The National tribune., 1903-12-03
PERSONAL.

fEkSUiNAL.
a pathetic story of an old soldier comes
from the court reports of Winchester, Va,
known in the Grand Army, and formerly
the possessor of fine farm near Win
chester, brought suit against his wife and
sons on note for S2.2OO which he claimed
his wife had given him for the farm. She
set up that the note was only-fOr $500 for
his furniture, but he had raised it TO 81.
300. She was supported i'll her conten-
ton by her two sons. Stewart Oberlin. u
lawyer, of Washington. u. c., and John
j. Oberlin. n college graduate and a school
teacher. The jury decided in favor of the
veteran. and against his wife and sons,
and another sUit is now begun to recover
possession of the farm.
Gen. Reuben +. Bernard, who had prob
ably the distinction of having been in more
separate fights than any man living, died
at his home in Washington, Monday even
ing, Nov. 0. He enlisted in Tennessee in
1865, as private in the 1st U. 8.
Dragons. and had numberless affairs with
the Indians in the West. prior to the
breaking out of the rebellion. In the
meanwhile he had risen to be First Ser
geant. He was in Canby's forces which
fought at Fort Craig, Valverde, and else
where in New Mexico. He was promoted
TO Second Lieutenant in the 1st q. S. Cav.
fighting that notable regiment did during
the ,v;.r of the rebellion. He received four
brevets, those of Captain, Major. Lieuten-
ant Colonel. and Colonel, for distinguished
gallantry in the fighting under Sheridan
around Richmond. After the war he went
back TO the plains, having in the mean
while attained the rank of Captain, and
there fought the Indians wherever there
was any fighting to be done. He was
Colonel of the 9th U. S. Cav. with 103
battles and engagements officially to his
credit. Opportunity was taken during the
Spanish War to give him n brevet of
Brigadier-G General to allow him to wear
it few years and die with it.
Philip Madison Carpo, of Burlington,
Iowa, who died Sept. 20. aged 80 years,
was native of New Bedford, Mass. a
descendant of Peregrine White. the first
white child born in the Plymouth Colony.
His father and grandfather served in the
armies of the United States in their days,
as he served in his He enlisted when 1S
years old, in Co. F., Sd Mass. His son,
Philip A. Carpo, enlisted In the Spanish
war, and died of fever in the service.
Comrade CarpO~was a leader in all civic
enterprises of his city. and was an ac-
tive leader in politics in the State. He
was public-spirited and devoted to the in
terests Of the civil war veterans.
Samuel G.. Heaton. Co. b, 46th Ohio,
died at Mt. Carmel Hospital, Carroll. o..
Nov. l, after surgical operation from
which he did not rally. He was shot in
the right eye at Dallas, Ga. The wound
never healed, and inflicted constant pain.
Comrade Heaton was buried at Pleasant
Vile o. A delegation from the Loyal
Legion at Columbus attended the funeral,
and many other comrades were present.
Wm. II. Healy. of Syracuse. N. Y,
WHO died suddenly at his home, was a
Corporal in the 4th N. Y. Art, and an
active member Of Root Post, Isl, Depart
ment of New York G. A. r. While in
the service he suffered sunstroke that
permanently injured his eyes. The Post
lost valued member and the community
a useful citizen, in the death of Comrade
Healy.
In the death Of Comrade William Ber-
tram Coyle, the Grand Army of the
Republic loses one Of its most Jealous
members, the country one of its truest
patriots, and the world of letters one of
its most devoted students. Comrade
Coyle died at his home, Lnkota. n. D.,
Sept. 80, 1908, aged So years. He leaves
one daughter, Miss Florence Coyle. He
was an eminent physician, Fellow Of the
Royal College of Physicians of Ireland;
member of numerous medical societies in
the United States; prominent in Masonry:
served many consecutive terms as Com
mander of his Post, G. A. R.; was re-
peatedly Medical Director of his Depart
ment, G. A. r., and held ether staff posi-
tions; was Assistant Surgeon in the q.
S. Army in campaigns against the In
dians, under Gems. Crook, Custer and
Miles, and was long one of the leading
medical practitioners in the two Dakotas.
Comrade Coyle was born in Baltimore,
Nd. and when the war broke out he was
but boy. His kindred sympathized with
the South, but his heart went with the
Union, and in 1868, while a student of
at the University of Maryland,
he enlisted in the Federal service, for
which he was expelled. with others, upon
charges of insubordinat ton. He served in
the 1st, 7th and 10th Md; was taken pris-
oner, sent to Libby, and being exchanged
returned to his company and served until
the close Of the war. After the war he
finished his medical course, graduating az
Queens College, Belfast, Ireland, and af-
ter four years of travel in Europe, settled
10 pTdCtiCe anu d ille VI dtliNC cuu
nent usefulness in the West.
Mrs. Antionette Cleveland Aiken. a
pioneer of Cleveland, Ohio. died at San
Francisco, Cal, Nov. %, at the age of
73. She was the granddaughter of Gen.
Erastus Cleveland of New York, a cousin
of Bishop Austin Cleveland Coke, Grover
Cleveland. and of Gen. John Sedgwick.
She was a leader in the Sanitary Commits
sion work during the war of the rebellion,
and the author of several volumes of
verses.
William Henry Harrison Reddick. one
Of the survivors of the "engine thieves"
who stole locomotive in northern
Georgia. and tried to run it into Chatta-
nOOga, died at his home in Seventy-six
Muscatine Co., Iowa, Nov. 10
He had been i'll IL days from a cOmpli-
cation of diseases. He was born in In
diana in 1910. and enlisted in Co. B, 33d
Ohio, from which he was detailed to re-
port to Andrews for an enterprise of great
danger. He had been living for many
years in Muscatine Co., and had host
IF friends there who respected him for his
IF A. NJ. Taylor Post, of Wapello, Iowa.
laring band now remaining. These are
William Knight. Stryker. Ohio: w. w. |
Brown, Perrysburg, Ohio; Jacob Parrott, |
kentOn, Ohio; William Bnsinger, Nc |
Comb. Ohio; A. Wilson. McComb. Ohio, |
md William Pittinger, Banony, Cal.
Gooch Post, Rymer, w. Va, has passed |
resolutions of the deepest respect to the
memory of Comrade d. W. Huey, whose