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Henderson .- Charles Miller, Charles Miller, John Frederick Bonnett, James D. Anthony, George Kunley, John Kunley, Jacob Kunley, Mathias Foere, Jacob Davis, Peter Weaver, Isaac M. Cougharon, Henry Scott, jr., George France, Frederick Boyer, John Rider, John Miller, Andrew Hammond, Jacob Bonnett, Izrael France, Ludwick Pruister, Henry Hammerman, James C. Cougharon, John Gourly, William Smith.
Heath .- Henry L. Dunmire, Levi Snyder, William O'Harra, John D. McNeal, John O'Neil, Charles O'Harron, John Dearhalps, Robert Painter.
Knox .- Solomon Harriger, William Davidson, Lott Anderson, Harvey Barr, Isaiah Johns, Jacob Shilling, William Reed, John Futts, John Ney, Franklin Miller, Silas Anderson, Edgar Rodgers, David Chitister, Henry Sentner, Daniel Friedline, Alexander Shirey, Daniel Sarvey, Robert Camp- bell, Thomas Anderson, William Rice, Elias Eshbaugh, Jacob Johns, Daniel Wolf, Daniel Rhoads, Christopher Rhoads, Sylvester McAnnich, William H. Wyley, Jacob Shaffer, Philip Guthrie, Jacob Miller, William Yoder, Jackson Gearhart.
McCalmont .- Augustus F. W. Lorring, Jackson Sheasley, John C. Pifer, Elias Bests, Jacob Straithoof, Jacob S. Smith, Thomas Brown, jr., John H. Hopkins, Philip Moot, John B. Zeitler, Solomon S. Yoter, Robert Whitesell, Jacob Kuntz, Jacob N. Means, Lewis Elbel, Benjamin McCann, James McGee, Samuel Rhoads, Charles Moot, Alexander Dickey.
Oliver .- William V. Reed, Jacob Kaylor, William Eisenhart, Philip Het- trick, John Drayer, James M. Hadden, John Clontz, Samuel Burkett, Nicholas Shaffer, Godfrey Reitz, Benjamin V. Reed, William Mauk, Jacob Beightel, William A. Gibson, Ezra Shirey, Thomas Wadding, Andrew Huffman, John R. Pantell, Alexander Parks, John Miller, Charles Hickox, Eli Miller, John Miller, of J., Charles Wonderley, Harrison Ickes, Adam Raybuck, George Startzell, John Coleman.
Punxsutawney .- Thadeus Campbell, Franklin Fickenger, Reuben Win- slow, Cyrus M. Wilson, Martin L. Heinnigh, George Long, John Zeitler, Frederick Hauck, Charles S. Reese, George T. Gray, J. G. Myers, James S. St. Clair, Alexander G. Hughes, Nelson D. Porter, Joseph Shields, William Henry, Valentine Snyder, J. J. J. Bishop, John R. Evans, Stacy B. Williams, James E. Mitchell, Oscar Winslow, Robert A. Bouch, V. S. Murray, John B. Bair, John B. Wilson.
Perry .- John Frampton, James P. Kelly, Samuel Mauk, Sanford Neal,
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Thomas S. Mitchell, James Wachob, James Gray, James McHenry, James Hamilton, Joseph Newcom, Samuel Sprankle, James Crossman, Christian Lau- breck, George H. Grove, Jacob L. Coon, Samuel Curry, John Crissman, Wil- liam Moser, Hugh Bell, Philip Whitesell, Samuel A. Weaver, Isaac M. Knapp, David M. Postlethwait, Thomas T. Adams, William P. McHenry, David Weaver, Nathan Crossman, George Gourly, Henry Kennedy, George New- com, George E. Blose, Joseph W. Sharp, Martin Reitz, Jacob Mauk, James Young, William G. Cummins, George H. Shrock, Henry Shilling, Thadeus Means, Archibald Hadden.
Pine Creck .- Niman Chitester, James Dykes, James Weidner, Abel 'Fuller, Joseph P. Taylor, John Hutchins, Izrael Snyder, Hartley Holden, William Vandevort, William Ishman, Emanuel Weiser, Josiah Harman, Jacob Kroh, Samuel Work, Eli Johns, Jacob Krisher, Webster Butler, Sylvester R. Milliron, William Moore, William Harris, John C. Wilson, Charles Murphy, Henry Bussard, Jared Jones, Charles Wetzel, Michael Mowry, James Kelly, Michael E. Kroh, Isaac Cable, Joseph Lattimer, Wadsworth Butler, Alonzo Andrews, John C. Long, William Cable, Samuel Wilson, James Butler, George Zettler, Joseph Dempsey.
Porter .- Hugh McDivett, Elisha Hoover, John W. Potts, Charles H. Coleman, James M. Timblin, Michael Bish, John McClelland, Noah Marsh, Elisha C. Barnett, Peter Stear, Thomas T. Coleman, James Stockdale, Jacob Dibler, William Snyder, W. McGregor, William H. McDonald, George Bish, John Y. Gahaghan, Johnston Welchons, William Bish.
Polk .- Samuel Coon, George Smith, Thomas Davis, Sylvester Davis.
Ringgold .- Charles Martz, Christian Shaffer, Solomon Martz, William Bush, William Young, Levi Gearheart, George Shaffer, William Keil, William Gearheart, Benjamin Bush, Nathan B. Crossman, Solomon Shaffer, Joseph Pow- ell, Simon Shaffer, Elias Lettick, A. Falk, Joseph Mottern, Elias Dinger, Philip Snyder, Moses Powell, Levi Boyer, Francis Upenbacker, David Buck, John Smathers, John Wise, Isaac Brocins, Moses Ferringer, John Yount, J. C. Mc- Nutt, William Milliron, Lewis Mottern, John H. Hinderliter, R. B. Farr, James Postlethwait, Simon Hilliard, Charles Kaylor, Amos B. Lerch, James Richards, Conrad Geist, Jacob Koons, Daniel Snyder, Edward Falk.
Rose .- John Carr, John Sylvus, John Lewis, John M. McGary, Mathias Honadle, Amos Reitz, William H. Smith, Joseph Montgomery, John J. Warey, Joseph S. Oxenrider, Thomas M. Witherow, Martin Richards, James R. Witherow, John J. Campbell, Alexander McMannigle, Joseph McSparrin, Henry Alsehouse, Anthony Arnold, John Brown, Lawrence Neal, William Sarvey, George Ohl, Adolphus Verbeck, Alexander Campbell, J. Greely, Joseph Thrush, Thomas Edmonds, Samuel C. Witherow, John M. Haugh, S. A. Morrison.
Snyder .- Benjamin F. Townley, William Tolbert, Allebert Galusha, David
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Dean, John W. McIntosh, Webster N. Johnston, W. H. Wilson, H. Shleet, Isaac Chamberlain, John Briggs, Valentine Mohny, John Robinson, David Walker, John Robinson, J. W. Green, Samuel Holt, Mathew Bovaird, Alonzo Myers.
Union .- John H. Monks, John M. Kelly, Enoch Steele, Newton Taylor, John Orcutt, Philip Aaron, Reuben Klingensmith, Jeremiah Kohler, Joseph Summerville, James H. Brown, John Brown, Jacob Howe, G. H. Kennedy, William McKee, Washington Mckinley, Isaac Siars, Amos Hinderliter, William Jones, David Sharp, Simon Snyder, Robert M. Siars, James White.
Washington .- Joseph Waterhouse, William Dean, William McConnell, Robert McDonald, John G. Smith, Robert Tweedy, Charles R. Calhoun, David Dennison, William McCullough, John A. Crawford, John C. Groves, Nesly Sen- ior, Robert Wait, James R. Groves, Ezekial Sterrett, Thomas G. Groves, Rob- ert R. Smith, William Stevenson, David McGarey, William Dellmore, Alex- ander Keys, Mathew Wright, James Dennison, William J. Calhoun, James Brit- ton, Robert Stevenson, John H. Nopsken, George Smith, Robert Patterson, James H. Ross, James L. Smith, Joseph Brittain, Archabald Mccullough, Elisha G. Evans, Joseph Keys, David Moore, James Patton, George McClelland, Jo- seph Hutchison, Robert H. McIntosh, William Cooper, Robert Miller, James B. Smith, Samuel McConnell, Simon Barkhouse, Thomas Brown, Miller Mc- Curdy, James Shaw.
Warsaw .- John Reed, John Clinger, Jackson Moorhead, Eli Vasbinder, William Russell, jr., John Miller, Joseph Bowers, Tobias Painter, Jacob Yount, Isaac Graham, Gabriel Stahlman, E. A. R. Clark, Conrad Clinger, L. E. Bart- lett, Anthony Arnold, Thomas T. Crawford, L. J. Boyington, George Wilson, Fergus Craven, Charles Horn, A. J. Bartlett, W. W. Bartlett, Abram Vande- vort, N. P. Smith, Richard Humphrey, J. A. Richards, Gideon Lindemuth, Joseph McCracken, Adam G. Clark, Michael Reitz, Lester Lockwood, Abra- ham Snyder, Nathaniel Wilson, Isaac Carrier, William Foust, Clinton Johnston, William Butler, Lewis S. Dunham, Joseph Dunn.
Winslow .- William Daily, Charles B. Clark, Charles H. Prescott, Andrew J. Johnston, Lewis Ludwick, John H. Rishel, John Painter, Charles H. Gordon, Jacob Cherry, Frederick Brooks, Henry Doling, Gordon Harris, David Hillis, George Strouse, Jonathan Deemer, Henry Kroh, William A. Stewart, William Fathims, Isaac London, Peter Burkett, William Best, James Sheasly, Henry Rhoads, Robert Douthett, jr., Ephraim Murray, Jacob Best, Samuel N. R. Boyer, Gould J. Scott, Hugh Lowry, Edward E. Seeley, Jesse B. Wayland, George W. Rea, Joshua Fey, Charles Cerp, Abraham Boyer, James Fey, Jacob Boyer, Adam Glazier, Noah Strouse, Thomas J. Reynolds, Henry C. Moore, John B. Snyder. Henry Foltz, Abner Reed, Robert Morris, James Cathcart, Henry W. Hoak, Bennewell Snyder.
Young .- Richard Berry, Benoni Clawson, Jacob Kesslar, Jacob Covert, To- bias Long, John B. Henneigh, Daniel J. Graffius, Frederick Hawk, Charles B.
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Hutchison, John Painter, jr., Israel McElvain, Joseph H. Bowman, Emanuel Fetterman, Peter Keslar, Christian Weaver, Joseph Williams, James Saltsgiver, Benjamin Frampton, John N. Hawk, Levi McGregor, William S. Hughes, Thomas Carpenter, David Brown, Joseph R. Craft, Philip Smith, Henry Win- gard, jr., Charles Shwartz, George Long, Moses A. Smith, Samuel Craft, John Burley, Alexander Campbell.
The time for the men drafted under this call to report was fixed by Colo- nel Campbell for the 20th of April, but before that time arrived Lee had sur- rendered to the victorious army of General Grant, at Appomattox, and an order was issued by the provost marshal-general releasing all drafted men who had not already reported at the general rendezvous.
This was joyous news for the drafted men and caused them to enter with doubly intensified enjoyment into the general rejoicing that filled the hearts of all classes of citizens over the glad tidings that the war had closed.
It can be said of the people of Jefferson county that they promptly re- sponded to every draft, and in no instance was there the least resistance offered to the officers in the discharge of their duty. This submission to the will of the administration, and acquiescence in the plan for filling up the army, which the exigencies of the service demanded, did not prevail in all portions of the country. In Clearfield county the enforcement of the draft was met with armed resistance, and troops had to be sent to arrest deserters from the draft harbor- ing there.
In the discharge of this duty one of the bravest soldiers of Jefferson county lost his life. Lieutenant-Colonel Cyrus Butler, with Lieutenant George Van- Vliet, had gone to Clearfield county under orders from Provost-Marshal Camp- bell, to arrest deserters, and on the 30th of October, 1864, proceeded to the house of Joseph Lounsbery, who resided two and a half miles from Clearfield town, a deserter from both drafts, to arrest him. On perceiving the officers he ran up stairs, Butler and Van Vliet following after ; when Lounsberry shot Colonel Butler on the stairs, mortally wounding him. When Butler fell Van- Vliet tried to arrest Lounsberry, but the latter, clubbing his revolver, knocked the lieutenant down, and escaped.
Colonel Butler was removed to the town of Clearfield where he died the next day. An inquest was held over his remains, and a verdict rendered in accordance with the facts. His remains were then taken to his home in Brookville, where a stricken wife and four little children received them. He was laid to rest in the cemetery there on the 3d of November, followed by the sorrowing and indignant citizens. Colonel Butler was born in Pine Creek township, his father, David Butler, being one of the first settlers in the county. He had always resided there and in Brookville, until the breaking out of the rebellion, when he enlisted in Captain Brady's company and was promoted from first sergeant to second lieutenant of Company K, Eleventh Pennsylvania
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Reserves. He resigned on account of wounds and disability April 17, 1863, but again enlisted and served as lieutenant-colonel of Colonel Porter's regi- ment Emergency Men, and then while still in his country's service, he died by the hand of a traitor.
The board of enrollment held a meeting on receipt of the intelligence of Colonel Butler's death, and passed resolutions condemning the cruel murder, pledging themselves to use every effort to bring Lounsberry to justice, and con- doling with the bereaved family in their sorrow. They also recommended that Mrs. Butler be granted a pension by the government, which was subsequently done, she receiving a pension until her death, and her children being admitted to the soldier's orphan schools on the same equality as the children of other deceased soldiers.
The enrollment board at this meeting raised the sum of one hundred and fifteen dollars, which was forwarded to Mrs. Butler, with the resolutions of con- dolence.
It is impossible to give the regiments in which the drafted men of Jefferson county served. Nearly all of those who went into the service under the draft of 1863 were put into the Eighty-second Pennsylvania Volunteers, and the rolls of that regiment give the following names :
Company A .- Corporal John Fishel; Edward Barry ; William H. Fishel, killed ; Mathew Keys, died ; Wilson Keys.
Company B .- Joseph Bowdish, killed ; David Dinger, John Deeter, Will- iam Geist, J. N. Heckendorn, David Hoch, John Ross.
Company C .- Sergeant John W. Irwin; Peter Bish, Daniel Bish, Amos D. Hinderliter, Edward Forsythe.
Company D .- Peter Bish, killed ; Jefferson Dempsey, Samuel Horner.
Company E .- Henry Fisher, William Kirkman.
Company F .- William C. Evans.
Company G .- James Bullers, John McNutt, Josiah Shoemaker, Jacob Shirey.
Company I .- Ephraim Bushley, Henry Doverspike, died ; L. Lockwood, Lyman Lockwood, Levi Vandevort, Wilson Fisher.
In the Seventy-sixth Pennsylvania Regiment were the following drafted men from Jefferson county :
Company C .- Andrew G. Hettrick.
Company E .- Gabriel Vasbinder, killed ; Russell Van Tassel, Benjamin F. Martin.
Company G .- Elza McAnnich.
Company K .- John C. Hoover.
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RELIEF FUND OF JEFFERSON COUNTY.
In the fall of 1861 it was found that a great many of those who had volun- teered in the army from this county had left their families without adequate support. To relieve the wants of these wives and children of the volunteers, a relief fund was raised by special taxation. The relief board was composed of the associate judges and commissioners of the county, who furnished aid to all families of absent soldiers in need of such assistance. The assessments and ex- penditures for the different years, were as follows :
IS61.
Real and Personal Property.
$1.186.25
Real and Personal Property, additional assessment
1,802.41
Unseated Lands.
556.24
$ 3,544.90
IS62.
Real and Personal
2,823.03
Militia Fund, Transferred.
335-49
Unseated Lands
527.67
3,686.19
1863.
2,723.93
Unseated. .
484.83
Balance Militia Fund
$45.76
1864.
2,693.56
Unseated.
4SS.50
Militia
454.33
3,636.39
865.
Real and Personal
3,285.55
Unseated.
697.10
Militia.
476.25
4,458.90
IS66.
39.17
39.17
$19,470.07
1867.
Balance transferred to County Funds
116.15
Total amount paid for Relief.
$19,353.92
Militia.
4,104.32
Real and Personal.
Real and Personal.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
The Grand Army of the Republic, First Organized - The First Post in Jefferson County - Amor A. McKnight Post- E. R. Brady Post -E. H. Little Post -- John C. Conser Post - John C. Dowling Post - Jefferson Post- D. S. Porter Post- The Sons of Veterans - The Woman's Relief Corps - The Soldiers' Orphan School - The Little Orphans and the Governor - The Wards of the State Provided For-Jefferson County Soldiers' Orphans- Number of U. S. Pensioners in Jefferson County - Amount Paid in Pensions.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.
HE Grand Army of the Republic was organized at Decatur, Illinois, T April 6, 1866. It was suggested by Dr. B. F. Stevenson, late a sergeant in the Fourteenth Illinois Regiment, and he is regarded as the founder. Post No. I was organized at Decatur, Post No. 2 at Springfield. Each State is a department and posts begin with No. I in each department.
The preamble of the association of the Grand Army of the Republic sets forth :
" We, soldiers and sailors, and honorably discharged soldiers and sailors, of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps of the United States, having aided in main- taining the honor, integrity, and supremacy of the National Government dur- ing the late rebellion, do unite to establish a permanent association.
"First. To preserve those kind and fraternal feelings which bind together the soldiers, sailors, and marines, who united to suppress the late rebellion, and to perpetuate the history of the dead.
"Second, To assist such former comrades in arms as need help and pro- tection, and extend needful aid to the widows and orphans of those who have fallen.
"Third. To maintain true allegiance to the United States of America, based on a paramount respect for, and fidelity to, its constitution and laws ; to dis- countenance whatever tends to weaken loyalty, incites to insurrection, treason, or rebellion, or in any manner impairs the efficiency and permanency of our free institutions ; and to encourage the spread of universal liberty, equal rights, and justice to all."
The first national encampment was held at Indianapolis, Indiana, Novem- ber 20, 1866. Pennsylvania was represented in this encampment, and soon after posts were organized all over this State; Brookville being the first to secure an organization of the order in the county, and Post No. 134 was instituted on the 25th of June, 1868, with the following officers : Post commander, W. S. Barr ; senior vice-commander, William English ; junior vice-commander, John E. Barr ; officer of the day, J. W. Henderson ; officer of the guard, WV. R. Ram-
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sey ; chaplain, W. C. Evans ; surgeon, A. P. Heichhold; quartermaster, George Van Vliet ; adjutant, John A. McLain; sergeant-major, M. C. Thompson ; quartermaster-sergeant, A. B. McLain.
This post was first known by its number-No. 134. Prior to 1869 there was no provision in the rules for naming posts. In that year it was provided that any post may prefix the name of a deceased soldier, or of some person eminent for loyalty or efficiency during the war. +
In pursuance of this order the post adopted the name of Colonel A. A. Mc- Knight, the intrepid commander of the One Hundred and Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and it retained its name until its charter was surrendered in 1878, the result of an impression that the order was political in its purposes, and be- cause of the removal of many of its members to other localities. The post took charge of arrangements for decoration day, inviting the public to partici- pate in the ceremonies of decorating with flowers the graves of deceased sol- diers, and contributed largely in charity for the relief of distressed comrades, and the families of those who had died in the service, and materially aided in procuring the admission of soldiers' orphans into the schools provided by the State for them.
On the 12th of May, 1882, the organization was revived and Post No. 242, Department of Pennsylvania, was organized, and was called for Captain E. R. Brady, of the Eleventh Pennsylvania Reserves, who had gallantly given his life in his country's cause at South Mountain, Virginia. The following were the officers elected and installed : Commander, James P. George ; senior vice- commander, John W. Walker; junior vice-commander, Charles J. Wilson ; officer of the day, Silas J. Marlin; officer of the guard, George W. Turner ; chaplain, Theodore Henderson ; surgeon, W. J. Mcknight ; quartermaster, Robert A. Hubbard ; adjutant, F. A. Weaver ; quartermaster-sergeant, C. O. Hammond ; sergeant-major, J. C. Whitehill.
The post at once commenced a successful career, and in the almost five years of its existence, has mustered about one hundred and fifty members, and acquired property valued at five hundred dollars ; one-half of this sum being in trust for the relief of comrades in need or distress; the charities of the order only being confined to those who participated in the war for the preservation of the Union, and the families of such soldiers.
The officers of the post for 1887 are: Commander, Andrew B. McLain ; senior vice-commander, Silas J. Marlin ; junior vice-commander, Clarence R. Hall ; officer of the day, Charles J. Wilson ; officer of the guard, John M. Da- vis; chaplain, Jesse Alcorn ; surgeon, Joseph E. Hall ; quartermaster, John Startzell ; adjutant, John W. Walker ; sergeant-major, R. M. Wadding ; quar- termaster-sergeant, T. H. Wilson.
E. R. Brady Post has now one hundred and ten effective members, and has lost by death since its organization seven comrades : C. O. Hammond, William
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Heckendorn, R. J. Nicholson, Joseph A. Geere, A. L. Gordon, E. B. Cavenore, and Thomas Durgan.
The stated meetings of the post are on the first and third Saturday even- ings of each month at the G. A. R. hall.
Captain E. H. Little Post No. 237, G. A. R., Department of Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney, was mustered April 14, 1882.
Charter members .- John T. Bell, Christian Miller, Jolin Cricks, Daniel W. Robison, William Altman, John Hastings, H. C. Campbell, Charles M. Brewer, R. W. Dinsmore, J. J. Young, John G. Myers, John M. Brewer, Thomas J. Cooper, William C. Torrance, George S. Campbell, D. W. C. Hervey, Arthur H. Murray.
First officers .- Commander, John T. Bell ; senior vice-commander, John Hastings ; junior vice-commander, Christian Miller; surgeon, William Altman ; chaplain, D. W. C. Hervey; quartermaster, Josepli J. Young; adjutant, Thomas J. Cooper ; officer of the day, John M. Brewer ; officer of the guard, William C. Torrance ; quartermaster-sergeant, George S. Campbell ; sergeant-major, R. W. Dinsmore.
Present (1887) officers : Commander, C. M. Brewer ; senior vice-com- mander, W. C. Torrance; junior vice-commander, W. F. Campbell ; chaplain, M. J. Dinsmore ; quartermaster, John T. Bell; adjutant, Thomas J. Cooper ; officer of the day, R. W. Dinsmore ; officer of the guard, John Cricks ; quar- termaster-sergeant, George H. Torrance ; sergeant-major, George R. Hall ; whole amount mustered, 117; members died since organization, 5 ; present number in good standing, 90.
John C. Conser Post G. A. R. No. 192, Department of Pennsylvania, named for the gallant major of the One Hundred and Fifth, was mustered at Rey- noldsville, August 27, 1880, with the following officers : Commander, Tilton C. Reynolds ; senior vice-commander, H. B. Leach ; junior vice-commander, \V. W. Ford; surgeon, J. W. Foust ; quartermaster, E. Neff; chaplain, WV. W. Crissman ; adjutant, J. B. McCracken ; officer of the day, W. J. Heckman ; officer of the guard, Levi Epler ; quartermaster-sergeant, Samuel Sutter ; ser- . geant-major, L. W. Scott.
Since its organization it has mustered eighty-nine comrades, having now fifty-four good working members. Thirty-nine have left the post by transfer or have been dropped from the roll for non-payment of dues. Four members, Simon Stine, George Thompson, William Stewart, and George Ferrier, have been mustered out by death. The post owns property worth over two hun- dred dollars.
The officers for 1887 are: Commander, R. D. Beer ; senior vice-commander, B. Haugh ; junior vice-commander, George Roller, jr .; adjutant, John W. Stouffer ; quartermaster, H. B. Leach ; surgeon, J. W. Foust ; chaplain, Wilder M. Boyle ; officer of the day, Levi Epler ; officer of the guard, Thomas Clau- baugh ; sergeant-major, A. W. Davis ; quartermaster-sergeant, Samuel Sutter.
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Jefferson Post No. 269, Department of Pennsylvania, was mustered at Brock- wayville, August 17, 1882, with the following officers : Commander, Thomas Myers ; senior vice-commander, F. B. Harvey ; junior vice-commander, S. M. Temple ; adjutant, Thomas Keys ; quartermaster, Ira Felt ; surgeon, Frederick Walker ; chaplain, M. V. Longwell; officer of the day, Joseph Clinton ; officer of the guard, W. G. McMinn ; sergeant-major, George Britton ; quartermaster- sergeant, D. C. Nelson.
The officers of the post for 1887 are : Commander, Ira Felt ; senior vice- commander, G. WV. Sibley ; junior vice-commander, J. Gage ; quartermaster, J. W. Frost ; surgeon, G. F. Walker ; chaplain, J. Robinson ; officer of the day, M. L. DeVallance; officer of the guard, P. Boyer; adjutant, C. Levis; ser- geant-major, N. B. Wilson ; quartermaster-sergeant, Thomas Hutchison. The post meets on the second and fourth Fridays of each month.
Captain J. C. Dowling Post No. 303, G. A. R., Department of Pennsylvania, was called for the first officer from Jefferson county killed in the war, was mus- tered at Corsica, February 22, 1883, with the following officers: Post com- ander, John Baker ; senior vice-commander, A. P. Simpkins; junior vice-com- mander, A. Knabb; adjutant, D. McKee; surgeon, James Douglass; chaplain, W. Downing ; officer of the day, John Williams; officer of the guard, J. B. Mc- Cullough ; quartermaster, N. Taylor ; sergeant-major, George J. Shultz ; quar- termaster-sergeant, R. R. Snyder.
The officers of this post for 1887 are : Commander, George J. Shultz ; sen- ior vice-commander, George Shick; junior vice-commander, J. L. Douglass ; adjutant, R. R. Snyder ; quartermaster, J. B. Mccullough ; surgeon, John Ba- ker ; chaplain, A. Knabb; officer of the day, D. McKee; officer of the guard, A. P. Simpkins; sergeant-major, J. A. Myers ; quartermaster-sergeant, Amos Shirey.
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