The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-10-08
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KiELLoG.-At Jacksonville ILL.,, recently. J. II.
he.ioE aged 80. Comrade Keiiog eul i.ted in ApriI
1901, as First Lieutenant iu the jtl Mo- and afar.
entered The 9th Mich Cav. as Captain Of Co a.
He was ln the battle of Gettysburg and MANY other
WEI SHOWN engagements, and was taken prisoner
20 the battle Of Falling Water where lac va,
wounded. lie was taken TO Richmond and put I'm
LIBBY Prison. From there he WAS transferred To-
Macon. Ca, and was one Of several hundred oHi-
GERS VINO were taken by the rebels and placed
I.+d1f ute he made two or three unsuccessful
e't|i-7 20 escape, when he was Caughthy the rebels
win the ard Of bioOdhouuds and brought back
tle was moved about several times aud finally
p.uced, with many others. at Columbia 6 o.
where they were left In an open field To- sufsr in
Vulnerable harisuI ps. Here, in company with
capt Chas. A. Adams, lst Vt. Cav; Lieut.. John g.
anu one other officer. he made his escape When
me war was over be served AS Captain ON the
fohter during 1850 and 1866, when he went to ANA
A.1'I i@t the purpose oil studying law and gratu-
ated llt 1865. lie was member Of Matt Starr Post
y: .i., aud also OF Jacksonville lodge Knights
Of Pythlas. and he had the esteem Of the members
Of both Orders. He was also very popular arnop0
ms soelai and business acquaintance. He leaves
JAy-At Maryland. Iowa recently n tss-s
al5ease Robert /. Jay, Co. ID, 18th Iowa aged 81
re entered the service q drummer when but Is
yo"ta OF age. lie 5ltw active service and was
P'17sHt az ths siege and capture OF Atlanta, Ca;
WAS az the front Ia Shermau's great march 10 lie
sea- the campaign through the CarOliuas and par
sleipatetl IN the grand review held in Washington
CITY After his return from the army he begatl ia
study OF medicine, and later he took q medical
course at keOkuS where he graduated. Br Jaw
was 700 KIND hearted with the sick and afflicted
ones Of other families to ever accumulate for hi3
own, and Mrs. Jay Is left in very trying uo.it;on
with wv little girls, aged only four and nine years,
- =. sustain ana cduchte. The Doctor had papers
HE'D at Washington petitioning for pension Ills
iuueIal was attended by Mcfarland Post and Inc
sons OF Veterans.
s3rrTH-At Coloma Wis, Sept 3. Thomas q.
smith, aged 81. Comrade smith was born iu Eng
land ana came % this country in 1852. In 1861 ha
aEarEf Ff Nf#n H|a "A
az Shlioh I'D ls63. After being hacked about and
partaklug Of rebel hospitality I'm tile vIriou4
prisons OF tine Southwest FOR few months he was
patoled. lie joined 2 command to fight Indians
IN the Northwest until he was exchanged, when he
immediately returned TO his regiment and took
part In the operations at Atlanta and the march To-
the He remained with his regiment uutiI it
was mustered out giving four years and three
months OF the best days Of his life TO the service Of
rheumatism in the service for which he drew a
small peusonl, and which resulted n paral SIS and
iiI'teu ihtaLly re lSlsFes q wife and i've chill
ofen, All IN comfortable circumstances. lie was
member Of B8goro Post, I22
CREP5-At Marion Center, Pa. Aug. o. jacob
Creps, Captain, Co. A. 6ist Pa. Immediately after
euilsting the regiment TO which Can't Creps was
attached LETT for Washington. and was eucamped
on East Capitol Hill some two weeks 10 then
crossed the Potomac and was assigned 10 Jame-
sons Division, Ueintzelmau's Corps of the Army
OF the Potomac, and in March, 1862 went To tile
Fenlnsula ana participated IN the Siege Of York
Town ana w Williamsburg HIS company WAS ihs hr5t
20 cross the ChtCSahOmiHy. az Bottoms Bridge in
lSo3 The regiment lost nearly half of its officers
and men at Fair Oaks, Va. Capt. Crops receiving
five slight wounds in that battle He was iu all the
battes0t the Peninsula, and followed the fortunes
OF the regiment through the summer and Fall Of
1862. He was wounded through the left hand at
Bankss Ford, Va, May 1853 but did not leave his
command. He was iu all the battles Of the rmy Of
the Potomac in 1865, o. lie was mustered out
sept ., 1861, at Harrisburg, hy reason Of ezpira-
uon Of term Of enlistment. Alter Lis return home
from the war he engaged iu farmiug and buying
and selling stock. In lSsT he was elected to tbs
House OF Representatives ia the State legislature
where he served with credit to himself and mis-
constituents. He leaves n wife and four children.
SMIrH.-At GaiesbuIg. H., Aug rs az heart dis
ease, T.. G. smith, General Gen. smith went out
a. Lieutenant Colonel of the IO2d ILL., which was
mustered into the service az Knoxville, H. Sept.
= to5z. On oct > me regimen crossed ONO RIVER
pontoou bridge 60 Louisville Ky: there he
was brigIded with the 79tn Ohio aud the I0Jth I'D.
shortly alter the l-9th III and the 1Oth Iud. were
attached to the brigade, which was known as the
First Brigade Third Division Twentieth Army
Corps. In March, 1863, Col. McAIurry resigned
and Lieut.COl smith was commissioned Colonel
He commanded the regiment until june l6, 1884
when he was wounded 40 Pine Mountain, which
untitled him for service until Aug 10 Of the same
year. In September, 1864, Col Benz. Harrison, OF
the 10Th Ind, now President went home ON q
leave of absence, aud Col smith succeeded him in
command OF the brigade. He commanded the
brigade through the long march with Gen. Sher-
man to the sen, and from there with the army to
Washington, where It was mustered out june 8,
FAY-At Elizabeth. " j., Sept &c. Jules A. FAY,
Lieutenant Colonel 10th n. j., aged 81. COmrade
ex Chancellor Williamson, and had been member
of the bar since 1866 When the war broke OUT
he enlisted as Captain of Co A. 3th n. j., july 81,
1861. He reached the rank Of Major Feb. l6 1865.
He was brevetted Lieutenant Colonel April Q 1865,
and on June he received his commission appoint
ing him 20 that rank. lie WAS District Attorney
for Union County for 10 years. He was Inspector
General of the National Guard of the State OF New
Jersey during the terms OF Governors Randolph
RoBERTsoS-At Rockford FL. recently the re-
suit Of an accident n L. Robertson Co. B. ll7th
H. Comrade Robertson was ran over by the cars,
and was taken 20 City Hospital, where one Of his
legs was amputated. Tho shock was too much
aud after several weeks suffering he answered
the last rOll-cal on earth. His remains were taken
to the ball of Neyiu5 Post l. Of which he had
formerly been COmrsde, where services were
held, and from whence his remains were escorted
to the depot, and sent to Ltehded H.. for burial.
EDEs.-At BOydeu. Iowa. Sept. 2 Abbot Edes,
Co q, 2d Me-, aud Co. b. 2d Me-, aged As. He was
wounded in the foot 40 Cold Harbor, june 8. Ia
his last sickness he thought of his army life and OF
the boys, as ho used to call them. The Grand
Army of Hall buried him. A comrode writing
SAY He served his country faithfully; he was
not OF duty for the three years and he was not II
when he enlisted"
LIGuTFOOT.-At Bloomington. III. Sent 2s. John
A. Lighuoot, Captain, Co. A. Hoist H. lie eut tered
The service jan. 4, 1862 and was taken prisoner &c
Holly Springs, Miss, Dec. 20 1862 lie was released
and iu April 1851, he com PEELED Co resign from
Inc service on account Of in health. Iic was neOf
.he founders Of the Grand Army, aud held the
position OF Assistant AdIutaut General on the staff
JI ten H. Il. stevenson.
WEsr-At Constantia n. Y, recently. Of pneu--
nonia, isaac ~. West, aged g. COmTade West at
he time Of his death Commander of ID. b.
Lewis Post, 40 He % Sergeant ia Co. X SIsE
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Qu1cK.-At Horizon. Wis., Sept q. Julius Quick,
20. T. fid Wis, aged =. He was q good aud faith
ui member of John Hauf Post 22O. lie leaves a
wife, whom he married june 20 lS5l. aad four
children.
BRoNsoS.--At Rockford H. Aug o. Of hears
disease, y v. Bronson. Co. A. 67th lll. He was q
member OF Nevus Post, l. and that Post attended
he funeral in body.