The Grand Army Republic

The Grand Army Republic was founded in 1866. It started out as an organization for honorably discharged Union Veterans. The Group was originally founded to help soldier's integrate back into society, find jobs and housing,as well as getting their pensions. The G.A.R. fought hard for the rights of Black Soldier's pensions as well, but this was a fight they didn't win.

In time the organization would grow into a power house that would become part of businesses, military reserve groups as well as politics. The Group backed 5 U.S. Presidents including Grant and McKinley. In 1868 they started a campaign to make May 30th Decoration Day to honor our veterans. Each area of the country began their own remembrance but it would not become the current Federal, Memorial Day Holiday until 1971.

There is no official reason why they started the Soldier's Circles or why the graves are placed in a circle. Unofficial groups have said that the bond between soldiers is strong and unbreakable like a circle and that each man is equal in death.

The Soldier's Circle in the Shamokin Cemetery was designed in 1870 and was officially designated by Alexander Caldwell in 1871. The monument in the center houses a stone brought from the battlefield at Gettysburg. Today there are almost 200 soldiers in the circle.

The Grand Army Republic Burials

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Last	First	Date of	Cause of	Age	Burial	Miscellaneous
Name	Name	Death	Death	Year-Month-Day	Block-Row-Lot	Remarks
Abramik	William	06 Sep 1971	Cor. Occl.	60 - - - -	13 - D - 19
Albright	Angus	16-Feb-1927	Tuberculosis	26 - 11 - 14	13 - C - 11
Alderson	Christopher	Apr 1862	Unknown	45 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 15	1/23/1934 Headstone - Died in the Acquia Creek Battle
Allison	Henry	-	Unknown	- - - - -	13 - A - 16	1/23/1934 Headstone
Anesworth	Amos	-	Unknown	- - - - -	13 - A - 26
Bamford	Fred	06 Jun 1961	Hypertension	61 - - - -	13 - D - 9
Barnes	George	05 Feb 1913	Old Age	86 - 3 - 5	13 - B - 44
Barnhart	Fred	17 Feb 1949	Uremia	58 - - - -	13 - C - 20
Beatty	John	17 Nov 1904	Dementia	59 - 11 - 15	13 - B - 14
Beisel	Benneville	10 May 1903	Cystitis	72 - - - -	13 - B - 12
Bender	Samuel	1 Feb 1893	Erysipelas	54 - 11 - 28	13 - A - 54
Bird	C.	20 May 1879	Lung Disease	34 - 8 - 2	13 - A - 14
Bixler	Peter	8 Feb 1878	Consumption	- - - - -	13 - A - 17
Blyler	William	19 Dec 1905	Apoplexy	60 - - - -	13 - B - 19
Bogard	James	11 Jan 1899	Dropsy	75 - - - -	13 - A - 74
Bonawitz	William	21 May 1891	Brain Fever	59 - - - 7	13 - A - 44
Bordner	Henry	27 Dec 1906	Senile Debility	72 - 11 - 23	13 - B - 30
Boyd	Hugh	18 May 1922	Pneumonia	89 - - - -	13 - C - 1
Brennan	John	8 Mar 1892	Heart Trouble	46 - - - -	13 - A - 51
Brightbill	Johnathan	31 Mar 1899	Brain Abscess	64 - - - -	13 - A - 75
Britton	William	20 Jun 1908	Rail Road Accident	65 - - - -	13 - B - 37
Caldwell	Thomas	22 Dec 1892	Heart Failure	63 - 2 - 22	13 - A - 53
Chesman	Anthony	03 Sep 1959	Myocarditis	72 - 0 - 0	13 - C - 26
Cleave	Hawthorn	26 Jun 1907	Tuberculosis	76 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 29	G.A.R. Circle
Clements	Henry	16 Dec 1889	Miner's Asthma	67 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 40
Coaker	Peter	20 Oct 1895	Debility	80 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 66
Coder	John	19 Sep 1862	Leg Amputated	18 - 10 - 6	13 - A - 21	Wounded in Battle
Conrad	Charles	20 Jul 1886	Unknown	51 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 30
Culp	William	27 May 1901	Paralysis	66 - 10 - 4	13 - B - 5
Culp	Elias	18 Oct 1913	Nephritis	74 - 7 - 14	13 - B - 45
Davis	Robert	22 Feb 1942	Coronary Insufficiency	43 - 0 - 0	13 - C - 16
Delbaugh	Walter	08 Apr 1962	Pneumonia	76 - 0 - 0	13 - C - 27
Derk	Soloman	29 Mar 1906	Gangrene	79 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 23
Derk	Percival	04 Nov 1926	Cerebral Hemorrhage	80 - 5 - 2	13 - C - 5
Derk	Francis	29 Nov 1962	Unknown	83 - 10 - 22	13 - D - 4	Spanish-American War
Detrick	Jeremiah	26 Jul 1894	Apoplexy	61 - 7 - 0	13 - A - 61
Dietzler	John	13 Oct 1894	Heart Disease	47 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 63
Dillon	John	26 Mar 1903	Bowel Inflammation	67 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 10
Dindorf	Jacob	22 Jul 1883	R.R. Accident	48 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 9	Struck by Train
Douty	James J.	20 Sep 1889	Unknown	56 - 10 - 0	13 - A - 36
Eisenhart	S.P.	04 Mar 1892	Dropsy	55 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 48
Eisenhart	John	16 Nov 1913	Pneumonia	75 - 1 - 5	13 - B - 47
Esher	John	19 Oct 1913	Debility	83 - 5 - 21	13 - B - 46
Etzel	Christian	28 Aug 1920	Stomach Cancer	76 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 63
Evans	Thomas	25 Mar 1886	Consumption	62 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 2	2/10/1865 - 6/28/1865
Fessler	William	1906	Unknown	62 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 17
Fetter	Adam	16 Dec 1904	Dropsy	56 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 15
Fisher	Adam	06 Jul 1894	Stomach Cancer	66 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 60
Fogle	William	01 Jun 1882	Stroke of Palsy	68 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 10	1/23/1934 Headstone. Co. C. 103rd Regiment Pa Infantry Reserves
Ford	Oliver	07 Jan 1954	Myocarditis	65 - 0 - 0	13 - C - 23
Foulk	George	01 Oct 1885	Unknown	41 - 0 - 19	13 - A - 28	6/6/1955 Headstone
Fourl	Elias	14 Oct 1928	Myocarditis	81 - 9 - 13	13 - C - 6
Fox	John	06 Feb 1881	Mine Accident	35 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 12
Fox	Elias	16 Feb 1898	Bright's Disease	73 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 71
Frahn	Gideon	20 Jan 1915	Gangrene	83 - 8 - 0	13 - B - 50
Frahn	Harry	18 May 1919	Pneumonia	75 - 3 - 12	13 - B - 61
Frederick	George	15 Oct 1886	Unknown	- - - - -	13 - A - 31
Frederick	Amos	12 Oct 1962	Unknown	86 - 0 - 0	13 - D - 5
Frederick Jr.	Russell	2001	Unknown	74 - 11 - 22	13 - D - 1
Fryberger	Samuel	09 Jun 1896	Consumption	51 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 69
Gaskins	Charles Nelson	03 Apr 1907	Liver/Stomach Cancers	70 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 27
Gaskins	James	22 Aug 1917	Heart Disease	71 - 6 - 24	13 - B - 57
Geasey	Monroe	24 Jan 1917	Myocarditis	71 - 10 - 27	13 - B - 55
Gensel	Amos	22 Jul 1871	Mine Accident	27 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 24
Gilham	Amos	05 Jun 1992	Unknown	94 - 7 - 0	13 - C - 36
Glory	Patrick	09 Apr 1892	Rail Road Accident	60 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 50
Goss	David	11 Dec 1915	Nephrititis	73 - 3 - 26	13 - B - 52
Greager	Joseph	1889	Unknown	40 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 33	1/24/1934 - Headstone - 2 Pensions
Greager	James	12 Sep 1899	Dropsy	67 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 1
Greager	William	10 Jan 1941	Myocarditis	82 - 0 - 0	13 - C - 8
Haddock	Edward	22 Apr 1967	Cardiac Failure	79 - 0 - 0	13 - C - 30
Harris	Thomas	05 Mar 1890	Miner's Asthma	54 - 5 - 0	13 - A - 41
Hartzel	Charles	26 Mar 1966	Unknown	67 - 11 - 26	13 - C - 29
Harvey	John	11 Nov 1958	Pulmonary Edema	70 - 0 - 0	13 - C - 25
Heck	Clayton	08 Jan 1957	Coronary Occlusion	47 - 0 - 0	13 - D - 8
Heitzman	Oscar	22 Jan 1941	Bladder Hemorrhage	53 - 0 - 0	13 - C - 15
Helt	Joseph	05 Jan 1906	Bronchitis	70 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 20
Henning	Charles	19 Feb 1906	R.R. Accident	71 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 21
Henninger	Aaron	17 May 1901	Dropsy	61 - 8 - 27	13 - B - 4
Henninger	Anthony	30 Dec 1963	Unknown	- - - - -	13 - D - 12
Herbein	Albert	04 Aug 1940	Nephrititis	70 - 0 - 0	13 - C - 14
Hill	Solomon	-	Unknown	- - - - -	13 - A - 3	36th Regiment, Company K - 1/23/1934 Headstone
Hill	David	11 Apr 1908	Suicide	71 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 31
Hodge	William	15 Oct 1922	Cirrhosis of the Liver	80 - 7 - 20	13 - C - 2
Holshue	Joseph	31 May 1893	Heart Failure	56 - 6 - 29	13 - A - 55
Hoover	S.F.	07 Sep 1893	Exhaustion	51 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 57
Hoover	George	24 Sep 1895	Paralysis	72 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 64
Hossan	Samuel	03 Mar 1906	Apoplexy	77 - 5 - 0	13 - B - 22
Howells	John	11 Apr 1942	War	34 - 0 - 0	13 - D - 7
Humes	Edward Lewis	-	Unknown	- - - - -	13 - D - 17
Jones	Daniel	-	Unknown	- - - - -	13 - A - 11
Johnson	John	16 Jan 1923	Endocarditis	77 - 5 - 2	13 - C - 3
Katterman	Benjamin	17 May 1892	Consumption	70 - 6 - 11	13 - A - 49
Kessler	Nathan	27 Jul 1894	Heart Disease	48 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 62
Kessler	Samuel	16 Jul 1919	Intestinal Problems	72 - 3 - 26	13 - B - 62
Ketner	Clyde	03 Jun 1973	Unknown	79 - 9 - 26	13 - C - 33
Kleskie	Joseph	25 Dec 1962	Gastro Intestinal Hemorrhage	69 - 0 - 0	13 - C - 28
Koppenhaver	Tobias	30 Aug 1920	Apoplexy	74 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 64
Lambert	Matthew	18 Apr 1919	Diabetes	77 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 60
Lloyd	John	17 Nov 1961	Arteriosclerosis	49 - 0 - 0	13 - D - 10
Long	John	26 Sep 1895	Apoplexy	53 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 65
Lott	William	29 Dec 1880	Mine Accident	33 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 13
Lott	Frank	17 Dec 1917	Apoplexy	73 - 10 - 22	13 - B - 58
Marcavage	Robert	16 Oct 1966	Killed	20 - 0 - 0	13 - D - 15
Marcavage	John	21 Dec 1968	Unknown	52 - 0 - 0	13 - D - 16
Markle	William	1869	Military Death	0 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 5	14th Pa Regiment - Company C - 4/26/1861 - 8/7/1861
Markle	Joseph	09 Mar 1910	Heart Failure	65 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 39
Maurer	Harvey	30 May 1964	Coronary Occlusion	40 - 0 - 0	13 - D - 13
May	Joseph	27 Apr 1908	Hemorrhaging	60 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 32
McCafferty	J.H.	-	Unknown	- - - - -	13 - A - 38
McCracken	Robert	29 Jan 1892	Pneumonia	64 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 47
McGonagle	John	09 Nov 1973	Heart Attack	51 - 0 - 0	13 - D - 20
McKinney	Joseph	02 May 1899	Paresis	74 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 1	49th Infantry, Civil War, 2/23/1864 to 7/15/1865
Medlicot	Richard	05 Oct 1889	Miner's Asthma	59 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 37
Mengle	Charles	17 Jul 1897	Dropsy	61 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 70
Metz	James	12 Jun 1916	Endocarditis	75 - 9 - 26	13 - B - 53
Miller	William	-	Unknown	- - - - -	13 - B - 28	1/24/1934 Headstone
Miller	George	06 Nov 1911	Pneumonia	65 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 43
Miller	Peter	10 Nov 1918	Heart Disease	75 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 59
Miller	Henry	01 Oct 1921	Tuberculosis	79 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 65
Montour	David	-	Unknown	- - - - -	13 - A - 34	1/24/1934 - Headstone
Morgan	Daniel	19 Sep 1893	Dropsy	60 - 8 - 0	13 - A - 58
Mowery	John	14 Aug 1967	Unknown	75 - 1 - 16	13 - C - 31
Moyer	John	23 Jun 1900	Consumption	52 - 2 - 9	13 - B - 2
Moyer	Lewis	24 Oct 1910	Cerebral Hemorrhage	65 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 40
Nahodil	John	06 Mar 1957	Cardiac Decomposition	70 - 0 - 0	13 - C - 24
Nahodil	Frederick	15 Aug 1973	Unknown	81 - 3 - 18	13 - C - 34
Newman	Harold	30 Aug 1986	Unknown	77 - 0 - 0	13 - D - 3
Nixon	Joshua	11 Jul 1898	Injuries	76 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 73
Noll	Jonothan	-	Unknown	- - - - -	13 - A - 25	1/23/1934 Headstone
Norton	Michael	12 Feb 1886	Unknown	- - - - -	13 - A - 4	Prisoner from 3/9/1864 to 11/30/1864
Olsheskie	Stanley	27 Dec 1926	Suicide	29 - 9 - 22	13 - C - 10
Opie	George	20 Oct 1946	Coronary Disease	53 - 0 - 0	13 - C - 19
Oswald	William	30 Nov 1913	Cholecypititis	77 - 9 - 6	13 - B - 48
Otto	Grant	02 Aug 1940	Tuberculosis	50 - 4 - 13	13 - C - 13
Peifer	Elias	02 Dec 1892	Rail Road Accident	54 - 11 - 0	13 - A - 52
Petrie	John	02 Jun 1891	Mine Accident	47 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 45
Ressler	Harry	04 May 1911	Coma	64 - 4 - 29	13 - B - 42
Richards	Harry	18 Jun 1952	Lung Cancer	66 - 0 - 0	13 - C - 22
Ritzman	Balthaser	22 Jan 1910	Pelvic Cancer	68 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 34
Rumberger	Jonathan	16 Jan 1907	Paralysis	81 - 3 - 17	13 - B - 26
Rumberger	Simon	16 Jul 1916	Nephritis	70 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 54
Rumberger	Jacob	-	Unknown	- - - - -	13 - A - 29
Salters	Theodore	04 Dec 1910	Apoplexy	66 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 41
Schalick	George	31 May 1937	Myocarditis	54 - 0 - 0	13 - C - 7
Shannon	James	25 Jan 1917	Cerebral Hemorrhage	73 - 8 - 0	13 - B - 56
Shivelhood	John	16 Mar 1896	Heart Disease	61 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 67
Shroyer	Jacob	29 Jun 1904	Paralysis	69 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 13
Simmers	Josiah	15 Nov 1900	Apoplexy	58 - 2 - 0	13 - B - 3
Simmers	Jeremiah	26 Aug 1909	Liver Trouble	67 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 38
Simmons	John	09 Nov 1889	Miner's Asthma	75 - 6 - 0	13 - A - 39
Smith	Elias	09 Mar 1891	Paralytic Stroke	65 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 43
Smith	Jacob	14 Jul 1902	Paralysis	63 - 6 - 11	13 - B - 7
Smith	John	01 Mar 1943	Heart Failure	51 - 0 - 0	13 - C - 17
Snyder	Benjamin	07 Mar 1915	Accident	69 - 11 - 0	13 - B - 51	Struck by Train
Spade	Frederick	06 Mar 1952	Ulcers	62 - 0 - 0	13 - C - 21
Spatzer	Albert	13 Sep 1920	Unknown	34 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 6	1/23/1934 Headstone
Stank	Thomas	26 Sep 1981	Asphyxiation	55 - 0 - 0	13 - C - 35
Stanton	Byron	11 Mar 1937	Mitral Insufficiency	46 - 0 - 0	13 - C - 12
Steelfox	Samuel	27 Nov 1893	Senile Decay	92 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 59
Stopp	Daniel	22 Jun 1906	Cirrhosis of Liver	67 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 24
Strausser	Simon	11 Jan 1909	Apoplexy	75 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 33
Stricklen	John	06 Dec 1887	Unknown	42 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 32
Taby	Francis	13 Apr 1903	Paralysis	63 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 11
Tarr	William	13 Dec 1912	Prostatitis	76 - 3 - 21	13 - A - 68
Tarr	Thomas	17 Jan 1903	Bright's Disease	62 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 8
Tarr	Rheaboam	25 Feb 1914	Apoplexy	71 - 7 - 15	13 - B - 49
Taylor	William	01 Jun 1876	Mine Accident	55 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 23	Fire in Mines
Templin	Henry	21 Jan 1926	Cerebral Hemorrhage	87 - 8 - 7	13 - C - 4
Thomas	William	28 Sep 1905	Fall	78 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 18
Thomas	Frank	24 Feb 1951	Unknown	74 - 0 - 0	13 - D - 6
Tobias	Samuel	14 Jul 1893	Rail Road Accident	47 - 7 - 25	13 - A - 56
Treon	Peter	28 Jun 1902	Apoplexy	61 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 6
Wagner	George	-	Unknown	- - - - -	13 - A - 20	1/23/1934 Headstone
Walters	Harvey	14 Jun 1962	Hemorrhaging	48 - 0 - 0	13 - D - 11
Weikle	William	02 Jan 1907	Dropsy	62 - 4 - 23	13 - B - 25
Whary	Solomon	30 Jan 1903	Dropsy	66 - 11 - 29	13 - B - 9
Whary	Isreal	24 Feb 1905	Dropsy	66 - 8 - 25	13 - B - 16
Williams	Benjamin	06 Jul 1989	Myocarditis	81 - 0 - 0	13 - D - 2
Wilson	John	19 Feb 1910	Senility	72 - 0 - 0	13 - B - 36
Woland	Walter	11 Feb 1944	Cancer	70 - 0 - 0	13 - C - 18
Wolf	Emmel	03 Sep 1869	Burned with Powder	30 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 19
Wright	Thomas	21 Jul 1890	Fell from window	62 - 1 - 0	13 - A - 42
Wright	William	15 Nov 1909	Pulmonary Edema	75 - 9 - 7	13 - B - 35
Yeager	Conrad	25 Aug 1891	Tumor	58 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 46
Young	Charles	21 Oct 1965	Myocarditis	51 - 0 - 0	13 - D - 14
Zieger	Cyrus	12 May 1898	Trolley Accident	62 - 0 - 0	13 - A - 72
Empty				- -	13 - A - 7
Empty				- -	13 - A - 8
Empty				- -	13 - A - 18
Empty				- -	13 - A - 22
Empty				- -	13 - A - 27
Empty				- -	13 - A - 35
Empty Spot				- -	13 - C - 9
Empty Spot				- -	13 - C - 32
Flag Pole	-	-	-	- - - - -	13 - D - 18