The National tribune., 1903-05-07
PERSONAL.


able Secretary of the Kansas State Board
of Agriculture, has been appointed Chief
of the Live Stock Section for the Louis
lana Purchase Exposition to be held at
st. Louis.
Our well-known comrade. Mai. Church
Howe, now United States Consul at Shelf
field, England, has received from the
State of Massachusetts one of the medals
awarded to the Minute Men from the
State who instantly responded to Presi-
dent Lincoln's call for volunteers. He
was one of the gallant youths who within
three hours after the reception of the call
was in the ranks of the 9th Mass. and
on the way to Washington. The medal
is made from captured cannon.
William S. Smith, "Rebel Bill Smith,
the noted rebG! scout and poet, died at his
home in Huntington. W. Va. April II.
He was on furlough from the Confederate
Home at Pewee Valley, KY, and was 10
years old.
Gen. John s. Jones, President of the
Board Of Trustees of the Ohio Soldiers
and Sailors Orphans Asylum at Xenia,
died at his home at Delaware, Ohio.
April II. He was widely known and
esteemed throughout the State. He en-
tered the 4th Ohio in 1861 as First Lieu
tenant, and was mustered out with the
| TeSiiueIt III 1oOt dS u SdpldlH. lie IneU
assisted in raising the 114th Ohio, Of
which regiment he became Colonel, and
was brevetted BrIgadierGeneral. He
served several terms in the Ohio Legisla-
ture and one in the Forty-ffth Congress.
Col. James Powell died at his home, in
Peoria, ILL.,, April 16, at the age of II.
He was born in Maryland, enlisted in the
18th U. s. in 1S4S, afterward re-enlisted
in the cavalry, and rose to be Sergeant.
He was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the
18th q. s., was severely wounded at
Chickamauga, became Captain, was re-
tired in 1868. and received brevets for gal
lantry at Chickamauga, on the Atlanta
campaign, at Jonesboro, and in the fight
with the Indians near Fort Phil Kearny.
He had been confined to his home by the
effects of his wounds for the last Is years.
Gen. Nathan Golf, Jr, died at his home
in Boston. April II. at the age of 76. He
entered the army under the first three
year call as Captain in the I'd r. l. A
year later he was promoted to Major
of that regiment. He was among
those who advocated the raising of
colored troops and became Colonel of
the 22d q. S. G. T., Dec. 81, 1853, and
continued in command of that and the
9th U. $. G. i. until the close of the
war, receiving the brevet Of Brigadier-
General for long, faithful and gallant
service in the field. He remained in the
service until June 4. 1867, and for 20
years following was Deputy Collector of
Customs in Providence. He was also
Brigadier-General Of the Rhode Island
National Guard.
Addison S. Mcclure died at his home,
in Wooster, O., April II, at the age of
Ga He served as Captain in the 10th
Ohio from the formation of the regiment
until July Z, 1864, when he resigned. On
returning home he became editor of the
Wooster Republican. He served one term
in Congress.
Comrade Frank Bruner an active MEM
Der of the Grand Army of the Republic,
and a frequent contributor to The Ma
tionaI Tribune, died at his home in Gin
cinnati. Ohio, March "a, at the age of 81.
He served in Co. G, Both Ohio.
At the Spring election the people Of
Cleveland, Ohio, honored Memorial Post,
of that city, by rejecting COmrade Henry
ID. CofEinberry to succeed himself as City
Treasurer by an unprecedented plurality
of 1916. Comrade COffinberry enlisted in
the Spring of 1862. first as an ordinary
seaman, and served on the Louisville in
the Mississippi River in the engagements
at Vicksburg and many other places, was
mustered out in the Fall of 1865, with the
rank of Master commanding the U. s.
Steamer Fairy. He received the thanks
of the Navy Department.
Our good comrade, Maj. W. F. McCar-
ION, has entered into congenial employ
ment, and a live paper has been greatly
strengthened by his appointment as the
editor of the Chattanooga Press. He was
for Is or 20 years the editor and proprietor
of the Athenian, at Athens, Tenn, and
made himself felt in the public affairs of
the State. The Tennessee press unani-
mously pronounce him one of the strongest
and ablest writer's in the State, and con-
gratulate the Chattanooga Press upon its
acquisition.
through the war In the 9th Iowa and was
afterward Adjutant- General for the State.
is writing for the Semi-Weekly Iowegian
a very excellent history of the battle Of
Shiloh.
John F. Martin served three years in
the 13d Ohio, and was discharged as
First Lieutenant. He came home. mar
ried, went to farming, and prospered.
Four children were born to him. In 1872
he went to Baltimore with a large con-
of stock, and disappeared. 1t
was believed that he had been murdered,
and after seven years his estate was pro-
bated and distributed to his heirs. A few
years later his supposed widow was
granted pension. Recently she learned
that a John f. Martin had applied for
4 pension from San Jose, Cal. Her son.
Frank J. Martin, of the editorial staff Of
the Philadelphia Ledger. investigated the
matter and found that it was his father.
He at once admitted his identity, and said
that he went away because Of an insuffer-
able difference Of temperament between
himself and wife.
On the occasion Of the recent visit Of
Chief Stewart and wife to
Tenn, the Department Com
mander, G. w. Patten. and wife, and his
Assistant Acknowledgement, w. w.
French, accompanied by others, visited the
linn" on Lookout Mountain, and then
vent to the Point" to view the scene
If the Battle Above the Clouds" then
FOR drive to the National Cemetery, af-
:er which they went to dinner at the Read
Hotel, where were present a number of
and their wives. Later a pub
lie reception was held ut the G. A. e.
Hall