Veterans of Indiana G A R meet with famed leaders in Fort Wayne
Capt. George F. McGinnis of Indianapolis aged 81 attends the Indiana G A R encampment in Fort Wayne while declining a speaking role. Generals and admirals including John T. Wilder, D. R. Lucas, and Rear Admiral George Brown mingle with veterans, as plans for July 23 monument unveilings and state activities unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. McGinnis
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
McGinnis
Indianapoths
General McGinnis
W. Ring
Greenfield
King
Winona
Indiana Department
George Brown
Admiral Brown
United States Navy
Indiana
Wayne Hotel
Lawton Monument
Charles W. Wheat
John Brown
D. B. Kehler
State Soldiers’ Home
Lafayette
Indiana G A R posts and officers reflect Civil War memory
The Indiana department of the Grand Army of the Republic totals 382 posts with about 15 000 members and an annual encampment in Terre Haute. It lists past and present department officers, notes post consolidations, and explains the origins and aims of the G A R and the Women’s Relief Corps and the Ladies of the G A R with regional details including Fort Wayne groups and local posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David E. Beem
Spencer
Fort Wayne
Mr. Beem
Indiana
Lawton- Wayne
Anthony Wayne
Lawton
Lawton-Wayne
Robert S. Foster
Indiana Department
Nathan Kimball
Oliver M. Wilson
Louis Humphrey
Jonathan B. Hager
Thomas W. Bennett
Ira J. Chase
Argus D. VanOsdok
Charles M. Travis
Gil R. Stormont
Ivan N. Walker
Joseph B. Cheadle
James T. Johnston
Albert O. Marsh
Harvey B. Shively
Henry M. Caylor
Samuel E. Armstrong
William W. Dudley
James R. Carnahan
Edwin Nicer
David N. Foster
James S. Woodge
Daniel Ryan
William L. Dunlap
Milton Garrigus
Benjamin Starr
George W. Grubbs
Daniel R. Lucas
Marine D. Tackett
E. R. Brown
John D.alexander
Bedford
Comnersville
J. E. Bell
P. O. Columbus
Ind
J. R. Fesler
Indianapolis
J. M. Storey
Franklin
J. E. Loughry
Monticello
William Cummings
Kentland
Kerwooi
Muncie
Council of Administration
S. M. Hench
Charles W. Scott
Warsaw
Charlies H. Myerhoff
Evansville
Andrew Fite
New Albany
William M. Cochran
J. D. Galleher
Williamsport
Albert A. Jones
Battle Ground
Grand Army of the Republic
Decatur
Ill
B. F. Stephenson
Springfield
Fourteenth Illinois Infantry
John S. Phelps
The
Tribune
Messrs. Coltrin and
Pryor
Post 1
Illinois
Wisconsin
Ohio
Iowa
Missouri
John M. Palmer
United States of America
Women’s Relief Corps
Women’s Relief’Corps
Denver
Union
Alice E. Waugh
Tipton
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
Chicago
Ladies of the
Eliza E. Browning
Sion S. Bass
William Engle
James Ligget
Lawton-Wayne Post
Wm. A.kelsey
Benj. W. Skelton
Rohrer, 83, Dies at Home Near New Paris
Obituary notes John Rohrer aged 83 died at his home near New Paris. Also listed: Mrs Lydia Hastings 73 died near Lake Gage Steuben county. Also reported: watch stolen from Robert Sperry Goshen recovered in Fort Wayne pawnshop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rohrer
New Paris
Garrett
Wayne Knitting Mills
Lydia Hastings
John Hastings
Lake Gage
Steuben County
Robert Sperry
Goshen
Fort Wayne
Middlebury
Elkhart County Trust Company
Supreme Congress
Modern Samaritans of
J. N. Babcock
Roosevelt
Sycamore Literary Society
Little Lagrange
Topeka
Ida Tarbell
Four Corners
Theodore Roosevelt
Women's Relief Corps Opens 24th Annual Convention
The Women’s Relief Corps opened its 24th annual convention at the First Baptist church with department president Mrs. Alice E. Waugh in the chair. Delegates from across Indiana attended as officers and members reported growth, finances, and relief efforts amid calls for stronger patriotic instruction and youth enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Department of the Women’s Relief Corps
First Baptist Church
Alice E. Waugh
Tipton
State
Jessie Grove
Mabel Teague
Indianapolis
Mary Mitchell
Lafayette
Emma Studebaker
Bluffton
Sarah Kivett
Sullivan
Edythe Alice Wilcox
Lapel
Mary J. Hadley
Lydia McComb
Warsaw
Blanche G. Gould
Crawfordsville
Meribah E. Walker
Clinton
America
Waugh
Treasury
San Franscisco
Department of Indiana
Department
Mabel Tague
Fourteenth Annual Ladies of the G A R Conven tion opens in city
The Fourteenth Annual Convention of the Ladies of the G A R convened with headquarters in Randall hotel rooms 70 and 71. Nearly all state officers and about 200 members attended from across Indiana, with committees named and a patriotic address by R B Brown, commander in chief, urging renewed devotion as members dwindle. A morning assembly at the Pythian home featured committee appointments and remarks by officials, followed by an afternoon military parade and ritual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Grace
the Ladies of the
Randall Hotel
Pythian
Washington Boulevard
Elizabeth Browning
Attica
Dan Graves
Lafayette
S. C. Sawterl
Martha Hay
Indianapolis
Celina Hosman
Peru
Alice Kramer
Elvina Castle
West Point
Cora “Eack
Indiana Harbor
Grace Carnehan
Mary Stirk
City
Mary Goodrich
Petersburg
Lucy Gorman
Elkhart
Rebekah Hanna
Monticello
Catherin Sny
Carnehan
R. B. Brown
Zanesville
Ohio
Joseph O'Neal
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Sixty-sixth
Indiana Infantry
Grant
Sherman
Alabama Colored Infantry
Order
A. R. Tucker
Noblesville
Seventeenth
Indiana Volunteers
Wilder
Granger
Cavalry
Wilson
Cavalry Corps
Tucker
Neablesville
U. S
Barlow
Plainfield
Kokomo
Col. Robertson
Hettler
Ferguson
Zollinger
C. B. Oakley
D. R. Lucas
Ninety-ninth Indiana Infantry
Ninety-ninth Indiana Regimental Association
Rev. Lucas
C. W. Scott
William H. Armstrong
Indiana State Normal School At
Terre Haute
Col. Smock
John D. Alexander
G A. R
Mr. Alexander
Theodore F. Brown
Cincinnati
Tennessee Department
John T. Wilder
Indiana Brigade
Knoxville
Tenn
Mr. Brown
James M. Lee
Greencastle
Guann
George F. M’ginnis
Henry L. Turner
Grensburg
Col. Richs
RD M. Smock
Allied
Union Veteran Legion
Samuel S. Kelker
M. M. Thompson
James B. White
Sons of Veterans
Wm. ¥. Geller
H. D. Miller
H. W. Lawton
United Spanish War Veterans
W. A. Carmer
H. C. Moriarty
W. Stirk
Fannie Gibson
Sue E. Beals
Lion S. Basspost
Mary Middleton
Mattie Ettes
Northern
Grand Army OF Republic
Jeffersonville
W. B.C
Wadsworth
George Botramel
Carlisle
George Clayton
Linton
William Landon
Knox
Burnham
Lowell
Gen. Jackson
East Chicago
John Craig
Blinn
Prairietown
W. S. Hancock
Veedersburg
Bowman
Hagerstown
8. C. Aldrich
Hudson
George W. Coward
Samuel M. Hamilton
Connersville
Judge Advocate
Ladies of Indiana Relief Corps
Lion S. Bass
Tip R. C
Fort Wayneton
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