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This post was
organized Apr. 17, 1883. It is so named in honor
of three Morgan County soldiers by that name who lost
their lives in defense of the flag.
The original members were: Jesse Timms, John
S. Dunn, George S. Corner, John Rothrock, H. A. Davis,
Joshua Wiseman, J. H. Dunnington, John Barrell, H. C.
Timms, T. E. Dunnington, George Z. Dickerson, James C.
Hughes, John Davis, John C. Gregg, Israel Hoops, Solomon
M. Gillespie, John D. Palmer, J. M. Rusk, F. B. Manly,
Newell Corner, L. S. Yocum, W. W. Barrell, N. S. Baker,
Jacob Hutton, William Dempster.
The first officers of the
post were: George Z. Dickerson, P. C.;
H. A. Davis, S. V. C.; John L. Barrell, J. V.
C.; J. M. Rusk, Q. M.; J. C. Hughes,
Surgeon; John C. Gregg, Chaplain; Newell
Corner, Adjt.; John S. Dunn, C. D.;
Lindley S. Yocum, O. G., Jesse Timms, S. M.;
A. A. Coulson, Q. M. S.
Commander Dickerson was succeeded by Jacob
Adams, under whose administration the relief corps
was organized. Apr. 6, 1885, with Mrs. Janet M.
Pond, president; Alice C. Whitaker, S. V. P.;
Mary V. Dickerson, J. V. P.; Lucetta H.
Cochran, Secy.; Effie Davis, Treas.;
Lizzie T. Nott, Chaplin; Conductor, Mary M.
Coulson; Jennie G. Clark, guard.
Charter Members:
Julia Adams, Juliette R. Barker, Sep. Beckwith, Mary
E. Beckwith, Lizzie Corner, Martha Dyke, Kuzzie H.
Dewees, Lib. Donahue, Lavina Dunnington, Clara V.
Humphrey, Lydia Holcomb, Belle Hann, Sarah McBee, Lydia
Rogers, Mary Stubbs, Sarah A. Settle, Sarah A. Spurrier,
Alice Thomas, Alice Tracy, Sophia M. Travis, Elizabeth
Wiseman, Lydia Wherry, Emma Worley.
Christmas week, 1885, one
of the most successful Grand Army fairs ever held in
Southeastern Ohio was held in McConnelsville under the
auspices of Hughes Post. Contributions were
solicited and received from all parts of the country;
the display was imposing and the financial returns most
satisfactory.
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