The following article about Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 9 Sep 1886 – Page 4, Column 1
See also: Switzerland County Military Records

SOLDIERS AND CITIZENS REUNE!
OLD COMRADES MEET.
Everybody and Their Friends Here!
Two Days of Hand-Shaking, Speeches and Jollifying.
THE MEXICAN VETS!
Vevay Fire Department Makes a Handsome Display.
Bands of Music, Processions, Flags, Banners and Acres of People.
Two Grand Days!

FULL PARTICULARS. [See newspaper for full details.]

WHO WAS HERE.

There were many soldiers present who failed to register at headquarters. We can only give the names of those who did register:

G. A. R. POSTS.

[See newspaper for company and regiment.]

Major Patton Post, Vevay, Ind.

• J. F. Simpson (Commander)
• F. J. Hollcroft
• John James
• John E. McKay
• Vincent Brown
• Percey Rous
• Geo. H. Reed
• Montgomery Patton
• Thomas Griffith
• Isaac Froman
• C. D. Jayne
• W. J. Baird
• B. Klenberg
• James R. Cole
• Wm. Munger
• James B. McCrellis
• Frank Moxley
• Isaac Little
• D. W. Janye
• John I. O’Neal
• Durbin H. Miller
• H. D. Banta
• Montgomery T. Baird
• Harrison Roberts
• John W. Kincaid
• Wm. D. Wad
• Oliver A. Cole
• Jerry Plew
• Wm. Freeman
• Lewis F. Works
• J. W. Lewis
• Paul Laseur
• James E. Kincaid
• Warren Roberts
• Thomas H. Downey
• John D. Pavey
• Merret H. Banta
• Capt. Theo. Livings
• Levi W. LeClerc
• Geo. W. Haskell
• D. M. Haskell
• Edward Martin

Minor Padgett Post, Bennington, Ind.

• H. F. Farrel
• Dan Lock
• J. B. Lewis
• J. J. Goodner
• W. N. Seymour
• Jacob Shaddy
• R. G. Simpson
• P. J. Riley
• John L. Shaddy
• Wm. Whitten
• Lieut. John Neal
• Martin C. Shaddy
• Wm. R. Sutherland
• Hamilton Lewis
• L. W. Hinman
• Thomas Ea[illegible]
• James W. Christie
• James P. Cole
• Elkanan Lantz
• James Paulley
• John S. Cole
• Joseph R. Cole
• Wm. Mullenbrook

Hiram W. Williamson Post, Florence, Ind.

• John Daubenheyer
• David Smith
• Anthony Telle
• Joseph Patterson
• Elijah Land
• Joseph E. Bonnell
• Daniel Sprague
• Nathan Scudder
• Thomas Williamson
• James Edmonson
• Robert Kline
• J. M. Langsdale
• Jacob Carver
• Cornelius Miller, Markland

C. W. Heath Post, East Enterprise, Ind.

• Jerry Hollcroft
• Abraham Williamson
• Thomas Edmonson
• Oscar Williamson
• A. J. Works
• M. S. Longwood, Aberdeen
• Crawford Miller
• R. R. Hall
• J. W. Vanosdol
• Levy A. Sedam
• George Armstrong
• Eli S. Richmond
• B. W. Vanosdol

Gordon Post, Hainey’s Corner, Ripley Co., Ind.

• John R. Bird
• Joseph Adams
• Jonathan W. Gordon
• Franklin M. Galvin
• Samuel Livings
• Samuel S. McCoy
• Maj. John M. Anderson, Mexican veteran
• Hiram Humphrey
• Jonathan W. Green

W. F. Davis Post, Patriot, Ind.

• R. C. Moore (Commander)
• James H. Wade
• George Kyle
• Morgan Seaver
• James M. Long
• C. W. Heath
• Carret Furnish

Ben North Post, Rising Sun, Ind.

• R. W. Fugitt
• Wm. DeHart
• R. C. Burns
• James Harris
• Robert B. Lewis
• Wm. B. Clark
• B. F. Pate
• Samuel E. Scott

A. O. Bachman Post, Madison, Ind.

• John M. Gaumer
• Capt. A. D. Vanosdol
• John K. Zimmerman
• Thomas J. Lakenan
• James Clegg

Speer Post, Dillsboro, Ind.

• Wm. Rowland
• H. C. Wheeler

Wheeler Post, Titusville, Ind.

• James Gaddis

 

MISCELLANEOUS.

Mexican Veterans.

• Loton R. Montooth, Allensville
• Joseph Bosaw, Vevay
• James Torrance, Vevay
• John Rochat, Vevay
• Oliver Forwood, Titusville
• James P. Marsh, Bennington
• Geo. W. Saddler, East Enterprise
• Thomas McDowell, Patriot
• S. P. Bell, Louisville (Ky)

3d Indiana Calvary.

• C. W. Lee, Lawrenceburg
• S. M. Dumont
• Charles M. Newkirk
• Wm. Sauvine
• Perret Newkirk, Dupont
• John Morris
• A. J. Siebenthall, Long Run
• Jacob C. Kern, Moorefield
• J. C. Long
• Mat. Worstell, Moorefield
• John Wiseman
• James Albro
• Isaac Higgins, Moorefield
• Martin Higgins, Moorefield
• Ira M. Wright, Neoga, Illinois
• E. Driver, Dixon Post No. 90, Dept Illinois
• Henry J. Brindley, Long Run
• Jas. Higgins, Jefferson County
• Andrew Courtney, Rising Sun
• Wm. H. Cox, Madison
• John Martin, Patrick
• E. P. Mitchell, Dupont

140th Indiana.

• Wm. Brindley
• Edward Worrall
• Linsey Boyd
• Wm. Culbertson, Moorefield
• B. F. Griffith
• D. M. Valentine
• James R. Shaddy
• Wm. Bright
• Joseph E. McKay
• Lemuel M. Seaver
• Van S. Brandon
• Pleasant Littlejohn, Lamb
• James Weed
• Joseph McClanahan
• A. H. Brindley
• Johnson Brown
• John Lauderbaugh
• Chas. F. Haskell
• Frederick Detraz
• Charles R. Means

93d Indiana.

• James Gowan, Indianapolis
• E. DeHart, Patriot
• John Wiley, Markland
• Wm. Bennett, Markland
• L. P. Bradford, Quercus Grove
• Lewis Truesdale, Patriot
• Wm. Little, Wide Awake, Kentucky
• W. H. Franklin, Vineyard
• D. B. Jayne, Covington, Kentucky
• Joseph L. Fuelton, East Enterprise
• Benjamin Miles
• John C. Hays

146th Indiana.

• George W. Oakly
• Wm. Peak
• Eli Cotton
• Frederick Stucy, Ghent, Kentucky
• Burr Vannatter, drum major
• Wm. Foulk
• James Ross, drummer
• Charles Allen
• Geo. B. Anderson
• Wm. Reed, Lamb
• John Ridgway
• M. E. Tardy
• Geo. I. Taylor
• F. L. Thiebaud
• James C. Cox, Madison

50th Indiana.

• W. Barkis
• J. W. Everett, North’s Landing
• Isaac M. Gray
• Webster Cotton, Vevay
• George Lewis, East Enterprise
• Theodore Wells, North’s Landing
• W. J. Platt, Quercus Grove

6th Indiana.

• Eli Henry
• J. S. Steele
• Hiram Phillips
• John Riley
• John Coleman, Madison
• Robert F. Stewart, Moorefield
• J. D. Griffith
• Samuel Heath, Brooksburg

139th Indiana.

• S. R. Peters, Craig
• E. R. McKay, Long Run
• David W. Bray, Craig
• Smith B. Redd, Rising Sun

Navy.

• E. M. Robinson, Patriot
• Thomas Lazenby, Moorefield
• Perry James, Markland

117th Indiana.

• Robert Cotton, North’s Landing
• Albert F. Hyde
• John M. Sedam, East Enterprise

18th Kentucky.

• Col. Landrum, Warsaw, Kentucky
• George Burroughes, Mt. Sterling
• Henry Seaver, Vevay

82d Indiana.

• Wm. Lanham, Vevay
• Young S. Brook, Craig
• Wilson Brook
• Ben Stewart

83d Indiana.

• Silas Sherley
• Fred Hess, Mt. Sterling
• R. D. Hutchison, Patriot

156th Indiana.

• Harvey Harris
• B. H. Rodgers
• Walter S. Lock
• A. J. Leap

19th Indiana.

• George Kyle, Patriot
• Frank Bennett, Markland

7th Indiana.

• Benjamin Yarnell
• John Montayne

33d Indiana.

• M. Cooper
• J. W. Eads, Madison

55th Indiana.

• W. A. Chittenden, Patriot

54th Indiana.

• Wm. H. Daily
• Wm. Fesler

22d Indiana.

• Calvin Bear
• A. J. Elder

1st New York Cavalry.—Wm. Henry Wells

61st New York.—Isaac Newton Short

86th Illinois—R. M. Buck

16th Kentucky—Francis Young

109th Kentucky—Redwin Hawkins

37th Indiana—Wm. Reser, regimental buglar

8th Indiana Cavalry—J. W. Murphy

7th New York Calvary—Joseph R. White, John T. Hopkins

11th Indiana—H. Lamb

22d U. S. Infantry—James Adams

1st Kentucky—Willis Dolton

42d New York—M. Funk

139th Pennsylvania—W. M. Reiber, Rener Post 44, New York City

1st Indiana Heavy Artillery—A Campbell, Bascom

1st Pennsylvania Rifles—W. T. Blaschard

55th Kentucky Mounted Infantry—Augustus Bladen, Warsaw

28th Indiana—Urias Landron

10th Ohio Battery—Wm. Kohler, Markland

10th Indiana Calvary—Nelson Griffith, Long’s Run

10th Indiana Battery—Hannibal A. Greenleaf, Markland

47th Indiana—W. A. Driver

142d Indiana—James McKay, Lamb

55th Kentucky—O. D. Perkins, Rising Sun

110th Ohio—C. J. Baker, Madison

49th Indiana—Ben F. Muret, Vevay

117th Kentucky—Edward Scruggs, Ghent, Kentucky

2d Indiana Battery—Joseph Israel

2d Battery US Infantry—John R. McKay, Craig

10th Indiana Calvary—Eli Croxton, East Enterprise