Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, past and present, Volume I, Part 21

Author: McKenna, Maurice
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Chicago : Clarke
Number of Pages: 508


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THIRTY-SECOND INFANTRY


Captain, John Klock; lieutenants, S. L. Brasted, George G. Woodruff, E. B. Crofoot.


COMPANY A


Privates


Beest, James T .; Brasted, Augustus ; Bigley, John ; Batterson, Lucius ; Brooks, Silas; Beardsley, Leroy E .; Brown, John H .; Bruce, John; Bull, Martin B .; Bull, R. B .; Clark Joseph ; Clark, Oscar; Chase, George; Carter, Harrison; Colt- ers, John; Crane, Elliott; Crofoot, E. L .; Demar, Stephen; Draagers, Gerrit ; Delano, Thomas; Eaton, Robert J .; Fendry, Christoph; Frost, William H .; Frost, John W .; Foote, John; Foote, Washington; Gaylord, Ranson A .; Geibink, John; Gibbs, Christopher; Grandy, John H .; Graham Andrew ; Griffin, Patrick; Grapfe, William; Growler, Charles F .; Hart, Benjamin B .; Higgs, William; Hillyer, Silas L .; Hayes James; Hayward James E .; Hodges, J. E .; Hawsen, Frederick; Holmes, Asa; Hubbard, John; Hubbard George L .; Hillibert, James J .; Johnson, Seymour H .; Korochat, D. J .; Kelcoyner Palrock ; Knott, Caleb S .; Lancks, William; Lindsley, George; Mapes Mckenzie; Mott, Jonathan ; Murter, Robert H .; Mondwell, Charles ; McDowell, Chester ; McLane, Joseph ; McTolcott, Albert; Marshall, Robert; Michael, Thomas; Morris, Hiram W .; Morrison, D. A .; Nelson, Regin; Jr .; Oliver, Joseph W .; Pedix, James ; Plum- ley, Henry ; Plumley, Horace; Prien, Christian; Preston, Henry ; Preston, How- ard; Ramaker, Gerrit; Racy, Edwin; Roerdink, Gerrit W .; Ross, Sterling A .; Shannock, Frederick; Stephens, Henry; Slaplrump, Henry W .; Tripp, John ; Van Beek, Hart; Vander Bee, Gerrit; Van Houton, Henry; Weser, Jeremiah ; Whiteman, George; Wightman, George; Williams, Luke; Wooden, John ; Zelkey, William.


COMPANY B


Captain, R. W. Hodges.


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Privates


Alexander, John C .; Behnker, Lewis; Bennett, Henry; Benton, John A .; Blair, Leonard; Bly, A. M .; Brown, David; Bugbee, Darius; Bugbee, George ; Bush, T. E .; Carpenter, William B .; Carter, Rufus S .; Craig, Richard; Comstock, Cornelius; Comstock, Philander; Comstock, Orlando T .; Campbell, John; Col- cord, Thomas M .; Connor, James; Crowling, John; Curtis, Alvah; Curtis, George; Donk, Garnet; Donk, John; Elliott, Charles ; Everhard, A. B .; Ferguson, Leander ; Fields, Aden ; Frank, Martin ; Gee, Homer; Gee, Francis; Gee, George; Gee, Thaddeus ; Gehring, John; Gregory, August C .; Haste, Aaron; Harvey, T. H .; Haywood, James; Hemingway, Aaron; Hickey, David; Hickey, James; Hitchcock, Dwight P .; Ingles, Wesley; Johnson, Sidney ; Johnson, Stephen D .; Jackson, George W .; Kennedy, Edward; Lamb, Edward P .; Loomis, Elcott B .; Marsh, Canfield; Marsh, Lyman'; Marsh, William; Minehart, William; Moore, Duane; Moore, George; Moore, William; Munn, Frank; Murray, Edward; Moore, J. M .; O'Neil, James; Osborn, J. W .; Osborn, Thomas; Parks, Eddy ; Patton, George; Pasco, Selim; Pearse, Edward; Pease, Delos; Poach William ; Quimby, George W .; Quimby, Jackson D. ; Ripley, Albert ; Reregue, James ; Rand, Henry; Sanders, William; Scofield, A. M .; Scofield E. D .; Scofield, Henry M :; Shoefelt, S. P .; Sheldon, B. F .; Simmons, W. E .; Smith, James; Smith, Barney ; Smith, Jason; Sumner, Joseph; Tuttle, Ranslow; Tabores, A. S .; Tober, A. C .; Valentine, W. H. H .; Wantz, Enos; Walker, Jason; Webster, Girden; Winkle- man, Christian; White, John A .; Welch, Lewis; Wood, Alson; Woodin, J. D.


COMPANY D


Cosentine, William H.


COMPANY H


Captain, William S. Burrows; lieutenant, George W. King.


Privates


Arthur, Thomas; Barnett, William; Baxton, George; Baxton, Willard; Bar- tell, Peter; Beers, Levi L .; Bessey, Wesley; Booth, George F .; Brown Worden ; Chase, W. B .; Comsky, Frank; Ciiny, Jacob; Cowham, John, Jr .; Cole, Dewitt G .; Dilley, James J .; Duffie, George C .; Dutton, Nelson; Easton, George E .; Farnsworth, James; Foster, J. D .; Fancher, Jay H .; Frederick, William ; Fletch- er, Calvin; Giffey, John; Galland, Joseph ; Hampton, James; Hampton, William J .; Hauke, Albert; Henry, Frederick; Hampton, William; Hoff, Mattis ; Heath- cote, Giles; Hirsch, Vincent; Howham, John; Helmer, Merritt; Helmer, Joshua ; Jones, William F .; Kendall, Lucas; Kenyon, Clark; Keys, George; Laduke, H .; Lawrence, J. A. ; Merril, Michael; Merril, Solomon ; Mann, Horace E .; Marshall, Robert H .; Martin, George ; Mills, Calvin ; Monroe, Robert ; May, Henry ; O'Con- nor, Benjamin; O'Connor, Timothy; Oliver, William, Jr .; Pasco, C. N .; Pease, C. N .; Place, William H .; Phillips, Benjamin; Pygall, John S .; Pygall, Thomas; Palmer, Alpheus; Redman, Patrick; Rhorse, John; Roswell, Rona ; Rogers, Ed- ward; Seeley, Miles; Schoolcraft, Miles; Shaw, James; Snyder, Mertis ; Slator, Dilen ; Smith, John E .; Smith, Terrence; Smith, William; Terry H. H .; Tucker, A. C .; Treleven, Daniel W .; Vogt, August; Watters, Frederick.


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COMPANY I


Clark, Edson H.


THIRTY-FIFTH INFANTRY


COMPANY B


First lieutenant, F. R. St. John.


Privates


Arnold, Herbert T .; Bowls, Robert; Breed, Jason; Chapin, James R .; Clark, Henry; Davis, Clark; Esterbrooks, Elisha; Fry, Lewis; Galland, George; Gol- bach, Peter ; Hall, John W .; Hendricks, Benjamin; Hitsman, Adam ; Hyde, Abel ; Krudwig, John; Mathers, John; Mitchell, Frederick; Odekirk, Edward P .; Odekirk, Joseph A .; Odekirk, Perry ; Oulson, John; Raston, Charles ; Reinhardt, William; Senft, Fritz ; Shay, John E .; Steady, Henry ; Tattle, Ulrich ; Titus, Wil- liam; Wagner, Joseph; Warner, John; Warner, Silas.


COMPANY I


Captain, Lyman P. Everdell.


Privates


Ballinger, Reinhard; Bennett, John H .; Bennett, William; Craw, F .; Curran, James W .; Ensign, William H .; Ferguson, Silas ; Flood, John ; Hammer, Jairus; Hart, Richard H .; Helgerl, Jacob ; Hotaling, Stephen; Kreeville, Thomas; Lawry, Eugene M .; Longstreet, William; Penhallow, Reuben; Stringland, Charles T .; Warner, Elvin.


THIRTY-SIXTH INFANTRY


Corporal, Robert C. Morehouse.


Privates


Dumas, John; Endranger, Peter; Goom, John; Goom, Job H .; Goom, Thomas E.


COMPANY G


Captains, Reuben Lindley, William H. Lane; first lieutenant, Winfield S. Leach ; sergeant, Hiram Linsley.


Privates


Adams, Arthur F .; Bartlett, William R .; Bartow, Charles H .; Bartow, Vol- ney ; Bergen, Charles ; Bowe, John; Bulman, Grisel; Crites, Jonas ; Dassow, John ; Denniston, Samuel L .; Dickman, Benjamin; Dickman, John W .; Fetridge, Rob- ert ; Gearhart, Matthew; Goutermout, Franklin; Hart, Orville A .; Horton John ; Horton, William; Johnson, George; Kommers, Peter; Kroenig, Frederick; Kru- ger, William; Malthouse, James; Moran, John; Myers, Charles ; Rundell, Elias A .; Stone, Wilber ; Tatro, Joseph ; Willis, David B.


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THIRTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY


COMPANY B


Erd, Joseph; Schreiler, Jacob.


COMPANY G


Andrews, James E. ; Thomas, Freeman.


COMPANY H


Sergeant, Edward H. Ehle.


Privates


Schultz, Herman; Schmitt, William; Schusten, Christian.


COMPANY I


Loerkey, Charles; Maxim, Zenas.


THIRTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY


COMPANY A


Colonel, C. K. Pier; captain, Charles T. Carpenter ; lieutenants, George M. Pier, Egbert H. Little ; major, Isaac Burch.


Privates


Adams, Hackley; Ames, John; Andrews, John P .; Aures, George; Barrows, De Villiers B .; Besau, Martin ; Chase, Henry A .; Childs, Charles F .; Cummings, Nelson ; Devens, Joseph C .; Dye, A. A .; Grey, John ; Hudson, Horace A .; Hull, Lyman; Hutchinson, John W .; Jewell, John V .; Odekirk, Edward T .; Prudent, Henry R .; Ramsey, George W .; Randell, Gilbert A .; Ribbs, Delancy B .; Robbins, Charles W .; Sackett, Freeman H .; Sears, Charles E .; Soper, Henry M .; Stewart, William J. ; Tallmadge, Henry F. F .; Taylor, Benajah ; Taylor, Edgar M .; Titus, Josephus ; Van Guilder, Alonzo; Waters, Ela C .; Weber, William H .; Wilcox, William W .; Wells, John M .; Whitney, Elias J.


COMPANY F


Captain, Erasmus W. Pride.


Privates


Carty, Thomas ; Durfy, Asa A .; Hammer, George.


FORTY-FIRST INFANTRY


COMPANY B


Captain, William T. Whitney ; first lieutenant, William H. H. Valentine ; sec- ond lieutenant, George Perkins; first sergeant, Nelson Bowerman; second ser- geant, Warham P. Rix; fourth sergeant, Harris P. Welcome; fifth sergeant, Charles Hyde ; first corporal, Charles Cowan ; fourth corporal, Edward D. Olm-


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sted ; fifth corporal, Amasa H. Van Kirk; sixth corporal, Isaac C. Booth ; seventh corporal, Edwin F. Baley ; eighth corporal, Charles S. Brockway ; wagoner, Wil- liam F. Butler.


Privates


Atwell, Charles M. R .; Baldwin, Merwin A .; Barker, Hiram C .; Barnett, John; Bibinger, John; Brown, John J .; Burns, John C .; Butts, Ellis; Caldwell, Clarence ; Carrington, Prentice; Camp, Elisha B .; Coles, Seth M .; Damonde, Ro- main K .; Delano, Ervine E .; Donovan. Francis H .; Dunning, Eugene M .; Eaton, Edwin; Ely, Cook; Elliott, Lewis C .; Freeman, Hiram G .; French, Oscar D .; Hales, Philip; Hamer, William; Harshaw, Charles G .; Haskins, Wye; Hazen, Charles; Hoffman, Edward M .; Jameson, James; Jones, Leonard C .; Latham, Alanson W .; McDonald, Thomas L .; McFarland, Bartholomew; Medhurst, Charles; Morse, Martin V .; Osborn, Charles H .; Parks, James K .; Rolfe, Al- bert ; Sherman, William L .; Shute, Frederick; Smith, Henry A .; Toll, Reginald E .; Trembly, Frank; Trembly, George; Turner, William H .; Walker, William M .; Welch, John; Wells, Charles; Waldo, Charles F .; Welch, Lester; Whitman, James E .; Whitney, Wallace C .; Williams, David; Wright, William H.


FORTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY


COMPANY I


Adkins, George; Chadbourn, Horace L .; Cooper, George; Curtis, Waller S .; Deming, George F .; Drummond, David ; Elliott, Lewis C .; English, Frank ; Free- man, Jared; Gibson, James D .; Harty, Andrew; Harshaw, Charles G .; Hurley, Patrick ; Krupinsky, Christian ; Kernel, Peter ; Mahoney, William; Martin, Henry ; Miller, Howard L .; Shute, Charles F .; South, Albertis E .; Tempest, Edward ; Thorndike, James; Tyriver, Charles ; Tyriver, George.


FIRST CAVALRY


COMPANY A


Beardsley, John S .; Conant, John; Hinkley, Orrin; Madison, George; Top- liff, Edward; Ware, William P.


COMPANY B


Colonel, Edward Daniels; captain, Henry S. Eggleston; major, Hiram S. Town.


Privates


Adams, Harry; Adams, Ira; Allen, Thomas F .; Banker, Samuel; Beckwith, Sanford W .; Barles, Hiram; Blanchard, J. E .; Brown, George; Brown, William M .; Brown, John; Cleavland, J. T .; Cohean, Edward; Chapin, Henry; Davis, W. T .; Demphetz, Christopher; Duley, Smith; Edgerton, Charles F .; Felton, Walter F .; Franklin, Rawson P .; Fish, A. P .; Foron, Edward; Gee, Hiram; Gee, Truman W .; Hales, George ; Hewitt, Silas F .; Ingersoll, John S .; Kendall, Alden P .; Kibby, Abial L .; Knowlton, Harrison ; Landon, Luther; Lawrence, Evander M .; Marvin, Milton; Mustick, Julius; Nelson, Waldeman; Porter, Charles L .;


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Botts, Oscar F .; Reed, Lewis E .; Roberts, Charles H. ; Russell, Charles H. ; San- ders, Charles N .; Steeles, James; Stevens, William P .; Townsend, Albert M .; Tyler, William H .; Waldo, Moses A .; West, Daniel; West, William; Widgen, Theodore ; Woodworth, Nathan ; Zimmerman,. John.


COMPANY C


Johnson, Harvey S .; Sweet, Charles; Tuttle, Ira O .; West, John.


COMPANY D


Ackley, David; Barrett, Oscar; Deacon, John; Edson, Henry ; Elliot, Ratio; Frisbey, Caleb; Huzzy, George; Leets, John; Miller, Henry; Ottar, William ; Pasco, Lorin ; Pond, L. P .; Seitz, John. .


COMPANY E


Captain, R. H. Chittenden.


Privates


Atwell, Walter; Hodge, Norman; Johnson, Thomas W .; Moore, Alomden S .; Pasco, Walter S .; Prenk, Eugene; Prenk, Oscar; Stewart, Robert; Yates, Henry.


COMPANY F


Hurlbut, Samuel B .; Mowers, Leonard.


COMPANY G


Coleman, Elihu ; Hayes, Carroll ; Ruves, David.


COMPANY H


Darrow, Erastus; Demming, Richard E .; Talbot, Jasper. COMPANY I


Cole, Peter; Grady, James; Heckerson, Nelson; Holmes, George; Horton, Charles ; Horton, William ; James, Lewis ; Pride, Byron ; Pride, Erasmus ; Shurltz, Hammon; Walras, Elisha.


COMPANY K


Decker, Albert; Fero, Charles; Turner, Hiram F .; Turner, John A.


COMPANY L


Blakely, Norman; Camply, Lewis; Covill, Robert; Hoosan, Horace C .; Hoo- san, Silas; Parker, James; Stewart, John H.


Babcock, Henry; Barnett, James; Canady, Moses; Doreke, Christopher ; Ev- erling, Peter ; Kelch, Lawrence; Kronger, John; McCune, William; Smith, Orrin, M .; Waterman, James M .; Wheeler, Byron.


SECOND CAVALRY COMPANY A


Colonel, Napoleon Boardman ; captain, William Woods.


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Privates


Adamson, Charles; Ball, W. S .; Bell, Neil; Beagle, Dwight G .; Beaver, George; Carn, James; Claggett, Isaac; Cropett, E .; Crossett, Elisha ; Docker, Henry ; Dollen, Henry ; Dufrain, Isadore; Duel, Melvin; Finkham, Anton; Fox, Thomas; Hammer, A. H .; Hawley, John; Hope, R. E .; Inbret, Antay; Inbret, Napoleon ; Jewbert, Edward ; Jones, Henry C .; King, N. C .; Kerns, James ; Lewis, Nelson; Lane, James S .; Lowrie, Andrew; Lowrie, David; McCumber, John; McFetridge, Daniel; McFetridge, James; McFetridge, John; Marcy, George; Murray, Peter; Muller, Germain ; Palmer, Andrew J .; Phelps, George S .; Rodis, Philip; Sherwood, Charles; Sherman, Sylvester ; Simpson, John G .; Taber, Ben- jamin H .; Stranigan, U. H .; Stranigan, William H .; Wier, Frederic; Woods, Thomas ; Wilson, Henry C .; Woods, Thomas, Jr .; Woods, William.


COMPANY H


Chitterling, John; Miller, Joseph; Wilkins, George.


THIRD CAVALRY


COMPANY B


Eckel, William.


COMPANY C


Bisbee, Gurden; Bonhert, Joseph; Ely, Eugene; Hayward, George; Jeffreys, Joseph; Leach, Thomas; McMullen, George B .; McPhail, John; Mann, Zenas ; Martin, Henry; Nelson, Charles; Pond, George F .; Pond, Homer W .; Pond, James B .; Shufelt, George; Smith, R. W .; Tenney, Silas B .; Webber, Henry ; Wentworth, Henry.


COMPANY D


Sethart, George.


COMPANY H


Bremer, James.


COMPANY I


Bannister, Henry; Hopper, William; Knight, West; Whilker, James; Whita- ker, William.


FOURTH CAVALRY


COMPANY B


General, O. H. Grange.


Privates


Bowerman, Henry ; Brundage, Daniel P .; Burlingame, Josiah; Carter, G. W .; Crop, D. S .; Cross, Thomas S .; Clark, George F .; Delano, Clark; Ellsworth, Ed- ward A .; Evans, William; Fletcher, Charles; Forbes, Cornelius; Green, David; Gethar, William; Griffith, William L .; Hales, Thomas; Hales, William; Haffet, Vol. I-12


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John; Henderson, Joseph W .; Ivers, James; Kinney, Asa C .; Kuehn, John ; La- Grange, Andrew ; LaGrange, Wallace; Lambe, August ; Lynch, John H .; Marvin, Silas W .; Miller, George W .; Ober, Richard; Pierce, George W .; Piper, Charles; Pride, Eugene; Pygall, George; Root, Hanford; Ross, Henry W .; Runnels, Thomas ; Sage, Melvin E .; Scange, Frederick ; Schmidt, Fred; Schmidt, Wilhelm ; Stampel, Herman; Stage, Fred; Wapon, James; Wheeler, Hiram W .; Wyckoff, William K.


COMPANY D


Butler, Silas W .; Burraldt, Charles ; Chittenden, Newton; Cross, Thomas B .; Gleason, Henry ; Kimball, Darius L .; Kurhn, John; McAllister, Edwin D .; Med- harst, Alfred; Root, Jeremiah; Schultz, Charles; Stearns, Leonard; Weston, John M .; Whiting, William T.


COMPANY E


Duffie, Everhard; Duffie, Orlando; Fordice, Charles F .; Kibby, Philip W .; Mason, Charles ; Wadley, John.


COMPANY K


Billings, Frank; McCarley, Charles.


MEMBERS OF MISCELLANEOUS ORGANIZATIONS


Althouse, Amasa W .; Annis, Levi; Baker, Joseph; Baker, Henry; Black, William; Blanchard, James A .; Beehand, Adolph; Boerkardt, Christopher ; Brown, John; Brown, Rufus A .; Bugbee, William; Burgess, George; Burdick, Harvey; Burkhardt, Bernard; Burnett, James A .; Camens, Nelson; Carpenter. W. B .; Carrier, Elisha ; Carter, James; Childs, Abram; Childs, Bordman ; Clark, Alvin W .; Cohn, Francis; Conroy, Dennis; Crane, L. H. D., adjutant ; Curtis, Francis ; Davis, Abednego; Douglas, William; Dyer, John; Edgerton, Stafford; Eekel, Frederick; Engler, John J .; Everling, Lewis; Fadden, O. A .; Feldrappe, H .; Fitzpatrick, Patrick; Foster, Asa ; Foster, Ezra B .; Gable, Anthony ; Gibson, Andrew; Gurgan, Paul; Hall, James; Hall, Lyman; Heazlet, A. S .; Hecker, Augustus ; Hewitt, Joseph A .; Hewitt, S. B .; Hewitt, Seaman R .; Hargraves, Walton O .; Holzknecht, Jacob; Hooks, Joseph; Hyde, Ransom; Johnson, Wil- liam; Kecker, Fritz; Konitz, Louis; Kresler, Fred; Lake, John; Lake, William B .; Lambert, Thomas ; Lawrence, Lemuel; Lee, William ; McLain, Daniel ; Meyer, Friedrich; Miles, James; Miller, Amos H .; Miller, Claus; Mouk, John; North, . Charles; O'Neil, Michael; Parks, Daniel; Parks, Joseph; Parks, Otis; Perkins, O. Guy ; Pennock, J. P .; Pert, Henry ; Pidmer, Herman D .; Pfeiffer, Henry ; Portz, Christian; Pottis, Washington L .; Prentiss, Andrew; Prosser, J .; Rabe, Henry ; Rapier, Peter ; Randall, Thomas ; Rathbone, Evert; Rauch, Albier ; Rauch, George; Ross, Andrew; Richardson, George; Rush, James; Sanders, Parley ; Sampey, Thomas; Share, James; Simmons, Aaron; Smith, Otto; Smith, Freder- ick; Smith, William; Smith, Dana; Smith, Daniel C .; Smith, Ira E .; Sischo, Bel- gin ; Snell, Charles ; Spore, S. C .; Tanner, Charles ; Tempenden, Thomas ; Temple,


-; Tetzliff, William; Tenney, Marshall; Troman, Peter; Tyler,


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Asher ; Vincent, John, musician ; Wadson, Joseph R .; Waterman, James M .; Wey- mouth, Henry A .; Wheeler, Byron; Whitford, Dennis; Williams, Demarieus ; Zeng, Anton.


E. A. BROWN POST, G. A. R.


E. A. Brown Post, G. A. R., was organized January 19, 1884. There were fifty charter members, whose names follow: E. S. Bragg, S. L. Brasted, I. L. Hunt, K. M. Adams, J. B. Tripp, William Zickerick, S. E. Wade, Robert Powrie, Frank N. Fox, G. S. Stanton, Elihu Colman, Frank Derusha, A. Demorras, David Dougherty, John Dougherty, John Doud, A. Fleischman, Frank Gonia, G. W. Hines, D. H. Henderson, W. M. Moore, James McMahon, J. M. Marsh, George Perkins, J. G. B. Palmer, G. S. Rock, David Pitcher, G. F. Stannard, A. A. Shep- herd, C. N. Skinner, N. Boardman, Casper Buechner, H. M. Bullock, Max Brug- ger, D. S. Cole, J. M. Crippen, H. Chilcote, S. S. Johnson, H. Jones, M. B. Killam, John Luhm, Michael Mangan, Ira P. Meisner, J. M. Meyers, George E. Suther- land, S. W. Townsend, L. C. Trowbridge, Jacob Tautges, Ferdinand Meyer.


The first commander was General E. S. Bragg. Since its organization the post has had over four hundred members but over half of them have answered the last roll call. Meetings were first held in the postoffice block, corner of Forest avenue and Macy street, but more suitable quarters were finally found at the corner of Main and West Second streets. In 1899 the second story of the brick block, corner of Main and Fourth streets, was fitted up and since then Brown post has held its meetings as this place. A janitor looks after the rooms and it is always in a neat and comfortable condition.


Edwin A. Brown, Woman's Relief Corps, No. 35, was organized with the following charter members: Ruth R. Harvey, Ella L. Adams, Susie M. Dodge, Emma C. Wade, Mary R. Fox, Josephine DeGroat, Lillie J. Killam, Hattie B. Sackett, Alice M. Burrows, Ellen F. Adamson, Lottie H. Everett, Theodosia A. Brasted, Emeline L. Perkins, Ellen Mangan, Elizabeth Powrie and Sedate S. McEwen.


The corps was instituted by Mrs. Ellen Rogers, department president, and Mrs. Sophia Nelson, department secretary. Mrs. Ruth R. Harvey was first president.


THE FOND DU LAC NATIONAL GUARDS


The first military company organized in this vicinity was the Fond du Lac National Guard in 1857. D. E. Wood was captain, D. G. Hoskin, first lieutenant, J. W. Partridge, second lieutenant, and E. H. Jones, orderly. T. S. Weeks was placed in charge of the guns and given the title of armorer. One of the memor- able incidents of the Guards was the disappearance of their munitions of war at the same time of the spiriting away of a negro slave, named Glover, who was at the time in custody of the United States marshal. Glover had been rescued from the official, by members of the "underground railroad" at Ripon. It was learned, after the excitement had waned that Colwert Pier and some of his friends had taken the guns and hid them. They were restored to their rightful owners in due time.


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Of the Fond du Lac Guards there were sixty members, composed of young men of Fond du Lac's principal families. General C. S. Hamilton was drill master. Preceding the war the Guards made a number of public appearances and were the pride of the community.


THE HIBERNIAN GUARDS


The Hibernian Guards, composed of ninety-three prominent young Irish- men, was organized in 1861. Their armory was at the corner of Johnson and Bannister streets. When the weather permitted, however, the company drilled on parade grounds, now the site of St. Patrick's church. The officers were : Captain, James McGinnis ; first lieutenant, Samuel Ray ; second lieutenant, Ed- ward Medgley. The members were all patriotic and lovers of the Union cause, but by reason of an unfortunate circumstance, the company did not enlist for the Civil war, which was then in progress, and it was disbanded.


SECOND FOND DU LAC GUARDS


The present Company E, Second Wisconsin National Guards, was organized at the law office of George E. Sutherland on the evening of March 25, 1880. At that meeting the following twenty-four men signed the roll: A. W. Starr, J. E. Sullivan, Frank A. Flower, Sumner L. Brasted, George S. Burrows, E. M. Moore, Frank Wallace, J. C. Kenneally, Ed. Foulkes, J. D. Radford, A. F. Starr, F. S. Wiley, J. C. Murphy, A. H. Rottmeyer, C. M. Cooley, J. R. Libbey, A. D. Estabrook, J. B. Gibson, E. A. Hanks, J. J. Kunze, J. L. Martin, J. H. Morse, C. L. Handt, M. L. Normile.


At an adjourned meeting, held April I, the list was increased by the addition of the names following : A. A. Kelly, J. Q. Haas, F. A. Dawes, J. E. Kent, John E. Waters, C. J. Hunter, Waldo Sweet, Fred Eycleshimer, Lamont Hunter, Otto Petters, W. H. Shattuck, Lester Noble, F. A. Brasted, E. A. Galloway, P. B. Haber, C. R. Boardman, E. T. Tallmadge, H. T. Sackett, Frank Sweet, Richard Purcell, John Rogers, E. A. Little, C. A. Erhart, Harrison Pade, Fred French.


Jerome A. Watrous having been appointed by Governor Smith as mustering officer, the company was further strengthened and mustered into the state serv- ice on April 7th. The men joining at this time were: C. E. Dickinson, H. R. Potter, J. C. Hanson, O. C. Davis, R. H. O'Meara, George B. Sweet, E. A. Adams, John Hamilton, John Magnussen, W. T. Treleven, C. T. Galland, F. S. Lippett, E. A. Lang, W. H. Olmsted.


By April 21st, with the addition of the names here given, the company had' three more men than the required minimum of sixty-five: R. M. Wilson, H. W. Wilkner, Joseph Carberry, F. F. Duffy and T. H. Shepard. The officers elected were: Captain, Sumner L. Brasted; first lieutenant, John C. Kenneally ; second lieutenant, Charles J. Hunter.


In 1883 the Guards first went into camp, at Oshkosh, and it was then the com- pany adopted the name of Company E. Its first inspection came in September, 1886, made by Adjutant General Chapman, but previous to this event the com- pany attended the funeral,on February 10th, of Colonel S. L. Brasted, its first captain. By 1905 the company, through superior merit, attained the head of the


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HISTORY OF FOND DU LAC COUNTY


Wisconsin National Guards, and that too, under various inspections of General Charles King, an exacting "West Pointer." The company won first place and a prize of $700 at St. Louis in 1900 and in the same city in 1904, gained a nation- wide acclaim for its superiority in exhibition drill.


When the company was organized, Helmer Hall, on Fourth street, was used for armory purposes, but in 1888, the Watke skating rink, on Second street, was purchased for the sum of $2,700. On this site a magnificent armory building was erected in 1911, at a cost of $33,000, where every equipment for a military organization has been installed. The building is spacious, has a large stage and balconies, kitchen, dining rooms, reception rooms and is the place of many gather- ings other than those of Company E.


COMPANY E IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR


The war of the United States with Spain was declared April 23, 1898. At midnight on Thursday following, Company E received orders from the governor to proceed to the rendezvous at Milwaukee, and the next morning the company, fully equipped, boarded the train for Milwaukee, amid the glare of bands and the acclaim of the entire populace. It reported at Camp Harvey in the after- noon and then came two weeks of incessant drill in preparation for field work. Meanwhile regular army officers carried on a severe physical examination which weeded out some of the members, and on May 12, 1898, the company was mus- tered into the service of the United States for a term of two years, or until the end of the war.


May 15, 1898, they left the camp at Milwaukee for Chattanooga, Tennessee, where nine weeks were spent in camp duties, after which they went to Charles- ton, South Carolina, and after waiting nine days for the fitting out of the trans- port, sailed for Ponce, Porto Rico. They arrived at Ponce, July 25th, and after various encampments and marches on the island set sail for the United States, September Ist, arriving home on the 9th. The only death by disease on the island was that of Arthur McCourt. The following is a complete roster of the com- pany when it left the city :




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