The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-05-25
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Veterans of the COuntry's Grandest Army
Who Have Answered the Last Call.

Veterans of the COuntry's Grandest Army
Who Have Answered the Last Call.
[Senders of obituaries will please adhere strictly
to the form in which the notices below wOrded.
Notices must be brief and be sent Immediately after
the event to which they relate
NEvIS.-At Denver Colo, April o. Lieut. SamT
Fitz Neyin, S7th Pa, and Co. G. 42d T. :. C. T. aged
%. COmrade Nevin had n brilliant military record
When The first call for troops was made he enlisted
in the s7sE Pa. (three-months men). When his time
expired lie reenlised. and served three years in the
Armies o. the Potomac and West Virginia. He then
went to Chattanooga as Second Lieutenant Of Co. G.
42d L. :. C. T. He was honorably discharged Jan 81
1850 Comrade Nevn was prominent in GAR
circles The funeral was conducted under the
auspices of Reno Post. of which he member
He leaves a widow and two children.
CHASE.-At the st. Lawrence State Hospital OZ-
densburg, n Y, recently. Oliver Chase aged 81
Comrade Chase enlisted Sept. 10 lS6i was dis
charged Dec. II 1853 He then enlisted as a vet
eran volunteer aud remained in the service until
the close of the war. He was member of Admiral
Bailey Post 500. He leaves a widow and one son.
NOREIs.-At Ashland. Ore, March 10 Of heart
disease, Capt James Norris, Go. X, 18th Wis Cons
rade Norris was member of Burnside Post, %.
RosE--At Ashland Ore, April p, of
sumption, Montgomery Rose, Co. A, SD Ind. COM
rade Rose was Il member Of Burnside Post. %.
BATsoN-At Maiden. Mass, ADriI s, OF pneu-
monia, William C. Baison. 18Th Mass. L. A, aged
63 He was member of William Q. kinsley Post,
i39 aud leaves 81 widow.
BROTHERs--At White Oaks. Y. NJ, March 81
John A. Brothers. Sergeant, Co. E 18th H.. aged
90. Comrade Brothers was in many battles and
was wounded several times. once at Chickamanga,
where he WAS shot through the body the ball COM
ing out near the Jeff kidney. The wound was pro-
nounced fatal by the Surgeons. bat he recovered.
This wound troubled him up to the time of his
DEATH which was hastened by il. He drew a pen
sion of So per month. He was member of kearuy
Post TO-
WIIsoy-At Cherryville Me-, April % Charles
E. Wilson, Battery III, Ist Me. H. A, aged - Com
rade Wilson was member of Hiram BurnhaH
Post so.
MARTYs.-At MarshaIltown, lows, April o. Capt.
John Lyle Martyr, Co. A. 3Sth Ind. aged l8. Conn
rade Martyr gallant and brave officer. He
served as Abide Camp to Gems Scribner and Grit
fin, carrying dispatches to Gen. Thomas ut the
most critical hour at Chickamauga. COmrade Mar
tyn participated in every battle in which the Army
OF the Cumberland was engaged. He was buried
by the @. A. K.
GEoRGE.-At Gettysburg Pa, Feb. %. Thomas
A. George Co. G., lst W. Va. L. A. aged 81. Com
rade George enlisted in August, 1862, private,
and served until the close of the war He was pro-
NOTED to be Sergeant during his service. COmrade
George member of Meade Post, g. which
Post passed resolutions his death.
GARNER.-At New Brighton, Pa. recently, ThOs.
Garner Co. G. esd Pa. Comrade Garner was killed
by p & s L. Railroad train. He brave
soldier, and served three years and five months.
He was at Fredericksburg and Gettysburg He
leaves a widow and three children.
BARYEs-At Douglass, Kan, April s. Owen
Barnes. Co. b, 18th Ohio, aged a. COmrade Barnes
served four and half years in the army and
mustered out as Sergeant He faithful soldier,
and was in several battles Conlrade Barnes was a
charter member of Douglass Post, %, which Post
passed resolutions OIL his death. He leaves widow
and children.
A. Nichols. Co I. 27th Mich. He entered the serv-
ice Dec 20 1862. and was discharged Aug 5. 1865.
Comrade Nichols was charter member of Willis
A. German Post, Is. OF Duluth, Mimi. and always
took great interest in G. A.R. matters.
TUTrLE.-At Denver. Colo, April 10 Herman B.
futile, Surgeon 50 d III.
PoRTxR.-At Milwaukee, Wis, March t. James
H. Porter. Co. F. SSH Wis Comrade Porter was
native of Troy, Wis; was mustered into the serv-
ice March % 1864. and was discharged july PC,
1865. He a member of Willis A. German Post.
Is of Duluth.
BURNs-At Duluth. Mimi, Jan. 10, John Burns,
18th U. ;. CoDrade Burns was mustered into ths
service May II, 1862. and was discharged MAY Ia,
1865. He member of Willis A. German Post,
b.
SCoTT--At MRtincague Mass. April 90 of apo
pexy, Abram Scott Co. B. 18th Mass. aged So.
He served WAGNER through the Peninsular cam
paigu, and discharged for disability after ID
mont hs' hard service. Comrade Scott a nIen-
Der of Parker Post, which attended the funeral in
a body. He leaves widow, a daughter, aud one
REED-At Harrisburg, Pa May l. from disease
contracted in the service George L. Reed aged %.
EomTRde Reed was well known IN G-A.R- crcied
through his lecture on " Life ia Rebel Prisons"
AICCLELLAN.-At Chicago, H., May 8. DIR. Ely
Mcclellan Lieutenant Colonel and Deputy Sur
geon- General of the U. s. A.. and attending Sur
geon at the Headquarters of the Department OF
Missouri He was nephew OF The late Gen Geo.
Il. Mcclellan.
McALIIsTER-At Burnville ". c. May ., q. T.
MeAiIisteT. Co. III. l3ih Tenn. Cav. COmrade Me-
AlIiSter was killed at his home by J. NJ Moody,
Sheriff of Yaney County. The Sheriff had papers
in a case of claim undeiiyery for a horse in tie
possession of McAlister. COmrade MeAlIister re-
fused TO surrender the horse and resisted the
Sheriff. The Sheriff then shot him three times,
killing him instantly. He was a good soldier.
He leaves widow and six children.
CoRNELL.-At Aurora. Ark, April p, OF heart
disease contracted while in the service, George
Cornell, Co. e, 18th Mo-. aged 63. Comrade Corr
nell WAS a member of Phil Sheridan Post, which
attended his funeral in a body. DE leaves "a widow
and TWO children.
KYEs-At Echo Mo-. April g. Francis B. Kyes.
4th ILL., Cav. Comrade Kyes charter menu
Der of Thomas Post, ZOE. He WAS buried by Tie
GAR
HACKER-At the State Soldiers Home. Ortiug,
Wash April Is, Z, w. Hacker, Co. b. Ist n Y.
fIincolnl Cav Comrade Hacker also service ia
Co. A. BurmetL's Volunteers in the Mexican War.
He was n member of Custer Post. 6, of Tacoma. for
many years He leaves q widow and married
daughter.