Veteran Biography Series
This is where you have an introduction that lets the viewer know what am I looking at and why should I care. I have thought about what to say and am drawing a blank. The title Veteran Biograpy Series speaks for itself so maybe no intro required.
This will be on The Grand Army of the Republic in Texas page following the Encampment Proceedings section. It is going to be a very long section once we get 20 or 50 or 100 of these. Maybe it needs its own page. It would be more compact if we leave out the pictures. I say let’s get started like this and we can cross that bridge later. I can resize the pictures so they fit better, like Ketchum’s does.
Read More will be a link to the PDF, stored on the Camp 2 file server, containing the full biography.
Happy to hear thoughts on how we can make this better or do it differently.
CAPTAIN EDWIN N. KETCHUM‘s life was colorful and action-packed – born at sea, Civil War soldier, Indian scout, cattle herder, Chief of Police, businessman, U.S. Customs Examiner, Grand Army of the Republic officer, survivor of the 1900 Galveston Hurricane, and long-time owner of Menard House, the oldest surviving residence in Galveston. Read More
CAPTAIN ISAAC CONROE, whose death in 1897 at the age of sixty- two terminated the career of one of the most enterprising lumbermen and public-spirited citizens of Southeast Texas, was the founder of the town which bears his name. He was the first postmaster of Conroe and was the active leader of its business and civic affairs up to the time of his death. Read More
SARAH EMMA SEELYE, the daring woman who served in the Union Army while disguised as a man was a nurse and a spy and a renowned heroine of her day. Seelye received a U.S. government pension for her Civil War service and became a member of the GAR McClellan Post in Houston. Read More
| CAPTAIN EDWIN N. KETCHUM‘s life was colorful and action-packed – born at sea, Civil War soldier, Indian scout, cattle herder, Chief of Police, businessman, U.S. Customs Examiner, Grand Army of the Republic officer, survivor of the 1900 Galveston Hurricane, and long-time owner of Menard House, the oldest surviving residence in Galveston. Read More | CAPTAIN ISAAC CONROE, whose death in 1897 at the age of sixty- two terminated the career of one of the most enterprising lumbermen and public-spirited citizens of Southeast Texas, was the founder of the town which bears his name. He was the first postmaster of Conroe and was the active leader of its business and civic affairs up to the time of his death. Read More |
| SARAH EMMA SEELYE, the daring woman who served in the Union Army while disguised as a man was a nurse and a spy and a renowned heroine of her day. Seelye received a U.S. government pension for her Civil War service and became a member of the GAR McClellan Post in Houston. Read More | Lt. Cmdr. Edward Lea hailed from Maryland and was the First Officer aboard the Revenue Cutter Harriet Lane. He and 24 of his comrades lost their lives on the fateful day of January 1, 1863 at the historic Battle of Galveston. Read More |
| CAPTAIN EDWIN N. KETCHUM‘s life was colorful and action-packed – born at sea, Civil War soldier, Indian scout, cattle herder, Chief of Police, businessman, U.S. Customs Examiner, Grand Army of the Republic officer, survivor of the 1900 Galveston Hurricane, and long-time owner of Menard House, the oldest surviving residence in Galveston. Read More |
| SARAH EMMA SEELYE, the daring woman who served in the Union Army while disguised as a man was a nurse and a spy and a renowned heroine of her day. Seelye received a U.S. government pension for her Civil War service and became a member of the GAR McClellan Post in Houston. Read More | |
| CAPTAIN EDWIN N. KETCHUM‘s life was colorful and action-packed – born at sea, Civil War soldier, Indian scout, cattle herder, Chief of Police, businessman, U.S. Customs Examiner, Grand Army of the Republic officer, survivor of the 1900 Galveston Hurricane, and long-time owner of Menard House, the oldest surviving residence in Galveston. Read More |
