The National tribune., 1896-10-01
MUSTERED OUT.

Veterans of the Country's Granaess sruy
ybo Have Answered the Last Call.
McNaTH-At Cadiz, o.. Aug. %. John Nc
Natb. Sergeant, Co. G.. 9Sth Ohio aged ~ De-
ceased was a member Of J. s. McCready Post.
456 and Grant Lodge /. O. o. f. Buried by
the Lodge and Post.
BAYLEss.-At Cadiz, o., Aug. 5. John C.
Baylcss, Co. ]. 18th Ohio, aged 80 Deceased
was the FIRST man to enlist in Harrison County
in 1861. He was with his regiment until it
was mustered out in 1865 serving 81 months.
He was captured at New Hope Church. and
con fined in Andersonville and Milen Prisons
for FIVE months. He was buried by J. s. Nc
Cready Post and Ex-Prisoners of War.
ALLES.-At South Braintree, Mass, Aug. 81
A. Allen. aged "a. Comrs1e Allen enlisted
Dec. %. 1863. in band of Second Brigade. First
Division, Second Corps; discharged May 81.
1865. He joined Post 81 Aug. 30, 1869. and
vas Past Commander. He Selectnan
for several years, and held other offices of tins
town.
MaIcomB.-At Bartlett, o., Jan. 4. James VI.
Malcomb Co. +, 36th Ohio. Deceased q
member of Post 52S. widow and three daugh-
tiers survive him.
MiLLER.-At Bartlett o., Aug. 8, of heart
disease. Oliver Miller, member of Bartlett
Post, 525. A widow and seven children sur
viye him.
CHaPPELL-At Gardner, ILL.,. Sept. /, Benz
jamin g. CbappelL. Co b, 4th III. Cav. De-
erased was charter member of SedgwIck Post,
305 having joined in July, 1888.
PENBEEToN.-At Provo. Utah, Aug 81 J. B.
Pemberton. Co. B, 2lst ILL.,. aged SO. Comrais
Pemberton enlisted June % 1861, and served
two years and 10 months. He was captured at
ChickaDauga and spent II months in Libby.
Belle Island and Andersonsille, suffering antoid
hardsbips. He was bonorably discharged ss
Springfield, H., April 90. 1865. December.
1861, he married Miss Martha Drake; in 1889
be went to Provo, Utah, was member aud
Quartermaster of w. r. Sherman Post. g. For
years he suffered from tire bardships of his
prison life. The funeral was conducted by the
Post. widow and daughter survive him,
DRAPEE.-At Worcester. Mass. Aug. ~.
Charles FL. Draper, Co. !. I'd Mass. Fl. A., aged
4S. He was a member of Geo. Fl. Ward Post.
TO- He leaves a widow and two daughters.
HILL.-At Worcester. Mass. Ang. 8, George
B. A. HILL Co. ], 10Th Me-, and Lieutenant Go.
Z, 9th Mich. Cav. aged 80. He was member Of
Geo. Fl. Ward Post, 10, Department of Massa-
chusetts. He leaves a widow and two children,
son and daughter.
BRowN.-At Dallas. Tex, Aug. "a, james O.
Brown, Co. ii, 9Th Ky. Cav, aged 90 De-
ceased was member of John A. Dix Post, Ii,
and was buried by his comrades.
BINGHAM.-At Arlington. Iowa, Sept. 5,
James w. Bingham. Co. G. 9th Iowa Cav. aged
II. Comrade Bingham was born in Fowler,
N. Y. He moved with his parents to Illinois
in 1874 and TO Brush Creek, now Arlington, in
1861. He enlisted in 1864 and served till close
of war. Comrade Bingham had been Junior
Vice Commander of Brush Creek Post, 25S, for
nearly four years. The Post attended tho
funeral.
MERRILL-At Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. q,
Capt. Philo Gould Camp Merrill, Co. g, Sd
Iowa. aged go. Capt. Merrill had resided with
his at Des Moines since April, 1895. He
had been a resident of Iowa since 1853, except
four years. during which time he lived with q
son in Saltwater MINI. He resided in Warren
County from 1858 to 1864. He was the first
man in his Township, Palmyra. to volunteer az
soldier, going out in April, 1861, as Second
Lieutenant of Co. G, Sd Iowa. He was taken
prisoner in the battle of Shiloh aud spent six
months in rebel prisons. He resigned on ae-
count of i'll health in the Spring of 1863; was
elected Senator from bis County to the 10th
Iowa General Assembly. He was member of
the GAR.
DuBors.-At Paris, Mich, Aug. 81, Jacob M.
Dubois, Co. c, I'd Mich. Cav. He was a charter
member of Austin Blair Post, 12S Department
of Michigan.
REPPERT-At Harris, Kan, Sept IL, III. c.
Reppert, lst Ohio Cav. Comrade Reppert en-
listed as private in the 1st Ohio Cav, Sept. 10
1861 and was mustered out rs Captain, Sept.
%, 1865. He was buried by Rufus Fitzpatrick
Post. $780, Department of Kansas, in Garnett
Cemetery. Sept. IA.
REED.-At Hagerman. Idaho, Sept. A, Frank
E. Reed. Co. ID, 9th N. Y. and Hancock's Re.
serve Corps aged 81. Comrade Reed enlisted
in October, 1861; was severely wounded al
Gettysburg; was transferred TO the Invalid
Corps in Fall of 1868, and was mustered Out
Feb. II, 1864
DEARBoRN.--At Cornish, Me-. Aug 8, VIII
~ pQkt.
United States Navy. aged II. He was a mem
Der of Thompson Post, of Cornish, and wal
prominent in GAR. work.
HoLMEs.-At Hiawatha Kan, April 3 Alfred
A. Holmes Co. B, I'D ILL.,. aged 50. Comrads
Holmes was born at Lockport n. Y. and re.
moved to Delayan, ILL.,, previous to the begin.
ming of the war of the rebellion. He enlisted
as a Corporal in Co. b 73d H.. at Delavan,
July 15, 1862, aud was mustered out as Sergeant
June II, 1865. by reason of the close of the war
ComraGe Holmes was slightly wounded at Stone
River, and again at the battle OF Mission Ridge
He returned to Delavan, H., at the close OF
the war, and attended school at the Wesleyar
Institute at Bloomington, Ill.,. and Business
College at Peoria. iii. He removed to Kansas
in 1870 and bought piece of land neal
Hiawatha. where he engaged in farming until
the Spring of 1873, when failing health induced
him to quit that pursuit. lie sold his farm
and removed to Hiawaths, y here he engaged in
for a time. He was elected
member o: the City Council in 1874 aud served
in that capacity until he was elected Mayor OF
the City, and served IN that position two years.
In 1880 he was elected Police Judge, and in
1882 he was elected Justice OF the Peace. In
this position he gave such general satisfaction
that he was reelected successfully until 1890
when failing health induced him to decline
further service. He was q charter member Of
Hiawstha Post and the first Commander, and
to him was justly ascribed mnch of its early
success. widow and five children survivs
him.
KIrcHER--A. Dallas, Tex. Sept. 5, Of heart
disease. Henry Kirchcr, Co. X, 5th Ind Cav,
ased 20. The funeral sci vices were conducted
~ the LEGAL Post. The deceased leaves severed
but tho5x addresses sre not knowH
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