Lincoln County NeArchives Obituaries.....Church, Alonzo H. [Judge] June 10, 1902 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/nefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Debra Crosby http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002467 October 5, 2018, 7:23 pm The Kearney Daily Hub (Kearney, NE) Wed Jan 9, 1895 pg 1 JUDGE CHURCH DEAD A North Platte Citizen Dies of Heart Disease WAS A LEADING MAN IN WESTERN NEBRASKA Ex-Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic NORTH PLATTE, Neb., Jan. 8 -- Judge Alonzo H. Church of this city died suddenly this morning. He was well known throughout the state as a prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic, being grand commander of the Department of Nebraska last year. He formerly held the position of district judge for this judicial district and was county attorney-elect. His death was due to heart disease. Alonzo H. Church was born in Green county, Illinois, June 16, 1844, and was raised in Springfield, where he enlisted August 15, 1862, in company G, 114th Illinois volunteers infantry, better known as the Lincoln Home Guards. He served in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth corps under Logan and Sherman, and was captured in June, 1864. He served nine months imprisonment at Andersonville and Florence. After the war he was engaged in newspaper work on the Illinois State Journal, and in 1872 came to Nebraska, where for two years he acted as time-keeper for the Union Pacific at North Platte. He continued the reading of law begun in Springfield, and in 1874 was admitted to the bar. In the fall of that year he was elected probate judge and served for two terms. He was elected to the district bench in March, 1889, remaining until January, 1892, being then defeated by Judge Neville, the populist nominee. He had been connected with the Grand Army of the Republic for the past twelve years. His family consists of a wife and three children, one daughter being Mrs. Charles Sherman of Omaha. Judge Church continued his newspaper work in Nebraska, having been connected with the Western Nebraskan for seven years. Two years ago he was elected commander of the Nebraska Grand Army and was succeeded by Church Howe. Additional Comments: Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1861-1904 Name: Alonzo H Church Date of Death: 8 Jan 1895 Burial Place: North Platte Cemetery, North Platte, NE Rank: Pvt Regiment: 114 Company: G Unit: Ills Infy 1885 Nebraska STATE Census North Platte, Lincoln, NE Alonzo H Church 40 IL KY KY Attorney Physician Annie F Church 27 PA PA PA Physician 1880 North Platte, Lincoln, NE Alonzo H. Church 37 IL KY KY head Attorney Annie M. Church 24 PA PA PA wife Clara M. Church 8 IL IL NY daughter Ada L. Church 20 IL KY KY sister Nebraska Marriage Records Name: A H Church Gender: Male Race: White Record Type: Marriage Birth Place: Illinois Marriage Date: 23 Oct 1877 Marriage Place: Nebraska, USA Marriage County Office: Lincoln Father: Thos M Church Mother: Movena H Church Spouse: Annie M Ferguson 1870 Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois Alonzo H Church 28 IL book keeper Annie Church 27 NY Thomas M Church 60 KY plasterer Minnerva Church 51 KY Ada L Church 10 IL 1llinios Marriage Index Name: Alonzo H Church Gender: Male Marriage Date: 27 Sep 1866 Marriage Place: Morgan, Illinois, USA Spouse Name: Annie M McConnel Spouse Gender: Female Illinois Compiled Marriages Name: Alonzo H Church Gender: Male Spouse Name: Annie M McConnel Marriage Date: 27 Sep 1866 Marriage County: Morgan Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records, Film # 1317641 - 1317643. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Name: Alonzo H Church Gender: Male Place Filed: Nebraska, USA Feb 19, 1895 Relation to Head: Soldier Spouse: Annie M Church (widow's pension) Company G. 114th IL INF 1860 Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois T M Church 50 KY plasterer Minerva Church 40 KY Mrstia Church 21 IL [Myron] Alonzo Church 19 IL law student Ada Church 2/12 IL 1850 Morgan, Illinois, USA Melton Church 38 KY Menewa Church 33 KY William Church 15 IL M Church 11 IL [Myron] Alonza Church 9 IL Miranda Church 2 IL Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1791-1850 Name: Minerva Dennis Spouse: Thomas Milton Church Marriage Date: 2 Jan 1834 Marriage County: Morgan File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/lincoln/obits/c/church850gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 4.7 Kb