Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)
Albert Winchell Post 327, Lyons IA
Charter Members:
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Pictured are (top row) Eugene Hoxie, Millard F. Rose (bottom row) D. C. Law, Joseph Ayon and A. Johnson.
Biography of D. C. Law
(Source and date unknown)
Daniel Crawford Law, the present Commander of Albert Winchell Post No. 327, Lyons, was fifteen years old when he enlisted in the Civil War. He enlisted as a drummer boy but upon arriving at the Camp at Punxsutawney, Penn., he was informed that the drummer boy for the regiment was already recruited and he could have his choice of going back home or carrying a musket. He chose to carry the musket.
Mr. Law served in every important engagement of the Civil War from Chancelorsville in May, 1863, to Appomatox in 1865, but never received a wound. His knapsack was shot clean from his back by a shell at one time but he escaped uninjured. During the hardest fighting, his company, in a period of thirty days, was reduced from five hundred men to fifty-two. Mr. Law states most emphatically that as long as one member of the Albert Winchell Post remains, the Post charter will be retained and the interest of the members of the Post in the cause for which they fought has never lessened. There were twenty-two charter members of Albert Winchell Post when it was organized in 1884. In 1890 it had grown to ninety members. Today, but seven remain. These survivors still perform the sacred task of decorating and caring for one hundred and sixty graves of their comrades in the four cemeteries of this community.
The Albert Winchell Post 327 was chartered 28 May 1884. It had 20 charter members and a total of 90 members. It was disbanded in 01 Jan 1928. The following list is from index cards of membership records on microfilm at FamilySearch.org. The Clinton County Historical Society has these cards.
This is an example of the information the cards contain. Some are very well filled out and some, unfortunately, only contain a name a very little other information. This one is for Albert E. Winchell.
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Name |
Born |
Died |
| Winchell, Albert E. | 22 Jun 1861 | |
| Aikey, Martin | ||
| Ayon, Joseph | 07 Dec 1839 | 19 Mar 1933 |
| Batcheler, Alfred | 1840 | |
| Baumann, Charles | 1838 | |
| Blaine, Louis | 1844 | 30 Jun 1905 |
| Blanchard, Job | 1827 | |
| Borman, Jacob | 1842 | 06 Jun 1903 |
| Bourne, George W. | 16 Apr 1830 | 18 Jan 1922 |
| Brayton, James H. | 1844 | |
| Buckley, Elisha | 08 Mar 1893 | |
| Cahill, Cornelius | 05 May 1841 | 08 Jan 1920 |
| Carney, Abram T. | 1843 | 03 mar 1904 |
| Carpenter, Albert A. | ||
| Cavallier, Louis | 04 Jun 1831 | 12 Jun 1913 |
| Chandreau, Joseph | 12 Jun 1905 | |
| Clifford, Con W. | ||
| Cole, William M. | 16 Jun 1831 | |
| Cook, Benjamin F. | 10 Mar 1836 | |
| Daily, Thomas | 15 Mar 1832 | 02 Jul 1911 |
| Darwin, Alanson H. | 23 Jul 1823 | |
| DeFreest, William Henry | 1822 | 16 Aug 1908 |
| Dohrman, Frederick | 06 Jun 1836 | 10 Sep 1903 |
| Dunfee, Nicholas | 02 Sep 1907 | |
| Eberhart, Nicholas | 31 Dec 1932 | |
| Eggers, Jurgen | 1840 | 1918 |
| Fanger, Henry | 02 Dec 1843 | 27 Feb 1923 |
| Fellows, Willard E. | 22 Jun 1808 | 02 Mar 1895 |
| Fellentreter, Andrew | 1835 | |
| Fleming, Peter | 26 Jan 1846 | 19 Jan 1924 |
| Fuller, Mahlon Y. | 1843 | |
| Gasaway, George | ||
| Gertz, John | ||
| Getty, Jesse H. | 1844 | |
| Goodapple, Henry | 1841 | |
| Hansen, Frederick | 1822 | 21 Apr 1897 |
| Himebuck, John | 1840 | 01 Jun 1901 |
| Hoffmann, Rudolph | 1845 | 12 Sep 1897 |
| Hughes, Jacob | 06 Mar 1820 | |
| Hurlburt, Augustus | 1838 | Jun 1898 |
| Jeffers, James G. | 1847 | |
| Joehnk, Hans | 1837 | 11 Apr 1922 |
| Jordan, James L. | 08 Feb 1841 | 13 Mar 1913 |
| Keeler, James | 10 Mar 1828 | 05 Apr 1897 |
| Kehoe, Thomas | 1827 | 04 Feb 1899 |
| Ladrigan, William | 1828 | 12 Apr 1901 |
| Lees, Eli M. | ||
| McDonald, John P. | 21 Mar 1840 | 07 Oct 1907 |
| McGinley, John W. | 1834 | |
| McQuigg, William | 1827 | 16 Dec 1910 |
| Madden, Martin | 01 Nov 1836 | 11 Apr 1924 |
| Magee, Mathew | 1810 | 20 Jan 1885 |
| Marshall, Myron Martin | 1830 | 21 Nov 1911 |
| Metcalf, William S. | 1835 | 01 Apr 1888 |
| Mulligan, John | 1848 | 16 Mar 1915 |
| Murphy, Michael | 1825 | 21 Dec 1900 |
| Nelson, Peter | ||
| Nelson, Valentine Strickler | 28 Jan 1928 | |
| Nunn, Robert | 14 Oct 1846 | 15 Jul 1917 |
| O'Brien, Patrick | 02 Jul 1925 | |
| Payne, Richard | 04 Oct 1812 | |
| Philipps, Charles | 1842 | 01 Apr 1885 |
| Pierpont, Anson T. | 1837 | 31 Dec 1902 |
| Polley, Albert | ||
| Redman, Elisha | ||
| Reinhardt, Christopher | 19 Sep 1901 | |
| Rix, George N. | 1840 | 1918 |
| Rodman, Asa B. | 05 Apr 1902 | |
| Rogers, Stanford | ||
| Rose, Millard | 09 Nov 1929 | |
| Royalty, Daniel B. | ||
| Saenger, Fritz | 1830 | 26 Apr 1887 |
| Schreiner, Nicholas | 12 Dec 1841 | 07 Jan 1923 |
| Sibley, Abner J. | 06 Dec 1838 | 15 Jun 1909 |
| Sibley, Theodore D. | 1841 | |
| Sleight, Samuel A. | 12 Nov 1839 | 26 Dec 1914 |
| Sloan, Henry | 1820 | 20 Jun 1894 |
| Smith, Jesse E. | 1829 | 03 Dec 1901 |
| Smith, Oliver H. | 25 Sep 1840 | 10 Jun 1913 |
| Spaulding, John | 22 Feb 1838 | 12 Jun 1901 |
| Stevens, John | 28 Oct 1828 | 1907 |
| Stoddard, James H. | 1833 | |
| Taggert, Thomas L. | 1841 | 1891 |
| Upham, Charles H. | 11 Jul 1839 | |
| Utts, David | 07 Sep 1837 | 13 Apr 1913 |
| Volbehr, August | 1839 | |
| Westbrook, Milton H. | 10 Jul 1842 | 28 Sep 1902 |
| Wetherell, George F. | 1835 |