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LIST OF DECEASED VETERANSWith the approach of Memorial day it will be of interest to our readers to read a list of the veterans' of the waTs in which this'country has engaged and who have passed on and are buried in the local cemetery. The list, arranged alphabetically, is as follows:*Soldiers Buried in Wyoming CemeteryArmstrong, Alfred B., Co. E, 112th 111. Inft. and Co. A, 47th 111. Inft. Boyer, W. Harvey, Co. H, 151st 111.Inft.Beall, William H., Co. B, 17th 111. Inft. and Co. K, 8th 111. Inft.Blauvelt, Ghrrett A„ Co. H, 11th 111.Cavalry.Brown, C. Wesley, 1st Lieut. Co. E,112th 111. Inft.Campbell, Charles, Penn., Inft. Church, Robert, Co. B, 33rd 111. Inft. Clark, Elisha, Co. G, 198th Ohio Inft.Coffinbury, Milton, Co. K, 113th 111.Inft.Conover, Cornelius T., Co. I, 11thN. J. Inft.Conover, Samuel K., 2nd Lieut., Co.C, 28th N. J. Inft.Cooke, George, Co. M, 14th 111. Cavalry. (buried in Kentucky).Copestake, John C., Asst. Surgeon,114th 111. Inft,Cosgrove, Hugh J., Co. H, 8th Mo. Inft., and Capt.. Co. B, 7th 111. Inft. , Crone, Douglas M., Corp., Co. E,112th 111. Inft. __Damon, John F., Sergt. Co. C, R. I.Inft;Deuchfleld, Wm, 1st Lieut., Co. K,47tlh 111. Inft.DeWolf, David, Capt. Co. K, 47th 111. Inft. (buried in Mississippi). Diggle, Joseph, Co. H, 8th Mo. Inft. Ditmon, James I., Co. D, 7th 111. Inft. Dixon, John, Co. K, 6th Kans. Cav. Dixon, Lemuel, Co. JC, 47th 111. Inft. Dixon, Samuel, Co. I, 151st 111. Inft. Duckworth, Henry, Co. B, 7th 111.Inft. ■ , ■Dugdale, Thomas, Co. E, 90th III.DuMont, Darius, Co. E, 112th 111.Dunlap, Thomas C., Co. G, 3rd Ind.Cavalry. „ ,Dutton, W. P., Co. G, 30th Wiscon-BilDutton, Whitney, Co. K, 8th Illinois Cavalry.Emery, Samuel, Co. H., 57th 111.l^ft Ewers, Artemas E., Co. A, 65th III.Fargo, Ralph, Co. H, 12th IU. Inft. Faulkner, Thomas, Co. B, 7th 111.Graham, Jackson, 14th Mo. Inft. Gray, Daniel P., Co. I, 42nd 111, Inft. Hamilton, Charles F., Co. E, 86th111. Inft „Hanchett, Ansel H., Co. E, 112thHI. Inft. . • vHawks, John, 2nd Liei^t., Co. K,47Hixoii, Oscar G., Co. K, 47tih III. 1inft. Hoadley, Edwin N., Co. A, 139th 111.j ^Hochstrasser, Harmon H., Co. I, 65thIII. Inft. _ _Brandon, John, 1812-1832.Thomas, Samuel, General.. Woodcock, Rufus.Mexican War.Armstrong, William B.», Capt., Co. C, Missouri Artillery.Spanish War.Powers, William, Co., D, 45th 111.Inft.Conover, Leon D., Co. A, 111. N. G. Ewers, Clark, Co. L, 8th U., S. Cav.U. S. Army Since War 1861-1865.McMillan, J. A., U. S. Inft.Wescott, Charles F., U. S. InftWorld War. \Ault, William J., Corp., 19th Casual Co., 161st Dept. Brigade.Dixon, Harry, Acting Corp., 161stDept. Brigade.GilfiHan, Harley J., Engine Man, Naval Service, (burial at sea).Gridley, Clarence, U. S. Railroad Service,McDaniel, Ben, 6th 111. Inft. Townsend, Henry, Lieut., Royal Flying Corps, (buried in France).Former Wyoming Lady Tells of Old Pays in South Side School Building.W. R. Sandham is in receipt of a letter from Mrs. Albert W. King of Riverside, Calif., in which she tells interestingly of the days of long ago when she was in charge of the primary room at the old South Side school building in this city, recently destroyed by fire. Mrs. King, whose maiden name was Mattie Stone, was the first primary teacher in the building that had been constructed away back in 1871, nearly sixty years ago. The text of her letter follows:“In August, 1871, I met the board of directors of the Wyoming school at the Holsizer hotel (now called the Commercial) in. Wyoming. The directors were Dr. J. C. Copestake, Samuel K. Conover and Perry Stancliff. I was engaged to teach the prjmary grades, to begin November 1, 1871. The time was later changed to December 1. Miss Maggie Teeter (now Mrs. A. G. Hammond) of Bradford accompanied me, as I was then teaching at Pleasant Green, near Bradford. We visited thesite of the school building which was in course of erection.“In September I went to Hillsdale, Michigan. I left there for Wyoming ten days after the great Chicago fire, which was still burning uuu smoldering, leaving an impression on my mind never to be forgotten. William Now-lan opened the school In an unfinished building, the first Monday in December, 1871. There were not half enough seats for the erowu of pupils in the j
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