Civil War Veteran
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Ex-Postmaster Harrison Adreon died at his residence, 1806 North Calvert street, at 1:45 o'clock this morning, after an illness of several weeks. Col. Harrison Adreon was born in Baltimore, January 12 1841. He was the son of the late Wm. Adreon and grandson of Capt. Christian Adreon, who commanded the Union Volunteers, a company in the Fifth Maryland Infantry, during the war of 1812-1814. Colonel Adreon was educated in the Baltimore City College and other public schools. When war was declared between the States, Colonel Adreon entered the Fourth Maryland Infantry as lieutenant. This command was brigaded in the second division of the fifth army corps, the left wing of the army of the Potomac. He was present at the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Bethesda Church, Poplar Spring Grove, Cold Harbor, North Anna, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Hatcher's Run, Five Forks and the desperate encounter in the "Bloody Angle." By his bravery in these encounters he was called "The Fighting Major." He was breveted colonel after the battle of Five Forks. At the end of the war he returned to Baltimore and completed legal studies which he had begun before the war, and was admitted to the bar in 1866. In 1867, when the new constitution went into effect, he was the candidate of the republican party for clerk of the City Court. He was secretary of the republican state central committee during the campaign in which General Grant was elected president, and was by him appointed United States pension agent for Maryland. He held this position until June 30, 1877, when the office was consolidated with the agencies of New Jersey and Delaware. In 1879 Colonel Adreon was the candidate of his party for clerk of the Superior Court. He was one of the founders of the Grand Army of the Republic in Maryland. and in 18?? he was made inspector-general of the order in the United States. He took an important part in the presidential campaign of 1880 and was appointed to the postmastership of Baltimore soon after the inauguration of President Garfield. He was a man of thorough business habits and introduced many desirable improvements in the working of the postoffice. He held the position of postmaster until the election of President Cleveland. After his retirement from the postoffice he devoted himself to the practice of his profession.
The Sun, Baltimore, MD, Monday, May 25, 1891, P 2 (GenealogyBank.com)
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The remains of Col. Harrison Adreon were interred yesterday afternoon in Greenmount Cemetery. The funeral took place from his residence, No. 1806 North Calvert street. The coffin was draped with the American flag. Upon this was the sword which Colonel Adreon carried during the civil war and also his Knight Templar sword.
The floral offerings were numerous and handsome. Included among them was a floral letter of immense proportions, made of white roses and carnations, with a stamp of red roses in the upper right hand corner. The inscription, in purple immortelles, was as follows: "From the Old Carriers to ex-Postmaster Adreon, Baltimore, Md." Another notable emblem was a banner of pink and white roses and carnations, with the inscription "Postal Association of 1886" in purple violets. The young Men's Republican Club sent a large shield of pink and white roses and heliotrope.
The funeral service of the Methodist Episcopal Church was read at the house by Rev. J. J. G. Webster, of Madison Avenue Church after which Maryland Commandery, Knights Templar, took charge of the remains and made the interment in accordance with the ritual of the Masonic Order.
honorary pall-bearers ...
active pall-bearers ...
The Knights Templar, the letter-carriers and other uniformed bodies formed in double line in front of the house. The coffin was carried through the line to the hearse. The procession to the cemetery was then formed, with the pall-bearers, Knights Templar and representatives of the Grand Army posts in carriages, with eighty-six letter-carriers in uniform behind the hearse, followed by committees from the Union Veterans Association, the survivors of the Fourth Regiment, Maryland Volunteers, the Postal Union of 1886, and a committee of the Ancient order of United Workmen. A guard of honor from Fort McHenry, consisting of six privates and a bugler, under the command of Sergeant Thomas Laws, of battery D, third artillery, marched by the side of the hearse, and after the services at the grave fired a salute of three rounds.
Maryland Commandery, Knights Templar ...
Among others present were ...
The Sun, Baltimore, MD, Thursday, May 28, 1891, P 4 (GenealogyBank.com)
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1880 Census - Baltimore City, MD
Harrison Adreon, ~ 1842, MD, Lawyer
Jane Adreon, ~ 1845, MD
Thomas Adreon, ~ 1869, MD
William Adreon, ~ 1871, MD
Susan Adreon, ~ 1873, MD
Claire Adreon, ~ 1877, MD
Percy Adreon, ~ 1879, MD
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Source - Baltimore American, Baltimore, MD,
Tuesday, December 27, 1904, P 13 (Genealogybank.com)
G A R Decorated Graves of Civil War Veterans at Greenmount Cemetery for Christmas. 23 Names
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Ex-Postmaster Harrison Adreon died at his residence, 1806 North Calvert street, at 1:45 o'clock this morning, after an illness of several weeks. Col. Harrison Adreon was born in Baltimore, January 12 1841. He was the son of the late Wm. Adreon and grandson of Capt. Christian Adreon, who commanded the Union Volunteers, a company in the Fifth Maryland Infantry, during the war of 1812-1814. Colonel Adreon was educated in the Baltimore City College and other public schools. When war was declared between the States, Colonel Adreon entered the Fourth Maryland Infantry as lieutenant. This command was brigaded in the second division of the fifth army corps, the left wing of the army of the Potomac. He was present at the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Bethesda Church, Poplar Spring Grove, Cold Harbor, North Anna, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Hatcher's Run, Five Forks and the desperate encounter in the "Bloody Angle." By his bravery in these encounters he was called "The Fighting Major." He was breveted colonel after the battle of Five Forks. At the end of the war he returned to Baltimore and completed legal studies which he had begun before the war, and was admitted to the bar in 1866. In 1867, when the new constitution went into effect, he was the candidate of the republican party for clerk of the City Court. He was secretary of the republican state central committee during the campaign in which General Grant was elected president, and was by him appointed United States pension agent for Maryland. He held this position until June 30, 1877, when the office was consolidated with the agencies of New Jersey and Delaware. In 1879 Colonel Adreon was the candidate of his party for clerk of the Superior Court. He was one of the founders of the Grand Army of the Republic in Maryland. and in 18?? he was made inspector-general of the order in the United States. He took an important part in the presidential campaign of 1880 and was appointed to the postmastership of Baltimore soon after the inauguration of President Garfield. He was a man of thorough business habits and introduced many desirable improvements in the working of the postoffice. He held the position of postmaster until the election of President Cleveland. After his retirement from the postoffice he devoted himself to the practice of his profession.
The Sun, Baltimore, MD, Monday, May 25, 1891, P 2 (GenealogyBank.com)
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The remains of Col. Harrison Adreon were interred yesterday afternoon in Greenmount Cemetery. The funeral took place from his residence, No. 1806 North Calvert street. The coffin was draped with the American flag. Upon this was the sword which Colonel Adreon carried during the civil war and also his Knight Templar sword.
The floral offerings were numerous and handsome. Included among them was a floral letter of immense proportions, made of white roses and carnations, with a stamp of red roses in the upper right hand corner. The inscription, in purple immortelles, was as follows: "From the Old Carriers to ex-Postmaster Adreon, Baltimore, Md." Another notable emblem was a banner of pink and white roses and carnations, with the inscription "Postal Association of 1886" in purple violets. The young Men's Republican Club sent a large shield of pink and white roses and heliotrope.
The funeral service of the Methodist Episcopal Church was read at the house by Rev. J. J. G. Webster, of Madison Avenue Church after which Maryland Commandery, Knights Templar, took charge of the remains and made the interment in accordance with the ritual of the Masonic Order.
honorary pall-bearers ...
active pall-bearers ...
The Knights Templar, the letter-carriers and other uniformed bodies formed in double line in front of the house. The coffin was carried through the line to the hearse. The procession to the cemetery was then formed, with the pall-bearers, Knights Templar and representatives of the Grand Army posts in carriages, with eighty-six letter-carriers in uniform behind the hearse, followed by committees from the Union Veterans Association, the survivors of the Fourth Regiment, Maryland Volunteers, the Postal Union of 1886, and a committee of the Ancient order of United Workmen. A guard of honor from Fort McHenry, consisting of six privates and a bugler, under the command of Sergeant Thomas Laws, of battery D, third artillery, marched by the side of the hearse, and after the services at the grave fired a salute of three rounds.
Maryland Commandery, Knights Templar ...
Among others present were ...
The Sun, Baltimore, MD, Thursday, May 28, 1891, P 4 (GenealogyBank.com)
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1880 Census - Baltimore City, MD
Harrison Adreon, ~ 1842, MD, Lawyer
Jane Adreon, ~ 1845, MD
Thomas Adreon, ~ 1869, MD
William Adreon, ~ 1871, MD
Susan Adreon, ~ 1873, MD
Claire Adreon, ~ 1877, MD
Percy Adreon, ~ 1879, MD
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Source - Baltimore American, Baltimore, MD,
Tuesday, December 27, 1904, P 13 (Genealogybank.com)
G A R Decorated Graves of Civil War Veterans at Greenmount Cemetery for Christmas. 23 Names
Civil War Veteran
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Ex-Postmaster Harrison Adreon died at his residence, 1806 North Calvert street, at 1:45 o'clock this morning, after an illness of several weeks. Col. Harrison Adreon was born in Baltimore, January 12 1841. He was the son of the late Wm. Adreon and grandson of Capt. Christian Adreon, who commanded the Union Volunteers, a company in the Fifth Maryland Infantry, during the war of 1812-1814. Colonel Adreon was educated in the Baltimore City College and other public schools. When war was declared between the States, Colonel Adreon entered the Fourth Maryland Infantry as lieutenant. This command was brigaded in the second division of the fifth army corps, the left wing of the army of the Potomac. He was present at the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Bethesda Church, Poplar Spring Grove, Cold Harbor, North Anna, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Hatcher's Run, Five Forks and the desperate encounter in the "Bloody Angle." By his bravery in these encounters he was called "The Fighting Major." He was breveted colonel after the battle of Five Forks. At the end of the war he returned to Baltimore and completed legal studies which he had begun before the war, and was admitted to the bar in 1866. In 1867, when the new constitution went into effect, he was the candidate of the republican party for clerk of the City Court. He was secretary of the republican state central committee during the campaign in which General Grant was elected president, and was by him appointed United States pension agent for Maryland. He held this position until June 30, 1877, when the office was consolidated with the agencies of New Jersey and Delaware. In 1879 Colonel Adreon was the candidate of his party for clerk of the Superior Court. He was one of the founders of the Grand Army of the Republic in Maryland. and in 18?? he was made inspector-general of the order in the United States. He took an important part in the presidential campaign of 1880 and was appointed to the postmastership of Baltimore soon after the inauguration of President Garfield. He was a man of thorough business habits and introduced many desirable improvements in the working of the postoffice. He held the position of postmaster until the election of President Cleveland. After his retirement from the postoffice he devoted himself to the practice of his profession.
The Sun, Baltimore, MD, Monday, May 25, 1891, P 2 (GenealogyBank.com)
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The remains of Col. Harrison Adreon were interred yesterday afternoon in Greenmount Cemetery. The funeral took place from his residence, No. 1806 North Calvert street. The coffin was draped with the American flag. Upon this was the sword which Colonel Adreon carried during the civil war and also his Knight Templar sword.
The floral offerings were numerous and handsome. Included among them was a floral letter of immense proportions, made of white roses and carnations, with a stamp of red roses in the upper right hand corner. The inscription, in purple immortelles, was as follows: "From the Old Carriers to ex-Postmaster Adreon, Baltimore, Md." Another notable emblem was a banner of pink and white roses and carnations, with the inscription "Postal Association of 1886" in purple violets. The young Men's Republican Club sent a large shield of pink and white roses and heliotrope.
The funeral service of the Methodist Episcopal Church was read at the house by Rev. J. J. G. Webster, of Madison Avenue Church after which Maryland Commandery, Knights Templar, took charge of the remains and made the interment in accordance with the ritual of the Masonic Order.
honorary pall-bearers ...
active pall-bearers ...
The Knights Templar, the letter-carriers and other uniformed bodies formed in double line in front of the house. The coffin was carried through the line to the hearse. The procession to the cemetery was then formed, with the pall-bearers, Knights Templar and representatives of the Grand Army posts in carriages, with eighty-six letter-carriers in uniform behind the hearse, followed by committees from the Union Veterans Association, the survivors of the Fourth Regiment, Maryland Volunteers, the Postal Union of 1886, and a committee of the Ancient order of United Workmen. A guard of honor from Fort McHenry, consisting of six privates and a bugler, under the command of Sergeant Thomas Laws, of battery D, third artillery, marched by the side of the hearse, and after the services at the grave fired a salute of three rounds.
Maryland Commandery, Knights Templar ...
Among others present were ...
The Sun, Baltimore, MD, Thursday, May 28, 1891, P 4 (GenealogyBank.com)
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1880 Census - Baltimore City, MD
Harrison Adreon, ~ 1842, MD, Lawyer
Jane Adreon, ~ 1845, MD
Thomas Adreon, ~ 1869, MD
William Adreon, ~ 1871, MD
Susan Adreon, ~ 1873, MD
Claire Adreon, ~ 1877, MD
Percy Adreon, ~ 1879, MD
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Source - Baltimore American, Baltimore, MD,
Tuesday, December 27, 1904, P 13 (Genealogybank.com)
G A R Decorated Graves of Civil War Veterans at Greenmount Cemetery for Christmas. 23 Names
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Ex-Postmaster Harrison Adreon died at his residence, 1806 North Calvert street, at 1:45 o'clock this morning, after an illness of several weeks. Col. Harrison Adreon was born in Baltimore, January 12 1841. He was the son of the late Wm. Adreon and grandson of Capt. Christian Adreon, who commanded the Union Volunteers, a company in the Fifth Maryland Infantry, during the war of 1812-1814. Colonel Adreon was educated in the Baltimore City College and other public schools. When war was declared between the States, Colonel Adreon entered the Fourth Maryland Infantry as lieutenant. This command was brigaded in the second division of the fifth army corps, the left wing of the army of the Potomac. He was present at the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Bethesda Church, Poplar Spring Grove, Cold Harbor, North Anna, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Hatcher's Run, Five Forks and the desperate encounter in the "Bloody Angle." By his bravery in these encounters he was called "The Fighting Major." He was breveted colonel after the battle of Five Forks. At the end of the war he returned to Baltimore and completed legal studies which he had begun before the war, and was admitted to the bar in 1866. In 1867, when the new constitution went into effect, he was the candidate of the republican party for clerk of the City Court. He was secretary of the republican state central committee during the campaign in which General Grant was elected president, and was by him appointed United States pension agent for Maryland. He held this position until June 30, 1877, when the office was consolidated with the agencies of New Jersey and Delaware. In 1879 Colonel Adreon was the candidate of his party for clerk of the Superior Court. He was one of the founders of the Grand Army of the Republic in Maryland. and in 18?? he was made inspector-general of the order in the United States. He took an important part in the presidential campaign of 1880 and was appointed to the postmastership of Baltimore soon after the inauguration of President Garfield. He was a man of thorough business habits and introduced many desirable improvements in the working of the postoffice. He held the position of postmaster until the election of President Cleveland. After his retirement from the postoffice he devoted himself to the practice of his profession.
The Sun, Baltimore, MD, Monday, May 25, 1891, P 2 (GenealogyBank.com)
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The remains of Col. Harrison Adreon were interred yesterday afternoon in Greenmount Cemetery. The funeral took place from his residence, No. 1806 North Calvert street. The coffin was draped with the American flag. Upon this was the sword which Colonel Adreon carried during the civil war and also his Knight Templar sword.
The floral offerings were numerous and handsome. Included among them was a floral letter of immense proportions, made of white roses and carnations, with a stamp of red roses in the upper right hand corner. The inscription, in purple immortelles, was as follows: "From the Old Carriers to ex-Postmaster Adreon, Baltimore, Md." Another notable emblem was a banner of pink and white roses and carnations, with the inscription "Postal Association of 1886" in purple violets. The young Men's Republican Club sent a large shield of pink and white roses and heliotrope.
The funeral service of the Methodist Episcopal Church was read at the house by Rev. J. J. G. Webster, of Madison Avenue Church after which Maryland Commandery, Knights Templar, took charge of the remains and made the interment in accordance with the ritual of the Masonic Order.
honorary pall-bearers ...
active pall-bearers ...
The Knights Templar, the letter-carriers and other uniformed bodies formed in double line in front of the house. The coffin was carried through the line to the hearse. The procession to the cemetery was then formed, with the pall-bearers, Knights Templar and representatives of the Grand Army posts in carriages, with eighty-six letter-carriers in uniform behind the hearse, followed by committees from the Union Veterans Association, the survivors of the Fourth Regiment, Maryland Volunteers, the Postal Union of 1886, and a committee of the Ancient order of United Workmen. A guard of honor from Fort McHenry, consisting of six privates and a bugler, under the command of Sergeant Thomas Laws, of battery D, third artillery, marched by the side of the hearse, and after the services at the grave fired a salute of three rounds.
Maryland Commandery, Knights Templar ...
Among others present were ...
The Sun, Baltimore, MD, Thursday, May 28, 1891, P 4 (GenealogyBank.com)
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1880 Census - Baltimore City, MD
Harrison Adreon, ~ 1842, MD, Lawyer
Jane Adreon, ~ 1845, MD
Thomas Adreon, ~ 1869, MD
William Adreon, ~ 1871, MD
Susan Adreon, ~ 1873, MD
Claire Adreon, ~ 1877, MD
Percy Adreon, ~ 1879, MD
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Source - Baltimore American, Baltimore, MD,
Tuesday, December 27, 1904, P 13 (Genealogybank.com)
G A R Decorated Graves of Civil War Veterans at Greenmount Cemetery for Christmas. 23 Names
Family Members
Siblings
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