The National tribune., 1904-06-30
PERSONAL.

Nehemiah r. Packard, died suddenly ae
Buffalo, n. T., April 20. Had he lived till
May "a he would have been % years old.
Nov. Is, 1871, he married Lorinda s. Rob
inson at Harrison Valley. She survives
him They had one son, Robin W., who.
in his 11th year. accidentally shot himself.
The body was taken home to Mainesburg,
Pa, for interment He was a native Of
that place, but was familiar with the
West. He was son Of Rebecca Pack
ard, who lived to the age of 105 years, six
months and II days. Russell Ball Rose,
body-guard OF Washington at Valley
Forge. Achsab Ball, his great-grand-
mother, was a cousin of Mary Ball,
mother OF George Washington. Both Of
his graDdNathers were Revolutionary SOL
diers, as were eight Of his great uncies.
His father was with Commodore Perry.
and aided in building the feet that drove
ard was Colorado pioneer and gold
seeker in the Pixies Peak districts. He
enlisted at Denver in the Rocky Mountain
Rangers, with three Of his brothers, when
the civil war broke out. He was with the
suffering expedition across the plains after
nous for probity; had countless friends and
no enemies.
T. J. Upton, Senior Vice Commander
Gently, was a man of conspicuous nobility
Of life. A local newspaper, of opposing
politics, in reporting his death, said: HE
was a good man: good citizen.
1t was good to meet him. ? He
has gone to a better home. In
our judgment few better men have ever
lived. 1t is a pleasure to remember that
this good man has been referred to in
this manner in these columns before. He
has for years been Postmaster at Izoro,
and the people there universally regret his
loss." In letter transmitting the news
paper clipping, Comrade w. III. Weber,
Commander Of the Post, says: "You can
add that he was one Of the grand old men
who once composed the Union armies that
it has become popular with influential pa
pers to belittle and TO deride and degrade
socially and as citizens. II the editors and
owners of those papers were capable OF
appreciating noble qualities they could
find the old soldiers animated by them.
The old veterans are the salt of the citi-
zenry Of the United States"
OF Comrade S. o. BERGMAN, Co. K, 4th
Iowa Cav, who recently died, Lieut. ]. I.
wanorsdol, Springfield. Colo, writes:
First Serg't s. o. Bereman. He has
answered the last roll call on earth and has
gone to join the army under the Great
Commander of the Universe. When I
was promoted to First Lieutenant he took
my place as First Sergeant, and filled it
till the war ended. He was brave sol
dier, a loyal patriotic man: ever true to
his country, his flag. his duty, his own
manhood; in the camp, on the march, in
the battle, in civil life. For his country he
was ever ready to lay down his life; he
was ever a defender of the right; ever foe
Of wrong. He leaves q widow, three
daughters and a son."
Brig Gen Stephen W. Groesback died in
st. Louis recently from pneumonia, the
result of exposure while on duty in Cuba
He was born in Albany, N. Y, in 1640
and enlisted in the 4th Iowa Cav, in 1851,
rising to the rank of Lieutenant, and re-
ceiving an appointment at the close of the
war in the 4th u. 8. He distinguished
himself In the Indian wars, and when the
war with Spain broke out was Assistant
Judge-Advocate. He went to Cuba with
Gen. Shafter, and afterwards to the Phil
ippines, where he remained two years.
Until his retirement in 1903 he was sta
TONED at Chicago as Judge-Advocate OF
the Department Of the Lakes. He was
promoted to Brigadier-G General upon his
retirement.
In his annual report Of the Department
Encampment, Commander Roster, of the
Department OF New York, made a very
pleasing reference to Chaplin Post, OF Buff
faio, and its remarkable career under the
command OF Comrade Chas. A. Orr,
whose zeal, energy and ability are so
conspicuous that the Post has Increased
its membership in the past year from 328
TO 370D