Ohio
Sixty-seventh Ohio
Seventieth Ohio
Seventy-first Ohio
Seventy-third Ohio
Seventy-fifth Ohio
Seventy-seventh Ohio
Seventy-eighth Ohio
Eighty-fifth Ohio
14 2
Eighty-sixth Ohio
50
Eighty-eighth Ohio
7
Ninety-second Ohio
One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio
One Hundred and Sixteenth Ohio
One Hundred and Twenty-second Ohio
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio 13
One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Ohio 2
One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ohio
25 4
One Hundred and Forty-first Ohio
One Hundred and Forty-eighth Ohio 411 One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Ohio 14 One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Ohio 38 One Hundred and Seventy-sixth Ohio 8 One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Ohio 35 One Hundred and Eightieth Ohio One Hundred and Eighty-second Ohio One llundred and Eighty-fourth Ohio 12 21 4 One Hundred and Fighty-sixth Ohio 14 One Hundred and Fighty-seventh Oh'o 14 Q
One Hundred and Eighty-ninth Ohio
One Hundred and Ninety-first Ohio
2 6
IO
One Hundred and Ninety-fifth Ohio
4
15
2
and Thirty-ninth Pennsylvania, Eighteenth, Twenty-first, and Twenty-third Kentucky, First. Thirty-sixth. Eleventh, and Forty-sev- enth Jowa, Forty-second and Eighty-seventh Indiana. First Michigan. Fifteenth Tennessee, Nineteenth Massachusetts. Fourteenth United States. One Hundred and Ninth. Fourth, One Hundred and First, One Hundredth, and Twentieth United States colored. Tenth Cali- fornia 03
United States navy
IO
Gunboat service IO
Number with service not designated 81
Total number soldier, and marines from Washington county . 4.052
THE SOLDIERS' MONUMENT.
The losses of the war fell heavily upon Washington County, and the number who lost their lives in the service seems large when com- pared with the total number who went out, and one of the first acts of the public-spirited citi- zens of the county after the war was over was to secure the erection of a suitable monument to commemorate the great sacrifice of life in the glorious cause of the Union. Accord- ingly, as early as June 7. 1865. a meeting was held in the interests of the enterprise.
One Hundred and Ninety-third Ohio
One Hundred and Ninety-fourth Ohio
One Hundred and Ninety-sixth Oh'o
First Virginia
329 2 50 12
Eighty-seventh Ohio
4 3 II 101 22 593 IO
Fifty-first Ohio
2 eighth, One Hundred and Thirty-second, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth, One Hundred and Fifty-fifth. One Hundred and Seventy-seventh Ohio. One Hundred and Seventy-eighth. One 4 Hundred and Eighty-third. One Hundred and 2 Eighty-fifth. One Hundred and Eighty-eighth, and One Hundred and Ninety-seventh Ohio. Third and Twelfth Virginia, Twentieth, Twen- 1 5 ty-first. Twenty-seventh. Fortieth. Forty-first, and Forty-ninth Illinois. Twelfth, Thirteenth, Twenty-eighth. Sixty-second. One Hundredth, One Hundred and First and One Hundred
4 7
27 4
17 2
Thirty-sixth Ohio
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HISTORY OF MARIETTA AND WASHINGTON COUNTY,
On Wednesday forenoon, June 7, immedi- ately after the adjournment of the session of the County Commissioners, the gentlemen con- stituting the board, to-wit: J. J. Hollister. W. Thomas, and Anthony Sheets, together with several other citizens, held a meeting at the office of the county auditor, to consider the propriety and feasibility of erecting a monu- ment to the memory of the soldiers from Wash- ington County, who had fallen in this war against the Rebellion. A. R. Darrow was ap- pointed chairman, R. M. Stimson, secretary. J. J. Hollister made some feeling remarks as to the exceeding propriety of the noble object, and gave some facts and figures from the tax duplicate touching the increased wealth and prosperity of the county-showing that a tax of one mill on a dollar would raise $13,000.
Mr. Darrow, Captain McCormick, Hon. W. F. Curtis, Mr. Sheets, W. S. Ward, R. M. Stimson, Rufus E. Harte, and others, made brief remarks, and all agreed that the object ought and could be carried into effect, by taxa- tion, or by subscriptions, or by both methods in conjunction-erecting a monument that should be an honor to the county, and to the noble dead whose names should be thereon en- graved.
J. J. Hollister. A. R. Darrow, and Rufus E. Harte were appointed a committee to devise a plan for the erection of the monument, to re- port at a future meeting.
It was resolved to call a meeting of the citi- zens of Washington County, to be held at the Court House in Marietta, on Friday, July 14, 1865, at two o'clock, P. M., the day on which the county commissioners held an adjourned session, to organize for the erection of the monument.
The hope was expressed that public-spirited citizens from every township in the county would be present. A. R. Darrow was chair- man of this meeting and R. M. Stimson, sec- retary. Accordingly, at the time and place named, the friends of the movement assembled and effected a temporary organization by elect- ing F. A. Wheeler chairman, and Theodore G. Fields, secretary. Rufus E. Harte, chair-
man of the committee on permanent organiza- tion, then reported a scheme of organization, including a preamble and nine articles, which was unanimously adopted and signed by 41 citizens,* and the association adjourned to meet on the day named in the constitution for the regular annual meeting, the second Tues- day in August (8th ), 1865, at two P. M.
One of the central ideas of the association was to construct a monument in such form that the names of the soldiers could be engraved on the monumental stone, an idea which was abandoned in the practical working out of the plan. as will be seen further on in this sketch.
The association was duly incorporated under the laws of Ohio, and on August 8. 1865, the following-named officers and trustees were elected : President, Rufus E. Harte, c.v officio a trustee; clerk, Theodore G. Field; trustees for one year, John C. Paxton, J. W. Andrews and William F. Curtis; trustees for two years. Rufus R. Dawes, Enoch S. McIn- tosh and Henry H. Drown; trustees for three years, Samuel C. Skinner, T. W. Moore and A. W. McCormick.
The trustees began their work at once. They procured a handsomely lithographed cer- tificate of membership graded at different prices, so that all, even the children, of a fam- ily could become members and thus help on the great undertaking. Agents were appointed in the different townships to solicit subscrip- tions, and to circulate the certificates of mem- bership. On August 14, 1866, Gen. R. R. Dawes, president of the trustees, reported the following assets :
*The following were the persons present at the first meeting : J. J. Hollister, J. W. Andrews, E. Corey, W. P. Skinner, L. W. Chamberlain, S. C. Skinner, R. M. Stimson, David Alban. J. C. Paxton, William B. Loomis, R. R. Dawes, T. G. Field, R. K, Shaw, S. B. Robinson. C. F. Buell, J. S. Sprague, S. S. Knowles, Eli Johnson, C. R. Rhodes, A. W. McCormick, William F. Curtis, R. E. Harte, T. W. Moore, A. R. Darrow, I. N. Carman, B. F. Hart, H. H. Drown, J. D. Cotton. F. A. Wheeler. W. B. Hollister. Owen Franks, Z. G. Bundy, John Jones, A. T. Nye, Thomas Henton, L. S. Protsman. S. Maxwell, D. P. Bosworth, W. S. Ward, B. F. Pixley,. S. Newion.
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Fees of membership $1,426 00
Donation Soldiers' Aid Society, Marietta 200 00
Ladies' League No. 420 Bonn 17 20
Other sources 16 00
Total $1,659 20
General Dawes pushed the sales of certifi- cates of membership so that by August 13. 1867, he was enabled to turn over to Hon. W. F. Curtis, treasurer of the trustees, $2.735.09. Up to that date the finances of the association were mainly under the direction of Gen. R. R. Dawes. On August 19, 1868, Mr. Curtis re- ported $2,890.03. We find no further signs of the treasurer for five years.
When, on August 12, 1873. Mr. Curtis re- ported the fund at $3.861.13, and in connection therewith he said : "The premium on the five- twenty bond and the interest due on the Salem bond will increase the above amount to some- thing over four thousand dollars." General Dawes moved the thanks of the association be tendered Mr. Curtis for his efficient efforts in increasing the funds in something over one thousand and two hundred dollars, which mo- tion was carried unanimously. The trustees now felt justified in receiving bids for the con- struction of the monument, and the following resolution was adopted :
Resolved, That a committee of three trustees be appointed to correspond with such persons as they may select, and receive proposals for a monument, and report at the next annual meeting of the association, the designs to be reported with the bids. and fully ex- emplified, provided that the cost of the monument shall not exceed six thousand dollars.
R. E. HARTE, R. R. DAWES, R. L. NYE, Committee.
At the next annual meeting the committee reported having received a limited number of bids which upon examination proved unsat- isfactory. The committee were then directed to procure other bids, and "that the designs should be for a shaft surmounted by a figure of a soldier in uniform, the material granite and the cost not to exceed five thousand dol- lars," and to report by September 20th the same year ( 1874), at which date it was voted
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