Civil War: Company C, 6th California Infantry
JOHN C. MEDLEY was born in Clark County, Missouri, November 9, 1844; came to California in 1852. Enlisted in Company C, 6th Regiment California Infantry, October 12, 1863, at Benicia Barracks; served as a private and sergeant; left Benicia Barracks with his regiment February 15, 1864, and arrived at Fort Humboldt on the 17th; on March 1, 1864, went to camp at Boynton Prairie, being on scout duty until July 8, 1864. Comrade Medley was promoted to sergeant, and placed in charge of the quartermaster and commissary department; also at times acted as post adjutant, sergeant-major, and company clerk, which position he filled until the company was mustered out December 5, 1865; is a member of Sumner Post, No. 3, G.A.R., located at Sacramento, California, where he resides; has been junior and senior vice-commander, post adjutant, and chaplain of his post, and is at present assistant inspector on the department staff; was a member of the national council of administration for the department of California during 1877 and 1878; in civil life has held the following positions: U.S. Deputy collector internal revenue of Nevada; a clerk in the senate of Nevada in 1868; deputy assessor; deputy county clerk; and notary public of Sacramento county; has been engaged in teaching school, surveying, and as newspaper reporter; is at present a drug clerk and book-keeper.
(Ward, William H. Records of Members of the Grand Army of the Republic, with a Complete Account of the Twentieth National Encampment. San Francisco, 1886; pp 497-98)
JOHN C. MEDLEY was born in Clark County, Missouri, November 9, 1844; came to California in 1852. Enlisted in Company C, 6th Regiment California Infantry, October 12, 1863, at Benicia Barracks; served as a private and sergeant; left Benicia Barracks with his regiment February 15, 1864, and arrived at Fort Humboldt on the 17th; on March 1, 1864, went to camp at Boynton Prairie, being on scout duty until July 8, 1864. Comrade Medley was promoted to sergeant, and placed in charge of the quartermaster and commissary department; also at times acted as post adjutant, sergeant-major, and company clerk, which position he filled until the company was mustered out December 5, 1865; is a member of Sumner Post, No. 3, G.A.R., located at Sacramento, California, where he resides; has been junior and senior vice-commander, post adjutant, and chaplain of his post, and is at present assistant inspector on the department staff; was a member of the national council of administration for the department of California during 1877 and 1878; in civil life has held the following positions: U.S. Deputy collector internal revenue of Nevada; a clerk in the senate of Nevada in 1868; deputy assessor; deputy county clerk; and notary public of Sacramento county; has been engaged in teaching school, surveying, and as newspaper reporter; is at present a drug clerk and book-keeper.
(Ward, William H. Records of Members of the Grand Army of the Republic, with a Complete Account of the Twentieth National Encampment. San Francisco, 1886; pp 497-98)
Civil War: Company C, 6th California Infantry
JOHN C. MEDLEY was born in Clark County, Missouri, November 9, 1844; came to California in 1852. Enlisted in Company C, 6th Regiment California Infantry, October 12, 1863, at Benicia Barracks; served as a private and sergeant; left Benicia Barracks with his regiment February 15, 1864, and arrived at Fort Humboldt on the 17th; on March 1, 1864, went to camp at Boynton Prairie, being on scout duty until July 8, 1864. Comrade Medley was promoted to sergeant, and placed in charge of the quartermaster and commissary department; also at times acted as post adjutant, sergeant-major, and company clerk, which position he filled until the company was mustered out December 5, 1865; is a member of Sumner Post, No. 3, G.A.R., located at Sacramento, California, where he resides; has been junior and senior vice-commander, post adjutant, and chaplain of his post, and is at present assistant inspector on the department staff; was a member of the national council of administration for the department of California during 1877 and 1878; in civil life has held the following positions: U.S. Deputy collector internal revenue of Nevada; a clerk in the senate of Nevada in 1868; deputy assessor; deputy county clerk; and notary public of Sacramento county; has been engaged in teaching school, surveying, and as newspaper reporter; is at present a drug clerk and book-keeper.
(Ward, William H. Records of Members of the Grand Army of the Republic, with a Complete Account of the Twentieth National Encampment. San Francisco, 1886; pp 497-98)
JOHN C. MEDLEY was born in Clark County, Missouri, November 9, 1844; came to California in 1852. Enlisted in Company C, 6th Regiment California Infantry, October 12, 1863, at Benicia Barracks; served as a private and sergeant; left Benicia Barracks with his regiment February 15, 1864, and arrived at Fort Humboldt on the 17th; on March 1, 1864, went to camp at Boynton Prairie, being on scout duty until July 8, 1864. Comrade Medley was promoted to sergeant, and placed in charge of the quartermaster and commissary department; also at times acted as post adjutant, sergeant-major, and company clerk, which position he filled until the company was mustered out December 5, 1865; is a member of Sumner Post, No. 3, G.A.R., located at Sacramento, California, where he resides; has been junior and senior vice-commander, post adjutant, and chaplain of his post, and is at present assistant inspector on the department staff; was a member of the national council of administration for the department of California during 1877 and 1878; in civil life has held the following positions: U.S. Deputy collector internal revenue of Nevada; a clerk in the senate of Nevada in 1868; deputy assessor; deputy county clerk; and notary public of Sacramento county; has been engaged in teaching school, surveying, and as newspaper reporter; is at present a drug clerk and book-keeper.
(Ward, William H. Records of Members of the Grand Army of the Republic, with a Complete Account of the Twentieth National Encampment. San Francisco, 1886; pp 497-98)
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