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PALMER TOWNSHIP.
Palmer township furnished eight volunteers between July 2 and August 22, 1862, as reported by the assessor, Samuel Watters. The list follows : Henry Sigafoose, Elias Sigafoose, William Truitt, Joel Osborn, Joseph Osborn, Joseph Aquila, Wayne Hazelton and George Earnest.
PLEASANT TOWNSHIP.
The records of Pleasant township are the most complete of any town- ship in the county. The first record in point of time gives the volunteers enlisting between July 2 and August 22, 1862, during which time forty-two men enlisted from the township, as follows: George Bunn, Samuel R. Det- wiler, Andrew Miller, Titus Hotchkiss, William Starner, Proctor L. Mounts, John Ward, Peter Edmunds, William Parish, Jacob Sakemiller, Thomas J. Harbaugh, Francis W. Pence, John Bushong, Lafayette Fruchey, John W. Powell, Walter J. Blunden, Webster Frazee, William Lytle, Amos J. Nichol, James R. Smith, David W. Bogart, Andrew R. Sakemiller, William Thomp- son, George Arnold, David Salyard, Jacob Fuller, Harrison Turner, Adam Turner, Miles Barfield, James Critten, Josiah Krouse, Emmett Heckman, Joseph Tingle, Edward Flint, Alexander Burgess, Leonard S. Spach, John F. Bogart, Benjamin Nicewarner, William R. Smith, John Street and Caleb Sprague.
The only complete record of the soldiers in any township of Putnam county is found in the "Enumeration of all the Soldiers & Mariners, who are in the Service of the State or United States, being residents of Pleasant Township, Putnam Co., O., when entering said service." In May, 1863, the township trustees, John Norton and James Sims, made a complete return of all of the soldiers of Pleasant township and their record shows that the township at that time had one hundred and four volunteers in ten different regiments. This record furthermore gives the company, the sex and age of the families of the soldiers and indicates whether the families are in need of help. Forty-one of the soldiers had families and all but fourteen are listed as "necessitious." The following regiments had volunteers from Pleasant township: Third, Fourth, Fourteenth, Twenty-first, Twenty-seventh, Forty- ninth, Fifty-seventh, Eighty-first, Ninety-ninth and One Hundred and Eighteenth.
Third Regiment-Jacob E. Fuller, David Smith, John W. Wilson.
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Fourth Regiment-T. L. Byers, Jarvis Postlewait, Robert Lease (dis- charged), Solomon Rush.
Fourteenth Regiment-Deliverance Parrish, John P. Crawford, John H. Barrett, Dudley Tracey, Stephen Klover, Perry Tate, Isaac C. Connett, Jessie Fruchey, John B. Featherengill, John Ditzler, Thompson Bogan, John Tate, David M. Glancy (deceased), William H. Glancy, William Belford, Oscar Smith, Byron Salmon, Jacob Carr, Sidney Sanders (discharged), Emerson Sampson, Elijah W. Greene (discharged), Orison Buck, Valentine Harbaugh, William Ward, George Ward, Israel W. Martin (discharged), George M. Camden (discharged), Daniel Hotchkiss (discharged), Abraham Bogart, Abraham Smith (discharged), Jacob Kohli, Samuel Sterlin, Oliver Oglevie, Louis Oglevie, Hamilton Killin, Abner Killin, Isaac Fruchey (discharged), Andrew J. Fruchey, Noah W. Ogan, Isaac Bogart, Martin Fuller, William Fuller, W. H. H. Bowers, S. S. Bowers, Restore Douglass and Gamaliel Morris. All of the members of the Fourteenth Regiment were in Com- pany K.
Twenty-first Regiment-Thomas Bunn, William Bunn, John S. Hart, Joseph Bushong, James Wamsley, Lewis Price, Ozro D. Byers, William Payne. These eight men were members of Company D.
Twenty-seventh Regiment-Robert H. Turner, William C. Turner, Lucas McCombs (discharged), Joseph Edmonds. These volunteers were in Company I.
Forty-ninth Regiment-Simon P. Strow, John A. Lake, Silas A. Ketner, Uriah Johnson. These four men were in Company I.
Fifty-seventh Regiment-James Critten, John Fossett, John Hart, Decatur Tate. All of these men were in Company A with the exception of Hart, who was in Company E.
Eighty-first Regiment-William Parrish, David Salyards, William Thompson, John F. Bogart, George Baum, John Boston, George Arnold, Andrew Miller, Thomas Harbaugh, Francis W. Pence, Jacob Sakemiller, Andrew Sakemiller, Peter Edmonds, John Ward, Leonard Spach, William Starner, John Streatt, Joseph F. Bushong, and Amos J. Nichols (discharged ). All of these men were members of Company G.
Ninety-ninth Regiment-Joseph Tingle, B. J. Nicewarner, A. H. Flint. Tingle was a member of Company F and the other two volunteers were in Company I.
One Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment-John H. Good, Harrison Turner, Adam Turner. Good was in Company E and the other two were in Company D.
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PERRY TOWNSHIP.
Perry township furnished twenty-three volunteers between July 2 and August 22, 1862, according to the report of the assessor, N. Whitney. The list follows : Payton Cline, Elias W. Dimmock, Samuel P. Wollam, Thomas Wagoner, Dibbel Ridenour, John Wheeler, Isaac Wheeler, Leven Corkwell, Moses Dickey, Eli May, Samuel King, William Robart, John T. Guy, William Brown, Cyril B. Bacon, John E. Weiser, Jacob Spitnale, John Rariden, Abraham Myers, John Bell, John T. Thatcher. Morris Burnett and John Smith.
RILEY TOWNSHIP.
The assessor of Riley township returned to the auditor the names of eight men who had volunteered from Riley township between July 2'and August 22, 1862. These eight men were as follows: Henry Harris, James Meals, Milton Thrap, Orville Thrap, Newton Wilson, Lewis Stakely, Philip Roulin and Elias Darling.
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP.
Solomon Leffler, the assessor of Van Buren township, returned the names of sixteen men who had volunteered from his township between July 2 and August 22, 1862. The list follows: John Carter, John Drushel, Henry Drushel, Noah Smith, Moses Stirman, Thomas Wilson, Lewis Crosser, Solomon W. Hicks, Jesse Kelly, Alanson Brown, John Reading, Robert Hull, Sylvester Cook, John Wilson, Abraham Newell and William Newell. Be- tween August 22 and September 13, 1862, four more enlisted from Van Buren township: Daniel G. Leffler, Daniel Leffler, Martin Van Bowman and Seth Shoemaker.
PUTNAM COUNTY OFFICERS IN THE CIVIL WAR.
The complete roster of Putnam county officers in the Civil War is not available, but the following list comprises the most prominent men of the county who attained official ranking: Americus V. Rice, brigadier-general, Fifty-seventh Regiment; Jacob L'H. Long, major, Eighty-seventh Regi- ment ; Thomas Allen, captain; E. K. Allen, captain, Company C, Eighty- eighth Regiment ; James C. Gribben, captain, Fifty-seventh Regiment ; S. W. Drake, captain, Company I, One Hundred Ninety-seventh Regiment; Guy
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Pomeroy, lieutenant, Company D, Twenty-first Regiment; A. D. McClure, lieutenant, Company C, Eighty-seventh Regiment; Thomas J. Harbaugh, lieutenant, Company F, Eighty-first Regiment ; J. C. Silvers, lieutenant, Com- pany C, Eighty-seventh Regiment ; Joseph McCrate, lieutenant, Fifty-seventh Regiment; Charles Allen, lieutenant, Twenty-first Regiment; Charles E. Tupper, surgeon, Forty-first Regiment; Joseph Morris, assistant surgeon, One Hundred and Seventy-third Regiment; W. C. G. Krauss, hospital steward; Daniel M. Foltz, quartermaster, Forty-ninth Regiment; Aaron Overbeck, corporal, Company A, Fifty-seventh Regiment.
GEN. A. V. RICE, PUTNAM COUNTY'S GREATEST CIVIL-WAR SOLDIER.
Americus V. Rice, who came to Putnam county in 1847, has the honor of attaining a higher military rank in the Civil War than any other man from the county. He was born in Perrysville, Ohio, November 18, 1835, and came to Putnam county with his parents when he was twelve years of age. General Rice graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1860, and at once returned to his home in Kalida to begin the study of law.
In the spring of 1861 he offered his services under the three-months call of President Lincoln and on April 29, 1861, was elected second lieutenant of Company E, Twenty-first Regiment of Ohio Infantry. On May 16, 1861, he was elected captain of the company and served with this rank in West Virginia under Gen. J. D. Cox until the company was mustered out in the following August. He at once returned to his home in Kalida and in the following month organized a company for the three-year service and was mustered in as captain of Company A, Fifty-seventh Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry. On February 8, 1862, he was appointed lieutenant- colonel of his regiment upon the unanimous recommendation of all the officers of the regiment. His regiment was present at the battle of Shiloh and was in the thickest of that terrible fight. One-third of the regiment was missing, which goes to show the conspicuous part it played in the battle. During the engagement a shell burst above the head of Colonel Rice, knocking both him and his horse to the ground, but fortunately did not seriously injure either of them. It is not possible in this brief summary of his career to follow his military career in detail. Suffice it to say, that his conduct on all occasions was such as to commend him to those above him in authority. In March, 1863, he was placed in command of the First Brigade, First Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, and on April 16, of the same year,
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was commissioned colonel of the Fifty-seventh Regiment. Fighting with his regiment in all of the skirmishes around Vicksburg, he won additional honor in the skillful manner in which he handled his regiment. In leading an assault on that stronghold he was struck in the leg by a minie ball and seri- ously injured and kept out of active service until January, 1864. In recog- nition of his gallant services around Vicksburg, General Grant recommended him for promotion to brigadier-general, and with this rank he served with Sherman in the Atlanta campaign. At Kenesaw Mountain he was so badly wounded in the leg that it had to be amputated above the knee. For his bravery at Resaca, May 14, 1864, he was again recommended by the general officers for promotion to the rank of brigadier-general, but the appointment was withheld until May, 1865.
On account of the loss of his leg, General Rice was unable to rejoin his command until April, 1865, when he took charge of his regiment at Newburn, North Carolina. He passed with his command in the Grand Review at Washington, D. C., on May 24, 1865, and in the following month took them to Louisville, Kentucky. There he was assigned to the command of the Third Brigade, Second Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, which he took to Little Rock, Arkansas, arriving there June 24, 1865. He remained there in command until his command was mustered out in August of the same year. General Rice was honorably discharged on January 15, 1866.
It is interesting to note that General Rice, after the close of the war, at once entered into peaceful pursuits with the same enthusiasm which char- acterized his career in the military life. He was a war Democrat and was always interested in political matters. He was a delegate to the Baltimore convention which nominated Horace Greeley. In 1874 he was elected to Congress and was re-elected in 1876. In 1894 he was appointed United States pension agent for Ohio and took possession of his office on May I of that year. He subsequently went to Washington and was connected with the pension department for a number of years. While in office, he died and was buried in the cemetery at Arlington.
THRIFTY SOLDIERS.
Many of the soldiers of Putnam county saved their money and sent it home from time to time. Among the few Civil War records found was a package of orders, thirty-three in number, which represented varying sums of money sent home by the soldiers of this county. In order that future generations may know who these thirty-three thrifty men were, their names
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are here given, with the sums of money which they forwarded to their loved ones on January 15, 1864: Twenty-first Regiment, Thomas Anderson, $700; J. N. Hickerson, $40; Daniel Carr, $50; Edson G. Crowl, $50; Jackson Sylvis, $30; C. F. Jones, $50; J. Harris, $50; Francis Lindsey, $40; Joseph Bushong, $100; James B. Trask, $100; Daniel Fairchild, $160; Aaron Rice, $50; John Hart, $50; Edward H. Clever, $30; R. McBride, $90; Celestin Chochard, $100; Elam D. Fairchild, $50; Jacob D. Vanscorder, $45; Thirty- eighth Regiment, Nicholas Quick, $30; Forty-ninth Regiment, Jacob N. Reed, $30; John A. Leonard, $25; Albert Harris, $30; John M. Cartwright, $40; Francis A. Kiene, $40; Jacob Foltz, $100; William H. Dean, $25; John A. Lake, $10; Sixty-fifth Regiment, William Harris, $60; John Osborn, $25; Jacob Lindsey, $50; One Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment, J. Taylor, $40 ;. A. Kitchen, $50; N. Clevenger, $65.
SOLDIER RELIEF DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
During the progress of the Civil War the families of the soldiers were often reduced to poverty and the counties individually, as well as the state, came to their rescue. Thousands of dollars were expended for relief and. before the war had progressed more than a year definite arrangements had been made to provide the necessities of life to every needy soldier's family. The following statistics have been taken from the commissioners' records and show that fifteen thousand nine hundred forty-nine dollars and ninety cents was paid out for relief from June, 1862, until March, 1866, when the last relief was paid. This money was proportioned to the townships according to their enlistments and was distributed by specially-appointed agents. The following table shows the amount of relief year by year : December, 1862, $598.92, 919 receiving relief; June, 1864, $2,415.00, 997 receiving relief ; March, 1865, $6,036.29, 997 receiving relief ; September, 1865, $3,758.69, 997 receiving relief ; March, 1866, $3,140.00, number receiving relief not ·given.
A CIVIL-WAR ELECTION.
It is not generally known that the soldiers in the field during the Civil War were allowed to vote and although those from Putnam county must have exercised their franchise, there is a record of only one man casting his vote in the field. Among the few Civil War records saved is a certificate of elec- tion showing that Walter Huysman, a resident of Monterey township, a member of the Second Regiment of Engineers, voted in Knox county,
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Tennessee, on the second Tuesday of October, 1863. On a ticket twenty-eight inches long, the said Huysman voted for governor (John Brough), lieuten- ant-governor (Charles Anderson), auditor of state (James H. Godman), treasurer of state (G. Volney Dorsey), judge of the supreme court (Hocking H. Hunter), member of the board of public works (John M. Barriere), state representative (Cyrus Howard), judge of common pleas court (Joseph Plunket), probate judge (J. B. Jones), county clerk (Samuel D. Ayers), sheriff (Nathaniel H. Bagley), county commissioner (Elias W. Dimmock), surveyor (Seneca J. Powell). This ticket was headed "Ohio Union Ticket" and was, of course, the regular Republican ticket.
VOTERS OF 1847.
Among the Civil War records were found the returns of the assessors of Ottawa, Jackson and Richland townships, giving the names of all the white male inhabitants above the age of twenty-one years in 1847. Ottawa township was credited with two hundred and fourteen voters, Jackson with forty-one and Richland with one hundred and thirty-five.
MILITIA DAYS IN PUTNAM COUNTY.
Up to the opening of the Mexican War in 1846 there were local militia companies in every county in Ohio and as soon as Putnam county was organ- ized in 1834 steps were taken to organize the citizens of the county into com- panies. The first company in Ottawa township had on its roll practically every citizen; in fact, the law provided that all able-bodied citizens, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five, should attend muster day at least twice a year. Capt. F. S. Godfrey was the head of the company in Ottawa town- ship, which bore the bellicose title of "Black Hawk Riflemen." This name was doubtless the result of the Black Hawk War which had just closed a year or so before Putnam county was organized. The uniform of these warriors consisted of a black hunting shirt, jeans trousers and a felt hat decorated with a long black feather. On muster days the whole county turned out to watch the maneuver and these were the biggest days of the year. More whiskey was drunk, more fights staged, more corn bread eaten and more blood spilled on this day than any other in the year. Interest in local militia companies gradually died out before the opening of the Mexican War and when preparations were made to furnish troops for that struggle, the militia laws were revised and the "corn-stalk militia" became a thing of
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the past. It was not until the beginning of the twentieth century that Putnam county had another local militia company and the county seat now boasts of one of the finest armory buildings in the state of Ohio.
COMPANY M, OHIO NATIONAL GUARD.
On June 20, 1901, Colonel Adams, of Columbus, mustered in Company M of the Ohio national guard at Ottawa. Colonel Adams was assisted in this work by Colonel Ream and Major Vail, of Lima. Prof. J. W. Smith, of the Ottawa public schools, was first appointed to fill the office of captain. The following is a complete list of the men mustered in: Clive Agner, Vinza Agner, Rudolph Alt, Fred Arnold, Benjamin Griffith, Leo Harmon, LeRoy Haskell, Frank Hensel, Carl Husted, David Jenkins, George Jenkins, Carl Knettle, Paul Knettle, Harmon Bassett, Frank Fisher, Ed Ford, Charles Fowler, Ed Frey, Theodore Fuerst, Frank Fulton, Leonard Gerdeman, Jack- son Ogle, Clarence Bailey, Dalby Crawfis, Earl Crawfis, Frank Cummer, Geary Day, Ed Farthing, Will Farrell, J. W. Row, Leslie Sawtelle, William Vail, Wilson Palmer, Nelson McDowell, Charles Reed, Herman Reed, Clyde Ridge, Calvin Wagner, Byron Pope, Walter Risser, Allen Robe- nalt, William Robenalt, Ed Shondel, Joe Shondel, J. W. Smith, William Smith, Benjamin Thompson, and Clyde Tupper. All of these members were residents of Ottawa. The following were residents of Leipsic: William Baughman, William Eastman, Joseph Justice, Ed Kuntz, Chester Lowry, Dyke Nutter and Forest Nutter.
The first officers were J. W. Row, first lieutenant; H. M. Reed, second lieutenant ; J. D. Crawfis, first sergeant; F. E. Cummer, second sergeant; L. Haskell, third sergeant; C. A. Frey, fourth sergeant; H. L. Robenalt, fifth sergeant; H. T. Bassett, commissary ; F. O. Arnold, L. C. Gerdeman, J. M. Justice, M. G. Haskell, W. E. Laibe, A. J. Ogle, and D. R. Jenkins, corporals.
Company M was first quartered in the building across from the DuMont hotel. Later the opera house served as temporary quarters until it soon moved to the old armory on Second street. This armory was owned by private individuals and rented to Company M.
A movement was set on foot in 1913 for a new armory. The citizens of Ottawa were behind this movement and appropriated five thousand dollars to buy a site for the new structure. The state then made an appropriation of twenty thousand dollars and the efforts of the citizens who had worked for this building were soon to be rewarded. A lot was purchased on Main
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street and work on the new armory was soon begun. The building was com- pleted in September, 1914, and the company moved into their new quarters in October of the same year.
At present there are fifty-three members, counting officers, with strong indications of an increase in enrollment. The present officers are G. M. Cartwright, captain; James O. Post, first lieutenant; Fred L. Roose, second lieutenant.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
Thomas Allen Post No. 578, Grand Army of the Republic, was organ- ized at Ottawa on March 3, 1886, with twenty-six members, as follows: J. C. Light, D. R. Jenkins, Joseph Allen, J. M. Hawley, J. L'H. Long, A. V. Rice, David Donley, Philip Schweichert, J. R. Smith, B. B. Dennis, Prescott P. Wright, John J. Frey, John Shondel, A. G. Bogardus, T. B. Conn, L. L. Parker, John Ward, P. B. Radabaugh, J. C. McAdow, D. S. Blakeman, Aaron Overbeck, C. P. Bennett, H. C. Carr, C. A. Layton, F. M. Blakeman and Bernard Kreger. At the time of the application for a charter the petitioners asked that the new post be named Thomas Allen Post, in honor of a lieu- tenant by that name, a resident of the county, who was killed in Virginia dur- ing the progress of the war.
The local post is not as strong as it has been in the past and each succeed- ing Memorial day sees fewer of the old veterans in line. It cannot be but a few years until the last will have answered the final roll call, but this one- day will always be kept in grateful rememberance of those who fought and bled that this country might remain a united nation. The complete list of all members of Thomas Allen Post, together with their companies and regi- ments, is as follows :
Louis L. Parker, Company A, Fifty-seventh Regiment.
Jacob L'H. Long, Eighty-seventh Regiment.
David Blakeman, Company D, Ninety-ninth Regiment.
Aaron Overbeck, Company A, Fifty-seventh Regiment.
A. V Rice, Company A, Fifty-seventh Regiment.
H. H. Pope.
Herman Albright, Company I.
John Ward, Twenty-first Regiment.
Barney Gerding, Company I, Thirty-seventh Regiment.
Bernard Krueger, Company I. Thirty-seventh Regiment. Andrew Erhart, Company I, Thirty-seventh Regiment.
John J. Frey, Company I, Thirty-seventh Regiment.
Joshua C. Light, Company A, Sixty-sixth Regiment.
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John J. Zeller, Company C, Eighty-seventh Regiment.
David R. Jenkins, Company B, Ninety-ninth Regiment.
C. P. Bennett.
J. C. Barr, Fifty-fourth Regiment.
David Bridenbaugh, Company K, Eighth Regiment.
David Donley, Company D, Thirty-fourth Regiment.
J. M. Hawkey, Company I, Ninety-ninth Regiment.
Thomas Mellman.
J. C. McAdow, Fifteenth Regiment.
J. S. Neal.
M. H. Reed.
Philip Schweichert.
Nicholas Thompson, Company A, One Hundred and Eighteenth Regi- ment.
C. E. Taylor. George Stephens. W. C. G. Krauss. Fred Unkerholtz.
Henry Rosenbauer, Company C, One Hundred and Fifty-second Regi- ment.
C. E. Beardsley. Henry Thrailkill.
David Catlett.
John W. Wolfe.
T. T. Wright, Company I, Ninety-ninth Regiment.
B. P. Eckbaugh, Company D, Twenty-first Regiment.
E. P. Mckenzie, Company D, One Hundred and Thirtieth Regiment.
T. B. Conn, Company B, One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment.
H. W. Sackett, Company B, One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment. William Stephens.
Christopher Ury, Company I, Ninety-ninth Regiment. A. G. Bogardus.
G. C. Williams, Company K, Fiftieth Regiment.
Thomas Snyder, Company E, Eighty-first Regiment.
E. L. Sandles, Company D, One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment. Isaac Thrapp, Company I, Ninety-ninth Regiment.
T. C. Hipkins, Company K, One Hundred and Eighty-second Regiment. W. H. Handy, Company H, Sixty-seventh Regiment.
F. M. Blakeman, Company K, One Hundred and Eighty-second Regi- ment.
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Anton Dreup, Company I, Thirty-seventh Regiment.
C. H. Hathaway, Company I, Fifty-seventh Regiment.
H. C. Carr, Company K, One Hundred and Eighty-fifth Regiment.
J. R. Smith, Company I, Ninety-ninth Regiment.
John Russett, Company G, One Hundred and First Regiment.
Alexander McMonigal, Company C, One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Regiment.
James W. Bailey, Company E, Eighty-first Regiment.
When the new court house was built, a room was set aside for the Grand Army of the Republic. Here they keep their records, hold their regular meetings and gather for a social hour. The room is well equipped with furni- ture and presents an attractive appearance at all times. A few years ago the government presented the post with three cannon, which were placed in the court house yard. One was christened "Old Putnam" and the other "General McPherson." When the present court house was erected they were all removed. Two are now in the city park and the other is in the fair grounds.
The present officers of the post are as follow: C. M. Hathaway, post commander; E. A. Mckenzie, senior vice-commander; Chris Ury, junior vice-commander; David R. Jenkins, adjutant; H. C. Carr, quartermaster sergeant; Aaron Overbeck, surgeon; T. C. Hipkins, chaplain; Isaac Thrapp, officer of the day; J. J. Frey, officer of the guard; W. H. Handy, patriotic instructor. At the present time there are no Putnam county veterans in either the soldiers' home at Sandusky or in the one at Dayton, a record of which the county may well be proud. Every living soldier in the county who served ninety days or more is now drawing a pension. The county com- missioners make an annual appropriation of fifteen dollars to each post for Memorial Day expenses, and allow seventy dollars for the burial expenses of old soldiers.
OTHER G. A. R. POSTS IN PUTNAM COUNTY.
There have been nine other Grand Army posts in Putnam county, as follows: Columbus Grove, Oglevie, No. 64; Continental, A. V. Rice, No. 718; Continental, Henry Beemer, No. 214; Belmore; Kalida, Gibbons, No. 193; Vaughnsville, Joe Collar, No. 192; Gilboa, Lindsay, No. 75; Leipsic, Daniel Miller, No. 78; Dupont, Weiser, No. 93.
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