Pioneer history of Ingham County, compiled and arranged by Mrs. Franc L. Adams, secretary of the Ingham County pioneer and historical society.

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PIONEER HISTORY OF INGHAM COUNTY

Captain-Alonzo Cheney.
First Lieutenant-John C. Squiers.
Second Lieutenant-Lewis A. H-olden.
First Sergt.-Charles A. Perry.
Second Sergt.-Elmer G. Curtis.
Third Sergt.-Marcus J. Christian.
Fourth Sergt.-Solon D. Neely.
Fifth Sergt.-Henry McNeill.
Corporals-Robert T. Mason, Charles M. Shafer, Frank S.
Stroud, Frank L. Gardner, Thomas E. Royston, Joseph P. Smith,
James P. Horton, Charles F. Hammond.
Privates-Alexander Bush, Benj. C. Baker, Charles H. Beardsley, Lorenzo A. Call, William H. Craig, Isaac Crich, Harvey Canfield, George F. Day, Alonzo Ellsworth, Thomas M. Fay, Elwin R.
Guy, Alfred J. Gilbert, Oliver F. Griffin, David D. Lindsay,
Reuben D. Maxwell, James H. Morey, Wilton S. Mead, Andrew
W. Mehan, Albert F. Norris, Edson Rolfe, Charles H. Stroud,
Geo. W. Storey, N. A. Seaman, Henry Whitelly, J.Vernon Johnson,
Aaron E. Ball, Clay E. Call, Royal D. Corey, Julius F. Crittenden, George J. Cotton, Willis F. Cornell, Herman Darling, Charles
E. Fowler, Benj. J. Fritz, Daniel B. Green, Wm. H. Goucher,
Frank B. Hyatt, Charles F. Lyon, Frank P. Millbury, Jay D.
Morrow, James McMichael, James H. Newberry, Elihu P. Rowe,
Geo. W. Swiggett, Smith Simons, Fred Stanton, Cassius M.
Smith, Seymour H. Worden.
Some time during the years 1885-86 the name of this company
was changed from "K" to "F," and the residents of Ingham
county all know the part Co. F had in the 31st Michigan Regiment during the Spanish-American War.
When, later, this company merged into a battery, the armory
was sold to the city, and the pictures and flags turned over to
Phil McKernan Post, G. A. R., the pioneer post of the city, and
are now in the hands of the Ingham County Pioneer and Historical
Society. These flags form valuable county souvenirs. At first
the flag used by the Curtenius Guards was with the others, but
this disappeared some years ago. In 1878 Mrs. George Mead
and Mrs. Jesse Beech, two patriotic women who have passed to
their reward, raised $50 by popular subscription and purchased a
silk flag for Company K, which was presented at the celebration