John Kell Post, G. A. R.
Source: 1910 "Souvenir Franklin Home Coming Celebration"
(two-eyed string-bound booklet)
Terry Easton
8 August 2016
20 August 2016
Woodhill Cemetery
G.
A. R. Lot, Section 10 Lot 1
Franklin Township, Warren County, Ohio
Terry Easton
11 October 2016
page 315
JOHN KELL POST, NO. 241
The Post was chartered June 29, 1882, and is located at Franklin. It is
named for Colonel John Kell, late of the
Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Sprung from a line
of soldiers, having himself been in the Mexican war, of a high spirit
and dauntless courage, John Kell was fitted to be a leader of volunteers
of ’61. Enrolling Company F, First Ohio,
for three months’ service, with a pledge “to be in the struggle
to its end,” he joined early friends in organizing the Second Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, three years, becoming its lieutenant-colonel. His
service ending with his fall at Stone River, summed up the best results
of a strong, resolute manhood.
The following is taken from the Post charter, is the list of charter members:
J. M. Dachtler, L.
Stockman, Charles S. Mickle, M. W.
Earhart, James A. Miller, Joseph E.
Decker, W. H. Robinson, E.
L. Bone, E. Bridge, H.
Y. Rush, Joseph M’Carty,
I. N. Snell, J.
C. Brown, J. B. Woodward, J.
H. Thompson, A. S. Reeder, W.
W. Decker, John M’Nellis,
B. F. Archdeacon, John
Sheedy, Ed. M.
by
Arne H Trelvik
2 August 2016
Page 316
Meeker, Jacob Cautle, L. Meckling, J. L. Ingraham, J. S. Johnston, T. C. Hatfield, S. G. Schenck, H. F. Vandevere, Ed. Crawford, B. F. Anderson, J. R. Sweeney, Joseph Wear, A. B. Spader, J. P. Deardoff, Charles Brown, W. W. Whiting, W. F. Hailman, H. Bennett, A. F. Meeker, Ben Morgan, John G. Gage, John Bridge, J. W. Dakion.
The following charter members have gone over to the majority: John Bridge, died February 28, 183; B. F. Anderson, died March 31, 1886; T. C. Hatfield died before December 19, 1885.
Officers 1882 – P. C, Lloyd
Stockman; S.V.C, John M. Dachtler;
J.V.C., Charles S. Mickle; O.D., Wm.
H. Robinson; Adjt., E. L. Bone; Q.M.,
M. W. Earhart; Chaplain, Rev. H.
Y. Rush; O. G., Joseph E. Decker;
S. M. Joseph M’Carty; Q.M.S.,
Erasmus Bridge.
1883 – P. C., John
M. Dachtler; S. V. C., Wm. H. Hailman;
J. V. C., Joseph M’Carty; O.
D., W. W. Whiting; Adjt., E.
L. Bone, to June 14th – A. S.
Reeder, after Oct. 11th; Q.M., M.
W. Earhart; Chaplain, H. Y. Rush;
Surg., C. S. Mickle; O. G., Joseph Wear
– J. E. Decker, after Oct 25th;
S. M., A. S. Reeder, to Oc. 11th –
E. Bridge, after Oct. 11th; Q.M.S., James A. Miller – J.
P. Deardoff, after Oct. 11th.
1884 – P.C., Wm.
H. Robinson; S. V. C., Wilbur C. Nelson;
J. V. C., J. B. Woodward; O. D.,
E. Bridge; Adjt., W.
W. Whiting; Q.M. M. W. Earhart;
Chaplain, H. Y. Rush; Surg., John
Sheedy; O. G., J. H. Thompson; S. M., Joseph
M’Carty; Q. M. S., J. M. Dachtler.
1885 – P.C. W.
W. Whiting; S.V.C., J. B. Woodward;
J.V.C., E. Bridge; O. D., Ed.
Crawford; Adjt., Joseph M’Carty;
Q.M., J. M. Dachtler; Chaplain, Rev.
R. E. Smith; Surg., J. P. Deardoff;
O. G., J. M’Nellis; S.M., A.
S. Reeder; Q.M.S., A. B. Spader.
1886 – P.C., Joseph
M’Carty; S.V.C., Joseph E. Decker;
J.V.C., J. P. Deardoff; O.D., J.
C. Brown; Adjt., A. S. Reeder;
Q.M., J. M. Dachtler; Chaplain, H.
Y. Rush; Surg., Charles Millard;
O.G., Jacob Cautle; S.M., R.
G. Burrowes, to July 8th; Q.M.S., Arthur
B. Spader; Historian, R. G. Burrowes,
from July 8th.
Comrades deceased with Date of Death:
John Bridge, Feb. 28, 1883; T.
C. Hatfield, † before Dec. 19, 1885; O. Crozier, † before
Jan. 14, 1886; B. F. Anderson,
March 31, ’86; J. M. Miller, May 25, ’86.
†Dying away from Franklin.
Comrade J. A. Miller served as A. D. C. in 1882; Comrade L.
Stockman served as A. D. C. in 1886.
For the record of Kell Post the publishers are indebted to Comrade R.
G. Burrowes, the efficient Post Historian.
Arne H Trelvik
2 August 2016