Garfield County CO Archives News.....Myron W. Reed Post No. 108, G.A.R. 1916 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/co/cofiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Crook jlcrook@rof.net November 5, 2005, 10:57 am The Rifle Telegram 1916 Myron W. Reed Post No. 108, G.A.R. [from 1916 newspaper] While this town is justly proud of its many social clubs, societies and fraternities, possibly without exception the one in which we take the most pride is Myron W. Reed Post No. 108, Grand Army of the Republic. The men who make up its membership represent the living heroes of the United States. In this town, like many other western communities, among these same men are to be found those who when they laid down the sword took up the axe and shovel and fought over again in a bloodless battle the uncivilized forces of nature, making it possible for those who came after to enjoy the full privileges of an eastern civilization, combined with opportunities only to be found in the west. They are gradually passing away, and before long the men who made a part of the most interesting history of the world will be but a memory. This order was organized in Rifle on June 5, 1899, by Comrade L.D. Helm, with 16 charter members, and named the Myron W. Reed Post No. 108, Rifle, Colorado, Department of Colorado and Wyoming. E. Marker is the present commander of the Post and G.W. Marling adjutant. In the following roster of the members in the war of 1861-65, those names preceded with an asterisk (*) have answered the final roll-call, also the first 16 members appearing were charter members, the next seven were mustered at the same time, the remainder being mustered later. Name Company Regiment Division *Leamon D. Helm F 29th Iowa Infantry *G.W. Kirkpatrick D 33rd Iowa Infantry *Daniel Sleeper G 10th Iowa Infantry *Wm. V. Giles F 9th Michigan Infantry *Thos. E. Blanchard K 12th Iowa Infantry Wm. S. Campbell F 104th Ohio Infantry Wm. S. Wurts G 2nd Ohio Cavalry Mitchell Yoakam K 22nd Iowa Infantry John Cook D 15th Iowa Infantry *John M. Hamilton B 15th Iowa Infantry *Ben K. Watson I 2nd Iowa Cavalry *Chas. H. Johnson B 146th Illinois Infantry *Martin Billter F 15th Iowa Infantry *David F. Hoffman Martin H. Streit A 22nd Iowa Infantry Eugene Marker Bat. B. 5th U.S. Artillery Joseph M. Dyer A 45th Illinois Infantry *Jonathan Goodrich G 1st Minnesota Infantry J.H. Gately 4th Iowa Battery J.M. Watson H 21st Iowa Infantry Geo. W. Wightman H 7th Wisconsin Infantry W. Wilkinson [sic] A 2nd Illinois Infantry *John Wilkinson A 2nd Illinois Infantry Eno Yeoman K 48th Indiana *D.J. Hoffman I 20th Michigan Infantry *W.T. Clayton A 23rd Iowa Infantry Melanghon Williams D 3rd Colorado Cavalry J.L. Albright I 2nd Kansas Cavalry H.C. Russey H 12th Indiana J.M. Helm E 31st Ohio Infantry *J.H. Evans Hunter Robert Doak K 28th Iowa Infantry *Lyman W. Austin F 1st Iowa Cavalry Albert Osmer E 11th Michigan Infantry G.W. Marling H 33rd Iowa Infantry S.G. Markle M 2nd Michigan Cavalry *Samuel Davis J.L. Vandervoll D 44th Missouri *Joseph Lutkeritz F 77th Illinois *Isaac Card F 3rd Wisconsin Infantry E. Shuster G 82nd Ohio Infantry Frank Rule B 94th New York J.L. Cochran I 40th Iowa *David Isons Henry Blevins H 44th Missouri Infantry E. Perham A 14th New Hampshire Infantry Jos. Dubois A 40th Ohio *Theodore Hurlburt K 150th Ohio Infantry *J.E. Warner A 126th New York Infantry *S.J. Burks F 6th Missouri Cavalry Carpenter Bull *Nelson Ward K 113th Illinois Infantry *W.C. Jones H 23rd Iowa Infantry *Mr. Neave *Baker Graham E 2nd Minnesota Cavalry *J.B. Fuller F 14th Indiana *R.R. Hutchings C 6th Missouri Cavalry *F. Chamberlin I 9th Michigan Infantry *John Kirsher G 47th Iowa Infantry *H.C. Ketchum K 9th Illinois Cavalry Curtis S. Garrison C 14th Ohio Infantry *Charles Allison D 18th Iowa Infantry *James Dixon A 18th Iowa Infantry James Kissinger *R.H. Christy *J.L. Wilson B 26th Iowa Infantry *Jeremiah McDaniel F 3rd Wisconsin Infantry *Mr. Higgins *G. Brosius *Mack Russey Regular Army. There are 27 Union veterans and one Confederate, W.C. Norman, buried in Rose Hill cemetery in this town. Following is the list of members present for duty at this writing: Eugene Marker, G.W. Marling, J.C. Cook, William Wurts, S.G. Markle, George W. Wightman, J. L. Cochran, Frank Rule, Henry Blevins, E. Schuster, E. Perham, Joseph Helm, Joseph Dubois, Joe Gately. We also have with us one soldier, John Elrod, who served in the Confederate army. The following have served as commander of the Post in the order given: Joseph Helm, Eugene Marker, Isaac Card, G.W. Marling, E. Schuster, Eugene Marker. Additional Comments: This article about Rifle's G.A.R. post is taken from a special "Illustrated Souvenir Edition" of The Rifle Telegram from 1916. The issue is otherwise undated. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cofiles/ File size: 5.3 Kb