ST. LOUIS, April 3, 1886. Dear Brother: . . . I shall go to California to be in San Francisco August 3d-5th for the Encampment of the G. A...

ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 4, 1884. Dear Brother: . . . We have several posts of the Grand Army here, one of which, Frank Blair Post No 1, invit...

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 7, 1884. HON. JOHN SHERMAN,           Washington, D.C . Dear Brother: In my letter a few days since, I referred to a lette...

JOHN W. McLAUGHLIN , farmer and stock-raiser, living on section 30, Decatur Township, was born in Marion County, Ohio, April 24, 1840, he b...

LYMAN FORGAVE , contractor and builder at Leon, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, July 10, 1844, son of John and Harriet (Gordon) Forgrav...