James A. Garfield Post #4 G.A.R.,Newark, New Jersey 

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 JAMES A. GARFIELD POST, No. 4, was instituted Sept. 23, 1881, and now has about one hundred members.  The present commander is Henry A. Bruen;   

                   Quartermaster, Samuel W. Disbrow.  Several efforts were made to obtain further particulars concerning this post, but the adjutant failed to respond to all requests.  

                  Meetings are held every Friday evening at 851 Broad Street .   A Ladies Auxiliary Society is attached to the James A. Garfield Post.  The officers in October, 

                 1884, were as follows: President, Mrs. Kent; Vice-President, Mrs. Ackerman; Junior Vice-President, Mrs. Van Hise; Rec. Sec., Mrs. Bridgem; Fin. Sec.,

                 Mrs. Osmond; Treas., Mrs. Blazier; Chap., Mrs. Chandler; Guide, Mrs. Fisher; Guard, Mrs. Vreela Information from: Andrew Burnett, Francine Camp 7 SUVCW

Extracted from:  History of Essex and Hudson Counties Chapter XLII.  Societies of Newark

                                         Shaw, William H.  1884.  History of Essex and Hudson Counties , New Jersey .  Everts & Peck, Philadelphia , PA.   Vol. 1.  Pages 540-542.  

      Membership

Last Name

1st.  Name

Mid.

Regt.

Birth 

Death 

Buried

Rank

Notes

Address

Allen

Christopher

C.

 

 

 

 

 

1893, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 1902

 

Astley

Wm.

 

Co. B, 1 NJ Art

 

6/23/1916

 

Pvt.

1893, 1917

 

Baily

S.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1900

 

Baldwin

Henry

D.

 

 

     /1896

 

 

Roll of the dead 1896

 

Banta

H.

H.

Co. A, 22 NJV

 

7/1/1899

 

Cpl.

Roll of the dead 1899, 1900

 

Bennett

Martin

V.

Co. E, 26 NJ

 

5/12/1914

 

Pvt.

1915

 

Bird

J.

W.

 

 

 

 

 

1906

 

Blake

Christopher

C.

 

 

     /1896

 

 

Roll of the dead 1896

 

Blake

George

 

Co. C, 156 NY

 

1/11/1914

 

Pvt.

1912, 1913, 1915

 

Bloodgood

Albert

 

 

 

      1886

 

 

1887

 

Bowden

Charles

 

 

 

 

 

 

1885

 

Bradshaw

William

R.

US Navy

 

1/15/1893

Fairmount Cem-Newark

Seaman

56 yrs. old - 1894 in Memoriam

 

Brewster

William

W.

 

 

 

 

 

Paperwork in Lyon Pst desk HQ 7/6/1925

 

Bridgem

Lewis

H.

 

 

 

 

 

1886, PPC 87 & 89, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 through 1906

 

Brogan

John

 

 

 

 

 

 

1896, 1897

 

Brouger

J

 

 

 

 

 

 

1895

 

Brown

James

H.

 

 

 

 

 

PPC 1892, 93, 1896, 1897 through 1910, 1911 - 1919

Newark

Bruen

Henry

A.

 

 

 

 

 

PC 1884 / Hist. of Essex & Hudson Co

 

Bucklish

William

C.

Co. D. 2 DC

 

1/5/1899

 

1 Lt

In memoriam 1899

 

Burns

Patrick

 

Co. E, 20 NY Cav.

 

1/4/1914

 

Pvt

1915

 

Bynes

P.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1911

 

Cadmus

Caleb

B.

 

 

 

 

 

PPC, 1892, 1896, 1902 - 1910, 1911 - 1919

Newark

Campbel

Robert

F.

27 NJV

 

12/21/1910

 

Pvt.

1900, 1911

 

Carter

John

J.

Co K 39 NJ Vol

 

03/11/1913

 

Pvt

 

Newark

Chandler

John

W.

 

 

 

 

 

PC 1885, PPC 1887 & 89, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 1897 through 1910, 1911 - 1917

Newark

Chittenden

William

J,

Co. E, 13 Ill

 

5/8/1914

 

Pvt.

1911, 1912, 1915

 

Clark

Samuel

G.

Co. h, 25 Mass V

 

5/26/1909

 

Sgt.

1910

 

Clark

Theo.

C.

2 NJV

 

9/25/1910

 

Pvt.

1911

 

Clark

Thomas

 

 

 

 

 

 

PC 1896, 1897 - 1906

 

Cobb

James

D.

 

 

 

 

 

1919

 

Cogan

R.

E.

 

 

 

 

 

1889

 

Collver

Charles

H.

 

 

 

 

 

1897 - 1910, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1917, Dept. roster 1923, 24

110S.GSt,Newark

Cook

Hiram

 

Co. D, 5 NJV

 

3/7/1911

 

Capt.

PPC 1910, 1911, 1912

 

Cooney

John

 

Co. B, 1 NJ Art.

 

3/4/1904

 

Pvt.

In memoriam 1905

 

Corb

John

 

 

 

 

 

 

1910, 1911 - 1919

Newark

Cowell

Lewis

A.

Co C 11 NJ

 

12/01/1902

 

Pvt

 

 

Cramer

John

 

Co. E, 1 NJ Mil.

 

10/31/1918

 

Pvt.

1905, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1919

 

Cramer

William

H.

Co. A, 33 NJV

 

1/31/1911

 

Musician

PPC, 1897 through 1910, 1911, 1912

Newark

Crane

Alfred

W. B.

 

 

 

 

 

1893, 1898 - 1907

Newark

Crane

Morris

C.

Co. C, 9 NJV

 

11/17/1911

 

Pvt.

1912

 

Crooks

Whitfield

H.

Co. I, 26 NJV

 

5/31/1909

 

Pvt.

1910

 

Day

Andrew

J.

Co H 26 PA

 

10/21/1902

 

Pvt

PC 1887, PPC 1889, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 1897 - 1906

 

Day

William

H.

Co E 8 NJ Vol

 

02/05/1913

 

Pvt

 

Newark

Denman

Julis

R.

 

 

 

 

 

1897, 98, 1900, 1904

 

DeWyngant

Emilo

 

40 NYV

 

4/3/1892

St. Marys Cemetery Bloomfield

Pvt.

Death record 1893 54 yrs. old

 

Disbrow

Samuel

W.

 

 

 

 

 

PPC 1892, 93, 95, 96 - QM 1884 / Hist of Essex & Hudson Co 1897 through 1910, 1911 - 1915

Newark

Dodge

Joseph

C.

 

 

 

 

 

PPC, 1898 - 1910, 1911 - 1917

Newark

Eaton

George

 

 

 

 

 

 

1900 - 55 yr. old

 

Egbert

Wm.

H.

 

 

 

 

 

1886

 

Elkins

James

H.

 

 

 

 

 

1885, Dept. roster 1923, 24, 1915

 

Elliot

George

H.

 

 

 

 

 

1894, listed as George H. Elliott 1896

 

Elston

Lemuel

O.

 

 

   /  /1896

 

 

Roll of the dead 1896

 

Fraley

Alfred

 

Co. A, 1 NJ Art.

 

12/28/1899

 

Pvt.

1892, PC 1894, PPC 1895, 1896, 97, 98, 1900, 1906

 

Freeland

John

M.

 

 

 

 

 

1904

Newark

Furze

William

J.

US Navy

 

10/29/1909

 

Landsman

PC 1904, PPC 1905, 06, 07, Dept. Asst. QMG & PPC 1908, 1910

 

Garrabrant

Abraham

 

 

 

 

 

 

PPC 1889, 93, 1894, 1895, listed as Garrahaut 1887, 1900

 

Garabrant

James

 

Co. D, 13 NJ

 

8/10/1918

 

Pvt.

1919

 

Gerth

Robert

G.

9 NJ Regt.

 

 

 

 

PPC, PC 1905, 06, 07, 1910, info from GGGson Ed Wheeler, 1911 - 1917

Newark

Griffith

Thomas

 

 

 

        1896

 

 

Roll of the dead 1896

 

Hageman

John

V,

Co. E, 26 NJV

 

3/2/1912

 

Pvt.

1913

 

Hahn

Henry

 

26 NJV

 

1/3/1910

 

Pvt.

1911

 

Hammil

Thomas

 

Co. F, 57 NYV

 

10/5/1899

 

Pvt.

In memoriam 1899

 

Hanle

Gottlieb

 

Co. F, 13 Nj

 

3/2/1916

 

Pvt.

1917

 

Harrison

Caleb

H.

Co B 1 NJ

 

06/29/1902

 

Pvt.

1898

 

Hatfield

William

M.

Co. K, 26 NJV

 

12/29/1909

 

Pvt.

1910

 

Hawley

James

A.

Co. H, 30 NJV

 

5/27/1914

 

Pvt.

1915

 

Helf

Jacob

 

 

 

       1886

 

 

1887

 

Helmus

John

 

 

 

 

 

 

1910, 1914, JVC 919 

Newark

Hervey

Daniel

E.

Co. E 37 NJ

 

12/26/1914

 

Pvt.

1915

 

Higgins

Thomas

 

Co. E, 95 NYV

 

11/6/1911

 

Pvt.

1912

 

Houck

George

U.

Co. A 28 Pa

 

11/12/1905

 

Pvt.

PPC, 1897, 98, 1900 -1906

Newark

Hudson

Abram

D.

 

 

  /  /1885

 

 

1886

 

Hummell

F.

M.

 

 

 

 

 

1898

 

Hunt

Lewis

W.

 

 

 

 

 

PC 1903, 1894, 1896, 1897 - 1908

186S.Tenth St.

Hutchison

John

H.

 

 

 

 

 

1913 - 1919

Newark

Jancorious

Robert

 

Ind. Pt. 32nd Batt.

 

10/15/1904

 

Pvt.

In Memoriam 1904

 

Jenkins

David

 

 

 

 

 

 

1917

 

Johnson

Alexander

N.

Co. D, 33 NJV

 

11/27/1911

 

Pvt.

1910, 1911, 1912

 

Johnson

Lewis

 

Co. I, 27 NJ

 

3/25/1912

 

Pvt.

1913

 

Jones

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1895

 

Kaiser

William

 

 

 

  /  /1884

 

 

1885

 

Kelly

John

 

Co. I, 35 NJV

 

7/14/1905

 

Pvt.

In Memoriam 1906

 

Keyser

William

R.

 

 

 

 

 

1894, 1900, 1910

 

King

William

R.

 

 

 

 

 

1885, 1887, 1889, 1893, 1894, 1915

 

Knapp

William

R.

1 NJV

 

9/25/1910

 

Pvt.

1911

 

Lapsley

Michael

 

 

 

1891

 

 

in Memoriam 1892

 

Lawless

John

 

 

 

 

 

 

in Memoriam 1892

 

Lawrence

E.

W.

 

 

 

 

 

1902

 

Lee

John

W.

Co A 71 NY Vol

 

07/11/1913

 

Pvt

PPC, PC 1902 through 1910, 1911 - 1915

Newark

Lelong

Alex.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1886, 87, 89, 96

 

Lewis

Alfred

N.

26 NJV

 

12/28/1910

 

Pvt.

1911

 

Lobb

Benjamin

 

Co. A, 1 NJV

 

3/23/1899

 

Pvt.

In Memoriam 1899

 

Long

Charles

E.

Co. H, 95 NYV

 

3/3/1899

 

Sgt.

1892, In Memoriam 1899

 

Lynch DanielLynch(SVC-1921).jpg (414843 bytes)

Daniel

 

 

 

 

 

 

1911, PC 1913, 1914 - 1919

31Humbolt St,Newark

Lyon

Horace

T.

Co. E, 26 NJ & 28 NJV

 

10/28/1903

 

Pvt.

1897, In memoriam 1903

 

Lytell

Gilbert

O.

 

 

 

 

 

1898

 

Major

Geo.

W.

 

 

 

 

 

PC 1914, 1915 - 1919

Newark

Mason

James

 

Co. F, 7 PA Cav.

 

8/11/1903

 

Pvt.

In Memoriam 1903

 

McCann

Maholn

 

4 Batt

 

3/20/1904

 

Pvt.

1905

 

McCrea

John

E.

Co. E, 7 NYV

 

5/6/1911

 

Pvt.

1912

 

McCroy

Calvin

 

Co. B, 17 US Inf.

 

5/19/1904

 

Pvt.

In Memoriam 1905

 

McCoy WilliamH.McCoy(1936).jpg (67022 bytes)

William

H.

 

 

 

 

 

PC 1936 Picture in Garfield GAR museum

 

McWood

Edward

 

 

 

 

 

 

1917, 1919

 

Mellor

Cornelius

K.

 

 

1885

 

 

1889, 92, 93, 94, 1897 - 1908

 

Mellor

George

W.

Co. F, 2 NJ Cav.

 

1/7/1914

 

Pvt.

1915

 

Meeker

Francis

J.

Co. E, 37 NJV

 

7/4/1909

 

Pvt.

In Memoriam 1910

 

Mellor

George

W.

Co. F, 2 NJ Cav.

 

1/7/1914

 

Pvt.

1915

 

Miller

Charles

 

 

 

  /  /1885

 

 

1886

 

Moffet

C.

W.

 

 

 

 

 

1896

 

Moore

George

E.

 

 

 

 

 

PPC, PC, 1897 - 1917

Newark

Morris

Joseph

M.

 

 

  /  /1884

 

 

1885

 

Morris

William

W.

 

 

 

 

 

PPC, 1889, 1892, PC 1893, 94, 95, 96, 97 - 1906

Newark

Morton

John

 

 

 

1886

 

 

1887

 

Mueller

C.

K.

 

 

 

 

 

PPC 1896

 

Mueller

K.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PPC 1895

 

Myers

George

 

Co E 9 NJ

 

05/16/1902

 

Col Sgt

 

 

Myers

Samuel

H.

Co. A, 19 Ill.

 

2/18/1905

 

Pvt.

In memoriam 1906

 

Nicholas

Thos.

S.

 

 

 

 

 

PPC, PC, 1910

Newark

Nieman

Joseph

 

 

 

  /  /1885

 

 

1886

 

Oakes

Richard

 

 

 

 

 

 

1900

 

Parkhurst

Arthur

W.

 

 

 

 

 

PPC

Newark

Parkhurst

Edwin

D.

 

 

 

 

 

PPC 1885, 1886, PPC 1887 & 89, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 1897 through 1910, 1911 - 1919

 

Pearson

Oliver

R.

Co. D, 6 NY HA

 

8/9/1911

 

Pvt.

1910, 1911

 

Pollock

Thomas

H.

 

 

 

 

 

1889, 1895

 

Pollock

Thos.

N.

 

 

 

 

 

1892,

 

Purcell

Edward

 

1 & 8 NJV

 

2/16/1892

Greenwood Cemetery Brooklyn

Pvt.

Death record 1893 55 yrs. old

 

Rand

John

M.

29 Conn.

 

12/18/1905

 

Surgeon

In memoriam 1906

 

Renaud

Joseph

E.

 

 

 

 

 

1912, 1913, 1914, 1917

Newark

Riker

Abraham

 

Co. C, 26 NJV

 

8/10/1904

 

Pvt.

In Memoriam 1905

 

Robbins

James

E.

 

 

 

 

 

1885

 

Robinson

Benjamin

D.

 

 

 

 

 

1893, 1904 - 1910, 1913

Newark

Russell

Charles

M.

Co. K, 2 NJV

 

10/5/1904

 

Musician

PPC, 1889, 1894, PC 1895, PPC 1896, 97 - 1905, 1906

Newark

Schuessler

Aug.

T.

Co. C, 45 NYV

 

5/16/1899

 

Pvt.

In memoriam 1899

 

Schwarz

Herman

E.

Co I 174 PA vol

 

04/25/1913

 

2 Lt

 

Newark

Scott

William

 

Co A, 1 NJV

 

1/17/1893

Fairmount Cem.-Newark

Pvt.

44 yrs. old - 1894 in Memoriam

 

Scott

W.

C.

 

 

1888

 

 

1889

 

Seaman

John

 

Co. M, 6 NY Ind. Bat.

 

2/27/1916

 

Pvt.

1917

 

Sedile

Eugene

D.

 

 

 

 

 

PC 1917. PPC 1919

 

Seely

L.

W.

Co. G, 10 NJV

 

8/1/1899

 

Pvt.

1899

 

Simmons

Sampson

 

 

 

1886

 

 

1887

 

Simonson

Garrett

 

Co. C, 26 NJV

 

9/4/1903

 

Pvt.

1903

 

Simpson

Robt.

W.

 

 

 

 

 

1883, 1895

 

Smith

Harry

H.

Co. I, 11 NJ

 

12/9/1914

 

Pvt.

1892, 1895, 1915

Newark

Smith

John

S.

Co. G, 26 NJV

 

8/19/1911

 

Pvt.

1912

 

Smith

Samuel

G.

 

 

 

 

 

1911

 

Smith

Thomas

 

 

 

 

 

 

PPC, PC 1908, PPC 1910, 1911 - 1919

Newark

Spear

Harry

S.

39 NJ Vol

 

12/19/1913

 

Pvt.

Listed as Henry S. 1907

Newark

Stager

Garret

 

Co. G, 39 NJV

 

10/27/1909

 

Pvt.

1910

 

Steel

Anson

H.

Co. A, 56 NYV

 

10/2/1905

 

Pvt.

In Memoriam 1906

 

Stichler

John

W.

132 Pa

 

1/24/1910

 

Pvt.

PPC 1910

 

Stout

William

S.

 

 

 

 

 

PPC, PC 1886, PPC 1887 & 89, 92, 93, 1894, listed as William E. PPC 1896, 1897 through 1910, 1911 - 1919

Newark

Sutphen

Johns.

 

Co. F, 30 NJ

 

4/29/1916

 

Pvt.

1917

 

Sym

Britton

C.

Co C 30 NJ Vol

 

02/06/1913

 

Pvt.

1902

Newark

Taylor

John

Y.

 

 

 

 

 

1886

 

Tench  ArthurW.Tench(DC1908).jpg (512429 bytes)

Arthur

W.

95 NY Warren Rifles

 

 

 

2 Lt / Sgt.

DC 1919, PPC, listed as Trench PC 1892, PPC 1893, 95, 96, 1897 - 1906, enlisted as drummer boy at 14 yrs, Prisoner at Bell Island & Andersonville - wounded at Wilderness, 1907, DSVC & PPC 1908, 1910, 1911 - 1919

Newark

Terrill

D.

Smith

 

 

1891

 

 

in Memoriam 1892

 

Theuer

Charles

W.

Co H 9 NJ Vol

 

03/16/1913

 

Pvt.

 

Newark

Thornton

Robert

 

1 NY eng.

 

12/28/1910

 

Pvt.

1911

 

Tinney

John

 

Co E 1 NJ Cav

 

10/19/1913

 

Pvt.

 

Newark

Travis

Robert

P.

83 NYV

 

8/18/1910

 

Pvt.

1900 through 1910

 

Trench

Arthur

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dept. roster 1923, 24, DC 1907, 1908, PDC 1919

 

Van Buren

Henry

M.

 

 

 

 

 

1886, PPC 1887, 89, 92, 93, 1895, 1900, 1906

 

Versoy

Charles

M.

Co. G, 26 NJ

 

10/13/1911

 

Pvt.

1912

 

Vreeland

Stephen

P.

 

 

 

 

 

1906, 07, 08

 

Vreeland

John

M.

 

 

 

 

 

1896

 

Walker

Abraham

S.

Co. E, 192 Pa

 

7/7/1911

 

Pvt.

1912

 

Ward

Daniel

T.

 

 

 

 

 

1910, 1913, 1914

Newark

Waterbury

Chas.

S.

1 NJV

 

1/23/1910

 

Pvt.

1908, 1910

 

Wessels

William

 

 

 

 

 

 

1908, 1910

 

Weyand

Louis

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dept. Inspector 1917

 

Wilkerson

John

D.

 

 

1888

 

 

1889

 

Williams

Charles

T.

Co. L,1 NJ Cav.

 

4/30/1918

 

Pvt.

PPC, 1900 - 1919

Newark

Williams

John

T.C.

 

 

 

 

 

1912

 

Williams

T.

P.

 

 

 

 

 

PPC 1917

 

Wills

John

 

Co. I, 2 DC Vol.

 

3/10/1904

 

Musician

In memoriam 1905

 

Young

Augustus

L.

7 NY HA

 

12/11/1910

 

Pvt.

1904, 05, 06, 07, 08

 

    

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