Lincoln County NeArchives Photo Person.....Church, Alonzo H. [G. A. R. Department Commander] 1893
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Source:             The Indianapolis News Mon Sep 4, 1893
Name:               Alonzo H. [G. A. R. Department Commander] Church

Date Of Photograph: 1893
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{This article is about a meeting of the
 G.A.R. [Grand Army of the Republic] and
gives a history of the G.A.R. as well as
snips about various leaders. This is just
one snip out of several pages of the news.}

THE LEADERS OF THE HOSTS
              Nebraska
  Department Commander Alonzo H. Church was born in Green 
county, Illinois, and was raised in Springfield, where he
enlisted in August, 1862, as a private in Company G, One
Hundred and Fourteenth Volunteer Infantry. He served in 
the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Corps under Sherman and Logan
up to time of his capture in June, 1864. He served nine
months in Andersonville and Florence prison stockades. At
muster-out in July, 1865, he was orderly sergeant of his
company. After the war he was engaged in newspaper work
on the Illinois State Journal, excepting two years at
school. In 1872 he went to Nebraska. He continued the 
reading of law begun in Springfield, and in 1874 was 
elected probate judge of Lincoln county, Nebraska, for
three successive terms. He was elected judge of the
Thirteenth judicial district of Nebraska for seven years,
being connected with the Western Nebraskan and North
Platte Republican as editor during that time. He has been
atively connected with the Grand Army since 1881. He was
elected senior vice-department commander in February 1892,
and department commander of Nebraska in February 1893. He 
is past commander of Post No. 69 at North Platte, where
he is engaged in the practice of the law.
   The Nebraska department was organized June 11, 1877.
It's staff is now:
Commander--Alonzo H. Church, North Platte.
Senior Vice-Commander--Church Howe, Auburn
Junior Vice-Commander--F. A. Wittemore, Long Pine
Assistant Adjutant-General--John E. Evans, North Platte
Representatives--J. T. Cochran (at large), Lincoln; O. B.
Bell, Red Cloud; P. J. Hall, Ashland; W. M. Gilfourd, 
Burchard; J. Chappel, Lincoln; A. C. Logan, Creighton,
S. W. Talmage, Fairmont; Z. T. Wilcox, Fremont; W. H.
Johnson, Minden; D. Tracy, Cedar Rapids.
    Alternate--J. Widaman, Petersburgy; H. C. McMackin,
Plattsmouth; R. B. Sutton, Platte Center; W. D. Wildman, 
Culberton; M. H. Hurford, Grand Island; R. M. Aiken, Nelson;
S. Bloom, Omaha; T. L. Hull, Omaha; F. Bitney, Atkinson;
J. Laferty, Wisner.
   Past Department Commanders--Paul Van Dervoort, Omaha,
1877; James W. Savage, Omaha, 1879-1880; S. J. Alexander,
Lincoln, 1881-1882; H. E. Palmer, Omaha, 1884; A. V.
Cole, Juniata, 1885; John M. Thayer, Lincoln, 1886; H. C.
Russell, Schuyler, 1887; W. C. Henry, Fairmont, 1888;
S. H. Morrison, Nebraska City, 1889, T. S. Clarkson,
Omaha, 1890; Joseph Teeter, Lincoln, 1891; C. J.
Dilworth, Hasting, 1892.

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