The National tribune., 1908-04-02

| AAflNSSTON.-At Douglass, Kan,
Jan. 2s, James Livingston. He was
born June 80, 1881. in Butler County,
o.; enlisted in Altoona, Ill, August. 1852,
In Co. q, S9th ILL.,; was discharged June.
1866. His widow, one daughter and
three sons survive him.
SLOAT.-At Scranton, Pa, Jan. 80,
Stephen NJ. Sloat. He served in Co. E,
177th Pa. He leaves a widow and one
daughter.
BRYANT.-At North Star, Mich,
Feb. 27, Charles Bryant. aged SO years.
He served in Co. c, 147th Ill.
TIBBETTS.-At Bedford, Mass. Dec.
1s. 1907, Charles G. Tibbetts, aged 81
years. He served in the 18th Mass.
Ind'p't l.. A.
TEFFT-At Middletown, Conn, Jan.
z. A. F. Tefft. aged 60 years nine
months. He served in Co. B. 18th Conn;
was wounded at battle of Antietam.
from which cause he was an invalid
thru the last 80 years Of his life. His
widow survives him.
McCULLOCK.-At Rif;on, N. Y,
Sept. 20, 1907, Robert McCullock, aged
81 years nine months. He served in Co.
c, 4th N. Y.
sTONESTREET.-A Harrisville, w.
Va, Nov. 25, 1907, William Stonestreet
He served in Co. E, Sd w. ", Cav, and
was physically wrecked by the inflic-
tions of three months Imprisonment
under Wirz in Andersonville. His widow
survives him.
WHITNEY.-Near Pulaski, Iowa,
Sept. Z, 1907, Barney Whitney, aged SO
years. He served in Co. F, 10th Pa.
His second wife survives him. Any per-
sons who lived in Lancaster County and
can testify that his first wife died there
are requested to write to Mrs. Agnes
Whitney, care of Jane Ballman, r. d.
No. 2, Pulaski, Iowa.
KLECKNER.-At Fountain, Colo,
Jan. 20, ]. P. Kleckner. He was born
in Venango. Pa, May 5, 1910; enlisted
In Co. d, SD Pa, in 1861, and served
until the end of the war, becoming Cap
tain of the company by successive pro-
motions; participated in 81 battles, was
wounded three times and suffered four
months as a prisoner of war in Libby
Prison. A widow and three of their
daughters survive.
FINKENBINDER.-A Los Angeles,
Cal, Joseph Finkenbinder, aged 65. He
served in Co. F, 18th Pa. He leaves a
widow and two sons.
BOISE.-At haywood, Neb., March
4, 1908, John M. Boise. He served in
Co. A, 18th Ohio. He was Commander
of Sibley Post, G. a. r., at the time of
his death. He leaves a widow and two
daughters.
ROGERS.-At Brewer Me-, March
10, 1908, Henry B. Rogers, aged IS
years. He served four years and four
months in Co. G, 18th Me. He leaves
widow and one daughter.
MOSIER.-At Cleveland, o., Feb. 18,
1903, John Mosier, who served in Co.
A, 111th Ohio.
DERNo.-At HolIidaysburg, Pa,
March IT, 1908, Jonathan Derno, aged
II years. Comrade Derno served as
First Sergeant in Co A, Sd Pa, and as
CAPTAIN in Co. A, S4th Pa.
BEAM.-At Wakeman, O., March z,
1908, Ephraim K. Beam, aged 79 years.
He was a member of Co. H, 41st Ohio.
Ten of his IA children survive him.
MOLINE.-At the Soldiers Home,
Grand Island, Neb., March 9, 1908,
Frederick Moline, aged 10 years. He
was born in Sweden; served over four
years in Co. I, 9Th Iowa; was wounded
twice.
WARD-At Denver, Colo, February
1908, William E. Ward. Comrade Ward
was a member of Co. G, S9th Ill. He
had been President of the Regimental
Reunion Association, and was at the
time of his death Secretary of Co. G
Reunion Association. He is survived by
his widow and son, Harry A. Ward, of
Galesburg, Ill.
BLoOD.-At Ontario, Cal, Samuel c.
Blood, at the age of S3. Comrade Blood
was a sailor during his youth, but at
Lincoln's first call for men he enlisted
as Lieutenant in the 9Th Mass. At the
end of his three months service he re-
enlisted. In 1854 he sailed ON board
the steamer Sabago, one of the gum
boats of Farraguts fleet, and participat-
ed in the battle of Mobile Bay and other
operations. He is survived by widow
and daughter.
ARMSTRONG.-At Alexis, ILL.,, John
Armstrong, Oct. 26, 1907, aged Ga. He
served in Co B, 1920 Ill.
ANDERSON.-At Alexis, ILL.,, Nov. %,
1907, Nels Anderson, aged IA. Comrade
Anderson served in Co. C, 46tIr Ill.
BONETT.-At his home in st. Johns
bury, VT, Jan. 19, 1908, Comrade Geo.
w. Bonett, of pneumonia, aged 68 years
and five months. June 1, 1851, Comrade
Bonett enlisted in Co. C, Sd VT. He was
promoted Corporal, then Sergeant. He
was wounded June 20, 1862, at Savage
Station by two buckshot in the right leg
above the knee, for which he was laid
off about two months. He was also
wounded at the battle of Winchester
Sept. 19, 1854, but he did not leave the
field, nor was he off duty in consequence
of it. He re-enlisted Dec. 81, 1863, in
the same company. June 26, 1864, he
was promoted to First Lieutenant of Co.
A and to Captain of Co. A Oct. IS, 1864.
He was in all the battles his regiment
was in during the war, and on April 2,
1865, he was brevetted Major for gall
liant and meritorious services before
Petersburg. He was for some time AS
sistant Inspector-General on Brig.
L. A Grants staff After the war he
followed his trade as iron molder, and
when Chamberlin Post, /, of st. Johns
bury, VT, was organized he was elected
the first Commander.
DE FORREST.-At Brooklyn, N. Y,
Feb. 5, 1908, Capt Martin J. De Forrest,
aged 6S. He enlisted April 10, 1861, for
three months in the 25th N Y; re-en-
listed Oct. IL, 1861, in Co. B, S1st N. Y;
commissioned Second Lieutenant Nov.
Is. 1861; promoted to First Lieutenant
July 81, 1862, and to Captain of the
same company Aug. 10, 1863, and dis
charged Oct. 81, 1864, on account of
loss of leg below the knee in the second
battle of Coal Harbor; appointed Second
Lieutenant of the Veteran Reserve
Corps April 8, 1866, and discharged
Jan. /, 1868. Capt De Forrest took an
active part in the battles of first Bull
Run, Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair
Oaks, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill,
second Coal Harbor and several lesser
engagements, being in command of his
company in several of the battles. Capt.
M J. De Forrest has been a regular
subscriber to The National Tribune for
many years past.
PITCHER.-At West PLANES, Mo. in
1907, Ashel Pitcher, aged 81 years.
Comrade Pitcher enlisted in Co. r I'd
Mimi, Sept. s, 1862, and was discharged
June. IL, 1865. He participated in all
the battles and marches of his regiment;