GAR Post 223

NICOL, BENNETT, HELDRIDGE, EMERSON, WILCOX, COLE, FOSTER, CHASE, SHIPMAN, HENDERSON, INMAN, MYERS, MEAD

Posted By: Linda Linn (email)
Date: 7/5/2010 at 23:49:00

From 1902 History of Dickinson County:

Wallar Post, No. 223, G. A. R., was organized September 13, 1883. It was the first civic society in Milford. The charter members were: R. B. Nicol, Daniel Bennett, James Heldridge, Thompson Emerson, A. D. Inman, William Chase, Horace Bennett, Charles A. Darrow, R. R. Wilcox, D. H. Cole and Ira Foster. In all sixty-five names appear on the records as having been members at some period. The present membership is not far from twenty-five. The G. A. R. differs from all other societies in this: When an old member is "mustered out" there are no young ones to fill their place. The position of Commander has been filled by William Chase, H. H. Shipman, Zina Henderson, A. D. Inman, James Heldridge, R. R. Wilcox, R. B. Nicol, W. H. H. Myers, and Daniel Mead. A more than ordinary degree of interest has always been manifested by the members of this post. In connection with it is an active Women's Relief Corps, and a feeling of comradeship is cultivated and encouraged that is a long way in advance of many other organizations.