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Department of New Jersey organized December 10, 1868   -  With  2 Posts & 58 members (Dept. #8)                                    Yearly Journal Records   - - - - - - - - - - - - - >
No.# Post Name Location Meeting Place County Start End Still Active Notes 1871 1874 1875 1878 1880 1885 1886 1887 1889 1892 1893 1894 1897 1900 1902 1903 1904 1905 1909 1913 1914 1923 - 24 1926 1931 Affiliated
1 McPherson Boonton Masonic Hall Morris   1877   disbanded 1/30/1878, listed in Dept. roster 12/31/1871   45 0                                            
1 Phil Kearney Newark 210 Market St. Essex 12/06/1866   1914 Was Post 2, changed 8/29/1877       50   167 145 139 146 160 169 156               74 50        
1 Kearney - Sheridan Newark 478 Broad St. Essex 12/06/1866   1931 1923 - 24 Dept. roster                                           35 members      
2 Phil Kearney Newark Room #4 Library Hall Essex 12/06/1866 1878   Changed to post 1, 8/29/1887. listed on Dept. roster 12/12/1871   38 30                                            
2 Commodore Conover South Amboy   Middlesex 03/11/1878 01/23/1893   Consolidated w/ Pierson Pst 80 in 1892 to form Trux Pst 118           22 24        

0

3/1/1878

                          
2 Thomas A. Sharp * Millville GAR Hall, East Main St Cumberland 01/01/1891   1931 Formed from Tice 49 & Union 55 merger1/20/1894. Charter date from by-laws bk. Mvl Hist. Soc & Tice Pst Mins. showing change to new post                           1/1/1893   1/20/1894   1/20/1893   51

61

1/201893

 16 members 1/20/1893    
3 Gilliam Van Houten * Jersey City 94 Belmont Ave, GAR Hall Hudson 05/10/1867   1931 Listed on Dept roster12/12/1871   24 30 28   278 276 309 328 331 334

327

4/5/1867

 04/03/1867             125 107 40 members     Relief post 16
3 ? Bergin City           Listed in GAR book pub. 1869 / George Kane                                                  
4 Admiral Stewart Manahawkin   Ocean     1871 Listed on Dept. roster 12/12/1871                                                  
4 Lincoln Newark   Essex       from ribbon w/ post name & # owned by Buzz Smithcors                                                  
4 Nathaniel Lyon Bricksburg   Ocean 06/04/1880     Listed in 1878 & 1880                                                  
4 H. O. Ryerson        Stanhope     04/01/1875   1875 Listed in 1875 Dept. Encp. Report     23                                            
4 James A. Garfield Newark 248 Market St, Post Hall Essex 09/23/1881   1931             123 109 124 156 156 160 159               86 77 33 members      
5 Nathanial Lyon Bricksburg Grand Army Hall Ocean     1872 listed in 1871 & 1872, Listed in Dept. roster 12/12/1871 as Lyon pst. 5                                                  
5 Thomas M.K. Lee Camden Corner 5th & Taylor Ave Camden 01/05/1875   1931 Organized with 85 Charter members       41   148 133 138 149 144 155

161

1/4/1875

   1/4/1875 1/4/1875 1/4/1875 1/4/1875 1/4/1875   118 113 45 members 1/4/1875    
6 Hugh H. Janeway New Brunswick   Middlesex 1875   1878         25                                          
6 Gen. Harker Glassboro   Gloucester 10/31/1878 09/00/1885   Surrendered Charter           33 33                                    
6 Sedgwick Camden NW Corner 5th & Taylor Ave. Camden     1871 out of existence before 1889, not listed in 1887. Listed on Dept. roster 12/12/1871, Disbanded in 1875     0                                            
6 John C. Shinn Port Norris GAR Hall Cumberland 01/12/1887 12/09/25   Suspended 1925, no report 1923-24 also listed as Jacob C. Shinn Post                       01/22               22 20 8 members      
7 George G. Mead Passaic Elks Hall Passaic 06/26/1873   1926 No report 1923 -24   29 28 50   62 51 59 65 56 54

50

1/26/1873

 1/23/1873         6/23/1873   29

26

6/23/1871

 12 members 06/23/1873    
8 Bayard   Trenton Bayard Hall, N. Montgomery St Mercer 11/05/1867   1931     45 68 44   64 84 148 140 164 143 130   12/22/1870           64 56 12 members     Bayard Corp WRC 1903
9 Jas. W. Allen   Burlington   Burlington 5/20/1874 1877   disbanded 1877. Name listed as Joseph W. Allen in 1875 / George Kane     47                                            
9 George W. Taylor Hampton Junction Stewart Bowlby Hall Hunterdon 10/01/1878 12/09/25   Suspended 1925, no report 1923 - 24           36 39 42 63 72 73

71

10/4/1878

 10/4/1878 10/2/1878           16 14 6 members      
10 Phil Kearney Bordentown   Burlington       Listed in GAR book pub. 1869 / George Kane                                                  
10 Nathaniel Lyon * Vineland GAR Hall Cumberland 06/16/1875 12/18/26   all property @ Vineland Historical Society       32   92 100 112 92 117 100 114               66 56 22 members     Lyon Corps WRC 1903
11 Lincoln Newark 838 Broad St Essex 12/17/1870   1931 instituted 12/17/1870? Listed in Dept. roster 12/12/1871   47 86 30   181 177 191 208 267 314

316

2/1/1868

   2/1/1868 2/1/1868 2/1/1868 2/1/1868 2/1/1868   185

173

2/1/1868

 64 members 02/01    
12 Post 12 Hackettstown   Warren   1877   surrendered charter w/o explanation 1/30/1878                                                  
12 Uzal Dodd Orange 249 Main St Essex 03/23/1878   1931             91 100 105 117 134 139 140               57 67 25 members 03/21/1878    
13 ? Hammonton           Listed in GAR Book pub. 1869                                                  
13 Henry Wilson Jersey City 148 Newark Ave Hudson 12/30/1875   1931 Hancock Hall, 148 Newark Ave.       39   92 80 95 104 93 82 12/301876 12/30/1876 12/23/1875           32 33 28 members      
14 Ellsworth Union Town Hall, Lewis St  Hudson 01/24/1876   1931         46   55 70 75 88 90 87

86

11/8/1876

 11/8/1876             25 30 19 members      
15 Capt. Henry Vreeland Bellville   Essex 03/11/10 12/09/25   Suspended 1925, no report 1923 - 24                                       10 10 12 members      
15 Kearney New Brunswick Kearney Hall Middlesex     1885 listed in 1878 - 1885. Listed in Dept. roster 12/12/1871   91 15 36                                          
15 Kearney-Janeway New Brunswick 78 Schurman St Middlesex 08/07/1878 06/23/1904               45 73 84 102 62 78

74

8/6/1878

   6/12/1868 8/6/1878 8/6/1878 8/6/1878                
16 Bramhall Rahway Watson's Building Union     1871 Listed in GAR Journal of 1871 / Geo. Kane, Listed on Dept roster 12/12/1871                                                  
16 J. Parker Grubb Burlington GAR Hall Burlington 5/28/1880 12/09/26   started again 5/28/1880, suspended 12/9/1925, no report 1923, 24         5/28/80 88 81 85 93 78 73

66

5/28/1880

 5/28/1880 5/28/1880 5/28/1880 5/28/1880       37

36

7/29/1878

 16 members      
17 Custer Carlstadt GAR Hall Bergin 07/29/1878   1914             36 34 32 36 30 28 25             11 12          
18 Ira J. Lindsley Morristown Grand Army Hall Morris   1877   disbanded 1/30/1878, listed in Dept roster 12/31/1871   24                                              
18 Sedgwick Hackettstown Hackettstown Warren 01/29/1879   1909             32 32 41 41 48 42 32         1/29/1870                
18 William McKinley

Vineland Soldiers Home

 Post Hall Cumberland 11/30/07 05/04/26   surrendered charter                                       51 47 26 members     McKinley WRC #8
19 Wadsworth Hoboken ODD Fellows Hall Hudson     1887 Listed in Dept. roster 12/12/1871   64 115 20                                          
19 John A. Dix Swedesboro Main St. Gloucester 04/29/1879 1925               24 28 24 30 25 30 29               13 10 7 members      
20 Gen. Hickman Elwood Grand Army Hall Atlantic     1871 Listed in Dept. roster 12/12/1871                                                  
20 Maj. C. A. Angel Lambertville Rittenhouse Hall, Union St Hunterdon 11/20/1878   1931             36 43 67 74 98 87 81               37 34 16 members      
21 Tice Millville Wilson's Hall Cumberland     1871 Listed in Dept. roster 12/12/1871                                                  
21 Joseph A. Ridgway Beverly Broad & Warren St Burlington 05/23/1879 12/09/25   Suspended 1925 as James A. Ridgway Pst. no rpt. as Ridgway 1923, 24           23 26 26 45 61 53 42               10 10 6 members      
22 ? Toms River           Listed in GAR pub. 1869 / George Kane                                                  
22 E. D. Baker Moorestown   Burlington 06/24/1879   1889             50 31 27 16                                
22 Mansfield Bayonne Ex. Firemen's Hall Hudson 12/17/1889   1931 1923 - 1924 no report                   40 43 47               18 18 8 members      
23 Slater Frenchtown           Listed in GAR pub. 1869 / George Kane                                                  
23 Arron Wilkes * Trenton Broad & Hanover St Mercer 07/01/1879   1931             184 184 195 206 234 226 225               157 151 41 members     Arron Wilkes Corps WRC 1903
24 Tice                     Millville   Cumberland          ?? = Listed as Post 24 in Dept. Encp. Report 1875     23                                            
24 Winfield Scott Morristown   Morris   1880   changed name to A.T.A. Torbert Pst 24 in 1880                                                  
24 A. T. A. Torbert Morristown GAR Hall, Washington St Morris 07/14/1879   1931 name chg from Winfield Scott Pst 24 in 1880           91 97 109 101 139 144 154           7/14/1870   61 64 21 members      
25 Ulric Dahlgren Elizabeth 109 Broad St Union 06/14/1869   1931 Listed in Dept. roster 12/12/1871       49   157 142 161 161 140 140

133

9/3/1875

 9/3/1875             67 60 27 members      
26 Gen. A. E. Shiras Mount Holly Main St. Burlington 07/17/1879   1926             88 91 90 90 98 96 91               34 39 14 members      
27 Shaw Newark Lorey Hall Essex   1877   disbanded 1/30/1878, listed in Dept. roster 12/31/1871, Colored Post     1                                            
27 William F. Barry Rahway GAR Hall, 148 Main St Union 07/23/1879 12/30/25   Surrendered charter w/3 members left           83 86 87 78 57 63 60               36

35

11/26/1879

 6 members      
28 Farragut Paterson 143 & 145 Broadway Passaic 06/21/1870   1931 Listed in Dept. roster 12/12/1871   153 107 42   105 96 119 115 121 122 120               57 51 21 members      
29 George H. Thomas Jersey City 94 Hunter St Hudson 08/11/1870 03/11/26   surrendered charter, listed in Dept. roster 12/12/1871   79 72  40   53 60 66 71 64 62 50         8/11/1878     32 29 10 members 8/1/1879    
30 Henry Washington   Warren       # 30 taken by Haines Pst. 30 of Princeton / 1883 "Grand Army Sentinel" GAR newspaper / George Kane. Haines Pst 30 instituted 1879.                                                  
30 Thomas R. Haines Princeton Masonic Hall Mercer 08/01/1879   1923-24 1883 "Grand Army Sentinel" GAR newspaper mentions muster in of Post & states # was taken from previous Post "Henry GAR Post 30 of Washington, NJ, no report 1923 - 1924.           40 35 30 37 33 31 27               10 9 6 members      
31 P. Vredenburg Red Bank Masonic Hall Monmouth     1871 Listed in Dept. roster 12/12/1871                                                  
31 General Howell   Woodbury Court House Hall Gloucester 09/16/1879   1914             51 57 62 62 69 72 74               10 10        
32 Joe Hooker Atlantic City 31 S. NY Ave Atlantic 11/01/1879   1931             90 95 78 99 94 90 97           12/1/1879   51 46 10 members 1/9/1879    
33 Edward A. Acton Pennsgrove Sparks Hall, Main St Salem 11/08/1879   1914             31 33 31 30 26 32 45               18 14        
34 Hexamer Newark 1 Springfield Ave Essex 04/27/1872   1914 Post working in German Language in 1887   124 104 113 4/16/72 110 112 109 106 103 99

99

4/16/1872

   4/25/1872 4/25/1872 4/25/1872 4/25/1872 4/25/1872   23

22

4/25/1872

        
35 Chaplain Butler Paterson 145 Broadway Passaic 04/15/1872   1914     124 105 27 4/24/72 51 62 76 79 137 131

121

4/16/1872

   4/15/1872 4/15/1872     4/17/1872   29

27

4/15/1872

        
36 Edward M. Stanton Jersey City   Hudson   1875 1875 Surrendered charter "some yrs" before 1889, Disbanded in 1875     0                                            
36 Van Leer Gloucester 503 Essex St Camden 11/13/1879   1904             36 36 22 46 20 12 14                          
36 Robert McAllister Kearney Soldiers Home Hudson 08/20/12   1926                                         41 59 48 members 08/12/1912    
37 William B. Hatch Camden Stevens St below 5th St Camden 11/26/1879   1931 81 Charter Members           336 320 314 326 266 263 237   11/25/1879     2/26/1873 11/24/1879   117 133 41 members      
38 Zabriskie Jersey City 82 Bacon Ave Hudson 02/20/1873   1926     46 32 20   108 102 119 105 114 109 104         12/22/1879     34 31 9 members 2/20/1872    
39 Bartlett Caldwell Bloomfield Ave Essex 12/22/1879 1931               35 43 48 53 45 44 42               18 17 12 members      
40 John Mecray Cape May Franklin St Cape May 02/11/1880   1931             38 38 39 44 46 42

42

2/11/1878

 2/11/1878             32 33 18 members      
41 C. K. Hall Asbury Park 810 Cookman Ave Monmouth 04/07/1880   1926             45 38 67 77 82 87 79       4 / 1888       40 39 9 members      
42 Alexander L. Robeson * Bridgeton GAR Hall, Laurel St Cumberland 04/27/1880   1931 GAR Hall built 1869 - 3 story bid on edge of Cohansey River on W. Broad, Hwy 49 - still standing           90 101 102 122 88 103

102

4/13/1879

 4/13/1879             60 63 23 members      
43 Maj. James H. Dandy Perth Amboy 92 Smith St Middlesex 05/29/1880   1926             38 37 37 58 48 37 24               17 18 6 members 5/28/1880    
44 Charles S. Olden Metuchen   Middlesex 05/31/1880 01/06/1896   disbanded           30 31 34 26 20 18 16                          
44 Edward G. Brown Hoboken 501 Garden St Hudson 01/24 01/12   20 charter members 1/27/1900 - surrendered charter                         20             18 17 5 members      
45 Washington Bordentown Post Hall, 2nd St Burlington 06/04/1880   1926             53 49 51 54 38 38 49               11 17 7 members      
46 James B. Morris Long Branch GAR Hall, Broadway Monmouth 07/15/1880   1926             99 93 86 87 85 97 96               38 34 11 members      
47 Vredenburg Manasquan   Monmouth 07/26/1880 02/00/1897   disbanded           31 27 28 27 17 20 21                          
47 Gen. William J. Sewell Mays Landing Library Hall Atlantic 06/05/03 12/09/25   Suspended 1925, no report 1923 -24                                       19 12 8 members      
48 Lambert Boeman Flemington Opera House, Bloomfield Ave Hunterdon 08/25/1880   1914 listed as T.L. Boem in 1885           63 64 80 91 87 98

99

4/28/1880

 4/28/1880   8/28/1880 8/28/1880 8/28/1880     35 35        
49 Larnard Tice Millville   Cumberland 09/24/1880 01/20/1894   disbanded Consolidated with Union Post 55 to form Thomas Sharp Post 2 - 1/20/1894           91 79 69 104 76 71 69                          
49 Thomas W. Eayre Vincentown Jr. Quam Hall Burlington 05/01/1894 12/09/25   Suspended 1925, no report 1923 -24                                       10 10 7 members      
50 John G. Tolmie Phillipsburg PRR Depot Bldg Warren 02/11/1881   1914             78 76 83 103 146 155 146     2/11/1881         33 27        
51 William P. Robeson Camden Kaighns Ave Camden 06/27/1881 12/09/25   Suspended, 1925, no report 1923, 24, 1st Colored Pst in NJ - organized with 25 charter members           24 23 44 90 53 79 37               10 10 6 members      
52 James B. McPherson Hackensack Cor. State & Mercer Bergin 07/13/1881   1926             56 55 65 59 54 56

51

7/14/1881

               29 26 11 members      
53 Thomas H. Davis Haddonfield   Camden 07/16/1881 1898   listed in 1884 - 1891 - surrendered charter w/ 17 members           52 50 48 36 39 36 34                          
53 Maj. Martin Delaney Atlantic City S. Carolina Ave Atlantic 05/19/01 12/09/25   Suspended 1925, Colored Post / George Kane - no report 1923, 24                                 5/10/1901 5/10/1910   8

10

5/17/1901

 6 members 5/17/1901    
54

Maj. Anderson

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 Dover   Morris   02/27/05   changed name to James Mcdavitt Post in 1885, Surrendered charter w/ 10 members 1923-24                                                  
54 James M. McDavitt Dover Blackwell St Morris 07/19/1881 1923 1914 was Maj. Anderson Post 54 changed 1885           71 77 80 107 66 78 52               52 56        
55 Union Millville   Cumberland 08/17/1881 01/20/1894   disbanded, Consolidated w/ Tice Pst 49 to form Thomas Sharp Pst 2- 1/20/1894, purchased cemetery lot Mt. Pleasant, Mvl. 12/12/1885           60 66 71 64 30 48 59                          
55 Gen. Henry W. Slocum Paterson 145 Broadway Passaic 05/28/1894   1931                                         77 75 34 members      
56 Thomas Hamilton Trenton 6 N. Broad St Mercer 08/18/1881   1931 Colored Post per Joe Seliga           25 18 19 19 35 47 16               17 19 7 members      
57 J. G. Foster           1887 listed in 1884 - 1887, listed as J.G. Porter Post in 1885           28 21 16                                  
57 Craven Bound Brook   Summerset 11/10/1887 04/01/1893   listed in 1888 - 1891 - disbanded, surrendered charter                 16 26 22 0                          
58 William S. Pierson Bloomfield 50 Washington Ave Essex 10/13/1881   1914             33 39 41 51 47 47 50               21 21        
59 Ambrose E. Burnside  Toms River Main St., Kipple Hall Ocean 11/11/1881   1931             31 22 22 24 54 54 54               24 30 11 members 12/6/1881    
60 A. B. Bateman Cedarville   Cumberland 12/12/1872   1902 listed in 1884 - 1891           37 41 35 30  27 22 18   11/12/1881                      
61 Arrowsmith  Red Bank Post Hall Monmouth 12/06/1881   1931             95 92 100 94 88 94

95

12/7/1881

               52 52 21 members      
62 Gen. Stahel Egg Harbor Philadelphia St Atlantic 01/16/1882   1914             24 27 26 29 20 21

20

12/20/1881

 1/20/1881 12/29/1881           14 12        
63 Capt. James W. Conover Freehold 4 E. Main St Monmouth 01/16/1882   1931             66 83 88 86 83 76 77               32 30 7 members      
64 Judson Kilpatrick Elizabeth 124 E. Jersey St Union 02/16/1882 07/20/25   surrendered charter           66 65 70 71 62 66

57

2/16/1883

 2/16/1883             26 27 7 members      
65 Issac M. Tucker Newark 120 Market St Essex 04/05/1882   1914 Colored Post           34 45 47 81 62 70 105               19 19        
66 John F. Reynolds Washington 11 Broad St Warren 04/26/1882   1914             54 52 68 78 59 58 57               10 10        
67 Robert Boggs New Brunswick New Brunswick Middlesex 04/29/1882   1904 listed in 1885 - 1891 - Changed name to Boggs-Janeway Post 67 6/24/1904           62 75 76 67 68 56 53   4/28/1882                      
67 Boggs-Janeway New Brunswick GAR Hall Middlesex     1931 was Robert Boggs pst 67 in 1885 - 1891                                       99 90 36 members 4/29/1882    
68 Gen. D. A. Russell Hammonton Bellevue Ave Atlantic 05/08/1884   1914 Sept. 28, 1895 Dedication Monument - Green Mount. Cem.           88 89 80 87 47 49

50

5/8/1882

 5/8/1882 5/8/1882 5/8/1883 5/8/1883 5/8/1883     17 15        
69 Col. Robert C. Johnson Salem Salem Salem 05/26/1882 1912   Listed as "lost in 1912" in the 1914 Dept. Enc. Report           73 71 75 67 51 59

62

5/20/1882

                          
70 Burnett Burdsall Bridgeton Bridgeton Cumberland 04/04/1889 12/09   Suspended 1925, no report 1923 -24                   19 21

25

4/2/1889

 4/2/1889             8 9 2 members      
70 Edward Townsend Goshen   Cape May   02/0/1889   listed in 1884 - 1889, Surrendered charter 2/1/1889, still reporting a commander 1892 & 93           50 29 29 23                                
71 John Willian Gloucester City   Camden 11/08/1882 07/01/1892   listed in 1884 - 1889 - listed as William Pst 71 in 1889 & 1892 - disbanded - surrendered charter w/ 17 members           29 22 19 25 22 17                            
71 Samuel Starr German Valley (Long Valley)   Morris 08/13/1892   1913 Charter membership of 14, listed in 1913 - 1914, (Col. Samuel H. Starr)                     14 19                          
72 Gen G. K. Warren New Egypt New Egypt Ocean 05/09/1883 11/09/04   surrendered charter           72 45 41 31 31 30

37

11/10/82

 11/10/1922 11/10/1882     5/19/1883                
73 Winfield Scott  Plainfield Central Ave & W. 2d St Union 12/13/1882   1931             64 69 75 88 83 81 84               60 63 29 members      
74 Gen. E. V. Sumner Jamesburg Jamesburg Middlesex 04/04/1883   1926             19 19 20 24 26 26 24               9 9 5 members 4/24/1883    
75 Gen. Wadsworth Somerville Adair's Hall Summerset 04/17/1883 12/9/25   laid over for investigation, suspended 12/9/1925           40 35 40 52 76 80 86               24 23 7 members      
76 Samuel Mills Clayton 19 Pearl St Gloucester 05/11/1883 12/9/25   Suspended 12/9/1925, no report 1923 - 24           27 29 22 45 28 20

20

5/17/1883

 5/17/1883             10 10 8 members      
77 Henry D. Ryerson Tuckerton Main & Wood St Ocean 05/19/1883 1925   suspended, no report 1923 - 24           46 40 25 29 14 10 10               14 14 7 members 5/18/1873    
78 Philip Van Rensselear Burlington   Burlington 06/11/1883 11/24/1894   listed 1884, 86, 88, 91 suspended 1885 - disbanded           16 16 10 24 22 25 22                          
79 Frank Lloyd South River Allgair's Hall Middlesex 08/26/1883 1925   location also listed as Old Bridge NJ - changed in 1894, suspended no report 1923 - 24           25 24 24 23 21 21

22

Old Bridge

 Old Bridge             20 19 7 members      
80 Col. P. J. Parisen South Amboy   Middlesex 08/27/1890 01/23/1893   Consolidated w/ Conober Post 2 in 1892, then became Trux post 118, information from George Kane                   26 26 0                          
80 Robert G. Shaw Moorestown   Burlington     1889 listed in 1884 - 1889           23 18 23 23                                
81 Maj. Chris. Woerner Hoboken 501 Garden St Hudson 09/28/1883   1914             50 61 100 108 84 74 70               10 8        
82 James S. Stratton Mullica Hill Home of Comrades Gloucester 10/22/1882   1914             29 38 38 35 34 34

35

10/22/1883

 10/22/1883 10/22/1883           13 11        
83 John G. Shackleton  Keyport Keough's Hall, Front & Church St Middlesex 11/23/1883 1/27/28 1926 Surrendered charter only 6 members left           61 75 73 54 52 49

39

11/21/1883

 12/21/1883   11/21/1883   11/21/1883     25 23 8 members 11/21/1883    
84 Gen. Reno Lakewood 109 Ocean St Ocean 02/25/1884   1926 Chartered with 13 members, also listed as in Manchester           13 17 13 23 33 36 36               18 17 8 members 2/26/1885    
85 William C. Berry Woodbridge Main St., Phillips Hall Middlesex 06/23/1884   1914 Chartered with 24 members           24 42 38 35 30 30 33               10 10        
86 John Hill Boonton ODD Fellow's Hall Morris 07/31/1884 12/3/25   Chartered with 25 members, Suspended 1925           25 33 47 48 35 41 41   7/31/1884           39 36 12 members 7/21/1884    
87 Elwood Arnold Point Pleasant Point Pleasant Ocean 08/26/1884   1909 Chartered with 31 members           31 37 37 38 44 43 36                          
88 Marcus L. Ward Newark 82-84 Belleville Ave Essex 09/17/1884   1926 Chartered with 23 members           25 65 96 153 175 152 147               69 65 18 members      
89 Gen. Thomas A. Smythe Elmer Elmer Salem 10/21/1884 12/9/25   Post mustered in with 33 members, Suspended 1925, no report 1923 - 24           33 29 26 25 21 22 22   4/1/1884           11 10 4 members      
90 William J. Steadman Woodstown Alloway Road Salem 12/03/1884 12/9/25   Post mustered in at Yorktown with 13 members, listed as Fenwick NJ in 1886, also Yorktown?, Suspended 1925, no report 1923 - 24           13 17 16 17 13 10

11

12/3/1884

 12/3/1884 1/1/1886 1/1/1886 1/1/1886 1/1/1886 1/1/1886   13

13

1/1/1886

 6 members 1/1/1886    
91 John Kernan  Cape May Court House   Cape May 02/23/1885 01/10/1894   Chartered with 21 members, Listed 1888 & 91, disbanded             26 25 21 15 13 13                          
92 John E. Beam Bloomfield GAR Hall, Butler Essex 02/26/1885 1925   Chartered with 23 members, suspended, no report 1923 - 24 - Also listed as in Butler, Morris Co.             28 32 35 36 36 49 1884 2/25/1885           26 20 5 members      
93 U. S. Grant Elizabeth   Union 03/25/1885   1889 Chartered with 29 members, listed in 1888 & 89             34 28 25                                
93 Gen. Gershom Mott Rutherford Rutherford Essex 04/30/1891 04/12/05   surrendered charter                   90 35

42

4/20/1891

                          
94 John M. Wheeler Montclair 347 Bloomfield Ave Essex 05/11/1885 06/16/25   Chartered with 21 members, surrendered charter             24 26 24 30 30 20               13

14

5/11/1884

 5 members      
95 D. B. Birney Red Bank Pearl St Monmouth 07/15/1885 12/9/25   Chartered with 31 members, also listed in Long Branch NJ, Suspended             31 33 33 35 43 32 E. Long Branch   7/19/1885           14 12        
96 Edward H. Wade Millburn Bailey Hall, Main St Essex 08/10/1885   1925 Chartered with 30 members             35 39 48 48 46

44

7/20/1885

 7/20/1885             10 9 5 members 8/16/1885    
97 Capt. Henry Belvidere Water & Market Sts Warren 08/31/1885 12/9/25   Chartered with 18 members, Suspended 1925, no report 1923 - 24             24 33 31 55 51 33               19 19 8 members      
98 Capt. Walker Branchville Town Hall Sussex 09/03/1885   1914 Chartered with 28 members             46 118 133 106 42 45               9 9        
99 Gen. George B. McClellan Frenchtown Fourth St Hunterdon 11/12/1885 1923 1914 Chartered with 31 members, surrendered charter with 6 members 1923, 24             37 46 30 44 47

47

11/20/1885

 11/20/1885             12 11        
100 James N. Van Buskirk Bergin Pt.     11/30/1885   1894 listed in1885, 86, 88 & 91             26 58 85 55

53 Bayonne

 50 Bayonne                          
100 Gen. Sherman Bayonne 22 Broadway Hudson 11/30/1885 12/9/25   Suspended                         11/30/1885 11/30/1885 11/30/1885 11/30/1885   11/30/1885   10 11/30/1885 4 members      
101 Bergin Westwood   Bergin 12/10/1885   1892 Chartered with 23 members, listed 1886             23                                    
101 Gabriel R. Paul Westwood ODD Fellow's Hall Bergin 12/10/1885   1926                 42 56 64 66 60               35 34 12 members      
102 Gen. John A. Logan Camden 300 N. 27th St Camden 02/07/1887 12/9/25   Organized 1886 with 11 members, Suspended 1925, no report 1923 - 24               15 35 79 83 75               10 15 4 members      
103 Dwight Englewood Englewood Bergin 03/25/1887   1909                   29 33 33 32 4/1887 4/1887                        
104 E. A. Stevens Naval Hoboken   Hudson 04/06/1887 10/31/01   listed in 1888 - 1891                 42 45 31 25                          
105 Maj. Gen. David Hunter Princeton Witherspoon St Mercer 05/19/1887   1914                   21 21 20 20               8 8        
106 Howard Fisler Williamstown   Gloucester 06/29/1887 01/01/1896   listed in 1888 - 1891 - disbanded                 23 28 14 16                          
107 Winfield Scott Hancock Hightstown Dawe's Hall, Fountain Square Mercer 08/01/1887   1926 no roster 1923 - 24                 43 31 33 27               13 11 3 members      
108 James M. Weart Hopewell GAR Hall, Broad St Mercer 08/25/1887   1931 no roster 1923 - 24                 35 50 49 48               15 16 5 members      
109 Maj. Anderson Plainfield   Union 09/22/1887 03/29/1897   listed in 1888 - 1891 - disbanded                 37 62 65

67

9/27/1887

                          
110 Phil Sheridan Newark 314 Market St Essex 12/06/1888   1914 21 charter members                 22 157 149 125               58 56        
111 Capt. George V. Griggs Newton Spring St, Mechanics Hall Sussex 12/25/1888   1914 Mustered in with 20 members, no report 1923 - 24                 20 52 45

46

12/25/1889

 12/25/1889             42 40 11 members      
112 Cameron#112      Moorestown                                                              
112 William T. Sherman Moorestown Town Hall, Main St Burlington 08/20/1889   1926 Listed as Simon Cameron Pst 112 in 1893, 1894 & 1897                   23 22 22   10/1/1889 10/1/1889   10/1/1889 10/1/1880   19

17 10/1/1889

 6 members 12/20/1879    
113 John Murray  Cape May City Masonic Hall, Broad St Cape May 12/30/1889   1914 Post members USCT Veterans                   17 16 12     12/31/1889     12/31/1889   9

9

12/31/1889

        
114 Clinton B. Fisk Atlantic 

Highlands

 Atlantic Highlands Monmouth 11/26/1890   1926                     24 22 16               11 8        
115 Edgar Sherman Sparta   Sussex 06/22/1891   1900                     27 41 36   7/21/1891                      
116 Chaplain A. A. Haines Sussex Hose Room Sussex 08/26/1891   1914 Dockertown?                   47 61 58

Docker

town

 8/23/1891 8/23/18891   8/23/1891 8/23/1891   12

10

8/23/1891

        
117 U. S. Grant Chatham Wolff's Hall, Main St Morris 01/02/1892   1914 also listed in New Providence                   17 13

19

1/3/1892

 12/5/1892 1/5/1892 1/5/1892   1/5/1892 1/5/1892   13

13

1/5/1892

        
118 Gen. William S. Trux South Amboy First St., Protection Hall Middlesex 01/23/1893   1914 Consolidated from Conover Pst. 2 & Parisen Pst. 80 / 1893 NJ GAR Enc. Journal.  Changed # to # 57 in 1918.  Info / George Kane.                       46           1/25/1893   13 12        
119 Capt. Andrew Caillaux Asbury park Springwood Ave. Monmouth 11/28/1895   1914 Colored Post / George Kane                         5/28/1895             10 10        
           Total Active Posts                     -                   -                  -            -             -           -                       -                            - 20 16 19 50 86 100 100 111 117 117 115 113 111 107 106 110 108 106 105 104 80 63 29  
           Total Active members               -                   -                  -            -             -           -                       -                            - 1009 1094 972 1,960 5,456 6,126 6,713 7,604 7,829 7,830 7,511 6,728 5,815 5,328 5,166 5,007 4,772 4,409 3,479 3,356 1,151 789 222  

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