Career of the recently elected commander in chief of the Grand Army
General John P. Rea, born October 13, 1840 in Chester County Pennsylvania, enlisted in 1861, rose from private to captain and major for gallantry, served in the Eleventh Ohio Infantry and First Ohio Cavalry, held posts in Minnesota and Pennsylvania, became a prominent Grand Army of the Republic figure, later practiced law and held judicial office, editor, and probate judge, with extensive civic service and national involvement.
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John P. Rea
Chester County
Piqua
Ohio
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Ohio Cavalry
Geo. H. Thomas Post
Department of Pennsylvania
Department Council
Pennsylvania
Lancaster
Minneapolis
Morgan Post
Department of Minnesota
Minnesota National Guard
Minnesota
Rea
Wesleyan College
Delaware
J. J. Dickey
Loyal Legion
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Widow's Daughter Reveals Billy Bowlegs Capture Plot
A Confederate scout known as Billy Bowlegs hid at his mother’s farm near Pleasant Valley Maryland. Five Union scouts crossed the Potomac to seize him dead or alive. They burst in at midnight but were met by a calm, prepared household led by a gray haired matron.
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Jennie
Billy
Widder
Billy Bowlegs
Harpers Ferry
Sergeant Badger
Detroit Free Press
New York
New York Twenty-fifth Cavalry
Pleasant Valley
Wm. Baxter
Potomac
Virginia
Uniontown
Kane
Billy Bowles
The Sixth Alabama Raccoon Roughs in Civil War Fight
Governor Gordon recounts the Sixth Alabama "Raccoon Roughs" formation from Georgia and Alabama miners. At Seven Pines the regiment charged with six hundred men, suffering nearly 400 killed or wounded, with many officers dead or wounded and heavy losses.
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Montgomery
Raccoon Roughs
Georgia
Alabama
John B. Gordon
Sixth
Gordon
Seven Pines
Stonewall Jackson
Chancellorsville
Loaere
Atlanta
Cor
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Nocturnal Confusion and Sleep Missteps Recalled
A brief exchange recalls a night of mental whirl and a contrasting remark about sleeping well. The dialogue highlights a moment of personal unease followed by lighthearted reassurance.
Central Ohio Conference Announces Appointments at Fremont
At the close of the annual Central Ohio M. E. F. Conference session in Fremont on the 3rd, appointments were announced. Delegates to General Conference include Elias D. Whitlock and Leroy A. Belt among others with reserve delegates and numerous district presiding elders listed for Bellefontaine, Defiance, Delaware, Findlay, Lima, Toledo districts. Also named are lay delegates, professors, and agents associated with Ohio Wesleyan and Weslayan universities.
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Fremont
Elias D. Whitlock
Leroy A. Belt
Samuel L. Roberts
Gershom Lease
David Rutledge
Loring
Webster
William St. John
John B. Williams
Edward T. Nelson
Henry F. Winers
Bellefontaine
Oliver Kennedy
Anna
Halsey
Mingo
Charless. Barron
Fort Jefferson
Stephen O. Young
Quincey
Jabez S. Blair
Saint Paris
John J. Rushbridge
Sidney
Isaac Newton
Versailles
Jonas F. Harshbarger
West Liberty
Morrison M. Markwith
Defiance
Presiding Elder
Antwerp
Minoah
Scott
Archbold
Wm. B. Collett
Ayersville
Aratus Barker
Bevan
William H. Seolds
William W. Lance
Deshler
Holgate
John A. Lucy
Dupont
Samuel W. Scott
Edgerton
John R. Colgan
Fayette
Mortimer Gascoigne
Florida
Matthias C. Howey
Gilboa
Stephen Colgan
Grand Rapids
Jackson T. Pope
Hicksville
Theodore W. Brake
Kalida
Lucius E. Wilson
Leipsic
George Matthews
Melrose
John W Schultz
Montpelier
Henry J. Keister
Napoleon
John L. Bates
Ottawa
Joseph Ayers
Paulding
William S. Philpott
Pioneer
Jonathan C. Crider
Sherwood
Stryker
Christian W. Wolf
West Unity
Stewart Baumgardner
William Center
Eli Myers
Delaware
Agosta
William EF. Sniin
Asbury
Lewis M. Albright
William Street
Duston Kemble
William W Winter
Fowler
George W. Farley
Kenton
Wilbur J. Hodges
Jason Young
Larue
John Parlette
Marion
Richard Wallace
Marseilles
Solomon Lindsey
Marysville
Dwight R. Cook
Phillp A. Drown
Mt. Victory
Carlos F. Gowdy
North Lewisburg
Daniel Carter
Prospect
Caleb Hill
Richwood
Thomas N. Barkdull
Joseph C. Boltin
West Delaware
Isaac N. Smith
West Mansfield
Ashford Hall
York Center
Albert E. Smith
William G. Williams
Hiram M. Perkins
Wesleyan University
William Street Quarterly Conference
Cyrus B. Austin
Asbury Quarterly
Leroy A. Bell
Ohio Wesleyan University
Daniel D. Mather
Preachers’ Aid Society
Findlay
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Arcadia
Alva C. Thomas
Arlington
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Carey
Isaac N. Kalb
Columbus Grove
Leonard Cook
Dunkirk
Joseph H. Cater
Lyman E. Prentiss
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Forest
Joseph D. Simms
Fostoria
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McComb
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Mt Blanchard
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North Baltimore
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Rawson
William &. Hill
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Upper Sandusky
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Vanine
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Swanton
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Sylvania
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Utah
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Northwestern Insane Asylum
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Thomas H. Campbell
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Ohio Health Board reports week of Sept 30 1987
Health bulletin cites 46 observers across 34 counties reporting prevailing diseases for the week ending noon Friday September 30 1987. The item includes unrelated humor clippings about Fogg, a Kansas doctor, a Nebraska editor, and a Nashville American quip about authorship of a poem.
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Ohio State Board of Health
The Gavial Crocodile of the Ganges and Its Habits
A historical note details the gavial with its long narrow jaws and many teeth, chiefly inhabiting the Ganges region. It describes physical traits, such as small eyes, elongated jaws, and high nose cavity in males, plus size estimates up to twenty feet. Accounts of feeding on fish and possible attacks on drinking animals are included, with observations from travelers and naturalists.
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Ganges
Edwards
Anderson
Kurashi
Schlagintweit
Mussulmans
India
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