George Graham Post No. 92 had its
inception in a 4th of July celebration
in 1882.
The charter members met the following
August 3rd in A. H. Burnett's new store
building. Capt. J. P. Logan of Lyon Post
in Marysville mustered in the first
officers. They were Col. Louis Zahm,
P.C.; N.S. Martin, S.V.C.; R. S.
Robbins, J.V.C.; Dr. N. Hayes, surgeon;
James L. Brockman, adjutant; John W.
Larimer, chaplain; D. H. Fabrick, Q.M.;
Louis Sheeley, O.D.; S. S. Campbell, O.
G.
The veterans who registered on July
4, 1882 were:
A. W. Allen, John A. Ash, T. C.
Alford, T. Adamson, James L. Brockman.
Tol Bronaugh, E. Briggs, J. Y. Benfer,
John Brown, A. J. Boram, S. J. Baldwin,
J. R. Burge, S. T. Barrett, A. A.
Brooks, J. R. Bortles, R. M. Bronaugh
G. C. Conrad, Albert Clark, S. S.
Campbell, Robert Campbell, L. Cline, J.
B. Coons, M. Cull, B. H. Clark, Lewis
Davis, Henry Dawson, E. Dumont, Frank
Dressie, Wm. Drowns, S. G. Ervin.
P. J. Everest, L. H. Evans, Van B.
Fisher, S. B. Freelove, D. H. Fabrick,
J. H. H. Ford, A. J. Felt, W. W. Felt,
W. H. Farlin, A. Funk, Joseph Guffy, J.
W. Gensel, S. E. Galloway, B. N.
Gillaspie, S. H. Gould, J. C. Hughes.
B. F. Huff, Charles Hartner, F. M.
Higgins, Ben Heath, W> P. Harrison,R. C.
Haight, Dr. N. Hayes, J> Hayden, Wm.
Holloway, A. Hawley, F. H. Hostetter, E.
N. Hanks, James Ivers, Granderson W.
Johnson, George W. Johnson.
L. Jones, L. Kerns, A. E. Kibbe,
Philip Kuhn, Chas. Loveland, E. W.
Lawton, S.M. Lanham, John H.Larew, J. M.
Lanning, C. Lackey, Henry Levick, W. C.
Lyon, Rev. G. C. Lockridge, W. S. Lucas.
Jacob McClane, N. H. Martin, L. J.
McGowan, John F. McGowan, A. J. Murray,
S. P. Moss, H. W. Mathews, M. Mathews,
P. P. Moore, James McDonald, B. F.
Morgan, E. R. Murphy, R. E. Nelson, W.
S. Nash, A. C. Noland, F. M.Newton.
James Parcels, R. M. Pressler, James
Parsons, G. W. Plummer, R. S. Robbins,
A. A. Raffo, S. W. Robinson, Jacob
Rilinger, Rev J. F. Rhoades, J. M.
Rowley.
Geo. Sharp, John Stahl, C. A>
Sherman, S. Sherman. O. H. Stilson,
Lewis Sheeley, S. F. Snape, M.L. Staley,
Jesse Sheets, J. W. Stickney, A. B.
Smith, Frank Smith, N. Shaul, A.
Sitterly, J. M. Tyler, E. T. F.
THompson, W. D. Talbot. N. Taylor.
H. C. Tyner, E. S. Vernon, Josiah
Wohlford, J. W. Welch, J. P. Wager, A.
W. Williams, B. Woolman, John W. Weaver,
J.W. Warrenburg, Henry Wilkins, Edward
Ward, John Walters.
The records of George Graham Post
through the years from the time the Post
was organized on Aug. 3, 1882 to March
5, 1904, show other names, including the
following:
D. W. Acker, M. H. Allison, Samuel B.
ANderson, Stehen Benedict, J. L. Battin,
Crawford A. Bruner, Isaac Bruner, Dr. E.
W. Bullard, Edward Butt, N. B. Bishop,
Nathanial Baldwin.
Wm. M. Butler, George R. Benedict, J.
O. Barnard, Clarence Bristol, L. A.
Clark, David Craig, Philip H. Clear,
James K. CLear, Calvin Croy, J. W.
Countryman, H. J. Cline, Henry D. Coan,
Judge J. E. Corwin, E. C. Crowder.
Michael Dougherty, Wm. H. Dooley, L.
M. Davis, W. H. Dannels, Francis Dennis
Charles Doebler, Devoe, Philip H. Emert,
Joseph Fleming, James Fulton, Harmon T.
Fisher, T. S. Gilmore, B. D. Graham,
Ambroes Geer, Chas. E. Gabelman, J.W.
Hastings.
William Huff, F. E. Hewitt, H.
Holtzman, J. M.Huffman, S. P.
Herrington, A. B. Hanes, R. L. Hobbs,
Joshua Hobbs, L. A. Hardon, L. D.
Hawley, John A. Heinen, George K. Hatch,
Elijah Horton, A> S. Jones. H. W.
Kenndall, Dr. S. S. Kaysbier, P. H.
Latimer, Theo. Lindeman.
Joshua MItchell, J. O. MInor, F. G.
McGowen, Thomas Magee, Samuel Murray,
Christ Most, L. J.Mosher, Rev. R. E.
McBride, Alex MOore, Louis A. McCaul,
Samuel McQuilken, Thos McKiddy, David
MOrse, JOhn McPhillips, Henry B.
NIchols, Daniel Okeson, G. W. Phillips,
L. D. Porter, Victor N. Peret.
Albert Russell, Aaron Roots, Albert
Roots, Jacob W. Robinson, Herman
Rudolph, F. M. Rickards, Guy SMith,
James P. Smith, C. H. Steinmeir, Edmund
L. Sherman, Charles Skinner, H. T.
Smith, H. Stall, Valentine Shaffer, John
Shafer, Samuel Sheeley, Dr. Alvin
Snyder, Lewis Strickler, Benjamin Stowe,
W. A. Sypher.
Job Tatlow, Judge J. F. Thompson, J.
F. Vinson, Chesley Woodward, B. H.
White, C. F. Wagner, H. P. Wellcome,
Levi M. Walter, John Woosoncroft, Levi
M. Walter, Geo. Wiley, J. N. Williams,
Wm. H. Wright, Leander Yost.
Members enrolled by the Post after
1904 are Jonathan Carpenter, Posey W.
Cox, D. H. Ferguson, David Hesse, J. C.
Mooney, T. N. Riley, George F. Roots,
Wm. H. Stewart, Wm. L. Stansell, W. H.
Thornberry, N. C. Tolman, Ashley R.
Williams, W. B. Yeauger.
The Grand Army notes state that H. H.
Hillix was a member of the first
Kentucky regiment and Joseph M. Taylor
of the first Massachusets serving in the
Mexican war.
P. P. Chewning, F. P. Newland, T. M.
Sneed and Dan White were listed as those
who wore the Gray. F. E. Hewitt had been
confined in Libby prison during the
Civil War, Robert H. Campbell of Seneca
and W. F. Snyder, Sabetha had been
imprisoned in Andersonville.
S. B. Anderson, Oneida, was the last
surviving member of George Graham Post
No. 92 G. A. R. He died July 6, 1934.
George K. Hatch and James Countryman
preceded him in 1932.
A supplemental list of veterans who
may not have been affiliated with George
Graham Post but who lie buried in the
Seneca cemeteries and Ford Community
cemetery is as follows: Patrick Bendon,
Samuel R. Burk, T. L. Cowdrey, Charles
N. Collins, S. B. Chapman, O. C.
Dickinson, Francis M. Dougan, George
Earl, Adam Enderlein, Silas Fitzwater,
Chauncey Gleason, Edward R. Graney,
Joseph Guffy, John James, Richard
Johnson, Wm. Knausen, F. C. Largent, W.
P. Moran, Joseph Mathews, Wm. Malone,
Charles Ostrander, Frank P. Pirott, Amos
Sherman, Arthur Sisson, J. W.
Shackelford, W. S. Swaney, Coleman F.
Storm, Carl Tinker, Colonel J. P.Taylor,
Dr. Thomas H. Wileman, W. W. Whitney, M.
L. Weyer, John C. Young, Rudolph Zahm.
The Nemaha County Historical Society,
Seneca, Kansas, has several items
relating to the George Graham Post No.
92 of the Grand Army of the Republic,
including the charter, two pictures of
members and a minute book.