The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-09

Veterans OF the Country's Grandest Army
Who Have Answered The Last Call.

/ by that orgautZlj ION.
SsriTH-As Ogden, Utah. Jan. 5. Rausford
7 Smith. Captain. 18th Ohio. aged 81. Can't
/ Smith WIS Mayor OF Hamilton o.. before be
\ entered the service: was on the ssaf OF Gen.
Z Bob MeCooE 20 tns battle vi Mil Springs and
until the death of Geu. Met0ols at the head Of
! bis brigade iu northern Alabama: was Senior
/ Past Department Commander, Department OF
I Utah; was sound lawyer, a polished and
\ logical speaker and had for years been the
I Nost0r OF the Ogden bar. lie leaves two
( daughters and one son.
I kEMPER.-As liOfsvill0 Pa. Jan 81. Samuel
c. kemper, Co. G.. 18th IA. Cav. HI was in
. prison at AndersouviAe. lie was a comrade Of
/ Post Oh.
CarsurcHEL.-At Mt Carmel. Pa. April 5.
F, Robert Carmichael, Co. Il. 9th Pa. Cav. He
leaves widow and six children.
/ FAUssET.-At baskerville. Pa. Dec / 1894,
I john FIEsset, Sergeant. Co. r, 10th Pa. aud
/ Go. Z. l3Jth Pa. aged %. lie was a member
OF Post 5f7.
| C63fPBELr.-At sedalia, Mo-. recently VIM.
i Campbell 33d Iowa. The coutrade was a MEM
/ Der OF Gen. George f. Smith Post, %. His
| long and intimate association with this Post,
/ being one OF rs earliest members had endsared
/ him TO the boys by the strongest ties of frater-
/ nifty, thus none among its ranks could be more
missed than ne. He was ever found among
the foremost IN working ior the interest and
/ upbuIiding of No. %, IS faithful in the ranks
=
/ He was liberal to a fauIt. No old soldier,
whether member Of the Grand Army or
/ otherwise, was turned empty-handed
away. He was ever ready 10 condoue their
| faults and shortcomings, realizing from the
| hard experience of a soldiers life IN the field
/ what were the temptations to lead astray.
Resolutions were passed by the Post
DCNswoRTH.-At Scotland, Ark March 3,
Harrison DunswOrth, aged 20. He Was an
| honored member of Gibbons Post. 81.
SCEoGGGN.-At Cleveland. Ark March %,
Wiley j. ScrOggin, aged 80 Comrads Scroggin
scrvetsix months under Gen. Curtis in 1862,
and was a worthy member o. Gibbons Post 50.
lie was buried by the Masonic Order
EMBRsON.-A5 Norfolk, Neb., April 10, VIM.
Emerson, Co. J.. Ist Ind. III. A. lie was buried
under the auspices Of S. a. Douglas Post, SO.
CANoN.-At Tyrone, Pa, March %. David
I'll. Canon, Co. ii, 18th Pa, aged 10. He was
Past Commander Of Post 172. A widow aud
one child survive him.
WHITSKY.-At Factoryville. Pa April IL
Willard J. Whitney, Co. A. 57th Pa. aged So.
Mex E0wN.-At Factory vile, Pa, April %,
John W. McKeown, aged So. lie was an hon.
orei member OF Post 211
DOwSER.-At CaZeHOvia. ~. Y. recently,
William y. Downer. Co. i, 18th N. Y. aged
10. He was buried by KnowIton Post, of which
be was an hOp2Ted member. The comrades
eldest son, William. was killed at the battle Of
| Corinth. Five children survive the comrade.
ADAMsON.-At keuosha Wis, March s. Mar
tin Adamson, Co. D. a4th Wis The eomrade
| had been invalid for a number Of years, but
most Of the time able to get about. This Spring
his troubles grew worse. The deceased leaves
widow and several grown-up children.
WILLIs.-At the Washington State Soldiers
Home Orting, Wash, March 20, Charles W ills,
1st Kan. J.. A, aged 55.s lie served three years.
Comrade Willis was buried under the auspices
of u s. Grant Post, o.
GoULD.-At Abingdon, Conn, March q,
HezekiIh y. Gould, Co. K, 2lsu Conn. and Co.
d, 21st V. r. G., aged 81.
HAUEEwAs.--At Chaplin. Conn, April u,
Ludwig Hauerwas Co. G., 18th Conn. aged 81.
He was wounded while in the service, necessi-
Eating the amputatiOn OF a leg near the hip
joint. and was captured at Newmarket, Va,
May 10. 1851 LIE was q member Of r.. q.
Brown Post 40.
SAvAGE.-At RutlandtOwu, o., April IL
William b. Savage, Co. r, 9ist Ohio. He was
member 7ot~3Illes Staudsh Post 40. Rssolu-
lions passed upon his death.
HILL-At skunk, Pa, April T. Pardon Hill,
Co. A, nth Pa, aged IS. The comrade wasa
| member Of lugham Post of Canton, Pa.
| MILLIKES.-At Tusearora, Pa, Abram Mill
ken. old Co. l. and A. 49th Pa.
] LINC0LS.-At Pitt,feld, Mass, Feb. 5,
! Sherlock H. Lincoln. Go. Z. LIST Mass Cav,
| aged a. Comrade Lincoln was an honored
member OF Miller Post, OF Plainield, Mass.
| FLEMISG.-At Solomon City, Kan, April 9,
| by runaway team. K. G.. Fleming Co. K,
l55th Pa. Comrade Fleming was promoted to
| Corporal soon after his enlistment aud at the
| battle of Five Forks was severely wounded in
\ the right shoulder. III was member in good
standing OF the GAR, also of the A.O.U.W.,
both of which Orders followed him to the
/ tomb.
| BRADFoRD.-At Sheboygan. Wis, April "a,
| Ira A. Bradford, Sergeant Go. f. 36th Wis.
| Comrade Bradford enlisted Feb. %, 1864.
| Seyg't Brad ord was one of the largest men in
| the regiment his weight at time of enlistment
| being 224 pounds and hight six feet. He was
often called the Working Sergeant of the
i regiment on account of his ability to perform
moro work in given time with a squad Of
men than any other Sergeant in the regiment.
| COmrade Bradford was a member of Henry p.
| Davidson Post, Plymouth, Wis. and was al
| ways known as thoroughly patriotic man.
| CAToN.-At Roseland. Neb.. pril 81 of heart
disease, Cyrus Cation, Co. b, 18th Ohio, aged 50.
| Comrade Cation was born in Virginia; moved
| to Ohio before the war; shortly after the war
he moved to Illinois. and in 1873 to Nebraska
| He was one of the first settlers and was one OF
the most influential men in the County. His
| funeral was under the auspices of Post 181, Ju-
niata.
| HoLBROOK.-At West Midway. Mass, Amos
| A. Holbrook, Co. Il, 10Th Mass, aged 50. His
| fuaeral was held under the auspices of James
/ III. Sargent Post, which, with W-RC. and ). OF
/ ". attended IN q DOuys ne IStVeS q WluOW anu
| one daughter Until within few years Com
rade Holbrook had been member of Maj. e
| F. Fletcher Post of Milford, Mass, from which
| he was transferred to James III. Sargent POST
| OF which he was Ad;utant at the time of his
death.
ACKLEY.-At North Franklin, Mass, April
| 90 Daniel Ackley, Co. B. 42d Mass. He was
member of James III. Sargent Post, of West
Midway. under whose auspices the funeral &C.
| Cured April -.
| CgoUsE.-At Altoona, Pa. April 1895,
| George Grouse, Co. h, 492d Pa.
| ANpERsoN-At Denver. Colo, April 10. j.
/ W. Anderson, Captain, Co. q, 10Th H., aged %.
/ Con,rade Anderson was native of Illinois.
/ He enlisted as private In Co. &, 10Th Ill,
| March L. 1SG2, and re-enlisted veteran in
the same command Dec. p, 1868. He was
made Second Lieutenant June is, 1868 and
| promoted to a First Lieutenaney April II. 1854.
/ He was commissioned as Captain, but was nos
mustered As such. lie Was in command Of
n company. however. when mustered ont July
4, 1865. lie was with the Fourteenth and Seven
teenth Corps, Army OF the Cumberland, and
participated IN aany engagements, and was
with sherman on his march to the sea- In me
Illinois National Guard he held COmmlss 0n5
as Ca ptaiE. Major and Lieuteuant-COloDel. In
the latter capacity he commanded The 18th
battalion no~ the 9TH regiment. which he or
ganized Since going to Colorado he has been
prominent in CA Il. aGairs. He was q ueu,ber
OF the Colorado Comma ndeTy OF The LOYAL Lc-
sion and also member OF Meadc Post ~. Of
uhich he WAS Past (Ommauder IL tire fint8