Index by Decade

1886

Louis DeP. Callahan (c.1856-1935)
Residence: Los Angeles Co., California

Ancestor(s):

• John Callahan — 11th Ohio Cavalry

1887

Clarence J. Callahan (c.1858-1909)
Residence: Los Angeles Co., California

Ancestor(s):

• John Callahan — 11th Ohio Cavalry

1888

Hon. Edward Constant Robinson (1855-1940)
Residence: Oakland, California

Ancestor(s):

• Dr. Jesse Robinson — 1st Oregon Cavalry

1889

Ernest Woodbury Conant (1862-1934)
Residence: San José, California

Ancestor(s):

• Timothy Conant — 4th Minnesota Infantry

1890

Hon. Fred V. Wood (1866-1936)
Residence: Oakland, California

Ancestor(s):

• Walter Wood — 10th Wisconsin Infantry

1891

Spencer Langdon Blodget (1858-1934)
Residence: Bakersfield, California

Ancestor(s):

• 1st Lt. William Oren Blodget — 151st Pennsylvania Infantry

1892

Thomas Martin Gilbert (1865-1946)
Residence: Fresno, California

Ancestor(s):

• William Henry Gilbert — 7th Missouri State Militia Cavalry

1893

Frank Wesley Bunnell (1861-1931)
Residence: Los Angeles, California

Ancestor(s):

• Ahira Lehman Bunnell — 141st & 57th Pennsylvania Infantry

1894

Frank Chamberlain Shipley (1856-1933)
Residence: Oakland, California

Ancestor(s):

• Samuel Dennis Shipley — 6th & 30th Massachuetts Infantry

1895

Louis E. Schroder (unknown)
Residence: unknown

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1896

Hon. Charles Clayton Houck (1871-1955)
Residence: Santa Cruz, California

Ancestor(s):

• Francis T. Houck — 95th Illinois Infantry

1897

Charles L. Pierce (unknown)
Residence: unknown

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1898

Charles L. Pierce (unknown)
Residence: unknown

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1899

Harry T. Moore (unknown)
Residence: San Francisco, California

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1900

Dr. Augustus Griffin Bennett (1872-1927)
Residence: San José, California

Ancestor(s):

• Col. Augustus Griffin Bennett — 81st New York Infantry & 21st U.S. Colored Infantry

1901

Clarence Elroy Washburn (1866-1909)
Residence: Los Angeles, California

Ancestor(s):

• Adoniram Judson Washburn — 11th Rhode Island Infantry

1902

Frank R. Handley (1874-1904)
Residence: San Francisco, California

Ancestor(s):

• Charles J. Handley — 1st Oregon Infantry

1903

John Abraham Medlar (1864-1956)
Residence: Sonoma Co., California

Ancestor(s):

• John C. Medlar — 48th Pennsylvania Infantry

1904

Frank B. Wilson (unknown)
Residence: San Francisco, California

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1905

George W. Conart (?-1917)
Residence: Los Angeles, California

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1906

James Frank Leffler (1869-?)
Residence: San José, California

Ancestor(s):

• John Leffler — 88th Illinois Infantry

1907

Christian Franklin Kimball (1877-1941)
Residence: Redding, California

Ancestor(s):

• Frederick "Fred" Kimball — unit unidentified

1908

Harry W. Culver (unknown)
Residence: unknown

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1909

Theodore Vincent Brown, Jr. (1883-1946)
Residence: San José, California

Ancestor(s):

• Theodore Vincent Brown, Sr. — Hospital Steward U.S. Army & 10th U.S. Infantry

1910

John R. Mullin (unknown)
Residence: unknown

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1911

Henry Alexander Longfellow (1874-1932)
Residence: Oakland, California

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1912

Clarence Swan Scott (1885-1931)
Residence: Fresno Co., California

Ancestor(s):

• Edward Swan — 173rd Ohio Infantry

1913

Dr. David Bradley Plymire (1868-?)
Residence: San Francisco, California

Ancestor(s):

• James A. Plymire — 37th Pennsylvania Infantry

1914

George Overman Lockwood (1877-1955)
Residence: Los Angeles, California

Ancestor(s):

• George Ney Lockwood — 9th Michigan Cavalry & 3rd U.S. Cavalry

1915

J. W. Cook (unknown)
Residence: San José, California

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1916

Joseph Valentine Griffin (1882-1964)
Residence: Los Angeles Co., California

Ancestor(s):

• James John Griffin — 6th New York Heavy Artillery

1917

George Blanco Whited (1869-1942)
Residence: Riverside Co., California

Ancestor(s):

• Patton George Whited — 5th & 37th U.S. Infantry. Medal of Honor recipient.

1918

Charles Walter Tozer (1876-1948)
Residence: San Francisco, California

Ancestor(s):

• Lewellyn Tozer — 1st Maine Light Artillery

1919

William Henry Hyden (1854-1922)
Residence: Los Angeles, California

Ancestor(s):

• Rev. Jesse Albert Hyden — Hospital Chaplain U.S. Volunteers

1920

William Henry Hyden (1854-1922)
Residence: Los Angeles, California

Ancestor(s):

• Rev. Jesse Albert Hyden — Hospital Chaplain U.S. Volunteers

1921

Archibald Jeter Cloud (1878-1957)
Residence: San Francisco, California

Ancestor(s):

• Zachariah Nance Goldsby — 12th Missouri Cavalry

1922

Francis Creighton Hawthorne (1879-1932)
Residence: Los Angeles, California

Ancestor(s):

• Francis Grove Hawthorne — 170th, 98th & 74th Ohio Infantry

1923

Harry A. Thayer (unknown)
Residence: unknown

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1924

Charles Oliver Boynton (1882-1959)
Residence: Long Beach, California

Ancestor(s):

• Capt. James B. Atkinson — Sibley Guards Minnesota Citizen Soldiers; 2nd Minnesota Cavalry; & 1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery

1925

Delevan Bates Bowley (1873-1947)
Commander-in-Chief
Residence: San Francisco, California

Ancestor(s):

• Capt. Freeman Sparks Bowley — 30th U.S. Colored Infantry

1926

Edward J. Parker (unknown)
Residence: Santa Ana, California

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1927

Alva Emanuel Deems (1876-1950)
Residence: Los Angeles Co., California

Ancestor(s):

• Jacob Deems — McLaughlin's Guard Ohio Cavalry

1928

John Godfrey Spielman (1863-1951)
Residence: Long Beach, California

Ancestor(s):

• 2nd Lt. John A. Spielman — 17th Iowa Infantry

1929

John Wilbur Coursey (1875-1974)
Residence: Fresno, California

Ancestor(s):

• James A. Coursey — Independent Battery B of Pennsylvania Light Artillery

1930

Eugene C. Somerby (1894-1986)
Residence: Colton, California

Ancestor(s):

• John L. Somerby — 6th Wisconsin Infantry

1931

Frederick J. Dunster (c.1870-1938)
Residence: Los Angeles, California

Ancestor(s):

• Alfred Dunster — 117th New York Infantry

1932

William Jeremiah Sarles Hickox (1873-1943)
Residence: Stockton, California

Ancestor(s):

• Flavel Gaylord Hickox — 90th New York Infantry

1933

Dr. Ralph Raymond Barrett (1874-1954)
Commander-in-Chief
Residence: Huntington Park, California

Ancestor(s):

• Ashley A. Barrett — 12th Ohio Light Artillery
• Ransom Barrett — 12th Ohio Light Artillery
• Erastus Barrett — 55th Ohio Infantry

1934

Dr. John Francis Killeen (c.1872-1936)
Residence: San Francisco, California

Ancestor(s):

• James Killeen — 5th U.S. Cavalry

1935

Harry Dodge Crow (1899-1991)
Residence: Modesto, California

Ancestor(s):

• Henry Dodge Crow — 33rd & 11th Wisconsin Infantry

1936

Charles F. Millen (1870-1946)
Residence: Orange Co., California

Ancestor(s):

• John Moffett Millen — 3rd Illinois Cavalry & 2nd U.S. Veteran Volunteer Infantry

1937

John Nicolas Glass (1887-1951)
Residence: San José, California

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1938

Arthur Guy Laughlin (1900-1974)
Residence: Modesto, California

Ancestor(s):

• Julius Caesar Laughlin — Osage County Missouri Home Guards

1939

Harrie Richards Collins, Esq. (1878-1949)
Residence: Los Angeles, California

Ancestor(s):

• Maj. Williamson Bern Cern Collins — 7th Missouri Infantry

1940

Richard Deleon Fletcher, Sr. (1877-1954)
Residence: Alameda Co., California

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1941

Jackson Bryant Deaton (1885-1965)
Residence: Stockton, California

Ancestor(s):

• Sgt. William P. Deaton — Cass County Missouri Home Guard Cavalry & 2nd Battalion Missouri State Guard Cavalry

1942

Jonathan O. Michelbacher (1907-?)
Residence: Riverside, California

Ancestor(s):

• Gustav Baumann — 27th Wisconsin Infantry

1943

George Amos Ruple (1875-1962)
Residence: San Francisco, California

Ancestor(s):

• George H. Ruple — 13th Iowa Infantry

1944

Robert R. Rankin (unknown)
Residence: unknown

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1945

Raymond Benham Dumser (1874-1954)
Residence: Alameda Co., California

Ancestor(s):

• William R. Benham — 45th Illinois Infantry
• John Simon Dumser — 52nd Illinois Infantry

1946

Frank Woerner (1894-1972)
Commander-in-Chief
Residence: Inglewood, California

Ancestor(s):

• Capt. Christian Woerner — Independent Battery C of New Jersey Light Artillery

1947

Walter A. Smith (unknown)
Residence: San Francisco, California

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1948

Earl Flowers Riggs (1891-1965)
Commander-in-Chief
Residence: Upland, California

Ancestor(s):

• William Evans — 129th Illinois Infantry

1949

Alvah Root McKinney (1874-1953)
Residence: Santa Cruz Co., California

Ancestor(s):

• Erastus R. McKinney — 11th Illinois Infantry

1950

Ralph William Garwood (1898-1987)
Residence: Pasadena, California

Ancestor(s):

• Calvin Zener — 15th Indiana Infantry
• Edward Zener — 138th Indiana Infantry
• Melville C. Zener — 77th Indiana Infantry & Veteran Reserve Corps

1951

John Elmer Wohlgemuth (1908-1991)
Residence: Long Beach, California

Ancestor(s):

• Elmer Bacon — 14th Ohio Light Artillery

1952

Melville Roy Riggs (1895-1966)
Residence: Altadena, California

Ancestor(s):

• William Evans — 129th Illinois Infantry

1953

Jesse H. Taylor (unknown)
Residence: Los Angeles, California

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1954

Wallace William Scott (1895-1981)
Residence: Sierra Madre, California

Ancestor(s):

• William Washington Scott — 34th Iowa Infantry

1955

Rev. Harrison Spurgeon Rainwater (1890-1981)
Residence: Firebaugh, California

Ancestor(s):

• Adam Butler Rainwater — 45th & 48th Missouri Infantry

1956

Louis Terence Story (1889-1970)
Residence: Compton, California

Ancestor(s):

• Douglas T. Story — 136th Illinois Infantry

1957

Dr. Levi Joseph Snow (1883-1977)
Residence: Petaluma, California

Ancestor(s):

• Joseph Lorenzo Snow — 16th Illinois Cavalry; McClernand's Body Guard Illinois Cavalry; & Northeast Missouri Home Guard Infantry

1958

Corbett F. "Coby" Wilcox (1892-1978)
Residence: Los Angeles, California

Ancestor(s):

• Martin Wilcox — 37th Illinois Infantry

1959

Vernon Everdeen Cheney (1888-1962)
Residence: Oakland, California

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1960

John Orval Gately (1901-1972)
Residence: Pomona, California

Ancestor(s):

• John C. Walker — 113th Ohio Infantry

1961

Otis Otterbin Thomas (1875-1962)
Residence: Pasadena, California

Ancestor(s):

• William A. Thomas — 84th Illinois Infantry

1962

Oscar Odell Bacon (1901-1976)
Residence: Fresno, California

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1963

Ulysses Brown Schoonover (1890-1966)
Residence: Whittier, California

Ancestor(s):

• Ulysses Franklin Brown — 50th New York Engineers

1964

Eugene Rollins McCoy (1889-1969)
Residence: Lemon Grove, California

Ancestor(s):

• Bvt. Brig. Gen. Daniel Webster McCoy — 24th & 175th Ohio Infantry

1965

Leroy Benjamin "Roy" Kelchner (1883-1968)
Residence: Santa Ana, California

Ancestor(s):

• Edwin H. Kelchner — 151st Pennsylvania Infantry

1966

Seborn Lashley Oftedal (1906-1977)
Residence: Fresno, California

Ancestor(s):

• Seborn N. "Zebe" Lashley — unit unidentified

1967

Leonard Case (unknown)
Residence: unknown

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1968

Ernest Eugene Schoonover (1886-1973)
Residence: San Diego, California

Ancestor(s):

• Ulysses Franklin Brown — 50th New York Engineers

1969

John E. Martie (unknown)
Residence: unknown

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1970

Harold Rogers (unknown)
Residence: unknown

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1971

Harold Rogers (unknown)
Residence: unknown

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1972

Kenneth Horace Greely (1918-1987)
Residence: Santa Clara, California

Ancestor(s):

• Horace L. S. Greely — 4th Minnesota Infantry

1973

Chester Butler (unknown)
Residence: unknown

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1974

Harold Hugh Gates (1916-1983)
Residence: Chula Vista, California

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1975

Kenneth Horace Greely (1918-1987)
Residence: Santa Clara, California

Ancestor(s):

• Horace L. S. Greely — 4th Minnesota Infantry

1976

Joseph Frederick Collins (1901-1983)
Residence: Fresno, California

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1977

Joseph Frederick Collins (1901-1983)
Residence: Fresno, California

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1978

Wayne Stanley Pyle (1924-1995)
Residence: San José, California

Ancestor(s):

• Edward Stanley Houk — 153rd Illinois Infantry

1979

Wayne Stanley Pyle (1924-1995)
Residence: San José, California

Ancestor(s):

• Edward Stanley Houk — 153rd Illinois Infantry

1980

Kenneth Horace Greely (1918-1987)
Residence: Santa Clara, California

Ancestor(s):

• Horace L. S. Greely — 4th Minnesota Infantry

1981

Kenneth Horace Greely (1918-1987)
Residence: Santa Clara, California

Ancestor(s):

• Horace L. S. Greely — 4th Minnesota Infantry

1982

Kenneth Horace Greely (1918-1987)
Residence: Santa Clara, California

Ancestor(s):

• Horace L. S. Greely — 4th Minnesota Infantry

1983

Kenneth Horace Greely (1918-1987)
Residence: Santa Clara, California

Ancestor(s):

• Horace L. S. Greely — 4th Minnesota Infantry

1984

Wayne Stanley Pyle (1924-1995)
Residence: San José, California

Ancestor(s):

• Edward Stanley Houk — 153rd Illinois Infantry

1985

Donald Edgar Cheney (1914-1999)
Residence: San José, California

Ancestor(s):

• William Mills Farrar — 33rd Ohio Infantry

1986

Donald Edgar Cheney (1914-1999)
Residence: San José, California

Ancestor(s):

• William Mills Farrar — 33rd Ohio Infantry

1987

Donald Edgar Cheney (1914-1999)
Residence: San José, California

Ancestor(s):

• William Mills Farrar — 33rd Ohio Infantry

1988

Wayne Stanley Pyle (1924-1995)
Residence: San José, California

Ancestor(s):

• Edward Stanley Houk — 153rd Illinois Infantry

1989

Col. Willis Bruner Sawyer (1917-?)
Residence: Arroyo Grande, California

Ancestor(s):

• William Strange Sims — 86th Indiana Infantry

1990

Col. Willis Bruner Sawyer (1917-?)
Residence: Arroyo Grande, California

Ancestor(s):

• William Strange Sims — 86th Indiana Infantry

1991

Col. Willis Bruner Sawyer (1917-?)
Residence: Arroyo Grande, California

Ancestor(s):

• William Strange Sims — 86th Indiana Infantry

1992

Col. Willis Bruner Sawyer (1917-?)
Residence: Arroyo Grande, California

Ancestor(s):

• William Strange Sims — 86th Indiana Infantry

1993

Harold C. Smith (1924-living)
Residence: Los Angeles, California

Ancestor(s):

• John Andrew Harter — 146th New York Infantry

1994

Donald George Greely (1946-living)
Residence: San José, California

Ancestor(s):

• Horace L. S. Greely — 4th Minnesota Infantry

1995

Donald George Greely (1946-living)
Residence: San José, California

Ancestor(s):

• Horace L. S. Greely — 4th Minnesota Infantry

1996

Daniel Martin Bunnell (1955-living)
Residence: San José, California

Ancestor(s):

• Amos Faust — 21st Ohio Infantry
• Henry Faust — 21st Ohio Infantry
• Joseph Faust — 66th Ohio Infantry
• Henry W. Shaw — 14th Wisconsin Infantry

1997

Daniel Martin Bunnell (1955-living)
Residence: San José, California

Ancestor(s):

• Amos Faust — 21st Ohio Infantry
• Henry Faust — 21st Ohio Infantry
• Joseph Faust — 66th Ohio Infantry
• Henry W. Shaw — 14th Wisconsin Infantry

1998

Gene Crews Armistead (1947-living)
Residence: Escondido, California

Ancestor(s):

• name unknown — 1st Alabama Cavalry

1999

Gene Crews Armistead (1947-living)
Residence: Escondido, California

Ancestor(s):

• name unknown — 1st Alabama Cavalry

2000

Robert Barry "Bob" Lowe (1938-2008)
Residence: El Cajon, California

Ancestor(s):

• Cpl. Richard Lowe — 21st New York Cavalry

2001

Robert Barry "Bob" Lowe (1938-2008)
Residence: El Cajon, California

Ancestor(s):

• Cpl. Richard Lowe — 21st New York Cavalry

2002

Donald Braden "Brad" Schall (1939-living)
Residence: Lincoln, California

Ancestor(s):

• Cpl. John S. Dunmire — 11th Illinois Cavalry
• Sgt. Willis T. Reed — 1st Illinois Light Artillery & 7th Illinois Infantry
• Capt. Absalom Schall — 11th Pennsylvania Infantry
• Cpl. Albert G. Schall — 67th Pennsylvania Infantry
• Andrew Jackson Schall — 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry
• Sgt. William Braden Schall — 11th Illinois Cavalry

2003

Donald Braden "Brad" Schall (1939-living)
Residence: Lincoln, California

Ancestor(s):

• Cpl. John S. Dunmire — 11th Illinois Cavalry
• Sgt. Willis T. Reed — 1st Illinois Light Artillery & 7th Illinois Infantry
• Capt. Absalom Schall — 11th Pennsylvania Infantry
• Cpl. Albert G. Schall — 67th Pennsylvania Infantry
• Andrew Jackson Schall — 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry
• Sgt. William Braden Schall — 11th Illinois Cavalry

2004

Linn Preston Hoadley* (1943-living)
Residence: Los Angeles, California

*Resigned. Term completed by Tad D. Campbell.

Ancestor(s):

• Herman Wallace Hoadley — 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery & 11th Vermont Infantry

2005

Tad David Campbell (1970-living)
Residence: Gilroy, California

Ancestor(s):

• Elijah Angus — 9th New York Heavy Artillery
• Henry E. Angus — 10th Michigan Cavalry
• Ira Erastus Angus — 10th Michigan Cavalry
• John Henderson Appleton — 17th Indiana Infantry, Wilder's Lightning Brigade
• James D. Arbuckle — 1st Indiana Heavy Artillery
• Hope Carpenter — 3rd Michigan Cavalry
• James B. Draggoo — 1st Indiana Heavy Artillery
• George W. Duryee — 4th Michigan Infantry
• Rev. Isaac Groot Duryee — Chaplain, 81st New York Infantry
• James H. Duryee — 4th Michigan Infantry
• Cpl. William B. Duryee — 4th Michigan Infantry
• Capt. Harbert King Forbis — 19th Kentucky Infantry
• Charles D. Foster — 10th Michigan Cavalry
• John N. Foster — 3rd Michigan Infantry
• Cpl. William J. Foster — 1st Michigan Infantry
• Aaron Goodwin — 145th Indiana Infantry
• Green A. Jones — 3rd Iowa Cavalry
• Capt. Harbert King, Jr. — 3rd Kentucky Infantry
• William King — 19th Kentucky Infantry & Veteran Reserve Corps
• Alexander Oakes — 1st Arkansas Cavalry
• Benjamin Purvis — 145th Indiana Infantry
• Cpl. Luther Franklin Purvis — 118th & 26th Indiana Infantry
• William J. Purvis — 118th Indiana Infantry
• Elliott Robinson — 54th Pennsylvania Infantry
• Irwin Robinson — 2nd Battalion Pennsylvania Infantry & 105th Pennsylvania Infantry
• James Robinson — 105th Pennsylvania Infantry
• Jacob Sloop — 1st Illinois Light Artillery & 7th Illinois Cavalry
• Samuel Sloop — 115th Illinois Infantry