Honoring Memorial Day Observances in Waterloo
Memorial day observances planned by Robert Anderson Post No 68 and local patriotic groups in Waterloo feature services at several cemeteries on May 31. Parade routes from Fourth Street to Lafayette include speeches, music, and a detailed opera house program with addresses by Chas Becker and Rev Harold Parr, plus readings of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
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Robert Anderson
Department of Iowa
Grand Army of the Republic
Waterloo
Paradis
Fourth Street
Commercial Street
West Fourth
Jefferson
West Fifth
Fifth
Lafayette
Opera House
Chas
J. Becker
A. Clark
John Poeller
Hull
Dan Haffa
Ladies of G. A. R
W. D. Reed
G. Crabtree
Ww. R. C. Transportation
Henry Woore
A. Cordell
East Side
Wm. Refsnider
J. E. Barrett
James Gifford
Evergreens
S. A. Clark
W. D. Heed
D. S. Johnston
M. Giller
Opera
Sons of Veterans
United Spanish War Veterans
Chas. D. Becker
Elpiwood
Fairview
A. J. Aytus
A. P. Smith
Waterloo Cemetery
R. ¢. Brown
Postoffice Brass Band
Jon Robertson Macartney
B. W. Schuneman
Genevieve Cleary
R. M. Dever
Sam Thompson
Vw. B.C
Harold B. Parr
America
Bluff Street
Sixth
Seventh Streets
Fowler Building
Fifth and
Durin
Transportation Committee
Fowler
Wirth and
Elmwood
aAssembly
Buelars
Co. L
W. A. Petersen
Cedar Valley
W. H. Neuchler
Miss Kistner
Marian Walker
Lincoln
Boy Scouts
Co. B
FE. J. Lang
Geo. F. Whitemore
Ray
Edward Slattery
Assembly Call
L. C. Moore
Elair of
Christian Church
Lincoln's Gettysburo
Salute
L. Tinnaniabina
Hald Many Offices and Kr Mewey Civil Service
The piece notes Mewey, a former commander of the Robert Andersen post, remains active and serves as post major and acting adjutant. It suggests he would likely be raised to another office at the next election.
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KR. Mewey
Robert Andersen
Robert Anderson Post Organized Nov 27 1881
Civil war veterans formed Robert Anderson post in Waterloo with charter from the Grand Army of the Republic. Founders include Malingaman and Mal Jan among others. oldest member Daniel G. Elis born 1815. Commander Charles G. Crabtree leads a growing group of about 60 members with officers listed and past commanders named.
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Robert Anderson
Marty
Grand Army of the Republic
Waterloo
Nook
Arge Still
Hate
Lart
Mlingaman
C. W. Mal+ Jan
Jude
Jamon Cooley
J. §. Jackson
J. G. Miller
Ym, Synder
H.C. Miller
W R C Celebrates 30 Years In Waterloo
The Woman's Relief Corps No 15 of Waterloo marked its thirtieth anniversary on January 12, dating back to its 1885 charter. Seventeen charter members include Mes Gamas N. afar and L A Labarre. Current officers include Carrie Johnston as president, A M Bronson as senior vice president, and Lydia Miles as junior president, with Olive Stevens as secretary and Anna Kistier as treasurer.
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Woman’s Relief Corps
Waterloo
Mes.Gamas N. A. Afar
L. A. Labarre
E. If. Reiderling
M. A. Saulsbury
L. Blenis
E. A. Whitenack
L. A. Allbee
W.H. Wisher
M. A
Carrie Johnston
A .M. Bronson
Lydia Miles
Olive Stevens
Anna Kistier
Jilin Werr
Char? Duke
Eliza Mimyon
Surgeon Haffa Wounded Twice in Civil War Post
Comrade Haffa, a surgeon in Robert Ans post, claims membership in the organization. He was first wounded at Billy Run during a retreat, then suffered a second wound in the Wilderness campaign that left him disabled. After hospital discharge he joined the quartermasters department and remains a faithful post attendant.
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Dan Haffa
Robert Ans
Cltims
Vivania
Maffia
Seven Answer Rollcall for Robert Anderson GAR Post
Names of seven Civil War veterans of Robert Anderson post 68 responding to last roll call since May 30 1934. Entries include Jean Henry Williams Co 1 sixteenth Iowa infantry died Oct 15 1914 John Asquith fireman Mississippi squadron died December 0 Bak Mikeriin Co F fifth Pennsylvania artillery died March 16 Henry Bartlent Co B thirty eighth Town infantry died January 20 Wisery Kasap Co C twenty fourth Ohio infantry died January 1915 Minha Hilesiin Co HU ninety sixth Illinois infantry died April 11 A Truak Co J sixteenth Illinois cavalry died May 4 1915.
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Robert Anderson
Jean Henry DB. Williams
Sixteenth
Iowa Infantry
John Asquith
Mississippi
Bak Mikeriin
Fifth
Pennsylvania Artillery
Hhlg
W. Henry Bartlent
Thirty-Eighth Town Infantry
Vwiery K
Sap
Twenty-Fourth
Ohio Infantry
Minha Hilesiin
Illinois Infantry
A. Truak
Alinois Cavalry
Memorial Day Observance in Waterloo 1882 History
The first Decoration Day in Waterloo followed the organization of Gen Robt Anderson post G A R and was observed May 30 1882. Records from the Courier detail post muster on a Friday and officers elected including Walker Pickett Mullan Pome Horton, Roberts Eldred Blodgett and Martin. Earlier notices in 1882 show committees inviting local groups to participate and plans for a grand observance, with May 36 1882 describing rain dampened events in the opera house and a ceremony led by Mayor Lipscomb and Rev Garton accompanied by a Glee Club.
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Robert Anderson Post
Post
The
Courier
Robt. Anderson
Well
Independence
E. P. Walker
Edgar Pickett
Tunior
C. W. Mullan
A. T. Pome
Tucmihers
Harlan
Clark E. Carr
Galesburg
Opera House
S. Stickles
Bennington Township
Eighth New York Cavalry
Appomattox
Opera
Lewis Liclty
Ling
R. Garton
Glee Club
Oldest Charter Member Near Ninety Years of Age
James L. Cooley, the oldest living charter member of Robert Andergson Post No. 68 G A R, is less than twelve months from turning ninety. Cooley remains a historic link to Civil War era comrades as the post honors long service and memory.
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James L. Cooley
Robert Andergson
Waterloo Woman Draped Flag After Lincoln Shot in 1865
Elizabeth Williams of 316 Jefferson Street, Waterloo, recalls a wartime act when she and her husband helped drape a large American flag across Commercial Street after President Lincoln's assassination. As Waterloo’s only wartime bride, she was among a small group that added crepe borders and displayed portraits of Lincoln and Seward, with the flag spanning from the Central House to Siberling's hardware.
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Commercial Street
Abraham Lincoln
Waterloo
Elizabeth Williams
Jefferson Street
Henry D. Williams
Robert Anderson
A. R
Williams
Captain Williams
Lincoln
Carpenter Hotel
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Henry M. Goodhue
R. W. Chapman
Capt. Williams
Siberling’s
Waterloo G A R notes and decoration day tributes
The article recalls Decoration Day ceremonies in Waterloo with Fred O Donnell as speaker and songs by young daughters of soldiers. Captain Miller spoke, floral tributes were placed on graves, and O Donnell kissed each child. It recounts Elmwood cemetery rites from 1883 and notes J F Klingaman as a charter member of Robert Anderson post tied to Gettysburg and Lookout Mountain wood gavelling.
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Mary Miller
Louise Alford
Maid Weaver
Lucy Conger
Mattie Hankinson
O'Donnell
Waterloo
J. F. Klingaman
Robert Anderson
Gettysburg
Simon Shauns
Lookout Mountain
Grand Army
Klingaman
18 oldest member of Robert Anderson post
Daniel G. Ellis, who will be 90 on his next birthday, is the oldest member of Robert Anderson Post. He enlisted at age seven in response to Lincoln's call and has marched with veterans on Decoration Day, though three months of heart trouble may force him to ride rather than march in memorial services Monday.
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Wis
Robert Anderson
Daniel G. Elis
Fills
Waterloo
Daniel G. Ellis
Robert Andersson Post
Lincoln
el- Ag
Memorial Service Honors Fallen Soldiers at Elmwood Cemetery
Frankie Salisbury Bertha Fish Tda Abel Laura Edgington Jennie Bart lett Maude Weaver Misa Miller recited an extract from the Bivouac of the Dead as floral tributes were placed on the monument. The ceremony praised Mrs. D. R. Weaver and Mrs. E. G. Miller for arranging and guiding participants at the gilt goldiers lot monument. The three condemned cast iron canton relics stand in a pyramid on a six foot square base, surmounted by four cannon balls, about eight feet high.
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Frankie Salisbury
Bertha Fish
Tda Abel
Laura Edgington
Jennie Bartlett
Maude Weaver
Misa Miller
Isue
D. R. Weaver
E. G. Miller
Spanish American Ladies Organize
The Ladies auxiliary of the Spanish American War Veterans, formed four years ago with forty members, is led by chief executive Mrs. Elizabeth Artus. Officers include Effie Fowler as senior vice president, Winifred Benham as junior vice president, Alma Boeller as secretary, Maud Lingelbach as treasurer, Anna White as chaplain, Winily Tingelbach as patriotic instructor, Arta Carr as guard, and Hersled as assistant guard.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary of the
Jeanette Aehlke
Alma Boeller
Anna White
Elizabeth Artus
Effie Fowler
Winifred Benham
Maud, Lingelbach
Winily Tingelbach
Arta Carr
Hersled
Ladies of IA Rwell organize in Waterloo Iowa
The Ladies of the Q A R close to two hundred members, led by forty charter workers, trace roots to Waterloo where the order began May 26, 1891. State offices have honored Waterloo with several presidents and treasurers, and a long list of officers reflects steady growth since formation.
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Waterloo
Morgan House
Department of One
Des Moines
Charlotte B. Morgan
Grace Seeber
Anna B. Weaver
Elizabet Roby
Horma Krapfel
Latte
Iowa
Old Soldiers Helped by Sons of Veterans in Waterloo
The Sons of Veterans, Waterloo camp No. 33, lightens the burden for Civil War veterans by ensuring graves are well kept before Decoration Day. Organized November 13, 1908, the camp lists charter members and officers including Guy Feely, J. Norris, C. Bruner, and H. Rogers.
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Waterloo
C. B. Pickett
Guy and Elmer Feely
H. M. Anderson
Loren’ Rider
R. B. Bruner
J. G. Norriz
W. H. Ball
J.D. Miller
C. R. Thompson
R. J. Avery
Willard Wood
M. M. Aukerman
M. H. Wood
J. C. Walker
Frank Cole
J. F. Makuster
Division of
Iowa
HG. Rogers
R. R. Hinman
Loran Rider
R. C. Brown
S. A. Clark
J. C. Norra
C. I. Hatta
J. J. Wyeth
R. E. Bruner
W. T. Edwards
B. T. Foster
Comrade from Illinois laid to rest at Elmwood cemetery
Henry White, a comrade from an Illinois post, was buried in the G A R plot at Elmwood cemetery on Saturday morning May 22 by Robert Anderson post members. He had moved from the Soldiers' Home at Clinton to visit family when paralysis kept him here. Waterloo Grand Army veterans honor comrades from other cities and states and decorate Confederate veteran graves at Elmwood each year. At Fairview they place garlands for a nurse who served in the U S Navy after the Civil War era.
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Crabtras
Hall
Fort Sumter
Wisconsin
Union
Waterloo
le Tg Atse
We Loval
Belog Jis
Crabtree
Robert Anderson
Hyid
Cod. Becker
J.W. Kraptel
Johnen
Gow. Harbin
R. M. Dewey
Tyonson
B.C. Faster
W. Ww
Charles G. Crabtree
PL. W. Kew
Henry White
Illinois
Elmwood Cemetery
Robert Andersan
White
Clinton, II
L. H. Hines
Quincy Street
Grand Army Veterans of Waterloo
Elmwood
Fairview
United States Navy
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M. E. Gart
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City Connect
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Black Hawk Steamer and Hose Company
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TU. W. Courier Lodge
T. W. Ivanhoe Lodge
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Red Cross Hawkeye Commandery
Iowa Legion of Honor
H. D. Williams
Carrie Dunham
Jessie Harbin
Jessie Bodell
Jessie Cooley
Mittie Whitenack
Sylyi Bronson
Pearl King
Weaver Ler
Maude Orahe
Morgan
Order O Waterloo
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Maud O'Keefe
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Ada Warren
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