Grundy County IL Archives News.....Decoration Day June 2, 1876
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Morris [IL] Herald June 2, 1876
Decoration Day was appropriately observed in this city on last 
Tuesday. Several of the stores were closed and nicely decorated. At 9 o’clock 
in the morning the procession consisting of about 50 carriages formed on 
Washington street, in front of the Court House, and proceeded by the 
Centennial Cornet Band went to the Catholic cemetery. Here Hon. P. A. 
Armstrong delivered a very able address appropriate to the occasion, at the 
close of the address the decorating committee consisting of 38 young ladies, 
attired in black dresses, broad trimmed hats, covered with white illusion with 
white crepe on the left arm, proceeded to the grave of each soldier, and one 
of the young ladies placed a wreath of flowers upon the grave, and as the 
solemn procession passed by each one of the committee dropped a flower upon 
the grave. The graves of the following named soldiers in this cemetery were 
decorated: John McNellis, navy; John Carney, 4th Ill. Cavalry; John O. Mahony; 
W. F. Topper, 76th Ill. Infantry; Edward Slattorey, sergt. 55th Ill. Infantry; 
James Maloney, Mulligan’s Brigade; William Hughes, 76th Ill. Infantry; Patrick 
McGloughlin, 55th Ill. Infantry; Wm. Clarke; James Harvey; John Harvey; Wm. 
Yost, 76th Ill. Infantry; Patrick McGrath, 58th Ill. Infantry. There is one 
other soldier buried in this cemetery whose name and grave is not known, and 
therefore was not decorated.

The graves of the following deceased soldiers were decorated: Cooper Berry, 
Geo. W. Horsley, Philip Sealbach, Wm. T. Berry, Capt. Ed. J. Fosha, Wm. 
Webber, Julius Webber, Richard Garbett, Henry Rutherford, Cardon Wallace, 
Daniel Caswell, Chas. L. Starbuck, J. Pattison, Geo. Woods, Wm. Johnson, Henry 
Perry, Thos. Roland, Wm. Stocker, F. H. Williams, Thos. Walker, J. V. Hasley, 
J. W. Walker.

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