Marshall County Military
HISTORY OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC IN MARSHALL COUNTY.
Robert Hale Post No. 328, Grand Army of the Republic, was organized
at Blue Rapids, June 18, 1884, with twenty-one charter members.
The post was named in honor of Robert Hale, the first soldier who fell
in line of battle from Blue Rapids township. Robert Hale was killed at
the battle of Chickamauga.
The following were charter members: F. M. Riddle, William Sharp,
Anderson Moore, James Winter, John McPherson, M. McQuinney, John
Brown, D. Fairbanks, B. F. Adams, M. B. Cole, J. E. Graver, J. F. Lane.
Thomas E. Marcy, A. W. Kimball, G. Shermer, James Allerdice, William
H. Strange, David Bear, J. O. Wheeler and M. Patterson.
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Chase Post No. 101, Grand Army of the Republic, at Beattie, was
organized July 25, 1882, with the following charter members and officers:
Dr. J. J. Sheldon, post commander; J. Johnson, senior vice-commander; H.
H. Helverin, junior vice-commander; William Schiller, quartermaster; H. C.
Smith, surgeon; John Crabb, chaplain; J. V. Schleigh, officer of the day;
W. C. Thompson, officer of the guard: S. Willis, adjutant: N. V. Culover,
quartermaster sergeant; M. A. Tucker, sergeant major.
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Henderson Post, Grand Army of the Republic, Frankfort, was organized
on April 26, 1882. The charter members were: P. C. Garvin, H. M. Pidco,
L. V. B. Taylor, T. J. Snodgrass, C. B. Haslett, S. B. Todd, Joseph Wallace,
J. W. Brown, George H. Francis, T. D. Magatagan, Ben Coffland, H. G.
Trosper, Joseph Miller. O. S. Leslie, J. J. Calnan, A. J. McKee, M. Hohman, H. M. Wade, Thomas McKinley, W. T. Evans, J. M. Watson, W. H.
Snodgrass and M. Bowers.
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Axtell Post No. 253, Grand Army of the Republic, was chartered on
July 10, 1883.
The following were the charter members: W. M. Lucas, John M.
Brown, T. C. Casterline, John Gordon, T. H. Scott, H. C. Layton, J. S.
Wood; C. C. McKinley. J. P. Minard. G. A. Ely, Jesse Axtell, G. L. Barnes,
J. R. Ash, Levi Burden, George Sharp. W. R. Lewis and J. R. Curtis: Three
comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic, were instrumental in having
the post organized: T. H. Scott, George Ely and Lev. J. M. Brown.
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A post of the Grand Army of the Republic was organized in Vermillion
in June, 1883. The first commander was J. W. Kinney. The meetings
were held in Presbyterian church and later in the William Zink building.
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