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ADAMS,
Oliver M.
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FOLSING, Louis F.
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LAUGHLIN,
William H.
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STEVENS, Roscoe
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ADAMS,
Thomas
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FRANCIS,
George M.
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LEWIS,
Robert
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STEWART, Thomas B.
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ALLEN, A.
D.
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FRARY,
Allen W.
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LYONS,
John D.
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STROHL, George W.
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ARQUETT, Peter D.
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FROEBE,
Nicolas
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MARTIN,
John P.
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TALLEY/TALLY, Hiram
H.
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5
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BACKUS,
Erwin H.
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GARWOOD,
Charles M.
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MARTIN,
P.
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TOOL, George W.
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6
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BAILEY,
Andrew
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GIFT, George W.
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MASON, Zina A.
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TRISSELL, John H.
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BARTLOW,
Calvin C.
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GILES, George W.
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MATTER, Peter
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TROPE, Franz H.
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BATES, Charles G.
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GOLDEN, Patrick
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McCARTER, John
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TROWBRIDGE,
Silas T.
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BEARD,
Edward D.
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GOODENOUGH,
Walter B.
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McDONALD, John
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TRUAX,
Alfred
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BERGIN,
James J.
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GRANGER, Francis
M.
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McDONNELL, Thomas
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TURLEY, Charles F.
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BINGHAM,
Edwin F.
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GRAVES,
Downing W.
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McGEE, George
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TUTHILL, John L.
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BOHEN,
Daniel 
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GRAY,
L. G.
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McNEIL, William H.
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VALLEJO, Salvador
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BOYCE,
James
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GRAY,
William C.
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MERKLEE, George W.
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VANAUKEN, Abram
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BRANDT,
William F.
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GREEN,
John
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MEYERS, Benjamin K.
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WALKER, John C.
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BRASTED,
Bethuel H.
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GREENFIELD,
Truman
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MICHELSON, C. W.
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WALKER, John S.
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BRIGGS,
Charles P.
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GRIDLEY,
Erwin S.
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MICHELSON,
Christopher M.
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WALLING, John T.
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BROWN, David J.
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GRIGSBY,
Miles G.
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MOIN, T.
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WALSH, John
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BROWN,
Henry C.
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GRISWOLD, George G.
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MOORE, George H.
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WARD, Eben B.
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BROWN, William A.
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GRITMAN,
Charles R.
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MOORE, William A.
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WARREN, H.
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BRYAN, Alvin L.
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GRUBER,
Gottlieb
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MOSHER, Raycide
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WEAVER,
Henry
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BUCHANAN, William W.
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GUINNIP, Charles
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MULVERHILL,
Michael
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WEBBER,
James W.
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BUNCE, William
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HALEY, Daniel
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OSBORNE, William H.
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WIGMORE,
Henry
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CAFFREY,
John
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HARDING, Hartford
M.
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PARKER, Drury F.
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WILES,
William
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CAIN, John A.
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HARRIS,
Francis W.
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PARKER, James K.
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WILHELM,
John
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CARRIGAN, Joseph
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HARRY,
Amos
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PEASE,
Henry
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WILLSEY,
Theodore F.
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CARROLL, John C.
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HAWKINS,
William J.
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PECK,
Eugene F.
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WISEMORE,
Howard
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CARTER, James E.
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HAYMAN,
John E.
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PECK,
Nelson F.
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WOOD,
Nathaniel
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28
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CEAS, Thomas
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HAYMAN,
Luther T.
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PECK,
William F.
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WRIGHT,
W. J.
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CHANDLER, William B.
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HEDDEN,
Richard H. K.
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PETERSON,
Lars
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YOUNG,
William
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CHILSON, Van R.
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HEFLIN, Elijah B.
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PLACKETT,
Alonzo K.
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31
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CLANCY, John B.
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HEFLIN,
William C.
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PLASS,
Philip
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CLARK, Michael
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HENDERSON,
John G.
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POWERS,
Richard P.
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CLARK, William H.
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HERRON,
Isaac G.
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PRYCE,
Thomas
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34
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COBB,
Lyman E.
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HILL,
Erwin D.
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PYLE,
William H.
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35
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COOPER,
Eli
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HOFFMAN,
Nathan P.
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QUIEN,
Frederick
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Delisted as Civil War veterans:
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CRAIG,
Lewis A.
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HOLDEN,
Samuel E.
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QUIGLEY,
James
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Non-Civil War
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37
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CROW,
Henry
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HOLMES,
John
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RAMSEY,
John F.
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38
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CUBBLER,
Martin C.
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HOOK,
George H.
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RAMSEY,
Robert R.
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CUMMINGS,
Mortimer F.
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HOOVER,
James W.
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REA,
John
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CURRAN,
Robert E.
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HULBERT,
William E.
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REICH,
Samuel
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41
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DEAKIN,
James E.
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HULL,
Andrew J.
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ROCHE,
C. V.
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42
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DEAKIN,
William W.
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HUSMANN,
George J.
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ROSSLEWIN,
Francis B.
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DeMAINE,
John
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IMRIE,
Robert
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SAUNDERS,
Alfred A.
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44
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DERRY,
Thomas
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JACKS,
Samuel W.
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SHEPARD,
William
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DIDIER,
John
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JACKSON,
Alfred T.
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SHROYER,
Owen I.
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46
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DIMOCK,
Asa J.
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JAEKLE,
Jacob
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SIEBECKER, Louis
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47
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DONAHUE,
Michael
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JASPER,
Robert D.
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SKELLY,
Patrick
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DOUGHTY,
George W.
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JOHNSON,
George W.
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SMITH,
Albian C.
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DOZIER,
Leonard F.
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JOHNSON,
James H.
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SMITH, Charles
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DUFFY,
Henry W.
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JOHNSON,
Samuel
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SMITH,
Egbert T.
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DUFFY,
John B.
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KANE,
Bernard
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SMITH,
Jacob I.
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DUNN,
Dennis
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KASTNER,
John
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SMITH,
Sampson
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DUNTON,
Ebenezer
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KEABLES,
Thomas A.
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SMITH, S. C. (or) S.
E.
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DWYER, Thomas J.
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KELLY,
Mansel
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SMITH, Thomas W.
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55
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EATON, Charles F.
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KENNEDY,
William W.
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SMITH, William A.
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EDGMAN, William G.
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KING,
Ensign H.
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SMITH, Williams
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EDWARDS,
David
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KNOX,
John R.
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SMYTHE,
Joseph D.
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ENGLISH,
Albert
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KNOX, Lorenzo S.
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SPOOR, George L.
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FEDDE,
John
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KRUSE,
Henry
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SQUIER/SQUIRE, John D.
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FLICK,
Charles F.
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LAMB,
Henry E.
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STEPHENS, Edward F.
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(1837 - 1906)
Rank: Private
Biography (Memorial and
Biographical History of Northern California. 1891):
O. M. ADAMS has for the past twenty-five years been a
resident of California, and for the past five years an occupant of the
ranch two and a half miles from Napa, on the Sonoma road, where he has
an orchard of twenty-five acres and a vineyard of fifty acres. In
the orchard are French and English prunes, two acres; peaches, tow
acres; apples, two acres; and the remainder in Bartlett and Winter
Nelis pear; while the vineyard comprises mostly Golden Chasselas and
Zinfandel grapes.
Mr. Adams was born in New Hampshire, in 1837, and in his
youth completed a course at Amherst (Massachusetts) College, where he
engaged in teaching for about four years in the public schools.
Next he was engaged in the wholesale coal trade for price, Morris &
Co. In 1862 he enlisted in the Chicago Mercantile Battery, with
which he served under Sherman at the battle of Arkansas Post, in a
severe skirmish on Black River, and in four other sharp engagements
before arriving at Champion Hills. In the noted engagement at the
latter point he suffered a bullet would in the leg, which required two
years to be healed. About four months after receiving this wound
he was discharged for disability. As soon as it was possible, he
went to work, taking the position of Chief Clerk for the First
Commissary at Chicago for about two years. He then came to
California, by the Panama route, arriving in San Francisco in
1866. First he engaged in mining for two years, in both Nevada
and California; next he was a teacher in Oakland College, -- an
institution afterward purchased by the State and converted into the
preparatory department of the State University. After a service
there of nearly four years, he was for eleven years principal of the
high school at Sacramento. In 1884 he purchased his present home
of 160 acres. Mr. Adams is a member of the Masonic order of
Sacramento Commandery, No. 2, K. T., and of the Chapter; and he holds
demits, as his lodges are too distant for his attendance. His
parents were O. M. and Fannie (Stearns) Adams, natives and residents of
New Hampshire.
Notes:
According to the CDI, he died 20 February 1906 in Napa County at the
age
of 71.
He appears in the Great Register of Voters for Napa County
as a resident of the Veterans Home in 1904, age 70.
Military Information:
Union. He enlisted at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, on 6 August
1862 and was mustered into the Chicago Mercantile Light Artillery at
Camp Douglas, Illinois, as a Private on 29 August 1862. He was
described at the time of enlistment as age 26, residence Chicago,
native of New Hampshire, height 5'10", hair light, eyes light,
complexion light, occupation clerk. He was discharged for
disability on 29 August 1863.
Oliver M. Adams applied for and received a veteran's
disability pension on 4 September 1863 (application no. 32055, cert.
no. 56808. Service on the pension death index card was noted as
rank Private, "Cooley's Indpt Batty Ill. L. A."
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Chicago Mercantile Battery
(Cooley's
Light Artillery)
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Thomas
Adams
(???? - 1919)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 15
February 1919, page 4, col. 3):
Thomas Adams Passed Away
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Thomas Adams, a
respected resident of Napa for 14 years, died at the Lane Hospital in
San Francisco, Friday morning, from complications following an
operation. He had for a long time been a sufferer from a cancer
on his hand. Last Tuesday an operation was performed on him at
the hospital, from which he seemed to rally favorably. On Friday,
however, bad symptoms developed, and he passed away as noted above.
Mr. Adams was a native of Ireland and was 87 years
old. He came to the United States at the age of 9 years. In
1858 in Pennsylvania, he was married to Elizabeth Holland. He
soon afterward removed to Illinois. After the Civil War broke
out, he enlisted, in 1862, in the 104th Illinois Infantry, and served
to the end of the war. He made the famous march to the sea with
Sherman. He was a member of the G.A.R. in Napa. After the
war, he went to Kansas, where he raised his children. He was the
father of 12 children, 7 of whom, besides his widow, survive him.
These children are: Mrs. A. Bales, Texas; Mrs. Ida Smith, Texas;
Wm. Adams of Oklahoma; James Adams of Kansas; J. C. Adams, Mrs. Agnes
Enlow and Mrs. K. Phillips of Napa. There is also a niece, Mrs.
A. Mosher, of Union Station. There are five grandsons in the
service in France, one being the well known Edward Phillips of Napa.
The time of the funeral will be announced later.
Notes:
Native of Ireland.
Thomas Adams died in Alameda on 14 February
1919 at the age of 80 (source: CDI).
Spouse's initial was "E."
Military Information:
Union. He enlisted on 12 August 1862 at Osage, Illinois, and was
mustered into Co. H, 104th Illinois Infantry at a Private at Ottawa,
Illinois, on 27 August 1862. At the time of enlistment, he was
described as married; age 27; residence Evansville, Marshall County,
Illinois; native of Ireland; height 5'10"; hair light; eyes blue;
complexion light; occupation farmer. He was mustered out on 6
June 1865 at Washington, D.C.
He applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in
Kansas on 15 August 1883 (application no. 492701, certificate no.
324997). His widow, Elizabeth Adams, applied for a widow's
benefit on 3 March 1919 in California (application no. 1136914,
certificate no. 879696). Service on the index card notes "H, 104
Ill. Inf." The pension death index card notes that he died 14
February 1919 at San Francisco, Cal.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Company H
104th Illinois Infantry
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A. D. Allen
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
Military Information:
Union. Navy
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Peter
D. Arquett
(1842 - 1933)
Rank: Private
Obituary from the Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 17
March 1933, p. 2, col. 1:
P. D. ARQUETT PASSES AWAY AT
SON'S HOME
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Deceased Was Last Member of G.A.R. Post at Home Town of Walnut, Ill.
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Death claimed P.
D. Arquett, father of E. M. Arquett, and well known resident of this
city, at the home of his son early yesterday morning. He had been
suffering from illness since Sunday.
Deceased was 90 years of age, and death resulted from
infirmities of old age. He had enjoyed excellent health up to the
time of his last illness.
He was a native of Port Clinton, Ohio, and was a resident
of Walnut, Ill. for 53 years, where he operated a barber shop.
His wife, Mrs. Ellen Arquett, died there in 1919, and three years later
he disposed of his business there and came to Napa to reside with his
son, who is construction superintendent of the Napa district of the
Pacific Gas and Electric company.
Arquett was a veteran of the Civil War, the last surviving
member of the G.A.R. post in his former home city of Illinois, and his
father fought in the Indian War in Northern Ohio when that region was
still a wilderness.
During the Civil War, deceased served in Co. E [Co. A] of
the 32nd Ohio Volunteers. For over 50 years he was a member of
Walnut Lodge No. 722, Free and Accepted Masons. The local Masonic
lodge will officiate at the services, to be held this afternoon at two
o'clock at the Webber parlors.
E. M. Arquett was the only child born to deceased and his
wife. There are four grandchildren, Mrs. Ross Hurd of Napa, Mrs.
Margaret Grumbling and Mrs. Pearl Gear of Tacoma, Wash., and Mrs.
Lorena Calvert of Everett, Wash.; and three great grandchildren.
Burial Notice from the Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 18
March 1933, p. 8, col. 5:
Rites Conducted for P. D. Arquett
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Officers of Yount Lodge of Masons conducted the funeral
services of P. D. Arquett, which were held at the Webber parlors
yesterday afternoon.
Deceased was the father of E. M. Arquett of this city and
was a veteran of the Civil War. He had lived here since 1922.
Interment was made in Tulocay cemetery, with the following
acting as pallbearers: Thomas Shurtleff, Allan Long, John
Pederson, Judge Percy S. King, Charles Trower and George Anderson.
Notes: Native of Port Clinton, Ottawa County, Ohio,
born October 1842. He was the son of Peter Daniel Arquett and
Mary Ann Valade Bebo. His son was Edward Martin Arquett.
He died in Napa on 16 November 1933, and was buried in
Tulocay Cemetery on 17 March 1933.
Military Information:
Union. "Peter D. Amfert" (as written on the roll) enlisted or was
drafted on 16 November 1864, and was mustered into Co. A, 32nd Ohio
Infantry regiment. Ohio regimental records don't list his date of
discharge, however, the details were provided by Arquett in the
Veterans Schedule to the 1890 census. The schedule describes him
as a Private in Co. A, 32 Ohio Inf., enlisted 15 November 1863,
discharged 18 July 1865. Length of service: 1 year, 8 months, 3
days. His obituary notes that he served in Company E, but this
appears to be an error.
Peter D. Arquett
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 14 October
1889 (application no. 734147, cert. no. 907433). Service on the
pension death index card was listed as Co. A, 32 Ohio Inf. The
card notes that he died in Napa, Calif., on 16 March 1933.
His obituary notes that he was the last member of the
G.A.R. Post in Walnut, Illinois. This was Brewer Post,
No. 577, G.A.R., based in Walnut, Bureau County, IL.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Company A
32nd Ohio Infantry
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Erwin
Hinckley Backus
(1835 - 1895)
Rank: Private (also Seaman USN)
Obituary from the Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 30
June 1895:
[transcription pending]
Notes: Native of
Nantucket, Massachusetts, born 3 July 1835. Biographical research
is being conducted by Will Butler of Napa (January 2014).
Erwin H.
Backus died at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville on 29 June
1895, and was buried in the G.A.R. Plot (Lot 26, Block 82) at Tulocay
Cemetery. His military headstone identifies him
as:
"ERWIN H. BACKUS | CO. I | 20 MASS. INF."
Military Information:
Union. "Erwin" H. Backus enlisted as a Private on 26 July 1862,
and was mustered into Company I of the 20th Massachusetts Infantry on
the same date. He was described at the time of enlistment as age
27, resident of Nantucket, Massachusetts, occupation farmer. He
was mustered at Boston on 1 August 1864 on expiration of his term of
service.
"Ervin" H. Backus
enlisted in the U.S. Navy as a Landsman on 15 December 1864 at Boston,
Massachusetts, and was mustered into naval service on the same
date. At the time of enlistment, he was described as a cooper,
age 29. His first service was aboard the receiving ship U.S.S. Ohio at Boston. He was
transferred to the gunboat U.S.S. Hunchback
(a converted ferry) on 31 December 1864, where he served until 12 June
1865. This vessel was assigned to patrols of the James River at
the time. His next post was aboard the stores and receiving ship
U.S.S. Vermont (berthed at
New York City), where he served until 12 July 1865. He was then
transferred to the U.S.S. Nyack,
where he served in the Pacific until 9 April 1867. His next
service was aboard the sidewheel gunboat U.S.S. Wateree, patrolling the coasts of
Central and South America. He served aboard this ship until 27
December 1867. He concluded his tour of duty at New York City
aboard the U.S.S. Vermont (a
ship on which he had previously served), and was discharged on 13
January 1868. His rank was Seaman, and his post was Coal Heaver
(Fireman).
Ervin H. Backus applied
for but did not receive a U.S. Navy survivors pension, based on his
service as a Seaman (Coal Heaver/Fireman) aboard the U.S.S. Ohio, U.S.S. Hunchback, U.S.S. Nyack, U.S.S. Vermont, and the U.S.S. Wateree. He submitted several
pension
applications starting in 1890. The one dated 2 January 1895,
Veterans Home, CA, was approved, and described him as
age 61, height 5' 6", complexion fair, hair brown, eyes gray, suffering
from bronchitis and defection of speech due to asthma and
rheumatism. Unfortunately, Backus died before he was able to
claim his benefits.
He appears in the
1886 register for the Department of California,
G.A.R., as a member of Kit Carson Post, No. 74, in Napa (listed as E.
H. Backus). His qualifying
service was noted as Co. I, 20th Massachusetts Infantry.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Co. I
20th Massachusetts
Infantry
U.S. Navy
USS Ohio
USS Hunch-
back
USS Nyack
USS Wateree
USS Vermont
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Andrew Bailey
(1836 - 1915)
Rank: unknown
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 23
December 1915, pg. 4, col. 3):
Death of Andrew Bailey
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Andrew Bailey, an
aged and highly respected citizen of Napa, breathed his last at 12:30
o'clock Wednesday morning at the family residence at 415 Wilson street
in this city, after a long illness, his death being due to the
infirmities of old age.
Deceased was a native of Erie, Pennsylvania, and had he
lived two months longer he would have been 81 years of age. He
came to California over twenty years ago, at that time being in ill
health and making the change of residence with the hope of gaining
relief. For a number of years the family resided in Sonoma,
although the greater part of the time since their arrival has been
spent here in Napa.
Deceased leaves a widow and these children to mourn his
loss: Ed. Bailey of New York, Fred Bailey of Washington, Mrs.
Charels [sic] Hart and Judson Baliey [sic] of Iowa, Joseph Bailey of
Redwood City, Mrs. J. M. Halter of Yountville, Mrs. L. H. Chapman and
Miles Bailey of Napa.
A daughter, Mrs. Rockwell Chapman, passed away in Sonoma
eight years ago.
There are also thirty-eight grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held from the Kyser Funeral Parlors at
two o'clock this afternoon.
Funeral Notice (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 24
December 1915, pg. 1, col. 4):
Funerals Held
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The funeral of the
late Andrew Bailey was held from the Kyser Funeral Parlors at 2 o'clock
Friday afternoon, Rev. Crowell D. Eddy officiating.
The pallbearers were J. D. Henderson, Z. A. Mason, A. G.
Johannsen, F. W. Mackander, A. B. Soper and Bert Switzer.
The interment was made in Tulocay cemetery.
Notes: Native
of Erie, Pennsylvania, born February 1836.
Andrew Bailey appears in the Great Registers of Voters in
Napa County in 1894 and 1896. In the 1896 Register, he was
described as age 56, height 5' 8", complexion light, eyes dark, hair
gray, occupation farmer, native of Pennsylvania, living in Carneros
Precinct.
Andrew Bailey was enumerated in the 1900 census in Napa
Township, Napa County, California, as head of household on a rented
farm. He was listed as married (39 years), age 64, born February
1836 in Pennsylvania, parents both born in Pennsylvania, occupation
farmer. His household included his wife Mary M. (born April 1846
in NY, mother of 9 children all living), son Miles W. (born March 1881
in IA), and daughter Albania A. (born June 1886 in IA).
Andrew Bailey was enumerated in the 1910 census in Napa
City, Napa Township, as head of household in a rented house at 21
Lime(?) Street (near Wilson St.). He was listed as married (1st
marriage), age 75, born in Pennsylvania (as were his parents),
occupation none. There was no notation on the census page that he
was a Civil War veteran. His household included his wife Mary M.
(age 64, mother of 9 children 8 living).
He died in Napa
on 22 December 1915 at the age of 80, and was buried at Tulocay
Cemetery.
Military Information:
Service not determined.
He is noted on the
late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery. Remarks: 22 December 1915, blk
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Calvin C. Bartlow
(1845 - 1905)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 10
December 1905, pg. 3, col. 3):
DEATH OF C. C. BARTLOW.
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Well Known Resident of Napa Passed Away Saturday at Family Residence.
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Calvin C. Bartlow,
a well known resident of Napa for a number of years, passed away at 10
minutes to 8 o'clock Saturday morning at the family residence on H
street, near Calistoga avenue. Mr. Bartlow had been afflicted for
some time with asthma and dropsy, and in spite of the best of medical
attention gradually failed till the end came as noted.
He was a native of Lucas county, Ohio, and was 60 years
and 6 months of age. Mr. Bartlow fought in the Civil War in a
Missouri infantry regiment, and carried the flag in the regiment
throughout the war. He moved to Kansas after the war, and in 1879
moved from that State to Oregon. There he resided for about
thirteen years and then moved to Napa, where he has made his home ever
since. Mr. Bartlow followed the occupation of a carpenter in
Napa, and was known as a capable workman. He leaves to mourn his
demise the widow, two sons, Thomas and James Bartlow, of Napa; three
grandchildren, Walter Smith and Teresa Bartlow of Napa, and Henry Smith
of Coos county, Oregon; and a sister and two brothers, Mrs. Harriet
Robinson, and James and John Bartlow, of Knox county, Missouri.
The family have the sympathy of many friends in Napa in their
bereavement.
Mr. Bartlow was a member of the G.A.R. of Coquille, Oregon.
The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the Advent Christian Church on Second street.
Funeral Announcement (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 12
December 1905, pg. 3, col. 2):
Funeral of C. C. Bartlow.
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The funeral of the
late C. C. Bartlow was held Monday afternoon from the Advent Christian
Church, and was attended by a large number of friends of the deceased.
Rev. C. F. Whitney officiated, and the following acted as
pallbearers: Wm. Moore, W. T. Cook, E. F. Stephens, R. F. Harris,
J. Adams and H. F. Standiford.
Notes:
Native of Lucas County, Ohio, born June 1845.
Calvin Bartlow was
enumerated in the 1900 census in Napa, Napa County, California.
He was listed as married (33 years), age [54], born June 1845 in Ohio,
father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Ohio, occupation
carpenter. His household included his wife Annie (born July 1851
in IL, working as a hand sewer in a glove factory) and son Thomas G.
(born Oct. 1877 in MO, working as a day laborer). Calvin was also
enumerated in the 1900 census in Vallejo, Solano County,
California. He was listed as married (32 years), age 54, born
June 1845 in Ohio, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Ohio,
occupation laborer. The household included three lodgers:
John L. Souther (born Oct. 1834 in MA), John McCarter (born Sept. 1847
in PA), and George Burnham (born Jan. 1848 in MA).
Calvin C. Bartlow appears in the Great Register of Voters
for Napa
County in 1904, living in Napa, 5th Ward, age 59.
He died in Napa County on 9 December 1905 at the age
of 60, and was buried on Olive Drive of Tulocay Cemetery.
Military Information:
Union. He enlisted at Edina, Missouri, as a Private on 13 August
1864, and was mustered into Company F of the 39th Missouri Infantry
regiment at Hannibal, Missouri, on 8 September 1864. His
enlistment record listed him as age 19, eyes hazel, hair brown,
complexion fair, height 5'10", born in Lucas County, Ohio, occupation
farmer. The term of enlistment was 6 months.
Calvin C. Bartlow
applied for and received a veterans disability pension on 28 October
1886 (application no. 588289, certificate no. 681386). His wife,
Annie Bartlow, applied for a widow's benefit in California in December
1905 (application no. 840195, certificate no. 633040). Service on
the index card was listed as "F 39 Mo. Inf."
His obituary mentions that he was a member of the G.A.R.
in Coquille, Oregon. He was mostly likely a member of General Lytle Post. No. 27, based in Coquille.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Charles
G. Bates
(1838 - 1913)
Rank: Corporal
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 8
November
1913, pg. 5, col. 3):
SUDDENLY
FELL DEAD
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C. G.
Bates Expired
in the Arms of His Wife on Thursday Evening.
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C.
G. Bates, a contractor and the builder of this city for
many
years, but of late retired from business, passed away suddenly at the
home of
Mrs. M. McGreer, at 28 Calistoga avenue, shortly before 8 o'clock on
Thursday
evening.
He had apparently been in his
usual health during the day,
on
Thursday, but, after the evening meal, complained of indigestion. However, he attached no importance to his
indisposition, and later in the evening he and his wife went to the
Baptist
Bazaar at Knapp Hall. Here he again
complained of illness, and finally concluded to go home.
On their way up Calistoga avenue, they
stopped in at the home of Mrs. McGreer, who was a close friend of the
family. Soon Mr. Bates went out on the
porch, saying that he was feeling worse. Mrs.
Bates followed him, and he told her he thought he was
going
to
faint. The next instant he fell back in
her arms and expired. Dr. Bulson was
immediately summoned, but when he arrived Mr. Bates was past help.
Deceased was born in
Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1837. When
quite a young man he removed to
Illinois. He was married in Rock
Island, Ill., 46 years ago. In 1885 he
came to Los Angeles, and after remaining there for three years, he
removed to
Napa, where he has been a successful contractor and builder until about
two
years ago, when he retired from business.
Mr. Bates had a long and
honorable military career during
the
Civil War, having participated in many of the fiercest battles of that
great
struggle. He was a member of Kit Carson
Post, G.A.R., Napa, and of Napa Grange, Patrons of Husbandry.
On Friday afternoon at 1:30
o'clock Coroner Brownlee and a
jury
held an inquest over the remains. A
verdict was rendered stating the cause of death to be myocarditis, a
form of
heart trouble.
The funeral will be held at
the undertaking parlors of D.
C.
Treadway & Co. on Sunday, November 9th at 2:30 p.m.,
under the
auspices of Kit Carson Post No. 74, G.A.R. The
comrades of Napa Post No. 192, are also invited to be
present.
Funeral Announcement (Napa Daily Journal
newspaper, 11 November 1913, pg. 8, col. 5)
Funeral
of C. G.
Bates
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The
funeral of late C. G. Bates took place on Sunday
afternoon
at 2 o'clock, and Treadway's undertaking parlors, under the auspices of
Kit
Carson and Napa Posts, G.A.R., Napa Women's Relief Corps and Julia Dent
Grant
Circle, Ladies of G.A.R.
Rev. C. D. Eddy, Chaplain
King of Kit Carson Post, and
Chaplain
Brasted of Napa Post, had charge of the services at the undertaking
parlors. Mrs. Trissel, Chaplain of
Julia Dent Grant Circle, performed the flag ceremony over the remains.
A long cortege followed the
hearse to Tulocay cemetery,
where
the ritual of the G.A.R. consigned the body to its final resting place.
The pallbearers were Comrades
Jackson, Knox, Peck, Coates,
Brantley and Willsley, the first three from Napa Post.
Notes:
Native of Poughkeepsie, New York, born 1 March, 1838.
He died in Napa
County on 6 November 1913 at the age of 76, and was buried
in Tulocay Cemetery (his name appears on the memorial obelisk in the
G.A.R. Plot). The headstone notes date of death as 6 November
1914.
Military Information:
Union. He enlisted on 27 August 1862 at Chicago, Illinois, and
was mustered as a Private into Co. H, 19th Illinois Infantry at
Springfield, Illinois, on 14 October 1862. The Illinois muster
rolls note that he was " turned over to Hd Qrs 14th
Army Corps for assignment SFO 155 DC." He served in the1st
Illinois Light Artillery, first in Battery H, then in Battery B.
His service record indicates that he transferred from Battery H to
Battery B on 2 July 1864. He was mustered out of Battery B as a
Corporal at Chicago on 6 July 1865. His pension record also notes
that he served in Bridge's Independent Battery, Illinois Light
Artillery.
His name is listed on the memorial obelisk in the
G.A.R. section of Tulocay Cemetery, noted as Co. B, 19 Ill. Inf., born
March 1, 1838, died Nov. 6, 1914.
Charles G. Bates applied for and received a veteran's
pension benefit in California on 14 October 1895 (application no.
1210569, certificate no. 990679). His wife, Mary E. Bates,
applied for a widow's benefit in California on 19 November 1913
(application no. 1017629, certificate no. 769685). Military
service was noted on the index card as "H, 19 Ill. Inf.; B, 1 Illinois
L.A.; Bridge's Batty., Ill. L.A."
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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19th Illinois Infantry
Battery B
1st Illinois Light Artillery
Bridge's Independent Battery, Illinois Light Artillery
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Edward
Derrel Beard
(1844 - 1927)
Rank: 1st Lieutenant
Obituary (Napa
Daily
Journal newspaper, 15 June 1926, pg. 1, col. 2):
DEATH
CLAIMS E. D.
BEARD, BELOVED CITIZEN OF NAPA
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E.
D.
Beard, a
leader during the past two score years in the life of this community,
both in
private life and in business, was taken by death yesterday morning at
eleven
o'clock at the family residence, corner Seminary and Second Streets. He had reached the advanced age of four
score and three years.
Mr. Beard was first taken ill
several weeks ago, and
succeeded
in fighting off serious illness until about two weeks ago, when it
became
apparent he was a critically sick man.
News of the passing of this
beloved citizen spread about
the
city yesterday, and expressions of stunned regret were to be heard on
every
hand – all indicative of the regard and esteem in which he was held by
the
people of this community.
Edward Derrel Beard was born
in Alabama in 1844. He grew to young
manhood there and served in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War, holding a captain's
commission at
the end of the war. On January 30,
1867, he was married in Keachi, Louisiana, to Rebecca Inez Coggin. The following year he and his wife came to
California and to Napa. Here Mr. Beard
enggaed [engaged] in the mercantile business with the Peter Van Bever
firm. The firm changed to that of Van
Bever & Thompson. Later Mr. Beard
decame [sic - became] a partner and the firm was known as Thompson
& Beard. Then as the years passed it
became Thompson,
Beard & Sons, and finally Winship Beard Co., as at present. Mr. Beard was President of Winship Beard Co.
at the time of his death.
Some forty years ago Mr.
Beard organized the Napa Building
&
Loan Association and had been at the head of it ever since. He was re-elected President at their annual
meeting held just recently.
Mr. Beard was ever active in
civic work. He
was a leader in every progressive
movement started for the welfare of the community.
He was a member of the old Board of Trade and was ever
identified with the Chamber of Commrece [sic]. His
connection with the Napa Rotary Club was always that
of an
eager
worker and enthusiastic booster. As a
fraternal man he was a member of Yount Lodge, F. & A.M., and of
Napa Lodge,
B.P.O.E.
Ever a most industrious
business man, Mr. Beard, however,
was
also a keen sportsman and his leisure hours were often spent along with
streams
and in the hills with his rod and his gun.
He was a man of strictest
integrity; of highest ideals. He was ever
courteous; he was ever generous;
he was ever kindly. One of the last of
his generation, he was unusually vigorous for a man of his advanced
years. In his death Napa has lost one of
her most
valued citizens.
His beloved wife and helpmeet
preceded him to the other
side
about ten years ago. They were the
parents of five children, four of whom are living as follows: J. E. Beard, Mrs. Inez Wentworth and D. L.
Beard (now in Europe) of Napa; and Mrs. Minnie Raymond of Berkeley. There are these grandchildren:
J. E. Beard, Jr., Stoner Beard, Crowell
Beard, of Napa; Don Wentworth of Napa and Will Wentworth of Burwood,
La.;
Derrel E. Beard of Portland, Ore.; Miss Bertha Beard of Manila; and
Arthur
Beard, a student at Berkeley; and Ned Raymond and Edna Raymond, of
Berkeley.
Two great-grandchildren are
also left: Theda
Marion Wentworth of Burwood, La., and Derrel Beard III of
Portland.
The funerla [sic] will be
held from the family residence
at 1:30
o'clock this afternoon and will be under Masonic auspices.
Funeral Announcement (Napa
Daily Journal
newspaper, 16 June 1926, pg. 8, col. 6):
SORROWING
FRIENDS
ATTEND SERVICES FOR LATE E. D. BEARD
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With
his
six
grandsons acting as pallbearers and with the services under the charge
of the
officers of Yount Lodge of Masons, the funeral of the late E. D. Beard
was held
yesterday afternoon from the family residence with a large number of
sorrowing
relatives and friends in attendance.
The services were, at the request
of Mr. Beard, held
outside on
the
spacious lawn, beneath the trees which surround the family residence;
rendering
a atmosphere of simplicity in accordance with a wish expressed some ten
years
ago by the deceased in making known his desires when it should be his
time to
pass from this life.
It was at the request of Mr.
Beard that the Yount lodge be
in
charge of the services, he having for over thirty years past been
treasurer of
the lodge and a great admirer of the work of the Masonic fraternity.
Officers of Yount lodge
conducting the services were:
Harry Johnston, acting
worshipful master.
Earl Retzer, senior warden.
H. A. Harrold, junior warden.
W. T. Smith, chaplain.
E. L. Bickford, treasurer.
Thomas Townsend, senior
deacon.
Herbert R. Coleman, junior
deacon.
Ben C. Corlett, senior
steward.
Hector McLean, junior
steward.
Clarence D. Clark, secretary.
Fred Jordan, tyler.
Pallbearers were: Ned
Raymond, Arthur Beard, Don Wentworth, James Beard, Jr., Stoner Beard
and
Crowell Beard.
After the services the
remains were taken to D. C.
Treadway and
Company to Oakland for cremation.
Notes: Native of
Lowndes County, Alabama, born in 30 September 1844. He was the
son of Edward Derrel Beard (1804-1844) and Caroline Videau Rembert
(1814-1844). He married Rebecca Inez Scogin on 31 January 1867 in
Keachie, Louisiana, and by her had the following children: James
Edgar, Inez Rebecca, Derrel Leonard, Percival Sherwood, and Minnie
Mearle. Source: Harper and Allied Families of Perry County,
AL (Rootsweb, posted by Shirley Gail Sova). The parents died in a
Typhoid epidemic shortly after Edward was born.
Edward D. Beard died in Napa on 14 June 1927 at the
age of
82, and was buried in Tulocay Cemetery on 15 June 1927.
Military Information:
Confederate. He appears to have closely followed his older
brother, James Hamilton Beard, through the war. Edward D. Beard
enlisted in Company D of the 1st Special Battalion (Rightor's)
Louisiana Infantry, on 20 April 1861, at Camp Edwards, near Delhi,
Louisiana. The Captain of the company was his brother, James H.
(who was one of the company organizers). The unit was also known
as the Shreveport Grays. They were mustered into Confederate
service on 31 May 1861. Edward was described at the time of
enlistment as age 17, born in Wilcox Parish, Alabama, height 5' 9",
light complexion, gray eyes, dark hair, occupation clerk. James
was promoted to Major in August 1861, and Edward appears on the returns
as his orderly soon thereafter. Edward was discharged as a
Private for disability in May 1862.
Again following his brother, Edward enlisted as a Private
in Company D of the 11th Louisiana Battalion Infantry on 20 September
1862 at Mansfield, Desoto Parish, Louisiana. He was soon assigned
to service as private orderly to the Major (again as an aide to his
brother, Major James H. Beard, who was on the regimental staff).
The 11th Louisiana Battalion Infantry was consolidated on 3 November
1863 -- along with the Crescent Regiment Louisiana Infantry and 16th
Battalion Louisiana Infantry -- to form the Louisiana Crescent
Infantry. Edward was first assigned to Company B as a Private,
and was later promoted to 1st Lieutenant in Company D same
regiment. He signed the Oath of Allegiance at Shreveport,
Louisiana, on 12 June 1865, residence noted as Shreveport.
James Hamilton
Beard was promoted to Colonel of the Consolidated Crescent
regiment. He was struck by a minie ball at the Battle of
Mansfield on 8 April 1864, and died from his wounds. It is said
that James' brother (presumably Edward) removed the body from the
battlefield and brought him home in a borrowed wagon for burial.
Kate Beard Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) in
Desoto Parish is named for James' widow, Katherine Hoyle (Tomkies)
Beard, who remained dedicated to the Confederate cause in the years
following her husband's death. Col. James Hamilton Beard Camp
#1856, Sons of Confederate Veterans, was also established in Desoto
Parish to honor Beard.
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Company D
11th Louisiana Battalion Infantry
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Co's B & D
Consolidated Crescent Louisiana Infantry
(C.S.A.)
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James
Joseph Bergin
(1841 - 1897)
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Obituary (Napa Register newspaper,
Saturday, 13 November 1897, pg. 3, col. 2):
Death
of J. J. Bergin.
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James J. Bergin died at the Palace Hotel Friday evening from
apoplexy. He was stricken while at work in Corlett's Mill about
3:30 o'clock in the afternoon. He complained of a severe pain in
the head and was led to the office, where he became unconscious.
Drs. Kahn and Hostetler were called and pronounced it a fatal case of
cerebral apoplexy. Mr. Bergin was removed to the Palace Hotel,
where he died at 7 o'clock.
Deceased was a native of Ireland, and 56 years of age. He was
brought to this country when he was a baby and resided in New Haven,
Conn., until the breaking out of the war. He enlisted in the First
Connecticut Artillery and served through the war, being mustered out as
a Second Lieutenant.
In 1868 he came to California and resided for some time in San
Francisco, and later in Vallejo. Eleven years ago he came to Napa
and purchased a home in Coombsville. He has been in the employ of
Corlett Bros. ever since.
Mr. Bergin was a man whom to know was to respect. He will be
sincerely mourned by many. He was a member of the Vallejo Post,
G.A.R. A wife, son and daughter survive him.
Burial
Notice (Napa Register, Tuesday, 16 November 1897, pg. 3, col. 2):
Funeral
of J. J. Bergin.
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The funeral of the late J. J. Bergin was held Sunday afternoon from
Kyser's Undertaking rooms. The service was conducted by Chaplain
E. H. King of Kit Carson Post G.A.R. The pall-bearers were
Commander Chas. Bade and Chaplain L. S. Newcomb of Farragut Post of
Vallejo, and R. R. Ramsey, N. F. Peck, L. T. Hayman and I. Herron of Kit
Carson Post.
Notes: Native of Ireland, born 1841. He died on Friday, 12 November 1897, in
Napa.
James Joseph Bergin
appears in the Great Register of Voters for Solano County (Vallejo) in
1868. He was listed as a native of Ireland, age 26, occupation
carriage maker, naturalized on account of his father's
naturalization. Bergin also appears in the Solano County Great
Registers for Vallejo in 1876 and 1886.
James J. Bergin
was enumerated in the 1880 U.S. census in Vallejo, Solano County, CA,
as head of household. He was listed as age 39, born in Ireland
(as were his parents), occupation carriage maker. His household
included his wife Mary M. Bergin (age 38, b. in MA) and son Walter
Bergin (age 8, b. in CA).
He is buried
in Block 48 of Tulocay Cemetery. His military headstone is marked
as follows: "JAS. J. BERGIN | LIEUT | 1 CT. H.A." The top
of
the headstone is inscribed "FATHER," and the face of the stone includes
the dates 1841 - 1897. Imitation military headstones for his wife
and other family members are also situated in the family plot.
Military Information:
Union. James J. Bergin enlisted on 8 February 1862, and was
mustered as a Private into Battery L, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery
regiment on 4 March 1862. His residence at the time of enlistment
was New Haven, CT. He was promoted to Corporal on 3 November 1862
and to Sergeant of 13 April 1863. He re-enlisted on 18 March
1864. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 27 November 1864, at
which time he transferred from Battery L to Battery H. He was
mustered out at Washington, D.C., on 25 September 1865.
James J. Bergin
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in California
on 18 July 1894 (application no. 1159379, cert. no. 880008). His
wife, Mary A. Bergin, applied for a widow's benefit in California on 31
January 1898 (application no. 669931, cert. no. 468914). Service
on the pension death index card was noted as 2nd Lieut., Co. H, 1 Conn.
H.A. He also saw service in Co. L, 1 Conn. H. A.
He was a member
of Farragut Post, No. 4, Grand Army of the Republic.
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Edwin
F. Bingham
(c.1832 - 1911)
Rank: Sergeant
Obituary:
[No obituary could be found in the Napa
Daily Journal newspaper]
Notes: Native of
New York, born c. 1832.
Edwin F. Bingham
appears in the 1908 Great Register of Voters for Napa County at Napa
Junction in Soscol Precinct, age 76, no occupation. He appears in
the 1910 Great Register in the City of Napa, First Ward Precinct, age
78, occupation merchant.
Edwin F. Bingham was enumerated in the 1910 U.S. census
living on Main Street in St. Helena, Napa County. He was listed
as age 77, widowed, born in New York, father born in Connecticut,
mother born in New York, occupation dealer in second-hand goods.
E. F. Bingham died
in Napa County on 30 December 1911 at the age of 80. He is buried
in the G.A.R Plot (Lot 27, Block 82), Tulocay
Cemetery,
Napa. His military headstone identifies him as "SERGT. | EDWIN F.
BINGHAM
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Military Information:
Union. Edwin F. Bingham enlisted at Ithaca, New York, on 1 May
1861, at the age of 29. He was mustered as a Private into Company
A of the 32nd New York Infantry on 31 May 1861. He was promoted
to Corporal on 10 October 1861, and to Sergeant on 30 April 1862.
He was mustered out in New York City on 9 June 1863.
Edwin F. Bingham applied for and received a veteran's
disability pension in New York on 22 July 1890 (application no. 844940,
cert. no.
823529). Service on the pension death index card was noted as Co.
A, 32 N.Y. Inf. The card further notes that he died 30 December
1911.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Daniel Bohen
(1847 - 1941)
Rank: Teamster
Obituary (Napa Journal
newspaper, 26 September 1941, p.1, col. 3):
Death Claims
Four Well-Known Napans Over Week-end; Rites Held Tuesday
[Excerpt.
Article includes obituaries for Daniel Bohen, James Thomas Paul, Mrs.
Minnie Breit, and Lewis Slinson. Only the Bohen portion is
transcribed here]
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Four well-known Napans, one of them a famed Indian scout and civil war
veteran, were claimed by death here last week-end.
Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at the St. John's Catholic
Church for Daniel Bohen, 94, civil war veteran, with interment in the
family plot at Tulocay cemetery.
Knew Buffalo
Bill
Bohen, who fought beside such colorful historical characters as Buffalo
Bill and Wild Bill Hickok, was a prominent cattleman and orchardist here
for over 40 years. His illness struck him only a few days before his
death. He and Mrs. Bohen had celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary in 1929. He was a native of Ireland, coming to this
country as a boy of seven. The family located in St. Louis,
Missouri, where at the age of 16, Bohen enlisted in Missouri cavalry
regiment and fought through the Civil War. At the conclusion of that
conflict he entered the Indian wars as a scout, serving at one time under
General Custer. After the wars Bohen was a cowboy and cattleman in
Wyoming and Colorado, marrying Miss Della Deneen in St. Louis in 1879.
Came Here in
1892
The family came from Colorado to Napa Valley, California, in 1892.
They settled on the orchard property which has been their home ever since.
There are left to mourn his loss these children: Mrs. W. E. Johnson
of Orland; Mrs. E. G. Ryland of El Cerrito; Mrs. K. J. Lewis of San
Francisco; Mrs. E. J. Downey of Oakland; Mrs. A. E. Welmers of Oakland;
Miss Mary Bohen of Napa, and William Bohen, Leo Bohen and Paul Bohen of
Napa. He was also the father of the late Dan Bohen.
These grandchildren survive: Lloyd and Virginia Ryland, Helen Sauter,
Margie Powers, Barbara Hoagland, Ruth Johnson, Edward Downey, James
Welmers, William Welmers, Kathleen Bohen, Paul Bohen, Jr., and Roy Bohen.
There are also two great grandchildren.
Pallbearers at the rites were Thomas C. Malloy, Sr., Charles Fillipini,
Thomas Maxwell, Russell Imrie, Ralph Butler and Eugene Riordan.
Notes:
Native of Fortgrady, County Cork, Ireland, born 2 August 1847.
According to the 1900 census, he immigrated to the United States in
1838, and was naturalized about 1859. He married Delia Deneen in
St. Louis in 1879, and moved to Napa in 1892.
Bohen was enumerated in Napa Township, Napa County, in 1900, with his
large family in his household. He was listed as married (20
years), age 52, born August 1847 in Ireland, occupation farmer.
Bohen was enumerated in Napa Township in 1910, living on Lower Sonoma
Road. He was listed as age 62, native of Ireland, immigrated 1854,
naturalized, occupation farmer, Union Army veteran. His large
family, including his wife Delia, was enumerated in the household.
Delia was noted as the mother of 11 children, 10 still living.
He died on 20 September 1941 in Napa and was
buried at Tulocay Cemetery on 23 September 1941. Carl Lionberger
notes that he is buried in Block 117, Lot 26, 3rd grave from north.
Military Information:
Union. He reportedly served in a Missouri regiment during the Civil
War, and continued service in the Late Indian Wars as a scout. He
applied for -- but did not receive -- a Civil War veteran's pension on 20
April 1908, citing service as a teamster in the U.S. Volunteers
Quartermaster Department (application no. 1373297). The pension
index card notes that he drew an Indian Wars pension under application no.
10423.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery under
the name, Daniel Bowen.
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U.S.
Volunteers
Quartermaster
Corps
Post
War Service:
Scout,
Indian Wars
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James
Boyce
(1826 - 1910)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 8
March 1910, pg. 8, col. 2):
FALLS IN RIVER
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Aged Veteran Loses Way and Goes Over Bank to His Death.
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Aged James Boyce,
a veteran of the Civil War, a man of kindly disposition and temperate
habits, met a tragic death on Saturday night by drowning in the Napa
river. The body was discovered at about 4:30 o'clock Sunday
afternoon after a long search by the local officers.
Mr. Boyce had attended the Colonial social held by the
Ladies of the G.A.R. Saturday night in Lucas' Hall. He departed
at about nine o'clock for his home at 13 Bush street, in East
Napa. When he did not reach his home by midnight his aged wife
became alarmed and notified the officers. A search was made for
him at the time but without result.
Sunday some marks were discovered on the steep river bank
near the cream of tartar works site which indicated that some one had
fallen into the water, his head apparently striking near the edge of
the stream. Geo. Cavagnaro and Louis Franchi in one boat and F.
Heater in another, dragged the river with grappling hooks during the
afternoon and about 4:30 o'clock found the body. It was about 6
feet from the spot on the bank where the man's head had apparently
struck when he fell into the water.
Coroner W. S. Brownlee and Constable Secord took charge of
the remains and an inquest was held on the body at 7:30 o'clock in the
evening at Treadway's parlors.
The testimony taken at the Inquest showed that the aged
soldier had lost his way on account of a street lamp not being lighted
on that night and had stumbled into the river.
Boyce was a native of New Jersey and fought in the Civil
War in the 32nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. He had celebrated
his 83rd birthday last December. He resided in Contra Costa
county in California for some time and two years ago moved to Napa,
purchasing the house and lot at 130 Cross street. Later he bought
two houses and lots on Bush street, his father-in-law [son-in-law?], S.
D. Radford, taking the place on Cross street. Mrs. Radford is his
only child living. Mrs. Boyce is 70 years of age and the couple
were to have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary next month.
The deceased was a member of Napa Post, G.A.R.
The funeral will be held this afternoon at two o'clock
from the undertaking parlors of D. C. Treadway & Co. on Brown
street.
Funeral Announcement (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 9
March 1910, pg. 8, col. 3):
COMRADE BOYCE
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Impressive Funeral Service Held by Napa Post G.A.R.
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The funeral of the
late James Boyce, the aged veteran who met a sad death Saturday night
by losing his way and falling into the Napa river, was held Tuesday
afternoon from the undertaking parlors of D. C. Treadway &
Co. The last sad rites were held under the auspices of Napa Post,
G.A.R., of which the deceased was an honored member, assisted by
Liberty Circle, Ladies of the G.A.R.
The burial service was conducted according to the ritual
of the Grand Army by Chaplain Braisted [sic - Brasted] of Napa
Post. Kindly words from the ladies of the circle quieted the
sorrowing widow of the aged soldier, while tender hands bore him on his
way to his last resting place in the soil of the country he had fought
for.
The scene was an impressive one. Each member of the
Post bore on his breast the distinguishing badge of the Grand Army,
while the wreath was borne on their hats. The coffin was
fittingly draped in the American flag.
The pallbearers were Comrades Mason, Hoover, Clark, Wiles,
Standiford and Jackson.
The members of Napa Post feel grateful for the many kind
offices rendered, and especially to those who were tireless in their
efforts to recover the body.
Notes:
Native of New Jersey, born December 1826.
He died in
Napa County on 5 March 1910 at the age of 83, and is buried
in Tulocay Cemetery on 8 March 1910.
Military Information:
Union. He enlisted as a Private on 14 August 1862, and was
mustered into Company C of the 32nd Wisconsin
Infantry regiment on the same date. His residence at the time of
enlistment was Brook, Wisconsin. He was mustered out on 12 June
1865 at Crystal Springs, Maryland.
His name appears on the 1915 memorial obelisk in the
G.A.R.
section of Tulocay Cemetery, listed as Co. C, 32 Reg. Wis. Vol.
His obituary notes that he was a member of Napa Post, No. 192, G.A.R.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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William Franklin
Brandt
(1842 - 1937)
Rank: Private
News article (The Napa Journal newspaper, 20 May
1936, page 1, col. 3):
AGED VETERAN HAS BIRTHDAY
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Napa's only
survivor of the Civil War, William Brandt yesterday celebrated his 94th
birthday quietly at the home of his son, Arthur B. Brandt, 183 Randolph
street. He received congratulations from scores of friends and
calls from many.
Brant [sic] served the duration of the Civil War with the
12th Regular Union Army in which he enlisted as a youth in his
teens. His memory is still clear and he recalls vividly the
battles of the war in which he served, and his meeting with President
Lincoln and General Grant.
For the past 27 years, Brandt has resided in Napa and
previously he lived nearly 25 years in California.
As the county's survivor of the Grand Army of the
Republic, he is the father of Mary Todd Tent, Daughters of the Union
Veterans of the Civil War and a comrade of the Women's Relief Corps of
the G.A.R.
Obituary (The Napa Journal newspaper, 10 April
1937, page 1, col. 7):
TAPS SOUND
William Brandt, Friend of Lincoln, Dies at Home Here
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By BETTY SHEPPERD
William Franklin
Brandt, to whom Abraham Lincoln was a friend, not an historical image,
and to whom the Civil War time is legend to us seemed only yesterday,
died at 9:25 o'clock last night at his home, 183 Randolph street, where
in the last few years he had lived with his only son.
On May 19, William Brandt would have been 95 years
old. It was only a year ago, his birthday anniversary in 1936,
that he granted an interview at his home and told of meeting Lincoln on
the battlefield during an interval between main engagements. He
was lavish in his praise of Lincoln. Mr. Brandt at the time was
preparing to attend a party to be given for him by the Woman's Relief
Corps, Grand Army of the Republic. He had been appointed "father"
of the Relief Corps a short time before, as their last surviving G.A.R.
comrade. The other three or four had passed away, one by one, in
the preceding two years.
FAMILIAR FIGURE.
William Brandt was a genial, friendly sort of a
person. Until the last two years, he was a frequent caller in
stores, newspaper offices, and business houses down tow. But of
late, his health had been failing and the old gentleman confined
himself to his home, enjoying now and then a glimpse of his son's
garden and the neighbors who passed by the front steps.
The aged Civil War veteran was born in Medford [Bedford],
Pennsylvania on May 19, 1842. He enlisted in the Union artillery
as a boy of 18 and served through the entire Civil War. He was on
the battle field at Gettysburg and nearly every other main engagement.
BATTLEFIELD TO FARM
He came to California in 1884 and settled on a farm near
Sebastopol, Sonoma County. He lived there until coming to Napa 20
years ago with his wife, Martha Ellen Brandt, who died here in
1923. He will be buried next to his wife's body in Tulocay
cemetery.
A son, Arthur Brandt, with whom the aged soldier spent the
last 20 years of his life, and a granddaughter, Ruby Gravier of
Covello, Mendocino County, survive.
Notes:
Native of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, born 19 May 1842. He was
the son of Jacob and Maria Brandt. By 1850, the family was living
just west of Bedford County, in the vicinity of Shanksville in Somerset
County.
"William Brant" was enumerated in the 1850 census in Stonycreek
Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, under the household of his
parents, Jacob and Maria Brant. William was listed as age 8, born
in Pennsylvania, attending school. Others in the household were
his father Jacob (age 39, listed as a merchant), mother Maria (age 32),
brother Cyres (age 9), sister Susan (age 6), and brother Zacharias (age
3). Others in the household included Eliza Brant (age 30), and
Samuel G. Jones (age 37, a brick moulder).
"William F. Brant" appears in the 1860 census in Stony
Creek Township (Shanksville Post Office), Somerset County,
Pennsylvania, under the household of his parents, Jacob and "Mariah"
Brant. William was listed as age 18, born in Pennsylvania,
attending school. Others in the household were his father Jacob
(age 49, an inn keeper), his mother Mariah (age 43), and his siblings
Cyrus H. (age 20), Susan (age 16), Zaccariah T. (age 15), all born in
Pennsylvania.
By August of 1862, William and probably the rest of the
family had moved to Dubuque County, Iowa. There, William enlisted
in the Regular Army as a Private for three years. Upon his
discharge in August 1865, he returned to Iowa, where he appears in the
1870 census.
"William Brant" was enumerated in the 1870 census in
Taylor Township (Peosta Post Office), Dubuque County, Iowa, under the
household of his parents, Jacob and Maria Brant. He was listed as
age 27, born in Pennsylvania, occupation farmer, real estate valued at
$3,000, personal estate $2,000. A Syrus H. Brant (a brother?, age
30) was also in the household.
"Wm. F. Brant" was
enumerated in the 1880 census in Taylor Township, Dubuque County, Iowa,
under the household of his parents, Jacob and Maria Brant.
William was listed as age 38, born in Pennsylvania, occupation
farmer. His wife Mattie was also in the household, listed as age
22, born in Iowa.
Around 1877,
while
living in Iowa, William married Mattie. Two sons were born to
this marriage: Leo Edward Brandt, born in 1881, and Arthur Blane
Brandt, born in June 1884, both born in Dubuque County.
According
to his
obituary, William came to California in 1884, and settled on a farm
near Sebastopol, Sonoma County. He was enumerated there in 1900
as "William F. Brant" in North Sebastopol Precinct, Sonoma
County, California, as head of household in a rented house. He
was listed as married (22 years), age 58, born May 1842 in
Pennsylvania, occupation farm laborer. His household included his
wife Mattie (born July 1857 in Iowa, mother of 2 children, both
living), son Leo E. (born July 1881 in Iowa), and son Arthur B. (born
June 1884 in Iowa).
William Brandt was
still
living with his son, Leo, in Sebastopol, Sonoma County, in 1902.
They are listed as William Franklin Brandt, age 60, and Leo Edward
Brandt, age 22.
William Brandt was
enumerated in the 1910 census in
Sebastopol, Sonoma County, California, living in the household of his
son, Leo Brandt. William was listed as age 67, married (1st
marriage, number of years unknown), born in Pennsylvania (as were his
parents), occupation none, Union Army veteran. Leo was listed as
married, age 29, born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Minnesota,
occupation farm laborer. His wife was Rosie, age 24, native of
California.
William's son,
Leo, died in Sonoma County in January
1911. On June 25th of that year, William moved to Napa County,
where he checked into the Veterans Home at Yountville (Vern Picinotti,
personal comm.). Around 1916, William moved in with his son,
Arthur, in Napa..
William F. Brandt was enumerated in the 1930 census in
Napa City, Napa County, living in the household of his son, Arthur B.
Brandt at 183 Randolph Street. William was listed as a widower,
age 87, born in Pennsylvania, parents born in the U.S., veteran of the
Civil War. Arthur was listed as age 45, born in Iowa, mother born
in Minnesota, occupation grader at a tannery. According to his
WW-II draft registration, Arthur Blane Brandt was born at Dubuque,
Iowa, on 3 June 1884. He worked for Sawyer Tannery in Napa.
His mother's maiden name (according to the CDI) was Haley.
He died 9 April 1937, and was buried at Tulocay Cemetery,
Napa. He was the last G.A.R. member
in Napa.
Military Information:
Union. He appears as William F. Brant
in the
rosters, serving in Company F, 12th U.S. Infantry (Regular Army).
The U.S. Army
Register of Enlistments lists him as William F. Brant, enlisted for
three years of service on 30 August 1862 at Dubuque, Iowa, born in
Pennsylvania, age 20, eyes light, hair light, complexion light, height
5' 5", occupation farmer. Service listed was Co. F, 12th
Infantry. He was discharged as a Private on 30 August 1865 at
Richmond, Virginia, on expiration of his term of service.
"William F. Brant" applied for and received a veteran's
pension benefit on 10 July 1882 in Iowa (application no. 439389,
certificate no. 1057230). Service on the pension index card notes
"F 12 U.S. Inf."
He was a member of Napa Post, No. 192, GAR.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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12th U.S. Infantry
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Bethuel
Hedden Brasted
(1832 - 1919)
Rank: Chaplain
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper,
15 April
1919, pg. 8, col. 4):
Rev. B. H. Brasted Is
Dead
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Rev.
H. B. [sic] Brasted, a highly esteemed resident of
this
city for the past fourteen years, breathed his last Sunday evening at
the
Veterans Home Hospital. Death came as
the direct result of a fall recently, in which the aged man fractured
his hip.
Prior to the accident
deceased seemed to be brighter and
more
active than he had been in late years. It
was only recently that the Rev. and Mrs. Brasted
celebrated
their 53rd
wedding anniversary.
Deceased was a native of
Howard, New York, aged 87 years. For
several years before he settled in Napa
he was pastor of the Baptist Church at Middletown, Lake county.
He had served in the Civil
War as Chaplain and was a
member of
Napa Post, G.A.R.
A widow survives, and the
following named children: Mrs. G. W. York,
formerly of Napa, and R. S.
Brasted of Minneapolis. Also a grandson,
Willis York of San Francisco. A son,
George Brasted, passed away here six years ago.
The funeral will be held from
the Baptist Church at 2:30
o'clock
to-morrow (Wednesday) afternoon.
Rev. H. C. Shropshire will
officiate.
Funeral Announcement (Napa
Daily Journal
newspaper, 17 April 1919, pg. 5, col. 1):
Laid to
Rest
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Funeral
services were conducted by Rev. H. C. Shropshire at the Baptist Church
Wednesday afternoon for the late Rev. B. H. Brasted.
Rev. Richard Wylie also participated in the services.
Appropriate solos were
rendered by Mrs. Wm. Butler.
Members of the G.A.R. and
their auxiliaries were present
in a
body.
The pallbearers were George
Laufder, Wm. Ransford, J. C.
Adriance, W. H. Babb, Walter Leonard and Z. Mason.
Interment was made in Tulocay
cemetery.
Notes:
Native of Howard, New York, born 28 December 1832. He was the son
of Deacon J. C. Brasted of Howard, New York. Bethuel's brothers
Lewis and William were licentiates with him in the Howard Church, but
only Lewis and Bethuel were ordained. Bethuel was a graduate of
the University of Rochester and Rochester Theological Seminary.
His church
biographical history was summarized in the General Catalogue 1850-1920,
published by Rochester Theological Seminary, Rochester, New York:
BETHUEL HEDDEN BRASTED, b. Howard, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1832; ord. Junius,
N. Y., 1858; U. R. 1863; R. T. S. 1866; p. Dunkirk, N. Y., 1866-67;
Sinclairville, 1867-69; Pleasantville, Pa., 1869-71; Atlantic, Ia.,
1871 ; financial agent, Des M[oines] C, 1871-72; p. and evangelist,
Shell Rock, Ia., 1872-82; p. Spirit Lake, 1883-87; St. James, Minn.,
1887-90; Brookings, S. Dak., 1890-93; Grace ch., Minneapolis, Minn.,
1893-95; supt., N. D. Children's Home Soc., Fargo, N. D., 1895-1903; p.
Middletown, Calif., 1903-06; w. c. Calif., 1906-19. Died, Napa,
Calif., April, 13, 1919.
Bethuel H. Brasted
was enumerated in the 1900 census in Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota,
in a rented house. He was listed as married (33 years), age 65,
born November 1834 in New York, parents both born in New Jersey,
occupation minister. His household included his wife Frances E.
(born November 1843 in England, mother of 4 children, 3 living), son
Royal S. (born January 1879 in Iowa), and numerous child boarders at a
children's home.
Bethuel H. Braisted was enumerated in the 1910 census in
Napa, Napa County, California, in his own house on A Street. He
was listed as married (1st marriage, for 43 years), age 75, born in New
York, parents both born in New Jersey, occupation minister of gospel
retired. He was noted as being a Union Army veterans. His
household included his wife Frances E. (age 68, mother of 5 children, 3
living), and son George H. (age 35).
He died at the Veterans Home in Yountville on 13
April 1919 at the age
of 77, and was buried at Tulocay Cemetery.
Military Information:
Union. Bethuel H. Braisted enlisted at the age of 32 at
Petersburgh, Virginia, on 18 April 1865, and was commissioned as
Chaplain in Field & Staff in the 8th New York Cavalry regiment on
the same date. He was mustered out on 27 June 1865 at Alexandria,
Virginia.
Bethuel H. Brasted applied for and received a veteran's
disability pension on 6 June 1900 (application no. 1249672, cert. no.
1007285). Military service on the pension index card was noted as
"Chaplain 8 N.Y. Cav."
His name appears on the memorial obelisk in the G.A.R.
section of Tulocay Cemetery, listed as Chaplain, 8th New York Cavalry,
born Howard New York 1832, died Napa California 1919.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Charles
Phelps Briggs
(c.1824 - 1885)
Rank: Private
Biography in Historical and
descriptive sketch book of Napa, Sonoma, Lake and Mendocino, by Campbell Mennefee, 1873:
C. P. BRIGGS
Charles P. Briggs
an early resident of Napa, but now living in Charlestown,
Massachusetts, first arrived in California in 1845, and was also
attached to Fremont's Battalion, in which he served very
creditably. On the breaking out of the late civil war, Mr. Briggs
left Napa to join the Union forces, and has not since returned.
Obituary from the Napa County Reporter newspaper, 9
January 1885, page 4, col. 2:
Death of C. P. Briggs.
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Charles P. Briggs,
who has been confined to his bed for the last month in the last stage
of consumption, breathed his last at the family residence on Franklin
street Saturday morning at about 11 o'clock. Deceased was a
native of Massachusetts and aged 60 years. He came to California
in 1843, but when the Mexican War broke out, enlisted in the ranks and
also did good service in the Civil War on the Union side, after which
he returned to California and in 1882 settled in this city, where he
has since resided with his family. He leaves a wife and seven
children to mourn his loss. Mr. Briggs was universally respected
by the community, and Napa loses a good citizen in his death.
Funeral coverage in the
Napa County Reporter
newspaper, 9 January 1885, page, 4, col. 2:
Funeral of C. P. Briggs.
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The funeral of the
late C. P. Briggs took place Monday afternoon at two o'clock from the
Presbyterian Church of this city, and was very impressive. Rev.
Richard Wylie conducted the services. He preached a feeling
funeral discourse and his references to the soldierly career of
deceased were particularly ennobling. The following gentlemen
acted as pall bearers: Messrs. G. M. Francis, W. A. Smith,
Phillip Plass and D. W. Nelson of Napa; A. B. Stuartvat [Alonzo
Swartout] and James Lawson of St. Helena; J. D. Flynn of Yountville,
and John Whitney from the Veterans' Home. A number of ex-soldiers
and veterans from up the valley were present at the funeral. At
the cemetery the Kilpatrick Post, G.A.R., of St. Helena, took charge of
the remains and performed their ritual at the grave.
Notes:
Native of Massachusetts.
He died in Napa on 3
January 1885, and was buried in Block 40 of Tulocay Cemetery. His
military headstone is marked as follows: "C. P. BRIGGS | CO. A |
2ND MASS. CAV." The stone includes additional information as
follows: "Died Jan. 3, 1885 | Aged | 60 Years."
Military Information:
Union. He was a member of the celebrated "California 100."
He enlisted as a Private on 25 November 1862 at the age of 35, and was
mustered into Company A of the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry
regiment. His residence at the time of enlistment was San
Francisco, California. He was mustered out on 20 July 1865 at
Fairfax Court House, Virginia.
Briggs was one of 40 signatories in a post-war letter to
the Adjutant General of the State California, dated 20 July 1865, which
accompanied two flags returned by the California 100 to
California. The flags are still preserved in Sacramento.
Charles P. Briggs
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 1 April 1880
(application no. 354867, certificate no. 208763), His wife Mary
A. Briggs applied for and received a widow's benefit in California on
14 March 1885 (application no. 324609, certificate no. 245138).
Service on the pension index card was noted as "A, 2 Mass. Cav."
Charles P. Briggs appears in the 1883 list of Pensioners on the Roll in
Napa City, certificate number 208763, monthly rate $8.00, date of
original allowance May 1882, cause for which pensioned was disease of
lungs.
More information on the California 100 can be found at the
following websites:
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Mexican War service in the California Volunteer Militia
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David
James Brown
(1838 - 1929)
Rank: Corporal
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper,
23 March
1929, pg. 5, col. 5):
D. J.
BROWN IS DEATH
VICTIM
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Prominent
and
Venerable Napan, Civil War Veteran, Succumbs Yesterday
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David
J.
Brown,
prominent rancher in the Carneros district, a veteran of the civil war,
passed
away yesterday forenoon after having suffered an extended illness.
Deceased was a native of
Patterson, New Jersey, and was
born on
January 31st, 1838. Until
the late fifties he lives [sic] in New York when he started service
with the
Covington Locomotive works. He enlisted
in the United States army for service in the civil war on April 6th,
1861, and served until the close of the war.
Deceased is survived by his
wife and adopted daughter,
Mrs.
Eleanor Hubbard, of Oakland.
Funeral services will be held
at the Webber funeral
parlors on
Monday afternoon at two o'clock.
Notes:
Native of Patterson, New Jersey, born 31 January 1838.
David James Brown
was listed in the 1896 Great Register of Voters for Napa County as a
farmer, age 59, height 5' 9", native of New Jersey, residing in
Carneros District.
David J. Brown was enumerated in the 1900 U.S. census for
Carneros Precinct, Napa County. He was listed as married (33
years), age 62, born January 1838 in New Jersey, parents both born in
Scotland, occupation farmer. His household included his wife
Catherine (born April 1844 in New York).
David J. and Kate G. Brown were
enumerated in the 1910 census in Napa Township, Napa County, living on
the Sonoma Valley ___. He was listed as age 72, native of New
York, occupation farmer.
David J.
Brown died in Napa County on 22 March 1929 at the age of 91.
Spouse's initials were "K.G.," according to the CDI.
Military Information:
Union. David J. Brown enlisted on 24 April 1861 at the age of
24. He was mustered as a Corporal into Company C of the 2nd Iowa
Infantry regiment on 28 May 1861. He was noted as a native of New
Jersey, and his residence at the time of enlistment was listed as
Davenport, Iowa. He was promoted to Corporal on 27 September
1862, but reduced to ranks at his own request. He was mustered
out on 28 April 1864.
David J. Brown
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in California
on 8 August 1890 (application no. 877065, cert. no. 670774). His
wife, Kate G. Brown, applied for a widow's benefit in California on 21
May 1929 (application no. 1643155). Her application appears to
have been denied, since no certificate was issued. The pension
death index card notes that David died at the Vet. Home, Calif., on
22 March 1929. Service on the card was noted as Co. C, 2 Iowa Inf.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Henry
C. Brown
(1840 - 1918)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 22
March 1918, page 1, col. 4):
Henry C. Brown is Dead
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Henry C. Brown, a
well known resident of Coombsville, passed away Wednesday evening at
the family residence.
Deceased was a native of Michigan, aged 77 years. He
was a soldier in the Civil War.
A widow in Napa survives and two daughters reside in Idaho.
Funeral services (private) will be held at 11 o'clock this
morning in the Treadway Funeral Chapel.
Funeral Notice (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 23
March 1918, page 1, col. 4):
Two Funerals Were Held [excerpt]
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Funeral services
for the late Henry C. Brown were held privately at 11 o'clock Friday
morning in the Treadway Funeral Chapel. Interment was made in
Tulocay cemetery.
The Rev. J. L. Burcham officiated.
Notes:
Native of Michigan, born in June 1840.
Henry Brown
appears in the 1898 Great Register of Voters for Napa County in
Coombsville Precinct, listed as age 58, occupation farmer, height 5'
5", complexion light, eyes gray, hair gray, native of Michigan.
Henry Brown was
enumerated in the 1900 U.S. census in Coombsville Precinct, Napa
Township, Napa County. He was listed as married (6 years), age
60, born June 1840 in Michigan, parents birthplace not given,
occupation none. His household included his wife Mary (b. August
1862 in Wisconsin, mother of 7 children, 2 living), and son Franklin
(b. March 1893 in Nebraska). The household also included a 56
year old boarder named William E. Hawley.
A Henry C.
Brown died in Napa (Coombsville district) on 20 March
1918 at the age of 77. Spouse's initials were M.E., according to
the CDI. He was buried at Tulocay Cemetery on 22 March 1918.
Military Information:
Union. Henry Brown first enlisted at Vernon, Michigan, on 17
September 1861, at the age of 19. His residence at the time of
enlistment was Shiawassee County, Michigan. He was mustered as a
Private into Company I of the 8th Michigan Infantry on 23 September
1861. He was discharged at Beaufort, South Carolina on 15
February 1862.
Henry Brown re-enlisted at Vernon, Michigan, on 29 March
1864, at the age of 22. He was mustered as a Private into Company
A of 10th Michigan Infantry on 15 April 1865, joining the regiment on
16 April 1865. He was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, on 19
July 1865.
Henry Brown applied for and was granted a veteran's
pension benefit in Nebraska on 12 June 1880 (application no. 376605,
cert. no. 245545). His wife Mary E. Brown applied for and
received a widow's benefit in California on 28 July 1919 (application
no. 1144466, cert. no. 946684). Service on the pension index card
was noted as Co. A, 10th, and I, 8th Mich. Inf. The card notes
the date of enlistment as 26 March 1864 and discharge as 19 July 1865.
Carl Lionberger incorrectly noted his service as Co. E,
17th Illinois Infantry, thinking this was Private Henry O. Brown.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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10th Michigan Infantry
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William
A. Brown
(c.1838 - ????)
Rank: Private
Notes:
Native of Illinois.
William A. Brown
was listed in the 1898 Great Register of Voters for Napa County, living
in Napa. He was described as a carpenter, age 60, height 5' 6",
complexion light, eyes blue, hair dark, native of Illinois.
William A. Brown was
enumerated in the 1910 census in Napa City, Ward 2, living at 222 Oak
Street in Napa. He listed as married (2nd marriage), age 72, born
in Illinois, parents born in Tennessee, occupation house
carpenter. He was marked as being a Union army veteran of the
Civil War. His household included his wife Elizabeth (age 48,
native of California, mother of 2 children, 1 living).
He is buried
in block 92 of Tulocay Cemetery. His military headstone is
inscribed as follows: "WM. A. BROWN | CO. B | 1 IND. H.A."
His wife, Elizabeth G. Brown (1866 - 1924) is buried next to him.
Military Information:
Union. William Brown enlisted on 28 October 1862, and was mustered as a
Private into Company A of the 54th Indiana Infantry on the same
date. No discharge information is available. He re-enlisted
as William A. Brown, Sr., on 23 November 1863, and
was mustered as a Private into Battery H of the 1st Indiana Heavy
Artillery on the same date. His residence at the time of
enlistment was Gosport, Indiana. He transferred from Company H to
Company B on 1 October 1864. He was mustered out on 13 January
1866.
William A. Brown,
Sr., applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 24
September 1881 (application no. 568375, cert. no. 876053).
Service on the pension death index card was noted as Private, Co. B, 1
Ind. H.A. The card also notes that he served in Co. A, 54 Ind. Inf.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Batteries H & B
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Alvin Lorenzo Bryan
(1847 - 1900)
Rank: Private
Obituary (The Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 1
December 1900, pg. 3, col. 2.):
DEATH OF A. L. BRYAN.
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The Well Known Manufacturer Breathes His Last at Adams Springs.
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Alvin L. Bryan,
the well known shoe manufacturer, died about half-past four o'clock
Friday morning at Adams Springs. As stated in Thursday's Journal,
Mrs. Bryan and Dr. Hennessey were summoned to the Springs
Wednesday. They attended him until he died. The remains
were brought to Napa Friday afternoon.
Mr. Bryan was born in Sumner county, Illinois, October 29,
1847. At the age of fifteen he enlisted in the Union army under
General John A. Logan, and served until the end of the war. Later
he located in St. Louis and engaged in the shoe manufacturing business,
and contributed largely in making that city one of the great shoe
manufacturing centers of the United States.
In 1887 he came to Napa and purchased the property west of
town, upon which he built his beautiful home and named it "Chula Vista."
He founded the A. L. Bryan Shoe Company, one of the
leading jobbing and manufacturing concerns on the coast, which has its
factory at Petaluma and jobbing house in San Francisco, and remained at
the head of the business until his death. He was in poor health
for many years, but applied himself closely to business, and there is
no doubt that this close application to the details of business
hastened his death. He realized this, and a few weeks ago told
friends in Napa that he intended to dispose of his business interests
and retire from active work, but that resolution was made too
late.
He was a man of great business activity and ability, a
public spirited citizen, and one whose death will cause sincere regret
among his acquaintances. He was a member of Golden Gate
Commandery, K. T., of San Francisco, and of Tuscan Lodge, F. &
A.M., and of Ransom Post, G.A.R., of St. Louis.
He leaves a widow and two small children.
The funeral will be held Sunday from his late residence
west of town at 12:30, and at 1:30 services will be conducted at the
Masonic Temple under the auspices of the Masons.
Funeral notice (The Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 4
December 1900, pg. 2, col. 3):
Funeral of A. L. Bryan.
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The funeral of the
late Alvin L. Bryan was held Sunday from the Masonic Temple. A
brief service for the family was held by Rev. Richard Wylie at the
family residence west of town before the remains were taken to the
Temple. The public ceremony was held under the auspices of Yount
Lodge, F. and A.M., Napa Commandery, K. T., forming a part of the
escort. Worshipful Master E. Bonsall conducted the service and
Past Master F. E. Johnston pronounced an eulogy on the life and
character of the deceased. The music was rendered by a quartette
composed of E. S. Gridley, Chas. Welti, L. Welti and F. O. Mower.
The pall bearers were Sir Knights Field and Kimball of Golden Gate
Commandery and H. L. Amstutz, Wm. Hunter, J. A. McClelland and E. D.
Beard of Yount Lodge. Napa Commandery and Yount Lodge escorted
the remains to the cemetery.
The service at the Temple was attended by a large number
of people. Among those from a distance who were present were Mrs.
J. J. Crawford of Alameda, Dr. Prather of Adams Springs, Wm. Spiers of
Calistoga, T. M. Earl, Wm. Imrie and A. E. Bruck of San Francisco.
Estate Notice (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 7
December 1900, pg. 3, col. 2):
A. L. Bryan Estate.
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Mrs. Ada L. Bryan
has applied to the Superior Court for letters of administration on the
estate of her late husband, Alvin L. Bryan. The estate, as set
forth in the petition, consists of the Chula Vista farm, valued at
$10,000, real estate near Los Angeles, San Diego and Redlands valued at
$5,000, interest in the A. L. Bryan Shoe Co. valued at $50,000,
interest in the shoe factory at Petaluma, $10,000. Mr. Bryan left
no will.
T. B. Hutchinson is attorney for the petitioner.
Notes:
Native of Sumner County, Illinois, born 29 October 1847.
Alvin L. Bryan was
enumerated in the 1900 census in Napa Township, Napa County,
California, living on his own farm (held with a mortgage) in the
vicinity of Napa. He was listed as married (12 years), age 52,
born October 1847 in Illinois. His father was born in North
Carolina, and the birthplace of his mother was not listed. Alvin
was working on his own account as a shoe manufacturer. His
household included his wife Ada S. (born December 1865 in Missouri),
son Hugh C. (born December 1894 in California, and daughter Miriam A.
(born November 1894 in California). Ada was noted as being the
mother of two children, both living.
Alvin L. Bryan
died at Adams Springs, Lake County, California, on 30 November 1900,
and was buried at Tulocay Cemetery in Block B, lot 17.
Military Information:
Union. He enlisted as a Private on 1 December 1861, and was
mustered into Company C of the 63rd Illinois Infantry regiment at
Jonesboro, Illinois, on 10 April 1862. His residence at the time
of enlistment was Olney, Richland County, Illinois, and his age was
noted as 16. He re-enlisted as a veteran on 1 January 1864, and
was mustered in for a second 3-year term on 10 February 1864 at
Huntsville, Alabama. He was described at the time of
re-enlistment as age 21, height 5' 5", hair light, eyes blue,
complexion light, occupation soldier, nativity Lawrence County,
Illinois. He was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, on
13 July 1865.
Alvin Bryan's
wife, Ada L. Bryan, applied for and received a Civil War veteran
widow's pension benefit in California on 2 June 1902 (application no.
764193, certificate no. 706934). Service noted on the pension
death index card was "C 63 Ill. Inf." It was noted that Alvin
died 30 November 1900.
According to his obituary, Alvin L. Bryan was a member of
Ransom
Post, No. 131, G.A.R., based in St. Louis, Missouri.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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William
Wallace Buchanan
(c.1819 - 1911)
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Funeral Notice (Napa
Daily Journal newspaper, 17 December 1911, pg. 6, col. 2):
FUNERAL OF
WM. BUCHANAN
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The funeral of the late Wm. Buchanan was held Thursday afternoon at 2
o'clock from Kyser's undertaking parlors, under the auspices of Yount
Lodge of Masons. The Masonic ritual was carried out, and a
quartette, consisting of Mrs. C. A. Roper, Mrs. Jos. Migliavacca, D. S.
Kyser and E. S. Gridley, sang several selections.
The remains were
interred at Tulocay cemetery.
[No issues of the Napa Daily
Journal are available for the date of the obituary]
Notes:
Native of New York.
William Wallace
Buchanan appears in the 1904 Great Register of Voters for Napa County
in Yount Precinct, age 85, living in Yountville. In the 1906
Great Register, he was listed as farmer, age 87, living in
Yountville. He appears in the 1910 Great Register at the Veterans
Home, age 91, occupation clerk.
William W. Buchanan died in Napa County on 13 November
1911 at the age of 92 (source: CDI).
Military Information:
Union. William W. Buchanan enlisted on 13 November 1861 at the
age of 29. He was noted as a native of New York, and his
residence at the time of enlistment was noted as Winterset, Iowa.
He was mustered as a 1st Sergeant into Company D of the 5th Iowa Cavalry
on the same date. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 1 November
1862. He resigned at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on 12 May 1863.
His service in Company D of the 1st Nebraska Cavalry in
not available.
William W.
Buchanan applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 24
June 1897 (application no. 1194233, cert. no. 979620). Service on
the pension death index card was noted as Co. D, 5 Iowa Cav. It
was also noted that he saw service in Co. D, 1 Neb. Cav.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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1st Nebraska Cavalry
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William Bunce
(1818 - 1892)
Rank: Civilian?
Biography from Gregory's
History of Solano and Napa Counties, California, 1912 (excerpt from the
biography of Harry Nevins Bunce):
His father,
William Bunce, a native of Owego, N.Y., came to California in September
of 1852 via the Nicaragua route and secured employment as a bookkeeper
in San Francisco. As early as 1854 he bought a tract of raw land
three miles south of Napa and in 1856, having meantime married, he
brought his young wife to the ranch. However, the frontier
environment of that day did not prove congenial and he returned to the
more cosmopolitan surroundings of San Francisco in 1859, after which he
continued as a bookkeeper for twenty-one years. Returning to Napa
county at the expiration of that time, he bought a ranch at Coombsville
and settled upon the same, remaining there until he retired from
ranching and disposed of the land by sale. Next he bought ten
acres on Lincoln avenue, Napa, and engaged in horticultural pursuits,
developing the tract into a model fruit farm and remaining there until
his death, December 25, 1892, at the age of seventy-four years.
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 28
December 1892, pg. 3, col. 3):
Death of W. Bunce.
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Mr. W. Bunce died
at his residence on Lincoln avenue last Sunday, after an illness of
three months.
Deceased was a
native of Petersburg, Madison county, New
York, aged 74 years, 7 months and 16 days. He came to California
in 1851, locating in San Francisco. In 1855 he came to Napa, and
after a residence here of some time returned to San Francisco, where he
lived until 1881, when he again located in Napa, where he resided up to
the time of his death. He leaves a wife and four sons – Frank,
Joseph, George and Harry. He was a good citizen, and was honored
and esteemed by all who knew him.
The funeral took place from the family residence Tuesday
afternoon, Rev. Mr. Crawford officiating. The following gentlemen
acted as pall-bearers: Wm. Andrews, W. M. Boggs, P. G. Gesford,
C. L. Levansaler, G. N. Cornwell and Jos. Reynolds.
Notes:
Native of Petersburg, Madison County, New York. His calculated
date of birth was 9 May 1818. He married Jeannette Hudson on 6
December 1855. Five children were born to the marriage, two were
still living in 1912.
He died in Napa on
25 December 1892, and was buried at Tulocay Cemetery on 27 December
1892 in Block 46, lot 32.
Military Information:
His obituary and biography indicate that he was in the Napa area during
the Civil War. There is no indication of military service.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery, listed as Bunche.
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John
Caffrey
(1841 - 1892)
Rank: Corporal
Obituary (Napa Register
newspaper, Thursday, 1 December 1892, pg. 3, col. 2):
Death from
Alcoholism.
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Coroner Lawrence was summoned to Napa Junction Wednesday morning, to hold
an inquest upon the body of one John Caffrey, who died suddenly between 7
and 8 o'clock Tuesday night.
Caffrey was a bachelor and lived in a small house near the
"Ring" Watson place. He had been in Napa from the time of
the election up to last Monday, and had been on a protracted spree.
During Tuesday young Watson and another man called at Caffrey's cabin, and
found Caffrey quite sick from the effects of over indulgence in alcoholic
liquor. They prepared some tea and toast for him and put him to bed,
and then left. At about 8 o'clock in the evening the young men again
visited the cabin to see how the patient was getting along, and found him
lying on the floor dead.
Deceased was a native of Dublin, Ireland, and was about 51 years of
age. He was a veteran of the Civil War, being a private in Company E
of the famous 69th Regiment of New York Volunteers. Papers found
among his effects also showed that he was drawing a pension of $6 a month
by reason of a gunshot wound in his left thigh.
The Coroner's jury rendered a verdict that deceased came to his death from
alcoholism.
The remains are now at Kyser's undertaking rooms in this city, and notice
of funeral will be given later.
Notes:
Native of Dublin, Ireland. He died at Napa Junction (American Canyon) on
Tuesday, 29 November 1892.
John Caffrey
appears in the 1892 Great Register of Voters for Napa County, listed as
age 51, height 5' 3", complexion fair, eyes blue, hair gray, occupation
laborer, native of Ireland, residing in Napa County, Soscol Precinct,
Post Office Napa Junction. It was noted that he was naturalized
in the District Court at San Francisco on 11 September 1873.
He is buried in
the G.A.R. Plot (Lot 26, Block 82),
Tulocay Cemetery, Napa. His military headstone (recently placed)
identifies him as
"JOHN CAFFREY | 69 N.Y. INF. | 1841-1892".
Military Information:
Union. "John Caffery" enlisted at Poughkeepsie, New York, on 27
August 1864, at the age of 21. He was mustered as a Private into
Company E of the 69th New York Infantry regiment on 3 September
1864. He was promoted to Corporal on 1 October 1864, and wounded
at Fort Stedman, Virginia, on 25 March 1865. He was mustered out
on 3 June 1865 at Washington, D.C.
John Caffrey
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 6 August
1890 (application no. 796964, cert. no. 591459). Service on the
pension death index card notes that he served in Co. E, 69 N.Y. Inf.,
enlisted 27 Aug 1864, discharged 13 June 1865.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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John
Alexander Cain
(1844 - 1915)
Rank: Corporal
Obituary (Napa Daily
Journal newspaper, 1
December 1915, page 1, col. 5):
GOOD CITIZEN IS GONE
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John Cain, For Many Years Prominent and Esteemed Resident of Napa,
Passed Away, After Hard Battle for Life
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After a long fight
for life covering a period of several weeks, John Cain, one of Napa's
most prominent and best esteemed citizens for many years, passed away
at his residence on Soscol avenue, at 11 o'clock on Tuesday forenoon.
He was surrounded by the members of his family as he went
into "that undiscovered country, that bourn from whence no traveler
returns."
Mr. Cain was born at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 21,
1844. When but a lad he removed with his parents to Missouri,
where he grew to manhood. When the Civil War broke out, he
enlisted with the 46th Missouri cavalry and served until the end of the
war.
In 1866 he came to California via the Isthmus of Panama,
and settled at Rutherford, Napa county. September 17th, 1871, he
was married to Miss Elva R. Grigsby, and began his residence, which was
continued for 31 years on Oak street in this city.
About 1902 he retired from active business and removed to
Soscol avenue, where he has since resided.
Mr. Cain had many warm friends, whom he gained by his
pr__y and kindly disposition. He met everyone on the level,
parted from them on the square and lived by the plumb.
He took a prominent part in the city's affairs, having for
a number of years served as Councilman and was deeply interested in its
welfare. He had been a Director of the Napa Rochdale Union ever
since its foundation. It is with sincere regret that the
community views the passing from its midst of so good and useful a
citizen.
He was prominent in fraternal circles, joining the Odd
Fellows Lodge at St. Helena, and later affiliating with the Napa
Lodge. He was also a member of Yount Lodge No. 12, F. and A.M.,
Napa Chapter No. 30, R.A.M., Napa Commandery No. 34, K.T., and Silver
Spray Chapter, O.E.S.
Surviving Mr. Cain's death are his widow, two daughters,
Mrs. H. W. Lyons and Mrs. Charles Grady, and two grandchildren, Mrs. M.
H. Overdick and John C. Lyons, all residents of this county, and two
brothers, Rev. Wm. Cain and Joel Cain, and a sister Mrs. Thomas
Marshall, all residents of Conway, Mo.
The funeral will be held from the Kyser Funeral Parlors on
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, under Masonic auspices.
Funeral Notice (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 3
December 1915, page 5, col. 3):
JOHN CAIN LAID AWAY
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IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL SERVICES HELD OVER HIS REMAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
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Large Crowd in Attendance to Pay
Last Tribu[t]e of Affection and Esteem -- Masons and Odd Fellows
Conducted the Ceremonies.
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Impressive funeral services were conducted on Thursday
afternoon over the remains of the late John Cain, at the Kyser Funeral
Parlors.
Yount Lodge No. 12. F. & A.M., and Napa Lodge No. 13,
I.O.O.F., both participated in the ceremonies, in the chapel and at the
cemetery.
Senior Warden James Craig officiated for the Masons and
Noble Grand Chas. Maxwell and Chaplain Wm. Martin for the Odd
Fellows. The chapel was filled with sorrowing friends and
fraternal brethren of the departed man, and there was a profusion of
beautiful floral tributes.
The funeral cortege to Tulocay cemetery was quite large
and was escorted by Napa Commandery, K.T.
A choir composed of Mrs. J. A. Migliavacca, Miss Mina
Stockman, A. V. Oliffe and Dee T. Davis, sang several appropriate
selections.
The pallbearers were Judge Henry C. Gesford, R.
Chris[t]iansen, Ralph Butler, H. L. Amstutz, E. W. Churchill and E. D.
Beard.
Notes:
Native of Claiborne County, Tennessee, born 21 February 1844.
John Cain died in Napa on 30 November 1915, and was buried
in Tulocay Cemetery on 2 December 1915.
Military Information:
Union. John A. Cain enlisted as a Private on 1 November 1863 at
Marshfield, Missouri, and was mustered as a Corporal into Company D of
the 6th Regiment of Enrolled Missouri Militia at Springfield, Missouri,
on 4 August 1864. His period of enlistment was 20 months.
At the time of enlistment, he was described as age 18, born in
Claiborne, Tennessee, occupation farmer, eyes hazel, hair light,
complexion fair, height 5' 9". The organization subsequently
became Company D of the 16th Missouri Cavalry regiment. He was
promoted to Corporal on 1 November 1863. In the company returns
of January to May 1865 he was reported absent (sick). He was
mustered out at Springfield, Missouri, on 1 July 1865.
John A. Cain
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in California
on 22 August 1892 (application no. 1127317, cert. no. 917654).
His wife, Elvia R. Cain, applied for a widow's benefit in California on
28 December 1915 (application no. 1057746, cert. no. 833248).
Service on the pension death index card was noted as Co. D, 16 Mo.
Cav. Additional service in Co. D, "6 Prov. En. Mo. Mil." was also
noted. The card states that John died in Napa, Cal., on 30
November 1915.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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which became...
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Joseph Carrigan
(c.1845 - 1880)
Rank:
Obituary:
[an obituary could not be found in the Napa Daily Register newspaper]
Notes:
A Joseph Carrigan
was listed in the 1880 Great Register of Voters in Napa County.
He was listed as age 35, native of Ireland, occupation currier,
residence Napa.
Buried at Tulocay Cemetery. Remarks: 3
September
1880. N1/2 Block 99, lot 3.
Military Information:
Service information not known.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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John C. Carroll
(1841 - 1921)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 10
March 1921, pg. 1, col. 4):
Death Called J. C. Carroll
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J. C. Carroll, a
well known and
respected resident of Napa, died at his residence, 88 Hayes street, at
8:30 o'clock Wednesday night. His health had been in a precarious
condition for the past 8 months.
Deceased was a native of County Limerick, Ireland, and was
79 years
and 10 months old. He came to Napa county 26 years ago and
engaged in
farming, having owned a place on the Big Ranch road until four years
ago, when he sold his ranch and moved to Napa, where he has resided
ever since.
Mr. Carroll was a veteran of the Civil War and was a
member of Napa
Post, G.A.R., in which organization he held the post of Adjutant.
He is survived besides his widow, Mrs. Cynthia A. Carroll,
by seven
children -- John C. Carroll Jr., of Illinois; Merton Carroll of Merced, Cal.; Francis Carroll, of Chile, South America; Chas. Carroll
of San Francisco; Mrs. Mary Meredith of San Francisco; Miss Blanche
Carroll of Napa, and Mrs. John Melvin, of Lakeport, Cal.
The remains are at the Pinkham funeral parlors, and
funeral arrangements will be made later.
Funeral Announcement (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 11
March 1921, pg. 1, col. 6):
Carroll Funeral This Afternoon
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The funeral of the late J. C. Carroll will be held from
the Pinkham parlors at 3 o'clock this (Friday) afternoon, instead of at
2 o'clock, as previously announced.
Funeral Announcement (Napa Daily
Journal newspaper, 12
March 1921, pg. 4, col. 3):
Laid in Final Resting Place
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The funeral of the
late J. C. Carroll was conducted under the auspices of Napa Post,
G.A.R., at the Pinkham parlors Friday afternoon.
Rev. Richard Wylie officiated as clergyman.
The pallbearers were Dan Bohen, John McCarter, R. L.
Brantley, Wm. Wiles, J. W. Hoover and W. J. Hawkins.
Interment was made in Tulocay cemetery.
Notes:
Native of County Limerick, Ireland, born about May 1841.
John C. Carroll died in Napa on 9 March 1921, and was
buried in Block 136, north 1/2, lot 8, at Tulocay Cemetery on 12 March
1921. The CDI reports that John C. Carroll died in Napa
County on 9 March 1921 at the age of 79. Spouse
initial "C."
Military Information:
Union. John C. Carroll enlisted at Louisville, Kentucky, on 20
August 1862, and was mustered as a Private into Company A of the 33rd Kentucky Infantry on 19 August 1863. He transferred to Company F
of the 26th Kentucky Infantry on 1 April 1864. He was mustered
out at Evansville, Indiana, on 26 May 1865. His service record
notes that he was absent, sick in hospital at Evansville, Indiana, but
no date is given.
He applied for and
received a veteran's disability pension in California on 25 March 1895
(application no. 1165559, cert. no. 970248). His wife, Cynthia A.
Carroll, applied for and received a widow's benefit on 12 May 1921
(application no. 1174145, cert. no. 926028). Service on the
pension index card was noted as Co. A, 33 Ky. Inf. and Co. F, 26 Ky.
Inf.
He was a member of Napa Post, No. 192,
Grand Army of the Republic.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Company F
26th Kentucky Infantry
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James
Elbert Carter
(1832 - 1902)
Rank: Corporal
Obituary from the Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 16
January 1902, page 2, col. 1:
Death of James Carter.
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James E. Carter,
for many years a member of Kit Carson Post, G.A.R., and a resident of
Napa, died last Tuesday at the Veterans' Home. For many years his
health has been failing. The remains were brought down to Napa
Wednesday afternoon. The funeral will be held this afternoon at
1:30 o'clock from Keyser's Undertaking Parlours. In accordance
with the last request of the deceased, Company H, N.G.C., will have
charge of the funeral. The remains will be buried in the G.A.R.
plot at Tulocay Cemetery.
Mr. Carter was a native of Tennessee, aged 64 years.
He enlisted in June, '62, in Company I, 116th Regiment Illinois
Volunteers, and was honorably discharged June 7th, 1865.
Mr. Carter was a farmer by occupation and had been a
resident of Napa Valley and Napa City for many years. He always
had the highest respect of those who knew him.
Notes:
Native of Knox County, Tennessee, born October 1832. He was
living in Gilroy Township in the late 1860's, moving to Napa in the
early 1870's. His middle name appears most frequently in the
Great Registers of voters as Elbert, however, he also entered it as
Evans.
James Evans Carter
appears in the 1869 Great Register of Voters in Santa Clara County,
noted as age 35, native of Tennessee, occupation laborer, living in
Gilroy Township. He appears in the 1875 Great Register in Napa as
James Elbert Carter, age 35, native of Tennessee, occupation
farmer. He appears in the 1888 Great Register in West Napa,
listed as James Elbert Carter, age 50, native of Tennessee, occupation
farmer. He appears in the 1892 Great Register in Napa City, age
61, height 5'9", complexion light, eyes blue, hair gray, occupation
farmer, native of Tennessee, scar on first finger of right hand.
In the 1898 Great Register in Napa County at the Veterans Home, he is
listed as a farmer, age 63, height 5' 4", complexion light, eyes blue,
hair gray, native of Tennessee, missing first finger from his left hand.
James E. Carter
was enumerated in the 1900 census at the
Veterans Home, Yount Township, Napa County, California. He was
listed as an inmate, single, age 67, born October 1832 in Tennessee,
parents both born in Virginia,
He died at the
Veterans Home in Yountville on 14
January 1902, and was buried in
the G.A.R Plot (Lot 27, Block 82), Tulocay Cemetery, Napa. His
headstone reads "J. E. CARTER | Co. I, 116 Regt. Ill. Vol. | DIED |
JAN. 14, 1902 | AGED 64 YRS."
His
headstone
inscription indicates he died 14 January 1902 at the age of 64
years. He was actually age 69 at the time of his death.
Military Information:
Union. "J. E. Carter" enlisted at Decatur, Illinois, on 8 August
1862, and was mustered as a Corporal into Company I of the 116th
Illinois Infantry regiment on 6 September 1862. He was described
at the time of enlistment as single; age 29; native of Knox County,
Tennessee; resident of Decatur, Macon County, Illinois; height 5' 9";
hair brown; eyes blue; complexion light; occupation farmer. He
was mustered out as a Private at Washington, D.C., on 7 June 1865.
James E. Carter applied for and received a veteran's
disability pension on 23 July 1890 (application no. 842459, cert. no.
654496). Service on the pension death index card was noted as
Private, Co. I, 116 Ill. Inf.
He appears in the
1886 register for the Department of California,
G.A.R., as a member of Kit Carson Post, No. 74, in Napa (listed as J.
C. Carter). His qualifying
service was noted as Co. I, 116th Illinois Infantry.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Thomas
Ceas
(c.1834 - c.1897)
Rank: Artificer
Notes:
Native of Kortright, Delaware County, New York.
A Thomas Ceas
appears in the Great Register for San Mateo County in 1896, listed as
age 60, occupation real estate agent, height 5' 10", complexion light,
eyes blue, hair gray, native of New York, living in Colma. He
also appears in Colma in the Great Register of 1892, age 58, same
description as above. In 1888 and 1890, he was listed in San
Francisco as a carpenter, living on the top floor at 18 Mission Avenue.
His widow, Lodema Ceas, was enumerated in the 1900 U.S.
census, living in a rented house at 744 Main Street in Napa. She
was listed as a widow, age 61, born November 1838 in Pennsylvania,
parents both born in New York, occupation shoemaker. She was
noted as the mother of 4 children, none living.
He died before 10 August 1897, and was buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
Military Information:
Union. Thomas Ceas enlisted for a bounty of $33.33 at Kortright,
New York, on 2 September 1864, at 30 years of age. He was mustered as Private into Company C of the 144th New York
Infantry regiment at Norwich, N.Y., on 16 September 1864. He
transferred to Company A of the 1st New York Engineers on 6 October
1864, and appears in the Company A descriptive book as follows:
Thomas Ceas, age 30, height 5' 10", complexion fair, eyes blue, hair
dark, native of Kortright, New York, occupation farmer. He was
promoted from Private to Artificer on 1 November 1864. He was
discharged by muster out under General Order No. 94 (issued 15 May
1865) at Hilton Head, South Carolina, on 3 July 1865.
Thomas Ceas
applied for and was granted a veteran's disability pension in
California on 26 August 1890 (application no. 953500, cert. no.
678320). His wife Lodema Ceas applied for a widow's benefit in
California on 10 August 1897 (application no. 660104, cert. no.
498469). Service on the pension index card was noted as "A 1 N.Y.
Eng." and "C 144 N.Y. Inf."
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Company C
144th New York Infantry
Company A
1st New York Engineers
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William B.
Chandler
(???? - 1911)
Rank:
Obituary:
[no obituary could be found in the Napa
Daily Journal newspaper]
Notes:
The CDI notes that
William B. Chandler died in Napa County
on 23 November 1911 at the age of 72. He was buried at Tulocay
Cemetery in Block 132, lot 11.
Military Information:
Service information not known. Possibly William B. Chandler who
served in Co. L, 1 Minn. Inf. and in the 2nd Co. Minn. Sharp
Shooters. Needs verification.
He is noted in the
late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Van
Renselaer Chilson
(1840 - 1917)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper,
17 June
1917, pg. 1, col. 3):
Van R.
Chilson Passed
Away
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Van
R.
Chilson,
and aged and well known resident of Napa, passed away shortly after the
noon
hour Saturday at the Benjamin Shurtleff Hospital.
Mr. Chilson suffered a stroke
of apoplexy last Tuesday
from
which he failed to rally, sinking rapidly to the end.
Deceased is survived by the
following children: Mrs. R. H. Standard of
Napa, Mrs. J. M.
Thompson of Portland, Oregon, and Mrs. R. J. Laferierre of Livermore,
Cal.
The funeral will be held
to-morrow (Monday) from the
Treadway
Funeral Chapel.
Notes:
Native of Vermont, born October 1840.
Van R. Chilson was
enumerated in the 1900 census at Silver Lake, Cowlitz County,
Washington. He was listed as married (19 years), age 59, born
October 1840 in Vermont, parents both born in Vermont, occupation
farmer. His household included his wife Laura (born March 1854 in
VT, mother of 6 children, 3 living), daughter Essie (born October 1883
in WA), daughter Lusettie E. (born December 1886 in WA), and son Van R.
(born July 1891 in WA).
Van R. Chilson appears in the 1910 census in Napa
Township, Napa County, California, living in his own house on Linn
Street (near Pine and Walnut, possibly Elm Street) in Napa. He
was listed as a widower, age 69, born in Vermont (as were his parents),
occupation none. He was not noted as being a veteran. His
household included his son Van R. (age 18), who was working as a
laborer at odd jobs.
The CDI notes that
Van R. Chilson died in Napa County on
16 June 1917
at the age of 77. He was buried at Tulocay Cemetery on 18 June
1917.
Military Information:
Union. VanRenselaer Chilson enlisted by draft on 22 July 1963,
and was mustered as a Private into Company I of the 6th Vermont
Infantry regiment on the same date. His residence at the time of
enlistment was Royalton, Vermont. He was mustered out on 26 June
1865.
Van Ransalear Chilson
applied for and received a veterans disability pension on 16 November
1888 (application no. 678840, cert. no. 474441). Military service
was noted on the index card as I 6 Vt. Inf. The pension death
index card notes that he died in Napa, Calif., on 11 March 1917.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery, with service incorrectly noted
as Co. I, 1st Vermont Cavalry.
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John
B. Clancy
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
A John B.
Clancy appears in the 1890 Great Register of Voters for Los Angeles
County, listed as age 54, native of New York, occupation baker,
residing at the Soldiers' Home.
Military Information:
Union.
John B. Clancy
appears on the admission rolls of the National Soldiers Home at
Sawtelle, admitted 25 April 1889, and not a pensioner at the
time. He was discharged on 5 September 1889, but re-admitted on
11 July 1890. He was finally discharged from the Home on 2
December 1890. He was described at the time of admission as
single, a native of New York, age 53, height 5', complexion fair,
occupation clerk, residence Los Angeles. His military history was
recorded as follows:
Enlisted 26 August 1854 at Buffalo, N.Y., rank Private,
Company H, 3rd U.S. Artillery. Discharged 26 August 1862 at Fort
Fillmore, N.M., on expiration of service.
Enlisted 25 November 1862 at St. Louis, MO, rank Private,
Company C, 1st Missouri Light Artillery. Discharged 11 July 1865
at Benton Barracks, MO, at close of war.
He is noted on the
late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery, identified as having served in Battery C, 1st Missouri
Artillery.
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Battery H
3rd U.S. Artillery
Battery C
1st Missouri Light Artillery
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Michael
Clark
(1845 - 1914)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 28 March 1914, pg. 8,
col. 4):
Michael Clark Dead
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Ed. Solomon, of
this city, received a telegram on Friday that Michael Clark, an
old-time resident of Napa, and a prominent member of Napa Post, G.A.R.,
being a Past Commander of that body, had passed away in a hospital at
Jonesboro, Ark., on that day.
It was only about two weeks ago that Mr. Clark left Napa
for the city where he died, having received notice that a legacy had
been left him by a relative there, who died not long since.
As deceased had always expressed a desire to be buried
here, his remains will be brought to Napa for interment.
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 3 April 1914, pg. 1,
col. 3):
Remains Arrived
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The remains of the
late Michael Clark, who recently did in Jonesborough, Ark., arrived in
Napa Thursday morning.
The funeral will take place from Kyser's undertaking
parlors this afternoon at 2 o'clock, under the auspices of Napa Post,
G.A.R., of which Mr. Clark was a Past Commander.
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 4 April 1914, pg. 5,
col. 5):
Funeral of Michael Clark
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The funeral of the late Michael Clark was held at Kyser's
undertaking parlors on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, under the
auspices of Napa Post No. 192, G.A.R.
Post Chaplain B. H. Brasted conducted the services in the
chapel and at the grave in Tulocay cemetery.
There was a large attendance of sorrowing friends.
A choir composed of Mrs. Joseph Migliavacca, Mrs. Clifford
Roper, Dee T. Davis and D. S. Kyser, rendered appropriate selections.
Many beautiful floral pieces were in evidence.
The pallbearers were J. W. Hoover, Henry Wigmire [sic],
James Hayes, W. H. Brantley, H. Coates and A. W. Walling.
Notes:
Native of New York, born March 1845.
Michael Clark was enumerated in the 1900 U.S. census as an
inmate at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville. He was
listed as widowed, age 55, born March 1845 in New York, parents both
born in Ireland, occupation brick layer.
Michael Clark appears in the 1910 U.S. census in Napa as a
brick mason, single, age 65, born in New York, parents born in
Ireland. He was living as a boarder in the household of Edward
Soloman, and was noted as a Union Army veteran.
His pension files indicate he died 27 March 1914 in Napa
County, CA. This is incorrect. He actually died in
Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, on 27 March 1914. His
remains were returned to Napa on 2 April 1914, and burial took place on
Friday, 3 April 1914, at the G.A.R. plot at Tulocay Cemetery. So
esteemed was Michael Clark, that a committee organized to erect a
monument in his name at the G.A.R. plot, dedicated to Napa Post, No.
192. The monument (a granite obelisk) was dedicated on Memorial
Day 1915.
Buried in
the G.A.R. Plot (Lot 28, Block 82),
Tulocay Cemetery, Napa. His military headstone identifies him as
"MICHAEL CLARK | CO B | 58 ILL INF | 1849 | 1914". The
inscription on the stone is in error. Clark was born in 1845.
Military Information:
Union. Michael Clark enlisted on 27 December 1861, and was
mustered as a Private into Company B of the 58th Illinois Infantry
regiment. He was described at the time of enlistment as single,
age 18, height 5'5", hair brown, eyes gray, complexion light,
occupation farmer. His residence was noted as Morris, Grundy
County, Illinois, native of the same place. He was mustered out
at Chicago on 7 February 1865.
Michael Clark applied
for and received a veteran's disability pension in California on 3 June
1892 (application no. 1114507, cert. no. 1139373. Service on the
pension index card was noted as "B 58 Ill. Inf." The pension
death index card notes that he died in Napa Co., Calif., on 27 March
1914.
Member and Past Post Commander of Napa Post, No. 192,
G.A.R.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Company B
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William
H. Clark
(???? - ????)
Rank: Private
Notes:
Wm. H. Clark
is buried in Tulocay Cemetery at the
intersection of Redwood and Circle. His military headstone is
inscribed as follows: WM. H. CLARK | CO. K | 21 CT. INF.
His wife, Mary Clark (1877 - 1901), whose grave is marked by an
imitation military headstone (crafted to match his) is buried next to
him. Her stone notes that she was a native of California.
Military Information:
Union. William H. Clark enlisted on 9 December 1863, and was
mustered as a Private into Company K of the 21st Connecticut Infantry
on the same date. His residence at the time of enlistment was
Brooklyn, Connecticut. He was wounded at Drewry's Bluff,
Virginia, on 16 May 1864, and was discharged on 20 June 1865.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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21 Connecticut Infantry
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Lyman
Everett Cobb
(1841 - 1915)
Rank: Sergeant
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 26
June 1915, pg. 1, col. 5):
LYMAN COBB PASSED AWAY
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Well-Known Resident of Napa in the Early Days Died in Santa Rosa Friday
Afternoon
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News was received
in Napa Friday evening, of the death in Santa Rosa on that afternoon,
of Lyman Cobb, well known in Napa in the early days.
He had been in failing health for some time, and passed
away at the residence of his daughter, Mr[s]. Thos. L. Hehir, where he
has been residing for several years past.
Deceased was a native of New York, and was 71 years of
age. He served as a soldier through the Civil War, and came to
Napa shortly after is close, in 1875, first being employed as cook by
John S. Hogan, at the Napa Hotel. This avocation he followed up
for a number of years, previous to his leaving Napa for Santa Rosa.
The remains will be brought here and laid away in Tulocay
cemetery, beside those of his wife, who died six years ago,
Funeral arrangements will be made later.
Funeral Notice (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 29
June 1915, pg. 1, col. 4):
Funeral of Lyman Cobb
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The funeral of the Lyman Cobb was held Sunday afternoon
from the Kyser Funeral Parlors and was attended by a large gathering of
old-time friends.
Rev. J. F. Byrne officiated.
The pallbearers were Eugene Drussel, Frank Easterby,
George Secord, Charles Hargrave, Thomas Lawlor and Paul Michelson.
The remains were laid to rest in Tulocay cemetery.
Notes:
Native of Williamsville, New York, born July 1841. According to
published genealogies, he was the son of Elbridge Gerry Cobb and
Elizabeth Caroline Allen. His marriage to Lizzie is recorded in
Napa County Book A of Marriages, page 194.
Lyman Cobb was
enumerated in the 1880 census in Napa City, Napa County, California,
living on Oak Street in Napa. He was listed as married, age 39,
born in New York, parents both born in the United States, occupation
cook. His household included his wife Lizzie (age 34, native of
Ireland), and daughter Carrie (age 11, born in California).
Lyman E. Cobb was
enumerated in the 1900 census in Napa City, living in his own house at
23 Even Street. He was listed as married (30 years), age 58, born
July 1841 in New York, parents both born in New York, occupation
cook. His household included his wife Lizzie (b. May 1844 in
Ireland, mother of one child still living).
Lyman E. Cobb was enumerated in the 1910 census in Santa
Rosa City, Sonoma County, California, living in the household of his
son-in-law Thomas C. Hehir. Lyman was listed as a widower, age
68, born in New York, father born in Massachusetts, mother born in New
York, occupation none, war service in the Union Army. Others in
the household included Lyman's daughter Caroline (age 40) and
grandchildren Lyman T. Hehir (age 15), Bernadette E. Hehir (age 12),
and Caroline E. Hehir (age 6).
Lyman died in Santa Rosa on 25 June 1915, and was buried
at Tulocay Cemetery on 27 June 1915.
Military Information:
Union. "Lyman E. Cobb" enlisted on 7 May 1861 in Buffalo, New
York, and was mustered as a Private into Company F of the 21st New York
Infantry. He was listed as 19 years old at the time of
enlistment, described as 5' 7" in height, complexion dark, eyes hazel,
hair black, occupation clerk. He was promoted to Corporal on 1
August 1861, and to Sergeant on 20 October 1861. He was severely
wounded in the left thigh at the second Battle of Bull Run, Virginia,
on 30 August 1862, and was discharged on account of disability on 23
January 1863.
Lyman E. Cobb
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 20 April
1863 (application no. 191156, cert. no. 15850). His service on
the pension death index card was noted as Sgt., Co. F, 21 N.Y. Inf.,
enlisted 7 May 1861, discharged 23 July 1863. The card notes that
he died in Santa Rosa, Cal., on 25 June 1915.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Elihu
Cooper
(c.1839 - ????)
Rank: Private
Notes:
Native of St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada, born about 1839.
Military Information:
Union. His military service is complicated and somewhat
tarnished. He served in Battery D of the 2nd U.S. Artillery
regiment from 8 December 1860 until deserting on 21 August 1864.
In December 1872, he re-enlisted in the army using the false name of
"Noah Davis," serving in Company C of the 12th U.S. Infantry
regiment. On 31 December 1873, while in the service of the 12th
Infantry, Cooper surrendered to the military authorities, admitting his
desertion in 1864. He was apparently spared a court-martial,
based on a reference to an Order #142 issued by the Adjutant General's
Office in 1873, and was allowed to continue in the service until the
expiration of his term on 23 November 1876. Details of his
enlistment record are provided below.
Elihu Cooper
enlisted at Buffalo, N.Y., in Battery D, 2nd U.S. Artillery on 8
December 1860 for a 5-year term. He was listed on the roll as a
native of St. Catherine, Canada, age 21, occupation boatman. He
was described as eyes blue, hair light, complexion fair, height 5'
7-1/2". The record notes he re-enlisted as a Private at
Light House Point, Virginia, on 13 July 1864 and was discharged for
re-enlistment.
Elihu Cooper re-enlisted (2nd term) in Battery D, 2nd U.S.
Artillery Light House Point, Virginia, on 13 July 1864 for a period of
3 years. He was described as a native of St. Catherine, Canada,
age 26, occupation soldier, eyes gray, hair light, complexion fair,
height 5' 8". He was listed as having deserted the 2nd U.S.
Artillery on 21 August 1864.
Elihu Cooper enlisted in Company C, 12 U.S. Infantry under
the false name of Noah Davis on 23 December 1872 as Louisville,
Kentucky for a 5-year term. He described himself as a native of
New York City, age 26, occupation blacksmith, eyes gray, hair dark,
complexion fair, height 5' 7-1/2". The record notes the
following: "Enlistment cancelled. Surrendered Dec. 31 '73
under G.O. 142 A.G.O. '73 as Elihu Cooper a deserter from C. D 2nd
Artillery." He was discharged at Fort Yuma, Colorado, on 23
November 1876 on expiration of service with the rank of Private.
Elihu Cooper applied for, but was denied, a veteran's
pension on 8 July 1892 (application no. 1120452). Service on the
pension index card was listed as D, 2 U.S. Art. and C, 12 U.S.
Inf. The pension was probably denied due to his record of
desertion.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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2nd U.S. Artillery
Post War Service:
Company C
12th U.S. Infantry
(as Noah Davis)
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Lewis A. Craig
(c.1844 - 1884)
Rank: Landsman
Obituary from the Napa County Reporter newspaper, 11
July 1884, p.4, col. 4:
Death of Louis Craig.
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Louis Craig,
better known to the citizens of Napa as "Johnny behind the Rock," an
appellation which he gave himself, died at the Napa Hotel on Saturday
last. He had been suffering with consumption for some time, which
disease was the result of a cold contracted several months ago by
jumping in the river to save a boy from drowning. Craig served
through the late civil war in the United States Navy and acquired the
habit of drinking, which he often indulged in to excess. He was a
kind hearted, genial man, and only an enemy to himself. It is
said that he was most respectably connected, his relations being
residents of Washington, D.C. His funeral took place from the
Napa Hotel.
Notes:
Native of Washington, D.C., born circa 1844. He may be the same
person as Lewis A. Craig who appears in the 1850 census in Washington,
D.C., son of John H. and Mary E. Craig. Lewis' siblings were
Margaret Ann, William P., and John H. Craig. Lewis was noted as
being born in George Town.
Lewis Craig and his siblings Margaret, John and Edmund
were enumerated in the 1860 census in Washington, D.C., in the
household of a tinner named James Kelly. Lewis was listed as age
15, born in D.C.
Louis Craig was
enumerated in the 1880 U.S. census for Napa City. He was living
in a hotel operated by Carson Jacobsen on Third Street in Napa.
He was listed as age 36, occupation laborer, born in Washington, D.C.
(as were his parents).
Lewis A. Craig appeared in the 1880 Great Register of
Voters for Napa County. He was listed as a resident of Napa, age
36, born in the District of Columbia, occupation laborer.
He died in Napa on 5 July 1884, and was buried at Tulocay
Cemetery in
Block 82, Lot 6, on 6 July 1884.
Military Information:
Union. Reportedly served in the U.S. Navy through the Civil
War. Civil War naval service is extremely difficult to research,
but there is a trail of Navy records that matches him closely.
Details are provided below:
Lewis A. Craig,
Landsman aboard the U.S.S. Octorara,
was treated in the U.S. Naval Hospital in New Orleans for enteritis on
13 April 1864. The Octorara was
part of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron at that time. Lewis A.
Craig appears in the 4 March 1865 Rendezvous Report for Washington on
the U.S.S. Currituck (serving
since 18 March 1865).
Lewis A. Craig enlisted for Naval service at Baltimore
on 4 April 1862 for a 3-year term of general service. He was
rated as 1st C. Boy. His place of birth was noted as Washington,
D.C. He was described as age 18, occupation none, eyes hazel,
hair light, complexion fair, height 5' 6".
Lewis A. Craig re-enlisted for Naval service at
Washington, D.C., on 1 March 1865 for 3 years of general service.
He was noted as a Landsman, having served in the Navy for 2 years and 8
months. His residence was noted as Highmarket, 20th Congressional
District, place of birth Washington, D.C. He was described as age
21, occupation tin smith, eyes gray, hair dark, complexion dark, height
5' 7", noted as "per order of Department."
Lewis A. Craig enlisted in the Signal Service (predecessor
to the National Weather Service) on 14 September 1870 at Fort Whipple, Virginia. He was described as age
26, born in Washington, D.C., occupation farmer, eyes hazel, hair
brown, complexion dark, height 5' 8-1/2". He was noted as
deserted 12 March 1871. The U.S. Army Signal Service was created
in 1870 (an offshoot of the Army Signal Corps of the Civil War.
Craig would have been one of the first to enlist. Fort Whipple
(later named Fort Myer) was the official Signal Corps school.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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U.S. Navy
U.S.S. Octorara
U.S.S. Currituck
Post Civil War Service:
U.S. Army Signal Service
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Henry Crow
(c.1848 - 1904)
Rank: (Civilian Attendant to Brigadier General)
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 12
August 1904, pg. 3, col. 2):
AGED SERVANT DIES.
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Henry Crow, Faithful Servitor of General Miller for Years, Passed Away
Thursday.
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Henry Crow, an
aged negro who for many years was a faithful servant of the late
General Miller, passed away at about 6 o'clock Thursday morning at his
room in the European Hotel on East First street.
His remains were found in bed about 8:30 o'clock Thursday
morning by Conrad Benz, who had gone to see why Crow did not appear for
work at the usual hour at the Gilt Edge Saloon. Death was
probably due to heart disease and exhaustion, as there was no evidence
of his having taken any overdose of medicine or drug.
Crow was about 66 years of age. He found employment
with General Miller at an early age, and went with him through the
Civil War. He assisted the General from the battlefield and
attended to his injuries when General Miller was wounded. He came
to California and Napa valley with the General about 1869, 35 years ago.
Mr. Crow was employed on the Miller place up to about ten
years ago, when he came to Napa and has lived here since that
time. He has a cousin in Woodland, but no other relatives in this
vicinity.
Crow was last seen alive about 9:30 o'clock Wednesday
evening at the Gilt Edge, as he was about to go to his room, and seemed
to be then in his usual health.
The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock
from Kyser's undertaking parlors.
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An inquest on the remains was held 7:30 o'clock Thursday
evening by Coroner R. M. Kyser at Kyser's undertaking parlors.
Testimony was given by E. J. Smith, C. D. Newton, B. Errington, Frank
Mogford and Coroner Kyser in regard to the circumstances of the death
of Crow. It went to show that death was probably due to heart
failure, as deceased had complained on Monday of pains in his side, and
of difficulty of breathing when he would lie down. The jury
rendered a verdict that Crow was a native of Missouri, aged 66 years;
that he came to his death from natural causes.
Notes:
Native of Missouri, born about 1848. He was a employee of the
John Franklin Miller family for most of his life.
General Miller moved to Napa shortly after the Civil War, and over a
period of
years acquired several tracts of the old Rancho Yajome north of
Napa. Henry Crow was a caretaker on General Miller's estate,
known as La Vergne (named for
the Civil War battle in Tennessee in which Miller fought). The
centerpiece of the estate was the mansion, built in the 1870's, that is
now the clubhouse of Silverado Resort.
Although John F.
Miller is listed in Napa Township, Napa County, in the 1870 census,
Crow and the other employees of the General are not.
Henry Crow was
enumerated in the 1880 census in East Napa Township, Napa County, as a
hired man under the household of John F. Miller. He was listed as
single, age 30, black, born in Missouri, parents born in U.S.,
occupation coachman.
He died in Napa on 11
August 1904, and was buried at Tulocay Cemetery on 13 August 1904 in
Block 95, Lot 12, Grave #5. (Plot page 291).
Military Information:
Union (civilian aide to General John Franklin Miller). His
obituary notes that he "went with" the General through the Civil
War. General Miller served as a Colonel in the 29th Indiana
Infantry from August 1861 until January 1864, followed by service as a
Brigadier General in the U.S. Volunteers until he resigned in September
1865. Henry Crow was presumably with him through the entire
war. The General was wounded in the neck at the Battle of Stones
River (December 1862) and was again wounded -- losing an eye -- in June
1863 at Liberty Gap, Tennessee. Henry Crow's obituary notes that
he assisted the General from the battlefield and attended to his
injuries during the war.
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Attendant to Brigadier Gen. John F. Miller
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Martin
Cletner Cubbler
(1842 - 1927)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily
Journal newspaper, 21 December 1927, pg. 1, col.):
Civil War Hero
Passes
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Martin C. Clenter [sic], of the Veterans Home, well known Civil War
veteran, passed away Monday evening at the home.
Deceased is
survived by a daughter in Redwood City. Funeral arrangements are
being made under the direction of Webber Parlors.
Funeral Notice (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 23 December 1927, pg. 1,
col. 1):
Funeral Services
Held for Civil War Veterans
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Funeral services were held yesterday morning for the late Martin C.
Cubbler, Civil War veteran, who passed away at the Veterans Home early
this week. The Webber Funeral Company was in charge of the
arrangements. The services of the Christian Science Church were read
by Mrs. F. W. Neave. Interment was in Tulocay Cemetery.
Notes:
Native of Pennsylvania. According to a various published
ancestries
(Ancestry.com), he was born in Philadelphia on 11 August 1842. He
was
living in Philadelphia in 1870, and married Mary Ann Logue (1858-1887)
in that city on 5 October 1876. By 1887, he had moved to Northern
California, working as a carpenter in Tehama and Humboldt
Counties. His
wife died in Tehama County on 2 May 1887. At various times in his
life
he used Cletner (Kletner) and Cubbler as his surname.
"Martin Cletner"
appears in the
1888 Great Register of Voters in Tehama County, CA, listed as a native
of Pennsylvania, age 46, occupation carpenter, residence Hunters.
He
appears in the 1892 Great Register for Humboldt County as "Martin
Cletner Cubbler," age 46, height 5' 6", complexion dark, eyes blue,
hair brown, native of Pennsylvania, occupation carpenter, residence
Table Bluff.
Martin C. Cubbler was enumerated in the 1920 U.S. census
at the
Veterans Home in Yountville. He was listed as widowed, age 74,
born in
Pennsylvania, father born in Germany, mother born in Massachusetts (?),
occupation inmate.
Martin C. Cletner died in Napa County on 19 December
1927 at the
age of 84 (source: CDI). His pension card notes that he
died at the
Veterans Home in Yountville.
Military Information:
Union. Martin Cubbler (aka, Martin Cletner) enlisted 23 July
1862, and
was mustered into Wrigley's Independent Company, Pennsylvania Engineers
on (presumably) 9 August 1862. His residence at the time of
enlistment was
Philadelphia. He was noted as having deserted on 24 November
1862. He
reportedly served under Capt. S. C. Smith.
"Martin Cletner" enlisted on 5 January 1864, and was
mustered as a
Private into Company C of the 3rd New Jersey Cavalry regiment on 22
January 1864. He was mustered out at Washington, D.C. on 1 August
1865.
Martin C. Cletner (alias Martin C. Cubbler) applied for
and received
a veteran's disability pension in Pennsylvania on 8 January 1880
(application no. 335273), cert. no. 272168). Service on the
pension
index card is listed as Co. C, 3 N.J. Cav. and Indpt. Co. Pa. Inf.
(Capt. Smith's Acting Engrs.). The death index card notes that
he
died 19 December 1927 at the Veterans Home. The card also notes
that
he enlisted in this company on 23 July 1862 and deserted.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery, surname spelled Clitner.
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Wrigley's Independent
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Company C
3rd New Jersey Cavalry
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Mortimer Timothy Cummings
(c.1836 - 1916)
Rank: Sergeant
Obituary:
[the Napa Daily Journal
newspaper is missing issues for December 1916]
Notes: Native
of Tyngsborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Online
genealogies (Ancestry.com) list him as being born 10 September 1836 in
Tyngsborough, son of John Gilman Cummings and Fidelia Parker.
M. Cummings was
enumerated in the 1910 U.S. census as an inmate at Napa State Hospital,
Napa. He was listed as age 72, occupation laborer, marital status
unknown, place of birth not known.
Mortimer Timothy
Cummings appears in the Great Register of Voters in Santa Clara County,
CA, in 1871, described as age 33, native of New Hampshire, occupation
laborer, living in the City of San Jose. He appears in the Great
Register for Colusa County in 1874 as Mortimer M. Cummings, age 36,
native of New Hampshire, occupation laborer, noted as "by certificate
from Yolo County." He appears in the Great Register for Yolo
County for 1875, described as age 38, native of Massachusetts
occupation laborer living in the town of Washington; in 1879, described
as age 41, native of New Hampshire, laborer, living in Woodland; in
1892, described as age 54, height 5' 8", complexion dark, eyes blue,
hair dark, occupation laborer, native of New Hampshire, residence North
Washington Precinct (Sacramento P.O.), scar noted on left eye and right
cheek.
The CDI
notes that Mortimer Cummings died in Napa County on 28 December 1916,
at the age of 78. His headstone confirms the date of death as 28
December 1916,
and notes that he was a "Civil War Veteran."
Cummings is a 3rd cousin 5x removed to the author of this
web page, the common ancestors being Shebuel Hobart and Martha Prescott
(Cummings' maternal line).
Military Information:
Union. Mortimer T. Cummings enlisted on 1 October 1861, and was
mustered as a Wagoner into Company B of the 7th New Hampshire Infantry
regiment on the same date. He was 25 years of age at the time of
enlistment, residence and native of Tyngsborough, Massachusetts.
He was promoted to Corporal on 8 July 1864 and Sergeant at an
unspecified date. He was mustered out on 27 December 1864.
Mortimer T.
Cummings applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in
California on 8
September 1897 (application no. 1197603, cert. no. 1004808). His
service on the pension death index card was noted as Sgt., Co. B, 7
N.H. Inf. The card notes that he died in Oakland, Cal., on 28
December 1916.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Robert E. Curran
(c.1846 - 1899)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa
Daily
Journal newspaper, 7 December 1899, pg. 3, col. 2):
Death
of R. E.
Curran.
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Robert
E. Curran, the well known dyer of the Napa Woolen
Mills,
died Wednesday morning from uremia, after a week's painful illness.
Deceased was a native of
Rhode Island and 53 years of age. He
leaves a widow and six children. The
latter are Robert Curran, Mrs. Sarah
Christianson and Lillie, John, Gertie and Fred Curran.
The funeral will be held this
afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the
Catholic Church.
Notes:
Native of Rhode Island, born about 1846.
Robert E. Curran
appeared in the 1896 Great Register of Voters for Napa County in Napa,
listed as age 49, born in Rhode Island, occupation dyer, height 5' 11",
complexion dark, eyes gray, hair dark. He appeared in the 1894
Great Register living in the 4th Ward of Napa City, age 47,
occupation dyer, height 5' 11", complexion dark, eyes gray, hair dark,
scar on first finger right hand, native of Rhode Island.
His widow, Mary
Ann Curran, was enumerated in the 1900 U.S. census at 609 Coombs Street
in Napa. She was listed as born June 1852 in Rhode Island, mother
of 11 children, 6 living. Her children in the household were
Robert J. (b. March 1876 in PA), Mary L. (b. August 1880 in PA), John
J. (b. June 1883 in PA), Gertrude C. (b. October 1885 in CA), and
Frederick F (b. September 1887 in CA). All of the children with
the exception of Robert were weavers in the Napa Woolen Mills.
Robert James Curran was in the military, and apparently killed in the
Spanish American War before 1 July 1901.
He died in Napa on
9 December 1899, and was buried on 7 December at Tulocay Cemetery in
Block
113, lot 17, 2nd grave from south.
Military Information:
Service information not known. A Robert E. Curran served as a
Private in Company H of the 9th Rhode Island Infantry, but it is
unclear if this is the same individual.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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James
Edwin Deakin
(1838 - 1908)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa
Daily
Journal newspaper, 16 June 1908, pg. 3, col. 2):
DEATH RESULTED.
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Fall From Cherry Tree Proved Fatal to Jas. E. Deakin.
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James E. Deakin,
the well known local carpenter, who fell from a cherry tree in the
Musgrave orchard near Yountville on Friday last, and sustained a broken
leg, died from his injuries at an early hour Monday morning.
In falling Mr. Deakin struck on his head, and on Friday
evening a blood vessel in his brain bursted. From that time he
sank rapidly to the end.
Deceased was a veteran of the Civil War, a native of
Illinois, aged 69 years.
For fifteen years he was a respected citizen of Napa.
In addition to the widow five daughters survive him, as
follows: Mrs. Wm. Means of this city; Mrs. Frank Rutherford of
Arieta, Oregon; Mrs. George F. Russell, of Chico; Mrs. E. C. Stockton
of Arieta, Oregon, and Mrs. L. R. Howard of Lakeport.
A brother, W. W. Deakin of Vacaville, and a sister, Mrs.
S. E. Drafer of Des Moines, Iowa, are also left to mourn his demise.
The funeral will occur from his late home on A street at
1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Funeral Notice (Napa
Daily
Journal newspaper, 18 June 1908, pg. 3, col. 2):
FUNERAL OF J. E. DEAKIN.
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The funeral of the
late J. E. Deakin was held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the
family residence on A street. Rev. O. E. Palmer of the Christian
Church officiated, and Julia Dent Grant Circle, of which deceased was a
member, assisted in the services.
A quartet composed of Chas. Welti, E. S. Gridley, D. S.
Kyser and F. O. Mower sang appropriate selections.
At the grave the officers of Kit Carson Post, G.A.R., paid
tribute to the memory of their late comrade.
The pallbearers were E. H. King, J. D. Smith, G. W.
Strohl, E. C. Weber, I. G. Herron and G. M. Francis.
Notes:
Native of Illinois. According to the Hunter/McCutcheon tree on
Ancestry.com, he was born on 24 September 1838, the son of John Q.
Deakin and Sarah Shearer. He married Vianna M. Hartman on 19
November 1862. Brother of William Wallace Deakin (see listing
below).
James Deakin was
enumerated in the 1880 U.S. census in Des Moines, Iowa. He was
listed as married, age 41, born in Illinois, occupation farmer.
His household included his wife Viana M. (age 38, b. in MO), daughters
Anne L. (age 16), Ella L. (age 14), Mary L. (age 11), Margie M. (age 4)
and Edna (age 1). All of the children were born in Iowa.
He was described
in the 1896 Great Register of Voters in
Napa as follows: Occupation attendant, age 58, height 5' 6-1/2",
complexion light, eyes hazel, hair gray, "1st finger left hand off 1st
joint," native of Illinois. James E. Deakin appears in the 1894
Great Register living in the 5th Ward of Napa City, described as age
55, occupation carpenter, native of Illinois, height 5' 7'1/4",
complexion fair, eyes hazel, hair gray, "index finger on left hand off
at 1st joint."
James E. Deakin
died from injuries sustained in a fall in Napa County on 15 June 1908
at the
age of 69. He was buried in Tulocay Cemetery on 17 June 1908.
His military
headstone is inscribed as follows: "J. E. DEAKIN | CO. E | 14 IA.
INF. | 1838 -
1908." His wife, Vianna M. (1844 - 1917) is buried next to him.
Military Information:
Union. "James E. Denkin" enlisted on 28 September 1861, and was
mustered as a Private into Company E of the 14th Iowa Infantry regiment
on 2 November 1861. He was described at the time of enlistment as
age 23, native of Illinois, resident of Vandalia, Iowa. On 6
April 1862, he was listed as missing at Shiloh, Tennessee. He was
discharged for disability at St. Louis, Missouri, on 27 March
1863. His brother, William Wallace Deakin (in later years a
resident of Vacaville), served in the same unit.
James E. Deakin
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 14 June1880
(application no. 375640, cert. no. 269684). His wife, Vianna M.
Deakin, applied for
a widow's benefit on 6 August 1908 (application no. 902001, cert. no.
670019). Service on the pension index card is noted as "E 14 Iowa
Inf." The pension death index card notes that he died 15 June
1908.
He was a charter officer in Napa Post, No. 192, G.A.R.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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William
Wallace Deakin
(1838 - 1928)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper,
7 March
1928, pg. 1, col. 6):
DEATH
CLAIMS FORMER
NAPA RESIDENT
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W. W.
Deakin Succumbs
in Vacaville; Firing Squad From Local Militia Company Will Fire Parting
Salute
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Word
was
received in Napa yesterday of the sudden death of W. W. Deakin, a
former
prominent resident of Napa, in Vacaville.
Mr. Deakin passed away Monday
of pneumonia, after an
illness[s]
of a few days' duration which started with an attack of influenza.
Deceased was a native of
Kentucky. He
came to California in 1870 and lived in Napa until about 30
years ago, when he moved to Vacaville.
He was a veteran of the Civil
War and a member of the old
Kit
Carson Post. G.A.R., of Napa. He had
reached the age of 89 years.
Mr. Deakin is survived by
four sons: Harry,
Frank and Fred Deakin of Vacaville, and E. B. Deakin of
Visalia.
The remains will be brought
to Napa for interment this
forenoon,
following funeral services in Vacaville. A
firing squad of 16 men from Company L will fire a
parting
salute.
Deceased was a lifelong and
active member of the Baptist
Church.
Notes:
Native of Illinois, born September 1838. Brother of James Edwin
Deakin (see listing above).
W. W. Deakin was
enumerated in the 1900 census in Vacaville Township, Solano County, as
head of a household of six individuals in a rented house. He was
listed as married (8 years), age 61, born September 1838 in Illinois,
mother born in Ohio, father born in Kentucky, occupation
carpenter. His household included his wife Jennie (born October
1840, mother of 4 children all living), son H. C. Deakin Jr. (born
April 1872), son Esli B. (born July 1876), W. F. (born June 1882), and
son Fred E. (born December 1887).
William Deakin
died on 5 March 1928
in Vacaville, Solano County, and was buried in Block 63 of Tulocay
Cemetery on 7 March 1928. His headstone inscription reads "W. W.
DEAKIN | 1838 -
1928 | G.A.R. | Co. E, 14TH. IOWA INF. |
OUR FATHER"
Military Information:
Union. He enlisted on 28 September 1861 and was mustered as a
Private into Company E of the 14th Iowa Infantry on 1 November 1861
(recorded as William W. Denkins). His residence at the time of
enlistment was Vandalia. His was described as age 23, native of
Illinois. He was mustered out at Davenport, Iowa, on 16 November
1864. He enlisted with his brother, James Edwin Deakin, on the
same date and served in the same Company with him during the Civil War.
William W. Deakin applied for and received a veteran's
disability pension on 14 May 1883 (application no. 483494, cert. no.
976316). His service on the pension death index card was noted as
Pvt., Co. E, 14 Iowa Inf. The card also notes that he died 5
March 1928.
He appears in the
1886 register for the Department of California,
G.A.R., as a member of Kit Carson Post, No. 74, in Napa. His
qualifying
service was noted as Co. E, 14th Iowa Infantry.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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John
de Maine
(???? - 1914)
Rank:
Obituary:
[the Napa Daily Journal
newspaper is missing issues for the period when his obituary would have
appeared]
Notes:
Buried in the G.A.R. Plot (Lot 28, Block 82),
Tulocay Cemetery, Napa.
Military Information:
G.A.R. member. Details of military service not known.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery. Remarks: 21 May 1914,
Block 82, lot 28, 28 ng.
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Thomas
Derry
(1832 - 1913)
Rank: Colonel
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 23 November 1913, pg.
5, col. 2):
THOS. DERRY HAS PASSED
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Aged Pioneer of Napa Died at Los Angeles on Friday Night.
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County Assessor
Robert Corlett on Saturday morning received word from Los Angeles that
Thomas Derry, Mrs. Corlett's father, had passed away on Friday night.
Mr. Derry was one of the pioneer citizens of Napa, having
come here in 1872. He was a man much esteemed by all who knew him.
He was Superintendent of Tulocay Cemetery for 20 years,
and was City Councilman in Napa for eight years.
In 1903, being much afflicted with sciatic rheumatism, he
moved to Los Angeles for the benefit of his health. He was
connected in an official capacity for the past ten years with the
Soldiers' Home at Sawtelle.
He was a veteran of the Civil War, at the close of which
he was retired with the rank of Colonel.
He was a member of Kit Carson Post, G.A.R., of Napa, also
of Yount Lodge No. 12, F. & A.M., Napa.
Mr. Derry was born in London, England, and was 81 years of
age.
His wife and children were all at his bedside when he
passed out of this life.
Besides his wife, there survive him five children -- Mrs.
Robt. Corlett of Napa, Mrs. Chas. F. Fishback of Chicago, the Misses
Abbie and Queenie Derry of San Francisco, and Thomas D. Derry of
Seattle.
The funeral will take place at Kyser's undertaking parlors
on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, under the auspices of Yount Lodge of
Masons.
Notes: Native
of Lincolnshire, England, born December 1832. He was the son of
Robert Derry and Anne Maria Duthie (source Ancestry.com public member
trees). His wife was Susanah Frances Woodward, whom he reportedly
married about 1860.
Thomas Derry was
first admitted to the National Soldiers' Home at Sawtelle (Los Angeles)
on 29 November 1899, reportedly disabled due to catarrh contracted in
Arkansas in 1864. At the time of admission, he was listed as age
68, height 6' 1 1/2", complexion light, residence Los Angeles,
occupation carpenter, nearest relative his wife Susana Frances Derry of
Napa.
Thomas Derry was enumerated in the 1900 U.S. census in
Napa City, Napa County, living in his own house on Coombs Street.
He was listed as married (39 years), age 67, born December 1832 in
England, parents both born in England, immigrated 1856, in America 43
years, naturalized, occupation superintendent of cemetery. His
household his wife Susanah (born October 1841 in England, mother of 8
children 5 living), daughter A. M. (born January 1869 in CA), and
daughter Q. Z. (born May 1880 in CA). His son-in-law, Robert
Corlett was head of household in an adjacent house.
Thomas Derry was enumerated in the 1910 census at Malibu,
Los Angeles County,
California, at the Pacific Branch of the National Home for Disabled
Volunteer Soldiers. He was listed as a non-commissioned officer
(rather than an inmate), married (1st marriage, 50 years), age 77, born
in England, parents both born in England, immigrated 1856, naturalized,
occupation 1st Guard Sergeant at the Guard House, Union Army veteran.
Thomas Derry died
due to carcinoma of the liver at the National
Soldiers' Home at Sawtelle on 22 November 1913 at
the age of 81). The remains were shipped to Napa, where he was
buried at Tulocay Cemetery on 24 November 1913.
Military Information:
Union. Thomas Derry enlisted at Madison, Wisconsin, on 14
November 1861, and was commissioned Captain of Company L of the 3rd
Wisconsin Cavalry regiment on the same date. His residence at the
time of enlistment was Middleton, Wisconsin. He was promoted to
Major at Van Buren, Arkansas, on 22 January 1864 and transferred to
Field & Staff of the 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry. He was promoted
to Colonel of the same regiment at Duvall's Bluff, Arkansas, on 9 March
1865. He was discharged at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on 8
September 1865 on expiration of his term of service.
Thomas Derry applied for
and received a veteran's disability pension on 21 September 1892
(application no. 1131707, cert. no. 1028762). His wife applied
for a widow's benefit on 9 December 1913 (application no. 1018602,
cert. no. 784637). His service on the pension death index card
was noted as Co. L, 3 Wis. Cav. He also saw service as Col., 3
Wis. Cav. It was also noted on the card that he died at the Nat.
Sold. Home, Cal., on 22 November 1913.
He appears in the
1886 register for the Department of California,
G.A.R., as a member of Kit Carson Post, No. 74, in Napa. His
qualifying
service was noted as 3rd Wisconsin Infantry (which is in error).
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Field & Staff
3rd Wisconsin Cavalry
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Didier
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
He died before November 1900.
Military Information:
Union. Co. F, 43rd Illinois Infantry.
John Didier
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 21 June 1867
(application no. 126782, cert. no. 92446). His wife, Pauline
Didier, applied for a widow's benefit in California on 27 November 1900
(application no. 781269, cert. no. 569173). His service on the
pension death index card was noted as Co. F, 43 Ills. Inf.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Asa John Dimock
(1831 - ????)
Rank: Private
Notes:
Native of Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, born 19 May 1831. His
parents were Benjamin Jenkins Dimock and Betsey Murray (source: Sloan
Twigs and Branches family tree on Ancestry.com).
Asa J. Dimock was
enumerated in the 1900 census in Coombsville Precinct, Napa, Napa
County, California, living as a boarder in the household of Alonzo
Fulton. Dimock was listed as single, age 69, born May 1831 in
Pennsylvania, parents both born in Vermont, occupation farm laborer.
He appears
in the 1900 voter list in Napa County, but not in 1902. He was reportedly
buried at Tulocay Cemetery on 3 December 1900.
Military Information:
Union. Asa J. Dimock enlisted at San Francisco on 17 January 1865, and was
mustered as a Private into Co. F of the 8th California Infantry on the
same day. He was mustered out at Fort Point (San Francisco) on 24
October 1865.
"Asa Dimrock" applied
for and received a veteran's disability pension in California on 25
July 1890 (application no. 876315, cert. no. 761817). Service on
the pension index card was listed as "F 8 Cal. Inf."
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Michael
Donahue
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
He is not listed in the CDI 1905 to 1929.
Military Information:
Union. Co. I, 2nd California Infantry.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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George
W. Doughty
(???? - 1909)
Rank: Private
Notes:
George W. Doughty
was enumerated in the 1900 census in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, California, living in his own house. He was listed as
married (34 years), age 61, born July 1838 in Maine, parents both born
in Maine, occupation carpenter. His household included his wife
Lucia C. (born May 1842 in ME), daughter Grace E. (born February 1872
in ME), son Frank (born October 1878 in ME), and mother-in-law Sarah
Jordan (born March 1820 in ME).
George W. Doughty died in Santa Clara County on 12
December 1909 at the age of 71 (source: CDI).
Military Information:
Union. He enlisted on 18 August 1862, and was mustered as a
Private into Company E of the 17th Maine Infantry on the same
date. He was described at the time of enlistment as age 24,
residence Camp Elizabeth, Maine. He was listed as hospitalized
at Leesburg, Virginia, at an unstated date in 1862, and wounded at
Orange Grove, Virginia, on 27 November 1863. He was mustered out
at Washington, D.C., on 4 June 1865.
George W. Doughty
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in Maine on 17
August 1881 (application no. 427770, cert. no. 292192). His wife,
Lucia E. Doughty, applied for a widow's benefit in California on 10
February 1910 (application no. 935773, cert. no. 701564). Service
on the pension death index card was noted as Co. E, 17 Maine Inf.
It was also noted that he died 12 December 1909.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Leonard
Franklin Dozier
(1836 - 1917)
Rank:
Biography in Memorial and Biographical History of
California published in 1891:
DR. LEONARD F. DOZIER, first
assistant physician of the Napa State Asylum for the Insane, has been a
resident of California for the past twenty years, during fourteen of
which he has held his present position. Born in Williamsburg
County, South Carolina, on his father's plantation, on the Great Pedee
River, he received his primary education under private teachers at
home,
and graduated in 1856, at the South Carolina Military Academy at
Charleston. Graduating at the Oglethorpe Medical College at
Savannah, Georgia, in 1859, he practiced medicine in that city for one
year, meanwhile occupying the chair of Materia Medica in the
college. He then removed to Burke County, Georgia, where he
continued in the practice of his profession until he entered the
Confederate service as a private soldier in May, 1862. After
serving in that capacity for a few months, he was appointed to the
Adjutancy of the Twenty-first Regiment of South Carolina Infantry,
C.S.A. He served as Adjutant of his regiment until after the
siege of Battery Wagner, on Morris Island, Charleston Harbor, which
was, at first, garrisoned exclusively by his regiment. In
resisting the landing of the enemy, during the first day of attack, he
was seriously wounded in the right chest. Being confined through
the long siege of sixty days, in the fort of Battery Wagner, his wound
developed a very severe case of pneumonia. His health remained so
much impaired that the surgeon advised his giving up the active
exposure of the line for a position in the medical service, and he
secured an appointment as surgeon, and was ordered to General
Longstreet's command. He joined Longstreet at Knoxville, and was
with his corps during all his campaigns in Virginia from May, 1864, to
the surrender at Appomattox in April, 1865. Immediately after the
surrender he returned to his native place, but a short residence there
under the changed conditions of the country determined him to emigrate
to California, where he arrived in march, 1868. He commenced
practice in Rio Vista, on the banks of the Sacramento River, in Solano
County, where he developed a good practice and established a drug
store, both of which he carried on successfully for seven years.
In April, 1865 [sic], he removed to Napa, and was soon afterward
appointed to the position he now holds.
He was married in may, 1859, to Miss Agness Bona, of New
Orleans. They had five children, two of whom survive; Dr. W. E.
Dozier, of Susanville, Lassen County, and Thomas B. Dozier, of the firm
of Wiley & Dozier, attorneys at law, Redding, California. She
died soon after their arrival in California. In 1874 he married
Miss Mary Dudley, a native of Marlborough County, South Carolina.
They have had three children, of whom only one is now living, John
Dudley Dozier, now attending the Oak Mound School in Napa. Dr.
Dozier is a member of the Masonic Order, Rio Vista Lodge, and of the
California State Medical Society.
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 10
March 1917, pg. 5, col. 2):
DR. DOZIER IS DEAD
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PASSED AWAY FRIDAY AT THE HOME OF HIS SON IN SAN FRANCISCO.
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Was Identified With Staff of Napa State Hospital When It Was First
Completed and Filled Position Many Years.
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News reached Napa,
Friday, of the death of Dr. Leonard Frank Dozier, at the home of his
son, Thomas B. Dozier, in San Francisco at 3 o'clock p.m. Friday.
He had been failing for some time, but his demise was primarily the
result of the infirmities of his advanced years.
He was born in South Carolina and was 86 years old the
13th of last September. He came to California when a young
man. He became associated with the medical staff of the Napa
State Hospital immediately after its completion in the early '70's, and
there remained until about 16 years ago, when he removed to Anderson,
Shasta county. Of late, he has made his home alternately with his
sons in Haywards, Cal., and San Francisco.
Dr. Dozier formed a large circle of friends during his
residence in Napa, to whom his genial traits and sterling character
endeared him greatly.
His wife passed away a number of years ago, and was also
highly thought of here. His surviving children are Attorney
Thomas B. Dozier of San Francisco, Dr. Irwin Dozier of Susanville,
Cal., and Dudley Dozier of Haywards. There are also several
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at Cypress Lawn
Cemetery, San Francisco, at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon.
Notes:
Native of Williamsburg County, South Carolina, born 13 September 1830.
Leonard F. Dozier
died in San Francisco on 9 March 1917 at the age of 80 (source:
CDI). A family marker in Tulocay Cemetery (near the intersection
of
Circle Drive
and Acacia Lane) memorializes Leonard and his wife Mary Dudley Dozier
(1837-1903), however, Leonard's obituary indicates he may have been
buried at Cypress Lawn Cemetery in Colma. If this is the case,
then the monument is a cenotaph.
Military Information:
Confederate.
Information from Lou Olker's files.
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Henry
W. Duffy
(1836 - 1889)
Rank: Private
Notes: He was
noted in the Board of Supervisors' minutes of 5 July 1889 as having
been an indigent veteran. He was buried by Napa's Kit Carson
Post, No. 74, and the expense was billed to Napa County. In the
Board minutes it was noted that he was "a resident of Lake County, died
at the insane asylum."
He is buried
in the G.A.R. Plot (Lot 26, Block 82),
Tulocay Cemetery, Napa. His military headstone identifies him as
"H. W. DUFFY | CO B | 7 CALIF INF | 1836 - 1889".
Military Information:
Union. Henry W. Duffy enlisted at Marysville, CA, on 19 October 1864, and
was mustered as a Private into Co. B of the 7th California Infantry on 31
October 1864. He was discharged at the San Francisco Presidio on 26
April 1866.
Henry W. Duffy's
wife applied for and received a veteran widow's pension benefit on 28
November 1891 (application no. 533838, cert. no. 447793). Service
on the pension death index card was noted as Co. B, 7 Cal. Inf.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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John
B. Duffy
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
Military Information:
Union. Battery M, 1st New Hampshire Heavy
Artillery.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Dennis
Dunn
(c1839 - 1908)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 25 March
1908, pg. 2, col. 3):
FOUND
DEAD.
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Aged
Dennis Dunn
Passed Away Alone In His Hovel Home.
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Dennis
Dunn,
and aged laborer, who had resided in this city for many years, was
found dead
in his shanty home on Green street, between Vallejo and Jackson, near
the Fruit
Dryer, by Officer Charles F. Otterson about 7 o'clock Tuesday evening.
Several other men who occupy
another part of the shanty
became
alarmed, as they had not seen or heard anything of Dunn since early
Tuesday
morning. They summoned Officer Otterson,
who found all the doors bolted. After
calling loudly for several minutes, and receiving no response, the
officer
broke in a door and found the aged man lying on the floor cold in
death.
Coroner C. C. Treadway was at
once notified, and the
remains
removed to D. C. Treadway & Co's undertaking parlors.
The old fellow had been a
somewhat familiar character in
this
city for years, by reason of his filthy appearance and miserly habits.
Indications point to death
from heart disease, and from
the
position of the body when found, it would seem that he was seated in a
chair in
the middle of the floor when the inevitable overtook him.
He was an old soldier, having
served through the Civil War
as a
private in Troop D, Fifth Regiment of the United States Cavalry. He received a pension of $30 a quarter.
His home was nothing short of
a hovel.
Deceased was a native of
Ireland, aged about 70 years.
He owned several large lots
in the vicinity of where he
lived,
and is reported to have been well-to-do. As
far as known he has no living relatives, although it
was
reported on
Tuesday evening that a daughter resided in San Francisco.
Coroner Treadway will hold an
inquest to-day (Wednesday). An autopsy
will
also be performed by Dr. R.
F. Taylor.
Estate Notice (Napa
Daily
Journal newspaper, 27 March 1908, pg. 3, col. 2):
DENNIS
DUNN'S
ESTATE.
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Through
his attorney, Charles E. Trower, Public
Administrator C.
C. Treadway on Thursday petitioned the Superior Court for letters of
administration upon the estate of Dennis Dunn, who was found dead in
his shanty
home on Green street, on Wednesday evening. The
estate consists of real estate in this city of a value
of
$1000.
The only known heir at law is
a sister in Maryland, whose
name is
unknown.
Notes:
Native of Queens County, Ireland, born circa 1839.
Dennis Dunn died in his shanty in Napa on 24 March 1908 at
the
age of 70 (source: CDI), and was buried at Tulocay Cemetery.
Military Information:
Union. He was a Regular Army man in the service prior to the
outbreak of the Civil War. He enlisted on 23 August 1860 at
Baltimore, Maryland, and was mustered as a Private into Company D of
the 2nd U.S. Cavalry on the same date. By order of the President, the
2nd U.S. Cavalry was reorganized into the 5th U.S. Cavalry on 3 August
1861. At the time of enlistment, Dunn was described as age 21,
native of Queens County, Ireland, eyes hazel, hair brown, complexion
ruddy, height 5' 7 1/4", occupation laborer. On expiration of his
term of service on 1 July 1864 he re-enlisted at City Point,
Virginia. His age at the time of re-enlistment was 25, occupation
noted as soldier. He was discharged on expiration of his
second term at Jackson, Mississippi, as a Private on 1 July 1867.
Dennis Dunn applied for and received a veteran's
disability pension on 30 November 1881 (application no. 434353, cert.
no. 873311). Service on the pension death index card was noted as
Co. D, 5 U.S. Cav.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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5th U.S. Cavalry
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Dunton
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
He is not listed in the CDI 1905 to 1929.
Military Information:
Union. Co. D, 2nd California Infantry.
Ebenezer Dunton
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 29 September
1890 (application no. 871359, cert. no. 901898). Service on the
pension death index card was noted as Co. D, 2 Cal. Inf.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Thomas
J. Dwyer
(1839 - 1920)
Rank: Private
Obituary (The Press
Democrat newspaper, 3 March 1920, pg. 1, col. 3, copy courtesy
Ray
Owen):
CRIMEAN WAR VETERAN DIES IN THE
BERRYESSA
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NAPA, March 2 ---
T. J. Dwyer, 81, a resident of Berryessa Valley section for fifty years
and well known in this city, died on his ranch last night.
Dwyer was born in Ireland and came to this country in his
early youth. With the outbreak of the Crimean War he enlisted in
the British Navy and served through the campaign. He was a member
of the crew of the ship which laid the first Atlantic cable. The
outbreak of the Civil War found Dwyer living in Mobile, Alabama.
He went north and enlisted in the Union Navy, and after serving three
years on the water joined an infantry regiment.
After the war Dwyer returned to Ireland to wed Annie
Kelly, a sweetheart of his youth, and the couple made their home in
this community.
The deceased is survived by a son, Phillip Dwyer of
Stockton; two daughters, Mrs. Annie Coakley and Mrs. Carrie Prue, and
one grandson, Wilbur Dwyer of Napa. He also leaves one
brother-in-law, Thomas Kelly of Vallejo.
Notes:
Native of Ireland, born March 1839.
Thomas J. Dwyer
was enumerated in the 1900 U.S. census in Knox Township, Napa County,
California, living on his own farm in the Berryessa Valley area.
He was listed as married (28 years), age 61, born March 1839 in
Ireland, parents both born in Ireland, immigrated 1857, in America 42
years, naturalized, occupation farmer. His household included his
wife Ann (born May 1840 in Ireland, mother of 3 children all living),
daughter Annie (born February 1875 in California), daughter Caroline
(born June 1877 in California), and brother-in-law Thomas Kelly (born
May 1861 in Ireland).
Thomas J. Dwyer
died in Berryessa Valley (near Monticello) on 1 March 1920 at the age
of 80, and was buried in Tulocay Cemetery. His family marker
(shared with his wife Anne), lies in Block 118 of Tulocay
Cemetery. It notes that he "Served in Army & Navy 1861 -
1865" and was a member of the G.A.R.
Military Information:
Union. He saw three years of Navy service at the beginning of the
war, then enlisted as infantry. Thomas "Droyer" enlisted on 10
April 1865, and was mustered as a Private into Company B of the 2nd New
Jersey Infantry regiment on the same date. He was later
transferred to Company C of the same regiment. He was mustered
out at Hall's Hill, Virginia, on 11 July 1865.
Thomas J. Dwyer
(alias, Thomas J. Duyer) applied for and received a veteran's
disability pension on 3 May 1892 (application no. 1109256, cert. no.
1035899). Service on the pension death index card was noted as
Co. C, 2 N.J. Inf., enlisted 10 April 1865, discharged 11 July
1865. It was noted that he also saw service in the Navy:
"North Carolina," "Queen City," "Quaker City," "Wabash," and "New
Ironsides." A remark notes that the case was transferred to the
Navy files - I.O. 34868. The card further notes that Dwyer died
in Napa, Cal., on 2 March 1920.
He appears in the
1886 register for the Department of California,
G.A.R., as a member of Kit Carson Post, No. 74, in Napa. His
qualifying
service was noted as Co. C, 2nd New Jersey Infantry.
Residence: Monticello.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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USS North
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USS Queen City
USS Quaker City
USS Wabash
USS New Ironsides
Union Navy
Company C
2nd New Jersey Veteran Infantry
Also saw naval service in the Crimean War (1853 - 1856) prior to
emigrating to America.
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Charles Frederick
Eaton
(1835 - 1915)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 4
November 1915, pg. 5, col. 2):
DEATH CALLS AGED CITIZEN
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C. F. EATON ANSWERS FINAL SUMMONS ON FRIDAY FORENOON.
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Came to Napa Forty-Seven Years Ago, After Varied Experience in Mining
Camps and in Civil War.
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Charles Frederick
Eaton, a widely known and esteemed citizen of Napa for forty-seven
years, passed away at the family residence in the southern part of
town, at 9:50 o'clock Friday forenoon.
Two weeks ago last Monday Mr. Eaton was stricken with
paralysis, while visiting the Exposition at San Francisco. Since
then he has been confined to his home, gradually growing weaker day by
day. At 2 o'clock Friday morning he took a sudden turn for the
worse, and failed rapidly until he passed out of this life. Mr.
Eaton's wife preceded him to the other world Dec. 17, 1914.
Deceased was born in Quebec, Canada, and would have been
80 years and six months old if he had lived until to-day.
In 1860 he came to Nevada City, California, where he
engaged in mining, leaving there for Virginia City, Nevada, in
1862. Arriving at this big mining center, after an exciting trip
on foot through huge snowbanks, he went to work as head carpenter in
the Ophir mine, having charge of the underground timbering. He
next participated in the Civil War as a soldier in the Union army,
returning to California after his enlistment had expired.
He next took up hydraulic mining, but fortune was against
him in this occupation, and he was obliged to leave it, considerably to
the bad financially. However, he was undaunted by the experience,
and went to Grass Valley, where he obtained lucrative employment at
mill work. Here, aided by his good and energetic wife, he
accumulated enough to liquidate his debts and put him again in easy
circumstances. Afterward prospecting with good success, he
finally came to Napa, where he has ever since made his home.
Mr. Eaton was a man whose kindly and sterling traits won
him many friends, who will greatly regret his demise. The
sympathy of the community, will go out to the sorrowing members of the
family in their bereavement. They are, Byron Eaton of Monticello
and Bert C. Eaton and Mrs. Belle Thompson of Napa. There is also
a grandson, Mervyn Eaton.
Mr. Eaton was a devout and active member of the Seventh
Day Adventist Church, and his funeral will be conducted from that
church on Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock.
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 9
November 1915, pg. 5, col. 3):
Funeral of C. F. Eaton
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The funeral of the
late C. F. Eaton was held at 10:30 o'clock Sunday morning from the
Seventh Day Adventist Church in this city.
There was a large attendance of sorrowing friends and
numerous beautiful floral pieces were in evidence.
Chaplain Munson of the St. Helena Sanitarium officiated,
and the pall-bearers were A. Anderson, H. E. Chapman, S. W. Butcher, J.
F. Stevens, B. H. Widen and F. W. Chambers.
The choir, which rendered several appropriate selections,
was composed of Fred. W. Chambers, Mrs. F. J. Brainerd, Miss Ruth
Brainerd and A. J. Herrick.
The remains were tenderly laid to rest in Tulocay cemetery.
Notes:
Native of Quebec, Canada, born in 1835.
He died in Napa on 29 October 1915, and was buried on 7
November 1915 in Tulocay Cemetery.
Military Information:
Union. Service not determined. He may be the same man as
Charles Eaton who served in Company A of the 5th California Infantry
regiment.
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William Cyrus
Edgman
(1845 - 1913)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 10
July 1913, pg. 8, col. 4:
FREED FROM SUFFERING
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Wm. C. Edgman, Old and Esteemed Resident of Napa, Died Wednesday
Morning.
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Wm. C. Edgman,
father of Rev. C. E. Edgman, who was killed by an automobile about a
year ago, departed this life at 1:15 o'clock Wednesday morning at the
family residence, 621 Pearl street.
Mr. Edgman had been in failing health for a long time, and
death came as a release from years of sickness. He had been
confined to his bed since February of this year.
Deceased was a man who was highly respected in the
community for his amiable and steadfast character.
He was born in Indiana, and was 67 years of age. He
came to California ten years ago, and after remaining for about three
years, returned to Indianapolis, spending a year and a half
there. He then came to Napa, where he has since resided.
He followed the business of nurseryman, until his state of
health compelled him to retire from active life.
His widow and three daughters -- Mrs. Pearl Searcy of
Napa, Mrs. Jennie Sievers of Richmond, and Mrs. Belle Stewart, of
Marquette, Kansas -- are left to mourn his loss.
Mr. Edgman was a member of Napa Post. G.A.R., and of Tabor
Lodge No. 192, I.O.O.F., of Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Time of funeral will be announced later.
Funeral Notice (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 12 July 1913, pg. 1,
col. 6:
Funeral Next Monday
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The funeral of the
late Wm. C. Edgman, who died in this city last Wednesday, will be held
from the family residence, 621 Pearl street, at 2 o'clock next Monday
afternoon.
The funeral is set for this late date in order to await
the arrival of deceased's daughter from the East.
Funeral Notice (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 15 July 1913, pg. 1,
col. 2:
The Lest [sic] Tribute Paid
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The funeral
services over the remains of the late W. C. Edgman were conducted on
Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the family residence, 621 Pearl
street. Revs. H. Bralsted and H. C. Shropshire officiated.
Besides the large number of others who assembled to pay
their last tribute of affection and esteem to the memory of the
deceased, members of Napa Lodge of Odd Fellows, Napa Post, G.A.R., and
the Woman's Relief Corps were also present.
In addition to the clergymen mentioned, officials of the
Woman's Relief Corps participated in the ceremonies, and the ritual of
the Odd Fellows was carried out at the cemetery.
The pallbearers were Theodore Elles, A. G. Butters, Wm.
Berriman, G. W. Coates, R. S. Brantley and Mr. Smith.
Notes:
Native of Indiana, born August 1845. He was the son of William
Edgman and Elizabeth Shalley. He reportedly married three
times. The first marriage was to Mary Stuart (1849-1882) on 3
November 1867. The second was to Lovella Fordice on 21 September
1882, and the third was to Lutitia (1860-1919). By the first
wife, William had a son Rev. Charles Edward Edgman (1870-1911).
Source: Ancestry.com public member tree, "Davis and Akin Too."
William C. Edgman
was enumerated in the 1900 U.S. census in Jeffersonville City, Clark
County, Indiana, living in his own house at 733 Missouri Avenue.
He was listed as married (17 years), age 54, born August 1845 in
Indiana, father born in Tennessee, mother born in Kentucky, occupation
traveling salesman. His household included his wife Lutittia
(born August 1860 in KY, mother of 3 children all living), and daughter
Pearl (born May 1884 in IN).
William C. Edgman was enumerated in the 1910 census in
Napa Township, Napa County, California, living at 114 C Street.
He was listed as married (second marriage, 25 years), age 64, born in
Indiana, father born in Tennessee, mother born in Kentucky, working as
a canvasser in a nursery. He was noted as being a veteran of the
Union Army. His household included his wife Lutitia (age 49,
native of KY), who was working as a janitor in an office.
He died in
Napa on 9
July 1913, and was buried
in Block 81 of Tulocay Cemetery on 15 July 1913. His military
headstone is marked
as follows: WM. G. EDGMAN | CO. B | 115 IND. INF. The stone
is additionally decorated with the three links symbolizing the Odd
Fellows and with words "Gone but Not Forgotten." His wife Lutitia
Edgman (1863 - 1919) is buried next to him.
Military Information:
Union. He enlisted on 5 August 1862, and was mustered as a
Private into Company B of the 115th Indiana Infantry. His
residence at the time of enlistment was Parke County, Indiana. He
was mustered out on 25 February 1864 at Indianapolis, Indiana.
Historical Data Systems lists his surname as "Elgman."
William C. Edgman applied for and received a veteran's
disability pension on 20 May 1884 (application no. 513627, cert. no.
314190). His wife applied for a widow's benefit on 23 July 1913
(application no. 1011657, cert. no. 770396). Service on the
pension death index card was noted as Pvt., Co. B, 115 Ind. Inf.
It was also noted as he died in Napa, Cal., on 9 July 1913.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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David Edwards
(1842 - 1892)
Rank: Corporal
Obituary (Napa Register
newspaper, Tuesday, 13 December 1892, pg. 3, col. 2):
Death of David
Edwards.
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David Edwards died at his home on Eggleston street Saturday night at 8
o'clock. The immediate cause of his death was pneumonia, though he
had been an invalid for the past ten years.
Deceased was a native of Trenton, New Jersey, and 52 years of age.
He leaves a wife and two children. Deceased was a member of Company
D, 44th Regiment New York volunteers, and served three years and two
months to the close of the war, being mustered out as a corporal. He
came to Napa with his family from Auburn last Spring. The funeral
took place Monday afternoon from the family residence. Rev..
McFadyen officiated, and members of Kit Carson Post, G.A.R., acted as pall
bearers.
Notes: Native of
Trenton, NJ.
He is buried
in the G.A.R. Plot (Lot 27, Block 82),
Tulocay Cemetery, Napa. His military headstone identifies him as
DAVID EDWARDS | 44 NY INF | 1842 | 1892".
Military Information:
Union. David Edwards enlisted at the age of 23 at Albany, NY, on 9
September 1861. He was mustered as a Private into Co. D of the 44th New York
Infantry regiment on 13 September 1861. He was wounded on 5 May 1864
at the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia. On 27 July 1864, he was
promoted to Corporal, and on 11 October 1864, he was mustered out of
service at Albany, NY.
David Edwards
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in California
on 18 September 1890 (application no. 947408, cert. no. 670000).
His wife, Jennie F. Edwards, applied for a widow's benefit in
California, date illegible (application no. 568490, cert. no.
459226). Service on the pension death index card was noted as Co.
D, 44 N.Y. Inf.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Albert English
(1837 - 1930)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Register newspaper,
Monday, 7 April 1930, pg. 1, col. 4):
Albert English,
Aged Veteran Of The Civil War, Summoned By Death
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Albert English, venerable resident of this city, passed away shortly
before one o'clock this afternoon at his home 2240 Georgia street.
Had he lived until June 4 he would have observed his 94th birthday.
Mr. English had been a resident of Napa for many years. He had been
in declining health for some time prior to his death.
Deceased was born in New York, June 4, 1837. He was a veteran of the
Civil War, having served as Private in Company D, 46th Regiment of the
Wisconsin Infantry. He was a prominent member of the Grand Army of
the Republic.
He
is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Guy O. Thayer of Casland, Washington and a
son, Joseph English, residing in the east.
The remains are at the Treadway Chapel where services will be held at two
o'clock Wednesday afternoon under the auspices of the G.A.R. Burial
will be made in Tulocay cemetery.
Funeral Notice (Napa
Register newspaper, Tuesday, 8 April 1930, pg. 1, col. 8):
Funeral for Late
Veteran Thursday
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Funeral services for the late Albert English, veteran of the Civil War who
passed away at his home here yesterday, will be held at the Treadway
Chapel Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock with members of the G.A.R.
officiating.
Burial will be made in Tulocay cemetery.
Notes: Native of
New York, born 4 June 1837.
Albert English died in Napa County on 7 April 1930, and
was buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
Military Information:
Union. Albert English enlisted on 28 January 1865, and was mustered as a
Private into Co. D of the 46th Wisconsin Infantry regiment. His
residence was listed as Fox Lake, WI. He was mustered out at
Nashville, TN, on 27 September 1865.
Albert English
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 2 December
1890 (application no. 966039, cert. no. 152113). Service on the
pension death index card was noted as Co. D, 46 Wis. Inf. In
remarks it states: "See W.O. 391845, I.O. 214191, Rufus D.
Freeman, H 47 Wis. Inf. See W.O. 1200619, I O. 592546, Chas. E.
Sickles, C 11 Wis. Inf." The index card notes that Albert died in
Napa, Cal., on 7 April 1930.
He was a member of Napa Post, No. 192, GAR.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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John Fedde
(1839 - 1917)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 4
October 1917, pg. 5, col. 4):
John Fedde Passed Away
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John Fedde, a
resident of Napa for the past 12 years, died at his home on Grant
avenue at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Deceased was a native of Germany and 78 years old.
He came to Napa from Kansas. He is survived by a wife and four
sons, in Ionia, Kansas.
The funeral will take place from the G. G. Pinkham Funeral
Parlors at 2 o'clock this (Thursday ) afternoon.
Notes:
Native of Germany, born 16 March 1839.
He died on 2
October 1917, and was buried adjacent to
the G.A.R. section of Tulocay Cemetery, Napa. His headstone reads
"JOHN FEDDE | NATIVE OF GERMANY | BORN MAR. 16, 1839 | DIED OCT. 2,
1917".
Military Information:
Service uncertain.
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Charles F. Flick
(1837 - 1913)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 13
December 1913, pg. 1, col. 5):
Deaths at the Veterans' Home
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Chas. F. Flick
passed away at the Veterans' Home on Thursday evening.
Deceased was a native of Germany, aged 77 years, and
served in the Civil War as a member of the 100th New York Infantry
Regiment.
The funeral will be conducted privately at Kyser's
undertaking parlors this morning under the auspices of Napa Post, G.A.R.
Notes:
Native of Germany, born about December 1837.
Carl Flick was
enumerated in the 1900 U.S. census in San Francisco, California, living
in his own house at 1110 Vermont Street. He was listed as married
(34 years), age 62, born December 1848 [error] in Germany, parents both
born in Germany, immigrated 1860, in the U.S. 40 years, naturalized, occupation cabinet maker. His household included his wife
Wilhelmine (born February 1839 in Germany, mother of one child still
living), and Henry C. Flick (born June 1871 in California, occupation
wood moulder).
Charles Flick was
enumerated in the 1910 census in Napa Township, Napa County, living in
the household of his son Henry C. Flick. Charles was listed as
Henry's father, widower, age 73, born in Germany, parents both born in
Germany, immigrated 1863, naturalized, living on his own income.
It was noted that he was a veteran of the Union Army. The son,
Henry, was working as a boiler maker in a shipyard (no doubt Mare
Island). Others in the household were Wilhelmina Flick, Elsie M.
Flick, and Dorothy R. Flick.
Charles C. Flick died in Napa County on 11 December 1913
at the age
of 77 (source: CDI).
Military Information:
Union. Charles Flick enlisted at the age of 28 at Tarrytown, New
York, on 11 October 1864, and was mustered as a Private into Company B
of the 100th New York Infantry regiment on the same date. He was
mustered out at Richmond, Virginia, on 28 August 1865.
Charles Flick applied
for and received a veteran's disability pension on 17 December 1890
(application no. 963049, cert. no. 715546). Service on the
pension death index card was noted as Co. B, 100 N.Y. Inf., enlisted 11
October 1861, discharged 28 August 1865. The card notes that he
died in Napa, Calif., on 11 December 1913.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Louis F. Folsing
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
Buried at Tulocay Cemetery. Remarks: None. He does
not appear in the CDI from 1905 to 1929.
Military Information:
Service information not known.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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George Milton
Francis
(1844 - 1932)
Rank: Corporal
Biography (History of
Napa and Lake Counties, California, 1881):
FRANCIS, G.
M. Whose portrait appears in the body of this work, is the editor
and proprietor of the Napa Register,
and was born in Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan, May 28th,
1844. He serve an apprenticeship of three years in the office of
the Grant County, Wisconsin, Herald,
and was foreman of that establishment when President Lincoln called for
three hundred thousand more soldiers to put down the Rebellion.
He enlisted in Company "C," of the 25th Wisconsin Infantry, and served
from August, 1862, to the end of the war, in the Department of the
West, being with Sherman on his memorable march to the sea, and through
the Carolinas and Virginia to Washington. His first newspaper was
the Butler County, Iowa, Argus,
in 1865, and was not a paying one. June 14, 1866, he married Miss
Eliza H. Horton, in Lancaster, Wisconsin, and settled in Lacrosse, of
the same State, being connected with the Lacrosse Republican from that
date to 1869, when he came to California, settling in Napa City in
August, 1870. September 28, 1881, Mr. Francis was appointed
Postmaster of Napa City. He has three children: Mildred,
the eldest, being seven years of age; Ethel, five; and George H., three.
Biography (History of Solano and
Napa Counties, California, 1912):
GEORGE MILTON FRANCIS.
Among the
men who have ever stood for the upbuilding of Napa county is G. M.
Francis, the pioneer newspaper man of the city of that name. He
was born in Pontiac, Mich., May 28, 1844, into the family of Sylvester
and Mary Ann (Gregory) Francis, the former having been born in
Pittsfield, Mass., October 12, 1805, and the latter a native of
Williamstown, that same state, born February 2, 1808. Besides
George M. there were three sons and one daughter in the household, he
being the youngest. When he was a lad of four years his father
died and he found a home with an uncle at Troy Corners, Mich., after he
was seven until he was thirteen. His schooling was obtained at
the district school a mile away from home and this he attended when he
could be spared from the work about the farm.
At the above mentioned age George M. Francis joined his
two brothers, James and Jesse, in Potosi, Wis., spending the winter
with them and attending grammar school at that place. In 1859 he
became an apprentice in the office of the Grant County (Wis.) Herald,
remaining until August of 1862, when he enlisted and thus surrendered
plans he had made for a year's schooling at Lancaster Institute.
He served in the army until the close of the war, being with Sherman in
his march through Georgia -- from Atlanta to the Sea -- and on through
the Carolinas up to the surrender of General Johnson near Raleigh in
1865. He was on detail at Columbus, Ky., at General Asboth's,
afterwards Gen. A. J. Smith's headquarters; also on detail as
inspector's clerk at General Mower's headquarters after the taking of
Atlanta; was mustered out at Washington and was present at the Grand
Review of Sherman's army in that city in 1865.
Returning to civil life Mr. Francis started the Butler
County Argus at Butler Center, Iowa, in 1865. This did not prove
a paying venture and at the end of six months he sold out and went back
to Wisconsin, secured employment with the La Crosse Republican and was
later made foreman of the job office of that establishment. In
1869 he came to California and made his home in San Francisco until
1870, since which time he has been a resident of Napa and one of the
public-spirited and progressive men of the city and county. Upon
locating in this city he purchased a working interest in the Napa
Register, a very small weekly paper. Shortly thereafter he bought
a half interest and has since been connected with it and has built up a
paying business and for many years has published the Register as a
daily newspaper.
Mr. Francis is a Republican and has taken a very active
part in local politics. He was appointed postmaster of Napa by
President Arthur in 1881 and served in that capacity until 1885, when a
Democratic president was elected and he resigned. He was again
commissioned postmaster by President McKinley on March 9, 1894, and was
continued in that office during the administrations of McKinley,
Roosevelt and Taft up to January, 1910, when his resignation was
accepted and the man he recommended was appointed his successor.
Mr. Francis was appointed a trustee of the Napa State Asylum by
Governor Waterman on March 11, 1889, reappointed four years later by
Governor Markham, resigning the position when Governor Budd was
elected. He was elected a presidential elector in 1896, when
McKinley was the Republican nominee, and as messenger carried
California's vote to Washington and now holds the receipt of
Vice-President Stevenson for said certified vote under the date of
January 2, 1897.
In 1904 Mr. Francis purchased the lot on which the
Register building now stands and later erected the building which
serves as the Register's home at a cost of $9,000. He has always
been loyal to the "Boys in Blue" and holds membership in and was the
first commander of Kit Carson Post No. 74, G.A.R., organized in Napa in
1885. He is a member of the Presbyterian church of Napa.
In Lancaster, Wis., June 16, 1866, occurred the marriage
of G. M. Francis and Miss Eliza, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
Horton, and of this union three children have been born: Mrs.
Mildred Benjamin and Mrs. Ethel Rohner of San Francisco, and George H.
Francis of Napa, who is his father's business associate.
Obituary from the Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 10
April 1932, p. 1, col. 1:
NAPA MOURNS DEATH OF G. M.
FRANCIS.
OLDEST CALIFORNIA EDITOR SUCCUMBS AT SON'S HOME AFTER
PNEUMONIA ATTACK
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Was 87 Years of Age and for 60 Years Was Editor Here; Funeral Rites
Will Be Held On Monday From Local Funeral Parlors; Known All Over State
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Sixty years of
newspaper work and community building and an active life of 87 years
was closed yesterday for George M. Francis, editor of the Napa
Register, who passed away at 10:30 o'clock in the forenoon at the home
of his devoted son, George H. Francis, on First street, with whom he
had resided since the death of his wife in 1920.
He was 87 years of age and had he lived until May 28th of
this year he would have celebrated another birthday anniversary.
No one in any community has ever been held in greater
esteem and more genuinely admired than was this veteran newspaper
editor, the dean of all his contemporaries in California, by whom he
was held in highest regard.
After having enjoyed splendid health throughout his life,
Mr. Francis, in January of 1930, suffered his first serious illness,
which came in the form of a sudden stroke of paralysis, followed by
pneumonia, which, for a time, made his condition most critical.
He bravely outfought the dread disease and slowly recovered to the
extent that he was able to be out of doors and greet his friends of the
business and social world.
About two weeks ago he became slightly ill, the illness
culminating in a second attack of pneumonia and once again he was
engaged in a courageous fight against that disease, but this time to be
the loser -- his many years and constitution weakened from his previous
illness proving too great odds for even his sturdy spirit to overcome,
and he peacefully passed from this life at the hour noted above.
BORN IN MICHIGAN
Deceased was born in Pontiac, Michigan, May 28, 1844, into
the family of Sylvester and Mary Ann (Gregory) Francis, the former
having been born in Pittsfield, Mass., and the latter a native of
Williamstown, Mass. He was directly descended from an old
Colonial family founded by Robert Francis, who first settled at
Wethersfield, Conn., in 1685.
Besides George M., there were three sons and one daughter
in his father's household, he being the youngest. When he was a
lad of four years, his father died and he found a home with an uncle at
Troy Corners, Mich., up until he was thirteen years of age. His
schooling was obtained at the district school a mile away from home,
and this he attended when he could be spared from the work about the
farm.
WITH THE BOYS IN BLUE
At the age of thirteen the young lad joined his brothers,
James and Jessie, at Potosi, Wis., spending the winter with them and
attending the grammar school at that place. In 1859, he became an
apprentice in the office of the Grant County Herald, remaining there
until August of 1862, when he enlisted in Co. C, (the color company)
Twenty-fifth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He had just been made
foreman of the printing office when he enlisted and thus surrendered
plans he had made for a year's schooling at Lancaster Institute.
He served in the army until the close of the war, being with Sherman in
his march through Georgia -- from Atlanta to the sea -- and on through
the Carolinas up to the surrender of General Johnson near Raleigh in
1865. He was on detail at Columbus, Ky., at General Asboth's,
afterwards General A. J. Smith's headquarters; also on detail as
inspector's clerk at General Mower's headquarters after the taking of
Atlanta; was mustered out at Washington, D.C., and was present at the
grand review of Sherman's army in that city in 1865.
TO CALIFORNIA IN 1869
Returning to civil life, Mr. Francis started the Butler
County Argus at Butler Center, Iowa, in 1865. This did not prove
a paying venture, and at the end of six months he sold out and went
back to Wisconsin, secured employment with the LaCrosse Republican, and
was later made foreman of the job department of that
establishment. In 1866, at Lancaster, Wis., he married Miss Eliza
Horton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Horton. In 1869 Mr.
Francis, inspired by the previous departure of his brothers for the
Golden West, left for California and he and his wife settled in San
Francisco, where he followed his trade as a printer. In 1870,
driven out to seek employment because of a printer's strike, Mr.
Francis came to the Napa valley and here established his home and
reared his family.
He bought a half interest in The Napa Register, at that
time a small weekly newspaper. Shortly thereafter he acquired
full ownership, later established The Napa Daily Register.
LEADER IN POLITICS
Mr. Francis, a staunch Republican, took a leading part in
political campaigns and local politics. He was appointed
postmaster by President Arthur in 1881 and served in that capacity
until 1885, when a Democratic president was elected and he
resigned. He was again commissioned postmaster in Napa by
President McKinley on March 9, 1897, and remained in that office during
the administrations of McKinley, Roosevelt and Taft, up to January,
1910, when his resignation was accepted and the man he recommended was
appointed in his place. Mr. Francis was appointed a trustee of
Napa State Hospital by Governor Waterman on March 11, 1889, and was
reappointed four years later by Governor Markham, resigning the
position when Governor Budd was elected. He served for another
term as a member of the board of directors of the Napa State Hospital
during the administration of Governor Stephens. One of the
handsome buildings at the hospital is named "Francis Building" in his
honor. He was elected a presidential elector in 1896, when
McKinley was the Republican nominee, and as messenger, carried
California's vote to Washington, receiving a receipt therefore from Vice
President Stevenson under date of January 2, 1897.
COMMUNITY BUILDER
Ever active in church work, he had been identified both on
the official boards and otherwise with the Presbyterian Church in this
city for over a half century.
He was an active member of Kit Carson Post, G.A.R., being
a charter member and assisting in its organization many years
ago. He also was one of the four surviving members which several
years ago surrendered the post's charter. There is now but one
member of the old Kit Carson left -- J. D. Smith, who resides on
Eggleston street in this city.
Mr. Francis served for many terms as a director of the
Napa Chamber of Commerce and of Napa County Chapter of the American Red
Cross.
He was for many years a member of the California Press
Association, serving for several terms as its president.
ENJOYS RETIREMENT
During the latter years of his life he traveled extensively, enjoying trips throughout the state, to Honolulu and to
Europe with his daughters.
Ten years ago Mr. Francis' beloved wife was taken by
death; and about three years ago another deep sorrow came to him when
his second daughter, Mrs. Ethel Rohner, was summoned.
He is survived by his son and business associate, George
H. Francis of Napa; by his eldest daughter, Mrs. Raymond Benjamin of
Washington, D.C., and by a grand-daughter, Miss Barbara Benjamin of
Washington, D.C.
The remains are at the Webber funeral parlors.
Funeral services will be held at the Webber parlors at 2 o'clock Monday
afternoon, Rev. Josiah Daniel of the Presbyterian Church officiating.
Burial Notice from the Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 12
April 1932, p. 1, col. 2:
Final Rites Are Held for Late G.
M. Francis; Burial Made in Tulocay Cemetery
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Scores of friends
of the late George M. Francis, Napa editor, who died Saturday morning,
filled the Webber funeral parlors to overflowing at two o'clock
yesterday afternoon as they gathered to attend the final rites.
Extreme simplicity marked the services, which were
conducted with Rev. Josiah Daniel officiating. Rev. Daniel
delivered a brief eulogy, in which he told of the fine character, many
accomplishments and great public service rendered by the deceased.
Following the services at the Webber parlors a committal service was read at Tulocay cemetery, and the remains interred in the
family plot.
The honorary pallbearers were Hon. Frank L. Coombs, Hon.
Percy S. King, Hon. Henry C. Gesford, Frank B. Mackinder, Charles A,
Carroll, L. J. Norton, W. T. Smith, Thomas Elrick, L. J. Evans, W. T.
Price, A. H. Smith. The active pallbearers were Owen Duffy,
Charles Trower, Nathan F. Coombs, Clarence N. Riggins, Clarence D.
Clark and E. H. McMillan.
Notes: Native
of Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan, born 28 May 1844. His
parents were Sylvester Francis and Mary Ann Gregory.
He died in Napa County on 9 April 1932, and was buried in
Tulocay Cemetery on 11 April 1932.
Bridge 21-075 on Imola Avenue over the Napa River in Napa
was named in his honor. It was dedicated in 21 May 1932 and named
the "George M. Francis Memorial Bridge."
Military Information:
Union. George M. Francis enlisted on 11 August 1862, and was
mustered as a Corporal in Company C of the 25th Wisconsin Infantry
regiment on the same date. His residence at the time of
enlistment was Lancaster, Wisconsin. He was mustered out at
Crystal Springs, Maryland, on 7 June 1865.
George M. Francis
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 21 December
1910 (application no. 1394119, cert. no. 1166904). Service on the
pension death index card was noted as Co. C, 25 Wis. Inf., enlisted 11
August 1862, discharged 7 June 1865. The card also notes that he
died in Napa, Calif., on 9 April 1932.
He appears in the
1886 register for the Department of California, G.A.R., as Commander,
Kit Carson Post, No. 74, in Napa. His qualifying service was
noted as Co. C, 25th Wisconsin Infantry. He was Post Commander in
1928, and one of the four last members of Kit Carson Post.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Allen W. Frary
(???? - 1882)
Rank:
Notes: Native
of New York, born c.1837 (according to Ancestry OneWorldTree).
Parents were Delatus W. Frary and Elizabeth Standish. Spouse was
Martha, born December 1845.
Buried at Tulocay Cemetery. Remarks: 22 August
1882, Block
89, lot 24, scg.
Military Information:
Union. Service information not known.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Nicholas Froebe
(???? - 1915)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 23 July 1915, pg. 5,
col. 4):
Buried in Tulocay
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The remains of the
late Nicholas Froebe were brought to Napa Thursday forenoon from
Oakland and the funeral was held immediately after the arrival of the
train.
A number of sorrowing friends of the deceased were in
attendance.
Interment was made in Tulocay cemetery.
Notes:
Nicholas
Froebe died in Alameda on 18 July 1915 at the age of 91 (source:
CDI). He is buried in Block 118 of Tulocay Cemetery.
Military Information:
Union. Co. B, 44th Illinois Infantry.
Nicholas Froebe
applied for and received a veterans disability pension on 31 December
1887 (application no. 634129, cert. no. 414958). Service on the
pension death index card was noted as Co. B, 44 Ia. Inf. The card
notes that he died in Oakland, Cal., on 18 July 1915.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Charles Marvin
(alias Marvin T.) Garwood
(1847 - 1907)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 25
May 1907, pg. 3, col. 3):
DEATH OF C. M. GARWOOD
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Passed Away at His Son's Home in This City After a Brief Illness.
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Charles Marvin
Garwood, formerly a well known blacksmith of this city, died
unexpectedly at the home of his son, F. J. Garwood, 407 N. Brown
street, at about 7 o'clock Friday evening.
Mr. Garwood had been suffering with heart trouble for a
couple of months, but his condition was not considered serious.
He took to his bed only two days before his demise.
Mr. Garwood formerly for many years conducted a blacksmith
business in Napa, but he sold out about three years ago and removed
with his family to Oakland, where he has since made his home. He
was up on a visit to his son, F. J. Garwood in this city, when he was
stricken with his fatal illness.
Deceased was a native of Ohio, and about 59 years of
age. He leaves a widow, two sons and one daughter – F. J. Garwood
of this city, Ray Garwood and Miss Nellie Garwood of Oakland; also a
brother in Hanford, and a brother and sister at Santa Barbara.
Mr. Garwood had many friends in Napa who will be pained to
learn of his sudden and unexpected demise.
He was a member of Yount Lodge, F. & A.M., and the
funeral will be held under the auspices of the Masonic Order to-morrow
from the residence of F. J. Garwood, 407 N. Brown street.
Notes:
Native of Ohio, born February 1847.
Charles M. Garwood was enumerated in the 1900 census in
Napa, Napa County, California. He was listed as married (27
years), age 53, born February 1847 in Ohio, parents born in Ohio,
occupation blacksmith. His household included his wife Mary F.
(born Aug. 1854 in MA), son Frederick J. (born Sept. 1878 in CA),
daughter Julia N. (born Mar. 1883 in CA), and son Charles R. (born
April 1885 in CA).
He died in Napa on 23 May 1907 at the age of 60, and was
buried at Tulocay Cemetery on 24 May 1907 in Block G, Lot 54.
Military Information:
Union. Charles Garwood enlisted as a Private under the alias of
"Marvin T. Garwood" on 23 December 1863. He declared his age at
the time of enlistment as 19 (his actual age was 16). He was
mustered into Company H of the 128th Ohio Infantry regiment on 10
January 1864, and was mustered out at Camp Chase, Ohio, on 13 July 1865.
Charles Garwood applied
for and received a veterans disability pension in California on 18 July
1894 (application no. 1159440, certificate no. 1041778). His
wife, Mary Garwood, applied for a widow's pension benefit in Ohio on 5
May 1908 (application no. 893649, certificate no. 653258).
Service on the pension index card was noted as "H 128 OH Inf." It
was also noted that Charles went by the alias of "Marvin T. Garwood."
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Washington Gift
(1833 - 1879)
Rank: Lieutenant
Notes:
There is lots of biographical material on this man.
Military Information:
Confederate.
From Lou Olker files.
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Navy
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George W. Giles
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
He is not listed in the CDI 1905 to 1929.
Military Information:
Union. Co. K, 5th California Infantry.
George W. Giles
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 10 October
1890 (application no. 957751, cert. no. 978665). Service on the
pension death index card was noted as Co. K, 5 Cal. Inf.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Patrick Golden
(???? - 1907)
Rank:
Notes:
Patrick Golden died in Napa County on 20 July 1907 at the
age of 71 (source: CDI).
Military Information:
Union. Co. D, 6th California Infantry.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Walter B.
Goodenough
(???? - ????)
Rank: Corporal
Notes:
He is not
listed in the CDI 1905 to 1929.
Walter B. Goodenough is buried in Block 95 of
Tulocay Cemetery. His military headstone is inscribed as
follows: CORPL. WALTER H. GOODENOUGH | CO. K | 1 VT. CAV.
Military Information:
Union. Co. K, 1st Vermont Cavalry.
He appears in the
1886 register for the Department of California,
G.A.R., as a member of Kit Carson Post, No. 74, in Napa. His
qualifying
service was noted as Co. K, 1st Vermont Cavalry.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Francis M.
Grainger
(1847 - 1913)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 6
November 1913, pg. 1, col. 6):
Old Soldier Dies
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Francis M.
Grainger, an aged veteran, passed away at the Veterans' Home Tuesday.
He was formerly a resident of Napa and was a member of
Napa Post, G.A.R.
The funeral will be held from D. S. Kyser's undertaking
parlors at two o'clock this afternoon under the auspices of Napa Post.
Funeral Notice (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 7
November 1913, pg. 1, col. 3):
Funeral of M. Grainger
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The funeral of the
late M. Grainger, who died at the Veterans' Home on Tuesday, was held
at Kyser's undertaking parlors in this city yesterday afternoon at 2
o'clock, under the auspices of Napa Post, G.A.R. Chaplain Brasted
officiated, and the following acted as pallbearers: Comrades
Sommers, Jones, Risk, Wigmore, Brantley and Dwyer.
Notes:
Native of Johnson County, Missouri, born January 1847. He was the
son of Andrew B. Grainger. Merchant in Napa.
Francis M.
Grainger was enumerated in the 1900 U.S. census in East Ashland
Precinct, Jackson County, Oregon, living in his own house. He was
listed as married (28 years), age 53, born January 1847 in Missouri,
father born in Tennessee, mother born in Alabama, occupation
deliveryman. His household included his wife Emma E. (born
November 1851 in KY, mother of 2 children both living), daughter Myrtle
E. (born February 1878 in TX), and daughter Maynie F. (born February
1883 in TX).
Francis M.
Grainger died at the Veterans Home at Yountville, Napa County, on 4
November 1913
at the age of 66 (source: CDI). He was buried at Tulocay Cemetery
on 6 November 1913.
Military Information:
Union. Francis M. Grainger enlisted at the age of 18 at
Warrensburg, Missouri, on 10 August 1864, and was mustered into Company
E of the 45th Missouri Infantry regiment at Warrensburg on 27 August
1864. His term of service was contracted to be six months.
He was described at the time of enlistment as eyes black, hair black,
complexion dark, height 5'10", occupation farmer. He was mustered
out at St. Louis, Missouri, on 6 March 1865.
Francis M.
Grainger applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in
Oregon on 2 August 1890 (application no. 886862, cert. no.
746933). His wife, Emma E. Grainger, applied for a widow's
benefit in Oregon on 16 November 1914 (application no. 1037148, cert.
no. 772602). Service on the pension death index card was noted as
Pvt., Co. E, 45 Mo. Inf., enlisted 12 August 1864, discharged 6 March
1865. The card also notes that he died at the Vet's Home in Napa
[County], Cal., on 4 November 1913.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Downing W. Graves
(alias Warner or Warren Graves)
(c.1842 - 1910)
Rank: Corporal
Obituary (Napa Daily
Journal newspaper, Wednesday, 31 August. 1910, pg. 8, col. 5):
PASSED AWAY
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D. W. Graves
Passed Away at Sea Bright, Santa Cruz County
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Word was received in Napa Tuesday of the death of D. W. Graves, father of
Mrs. A. H. Smith of Napa, which occurred Monday at his home at Sea Bright,
in Santa Cruz county. He had been ill for several months.
He
was 68 years of age. The deceased had frequently visited with his
daughter in this city. He was General Manager of the Continental
Insurance Company on this coast.
Mr. Graves leaves, beside his widow, three children: Mrs. A. H.
Smith of Napa, Mrs. Oscar Halderman of Fruitvale, and John Graves of Long
Beach.
The remains will be brought to Napa this evening, and the funeral will be
held Thursday morning at 10:30 o'clock from the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Smith on Franklin street.
Funeral Notice (Napa
Daily Journal newspaper, Friday, 2 September 1910, pg. 8, col.2):
LAST RITES HELD
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The funeral of the late D. W. Graves was held Thursday morning at 10:30
o'clock from the residence of his daughter, Mrs. A. H. Smith, at 623 South
Franklin street, and was largely attended. The services were
conducted by Rev. H. J. Winsor and Rev. E. H. King of the Methodist
Church.
A
quartette, consisting of Dr. J. M. Mansfield, Dr. L. Welti, Dee T. Davis
and Dr. R. M. Squier, sung several selections.
The remains were taken to Tulocay cemetery, and were there interred in
their last resting place. The following acted as pallbearers:
Frank P. Wilson and Arthur G. Nason of San Francisco, and Jay C. Wickler
of Sacramento, officials of the Continental Insurance Company; F. E.
Trubody, Dan'l Keig and S. H. Wyckoff.
Notes:
Do[w]ning W. Graves died in Santa Cruz County on 29
August 1910 at the age of 68 (source: CDI).
Military Information:
Union. "Warren Graves" enlisted on 22 June 1861 and was mustered
as a Private into Co. I of the 5th Connecticut Infantry regiment on 22
July 1861. He was a resident of Cornwall, CT, at the time of
enlistment. He was promoted to Corporal on 1 January 1863. On
28 July 1863 he was listed as a POW "on the march" in
Virginia. He returned to his regiment, and was mustered out on 22
July 1864.
Downing W. Graves
(alias Warner Graves) applied for and received a veteran's disability
pension on 23 October 1874 (application no. 196796, cert. no.
784349). His wife, Gertrude P. Graves, applied for a widow's
benefit in California on 27 November 1916 (application no. 1089362,
cert. no. 950039). Service on the pension death index card was
noted as Cor., Co. I, 5 Conn. Inf. The card also notes that he
died in Santa Cruz, Cal., on 29 August 1910.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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L. G. Gray
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Rank:
Notes:
Buried at Tulocay Cemetery. Remarks: 23 February 1879,
Block 99, Lot 19.
Military Information:
Service information not known.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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William C. Gray
(1847 - 1913)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 30
March 1913, pg. 8, col. 4):
W. C. Gray Passes Away
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Just as we go to
press we learn that Rev. W. C. Gray, a well known and highly respected
resident of this city, had passed away shortly before midnight at his
home on S. Randolph street.
Mr. Gray had been confined to his home several weeks, and
while his death was not unexpected it will cause regret among the many
friends of the family in this city.
Fuller particulars of his life and notice of funeral will
be given in a later issue of the Journal.
Funeral Notice (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 1
April 1913, pg. 5, col. 3):
FUNERAL OF WM. C. GRAY
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The Veteran Preacher is Laid Away in Tulocay
Short Sketch of His Life
and Labors.
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The funeral of the
late Rev. Wm. C. Gray was held at Kyser's undertaking parlors at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon, Rev. C. A. Richardson and Rev. John A.
Hammond officiating.
The services at the graveside in Tulocay cemetery were
under the auspices of Napa Lodge of Odd Fellows, conducted by past
Noble Grand H. J. Boke and Acting Chaplain W. M. Coffield.
The pallbearers were L. J. Norton, Levi Chapman, A. H.
Smith, S. H. Wyckoff, H. L. Amstutz and Charles Levansaler.
The following gentlemen also acted as honorary
pallbearers: Revs. E. H. King, H. C. Tallman, J. W. Bryant and
Mr. J. W. Miller.
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Mr. Gray was a veteran preacher of the M. E. Church,
having commenced his ministry in 1868, filling many important
appointments in both the Nevada, California and Columbia River
Conferences, and continuing his labors up to 1903, when he became a
superannuate. Since that time he has resided in Napa.
He was born in Castleton, Vermont in 1846.
He enlisted in the Union Army at Mount Morris, Ill., in
1864, at the age of 18, being a member of the 134th Illinois
Volunteers, serving about six months, when he was mustered out.
In 1868 he began his ministerial career, as stated.
While in the north, Mr. Gray filled the positions of Vice
President of Spokane College and Presiding Elder of the Northern
District, City Mission, Spokane.
While in Nevada, Mr. Gray was Chaplain of the Legislature of
that State; and also Presiding Elder of the Austin District, comprising
Reno, Virginia City and Carson City.
Notes:
Native of Castleton, Rutland County, Vermont, born April 1847.
William C. Gray
was enumerated in the 1900 U.S. census in Pacific Grove City, Monterey
County, California, living in a rented house at 162 17th Street.
He was listed as married (28 years), age 53, born April 1847 in
Vermont, father born in England, mother born in Vermont, occupation
minister. His household included his wife Josephine (born April
1852 in IL, mother of 5 children 3 living), daughter Josephine (born
October 1882 in NV), and daughter Flora (born March? 1886 in WA).
William C. Gray was enumerated in the 1910 census in Napa City,
Napa County, living in his own house at 524 South Randolph
Street. He was listed as married (1st marriage, 42 years), age
62, born in Vermont, father born in England, mother born in Illinois,
living on his own income. He was noted as being a Union Army
veteran. His household included his wife Josephine A. (age 58,
mother of 5 children 3 living), daughter Josephine A. (age 27, native
of NV), and daughter Flora J. (age 23, native of WA).
Reverend William
C. Gray died in Napa County on 29 March
1913 at
the age of 66 (search: CDI), and was buried in Tulocay Cemetery on 31
March 1913..
Military Information:
Union. William C. Gray enlisted at Evanston, Cook County,
Illinois on 9 May 1864, and was mustered as a Private into Company F of
the 134th Illinois Infantry regiment at Camp Fry, Illinois, on 31 May
1864. At the time of his enlistment, he was described as single,
age 18, height 5'8", hair black, eyes black, complexion dark,
occupation student. His residence at the time of enlistment was
noted as Evanston, Illinois, and his nativity Castleton, Vermont.
His enlistment contract was for 100 days. He was mustered out on
25 October 1864 at Chicago.
William C. Gray
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in Washington
on 11 September 1891 (application no. 1055046, cert. no. 892556).
His wife, Josephine Gray, applied for a widow's benefit in
California on 20 May 1913 (application no. 1008076, cert. no.
797581). Service on the pension death index card was noted as
Pvt., Co. F, 134 Ill. Inf. The card also notes that he died in
Napa, Cal., on 29 March 1913.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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John Green
(c.1841 - 1911)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 13
January 1911, pg. 5, col. 2):
THE REAPER
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Mrs. Catherine Feiss and John Green Have Passed Away.
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[First portion of obituary describes the death of Catherine Feiss, and
is not reprinted here]
John Green passed
away Thursday afternoon at his residence, at 812 South Randolph
street. He had been ill for a number of months past.
He was 69 years of age, and a native of St. Louis,
Missouri. He leaves four sons and two daughters, Mrs. John
Cochrane, Mrs. J. R. Smith, and James E. Green of Napa, and three sons
residing in St. Louis.
He was a member of a St. Louis Lodge of Odd Fellows.
The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the family residence, at 812 South Randolph street. It will be
conducted by Napa Lodge of Odd Fellows.
Funeral Announcement (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 14
January 1911, pg. 8, col. 1):
LAST RITES
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Funerals of James Maxwell, John Green and Mrs. Feiss.
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[Only that portion of the article dealing with John Green's funeral is
reprinted here]
The funeral of the
late John Green was held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the family
residence, at 812 S. Randolph street, and was largely attended.
The services were under the auspices of Napa Lodge No. 18, I.O.O.F.,
the deceased having been a member of a St. Louis Lodge of the order for
a number of years.
The impressive ritual of the order was carried out at the
house and at the grave under the direction of Noble Grand Wm.
Crago. Rev. H. J. Winsor of the Methodist Church assisted in the
services at the residence.
Remains were taken to Tulocay cemetery and were there
deposited in the family lot. The following acted as
pallbearers: W. M. Coffield, C. A. Kather, J. Jaekle, H. J. Boke,
George Israelsky and M. Haas.
Notes:
Native of St. Louis, Missouri.
He died in Napa on 12 January 1911, and was buried at Tulocay
Cemetery on 13 January 1911 in Block
64, Lot 24, second grave. The CDI notes that he died in Napa
County on 12
January 1911 at the age of 68.
Military Information:
Service information not known.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Truman Greenfield
(c.1838 - 1910)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily
Journal newspaper, Friday, 13 May 1910, pg. 8, col. 1):
FUNERAL OF T.
GREENFIELD
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Truman Greenfield, a former resident of Berryessa valley and well known
throughout Napa county, died at Marshall, Michigan, May 6th, from
paralysis.
The remains were brought to Napa for interment Wednesday, and in the
afternoon funeral services were held from D. S. Kyser's undertaking
parlors. Rev. H. C. Shropshire of the Christian Church officiated.
T.
B. Curtis of Berryessa valley, and old-time friend of the deceased, was
among those who attended the last rites here.
Notes: Native
of New York.
He was Postmaster
at Monticello in 1889 to at least 1891.
He
was listed in the 1896 Great Register of Voters as a resident of
Monticello (Berryessa Valley), age 58, height 5' 7", complexion fair,
eyes blue, hair black, occupation farmer, native of New York.
Greenfield appears in the Great Register of Voters in Woodland, Yolo
County, in 1869, and was enumerated in the 1870 census at Cache Creek,
Yolo County. By 1880 he had moved to Napa County, where he appears
in the census as a farmer at Monticello.
He apparently moved to Michigan after the death of his wife (Louisa),
living with his brother-in-law, William H. Phelps in Fredonia Twp.,
Calhoun County. He died at Fredonia Twp., Calhoun County, Michigan,
on 5 May 1910. His body was returned to Napa and buried in Block 95, Lot
26 at Tulocay Cemetery on 11 May 1910. His wife's family was from
Marshall.
Military Information:
Union. Truman Greenfield enlisted on 19 March 1862 at Savannah, NY,
and was mustered as a Private into Co. K of the 7th New York Infantry
regiment on 25 June 1862. He was wounded at Port Hudson, Louisiana,
on 27 May 1863 and discharged for disability at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on
16 February 1864.
Truman Greenfield
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 5 March 1864
(application no. 41724, cert. no. 82879). Service on the pension
death index card was noted as Co. K, 75 N.Y. Inf. The card also
notes that he died in 1910.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Erwin Samuel
Gridley
(1845 - 1915)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 31 August 1915, pg. 5,
col. 4):
PIONEER HAS PASSED AWAY
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E. S. GRIDLEY, RESIDENT OF NAPA FOR FORTY-FIVE YEARS IS
DEAD
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Erwin S. Gridley,
a resident of Napa for the past 45 years, passed away at his home, 32
Adrian street, in this city, on Sunday morning at 9 o'clock, after a
few days' confinement to his bed. He had, however, been in a
precarious state of health for over a year.
Mr. Gridley was born in Kalamo, Mich., October 24, 1845,
and grew to manhood on the farm of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Gridley. He began his education in the public schools at Kalamo,
completing it with a course in Albion college.
When Civil War broke his attempts to enlist were for some
time futile on account of his small stature, but in October, 1863, he
was accepted as a volunteer soldier in Company G, Eleventh Michigan
Cavalry, serving in Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, and later
with the Eighth Veteran Reserve Corps, which was guarding prisoners at
Chicago. He witnessed the passage of the remains of President
Lincoln through Chicago, on their way to Springfield, Illinois, where
they were interred. After being mustered out of the Army, in
October, 1865, Mr. Gridley returned home and worked on the farm awhile,
afterward engaging in mercantile pursuits in Kalamo. Here he
served as Deputy County Recorder, Notary Public and Postmaster.
In 1870, he came to Napa, where up to 1877 he followed
contract painting. At that time a staging on which he was at work
gave way with him, and he sustained injuries
which prevented his working longer at that business.
In 1878 he served as City Clerk and Treasurer for the term
of one year. He was next elected Justice of the Peace, serving
two years, after which he was Deputy County Clerk for five years.
He was commissioned a notary public by Governor Bartlett.
In 1889, Mr. Gridley was appointed government storekeeper
in Napa, which position he held four years, when a change of
administration displaced him. He then worked in an attorney's
office, and as Assistant Journal Clerk and as Journal Clerk in the
Assembly.
In 1898 he was again made government gauger and
storekeeper in Napa, and for years afterward efficiently performed the
duties pertaining to the position.
Besides his widow, he is survived by two sons, Joseph of
Napa and Frank of San Francisco, and by four grandchildren.
There is also a sister, Mrs. Chas. Burshard, who lives in
San Francisco.
Mr. Gridley was a member of Kit Carson Post, G.A.R., and
of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
He was a popular tenor singer, and for thirty-five years
sang in the choir of the Presbyterian Church.
The funeral will take place this (Tuesday) afternoon, at 2
o'clock, from the Presbyterian church.
Funeral Notice (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 1 September 1915, pg.
5, col. 1):
Funeral of E. S. Gridley
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The funeral of the
late E. S. Gridley was held from the Presbyterian Church at two o'clock
Tuesday afternoon and was attended by a large gathering of sorrowing
friends anxious to pay parting tribute to the memory of deceased.
Kit Carson Post, G.A.R., was present in a body.
Rev. Richard Wylie officiated at the impressive services.
A choir composed of Mrs. Jos. Migliavacca, Mrs. Clifford
Roper, Dee T. Davis and A. V. Oliffe rendered several appropriate
selections.
The pallbearers were: N. F. Pack [Peck], G. M.
Francis, Z. A. Mason, Oliver Hoffman, H. R. Borrette and L. T. Hayman.
Interment was made in Tulocay Cemetery.
Notes:
Native of Kalamo, Michigan, born 24 October 1845. He was the son
of Joseph Gridley.
Erwin S.
Gridley died in Napa County on 29 August 1915 at the age of 69 (source:
CDI), and was buried in Block 110 of Tulocay Cemetery on 31 August 1915.
Military Information:
Union. 11th Michigan Cavalry.
Erwin S. Gridley
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in California
on 3 April 1891 (application no. 1013826, cert. no. 747328). His
wife, Lizzie E. Gridley, applied for a widow's benefit in California on
18 September 1915 (application no. 1053185, cert. no. 813392).
Service on the pension death index card was noted as Pvt., Co. G, 11
Mich. Cav., enlisted 8 November and 31 December 1863 (Tr. bet.),
discharged 20 December 1864 (Tr). The card also notes service in
Co. D, 8 V.R.C., and Co. F, 11 Mich. Cav. Date of death was noted
as 29 August 1915 in Napa, Cal.
He appears in the
1886 register for the Department of California,
G.A.R., as Sergeant Major, Kit Carson Post, No. 74, in Napa. His
qualifying
service was noted as Co. G, 11th Michigan Cavalry.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Miles G. Grigsby
(???? - 1906)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper,
29
November 1906, pg. 3, col. 4):
DIES
WHILE VISITING
FRIENDS
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Miles
G.
Grigsby of Redlands, who came here about six weeks ago in order to
visit old
friends and acquaintances, passed away at the home of his cousin, H. H.
Grigsby, shortly after 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from the effects
of
congestion of the liver. Death came
unheralded, for the first the deceased knew of his approaching end was
two
weeks ago when he tried to get out of his bed and failed.
Since that time his decline was gradual
until the end arrived.
He was sixty-two years of age
and a native of Tennessee,
from
which State he moved to California about twenty years ago and settled
in
Redlands. Several years ago he resided
in this city with his brother Cecil, who was engaged in the contracting
business. He was never married, and
leaves four brothers and one sister. They
are Cecil L., of Redlands; W. P., of Lindville,
Tennessee;
Sylvester,
of Paris, Texas; R. D., of Italy, Texas, and Miss India of Lindville,
Tennessee.
The funeral will take place
Friday afternoon about 2
o'clock
from the residence, 31 Calistoga avenue, and the services will be
conducted
either by Rev. Wylie or Rev. E. H. King. Interment
will be in Tulocay cemetery.
Funeral Announcement (Napa Daily Journal
newspaper, 1 December 1906, pg. 1, col. 3):
FUNERAL
OF MILES
GRIGSBY.
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The
funeral
of
the late Miles G. Grigsby was held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. Rev. Richard Wylie officiated, and the
following gentlemen acted as pallbearers: W.
A. Trubody, M. Silva, F. A. Stewart, D. A. Dunlap, J.
M.
Palmer and
Wm. Mooney. The body was interred in
Tulocay cemetery.
Notes:
Native of Tennessee.
Miles Grigsby died
in Napa County on 28 November 1906 at the age of 62 (source:
CDI). He is buried in Tulocay Cemetery on Aspen Drive between
Quail and Madrone.
Military Information:
Confederate?
Information from Lou Olker's files.
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George Gilbert
Griswold
(1842 - 1938)
Rank: Corporal
Obituary
(No obituary, year not available in local newspapers)
Native of Dalton, Bershire County, Massachusetts, born October 1844.
He was the son of Rufus Griswold and Arvilla Breed. He was
enumerated in Salvador Precinct in 1900, living with his sister, Emma (b.
Sept. 1848 in NY). He was listed as single, age 55, born October
1844 in Massachusetts, father born in Massachusetts, mother born in
Vermont, occupation farmer. In 1910, Griswold was enumerated again
in Salvador Precinct, Napa Township. He was listed as age 67, born
in Massachusetts, father born in Massachusetts, mother born in Maine,
occupation farmer on a general farm, Union Army veteran. His sister
Emily A. Griswold, was living with him, as in 1900.
George Griswold was enumerated in 1920 living in Napa Township on Atlas
Way Road. He was listed as age 77, born in Massachusetts, parents
born in Vermont, occupation farmer. His sister, Emily A, and a
boarder named Huber Hicks were living with him. Griswold was
enumerated in the 1930 U.S. census in Napa Township, Jackson Precinct,
living on Atlas Way. His sister Emily was still living with
him. He was listed as single, age 87, born in Massachusetts,
occupation farmer, Civil War veteran.
George G. Griswold died in Napa County on 7 December 1938, and was buried
in Tulocay Cemetery in Lot 82. His sister, Emily A. Griswold died
just a few weeks later on 28 December 1938. His grave is marked by a
family headstone, inscribed as follows: GRISWOLD | Emily A. | 1846 -
1938 | George G. | 1842-1938.
Military Information:
George G. Griswold enlisted on 25 September 1861
at Barrington, IL and was mustered as a Private into Company G of the 52nd
Illinois Infantry regiment at Geneva, IL, on 19 November 1861. He
was described at the time of enlistment as a resident of Barrington, IL;,
age 20, native of Dalton, MA; height 5' 5-3/4"; hair brown; eyes
blue; complexion light; occupation farmer. He re-enlisted as a
veteran at Pulaski, TN, on 25 December 1863, and was mustered on 8 January
1864, and was promoted to Corporal. He was mustered out as a
Corporal at Louisville, KY, on 6 July 1865.
George G. Griswold applied for and received a Civil War veteran's pension
in California on 16 March 1888 (application no. 645400, cert. no.
1120577). Service on the pension index card was noted as Co. G, 52
Ill. Inf.
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Charles R. Gritman
(1838 - ????)
Rank: First Sergeant
Biography (History of
Napa and Lake Counties, California. 1881):
GRITMAN, CHARLES
R. Son of Samuel and Harriet R. Potter Gritman, was born in
Providence, Rhode Island, December 10, 1838. when he was quite
young his parents moved to New York City, and there Charles received
his primary education, and afterwards attended Yale College, graduating
at the age of twenty-one. He then was tendered and accepted the
position of secretary of the Burlock Manufacturing Company, and came to
Chicago in the interest of that company. In 1865 he changed
his business and became a partner in the firm of J. A. & H. F.
Griswel & Co., dealers in coffees, spices and fancy groceries, in
which firm he remained until 1873. Mr. Gritman then spent two
years in Wyoming Territory, and in 1875 came to this coast and accepted
a clerkship in the Bank of Napa, a position he held until January 1,
1881, and on that date he succeeded Mr. W. C. Watson, as cashier of
said bank, a position he now holds with credit to himself, and with
satisfaction alike to the officers of that institution and the general
public. The subject of this sketch was united in marriage July
22, 1869, to Miss Ella C. Head, a resident of New Haven, Oswego County,
New York, where she was born July 15, 1841.
Biography (Memorial and
Biographical History of Northern California. 1891):
CHARLES R.
GRITMAN, cashier of the Bank of Napa, has been a citizen of that place
since 1876. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, December 10,
1838. Attending the local schools and academy in his native place
he entered Yale College in 1861, but soon enlisted in the Twenty-third
Connecticut. He remained with this regiment during its term of
service, when he was employed for some time in Washington in various
positions under the Government. Engaging in business in Chicago,
in 1865, his firm was so crippled by the great fire that they retired a
year later, and Mr. Gritman removed to Evanton, Wyoming
Territory. After several years' connection in business there he
decided to come to California, and settled in Napa, where he has since
resided, and is will readily be seen is one of the most active and
enterprising citizens. He is also the treasurer of the Napa
Building and Loan Association, which has been of great assistance in
the erection of a large number of houses for its members. This
association is also extending its operations to the building of houses
on the ranches in the vicinity.
Mr. Gritman was married July 22, 1869, to Miss Ellen C.
Head, of New Haven, Oswego County, New York. He is a member of
the Masonic order, Yount Lodge, of Napa Chapter, and of Golden Gate
Commandery, Knights Templar, of Napa Lodge, No. 18. I.O.O.F., of the
Knights of Honor, and of the American Order of United Workmen. He
is the Grand Senior Warden of the Grand Lodge of California, F. &
A.M., and filled for several years the position of chairman of the
committee on finance of the Grand Lodge previous to being elected Grand
Senior Warden.
Notes:
Native of Providence, Rhode Island, born 10 December 1838.
He died before November 1894, and was buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
Military Information:
Union. He enlisted on 30 August 1862, and was initially
commissioned as a First Sergeant into Company I of the 23rd Connecticut
Infantry regiment. He was reduced to ranks (Private) on 10
December 1862. His residence at the time of enlistment was listed
as Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was mustered out on 31 August
1863. The regiment was only active for nine months, serving in
the Army of the Department of the Gulf.
Ellen C. Gritman, the wife of Charles R. Gritman, applied
for a veteran widow's pension benefit in California on 19 November 1894
(application no. 604646). No certificate was issued, suggesting
that the application was dropped or rejected. Service on the
index card was noted as Sgt., Co. I, 23 Conn. Inf.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery. Lionberger notes his service as U.S. Navy, which
appears to be incorrect.
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Gottlieb Gruber
(???? - 1915)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 16 July 1915, pg. 5,
col. 2):
DIED IN THE OPEN
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LIFELESS BODY OF VETERAN GOTTLIEB GRUBER FOUND AT HIS CAMP IN EAST NAPA.
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The lifeless body
of Gottlieb Gruber, a veteran, was found wrapped in his blankets at the
place where he has for some time camped out near Chinatown in East
Napa, a little after 7 o'clock Thursday morning.
Coroner Webber held an inquest, and the jury found that
death resulted from natural causes.
Deceased had been in bad health for some weeks, and had
been advised to enter the County Infirmary or the hospital at the
Veterans' Home, but he preferred to die in the open. He was 76
years old.
The remains are at D. C. Treadway's undertaking parlors,
and funeral arrangements will be made later.
Notes:
He died in Napa on 15 July 1915, at the age of 76, and was buried at
Tulocay Cemetery in Plot 35,
single grave.
Military Information:
Service information not known.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Charles Guinnip
(1839 -1914)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 23
September 1914, pg. 5, col. 4):
AGED CITIZEN IS DEAD
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CHAS. GUINNIP SUCCUMBED TO ATTACK OF PNEUMONIA MONDAY
NIGHT -- MEMBER OF NAPA POST, G.A.R.
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Chas. Guinnip, an
aged and respected citizen for many years, passed away at his residence
on Pearl street on Monday evening, at 10:30 o'clock.
Mr. Guinnip had been ailing for the past 20 years, but
pneumonia was the immediate cause of his death.
He was born in Sullivan county, New York, and if he had
lived to October 22d next, would have been 75 years old. He came
to Napa thirty-five years ago, from Pennsylvania. He a number of
years since conducted a livery stable located where Bryant's candy
store is now situated. He was also at one time foreman on the
Pierce ranch in Solano county. In 1902 he was married to Miss
Agnes Meagher, who survives. He also leaves two nieces in
Pennsylvania.
Mr. Guinnip was a member of Napa Post, G.A.R. He
served honorably during three years of the Civil War, in the 143rd New
York Infantry. He was a personal friend of Gen. Sherman and
President Lincoln, and was present in the theater at the time the
latter was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. He was also one of
the posse that surrounded the barn where Booth was captured.
The funeral will take place at Kyser's undertaking parlors at 2
o'clock Thursday afternoon, under the auspices of Napa Post.
Interment will be made in the Grand Army plot in Tulocay cemetery.
Funeral Announcement (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 25
September 1914, pg. 5, col. 1):
Funeral of Chas. Guinnip
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The funeral of the
late Charles Guinnip was held at Kyser's undertaking parlors, under the
auspices of Napa Post, G.A.R., and the Napa Woman's Relief Corps, on
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Rev. H. C. Shropshire was the officiating clergyman.
A quartet rendered appropriate selections.
A large number of sorrowing friends were in attendance.
Interment was made in Tulocay cemetery.
The pallbearers were Andy Harrington, George Proctor, H.
Stokes, Robt. S. Risk, J. T. Walling and T. J. Dwyer.
Notes:
Born 22 October 1839.
Charles Guinnip
died in Napa County on 21 September 1914 at the age of 74 (source CDI),
and was buried in the G.A.R section of Tulocay Cemetery,
Napa. His military headstone identifies him as Chas. Guinnip, CO.
K, 143 N.Y. INF. His wife, Agnes A. Guinnip, died in Napa County
on 14 January 1916 at the age of 60 (source: CDI).
Military Information:
Union. He was listed as Charles Guinness on the regimental
roster. Charles Guinnip enlisted at Tusten, New York, on 21
August 1862, and was mustered as a Private into Company K of the 143rd
New York Infantry regiment on 9 October 1862. His age at the time
of enlistment was 23. He was reported as absent from his company,
being at the General Hospital at Yorktown on 23 June 1863. In October
1864, he was reported as being at De Camp General Hospital (David's
Island), New York Harbor. He transferred as a Private to the 1st
Battalion of the Veteran Reserve Corps on 10 January 1865.
According to his pension index card, he was discharged on 19 May 1865.
Charles Guinnip applied
for a received a veteran's disability pension in California on 1
September1884 (application no. 521442, certificate no. 344787).
His wife, Agnes Guinnip, applied for -- but did not receive -- a
widow's benefit in California on 7 June 1915 (application no.
1048433). Service on the pension death index card is noted as Co.
K, 143 N.Y. Inf., enlisted 21 August 1862, discharged 19 May
1865. The card notes that he died in Napa, Cal., 21 September
1914.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Company K
143rd New York Infantry
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Daniel Haley
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
He is not listed in the CDI 1905 to 1929.
Military Information:
Union. Battery D, 1st Massachusetts Heavy
Artillery.
Daniel Haley
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 28 July 1900
(application no. 1252126, cert. no. 1044788). Service on the
pension death index card was noted as Co. D, 1 Mass. H.A. It was
noted that he also saw service in Co. E, 1 Mass. H.A.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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Hartford M. Harding
(???? - 1927)
Rank: Bugler
Notes:
Hartford M. Harding died in Los Angeles on 15 February
1927 at the age of 82 (source: CDI).
Military Information:
Union. Hartford M. Harding enlisted at Venice, MI, on 22 October
1862. His age at the time of enlistment was 18, and his residence
was noted as Venice. He was mustered as a Private into Co. D of the 6th Michigan
Cavalry regiment on 11 November 1862. During his service, he was promoted
to Bugler. He was mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, KS, on
24 November 1865.
Hartford M.
Harding applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 11
April 1876 (application no. 217178, cert. no. 428567). Service on
the pension death index card was noted as Co. D, 6 Mich. Cav. The
card notes that he died in Sunland, Calif., on 15 February 1927.
He was a member of Napa Post, No. 192, GAR.
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6th Michigan Cavalry
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Francis Wellington
Harris
(1848 - 1920)
Rank: Private
Funeral Notice (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 1
August 1920, pg. 8, col. 6):
Resting Place
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The funeral of the
late Frank Harris was conducted from the chapel of D. C. Treadway &
Co. at three o'clock Saturday afternoon and was attended by a large
gathering of sorrowing friends.
Rev. J. J. Martin officiated.
The pallbearers were the following members of Battery B,
the military organization of Napa years ago with which deceased was
affiliated: F. W. Bush, P. S. King, H. L. Gunn, Frank Easterby,
H. H. Muller and A. Ballmer.
Interment was made in Tulocay cemetery.
Notes:
Native of New York, born December 1848.
Francis W. Harris
was enumerated in the 1900 US census in Napa City, Ward 5, as head of
household in his own house on ___ Avenue. He was listed as
married (29 years), age 51, born December 1848 in New York, father born
in New York, mother born in Ireland, occupation well driller. His
household included his wife Amelia C. (b. Oct. 1854 in Wisconsin,
mother of 4 children, 3 living), and son Ira L. (b. March 1892 in
California).
Francis W. Harris
died in Napa County on 27 July 1920 at
the age of 73. Spouse's initials were A. C. (source: CDI). He was
buried in Tulocay Cemetery on 31 July 1920.
Military Information:
Union. "Francis W. Harris" enlisted on 30 March 1864, and was
mustered as a Private into Company G of the 12th Iowa Infantry on 28
April 1864. He was described at the time of enlistment as age 18,
native of New York, resident of Hesper, Iowa. He was mustered out
at Memphis, Tennessee, on 20 January 1866. Note: At the
time he enlisted, Frank Harris was actually only 15 years old.
Francis W. Harris
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 18 December
1886 (application no. 591560, cert. no. 437335). His wife, Amelia
C. Harris applied for a widow's benefit in California on 20 August 1920
(application no. 1161896, cert. no. 913535). Service on the
pension death index card was noted as Pvt., Co. G, 12 Iowa Inf.
The card notes that he died in Napa, Cal., on 27 July 1920.
He appears in the
1886 register for the Department of California,
G.A.R., as a member of Kit Carson Post, No. 74, in Napa. His
qualifying
service was noted as Co. G, 12th Iowa Infantry.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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12th Iowa Infantry
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Amos Harry
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
He is not listed in the CDI 1905 to 1929.
Military Information:
Union. Co. G, 54th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Amos Harry applied
for and received a veteran's disability pension on 17 May 1889
(application no. 705508, cert. no. 834408). Service on the
pension death index card was noted as Co. L, 54 Pa Inf. It was
also noted that he served in Co. G, 33 Pa. Inf.
He is noted on the late
Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
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William Jasper
Hawkins
(1844 - 1926)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 7
July 1926, pg. 1, col. 3):
WILLIAM HAWKINS IS TAKEN BY
DEATH ANGEL SUNDAY
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William J.
Hawkins, a native of Illinois, born February 13th, 1844, died at his
home here at 9:30 o'clock last Sunday night.
Deceased was a Civil War veteran. He came to Napa
some time ago and remained here until death came.
One daughter, Mrs. Olive Wilson survives.
Funeral services took place at the Treadway Funeral Chapel
at 3 o'clock yesterday, Rev. Shaw of San Francisco, officiated.
Comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic, of which the
deceased was a member, attended the services.
Notes:
Native of Illinois, born 13 February 1844.
He was a resident of Yountville in 1916.
He died in Napa on
4 July 1926, and was buried
in Block 104 of Tulocay Cemetery on 6 July 1926. His military
headstone is
marked as follows: WM. J. HAWKINS | CO. E | 2 ILL. CAV. His
wife, Nannie Hawkins (1855 - 1926) is buried next to him, headstone
marked "MOTHER." The CDI notes that William J.
Hawkins died in Napa County on 4 July 1926 at the age of 82.
Spouse's initials were "M. A."
Military Information:
Union. Co. E, 2nd Illinois Cavalry. Member of the Grand
Army of the Republic.
William J. Hawkins
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 23 January
1908 (application no. 1370367, cert. no 1144920). Service on the
pension death index card was noted as Co. E, 2 Ill. Cav. His date
of death was recorded as 4 July 1926.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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2nd Illinois Cavalry
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John Edward Hayman
(1846 - 1931)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 15
December 1931, pg. 1, col. 4):
John Edward Hayman Claimed by
Death in Home Here Last Night
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John Edward
Hayman, one of the few remaining veterans of the Civil War in this
community, and a prominent resident of Napa, was taken by death at his
home, 1227 Division street, at eight o'clock last night.
Death followed a serious illness of but a few days'
duration, although his health had not been of the best for several
months past.
Deceased was a native of Indiana, and was aged 85
years. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted with an
Indiana regiment of volunteers and served with distinction throughout
the war of the rebellion.
Upon coming to California he went to Chico and spent many
years in that community as the principal of the high school. In
1903 with his family he removed to Napa and has been a prominent
resident of this city ever since.
He is survived by his living wife, Violet, by one brother,
George Hayman of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, and by a nephew, Clifford Hayman
of Indiana.
Mr. Hayman was for many years treasurer of the Methodist
Episcopal Church and had served for many years as a member of the Napa
county ______en committee.
The remains are now at the Treadway chapel on Coombs
street, where funeral services will be held at two o'clock Wednesday
afternoon. Interment will follow in the family plot in Tulocay
cemetery.
Notes: Native
of Indiana, born June 1846. He was the son of Jesse W. Hayman and
Fanny C. Dashiell. The father was a merchant at Moore's Hill,
Dearborn County, Indiana, settling there in 1838. A biography of
the father appears in the "History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties,
Indiana," published in 1885.
J. E. "Hamon" was enumerated in the 1860 census in Sparta
Township, Dearborn County, Indiana, under the household of his father
J. W. [Jesse W.] and mother F. C. [Fanny C.] "Hamon." John was
listed as age 14, born in Indiana, attending school. Others in
the household were a male with initials T. L. [Thomas L.], age 19; a
male L. T. [Luther T.], age 15; a female A. M. [Alice M.], age 10, a
male G. H. [George H.], age 6; a male E. O. [Ernest O.], age 4, and a
female M. D. [Milna D.], age 2. The father was listed as a store
keeper, born in Maryland, the mother born in Indiana.
John Hayman was enumerated in the 1870 census in Sparta
Township (Morris Hill Post Office), Dearborn County, Indiana, under the
household of Jesse Hayman (age 53, native of MD) and his wife Fanny
(age 4, native of IN). John was listed as age 23, born in
Indiana, occupation teaching. Others in the household were Alice
Hayman (age 18), George (age 16), and Ernest (age 13).
John E. Hayman was enumerated in the 1880 census in Spring
Valley Township, Colusa County, California, living in the household of
his brother, Luther T. Hayman (see Luther Trumbull Hayman below).
John was described as single, age 33, born in Indiana, parents both
born in Maryland, occupation school teacher.
John E. Hayman was enumerated in the 1900 census in Colusa
Township, Colusa County. He was listed as a widower (married 22
years), age 43, born June 1846 in Indiana, parents both born in
Maryland, occupation school teacher. His household included his
niece, Jennie Hayman (born March 1886 in California.
John E. Hayman had moved to Napa by 1910, where he was
enumerated in Napa Township, part of Napa City, at his house at 119
Division Street. He was listed as married (2nd marriage, 9
years), age 64, born in Indiana, parents both born in Maryland,
occupation bookkeeper in a mortgage office, Union Army veteran.
His household included his wife Elizabeth C. (age 67, born in Indiana),
and a rental subhousehold headed by high school principal Glenn L.
Allen (age 31).
John Hayman appears in the 1920 census in Napa, Napa
County, where was head of household in his own house located at 119
Division Street. He was listed as age 73, born in Indiana, father
born in Maryland, mother born in Indiana, occupation collector in a
_____ firm. His household included his wife Lizzie (age 76, born
in IN), and a private family nurse named Susie Grabow (age 41). A
rental subhousehold headed by Newton Crandall (age 80) was located at
the same address.
Lizzie E. Hayman - wife of J. E. Hayman - died in Napa
County on 15 April 1927 at the age of 84.
J. E. Hayman appears in the 1930 census in Napa, where he
was head of household in his own house (valued at $9,000) located at
1227 Division Street. He was listed as married (first married at
age 34), age 83, born in Indiana, father born in Maryland, mother born
in Indiana, no occupation. His household included his wife
Violet J. (age 53, born in OH, first married at age 25),
son-in-law Morris Welch (age 40, born in NV), and step-daughter Margie
Welch (age 27, born in ID).
John Edward Hayman died 14 December 1931 in Napa, and was
buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
Military Information:
Union. He enlisted on 25 May 1864, and was mustered as a Private
into Company I of the 134th Indiana Infantry. His residence at
the time of enlistment was Dearborn County, Indiana. He was
mustered out on 2 September 1864 at Indianapolis, Indiana. His
brothers Thomas L. and Luther T. Hayman also served in Indiana
regiments during the Civil War.
In the 1886
Register of the Department of California (G.A.R.), John E. Hayman was
listed as a member of Gen. John F. Miller Post, No. 110, based in
Colusa. He was Post Adjutant, with qualifying service listed as
Company I, 134th Indiana Infantry. When he moved to Napa, he
joined Kit Carson Post, No. 74. He was one of the last four
members of the Post in 1928.
John Edward Hayman applied for and received a veterans
disability pension on 12 December 1904 (application no. 1328804, cert.
no. 1120833. Service on the pension death index card was noted as
Co. I, 134 Ind Inf. It was also noted that he died in Napa, Cal.,
on 14 December 1931.
He is noted in the
late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery, service incorrectly listed as
Co. I, 137th
Indiana Infantry.
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Luther Trumbull
Hayman
(1843 - 1927)
Rank: 1st Lieutenant (Regimental Adjutant)
Obituary (Napa
Daily
Journal newspaper, 19 July 1927, headline):
Luther
T. Hayman
Taken By Death
Prominent
Business
Man Succumbs
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Following
an
illness which at first startled the entire community and then saddened
it as
news of its seriousness became known, Luther T. Hayman, a pioneer and a
prominent resident of Napa, was taken by death at his home, 554
Randolph
street, at eight o'clock yesterday morning.
A resident of Napa since 1882
his honesty and integrity
built
for him a circle of admiring and loving friends, who, through his long
sickness
have endeavored to make his suffering easier and to give every
encouragement
toward his recovery.
Mr. Hayman has been in
failing health for several years
and his
weakened condition as a result left him unable to cope with the ravages
of a
recent and more serious attack. His
immediate
family had been informed of the seriousness of his illness and
doubtless Mr.
Hayman, too, knew of it. But his
cheerfulness was with him to the end and he passed away quietly and
peacefully
with his family surrounding his bedside.
Luther T. Hayman came to
California across the plains with
ox
teams carrying freight to Salt Lake City, incidentally driving a band
of cattle
to the far-away western point. In Utah
more cattle were bought and the enlarged herd was driven on to Garden
City,
Nevada. There some months were spent in
disposing of cattle before California, his final destination, was
reached in
the Fall of 1868; settled in Colusa County and there engaged in farming. October 3, 1872, he was united in
marriage
to Miss Sarah L. Stone, and in 1883, with his wife and little daughter,
Lulu,
came to Napa to establish his home. Here
the angel of death sometime after bereft him of his
loved
companion, and some years later, viz: July 4, 1897, he married Mrs. Eva
Stewart
Hall, who subsequently shared with him the joys and sorrows common to
human
kind, to minister to him as only a good and loving wife can during the
illness
of his later days.
To be with him and at his
bedside through all the hours he
was
shut in by illness his wife and daughter, Lulu, were ever present to
make
effective the family doctor's prescription and bring rays of sunshine
into
otherwise dreary hours. He was in a
semi-conscious state during the last moments of his life, but at all
times able
to recognize the dear ones about him.
The funeral will be held from
Webber's Parlors Wednesday
at on
o'clock.
No flowers.
Interment in Tulocay Cemetery
private.
Funeral
Announcement (Napa
Daily Journal newspaper, 21 July 1927, pg. 1, col. 5):
BELOVED
NAPAN TENDERLY
LAID TO LAST REST
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Simple,
but
most impressive, services were held yesterday for the late Luther T.
Hayman,
beloved pioneer of this city who passed away on Monday morning.
The services were held at the
Webber Funeral Parlor, where
a
large
number of sorrowing friends gathered to pay last homage.
Rev. E. I. LaRue, pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
of
this city, officiated. There was no
singing.
G. M. Francis, lifelong
friend and comrade of the
deceased,
spoke briefly and eloquently of the fine life led by Mr. Haymen [sic].
Those who served as
pallbearers were: Henry
Brown, Robt. P. Lamdin, L. J. Norton, W. G. Thompson, S. H.
Wyckoff and Ray Huyck.
The honorary pallbearers –
representatives of patriotic
organizations – were: G. M. Francis, O.
E. Clark and James Smith, members of Kit Carson Post, G.A.R.; Percy S.
King, as
a member of Company H; James Gillies, a member of the Spanish War
Veterans; and
Ben C. Corlett, a member of the American Legion.
Interment was made in Tulocay
Cemetery.
Among those from out of town
who attended the funeral were: Mr. And
Mrs. R. A. Steward and Mrs. D. T.
Steward of Fresno; Mr. And Mrs. Frank A. Stewart of Vallejo; Mr. and
Mrs.
Thomas Wohlfrom of Davis; the Misses Clara and Ella Wohlfrom of
Arbuckle; and
Mr. and Mrs. George Starr of Santa Rosa.
Notes:
Native of Indiana, born November 1843. He was the son of Jesse W.
Hayman and Fanny C. Dashiell. The father was a
merchant at Moore's Hill, Dearborn County, Indiana, settling there in
1838. A biography of the father appears in the "History of
Dearborn
and Ohio Counties, Indiana," published in 1885.
L. T. "Hamon" was enumerated in the 1860 census in Sparta
Township,
Dearborn County, Indiana, under the household of his father J. W.
[Jesse W.] and mother F. C. [Fanny C.] "Hamon." Luther was listed
as age 15, born in Indiana, attending school. For a list of the
other members in the household, see the listing for John E. Hayman
above.
Luther T. Hayman was enumerated in the 1880 census in
Spring Valley, Colusa County, California. He was listed as
married, age 36, born in Indiana, parents both born in Maryland,
occupation farmer. His household included his wife Sarah S. (age
32), his brother John E. Hayman (age 33), a "ward" named Hardy W.
Prouse (age 16), a farmer name Myron Brooks (age 25) and a farm laborer
named Clinton Brooks (age 19).
L. T. Hayman was enumerated in the 1900 census in Napa,
Napa County, as head of household in his own house on Randolph
Street. He was listed as married (16 years), age 56, born
November 1843 in Indiana, parents both born in Maryland, occupation
real estate. His household included his wife Eva T. (born
November 1866 in IL, mother of one child still living), daughter Lulu
(born December 1880 in CA), and step-daughter Dolly Wade (born January
1887 in IL).
Luther T. Hayman died in Napa on 18 July 1927 and was
buried at Tulocay Cemetery on 20 July 1927. The CDI notes that he
died in Napa County on 18 July 1927 at the age of 83. Spouse's
initials were "E. D."
Military Information:
Union. Luther T. Hayman enlisted as a Commissary Sergeant on 16
August 1861 and was mustered into Field & Staff of the 18th Indiana
Infantry regiment on the same date. According to Historical Data
Systems, he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 9 April 1863 and
transferred with that rank to Company K of the same regiment on 1 July
1863. He reportedly resigned on 7 August 1863. There is
overlap in Luther's service as an officer in the 18th Indiana Infantry
and in the 9th Missouri State Militia Cavalry. This may be due in
part to confusion with an unrelated individual named Thomas L. Haymond
who served in the same regiment. Several key dates seem to
coincide between these two. To add to the confusion, Luther had a
brother named Thomas L. Hayman, who served in the 26th Indiana
Infantry. Thomas died while in service at New Orleans on 15
September 1863.
Luther was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant into Field &
Staff of the 9th Missouri State Militia Cavalry at "Jeff City" on 20
July 1862. His first duty was as 2nd Lieutenant and Battalion
Adjutant until 29 July 1862. On 30 July 1862, he was promoted to
1st Lieutenant and Regimental Adjutant. His name appears
frequently in the regimental reports of the 9th Missouri S. M. Cav.,
especially in 1863 when he served for a time as Acting Assistant
Adjutant General for the North Eastern District of Missouri. He
was mustered out "by reason of being supernumerary by muster" (age 21)
on 13 July 1865. His Missouri service record file is large (95
pages). A brother, Lieut. Thomas L. Hayman, was also serving in
Missouri while Luther was there. Thomas served in Company K, 26th
Indiana Infantry.
Luther T. Hayman applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in California on 6 December 1905 (application no.
1343012, cert. no. 1118606). His wife Eva applied for a widow's
benefit on 17 August 1927 (application no. 1588840, cert. no.
A-12-28-27). Service on the pension index card is noted as "A 18
Ind. Inf." and "Adjutant Mo. S. Mil. Cav." The pension death
index card notes that he died in Napa, Calif., on 18 July 1927.
He appears in the
1886 register for the Department of California,
G.A.R., as Quartermaster, Kit Carson Post, No. 74, in Napa. His
qualifying
service was noted 9th Missouri S. M. Cavalry.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery, noted as Co. A, 18th Indiana
Inf.
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18th Indiana Infantry
Field & Staff
9th Missouri State Militia Cavalry
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Richard Henry
Keyes Hedden
(1831 - 1912)
Rank: Unknown
Obituary (The Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 2 May
1912, pg. 1, col. 4):
DEATH OF RICH HEDDEN
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Aged Resident of Napa Passed Away Here Wednesday.
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Richard Hedden, a
pioneer of California, passed away Wednesday afternoon at his home at
142 Grant avenue. He had been gradually failing in health for the
last eight months.
He was 80 years of age, and was born in the town of
Massachusetts, in South Carolina. He had resided in Napa for the
last seven years, and for twenty-five years before that in Casper,
Mendocino county. He was a veteran of the Civil War.
He leaves to mourn his departure the widow and these
twelve children: Mrs. Ida Daniels, Mrs. Bertha Brooks, Mrs. Mamie
Babbitt, and Mrs. Nina McGowan, Donald and Ronald Hedden of Mendocino
county; Robert, William, and Eugene Hedden of Napa; Mrs. Uldine Cramer
[Kremer]
and Miss Alice Hedden, of San Francisco; and Mrs. Charlotte Filkfong of
Oxnard, Ventura county.
The time of the funeral has not yet been set.
Funeral notice (The Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 4 May
1912, pg. 5, col. 4):
Funeral of R. Hedden
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The funeral of the late Richard Hedden was held Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the family residence at 142 Grant avenue,
and was largely attended. Rev. F. W. Shattuck and Rev. Hunt
conducted the service. The remains were interred in Tulocay
cemetery.
Notes:
Native of the town of Massachusetts, South Carolina, born November
1831. His full name was Richard Henry Keyes Hedden (source: Great
Register of Voters, Mendocino County, 1880).
Richard Hedden was enumerated in the 1880 census in
"Caspar and Noyo vicinity," Mendocino County, California, as head of
household. He was listed as married, age 50, born in South
Carolina, father born in South Carolina, mother born in England,
occupation gardener. His household included his wife Emma (age
25), daughter Idda (age 5), son William (age 3), and daughter Margaret
(age 2).
Richard H. Hedden was enumerated in the 1900 census in Caspar
precinct, Mendocino County, as head of household in a rented
house. He was listed as married (25 years), age 68, born November
1831 in South Carolina, birthplace of parents unknown, occupation
gardener. His household included his wife Emma (born March 1853
in Canada), daughters Emma (born Dec. 1880) and Bertha (born July
1882),
sons Charles (born June 1883) and Augustus (born June 1884), daughters
Mary (born Sept. 1885), Nina (born Oct. 1886) and Alice (born Oct.
1887), sons Robert (born June 1890), John (born June 1890) and Roland
(born Sept. 1894). All of the children were born in
California. Emma was noted as being the mother of 13 children,
all still living.
Richard Hedden appears in the 1910 census in Napa City
(3rd ward), Napa County, as head of household in a rented house located
at 216 Grant Avenue in Napa. He was listed as married (1st
marriage, 37 years), age 78, born in South Carolina, father born in
South Carolina, mother born in England, living on his own income.
His household included his wife Emma A. (age 59), sons William W. (age
34), Robert (age 14), Donald (age 14), and Rolin H. (age 15).
Emma was noted as being the mother of 13 children, 12 still
living. Her year of immigration was listed as 1867. Richard
was not marked as being a Civil War veteran (others on the same census
page are).
Richard Hedden
died in Napa
County on 1 May 1912 at the age of 80, and was buried in Tulocay
Cemetery, block 134, lot 12, south 1/2.
Military Information:
Service information not known. His obituary notes him as a Civil
War veteran.
He is noted in the
late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery. Remarks: 2 May
1912, Block 134,
Lot 12 S1/2, sg.
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Elijah Bluford
Heflin
(1824 - 1910)
Rank: Private
Notes:
Wife Louvisa
Markwell (1825 - 1907).
He died 24 May 1910, and is buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
Military Information:
He applied for and received a Civil War veterans pension
in Nevada on 1 September 1882 (application no. 458849, cert. no.
277585).
In in the 1886 Register of the Department of California &
Nevada, Grand Army of the Republic, he was listed as a member of Lander
Post, No. 27, GAR, based in Austin, Nevada. He was later a
charter member of Napa Post, No. 192, GAR, listed as "E. B.
Heflin." The post was chartered in 1907.
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William Charles
Heflin
(1854 - 1927)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper,
16 October
1927, pg. 1, col. 3):
W. C.
HEFFLIN DIES
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Just
as The Journal was going to press word was received
of the
death of W. C. Heflin, pioneer resident of this community and Grand
Army
veteran.
Death occurred shortly after
midnight. A
complete account of the details of the life of the venerable
gentleman will be published in the next issue of this newspaper.
News of his passing will come
as a great shock to the many
friends of the venerable gentleman in this city.
Notes:
Native of Missouri, born March 1854. He was the son of Elijah
Bluford Heflin and Louvisa Markwell. He is listed in some
genealogies as William Chestine Heflin, born 14 November 1853.
William C. Hefflin
was enumerated in the 1900 census in Salvador Precinct, Napa, Napa
County, CA, living on his own farm. He was listed as married (23
years), age 46, born March 1854 in Missouri, parents both born in Iowa,
occupation farmer. His household included his wife Mary (born
March 1857), daughter Mamie (born June 1883 in NV), daughter Kate E.
(born January 1877 in MO), daughter Ida C. (born December 1880 in NV),
son Edward E. (born January 1879 in MO), and son Charles W[illiam]
(born May
1887 in NV).
William C. Hefflin
was enumerated in the 1910 census in Trancas Precinct, Napa, Napa
County, living on a rented farm on Yajome Street. He was listed
as married (1st marriage, 35 years), age 55, born in Missouri, parents
both born in Indiana, occupation general farmer. His household
included his wife Mary A (age 53, native of IA, mother of 5 children
all living), daughter Mamie (age 25, born in NV), son Charles W. (age
23, born in NV), son Edward E. (age 32, born in MO), Edward's wife Mary
(age 30, born in CA), and Edward's daughter Mary C. (age 1, born in
CA). There was no notation indicating William's Civil War service.
He died in Napa on 16 October 1927, and was buried at
Tulocay Cemetery in Block
132, Lot 15, 3rd grave from south.
Military Information:
Service information not known. He was only 11 years old when the
war ended, so service may been as a drummer boy.
Member of the Grand Army of the Republic.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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John George
Henderson
(???? - 1931)
Rank:
Notes:
The CDI notes that a John G. Henderson died in Alameda on 21 April 1925
at the age of 82.
Military Information:
15th Kansas Cavalry.
John G. Henderson
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 3 February
1891 (application no. 992938, cert. no. 717559. Service on the
pension death index card was noted as Co. C, 15 Kans. Cav. It was
also noted that he died in Napa, Calif., on 28 January 1931.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Isaac George Herron
(1838 - 1923)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 20
December 1923, pg. 1, col. 1):
OLD RESIDENT OF BROWNS VALLEY IS
DEAD
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Was Pioneer Orchardist of the Browns Valley Section, Aged 85 Years
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At 6:30 o'clock
last night at the ripe old age of 85 years, Isaac G. Herron, a
much-esteemed resident of Browns Valley for many years, went to that
bourne whence no traveler returns. He was a native of Ohio; born
April 12, 1838. He came to California in 1876.
He was a member of Kit Carson Post, G.A.R., and of Yount
Lodge, No. 12, F.& A.M.
He was an orchardist in Browns Valley and was a man whose integrity and sterling traits of character won for him a host of
friends who will deeply regret his demise.
He is survived by a daughter, Miss Eliza B. Herron, a son,
Fred Herron of Washington, D. C., and two grandchildren, George Irwin
and Elmer Leroy Herron.
The funeral will be held from the D. C. Treadway chapel at
2 o'clock tomorrow (Friday) afternoon under the auspices of the
G.A.R. Rev. W. P. Rankin will officiate as clergyman.
Funeral Announcement (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 22
December 1923, pg. 1, col. 5):
Funeral of I. G. Herron Conducted
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The funeral of Isaac G. Herron was held from the D. C.
Treadway chapel ye[s]terday afternoon under the auspices of Kit Carson
Post, G.A.R., with G. M. Francis, O. E. Clark, L. T. Hayman and J. E.
Hayman conducting the ritual. A flag service by Julia Dent Grant
Circle, Ladies of the G.A.R. followed.
Rev. W. P. Rankin of the Methodist Church delivered a
eulogy on the life of the deceased.
Interment was made in Tulocay Cemetery.
Notes:
Native of Ohio, born 12 April 1838.
He died in Napa on
19 December 1923, and was buried at Tulocay Cemetery on 21 December
1921. The CDI notes that Isaac G. Herron died in Napa County on
19 December
1923 at the age of 85. Spouse's initials were "E. J."
His headstone reads "ISAAC G. HERRON | 1838 - 1923."
It is decorated with the symbol of the F & A. M.
Military Information:
Union. Co. A, 78th Ohio Infantry.
Isaac G. Herron
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 9 April 1888
(application no. 649722, cert. no. 851692). Service on the
pension death index card was noted as Co. A, 78 Ohio Inf. It was
also noted that he died in Napa, Calif., on 25 December 1923.
He appears in the
1886 register for the Department of California,
G.A.R., as Chaplain, Kit Carson Post, No. 74, in Napa. His
qualifying
service was noted as Co. A, 78th Ohio Infantry.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Erwin D. Hill
(???? - ????)
Rank: Bugler
Notes:
He was a resident of the Veterans Home in 1920. He does not
appear in the CDI to 1929.
He is buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
Military Information:
Union. He enlisted on 1 July 1863, and was mustered as a Bugler
into Company C of the 4th Ohio Independent Battalion Cavalry on 22
August 1863. His age at the time of enlistment was 21. He
was mustered out on 12 March 1864.
Erwin D. Hill
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in California
in 25 June 1894 (application no. 1159083, cert. no.1035045).
Service on the pension index card was noted as "C, 4 Indpt. Battn. Ohio
Cav."
He appears in the
1886 register for the Department of California,
G.A.R., as a member of Kit Carson Post, No. 74, in Napa. His
qualifying
service was noted as Co. C, 4th Ind. "Battery." He later transferred to
Napa Post, No. 192, G.A.R.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery, listed as Edwin D. Hill,
service in Co. C, 4th Ohio Independent Cavalry.
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Nathan Perry
Hoffman
(???? - 1919)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 3
June 1919, page 1, col. 3):
N. P. Hoffman Passed Away
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Nathan P. Hoffman,
relic of A ___ M. Hoffman and father of Mrs. __ G. Manasse of Napa,
breathed his last Sunday morning at 8 o'clock at the age of 76.
Mr. Hoffman was born in Sharon, [remainder of sentence is
typesetting error].
At the age of 18 years he enlisted in the army and served
during the Civil War as a member of Company K, 63rd Regiment of
Pennsylvania Volunteers. He served four years.
It was forty-seven years ago that he came to California to
reside, establishing his home in Vallejo. There he held a
responsible position at Mare Island until about fifteen years ago, when
his health began failing. He then came to Napa to make his home
with his daughter, Mrs. Manasse. A few years ago he was taken
with a very severe sick spell and after his recovery, realizing his
serious condition, requested to be taken to the Veterans' Home hospital
at Yountville, where his grandchildren would not see his sufferings and
where he could be associated with his old comrades. His daughter
was in almost constant attendance upon him during the last three weeks
of his illness.
Deceased is survived by an only daughter, Mrs. Manasse,
and several brothers and sisters living in the East. He was a
member of San Pablo Lodge No. 43, I.O.O.F., and Mt. Moriah Encampment
No. 38, I.O.O.F., of Vallejo.
Mr. Hoffman was dearly beloved by all who knew him on
account of his amiable disposition. Although a great sufferer he
was ever cheerful and patient.
The funeral will be held this morning at 10:30 o'clock
from the G. G. Pinkham funeral parlors.
Funeral Report (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 4
June 1919, page 5, col. 1):
Funerals Held [excerpt]
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Services for the late Nathan P. Hoffman were conducted at
10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning under the auspices of Napa Lodge of Odd
Fellows at the Pinkham funeral parlors.
The Rev. Richard Wylie offered prayer.
Interment was made in Tulocay cemetery.
Notes:
The CDI notes that Nathan P. Hoffman died in Napa County
on 1 June 1919
at the age of 76.
Military Information:
Union. Co. K, 63rd Pennsylvania Infantry.
Nathan P. Hoffman
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 6 August
1890 (application no. 846069, cert. no. 1034575). Service on the
pension death index card notes that he served in Co. K, 63 Pa.
Inf. It was also noted that he died at the Vets Home, Cal., on 1
June 1919.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Samuel Emery Holden
(1845 - 1900)
Rank: Private
Biography (History of
Napa and Lake Counties, California, 1881):
HOLDEN, SAMUEL
E. Of the firm of B. F. Sawyer & Co., Napa, was born in
Concord, New Hampshire, February 3, 1845. His father, Benjamin F.
Holden, was for many years engaged in woolen manufacturing at that
place, and was founder of the firm of R. F. and D. Holden, afterwards
incorporated, and now doing business under the name of "The Concord
Manufacturing Company." Mr. S. E. Holden still retains an
interest in this company, and is also a partner with his brother, B. F.
Holden, Jr., in the firm of Holden & Co., woolen manufacturers of
Bristol, New Hampshire. In early life most of his vacation from
school, and spare time, were spent working in the factory, by which he
gained familiarity with machinery, habits of industry, and an
acquaintance with wool. He prepared for college at the New
Hampshire Conference Seminary at Tilton, New Hampshire, where he was
attending school at the breaking out of the Rebellion. In
September, 1862, he enlisted in the 16th Regiment, New Hampshire
Volunteers, and served one year in the army under General N. P. Banks,
during his Louisiana campaign. Returning from the army he
completed his preparatory course, and in 1865 entered Wesleyan
University, Middletown, Connecticut, where he graduated in 1869.
Returning to Concord he at once entered the law office of Minot &
Mugridge, where he remained for three years, and in 1872 was admitted
to the bar of Grafton County, New Hampshire. He formed a law
partnership in Bristol, New Hampshire, with Hon. S. K. Mason, under the
name of Mason & Holden, which continued until 1875, when he came to
Napa. A charter had been obtained for the Bristol Savings Bank;
Mr. Mason was made president, and Mr. Holden, treasurer, which position
he also held at the time of his coming to California. The bank,
without any capital, in a little town of two thousand inhabitants, in
the space of three years accumulated deposits to the amount of
$60,000. In 1869 Mr. Holden married Mary E. Taylor, daughter of
J. S. Taylor, Esq., of Sanbornton, New Hampshire. One child,
Hattie M., died in infancy. In 1875 the failing health of his
wife induced him to bring her to this State, but, as is often the case,
the change was made too late to be of any benefit, and she died in Napa
two months after leaving New Hampshire. On his arrival in Napa he
became a book-keeper for B. F. Sawyer & Co., and was also
interested with them in the purchase of fleece wool. On their
reorganization, April 1, 1880, he became a member of the company.
He has devoted himself entirely to business during his stay in this
State, and only allowed the claims of one institution, the Napa
Collegiate Institute, to divide his attention. He is at present a
member of its Executive Board and president of its Board of
Trustees. January 8, 1879, he married Anna Smyth, daughter of
Hon. Robert Smyth of Mount Vernon, Iowa, a pioneer preceptress of Napa
Collegiate Institute. They have one child, Robert, born May 13,
1880.
Biography (Memorial and
Biographical History of Northern California, Illustrated. 1891):
SAMUEL E. HOLDEN,
one of the most promising and enterprising of the business men of
Napa County, where he has resided for the past fifteen years, was born
at West Concord, New Hampshire, February 3, 1845. He was educated
in the public schools of that town and at the Wesleyan University, of
Middletown, Connecticut, graduating at that institution in 1869.
In September, 1862, at the age of seventeen years, Mr. Holden enlisted
in the Sixteenth Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers, which served in
the Department of the Gulf, under General N. P. Banks, during the first
Red River campaign, and also at the siege of Port Hudson. This
regiment was sent up the Atchafalaya River from the Teche country, and
took possession of Fort Burton, at the junction of the Atchafalaya with
the canal, which was the means of supply, from the Attakapas country
and Texas, of the Confederate force at Port Hudson. This cut off
the Rebel supplies from the west, while Banks invested them closely on
the east. But while occupying this position the Mississippi and
its tributaries were very high, and the Rebels cut off the levees and
flooded the whole country, thus creating a malaria which nearly
annihilated the regiment. It is said that they lost as many men
from malaria contracted in those Louisiana swamps as any other New
Hampshire regiment lost in the same length of time from battles and
disease combined.
Mr. Holden is a member of Kit Carson Post, No. 74, of
Napa. His father, Benjamin F. Holden, was for many years engaged
in woolen manufacture at Concord, New Hampshire, and founder of the
firm of B. F. & D. Holden, afterward incorporated, and now doing
business under the name of the Concord Manufacturing Company. Mr.
S. E. Holden still retains an interest and a directorship in this
company. In early life most of his spare time and his vacations
from school were spent in the factory, where he not only acquired a
habit of industry, but also gained a valuable acquaintance with wool
and the machinery for its manufacture.
After his graduation in 1868, Mr. Holden studied law for
three years with Minot, Tappan & Mugridge, of Concord, New
Hampshire, and was admitted to the Grafton County Bar in 1872. He
formed a partnership with Hon. S. K. Mason, of Bristol, New
Hampshire. During his residence in Bristol, a charter was
obtained for the Bristol Savings Bank, and Mr. Mason was elected
President, and Mr. Holden Treasurer. This bank, without capital
stock, and in a small town of 2,000 inhabitants, in the course of three
years accumulated deposits to the amount of $60,000. He held this
position until he left the State. In 1869 he was married to Miss
Mary E. Taylor, daughter of J. S. Taylor of Sanbornton, new
Hampshire. They had one child, Hattie M., who died in
infancy. In 1875 the failing health of his wife determined him to
bring her to this State, but the change was too late to be of any
benefit, and she died at Napa two months after leaving her New
Hampshire home. In 1879 he was married to Miss Anna Smythe,
daughter of Hon. Robert Smythe, of Mt. Vernon, Iowa. They have
three children, Robert Smythe, Harold Emery and Philip
Sawyer. They lost one daughter, Grace E., who died in 1887, at
the age of four years. Mr. Holden is a member and steward of the
Methodist Episcopal Church; also a member of the Masonic order, Napa
Lodge, and of Gold Gate Commandery, Knights Templar, of San
Francisco. Mr. Holden's first business connection subsequent to
his arrival in Napa was as book-keeper for, and later as a member of
the firm of B. F. Sawyer & Co., now the Sawyer Tanning Company, of
which he is president and one of the directors. He was actively
interested in the organization and establishment of the Napa City Water
Company, and is its president. His early familiarity with the
manufacture of woolen goods doubtless explains his interest in the Napa
Woolen Mill, and it fits him especially for the presidency of that
corporation; and finally, as a member of the board of trustees of Napa
College, he has acted as its president since the death of Judge
Chancellor Hartson.
Biography (History of
Solano and Napa Counties, California. 1912):
A native of
Concord, N.H., born February 3, 1845, Samuel E. Holden received his
education in the select schools of his home city and spent most of his
vacations working in a factory, by which he gained familiarity with
factory life and an acquaintance with the wool industry. He
prepared for college at the New Hampshire Conference Seminary at
Tilton, which he was attending at the breaking out of the Civil
war. In September, 1862, hearing the call of his country, he laid
aside his books and put off his school garb for the soldier's rifle and
the "army blue," tramping, sleeping fighting, under the Stars and
Stripes, an enlisted soldier in the Sixteenth New Hampshire Volunteers,
in which he served one year under Gen. N. P. Banks during his Louisiana
campaign. After "muster out" he resumed his preparatory course
and in 1865 entered Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., from which
he graduated in 1869. Returning to Concord he took up the study
of law in the office of Minott & Mugridge, where he remained three
years, in 1872 being admitted to practice in Grafton county, N.H.
He formed a partnership at Bristol, N.H., with Hon. S. K. Mason, under
the name of Mason & Holden, continuing this association until he
came to California in 1875, at that time locating in Napa. While
a resident of Bristol he was treasurer of the Bristol Savings Bank and
helped make it a success.
Mr. Holden came to
Napa and became bookkeeper for B. F. Sawyer & Co., and was also
interested with them in buying fleece wool. On the reorganization
of the company, April 1, 1880, he became a member of the same and
devoted himself entirely to the development of the business. He
served as president of the Sawyer Tanning Company and of the Napa
Woolen Mill, was a director of the Bank of Napa and chairman of its
finance committee. He was largely interested in and helped
organize the Norton Tanning Company of South San Francisco, and was a
director in the Concord Manufacturing Company of Concord, N.H. He
was president of the board of directors of Napa College and did much
for the welfare of that institution. As a trustee of the
University of the Pacific, now College of the Pacific at San Jose, he
was not wanting in interest in its success. He was also a
prominent and useful member of the Lay Association of the California
Conference, and was one of the incorporators of the Relief Association
organized in the interest of the Conference Claimants. He also
served in the broader Christian interest as a director of the state
Y.M.C.A. It was, however, in the local church at Napa where his
faithful services were probably of the greatest worth. For
twenty-four years he was a member of the official board, serving as
trustee, steward and district steward. For many years he was
teacher of the young men's class in the Sunday school. Twice he
was elected a member of the city council of Napa and no more faithful,
capable, upright servant ever sat on its board. His fellow
townsmen speak of him with great respect and tell of his interest in
all that was for the city's welfare. In business circles he
always had the welfare of his employees and their families at heart and
during the stress of hard times, some years ago, stood financially
under business concerns that were run at a continuous loss. He
was
a Mason of the Knights Templar degree and also an active member of the
Grand Army of the Republic.
In 1869, the year of his graduation, Mr. Holden was
married to Miss Mary E. Taylor of Sanbornton, N.H. She
accompanied him to California in 1875 and passed away in Napa on May 4
of that year. In 1879 Mr. Holden was married to Miss Anna Smyth
of Mount Vernon, Iowa. Robert S. Holden, who graduated from
Wesleyan University in 1902, is employed in the Bank of Napa; Harold
E., who graduated from the University of California in 1906, is
connected with the Norton Tanning Company of South San Francisco; and
Philip S. is also in San Francisco. One daughter, Gracie, died in
early childhood. Mrs. Holden is a graduate of Cornell College,
Mount Vernon, Iowa, and came to California in December of 1876 as
preceptress to Napa College. She and his three sons survive
him. Mr. Holden was a Christian man who held to the principles of
his faith with a quiet, firm persistency. He ever evidenced a
genuine faith, and consistent life, and a piety in the home, the
church, and the world. He died December 31, 1900, at Altruria,
Sonoma county.
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 1
January 1901, pg. 3, col. 3):
AGAIN THE DEATH ANGEL.
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S. E. Holden Passes Away at Dr. Burke's Sanitarium at Altruria.
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S. E. Holden died
at 3:30 Monday afternoon, after a long illness from heart disease, at
Dr. Burke's Sanitarium at Altruria, Sonoma county. By his death
Napa loses a substantial, public-spirited and progressive citizen, one
who, beside attending to the multifarious duties of his immense private
business devoted much time to public affairs. As a member of the
City Council, of the Board of Trustees of Napa College, of the Board of
Trade, and in other capacities he rendered valuable service to the
community and he also stood high in the councils of the Methodist
Church. For about two years he has been unable, owing to failing
health, to apply himself to business. His death is a severe loss
to the community.
Samuel E. Holden was born in Concord, N.H., February 3,
1845. He served one year in the 16th New Hampshire Volunteers
under General N. P. Banks during the Civil War. In 1872 he was
admitted to the bar, and practiced law until he came to Napa in
1875. At the same time he also held the office of Treasurer of
the Bristol Savings Bank. On his arrival in Napa he became
bookkeeper for B. F. Sawyer & Co., and on the re-organization of
the company in 1880 he became President of the corporation, which
office he held at the time of his death. He was also President of
the Napa Woolen Mill.
Mr. Holden was twice married. His first wife died
shortly after their arrival in Napa in 1875, and in 1879 he married
Miss Anna Smyth, who survives him. He also leaves three sons –
Robert, who is at school at Middleton, Conn., Harold and Philip.
Mr. Holden's remains will be brought to Napa to-day, and
the funeral will be held to-morrow (Wednesday) afternoon at 1 o'clock
from the M. E. Church.
Funeral Announcement (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 3
January 1901, pg. 3, col. 3):
AT THE GRAVE.
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Napa Pays its Last Honors to Two of Its Departed Citizens.
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[First part of article describes
the funeral of Charles J. Beerstecher, not reprinted here]
The funeral service over the remains of the late S. E.
Holden was held at the Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon, Rev. J. H.
N. Williams officiating, and the regular choir of the church furnishing
the music.
The pall-bearers were: Henry Brown, Ray T. Kimball,
C. A. Derby, E. G. Manasse, J. W. Grigsby, H. H. Knapp, R. Raymond and
R. W. Benedict.
The employees of the Sawyer Tannery attended the funeral
in a body, and there were many elegant floral pieces.
The body was interred in Tulocay Cemetery.
The City Hall flag hung at half-mast in honor of the
deceased.
Notes:
Native of Concord, New Hampshire, born 3 February 1845. He was
the son of Benjamin F. Holden.
He died in
Altruria (a short-lived utopian community),
near Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, on 31 December 1900, and was buried in
Tulocay Cemetery on 2 January 1901. Altruria was the site of Dr.
William P. Burke's
medical and surgical sanitarium, which was a well known facility
located on Mark West Springs Road, north of Santa Rosa.
Military Information:
Union. He enlisted at the age of 18 as a Private on 4
September 1862, and was mustered into Co. D, 16th New Hampshire
Infantry regiment. His residence at the time of enlistment was
Concord, New Hampshire. He was mustered out on 20 August 1863 at
Concord, New Hampshire.
Samuel E. Holden's wife applied for a veteran widow's
pension benefit on 21 February 1910 (application no. 936427, cert. no.
701975). Service on the pension death index card was noted as Co.
D, 16 N.H. Inf., enlisted 13 October 1862, discharged 12 August
1863. It was also noted that he died in Sonoma County, Cal., on
31 December 1900.
He appears in the
1886 register for the Department of California,
G.A.R., as a member of Kit Carson Post, No. 74, in Napa. His
qualifying
service was noted as Co. D, 16th New Hampshire Infantry.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried at Tulocay Cemetery.
A photograph of this man has been posted on the Historical Data
Systems website.
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John Holmes
(1839 - 1916)
Rank:
Notes:
Born 12 January 1839.
He died on
24 March 1916 and is buried in Block 104 of Tulocay Cemetery. The
headstone notes that he was "A Veteran of the Civil War." The CDI
notes that John Holmes died in Napa County on 24 March 1916 at the age
of 78.
Military Information:
Lionberger files, unverified. Service information not
known. Lionberger notes: 24 May 1916, Plot 52, single grave.
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George H. Hook
(1823 - 1894)
Rank:
Notes:
He is buried
in the G.A.R. Plot (Lot 27, Block 82),
Tulocay Cemetery, Napa. His military headstone identifies him as
"GEORGE HOOK | CO F | 2 CALIF INF | 1823 | 1894".
Military Information:
Union. Co. F, 2nd California Infantry.
George H. Hook
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 17 July 1890
(application no. 859403, cert. no. 630784). His service was noted
on the pension death index card as Co. D, 2 Cal. Inf., with additional
service in Co. F, 2 Cal. Inf. Term of service was noted as
beginning with a transfer on 20 October 1861 and ending with his
discharge on 16 April 1866.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried at Tulocay Cemetery.
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James Work Hoover
(1847 - 1923)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 2
December 1923, pg. 1, col. 1):
DEATH CALLED J. W. HOOVER,
OLD-TIME RESIDENT
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Shortly before 2
o'clock yesterday morning, J. W. Hoover, a much esteemed resident of
Napa for 50 years was called from earthly scenes after a long
illness. His health had been precarious for about two years and a
year ago he was forced to give up active pursuits. Last June he
was obliged to take to his bed, and since then he has suffered much and
failed gradually until the end came.
Deceased was 76 years old, born in Indiana county,
Pennsylvania. He was a son of Frederick and Lettice Hoover.
In 1873 he was married to Harriet E. Beck in Pittsburgh, Penn. In
1876 they came to Napa county, first locating at the Napa Soda Springs
where for a time Mr. Hoover worked as a carpenter. The family
next moved to Napa and finally took up their residence at the home in
First street where they have dwelt ever since.
Mr. Hoover served through the civil war with the
Independent Pennsylvania Light Artillery and took part in many of the
most important battles. After the assassination of Lincoln he was
a guard at the white house.
Deceased was a member of Napa Post, G.A.R., Otonkah Tribe,
Imp. O.R.M. [Improved Order of Red Men], and Minnetonkah Council, D. of
P [Degree of Pocahontas].
His widow and two children, Clarence E. Hoover of Napa and
Mrs. Joy Swindells of Berkeley survive.
The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow (Monday)
afternoon from the D. C. Treadway Chapel.
Funeral Announcement (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 4
December 1923, pg. 4, col. 3):
Last Services for Late J. W.
Hoover
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Funeral services
were conducted at the D. C. Treadway chapel at 2 o'clock yesterday
afternoon for the late J. W. Hoover, with Rev. W. P. Rankin of the
Methodist Church officiating.
Napa Post, G.A.R. and Otonkah Tribe, I.O.R.M. also took
part in the obsequies.
The pall-bearers were Charles Ratto, Ed. Shindler and W.
H. Springer for the Red Men and L. J. Norton, Robert Corlett and John
Cochrane for the Methodist Church.
A duet was rendered by Mrs. James Green and Miss Inez
Treadway, with Mrs. Hazel Lick at the piano.
Interment was made in Tulocay Cemetery.
Notes:
Native of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, reportedly born 7 April
1843. He was the son of
Frederick and Lettice Hoover.
James W. Hoover died in Napa on 1 December 1923, and was buried
at Tulocay Cemetery on 3 December 1923.
Military Information:
Union. James W. Hoover enlisted on 24 February 1864, and was
mustered as a Private into Battery F of the Pennsylvania Light
Artillery on the same date. He was mustered out at Washington,
D.C., on 26 June 1865.
He
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in California
on 7 May 1892 (application no. 1110219, cert. no. 1057896). His
wife, Harriet E. Hoover, applied for a widow's benefit in California on
12 December 1923 (application no. 1213083, cert. no. 947863.
Service was noted as "Indpt. Batty. F, Pa. L. A." The pension
death index card notes that he died in Napa, Calif., on 1 December 1923.
He appears in the
1886 register for the Department of California,
G.A.R., as Inside Sentinel, Kit Carson Post, No. 74, in Napa. His
qualifying
service was noted as Co. F, Independent Pennsylvania Light Artillery.
He was a member of Napa Post, No. 192, GAR.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried at Tulocay Cemetery.
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William E. Hulbert
(???? - 1916)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 9
January 1916, page 5, col. 2):
SUFFERING IS ENDED
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WM. E. HULBERT SUCCUMBED TO BRONCHIAL PNEUMONIA ON
SATURDAY EVENING.
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Had Been a Respected and
Industrious Citizen of Napa for Thirty-eight Years -- Had Been in Poor
Health for Years.
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Wm. E. Hulbert,
and aged and respected resident of Napa for about 38 years, passed away
at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Rebmann, 756 Oak street,
this city, at 10 o'clock on Saturday evening. Mr. Hulbert had
been confined to his bed for the past week with bronchial pneumonia,
and the turn for the worse came on Saturday evening.
For several years past he suffered from the ravages of a
cancer on his hand, which so undermined his system that he was unable
to fight off the malady which caused his death.
Deceased, with his family, came to Napa in November, 1877,
and has lived here continuously ever since, following the occupation of
a carpenter.
His wife passed away in 1878. He is survived by
three children -- James H. Hulbert and Mrs. Cora B. Langridge of
Oakland, and Mrs. Mary E. Rebmann, of Napa.
He was a native of New York and 79 years old.
The remains are now at the Kyser Funeral Parlors, and
arrangements for the funeral will be announced later.
Funeral Notice (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 11
January 1916, page 1, col. 4):
Funeral of Wm. E. Hulbert
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The funeral of the
late Wm. E. Hulbert was held at 11 o'clock Monday morning from the
Kyser Funeral Parlors, Rev. Virgil F. Hunt officiating.
A quartette composed of Mrs. Easterly, Mrs. Duhig, Mrs.
Turton and Mrs. King rendered several appropriate selections.
The pallbearers were L. T. Hayman, Robt. Corlett, P. S.
King, J. W. Hoover, Dr. R. M. Squier and L. M. Turton.
The remains were laid to rest in Tulocay cemetery.
Notes:
Native of New York.
Buried at Tulocay Cemetery. Remarks: 10
January 1916, Block
90, Lot 23, 3gfs. The CDI notes that William E. Hulbert died in
Napa County on 8 January 1916 at the age of 80.
Military Information:
Service information not known.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried at Tulocay Cemetery.
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Andrew (a.k.a.
Spencer) Jackson Hull
(1846 - ????)
Rank: Corporal
Biography (History of
Napa and Lake Counties, California, 1881):
HULL, A. J.
Was born in Johnson County, Indiana, September 8, 1846. He
resided there until the fall of 1857, when he, with his parents, moved
to Illinois, residing there until December, 1861, when he enlisted in
Company H, 2d Illinois Light Artillery. Re-enlisted in March,
1864, and was mustered out August 8, 1865, having served in the 17th
and 20th corps of the Army of the Tennessee. He returned to
Illinois, remaining in that State and Iowa, working on a farm and
teaching school for awhile. He afterwards attended the Iowa State
University, from which he graduated in 1873; was admitted to the bar of
the Supreme Court of Iowa in December, 1872. April 12, 1874, he
was united in marriage with Lottie J. Waite, of Vermont, at Mason City,
Mason County, Illinois, who was born in Shoreham, Addison County, that
State, March 4, 1848. April 29, 1874, they arrived in California,
settling in Napa County, where he engaged in teaching school through
the summer and fall of that year, and began the practice of law in
December, 1874, at Napa. One child, Lottie May, born May 27, 1880.
Biography (Memorial and
Biographical History of Northern California, Illustrated. 1891):
A. J. HULL,
attorney at law, has resided in California and in Napa since
1874. Born in Johnson County, Indiana, in 1846, he was kept busy
clearing up his father's and other farms by contract from the time he
could set fire to a brush heap or carry the lunch to the older
workers. There were no public schools in the section till 1853;
the family was large and it required the united efforts of the twelve
children and the parents to wrest a livelihood from the most unbroken
country up to the fifties. In 1857 the family removed to
Illinois, where he lived until he enlisted as a private soldier in
Battery H, Second Illinois Light Artillery at the age of fifteen
years. His command served under General Grant until after the
fall of Island No. 10, and were then transferred to the Army of the
Tennessee, Fourteenth Army Corps, until after the occupation of
Atlanta. The battery was again transferred to the Twentieth
Corps and was with General Thomas during the campaign against Hood, and
remained with that army until the close of the war. He was
mustered out with his command August 7, 1865, at Springfield, Illinois,
at that time still in his nineteenth year, after serving almost four
years, have re-enlisted as a veteran, March 4, 1864. Mr. Hull had
three brothers and one brother-in-law in the service.
While in the army Mr. Hull had spent all his leisure
moments in study, beginning with the primary branches, and finally
becoming proficient in mathematics, geography, and history. He
had the good fortune during his term of service to have a comrade who
was a graduate of one of the Philadelphia Colleges, and who took an
interest in and guided him in his studies, and stimulated him
continually to further advancement. Immediately on his discharge
Mr. Hull engaged in farm work for the purpose of continuing his
education, and during a six months' course he paid for his own tuition
by taking charge of the higher classes in mathematics. After this
course he passed an examination and received a certificate as a
teacher, but it being the spring season and no schools open he returned
to farm work until the fall. Then he passed a second examination,
and taught his first school in a district adjoining the one where he
grew up. Removing to Illinois he entered the Salem Methodist
College, and by alternately studying and teaching school, or, failing
to get a school, by labor at any work to be had, -- splitting rails,
digging wells, working on the railroad, etc., -- he managed to acquire
a liberal education, finally graduating in the law department of the
Iowa State University in 1873, and was thereupon admitted to the bar of
the courts of that State. He then returned to Illinois, and by
working and teaching school accumulated money enough to pay up all his
indebtedness, and bring him to California. He taught school in
Napa County for a time and then commenced the practice of the law in
which he has since continued. He was for some time in partnership
with Judge Crouch, now Superior Judge, later with R. Burwell, and then
for two years with Judge Ham; but for the past three years he has been
alone in business. His parents were Andrew P. and Jane (McGuire)
Hull, his father being of English and his mother of Irish
descent. He was married in 1874 to Miss Lottie J. Waite, of
Shoreham, Vermont. They had three children: Lottie M.,
Pliny R. and Junie W. Mrs. Hull, his first wife, having died, he
was again married, September 7, 1889, to Miss May E. Stockley, a native
of California.
Obituary (Napa
Daily
Journal newspaper, 18 April 1914, pg. 1, col. 1):
A GOOD MAN GONE
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A. J. Hull, One of
Napa's Best
Citizens, Has Passed to His Reward
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A.
J. Hull, one of Napa's oldest and most respected
citizens,
passed away at his residence on Second street, shortly after 7 o'clock,
on
Friday evening, following a long illness.
Mr. Hull was born in Jackson
county, Indiana, September 8,
1846. He resided there until the Fall
of 1857, when he moved with his parents to Illinois, remaining there
until December,
1861, when he enlisted in Co. H, Second Illinois Light Artillery. He re-enlisted in March, 1864, and was
mustered out in August, 1865, having served in the Seventeenth and
Twentieth
Corps of the Army of Tennessee. He then
returned to Illinois, and divided his time between farming and teaching
school
in that State and Iowa. He afterward
attended the Iowa State University, from which he was graduated in 1873. He was afterward admitted to the bar of the
Superior Court of Iowa.
In the year 1874 he came to
California and settled in
Napa,
where he engaged in teaching school through the Summer and Fall of that
year,
beginning the practice of law in December, 1874, at Napa.
During his service in the
army, in which he enlisted at
the age
of 15, Mr. Hull spent his spare moments in camp in study, acquiring a
good
knowledge of history, mathematics and geography, his opportunities for
education previously having been cut short by the call to the war.
Besides a widow, Mr. Hull
leaves to mourn his loss two
children,
Miss Lottie May Hull, of Shoreham, Vermont, and J. W. Hull, of
Stoatland,
Missouri. There are also two
grandchildren, Catherine and Eva Hull, in Missouri.
Mr. Hull was a man among men,
a faithful friend, a devoted
husband and a loving father, noted for his entire sincerity in all his
dealings
with his fellow men. He was one of that
old school of fine gentlemen whose presence in a community is an uplift
and an
inspiration to all. He will be greatly
missed by his large circle of friends.
The funeral will take place
on Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock
from Kyser's undertaking parlors, under the auspices of Yount Lodge,
No. 12, F.
& A.M., of which he was one of the oldest and most revered members.
Funeral Announcement (Napa
Daily Journal
newspaper, 21 April 1914, pg. 8, col. 4):
A. J.
HULL AT REST
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Laid
Away With Solemn
Rites by Yount Lodge of Masons
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Impressive
funeral rites were held over the remains of the
late
A. J. Hull at the undertaking parlors of D. S. Kyser at 2 o'clock
Monday
afternoon.
Yount Lodge, F. & A.M.,
was in charge, with Worshipful
Master J. H. Morgan officiating.
The pallbearers were Wm.
Hunter, E. D. Beard, A. Grossman,
W. D.
McWade, Theodore Elles and M. Davis.
Interment
was
made in Tulocay cemetery.
Notes:
Native of Johnson County, Indiana, born 8 September 1846.
Andrew J. Hull was
enumerated in the 1910 census in Napa City (3rd Ward), Napa County, as
head of household in a rented house located at 122 Grant Avenue.
He was listed as married (2nd marriage, 18 years), age 63, born in
Indiana, father born in New Jersey, mother born in Virginia, occupation
lawyer. He was noted as being a Union Army veteran. His
household included his wife Caroline S. (age 54).
Andrew J.
Hull died in Napa on 17 April 1914, and was buried in Tulocay
Cemetery. The CDI lists him as "Andred J.
Hull," who died in Napa County on 17 April
1914 at the age of 68.
Military information:
Union. He enlisted under the alias "Spencer J. Hull," probably
because he was under age for enlistment. He enlisted as a Private
at Clay City, Illinois, on 8 January 1862, and was mustered into
Battery H of the 2nd Illinois Light Artillery on the same date at
Clarksville, Tennessee. No
record found for this regiment under the name of Hull. He
declared that his age was 18 at the time of enlistment. He
re-enlisted as a veteran on 9 January 1864 at Clarksville,
Tennessee. On his re-enlistment, he was described as age 20;
native of Illinois; resident of Clay City, Clay County, Illinois;
height 5'8"'; hair light; eyes blue; complexion light; occupation
laborer. He was mustered back into Company H on 13 February 1864,
and was mustered out as a Corporal at Springfield, Illinois, on 29 July
1864.
Spencer J. Hull (alias Andrew J. Hull) applied for and
received a veteran's disability pension in California on 13 October1897
(application no. 1199387, certificate no. 991203), under the name of
Spencer J. Hull alias Andrew J. Hull. His wife, Caroline S.,
applied for a widow's benefit in California on 17 October 1916
(application no. 1082480, certificate no. 822482). Service noted
on the pension index card was "H 2 Ill. L. A." The pension death
index card notes that Hull died in Napa, Calif., on 17 April 1914.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Rank:
Notes:
He does not appear in the CDI for 1905 to 1929.
Military information:
Union. 4th Missouri Infantry.
George Husmann
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in California
on 21 April 1892 (application no. 1106186, cert. no. 827239). His
wife, Luisa C. Husmann, applied for a widow's benefit in California on
22 March 1903 (application no. 781004, cert. no. 611261). Service
on the pension death index card was noted as "1 Lt & R.Q.M., 4 Mo.
Inf.", with additional service listed as R.Q.M. & A, Gasconade Co.
Battn. U.S.R.C. Mo. Inf.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried at Tulocay Cemetery.
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Robert Imrie
(???? - 1912)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper,
10
November 1912, pg. 1, col. 1):
Death
of Robt. Imrie
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Robt.
Imrie, brother of Wm. Imrie of Napa and Jos. Imrie
of
Sanger, Fresno county, passed away at his home at Alturas, Modoc
county, on
Friday. He was a native of New York and
70 years of age.
He came to California in 1867
and settled in Modoc county,
where
he resided up to the time of his death. He
served in the Civil War, and was in the Battle of
Gettysburg.
The remains will be brought
to Napa.
Funeral Announcement (Napa Daily Journal
newspaper, 12 November 1912, pg. 5, col. 3):
Funeral
of Robt.
Imrie
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The funeral of the
late Robert
Imrie was held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from Kyser's undertaking
parlors,
and was largely attended.
Rev. Wylie conducted the
services.
Interment was made in Tulocay
cemetery, these nephews of
the
deceased acting as pallbearers: Wm.
Imrie, Al. Imrie, Arthur Imrie, George Imrie, Herbert Imrie and Russell
Imrie.
Notes:
Native of New York, born c.1842.
Robert Imrie was enumerated in the 1860 census in Andes,
Delaware County, New York, under the household of his parents, John and
Margaret Imrie. He was listed as age 17, born in New York.
Others in the household were Elizabeth (age 23), John (age 21), and
Josiah (age 19). The father was listed as a merchant and farmer,
age 70, born in England. The mother was listed as age 60, born in
Scotland.
Robert "Imery" appears in the 1900 census in Hot Spring
Township, Modoc County, California. He was listed as single, age
58, born March 1842 in New York, father born in England, mother born in
Scotland, occupation farmer.
Robert Imrie was enumerated in Canby Township, Modoc
County, California, in the 1910 census. He was listed as single,
age 68, born in New York, father born in England, mother born in
Scotland, occupation farmer on home farm. He was noted as being a
soldier in the Union army. His household included his business
partner Andrew Toreson, and hired men Peter Lauritan and Charles Linton.
Buried at Tulocay Cemetery. Remarks: 8 November 1912, Block
D, Lot 32. The CDI notes that Robert Imrie died in Napa County on
8 November 1912 at the age of 70.
Military Information:
He may be the same Robert Imrie who enlisted on 1 October 1861 at the
age of 20 at Andes, New York, and was mustered as a Private into the
8th New York Artillery on 30 October 1861. He was dropped from
the rolls. On 26 August 1862, a Robert Imrie enlisted at Andes,
New York, and was mustered as a Private into Company E of the 144th New
York Infantry regiment on 27 September 1862. He was promoted to
Corporal on 1 July 1863, and mustered out at Hilton Head, South
Carolina, on 25 June 1865.
Robert Imrie applied for and received a veteran's
disability pension on 8 October 1904 (application no. 1325789, cert.
no. 1097494). Service on the pension death index card was noted
as Co. E, 144 N.Y. Inf., enlisted 26 August 1862, discharged 25 June
1865. It was also noted that he died in Napa, Calif., on 17
November 1912.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Samuel William Jacks
(1840 - 1927)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa
Daily
Journal newspaper, 1 January 1928, pg. 1, col. 7):
SAMUEL
JACKS PASSES
AWAY IN 86TH YEAR
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Had
Resided in This
County Since 1852; Death Comes After Brief Sick Spell
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Samuel
W.
Jacks, one of Napa County's most respected and prominent gentlemen, was
claimed
by death last evening at 7:15 o'clock at the home of his daughter Mrs.
Louisa
Maxwell in the Coombsville district.
News of his death will come
as a shock to his host of
friends
throughout this county, where the venerable gentleman had made his home
since
1852. He had been ill for but a few
days.
Since 1852 Mr. Jacks has
resided in Napa County
continuously,
except for three years during the period of the Civil War, when he was
in the
Army.
Deceased was born in the
Catskill, New York, in 1841. Details of
his life will be published in the
next issue of The Journal, at the request of his family.
The funeral will be held from
the Treadway Parlors Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock.
Funeral Announcement (Napa
Daily Journal
newspaper, 4 January 1928, pg. 4,col. 2):
SERVICES
HELD FOR
PIONEER NAPA MAN
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Late
Samuel W. Jacks Laid
to Rest in Tulocay Cemetery; Brief Sketch Tells of Life
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Funeral
services were conducted yesterday morning form the
Treadway Parlors for the late Samuel W. Jacks, Napa County pioneer, an
account
of whose passing was recorded in Sunday morning's Journal.
Samuel W. Jacks was born in
Catskill, N.Y., in 1841. His father,
General W. S. Jacks, preceded
his family, coming to California by ox team in 1848 and establishing
the first
jewelry and watch business in San Francisco.
In 1850 the mother and
family, in company with several
other
relatives going by steamer and the Isthmus of Panama, arrived at San
Francisco
in January, 1851. The same year, in
July, the family moved to Napa, thereafter for some years making their
home on
Jacks' Point, Napa.
At the age of 14, Mr. Jacks
engaged himself with the firm
of
Smith & Chesebro, there learning the tinsmith business. During the time of the Civil War a company
of volunteers was raised in Napa, he enlisting and serving in the same,
and
after receiving his discharge worked at his trade in Marysville and
Oroville. About two years later he
established a tinsmith and plumbing business in St. Helena.
In 1860 he married Miss Julia
Sleeper of Conn Valley. To this union were
born ten children, eight
of who survive him: Mrs. Louisa J.
Maxwell of Napa; Fred S. Jacks, Salvador Station, Napa; Mrs. Abbie M.
Daniels,
Vancouver, Wash.; Mrs. Ruby V. Foy, Palo Alto; Irving E. Jacks, Napa;
Robert O.
Jacks, Napa; Mrs. Birtie L. Knowlton, Modesto; Mrs. Darrel L. Foreman,
Napa;
and an adopted daughter, Mrs. Clara A. Berg of Vallejo.
There are 26 grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren.
In 1887 Mr. and Mrs. Jacks,
with their then seven
children,
moved from St. Helena to Napa, where he had since resided.
His wife passed away in 1924.
Obituary (St. Helena Star newspaper,
6 January
1928, pg. 7, col. 3):
Aged Man Summoned.
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Samuel
W. Jacks, one of Napa county's oldest and most
respected
residents,
died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Louisa Maxwell, in the
Coombsville
district, at 7:45 o'clock New Year's eve.
Deceased was born in
Catskill, New York, in 1841, and was
86
years of age. He came to Napa county in
1852 and made his home here almost continuously since.
Deceased was a tinsmith by trade and for
many years resided in St. Helena, being employed by J. H. Steves. He was a civil war veteran.
In 1869 deceased married Miss
Julia Sleeper, of Conn
valley. To this union were born ten
children, eight of whom survive him: Mrs.
Louisa J. Maxwell, of Napa; Mrs. Abbie M. Daniels,
Vancouver,
Washington; Mrs. Ruby V. Foy, Palo Alto; Irving E. Jacks, Napa; Robert
O.
Jacks, Napa; Mrs. Birtie L. Knowlton, Modesto; Mrs. Darrel L. Foreman,
Napa;
and an adopted daughter, Mrs. Clara A. Berg, of Vallejo.
There are 26 grandchildren
and 4 great-grandchildren.
The funeral was held in Napa
Tuesday.
Notes: Native
of Catskill, New York, born May 1840.
Samuel Jacks was enumerated in the 1900 census in Hot
Springs Township (St. Helena), Napa County, CA, as head of household in
a rented house. He was listed as married (30 years) age 60, born
May 1840 in New York, father born in New York, mother born in
Massachusetts, occupation plumber. His household included his
wife Julia (born June 1852 in MA), daughter Louisa (born March 1871 in
CA), son Fred (born April 1872 in CA), son Charles (born January 1880
in CA), daughter Abbie (born June 1877 in CA), son [in law?] William
(born October 1877 in CA), daughter Rubie (born February 1881 in CA),
son Irving (born August 1883 in CA), son Robert (born August 1888 in
CA), daughter Birdie (born June 1890 in CA), son [in law] Darrel
[Foreman] (born June 1897 in CA), daughter-in-law Annie (born October
1873 in CA), and granddaughter Thelma (born April 1900 in CA).
He died in Napa on 31 December 1927, and was buried on 3
January 1928 at Tulocay Cemetery. The CDI
notes that Samuel W. Jacks died in Napa County on 31 December 1927 at
the age of 86. Spouse's initials were "J. A."
Military information:
Union. He enlisted at Napa, California, on 17 September 1861, and
was mustered as a Private into Company E of the 2nd California Infantry
regiment on the same date. He was discharged for disability on 24
June 1863 at Benicia Barracks, California.
Samuel Jacks applied for and received a veteran's
disability pension in California on 5 August 1890 (application no.
915444, cert. no. 641438). Service on the pension index card is
noted as "E 2 Cal. Inf." It was noted on the pension death index
card that he died in Napa, Cal., on 31 December 1927.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Alfred T. Jackson
(???? - 1917)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 11
February 1917, pg. 5, col. 3):
A. T. JACKSON IS DEAD
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SOLDIER OF CIVIL WAR AND LATER MINING ENGINEER PASSES AWAY.
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Deceased Was Native of Tennessee
and 72 Years of Age -- Was Member of Kit Carson Post No. 74, G.A.R.
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A. T. Jackson, a
native of Tennessee, aged 72 years, died at his home on Seymour street
Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock. He had been in failing health
for some time. A few months ago he was brought home from Trinity
county, where he had been prospecting for gold on Coffee Creek, in a
very weak condition, but from that illness he made gradual recovery and
seemed to be quite well when he attended the golden wedding of the
Webers here a week ago.
Mr. Jackson was a member of Kit Carson Post No. 74,
G.A.R. He had served a term as Commander and was Patriotic
Instructor at the time of his death.
He leaves a widow, one daughter, Mrs. W. B. Testy; one
son, R. W. Jackson; and a stepson, George A. Martin.
The funeral will be held under G.A.R. auspices Monday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Kyser Funeral Parlors.
Funeral Announcement (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 13
February 1917, pg. 1, col. 4):
Funeral of A. T. Jackson
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The funeral of the
late A. T. Jackson was held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon from the
Kyser Undertaking Parlors.
Rev. Richard Wylie officiated at the Parlors and Chaplain
E. H. King of Kit Carson Post No. 74, G.A.R., assisted by Commander Z.
A. Mason, took charge of the services at the grave.
Julia Dent Grant Circle conducted the flag ceremony
provided in its ritual.
These comrades acted as pallbearers: E. C. Weber,
R. D. Jasper, L. S. Knox, W. H. Gillespie, J. D. Smith and J. G.
Henderson.
Interment was made in the G.A.R. lot in Tulocay
cemeter[y], J. O'Brien, bugler of the Veterans' Home sounding "taps."
Notes:
Native of Tennessee.
The CDI notes that Alfred T. Jackson died in Napa County on 10 February
1917 at the age of 72.
He died in
Napa on 10 February 1917, and was buried in the G.A.R. Plot (Lot 29,
Block 82) at
Tulocay Cemetery on 12 February 1917.
Military information:
Union. 1st Kansas Infantry, unverified. Lieut. He was
a member of
Napa's Kit Carson Post, No. 74, Grand Army of the Republic.
Alfred T. Jackson applied for and received a veteran's
disability pension in California on 8 August 1887 (application no.
618550, cert. no. 460156). His wife, Mary M. Jackson, applied for
a widow's benefit in California on 20 February 1917 (application no.
1094435, cert. no. 851407). Service on the pension death index
card was noted as Co. D, 1 Kans. Inf., also Co. A, 1st Kans. Inf., and
(2 Lt.) Co. C, 79 U.S. Inf. It was also noted on the card that he
died in Napa, Calif., on 10 February 1917.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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1st Kansas Infantry
Company C
79th U.S. Infantry
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Jacob Jaekle
(1844 - 1920)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 7
December 1920, pg. 1, col. 3):
Death Called Jacob Jaekle
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J. Jaekle, one of
the most generally known and highly respected pioneers of this city,
passed away at the Shurtleff Hospital Sunday afternoon following an
illness of several weeks duration.
Coming to Napa in the year 1884 he took an active part in
civic and fraternal matters and soon came to be recognized as one of
the leading citizens of our city and commanded the love and respect of
everyone with whom he came in contact.
Deceased saw the light of day in Wurtenberg
[Wuerttemberg], Germany, on July 9, 1844. At the age of 11 years
he arrived in the United States and settled at Bridgeport, Connecticut.
When 18 years of age he enlisted in the great Civil War
and served throughout that memorable conflict. When he became old
enough to vote he cast his first ballot for Abraham Lincoln.
During the year 1869 he was married to Miss Catherine
Kohler and remained in Connecticut until 1884 when they crossed the
continent to settle in Napa valley.
Deceased was one of the most active and prominent of local
fraternal men and was held in highest esteem in the following
organizations of which he was a member: G.A.R., Relief Corps,
Napa Lodge No. 18, I.O.O.F., Live Oak Encampment No. 40, I.O.O.F., and
Canton Napa No. 34, I.O.O.F.
Ten children are left to mourn his loss. These
children are: Mrs. John Moss, of Vallejo; Carl Jaekle, Mrs. C. C.
Mansfield, Mrs. Fred Knief, Mrs. Anna Kemp, Mrs. Laura Feiling, San
Francisco; Frank Jaekle, of Mill Valley; Fred Jaekle of this city, and
Mrs. Norman Mangold and Harold Jaekle of Vallejo.
Mr. Jaekle was also a member of Ivy Rebekah Lodge.
A brother, John Jaekle, of Stafford, Conn., also survives.
The funeral will be held from the Pinkham chapel at 3
o'clock this afternoon, whence the remains will be shipped to Oakland
for cremation. Services will be under the auspices of Napa Lodge
No. 18, I.O.O.F.
Notes:
Native of Wuerttemberg, born 9 July 1844.
The CDI notes that Jacob Jaekle died in Napa County on 5 December 1920
at the age of 76. Spouse's initial was "C."
Military Information:
Union. Co. F, 23rd Connecticut Infantry.
Jacob Jaekle
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 7 December
1886 (application no. 590781, cert. no. 414708). Service on the
pension death index card was noted as Co. F, 23 Conn. Inf. It was
also noted that he died in Napa, Calif., on 5 December 1920.
He appears in the
1886 register for the Department of California,
G.A.R., as Quartermaster Sergeant, Kit Carson Post, No. 74, in
Napa. His qualifying
service was noted Co. F, 23rd Connecticut Infantry.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Robert D. Jasper
(1846 - 1926)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper,
7 February
1926, pg. 1, col. 3):
ROBERT JASPER
SUMMONED BY DEATH
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Pioneer
Local
Resident, Veteran Of Civil War, Summoned By Maker
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Funeral
services, which will be private, will be conducted
from
the Pinkham & Webber Chapel here tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock
over the
lately deceased Robert D. Jasper, 80, highly esteemed pioneer local
resident,
who died at 2:55 o'clock yesterday morning at the family residence at
292 Brown
Street.
A native of Fairfax,
Virginia, Mr. Jasper came to Napa in
1885
from Wheatland, where he had been engaged in farming.
He was a veteran of the Civil War and served with a
regiment of
Missouri cavalry.
He is survived by his wodow
[sic], a son, John J. Jasper,
of San
Francisco and a daughter, Mrs. Harry Short, of Napa.
Notes:
Native of Fairfax, Virginia, born February 1846.
Robert Jasper was
enumerated in the 1900 census for Napa, Napa County, CA. He was
listed as married (for 27 years), age 54, born February 1846 in
Virginia, parents also both born in Virginia, occupation laborer in a
tannery. His household included his wife Mary (born March 1847 in
MO, mother of 3 children, 2 living), his son-in-law Harry Short (born
July 1862 in Nevada, and his daughter Julia Short (born August 1873 in
MO). Robert's son, John Jasper lived next door.
He died at his
home in Napa on 6 February 1926, and was buried in Tulocay Cemetery on
8 February 1926. The CDI notes that Robert D. Jasper died in
Napa County on 6 February 1926 at the age of 79.
Military information:
Union. Robert D. Jasper enlisted at Montgomery, Missouri, as a
Private in Company C of the 9th Missouri State Militia Cavalry on 10
April 1862 for a 3-year term. He was described at the time of
enlistment as age 18 (he was actually 16), height 5' 8", complexion
fair, eyes blue, hair light, native of Halifax, Virginia, occupation
farmer. He appears in April 1862 at Danville, MO, where he was
listed in an unattached company (Capt. Draper's). He was mustered
out as a Private at St. Louis, Missouri, on 17 February 1864.
Robert D. Jasper enlisted as a recruit in Company B of the 49th Missouri Infantry regiment at Mexico, Missouri, on 10 November
1864. He was mustered in as a Private at Mexico, Missouri, on 18
November 1864. Term of service one year. He was described
at the time of enlistment as a farmer, native of Halifax County,
Virginia, age 18, eyes blue, hair light, complexion light, height 5'
8". He was transferred to Company K of the same regiment on 14
July 1865 in compliance with General Order 110. He was mustered
out as a Private of Company K at Montgomery, Alabama, on 9 November
1865 by reason of expiration of his term of service.
Robert D. Jasper applied for and received a veteran's
disability pension on 6 March 1908 (application no. 1371736, cert. no.
1147917). His wife applied for a widow's benefit on 28 April 1926
(application no. 1244990, cert. no. A-1-12-27). Service on the
pension death index card was noted as Co. B, 49 Mo. Inf. Other
service was noted as Co. K, 49 Mo. Inf., and Co. C, 9 Mo. Cav. It
was also noted that he died in Napa, Cal., on 15 February 1926.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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9th Missouri State Militia Cavalry
Co's B & K
49th Missouri Infantry
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George Washington
Johnson
(1832 - 1908)
Rank: Captain
Obituary, The Weekly
Calistogian newspaper,
Friday, 10 April 1908:
MAJOR JOHNSON PASSES AWAY
THE WELL-KNOWN FORMER CALISTOGAITE DIES AT HIS SON'S IN
COLUSA
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Death Due to a Stroke of Paralysis Received Only a Few Weeks Previous
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The editor of the
Calistogian received a telegram from C. F. Johnson of Colusa on Tuesday
evening which read: "Father received your letter he passed away
at 2 o'clock today."
Major G. W. Johnson left Oakland just a week prior to his
death for Colusa, the home of his son, Charles, in virtually helpless
condition. A few days previous, he suffered a stroke of
paralysis, and while everything possible was done for him he gradually
grew worse until death relieved him of his sufferings.
Major Johnson was for many years a resident of Calistoga
and was one of the town's leading citizens. Something like thirty
years ago he conducted the Hot Springs hotel, then the property of
Samuel Brannan, and later the Cosmopolitan hotel. He made a
success of both adventures and then engaged in the real estate
business. In this line he was particularly successful, and
acquiring considerable of a competence moved to San Francisco and
bought a home in the Richmond district. After the death of Mrs.
Johnson he took up his residence in the Occidental hotel. After
the earthquake he made his home in Oakland and later in San Jose, where
he remained until a few months ago, when he placed himself under the
care of a physician in Oakland.
George Washington Johnson was a native of Indiana and aged
76 years. He was a man of pleasing address, courteous and of more
than ordinary ability. He was a veteran of the civil war and he
and Mrs. Johnson were the leading organizers of Governor Morton post of
the Grand Army and Governor Morton corps of the Relief corps of this
place. He was also a member of the commandery of Loyal Legion
[MOLLUS] of San Francisco, composed of officers in the army. In
1886 he was a delegate from the county to the Republican state
conventions that nominated Swift for governor, but he, with the other
delegates from this county, worked hard for the nomination of Hartson
of Napa.
The deceased leaves a son, C. E. Johnson of Colusa.
His other son, G. W. F. Johnson, and a daughter, Mrs. J. A. Kettlewell,
have preceded him to the grave.
Obituary, Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 9 April
1908:
DEATH OF MAJOR
JOHNSON
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Major
G. W.
Johnson, a Civil War veteran, formerly a well known resident of
Calistoga, died
at the home of his son, C. E. Johnson, at Colusa, Tuesday afternoon. Deceased was a native of Indiana, aged 75
years. He was the father of the late G.
W. F. Johnson.
Biography (History of
Napa and Lake Counties, California, 1881):
JOHNSON, GEORGE
W. Son of Edward C. and Jane Hooker
Johnson, was born in Marion County, Indiana, December 2, 1832. He
resided in his birthplace until he was twenty years of age, and
received his education at the seminary of Indianapolis. He
afterward learned the printer's trade, in the Indiana Sentinel office. He
then bought the old Police Gazette
of Indianapolis, and moved it to Bloomfield, Iowa, and there published
a paper under the title of the Western
Gazette, and issued the first copy June 1, 1852. He
continued in this enterprise for one year, and sold out and engaged in
the hotel business, buying out the old American Hotel, located in the
above place, and remained in this business until 1857. He also,
in connection with the hotel, run a stage line from Bloomfield, Davis
County, to Appanoose County, Iowa. In 1857 he moved back to his
birthplace and engaged in general trade, keeping store in the old Bates
House, of Indianapolis, and there remained for two years, when he once
more returned to Bloomfield, Iowa, and bought a farm, and continued in
agricultural pursuits until the breaking out of the war. He then
served in the State militia for about two months; and August 13, 1861,
he enlisted in the 3d Iowa Cavalry, being elected Sergeant-Major of the
regiment; and then, for meritorious and gallant conduct at the battle
of Pea Ridge, March 6, 7 and 8, 1862, he received from Governor
Kirkwood, of Iowa, through the recommendation of General Sigel, his
commission as First Lieutenant of Co. "M," 3d Regiment; and May 3,
1864, he received his commission from Governor Stone as Captain of his
company. He took part in all the engagements and vicissitudes
that his regiment participated in. At the close of the war
Captain Johnson, through the recommendation of General Winslow, for
valuable services on the march and at the battles of Selma, Alabama,
and Macon, Georgia, was promoted to Brevet-Major of his regiment.
Major Johnson was the first Federal officer that took possession of Hot
Springs, Arkansas. From this point he went to Little Rock, where
the regiment re-enlisted for three years; and they at that time, on
account of having served three years, were granted a furlough for
thirty days. At the expiration of that time they reassembled at
Camp Rankin, at Keokuk, Iowa, and went down the river to St.
Louis. At the latter place Major Johnson was appointed inspector
of cavalry horses, and transferred to Indianapolis, and remained there
one month, inspecting horses for Sherman's cavalry. From there he
joined his regiment at St. Louis, and proceeded to Memphis,
Tennessee. He left Memphis December 23, 1864, and went to
Louisville to join an expedition that was fitting out under General
Wilson, to go up the Columbia River to Gravelly Springs, and they had
some severe engagements on their route. When peace was declared,
he was appointed as citizen commissary of the State of Georgia, with
headquarters at Atlanta, arriving there May 6, 1865, where it was his
duty to issue rations to the destitute poor of the State. This
important position he held for three months. At the end of that
time he was ordered to Davenport, Iowa, where, August 19, 1865, after a
meritorious and honorable career as a soldier, he was discharged.
During his long term of service, Major Johnson was only once
wounded. He at once returned to Bloomfield, Iowa, and immediately
sold his ranch and moved to Corvallis, Oregon, and engaged in the hotel
business. Remaining there only a short time, he moved to
Portland, and from thence to Calistoga, and became proprietor of the
Cosmopolitan Hotel of that place, and run this hotel for three
years. He then took charge of the famous Calistoga Hot Springs
Hotel, and afterward sold it for the Sacramento Bank to Colonel
Tichenor. He then moved to his present beautiful place of twenty
acres situated in the town of Calistoga, and is enjoying the
remembrances of a well-spent life. The subject of this sketch was
married to Miss Mary E. Kittleman, who was born in Indianapolis
February 1, 1833. By this union they have three children:
Geo. F., born April 12, 1853; Charles E., born February 8, 1856, and
Annie L., born September 22, 1865.
Notes: Native
of Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, born 2 December 1832. He
was the son of Edward C. Johnson and Jane Hooker.
George W. Johnson
was a charter member and the first Post Commander of Calistoga's Gov.
Morton Post, No. 41, GAR. He was also an original Companion of
the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS).
He was
affectionately know as Major Johnson, although his highest attained
rank was Captain. George W. Johnson died in Colusa, Colusa County,
California, on 7
April
1908. He was reportedly buried at Tulocay Cemetery in Napa, but
the details need to be verified.
Military information:
Union. George W. Johnson enlisted on 24 August 1861 at the age of
27, and was mustered as a Private into Company D of the 3rd Iowa
Cavalry regiment. His residence at the time of enlistment was
Bloomfield, Iowa. He was promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major,
2nd Battalion, on 15 September 1861, and transferred to regimental
Field & Staff of the 3rd Iowa Cavalry. He was wounded
slightly at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, on 7 March 1862. On 15 March
1862, he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant and assigned to Company M of
the 3rd Iowa Cavalry. On 1 May 1864, he was promoted to Captain
of Company M. He was mustered out at Atlanta, Georgia, on 9
August 1865.
George W. Johnson
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 26 June 1880
(application no. 391304, cert. no. 232862). Service on the
pension death index card was noted as Sgt., Co. D, 3 Iowa Cav.
Additional service was noted as "M, 3 Iowa Cav." and "Sgt. Maj., 3 Iowa
Cav."
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
George Washington
Johnson's calling card (D. Enderlin collection)
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Company D
3rd Iowa Cavalry
Field & Staff
3rd Iowa Cavalry
2nd Battalion
Company M
3rd Iowa Cavalry
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James H. Johnson
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
The name is common. No one by that name is listed in the CDI for
Napa County between 1905 and 1929.
Military information:
Union. Co. K, 5th California Infantry.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Samuel Johnson
(1848 - 1915)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 4
November 1915, pg. 5, col. 3):
AGED VETERAN PASSED AWAY
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SAMUEL JOHNSON BREATHED HIS LAST AT COOMBSVILLE TUESDAY
EVENING.
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Had Been on Pacific Coast Forty Years and in Napa Six Years -- Will Be
Buried by G.A.R. This Afternoon.
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Samuel Johnson, a
highly respected resident of Coombsville, east of Napa, died at his
home there on Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, after a long illness.
Deceased had been in poor health for the past twelve
years, but during the last two months his condition has been much
worse, finally culminating in his demise as stated.
He was 76 years old, a native of Wisconsin. He came
to the Pacific Coast forty years ago, and to Napa six years ago.
He is survived, besides his widow, by four daughters --
Mrs. Josephine Gordon, of Kamiah, Idaho; Mrs. Anna Miller, of
Clarkston, Wash.; Mrs. Russell Breeden, of Sandy Point, Idaho; and Miss
Zelma Johnson, of Napa. There are also left three sons, Chris.
Johnson, of Cerlew, Wash.; Ingle Johnson, of Lebanon, Oregon, and Louis
Johnson of Napa.
The deceased was a member of the G.A.R., and the funeral
will be conducted under the auspices of Napa Post No. 162 [sic - 192],
from the Kyser Funeral Parlors, at 2 o'clock this (Thursday) afternoon.
Funeral Notice (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 5
November 1915, pg. 8, col. 3):
Funeral of Samuel Johnson
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The funeral of the
late Samuel Johnson was held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the
Kyser Funeral Parlors under the auspices of Napa Post, G.A.R.
Interment was made in Tulocay cemetery.
Notes:
Native of Wisconsin.
He died in
Napa on 2 November 1915, and was buried on 4 November 1915 in
the G.A.R. Plot (Lot 29, Block 82) at
Tulocay Cemetery.
Military information:
Union. Co. B, 1st Minnesota Infantry.
Corporal. His name appears on the memorial obelisk in the G.A.R.
section of Tulocay Cemetery, listed as Corporal, Co. B, 1st Minn. Reg.
Vol. Inf.
Samuel Johnson (2d) applied for and received a veteran's
disability pension in Idaho on 25 June 1892 (application no. 1118715,
cert. no. 893381). His wife Caroline Johnson applied for a
widow's benefit in California on 27 November 1915 (application no.
1056433, cert. no. 819736). Service on the pension death index
card was noted as "B, 1 Battln. Minn. Inf." His pension death
index card also notes that he died in Napa, Calif., on 2 November 1915.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Bernard Kane
(???? - 1921)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 11
January 1921, pg. 1, col. 2):
Death Called Aged Veteran
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Bernard Kane, a
native of Ireland, 83 years old, a veteran of the Civil War, through
which he served with the 16th Illinois Volunteers, died at the Francis
Hospital Sunday afternoon. He suffered a shock from a fall near
the Veterans' Home, about three weeks ago, and was removed to the
Francis Hospital for medical treatment, but owing to his advanced years
he failed to rally, and continued to sink until the end came, as noted
above.
He is survived by his brother, John Kane, with whom he had
lived for the past ten years.
The remains are at the Treadway funeral chapel, from
whence the funeral will be held at 2:30 o'clock this (Tuesday)
afternoon.
Notes:
The CDI notes that Bernard Kane died in Napa County on 2
January 1921
at the age of 82.
Military information:
Union. Bernard Kane enlisted at Camp Wood on 24 May 1861, and was
mustered as a Private into Company K of the 16th Illinois Infantry at
Quincy, Illinois, on the same date. He was described at the time
of enlistment as single, age 20, height 6' 1", hair brown, eyes hazel,
complexion light, residence Pittsfield, Pike County, Ohio, occupation
farmer. Nativity was noted as Bettany, Tyrone, Ireland. His
service record notes that he transferred to the 60th Illinois Infantry
on 1 January 1864.
Bernard Kane applied for and received a veteran's
disability pension on 23 June 1892 (application no. 1118394, cert. no.
942832). Service on the pension death index card was noted as Co.
K, 16 Ill. Inf. Other service was noted as Co. I, 60 Ill.
Inf. The pension death index card states that he died in
Yountville, Calif., on 9 January 1921.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried at Tulocay Cemetery.
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Company K
16th Illinois Infantry
60th Illinois Infantry
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John Kastner
(c.1840 - 1905)
Rank: Private
Obituary from the Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 6
June 1905, p. 3, col. 3:
A SUDDEN DEATH.
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John Kastner, an Aged Veteran, Dropped Dead in White House Hotel.
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John Kastner, an
aged veteran of the Civil War, dropped dead Monday evening at about 15
minutes to 7 in the bar-room of the White House Hotel on First
street. Dr. Hennessey was hastily summoned after the man fell to
the floor, but life was already extinct.
Kastner came to Napa from the Veterans' Home about April
19th, and took a room at the Original German House at Clay and Brown
streets. He had probably taken his discharge from the Home.
Monday evening at about 6:30 o'clock he went over to the White House
and had his supper with several other people. He appeared to be
not feeling well, and after a few minutes got up and went into the bar
and office room. He was very pale, and staggered up against the
side of the bar. In a few minutes he fell heavily to the floor,
and died immediately. Death was probably due to heart disease,
complicated with asthmatic troubles.
Kastner was 65 years of age, and served in the Civil War
as a private in Company H, 74th Regular Pennsylvania Volunteer
Infantry. He drew a pension of $8 per month, and made out the
affidavit for it Monday morning.
Coroner R. M. Kyser took charge of the remains, and will
hold an inquest to determine definitely the cause of death.
Notes:
Born about 1840 in Altenburg, Thuringia, Germany.
A John Kastner was enumerated in the 1900 U.S.
census in San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA, living in a rented house at
144 West Santa Clara Street. He was listed as widowed, age 60,
born May 1840, born in Germany (as were his parents), immigrated 1844,
naturalized, occupation laborer.
John Kastner died in Napa on 5 June 1905, and was buried
in Tulocay Cemetery.
Military information:
Union. He reportedly service in Company H of the 74th
Pennsylvania Infantry (a primarily German regiment). The records
for this company are not available, so the details of his service
aren't known. His name appears on the 74th Pennsylvania Infantry
tablet at Gettysburg, listed as Private John Kastner (Co. H).
Kastner, under the
alias Philip Bardes, enlisted in Company H, 1st U.S Cavalry at
Cincinnati, Ohio, on 20 March 1867 for a period of 5 years. His
place of birth was noted as Altenburg, Germany, age 21, occupation
butcher, described as eyes hazel, hair brown, complexion fair, height
5' 6". He was discharged 20 March 1872 on expiration of service
at Camp Harney, Oregon, a Private.
John Kastner
(alias Philip Bardes) applied for and received a veteran's disability
pension in California on 20 February 1891 (application no. 998506,
cert. no.
968368). Service on the pension death index card was noted as Co.
H, 74 Pa. Inf. Additional service was noted as Co. H, 1 U.S.
Cav. The death index card notes that he died 5 June 1905.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried at Tulocay Cemetery.
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Company H
74th Pennsylvania Infantry
Company H
1st U.S. Cavalry
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Thomas Ash Keables
(1844 - 1902)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 4
March 1902, pg. 2, col. 3):
Death of Dr. Keables.
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Again death has
summoned to his last home one of Napa county's representative
men. Dr. Thos. A. Keables, for many years Medical Superintendent
at the Veterans' Home, died at that institution at 6 o'clock Sunday
morning from Bright's disease. The many friends knew that it was
only a matter of time when death would claim its own, so his demise was
not unexpected.
He was a true patriot who served his country faithfully in
the Civil War, and true citizen, an eminent physician who served on the
medical staff of the San Francisco hospitals and the Veterans' Home in
Yountville, a devoted husband and a loving father. He was ever
the friend of those in need, and many will remember him for his kind
acts. Mrs. Keables and her child have the sympathy of many
friends in their bereavement.
The deceased was born in Kentucky in 1844. When a
mere boy he enlisted and served his country during the Civil War.
He represented Mono, Alpine and Inyo counties at the 32d session of the
State Legislature.
Capt. J. W. Howell of the Home pays this tribute to the
deceased: "We shall miss him. The loss inflicted is
irreparable and it brings unspeakable sorrow to the members of the
Home. Not only shall we miss him professionally, but we shall
miss his kind hearted sympathy and comradeship. He was a loving
and devoted husband and father."
The deceased was an honored member of Yount Lodge No. 12,
F. and A. M., and of Napa Commandery No. 34, K. T.
The remains laid in state at the Veterans' Home Monday,
and were brought to Napa on the evening train.
The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the Masonic. Temple under the auspices of Yount Lodge.
Notes:
Native of Kentucky, born 1844. He was a resident of the Veterans
Home at Yountville in 1900.
He died at the
Veterans Home on 2 March 1902, and was buried at Tulocay Cemetery on 4
March 1902 in Block
68, Lot 9, 2nd grave from north.
Military Information:
Union. He enlisted as a Private on 24 February 1862, and was
mustered into Co. D of the 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery on about
the same date. His residence at the time of enlistment was
Westerly, Rhode Island. He was discharged for disability on 4
June 1862.
Thomas A. Keables
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in California
on 7 October 1892 (application no. 1134078, cert. no. 877603).
His wife, Ida Irene Keables, applied for a widow's benefit in
California on 15 November 1902 (application no. 758788, cert. no.
545529). Service on the pension index card was noted as "D, 1
R.I. L.A."
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Mansel Kelly
(???? - 1905)
Rank:
Notes:
Buried at Tulocay Cemetery. Remarks: 3 January 1905, Block
108, Lot 31.
Military Information:
Service information not known.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried at Tulocay Cemetery.
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William Wallace
"Wall" Kennedy
(1833 - 1900)
Rank: Private
Excerpts from
Gleanings, Vol. 4, Number 5, published by the Napa County Historical
Society in November 1995:
[page 3, Civil War
service]
With Annie and a
month-old daughter safely removed to Brownsville, Nebraska, Wall joined
a pro-Union militia company out of Buchanan County that participated in
the Battle of Wilson's Creek, just south of Springfield, Missouri on
August 10, 1861. The hastily-gathered Union troops were given a
sound thrashing. Among the estimated 223 Union soldiers who were
wounded, Wall Kennedy took a Confederate rifle ball through the right
thigh.
Kennedy recuperated in Nebraska but was galvanized back to
the blue-clad ranks by the brief capture of Independence, Missouri on
August 11, 1862 by the freebooting Confederate guerillas led by William
Clark Quantrill. Within days of the raid, Wall was deployed to
the Thirty-Fifth Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
He served for nine months and was among the Union troops
under General Ulysses S. Grant that fought across Mississippi in April
and May 1860, cutting the Confederate forces in half. The Union
Army's drive stalled before the Mississippi River port of Vicksburg and
the city was under siege until it fell on July 4, 1863. Early in
the siege Wall was wounded in the head and shoulder.
His combat injuries knocked him out of the rest of the
Civil War. Upon recovering, he got his discharge, rejoined his
wife and daughter in Nebraska, and, in 1864, migrated west for the last
time.
[page 11, a tall tale
about Vicksburg]
Proud of his
service to the Union in the Civil War, Wall was an active member of
Napa's Kit Carson Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. When
General Grant's forces pulled up before Vicksburg, as has been
mentioned, the Union troops encountered stiff resistance and were
unable to immediately take the city. Wall said that General Grant
was gravely depressed over the impasse and seemed ready to give up the
fight.
"Grant called the Army together to announce the retreat,"
Kennedy declared. "But when he was just ready to make the
announcement with tears streaming down his face into his beard, the
General saw a ray of hope. 'Is Wall Kennedy still with the Army?'
he called out. "Yes, General,' I answered, stepping out from the
ranks. 'Well then, let the battle go on!' Grant cried, recovering
his composure."
Due to the actual head wound that he suffered at Vicksburg, Wall
gradually lost sight in his left eye. Yet he blithely insisted
that his other was a 'telescopic' eye and just as good as half a dozen
ordinary peepers.
Obituary from the Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 8
July 1900, page 3, col. 2:
LIFE'S JOURNEY ENDS.
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and Prisoners' Guard William Wallace Kennedy Succumbs to Disease.
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Wall Kennedy is no
more. For twenty-one years he served this city faithfully and
efficiently as Prisoners' Guard, cleaning and building streets and
gutters, flushing the sewers, and doing whatever else came to is hand
as chief of the chain gang.
The community will miss Wall, not alone on account of his
well performed official duties, but also because of his unique
personality. "Old Desperate's" stories have served to enliven
many a gathering, have set "Laughter holding both his sides" on many an
occasion, and his quaint philosophy has pointed many a moral and
adorned many a tale.
Though the charm of his stories consisted largely in his
own inimitable manner of relating them and many of them bore a local
flavor, there were some that found their way into the prints of other
communities, even as far distant as the Atlantic coast, and one, the
story of driving a swarm of bees across the plains, was published in
the London Times and in one
of the Paris papers.
Though he walked in an humble sphere, he sought and
attained the noblest object of his life, that of affording happiness to
others. In his family circle he was the personification of
gentleness. Among his acquaintances – and they were numberless –
he was good nature and kindness itself.
He took a personal pride in the appearance of the streets
of the city, and they are a handsome monument to his industry and
ingenuity. Even in the delirium of his last illness his thoughts
were upon his loved labor.
He always took a lively interest in the welfare, spiritual
as well as physical, of the prisoners in the county jail, and was their
friend, confidante and adviser. He was a firm believer in the
efficiency of moral 'suasion and had no faith in the doctrine of total
depravity. He sought the good traits in every character, and his
confidence was seldom misplaced.
He was a part of the town. He filled a niche in the
community that must hereafter be vacant. He was everybody's
friend, from the youngest to the oldest. In the line of duty he
thought only of the public weal[th]. His personal comfort or
welfare was not considered. It was this fact that caused his
death. "Greater love hath no man than that he lay down his life
for his friends."
William Wallace Kennedy was born in Indiana, December
10th, 1833. In 1846 he went as a teamster to Santa Fe. He
then settled in Buchanan county, Mo., where he remained with his
brother on a farm for one year. In the spring of 1849 he returned
to Indiana and purchased cattle and an outfit and came across the
plains to California, arriving in September. He mined for six
years at Spanish Ravine in El Dorado county, and in 1857 came to Napa
county, and worked for the late Dwight Spencer for two years. In
1859 he returned to Indiana and a few months later went to Missouri and
purchased a farm. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the 35th
Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and served nine months. At the
battle of Springfield he was wounded, on account of which disability he
received his discharge from the service. In 1864 he returned to
California. His first wife, who was a sister of the late John
Hogan, died in 1879. Their children are Mrs. Burt Switzer, Mrs.
Chas. Harren, Andrew and Albert.
He afterward married Mrs. Dennison, who survives
him. He also leaves several grandchildren and a stepdaughter, in
whom he took a kind and fatherly interest.
The funeral will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon from
the family residence on Stockton street.
Funeral notice from the
Napa Daily Journal newspaper,
10 July 1900, page 3, col. 3 [excerpt]:
LAID TO REST
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The Funerals of Three Old Residents Were Held Sunday.
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Wall Kennedy's
funeral was held Sunday afternoon from the family residence on Stockton
street. Rev. J. H. N. Williams officiated and a quartette
consisting of Chars. and Lawrence Welti, F. O. Mower and E. S. Gridley,
sang "One Sweetly Solemn Thought" and "Good Night." The
pallbearers were T. B. Stewart, Wm. Shepard and N. F. Peck from Kit
Carson Post G.A.R., and Sheriff Dunlap, Assessor Meacham and County
Clerk Collins. There were a number of handsome floral pieces from
friends and city and county officials and a large one from the Alert
Hose Co. The casket was draped in the National colors. The
Alert Hose Co. escorted the remains to the cemetery where the Grand
Army burial service was conducted by Past Post Commander G. M.
Francis. Among those who attended were the City and County
officials who reside in Napa.
Notes: Native
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, born 10 December 1833.
Known as "Wall Kennedy" in Napa, and self-nicknamed "Old
Desperate." He was one of the more colorful characters in Napa's
past. A detailed biography -- written by Michael Chegwyn -- was
published by the Napa County Historical Society in Gleanings, Vol. 4, No. 5, in
November 1995, entitled "Jailhouse Wall - The frontier wit of William
Wallace Kennedy."
He died 6 July 1900 in Napa, and was buried in Tulocay
Cemetery.
Military information:
Union. He initially served in a militia company during
Quantrill's raids. He later enlisted and served in Company B,
35th Missouri Infantry regiment, listed as William W. Kennedy. He
may also be the same William W. Kennedy who appears in the rosters of
the 11th Missouri Infantry regiment. Details of service are
limited.
He appears in the
1886 register for the Department of California,
G.A.R., as a member of Kit Carson Post, No. 74, in Napa. His
qualifying
service was noted as Co. B, 35th Missouri Infantry.
William W. Kennedy applied for and received a veteran's
disability pension in California on 27 April 1887 (application no.
607661, cert. no. 484104). His wife, Mary E. Kennedy, applied for
a widow's benefit in California on 12 August 1901 (application no.
746790, cert. no. 837297). Service on the pension index card was
noted as "B, 35 Mo. Inf." The pension death index card notes that
he died in Napa, California, on 7 July 1900.
He is noted in Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War veterans
buried at Tulocay Cemetery.
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Ensign Hill King
(1838 - 1918)
Rank: Chaplain
Anniversary
Announcement (Napa Daily
Journal newspaper, 28
March 1914, pg. 1, col. 1):
GOLDEN WEDDING
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Mr. and Mrs. E. H. King Celebrated Fiftieth Anniversary of Their
Marriage, on Friday
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Rev. and Mrs.
Ensign H. King, a worthy and much-loved couple who have resided in this
community for 43 years, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their
wedding at their home on Oak street, this city, on Friday.
There was a family reunion and dinner at the noon hour, at
the family home, at which there were present the children and several
of the grandchildren of the aged couple.
During the afternoon an informal reception was held, at
which the golden wedding celebrants were kept busy receiving the
congratulations and best wishes of the hosts of friends who called.
Mr. King served as Adjutant of the Fifteenth Ohio Infantry
during the Civil War, and was born January 28, 1838. He was the
son of Maurice B. King and Matilda R. King.
Mrs. King was the daughter of Lyman M. Wilson and Mary C.
Rissler, and was born February 26, 1845. Mr. and Mrs. King were
married at Osceola, Iowa, March 27, 1864, while Adjutant King was on
furlough. Rev. H. B. Heacock performed the ceremony. Mr.
Heacock is now in San Francisco and expected to be present on this
happy occasion, but illness prevented, so he sent a beautifully worded
letter of congratulation.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. King are Percival S. King of
Napa, Lyman M. King of Pasadena, Rev. George C. King of Pasadena, and
Mrs. Mary King Harris, of Napa, all of whom were in attendance except
Mrs. Harris, who was unable to be present on account of illness.
There are twelve grandchildren.
In the evening Mr. and Mrs. King were tendered a reception
in the lecture room of the M. E. Church by the members, they having
been connected with that denomination all their lives. A
programme befitting the occasion had been arranged by the pastor, Rev.
C. A. Richardson.
The first number was a solo by that favorite contralto
singer, Miss Jessie Corlett, which was encored.
Rev. Richard Wylie, in his usual happy way, voiced the
good wishes and congratulations of those present, his talk touching
both the humorous and the pathetic.
Mr. L. J. Norton followed, on behalf of the Official Board
of the church, and spoke well and feelingly of Mr. and Mrs. King's work
in the church.
Miss Janet Maclay recited "That Old Sweetheart of Mine,"
by James Whitcomb Riley, the wizard of American poesy. She did it
so well that the audience insisted on hearing her again, and she
gratified them with another poem by the same author.
Mrs. Laura Sargent, of New York, enchanted everybody with her
beautiful ...
[article continues]
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper,
24 May
1918, pg. 1, col. 4):
COMMUNITY
MOURNS GOOD
MAN
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REV. E. H. KING PASSED AWAY
AT HOME THURSDAY MORNING.
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Demise
Followed Attack
of Pneumonia – Deceased Had Been Resident of Napa County for 37 Years –
Widely
Beloved.
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A
good,
kindly,
broad-minded man passed out of this community's life at 10:30 o'clock
Thursday
morning, when Rev. E. H. King, a resident of Napa county for the past
37 years,
breathed his last at his home on Oak street. His
many friends here will sadly miss his presence among
them. Like a shock of corn fully ripe, he
was
ready to go and was able to look back on a long life well spent. So he "wrapped the drapery of his couch
around him and lay down to pleasant dreams."
Mr. King was seized by the
grip a week ago Wednesday,
which last
Sunday developed into pneumonia. Owing
to his advanced years, he was unable to withstand the inroads of the
disease,
and answered the last call at the hour noted above.
He displayed great fortitude and patience during the
entire
period of his illness.
Mr. King was a native of
Pennsylvania and was 80 years old
last
January. He came to California in 1874,
and as a Methodist preacher, filled appointments at Auburn, Dutch Flat
and
other places. In 1881 he came to Napa
county, and first filled the pulpit at St. Helena for some time,
afterward
going to Sonoma and Vallejo. About 30
years ago he retired from the ministry. From
1892 to 1897, he occupied the position of Secretary
of the
Napa
State Hospital. Afterward he took up
the business of insurance in Napa, in which he was engaged up to the
time of
his last illness.
At the time of the beginning
of the Civil War, Mr. King
was a
student at Cornell University. He
answered his country's call and joined the Union army in 1861,
continuing in
the service until he was honorably discharged in 1865.
He was several times promoted for gallantry
in action, going from the ranks to the position of Adjutant. During that time he was ordained as a
minister, and for some time filled the position of chaplain. He took part in many battles of the great
struggle, and always bore himself with bravery.
Besides his widow, deceased
is survived by three sons,
Hon.
Percy S. King, Lyman M. King and Rev. Geo. C. King, the two latter now
in
service in France, and by a daughter, Mrs. Mary M. Harris, of Napa. There are also 12 grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
Mr. King was a member of Kit
Carson Post. G.A.R. and for
many
years served as its Chaplain.
The funeral will take place
from the Methodist Church
to-morrow
(Saturday) afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock.
Funeral Announcement (Napa
Daily Journal
newspaper, 26 May 1918, pg. 5, col. 2):
LAST
TRIBUTE PAID
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LARGE
CONCOURSE OF
FRIENDS AT FUNERAL OF REV. E. H. KING.
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Rev. J.
L. Burcham,
Assisted by Three Other Ministers, Conducted Impressive Services – Many
Floral
Contributions.
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Beautifully
impressive
services were conducted Saturday afternoon over the remains of the late
Rev. E.
H. King, at the Methodist Church, in the presence of a large concourse
of
sorrowing friends. The alter was
covered with the floral tributes brought.
Rev. J. L. Burcham, pastor of
the church, assisted by Rev.
J. J.
Martin, Rev. W. S. Matthew of Santa Rosa and Rev. E. R. Willis of San
Francisco
conducted the services. The two
latter-named made eloquent addresses eulogistic of the departed.
A choir comprising Dee T.
Davis, Dr. R. M. Squier, Ernest
Moyer
and Jesse Ransford, sang appropriate hymns. A
vocal solo, "Home of My Soul," was rendered by Mrs. J.
L.
Burcham.
The honorary pallbearers were
G. M. Francis, L. T. Hayman,
John
E. Hayman, Z. A. Mason, W. H. Gillespie of Napa and R. A. Poppe of
Sonoma.
The active palbearers [sic]
were Henry Brown, Robert
Lamdin,
Robert Corlett, A. H. Smith, Joseph Levinson and Robert Holden.
Interment was made in Tulocay
cemetery.
Notes:
Native of Pennsylvania, born 28 January 1838.
Ensign H. King was
enumerated in the 1910 census in Napa City, Napa County, living in his
own house at 317 Oak Street. He was listed as married (1st
marriage, 46 years), age 72, born in Pennsylvania, parents both born in
Pennsylvania, occupation insurance agent. He was noted as being a
Union Army veteran. His household included his wife Fidelia C.
(age 65, native of Ohio, mother of 5 children 4 living).
He died in Napa on 23 May 1918, and was buried in
Block 63 of
Tulocay Cemetery.
His headstone
reads "KING | REV. ENSIGN HILL KING | BORN JAN. 28, 1838
| DIED MAY 23, 1918 | ADJUTANT AND CHAPLAIN | 15TH IOWA
INF. VOLS. 1861 - 1865 | I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE. | I HAVE KEPT THE
FAITH. | HIS WIFE | FIDELIA | 1845 - 1938"
Military information:
Union. Ensign H. King enlisted at the age of 23 as a 1st Sergeant
on 4 November 1861, and was mustered into Company I of the 15th Iowa
Infantry regiment on 24 January 1862. His residence at the time
of enlistment was noted as Osceola, Iowa, noted as a native of
Pennsylvania. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 4 July 1862
and 1st Lieutenant on 10 December 1862. On 22 April 1863, he was
promoted to 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant and assigned to regimental
Field & Staff. He became regimental Chaplain on 19 September
1864.
Ensign H. King
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in California
on 14 January 1895 (application no. 1163605, cert. no. 898336).
His wife, Fidelia C. King, applied for a widow's benefit in California
on 4 June 1918 (application no. 1121482, cert. no. 860396).
Military service on the pension index card was noted as "Chaplain, 15
Iowa Inf." and "I, 15 Iowa Inf." The attorney handling the case
was P. S. King, Ensign's son. The pension death index card notes
that he died in Napa, Cal., on 23 May 1918.
He appears in the
1886 register for the Department of California,
G.A.R., as a member of Kit Carson Post, No. 74, in Napa. His
qualifying
service was noted as 15th Iowa Infantry. King was also Chaplain
at St. Helena's Kilpatrick Post, No. 38, from 1882 to 1884.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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John R. Knox
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes: Probably
John Randall Knox, per the Great Register of voters. The CDI
notes that a John R. Knox died in Solano County on 11 February
1908 at the age of 75.
Buried at Tulocay Cemetery. Remarks: Block 66,
Lot 19.
Military Information:
Service information not known.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Lorenzo Seymour Knox
(???? - 1919)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 26
January 1919, page 5, col. 4):
Death of L. S. Knox
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L. S. Knox, an
aged and highly respected resident of Napa, whose home had been at 116
Wilson street, for many years, died suddenly at about 9:30 o'clock
Saturday morning.
His demise came as a great shock to his daughter, Mrs. Ray
Haggett, who was in the house with him at the time.
Mr. Knox was a native of New York, aged 77 years. A
resident of Wisconsin when the Civil War broke out he enlisted in the
32nd Inf. Vols. of that State in June, 1862, and with his regiment was
honorably mustered out of the army in May, 1865. His record was
one of gallant service and he was at different times promoted until at
the end of the war he was Second Lieutenant.
With his family he some twenty years ago came from
Appleton, Wis., to Corning, Cal., thence to Napa twelve years ago.
Here he joined Kit
Carson Post, No. 74, G.A.R., on transfer card from Eggleston Post,
Wisconsin, filling various stations in that organization from Commander
to any position assigned him by his comrades.
November 9th, 1916, Mr. and Mrs. Knox celebrated their
golden wedding here and last October their long and happy companionship
was ended by the death of Mrs. Knox. Since the date last named
Mr. Knox has rapidly failed.
He is survived by an only daughter, Mrs. May L.
Haggett. Also by two brothers and a sister in Los Angeles.
The funeral will take place Monday next at 2 o'clock from
the chapel of D. C. Treadway on Coombs street.
Funeral Notice (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 28
January 1919, page 5, col. 4):
Funerals Held
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The funeral of the late L. S. Knox was quietly conducted
at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon from Treadway's undertaking chapel,
comrades of Kit Carson Post officiating.
Solemn services prescribed by the ritual of the G.A.R.
were observed at the receiving vault in Tulocay cemetery.
The pallbearers were Comrades John McCarter, J. C.
Carroll, R. D. Jasper, L. T. Hayman, W. H. Gillespie, J. D. Smith, John
E. Hayman and G. M. Francis.
Notes:
Native of New York.
The CDI notes that Lorenzo S. Knox died in Napa County on
25 January
1919 at the age of 77.
Military information:
Union. 32nd Wisconsin Infantry.
Lieutenant.
Lorenzo S. Knox
applied for a veteran's disability pension on 30 June 1880 (application
no. 399264, cert. no. 237684). Military service was noted as
"Sergt., C, 32 Wis. Inf. The pension death index card notes that
he died in Napa, Cal., on 27 January 1919.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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(1830 - 1899)
Rank:
Notes:
He died in 1899, and is buried in Tulocay Cemetery..
Military information:
Union. Co. G, 4th California Infantry.
"Harvey Kruse" applied
for
a veteran's disability pension on 31 August 1881 (application no.
428041). No certificate was issued suggesting that the pension
application was denied. Military service on the pension index
card was noted as Pvt., Co. G, 5 Cal. Inf.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried at Tulocay Cemetery.
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Henry E. Lamb
(1845 - 1934)
Rank: Private
Obituary from the Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 21
July 1934, p. 5, col. 8:
HARRY LAMB PASSES AWAY
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Civil War Veteran Will Be Buried Monday
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Funeral services
will be held on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Webber funeral
parlors for Harry Lamb, 88, Civil War veteran and well known resident
of this community, who died yesterday morning at the home of Mrs. John
Seifert on Oak street.
Deceased had been in ill health for some time, and news of
his death will come as sad tidings to his friends throughout the county.
He was a native of Elta, Wis., and during the Civil War
served in Co. G, 35th Regiment of the Wisconsin Infantry.
A son, LeRoy Lamb, who resides in the east, is the only
surviving relative.
Following the services burial will be made in Tulocay
cemetery.
Burial Notice from the Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 24
July 1934, p. 1, col. 6:
Rites Held for Civil War Vet
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Funeral services for Harry Lamb, 88, Civil War veterans
who died here Friday, were held yesterday afternoon at the Webber
funeral parlors, with Rev. H. C. Shropshire officiating.
Burial was made in Tulocay cemetery.
Notes: Native
of Elba, Dodge County, Wisconsin, born in 1845.
He died in Napa on 20 July 1934, and was buried at Tulocay
Cemetery in Block 104 on 24 July 1934. His headstone notes that
he was a member of the G.A.R.
Military information:
Union. "Henry B. Lamb" enlisted on 30 December 1863 and was
mustered as a Private into Company G of the 23rd Wisconsin Infantry
regiment on the same date. His residence at the time of enlistment was Columbus, Wisconsin. He transferred to the
Company G of the 35th Wisconsin Infantry regiment on 1 July 1865.
He was mustered out at Brownsville, Texas, on 15 March 1866.
"Henry E. Lamb"
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 4 October
1888 in Wisconsin (application no. 674841, cert. no. 794211).
Military service
was listed on the pension death index card as Co. G, 35 Wis. Inf.
Additional service was noted as Co. G, 23 Wis. Inf.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried at Tulocay Cemetery.
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23rd Wisconsin Infantry
Company G
35th Wisconsin Infantry
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William Hamill
Laughlin
(1836 - 1902)
Rank: Unknown
Biography (Memorial and
Biographical History of Northern California, Illustrated. 1891):
W. H. LAUGHLIN,
whose ranch of sixty-two acres about a mile from Napa, has about
thirteen acres in bearing orchard, of which 500 trees are Bartlett
pears, 100 peach, early and late Crawfords, 500 pears, 200 apple-trees,
and about two acres of various fruits for home consumption. All
of this ranch was planted out by Mr. Laughlin about twenty-five years
ago, and part of it is only from seven to eight years old.
Mr. Laughlin has been a resident of California and of his
present home for the past thirty-one years. He was born in County
Antrim, Ireland, in February, 1836, and his parents came to America
while he was a boy, settling in New York State, where he has lived for
nine years. In 1858 he came to California and immediately
commenced farming in the Napa Valley, and since then has continued to
the present time, having been absent only eight months, during the
Salmon River excitement. He commenced working as a farm hand, and
continued at that until he purchased his present home in 1865, when he
bought seventy-five acres. He has since improved the place and
made a very comfortable home.
He was married in 1872, to Miss Margaret A. Donnely, a
native of County Tyrone, Ireland. He has been for four years
Road-master on the Road District No. 13. He is a member of the
Pacific Endowment League, and of the Boyd Argosy, and a member of the
United Endowment Association.
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 5
April 1902, pg. 3, col. 3, excerpt):
THE SILENT REAPER.
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Death Summons Two Aged and Respected Residents of This City.
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W. L. [sic]
Laughlin, an old and highly respected resident of Napa, died Friday
morning at his home on Coombs street at the advanced age of 71
years. He had been ill but a few days from la grippe when other
complications set in and caused his death.
The deceased was born in Ireland in 1831. In the
early fifties he came to California. For many years he has been a
resident of Napa, where he has been highly respected. A widow
survives him to mourn his loss.
[The article continues with the obituary for Mrs. Theresa Mittlestaedt]
Notes:
Native of County Antrim, Ireland, born February 1836.
He reportedly
participated in the Salmon River gold rush in Idaho in the
1860's. The gold rush caused a clash between miners and the Nez
Perce tribe. His alleged military service may have had something
to do with this.
He died in Napa on
4 April 1902, and was buried at Tulocay
Cemetery in Block 48
S1/2, lot 16. His headstone reads "W. H. LAUGHLIN | BORN | FEB.
1829 | DIED | APRIL 1902".
Military Information:
Service information not known.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Robert Lewis
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
No one by the name of Robert Lewis is listed as having
died in Napa County in the CDI for 1905 to 1929.
Military information:
Union. Co. B, 7th California Infantry.
Robert Lewis
applied for and receive a veteran's disability pension on 31 May 1890
(application no. 778619, cert. no. 607083). Military service was
noted as Pvt., Co. B, 7 Cal. Inf.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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John D. Lyons
(???? - 1889)
Rank:
Notes:
He is buried in the G.A.R. Plot (Lot 26, Block 82),
Tulocay Cemetery, Napa.
Military information:
G.A.R. member. Details of military service not known.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery. Notes: 2 May 1889,
Block 82,
lot 26, ng.
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John Polk Martin
(1844 - 1914)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper,
17 April
1914, pg. 1, col. 4):
DEATH
OF J. P. MARTIN
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Well
Known Citizen of
Napa Passed Away Thursday Evening
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J.
P. Martin, a well known and respected resident of Napa,
died
at his home, 286 E. First street, Thursday evening at about 6:30
o'clock.
Mr. Martin had been in
failing health for some time, but
his
death came suddenly and unexpectedly.
Mr. Martin was a veteran of
the Civil War, and was a Past
Commander of Napa Post No. 192, G.A.R. He
is survived by a widow.
Notice of funeral later.
Funeral Announcement (Napa
Daily
Journal newspaper, 21 April 1914, pg. 8, col. 4):
Funeral of J. P.
Martin
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Ed.
Journal – The comrades of the G.A.R. and W.R.C.,
numbering
71 and 49, respectively, met in D. S. Kyser's undertaking parlors at 2
p.m.
Sunday, to pay their last tribute of respect to their departed comrade,
John P.
Martin.
The services held were
according to the ritual of the
G.A.R.,
and were conducted by Commander Woods and Chaplain Braisted [sic].
Comrade Martin was certainly
endowed with a full measure
of the
cardinal virtues of the G.A.R., viz: Charity, Fraternity and Loyalty,
and was
not much lacking in the details of the minor ones.
The wealth of beautiful
flowers that surrounded the bier
on
which
the deceased comrade reposed, showed the esteem in which the late
comrade and
his mourning wife, Antoinette Martin, were held.
Not the least impressive of the
ceremonies was the
improvised
singing of
"Nearer, My God, to Thee," and other beautiful hymns.
The choir was led by Mrs. Maud Easterly.
John P. Martin was born in
Burdette, New York State, April
26,
1844. When but 17 years old he enlisted
in the Union army and was severely wounded at the second battle of Bull
Run,
being obliged to use crutches for two years.
Mr. Martin came to California
in 1870, and had resided in
Napa
county since 1901. The body of Mr.
Martin was sent to San Francisco early Monday morning, where it will be
cremated.
"Fold
him in his country's stars,
Roll the drum and
fire the
volley.
What to him are all
our cares?
What? But death be
mocking folly.
Lay him low, lay him
low,
In the clover or the
snow.
What care he? He cannot know,
Lay him low."
T. J. D.
Napa, April 20, 1914.
Notes: Native
of Burdette, New York, born 26 April 1844. John reportedly moved
to California about 1870
He married Antoinette Levetag circa 1892, and probably
moved to the Napa Valley about that time. His wife owned property
north of Calistoga (adjoining my own residence - D.A.E.), purchased in
1891. Antoinette and John sold the property jointly in 1909, and
took up residence in Napa around 1901.
John P. Martin was enumerated in the 1900 census in Hot
Springs Township (Calistoga), Napa County, living on his ranch north of
town. His neighbors, Charles W. Lane, Thomas F. Veale and Daniel
M. Bentley were also Civil War veterans. John was listed as
married (8 years), age 56, born April 1844 in New York, parents both
born in New York, occupation farmer. His household included his
wife Antoinette, born February 1856 in Germany (immigrated 1869, no
children).
John P. Martin was enumerated in the 1910 census in Napa
(Ward 4), Napa County, living on East First Street. He was listed
as married (first marriage, 18 years), age 65, born in New York (as
were his parents), occupation (illegible).
John died in
Napa on 16 April 1914, and was buried
in the G.A.R. Plot (Lot 26, Block 82),
Tulocay Cemetery, Napa. The CDI notes that John P. Martin died in
Napa County on 16 April 1914 at the age of 69.
Military information:
Union. John P. Martin enlisted as a Private at Elmira, New York,
on 20 July 1862, and was mustered into Company E of the 107th New York
Infantry on 22 July 1862. His obituary states that he fought in
the second battle of Bull Run (Aug. 28 to 30, 1862), and that he was
severely wounded. About that time, a note appears in his service
record that he deserted (probably wounded and unable to report for
duty). He was listed as sick on hospital on 15 September
1862. The first battle in which the 107th fought was at Antietam
(September 17th), so John may have been on detached duty at the time he
sustained his wounds. His obituary notes that he was disabled and
on crutches for two years. On 15 February 1864, he was mustered
into Company C of the 8th New York Light Artillery regiment.
John P. Martin applied for and received a veteran's
disability benefit in California (application no. 77716, cert. no.
190036), dated 15 July 1865. Service noted on the pension index
card was: "C 8 N.Y. H.A." and "E 107 N.Y. Inf."
John P. Martin was a member of Calistoga's Gov. Morton
Post, No. 41, in the late 1890's where he served as Sr. Vice-Commander
in 1895, Post Commander in 1896, and Post Surgeon in 1898 and
1899. He was also a member of Napa Post, No. 192, where he also
reportedly served as Post Commander. His name appears on the
memorial obelisk in the G.A.R.
section of Tulocay Cemetery.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Battery C
8th New York Light Artillery
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Rank:
Notes:
Buried at Tulocay Cemetery. Remarks: Block 108, lot 18,
center of lot.
Military Information:
Service information not known.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Zina Alfred Mason
(1837 - 1923)
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 15
September 1923, pg. 1, col. 4):
Civil War Veteran Summoned by
Death
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Yesterday forenoon
death removed from earthly scenes Zina A. Mason, a veteran of the Civil
War and a well known resident of Napa for many years.
Deceased was born in Summit County, Ohio, and was 86 years
old. He commenced going on his own when he was 19 years old and
lived in different States in the Middle West up to the year 1863 when
he enlisted in Company I, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry and saw service in
the Civil War until October, 1865, when he was honorably discharged.
Mr. Mason was twice married, the first time to Mary J.
Simpson of Leavenworth, Kansas, December 24, 1869. She died May
27, 1898, and left two daughters. His second wife was Mary
Henderson to whom he was married in Napa in 1903.
Mr. Mason was promniently [sic - prominently] identified
with the G.A.R.
He is survived by his widow and two daughters, Mrs. R. L.
Boling of Napa and Mrs. J. P. Rees of McDermott, Nevada. There is
left also a brother, Wesley Mason of Tekamah, Nebraska.
The remains are now at the D. C. Treadway chapel and
funeral arrangement will be made later.
Funeral Notice (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 16
September 1923, pg.. 1, col. 4):
Mason Funeral to Occur Tomorrow
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The funeral of the
late Z. A. Mason will be held from the D. C. Treadway chapel at 11
o'clock tomorrow (Monday) morning.
Notes:
Native of Summit County, Ohio, born September 1837.
Z. A. Mason was
enumerated in the 1875 Kansas state census in High Prairie Township,
Leavenworth County, Kansas, as head of household. He was listed
as age 38, born in Ohio, occupation farmer. His real estate was
valued at $1,400, and his personal estate at $300. His household
included his wife M. J. Mason (age 31, born in OH), daughter E. Mason
(age 4, born in KS), daughter C. Mason (age 2, born in KS), and Kate
Dean (age 14, born in MO).
Z. A. Mason was
enumerated in the 1895 Kansas state census in High Prairie Township, as
head of household. He was listed as age 58, born in Ohio, from
Iowa before coming to Kansas, occupation farmer, no military record
details mentioned. His household included his wife M. A. Mason
(age 50, native of OH), and Wm. Samples (age 18, native of KS).
Z. A. Mason was
enumerated in the 1900 federal census in High Prairie Township,
Leavenworth County, Kansas, living as a boarder in the household (farm)
of Seth L. and Adella M. Warner. Mason was listed as a widower,
age 62, born September 1837 in Ohio, father born in New Hampshire,
mother born in Vermont, occupation farmer.
Zina A. Mason was
enumerated in the 1910 census in Napa City, Napa Township, California,
living in his own house at 519 Seminary Street. He was listed as
married (2nd marriage, 7 years), age 73, born in Ohio, father born in
England, mother born in Connecticut, occupation house carpenter,
veteran of the Union Army. His household included his wife Mary
S. (age 52, native of OH).
"Zela" Mason was enumerated in the 1920 census in Napa
City, California, living in his own house at 423 Wilson Street.
He was listed as married, age 82, born in Ohio, parents born in United
States, occupation none. His household included his wife Mary
(age 62, born in OH), daughter Ruth Boling (age 48, born in KS), and
son-in-law Dr. R. L. Boling (age 52, born in KS).
Zina A. Mason died in Napa County on 14
September
1923 at the age of 86, and was buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
Military information:
Union. "Zena A. Mason" enlisted at an unknown date, and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in Company I of the 15th Kansas Cavalry
on 19 July 1865. He was mustered out on 19 October 1865.
His residence at the time of enlistment was Leavenworth, Kansas.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Peter Matter
(1837 - 1920)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily
Journal newspaper, 8
January 1920, pg.1, col. 1):
Former Napa Resident Dead
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Peter Matter, a
former highly respected resident of Napa, died at the Veterans' Home
hospital, at eight o'clock Tuesday night. He was a native of
Alsace-Lorraine, and was 82 years, 8 months and 5 days old. He is
survived by two sons, F. J. Matter of San Francisco and A. P. Matter of
Vallejo. His wife died three years ago. He came to the
United States in his early youth. He made his home with his sons
previous to going to the Home.
The funeral will be held from the Treadway funeral chapel
at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon.
Notes:
Native of Alsace-Lorraine, born 1 May 1837 (calculated).
Peter Matter died
at the Veterans Home in Yountville on 6 January 1920, and was buried at
Tulocay Cemetery on 9 January 1920.
Military information:
Union. Peter Matter enlisted on 15 August 1862 and was mustered
as a Private into Company E of the 22nd Iowa Infantry on 28 August
1862. He was listed as a native of France, age 24, residing in
Agency City. He was mustered out at Savannah, Georgia, on 25 July
1865.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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John McCarter
(1848 - 1922)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Register newspaper, 20
October 1922, pg. 5, col. 3):
VALUED CITIZEN IS SUMMONED
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John McCarter Passes Away Following Heart Attack -- He Had Been
Prominent As An Officer of Napa Post, G.A.R.
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A good citizen,
brave soldier and popular Grand Army man in the person of John
McCarter, Commander of Napa Post, No. 192, answered the death summons
at his home, 917 Third street, west of Seminary, last night.
Apparently in good health he nevertheless suffered of late from heart
attacks which made him know that his grip on life was uncertain.
For him there was no "last long illness." His death
proved a startling and sad surprise to his many friends and
acquaintances who were apprised of his passing this morning.
Comrade McCarter was a native of Pennsylvania, aged 74
years and 1 month. He served the Keystone State in the Civil War.
His residence for several years had been in this
city. His first wife died eight years ago. Last June his
marriage to Mrs. Anna H. Versell of this city was announced. It
was a most happy union.
His widow and several step-children survive him.
The funeral will take place tomorrow (Saturday) at 2
o'clock p.m. from Treadway's undertaking parlors, Rev. Richard Wylie
officiating.
As per request of deceased his body will find sepulchre in
the Grand Army plot in Tulocay cemetery.
Funeral Announcement (Napa Daily Register newspaper, 23
October 1922, pg. 5, col. 5):
JOHN M'CARTER LAID TO REST
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Impressive Funeral Rites Are Held Over the Remains of the Late
Commander of Napa Post, G.A.R.
C. E. Activities
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The funeral of John McCarter, late Commander of Napa Post.
G.A.R., was largely attended by comrades of the two Posts and auxiliary
organizations Saturday afternoon from Treadway's undertaking parlors on
Coombs street.
Rev. Richard Wylie officiated, and by special request Rev.
O. D. Ironmonger sang two selections.
Ritualistic exercises were conducted by Comrades L. T.
Hayman of Kit Carson Post and E. D. Hill of Napa Post.
These comrades acted as pall bearers: R. L.
Brantley, Wm. Hawkins, Thomas Potts, J. W. Hoover, Denny Donland and G.
M. Francis.
Interment was made in the Grand Army plot in Tulocay
cemetery.
Resolution of Respect (Napa Daily Register newspaper, 8
November 1922, pg. 4, col. 3):
IN MEMORY OF J. F. M'CARTER
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The Women's Relief Corps of this city has adopted
resolutions of condolence on the death of the late John McCarter, to be
spread over the minutes of the meeting and copies have been forwarded
to the local press and the members of the family of the deceased.
The resolutions follow:
Be it Resolved:
Whereas, it has pleased the Almighty to take from our
midst Commander John McCarter;
Whereas, Commander John McCarter as leader was highly
esteemed and loved by all;
Whereas, by Commander John McCarter's death, the Women's
Relief Corps will mourn his demise as he was a faithful, obedient and
sympathetic worker in the cause of the Relief Corps;
Whereas, his family be extended the condolence of this
lodge in their bereavement;
Be it Resolved, that a copy of this resolution be placed
on the minutes of this lodge and a copy be sent to the Napa papers;
Be it Resolved, further, that the chair of the Commander
be draped in mourning for 30 days.
MABEL B. TREMPER,
Secretary pro tem.
Notes: Native
of Pennsylvania, born 1848. Reportedly served in Pennsylvania, possibly in
the Navy.
He died at his home in Napa on 19 October 1922
at the age of 74. (CDI notes spouse's initials as "A. H.").
He was the standing Commander of Napa Post, No. 192, G.A.R., in Napa at
the time of his death.
He was buried in the G.A.R. Plot (Lot 30, Block 82),
Tulocay Cemetery, Napa, on 21 October 1922.
Military information:
Union. Details of service not known. Reportedly served in
Pennsylvania.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery. Notes U.S. Navy.
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John McDonald
(???? - 1919)
Rank:
Notes:
Buried at Tulocay Cemetery. Remarks: 13 July 1919, county
burial. The CDI notes that John McDonald died in Napa County on
13 July 1919 at the age of 72.
Military Information:
Service information not known.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Thomas McDonnell
(c.1821 - 1904)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 12
April 1904, pg. 3, col. 2):
DEATH OF T. M'DONNELL.
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Thos. McDonnell,
on [sic] old veteran, died at the residence of L. Peterson, at 510 Oak
street, Monday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock. He was 83 years of age,
and a native of Ireland.
Death was due to a general failing of the system, brought
on by the advance of old age. Mr. McDonnell had been residing in
the Peterson family for four or five months prior to his demise.
He leaves no relatives in Napa or vicinity, and was formerly a member
of the Veterans' Home at Yountville.
The announcement of the time of the funeral has not been
made yet.
Funeral Announcement (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 13
April 1904, pg. 3, col. 1):
Funeral To-Day.
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The funeral of the
late Thos. McDonnell, who died at the home of L. Peterson in this city
Monday afternoon, will be held this afternoon from the Catholic Church
at 2 o'clock. Rev. Father Conway will officiate.
Deceased was Sergeant of Co. A. Third Infantry, U.S. Army,
during the Mexican War, and since leaving the Veterans' Home at
Yountville had been a non-resident member of the United States
Soldiers' Home.
Notes:
Native of Ireland.
Buried at Tulocay Cemetery. Remarks: 11 April
1904, Block
66, Lot 3, 4 gfn.
Military Information:
Civil War service not known. He reportedly served as a Sergeant
in Company A, 3rd U.S. Infantry during the Mexican War.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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George McGee
(???? - 1912)
Rank:
Notes:
The CDI notes that George McGee died in Napa County on 10 March 1912 at
the age of 74.
Military information:
Union. Co. I, 5th Ohio Cavalry.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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William Hathaway
McNeil
(1842 - 1920)
Rank: Corporal
Biography from "Genealogy of the
Robertson, Small, and Related Families" (by Archibald Robertson Small,
1907. Published in Indianapolis by Albert Garrison Small):
William Hathaway McNeil, son of James and Susan Bowen
(Hathaway) McNeil, was born February 10, 1842, in Schuylerville, New
York, and now lives at 1022 North Nineteenth street, St. Joseph,
Missouri. He enlisted November 4, 1862, at San Francisco,
California, in the "California 100," afterwards assigned as Company
"A," Second Massachusetts Cavalry; discharged as corporal by special
order No. 326, paragraph 4, Adjutant General's office, at Washington,
D.C., June 25, 1865. "A. G. O."
Sailed From San Francisco December 11, 1862; arrived at
Camp Readeville, Mass., January 4, 1863. First Battalion, Second
Massachusetts Cavalry, Companies "A," "B," "D" and "H," to Yorktown,
February 12, 1863. First battle South Anna Bridge, captured
General Fitzhugh Lee.
May, 1863, at Williamsburg, Va., with Twelfth Pennsylvania
Cavalry, Colonel Spear.
July, 1863, special duty defences [sic] of Washington at
the Chain Bridge. During this time the remainder of the regiment
was at Gettysburg, and other duty.
August, 1863, regiment assembled for first time at
Centerville, Va. (Bull Run battlefield). During summer and fall
scouting in country between the Potomac River and the Blue Ridge,
Virginia. (Mosby's Guerillas keeping the regiment busy.)
October, 1863, to Vienna Court House, Virginia, (seventeen
miles from Washington) for winter quarters. May, 1864, to Falls
Church, Virginia; then, after Battle of the Wilderness, to the
battlefield to bring the wounded to hospitals at Washington.
July, 1864, in provisional brigade to repel Early's attack on
Washington. August, 1864, placed in Third Brigade, First
Division, Cavalry Corps, General Merritt, Sheridan's Army, Shenandoah
Valley. In all the battles of that campaign from Halltown to
Cedar Creek.
November, 1864, winter quarters near Winchester, Virginia,
till February 27, 1865, at which time began Sheridan's Cavalry raid
from Winchester to Petersburg. Destruction of the James River
Canal, and Early's entire army, reaching Petersburg March 26,
1865. In the brilliant operations on the left of Grant's Army to
April 9, 1865, and the surrender of Lee; then to relief of General
Sherman, returning to Petersburg May 10, 1865; and mustered out, at
close of the war, at Fairfax Court House, July 20, 1865.
William Hathaway McNeil and Alice Lea were married
February 19, 1879, in Atchison, Kansas.
Alice Lea, daughter of James Henry and Ellen (Campbell)
Lea, was born February 26, 1845, in Alton, Illinois, and died October
28, 1883, in Atchison, Kansas.
James Henry Lea was born December 19, 1808, in
Philadelphia, Pa., and died June 4, 1890, in Atchison, Kansas.
Ellen (Campbell) Lea was born February 26, 1820, in
Shippenburg, Pa., and died March 25, 1874, in Atchison, Kansas.
William Hathaway McNeil and Mary G. Sherwood were married
July 15, 1886, at St. Joseph, Missouri.
Mary G. Sherwood, daughter of William Marshall and
Charlotte C. (Hall) Sherwood, was born April 18, 1854, in Wilmington,
North Carolina.
Notes: Native
of Schuylerville (near Saratoga), New York, born 10 February
1842. He was
the son of James McNeil (1812 - 1886) and Susan Bowen Hathaway (1817 -
1854). In a passport application, dated 26 February 1900, William
was physically described as follows: Age 58, height 6' 1/2",
forehead high, eyes hazel, nose medium, mouth with mustache, chin oval,
hair black with gray, complexion light, face oval. A
carte-de-visite photograph of him wearing his infantry uniform exists.
According to the 1907 biography (a portion of which is
transcribed above), William's father, James McNeil, arrived in San
Francisco on 10 October
1849 aboard the bark Sir Walter
Scott from New York. William's mother, Susan Bowen
Hathaway McNeil arrived in San Francisco on 10 October 1852, having
journeyed with William and his sister Anna aboard the ship John Quincy Adams from New
York. Susan died in Napa on 31 October 1854. William's
sister Anna died 31 December 1862.
William's whereabouts in California in 1860 are
uncertain. His father James, step-mother Ellen, and sister,
Annie, were enumerated in Sacramento (North Ward) that year.
Wm. McNeil was enumerated in the 1870 census in San
Francisco (7th Ward), under the household of his father, James
McNeil.
William was listed as age 29, born in New York, occupation miner.
James was listed as age 48, born in New York, occupation clerk in
warehouse, personal estate valued at $1,000. Also in the
household was Ellen McNeil, age 39, native of Vermont (William's
step-mother).
William moved to Kansas in the 1870's and settled for a time in
Atchison, Atchison County.
According to his 1907 biography, William married Alice Lea
(daughter of James H. and Ellen Lea) in Atchison on 19 February
1879. The two were enumerated in the 1880 census in the City of
Atchison (2nd Ward), Atchison County, Kansas. William H. McNeil
was listed as married, age 38, born in New York, father born in New
York, mother born in Massachusetts, occupation Coal Dealer. Alice
McNeil was listed as married, age 33, born in Illinois, parents both
born in Pennsylvania. William's father, Jas. McNeil, was still
living in San Francisco in 1880, listed as
age 58, native of Scotland, occupation "empl. savingsbank." His
household included his wife Ellen (William's step-mother), age 44,
native of Vermont, as well
as four boarders and two servants.
Alice (Lea) McNeil died in Atchison on 28 October 1882
(according to the biography). William remarried about four years
later. His second wife was Mary G. Sherwood, daughter of William
M. and Charlotte (Hall) Sherwood. They married at St. Joseph,
Missouri, on 15 July 1886.
William appears to have returned to California shortly after the
marriage, probably to handle the affairs of his father who had died in
April of that year. William joined Lincoln Post, No. 1, G.A.R.,
in San Francisco, and was listed as a member of the post in the 1886
roster, living at 2211 Van Ness Avenue. In 1888, he was still
living in San Francisco, and had risen in G.A.R. circles to the rank of
Special Aide-de-Camp in the Department of California. In a
passport application dated 26 February 1900, William H.
McNeil declared that his permanent residence was San Francisco.
By 1907, he had returned to St. Joseph, Missouri,
where he and his wife Mary lived the remainder of their lives.
William H. McNeil was enumerated in the 1910 census in the
City of St. Joseph (Ward 2), Washington Township, Buchanan County,
Missouri, living on N. 19th Street. He was listed as married (24
years), age 69, born in New York, father born in New York, mother born
in Massachusetts, occupation retired. His household included his
wife Mary S. (age 55, born in NC, father born in VT, mother born in
CT). Also living in the household were William H. Dyer (age 59,
born in MO), Dyer's wife Ella S. (age 48, born in MO), Martin K.
Sherwood (Mary McNeil's brother, age 64, born in NC), and a servant
named Edna Mathias. Ella Dyer was a sister to Mary McNeil.
According to her 1928 death certificate, she was the daughter of Willis
[William?] M. Sherwood and Charlotte C. Hall.
William McNeil was enumerated in the 1920 census still living in
St. Joseph, Missouri. He and his wife Mary were living in a
subhousehold under the household of William Dyer (age 69, born in ME),
located on North Nineteenth Street. William McNeil was listed as
married, age 75, born in New York, father born in New York, mother born
in Massachusetts, occupation none. Mary was listed as age 60,
born in South Carolina, father born in Vermont, mother born in New
York. Mary's brothers, David Sherwood (age 60) and M. K. Sherwood
(age 72), were living in the same household.
According to his
veterans pension index card, William H. McNeil died 24 August 1920 in
St. Joseph, Missouri. His widow applied for a benefit on 21
September 1920. His death certificate notes the cause of death as
paralysis agitans [Parkinson's disease], complicated by acute Bright's
disease. His remains were handled by Ashland Cemetery in St.
Joseph.
Judging from the death certificates, it appears that both
William H. McNeil and his second wife Mary are buried at Ashland
Cemetery in St. Joseph, Missouri. Cemetery transcriptions for
Ashland Cemetery confirm that William and Mary McNeil are indeed buried
there. At Tulocay Cemetery, and
inscription on the family monument reads: "WILLIAM |
H. McNEIL | Calif. 100 - 2nd | Mass. Cav. | 1842-1920" The
monument (an obelisk) memorializes William's father, mother,
step-mother, sister and half-brother. The inscription relating to
William is most likely a cenotaph.
Military information:
Union. Member of the "California 100," which was a celebrated
company of California men who joined the 2nd Massachusetts
Cavalry. "William H. McNeil" enlisted as a Private on 4 November
1862
at the age of 21, and was mustered into Co. A of the 2nd Massachusetts
Cavalry on 10 December 1862. His residence at the time of
enlistment was San Francisco. He was promoted to Corporal during
his term of service. He was discharged on 26 June 1865, per
General Order #326, dated 23 June 1865.
McNeil (like Charles P. Briggs, listed above) was one of 40
signatories in a post-war letter to the Adjutant
General of the State California, dated 20 July 1865, which accompanied
two flags returned by the California 100 to California. The flags
are
still preserved in Sacramento.
W. H. McNeil was listed as a member of San Francisco's Lincoln
Post, No. 1, G.A.R. in the Register of the Department of California for
1886. His service was noted as Co. A, 2 Mass. Cav., and his
residence was listed as 2211 Van Ness Avenue.
William H. McNeil applied for and received a veteran's
disability pension on 2 July 1892 (application no. 1119326, cert. no.
850617). His wife applied for a widow's benefit on 21 September
1920 (application no. 1163635, cert. no. 904445). Service on the
pension death index card was noted as Corporal, Co. A, 2 Mass.
Cav. The index card notes that McNeil died 24 August 1920 in St.
Joseph, Mo.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
More information on the California 100 can be found at the
following websites:
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George
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(???? - 1890)
Rank: Private
Source: Merklee
Genealogy. Merklees in the Civil War:
George W. Merklee (website)
George W. Merklee
was the second child of John and Elizabeth (Burnett)
Merklee of New York City. His first wife, Elida Wilson, bore him two
children, William and Mary. Stories from Elida's side of the family say
that George died young, but it seems likely that he either divorced her
or deserted his family: George married his second wife, Fornsha T.
Caswell, in Walworth, WI, on 29 February 1868; appears in the 1880 U.S.
census living alone in Carson City, NV; and sent correspondence from
Napa City, CA, concerning his mother's will in 1889. He died on 28
February 1890 in Napa, and is buried in Tulocay Cemetery there.
Notes:
He is buried in
the G.A.R. Plot (Lot 26, Block 82),
Tulocay Cemetery, Napa. His military headstone (recently placed)
identifies him as
"GEORGE W. MERKLEE | PVT. CO. G | 183 NY INF".
Military information:
Union. Enlisted as a Private on 28 August 1862 in Brooklyn, NY at
the age of
29. Mustered into Company G, 133rd New York Infantry Regiment on 24
September
1862. Mustered out on 6 June 1865 in Washington, DC.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried at Tulocay Cemetery.
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Benjamin K. Meyers
(???? - 1901)
Rank:
Notes:
Buried at Tulocay Cemetery. Remarks: 11 February
1901,
Block 114, lot 7, 5 gfn.
Military Information:
Service information not known.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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C. W. Michelson
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
Same as C. M. Michelson?
Military information:
Union. U.S. Navy.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Christopher M.
Michelson
(c.1838 - 1904)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily
Journal newspaper, 14
December 1904, pg. 3, col. 2):
CALLED BY DEATH.
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C. M. Michelson Passed Away Tuesday Evening at an Advanced Age.
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C. M. Michelson, a
resident of California since 1866, passed away in Napa Tuesday evening
at about 8 o'clock. He had been ill for some time with
complications of chronic troubles, and his constitution finally yielded
to the claims of death as noted.
Mr. Michelson was a native of Norway, aged 66 years.
He served in the army during the Civil War, and came to California at
its close in 1866. He had resided in Napa county for many years
past, and had many friends who will regret to learn of his demise.
Deceased was an uncle of P. D. and Albert H. Michelson of
Napa.
The time of the funeral has not yet been set.
Funeral Announcement (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 16
December 1904, pg. 3, col. 2):
LAST SERVICES HELD.
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Funeral of Late C. M. Michelson Was Held Yesterday Morning in Napa.
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The funeral of the
late C. M. Michelson, a naval veteran of the Civil War, was held
yesterday morning at 10 o'clock from Kyser's undertaking parlors on
Main street. The services were conducted by Rev. W. H. Hawken of
the Episcopal Church in the presence of a number of friends and
relatives of the deceased.
A number of floral pieces were sent by friends of the
family as a parting tribute. The remains were borne to Tulocay
cemetery, where they were interred in their last resting place in the
family lot. The four nephews of the deceased, P. D. Michelson, A.
H. Michelson, Oliver Michelson and Chris Michelson acted as pallbearers.
Notes:
Native of Norway.
He died in Napa on Tuesday, 13 December 1904 and was
buried in Tulocay Cemetery on 15 December 1904.
Military information:
Union. U.S. Navy. He appears in the U.S. Naval Rendezvous
Report for enlistments at Boston during the week ending Saturday, 27
October 1860, listed as follows: Christopher M. Michelson,
enlisted 26 October for a term of 3 years with the rating of O.S.
(Ordinary Seaman); native of New York City, age 22, occupation
sailmaker, eyes blue, hair light, complexion light, height 5' 7".
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery, noted as a U.S. Navy veteran.
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T. Moin
(???? - 1882)
Rank:
Notes:
Buried at Tulocay Cemetery. Remarks: 1
November 1882, N1/2
block 111, lot 4.
Military Information:
Service information not known.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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George H. Moore
(???? - 1885)
Rank:
Obituary from the Napa County Reporter newspaper, 3
April 1885, p. 4, col. 4:
Death of George H. Moore.
On Friday night at
12 o'clock, Geo. H. Moore, of Napa, died at his residence on Main
street, aged 37. The cause of his death was heart disease.
About three weeks ago he was compelled to give up his position in
Sawyer & Co's tannery on account of his illness, and he gradually
grew worse until Friday night, when death came to his release.
Doctors Shurtleff and Haun made a post mortem examination of the body
Saturday morning and found the heart to be much enlarged. The
deceased leaves a wife and two children to mourn his loss.
Notes:
Buried at Tulocay Cemetery. Remarks: 28 March 1885, Block
90, lot 32.
Military Information:
Service information not known.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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William A. Moore
(1842 - 1913)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily
Journal newspaper, 17
June 1913, pg. 5, col. 3):
DEATH CALLS Wm. MOORE
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Old and Highly Respected Citizen of Napa Expired on Sunday Night.
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Shortly after 11
o'clock on Sunday night, Wm. Moore, an old-time and favorably known
resident of this city, passed into the Beyond at the family residence.
He had been in a precarious state of health for a long
time, especially during the last four months.
Mr. Moore had lived in Napa twenty-two years, and was high
esteemed.
He was born in Ireland in 1842. He served three
years in the Civil War as a private, and had a distinguished
record. He was a member of Napa Post, G.A.R.
He leaves to sorrow his demise his widow, Mrs. Mary A.
Moore, five sons -- Bert J. Moore of Alturas, Chas., David and Edgar
Moore of Napa, and Wm. Moore of Lost Angeles -- a daughter, Mrs. Lucy
Bradley of Oakland.
The funeral services will take place this (Tuesday)
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, at Kyser's undertaking parlors.
Notes:
Native of Ireland, born 1842.
William A. Moore
was enumerated in the 1900 U.S. census in Salvador Precinct (north Napa
area), Napa County, California. He was listed as married (25
years), age 59, born August 1940 in Ireland, parents both born in
Ireland, immigrated 1859, resident of U.S. 41 years, naturalized,
occupation laborer. His household included his wife Mary (born
April 1855 in VT, mother of 6 children all living), son Charles B.
(born August 1876 in NE), son William A. (born August 1880 in NE), son
David G. (born July 1881 in NE), daughter Lucy M. (born Feb 1866 in
Dakota, son Edgar M. (born Apr. 1884 in Dakota), and son Bertram J.
(born August 1875 in NE).
William Moore enumerated in the 1910 census in Trancas
Precinct, Napa Township, Napa County, living in his own house on
Calistoga Avenue. He was listed as married (1st marriage, 35
years), age 67, born in Ireland as were his parents, immigrated 1857,
occupation general laborer. He was noted as being a veteran of
the Union Army. His household included his wife Mary (age 65,
native of VT, mother of 6 children all living).
William A. Moore died in Napa on 15 June 1913, and
was buried in Block 81 of Tulocay Cemetery on 17 June 1913.
Military information:
Union. William Moore enlisted 26 August 1861 at Lane, Ogle
County, Illinois, and was mustered as a Private into Company D of the
39th Illinois Infantry regiment at Chicago on 11 October 1861. He
was described at the time of enlistment as single, age 19, height 5'5",
hair brown, eyes brown, complexion dark, occupation farmer. He
was noted as being a resident of Lane, Illinois, nativity
Ireland. He was discharged on 10 September 1864 on expiration of
his term of service.
William Moore
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in Nebraska on
11 February 1882 (application no. 439614, cert. no. 438052). His
wife, Mary E. Moore, applied for a widow's benefit in California on 26
June 1913 (application no. 1010268, cert. no 769221). Service on
the pension index card was noted as "D, 39 Ill. Inf." The pension
death index card notes that Moore died in Napa, Cal., on 15 June 1913.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Raycide Mosher
(???? - ????)
Rank: Private
Notes:
He is buried
in the G.A.R. Plot (Lot 26, Block 82),
Tulocay Cemetery, Napa. His military headstone identifies him as
"RAYCIDE MOSHER, 1 MICH. E. & M."
The University of Idaho
Library Special Collections and Archives (Moscow, ID) has in its
collection a series of forty-four Civil War letters from Raycide Mosher
of Albion, Michigan, written between 15 January 1864 and 18 August
1865. The letters were found in "The Paddock House" in
Farmington, Washington, and were donated to the University of Idaho
Library by Jerry and Chrys VanDalsen in 1983. The letters have
been transcribed and copies distributed to various historical libraries.
Military information:
Union. He enlisted as a Private at Clarence, Michigan, on 14
December 1863, and was mustered into Company A, 1st Michigan Engineers
on 6 January 1864. His age at the time of enlistment was
24. He was mustered out on 22 September 1865 at Nashville,
Tennessee.
Raycide Mosher applied for a veteran's disability pension
in California on 16 February 1882 (application no. 440189). No
certificate was issued suggesting that the pension was not
granted. Mosher's widow, Adaline Mosher, applied for and received
a widow's benefit in California on 12 February 1892 (application no.
540931, cert. no. 448207). Service on the pension death index
card was noted as Co. A, 1 Mich E and M.
He appears in the
1886 register for the Department of California,
G.A.R., as a member of Kit Carson Post, No. 74, in Napa. His
qualifying
service was noted as Co. A, 1st Michigan Engineers.
He was noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried at Tulocay Cemetery.
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Michael
Mulverhill
(c.1830 - 1899)
Rank: Private
Notes: Native of Ireland, born about 1830 (age estimates
range from 1823-1835). Surname also spelled "Mulvehill."
Michael Mulverhill was a resident of Marshalltown, Marshall
County, Iowa, when he enlisted in the Iowa Volunteer Infantry in October
1861.
Michael Mulverhill appears in the Great Register of Voters in
San Francisco, 4th Precinct, in 1888, listed as age 58, native of Ireland,
residence 523 Grove lower floor, occupation stableman, naturalized summer of 1856 at Rock
Island, Illinois.
Michael Mulverhill appears in the Great Register of Voters in
Yount Twp., Napa County, in 1890, listed as age 62, native of Ireland,
occupation stableman, naturalized in 1856 at Rock Island County, Illinois.
His family headstone is inscribed as follows: Michael
Mulverhill | Pr. Co. H | 13th Reg't Iowa Vol. Inf. | died | May 26, 1899 |
Aged 76 Years.
Military information:
Union. He enlisted on 1 October 1861 and was mustered as a Private into Co.
H of the 13th Iowa Infantry regiment on the following day. He was
described at the time of enlistment as a resident of Marshalltown, IA, age
25. He re-enlisted on 1 January 1864. He was wounded twice
during the war, first at the Battle of Shiloh on 6 April 1862 (noted as
missing in action at the time). His
second wound was self-inflicted, when he accidentally injured a finger by
discharge of his own gun while on picket duty. The incident occurred on 6 July 1864.
He was mustered out with his company at Louisville, KY, on 21 July 1865.
Michael Mulvehill (as the surname is spelled in the official records)
applied for and received a veterans disability pension in California on 23
November 1887 (application no. 629911, cert. no. 835129). Service on
the pension index card is noted as "P, Co. H, 13 Reg't, Iowa
Inf."
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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William H. Osborne
(???? - 1922)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 21
November 1922, pg. 1, col. 7):
Civil War Veteran Summoned by
Death
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William H. Osborn
of Petaluma, a veteran of the Civil War, suddenly died Sunday morning
in Yountville, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. L. D. Penland,
following a long period of failing health. Heart disease was the
final cause of his death.
Notes:
He is buried
in Block 85 of Tulocay Cemetery. His military headstone is marked
as follows: WM. H. OSBORN | CO. F | 1 OHIO H.A. His wife,
Eliza C. Osborn (1846 - 1935) is buried next to him, headstone marked
"MOTHER."
Military information:
Union. Co. F, 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery.
William H. Osborn
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in California
on 2 August 1890 (application no. 861773, cert. no. 614228). His
wife, Eliza C. Osborn, applied for a widow's benefit in California on
16 December 1922 (application no. 1198145, cert. no. 928256).
Service on the pension death index card was noted as Co. F, 1 Ohio
H.A. The pension death index card also notes that Osborn died in
Napa, Calif., on 19 November 1922.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Drury F. Parker
(???? - 1916)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 5
September 1916, page 5, col. 2):
D. F. PARKER IS DEAD
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AGED RESIDENT OF NAPA FOR MANY YEARS DIED SUNDAY MORNING.
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Had Been an Invalid for a Long
Time and Finally Succumbed to the Infirmities of Advancing Years.
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D. F. Parker, an
aged and respected resident of Napa for many years past, passed away at
the family residence on Cross street at 2:30 o'clock Sunday
morning. Mr. Parker had for a long time been failing in health
and unable to take an active part in life, and for several weeks past
had been confined to his bed, so that his end was not unexpected.
At the Methodist Church, at one o'clock Monday afternoon,
funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. A. Richardson and Rev. E. R.
Willis.
The services were largely attended, and many beautiful
floral pieces were in evidence.
A choir comprising Mrs. L. M. Turton, Mrs. James Green and
Miss Jessie Corlett rendered fitting selections.
The pallbearers were the deceased's eight surviving sons,
Wm. Parker, Frank Parker, F. S. Parker, C. D. Parker, A. B. Parker, D.
B. Parker, A. Parker and A. C. Parker.
Mr. Parker had for many years been a member of a Solano
county lodge of Odd Fellows, and Napa Lodge No. 13 attended the
services at the church in a body, Noble Grand H. S. Mielenz afterward
carrying out the ritual of the Odd Fellows at the grave service in
Tulocay.
Notes:
Buried at Tulocay Cemetery. Remarks: 3
September 1916,
Block 64, Lot 30, 3 gfn. According to the CDI, Drury F. Parker
died in Napa County on 3 September 1916 at the age of 84.
Spouse's initials were "R."
Military Information:
Service information not known.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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James K. Parker
(1844 - 1931)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper,
11 October
1931, pg. 1, col. 5):
James
K. Parker
Taken by Death in Veterans Home Hospital After Long Illness; Fought in
Civil
War
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An
illness
of
long duration proved fatal to James K. Parker, widely known and highly
esteemed
Napa resident, at the Veterans Home hospital yesterday morning.
Mr. Parker had been a
resident of Napa for more than
thirty
years and was held in the highest esteem by a host of friends who will
be
shocked upon lear[n]ing of his demise.
Mr. Parker was taken to the
Home Hospital about two weeks
ago,
after having been under treatment at Letterman Hospital in San
Francisco. However, his condition was of
such a nature
that little could be done and he gradually lost strength until the end
came
yesterday.
Deceased was born in
Knoxville, Tenn. Had
he lived until January, he would have observed his 88th
birthday.
During the Civil War, he
served in Company B of the Ninth
Tennessee Cavalry.
A man of quiet and unassuming
nature, Mr. Parker was
highly
respected by all who knew him. He
maintained his home here at 2006 Brown street.
Deceased is survived by his
daughter, Mrs. Della Leonard,
with
whom he made his home in Napa, and a grandson, Lawton D. Parker of
Marysville.
The remains are at the Webber
Funeral Parlors. Services will be private
for friends only,
who are asked to omit flowers.
Funeral
Announcement (Napa
Daily Journal, 13 October 1931, pg. 1, col. 2):
Rites
Held for Late
James Parker
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James
K.
Parker, prominent Napa resident and veteran of the Civil War, who
passed away
last Saturday morning, were conducted yesterday.
Rev. M. S. MacKerricher,
pastor of the Baptist Church,
officiated at the ceremony, which was attended by close friends only.
The Webber Parlors were in
charge of the services.
Notes:
Native of Knoxville, Tennessee, born January 1844.
He died at
the Veterans Home in Yountville on 10 October 1931 at the age of 87,
and was buried at Tulocay Cemetery in Block 104. The
headstone identifies him as "Civil War Veteran."
Military information:
Union. Co. B, 9th Tennessee Cavalry.
James K. Parker
applied for and received a veteran's disability
pension on 27 December 1888 (application no. 682932, cert. no.
1051300). Service on the pension death index card was noted as
Co. B,
3 Tenn. Inf. Additional service was noted as Co.'s B and F, 9
Tenn.
Cav.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Company B
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Henry Pease
(1829 - 1903)
Rank: Captain (Colonel?)
Obituary from the Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 8
November 1903, page 3, col. 2:
DEATH OF COLONEL PEASE
He Served With Distinction During the Civil War, Rising from the Grade
of Private.
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After several
months of intense suffering, Col. Henry Pease passed peacefully away
Saturday, just before noon, at his home on Franklin street.
Col. Pease was born in Springfield, Mass., and was 72
years of age. When the Civil War broke out he was in business in
Chicago, and was First Sergeant of the Chicago Light Guard, commanded
by Capt. Geo. B. McClellan, who was afterward General in Chief of the
Army. In May, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Co. E, 23rd Ill.
Vol. Inf. When the regiment left Chicago, June 15th, 1861, he was
Second Lieutenant. Within sixty days he was Captain.
Major General J. C. Fremont was in command of the
Department of Missouri and was authorized by the President to
commission such officers as he might think competent in command.
When the 23rd reached Jefferson City General Fremont commissioned
Captain Pease Colonel of Volunteer Infantry and assigned him to
organize men then assembled at the capital.
On the arrival of General J. C. Davis, who took command,
he assigned Col. Pease to duty on his staff, and he served with him
through the Missouri campaign that ended at Pea Ridge in March, 1862.
The command was then ordered south to Buell's army,
arriving at Shiloh in time to participate in the second day's
fighting. They were also engaged at Corinth and Iuka, made the
memorable march to Louisville and back to Nashville, and participated
in all the engagements in which the army of the Cumberland was engaged,
ending at Stone River.
After this engagement General D. S. Stanley, commanding
the cavalry corps of the army, made a personal request of Governor Andy
Johnson, backed by the endorsement of Generals Rosecrans, Thomas,
Sheridan, McDowell, McCook and Davis, to make Col. Pease Colonel of the
Second Tennessee Cavalry, but politics overcame their efforts and he
was ordered by the War Department to Virginia. There he served
with General B. F. Kelly until mustered out for disability, after
nearly four years' continuous service.
Colonel Pease came to Napa about eighteen years ago and
engaged in the real estate and insurance business. He was at one
time manager of the Palace Hotel in Napa. For several years past,
and until sickness incapacitated him, he was Health Officer of the City
of Napa.
Col. Pease was a gentleman of the old school, dignified,
courteous, honorable. He faced death unflinchingly on the
battlefield, and as his last days approached accepted the inevitable
with fortitude, his only sorrow being the thought of separation from
his devoted wife.
The funeral will be held Monday morning at 10:30 from St.
Mary's Church.
Notes:
Native of Springfield, Massachusetts, born March 1829.
Henry Pease was
enumerated in the 1900 U.S. census in Napa, Napa County (enumeration
district 95) as head of household in a rented house. He was
listed as married (12 years), age 71, born March 1829 in Massachusetts,
parents both born in Massachusetts, occupation not stated. His
household included his wife Ruth A. (born July 1862 in Canada).
Col. Pease died on
7
November 1903, and is buried in
the G.A.R Plot (Lot 27, Block 82), Tulocay Cemetery,
Napa. The cremains of Ruth Pease -- his wife -- are buried next
to him. His headstone reads "COL. H. PEASE | DIED | NOV. 7, 1903.
| AGED | 68 YEARS."
Military information:
Union. He enlisted on 15 June 1861 as a 2nd Lieutenant and was
commissioned on that date into Company E, 23rd Illinois Infantry
regiment. At the time of enlistment, he was listed as age 32;
native of Springfield, Hamden County, MA; height 5' 10"; hair black;
eyes black; complexion dark; married; occupation clerk. His
residence at the time of enlistment was Chicago, Illinois.
He was promoted to Full Captain on 10 May 1862, and was
transferred from Company E to Company A on 29 August 1864 when the
companies consolidated. He was mustered out on 31 October 1864 on
expiration of his term of service.
Henry Pease applied for and received a veteran's
disability pension in California on 28 May 1890 (application no.
778208, cert. no. 647918). His wife, Ruth A. Pease, applied for a
widow's benefit in California on 27 November 1913 (application no.
795444, cert. no. 575168). Service on the pension death index
card was noted as Capt., Co. E, 23 Ill. Inf.
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Staff
General
Jefferson C. Davis
(unverified)
Staff
General
Benjamin F. Kelley
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Eugene Fessenden Peck
(1833 - 1912)
Rank:
Biography in History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio
(published in Chicago by Inter-state Publishing, 1884), pg. 411:
Eugene F. Peck was born in Rutland,
Vt., Dec. 14, 1833, but in boyhood, removed with his parents to
Massachusetts. He had the advantage of a good education, and by
close study has acquired a good practical knowledge of business and
public affairs. In 1854 he removed to Alleghany, N.Y., where he
resided a year and a half, when he removed to Lorain County, Ohio, and
in 1857 came to Scioto County. He now owns a farm of 200 acres,
partly improved. He has been Trustee of the township several
temrs [sic - terms], and Treasurer four years. In 1876 he went to
California, where he has a brother, and remained a year engaged in the
lumber business. In 1880 he again went to the Western slope and
invested in a gold mine, which he is now operating with fair
success. He was married in 1863 to Rose Ann, daughter of Jonathan
Glaze. They have four children -- Lowell N., Cora E., Lyman J.,
and Lulu Pearl. Mr. and Mrs. Peck, Lowell and Cora are members of
the United Brethren church.
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper,
17 May
1912, pg. 5, col. 2):
DEATH
OF E. F. PECK
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Pioneer
of Napa
Passed Away Thursday at Home Near Napa
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Eugene
F.
Peck, a
pioneer of Napa county, passed away Thursday morning at 2:30 o'clock at
his
residence on the Browns Valley road. He
had been in failing health for the last two years.
He was 78
years 5
months of age, and a native of Vermont. He
came to California from the East in 1876, and had lived
in
and near
Napa most of the time since that date.
He leaves a
widow,
and these children: Mrs. Cora Shively,
Mrs. Pearl Munk and Lyman Peck of Napa, and Lowell N. Peck of Oakland;
and a
brother N. F. Peck, of Napa.
The funeral
will be
held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock from the family residence on the
Browns
Valley road.
Funeral Announcement (Napa Daily Journal
newspaper,
19 May 1912, pg. 5, col. 1):
Funeral
of E. F. Peck
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The
funeral of
the
late E. F. Peck was held Saturday morning at ten o'clock from the
family
residence on the Browns Valley road, and was largely attended. Rev. C. A. Richardson and Rev. E. H. King
officiated. Interment was made in
Tulocay cemetery.
Notes:
Native of Rutland, Vermont, born 14 December 1833. He was the son
of Lyman Peck and Lorina Davis. He married Rose Ann Glaze in
1865, and had the following children: Lowell Nelson Peck (b.
1864), Cora Eve Peck (b. 1865), Lyman J. Peck (b. 1869), and Pearl Lulu
Peck (b. 1882). Full genealogical details on Peck and his family
are presented in the "Henslee and Taylor Family Tree" on Ancestry.com.
Eugene F. Peck appears in the 1900 census in Napa, Napa
County, California. He was listed as married (37 years), age 66,
born December 1833 in Vermont, parents both natives of Massachusetts,
occupation farmer. His household included his wife Rose A. (born
November 1845 in OH, mother of 3 children all living), son Lyman J.
(born July 1869 in OH), daughter Pearl L. (born May 1882 in OH), and
daughter Core E. Crites (born August 1864 in OH, a widow).
Eugene F. Peck was enumerated in the 1910 census in Napa,
Napa County, living in a rented house on Cleveland Street. He was
listed as married (1st marriage, for 47 years), age 76, born in
Vermont, parents both born in Massachusetts, occupation farmer on a
fruit farm. There was no note regarding military service.
His household included his wife Rosa A. (age 63, native of OH) and son
Liman J. (age 40, native of OH).
He died near Napa on 16 May 1912 and was buried on 18 May
1912 at Tulocay Cemetery in Block 49,
N1/2 Lot 28, 2nd grave from north. The CDI notes that Eugene F.
Peck died in
Napa County on 16 May 1912 at the age of 78.
Military Information:
Service information not known.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Nelson Ferdinand Peck
(1840 - 1916)
Rank: Corporal
Biography (History of
Solano and Napa Counties, California, 1912):
NELSON F. PECK.
A patriotic
citizen of the United States who enlisted under the banner of his
country during the Civil war, Nelson A. [sic[ Peck was born in
Royalston, Worcester county, Mass. April 16, 1840, a son of Lyman and
Louisa (Davis) Peck, both natives of Massachusetts. His early
years were spent at home, receiving his education at the public school,
and when the Civil war broke out in 1861, he enlisted in Company I,
Twenty-fifth Massachusetts Regiment, under General Burnside. The
regiment to which he was attached participated in several raids in
North Carolina and also at Pittsburg, Va., and Mr. Peck was close at
hand when the forts were blown up. After serving three years and
one month he was mustered out at Boston and honorably discharged.
In 1864 Mr. Peck moved to Ohio and settled at Portsmouth,
where he learned the trade of carpenter and wagon-maker, and for a
number of years was employed at his trade in Ohio. Not until 1888
did he come to California and when he arrived he came to Napa county
and has made it his home ever since, following the occupation of
contractor and builder with much success. Nine years after his
advent to this county, in 1897, he formed a partnership with William
Coffield, under the firm name of Peck & Coffield. During the
two years they continued in partnership the erected some splendid
buildings in Napa and vicinity, among which are the following:
Lincoln school house, R. S. Kyser undertaking parlors, the Martin
building and rebuilding the Franklin school house. Since the
dissolution of the partnership Mr. Peck has continued in the business
alone and has erected a number of fine residences that add materially
to the attractiveness of the city of Napa. Among these are the
Grigsby, Dewey, Fegerro, Monteshed and Williams residences, besides
many others, and he has also built a number of residences in Suisun.
Mr. Peck is a charter member of Kit Carson Post, G.A.R.,
being past commander of his post, and he is also a member of the
Ancient Order of United Workmen of Napa. In Scioto county, Ohio,
Mr. Peck was married in 1866 to Irene Glaze, a native of that state,
and they have one child, Eva, a graduate of the high school. Mr.
and Mrs. Peck are well known residents of Napa, and are affiliated with
every movement for the upbuilding of the community in which they live.
Obituary from the Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 3
September 1916, page 5, col. 3:
GOOD MAN PASSED AWAY
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NELSON F. PECK SUCCUMBED TO ILLNESS WEDNESDAY MORNING
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His Demise Ended Long and Useful Life of Much Esteemed and Well Known
Citizen of Napa for Many Years
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Nelson F. Peck
died at his home, 318 Wilson street, in this city, at 4:30 o'clock
Wednesday morning, after an illness that covered a period of ten days.
It was the second attack that Mr. Peck has suffered within
two months, and notwithstanding his rugged constitution, it was
impossible for him to throw off the disease. Previous to his last
illness Mr. Peck was first stricken on December 30th, 1915, and he was
compelled to keep to his bed and the house for a period of some eight
weeks. He had recovered nicely and was able to go down town to
transact some business and also to enjoy an automobile ride
occasionally with friends, when the fatal attack seized him on February
27th, and from that date on he gradually failed until the final summons
came at the hours above noted.
Deceased was a native of Royalston, Worcester county,
Massachusetts, and had he lived until July 16th next, would have
reached the age of 76 years. Mr. Peck spent his boyhood days in
Massachusetts, and after the Civil War settled in Scioto county, Ohio,
making his home on Bear Creek and in Portsmouth, where he resided until
he came out to California. He arrived in Napa 32 years ago with
his family, first settling in Coombsville, east of this city.
Later the family took up their residence in Napa, where Mr. Peck had
resided ever since. Deceased was a carpenter by occupation and
always took a great deal of pride in his work, which he aimed to
perform honestly and to the satisfaction of his patrons. During
the last ten years Mr. Peck was engaged in the contracting business,
and in following this line of work he enjoyed a large acquaintance
among the people of Napa.
In September, 1915, Mr. Peck made a trip East to visit the
scenes of his early boyhood, and he enjoyed the journey very much. He
spent a week with his sister, Mrs. Noah Rankin, at Erying,
Massachusetts, whom he had not seen for 40 years. This reunion
was a happy one to them. While in the Bay State a visit was made
to his birthplace in Royalton. From Massachusetts Mr. Peck
visited his old home in Bear Creek and the city of Portsmouth in Ohio.
Deceased was a veteran of the Civil War. He enlisted
in Company I, 25th Massachusetts Regiment of Infantry, at Worcester, on
September 28th, 1861, and was discharged on October 20th, 1864, his
term of three years of enlistment having expired. When mustered
out he had attained the rank of corporal. Mr. Peck served under
General Burnside and saw service in the Virginias and Carolinas.
On his trip East last Fall he attended the 50th annual
reunion and encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, held in
Washington, D.C., the latter part of September, and was among the "boys
in blue" who participated in the great parade that passed in review
before President Woodrow Wilson on September 27th, 1915.
Deceased is survived by a daughter, Mrs. M. J. Wittlinger,
of this city; a sister Mrs. N. Rankin, residing in Erving,
Massachusetts. There are also several nieces and nephews living
in the East, and two surviving brothers live in other States.
There are also several nieces and nephews residing in Napa, Oakland and
San Francisco.
Mr. Peck was a member of Kit Carson Post No. 74, G.A.R.
and
Julia Dent Grant Circle No. 19, Ladies of the Grand Army.
The funeral will be held from the family residence on
Wilson Street at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon.
Notes:
Native of Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, born 26 April
1840.
He died in Napa on
8 March 1916 at the age of 75, and was buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
Military information:
Union. He enlisted at the age of 21 as a Private on 28 September
1861, and was mustered into Company I, 25th Massachusetts Infantry
regiment. His residence at the time of enlistment was Royalston,
Massachusetts. He was promoted to Corporal on 1 August 1864, and
was mustered out on 20 October 1864.
Nelson F. Peck applied for and received a veteran's
disability pension on 16 January 1899 (application no. 1216858, cert.
no. 1086643). Service on the pension death index card was noted
as Co. I, 25 Mass. Inf. It was also noted on the index card that
Peck died in Napa, Cal., on 8 May 1916.
He appears in the
1886 register for the Department of California,
G.A.R., as a member of Kit Carson Post, No. 74, in Napa. His
qualifying
service was noted as Co. I, 25th Massachusetts Infantry.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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William F. Peck
(???? - 1894)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa
Daily
Journal newspaper, 11 July 1894, pg. 3, col. 2):
W.
F. PECK DEAD.
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The
Popular
Proprietor of the Palace Hotel Dies Suddenly of Heart Disease.
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It is our painful duty to
record this morning the death of
W. F.
Peck, the popular proprietor of the Palace Hotel in East Napa, which
sad event
occurred at about half-past nine o'clock last night.
Heart disease, with which he
had long been a sufferer, was
the
cause of death.
Monday night he closed the
hotel at ten minutes past 12
o'clock,
and retired to his room. Mr. Wm.
Travis, who retired at the same hour, says that at that time Mr. Peck
appeared
in excellent health and was as jovial as usual.
Tuesday morning Mr. Peck came
down stairs, but complained
of not
being well, and soon returned to his bed. Dr.
Hadfield was called, and found the patient suffering
with
nervous
prostration, and a threatened attack of pneumonia complicating the
heart
trouble. His condition gradually grew
worse, and death finally followed at about 9:30 in the evening.
Mr. Peck came to Napa about
two years and a half ago, and
took
charge of the Palace Hotel. He proved a
genial landlord and made the Palace one of the most popular hostelries
in this
section of the State, and by his honorable, upright and straightforward
business methods won the friendship and esteem of all who had business
relations with him. He was a good man
for Napa, and his demise will be sincerely regretted by all who knew
him.
Notes:
William F. Peck died in
Napa on 10 July 1894, and was buried at Tulocay Cemetery in Block
85, Lot 7, 3rd grave from north
Military Information:
Service information not known.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Lars Peterson
(1832 - 1904)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Weekly Journal newspaper, 6
December 1904, pg. 4, col. 7):
CALLED SUDDENLY.
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Lars Peterson Died at the Home of Son Tuesday Afternoon.
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Lars Peterson, for
many years a well known resident of Napa, died at 2 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon at the home of his son, Louis Peterson, on Oak street.
Deceased was taken suddenly ill while down town early in
the morning, and was hurriedly taken home, where he was attended by Dr.
Rumsey. He gradually failed, however, until death came as above
noted. Death was due to paralytic stroke.
Deceased was a native of Sweden, aged about 75
years. He served in the Union army during the Civil War, and came
to California some thirty-three years ago.
He leaves a widow and two sons and a daughter -- Louis
Peterson of Napa and A. Peterson of Tulare county, and Mrs. E. H.
Ruther
of San Francisco.
Notes:
Native of Sweden, born July 1832.
Lars Peterson was
enumerated in the 1900 census in Napa City, Napa County, CA, under the
household of his son, Louis C. Peterson, living in a rented house at
540 Oak Street. Lars was listed as married (31 years) age 67,
born July 1832 in Sweden, parents both born in Sweden, immigrated 1860,
naturalized, no occupation. Besides the son Louis (born September
1870 in Wisconsin), were Louis' wife Delia (born April 1871 in
Ireland), and their son Stanley L. (born May 1898 in California).
Louis' mother was born in Wisconsin.
He died 30 August 1904 in Napa, and was buried in
Block 116 of Tulocay Cemetery.
Military information:
Union. Co. C, 11th Wisconsin Infantry.
Lars Peterson
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in California
on 16 August 1887 (application no. 619446, cert. no. 801964). His
wife, Elizabeth A. Peterson, applied for a widow's benefit in
California on 14 December 1907 (application no. 881345, cert. no.
682649). Service on the pension death index card was noted as Co.
C, 11 Wis. Inf. Additional service was noted as Co. C, 33 Wis.
Inf.
He appears in the
1886 register for the Department of California,
G.A.R., as a member of Kit Carson Post, No. 74, in Napa (noted as Larry
Peterson). His qualifying
service was noted as Co. C, 11th Wisconsin Infantry.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Alonzo K. Plackett
(1848 - 1922)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 8
August 1922, pg. 1, col. 5):
FATHER OF NAPA RESIDENT DIES
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Mrs. George Rice
of 228 Adrian street this city was called to Vallejo shortly after
eight o'clock last evening because of the death of her father A. K.
Plackett, 79 years of age, who died at that place suddenly and as a
result of heart disease. Mr. Plackett had been enjoying the best
of health prior to his death and because of this his passing came as a
decided shock to members of his family.
Notes:
Born 1 April 1843, according to headstone. Resident of Vallejo,
according to the Great Register of voters, occupation painter.
He died 7 August 1922 at
the age of 78 in Vallejo, Solano County (source: CDI and headstone),
and was
buried in Block
137 of Tulocay Cemetery. His family marker (shared with wife
Jeanette) notes that he was a member of the G.A.R. Jeanette
Plackett (1849-1949) was also noted as being W.R.C.
Military information:
Union. Co. A, 21st Illinois Infantry.
Alonzo K. Plackett
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in Kansas on 24
May 1884 (application no. 514091, cert. no. 628066). His wife,
Jeanette Plackett, applied for a widow's benefit in California on 28
August 1922 (application no. 1193348). A certificate was not
issued to her, suggesting that her application was denied.
Service on the pension death index card was noted as Co. A, 21 Ill.
Inf. Additional service was noted as Co. H, 115, Ill. Inf.
The pension death index card further notes that Alonzo died in Vallejo,
Cal., on 7 August 1922.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Philip Plass
(1842 - 1920)
Rank:
Obituary in the Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 15
January 1920, page 5, col. 2:
Philip Plass is Called by Maker
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Phillip Plass, an
aged and highly esteemed citizen and a member of a pioneer family of
Napa county, died at the home place on the main county road some four
miles north of Napa at an early hour Wednesday morning.
Mr. Plass had been in failing health for many years.
Last Monday he suddenly became worse and it was apparent that the end
was rapidly nearing. He was unconscious for several hours and
death came painlessly and peacefully.
Deceased was born on October 29, 1842, in Columbia county,
New York. He came to California with his parents when a little
boy and lived almost continuously since on the Plass homestead.
Mr. Plass was a veteran of the Civil War, having served in
the 5th Infantry of California Volunteers from 1861 until 1864, when he
was honorably discharged.
Deceased is survived by his widow and these children: Miss
Corinne Plass and Mary C. Campbell of Napa and Edwin W. Plass of
Petaluma, and Mrs. Claire W. Young of Redwood City.
A brother, Charles Plass of Napa, also survives him.
Mr. Plass was a member of Yount Lodge, F. & A. M., and
the funeral will be held under Masonic auspices at a date to be
announced later.
Notes:
Native of Columbia County, New York, born 29 October 1842.
The CDI lists Phillip Plass who died in Napa
County on 14 January 1920 at the age of 77,
Military Information:
Union. Co. I, 5th California Infantry.
Philip Plass applied for
and received a veteran's disability pension on 8 May 1880 (application
no. 363364, cert. no. 320334). His wife, Catherine J. W. Plass,
applied for a widow's benefit on 16 February 1920 (application no.
1152721, cert. no. 892091). Service on the pension death index
card was noted as Pvt., Co. I, 5 Cal. Inf. It was further noted
that Philip died in Napa, Cal., on 14 January 1920.
He appears in the
1886 register for the Department of California,
G.A.R., as Officer of the Day, Kit Carson Post, No. 74, in Napa.
His qualifying
service was noted Co. I, 5th California Infantry.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Richard P. Powers
(1842 - 1914)
Rank: Private
Notes: Native
of Fayette, Maine, born 19 May 1842. He was the son of Addison
Powers (1810 - 1897) and Harriet N. Kinney (1816 - 1867). Richard
was a carpenter by trade, probably obtaining his skills from his father
who was noted as a carpenter in 1850. He married Nettie M.
Lawrence in Massachusetts in 1871.
Richard Powers was enumerated in the 1850 census in
Aroostook County, Maine, at "Letter E, Range 1," living in the
household of his parents, Addison and Harriet Powers. Richard was
listed as age 7, born in Maine.
Richard P. Powers appears in the 1860 census at Fort
Fairfield, Aroostook County, Maine, still living in the household of
his parents, Addison and Harriet Powers. He was listed as age 18,
born in Maine, occupation farm laborer.
Richard Powers was enumerated in the 1880 census in
Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was listed as married,
age 38, born in Maine, occupation mechanic. His household
included his wife Nettie (age 35, born in Maine), daughter Grace E.
(age 8, born in Massachusetts), daughter Louise J. (age 3, born in
Massachusetts), and son Walter E. (born December 1879 in Massachusetts).
Richard Powers
appears in the 1900 census in Lawrence City, Essex County,
Massachusetts, living at 60 Coolidge Street in Lawrence. He was
listed as married (29 years), age 58, born May 1842 in Maine, parents
born in Maine, occupation carpenter. His household included his
wife Nettie M. (born March 1845 in Maine, mother of 4 children, 2
living).
Richard P. Powers was
enumerated in the 1910 census in Napa City, Napa County, California, as
head of a household at 515 Seminary Street in Napa. He was listed
as married (1st marriage, 39 years), age 67, born in Maine (as were his
parents), occupation house carpenter. He was noted as being a
Union veteran of the Civil War. The household included his wife
Nettie M. (age 65, native of Maine, mother of 4 children, two living).
Richard P. Powers died 14 December 1914 in Napa County.
His wife, Nettie M. Powers, died in Napa County on 25 March 1921.
Military Information:
Listed on the memorial obelisk in the G.A.R. section of Tulocay
Cemetery. Service identified on the marker as "Co. H, 20th ME
Reg.
Inf." Richard P. Powers enlisted as a Private on 29 August 1862,
and was mustered into Company H, 20th Maine Infantry. He was 20
years old at the time of enlistment, and a resident of Fort Fairfield,
Maine. He was discharged for disability on 8 February 1863 after
the miserable January "Mud March." His discharge occurred about
five months before the Battle of Gettysburg, where the 20th Maine
distinguished itself in the defense of the Union flank at Little Round
Top.
Richard P. Powers applied for and received a veteran's
disability pension on 2 March 1863 (application no. 12320, cert. no.
13904). His wife, Nettie M. Powers, applied for a widow's benefit
in California on 26 December 1914 (application no. 1038925, cert. no.
790467). Service on the pension death index card was noted as Co.
H, 20 Maine Inf. It was further noted that Powers died in Napa,
Cal., on 14 December 1914.
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Thomas Pryce
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
Military Information:
Union. Co. I, 35th Indiana Infantry.
Captain.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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William H. Pyle
(???? - 1919)
Rank:
Obituary from the Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 17
June 1919, page 1, col. 5 [excerpt]:
Death Angel Called Three on
Sunday
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W. H. Pyle, a well
known resident of this city for the past fifteen years, passed away at
five o'clock Sunday morning at the Veterans' Home Hospital, following
an illness of several months' duration.
He was a native of Ohio, aged 74 years and was a veteran
of the Civil War. A son, Vernon Pyle, a veteran of the world war,
lies at the Letterman Hospital, Presidio, minus a leg due to the
enemy's fire at the battle of the Argonne.
The widow and a daughter, Miss Maxine Pyle, and a son,
Russell Pyle of Napa, also survive deceased.
Services will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the
Treadway chapel here.
Notes:
Native of Ohio.
The CDI
lists a William H. Pyle who died in Napa
County on 14 June 1919 at the age of 70. He is buried in the
G.A.R. Plot (Lot 29, Block 82), Tulocay Cemetery, Napa.
Military information:
Union. Co. D, 149th Ohio Infantry.
William H. Pyle
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in California
on 3 May 1892 (application no. 1108971, cert. no. 856040). His
wife, Mary A. Pyle, applied for a widow's benefit in California on 1
July 1919 (application no. 1143337, cert. no. 891328). Service on
the pension death index card was noted as Pvt., Co. D, 149 Ohio
Inf. It was further noted that Pyle died in Napa, Cal., on 15
June 1919.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Frederick Quien
(1844 - 1917)
Rank: Private
Obituary (one of two in
same article) from the Napa Daily
Journal newspaper, 23 October 1917, page 5, col. 3:
GONE TO THE BEYOND
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DR. T. F. WILLSEY AND FREDERICK QUIEN HAVE OBEYED DEATH'S CALL.
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Dr. Willsey Died at Veterans' Home and Mr. Quien in Coombsville –
Latter Buried Monday, Former's Funeral To-day.
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Frederick Quien, a much esteemed resident of Harmony
School District, Coombsville, passed away at his home, a few miles east
of town, last Saturday evening. He had been confined to his bed
four weeks.
Deceased was a native of Alsace, France, aged 73
years. With his parents he came to this country when only eight
years old, settling in Peoria, Ill., and there remained until about
twenty years ago, when with his wife and children, he came to
California and established his home in Sonoma county. Five years
later he acquired the handsome 30-acre property which was his home at
the time of his death.
He is survived by his wife; five sons – Irvine, John,
Albert, Walter and Percy, and one daughter, Miss Annie, also a sister,
and a brother.
One son (Walter), is in Venezuela; another (Albert), is in
Wyoming; the rest of the children and the sister live here. The
brother (Clinton) is a resident of Mendocino county.
Mr. Quien was a veteran of the Civil War. On the
16th day of May, 1864, he enlisted as a private of Company F, 139
Illinois, to serve one hundred days, and was honorably discharged on
the 28th day of October of the same year. Among his personal
effects is a certificate signed by President Lincoln which conveyed to
these hundred days' men the nation's thanks for their timely and
patriotic services.
Deceased was a man noted for his kindly and sterling
traits of character, and was prominent in Christian work, being a
member of the Presbyterian Church in this city. He took a great
interest in the spiritual welfare of the neighborhood, having donated
the ground on which stands the building known as the Harmony Chapel,
used for church and Sunday School purposes.
The funeral was held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from
Treadway's Funeral Parolrs [Parlors], interment being made in Tulocay
cemetery.
Rev. Richard Wylie officiated.
"Asleep in Jesus," and "The Beautiful Isle of Somewhere,"
were rendered by Miss Stockman and Dee T. Davis, with Mrs. Watt Smith
at the organ.
Irvine, John and Percy Quien (three sons of deceased) and
George Stevens acted as pallbearers.
Notes:
Native of Alsace, France, born June 1844.
Frederick Quien appears
in the 1900 census in Glen Ellen Precinct, Sonoma Township, Sonoma
County, CA, as head of household. He was listed as married (29
years) age 55, born June 1844 in France, occupation farmer. He
was noted as being naturalized, year of immigration 1853. His
household included his wife Elizabeth (b. Aug. 1850 in Scotland); sons
Irvine F. (b. Mar. 1873), John H. (b. Nov. 1874), Albert B. (b. Aug.
1876), Walter W. (b. Oct. 1880), and Percy M. (b. June 1885); daughter
Annie B. (b. Aug. 1888); and sister Dora Quien (b. Feb. 1847 in
France). All of the children were born in Illinois.
Frederick Quien died in the Coombsville area of Napa
on 20 October 1917 at the age of 73, and was buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
Military information:
Union. He enlisted at age 20 as a Private on 16 May 1864 at
Peoria, Illinois, and was mustered into Co. F of the 139th Illinois
Infantry at Peoria on 1 June 1864. He was mustered out on 28
October 1864 at Peoria. The record lists him as Frederick
Quinn. The 139th Illinois was a "100-Day" regiment.
Frederick Quien
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 20 July 1906
(application no. 1350839, cert. no. 1125624). Service on the
pension death index card was noted as Co. F, 139 Ill. Inf. It was
further noted that Quien died in Sonoma, Cal., on 20 October 1917.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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James Quigley
(1846 - 1944)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Journal newspaper,
6 October 1944, p.1, col. 6) :
Funeral Tomorrow
for James Quigley, Napa's Last Veteran of the Civil War
Napa's
last Civil War veteran is dead.
Funeral services will be held at Treadway Chapel at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow
morning for James Quigley, 98, who accompanied General Sherman on his
famous march through Georgia. The aged veteran, who would have been
98 on November 9, died Tuesday at the Veterans Home Hospital after a long
period of failing health.
Enlisting in the Civil War when little more than 16 years of age, Mr.
Quigley served in Company B, 11th Wisconsin Volunteers. He was
mustered out of service on September 4, 1865 after participating as a
sharpshooter in the Battle of Bull Run, the battle of Chatanooga [sic] and
other notable events of the war.
Casting his first ballot as a voter for Abraham Lincoln, Mr. Quigley had
voted in every presidential election since.
As a
young man he lived in Kansas where he engaged in ranching.
In the
fall of 1888 he came West in a covered wagon with his family, settling in
Walla Walla, Washington, after a 16 weeks' trip across the
continent. There he followed the vocation of contracting. He
came to California in 1921.
His
wife, Ellen Quigley, passed away in 1933. He had since made his home
with members of the family on Atlas Road.
The
deceased was born in Trumbell [sic] county, Ohio, on November 9, 1846.
He is survived
by three children, George W. Quigley of San Francisco, Margaret
Q. Norwood and J. V. Quigley, both of Napa; two grandchildren, Doris E.
Person of Maxville, Montana, and John James Quigley of the United States
Navy; and by a grand niece, Mrs. Grace Huber of Napa.
Notes: .
Native of Trumbull County, Ohio, born 9 November
1846. He married Ellen Bird in Rushford, Fillmore County, Minnesota
on 22 October 1875.
Quigley came to California in 1921, settling in Burlingame, San Mateo
County, where he was enumerated in the 1930 U.S. census. In the
census, he was described as married, age 84, born in Ohio, occupation
retired, Civil War veteran. James was enumerated in the 1940 U.S.
census in Napa Township under the household of his son, John V.
Quigley. James was listed as a widower, age 93, born in Ohio, no
occupation listed.
Military Information:
James Quigley enlisted on 28 November 1863, and
was mustered as a Private into Company B of the 33rd Wisconsin Infantry
regiment on the same date. His residence at the time of enlistment
was Bascobel, Wisconsin. He was transferred to Company B of the 11th
Wisconsin Infantry regiment on 22 July 1865. He was mustered out on
4 September 1865.
Quigley applied for and received a Civil War veteran's pension in
Washington on 1 February 1892 (application no. 1089184, cert. no.
984554). Service on the pension index card is noted as Co. B, 11
Wis. Inf., and Co. B, 33 Wis. Inf.
He was
the last surviving Civil War veteran to live in Napa. He died on 3
October 1944, and was buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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John F. Ramsey
(???? - 1878)
Rank:
Death Notice from the Napa Daily Register newspaper, 22
July 1878, p. 2, col. 2:
DIED.
RAMSEY -- in Napa, July 19th, John F. Ramsey, a native of
Albany.
Notes:
Reportedly a native on Albany (New York?). A John Featherly
Ramsey, native of New York, age 44, occupation clerk, was living in San
Francisco in 1876. This may be the same man.
He died in Napa on 19 July 1878, and was buried in Block
79, Lot 19 at Tulocay Cemetery on 21 July 1878.
Military Information:
Service information not known.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Robert Randolph
Ramsey
(1836 - 1921)
Rank:
Obituary in the Napa Daily Register newspaper, 4
January 1922, page 6, col. 5:
Funeral Rites
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Funeral services
over the remains of the late R. R. Ramsey were conducted here Monday
afternoon from the funeral parlors of G. G. Pinkham, under the auspices
of Yount Lodge, No. 12, Free and Accepted Masons. The pallbearers
were: Wallace V. Moore, A. Rasmussen, D. H. Williams, Charles E.
Trower, Charles A. Maxwell and Robert Corlett.
Notes:
Robert R.
Ramsey died in Napa County on 31 December 1921
at the age of 83 (source: CDI). Spouse's initial was "N."
Cemetery
records note that he is buried in the G.A.R. Plot (Lot 30, Block 82),
Tulocay Cemetery, Napa. The name in the records is listed as
Robert Randolph Ramsey. His military headstone identifies him as
"ROBERT R RAMSEY | CO B | 1 NY ARTY | 1836 | 1921".
Military information:
Union. Co. B, 1st New York Artillery.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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John Rea
(???? - ????)
Rank: Lieutenant
Notes:
John Rea was
enumerated in the 1880 census in the town of Virginia, Placer County,
California. He was listed as age 57, born in Canada, father born
in Scotland, mother born in New York, occupation dentist. His
household included his wife Mary A. (age 51, born in NY, occupation
physician), and son Louis E. (age 12, born in MI).
He died before 4
August 1897 and was buried in
Block 112 of Tulocay Cemetery. His military headstone is
inscribed as follows: LIEUT. JOHN REA | CO. K | 23 MICH.
INF. The headstone is set horizontally, and the face is level
with the ground.
Military information:
Union. He enlisted as a at the age of 30 at Flint, Michigan, on 7
August 1862, and was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in Company K of the
23rd Michigan Infantry. His residence at the time of enlistment
was Flint, Michigan. He resigned on 13 December 1862.
John Rea applied
for and received a veteran's disability pension in California on 22
August 1890 (application no. 925980, cert. no. 791817). His wife,
Mary A. Rea, applied for a widow's benefit in California on 14 August
1897 (application no. 660286, cert. no. 485264). Service on the pension death index card was noted as 2 Lt., Co. K, 23 Mich. Inf.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Samuel Reich
(???? - 1917)
Rank:
Obituary from the Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 19
June 1917, page 1, col. 5:
Veteran Passed Away
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Samuel Reich, a
veteran, passed away Sunday evening, where he has been stopping on
Caymus street. He was a member of Napa Post, G.A.R.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock
in the Treadway Funeral Chaeple [sic - Chapel].
Notes:
The CDI
lists a Samuel Reich who died in Napa County
on 17 June 1917 at the age of 74. He is buried in the G.A.R. Plot
(Lot 29, Block 82), Tulocay Cemetery, Napa.
Military information:
Union. 10th New York Infantry.
Samuel Reich
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 1 September
1888 (application no. 670788, cert. no. 668248). Service was
noted as Pvt., Co. I, 10 N.Y. Inf., enlisted May 1861, discharged 7 May
1863. It was further noted the Reich died in Napa, Calif., on 17
June 1917.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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C. V. Roche
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
Military information:
Union. Co. I, 23rd Connecticut Infantry.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Francis Burton
Rosslewin (Ross-Lewin)
(c1836 - 1876)
Rank: 1st Lieutenant
Obituary from the Napa Daily Register newspaper, 8
June 1876, p. 3, col. 3:
We are pained to
announce the death of Frank B. Rosslewin, (of the dental firm of
Rosslewin & Vanderlip) at his residence in this city, at 8 o'clock
this morning. The disease that terminated his life was
consumption, of which he has been a patient sufferer for several
months. Mr. Rosslewin was a native of Ireland, though he has
lived in this country from childhood, coming to New York State when a
boy and living there for a number of years. From New York State
he removed to Indiana and came from the latter State to California
eight years ago, living for the first four years in Suisun and the last
four years in this city, in both of which places he practiced his
profession of dentistry. During the war of the rebellion he
served his country faithfully and well as Captain in the 85th Indiana
Volunteer Infantry, and was with Sherman in his famous march from
Atlanta to the sea. Mr. Rosslewin dies at the age of 39 years,
and leaves a devoted wife with three children; also five sisters (three
in Chicago and two in Elkhart, Ind.,) and three brothers (two in
Rochester, N.Y., and one in Fort Wayne, Ind.)
Deceased was a consistent Christian, a member of the
Presbyterian Church, and passed away fully resigned to his Maker's
will, ever conscious of his condition, and ever expressing his
confidence in the glorious promises of his risen Saviour. His
transition was a peaceful one, and consciousness was spared him to the
last.
In the death of Dr. Rosslewin, Napa loses an upright and
useful citizen, and the societies of which he was a member have
sustained a loss they will keen[l]y feel.
The funeral services will take place to-morrow (Friday
June 9th,) at 1 1/2 o'clock p.m., from the Presbyterian church in this
city.
Post-funeral notice
from the Napa Daily Register
newspaper, 10 June 1876, p. 3, col. 2):
Acknowledgement.
We are requested by the relatives of the deceased to return their sincere thanks to
those friends who rendered such timely assistance during the sickness,
and on the occasion of the funeral of Dr. F. B. Rosslewin, the services
of the Napa Lodge of Knights of Pythias, being particularly remembered
with gratitude.
Notes:
Native of Killadysert, County Clare, Ireland, born about 1836.
The family name is typically spelled Ross-Lewin.
Francis B.
Rosslewin came with his parents and siblings to America aboard the ship
Andrew Foster.
Sailing from Liverpool, they arrived in New York on 2 May 1849.
Francis was listed on the manifest as a farmer, age 9. The
manifest listed the family as follows: Francis B. Rosslewin
(Senior), age 44, Susanna Rosslewin (age 40), William H. (age 17),
Eliza (age 14), Maria (age 10), Jessy (age 8), Georgiana (age 7),
Matilda (age 4), and Susan (age 2).
Francis Rosslewin was enumerated in the 1850 census in the
2nd Ward of Rochester City, Monroe County, New York, under the
household of his parents, Francis and Susannah Rosslewin. Francis
was listed as age 14, attending school. The father was a joiner
by trade.
According to A Standard History of Elkhart County,
Indiana, vol. 2 (published 1916), Francis B. Rosslewin (Senior)
"established the family home at Rochester, New York, where he remained
until 1857, when he came with his family to Elkhart County, Indiana,
where both he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives."
In 1860, Francis was enumerated as "Frank Roslwin" in
Elhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, under the household of a
plow maker named Bethuel Rowell. He was listed as age 24, born in
Ireland, no profession indicated.
Francis married Mary Jane Vanderlip in Elkhart County on 23
April 1868. She was born 17 January 1846 in Wethersfield Springs,
New York, and was the daughter of George Rodney Vanderlip and Mary
Wiley (source: The Vanderlip,
Van Derlip, Vander Lippe Family in America, 1914).
By 1870, the Francis and Mary Rosslewin had moved to
California. They were enumerated in the 1870 census in Suisun
City, Solano County, where Francis was working as a dentist. He
was listed as "Francis Rosslion," age 33, born in Ireland, personal
estate valued at $500. The household included Mary J. (age 22,
keeping house), and a daughter Mary (age 1, born in California).
Francis died
8 June 1876 at the age of 39, and was buried at Tulocay Cemetery on 9
June 1876. The grave is marked with a family
headstone. Mary Jane reportedly moved to Santa Ana with other
relatives after the death of her husband.
Military information:
Union. "Francis B. Roslewin" enlisted on 28 July 1862, and was
mustered as a Sergeant into Company E of the 74th Indiana
Infantry. His residence at the time of enlistment was Elkhart,
Indiana. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant of 8 March 1863 and to
1st Lieutenant (not mustered) on 1 May 1865. He was mustered out
at Washington, D.C., on 9 June 1865.
Francis B. Rosslewin's wife applied for and received a
widow's pension benefit on 11 November 1897 (application no. 254183,
cert. no. 285057). Rosslewin appears to have not personally
applied for a disability pension. Service on the pension death
index card was noted as 2 Lt., Co. E, 74 Ind. Inf.
He is noted in his
obituary and the
late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery, identified as a Captain in the
85th Indiana Infantry. This rank and regimental affiliation
appears to be an error.
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Alfred A. Saunders
(???? - 1915)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 22 July 1915, pg. 8,
col. 6):
Alfred Saunders Dead
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Alfred Saunders, a
Civil War veteran and a resident of Napa for twenty years, died at his
home on N. Main street, on Tuesday afternoon, after a week's illness
with Bright's disease.
He was employed at Mare Island navy yard, and was a member
of Glenlevit Lodge of Masons in Vallejo.
The funeral will be held at ten o'clock this morning, from
D. C. Treadway's undertaking parlors, under the auspices of the Vallejo
Masons.
He is survived by a widow.
Funeral Notice (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 23 July 1915, pg. 1,
col. 5):
Funeral of A. Saunders
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The funeral of the
late Albert Saunders was held from the undertaking parlors of D. C.
Treadway & Co. at ten o'clock Thursday morning.
The last sad rites were held under the auspices of
Glenlevit Lodge, F. & A.M., of Vallejo, and a large delegation of
Vallejo Madons, together with numerous Napa friends and acquaintances,
were in attendance.
The remains were laid to rest in Tulocay cemetery.
Notes:
He died in Napa on
20 July 1915 at the age of 70, and was buried at Tulocay Cemetery in
the
G.A.R. Plot (Lot 29, Block 82).
Military information:
G.A.R. member.
Alfred A. Saunders
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in California
on 3 June 1891 (application no. 1028212, cert. no. 780556). His
wife, Myra L. Saunders, applied for a widow's benefit in California on
16 August 1915 (application no. 1051869). No certificate was
issued for her claim, suggesting that her application was denied.
Service on the pension death index card was noted as Co. K, 14 N.Y.
H.A., enlisted 25 December 1863, discharged 26 August 1865. It
was further noted that Saunders died in Napa, Cal., on 20 July 1915.
He is noted in the
late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery. Notes: 20 July
1915, Block 82, lot 29, ng.
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William Shepard
(1839 - 1909)
Rank: Corporal
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 18
May 1909, pg. 8, col. 3):
A PIONEER DEAD
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Wm. Shepard, an Old Resident of Napa and Veteran of the Civil War,
Passes Away.
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William Shepard,
an old and respected citizen of Napa, passed away at his home, 209
Madison street, Monday at 12:35, after a week's illness with the grippe.
Deceased was born in Kirtland, Ohio, January 14th, 1839;
was married to Miss Agness L. Handy in Illinois on January 14th, 1867;
came to California in 1858; mined at Downieville, Sierra county.
He returned to Ohio in 1861 and enlisted in the First Ohio Cavalry and
alter joined Sherman in his march from Atlanta to the Sea. Mr.
Shepard was Orderly Sergeant of his company and he left an unsullied
record as a soldier and made the same kind of a record as a good
citizen, friend and neighbor. He was a member of Kit Carson Post
No. 74, G.A.R., in which organization he at different times held
various official positions. At the time of his death he was
Officer of the Guard of said Post.
After his marriage Mr. Shepard moved to Missouri, and in
1872 came to California via Oregon, first settling at Covelo, Mendocino
county, thence coming to Napa, where he resided the past 33 years.
Deceased leaves a widow and seven children -- W. A.
Shepard of Auburn, California; Edward R., Arthur H., Frank and
Sam Shepard, and Mrs. M. K. Pearch and Miss Adah Shepard of this city.
The funeral will be held from the family residence on
Madison street to-morrow (Wednesday) afternoon at 1:30 o'clock.
Funeral Notice (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 20
May 1909, pg. 8, col. 3):
VETERAN LAID TO REST.
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The funeral of the late Wm. Shepard was held from the
family residence on Madison street Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
and was attended by a large number of sorrowing neighbors and
friends. Rev. Richard Wylie of the Presbyterian Church conducted
the services and a choir composed of Mrs. C. E. Trower, Mrs. Clifford
Roper, E. S. Gridley and F. O. Mower, sang "Lead, Kindly Light,"
"Jesus, Lover of My Soul," and "Good Night."
Kit Carson Post, G.A.R., of which the deceased was a
member, took charge of the services at the grave in Tulocay cemetery,
the beautiful ritual of the Post being observed.
The pallbearers were the five sons of the deceased:
Will, Ed., Arthur, Frank and Sam Shepard and Mark Pearch.
Notes:
Native of Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio, born 14 January 1839.
William Shepard died at his home in Napa on 17 May 1909,
and was buried in Tulocay Cemetery on 19 May 1909.
Military information:
Union. William Shepard enlisted on 6 October 1863, and was
mustered as a Private into Company D of the 1st Ohio Cavalry on the
same date. His age at the time of enlistment was 24.
Although his obituary notes that he was promoted to Orderly Sergeant of
his company, the service record only shows a promotion to Corporal on 1
November 1864. He was mustered out at Hilton Head, South Carolina
on 13 September 1865.
William Shepard
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in California
on 18 August 1890 (application no. 896648, cert. no. 693179). His
wife, Agnes Shepard, applied for a widow's benefit on 19 June 1908
(application no. 922210, cert. no. 701008). Service on the
pension death index card was noted as Co. D, 1 Ohio Cav. It was
further noted that Shepard died on 17 May 1909.
He appears in the
1886 register for the Department of California,
G.A.R., as a member of Kit Carson Post, No. 74, in Napa. His
qualifying
service was noted as Co. D, 1st Ohio Cavalry.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Owen Lindsey
Shroyer
(???? - 1907)
Rank:
Notes:
He appears in the Great Register of voters in the Yountville area from
1900 to 1906.
Owen L. Shroyer
died in Napa County on 20 December 1907 at the age of 60 (source:
CDI). His pension card notes year of death as 1909.
Military information:
Union. Co. A, 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Owen L. Shroyer
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 6 August
1890 (application no. 919398, cert. no. 772101). Service on the
pension death index card was noted as Co. A, 22 Pa. Cav., enlisted 12
February 1864, discharged 5 July 1865. It was further noted that
Shroyer died in 1909.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Louis Siebecker
(???? - 1908)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 29
March 1908, page 3, col. 3):
ENDS LIFE.
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Old Soldier Drinks Carbolic Acid In This City and Dies.
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Some time late
Saturday afternoon Louis Siebecker, a veteran, ended his life in a room
in the German House on Brown street by drinking a large quantity of
carbolic acid.
Shortly before six o'clock the man was found dead in his
room by an employe of the place. He was still warm, and according
to Dr. A. J. Kahn, who examined the dead man soon after he was
discovered, Siebecker could not have been dead more than an hour.
The despondent old soldier, no doubt, sat on the edge of
the bed, and after consuming fully half of a good-sized vial of the
deadly acid, replaced the bottle on the near-by table. He then
toppled over backwards on the bed, and when found his legs were
dangling on the floor.
His face was quite badly burned.
On the table was also found a large bottle of wood
alcohol, an empty brandy bottle, a drained half-pint whiskey flask and
a full bottle of Jamaica ginger.
No note or word of any kind to indicate the motive of the
dead man's shuffling off could be found.
Five or six dollars and some pension and discharge papers
were found in the dead man's pockets.
Siebecker was a native of Germany, aged 77 years, and
served during the Civil War as a private in Co. F of the 143rd New York
Infantry.
He was admitted to the Veterans' Home more than seven
years ago, and discharged therefrom at his own request on Monday last.
The deceased had been in town for several days and engaged
his room at the German House on Friday evening.
The remains were removed to D. C. Treadway & Co's
undertaking parlors by Coroner C. C. Treadway, who will hold an inquest
Monday.
Notes:
Native of Germany.
Louis Siebecker died in Napa County on 28 March 1908
at the age of 67 (source: CDI).
Military information:
Union. Co. F, 143rd New York Infantry.
Louis Siebecker
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 23 January
1891 (application no. 985517, cert. no. 815284). His wife applied
for a widow's benefit on an unstated date (application no. 890140,
cert. no. 649665). Service on the pension death index card was
noted as Co. F, 143 N.Y. Inf. It was further noted that Siebecker
died in 1908.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Patrick Skelly
(???? - 1889)
Rank:
Notes: He was
noted in the minutes of the Napa Board of Supervisors as being an
indigent veteran, name spelled Patrick Scalley. He was buried by
Napa's Kit Carson Post, No. 74, and the cost billed to the
county. The record appears in the minutes of 5 July 1889.
It was noted that he was a "resident of Napa County, died at the County
infirmary."
He is buried in the G.A.R. Plot (Lot 26, Block 82),
Tulocay Cemetery, Napa.
Military information:
G.A.R. member. Details of military service not known.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery. Notes: 17
June 1889, Block 82, lot 26, 2 gfn.
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Albion C. Smith
(1841 - 1919)
Rank:
Notes:
He is buried
in Block 104 of Tulocay Cemetery. His military headstone is
marked as follows: ALBION C. SMITH | CO. M | 2 IA. CAV.
Also inscribed are the dates "1841 - 1919."
Military information:
Union. Co. M, 2nd Iowa Cavalry.
Albion C. Smith
applied for a veteran's disability pension in Oregon on 12 December
1904 (application no. 1328824, cert. no. 1108433). His wife, May
D. Smith, applied for a widow's benefit in California on 23 April 1919
(application no. 1139887, cert. no. 899169). Service on the
pension death index card was noted as Co. M, 2 Iowa Cav. It was
further noted that Smith died in Jackson Co., Oregon, on 2 April 1919.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Charles Smith
(c.1826 - 1899)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal
newspaper, 27 December
1899, pg. 2, col. 2, excerpt):
THE
GRIM REAPER.
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Christmastide
Brings
Death to Well Known Residents of Napa Valley.
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CHARLES SMITH.
Charles
Smith,
well known in this community as "Colonel" Smith, died Saturday night
at his home in Coombsville, from a complication of diseases. He was a native of Hereford, Eng., and 73
years of age. He leaves two daughters
in Chicago, Mrs. Jewell and Mrs. Jennie Robinson, and a son. He served in the Union Army during the war
and was once wounded in an engagement with the Indians in Minnesota. Before coming to Napa he was a member of
Geo. H. Thomas Post, G.A.R., and of the Veteran Guard of San Francisco. He was at one time chef of the Palmer House,
Chicago, and later held the same position in the Palace Hotel in San
Francisco. He designed the interior
arrangement and superintended the first trip of the first dining car
built by
George H. Pullman.
Colonel Smith was a gentleman
of the old school, gentle,
courtly
and cordial, and was well liked by all who knew him.
He was especially the friend of young people, and his
house was
always open and his table ready for his young friends.
He was alone when he died,
but his death was apparently
painless. A neighbor found him Sunday
morning lying on the lounge in his sitting room, where he had evidently
lain
down to rest after writing a letter to one of his daughters. The letter lay unsealed on the table, and
beside it, with the oil all burned out, was the lamp by the light of
which he
had been writing. He had been in poor
health for some time, having suffered a stroke of paralysis, and was
quite
feeble.
The funeral was held Tuesday
afternoon from St. Mary's
Church,
of which he was one of the vestry.
Rev. W. B. Thorn officiated,
and the regular vested choir
sang
"In the Hour of Trial," "Come Ye Disconsolate" and "De
Profundis." The pall bearers were
Chas. and Jos. Levinson, W. C. Keig, L. T. Merwin, J. F. Kelly and T.
D. Derry.
Notes:
Native of Hereford, England, born about 1826.
He died 23
December 1899 at his home in the Coombsville
District, Napa. The funeral was held at St. Mary's Church in Napa
on 26 December, with burial presumably at Tulocay Cemetery.
Military information:
Union.
Member of George H. Thomas Post, No. 2, G.A.R., and
Veteran Guard in San Francisco, before moving to Napa.
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Egbert Tangier Smith
(1796 - 1879)
Rank:
Notes:
His headstone reads "MAJOR | EGBERT TANGIER | SMITH. |
Born at Mastic Long Island | Aug. 17th, 1796, | DIED | Feb. 13th, 1879,
AGED | 82 Yrs. 5 Mo & 27 Days. | 'Semper Fidelis' ".
Military information:
Union. Paymaster, U.S. Volunteers, Army of
the Cumberland.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Jacob R. Smith
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
A Jacob R. Smith of Co. F, 40th Iowa Infantry, is
buried in Block 118 of Tulocay Cemetery.
Military information:
Union. Co. K, 40th Iowa Infantry.
Jacob R. Smith
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 8 November
1892 (application no. 1137301, cert. no. 1018113). Service on the
pension death index card was noted as Co. F, 40 Iowa Inf.
Additional service was noted as Co. K, 40 Iowa Inf.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery, name spelled Jacob I. Smith.
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Sampson Smith
(c.1820 - 1897)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal
newspaper, 28
December 1897, pg. 3, col. 2):
Death of Sampson Smith.
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Sampson
Smith, a well known and highly respected resident
of
this city, died at his home on Third street Saturday afternoon after a
long
illness.
Deceased
was a native of
Ohio and 77 years of age. He came
across the plains to California in 1849, and after mining for a few
months he
settled in Suisun valley, where he acquired a fine ranch.
He was prominent in the Democratic party of
Solano county and served several terms as Supervisor.
About 17 years ago he came to
Napa county and engaged in
farming.
Deceased leaves a wife and
six children. The
latter are Mrs. L. Crowley of Missouri,
Mrs. M. Cole of Susanville, Mrs. I. Sweitzer, Mrs. Wm. Moore, Mrs. Wm.
Inman and
John Smith of Napa.
He was the oldest member of
Suisun Lodge, F. & A.M.
The funeral will be held this
afternoon at 1:30 o'clock
from the
family residence under Masonic auspices.
Notes:
Native of Ohio, born about 1820.
He died in Napa on 25 December 1897, and was buried on 28
December at Tulocay Cemetery,
Block B, N1/2 lot 3.
Military Information:
Service information not known.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Smith
(???? - 1880)
Rank:
Notes:
Buried at Tulocay Cemetery. Remarks: 28 December 1880,
Block 71, lot 28, 6 gfn.
Military Information:
Service information not known.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Thomas W. Smith
(???? - 1899)
Rank:
Notes:
His is buried in the G.A.R. Plot (Lot 27, Block 82),
Tulocay Cemetery, Napa.
Military information:
G.A.R. member. Details of military service not known.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery. Notes: 23
December 1899, Block 82, lot 27, 3 gfn.
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William Augustus
Smith (Schmidt)
(1845 - 1929)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 17
April 1929, pg. 1, col. 3):
WILLIAM O. SMITH PASSES AWAY AT
VETERANS' HOME; WAS GREETED BY LINCOLN IN WASHINGTON, 1864
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William O. Smith,
an honored veteran of the Civil War and former prominent citizen of
Napa, passed away recently at the Veterans' Home at Yountville and
funeral services will be held in Berkeley at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow
morning from the Neihaus Mortuary.
William O. Smith was aged 84 years at the time of his
demise. He was born in Germany in 1845 and emigrated with his
parents to Wisconsin in 1848. He was a volunteer soldier in the
Civil War and was a member of Co. B, 38th Wisconsin Volunteers.
He was badly wounded in the Battle of Petersburg on June 17, 1864, and
was taken to Washington, D.C., for hospital treatment.
One of his fondest recollections was this period as he was
confined to the hospital when President Abraham Lincoln would stop for
a moment at his bedside and give him an encouraging handclasp.
Deceased was educated in Hamilton University, Chicago and
came to Napa for his health in 1874 and engaged in the dry goods
business for many years.
Until his retirement from active life in 1914, he was
connected with the San Francisco Chronicle. Since 1914 he has
made his home with his children.
He was prominent in G.A.R. affairs in his younger days and
was one of the organizers of the Kit Carson Post in Napa. He was
a member of Martinez Lodge, No. 41, F. and A.M.
Deceased is survived by the following children:
O. K. Smith, Martinez; Mrs. Luzerne Dean, San Francisco;
Roy M. Smith, San Francisco; Guy O. Smith, Berkeley; Glenn E. Smith,
Los Angeles.
Obituary (The Press-Democrat newspaper, 19
April 1929, pg. 1, col. 1):
CIVIL WAR VET WHO LINCOLN
GREETED DIES
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Former Napan Served in Volunteers' Regiment Until Badly Wounded
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NAPA, April 18.
(Special to the Press Democrat). -- William O. Smith, 84, whose fondest
recollections of the civil war days were the handclasps and words of
encouragement given him by President Abraham Lincoln while he lay
grievously wounded in a Washington hospital after the battle of
Petersburg was buried here today. Smith, Grand Army man and a
former newspaperman, died this week at the Veterans Home at Yountville.
Born in Germany, Smith came to the United States as a
child of three in 1861, when the civil war broke out, he was a member
of Co. B, 38th Wisconsin Volunteers, with which he served until the
battle of Petersburg, June 17, 1864, where he was badly wounded.
He was removed to a hospital in Washington, D. C., and
there met President Lincoln, who several times a week would call on the
wounded, stopping at the bedside with a handclasp and a pleasant word
for each.
Smith came to Napa in 1874 and engaged in the dry goods
business for several years. When he retired from active business
in 1914 he had for some time been connected with a San Francisco
newspaper.
In his younger days he was active in the affairs of the Grand
Army, and was one of the leaders in Kit Carson Post of Napa, which
recently lapsed because death had removed so many of the members.
He was also a member of the Masonic order. Five children survive
him.
Notes:
Native of Germany, born in 7 February 1845 in Schleswig-Holstein,
Germany. Newspaper accounts from the time of his death use the
name "William O. Smith," but his middle name was Augustus.
Military records list him as "William A." According to the Dobbs
Family Tree (Ancestry.com, posted by "lorisdwilson"), he was the son of
Johann Henry Schmidt.
William married Bertha Sucre Hotz, and to that union were
born the following children: Otto Kaspar Smith (1873-1953),
Luzerne Bertha Smith (1874- ? ), Roy Max Smith (1876-1966), Guy Oliver
Smith (1878-1959), Rollo William Van Smith (1880-1908), Theleta Verina
Smith (1887-1888), Glenn Estabrook Smith (1890 - ? ).
William Augustus Smith was described in the 1896 Great
Register of Voters for Napa as follows: Occupation merchant, age
51, height 5' 7", complexion dark, eyes brown, hair black, native of
Germany, naturalized by merit of his fathers naturalization.
Smith died at the Veterans Home at Yountville on 16 April
1929, and was buried at Tulocay Cemetery on 18 April 1929.
Military information:
Union. "William A. Smith" enlisted on 30 March 1864, and was
mustered as a Private into Co. B of the 38th Wisconsin Infantry
regiment on the same date. His residence at the time of
enlistment was Waupaca, Wisconsin. He was wounded at the Battle
of Petersburg, Virginia, on 17 June 1864, and according to his own
account, was sent to a hospital in Washington, D.C., to recover.
His regiment was mustered out at Washington, D.C., on 26 July
1865. Smith was noted as absent due to being wounded at the time
of muster out, however, he was actually discharged on 2 June 1865.
"William A. Smith"
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 15 July 1865
(application no. 77935, cert. no. 59706). Service on the pension
death index card was noted as Co. B, 38 Wis. Inf. It was
additionally noted that Smith died in Martinez, Cal. [probably the
residence of the informant, not Smith's actual place of death], on 16
April 1929.
Smith appears in
the
1886 register for the Department of California,
G.A.R., as Senior Vice-Commander, Kit Carson Post, No. 74, in
Napa. His qualifying
service was noted Co. B, 38th Wisconsin Infantry.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
He was a charter member of Kit Carson Post, No. 74,
G.A.R., and was one of the first officers. He was Senior
Vice-Commander of the Post when it was first chartered, and served as
Post Commander sometime between 1887 and 1889.
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Williams Smith
(1827 - 1901)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 10
December 1901, pg. 3, col. 3):
Death of Williams Smith.
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Williams Smith
breathed his last at 2 o'clock Monday morning at his residence on First
street. He had been ill with heart disease for several months,
and death was a welcome relief to him.
Deceased was a native of Orleans, Mass., and 74 years of
age.
In the sixties he was the senior member of the local
hardware firm of Smith & Chesebro. He was also in business in
Sacramento in partnership with L. L. Lewis of that place.
Retiring from business he went East, but later returned
and made his home in Napa.
He was an honorable gentleman, an upright citizen, and a
good friend and neighbor.
He leaves a widow and one daughter, Mrs. C. C. Hackett.
The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon from
the family residence.
Funeral Announcement (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 11
December 1901, pg. 3, col. 1):
Funeral of Wms. Smith.
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The funeral of the
late Williams Smith was held Tuesday afternoon from the family
residence on First street.
Rev. Richard Wylie conducted the services, and a choir
composed of Mrs. Goodman, Miss Churchill, E. S. Gridley and F. O. Mower
sang "Rest for the Weary," "Good Night, I'm Going Home," and "With
Tearful Eyes I look Around."
The pallbearers were J. H. Lovejoy, R. H. Sterling, Wm.
Hunter, G. M. Francis, J. A. McClelland and H. H. Knapp.
Notes:
Native of Orleans, Massachusetts, born February 1827.
Williams Smith was
enumerated in the 1900 U.S. census in Napa City, Napa County,
California, as head of household in his own house at 1018 First
Street. He was listed as married (30 years), age 73, born
February 1827 in Massachusetts, parents both born in Massachusetts,
occupation capitalist. His household included his wife Harriet
(born April 1839 in MA, mother of 3 children 1 living), and a boarder
named Edward Robinson (born March 1883 in IN).
He died in Napa on
9 December 1901, and was buried at Tulocay Cemetery on 10 December 1901
in Block
B, lot 20, 2 grave from north, east side.
A lengthy article about Williams Smith and the history of
his house on First Street in Napa was featured in the Napa Valley Register newspaper,
Saturday, 11 June 2011 (pg. C1, col. 2). The article was written
by noted Napa historian, Rebecca Yerger, and titled, "The Williams
Smith House - History preserved and restored."
Military Information:
Service information not known.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Joseph D. Smythe
(c.1832 - 1900)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa
Daily
Journal newspaper, 13 May 1905, pg. 3, col. 2):
DEATH
CAME QUICKLY.
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Jos. D.
Smythe
Expired Saturday Afternoon in the Bank of Napa.
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Joseph
D.
Smythe, a well known local capitalist, expired suddenly Saturday
afternoon in
the Bank of Napa. He went to the Bank
shortly before three o'clock, shook hands with President Chapman and
Cashier
Brown and exchanged a few pleasantries with Jesse Bowen.
While standing in front of
the counter he suddenly became
dizzy. Mr. Brown reached across the
counter and caught him as he was about to fall, and Mr. Chapman lead
him to a
chair.
He revived in a few minutes
and said that he had had an
attack
of that nature last Tuesday. He talked
for a few minutes and then fainted again.
Drs. Chapman and Towle soon
arrived, but he expired within
a few
moments. The remains were removed to
Kyser's undertaking rooms.
Deceased was a native of
Londonderry, Ireland, and 72
years of
age. He was unmarried, and left no
relatives in America. He had some
collateral
relatives in Ireland, however. He
resided in Napa for a good many years, living by himself.
He was a stockholder and Director of the
Bank of Napa, and was reputed to be quite wealthy.
He had been in poor health
for several weeks, had expected
to
die suddenly, and had left directions with Henry Brown as to the
disposition of
his affairs.
An inquest will be held at 10
o'clock this morning and the
funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, probably from
the
Presbyterian Church.
Funeral
Announcement (Napa
Daily Journal newspaper, 15 May 1900, pg. 3, col. 2):
Funeral
of J. D.
Smythe.
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The
funeral of the late J. D. Smythe was held Monday
afternoon
from the Presbyterian Church. Rev.
Richard Wylie officiated and the regular church choir sang appropriate
selections. The pall-bearers [sic] were W.
H. Laughlin,
L. R. Tull, John Simmons, Wm. Miller, Henry Brown and D. C. Squibb.
An autopsy performed on the
remains Saturday by Drs.
Chapman and
Towle established the fact that death resulted from calcareous
degeneration of
the heart. The Coroner's jury found a
verdict in accordance with this fact.
Notes:
Native of Londonderry, Ireland.
He died in Napa on
Saturday, 12 May 1900, and was buried on 14 May 1900 at Tulocay
Cemetery in Tier
A,
S1/2 lot 35.
Military Information:
Service information not known.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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George Langdon Spoor
(1843 - 1906)
Rank: Corporal
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 4
April 1906, pg. 3, col. 3):
DEATH OF F. L. SPOOR
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An Old and Respected Resident of Napa County Died Tuesday Morning
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George L. Spoor, a
well-known resident of Napa, passed away at 9:30 o'clock Tuesday
morning at the family residence on Second street. He had been
afflicted with pneumonia for the past three weeks, which finally
developed into consumption.
Mr. Spoor was a native of Newark, N.Y., and was 62 years
11 months of age. He enlisted in the Union Army in the Civil War
in August, 1862, and served until the end of the war. He had
resided in California for about thirty years, twenty four years of
which were spent as engineer of the Southern Pacific company, running
from Sacramento to over the mountains. After his retirement as an
engineer he purchased a small farm east of Napa, on which he lived for
a number of years. The last few years of his life were spent in
Napa.
He was a member of Kit Carson Post, G.A.R., of Napa.
A widow, residing in Napa, is left to mourn his sad
demise. A mother, sister and brother, residing at Joliet, Ill.,
and a sister living in Kansas, also survive him.
The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
from Kyser's undertaking parlors and will be under the auspices of Kit
Carson Post.
Funeral Notice (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 6
April 1906, pg. 3, col. 2):
LAST SERVICES HELD.
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Funeral of the Late Geo. L. Spoor Held Under Auspices of G.A.R.
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The funeral of the late Geo. L. Spoor was held yesterday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the undertaking parlors of D. S.
Kyser. The funeral was under the auspices of Kit Carson Post,
G.A.R., the members of the Post and Julia Dent Grand [sic - Grant]
Circle No. 39, Ladies of the G.A.R., attending the funeral in a
body. A large number of other friends also attended the services.
Rev. H. E. Beeks of the Methodist church made appropriate
remarks at the undertaking parlors. A quartette, consisting of
Mrs. Ed. Welti, Mrs. Frances Churchill, Dr. M. Mansfield and Dr. R. M.
Squire sang several appropriate selections, including "Lead, Kindly
Light," "Rock of Ages," and "Abide With Me." A number of
beautiful floral pieces were sent by friends of the family.
The remains were taken to Tulocay cemetery and were there
interred, members of Kit Carson Post in busses acting as escort for the
cortege.
The following acted as pall-bearers: J. D. Smith, E.
H. King, G. M. Francis and R. Risk.
Notes:
Native of Newark, New York, born 8 May 1843.
He at his home in Napa on 3 April 1906, and was buried at
Tulocay Cemetery on 5 April 1906.
Military information:
Union. "George L. Spoor" enlisted on 26 August 1862 at Arcadia,
New York, and was mustered as a Private into Company A of the 160th New
York Infantry regiment on 21 November 1862. He was promoted to
Corporal on 26 October 1864. He was mustered out on 1 November
1865 at Savannah, Georgia.
George Spoor
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in California
on 13 August 1891 (application no. 1047769, cert. no. 993226).
His wife, Emogene Spoor, applied for a widow's benefit in California on
1 February 1932 (application no. 1711184). No certificate was
issued for her claim, suggesting that her application was denied.
Service on the pension death index card was noted as Co. A, 160 N.Y.
Inf., enlisted 26 August 1862, discharged 1 November 1865. It was
also noted on the index card that George died in Napa, Calif., on 3
April 1906.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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John D.
Squier/Squire
(1839 - 1904)
Rank:
Notes:
His headstone
notes him as "John Squier," "father," 1839-1904. Associated
burials in the same plot are Ursula G Squier, "mother," 1846-1914;
Kenneth T. Squier, "husband and son," 1911-1966; Ida Stone Squier,
"mother," 1874-1927; R. Melvin Squier, "dad," 1871-1959; Beulah L.
Squier, "wife," 1871-1958; Gertrude E. Lewis, "wife/daughter,"
1910-1977; and Theodore H. Lewis, "husband," 1909-1968.
Military information:
Service information not known.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery. He appears in Carl
Lionberger's "no unit" list of veterans buried at
Tulocay Cemetery, buried 14 February 1904 in Block 72, Lot 1.
His headstone notes that he was a G.A.R. member.
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Edward Francis
Stephens (aka, Edward F. Fox)
(1844 - 1912)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper,
25
December 1912, pg. 1, col. 2):
DEATH
VISITS A
VETERAN
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E. S.
Stephens, and
Old Soldier, Dies at the Age of 68; Member of Napa Post, G.A.R.
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Edward
S. [sic] Stephens died at 2 a.m. Tuesday, after a
short
illness. His health had been in a
precarious condition for a number of years, the result of heart
trouble, which
finally culminated in his death.
Mr. Stephens was born in
Keithsburg, Ill., April 20, 1844. Early in
the seventies he crossed the plans
[sic – plains] to Oregon, where he remained several years.
From there he went to Austin, Nevada, from
whence he came to Napa valley in 1889.
He served two enlistments in
the Civil War, and was a
member of
Napa Post, G.A.R.
He leaves three sons, W. H.
and Earl Stephens of Napa, and
E. H.
Stephens of Phoenix, Ariz.; and three daughters, Mrs. John Childs of La
Crande,
Ore., Mrs. Chas. Thompson of San Francisco, and Miss Olive Stephens of
Napa.
The funeral will take place
Thursday at 2 p.m., from the
family
residence at 203 Lincoln avenue, under the auspices of Napa Post,
G.A.R.
Funeral Announcement (Napa
Daily Journal
newspaper,
27 December 1912, pg. 5, col. 1):
Taps
Sounded for
Veteran Stephens
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The
funeral of the late E. S. [sic] Stephens was conducted
under the
auspices of Napa Post, G.A.R., at the family residence, 203 Lincoln
avenue, at
2 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
The services were conducted
by the Chaplain, Rev. Mr.
Braisted
[sic – Brasted].
The pallbearers were G. W.
Coates, Wm. Jones, Henry
Wigmore, Wm.
Moore, G. C. Bates, Robert Risk.
The remains were interred in
the G.A.R. plot in Tulocay
cemetery.
Notes:
Native of Keithsburg, Illinois, born 20 April 1844.
Edward F. Stephens
was enumerated in the 1900 census in Napa, Napa County,
California. He was listed as a widower, age 56, born April 1844
in Illinois, parents both born in Illinois, occupation watchman
(asylum). His household included son William G. (born June 1884
in NV), son Earl F. (born April 1886 in NV), daughter Ollie L. (born
August 1888 in NV), daughter Eva I. (born April 1891 in CA), and
daughter Esther B. (born April 1893 in California).
Edward F. Stephens appears in the 1910 census in Phoenix,
Maricopa County, Arizona, under the household of his son, Elza H.
Stephens. Edward was listed as a widower, age 66, born in
Illinois, father born in United States, mother born in Pennsylvania,
occupation house carpenter. His Civil War service was not noted.
Edward was admitted to the U.S. National Home for Disabled
Soldiers at Sawtelle on 6 February 1911, and was discharged on 25
August 1911 at his own request. He was described as a native of
Illinois, age 67, height 5' 10", complexion dark, eyes brown, hair
gray, can read and write, religion Protestant, occupation carpenter,
residence California, widower, nearest relative G. W. Stephens (son)
living on Lincoln Avenue in Napa. His qualifying service was
listed as Co. M, 7th Mo. Cavalry, and Co. I, 44th Mo. Infantry, noted
as alias Edward F. Fox. His disabilities when admitted to the
home included "cholilithiasis, recent operation for," and "mitral
insufficiency."
He died 24
December 1912 at the age of 68 years, 7 months, 4 days, and is buried
in Block 66, Lot 2, of Tulocay Cemetery. The marker (shared with
his wife
Nannie) notes that he was a "Veteran of the Civil War." The CDI
notes that Edward F. Stephens died in Napa County on 24 December 1912
at the age of 68.
Military information:
Union. He enlisted at Putnam County, Missouri, under the alias
Edward F. Fox on 23 August 1861, and was mustered as a Private into
Company M of the 7th Missouri Cavalry at Laclede, Missouri, on 14
November 1861. Term of service was 3 years. He was
described at the time of enlistment as a native of Illinois, age 19 (he
was actually 17), height 5' 8 3/4", dark complexion, black eyes, dark
hair, occupation farmer. His service record notes that he
furnished his own horse and equipage for at least part of his
service. He left sick at Sedalia, Missouri, on 17 September
1862. He was discharged on 23 December 1862 at Jefferson City,
Missouri, on surgeon's certificate of disability dated 20 December
1862. The cause for the medical discharge was "by reason of a
pistol shot wound in his knee caused by accidental discharge of a
Colt's revolver in the hands of Noah A. McDonald while cleaning the
pistol, rendering said soldier totally unfit for military duty and will
probably make him a cripple for life." It was further stated in
the discharge certificate that he was incapable of performing the
duties of a soldier because of "a Pistol shot wound of his right knee
from the effects of which he will not recover for several
months." He did recover.
He re-enlisted on 6 September 1864 under the name of
Edward F. Stephens at Milan, Missouri, and was mustered as a Private
into Company I of the 44th Missouri Infantry regiment at Rolla,
Missouri, on 18 September 1864. Term of service was 1 year.
He was described at the time of enlistment as a native of Mercer
County, Illinois, age 20 years and 5 months, eyes brown, hair dark,
complexion fair, height 5' 10", occupation farmer. He became
sick, and was admitted to the U.S. Army General Hospital at Nashville,
Tennessee, on 12 December 1864. He remained there until the time
his regiment was mustered out on 15 August 1865. His discharge
papers were delivered to him by the Chief Mustering Officer of the
state. On 28 September 1865 he was admitted to Hospital
#3811. His admission record describes him as single, age 21,
native of Illinois, residence Sullivan Co., Missouri, post office
Beardstown, Mo., nearest relative Miss B. Fox. Notations are a
bit cryptic in the records, but it appears he was finally discharged
from the hospital on October 6.
Edward F. Stephens (alias Edward F. Fox) applied for and
received a veteran's disability pension on 12 April 1886 (application
no. 569699, cert. no. 386669). Service on the pension death index
card was noted as Co. I, 44 Mo. Inf. Additional service was noted
as Co. M, 7 Mo. Cav. It was also noted that Edward died on 24
December 1912.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery, no details of service.
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Rank:
Notes:
Military information:
Union. Co. B, 20th Maine Infantry.
Roscoe O. Stevens
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 24 July 1883
(application no. 490658, cert. no. 847223). Service on the
pension death index card was noted as Co. B, 20 Maine Inf.
Additional service was noted as Co. B, 1 Maine S.S.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Thomas B. Stewart
(1839 - 1905)
Rank: Corporal
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 18
March 1905, pg. 3, col. 3):
CALLED BY DEATH.
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Thos. B. Stewart, Well-Known Resident of Napa, Passed Away on Friday.
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Thos. B. Stewart,
a well-known resident of Napa, passed away at 12:45 o'clock Friday
morning at the family residence, 428 Randolph street. He was
taken with a severe stroke of paralysis Tuesday morning, and in spite
of the best of medical attention gradually weakened till the end came.
Mr. Stewart was 65 years 5 months of age, and was a native
of Macomb, Ill. He was united in marriage to Rachel Bridges in
October, 1861, at Industry, Ill. Mr. Stewart served three years
in the Civil War in Company I, of the 78th Illinois Infantry. In
1892 he and the family came to California, and spent three years in the
southern part of the State.
Mr. Stewart had resided in Napa for the past ten years,
and he held several positions of responsibility during that time.
He leaves to mourn his sorrowful demise the widow, one son, F. A.
Stewart, of Napa, one daughter, Mrs. L. T. Hayman, of Napa, and a
sister, Mrs. Jos. Wohlfrom, of Arbuckle, Colusa county. The
family have the sympathy of many friends in Napa in their bereavement.
Mr. Stewart was a member of Yount Lodge No. 12, F. and A.
M., of Napa.
The funeral will be held at 10:30 o'clock this morning
from the family residence, 428 Randolph street, and will be conducted
under Masonic auspices. Rev. H. E. Beeks and Rev. E. H. King will
also assist in the services.
Funeral Announcement (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 19
March 1905, pg. 1, col. 4):
LAST SERVICES HELD.
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Funeral of Late Thos. B. Stewart Conducted From Residence Under Masonic
Auspices.
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The funeral of the late Thos. B. Stewart was held Saturday
morning at 10:30 o'clock from the family residence, 428 Randolph
street. A large number of friends of the family and the departed
one gathered to pay their last tribute to his memory.
The services were conducted under the auspices of Yount
Lodge No. 12 of Masons of Napa, and the ritual of the lodge was carried
out under the direction of Worthy Master Carl B. Johnson. Rev. H.
C. Tallman of the Methodist Church offered a prayer, and Rev. E. H.
King read a passage of Scripture. Rev. H. E. Beeks spoke words of
consolation and comfort to the sorrowing relatives.
A male quartette, consisting of D. T. Davis, E. Moyer, W.
L. Chapman and Dr. R. M. Squier, sang several appropriate selections,
including "Rock of Ages," "Sweet Peace," and "Nearer Home Today."
A number of beautiful floral pieces were sent by sympathizing friends
of
the family.
The remains were taken to Tulocay cemetery, members of the
Masonic lodge acting as an escort, and were there placed in the
receiving fault temporarily. The following acted as
pallbearers: W. H. Young, E. D. Beard, D. A. Dunlap, P. S. King,
H. L. Amstuts and E. H. Raymond.
Notes: Native
of Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois, born in 1839. His daughter
was the wife of Luther T. Hayman (another Civil War veteran in Napa).
He died on in Napa on 17 March 1905, and was buried in
Block 88 of Tulocay Cemetery.
Military information:
Union. Thomas B. Stewart enlisted on 9 August 1862 at Industry,
McDonough County, Illinois, and was mustered into Company I of the 78th
Illinois Infantry regiment at Quincy, Illinois, as a Private on 1
September 1862. He was described at the time of enlistment as
married, age 22, height 5' 9.5", hair black, eyes blue, complexion
fair, occupation farmer, residence Industry, Illinois. He was
noted as being a native of Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois. He
transferred to the Veterans Reserve Corps on 28 April 1864. No
further service information.
Thomas B. Stewart applied for and received a veteran's
disability pension on 14 June 1880 (application no. 382661, cert. no.
251126). His wife, Rachel Stewart, applied for a widow's benefit
in Colorado in 19_8 (application no. 824812, cert. no. 602401).
Service on the pension death index card was noted as Corporal, Co. I,
78 Ill. Inf. Additional service was noted as 160 Co., 2 Battln.,
V.R.C.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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160 Company
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George Washington
Strohl
(1843 - 1915)
Rank: Sergeant
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper,
21 January
1915, pg. 1, col. 5):
GEO. W. STROHL PASSED
AWAY
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Former Well-Known
Resident of
Napa Breathed His Last in Santa Rosa, Wednesday Afternoon – Was
Prominent Grand
Army Man and Mason
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Geo.
W. Strohl, a former well known and prominent resident
of
Napa, but who for the past six years has made his home in Santa Rosa,
died in
that city Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, after an illness of
about a
week, having been in failing health for a number of years.
Deceased was born in Akron,
Ohio, in 1843, making him 72
years
of age. When but a boy he went to
Indiana, and later to Texas, where he successfully followed railroad
construction for a number of years. In
1887, he came to Napa and engaged in farming.
He was at one time prominent
in local politics and
Chairman of
the Republican County Central Committee. He
was also formerly a member of the Board of Trustees of
the
Yountville
Veterans Home.
He was a veteran of the Civil
War, having enlisted when
but 18
years old, in the Twenty-ninth Ohio Regiment of Volunteers. He was a prisoner for some time in the
famous Libby Prison, and received his discharge from service after
leaving
it. He was always much interested in
Grand Army affairs, and was an active member of Kit Carson Post, in
this city.
He was a prominent Mason,
being a member of Yount Lodge
No. 12,
Napa; of Napa Chapter of Royal Arch Masons and of Napa Commandery,
Knights
Templar.
Mr. Strohl was married in
1878, to Miss Sarah J.
McCafferty, at
Fort
Worth, Texas. She died in April, 1907.
He is survived by seven
children, Mrs. Frank Silva, Mrs.
Owen
Duffy, Mrs. Laurence Welti, Geo. F. Strohl, John Strohl, Oliver Strohl
and Miss
Sarah Strohl, of Napa.
The funeral will take place
on Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock
from Kyser's undertaking parlors, under the auspices of Kit Carson
Post, G.A.R.
Notice (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 22
January
1915, pg. 7, col. 4):
NOTICE TO G.A.R.
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Members
of Napa Post and Women's Relief Corps will
assemble at
Kyser's undertaking parlors Sunday, Jan. 24th, at 1:45
o'clock p.m.,
and attend the funeral services of our late Comrade, G. W. Strohl.
By order
NELLIE RAMSEY,
Pres. W.R.C.
JOHN McCARTER
Com.
Napa Post.
ROBT. RISK, Adjutant
Funeral Announcement (Napa
Daily Journal
newspaper, 26 January 1915, pg. 5, col. 3):
GEO. W. STROHL LAID
AWAY
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GRAND ARMY ORGANIZATIONS OF NAPA
PAY LAST
TRIBUTE TO
DEPARTED COMRADE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
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The
funeral of the late Geo. W. Strohl was held from
Kyser's
undertaking parlors Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and there was a
large
attendance of sorrowing friends.
Many beautiful floral pieces
demonstrated the affection
and
esteem in which deceased was held.
The services were under the
auspices of the G.A.R., and
Chaplain
E. H. King, of Kit Carson Post, assisted by Post Commander A. T.
Jackson and
Comrades E. C. Weber, Geo. Coates and Z. A. Mason, conducted them.
A quartet composed of A. V.
Oliffe, Dr. F. W. Alumbaugh,
Dr. R.
M. Squier and Dee T. Davis, sang selections befitting the occasion.
The ceremony of placing a
flag on the breast of deceased
was
performed by the members of Julia Dent Grant Circle, Ladies of the
G.A.R.
The pallbearers were: L.
T. Hayman and G. M. Francis of the G.A.R., D. A. Dunlap and H. M.
Meacham of
Napa Commandery, K. T. Mayor and E. J. Drussel and City Councilman Jos.
Schuppert.
Notes:
Native of Akron, Summit County, Ohio, born April 1843.
George W. Strohl
was enumerated in the 1900 census in Salvador Precinct, Napa, Napa
County, CA, on his own farm. He was listed as married (22 years),
age 57, born April 1843 in Ohio, father born in Pennsylvania, mother
born in Ohio, occupation orchardist. His household included his
wife Sarah J. (born June 1859 in OH, mother of 9 children, 7 living),
son George F. (born February 1879 in TX), daughter Aliza B. (born April
1881 in TX), daughter Mary E. (born Sept. 1883 in TX), son John H.
(born April 1885 in TX), son Albert O. (born Sept. 1888 in CA),
daughter Irene (born April 1890 in CA), and daughter Sarah O. (born
Oct. 1894 in CA).
George W. Strohl
was enumerated in the 1910 census in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, CA, as
head of household in his own house. He was listed as married (2nd
marriage, 1 year), age 67, born in Ohio, father born in Pennsylvania,
mother born in Ohio, occupation own income. His household
included his wife Laura (age 46, second marriage, native of Oregon).
George W.
Strohl died at Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, on 20
January 1915 at the age of 71, and was buried at Tulocay
Cemetery. He headstone reads "GEORGE W. STROHL | 1843 - 1915 |
SARAH J. | WIFE OF | GEORGE W. STROHL | 1859 - 1907". The family
headstone contains an elaborate marble angel motif over the
inscriptions.
Military information:
Union. His pension records indicate he saw service in Company C
of the 7th Ohio Infantry regiment. This was presumably the
3-month regiment organized at Cleveland in April 1861. Company C
was mustered out on 18 August 1861. The name Strohl does not
appear on the muster roll. George Strohl enlisted at the age of
18 on 30 September
1861, and was mustered as a Private into Company G of the 29th Ohio
Infantry regiment. He was listed as a prisoner of war on 9 June
1862 at Port Republic, Virginia, returned 13 September 1862 (place not
stated). He was promoted to Corporal on 9 May 1864 and to
Sergeant on 1 July 1864. He was mustered out on 18 October 1864.
George W. Strohl applied for and received a veteran's
disability pension on 9 February 1892 (application no. 1090760, cert.
no. 1062282). Service on the pension death index card was noted
as Co. C, 7 Ohio Inf. Additional service was noted as Co. G, 29
Ohio Inf. It was further noted that Strohl died in Santa Rosa,
Calif., on 20 January 1914.
He was a member of Napa's Kit Carson Post, No. 74, G.A.R.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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7th Ohio Infantry
Company G
29th Ohio Infantry
Libby Prison survivor
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Hiram Holland
Talley (Tally)
(1840 - 1916)
Rank: Full Corporal
Notes: Native
of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, born 3 February 1840. According
to research by Vern Piccinotti, Hiram Talley was
adjudged criminally insane and sent to Imola (asylum) after killing a
man in Petaluma in 1915.
Hiram Holland Talley was listed as a painter Petaluma in
the voter registers for Sonoma County in 1906, and as a coach painter
in the register of 1910 (residence 224 Keokuk Street, Petaluma).
He died
19 September 1916 at the age of 76 (Source: CDI, Headstone
inscription), and was buried in the G.A.R. Plot (Lot 29, Block 82),
Tulocay Cemetery, Napa. His headstone reads "HIRAM TALLY | NATIVE
OF DELAWARE CO. PA. | BORN FEB. 3, 1840 | DIED SEPT. 19, 1916".
Military information:
Union. Hiram H. Tally enlisted as a Private at Philadelphia on 12
August 1861,
and was mustered into Co. E, 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry as a Private in
Philadelphia on 15 August 1861. At the time of enlistment, he was
listed as age 20, height 5' 5", eyes dark, hair dark, complexion light,
native of Castle Rocks, Pennsylvania. He re-enlisted as a
veteran on 23 February 1864, and was
transferred to battalion level on 27 July 1864. He was promoted
to Full Corporal battalion on 7 November 1864. He was transferred
to the 65th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers (Co. L, 5th
Pennsylvania Cavalry) on 6 June 1865 during the consolidation of the
3rd and 5th Cavalry regiments. He was mustered out on 7 August
1865 at Richmond, Virginia. Most of the above information comes
from Bates, Samuel P., 1869-1871, History of Pennsylvania Volunteers,
1861-5.
Hiram Talley applied for and received a veteran's
disability pension on 30 November 1878 (application no. 263517, cert.
no. 565072). Service on the pension death index card was noted as
Co. E, 3 Pa. Cav., enlisted 15 August 1861, transferred 1864.
Additional service was noted as Co. B, 3 Pa. Cav. and Co. L, 5 Pa.
Cav. It was further noted that Talley died in Petaluma, Cal., on
19 September 1916.
He is noted in Carl Lionberger's list of Civil War
veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery. Co. E, 3rd Pennsylvania
Cavalry.
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3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry
Company L
5th Pennsylvania Cavalry
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George
Washington Tool
(1838 - 1910)
Rank: Captain
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper,
11 October
1910, pg. 1, col. 1):
FATAL
ACCIDENT
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Geo.
Tool Killed When
Train Struck His Automobile.
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Geo.
W. Tool,
a
well known resident of Salvador District, was almost instantly killed
Monday
morning at about 8:10 o'clock near Union Station. He
was hurled from the automobile in which he was riding by the
electric engine of the work train on the electric line.
Mr. Tool was
coming down the lane from his place on the way to Napa, and the
electric work
train, with Geo. Rice conductor and A. Manuel motorman, was coming
along on its
way up the valley. Mr. Tool did not see
the train until he was almost on the track, it is believed, as there
are
buildings which would obstruct his view south of the lane.
The "pig" struck a rear wheel of
the auto, throwing Mr. Tool out of the machine, and hurling his head
against a
post under the platform used at times for holding milk.
Mr. Tool was
picked up by members of the train crew, but lived but a few moments
after the
accident occurred.
Herbert Morley
and
D. M. Hobson were working in the Fisher Packing House, only a few feet
from the
crossing, when the accident occurred, and their attention was attracted
by the
crash of the collision. They both say
that a whistle was blown as the electric train approached the crossing.
Dr. O. T.
Schulze
was summoned, but by the time that he arrived at Union Station Mr. Tool
had
passed away.
He found that
the
latter had his skull crushed in, and that death was due to a fracture
of the
skull.
The Coroner's
jury
rendered a verdict of death from accident; exonerating the employes of
the work
train from blame for the death; and recommended that warning bells be
installed
at all important crossings by the railroad company.
Mr. Tool was
72
years of age, and was a native of Indiana. He
had resided with his brother, S. M. Tool, at their
place
north of
Napa, for over 25 years. They had been
largely interested in raising and packing fruit for many years.
The deceased
was
well known throughout the county.
Notes:
Native of Indiana, born May 1838.
George W. Tool was
enumerated in the 1900 census in Salvador Precinct, Napa, Napa County,
CA, living in the household of his brother Sylvanus M. Tool.
George was listed as a widower, age 62, born May 1838 in Indiana,
father born in Georgia, mother born in Kentucky, occupation orchardist.
A George W. Tool died in Napa County on 10 October
1910 at the age of 72. He is buried at Tulocay Cemetery.
Military information:
Union. He enlisted as a Private on 27 November 1861 at the age of
21, and was mustered into Company E of the 15th Iowa Infantry on 1
December 1861. His residence at the time of enlistment was noted
as Keosauqua, Iowa. On 1 March 1862 he transferred into Company C
of the 17th Iowa Infantry, where he remained until being discharged for
promotion on 18 July 1863. During his time with the 17th Iowa, he
was promoted twice -- to 2nd Sergeant on 4 July 1862, and to 1st
Sergeant on 10 December 1862. On 18 July 1863 he was commissioned
as Captain of Company C of the 50th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry
(originally called Company C of the 12th Louisiana Colored Infantry,
African Descent).
His name appears on the African American Civil War
Memorial as "George W. Tool." The plaque number is
C-63. Commissioned officers in the U.S. Colored Troops (USCT)
were white, and their names appear with the names of their comrades on
the memorial.
George W. Tool applied for and received a veteran's
disability pension on 1 October 1867 (application no. 129014,
certificate no. 698354). Service on the pension death index card
was noted as Capt., Co. C, 50 U.S.C. Inf. Additional service was
noted as Co. E, 15 Iowa Inf., Co. C, 17 Iowa Inf., and Co. E, 12 La.
Col'd Inf.
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Company E
15th Iowa Infantry
Company C
17th Iowa Infantry
Company C
50th U.S. Colored Infantry
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John Henry
Trissell
(1846 - 1908)
Rank: Private
Obituary, (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 30
September 1908, pg. 3, col. 2):
JOHN H. TRISSEL
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Passed Away at His
Home on Alta Heights Early Tuesday Morning.
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John
Henry
Trissel, a highly respected resident of Napa, passed away at his home
on Alta
Heights at 1:10 o'clock Tuesday morning, after a long and painful
illness. He was compelled by ill health to
give up
his position as the Napa State Hospital last January, and since that
time, in
spite of the best medical treatment and care he gradually failed until
death
came to his relief.
Deceased was born
near Dayton, Ohio, on February 28 th, 1846.
When but eighteen years of age he enlisted in the First
Ohio
Heavy Artillery and served during the Civil War. On
August 20, 1867, he married Miss Elizabeth J. Houk at
Versailles, Ohio. There they resided
until '82, when they moved to Springfield, Missouri.
It was in 1903 that the family came to California and
established
their home in Napa.
Besides a
sorrow-stricken widow, deceased leaves six children – Harvey Trissell,
George
Trissel, Mrs. Lucy Adams, Mrs. Bessie Garcia, Mrs. Minnie Glover and
Mrs. Grace
Adams, all of Napa. An aged father
residing in Ohio and ten grandchildren also are left to mourn his
demise. Mr. Trissel leaves a brother, Jos.
Trissel,
living in Napa, and other relatives in the East.
The funeral will
be held this morning at 10 o'clock from the family residence on Alta
Heights.
Funeral Announcement (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 1
October 1908, page 2, col. 2):
J. H. TRISSEL BURIED.
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The funeral of the late J. H. Trissel occurred from his
late home in East Napa Wednesday morning at 9:30.
The services were conducted by the Rev. H. J. Winsor of
the M. E. Church.
The Asylum Band acted as an escort to Tulocay Cemetery.
The pallbearers were Attorney Percy S. King, County Clerk
N. W. Collins, Ed. Giauque, W. A. Means, George F. Gardner and Chas.
Howe.
John H.
Trissell died in Napa on 29 September 1908 at the age of
62. He is buried in Tulocay Cemetery on 30 September in a plot at
the intersection of
Redwood and Circle. His grave is marked by a military headstone
inscribed as follows: JOHN H. TRISSEL | CO. K | 1 OHIO H.A.
His wife, Elizabeth J. Trissell (1849 - 1924) is buried next to him.
Military information:
Union. John H. Trissel enlisted as a Private on 24 June 1863 at
the age of 18, and was mustered into Company K of the 117th Ohio
Infantry. His regiment changed its designation to the 1st Ohio
Heavy Artillery on 12 August 1863, and John served in Company K of the
1st Ohio Heavy Artillery until his discharge. He was mustered out
on 25 July 1865 at Knoxville, Tennessee.
John W. Trissel applied for and received a veteran's
disability pension on 10 October 1891 (application no. 1063692, cert.
no. 859506). His wife, Elizabeth Trissel, applied for a widow's
benefit in California on 26 October 1908 (application no. 906898, cert.
no. 675898). Service on the pension death index card was noted as
Co. K, 1 Ohio H.A.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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1st Ohio Heavy Artillery
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Franz Henry Trope
(???? - 1917)
Rank: Corporal
Notes:
California voter records list his residence as 561 E.
Santa Clara, City of San Jose Precinct No. 6, Santa Clara County.
Franz H. Trope
died in Santa Clara County on 20 April 1917 at the age of 82. His
wife Catherine died in Santa Clara County on 3 March 1918 at the age of
71. His family headstone notes that he was a member of Co. E,
20th N.Y. Inf. Vol., and that he died on 20 April 1917 at the age of 83
years. His wife, Katie (died 8 March 1918 at age 71), is buried
next to him. Other associated graves include members of the
Jaekle family.
Military information:
Union. Franz Trope enlisted in New York City on 3 May 1861 at the age of
25. He was mustered as a Private into Co. E of the 20th New York
Infantry regiment on 6 May 1861. On 17 September 1862, he was
promoted to Corporal, and on 1 June 1863, he was mustered out of service
at New York City.
Franz H. Trope
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in California
on 10 July 1893 (application no. 1152627, cert. no. 867440). His
wife, Katie Trope, applied for a widow's benefit in California on 1 May
1917 (application no. 1100697). Her claim was apparently denied,
as no certificate was issued. Service on the pension death index
card was noted as Co. E, 20 N.Y. Inf., enlisted 3 May 1861, discharged
1 June 1863. It was further noted that Franz died in San Jose,
Calif., on 20 April 1917.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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20th New York Infantry
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Silas Thompson
Trowbridge
(1826 - 1893)
Rank: Surgeon (Major)
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 24
June 1893, pg. 3, col. 2):
Death of Dr. S. T. Trowbridge.
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Dr. S. T.
Trowbridge, formerly County Physician of Napa county, died at his home,
corner of Pine and Randolph streets in this city Friday morning.
He had been sick about ten days with pneumonia.
Deceased was a native of Fayette county, Indiana, aged 67
years. He served as a surgeon in the Eighth Illinois Infantry
during the Civil war. Afterwards he was appointed by President
Grant Consul at Vera Cruz, which position he filled for twelve
consecutive years. He came with his family to California in 1886,
and two years later located in Napa, where he made his home up to the
time of his death.
He leaves a wife and six children to mourn his demise.
The funeral will take place Sunday at 2 o'clock P.M. from
the family residence. Members of Kit Carson Post, G.A.R., will
meet at their headquarters at 1:30 o'clock of the same day for the
purpose of attending the funeral.
Notes:
Native of Indiana. His autobiography is in print (first privately
published (1872). The version currently in print is referenced as
follows:
Trowbridge, Silas T., Haller,
John S., and Mason, Barbara, 2004, Autobiography of Silas Thompson
Trowbridge, M.D. Southern Illinois University Press. 2009
pages. (ISBN 0809325918, 9780809325917)
He died at Napa on 23 June 1893, and was buried in Block
95 in Tulocay Cemetery.
His lengthy headstone inscription reads as follows:
IN SACRED MEMORY OF
MAJOR S. T. TROWBRIDGE, M.D.
Surgeon in chief 8th Reg. Ill. Vol. Inft.,
3rd Div. 17th Army Corps, during the
entire civil War of 1861-1864
President Ills. State Medical society
and U.S. Consul at Vera Cruz, Mexico
1869-1882
Beloved husband of
Emeline Rockszell Trowbridge
and father of Lewis E., Ada B., Charles,
Mattie M., Mary E., Lillian H., Freddie,
and Maude B. Trowbridge. Born at
Harteburg, Ind. Feb. 13, 1826. Died
at Napa, Cal., June 23, 1893.
At Rest.
Military information:
Union. He enlisted as a Surgeon on 26 April 1861, and was
commissioned as an officer on the same day into the headquarters of the
8th Illinois Infantry regiment. The term of service was 3
months. He was mustered out on 25 July 1861. He re-enlisted
for a 3 year term at Cairo, Illinois, and was mustered in at Cairo on
the same date. He was appointed Surgeon (Major) at the time the
regiment organized. His residence was listed as Decatur, Macon
County, Illinois. He was mustered out at Springfield, Illinois,
on 11 October 1864, his term of service having expired on 25 July of
that year.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Alfred Truax
(c.1835 - ????)
Rank: 1st Lieutenant
Notes: Native of
New York, born c. 1835.
Alfred Truax appears in the 1870 Great
Register of Voters for Solano County, listed as age 35, born in New York,
occupation pattern maker, living in Vallejo, registered August 1869.
Alfred Truax appears in the 1872 Great Register of Voters for Napa County
in Napa Precinct, listed as a pattern maker, age 36, registered June
1869. He appears in the 1880 Great Register in Napa, listed as a
pattern maker, age 42, born in New York. In 1888, he was registered
to vote in San Francisco, listed as a pattern maker, age 53, living at 27
Louisa, 2nd floor. Truax was still in San Francisco in 1890, listed
as a pattern maker, age 58, born in New York, living at 51 Louisa, 1st
floor.
Military information:
Union. Alfred Truax enlisted at Schenectady, NY, on 2 May 1861 at the age
of 30. He was mustered as a Sergeant into Co. E of the 18th New York
Infantry regiment on 17 May 1861. On 14 November 1861, he was
promoted to 1st Sergeant, and on 20 September 1862, he was promoted to 1st
Lieutenant. He was mustered out on 28 May 1863. His service in
the 17th and 6th New York Artillery regiments isn't confirmed, but it was
stated in his pension application.
Alfred Truax applied for a veteran's disability pension on 30 July 1890 (application
no. 842238). His claim was abandoned, and no certificate was
issued. Service on the pension death index card was noted as Co.
E, 18 N.J. Inf., enlisted 2 May 1861, discharged 28 May 1863.
Additional service was noted as Co. D, 13 N.Y. H.A. and Co. L, 6 N.Y.
H.A.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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18th New York Infantry
Battery D
13th New York Heavy Artillery
Battery
L
6th New York Heavy Artillery
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Charles F. Turley
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
Buried at Tulocay Cemetery. Remarks: Block 111, lot 16.
Military Information:
Service information not known.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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John
Lint Tuthill
(1834 - 1868)
Rank: 1st Lieutenant
Obituary (The Napa
Register weekly
newspaper, Saturday, October 17, 1868 (pg. 2, col. 5):
DIED.
Died of
consumption, at St. Helena, in this county, on Saturday, October 10th,
1868, John L. Tuthill, aged about 33.
Mr. Tuthill was a native of the State of Illinois.
He was a member of the legal profession. On the breaking out of
the rebellion he volunteered with a regiment formed in the Southern
part of Illinois, and soon afterward was commissioned as Lieutenant,
and served until the close of the war. Exposure during the war
doubtless hastened the development of the illness with which he
died. He came to this country about three years ago in the hope
of restoration to health. His conduct and manner were such as to
make him many warm friends, who now mourn his loss. He died
calmly, in the pleasing hope of a happy future.
Biography from The history of
the descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Mass., by Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight,
1871:
J OHN L INT T UTHILL
b. March 14, 1834, at Vergennes, Ill.: for 2 years at McKendree
Coll., Ill.: a lawyer at Murfreesboro, Ill. He enlisted at the
beginning of the late war in the U.S.A. as a private in the 18th Ill., Regt. Vol. Inf., and was soon promoted to the command of his
company: was in the battles of Belmont, Fort Henry, and Fort
Donaldson: was detailed with his company on "the Queen of the
West," one of the Mississippi ram fleet, and was in command when she
ran by the batteries at Vicksburgh, and was publicly commended for his
personal bravery. He was afterwards put in command of "The
Indianola," another of the ram fleet, to open up the Mississippi and
Red rivers for the passage of transports which he gallantly
achieved. He was on the Indianola when she was captured, after
having been disabled in action. Last to leave the boat he saved
his life only by floating in the night on a cotton bale some seven
miles in the Red River when he was picked up faint and feeble by a
gunboat. He was afterwards put in command of "The
Switzerland." He saw much severe service from first to last,
which induced the disease, consumption, of which he died. He went
in 1866, at the expiration of his term of service to California for his
health, where this noble patriot died as truly for his country, as if
falling in the smoke of battle, at St. Helena, Cal., Oct. 10,
1868. He was a member of the Episcopal church.
A biography presented
by D. Enderlin at Tulocay Cemetery on 13 June 2009, researched by D.
Enderlin and C. Eddy:
John Lint Tuthill was born March 14, 1834, at the
Mississippi River town of Vergennes (VER-jenz), in Jackson County,
southern Illinois. The Tuthills lived in a part of town known as
"Tuthill's Prairie," named in their honor as early settlers on the wild
prairie soil in that area. John was the third of six children
born to Daniel Braley Tuthill and Sally Strong. The town of
Vergennes received its name from John's mother, who named the place in
honor of her childhood home in Vermont. In addition to his five
siblings, John had three half-siblings by his mother's first marriage.
After attending McKendree College at Lebanon,
Illinois, John became a lawyer and went into practice in Murphysboro,
Jackson County, Illinois. He was living at Murphysboro when the
Civil War broke out, and like his younger brothers, he was quick to
join the Union cause in the war. He enlisted at Anna, Illinois,
on May 28, 1861, for a term of three years, and was mustered into
Company K of the 18th Illinois Infantry on the same date. He was
described as age 28, height 5' 4", hair dark, eyes dark, complexion
dark, single, occupation lawyer.
John was promoted to sergeant on January 1, 1862,
and participated shortly thereafter with his company in the attack on
the Confederate river stronghold of Fort Henry, Tennessee. After
the Union victory at Fort Henry, John marched with the company on to
Fort Donelson, Tennessee, where in February of 1862 the Union forces
were once again victorious. From there, John's company marched
on, participating in the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862 (the bloodiest
battle of the Civil War up until that time) and then the Siege of
Corinth, Mississippi in May 1862. John was promoted to the rank
of 2nd Lieutenant two months after the Siege of Corinth (July 8, 1862).
About the time that John received his promotion,
efforts were afoot in the Union Army to create a specialized unit to
counteract Confederate naval and guerilla forces that were causing
havoc
with shipping along the Mississippi River system. Using a
technology borrowed from ancient war ships in the Mediterranean, the
army created a fleet of ships that were capable of disabling or sinking
enemy river boats by ramming them. This became known as the
Mississippi Ram Fleet.
The U.S. Navy was critical of this idea, and refused
to be involved with it. For this reason, the Army manned this new
fleet of vessels with their own men, borrowed from various infantry
regiments. Among the outfits detailed to the Ram Fleet was
Company K, of the 18th Illinois Infantry… the same company that John
had joined. Company K was detailed to the Ram Fleet on December
11, 1862, serving aboard the sidewheel ram steamer USS Queen of the West. John
Tuthill was promoted to 1st Lieutenant on December 10, 1862. It
was aboard this vessel that John Tuthill served with such gallantry
that it earned him a place in Civil War history. Near Fort Taylor
(a.k.a., Fort DeRussy) on the Black River, the Queen's steam pipes took a direct
hit, crippling the vessel and forcing her to run aground. Most of
the officers – having heard that the Confederates intended to hang them
if captured – abandoned ship, joined by twenty soldiers. Thirteen
soldiers and seven crew members – including the wounded ship's captain
– remained on board. After being rescued by a waiting vessel (the
De Soto) downstream,
Lieutenant Tuthill and Third Master Duncan bravely volunteered to
return to the crippled Queen to
aid in the rescue of the remaining crew. Tuthill assisted with
the evacuation until the last possible moment. As Confederate
troops began to board her, he escaped from the Queen by floating downstream on a
cotton bale in the cold dark night.
Tuthill's actions on board the Queen of the West were commended by
the commanding officer of the Ram Fleet, Colonel Charles Rivers
Ellet. In his report dated February 21, 1863, to Bigadier-General
Alfred W. Ellet, the colonel recommended Tuthill for promotion "for
bravery and efficiency" on the Queen.
Tuthill and the survivors of the Queen were for a brief time
assigned to the ironclad river monitor USS Indianola until sometime before
this ship was also captured. He next served aboard the USS Switzerland. He and the
members of Company K were permanently detached to the Mississippi
Marine Brigade (which included the Ram Fleet), per special order No.
69, War Department, on 11 February 1863.
Years of exposure to the humid conditions and muddy
waters of the Mississippi River backwaters – together with
close-quarters contact with other army members – made disease a common
occurrence aboard the ships of the Ram Fleet. Many men contracted
diseases that either cut their lives short or plagued them the rest of
their lives. Tuthill was no exception. He contracted
tuberculosis (consumption, as it was called back then). Although
he was able to complete his three years of service, being mustered out
on May 28, 1864, his health was already in decline by that time he was
discharged.
Seeking a cure for his ailments, Tuthill came to the
Napa Valley in California in 1866. It is quite likely that he
came to the Napa Valley on the invitation of his older sister, Ellen
Louisa (Tuthill) Gross. She and her husband, Alexander Pecks
Gross, had also moved to Napa in 1866, later settling in Vallejo with
their family of five children. John chose to live in St. Helena,
where he settled down to enjoy as best he could the final years of his
life. John died on Saturday, October 10, 1868, at St. Helena
"calmly, in the pleasing hope of a happy future." He was buried
here at Tulocay Cemetery by his sister, who honored his memory with
this epitaph.
HERE SLEEPS THE BRAVE
1868
LIEUT. JOHN L. TUTHILL
who served during the
Rebellion, in the Ram
fleet, on the Mississippi
River: Aged 34 years.
Sacredly dedicated to
his memory by his lov
ing sister.
ELLEN.
Notes:
Native of the Mississippi River town of Vergennes, Jackson County,
Illinois, born 14 March 1834. The Tuthills lived in a part of
town known as "Tuthill's Prairie," named in honor of their family who
settled on the wild prairie soil in that area. John was the third
of six children born to Daniel Bradley Tuthill and Sally Strong.
The town of Vergennes received its name from John's mother, who named
the place in honor of her childhood home in Vermont. In addition
to his five siblings, John had three half-siblings by his mother's
first marriage.
"John Lent Tuthill" appears in the 1850 census in the
Northern District of Jackson County, Illinois, under the household of
his father, Daniel B. Tuthill. John was listed as single, age 16,
born in Illinois, occupation farmer, attended school in the last year.
He died of tuberculosis (consumption) near St. Helena,
Napa County, on 10 October 1868, and was buried at Tulocay Cemetery in
Tier B, row 0, Lot 19.
Military information:
Union. Note: The 1871 biography presented above contains
many errors regarding Tuthill's military service. He enlisted at
Anna, Illinois on 28 May 1861 for three
years, and was mustered in on the same date as a Corporal in Company K,
18th Illinois Infantry. He was described at enlistment as a
resident of Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, age 28, height 5'
4", hair dark, eyes dark, complexion dark, single, occupation
lawyer. He was soon promoted to Sergeant on 1 January 1862, to
2nd Lieutenant on 8 July 1862, and to 1st Lieutenant on 10 December
1862.
Tuthills' biography notes that he participated in the operations
at Belmont (MO, Jan. 16-21, 1862), Fort Henry (TN, Feb. 2-8, 1862),
Fort Donelson (TN, Feb. 12-16, 1861). Although not mentioned in
the biography, his company would also have been at the Battle of Shiloh
(TN, Apr. 6-7, 1862) and at the Siege of Corinth (MS, Apr. 29-May 30,
1862). Company K was detached from the regiment to serve in the
Mississippi Ram Fleet (later called the Mississippi Marine Brigade) on
11 December 1862. Tuthill served the remainder of his three years
in the ram fleet. He was mustered out on 28 May 1864.
Tuthill served aboard the steam rams USS Queen of the West, USS Indianola, and USS Switzerland.
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18th Illinois Infantry
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José
Manuel Salvador Vallejo
(1813 - 1876)
Rank: Major
Notes: Born
3 March 1813. He and his brother, General Mariano G. Vallejo,
were
captured at Sonoma during the Bear Flag Rebellion in June 1846, and
spent two months in prison at Sutter's Fort. Wife was Maria Luz,
born 18 May 1813, died 18 May 1890.
He died at his brother's home in Sonoma on 18 February 1876, and
is buried
at Tulocay Cemetery.
Military information:
Union. He enlisted on 9 February 1863 at San Francisco, and was
commissioned a Major (Field & Staff) in the 1st Battalion,
California Native Cavalry. Headquarters was at Drum
Barracks. Frustrated by menial assignments given to his men at
Drum Barracks (namely, ditch digging), he resigned on 28 February 1865.
It was thought at the time this battalion formed that
native Californians -- being excellent at horsemanship -- would make a
skilled cavalry unit. For this reason, the War Department
authorized the creation of four companies to constitute the California
Native Battalion. Vallejo accepted the commission as Major after
General Pico of Los Angeles declined for health reasons.
According to the California State
Military Museum, Vallejo was not officially mustered in as Major
until 13 August 1864.
As a side note, an Edward Bale (probably Eduardo Guadalupe Bale,
son of Dr. Edward Turner Bale of Rancho
Carne Humana in the upper Napa Valley) became Captain of Company
D of this Batallion after Vallejo had resigned.
Salvador Vallejo appears in Carl Lionberger's list of
Civil War burials at Tulocay Cemetery.
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Abram VanAuken
(c.1845 - 1889)
Rank: Corporal
Obituary from the Napa Weekly Register newspaper, 27
December 1889, p. 3, col. 4:
Death of an Ex-Union Soldier.
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A Vanauken, a
native of Pennsylvania, aged 44 years, died at the Asylum Tuesday
afternoon, Dec. 24th. He was committed for insanity last
April. His occupation was that of a farmer and for years he lived
in Browns valley. He served the Union as a soldier in the 21st
Connecticut Infantry; was a member of Kit Carson Post, No. 74, G.A.R.
of this city and at one time carried its colors. A wife and three
children survive him.
The funeral took place from the residence of Mr. Asa
Chapman at 2 o'clock this afternoon, the services at the house being
conducted by Rev. R. N. Davis and at the grave by Kit Carson Post.
Notes:
Native of Pennsylvania, born about 1845.
He died at the Napa Asylum for the Insane (now Napa State
Hospital) on 24 December 1889, and was buried in Tulocay Cemetery on 27
December 1889.
Military information:
Union. "Abram Vananken" (as listed on the rolls, enlisted on 2
August 1862, and was mustered as a Private into Company E of the 21st
Connecticut Infantry regiment on 5 September 1862. His residence
at the time of enlistment was Stonington, Connecticut. He was
promoted to Corporal on 8 January 1865. He was mustered out on 16
June 1865.
Abram Van Auken's
widow, Lilla A. Van Auken, applied for and received a widow's pension
benefit in California on 8 March 1890 (application no. 416547, cert.
no. 338442). In addition, a son Leonard Van Auken (Lilla A. Van
Auken, guardian), was awarded a benefit as a minor in California on 16
September 1892 (application no. 559894, cert. no. 370993).
Service on the pension death index card was noted as Corp., Co. E, 21
Conn. Inf.
He appears in the
1886 register for the Department of California,
G.A.R., as a member of Kit Carson Post, No. 74, in Napa (noted as A.
Van Anken). His qualifying
service was noted as Co. E, 21st Connecticut Infantry.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Company E
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John C. Walker
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
He is buried in Block 81 of Tulocay Cemetery.
Military information:
Union. Co. G, 1st Minnesota Cavalry.
John C. Walker
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension on 15 January
1891 (application no. 984848, cert. no. 741686). His wife,
Matilda Walker, applied for a widow's benefit in California on 4 May
1900 (application no. 784457, cert. no. 696049). Service on the
pension death index card was noted as Co. G, 1 Minn. Cav.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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John S. Walker
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
He is buried in Block 88 of Tulocay Cemetery.
Military information:
Union. Co. B, 49th Illinois Infantry.
John S. Walker
applied for a veteran's disability pension on 2 December 1884
(application no. 527183). No certificate was awarded, suggesting
that the application was denied. John's wife, Clarinda P. Walker,
applied for a widow's benefit in California on 22 April 1892
(application no. 548234, cert. no. 367756). Service on the
pension death index card was noted as Co. B, 49 Ill. Inf.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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49th Illinois Infantry
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John Thomas Walling
(1840 - 1920)
Rank: 1st Lieutenant
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 10
June 1920, pg. 1, col. 3):
H. W. WALLING CALLED BY DEATH
WEDNESDAY EVENING
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H. W. Walling
[sic- J. T.], a well known and respected resident of Napa for many
years, passed away at the Shurtleff Hospital at 6 o'clock Wednesday
evening, after an illness of about two weeks. Mr. Walling fell
and bruised himself about two weeks ago, and shortly afterward
sustained a slight attack of paralysis. He was then removed to
the hospital for treatment, but was unable to rally, owing to his
advanced years, and died as noted.
Deceased was a native of Lancashire, England, and had he
lived until the 3rd of next month, would have been 80 years of age,
having been born July 3, 1840.
He came to America with his parents when a youth, settling
first in New York. At the age of 18 he enlisted in the U.S. army
and saw service in the Sioux country. He fought on the Union side
during the Civil War, remaining in the service during the whole period
of its continuance. After his discharge he went to Iowa. In
1882 he came to California, settling at first in Woodland. He
afterward resided in Sacramento and El Dorado counties, coming to Napa
a number of years ago. He was a contracting painter and
decorator, until advancing years compelled him to give up his
active pursuits.
He was a member of the Masonic fraternity for 55 years.
He is survived by three sons, H. W. and Will R. Walling of
Napa, and W. E. Walling, residing on the Soda Springs road, and by two
daughters, Mrs. W. D. French of Browns Valley and Mrs. Arthur Nichols
of Vallejo.
The funeral will be held from the Pinkham funeral parlors
at 2 o'clock to-morrow (Friday) afternoon.
Funeral Announcement (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 12
June 1920, pg. 1, col. 5):
Old Soldier is Laid to Rest
The funeral of the
late J. T. Walling was conducted from the chapel of G. G. Pinkham at 2
o'clock Friday afternoon.
Rev. Richard Wylie officiated.
A choir composed of Mrs. Jos. Migliavacca, Mrs. Clifford
Roper, Ernest Moyer and A. V. Olliffe rendered appropriate selections.
The pallbearers were R. L. Brantley, John Carroll, John
Hayman, L. T. Hayman, G. M. Francis and J. G. Henderson.
Interment was made in Tulocay cemetery.
Notes:
Native of Lancashire, England, born 3 July 1840. He was a house
painter by trade.
According to his
obituary, he lived in New York with his parents after first coming to
America. During the Civil War, he was a resident of Iowa, noted
as living in the vicinity of Eddyville, Wapello County. He
reportedly moved to California in 1882, first settling in Woodland,
Yolo County. By about 1900, he and his family were living in
North Placerville, El Dorado County.
John T. Walling was enumerated in the 1910 census in Napa City,
living in a rented house at 413 Wilson Street. He was listed as
age 69, married (1st marriage) for 45 years, born in New York, parents
both born in England, occupation house painter. He was noted as a
Union Army veteran. His household included his wife Hannah J.
(age 63, native of IN, mother of 7 children all living).
He died on 9
June
1920 in Napa, and was buried on 10 June in in Block 76, Lot 13, of
Tulocay
Cemetery. The family marker (which includes wife Hannah J., along
with Wheeler D. French and Jessie Walling French) notes that he was a
G.A.R. member (symbolized by the badge emblem) and Freemason. The
CDI notes that John T. Walling died in Napa County on 9 June 1920 at
the age of 79. His spouse's initials were "H. J." (Hannah
J.).
Associated graves are Waldo E. [Emerson] Walling (1878 - 1959), Edna
Walling
Nichols (1886 - 1965), Arthur M. Nichols (1896 - 1964), and Bessie M.
Walling (1887 - 1956).
Military information:
Union. "John T. Wallen" enlisted at the age of 22 on 24 July
1861. His residence at the time of enlistment was Eddyville,
Iowa. He was mustered as a Sergeant into Company I of the 7th
Iowa Infantry on 2 August 1861. He was wounded in the left arm at
Belmont, Missouri, on 7 November 1861, and was discharged on account of
wounds at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, on 28 March 1862.
"John T. Wallin" re-enlisted at the age of 24 on 7 May
1864, residence Wapello County, Iowa. He was commissioned 1st
Lieutenant in Company C of the 47th Iowa Infantry regiment on 4 June
1864. He was mustered out on 28 September 1864.
John T. Walling applied
for and received a veteran's disability pension on 10 June 1862
(application no. 1156, cert. no. 12005). His wife, Hannah J.
Walling, applied for a widow's benefit in California on 2 August 1920
(application no. 1161735, cert. no. 898219). Service on the
pension death index card was listed as 1st Lt., Co. C, 47 Iowa
Inf. Additional service was noted as Co. I, 7 Iowa Inf. It
was also noted that Walling died in Napa City, Cal., on 9 June 1920.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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7th Iowa Infantry
Company C
47th Iowa Infantry
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John Walsh
(???? - ????)
Rank: Private
Notes:
Military information:
Union. John Walsh enlisted at Camp Union, CA, on 1 February 1862,
and was mustered as a Private into Company K of the 4th California
Infantry regiment on the same date. He re-enlisted on 4 December
1864. He was mustered out at the Presidio of San Francisco on 30
November 1865.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Eben Brown Ward
(1828 - 1912)
Rank:
Funeral
Announcement (Napa Daily Journal
newspaper, 6 July 1912, pg. 1, col. 6):
FUNERAL
OF E. B. WARD
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Former
Pioneer of
Napa Died in San Francisco [at] an Advanced Age.
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The
remains of E. B. Ward, a pioneer of Napa, who died in
San
Francisco, arrived here Friday morning. Interment
was made in Tulocay cemetery. Rev. I.
Baxter officiated at services at the grave.
Deceased was a native of
Bath, Maine, where he was born in
1828. He came to California when a
young man, and was in partnership with G. A. Wright here in the
wagon-making
and blacksmithing business. He moved
from here to Cresten, San Luis Obispo county, where he lived up to the
time of
his last illness. He was taken to San
Francisco a short time before his demise, for a change of climate, but
gradually weakened till the end came.
He leaves a widow, two
daughters, Mrs. E. S. Bell of Napa
and
Mrs. S. Wardner of San Francisco, and several sons who reside in the
East.
Notes:
Native of Bath, Maine, born in 1828.
Eben B. Ward
appears in the 1900 census in Salinas Township, San Luis Obispo County,
California. He listed as married (50 years), age 72, born March
1828 in Maine, parents both born in Maine, occupation blacksmith.
His household included his wife Mary J. (born April 1830 in NY, mother
of 7 children, 5 living).
Eben B. Ward was enumerated in the 1910 census again in
Salinas Township, San Luis Obispo County. He was listed as
married (2nd marriage, 22 years), native of Maine, parents both born in
Maine, occupation blacksmith. He was not noted as a Civil War
veteran on the census. His household included his wife Mary J.
(age 80, born in NY, mother of 5 children, 5 living).
Buried at Tulocay Cemetery. Remarks: 5 July
1912, Block 72,
lot 32, 2 gfn.
Military Information:
Service information not known. Noted as possibly Confederate, but
this seems unlikely.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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H. Warren
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
Military information:
Union. According to Lionberger's research, he served in the 2nd
Vermont Infantry. The roster does not list a soldier by the name
of Warren who served in that regiment. The closest match is Hiram
L. Warner, who served in Company L.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Henry Weaver
(1843 - 1915)
Rank: Private
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 30
March 1915, pg. 8, col. 3):
GONE TO HIS REWARD
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HENRY WEAVER, OLD AND RESPECTED RESIDENT OF NAPA COUNT,
PASSED AWAY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
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Henry Weaver, an
old-time and much esteemed resident of Napa county, for many years
residing on Foss valley grade, east of Napa, departed this life at the
Veterans' Home on Sunday morning, at 2:15 o'clock. He had entered
the hospital at the Home in the hope of benefiting his health, having
for a long time been afflicted with kidney trouble.
He was a native of Indiana, 72 years of age. He had
an honorable record as a veteran of the Civil War, and was a member of
Kit Carson Post, G.A.R., of this city.
Deceased was a man of fine qualities, and his demise is a
cause of sincere grief to a large circle of friends.
Besides his widow, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. C.
H. DeBolt, of Vallejo, and three grandchildren.
The funeral will take place under the auspices of Kit
Carson Post, from Kyser's undertaking parlors, at two o'clock this
afternoon.
Funeral Notice (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 31
March 1915, pg. 5, col. 4):
TAPS WERE SOUNDED
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KIT CARSON POST, G.A.R., PAID LAST HONORS TO HENRY WEAVER TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
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The funeral of the late Henry Weaver was conducted from
the undertaking parlors of D. S. Kyser at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
and a large assemblage of sorrowing friends gathered to pay a parting
tribute of respect to the memory of the departed.
The floral offerings were numerous and beautiful.
Kit Carson Post, G.A.R., took charge of the
ceremonies. Rev. E. H. King acted as Chaplain.
The pallbearers were L. T. Hayman, E. C. Weber, L. S.
Knox, W. Gillespie and N. F. Peck.
The remains were laid to rest in Tulocay cemetery.
Notes:
Native of Indiana, born January 1843.
Henry Weaver was
enumerated in the 1870 census in the Village of Austin, Mower County,
Minnesota. He was listed as age 27, born in Indiana, occupation
painter, real estate valued at $800. His household included his
wife Ella (age 27, born in England), stepdaughter Mary A. (age 12, born
in IL), stepson John (age 10, born in IL), stepdaughter Sarah E. (age
9, born in IL), and stepson George (age 7, born in IL).
Henry Weaver was
enumerated in the 1880 census in East Napa Township, Napa,
California. He was listed as age 36, born in Illinois, parents
both born in Ohio, occupation farmer. His household included his
wife Ella (age 36, born in England), step-son John Burrows (age 19,
born in IL), stepson George Burrows (age 15, born in IL), and daughter
Ella Weaver (age 9, born in MN).
Henry Weaver was
enumerated in the 1900 census for Napa, living on his own farm.
He was listed as married (33 years), age 57, born January 1843 in
Indiana, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Ohio, occupation
farmer. His household included his wife Ella (born September 1842
in England, mother of 1 child still living) and stepson John O'Connor
(born August 1884 in CA).
He lived in the
Atlas Peak area. His wife was Ella Burroughs. John A. Batto
of Napa (a family member) remembers that Henry had kept a Civil War
journal, but it has since been misplaced. John has a photo of
Henry in Michigan posing at a reunion of Civil War veterans, possibly
G.A.R. men.
Henry died at the Veterans Home of California on 28 March 1915,
and was buried at Tulocay Cemetery.
Military information:
Union. Henry Weaver enlisted on 30 August 1862 and was mustered
into Company C of the 28th Wisconsin Infantry as a Private on the same
date. He was noted as being a resident of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin,
at the time of enlistment. He was mustered out on 23 August 1865
at Brownsville, Texas.
Henry Weaver applied for and received a veterans
disability pension in California on 13 October 1887 (application no.
625893, cert. no. 423413). His wife Ella Weaver applied for a
widow's benefit in California on 14 April 1915 (application no.
1045558, cert. no. 809133). Service was noted as C, 28 Wis. Inf.
is death index card notes that he died in Napa County on 28 March 1915.
He appears in the
1886 register for the Department of California,
G.A.R., as a member of Kit Carson Post, No. 74, in Napa. His
qualifying
service was noted as Co. C, 28th Wisconsin Infantry. Henry was a
member of the Society of the 28th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, which
organized in 1882 and met regularly for over three decades
thereafter. He was listed in the 1887 roster of the Society as a
member of Company C, address Napa City, California. He remained a
member until the time of his death. Several of his letters to the
Society which were published in the annual proceedings for each reunion
are transcribed below:
Napa City, Cal., Aug.
29th, 1887.
S. R. Bell, Milwaukee, Wis.
Dear Sir and Comrade
-- Your letter of invitation to attend the fifth annual meeting
of
the
28th Wis. Vol. Infantry was duly received, and it is with feelings of
regret, I assure you, that I write of my inability to attend the
reunion now upon you. These opportunities of meeting with our old
comrades are becoming fewer with the passing years, and death is
diminishing our numbers year by year; hence, I regret the more that I
am unable to meet with you, for I assure you it would give me the
greatest pleasure imaginable to meet my old comrades of the 28th once
more and shake them by the hand, and, as you say, "let us stand closer
together as our ranks grow thin," and close up and keep up our friendly
meetings until we are called upon one by one to answer to the final
roll call. Kindly extend to each comrade my fraternal regards and
assure them that whenever I can I will be in attendance at their
reunions. I shall think of you all, and hope and pray you will
have a glorious time.
What are the dues for next year? As soon as I hear
from you, will forward you the same. Yours, very respectfully,
H. WEAVER, Co. C.
Napa, Cal., June 26, 1903.
S. R. Bell, Milwaukee, Wis:
Dear Comrade: -- Your circular letter was received in due
time apprising me of your reunion on the 30th of June. Am sorry I
can't be with you but the distance is so far and my health is poor, I
shall have to forego the pleasure of being with you. There is
nothing that would give me so much pleasure as to meet with old
Comrades once more. It may be so I can meet with you next year,
if not will have to content myself in reading the proceedings of your
meetings, which always interest me very much. Give my kindest
regards to all the boys and hope you will have a good time, and live to
have many more reunions. Enclosed I hand you $1.00 for
dues. Be sure and send me a proceedings of meeting. God
bless you all. Good bye.
H. WEAVER.
Napa, Cal., July 25, 1904.
Mr. S. R. Bell, Milwaukee, Wis.
Your card of the 14th at hand, a reminder of my neglect to
send in my anual dues. Yes, I want to keep in touch with my old
Comrades of the 28th as long as any of them are left. There is
nothing that would have given me more joy than to have been with you at
your reunion at Pewaukee but it was impossible for me to be
there. Hope you had a grand good time. How often I think of
my old Comrades, and when we marched together over forty years ago, we
were then young and full of life, and now we are old and scattered all
over the country. It gives me great pleasure to hear from any of
them, so don't forget to send me a copy of the proceedings so I can see
who was there, and who has been mustered out, as some of us are
answering to the last roll call every year. My sincere kind
wishes to all my Comrades.
Yours truly in F., C. and
L.,
H. WEAVER.
Napa, Calif., June 27,
1910.
Dear Comrade Bell, Milwaukee, Wis.
Dear Sir: -- Your circular letter received, advising me of
your twenty-eighth reunion of the 28th Wisconsin Infantry, on the
twenty-eighth, and your kind invitation to come home and attend the
same, but owing to the great distance and poor health, and other
circumstances that I can't prevent, will make it impossible for me to
do so. I will enclose you one dollar to pay my dues. Hope
you all have a grand good time and enjoy yourselves. It would be
the greatest pleasure of my life to be with you to-morrow and give you
all a shake all around. I send my kindest regards to you
all. I am
Your old Comrade,
H. WEAVER.
Napa, Cal., July 4, 1913.
Comrade S. R. Bell,
Milwaukee, Wis.
Your circular letter of June 9 at hand, and regret to
report to you that I can't be [with] you at your reunion on the
9th, the great distance and poor health being my excuse. I will
send you one dollar to pay dues. I wish you all a good time and a
good attendance. I have not forgotten fifty years ago
to-day. I was sharpshooting at Helena, Ark. My kindest
regards to all.
Fraternally yours,
H. Weaver.
Henry Weaver is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list
of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Company C
28th Wisconsin Infantry
"Whitaker Guards"
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James W. Webber
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
Military information:
Union. Co. A, 8th Michigan Cavalry.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Henry Wigmore
(???? - 1920)
Rank:
Obituary (Napa Daily Journal newspaper, 27
April 1920, pg. 1, col. 5):
HENRY WIGMORE PASSED AWAY
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Henry Wigmore, a
well known and respected resident of Napa, died at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. C. N. McKenzie, 409 Main street, with whom he had made his home
for the past 17 years, at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon. He was a
native of England, 78 years old. He leaves no known relatives.
He served his country throughout the Civil War, and was a
member of Napa Post, G.A.R., under whose auspices his funeral will be
held from Pinkham's undertaking parlors at 2:30 o'clock this (Tuesday)
afternoon.
Notes: The CDI
notes that Henry
Wigmore died in Napa County on 26 April 1920 at the age of 78. He
is buried in the G.A.R. Plot (Lot 30, Block 82),
Tulocay Cemetery, Napa.
Military information:
Union. U.S. Navy.
He is noted in the
late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery. Possibly confused with
Howard Wisemore.
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William Wiles
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
Military information:
Union. U.S. Navy.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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John (Johann)
Wilhelm
(1834 - 1907)
Rank: Musician
Notes:
Native of Prussia, born February 1834. Additional research
recently provided by the family, needs to be added to this page.
John Wilhelm died
in Napa County on 23 May 1907 at the age of 72 (source: CDI). He
was buried in Tulocay Cemetery in Block 95, Lot No. 11. An
investigation of the grave site was made by family researcher Paul
Peterson on 29 March 2011. The grave was found to be unmarked.
Military information:
Union. "Johann Wilhelm" enlisted at New York City at the age of
27 on 29 July 1861, and was mustered into Company B of the 68th New
York Infantry as a Private on 1 August 1861. He was promoted to
Musician on 16 August 1861 and transferred from Company B to the
Regimental Band (Field & Staff). He was mustered out on 25
June 1862.
"John Wilhelm"
applied for and received a veteran's disability pension in California
on 11 September 1894 (application no. 1160723, cert. no. 890732).
The pension death index card notes that he died in 1909 (incorrect),
service listed as Musician, F&S, 68th N.Y. Inf. Additional
service was noted as Co. B, 68th N.Y. Inf., enlisted 29 July 1861,
discharged 25 June 1862.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Company B
68th New York Infantry
Band
68th New York Infantry
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Theodore F. Willsey
(1844 - 1917)
Rank: Full Corporal
Obituary (one of two in same
article) from the Napa Daily Journal
newspaper, 23 October 1917, page 5, col. 3:
GONE TO THE BEYOND
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DR. T. F. WILLSEY AND FREDERICK QUIEN HAVE OBEYED DEATH'S CALL.
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Dr. Willsey Died at Veterans' Home and Mr. Quien in Coombsville –
Latter Buried Monday, Former's Funeral To-day.
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Dr. Theodore
Willsey, who had followed his profession as a dentist in Napa for
seventeen years, and who had made his home here the past few years with
his granddaughter, Mrs. Eugene Hedden, on Laurel street, suddenly
passed away Sunday morning at 3 o'clock at the Veterans' Home, where he
had spent the past few days undergoing treatment for what was thought
to be minor ailments.
Deceased was a native of New York, aged 73 years. He
is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Emma Tremblay, and two grandchildren,
Mrs. Eugene Hedden and Miss Xavia Tremblay.
For the past few years Dr. Willsey had his offices in the
Manuel Block on North Main street.
He was a member of Napa Post, G.A.R., and was a highly
esteemed citizen.
Funeral services will be held under the auspices of Napa
Post, G.A.R., this morning at 10:30 o'clock in the Treadway Funeral
Parlors.
Interment will be made in the Tulocay cemetery.
Notes:
Native of New York, born August 1844.
Theodore F.
Willsey appears in the 1900 census in Napa Township, Napa County,
California, as head of household in his own home (mortgaged) in
Napa. He was listed as married (35 years), age 55, born August
1844 in New York, occupation dentist. His household included his
wife Mary G. (born August 1841 in Maryland). Mary was noted as being
the mother of three children, one still living.
Theodore F.
Willsey was enumerated in the 1910 census in Napa Township, Napa
County, California, as a head of household in a rented house at 101
South Main Street in Napa. He was listed as married (1st
marriage, 44 years), native of New York (as were his parents), working
on his own account as a dentist. His household included his wife
Mary G. (age 68). Living at the same address in another household
was Theodore's granddaughter Theolosca Hedden (age 18) and her husband
Eugene A. Hedden (age 26).
The CDI lists a Theodore F. Willsley who died in
Napa County on 21 October 1917 at the age of 73.
Military information:
Union. He enlisted as a Private at the age of 18 at Schenectady,
New York, on 25 August 1862, and was mustered into Company F of the
134th New York Infantry regiment on 29 August 1862. He was
promoted to Full Corporal on 23 September 1862. During the
Atlanta Campaign, he transferred on 15 May 1864 to Company I of the 9th
Infantry regiment, U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps. He also saw
service as a Corporal in the 128th Company, 2nd Battalion, U.S. Veteran
Reserve Corps. He was mustered out as a Corporal on 27 June 1865.
Theodore F.
Willsey enlisted in the U.S. army at Washington, D.C., on 13 July
1865. His place of birth was noted as Shoharie, New York.
He was described as age 21, occupation student, eyes blue, hair light,
complexion fair, height 5' 10". He was assigned to Company K,
44th Infantry. He was discharged as a Private at Washington,
D.C., on 12 July 1868 on expiration of his term of service.
He re-enlisted at Washington, D.C., on 11 July 1872, and was
described at the time as age 27 11/12, born in Gallupville, New York,
occupation clerk, eyes blue, hair dark, complexion light, height 5' 10
1/2". He was assigned as a clerk to the A.G.O. (Attorney
General's Office). He was discharged at Washington D.C., on 15
October 1872 in accordance with Special Order 252 issued in October
1872. This was the conclusion of his service.
He applied for and received a veteran's disability pension
on 15 May 1884 in Washington, D.C. (application no. 513307, certificate
no. 1016086). Service listed on the pension index card was as
follows: "K 44 US Inf., Clk Gen. Ser. U.S.A., F 134 N.Y. Inf.,
128 Co 2 Battn V.R.C. & I 9 V.R.C."
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Company F
134th New York Infantry
Company I
9th U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps
128th Company
2nd Battalion
U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps
Post-war service:
Company K
44th U.S. Infantry
Office of the U.S. Attorney General
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Howard Wismore
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
Name confused with Henry Wigmore?
Lionberger
note that he was buried in the G.A.R. Plot (Lot 30, Block 82),
Tulocay Cemetery, Napa. I suspect there is confusion with Henry
Wigmore, who is a documented burial in the plot.
Military information:
Details of service not known.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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Nathaniel Wood
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
He is buried north of the intersection of Circle Drive and
Hazelwood Lane in Tulocay Cemetery.
Military information:
Confederate?
Louis Olker files.
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W. J. Wright
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
Buried at Tulocay Cemetery.
Military Information:
Service information not known.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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William Young
(???? - ????)
Rank:
Notes:
Military information:
Union. Co. C, 7th Kansas Cavalry.
He is noted in the late Carl Lionberger's list of Civil
War veterans buried in Tulocay Cemetery.
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