The National tribune., 1908-03-12
~. MUSTERED OUT.

| DTlSOlitT ol war COUllllpu dt btfie lSfe
e, RIRK.-At Coraopolis, Pa, Dec. 10,
ffg01. b. b. Kirk, aged 81 years. Com
rade Kirk was born and reared in West
Wheeling. O.; served his country with
patriotic fervor in Co G, 10th Pa: was
| twice wounded at the battle of the Will
derness. and suffered every day of his
| life. afterwards from those wounds. He
was wrapped in the Stars and Stripes
4 for burial.
| BOYINGTON.--At Pine. Idaho, Oct.
6, 1907, Ira Boyington, TS years of age.
A native of New York, he served three
years and 10 months in the 18th y. Y.
His widow and four children survive
him.
| SHARP.-At Kokomo, Ind, Dec. s..
1907. Evan Evans Sharp. OF Salina,
| Kan Comrade Sharp served as Ser
geant' and as First Lieutenant in the
| 51st Ind. and for Is months suffered
the horrors of Andersonville. He was 20
years. old, and leaves no family.
FROST-At Corpus Christi, Tex.
| Dec. ;, 1907, VIM. B. Frost, who served
| in Co. /, 14th Ohio, and in co. Il. 130th
| Ohio. Relatives desiring details can
write 20 r. j. Kilmer. Commander, Post
ID. G.. A. r.. Corpus Christi. Tex.
| STEPHENSON.-At Averill, Mich,
on Dec. 1, 1907, Guslanus Stephenson.
aged 81 years Comrade Stephenson
served in Co. X, 18th Me, and in Co. ID,
Sth L. $.
TRUEX.-At Grandview. Ind, Nov.
| %, 1907. Thomas Truck, aged 81 years.
Conrade Truck served in Co. ID, 140th
Ind. He leaves "A widow, two daughters
and Il son.
| DfLDINE.-At Lima. O., Nov. 19,
1907. 4. NJ. Dildine. Comrade Dildine
| served in Co. E, 49th Ohio, and was a
| of
Ohio, G. A.. r.
| WATTLES.--At Bible Grove, ILL.,, Oct.
| s, 1907, David +. Wattles. Comrade
Wattles was born Feb. 27, 1897, in Erie
/ County, Pa; enlisted in August, 1861,
| in Co. b, 4Sth H.; attained the rank of
Sergeant; was wounded at Fort Donei-
son, from which he never wholly recov-
cred; was discharged at close of the
war, ON Aug. Is, 1865. His widow, one
daughter and four sons survive him.
'BUTTS-At the National Soldiers
Home, oct. 8, 1906. Thomas Butts, aged
| Sc years. Comrade Butts served three
years in Sd Ill. Cav; was a member of
c. A r. Post 80 at Montrose, Colo.
r. MILLER.-At Vermont. ILL.,, Jan II,
| 1908, Robert NJ. Miller. Comrade. Mil
Ter was born in Illinois May 16, 1891;
served as Third Corporal in Co. f, saith
ILL.,, from Aug Z, 1862, until Dec. 81,
| lSOZ, NHtH NdS
at the battle of Stone River, for which
ne was discharged, being disabled. He
belonged to Geo. Yocum Post, 1926, De-
! paftment of Illinois, G. A. X. His
iwidow, a son and three daughters sur
vive him.
GOODWIN-At Dover, n. H, Aug.
,t21.. 1907, John. A. Goodwin. Comrade
Goodwin was born in Lebanon. Me-
| Oct. II, 1874. on Oct. IS, 1861, he
! enlisted in the 5th n. H.; was wounded
June go. 1862, at White Oak Swamp;
/ promoted to Corporal for distinguished
services; wounded at Cold Harbor June
! 3, 1864; discharged with honor Oct %.
1861. His widow, son and daughter
! survive chim.
| ,ADAMS.-At Charlton, Mass, Dec.
lis. 1907, George s. Adams, aged "A
years. six months and two days. Com
rade Adams enlisted in September, 1861,
| in Co. b, 25th Mass, and served three
years. was member of Geo, III. Ward
Post, 10, G. a. r., Worcester. Mass.
He leaves a widow. ~
? WHITLOCK.-At his home, 317 23d
| ST, Brooklyn, n. Y, on Jan. g., 1908,
| Andrew Whitlock Comrade Whitlock
\ in 1851 in Co. E, 47th n. Y, and served
with tiistinction until the close of the
war. Before the war he was member
OF the Brooklyn Fire Department. He
! Is survived by his widow, one daughter
| and a brother, who is Commander of
Rankin Post. 10. n. Y. &. A. r.
| 'VANNEST.-At Marshall, Tex, Jan.
| G, 1908, A. NJ Vannest. Comrade Van
! nest enlisted in 1861 in Co. A, 9Th n. j.,
. and served until the war was ended.
At the time of his death he was Senior
4 iSieeEetemmander of Emerson Opdycke
Post, SO, G.. A. r., Department of Texas.
| TGIBSON.-At Suffolk. Va, George
Gibson, for 40 years a resident of that
city He served for three years in the
SD Pa, and then re-enlisted in the
i105th Pa. He was highly esteemed in
his, home city, and Is survived by his
| widow, three sons and two daughters.
RANKIN.-Morton G. Rankin. one
of the most highly esteemed citizens of
Terre Haute, Ind, was struck by two
trains and almost instantly killed. Com
rade Rankin served thru the civil war,
and since then has been engaged in the
lumber business. His name was always
associated with every pubic-sipirted
movement, and his sudden death is
deeply mourned by all who knew him.
| DUVALL.-At Ridgeville, Ind, Nov.
3, 1907, his 69th birthday anniversary,
Jacob b. Duvall, Corporal of Co. L.
11Sth Ohio. He was a valued member
of L. c. Wood Post. $50, G. A. r., De-
partment of Indiana. Three sons and
four daughters survive him.
WILLIAMS.-At indianapolis, Ind
on Feb. IS. Edgar II. Williams, aged sc
years. Comrade Williams served as
Sergeant of Co. 1, 18th Ind.
PAGE.-At North Troy, VT, Nov. II
1907, Henry X. Page, aged II years
4 Comrade Page was born in Danville, VT.
and served in Co. c. Sth VT, with which
he participated in the assault on Port
Hudson, La, May 81, 1863. His widow
two daughters and six sons survive him
HOWARD.-In Brainerd, Minn., Nov
%, 1907, Joseph w. Howard. Comrade
Howard served in Co. E, 34th Mass. He
leaves Il widow and one son, aged l.
years.
RAMSEY.-At Salt Lake City, Utah
George w. Ramsey, Feb. 9, at the age
of 10. Comrade Ramsey served in tho
both ILL.,. and perhaps some of oui
readers will remember him as the Lone
Fifer, as he was called by the San Fran
cisco papers. because he marched al
the head of the Utah delegation and
played the fife thru the entire parade.
TINGLEY.-At Fairfield, Neb., Sept
!, 13, 1907, George w. Tingley. Comradt
Tingley was born at Harrisburg Ind
June 8, 1915; in 1868 enlisted in Co A
124th Ind, and served his country thru
the war for the Union. His widow, q
daughter and two sons survive him.
PIERCE.-At Sumner. Wash, July
%. 1907, Thaddeus S. Pierce, aged Sc
years. Comrade Pierce served as Ser
; geant, Co. b, 9th Ohio Cav, was an en-
thusiastic G.. A. r. man and for many
years Adjutant of Everett Post, 73. De.