The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-09
REUNION.
Company &C." Third Michigan Cavalry, at
Lawrence.

Company &c" Third Michigan Cavalry, at
Lawrence.
The 10th annual reunion Of Co. "C",
81 Mich. Cav, which was held at Law
renee ON Thursday and Friday last, was
one of the most successful and enjoya-
bic affairs of the kind in the history of
the company. The meeting took place
in the beautiful grove on the farm of IL.
Il. Clark, about half mile west of the
village. The following named mem
bers of the company, most of them ac-
companied by their wives and families,
were present: o. W. Rowland, Henry
Chattield, ). p. Harvey, G.. A. Cross, +.
w. Monroe, John Blaisdale, e.. w Pea
body, Frank Branch, Cornelius Buys,
Andrew Cochrane, Andrew Donovan,
Amos Dopp, j. p Goss, James Gilbert,
Harris billiard, A. + Hurlbut, Charles
billiard, +. ). HOgmire, +. n. Kelly, j.
II. Kelly, l.. K. Lamphear, Truman
Lamphear, Shorts Nicholson, Ford
Murch, o. ID. Martin. j. b. Marshall, j.
j. Moses, X. e. Nyman, K. ID. Norton,
+. G. Rhodes, Augustus Voorhees,, II. A.
Wells, James Widner, j. G. Ward, ID.
NJ. Ward, M. III. Hogmire and +. 5.
Jelly. Besides these, two honorary mem
bers were present, L. &. 1yaer and DR..
A. ). Haskin, making thirty-nIhe in
all.
Forty-two of the Juniors" society
composed of the sons and daughters of
the members of the company, were in
attendance, making in all company of
about one hundred. A campfire, under
the auspices of the Juniors, was held
Thursday evening, at the G. A. X. hall,
at which very pleasing program was
presented, and which was largely at
tended, the hall being packed to its full
est capacity. At dinner on the second
day the ladies of the relief corps served
ice cream to Ill the members of the two
companies, courtesy that was very
much appreciated. The following Off
GERS were elected: Capt, G A. Cross; lst
Lieut., A. +. Hurlbut; end Lieut., Amos
Dopp; q. NJ, j. II. Kelly. The boys"
were so well pleased with the success of
their reunion and with the way they
were received and treated by the Law
renee people that they voted to hold
their next annual meeting at the same
place. The following are the names of
the officers elected by the Juniors Pres
ident, George Chattield; vice president,
- Donovan; secretary, Lizzie Monroe;
treasurer, Rose Branch; eX. committee,
Claude Harvey, Lucy Chattield, Edna
GOSs.
Company "C".was organized in Sep
TENDER, 1861, having in its ranks just an
even hundred men-Or more properly
boys-and every one of them was Van
Buren, county boy. They rendezvoused
at Grand Rapids, where they were mus
tered into the service of their country.
After nearly two and Il half years ardu-
Gus service, the company re-enlisted
and was finally mustered out in March,
1866, having been in the field four and
half years, and having won an envi-
able reputation as being one of the
best cavalry companies in the south
west, in which part of the country their
entire term OF service was spent. Dur
ing the period the company was in the
army, lJ7 men were numbered among
its members; l39 of these men were
from this county and tifty-one of them
from the township Of Lawrence. 1t
will be readily seen that no more APP
prOpriate locality could he selected for
holding a meeting Of the company
Sometimes visitors ut the camp, when
the company meets in annual reunion,
are disappointed because they do not
see more display Oy way OF military
drill and because they do not hear
more public speaking, but the old vet
Grams do not care for that kind of thing
They meet solely for a social time and
to get better acquainted with each
others families and to renew old asso-
Citations. They are always pleased to
see their friends, but do not promise to
get up any special entertainment for
their benefit. Thirtyfour years have
elapsed since they entered into the SER
vice and now they propose To get all the
enjoyment possible for themselves and
their families out Of these annual meet
ings.