for finding, transcribing and contributing the above news article to this web site!Eldred Post, No. 174 elected the following officers at their regular meeting Saturday, Dec. 16th:J. B. Romig, Post Commander.
J. H. Owens, S. V.
J. R. McCoy, J. V.
W. H. Moore, Surgeon.
Z. L. Shepardson, Chaplain.
A. P. Booher, Q. M.
D. F. Painter, O. D.
J. M. Middleton, O. G.
Delegate, J. N. Titus.
Alternate, Col. E. F. Thompson.
Also see:
Soldier's Reunion, The Medicine Lodge Cresset, 23 Oct 1879. (A list of Civil War veterans who attended the reunion.)
Wm. E. Williams: Story Of An Andersonville Prisoner, The Medicine Lodge Cresset, October 31, 1879.
Barbour County, Kansas - 1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kansas, Vol. 1. - 1861-1865.
Three Civil War Veterans Are Left: Medicine Lodge Feels Fortunate In Having Three Wearers of the Blue Left - Only Five in County.
-- The Barber County Index, May 30, 1929.G. A. R. GIVES LEGION CHARTER FOR SAFE KEEPING
Barber County Index, June 22, 1930.
Thanks to Shirley Brier