William S. Pierson Post #58

Bloomfield, New Jersey

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             9/5/2005 from internet research GAR Posts of NJ

         www.firstbaptistbloomfield.org/knox-hist.htm

            Ref: from book “History of Essex & Hudson Co. NJ.

            Chapter LXVIII

 

         WILLIAM S. PIERSON POST, No. 58, GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, is comparatively a young organization, but has a good working membership of

         about fifty veterans of the late war. It was organized Oct. 13, 1881, with the following officers: A.J. Marsh, Commander; William B. Sheppard, Senior

         Vice-Commander; J.H.  Cockefair, Junior Vice-Commander; S.M. Hulin, Adjutant; Enoch Chatterton, Quartermaster, D.W. Gregory, Chaplain; J.V. Smith,

         Officer of the Day; who, with the subjoined, comprised the charter members.— R.D. Brown, C.S. Robotham, Horace Dodd, Daniel Delhagen, W.C. Johnson,

         P.M. Jacobus, William J. Baldwin, G.W. Cadmus, A.P. Banta, J.C. Ward, T.L. Brandreth, Aaron P. Quimby, J.E. Hampson, William J. Raab, J.H. Price,

         Thomas Senior, Louis Schaup, J.G. Koeber, Frederick Florus, Richard Jacobus, Charles Batchelor, Francis Moran, C.L. Voorhees, G.W. Taylor,

         John Gottschalk, Richird Powers, P. Cunningham, William M. Sandford, Eli Drew, John Rushton, Charles Schaffer.

         The Past Commanders of Pierson Post have been A.J. Marsh, William B. Sheppard, J.H. Cockefair, and C.L. Voorhees.

         The officers for 1884 were William B. Sheppard, C.; William J. Raab, S.V.C.; A. Cadmus, J.V.C.; John Brown, Chaplain; A.J. Marsh, Adjutant;

         G.W. Cadmus, Quartermaster; J.H. Cockefair, Officer of the Day; F. Florus, Officer of the Guard; C. Batchelor, Surgeon; G.A. Wheeler,

         Sergeant-Major; John Rushton, Outside Guard.

                               The post meets each Tuesday evening at Unangst’s Hall.

 

Membership Roster

       

Last Name 1st.  Name Mid Regt. Birth  Death  Buried Rank Notes Add.  Dt Address
Arcularius C. T.           PPC, 1894, listed as Charles F. PC 1895, listed as C. F. 1896   Bloomfield
Baldwin Wm. J.           Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Bancroft John M.           PPC 1892, 1893, 94, 95, 96   Bloomfield
Banta A. P.           Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Batchlor Charles             Charter member 1881, Surgeon Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Brandreth T. L.           Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Brower R. D.           1886    
Brown John             Chaplain 1884 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Brown R. D.           Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Cadmus A.             JVC 1884 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Cadmus George W. M.           PPC 1889, Charter member 1881 QM 1884 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co., PPC 1892, 93, 94, listed as Geo. M. PPC 1896   36WashingtonSt.
Cadmus Theodore             PPC, PC 1894, PPC 1895, 1896   Bloomfield
Campp G.             1885    
Chatterton Enoch             QM, 1892 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Clark Charles A.           1892    
Cockefair John H.           PPC 1885, 1886, 87, 89, JVC 1881, OOD 1884 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Cunningham P.             Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Danbacher Francis                 Bloomfield
Delhagen Daniel             Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Delhagen John             1885    
Dodd Horace             Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Dodd William H.           PPC 1889, 1892, 93, 94, 95, 96   Bloomfield
Drew Eli             Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Dunbar John  B.           1889    
Florus Frederick             Charter member 1881 OOG,  1884 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co. listed as Floris 1892, 1896    
Gottschalk John          /   /1888     1889, Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Gregory David W.           PC 1887, PPC 1889, Chaplain, Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.   Bloomfield
Hampson J. E.           Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Hayes E. L.           1893    
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Hulin S. Morris           1889, Adj., Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Jacobus P. M.           Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Jacobus Richard             Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Johnson W. C.           Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Koeber J. G.           Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Krenrich A.          /   /1888     1889    
Madison Robert   Co A, 13 NJV   12/3/1913   Pvt.     Bloomfield
Marsh A. J.           PPC 1885, 87, 89, 1st Post Cmdr, Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Middleton Thos. W.           1885    
Moran Francis             Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Peloubet Joseph A.           PPC, PC 1893, PPC 1894, 1895   Bloomfield
Powers Richard             Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Price J. H.           Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Quimby Aaron P.           Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Raab William J.           PC 1886, PPC 1889 Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co. PPC 1892, 93, 94, 95, 96    
Raat Wm. J.           PC 1885    
Rall Benedict   Co B, 1 NJ Art   8/20/1892 Bloomfield Pvt. Death Record 1893  68 yrs. old    
Robotham C.harles S.           Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co. listed as C. M. 1894, 1895,  listed as Charles M. PC 1896 changed  C. S. to Charles M.    
Roubaud George             1896    
Rushton John             Charter member 1881 Outside Guard 1884 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Russell Nathan             PPC 1893   Bloomfield
Sammis George S.           PC 1903, 1913   157AshlandAve
Sanford M.             Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
Schaffer Charles             Robeson Post 42 roster Book, Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co. #105,  6/9/1881  
Schaup Louis             Charter member 1881 Hist of Essex & Hudson Co.    
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