Mt. McGregor Post No. 252, Grand Army of the Republic

Metz, Vernon County, Missouri

(Originally organized at Sprague, Bates County, Missouri)

 

MEMORY OF DEAD

Memorial Day Services Held at Baptist Church.

   G.A.R. Memorial Day services at the Baptist church Sunday afternoon drew a large crowd. The church was filled to overflowing. The program was nicely carried out. The address by Rev. G. W. McClanahan was a good one, well delivered.

   Mr. McGregor Post, G.A.R., attended in a body. An even dozen of the old veterans were present. Two or three were not permitted to attend on account of poor health.

The Metz Times, Metz, Vernon County, Missouri; Friday 2 June 1911, page 1

 

 

CITY OF THE DEAD

Decoration Day at Balltown Cemetery.

   The largest crowd that has been at Balltown cemetery in several years was present Tuesday at the Decoration Day services. The program was also the best given for several years.

   The speakers were Rev. E. F. Wright and Hon. W. H. Hallett of Nevada and their addresses were interesting from beginning to end. A quartet composed of Metz people furnished the music.

   The G.A.R. veterans marched through the cemetery while a number of little girls placed flowers on the graves of soldiers who fought in the great conflict of the sixties.

The Metz Times, Metz, Vernon County, Missouri; Friday 2 June 1911, page 1

 

 

Little Osage Cemetery is commonly known as Balltown Cemetery

 

 

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A partial listing of members of G.A.R. Post 252   ARMSTRONG, James Thomas ATKISON or ATKINS, J. J. BOGAN, Thompson BRADBURN, James M. BRYAN, J. A. CARLISLE, John Wesley CARMICHAEL, John W. CHARLES, George Washington COX, Alexander ELDER, Robert Charles ENGLAND, Smith B. FOREMAN, Thomas FRAZIER, Milton Evans GAULT, W. B. S. GROVE, Robert Charles   HACKWORTH, R. M. HARRISON, Henry William HOWELL, William S. HUDSON, John Gifford IRVIN, Thomas J. JONES, Harrison KLEEN, Ernest PAXTON, Adolphus D. SAULSBURY, A. SHEA, Michael STACK, John STOUT, Elijah TAYLOR, Charles WEYAND, Enoch B. WILSON, James G.

Burials in the Little Osage Cemetery G.A.R. Lot     BRADBURN, Samuel. A. BRAMBLE, John N. DAVIS, Hiram C. DAVIS, Josiah GRIGGS, Richard GRUMMONS, Jno. JOHNSON, J. H. (true name was Hiram Davis) KELLEY, George STACK, John J. STOUT, Elijah WICKHAM, William T. WILSON, James G.   (Click on above picture for larger copy)

 

   The Grand Army men of Balltown are to erect monuments to three Federal soldiers, two of whom were killed near Balltown during the war.

The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO; 25 Aug 1893

 

 

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