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/, VIM. II. BarthoIow, Co X i91st Ohio. He
leaves three sons and two daughters.
BREWSTER.-At FlintvilIe, Wis, Charles
Brewster. Co. C. U. s. Inf. aged 6S. Com
rade Brewster enlisted Oct. 24, 1861, and was
discharged Sept. 10, 1862, on account of dis
ability. He was mustered into Harrison
Post, 81. Feb. 6, 1892. He was a bachelor.
BURT-At Wakefield Kan, DIR. AsaheI
Burt, jr., Surgeon, 139th n. Y. He was born
in Vermont, September, 1S2S where his early
years were spent upon a farm. When II
years of age he went to Albany. y. Y, and
entered the service of his uncle as book
Keeper where ne remained several years.
During this time he became acquainted with
| Prof DIR. ]. V. p Quackcnbush, Professor of
Obstetrics in the Albany Medical College and
| afterwards Surgeon General of the State of
New York, and decided TO study medicine un-
der his instruction. He attended three courses
| of lectures in the college and graduated in
1861. He entered the army as Assistant Sur
geon of 139th n. Y. and after about year
he was made Surgeon and was mustered out
| as such with his regiment at the close of the
war. During his army life he was Surgeon-in-
Chief of his brigade, served on several
boards of examination in the general hospital
| at Hampton, Va, in the field hospitals of the
Tenth, Eighteenth and Twenty fourth Corps,
besides doing his share of surgical work in
the field. For some months he had charge of
| the Eastern Lunatic Asylum at Williamsburg,
| Va, with about 300 patients He was in all
| of the battles In which the Army of the
James was engaged, among which were
| Whittaker's Mills, near williamsburg, Va; !;
Baltimore Crossroads on the Richmond and
| Petersburg Railroad; Swift Creek, Drewry's s
Bluff. Bermuda Hundred. Cold Harbor
| Petersburg, Trenches in front of Petersburg
June 20 to 30; Trenches in front Of Peters
| burg. July l to 81; Strawberry Plains, Fort
Harrison, Fair Oaks, and Richmond, besides
many affairs Of which no record was kept.
| His brigade was the first brigade OF organized
| troops to enter Richmond (the pckets had
| entered 4 few hours car,ier) and for several
weeks performed provost duty and were the
only troops inside the city limits. DR.. Burt,
by orders, visited every rebel hospital in the
| city took the names of every rebel Surgeon,
| the capacity Of the hospital, number of oc-
cupants, and amount of food on hand. The
last year of the war he was made Operating
Surgeon of the Twenty fourth Corps DR..
Burt married in New York in 1850 and when
he enlisted his wife accompanied him. acting
as nurse. She acted in that capacity until
the end of the war and received a pension of
SO. DR.. Burt moved to Kansas in 1868. The
funeral was under the auspices of Wakefield
Post and the I. o. o. f. He leaves a widow.
-CARR.-At Ogden, Kan, May 81, Robert
Carr, Co. C, Sd Mo-, aged ~. COmrade Carr
was member Of o. 2. Morton Post, 3S, Of
WamegO, Kan.
CONKLE-At Allegheny, Pa, June /. Vim.
l.. Conkle, 101st Pa. He was taken prisoner
at Plymouth. n. c., and confined at Ander-
sonvile for 13 months He is survived by a
daughter
DAWSON.-At Connelsville. Pa. May 30,
Joseph Dawson, Co. II, S5th Pa. He leaves
four daughters and one son.
DENNISTON.-At Pittsburg, Pa. May %,
Capt. VIM. II. DenniStOn, aged Co. Capt.
DennistOn was one OF Pittsburg's beSt-knOwn
citizens. He had been engaged in many busi-
ness enterprises had helped to found several
important business and charitable in
stitutiOns, and had held many positions Of
high trust. At the time Of his death Mr.
DennistOn was member of the firm Of Den
nistOn Ripple East End real estate
brokers; Director of the City Deposit Bank,
of which he was one of the founders; Presi-
dent of the East End Board Of Trade, and
member Of the Chamber of Commerce. De-
ceased was the founder of the East End Gas
Company, Of which he had served as Presi-
dent for 80 years, and he was one of the
founders of the Shadyside Presbyterian
Church. As Councilman from the Twentieth
Ward Mr.. DcnniStOn served the city for six
years and represented his district in the
State Legislature two terms. He was Past
Master of Holman Lodge, 81, f. & A. NJ,
and was 4 member of the G. A. r., having
served as Captain in the Excelsior Bri-
first wife was Mary NJ. Guffy, to whom he
was united on November 16 1865. and by
whom he had one son, James NJ. DennistOn.
OF Chicago. On Oct. o 1879, he was married
daughter Alice Rachel survives.
EASLEY.-At Glendora, Cal. May H. Rees
Easley. Co. ], G1st Ill, aged 80. He served
three. years and was dangerously wounded at
Shiloh. lie received So pension. Comrade
Easley and family left their home at Golden.
Colo, for GlendOra, Cal. for the benefit OF
his health two months before his death.
RGUSON.-At Albion, Mich, June 8. of
heart disease. VIM. II. Ferguson, Co. X, 18th
n Y; Comrade Ferguson was severely
Mason, Mich, soon after the war, and his re-
mains were taken there for burial.
FRODSHAM.-At Topeka. Kan. June A.
6j. Intcrment was at Savannah. Mo. Pea
body Post, II. conducted the funeral services
He leaves widow, one son and one daughter
GAY.-At Bourbon. Ind. May %. Samuel
B. Gay, Co. +, 74th Ind, aged p He was a
member Of KoscuskO Post. III, Warsaw. Ind
Comradc Gay leaves a widow. seven children,
JONES.-At Plttsburg, Pa, May H. VIM.
f. Jones. G3d Pa. aged 20.
KAVEL-At Milwaukee, Wis, May 49,.
Theo. g: kavel. aged q Comrade kavel
Hussars. the first company of cavalry en-
listed in Wisconsin. Later the company be-
came part of the 9Th Mo. Cav, rs Co. G. He
was discharged for disability at Columbus,
Ky, March ). 1863; re-enlisted at Milwaukee,,
Wis. in Co. II, 45th Wis, was commissioned
Second Lieutenant. and was discharged from
Lieutenant oct. %. 1860. He was a charter
member Of Rank and File Post. $40, and was
staunch, generous friend and cOmrade
He was hookkceper for Inhosch Bros. for over
80 years, but on account of sickness was COM
PEELED to give mp his position a few weeks
before his death. According to his wish a
bugle sounded "taps-lights OUT over his
grave. He leaves widow. two grown sons
and four daughters.
KIpPERS.-At his home Lakeside
Farm near Prospect, Wis, May II. Jacob |
Prussia, on Aug. 6. 1923. He came TO this |
country when about 90 years of age, locating |
in Waukcsha Co.. working in and near the |
city of Waukesba. Dec. g. 1858. he was |
united in marriage to Miss Janet Boyd. eldest |
daughter Of the late McNar Boyd, who was |
Il farmer in New Berlin Township, and later |
Il resident of the city of Waukesha. In the |
Fall of 1860 they moved to Lakeside Farm
on which they had lived for over 40 years. |
Feb. %, 1864. COmrade Kippers enlisted at |
MuSkegO Center Wis, in Co. F. 10Th Wis, |
for three years and was honOrably discharged |
Sept 6, 1865, at Madison, Wis He was
severely wounded in the right shoulder and |
left arm in front of Petersburg. For many |
years he was n member of William Il. Cusl- |
ing Post, 49, of Wlukcsha, Wis. When |
MuskegO Picket Post organized at |
MuskegO Center. in the Summer of 1900 he
transferred his membership to that Post. 1t |
being nearer home. The funeral was held at |
the home On May IL, services being conducted |
by the Rev. w. A. McKillop, pastor of the |
Waukesha Baptist Church. Interment was
at Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha. The |
Picket and Cushing Posts conducted the |
burial services at the grave. -Four children |
were born to Mr. and Mrs. Kippers, one of |
whom died at the age of two years. He IS |
survived by widow and three children; viz, |
Mrs. Elmer f. VanderpOol, William e. Kip |
pers, and Mrs. Lee c. Dele.
LASURE.-At Shenango Valley Hospital, |
He enlisted Sept. ., 1861 In Co. ID, 7th Wis,
and was discharged Feb. 2S, 1863, at Con |
valescent Camp. Va. So far known he had |
no relatives. He was buried according tc s. /
of V. ritual. the S. of V. furnishing the grave
and the CaFDentprS' Union having hoSnitoI