Amasa B. Watson Post #395 records

Collection

Identifier: Collection 007

Staff Only

Historical/Scope and Contents

Included here are records of one of the five Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) posts in Grand Rapids. Chartered on 15 November 1888 with 27 members, the Watson post was the fourth post organized in Grand Rapids. The records detail the social aspects of the post, memorial effort in behalf of deceased veterans, as well as some biographical data on post members. Of note is the Descriptive Book which contains such biographical data on post members as: age, occupation, military service and in some cases death data and places of burial. The post seems to have disbanded in the late 1930s when the last of the members became too old to continue.

Dates

1888-1936

Extent

0.67 Linear Feet (Two boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Amasa B. Watson Post #395 records include minutes, membership documents and adjutant or quartermaster records. The Watson Post was one of five Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) posts in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Made up of Civil War veterans, the GAR was an advocacy group. Its records were created after the war and are not official government documents.

The Michigan Watson post was chartered on November 15, 1888 with 27 members. The records in this collection detail the social aspects of the post along with memorial efforts on behalf of deceased veterans and include some biographical data on post members in the descriptive book. Also included are cemetery records compiled by Charles H. Fox. A few items from the ABW Woman’s Relief Corp, no. 171 are also noted.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Accession Numbers: 00.000 + S13:BH1.1 + misc. ephemera, 1984.009.1-3, 00.[3376]; Donor: unknown and various

Related Materials

Collection 224 Box 32 - Three oversized items. 1) Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1950 photograph. 2 and 3) 6th District, WRC Convention, 1941, photographs.

See Coll. 242 Grand Rapids Public Library Civil War Documents Collection, for a list of the various GRPL archival collections currently known to have Civil War related materials.

See also other holdings of the Department including the Civil War reference materials for Michigan and the U.S.

Index

Abbott, Sidney D. - No. 070

Alcott, John L. - No. 280

Allcott, John T. - No. 050

Arnold, Thomas C. - No. 188

Auble, James - No. 122

Babcock, Joseph P. - No. 061

Baird, James L. - No. 255

Baker, William H. - No. 236

Ball, Jessie - No. 287

Barby, William - No. 125

Barden, George D. - No. 253

Barnard, Theodore - No. 242

Beadle, J.R. - No. 304

Beard, John F. - No. 048

Beck, Jacob - No. 320

Beebe, David W. - No. 150

Beeber, Charles A. - No. 128

Belfort, William - No. 159

Bell, James H. - No. 014

Bell, James H. - No. 212

Bixby, John W. - No. 005

Blackwell Lewis M. - No. 270

Bolton, William E. - No. 137

Botruff, Isaac - No. 019

Bowers, J.H. - No. 155

Bowles, John W. - No. 009

Bradley, Hezekiah C. - No. 006

Brainard, Reuben W. - No. 285

Brancon, Joseph - No. 024

Brearley, Jonathan - No. 347

Breidenstein, W.N. - No. 153

Bright, James F. - No. 185

Brookfield, Edwin T. - No. 058

Brown, Ephriam E. - No. 225

Brown, Jefferson M. - No. 296

Brown, John - No. 077

Brown, John - No. 220

Brownell, Francis - No. 154

Brownell, James A. - No. 278

Bruxton, Charles A. - No. 202

Buck, Elijah S. - No. 260

Burns, Thomas - No. 217

Butler, James - No. 098

Campbell, William R. - No. 168

Carle, Francis T. - No. 367

Carlisle, George - No. 393

Caster, Frank - No. 183

Caster, Frank - No. 334

Chamberlain, Newton L. - No. 179 Chapman, Benjamin - No. 249

Chase, S.H. - No. 244

Child, Ebenezer - No. 384

Church, A.M. - No. 119

Churchill, J.V. - No. 174

Clapp, Andrew S. - No. 023

Clary, Albert D. - No. 232

Cole, Amos L. - No. 351

Cole, Ezra - No. 092

Cole, Theodore - No. 036

Coleman, Obediah P. - No. 017

Cook, William L. - No. 385

Corbin, Hiram - No. 245

Corner, Henry H. - No. 182

Cotton, Benjamin A. - No. 097

Crouch, Samuel A. - No. 139

Currey, James A. - No. 065

Curtis, Nelson H. - No. 387

Daly, Henry - No. 042

Daniels, George T. - No. 243

Danks, John S. (sp?) - No. 322

Darrin, Henry E. - No. 313

Dart, Benjaim J. - No. 040

Daugherty, Thomas - No. 160

Davis, James - No. 027

Davis, James - No. 321

DeLano, Dennis - No. 101

Devall, Charles E. - No. 295

Diamond, Henry W. - No. 343

Dickerson, Walter B. - No. 124

Dillenbeck, George W. - No. 012

[See also Unproc. Accessions]

Dimnent, George A. - No. 237

Douthitt, Joseph - No. 055

Dowd, Jefferson G. - No. 262

Downs, Joseph - No. 035

Drake, Dwight S. - No. 201

Eddy, Abraham - No. 340

Eding, Charles H. - No. 246

Edson, Sylvester - No. 333

Elliott, Charles H. - No. 241

Esveld, Kommer - No. 267

Failing, George W. - No. 134

Failing, Jonathan F. - No. 003

Fairchild, Horace R. - No. 303

Falcott, Edward M. - No. 045

Fan, Vincent L. - No. 190

Farr, Vincent L. - No. 265

Fields, William - No. 209

Finch, Thomas S. - No. 263

Finton, Charles H. - No. 031

Fish, Sanford B. - No. 288

Forbes, Thomas - No. 113

Foster, G.B. - No. 194

Fox, Charles H. - No. 025

Fox, Olver L. - No. 329

Franger, J.H. - No. 081

Freeman, Edgar A. - No. 136

Freeman, Jeremiah - No. 138

French, James S. - No. 106

Friger, John C. - No. 166

Fuller, Homer - No. 224

Galezio, Charles A. - No. 002

Galland, George - No. 102

Galloway, William H. - No. 239

Galoway, A. - No. 163

Garrett, George W. - No. 297

Gass, Joseph P. - No. 016

Gatz, Jacob G. - No. 032

Gaudern, Austin - No. 114

Geelhoed, Jacob E. - No. 175

Gelock, William - No. 390

Gibson, John G. - No. 052

Gildersleeve, Hiriam S. - No. 030 Gilman, George W. - No. 181

Goodrich, Charles H. - No. 171

Gordon, James A. - No. 355

Gorman, Thomas - No. 345

Gossett, J.P. - No. 107

Gossett, James - No. 328

Graham, Jonathan C. - No. 221

Graham, Rosalva W. - No. 300

Gram, James - No. 352

Grant, William - No. 346

Graves, Lebbins P. - No. 123

Grayson, Henry - No. 145

Green, Charles A. - No. 330

Green, Edgar R. - No. 299

Gregg, Charles E. - No. 020

Hall, H.N - No. 389

Hallady, Genston (sp?) - No. 151 Hanes, Joseph L. - No. 088

Hanna, Alexander - No. 214

Hanna, Kennedy - No. 131

Hansehnan, David A. - No. 374

Hansered, John - No. 074

Hartisdel, George L. - No. 195

Hawkins, Wesley - No. 127

Hazen, Lavoisiar B. - No. 049

Heminger, Samuel - No. 391

Hendershott, Henry C. - No. 344

Hendricks, Henry - No. 277

Herenden, John - No. 376

Herrick, George D. - No. 059

Hill, Jonathan - No. 216

Hilliard, David L. - No. 388

Hilliard, William H. - No. 208

Hilton, Harvey - No. 332

Hines, John - No. 161

Hix, Henry - No. 051

Holland, Nichol - No. 148

Hollister, William F. - No. 383

Howard, Loren H. - No. 158

Hughson, Jacob D. - No. 316

Huizinga, Martin - No. 080

Hulbert, Leonard - No. 079

Huntley, Merritt G. - No. 110

Hynes, James - No. 358

Impson, Andrew J. - No. 103

Jewell, Charles A. - No. 117

Johnson, Henry L. - No. 087

Johnson, James - No. 177

Johnson, Levi M. - No. 289

Johnson, Ransom - No. 200

Johnston, William T. - No. 015

Jones, Alexander - No. 075

Jones, Charles C. - No. 250

Jowels, Alfred - No. 170

Keeney, James H. - No. 283

[See Also Col. 242]

Kellogg, William H. - No. 120

Kellogg, William H. - No. 373

Kershaw, George - No. 199

King, Julius A. - No. 371

King, Patrick - No. 189

Kingsley, Floyd W. - No. 364

Kirster, Joseph - No. 121

Kirtland, George H. - No. 162

Kirtland, George H. - No. 305

Kline, Daniel Z. - No. 062

Knowland, John - No. 133

Knowlton, Hiram - No. 378

Kronemeyer, Albertus - No. 279

Lagro, Lewis N. (sp?) - No. 228

Lamoreaux, Isaac V. - No. 011

Lawrence, Horace - No. 337

Leach, Corning L. - No. 326

Lee, Boswell H. - No. 028

Lee, Lewis D. - No. 210

Leffingwell, Henry H. - No. 276

Leonard, George S. - No. 073

Lesher, Jonathan - No. 205

Linn, Allen D. - No. 357

Loomis, Charles G. - No. 146

Lowell, John H. - No. 164

Mabin, Edmund - No. 115

[See Also Col. 242]

Madden, Joseph - No. 311

Mans, Charles - No. 336

Mans, Jacob - No. 274

Markham, Agro A. - No. 086

Markham, Oscar D. - No. 089

Markham, Oscar D. - No. 234

Marks, Warren L. - No. 068

Marston, William H. - No. 001

Martin, James H. - No. 372

Martin, Joseph - No. 257

Masten, Henry H. - No. 238

Mather, John A. - No. 319

McCaully, William A. - No. 082

McConnell, James - No. 083

McCormick, Thomas M. - No. 301

McDonald, Andrew - No. 339

[See Also Col. 242]

McDonald, Robert - No. 361

McGill, Edward - No. 317

McGovern, Frank - No. 290

McKee, James A. - No. 112

[See also Col. 242]

McLeod, Frank - No. 291

Miller, Charles E. - No. 076

Miller, Charles P. - No. 252

Miller, J.E.S. - No. 284

Miller, John A. - No. 338

Miller, John E.L. - No. 130

Moore, Oel B. - No. 325

Moore, Zepheniah S. - No. 392

Morgan, James H. - No. 026

Morley, John W. - No. 258

Moshier, George K. - No. 066

Murray, Joseph - No. 327

Mury, Alonzo - No. 172

Myers, Frederick A. - No. 206

Neal, Lucius J. - No. 060

Newhouse, Elwood - No. 309

Newton, Rayner H. - No. 294

Nichols, Hartwell C. - No. 254

Nixon, Thomas J. - No. 116

Nixon, Thomas J. - No. 323

Norman, Edward - No. 085

Norris, C.H. - No. 067

Noyes, Frank L. - No. 034

Oldfield, Levi A. - No. 379

Olmstead, James - No. 109

Osborn, G.W. - No. 192

Padden, Daniel E. - No. 095

Palmer, Henry C. - No. 178

Palmer, Judson - No. 342

Parks, William M. - No. 231

Parsons, D.W. - No. 177a

Patterson, John L. - No. 198

Patterson, Phillip - No. 090

Peck, Manser W. - No. 126

Peel, Thomas - No. 350

Peel, Thomas - No. 386

Pelton, Andrew J. - No. 093

Pennell, William - No. 046

Perry, Alexamder - No. 381

Phillips, George R. - No. 069

Pierce, Henry J. - No. 176

[Possible Col. 242]

Pinckney, Charles A. - No. 064

Pond, Judson J. - No. 256

Porter, Asa L. - No. 377

Porter, Asa R. - No. 306

Potter, Benjamin F. - No. 039

Powers, Edward B. - No. 356

Pratt, Winfield S. - No. 043

Predmore, Jedediah - No. 173

Proper, Truman - No. 186

Proper, Truman - No. 264

Provost, Isaac S. - No. 227

Pult, Oliver (sp?) - No. 229

Putnam, Edward W. - No. 196

Rathbone, Legrande - No. 324

Reed, Seymour - No. 275

Reed, William - No. 091

Reiser, John J. - No. 395

Retan, Andrew E. - No. 282

Richmond, James K. - No. 222

Riddel, Leroy - No. 197

Rider, George W. - No. 235

Ritchart, J.B. - No. 108

Rockwell, Horace - No. 215

Rogers, Levi B. - No. 268

Root, Thomas B. - No. 226

Rose, Alexander L. - No. 105

Ross, Hiram N. - No. 353

Rouse, Charles C. - No. 302

Rouse, Shadrach - No. 223

Runyan, Charles W. - No. 104

Russell, William - No. 021

Ryder, George W. - No. 167

Sackett, James - No. 354

Sage, George A. - No. 308

Sager, Abram - No. 142

Savage, George L. - No. 314

Savage, John F. - No. 266

Schlamb, John - No. 054

Schofield, Edward H. - No. 149

Scutt, Wilford - No. 008

Seavers, Henry - No. 152

Sees, Robert D. - No. 272

Seymour, George - No. 359

Shaw, L.M. - No. 063

Shelcher, Henry - No. 018

Short, William - No. 375

Shoup, Levi - No. 203

Sibney, Nelson J. - No. 269

Sigourney, Andrew - No. 298

Simpson, George W. - No. 143

Skelcher, Henry - No. 218

Slitson, Melvill - No. 191

Smith, Alva - No. 207

Smith, Barnhart - No. 368

Smith, Henry L. - No. 111

Smith, William - No. 007

Smith, Wright W. - No. 056

Snyder Horace P. - No. 331

Snyder, Ezra - No. 259

Snyder, John D. - No. 165

Spencer, Lorenzo D. - No. 318

Spinner, Leon - No. 057

Staats, John - No. 038

Stebbins, William J. - No. 071

Stein, Edward H. - No. 033

Stevens, Peter - No. 010

Stewart Henry - No. 184

Stewart, Charles R. - No. 251

Stickles, Lyman S. - No. 041

Stilson, Melville - No. 273

Stoddard, Alvin - No. 362

Stoner, John - No. 366

Strochm, Daniel - No. 394

Stuart, R.M. - No. 307

Stuck, George - No. 084

Sturdevant, Stephen - No. 310

Swarthout, Jacob - No. 271

Swisher, Nathan - No. 349

Tando, William H. - No. 204

Taylor, John S. - No. 099

Thompson, Smith - No. 341

Tindall, Francis - No. 315

Traver, Tilley - No. 369

Travis, James A. - No. 129

Trill, Samuel - No. 293

Tucker, Horace D. - No. 140

Turner, Arthur E. - No. 380

Tuttle, Stephen A. - No. 047

Valentine, Julius S. - No. 286

VanDyk, Henry - No. 044

VanVleck, Granger - No. 078

VanWort, Thomas R. - No. 157

VandeLuystre, Marinus - No. 147

Vandewater, George W. - No. 370

Velzy, Wilton - No. 219

Virgil, James E. - No. 013

Walbridge, Nelson H. - No. 144

Waldron, Hanley A. - No. 261

Walker, William - No. 156

Walker, William - No. 211

Walter, John F. - No. 072

Walton, Francis - No. 118

Walton, Francis - No. 233

Watrous, Hugh O. - No. 037

Watts, Isaac - No. 004

Welling, Henry William - No. 135

Wells, George D. - No. 365

Wells, Robert L. - No. 292

Wescott, Lyman D. - No. 193

Westervelt, James H. - No. 247

Westervelt, James H. - No. 248

Weston, James W. - No. 169

Wheeler, Edgar W. - No. 213

Wheeler, Wesley - No. 348

Whinery, John - No. 100

Whitbeck, Franklin - No. 335

Whitcomb, Charles B. - No. 053

White, Wing A. - No. 363

Whitney, James V. - No. 281

Wightman, George W. - No. 180

Wilcox, George L. - No. 240

Wilder, Marion - No. 382

Williams, Theodore - No. 360

Wilmington, W. - No. 141

Wilson, Charles S. - No. 094

Wood, Eugene W. - No. 230

Wood, J.M. - No. 096

Woodward, George - No. 022

Woodward, James M. - No. 312

Wright, Philo B. - No. 029

Wycoff, John R. - No. 187

Youngs, James H - No. 132