The National tribune., 1895-10-10
MUSTERED OUT.
Veterans of the COuntry's Grandest ARM
Who Have Answered the Last Call

veterans OF the Country's Grandest Army
Who Have Answered the Last Call.
ELwELL.-At Eau Claire, Wis, jan 3. Rod.
erick Elwell, Co. K 9TH Wis. aged 81 De-
ceased was member Of Eagle Post.
BESDfRsEN.-At Pleasant Valley, Wis, May
20. KGudt Bendiksen. Go. G, 37th Wis, aged
90 He was q member Of Eagle Post.
WEBBER.-At Porter's ills. Wis. March IS,
Albert r. webber, Co. Z, sth Ne. aged SO.
BELCHER-At Fan Claire, Wis.,. Aug. %,
VIM. $. Belcher 9th Wis. battery, aged B3. De-
ceased was n Mason. and was buried under the
auspices Of the local lodge.
NOFFAT.-At Eau Claire, Wis, Sept. 4, VIM.
8. Mohat. Co. /, 143d y. Y, and Lieutenant OF
Co. ID. aged 20. Comrade Nofat was a member
of Post 81, and was buried under its auspices
BENT-At Eau Claire, Wis, April 26 ID. e
Bent, Go. @, 18th Wis, aged 70. Deceased was
faith ful soldier aud member Of Eagle Post, 81.
which he had served as Chaplain for a num5aR
OF years. A large number Of comrades attended
his funeral in u body.
PERRY.-At Poricr's Mills. Wis, March pa
Curtis f. Perry, Co. I, 36th Wis, aged 70. His
funeral was attended by Eagle Post So OF
which he was member.
ROwBL.-At Eau Claire, Wis, In May, An
drew j. Rowel, Co. Z. I04th N. Y. aged 81. De-
ceased was a member Of Eagle Post. 50. and his
funeral attended by many of the COM
rades.
MERR1MAx-At Eau Claire. Wis, Aug %,
10 W.
a. Deceased member of Eagle Post, 90,
and was buried with the GAR. service
LTTTLE.-At Ogdensburg. ". Y, Sept. I.
Henry Little. Co. G, 81 N. Y. Art. Deceased
member OF Steward Post, 81, Auburn.
He was buried at Syracuse.
FK1GATE-At Sneed yile. Tenn, Sept. 4,
Joseph Fl. Frigste, Corporal, Co. B, 1ss Tenn.
Cav. Comrade Frigate was a member of Post
81.
RoGERs.-Atsneedville. Tenn. Sept. 1. Thos.
H. Rogers, landsmsn, U. 5. S. Osspee. He was
a member of Post 81.
MCKNIGHT.-At Reading, Pa, Aug II, of
dropsy Joseph II. Mcknight, Lieutenant I2sth
Pa, aged 81. Comrade Mcknight was one Of
the first to respond 10 the call for volunteers,
and though but boy marched with his COM
pamy tthe Ringgold Light Artillery through
Baltimore on their way to Washington. After
having served his term of enlistment with that
command, he again entered the service as First
Lieutenant in the 128th Pa. He was member
of the First Defenders Association, Loyal
Legion and Mclean Post is, Of which Post he
was for % years active aud influential MEM
Der, having served as Commander and in other
offices of trust and through courtesy. generosity
and untring devotion 10 the cause for which
he fought he drew around him a wide circle
of friends, who keenly feel the loss they
have sustained through his demise. He repre-.
seDted the Post at nearly every Eneampment
of the Department., and was delegate to the
National Encampmens in 1898. He was buried
at Charles Evans Cemetery with military
honors.
VAUGHE.-AtP Prescott, Mass, Sept 4 of hears
disease, Dexter Dr. Vaughn, Co. G, 31st Mass.
Com rade Vaughn was honored member OF
Gen. William s. Lincoln Post. oil. The funeral
services were conducted by the Post.
HILL--At Butterfeld, Mo-, Aug 81. Richard
III. Hill, Co. A, 1st Ark. COmrade Hill enlisted
Feb. ii. 1863 He was captured at the battle OF
Jenkens Ferry. Ark. April Is, 1864, and was
taken to the stockades at Tyler, Tex, where he
was held a prisonsr-of war He was known
in prison as "Old Singin' Dick" In May,
1865. he returned to his company. He was
soon after taken to the hospital at Fort Smith,
and remained there until discharged, Aug 10,
1865. Deceased was charter member of Post
335, but was transferred TO Post 81. He served
the latter Post two terms Commander; was
elected Adjutant and again Commander. He
was buried by Post $50.
NEHANNA.-At Bussey, Iowa, June IA, OF
rheumatism, John w. Mehanna, Co, II, Sd Iowa,
aged 80. Comrsde Mehanna leaves widow
and two sons.
McCARrY-At Birds. ILL.,, Sept. 10. 1895,
John McCarty Co. F, 91st ILL.,, aged 81. He en-
listed Sept. 8, 1862, and was discharged July IL,
1865. He was a member OF w. III. FrItchey
Post. $50 Of Birds, Ill. He leaves widow
and four children.
KEAroR.--At Minneapolis Mimi. Sept. 10,
Charles II. keator, aged 50. COmrade Kestor
served two enlistments-one as a scout in Col.
Sibley'S mounted rangers and q second In Co.
T. sth Mimi. He contracted chronic diarrhes
and rheumatism while in the South in the
memorable chase after Hood. He had been
sufferer for the last Is years, but was never
heard to plain, and always had CHEEKY
word for every body. The interment was as
Lewis Cemetery, near Maple Plain, MINI. The
service was conducted by Rev. William Copp,
Chaplain of Gordon Granger Post, 120. The
oil
ceased leaves q widow, much broken in health
from constant attendance on him IN his long
years OF suffering
ALLEN.-At Providence. r. L., Sept. 5, OF
pneu monia, George III. Allen, Co. b, 4th X. l.
Comrade Allen was typical Grand Army MAJ
He was Historian of the Post as well as OF the
9TH T. l. He was buried with all the houOrs OF
the GAR by the Post. escorted by the K. OK
p Order of Red Men, and American Mechanics.
of all of which he was honored member.
OvERHULs-At Mt. BIanco, Tex, July IL,
James 4. Overhuls, Co. A, 9th Kan. Cav, aged
90. He enlisted in August 1861. for three
years, and after serving his time reinilsted as q
veteran and was mustered out in July, 1865.
He leaves a widow and several children,
SHUTT-At Gainesville Fla. Sept. %, or
heart disease, Isaac Shut 18th U. =, aged oS.
Deceased was formerly member of Joe Hooker
Post. II. Cameron, Mo-, but when he moved to
Florida he en- tored Post 20. He leaves widow
and three daughters.
LANCKroN. AT Worcester, Mass, Sept. 10.
Timothy Lanckton Co. G. 2lst, Co. K, Both, and
Co. ID. 5Oth Mass. aged 20. He was a member
of George II. Ward Post. 10.
McCREADY.-At Worcester Mass, Sept. 10,
of apoplexy. William MeCready Second Lieu
tenant, Co. ID, aud Quartermaster 9Th X L., ana
First Lieutenant aud Quartermaster "a H. l.
Cav aged So He was member of George d.
Ward Post TO- He leaves widow. LIS
daughter a girl of Is. died a month ago.
SANDER-At Central College, o., June 80,
John Sander. Go. c. 10Th Ohio, and 58th Ohio.
aged g. The comrade was native Of Hanover,
Germany and came 10 America in 1850. resid-
ing at Buffalo, n. u, number of years,
then removing to Cleveland. o.. where he en-
listed in le62. He was discharged in July,
1868; re-enlsting in the 58th Ohio in 1864, and
serving until the close of the war. he lived ID
franklin County Ohio. after 1867; was menu
Der Of James Price Post, so, of Westeryille. He
leaves widow.
BERNARD.-At Westerville, o., July 80 Rev.
f. Bernard, I'd Md. aged 80. The comrade was
detailed as a scout. and served as such during
most of his enlistment. COnrade Bernard had
resided in Westerville since $780, He was q
Minister of the Gospel in the United Brethren
Church. lie leaves widow and five children.
WRITER.-At ROuses Point. N. Y, Sept Q.
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