~ Arlington Park ~
Petoskey MI
D.A.R.
The PE-TO-SE-GA CHAPTER
OF THE
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
PETOSKEY, MICHIGAN
1910
G.A.R.
Lombard Post No. 170
Grand Army of the Republic for the State of Michigan
Chartered 11 August 1883
Marquette Trail Marker
Please do not copy the photos on this site, many of which have been submitted by private individuals...
just come back and visit the site often to view the photos.
just come back and visit the site often to view the photos.
D.A.R.
26 January 1910 ~ The Petoskey Record
7 March 1910 ~ Petoskey Evening News
30 March 1910 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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9 March 1910 ~ The Petoskey Record
6 July 1910 ~ The Petoskey Record
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19 October 1910 ~ The Petoskey Record
13 April 1910 ~ The Petoskey Record
Pe-to-se-ga Chapter of DAR Organized With Family History of Mrs. Frederick Reusch
Pe-to-se-ga Chapter of DAR Organized With Family History of Mrs. Frederick Reusch
13 April 1910 ~ The Petoskey Record article continued at the top of the next column...
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The recently organized DAR was immediately active in discussing the preservation of antiquities, and erecting of monuments like the forgotten grave of Ignatius Petoskey, a monument to the memory of General Isaac DeGraff Toll, the Mission School house (Porter School) and the old Indian Church.
21 May 1910 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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Article Below: Two larger medals are owned by Enos Petoskey, and by the two sons of his brother Frank, William and and Thomas Petoksey. It is doubted if there is enough money in America to purchase the two family heirlooms from these men. One has to wonder where those precious medals are in 2014? A medal of Chief Petoskey!
24 May 1910 ~ Petoskey Evening News
11 July 1910 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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19 July 1910 ~ Petoskey Evening News
30 May 1917
Petoskey's U.S. Post Office
Memorial Day Celebration with DAR
Petoskey's U.S. Post Office
Memorial Day Celebration with DAR
Postcard in the personal possession of the webmaster for this same web site Northern Mich~Mash Preserve
Petoskey Evening News ~ 31 May 1917
20 December 1951 ~ Northern Michigan Review
16 October 1954 ~ Petoskey Evening News AND Northern Michigan Review
Article Below: This 1960 Petoskey News Review article gave an overview of the D.A.R. chapter Petosega.
7 April 1960 ~ Petoskey News Review
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Obituary Below: Mrs. J. Frederick Reusch was the organizing regent of Pe-to-se-ga Chapter of Petoskey and one of its guiding officers through the years of its life.
27 February 1943 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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Obituary Below: Elizabeth Reusch Mellon was an active member of the D.A.R. where she was a regent and historian for the Pe-to-se-ga Chapter.
14 April 1980 ~ Petoskey News Review
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Article Below: Ethel Rowan Fasquelle was a charter member of the Petosega chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
10 July 1952 ~ Northern Michigan Review
G.A.R.
The obituary of Asa W. Aldrich who served in the Civil War stated: He was present at the first meeting of comrades called for the purpose of organizing a G.A.R. post in Petoskey July 4 1883, and at it s first election he was elected senior vice commander. The post here was then known as Petoskey Post, No. 170 G.A.R.
27 May 1885 ~ Petoskey City Record
21 November 1910 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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24 May 1840 - 4 March 1915 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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Article Below: News for 1938 Printed in Petoskey News Review 20 April 1963 "25 Years Ago"
Ira M. Stewart Sole Survivor of the Emmet County Chapter G.A.R.
20 April 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review
Marquette Avenue
(As written on pages 159/160 in The Traverse Region, Historical and Descriptive,
With Illustrations of Scenery and Portraits and Biographical Sketches ~ 1875)
(As written on pages 159/160 in The Traverse Region, Historical and Descriptive,
With Illustrations of Scenery and Portraits and Biographical Sketches ~ 1875)
"In the early days of the village [Petoskey] a sign-board was erected over the old trail running through the railroad park [later Pennsylvania Park], and where the Arlington Hotel now stands. Upon the board was an inscription as follows: 'Marquette Avenue. Original trail between Detroit, Grand Traverse and Mackinac, traveled by hundreds of Indians, and over 100 years ago by Father Marquette, the famous missionary and explorer.' The trail was distinctly visible for some distance, and there are numerous persons through this section of the country who have traveled the trail, and in many places its course is marked by a narrow, deep depression caused by the passage of hundreds and thousands of feet. It is hardly probable, however, that the feet of Marquette ever pressed this trail. The romantic interest of tradition is heightened by supposing that such was the case, at the same time such an admission would conflict with more reliable history. Many of these traditions, like relics from the Holy Land, have to be continually manufactured to supply the demand. If Marquette had traveled all the devious ways that tradition has led him, and been buried in the numberless graves over which admiring posterity has wept, he would have needed to possess the quality of ubiquity both in life and death."
Father Marquette Trail ~ Near Big Cedar Bay View
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1 May 1907 ~ The Petoskey Record
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Photo Below: Just behind the tennis courts were the railroad tracks from Petoskey heading north to Bay View. Above and beside the tracks was the main road Arlington Avenue going in front of Marie Rowe's home (with the turret). That home was the FIRST Petoskey hospital of the Dr.s George and John Reycraft. Beside the Rowe home was/is Grand Avenue leading up on to the bluff, now with many homes. In the bottom left corner of the photo is the rock used to mark the Marquette Trail, with the plaque on the other side which was erected by THE PE-TO-SE-GA CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION PETOSKEY, MICHIGAN. More photos are below of the memorial rock and plaque.
Little Traverse Historical Society Photo Collection (Undated)
27 March 1913 ~ The Petoskey Record Page 10
3 March 1916 ~ Petoskey Evening News... continued below
3 March 1916 ~ Petoskey Evening News... continued below
3 March 1916 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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27 March 1922 ~ Petoskey Evening News
1915 ~ Erected by THE PE-TO-SE-GA CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION PETOSKEY, MICHIGAN
It appears from the background ofLittle Traverse Bay that this stone marker has been turned 180º since it was first installed. Compare the background in this old photo to the 2013 photo directly below.
2013
THIS BOULDER MARKS
THE OLD INDIAN TRAIL FROM MACKINAW CITY TO GRAND RAPIDS USED FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL BY THE HURON, OTTAWA, CHIPPEWA AND OTHER TRIBES 
27 March 1913 ~ The Petoskey Record Page 10
Official dedication of the old Indian Trail Boulder noted in part of an article below which told of the 4 July 1916 events.
5 July 1916 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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6 July 1916 ~ Petoskey Evening News
25 May 1912 ~ Petoskey Evening News
Article and Four Photos Below: The boulder at the grave of Old Chief Pe-to-se-ga (Ignatius Petoskey), the chapter name of the DAR in Petoskey, mentioned in the article below, is located at Greenwood Cemetery... not the Old Indian Trail boulder erected by the Petosega Chapter of the DAR, in the photos above located in Arlington Park. John Foley was a noted Petoskey photographer.
6 June 1912 ~ The Petoskey Record
Chief Petoskey's Gravesite and Surrounding Tombstones
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Boulder on Chief Petosega's Graveside
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Chief Petosega/Petoskey
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The boulder at the grave of Chief Petoskey in Greenwood Cemetery on an old postcard
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6 June 1912 Article Below: "Following the exercises at the monument another interesting part of the program was given when a large boulder, weighing nearly six tons, was dedicated by Pe-to-se-ga, Daughters of the American Revolution, at the grave of Ignatius Pe-to-se-ga, the Indian chief after whom the city of Petoskey is named."
6 June 1912 ~ The Petoskey Record #1
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6 June 1912 ~ The Petoskey Record #2
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6 June 1912 ~ The Petoskey Record #3
6 June 1922 ~ Petoskey Evening News
7 October 2013 ~ 1915 ~ The plaque on the boulder erected by THE PE-TO-SE-GA CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION PETOSKEY, MICHIGAN rests to the right of the Civil War Cannon in Arlington Park, closer to Stafford's Perry Hotel.
7 October 2013 ~ The Lombard Post No. 170 Memorial rests to the left of the Civil War Cannon in Arlington Park.
G.A.R.
16 January 1883 ~ The Northern Independent
9 May 1894 ~ The Petoskey Record
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6 February 1895 ~ The Petoskey Record
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29 May 1901 ~ The Petoskey Record #1
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29 May 1901 ~ The Petoskey Record #2
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12 June 1901 ~ The Petoskey Record
The Grand Army of the Republic, founded 6 April 1866, was an organization with members who served in the Union Army during the Civil War, for social and political purposes. When the last member of the GAR died in 1956, the Grand Army of the Republic was disbanded. The Lombard Post No. 170 of Petoskey MI was a vital post of the GAR with a memorial placed in Arlington Park Petoskey MI to commemorate the GAR.
In 1881 The Grand Army of the Republic formed the Sons of Union Veterans of the United States of America [SUVCW] to go forward and represent the GAR.
In 1881 The Grand Army of the Republic formed the Sons of Union Veterans of the United States of America [SUVCW] to go forward and represent the GAR.
18 August 1883 ~ Northern Tribune newspaper of Cheboygan MI
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29 November 1893 ~ The Petoskey Record
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1884 ~ The Traverse Region
Col. Isaac D. Toll who was mentioned in the 1884 item above,
was later made the namesake of a section of Greenwood Cemetery Petoskey MI.
was later made the namesake of a section of Greenwood Cemetery Petoskey MI.
9 December 1885 ~ Petoskey City Record
Lombard Post No. 170
Article Below: Lombard Post, No. 170, G.A.R. was organized in Petoskey, 11 August 1993, by Dr. Rush Shank, medical director of the department of Michigan, assisted by Capt. W.H. Miller, of Harbor Springs, Capt. Thomas Ellis and Adjt. George W. Stone, of the Lansing Post.
An early account of the organizational meeting told, "Mr. J.S. Coffman and the other gentlemen who owned the 12 pound gu upon the bluff kindly offered it for use of the boys, and J.W. Chilson, an old artilleryman, fired a salute to the visiting officers at 1 o'clock. H.M. Wilcox, with his field band rendezvoused at the Clifton house, and at 2 o'clock the column moved down to Mitchell hall.
Fifty-eight men assembled for muster and officers were elected... At 3 o'clock the doors were thrown open to the public."
This 1906 The Petoskey Record below, listed the then 76 existing members, and the Honored Dead in the Greenwood Cemetery.
An early account of the organizational meeting told, "Mr. J.S. Coffman and the other gentlemen who owned the 12 pound gu upon the bluff kindly offered it for use of the boys, and J.W. Chilson, an old artilleryman, fired a salute to the visiting officers at 1 o'clock. H.M. Wilcox, with his field band rendezvoused at the Clifton house, and at 2 o'clock the column moved down to Mitchell hall.
Fifty-eight men assembled for muster and officers were elected... At 3 o'clock the doors were thrown open to the public."
This 1906 The Petoskey Record below, listed the then 76 existing members, and the Honored Dead in the Greenwood Cemetery.
30 May 1906 ~ The Petoskey Record
Article Below: J.B. Ellsworth was a member of the G.A.R. Post which was to attend his funeral.
17 June 1908 ~ Petoskey Evening News
Brief History of The Grand Army of the Republic
Sons of Union Veterans of the United States of America [SUVCW]
The Robert Finch Camp NO. 14 SUVCW website describes how their camp requested the City of Petoskey to move the 1927 G.A.R. bronze plaque on a stone to a spot near the cannon their camp had funded to be restored... before the dedication on 21 June 2008.
19 July 1910 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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30 November 1910 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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30 May 1912 ~ The Petoskey Record
Photo Below: Lombard & Richardson Postes G.A.R. & W.R.C. Outing Walloon Lake Mich
Little Traverse Historical Society Photo Collection (Undated)
Newspaper Picture Submitted By Eddie May
Photo Above: Accompanying text stated: "Members of the Grand Old Army Lambard [sic~Lombard] and Richardson Post enjoyed an outing on Walloon Lake about 1914-15. The building was the new railroad depot which was located near Clarion just past the intersection of the Junction of US 131 and M-75 to the right of corner by railroad tracks."
10 January 1917 ~ Petoskey Evening News
1917 ~ Nelson Bennett a member of Lombard Post, No. 170
and was with Custer's brigade, Co. A, Seventh Mchigan cavalry.
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6 October 1917 ~ The Petockey Evening News Page2 Bennett Lombard 170
The part of Petoskey Evening News article below was the last part of the article titled "300 Present At Golden Wedding" and provided this additional information regarding the Lombard Post No. 170. 
17 October 1917 ~ The Petoskey Evening News
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5 November 2012
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5 November 2012
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Karla Howard Buckmaster took the photos of the Lombard Post No. 170 Memorial
Arlington Park Petoskey MI 5 November 2012
Arlington Park Petoskey MI 5 November 2012
The two photo copies below, the entire photo and a close-up, are of the same photo. The photo was shared by a friend who owns the precious original photo which is quite large. These photos cannot be enlarged, at the request of the owner. The memorial plaque and huge rock are no longer positioned on a platform as in the photo, although from the background in the photo, it appears that the rock/plaque memorial has always rested in Arlington Park. The date on the plaque above is 1927, so the photo below would have been taken after 1927.
The owner of this photo does not have a listing of the people in the photo so if anyone can help with identities of people, please e-mail me:
HowardBushTree@Chartermi.net
The owner of this photo does not have a listing of the people in the photo so if anyone can help with identities of people, please e-mail me:
HowardBushTree@Chartermi.net
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Names of some of the GAR Members in the photos above and below: Edwin A. Dunton, V.A. Baker, F.J. Smith, Allen J. Ramsby, Silas Wright, Melvin Burch, and S.S. Puckett.
GAR Lombard Post 170
Memorial Day 1921 ~ GAR on the Steps of the Emmet County Court House Petoskey MI
The photo above was taken by John Foley. The following information of possible identifications seems likely because of the description from the GAR-Photographs website... but this is not positive.
Title: GAR - Photographs
Descriptive info: G.. A.. R.. Lombard Post 170, Petoskey, Michigan.. Lombard Post 170, Grand Army of the Republic. Photograph taken by John Foley in front of court house at Petoskey, Michigan, Memorial Day 1921, Information from Fred L.. Knoodle, Robert Finch Camp 14, SUVCW, Traverse City Michigan.
Front row, left to right: E. A. Dunston, Melvin Burch, Sylvester Puckett, W. R. Montgomery
Second row: John Duvernay, Frank Jones, W. F. Lawton, Christopher Hankey, (unidentified), Flavel J. Smith, V. A. Baker, Frank Schluttenhofer
Third row: R. W. Treadwelter, Horace M. Wilcox, George Richmond, John Davis, Charles Harris, (unidentified), Cyrus Wright, (unidentified), J. H. Wells.
Back row: (unidentified), Amos Wallace, Clark Riddle, (unidentified), Mr. Wilbur, and Francis J. Eaton
See another photo (1913) of the Lombard Post 170
Posing by the Cannon in Pennsylvania Park on this website.
GAR Lombard Post 170 ~ Petoskey MI
Another Photo Of GAR Lombard Post 170 Petoskey MI Click HERE.
The Lombard Post 170 Petoskey MI donated a 30-pounder Parrott Rifle cannon to the Greenwood Cemetery where it stands guard in Cannon Park which commemorates veterans of the Civil War. Greenwood Cemetery also has another park designated on the north side of the cemetery as Veteran's Park which honors veterans of WWII who were killed overseas, and their bodies were not returned to the United States. The W.R.C. No. 152 has erected a memorial in the Greenwood Cemetery in honor of the Fallen Heroes of 1861-1865, as well as the memorial in Arlington Park in the photo at the top of this webpage.
27 April 1899 ~ The Petoskey Record
Lombard Corp
17 June 1908 ~ The Petoskey Record
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7 March 1933 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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MEMBERS of GAR
Photos Below: Theodore A. Penland was the
LAST Commander In-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic
~ 1948-1949 ~
LAST Commander In-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic
~ 1948-1949 ~
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The 12 September 1949 Life magazine showed a photo on page 53 of Theodore Penland, one lone member, watching a concert given by the US Marine Band during the encampment for the G.A.R.. The small article stated: "Eighty-three years ago 188 young men gathered in Indianapolis, Ind. to hold the first encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic and set about organizing the 1,890,000 union veterans of the Civil War. Last week the G.A.R. was back in Indianapolis. This time there were six members, representing 17 living members. Some were nearly blind or deaf. Only one could walk more than a few steps. They were trundled about like precious China figurines. Finally the six men voted to make this the last encampment and a motorcade carried them slowly through the city to the tune of 'Mine eyes have seen the glory...."
The 20 August 1956 Life magazine had a wonderful article (with many photos) on page 19 written by Petoskey's own Pulitzer-Prize author Bruce Catton titled "Muffled Roll for Grand Army ~ The Death of the Last Union Soldier and of an Era".
The 20 August 1956 Life magazine had a wonderful article (with many photos) on page 19 written by Petoskey's own Pulitzer-Prize author Bruce Catton titled "Muffled Roll for Grand Army ~ The Death of the Last Union Soldier and of an Era".
8 December 1901 ~ The Petoskey Record
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Lombard Post NO. 170 Election of Officers Meeting
(News Article Below) 
7 April 1910 The National Tribune Washington DC
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Death Notice for Dr. Alexander Worden
Past Commander of Lombard Post 
21 April 1910 The National Tribune Washington DC
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ROLL OF 1911 LOMBARD POST NO. 170
6 June 1913 ~ The Petoskey Record Page 3
LOMBARD POST NO. 170 30th ENCAMPMENT
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LOMBARD POST NO. 170 32ond ENCAMPMENT
LOMBARD POST NO. 170 33rd ENCAMPMENT
2 April 1921 ~ Petoskey Evening News photos accompanied the article below...
2 April 1921 ~ Petoskey Evening News article accompanied the photo above...
Member Listing Of Lombard Post No. 170 Petoskey MI
V.A. Baker
Nelson Bennett
Melvin Burch
John Davis
E.A. Dunston
John Duvernay
Francis J. Eaton
Jean Baptiste Gokee (1848 ~ 1910)
Christopher Hankey
Charles Harris [See Obituary Below]
Frank Jones
John Keep (b. 1842 )
W.F. Lawton
W.R. Montgomery
Sylvester Puckett
George Richmond
Clark Riddle
Frank Schluttenhofer
Flavel J. Smith
General Isaac DeGraff Toll
R.W. Treadwelter
Cyrus Wright
Mr. Wachtel 1891
Amos Wallace
J.H. Wells
Mr. Wilbur
Horace M. Wilcox
V.A. Baker
Nelson Bennett
Melvin Burch
John Davis
E.A. Dunston
John Duvernay
Francis J. Eaton
Jean Baptiste Gokee (1848 ~ 1910)
Christopher Hankey
Charles Harris [See Obituary Below]
Frank Jones
John Keep (b. 1842 )
W.F. Lawton
W.R. Montgomery
Sylvester Puckett
George Richmond
Clark Riddle
Frank Schluttenhofer
Flavel J. Smith
General Isaac DeGraff Toll
R.W. Treadwelter
Cyrus Wright
Mr. Wachtel 1891
Amos Wallace
J.H. Wells
Mr. Wilbur
Horace M. Wilcox
In 1918 ~ Past Senior Vice Department Commander In Petoskey MI ~ J.C. Bontecou, deceased.
(Mr. Bontecou was the editor and proprietor of the Petoskey "Record" a weekly newspaper.)
In 1918 ~ Past Junior Vice Department Commander in Petoskey MI ~ Thos. H. Higgins.
(Mr. Bontecou was the editor and proprietor of the Petoskey "Record" a weekly newspaper.)
In 1918 ~ Past Junior Vice Department Commander in Petoskey MI ~ Thos. H. Higgins.
4 February 1937 ~ Northern Michigan Review
LIST of other GAR MEMBERS from Charlevoix County
John Jacko ~ Called himself "the famous Indian of the 1st Michigan Sharpshooters, 2nd Division, 9th Corps." died 1907
John Jacko Gravesite
John Jacko ~ Called himself "the famous Indian of the 1st Michigan Sharpshooters, 2nd Division, 9th Corps." died 1907
John Jacko Gravesite
Postcard below: The Culver Academies website notes: "In May of 1897 Black Horse Troop made its first formal appearance, serving as Honor Guard for Indiana Governor James Mount at the GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC Encampment in Richmond, Indiana." This tradition of the Black Horse Troop continues today by having appeared at each inaugural parade since 1997.
Black Horse Troop, Culver Military Academy, Culver, Ind.
Bible presented to the Lombard Post 170 in Petoskey Michigan
~ January of 1915 ~
~ January of 1915 ~
In 2015, Joseph "Joe" Murphy discovered the old Bible (in the photos below) among the effects of his grandfather and namesake, Joseph Murphy who passed away in 1942. Joe's ancestors had fought in the American Revolution for the Irish Brigade of the French Army and decided to stay in Michigan after the Revolution. Joe's father was John T. Murphy, the Probate and Juvenile Judge for Emmet County as was his father before him. Joe believes that at some point the Bible came into the possession of his grandfather. Upon research about the name of Mrs. (Anna) Derk DeRuiter on the dedication page of the Bible, it has been learned that her husband Derk had passed away in 1913 at only 68 years old from Addison's Disease. Anna's 1933 obituary told that she had "for many years been a member of Lombard Relief Corps of Petoskey. Her husband was a Civil war veteran." He enlisted in the Union army at the beginning of the Civil war, when he was only seventeen years of age, and continued to serve throughout the struggle.
The Petoskey Record of 6 June 1906 printed a portion of an address given by Derk DeRuiter on Memorial Day. The Speech can be accessed through the Greenwood Cemetery "Newspaper Research" section of the cemetery's website.
Derk DeRuiter had served the city of Petoskey in 1908 as the mayor, and had already served as an alderman from the second ward. It is interesting to note that this precious keepsake of the Lombard Post is still in existence in Petoskey Michigan.
The Petoskey Record of 6 June 1906 printed a portion of an address given by Derk DeRuiter on Memorial Day. The Speech can be accessed through the Greenwood Cemetery "Newspaper Research" section of the cemetery's website.
Derk DeRuiter had served the city of Petoskey in 1908 as the mayor, and had already served as an alderman from the second ward. It is interesting to note that this precious keepsake of the Lombard Post is still in existence in Petoskey Michigan.
Submitted by Joseph Murphy
Submitted by Joseph Murphy
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18 April 1913 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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23 February 1933 ~ Petoskey Evening News
Lombard Post No. 170 G.A.R. Petoskey Michigan
(Photos Below Taken 3 November 2015)
Louis Watson "Bucky" Hankey has in his possession the ribbon of the Lombard Post No. 170
which had belonged to his great-grandfather Christopher Hankey
who had served in the Civil War, having fought in thirteen significant battles.
(Photos Below Taken 3 November 2015)
Louis Watson "Bucky" Hankey has in his possession the ribbon of the Lombard Post No. 170
which had belonged to his great-grandfather Christopher Hankey
who had served in the Civil War, having fought in thirteen significant battles.
Display pieces are owned by Louis Watson "Bucky" Hankey
