Wessington, Beadle Co., SD - G. A. R. (Civil War Vets)

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	LIST OF G. A. R. POSTS IN S. DAK.

Alphabetical list of Posts, South Dakota 
Grand Army of the Republic, with names of 
veterans residing for a longer or shorter time in 
the state.

			WESSINGTON
		John B. Wyman Post No. 115

	This post was first mustered April 3, 1886, and was
reorganized and charter issued September 27, 1889. The
following were charter members:

	Brooks, A. M.; Bates, J. D.; garden, G. E.; Cummings,
G. W.; Dulin, T. B.; Draper, H. R.; Gifford, J. C.; Gregory,
J.; Gilbert, J. C.; Keryn, L. M.; Kuhn, P.; Roberts, A. J.;
Rosenkranz, G. E.; Stobbs, M.; Senate, W.; Watrous, H. A.;
Wearne, E.; Wright, W. H., Woodford, S. D.

	On December 10, 1910, this post had the following
members:

	Bryant, George; Canady, Solomon; Dulin, Thomas;
McMurtry, John; McNair, James; Patridge, Monroe; O'Brien,
Mike; Welker, L. S., Wright, W.

Anderson, Byron.
Barden, G. L.; b. New York, 1843; corporal, Co. D O. V. I.;
	April 2 to Sept. 22, 1864.
Bates, J. D.; b. Pa., 1843: private and sergeant, Co. K 8
	Ia.; Sept. 11, 1861, to April 20, 1866.
Brooks, A. M.; b. VanBuren Co., Ia., 1842; private, Co. K
	4 Ia. Inf.; Aug. 8, 1861, to Sept. 4, 1864.
Brown, D. H.; b. New York, 1833; private, Co. D 1 I.a
Brown, Joshua; b. Ohio, 1837; private, Co. K 2 Ia. Cav.;
	Aug. 25, 1861, to Oct. 3, 1864.
Bryant, George; b. Canada, 1843; private, Co. C 118 N. Y.
	Inf.; July 25, 1862, to June 13, 1865.
Canady, Solomon; b. Ohio; private, Co. F 25 Ill.; July
	10, 1862, to _________.
Carley, Allen D.; b. Vermont, 1844; private, Co. L 5 N. Y.
	Art.; Aug. 19, 1862, to June 26, 1865.
Cummings, G. W.
Draper, Henry R.; b. Mass., 1842; private, Co. C 144 Ill.;
	Oct. 13, 1864, to July 14, 1865.
Dulin, T. B.; b. Wayne Co., Ohio, 1842; private, Co. D 12
	Ohio Cav.; Sept. 13, 1863, to Nov. 14, 1865.
Farrington, Henry H.; b. Indiana, 1841; private and sergeant, Co. A 
	73 Ind. Vol.; July 26, 1862, to July 1, 1865.
Gifford, J. C.; b. New York, 1828; private, Co. M 15 N. Y.
	Cav.; Aug. 24, 1864, to June 8, 1865.
Gilbert, J. C.; b. Utica, N. Y.; private, Co. K 97 N. Y.;
	Oct. 6, 1861, to Aug. 27, 1862.
Given, William; b. Pa., 1841; private, Co. A 97 Pa. Inf.;
	Aug. 22, 1861, to Sept. 7, 1864.
Graham, Benjamin F.

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Gregory, J.; b. Vermont, 1836; private, Co. M 2 Mich.
	Cav.; Sept. 16, 1861, to Aug. 17, 1865.
Harless, Martin O.; b. Holmes Co., Ohio, 1844; private, Co.
	A 140 Ill. Inf.; May 19 to Oct. 29, 1864.
Harris, C. O.; b. VanBuren Co., Ia., 1845; private, Co. D
	35 Mo. Inf.; Mav 16, 1862, to June 28, 1865.
Keryn, L. M.; b. Ireland, 1824; sergeant, Co. H 69 Ill. Inf.;
	Hurshaw's 6 Ind. Battery Lt. Art., June to September, 1862.
Kuhn, Patrick; b. Bavaria, Germany, 1839; private, Co. A
	24 Ill.; June 15, 1861, to Sept. 28, 1864.
LaGrant, William.
McElreth, George; b. Pa.; private, Co. H 16 Wis.; June
	12, 1864, to July 12, 1865.
McMurtry, John; b. Morris Co., N. Y., 1840; sergeant and
	second lieut., Co. H 10 Ind. Inf.; Sept. 18, 1861, 
	to Sept. 19, 1864.
McNair, James; b. East Canada, 1828; artificer, Co. H 15
	N. Y. Engineers; Aug. 30, 1864, to June 13, 1865.
McVay, J. C.; b. Ohio, 1843; private and corporal, Co. A
	34 Ia. Inf.; August, 1862, to April 13, 1863.
Minnick, A. P.; b. Leroy, N. Y., 1822; private, Co. L 1 N.
	Y. Art.; Sept. 3, 1864, to June 17, 1865.
O'Brien, Mike; b. Ireland; private, 15 N. Y. Battery;
	Aug. 7, 1862, to Oct. 29, 1864.
Partridge, Monroe; b. Vergennes, Vt., 1842; private, Co.
	B 1 Vt. Cav.; Dec. 18, 1863, to Aug. 9, 1865.
Roberts, A. J.; b. Beloit, Wis., 1845; corporal, Co. A 40
	Wis.; April to September, 18G3.
Roberts, D. M.
Roberts, Wm. F.; b. Royalton, N. Y., 1850; private, Co. K
	1 Wis.; Feb. 11 to May 24, 1865.
Rosenkranz, G. E.; b. Hammondsport, N. Y., 1843; first sergeant, 
	Co. A 161 N. Y. Inf.; Aug. 26, 1862, to June 14, 1865.
Rutherford, John; b. Ireland, 1831; private, Co. H 124 Pa.;
	Aug. 6, 1862, to May 16, 1863.
Senate, Warren; b. New Brunswick, 1846; private, Co. M
	31 Maine; Oct. 1, 1864, to June 23, 1865.
Stewart, David B.; Co. G 3 Minn. Inf.
Stobbs, M.
Taylor, King S.; b. Pa., 1829; second lieut., Co. A 2 Pa.
	Inf.; April 16, 1861, to July 16, 1861.
Thomas, Moses; b. Ohio; private, Co. D 63 Ind.; February,
	1862, to ________.
Watrous, H. A.; b. New York, 1840; private, Co. G 8 Ill.;
	Sept. 14, 1861, to Sept. 28, 1864.

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Wearne, E.
Welker, L. S.; b. New York, 1846; private, Co. K 32 Wis.; Dec. 
	15, 1863, to July 12, 1865.
Wetmore, Reuben E.; b. Johnsville, Ohio, 1836; private and 
	musician, Co. E 1 Ill. Cav.; July 11, 1861, to Oct. 17, 1861.
Wilsom, W. W.; b. Lycoming Co., Pa., 1833; sergeant, Co. A 
	14 Ill. Cav.; Sept. 11, 1862, to July 2, 1865.
Woodford, S. D.; b. Aurora, N. Y., 1835; private and sergeant, 
	Co. I 154 N. Y. Vol.; Aug. 10, 1862, to June 11, 1865.
Wright, W. H.; b. Canada, 1846; private, Co. D 201 Pa.; Aug. 
	22, 1864, to July 7, 1865.