I have assumed that men belonged to a GAR post if the members of the post were invited to attend their funeral.
Matthew Hall was inspector-general in 1889.
Index
- miscellaneous
- California: Rawlins Post, in Stockton
- Colorado, Post 4 and 42
- Dunham Post, Illinois
- Frank Blair Post No. 1, St Louis, Missouri
- Nebraska, Posts 12, 227, 258, and 310
- Thomas A Sharp Post, number 2, Millville NJ
- General Nathanial Lyon Post, number 10, Vineland NJ
- New York
- Ohio Posts
- George Meade Post Number One, Pennsylvania
- Post 2, unnamed, Philadelphia
- US Grant Post 5 [prob. Philadelphia PA]
- Post 6, Ellis Post, Germantown
- Post 7, Capt. Newhall Post, Philadelphia
- Post 8, ED Baker Post, Philadelphia
- Greble Post, number 10 [prob. Philadelphia PA]
- Post 11, General SK Zook, Norristown
- GK Warren, Post 15 [Philadelphia? Merion?]
- Post 21, Courtland Saunders Post, Philadelphia
- Philadelphia post 46
- Post 59, Col. Black Post, McKeesport
- Birney Post, number 63 [Philadelphia?]
- JF Reynolds Post 71 [prob. Delaware Cty PA]
- HC Beatty Post 73
- Winfield Scott Post, number 114 [Philadelphia?]
- Colonel Edward Shaw Post, number 290 [near Gwynedd? PA]
- Colonel Edwin Schall Post, number 296, Lansdale PA
- Bendersville Post, Adams County, PA
- Corporal Skelly post, Gettysburg, Adams Cty, PA
- York Springs Post, Adams County, PA
- Pennsylvania: Bedford County: J R Callahan Post, number 559
- Leiner Post
- Admiral Du Pont Post, Philadelphia?
- National Artillery Post and Camp No. 5, G.A.R
- non-members
Miscellaneous
Vera Fennell, Peter Abbott's granddaughter, served as national president of the GAR, and as president of the Pennsylvania Department of the GAR.
Samuel S Conrad, son of Samuel Conrad (E), was a messenger for the GAR in 1880, when he was 14 years old.
James Beeman (H)'s grave has a GAR flagholder.
John Schwartz (K) is buried in the "South Side GAR Cemetery", in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Graves with GAR flag holders: William Keller (C), David Stackman (I)
Samuel A Mock, who lived in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, was a member of the GAR.
- Rawlins Post, Stockton, California
- Wilfred Bywater
[source: Colorado GAR index, searched 30 December 2004]
- Post 42, Denver, Colorado
- George Rothleder (G)
- Post 4, Denver, Colorado
- Franklin Collison (C)
[see Nebraska GAR membership index, searched 30 December 2004]
- [unknown post]
- Reuben Peel [speculative location]
- J A Aulabaugh elected junior vice department commander, 1932
- Post 12, Sidney, Cheyenne County, Nebraska
- Adam Ickes (I) [perhaps a member of "Farragut post"]
- Post 227, Chadron, Dawes County, Nebraska
- Charles Bournonville (C)
- Post 258, Wallace, Lincoln County, Nebraska
- I W Reice [sic] [I haven't identified him]
- Post 310, Rushville, Sheridan County, Nebraska
- Henry Elwinger [sic]
- unknown post
- Henry Francis
Pennsylvania: Bedford County: J R Callahan Post, number 559
[source: http://members.dandy.net/~billc/Sharp2.htm (searched 18 May 2002) (thanks to Dennis Clowney for telling me about this site!)]
Thomas A Sharp, Post #2 GAR, Millville New Jersey
Stephen C Eastwick (H)
Herman Kurtz (B)
[Dennis Clowney sent me the following information.]
Membership Roster
General Nathanial Lyon Post # 10
Grand Army of the Republic
Vineland, New Jersey
| Last name | First name | M | Regt | Birth Dt | Death Dt | Buried | Rank | Notes | # | Admission Dt | Age@Admin | Address | |
| Shaw | William | S | Co H | Pvt. | Lyon Post | 310 | 07/29 | 64 | Vineland | ||||
| Stott | John | Co G | Pvt. | Lyon Post | 286 | 10/29 | 56 | Vineland | PPC, SP Stoll |
- Baldwin Post 6
- James Cartledge
[source: Eugene Rawson Post #32, Grand Army of the Republic, Fremont, Ohio]
- Eugene Rawson Post #32, Grand Army of the Republic, Fremont, Ohio
- Daniel Garn (G)
[source: application list, from Gene Stackhouse, supplied to me by Dennis Clowney]
Ellis Post 6, Germantown PA
James Moynahen (G)Valentine Stokes (G)
[source: http://thefinalwaltz.com; thanks to Amy Waltz for telling me about her site and for the information!
See also Theodore Bean, History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1884), chapter XVII, pages 287 sqq. (available on the US Genweb Archives)]
Membership roster
General Zook Post Number 11
Grand Army of the Republic
Norristown, [Montgomery County,] Pennsylvania
| last name | first name | rank | co | mustered in | mustered out | mustered in GAR | age | death |
| Everhart | Joseph | Corp | B | 10/20/1861 | 7/10/1865 | 5/7/1883 | 58 | 5/7/1899 |
| Stillwagon | Augustus | Pvt | G | 3/28/1865 | 7/10/1865 | 6/22/1885 | 40 | |
| Zeiber | H H | Pvt | G | 3/2/1865 | 7/10/1865 | 10/31/1887 | 64 |
[source: Theodore Bean, History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1884), chapter XVII, pages 295 sqq. (available on the US Genweb Archives)]
Andrew Grodwohl, Co. G, 91st Pa. Vols. [not a charter member]
Col. Sam Black Post #59, McKeesport, PA
William Dorsey (E)
George Meade Post, number 1, Pennsylvania
James B Diehl
Philadelphia, Post 2
Alfred D W Caldwell
Howard Shipley
Eli Sellers
Matthew Hall (post commander 181)
Joseph Gilbert
Frederick Henry
Philadelphia, Post 8 [ED Baker Post]
In May 1873, many men were expected on Decoration Day with the ED Baker Post.
At least in 1889, the Post Hall was at Broad Street and Columbia Avenue ('A man twice dead'. Weekly Register-Call (Central City CO), 15 February 1889 (issue 35), column F).
Stephen Kelly (E)
Salathiel Cox
William Stetler
William Spangler
John Sage
Thomas Walter (in 1876; elected Chaplain at the next election; elected Commander in 1892)
Leiner Post
Montgomery Burr
Courtland Saunders Post, No. 21
Albert T Walz
Newhall Post 7, Philadelphia [?]
William Knapp
Philadelphia post 46
James Forsythe
Birney Post, number 63 [Philadelphia?]
James Huston
Jones Urwiler
HC Beatty Post 73
Charles Cole
JF Reynolds Post 71 [prob. Delaware Cty PA]
Andrew J Friend
John F Casner Sr
US Grant Post 5 [prob. Philadelphia PA]
William W Burns
Greble Post, number 10 [prob. Philadelphia PA]
William McClung
Joseph Summers
GK Warren Post, number 15 [Philadelphia? Merion?]
George Justice
National Artillery Post and Camp No. 5, G.A.R
Joseph Sinex
Winfield Scott Post, number 114
William Faust
Colonel Edward Shaw Post, number 290
Andrew Gradwohl
Bendersville Post, Adams County PA
Amos Crum
Corporal Skelly Post number 9, Gettysburg, Adams Cty, PA
George Heckenluber
this post successfully recommended granting a pension to Francis Breighner
York Springs Post, Adams County, PA
Howard Yeatts
Jerome Small was not a member of the GAR.
GAR Home
John Somerville died at the GAR Home at 65th and Vine Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (his residence).