Johnstown Weekly Tribune
9 Sep 1887
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of the Boys of Company I, Fifty-
fourth Regiment.
City-Weighmaster Joseph G. Thomas, of No. 620 Somerset street, is the proud possessor of the only Army allotment roll in the city, so far as is known by the most active soldiers of the Union Veteran Legion and the Grand Army of the Republic in Johnstown, and he takes pleasure in explaining its meaning to friends who call at the weigh-scales, where the roll is hanging on the wall above his desk.
Mr. Thomas says that when the boys of Company I went out in '62 they agreed to keep a few dollars each month from their pay with which to buy tobacco, fresh bread, and cakes outside of their regular army rations. Each named a person at home as Assignee and directed the Paymaster to send his pay to Johnstown, in care of the late Hon. Daniel J. Morrell, for distribution, the money being turned over to the Assignee by the late Howard J. Roberts at the First National Bank.
This allotment roll, which was for the months of January and February, 1862, came here with the money sent on by the Paymaster and was in possession of Howard J. Roberts at the bank until his death in the Great Flood of 1889, when his son, Dwight Roberts, now Cashier of the Citizens' National Bank, took charge of it. The paper, which was slightly damaged by water in the Flood, was recently turned over to Mr. Thomas, who has had a fine oak frame placed around it.
The roll is almost as large as a page of The Tribune and contains the names of many who are now dead. The Captain of the company is still living in the State of Florida and a few other survivors are well-known residents of Johnstown and vicinity, as will be seen by a glance at the following copy of the roll, the figures in the first column indicating the amount paid the Assignee:
Allotment Roll of Company I, Fifty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volun-
teers, United States Volunteers.
We, the undersigned, members of Company I, Fifty-fourth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, hereby request the Paymaster of said regiment to reserve from our monthly pay the amount set opposite our names, the same to be transmitted to Daniel J. Morrell, of Johnstown, Pa., for distribution to the persons respectively indicated by us as assignees:
Amount
to Be
Reserved
for Two
Months. |
|
Name. |
|
Rank. |
Amount
to Be
Reserved
Monthly |
|
Assignees. |
| |
| $ 24 |
William McDermitt |
Lieut. |
$ 12 |
Mrs. Ann McDermitt, Chest Sp'gs. |
| 24 |
Robert L. Marlett |
Lieut. |
12 |
Mrs. Ann Marlettt [sic], Columbia. |
| 24 |
Peter Stormer |
Lieut. |
12 |
Nicholas Huebner, Johnstown. |
| 16 |
John I. Seese |
Corp. |
8 |
Susanna I. Seese, Scalp Level |
| 20 |
Samuel Parkes |
Corp. |
10 |
William Parkes, Johnstown. |
| 20 |
Joseph G. Thomas |
Corp. |
10 |
John Thomas, Johnstown. |
| 16 |
Samuel Custer |
Corp. |
8 |
John E. Seese, Scalp Level. |
| 16 |
Jacob Cradle |
Corp. |
8 |
Peter Cradle, Johnstown. |
| 20 |
William Wilkinson |
Corp. |
10 |
Mrs. Agnes Wilkinson, Wilmore. |
| 16 |
Alexander Murphy |
Corp. |
8 |
Susannah Murphy, Scalp Level. |
| 20 |
John Brem |
Corp. |
10 |
Margaret Brem, Johnstown. |
| 20 |
Theodore McClure |
Mus. |
10 |
James H. McClure, Johnstown. |
| 20 |
William Walker |
Mus. |
10 |
Joseph D. Walker, Johnstown. |
| 20 |
Isaac Bomgardner |
Priv. |
10 |
Henry Shenan, Scalp Level. |
| 18 |
William Bonwell |
Priv. |
9 |
Thomas A. Callihen, Johnstown. |
| 20 |
Mark Burk |
Priv. |
10 |
Joseph Diamond, Johnstown. |
| 16 |
Jeb Blough |
Priv. |
8 |
Christian Blough, Johnstown. |
| 16 |
John B. Craig |
Priv. |
8 |
Mrs. Sarah Ankeny, Johnstown. |
| 16 |
James G. Craig |
Priv. |
8 |
Mrs. Sarah Ankeny, Johnstown. |
| 16 |
Israel Crist |
Priv. |
8 |
Jacob Foust, Scalp Level. |
| 16 |
Samuel Crist |
Priv. |
8 |
Jacob Foust, Scalp Level. |
| 22 |
John Croyle |
Priv. |
11 |
Jacob Sherman, Johnstown. |
| 16 |
Nathaniel Crum |
Priv. |
8 |
Abraham Crum, Wilmore. |
| 20 |
Charles Cullen |
Priv. |
10 |
Mrs. M. Cullen, Wilmore. |
| 20 |
Albert Davis |
Priv. |
10 |
Mrs. Mary Davis, Wilmore. |
| 20 |
August Abler |
Priv. |
10 |
Mrs. Madaline Abler, Johnstown. |
| 20 |
John Early |
Priv. |
10 |
Mrs. Margaret Early, Johnstown. |
| 22 |
John Funk |
Priv. |
11 |
Mrs. Mary Funk, Summerhill. |
| 20 |
William Flinn |
Priv. |
10 |
Mary L. Flinn, Wilmore. |
| 20 |
Jacob George |
Priv. |
10 |
Nicholas George, Belsano. |
| 16 |
Solomon Gramling |
Priv. |
8 |
George Gramling, Johnstown. |
| 16 |
George Hickman |
Priv. |
8 |
Mrs. Barbara Hickman, Johnst'n. |
| 16 |
Edmund Hollzapple |
Priv. |
8 |
Adam Hollzapple, Scalp Level. |
| 20 |
Henry Helsel |
Priv. |
10 |
George Helsel, Johnstown. |
| 20 |
William Haney |
Priv. |
10 |
Mrs. M. A. Haney, Wilmore. |
| 20 |
George Harts |
Priv. |
10 |
Mrs. Josephine Harts, Johnstown. |
| 16 |
Henry Kaufmann |
Priv. |
8 |
Moses Kaufmann, Davidsville. |
| 16 |
Alfred W. Livingston |
Priv. |
8 |
S. B. Livingston, Davidsville. |
| 20 |
Adam Oswald |
Priv. |
10 |
John Hempstein, Johnstown. |
| 20 |
John Ripple |
Priv. |
10 |
Mrs. M. Ripple, Johnstown. |
| 20 |
Matthew Riley |
Priv. |
10 |
Mrs. Rose Riley, Johnstown. |
| 22 |
Alfred W. Wirter |
Priv. |
11 |
Mrs. Priscilla Wirter, Johnstown. |
| 16 |
George W. Duncan |
Priv. |
8 |
John W. Duncan, Belsano. |
| 22 |
Joseph Custer |
Priv. |
11 |
Mrs. M. Custer, Scalp Level. |
| 20 |
Joseph Heilstein |
Priv. |
10 |
Charles Iskefriet, Johnstown. |
| 10 |
Henry Menzel |
Priv. |
5 |
Mrs. E. Menzel, Johnstown. |
| 22 |
Frederick Bueler |
Priv. |
11 |
Dorthea Bueler, Johnstown. |
| 22 |
Albert Smith |
Priv. |
11 |
Thomas K. Gathegan, Scalp Level. |
| 16 |
John Lotz |
Priv. |
8 |
George Hoffman, Johnstown. |
| 16 |
John B. Wisinger |
Priv. |
8 |
George Wisinger, Johnstown. |
| 20 |
John Shearman |
Priv. |
10 |
Nancy Shearman, Johnstown. |
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| $ 960 |
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I hereby certify that the above document was signed and exeduted by the parties therein named in my presence.
WILLIAM B. BONAKER,
Captain Company I, Fifty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Dated, March 9, 1862.
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