DUBOIS COUNTY MILITARY
History of Dubois County G.A.R. Posts
SHIVELY POST NO. 68, G. A. R.
This post was chartered June 2, 1882, at Huntingburg. Its charter
members were Col. C. C. Schreeder, commander; Capt. Morman Fisher,
S. V. C; J. H. Beckmann, J. V. C; James Murry, Q. M.;Dr. Wm. R. McMahan, surgeon; Thomas R. Greene, chaplain; Frank Kinchel, O. D. ; and
James Collins, O. G. Members: C. M. Hears, W. W. Shoulders, Alex.
Barrowman, G. W. Bockting, J. H. Lemmon, Dr. G. P. Williams, Marion
Martin, John F. Meinker, Capt. John G. Leniing, Daniel Milton, Capt.
H. L. Wheat, Capt. R. M. Welman, Frank Senninger, J. R. M. Lemmon,
H. Dieckmann, Lieut. Wm. F. Kemp, H. Weissman, W. B. Pirtle, and
G. Koch, Jr.
The post is named in honor of Capt. Lewis Biram Shively, of Huntingburg, and has been prosperous. In 1908, J. N. Morris was commander,
and Thos. H. Parks, adjutant.
STRABER-HARRIS POST NO. 96, G. A. R.
This post was organized at Portersville in September, 1882, and disbanded April 5, 1905. Its charter members were John Bauer, Ben. F.
Burris, Philip Baecher, Edward P. Charns, William M. DeMotte, Silas H.
Funk, Michael Harker, John Harris, William Krodel, L. L. Kelso, S. C.
Lemmon, W. S. Lemmon, W. W. Lemmon, Isaac N. Ledgerwood, William Patric, Andrew Patric, Alex. H. Rayhill, John Rudolph, Christian
Senning, and William Woods.
E. R. HAWN POST NO. 266, G. A. R.
This post, located at Birdseye, was chartered December 28, 1883. It
was re-organized February 9, 1901. The following were charter members:
Eleven R. Huff, commander; S. M. Nash, S. V. C; E. H. Baxter, J. V.
C; Joseph F. Faulkner, Thompson Garland, Daniel H. Burt, Abraham B.
Tower, John W. Mason, E. E. Inman, Robert McMahel, and Fred Miller.
In 190S, John Koch was commander of E. R. Hawn Post No. 266.
R. M. WELMAN POST NO. 288, G. A. R.
This post was organized at Ireland, April 19, 1884. It disbanded, and
then re-organized March 21, 1891, and disbanded again December 31, 1900.
The charter members were John P. Norman, John M. Lemmon, Albert
H. Stewart, Daniel J. Banta, John A. Green, Burr Mosby, Jonathan Hopkins, Thomas H. Green, Thomas J. M. Rose, Thomas C. Johnson, and
Marion L. Brittain.
GUCKES-WELMAN POST NO. 448, G. A. R.
This post was chartered at Jasper, April 23, 1886. Its charter members
were W. S. Hunter, Louis Lady, Charles Seller, George J. Jutt, Jr., Joseph
Roelle, Leopold Gutzweiler, Andrew J. McNerny, G. W. Riley, Jesse
Evans, Jacob Kohler, George Segers, Joseph Mathias, Brittain Leming,
John S. Barnett, Conrad Eckert, F. X. Sermersheim, Pillow Merchant,
Joseph Heatty, John Troxler, Philip Kunkel, Sr., Henry Kraft, Rupert
Naegele, and David K. Laughlin. In 1908, Conrad Eckert was commander.
JEREMIAH CROOK POST NO. 481, G. A. R.
This post was organized December 4, 1SS6, at Schnellville. It disbanded June 30, 1903. The charter members were Robert J. King, William Zehr, John Henze, Francis Mathais, L. M. Grant, Thomas Jeffers,
Casper Blume, John J. Alles, Theo. H. Jackson, Andrew Striegel, Henry
Schnell, and Reuben F. Bates.
KESTERSON POST NO. 514, G. A. R.
This post was organized at Ellsworth, September 17, 1887, and disbanded December 31, 1903. Its charter members were Benj. Owen, James
M. Ellis, William T. Harbison, James Kellams, Levi K. Ellis, Thomas J.
Nolan, Thomas J. Parsons, Levi Bridgewater, Quinton Abell, and Matthew
Gardner.
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