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Capt w. H. Pittenger, CO. ], 39th Mo. He
leaves a widow and five children.
JOHNSON.-At Milford, Neb., JOS. John
son, CO. NJ, 9Th lad. Cav, aged IS. He
enlisted Dec. %, 1883, and was honOrably
discharged July 20, 1868. He had been for
Milford, Neb. He was tenderly buried by
Farragut Post, of Lincoln, Neb., and as
no relatives OF his are known, his per-
sonal effects remain in the hands Of Com
rade ID. C. Work, OF Seward, Neb.
EMMONS.-At Provo City, Utah, Jan.
Il, Charles Emmons, I'd Colo, aged g..
He was a member of Sherman Post, @.
d. v. S., Milwaukee, Wis, John p.
Johnson, Co. C, 18th Ind, aged 81. Com
rade Johnson leaves q brother and sister,
both living at Fort Wayne. Ind.
EBERMAN.-AtSandy Lake, Pa, Capt.
VIM. S. Eberman, Co. f. 55th Pa, aged 80.
1851, and within a year had secured a
Captains commission. Two sons also
entered the service, one filling soldiers
grave at Yorktown, Va COmrade Eber-
mans grandfather held Captains COM
mission in the Revolutionary army; his
father was Adiutant in the War OF 1872,
while a grandson served in the war with
Spain; an unbroken chain Of five genera
tons in the volunteer service of America.
Deceased had been prominent in the M.
E. Church. Five children survive him.
CRITTENTON.-At Chicago, ILL.,, Jan.
8, Mai. Emory Osgood Crittenton, aged 49,.
Comrade CrittentOn was born in Hender-
son, N. Y. In 1874 he moved to Ann
Arbor, Mich. When President Lincoln
issued his second call in the Summer OF
1861, COmrade Crittenton raised COM
pany for service in what was known as
"Bissell's Engineers" an Illinois regi-
ment, which was raised in Chicago, but
fnyh hxy( Iair to fxL h 30
men outside the State of Michigan, and,
was promised that a regiment Of the same
class would be authorized and recruited
within the State. This was done, and
Comrade CrittentOn received commits
sion as Captain Of Co. X, list Mich. Engi-
neers and Mechanics. At the close of
three years service the regiment was re-
organized and a Majors shoulder-straps
and commission were his until the regi-
ment was mustered out of the service ut
the close of the war. Maj. Crittenton has
lived in Chicago since 1865, and belonged
to Geo. III. Thomas Post, 5.
YOCUM.-At Dawson, Ill, Jan. 6, VIM.
Yocum, Hath ILL.,, aged IS. He leaves a
widow and seven children. ~
STIPP.-At Princeton, ILL.,, George W.
Stipp, First Lieutenant, Co. X, 4th ILL.,,
Mexican war, and Captain, Co. B, Yates's
SharpshOOters, aged 81. He was one of
the best known men in northern Illinois,
and for IS years had been Circuit Judge OF
the Ninth District.
HIESTAND.-At Hagerman, O., Samuel
III. Hiestand, aged 73. COmrade Hiestand
was civil war veteran. He leaves a
widow and three sons.
KEMBLE.- Saugerties, N. Y, DR..
Warren Kemble, aged 81 Comrade
kemble enlisted in Co. H, 10th N. Y, in
1882 was promoted Second Lieutenant,
Dec. /, 1854; First Lieutenant, Feb. a,
1865, and was mustered out June 8, 1865.
He was buried with military honOrs by
Tappan Post, 215.
JONES. Birds, Ill.,, Jan. 3, John d.
Jones, Co. X, 32d ILL.,, aged So; member of
Post $50, G Ar, and Mason. A widow
and three sons survive him.
DOW-At Thurman, N. Y, Jan. Z,
William Dow, Co. |, seth N. Y, aged 10.
Comrade Dow enlisted in August. 1862.
following the fortunes of the regiment
until mustered out in July, 1865. Charette
Post, $50, of Warrensburg, N. Y, of which
he had been a member from it's organic
alton in 1885, attended his funeral in q
body. d. a.
ECKERT.-At Walden, N. Y, Jan. 2.
Sears Eckert, Co. G., Seth N. Y, aged 81.
He enlisted in August, 1861, and served
three years. The funeral services were in
charge of Fairchild Post, of which he was
a member. A widow and four children,
aged 7, 10, 10 and 16, survive him.
1873, Col Stephen Baker, 9th N. Y. H. A.
Col Baker was mustered in as First Lieu
tenant Of Co. G, Sept. 2, 1852. He was
promoted Captain, Co. l., and rose to
Colonel of the regiment. AS a soldier he
was brave and fearless. He was loved by
his company and regiment, and was ever
ready to lend helping hand to all. He
was a member Of Crosby Post, Brewster
For the past II years he had been in the
United States Custom House. He leaves
a widow and three children.