GAR Post 5 - Post Commanders

Cemetery Works

Boulder, Colorado, USA
established 2001

Post Commanders, 1881 to 1935

Nathaniel Lyon Post No. 5,
Boulder, Colorado,
Grand Army of the Republic,
Department Of Colorado and Wyoming

The Nathaniel Lyon, Post No. 5, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Colorado and Wyoming, was active in Boulder from 1881 to 1940.

The post Commanders of Boulder's Post No. 5, Grand Army of the Republic, are listed below. The information was taken from Post No.5 meeting records and GAR roster booklets held at the Carnegie Branch Library of Local History, Boulder Public Library, Boulder, Colorado.

YEAR	SurNAME	Given Names	RANK	CO.	REGIMENT	Note
Post Commanders
1881	Ambrook; alt. Ambrood	Charles	Saddler / Hosp. Stew. / 1st Lieut.	K / - / B	2nd Mich. Cavalry / US Med. Dept. / 5th USC Heavy Artillery	02
1882	Sawyer	Alvin M.	Private	A	53rd Massachusetts Infantry	03
1883	Potter	Robert B.	Private	D / F	24th Ohio Infantry	01
1884	Dodge	Horace O.	Private	E	8th Illinois Cavalry	01
1885	Austin	Eugene A.	Private	M	4th New York Heavy Artillery	01
1886	Stiwell	Alonzo Calvin	Musician	E	134th Illinois Infantry	01
1887	Copeland	Fred A.	1st Lieut. / 1st Lieut. / Captain	G / M / M	1st Mich. Cavalry / 5th Mich. Cavalry / 5th Mich. Infantry	03
1888	Day	John W.	Corporal	D	1st Colorado Cavalry	03
1889	Sheldon	Henry S.	Sergeant	L / G	8th Illinois Cavalry	03
1890	Coan	Alonzo	2nd Lieut. / 1st Lieut. / Captain	H / K / H	15th Maine Infantry	02
1891	Hixon alt. Hixson	Luther	Sergeant	G	51st Ohio Infantry	01
1892	Hacker	Rudolph A.	Private / Sergeant / 2nd Lieut.	G	6th / 25th Massachuetts Infantry	02
1893	Ricketts	Crocket	Private	D	134th Indiana Infantry	02
1894	Weiderhold; alt. Wiederhold	Theodore	Private	G	151st Pennsylvania Infantry	01
1895	Davis	Henry S.	Musician	D	151st Pennsylvania Infantry	03
1896	Wilson	Thomas Verling	Corporal	B	149th Ohio Infantry	01
1897	Waldron	Charles P.	Private	B	10th Michigan Cavalry	03
1898	Simmers	Thomas G.	Private	D / I	22nd Penn. Cavalry / 3rd Penn. Prov. Cavalry	01
1899	Wilson	Thomas Verling	Corporal	B	149th Ohio Infantry	01
1900	Kimball	Leander Williams	1st. Lieut.	E	111th Pennsylvania Infantry	01
1901	Creese	Jacob W.	Private	D / M	2nd Colo. Infantry / 1st Colo. Cavalry	01
1902	Ridgeway	Oliver	Sergeant	E	114th Illinois Infantry	03
1903	Kellogg	Homer Pearl	Private	F	1st Neb. Infantry / 1st Neb. Cavalry	02
1904	Luce	William H.	Private	A	1st Maine Cavalry	-
1905	Wood	Frank A.	Private	K	12th Wisconsin Infantry	-
1906	Jones	William	Musician	M	6th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery	03
1907	Van Horn	James R.	Private / Corporal	D / -	26th Iowa Infantry / USA Veterans Reserve Corps	02
1908	Knapp	Orris	Sergeant	A	3rd Colorado Cavalry	03
1909	Webber	John A.	Private	F	14th New York Heavy Artillery	02
1910	Trow	John D.	Private	D	1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery	03
1911	Burdick	Franklin O.	Musician	C	40th Wisconsin Infantry	02
1912	Powelson	Benjamin Franklin	Sergeant / 1st. Lieut.	K / G	140th Penn. Infantry / 41st USC Infantry	02
1913	Sanborn	Corydon [Corri] William	1st. Sergeant / Private	B / D	15th Vt. Infantry / 10th New York Heavy Artillery	01
1914	Armstrong	William Lewis	Private	B	83rd Pennsylvania Infantry	02
1915	Long; alt. Lang	David B.	1st. Sergeant / Lieut.	F / -	124th Ohio / USA Medical Depart.	03
1916	Waite	Frederick P.	Corporal	C	130th Ohio Infantry	02
1917	Morgan	James H.	Private	F	84th Illinois Infantry	-
1918	Mann	Henry P.	Private	B	36th Illinois Infantry §	02
1919	Grant	George Edward	Private	A	30th Wisconsin Infantry	02
1920	Milner; alt. Milliner	Amos Oliver	Corporal	C	68th Indiana Infantry	01
1921	Gardner	William H.	Private	-	27th New York Light Artillery	03
1922	Pendell; alt. Pendall; alt. Pendill	William J. H.	Private	M	1st New York Veteran Calvary	02
1923	Means	Thomas D.	Private	H	7th Illinois Cavalry	04
1924	Hawley	Henry M. or Henry William	Private	I / C	90th New York Infantry	02
1925	Weaver	David E.	Private	H	15th Iowa Infantry	01
1926	Van	Clay M.	Private	C	145th Illinois Infantry	03
1927	Weaver	David E.	Private	H	15th Iowa Infantry	01
1928	Webber	John A.	Private	F	14th New York Heavy Artillery	02
1929	Ricketts	Crockett	Private	D	134th Indiana Infantry	-
1930	Bryan	Robert T.	Private	D	145 Illinois Infantry	03
1931	Bryan	Robert T.	Private	D	145 Illinois Infantry	03
1932	TBS	-	-	-	TBS	-
1933	TBS	-	-	-	TBS	-
1934	Ricketts	Crockett	Private	D	134th Indiana Infantry	-
1935	Ricketts	Crockett	Private	D	134th Indiana Infantry	-

Notes regarding Commanders of Post No. 5, GAR, Boulder, Colorado

Note	Comment
01	Buried in Columbia Cemetery, Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado. Biographical information of persons buried in Columbia Cemetery can be found at the Columbia Cemetery Burial Index on the Boulder Genealogical Society website.
02	Buried in Green Mountain Cemetery, Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado
03	No burial information found.
04	Thomas D. Means is known to be buried in San Diego, CA, beside his wife. Family history has it that he is buried in the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery; no record is found.
§	Service detail not verified by online records.

Resources for list of Commanders of Post No. 5, GAR, Boulder, Colorado

The most significant resources for the development of 'Commanders of Post No. 5, GAR, Boulder, Colorado' are tabulated below.

Burial Information
Boulder Genealogical Society Columbia Cemetery Burial Index.
Boulder Genealogical Society Green Mountain Cemetery Index.
Post No. 5, Grand Army of the Republic, records at the Carnegie Branch Library of Local History, Boulder Public Library, Boulder, Colorado.
Colorado Veterans' Grave Registrations, 1862-1949, database. An index of the database is available online; grave registration cards can be viewed and copies obtain at / from the archive. The Colorado State Archives Room 1B-20 1313 Sherman Street Denver, CO 80203 Phone 303-866-2358
Colorado Volunteers [1861-1865 ] Transcript of Records Index database available via the Colorado State Archive online.
The US National Park Service Civil War Soldier System online database; an invaluable / impressive resource comprised of three parts: NPS CWSSS Battle Summaries NPS CWSSS Regimental Histories NPS CWSSS Soldiers Names and Records of Union and Confederate database.
Historical Data Systems an online fully searchable database which contains extensive information regarding American Civil War soldiers, regiments, and events. HDS is a subscription database [$25 per year] and is indispensable to the development of the 'Soldier's Story'.

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