Index by Decade

1886

Louis de Phelan Callahan

(c.1856-1935)
Residence: Los Angeles, California

Ancestor(s):

• John Callahan — 11th Ohio Cavalry

1887

Clarence John Callahan

(c.1858-1909)
Residence: Los Angeles, 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

(c.1861-?)
Residence: San Francisco, California

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1896

Hon. Charles Clayton Houck

(1871-1955)
Residence: Santa Cruz, California

Ancestor(s):

• Francis T. Houck — 95th Illinois Infantry

1897

1898

Charles Lewis Jonathan Warden Pierce

(1856-1928)
Residence: Oakland, California

Ancestor(s):

• George Pierce — 38th Pennsylvania Infantry "Iron City Guards"

1899

Lt. Col. Harry Thornton Moore

(1870-1937)
Residence: San Francisco, California

Ancestor(s):

• George W. Moore — 138th Illinois Infantry

1900

Dr. Augustus Griffin Bennett, Jr.

(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 Raymond Handley

(1874-1904)
Residence: San Francisco, California

Ancestor(s):

• Charles J. Handley — 1st Oregon Infantry

1903

John Abraham Medlar

(1864-1956)
Residence: Los Angeles, California

Ancestor(s):

• John C. Medlar — 48th Pennsylvania Infantry

1904

Frank Beverly Wilson

(1869-?)
Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief (1902-03)
Residence: San Francisco, California

Ancestor(s):

• Franklin B. "Frank" Wilson — 1st Maine Cavalry; 1st District of Columbia Cavalry

1905

George Washington Conart

(1852-1917)
Residence: Los Angeles, California

Ancestor(s):

• Augustus Conart — 8th Kansas Infantry

1906

James Frank Leffler

(1869-1914)
Residence: San José, California

Ancestor(s):

• John Leffler — 88th Illinois Infantry

1907

Christian Frederick Kimball, Esq.

(1877-1941)
Residence: Redding, California

Ancestor(s):

• Frederick "Fred" Kimball — unit unidentified

1908

Harrison Wilder "Harry" Culver

(1883-1918)
Residence: Long Beach, California

Ancestor(s):

• Newton Harrison Culver — 4th Wisconsin Cavalry

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 Flint Mullin

(1872-1946)
Residence: Los Angeles, California

Ancestor(s):

• Ner Haines Mullin — 104th Illinois Infantry

1911

Henry Alexander Longfellow

(1874-1932)
Residence: Oakland, California

Ancestor(s):

• Henry L. Longfellow — US Navy (USS Ohio & USS Kingfisher)

1912

Col. Clarence Swan Scott

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

Ancestor(s):

• Edward Swan — 173rd Ohio Infantry

1913

Dr. David Brandley Plymire

(1869-1939)
Residence: San Francisco, California

Ancestor(s):

• James Alexander Plymire — 37th Pennsylvania Infantry

1914

George Overman Lockwood

(1877-1955)
Residence: Los Angeles, California

Ancestor(s):

• George Naylor Lockwood — 9th Michigan Cavalry & 3rd U.S. Cavalry
• Lt. Major Ferris Lockwood — 9th Michigan Cavalry

1915

John Wesley "J. W." Cook

(1848-?)
Residence: San José, California

Ancestor(s):

• Maj. Wesley Cook — 22nd Kentucky Infantry

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: Long Beach, 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

1920

William Henry Hyden

(1855-1922)
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 Allen Thayer

(1885-1959)
Residence: Santa Barbara, California

Ancestor(s):

• Cpl. Frederick Lewellyn Thayer — 22nd Massachusetts Infantry & 2nd Independent Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery

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 (1928-29)
Residence: San Francisco, California

Ancestor(s):

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

1926

Edwin James "Ed" Parker

(1868-1946)
Residence: Santa Ana, California

Ancestor(s):

• Miles Parker — 38th Iowa Infantry

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 Clarence Somerby

(1894-1986)
Residence: Colton, California

Ancestor(s):

• John L. Somerby — 6th Wisconsin Infantry

1931

Frederick Ivory "Fred" Dunster

(1870-1938)
Residence: Los Angeles, California

Ancestor(s):

• Alfred D. 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 (1939-40)
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):

• Nicholas Binsbacher — 8th Missouri State Militia; 55th Enrolled Missouri Militia
• Sebastian Binsbacher — 55th Missouri Infantry; Franklin County Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia

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

(1886-1965)
Residence: Stockton, California

Ancestor(s):

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

1942

Jonathan Oscar Michelbacher

(1907-1963)
Residence: Riverside, California

Ancestor(s):

• Gustav Baumann — 27th Wisconsin Infantry

1943

George Amos Ruple

(1875-1962)
Residence: San Francisco, California

Ancestor(s):

• Lt. George H. Ruple — 13th Iowa Infantry

1944

Robert Roy Rankin

(1880-1963)
Residence: Pasadena, California

Ancestor(s):

• Cpl. Henry Newton Rankin — 8th Indiana Cavalry

1945

Raymond Benham Dumser

(1874-1954)
Residence: Oakland, California

Ancestor(s):

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

1946

Frank Woerner

(1894-1972)
Commander-in-Chief (1966-67)
Residence: Inglewood, California

Ancestor(s):

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

1947

Walter Adelbert Smith

(1889-1956)
Residence: San Francisco, California

Ancestor(s):

• Daniel Reigle — 10th Minnesota Infantry

1948

Earl Flowers Riggs

(1891-1965)
Commander-in-Chief (1958-59)
Residence: Upland, California

Ancestor(s):

• Charles Wilson Riggs — 3rd Ohio Cavalry
• 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 or Santa Barbara, 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):

• Charles Wilson Riggs — 3rd Ohio Cavalry
• William Evans — 129th Illinois Infantry

1953

Jesse Hudson Taylor

(1879-1970)
Residence: Los Angeles, California

Ancestor(s):

• Robert Newton R. Taylor — 33rd New Jersey Infantry & 45th U.S. Infantry

1954

Wallace William Scott

(1895-1981)
Residence: Pasadena, 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):

• Rev. Thomas B. Cheney — 16th Ohio Infantry; 2nd Battalion Veteran Reserve Corps

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 S. Case

(1891-1981)
Residence: National City, California

Ancestor(s):

• Philo L. Case — 2nd Iowa Infantry

1968

Ernest Eugene Schoonover

(1886-1973)
Residence: San Diego, California

Ancestor(s):

• Ulysses Franklin Brown — 50th New York Engineers

1969

Dr. John Edward Martie, Jr.

(1892-1982)
Residence: Reno, Nevada

Ancestor(s):

• Watson E. Sherriff — 7th New York Cavalry

1970

1971

Harold Homer Rogers

(1914-?)
Residence: Whittier, California

Ancestor(s):

• Philo L. Case — 2nd Iowa Infantry

1972

Kenneth Horace Greely

(1918-1987)
Residence: Santa Clara, California

Ancestor(s):

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

1973

Chester Jerome Butler

(1910-1988)
Residence: Whittier, California

Ancestor(s):

• Groner Owen — 9th Kentucky Infantry

1974

Harold Hugh Gates

(1916-1983)
Residence: Chula Vista, California

Ancestor(s):

• Joseph G. Gates — 78th U.S. Colored Infantry

1975

Kenneth Horace Greely

(1918-1987)
Residence: Santa Clara, California

Ancestor(s):

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

1976

Allyson Fenwick Bryson Warner, Sr.

(1909-2002)
Residence: Glendora, California

Ancestor(s):

• Rev. Lycurgus Railsback — Chaplain, 44th U.S. Colored Infantry

1977

Joseph Frederick Collins

(1901-1983)
Residence: Fresno, California

Ancestor(s):

• unknown

1978

1979

Wayne Stanley Pyle

(1924-1995)
Residence: San José, California

Ancestor(s):

• Edward Stanley Houk — 153rd Illinois Infantry

1980

1981

1982

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

1986

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

1990

1991

1992

Col. Willis Bruner "Bill" Sawyer

(1917-2010)
Residence: Arroyo Grande, California

Ancestor(s):

• William Strange Sims — 86th Indiana Infantry

1993

Harold C. "Hal" Smith

(1924-2009)
Residence: Los Angeles, California

Ancestor(s):

• John Andrew Harter — 146th New York Infantry
   
• Son of Sis. Beatrice (Downing) Smith-Riggs, PDP

1994

1995

Donald George Greely

(1946-living)
Residence: San José, California

Ancestor(s):

• Horace L. S. Greely — 4th Minnesota Infantry
• Edward Stanley Houk — 153rd Illinois Infantry

1996

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

1999

Gene Crews Armistead

(1947-living)
Residence: Escondido, California

Ancestor(s):

• Jacob H. Cline — 1st Alabama Cavalry

2000

2001

Robert Barry "Bob" Lowe

(1938-2008)
Residence: El Cajon, California

Ancestor(s):

• Cpl. Richard Lowe — 21st New York Cavalry

2002

2003

Donald Braden "Brad" Schall

Commander-in-Chief (2010-11)
(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

2006

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
• Charles Manning Appleton — 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry
• John Henderson Appleton — 17th Indiana Infantry, Wilder's Lightning Brigade
• James D. Arbuckle — 1st Indiana Heavy Artillery
• Hope Carpenter — 3rd Michigan Cavalry
• Stephen A. Carpenter — 24th Michigan Infantry
• James B. Draggoo — 1st Indiana Heavy Artillery
• George W. Duryee — 4th Michigan Infantry
• Rev. Isaac Groot Duryee — Chaplain, 81st New York Infantry
• James Henry 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
• William Oakes — 60th Enrolled Missouri Militia & 5th Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia
• 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
• Abbott Taylor — 15th Michigan Infantry
• Arthur Shrader Taylor — 38th Iowa Infantry
• Cpl. John Burris Taylor — 13th Illinois Infantry
• William Smith Taylor — 38th Iowa Infantry
• Benjamin H. Thayer — 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics
• Bennett Tiner — Benton County Arkansas Home Guards
• Sgt. Jonathan Edward Wolf — 18th Iowa Infantry
• Iredell Wright — 45th Missouri Infantry

2007

2008

Jerry Ray Sayre

(1952-living)
Residence: Fallbrook, California

Ancestor(s):

• Peter Hardman Babcock — 8th Iowa Infantry
• John Wesley Clement — 20th Ohio Infantry
• Capt. Nathaniel George Clement — 13th U.S. Infantry & 52nd U.S. Colored Infantry
• James Bailey Furrow — 1st Nebraska Cavalry
• George Washington Hurley — 26th Iowa Infantry
• 1st Lt. Milton Hurley — 2nd Iowa Infantry; 187th & 192nd Ohio Infantry
• William Hurley — 99th Illinois Infantry

2009

2010

Charles W. Mabie

(1964-living)
Residence: Newark, California

Ancestor(s):

• Benjamin Frank Mabie — 1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery