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Boulder, Colorado, USA established 2001 |
Columbia Cemetery State Militia Veterans | ||
Columbia Cemetery State Militia Veterans
Seven Colorado State Militia [ Colorado Guard ] veterans are identified to be interred at Columbia Cemetery in the Boulder Genealogical Society records.The Colorado Guard was activated as the State Militia for the protection of public rights, safety, and property during the coal miner strikes between 1889 and 1922. The most publicized incident is denoted the Cripple Creek District Labor Strikes, 1893-94 and 1903-04. The inscription on the headstone of an "apparent" casualty of the 1903-1904 "Labor War" reads:
Charles B. Eastman served in the Spanish American War as well on "strike breaking" duty during the silver miners' strike in Leadville, 1896. The resources from which this information was derived is detailed on the Columbia Cemetery Foreign Wars Veterans webpage. |
Surname | First Name | Middle Name / Initial | Alt.name or Alt.spelling or Note |
Rank / Title |
Co. | Reg. Number | Orgn. | Function |
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Banks | Albert | B. | :BGS; Tabor Guard | H | CO | N.G. [State Militia] |
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Carpenter | Charles | Winfield | :BGS | H | CO | N.G. [State Militia] |
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Develine | Samuel | W. | :CVGR card | Sgt. | H | 1st | CO | N.G. [State Militia] |
Eastman | Charles | B. | :CViSAW | Capt. | H | 1st | CO Vol | INF |
Hubbard | Josiah | Gilbert | :BGS | D | 1st | CO | N.G. [State Militia] |
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Moore | Max | Carlos | :CVGR card; :SBiCC | H | 1st | CO | N.G. [State Militia] |
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Warren | Elmer | E. | :BGS | H | 1st | CO | N.G. [State Militia] |
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Young | William | Louis | :BGS | H | 1st | CO | N.G. [State Militia] |