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Dedicated to Freeman Thayer Post Number 59

Grand Army of the Republic

— Department of South Dakota —

 
 
Dedicated to Freeman Thayer Post Number 59 Monument, north side image. Click for full size.
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1. Dedicated to Freeman Thayer Post Number 59 Monument, north side
Inscription.
West side:
Allen, Ephraim J. · Ashton, Perry J. · Amy, Oren H. · Amshein, Jos. · Best, Frederick D. · Beardsley, Geo. W. · Brenswoltz, Orlando P. · Bigelow, Orson T. · Bartlett, Geo. E. · Butler, Harris O. · Brown, David C. · Beebe, William H. · Barnard, Edward · Brahman, Warren W. · Blinkinsop, Thos. · Baxter, Gilbert · Bortle, David · Baker, James A. · Bone, Francis E. · Benedict, Allen S. · Boughton, Orlando B. · Ball, George G. · Blackhurst, Matthew W. · Bailey, William W. · Carpenter, Geo. W. Jr. · Cady, Geo. H. · Crall, Henry · Crane, Obediah B. · Cox, Geo. · Creviston, Wm. W. · Callaway, Samuel · Clough, Edgar E. · Church, Chas. M. · Cary, William L. · Chase, Henry R.
Coombs, Jas. A. · Clark, David S. · Chapman, Geo. H. · Compton, Sylvester · Carey, John A. · Culver, John W. · Cotter, Chas. · Chandler, Orrin P. · Darling, David · Duffner, August · Dutton, Carlyle · Demerest, Granville W. · Delapp, Samuel · Doust, Henry · Dewey, Otis E. · Daniels, Marcus · Elkins, Edwin · Everett, Jas. H. · Eldridge, Deloss
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· Edson, Don S. · Eastwood, Geo. W · . Englesby, Philo F. · Elfring, Wm. · Erickson, Thos. · Emmons, Winslow B. · Eck, Augustus · Farrell, Rinaldo S. · Fuller, Albert L. · Flint, Mortimer D. · Fletcher, George E. · Franklin, Luther · Fritz, John · Folger, Aaron · Fisher, Wm. R. · Griffin, John · Groesbeck, Stewart
Gerhart, Isaac N. · Green, Chester · Gedelman, Adam · Guernsey, Henry H. · Gordon, William · Hay, William · Havens, William · Higgins, Parley E. · Hawkins, Nathaniel B. · Honeyman, August · Heath, Albert D. · Hatch, Elisha P. · Haines, Wm. P. · Holly, John · Hartuper, Wm. N. · Humphrey, James L. · Holden, Ralph · Hawley, Michael J. · Hushaw, Chas. H. · Holden, Nelson H. · Hendrickson, Andrew · Henion, Dudley C. · Hanson, Hans P. · Ide, Albert A. · Johnson, Peter J. · Johns, Chas. F. · Jones, Joseph · Jones, Samuel J. · Johnson, Jay J. · Jardine, John · Jones, David W. · Klopp, Benjamin · Kingsbury, Theodore A. · Keeney, Albert W. · Kelsey, Rosel P.

East side:
Keifer, John · Kelsey, William H. · Kent, John R. · Koehler,
Dedicated to Freeman Thayer Post Number 59 Monument, west side image. Click for full size.
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2. Dedicated to Freeman Thayer Post Number 59 Monument, west side
John · Lott, Lawrence · Locke, Hiram L. · Lovejoy, Daniel B. · Lusk Geo. F. · Lane, Ezekiel Y. · Linnaman, William · Lentgen, John · Lines, William N. · More, Chas. · Munger, Wm. H. · Morehouse, Aaron · Mellett, Arthur C. · Monteny, Geo. · Mudge, Austin · Miller, W. F. · Mowry, Geo. · Mather, William · Myers, Jefferson J. · McIntyre, Warren M. · McClain, William R. · McIntyre, Alexander · McLaughlin, William · McKittrick, Robert H. · McDonall, Donald · McBath, Samuel · McNeal, Chas. H. · North, William A. D. · Nunn, Jesse · Neal, John M. · Nancolas, Oliver · North, Alphonso J.
Pierce, William M. · Pierce, Edwin G. · Payne, Sylvester · Parker, Geo. H. · Pulver, Chas. S. · Patch, Isaac · Pendergast, Milton · Peeper, John · Pugh, Ezra L. · Pettit, Geo. A. · Pilot, Edward · Phillips, Edwin · Perrin, Charles C. · Pease, Henry R. · Rogers, Jonathan H. · Record, Stephen O. · Robertson, Rufus A. · Ratcliff, Benjamin R. · Rainey, William G. · Rau, Ludwig · Rinerson, Andrew · Robbins, Eber · Ritchie, Wesley · Redman, Patrick · Stewart,
Dedicated to Freeman Thayer Post Number 59 Monument, east side image. Click for full size.
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3. Dedicated to Freeman Thayer Post Number 59 Monument, east side
Henry · Streeter, Edwin R. · Stafford, B. D. · Skinner, Uriah S. · Sherman, George C. · Stutenroth, Charles W. · Small, John F. · Spooner, Irwin W. · Shuman, John · Sullivan, James · Sasse, Gustus · Lent, J. B.
Stanwood, Nelson M. · Springer, Henry M. · Seeley, Chas. E. · Sour, Isaac · Sterling, John · Thomas, Lucius M. · Tarbell, Jos. P. · Templeman, James M. · Taunt, Henry · Tetzlaff, Wm. · Titus, O, B. · Taecker, Friedrick · Taylor, Chas. H. · Thompson, George · Updyke, Stephen G. · Vaughen, Jas. M. · Varce, Geo. N. · Wheelock, Edwin D. · Webster, Oscar J. · Warner, Robt. T. · Wait, Wm. C. · Wiley, C. C. · Warner, Frank W. · Wess, John E. · Williams, Bishop · Wiley, Geo. O. · Waltz, Levi · Warfield, Morris · Wolcott, David S. · Welch, Israel S. · Whistance, Joseph · Webb, Jacob · Wilber, Francis · Warner, Orange F. · Yetter, John · Waddell, W. W. (Marker Number 566.)
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal OrganizationsWar, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the South Dakota
Dedicated to Freeman Thayer Post Number 59 Monument, south side image. Click for full size.
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4. Dedicated to Freeman Thayer Post Number 59 Monument, south side
State Historical Society Markers series list.
 
Location. 44° 53.926′ N, 97° 6.837′ W. Memorial is in Watertown, South Dakota, in Codington County. It is on 1st Avenue Southeast west of Maple Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east. Located on the grounds of the Codington County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 14 1st Ave SE, Watertown SD 57201, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in East River. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, and on the Northern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Codington County Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Codington County Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Codington County Vietnam Veterans Memorial (within
Dedicated to Freeman Thayer Post Number 59 Monument image. Click for full size.
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5. Dedicated to Freeman Thayer Post Number 59 Monument
shouting distance of this marker); Carnegie Free Public Library (within shouting distance of this marker); F.E. Tenney Grocery (within shouting distance of this marker); Company H. Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); 34th Signal Company Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Post Office & Auditorium (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Watertown.
 
 
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