The National tribune., 1909-11-11
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SMlFHEAt his home In waukesha. wis,.
IOct; :, i9V9, Nelson j. Smith, late of Co. G..
2sth Wis, aged 10 years lie served three
years and six months and was q member of
WIN. b. Sushing Post, Department of Wis
four daughters. lie also leaves ~ grand
lchildren. The funeral was conducted nndsr
the auspices OF the Post and the Womau's R,
ilief Corps.
wINEGARD.--- AT his home at Bentley Creek.
Bradford Co, Pa, Oct. .. 1909. Abraham
Winegard, aged I2 years and two months.
The immediate trouble was an apOplectic
He was member of Co. Il, 9ist y. Y, q
man of sterling qualities and had large cir
Gle of friends He wes the oldest of family
lof 10 children, and is survived by widow,
four brothers and one sister.
DE HUFF.-At Carlisle, Pa. Oct. 2. 1909,
John B. DeHuf, aged 6S years. He was a
member of Co. I, 1st Pa. Reserves, and took
part in every engagement his regiment par
ticipated in
BUCHANAN.-At his home in Corunna,
| Ind. Oct. 20, 1869. G. NJ Buchanan, Co. A,
tooth Ind. aged Il years and seven months.
He leaves widow and one daughter.
! GILLING;@At his home IN Austin, Mimi,
He enlisted in Co. q, 18th Ohio, at the age
of Il. and served three years. He, with his
| two daughters, had just returned from the
Seattle Exposition only n short while before
the st. Augustine Church. a member Of the
| Total Abstinence Union. and belonged to
Henry Rogers. Post Mt Brownsdalc, Minn. He
leaves three daughters.
| CONNOR.-At his home in Upton, Ind,
| Sept. 4. 1909, Joseph ConnOr. He was 4
sufferer for l6 months with gangrene OF the
| JONES.-At his home in lola. Wis, oct o
1909. ]. u. Jones, aged a years and eight
months. He belonged to Co. Il. %sth Wis, and
leaves a widow aud six grown children.
| McCONNELL.-At Ridgeficld. Conn, Oct
IL. 1909. Holm Mcconnell. late of Co. q, 18th
Conn; He is survived by his widow. .
| JONES.-At Demorcst. Ga. Oct. :. 1909
Comrade Henry A. ZONES, aged 80 years. He
was born Sept >. lS4i. and went to Denorest
from Clear Lake, Wis.
SHoRT.-At his home in Turner Falls
Mass. oct 12. 1909. John C. Short, late CO.
T.. Esd Pa. COmrade Short was wounded at
the battle of Petersburg. receiving gun
rheumatism and nerve trouble, after having
been confined to the house for several months
He was born in Blairsviile, Pa, Nov. 10.
1886, and leaves widow, three sons and
SEYEY.-At Ithaca, Mich. Oct. 13. 1909,
John c. Sevey, late of Co. H. 10th Mich. Cav.
Comrade Sevey vas walking upon the street
when attacked with an acute heart pain,
which suddenly ended his life. He was IS
years of age.
DONAGITUE.-At Lowell Mass. Charles A.
was prominent member of Fost -, g. A. Il.
He leaves widow, six daughters and two
sons.
WISE-At Orrstown, Pa. March %. 1909,
Samuel 3. Wise, who was the father OF Com
rade L. X Wise, of Orrstown. He was 76
years of age. and one of the strong men of
his section of Pennsylvania He was OF Ger
man and French descent and his people came
to Pennsylvania as early as It'll During
the war of the rebellion he was an ardent
aboiti0nist lie is survived by five sons and
the sections in which they live.
FARTEING.-At his home in Luray, KAN
Y years. Comrade Farthing was Corporal
Co. E. Sd Provisional Missouri Militia.
RAINEG.-At the home of c. g. Buster
Tarkio. Mo. Oct; IS. 1909. Samuel Raineg,
ber of the 11th Ohio Cav, and was a faithful
worker for the good of the Grand Army OF
the Republic.
BEEMER-At Lincoln, Neb., March 2s,
1909, Allen Q. Beemer, aged 66 years. Com
rade Beemer served two enlistments in Co.
X, 1ith Pa Cav. He was severely injured
1863, by limb cut from tree by shell |
from the enemy's guns. In 1868 COmrade
Beemer was appointed Warden of the Ne
braska State Penitentiary which position he
held for two years. giving the State efficient
service He was reappOinted Warden in 1903, |
which position he held at the time of his !
death. COmrade Beemer instituted many re- |
forms in the management of tie prison, among |
them being the abolition of striped clothing |
for the prisoners, which he thought to be |
very demoralizing and humiliating to the pris- !
onerS. Two years ago the Prison Congress |
met at the Nebraska Penitentiary, and while !
in session many of the delegates insisted that
the Nebraska Institution mad the best diScl- |!
pline to be found IN any similar institution. |
At the time of his death Comrade Beemer was |
Commander of Appomattox Post, of Lincoln, /
Neb was member of the knight Templar /
Commandcry at Fremont, Neb.; member of
the Shrine in Lincoln, and member of the
Elks Lodge at Omaha. He leaves a widow
and one daughter.
McKNIGHT.-At his home In Lawton,
Okla, Oct II. 1909, II: d. Mcknight, aged
Go years. Comrade Mcknight was born in
Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, April Of
III lie nnnf oDn1 hra thar nd
two sisters still live in Ohio. Comrade Nc
Night enlisted in the 1SSth Ohio, his services
being mostly rendered in the Quartermaster's:
Department under Mai Gen. Thomas, in conf
mand of the Army of the Cumberland. Com
rade Mcknight went to Oklahoma in 1893
and begun the practice of law, and in 1897
Mangum by President Mckinley. which Office
he opened Immediately upon the settlement
of the disputed question of ownership of the
Greer County territory. claimed by Texas but
awarded to Oklahoma by decree of the court.
On Aug 6, 1901, he opened the land office
at I.awton and became its first and only
ability until the time of his death, having
served in the capacity OF Land Office Regis
ter for over over. y y years: a S04rade Mcknight
CAPPER.-At his home at Belchertown,
Mass, Oct. 23, 1909, Henry NJ. Capper, form
erly a member of the 10th Conn. Comrade
Capper was Of English birth. but came to
this country when quite young, and was an
ardent Union man. He was wounded in the
battle of Newbern, n. c., losing his right
leg. which was amputated near the thigh. He
was o member of +. J. Griggs Post G. A. r.,
Department of Massachusetts, and was a
brave and faithful soldier and an honored
citizen.
wOODS-At Princeton, Mimi, Oct. 13,
1909, S. f. Woods. late of Second Battery.
Mimi L. A. Comrade Woods enlisted In 1862
md served three years. He was a good SOL
iier and Officer of the Guard in Wallace r.
tines Post, Department of Minnesota, at the
me of his death.
SUPPLEMENTAL TIckahOe. y. J., June
20, 1909 Ezekiel Stephenson, aged 81 years.
lie was member of Co. G. 25th n. Y, and
caves a widow and five children.
CLARK.-At TuckahOe. n. j., Oct TO- 1909.
T. S. Clark, aged 40 years. He was men,
,er of the 2Sth n. Y, and leaves a widow
md three children.
STEVENSON.-At his home In Washing
on, short time ago, James III. Stevenson,
ate Second Lieutenant N n company in the !
'ederal army. Mr. Stevenson came TO Wash +
Dgton from Kansas. He was born in Giryen, /
Scotland. in July, 1899. He was one of the {