The National tribune., 1893-09-21
MUSTERED OUT.

Veterans of the CountFy's Grandest Army
Who Have Answered the Last Call.
[Senders of obituaries will please adhere strictly
to the form in which the notices below are worded
Notices be brief and be sent Immediately after
the event to which they relate.
STIPP-At his home in Henderson County N.
c. July 16. Henry Stipp. Co. H. ed " c. Comrads
Stipp was q member of Phil Sheridan Post. IS.
FORTUNE--At his home. in Henderson County. N
c., Aug. p. w. A Fortune, Co. II, I'd " g., aged So.
At the beginning of hos;ilities ia 1861 he very
pronounced Unionst, and although he owned sew
era. slaves he would enlist in the rebel army
He did not wish to fight his own people, so he
determined to remain neutral. but the adoption
of the system of CONSUMPTION by the rebels would
Union lines and enlisted. He had been invalid
during the past 80 years. having contracted disease
while in the service. COmrade Fortune was 8
member of Phil Sheridan Post. %.
DAvIs-At Oneida. N. Y, Aug. 25 of disease
contracted while in the service. William o. Davis,
Co. E. LIST Ohio l. A. aged S. Comrade Davis was
a good soldier, and served three years in Co. E.
For years he has suffered great deal, aud for the
last eight years wss snable TO walk
CoRSELL--At CastaIier, Iowa, July %. Of pneu-
monis. SiIas Cornell. Co. K, 2Sth Wis. He leaves
widow and four children.
BRowS.-At CASTLE. ~ Y, June a. George w.
Brown, Co. Z, ll2th ". Y, aged a.. Comrsds
Brown was q member of Post 2s5, Of jamestown.
He leaves a widow and one son.
HFFPERLIN.-At Plymouth, Eeb.. Aug. o. OF
cancer of stomach, joins HeppeEIin. Co. c. 7th Pa.
Cav. He was born in Germany, 1885. and enlisted
from Pennsylvania He leaves wife and nine
Strain Post 2ol. under whose ausssPes the funeral
was conducted.
failure SsweIi Wills. IS9th n. Y. aged 65. Com
rade Wills enlisted in the Fall of 1864 in the lS9tb,
which raised from the western Counties OF
New York. He was a member of Hatch Post, PAL,
of Friendship. He leaves a widow and six chill
dren.
4th Mimi. He belonged to B. r Sweet Post, also
TO United WOrkmen and i. o. o. F., and was highly
respected by all who knew him.
MooN.-At Harrison, Ark, Aug. is. John W.
Moon, Co. Fl, lst Ark. Comrade Moon was 8
member of Phil Kearny Post. 81, and was also
Mason.
MCCARRox-At Irondale, Mo-. Aug. %. Charles
McCarron Co. B, 9th No. COmraIe McCarrOu
enlisted early in the and in charge on the
enemy at Chickamauga Bayou lost his left leg. and
received a gunshot wound through the right which
finally resulted in paralysis and DEATH He was q
member of II. c. Beckett Post. 3iS. and had been
Chaplain Senior Vice Commander. and Com
nander OF amiabIe and cheerful disposition. he
was loved by all He buried in conformity
with the burial service by the Post. He leaves q
GRIyFIrH--At Greenfield, Mo-, Aug %. Mai. O.
w Griffith. Co. G. I27th Ohio Maj Griffith en-
listed as First Lieutenant in 1868. and was dis
csarge1f "a Captain of Co. X in 1867. He was
breyetted Major, g. 5. A. He WAS prominent MEM
Der of the G. r. Post under the auspices OF which
the last sad rites were conducted
BAKER.-At Lincoln. Neb.. July 81. Rev. o. e.
Baker Co. ID, I4lst Ohio. Comrade Baker
born in Marion, o., Jan: y $50 Early In NE ne
entered the ministry, which he followed uatil May.
1854 when he enlisted private soldier IN Co. D.
He was discharged Sept 8 1854 Cha plain of his
regiment COmrade Baker bad been earnest.
eloquent preacher of the Gospel for 80 years and
he was known a good soldier and good citizen.
He was member of Farragut Post. %
SCRAFFoRD.-At Highland. Kan, Aug "a. Rob
ert Scrafford, CO. G, 20th ILL.,, and Co ID, lat New
Orleans Vol. Inf Comrade SeTafford enlisted in
June 1861; was promoted to Corporal in August,
1864; Sergeant, Sept. l. 1865, and was honOrably
discharged in june 1866. after continuous service
of almost six years He was member OF Sew
eranee Post l9l and his comrades followed the re-
mains to the grave, the Sons of Veterans furnish
ing the firing squad.
RoBERTs.-At Lincoln, Neb., recently. Rev. S. ID.
Roberts Co. G., 18th III. He enlisted musician
of Co C. Aug a. 1862, and was discharged as Chief
Musician Of his regiment at Nashville, Tenn, in
June 1865, by reason OF disbanding of the army.
Since the war he has been minister OF the Gospel,
an earnest and enthusiastic preacher, and WAS
loved by all who knew him. As a soldier and as
minister he did his whole duty. COmrade Roberts
was a member of Farragut Post, o.
RADMoRE-Ab Lincoln. Neb, Aug Is, G. c. Rad
more Surgeon, 4iIh ILL.,, aged So COmrade Rad
more served as pTiyass soldier through the Mex
lean war in the 4th OHIO, and at te outbreak OF the
civil war he again entered the service as surgeon
of the 44th. He filed various positions, and at one
time WAS Surgeon General of the Twenty-seeond
Corps He remained in the Governments service
until 1867 when he established the practice Of his
nToEes-son in Lincoln where he resided until his
Death He meIuber OF Farragut Post, ., or
Lincoln. - -
WEBB-At Mandarin, Fla, Sept. 8. Maj. W. w.
Webb aged 3d. He served in the late war on the
Union side from beginning To end. resgning his
position in the army years after the war
closed. He leaves - widow and three children
SMIrH.-At Hsmdeu. Mo-, Sept 5. of Brights
disease Joseph Smith, All Mo-. aged So Com-ade
Smith was a charter member of Thomas Post. OF
Hamdeu. aud buried by his comrades.