MN AHGP Archives-Douglas Co. Civil War Record--Kennedy Post GAR
JOHN KENNEDY POST NO. 41., G.A.R., OSAKIS

John Kennedy Post No. 41, Department of Minnesota, Grand Army of the Republic, was instituted at Osakis on May 27, 1885, with M. D. Judkins, W. H. Crows, F. A. Caswell, William Johnson, S. R. Smith, M. Johnson, W. H. Stevens, V. A. Edgerly, John Bailor, L. E. Stallcop, H. H. Sanderson, J. B. Johnson, B. W. Viles, H. O. Whipple, John Casterline, J. H. Passon, John Hoosline, E. J. W.ickwire, Stephen John, J. B. Sherman, J. H. Rock, W. B. Lyons, A. O. Chapin, E. G. Pike, C. N. Tubbs, C. W. B. Taylor and Paul Harmon as charter members and the following officers: Commander, Joseph Bird; senior vice-commander, Levi Stallcop; junior vice-commander, Mark D. Judkins, and adjutant, W. H. Crows. Kennedy post remained active for many years, but in course of time its ranks became so thinned by death and removals that it finally disbanded. At one time the post was a strong organization, owned their own building and held their meetings with due regularity. But as the years advanced death entered the ranks, many moved away, interest subsided and it was found impossible to maintain the post.

Following is a complete roster of the post, sixty-seven in all: M. D. Judkins, William H. Crowe, F. A. Caswell, S. R. Smith, Morgan Johnson, William H. Stevens, V. A. Edgley, John Bailor, Levy Stalcap (ed.: note difference in spelling from above), H. H. Sanderson, J. B. Johnson, C. N. Tiebs, E. G. Pike, O. O. Chapin, O. W. Tiger, B. W. Viles, Paul Harmon, H. O. Whiffle, John Casterton, John Hoostine, P. H. Pason, E. Wickwire, John Stephen, John B. Scherman, John H. Rock, W. B. Lyons, William Johnson, James H. Fisher, W. W. Wood, M. W. Adley, Joseph Bird, James Stanley, William Millard, William Curtis, M. G. Tixley, John R. Lysing, David Chapman, Webster Howard, Sam Gonser, J. H. Mann, O. H. P. Faus, George Haskins, John Debord, Rubin L. Buck, Calvin Ripley, B. D. Judkins, A. O. Berry, R. B. Saterlee, J. B. Perkins, D. A. Edwards, Alexander Brink, Charles Peterson, William Knowles, Jacob Bowman, John Kileble, L. P. Beeding, Dennis Huntley, William Schroeder, A. J. Merrow, John Shaw, Ruben Skeesucker, V. Warren, W. W. Gorden, R. Tilton, Dennis Harden, M. Tilton, R. H. Belnap, C. S. Grover.

(excerpted from "History of Douglas and Grant Counties, Minnesota")

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