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Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary National GAR Records Program - Historical Summary of Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Posts by State OHIO Prepared by the National Organization SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR INCORPORATED BY ACT OF CONGRESS No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. PLEASE NOTE: The GAR Post History section is a work in progress (begun 2013). More data will be added at a future date. 000 (Department) N/A N/A OH Org.30 January Ended 1949 Permanent Department organized 30 January 1867 with 135 Carnahan, 1893; National 1867 Posts. Posts were being mustered in what may have been a Encampment Proceedings, Provisional Department as early as May 1866. The Department 1949 came to an end with the death of its last member in 1949. 001 Post No. 1 Fremont Sandusky OH No namesake. Known only by its GAR Hall, Buckland's block In existence as early as 1 February 1867. Fremont Weekly Journal, 1 number. (1867) Feb. 1867, 19 Apr. 1867 001 Post No. 1 Carrollton Carroll OH No namesake. Known only by its Listed as one of the original Posts in a roster published in Beath, 1889 number. December 1867. 001 Memorial Cleveland Cuyahoga OH Named "to perpetuate the Org. 1875 The earliest known GAR Post in Cleveland was organized by COL Summit County Beacon memory and history of the dead." Childs on 6 July 1867. It may have been a forerunner to Memorial (Akron), 11 July 1867; Dept. Post No. 1. Proceedings, 1875 001 J. C. McCoy Columbus Franklin OH MAJ James Culbertson McCoy Chart'd 7 Jan. (c.1833-1875), Aide-de-Camp, US 1881 Volunteers. 002 Post No. 2 Zanesville Muskingam OH No namesake. Known only by its Listed as one of the original Posts in a roster published in Beath, 1889 number. December 1867. 002 Hart Massillon Stark OH Sur. 1878 Surrendered charter with thirteen members. Dept. Proceedings, 1871, 1879 002 Brooks Bristolville Trumbull OH 002 GEN Barnett / Farragut Lorain Lorain OH Chart'd 7 Apr. Re-charted in 1902 as Farragut Post. Twenty-seven charter Dept. Proceedings, 1908, 1913 1908 members (1908). 003 Mulharen & O'Cain Eaton Preble OH Must'd 1 Apr. Forty-three charter members. National Tribune, 12 Apr. 1883; 1883; Chart'd 3 Dept. Proceedings, 1884, 1913 Apr. 1883 003 Post No. 3 Dayton Montgomery OH No namesake. Known only by its In existence in 1876. number. 003 E. H. Phelps Edgerton OH 004 Post No. 4 Troy Miami OH No namesake. Known only by its In existence in 1876. number. 004 Paulus Ashtabula Ashtabula OH LT Henry W. Paulus (c.1842- Chart'd 10 Apr. Twelve charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1878, 1913 1862), Battery C, 1st OH Light 1877 Art., KIA at Rolling Fork, KY, on 30 Dec. 1862. 004 Veteran Ashtabula Ashtabula OH Named in honor of the Civil War Veteran. 005 Veteran National Military Home Montgomery OH Named in honor of the Civil War Chart'd 30 Mar. Dept. Proceedings, 1913 / Dayton Veteran. 1868 006 Andrew Crawford New Philadelphia Tuscarawas OH Chart'd 7 Sept. Dept. Proceedings, 1884, 1913 1866; Re-chart'd 22 Jan. 1883 006 Gilbert Maumee Lucas OH Suspended 12 Suspended and ordered to surrender its charter under General Dept. Proceedings, 1874 Dec. 1873 Order #8, dated 12 December 1873. 006 Shiloh Ironton Lawrence OH Org. 6 Jan. 1878 Seventeen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1878 007 Giddings Jefferson Ashtabula OH Org. 16 Dec. Twelve charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1878, 1913 1877; Chart'd 26 Dec. 1877 008 Webster Kingsville Ashtabula OH Sur. 1900-1901 Dept. Proceedings, 1901 008 E. N. Hallowell Cleveland Cuyahoga OH Must'd 1901-1902 Dept. Proceedings, 1902 009 Custer Conneaut Ashtabula OH MG George Armstrong Custer Chart'd 16 Oct. Dept. Proceedings, 1913 (1839-1876). KIA at Little 1876 Bighorn, MT, on 25 June 1876. Famous Civil War (and Indian Wars) leader. 010 Trescott Salem Columbiana OH Chart'd 14 Dec. Dis. before May Thirteen charter members. See Trescott Post No. 84. History of Columbiana County, 1866 1869 1879; Dept. Proceedings, 1913 011 Charles E. Austin Austinburg Ashtabula OH Chart'd 14 Jan. Sur. 1920 Twelve charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1878, 1878 1913, 1921 SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Ohio Page 1 of 38 Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 012 Buckley Akron Summit OH COL Lewis P. Buckley (1804- Chart'd 1868 The last surviving member of the Post was Philo B. Upson, who Dept. Proceedings, 1913 1868), 29th OH Inf. Buried at died in Tallmadge, Summit County, on 6 April 1930. Glendale Cem., Akron. First Commander of the Post. 013 George H. Thomas Cincinnati Hamilton OH MG George Henry Thomas (1816- Chart'd 25 June Thirty-six charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1879, 1913 1870), famous Civil War leader. 1878 014 Ford Toledo Lucas OH CPT Hyatt Goodwin Ford (1833- Chart'd 21 Jan. Eleven charter members in 1867 and 1878. The History of the City of 1862), Co. B, 67th OH Inf., KIA at 1867; re-org. Toledo and Lucas County, Kernstown, VA, on 23 Mar. 1862. Aug. 1878 1888; Dept. Proceedings, A prominent and respected citizen 1879, 1913 of East Toledo. Buried at Willow Cem., Oregon, Lucas County. 015 Forsyth Toledo Lucas OH 1LT George Duncan Forsyth Chart'd 19 Nov. The History of the City of (c.1834-1864), Co. B, 100th OH 1866 Toledo and Lucas County, Inf., died from a gunshot wound 1888; Dept. Proceedings, 1913 as a POW at Libby Prison, VA, on 13 Apr. 1864. Buried at Forest Cem., Toledo. 016 McPherson Niles Trumbull OH BG James Birdseye McPherson Chart'd 24 Dec. Thirty-five charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1879, 1913 (1828-1864), famous Civil War 1878 leader, KIA at the Battle of Atlanta, GA, 22 July 1864. 017 Dyer Painesville Lake OH Chart'd 20 Jan. Twenty-two charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1879, 1913 1879 018 Lincoln Pierpoint Ashtabula OH Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Chart'd 15 Apr. Dept. Proceedings, 1913 16th President of the United 1879 States. 019 Dennison Tuscarawas OH Org. June 1879 Sur. Jan. 1880 Dept. Proceedings, 1880 019 McMeens Sandusky Erie OH Dr. Robert R. McMeens, Surgeon Grand Army Hall, Cooke's Block, Chart'd 9 Feb. The Post's name is also frequently spelled McMeans. Sandusky Library; Dept. (F&S), 3rd OH Inf., died of Columbus Ave. (1892) 1880 Proceedings, 1913 disease 30 Oct. 1862. Sandusky resident (also Mex. War veteran), local hero. 020 King Dayton Montgomery OH Org. Oct. 1866 Sur. 1873 Also known as "King Encampment." The Post later reorganized as Dept. Proceedings, 1874; Old Guard Post, No. 23 in 1879. History of the City of Dayton and Montgomery County, 1909 020 Neibling Weston Wood OH COL James M. Neibling (1828- Chart'd 18 June Associated with Neibling Corps, No. 190, WRC, William Taylor Commemorative Historical and 1869), 21st OH Inf. 1879 Camp, SV, and Neeler Camp, SV. Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio, vol. 1, 1897; Dept. Proceedings, 1913 021 Webster Steubenville Jefferson OH Sur. 1873 Dept. Proceedings, 1874 021 Lytle Wilmington Clinton OH Org. June 1879 Dept. Proceedings, 1880 021 Joe Hooker Mt. Vernon Knox OH MG Joseph Hooker (1814-1879), Chart'd 25 Oct. Dept. Proceedings, 1913 famous Civil War leader. 1880 022 Garfield Kelloggsville Ashtabula OH Suspended 12 Suspended and ordered to surrender its charter under General Dept. Proceedings, 1874 Dec. 1873 Order #8, dated 12 December 1873. 022 Bishop Defiance Defiance OH CPT William Bishop (c.1836- Chart'd 15 July Twenty-two charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1913; 1864), Co. D, 100th OH Inf., died 1879 Defiance County Genealogical at Atlanta, GA, on 13 June 1864, Society from wounds received at Pumpkin Vine Creek, GA, on 28 May 1864. A former resident of Defiance. 023 Hampton OH Sur. Dec. 1874 Dept. Proceedings, 1875 023 Old Guard Dayton Montgomery OH Chart'd 25 Sept. Probably the same Post as E. A. King Post, No. 23, organized in Dept. Proceedings, 1880, 1913 1879 Dayton in November 1879. The Post appears under this name in the 1880 Department Proceedings. 024 Bond Grand Rapids Wood OH Org. 8 Dec. 1879; Sur. 1918 Noted as being organized in December 1879 in the 1880 Commemorative Historical and Must'd 22 Dec. Department Proceedings, but as being chartered on 22 Mar. 1879 Biographical Record of Wood 1879 in later Proceedings. Associated with CPT Trapp Camp, No. 485, County, Ohio, vol. 1, 1897; SV. Dept. Proceedings, 1913, 1919 025 Canton / William McKinley Canton Stark OH CPT (Bvt. MAJ) William McKinley Knights of Pythias Hall (1880) Chart'd 15 Dec. Changed its namesake from Canton to William McKinley (to honor Dept. Proceedings, 1902, 1913 (1843-1901), soldier, 23rd Ohio 1879 the assassinated president), per Department Order No. 6, issued 8 Infantry, later US President, Nov. 1901. William McKinley became a membef of Canton Post assassinated 14 September 1901. on 7 July 1880. SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Ohio Page 2 of 38 Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 026 Benedict Pemberville Wood OH PVT Napoleon B. Benedict Chart'd 4 May Twenty charter members. Associated with Benedict Corps, No. Commemorative Historical and (c.1842-1864), Co. M, 3rd OH 1880 276, WRC, and A. Jolly Camp, No. 12, SV. Biographical Record of Wood Cav., died in hospital at Vining County, Ohio, vol.
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