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BRANNEGAN, JOHN
Age 80
b. 1840 - Ireland
d. 6/3/1920 - Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana

CO. A. 2nd PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY

Mount Moriah Cemetery
Butte, Silver Bow Co., MT
Find-a Grave: John Brannegan
GAR Plot - Block F Row 2 Grave 15

MONTANA PIONEER
DIES SUDDENLY

Captain John Brannagan, Resident of State for More Than 54 Years, Dies at Home of Niece in Butte.

Capt. John Brannagan, 83, a native of Ireland and a resident of Montana since 1866, died at the home of his niece, Mrs. Henry C. Gelhaus, 1253 East First street, Thursday evening. Captain Brannagan was at one time one of the wealthiest men in Butte, and for many years had charge of the wholesale department of the Caplice Commercial company, and was a partner in the business.

Shortly after the Civil war Brannagan came to Butte and had charge of the Only Chance and Nevins mines at Highland, 18 miles south of where the city of Butte now stands. Later he went into the timber contract business and located at Bernice. In the early ‘80s he and the late Ben C.
Kingsbury had a lease on the Anaconda mine, but were unable to get a bond on the interest of C.D. Larrabee. It was through his discoveries that the mine became famous, as he located the first large vein in the property.

While in Butte Mr. Brannagan organized and was at the head of the Emmett guards and Parnell rifles, independent military organizations of the early days. He served as street commissioner under P.S. Harrington, and was known as a man of integrity, honesty, and one whose word was as good as his bond.

One old-timer told a Miner representative that he had never known a man with such a remarkable memory, and that only a few weeks ago he talked with Mr. Brannagan about early-day mining, and he remembered every detail in connection with transactions that happened more than 40 years ago. Of late Mr. Brannagan had been failing, but his death was not expected.

It was said that Mr. Brannagan was made a colonel in the Civil war, but that he preferred to be called captain. His friends state that during one of the major battles of the rebellion, Mr. Brannagan, then captain of the second Pennsylvania cavalry, assumed command of his regiment because of the death of his colonel, who had fallen in the fray. His title of colonel came to him by this act, but he was always known as captain in Butte.

While he was considered very wealthy at one time, it is said that a large ranch near Melrose and some mining stock, the value of which is unknown, is practically all that remains of a once huge fortune. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. Patrick Leary of Butte; two nieces, Mrs. Henry Gelhouse of Butte and Mrs. Frank Pressler of Melrose, and two nephews, Thomas Leary of New York and the Rev. Daniel Leary of Omaha. The body is at the Cassidy-Bilboa undertaking rooms and the funeral announcement will appear later. Captain Brannagan was one of the organizers of the Society of Montana Pioneers.

The Butte Miner
Butte, Montana
6/4/1920

CAPTAIN BRANNAGAN TO BE BURIED MONDAY

The funeral of the late Capt. John Brannagan will be held at the family residence, 1253 East First street, Monday morning at an hour to be announced later. Mass will be celebrated at St. Joseph’s church and interment will be in the G.A.R. plot in Mount Moriah cemetery.

The Butte Miner, Butte, Montana - 6/5/1920

Note: Brannegan appears to be the correct spelling of the name,
however, the newpaper spelled it Brannagan.

BRENEMAN, DAVID I.
Age 88
b. 6/15/1844 - Stillwell, Hancock County, Illinois
d. 9/5/1932 - Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, Montana

CO. B. 78th ILLINOIS INFANTRY

Sunset Hills Cemetery
Bozeman, Gallatin Co., Montana
Find-a-grave: David I. Breneman
Plot OLD D 1 8

Spouse
Annie T. Williams Breneman
1857-1943

MANY AT FUNERAL RITES HELD
FOR DAVID BRENEMAN

Three G.A.R. Comrades
Accompany Remains to Bozeman,
Where Burial Made in Family Plot.

ANACONDA, Sept. 6.—With many friends in attendance, funeral services were held this morning for David I. Breneman, G.A.R. veteran, who died early yesterday morning.

Long before 10 o’clock , the hour set for the service at the Breneman home at 602 Hickory street, the grounds and house were crowded to capacity with friends, comrades and neighbors from Butte and Anaconda, where the war hero had made his home for many years.

Rev. W.P. Jinnett, pastor of the First Methodist church, conducted the service. Scores of friends joined in the prayers for the beloved former soldier.

Miss Ruth Franzen played as a piano recessional “Angels Serenade” (Biaga). During the services Mrs. Oscar A. Johnson sang “Some Sweet Day” and C. R. Cutts sang “Crossing the Bar” (Tennyson) for which Mrs. Cutts played the accompaniment.

The funeral cortege left the home at 10:30 o’clock for Bozeman, where burial was made in the family plot in Sunrise cemetery, with Rev. R. P. Smith, pastor of the Bozeman Methodist church, officiating. The cortege was escorted to the outskirts of Anaconda by a large assembly of ex-service men. Many friends made the trip to Bozeman to attend the committal rites.

The pall bearers were George C. Jackson, C. G. Rochon, C. E. Avery, W. D. Bennett, Frank C. Kinney and Fred Fisher.

John Marchion, Anaconda; H.H. Makinson and Simon Hausworth of Butte, G. A. R. veterans and close friends of Mr. Breneman, accompanied the cortege to Bozeman. The three veterans and Peter Green and Tom Bainbridge are the surviving members of the post.

The military escort was composed of Lieut. Russell B. Osborne, Nick Mono, John Sigler, William Quay, William Martin, Clyde Kerns, Dick Larsen, E.C. Chadwick, Charles McDonald, Dan McCavanaugh, John Horvath, Herman Sommerhauser, Pete McBride, Tom Malee, M. R. Hoyt, Capt. Harry M. Johnson, T. J. Cooksey, Cliff DesJardin and James O’Leary.

Members of the Ladies of the G. A. R. of Anaconda held services at 7:30 last night at the Breneman home under the direction of Mrs. Elizabeth Conwell, president of the local circle. Other members of the circle who participated in the memorial rites were Mrs. John Lowe, Mrs. Elsie Thompson, Miss Annie Davidson, Mrs. Charles E. Avery, Mrs. Jennie E. Quane, Mrs. W. R. Staton and Mrs. S. D. Rice.

Mrs. Oscar Johnson sang “Come Thou Fountain” for which Mrs. Rice played the accompaniment. Robert Frey, grandson of Mrs. Breneman, sounded “Taps.”

The Butte Daily Post
Butte, Montana
9/7/1932

D. I. BRENEMAN, CIVIL WAR VETERAN,
PASSES AT 88 IN SMELTER CITY

Beloved Citizen of Anaconda Succumbs at Hospital
Following Illness of Two Weeks

ANACONDA, Sept. 5.—David I. Breneman, 88, beloved resident of Anaconda and past department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic and past commander Lincoln Post No. 2 of Butte, died at 1:30 o’clock this morning following a valiant battle for life at St. Ann’s hospital, where he had been a patient for two weeks.

The body was removed from the Kendrick funeral home at 2 o’clock this afternoon to the Breneman family home, 602 Hickory street, where funeral rites will be held at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning, with Rev. J. P. Jinnett, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church, officiating. The cortege will proceed to Bozeman, where funeral services will be held in the Bozeman cemetery with the Rev. R. P. Smith officiating. Burial will be made in the Breneman family plot. He was born June 15, 1844, in Stillwell, Hancock county, Illinois.

Mr. Breneman held an enviable war record which began September 19, 1862, when he enlisted as a volunteer in the Union army at Woodville, Adams County, Illinois, where he served in Company B, 78^th Regular Illinois infantry, until May 19, 1865, when he was discharged in Washington, D.C. by order of the war department.

Wounded in Battle

June 30, 1864, when he had just passed is 20^th birthday, a rebel bullet found him on the firing line of a battle at Kennesaw mountain in Georgia. He recovered in time to take part in the grand review at Washington at the close of the war.

Mr. Breneman arrived in Gallatin county in 1866 and in 1881 he was married. Mr. and Mrs. Breneman, with their daughter, Miss Annie Breneman, instructor in the Anaconda high school, and two grandchildren, Glen and David Breneman, live at 602 Hickory street. Before coming to Anaconda 12 years ago, when Mr. Breneman retired from business, the family lived in Bozeman for 28 years, where he was engaged in the wood, coal and transfer business.

Mr. Breneman transferred his G. A. R. membership from the William English post, G. A. R. No. 10, to Lincoln post of Butte. He is an honorary member of the United Spanish War Veterans of Anaconda post No. 21, American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

On Home Board.

Governor J. E. Erickson appointed Mr. Breneman a member of the board of managers of the Soldiers’ home at Columbia Falls for three years. His term expires April 30, 1933.

Because the state encampment fell on June 15, the date of Mr. Breneman’s birthday, the annual birthday celebration was postponed until June 19 when the Butte and Anaconda G. A. R. and posts and Ladies of the G. A. R. held a joint party to celebrate the anniversary of his 88^th birthday.

Mr. Breneman is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Breneman; one son, W. S. Breneman of Port Angeles, Wash.; three daughters; Mrs. W. E. Maddock, Los Gatos, Cal.; Mrs. Harry Pearson, San Francisco, Calif.; and Miss Annie Breneman of Anaconda; nine grandchildren, Glen, Louise, David Breneman and Robert Frey of Anaconda; Flavilla, Helen, Virginia Jean, William and Robert Maddock of Los Gatos, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. J. Breneman of Bozeman.

Scores of Butte and Anaconda friends have call at the Breneman home today and many messages of sympathy have been received by the family.

The Butte Miner
Butte, Montana
9/5/1932

I. D. BRENEMAN

I.D. Breneman joined the 78^th Illinois volunteer infantry at Quincy, Ill., Sept. 19, 1862, and served with Company B until wounded at the battle of Kenesaw mountain in 1863. Previously he had participated in the battles at Chickamauga, Lookout mountain and Missionary ridge. The wound in his right shoulder placed him on the casualty lists for several months, and when he was again fit for duty he found himself cut off from his regiment. With others he was assigned to duty with the veterans’ relief corps, fighting at Nashville, Tenn., while with this unit. After this battle he continued on the trail of his regiment, which was with Sherman, rejoining it but a few days before the treaty that ended the war was signed.

Then began a heartbreaking march from Raleigh, N.C., to Washington, D.C., where Mr. Breneman passed in the grand review before being mustered out of service. Afterward he was sent to Chicago, where he received his discharge.

Sixty years ago he came to Montana, and 28 years later he joined William English post No. 10 of Bozeman. He retained membership in this post until last December, when he transferred to Lincoln post at Butte. During his 32 years as a member of the G. A. R. he has held every office in his post, being commander three times. Last year he was commander of the department of Montana, and previous to that he had twice held the office of senior vice commander. He is 83 years of age and has the appearance of a man 30 years younger. Anaconda has been his home for six years.

Newspaper & date unknown

BRINTON, CHARLES PARMENUS
Age 78
b. 12/9/1843 - Amenia, Dutchess County, New York
d. 1/2/1922 - Sawtelle, Los Angeles County, California

CO. G. 27th CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS INFANTRY
Los Angeles National Cemetery
Also known as
Sawtelle Veterans Cemetery
Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California
Find-a-grave: Charles Parmenus Brinton
Plot: 42, 2/0

Headstone pictures courtesy of
Find-a-grave member SVH77

Spouse
Lenora Brinton

MILITARY HONORS GIVEN TO BRINTON

Butte Veteran of G.A.R. Buried at
State Soldier s’ Home at Sawtelle, Cal.

Taps were sounded for one of the few remaining members of Lincoln Post, G. A. R., yesterday when C. P. Brinton of Butte, aged 78 and a veteran of the Civil war, was buried with full military honors in the soldiers’ plot of the State Soldiers’ home at Sawtelle, Cal., where his death occurred Monday.

Mr. Brinton, who had been in the employ of the street railway company for a quarter of a century, left recently for California because of failing health. Mrs. Brinton was at his bedside when the end came. For years he was active in Masonic circles and was a member of the Scottish Rite, the Shriners and a 32-degree Mason.

Surviving are his widow, a niece in Spokane and five children, Mrs. William E. Barraugh of Butte, Major Wilbur Brinton of Seattle, Charles C. Brinton of Pittsburg, who is now touring Europe, Owen Brinton of Basin and Benjamin H. Brinton of New York city.

The death of Mr. Brinton reduced the membership of Lincoln Post, G. A. R., of Butte to 18.

The Butte Miner
Butte, Montana
1/5/1922

The Anaconda Standard
Anaconda, MT
5/3/1920

Butte G.A.R. Veteran Dies In Los Angeles

BUTTE, Jan. 4.—With the death of C.P. Brinton of Butte, veteran of the civil war, 78 years of age, which occurred Monday in Los Angeles where he had gone some months ago for his health, Lincoln post of the G. A. R. in this city is reduced to 18 members. It once had a total of more than 250. Mr. Brinton who was a prominent Shriner and Mason, is survived by his widow and five children, including Maj. Wilbur Brinton of Seattle, Charles C. Brinton of Pittsburg and Benjamin H. Brinton of New York, sons. Burial will be held in California.

The Billings Gazette
Billings, Montana
1/5/1922

BRUCE, ELIJAH H.
Age 72
b. 1/13/1835 - Waterloo, Seneca County, New York
d. 12/13/1907 - Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana

CO. C. FIRST MICHIGAN CAVALRY
Mount Moriah Cemetery
Butte, Silver Bow Co., MT
Find-a Grave: Elijah H Bruce
Block B Lot 9 Grave 2

Spouse
Augusta V. "Gussie" Kroft. Bruce
1/29/1858 - 11/1/1921

Harriet Bucklin Bruce

IT’S LAST ROLL CALL
FOR COMRADE BRUCE

GRAND ARMY VETERAN CALLED TO ANOTHER COMMANDER

ILLNESS LONG AND PAINFUL

Had enlisted in the First Michigan cavalry and saw service through the war and an insight into confederate prisons.

Taps was sounded at 6 o’clock yesterday morning for E. H. Bruce, veteran of the civil war, and he answered the final call and reported to the Great Commander who is the leader of the forces of the invisible world. The end came peaceably after months of suffering from a cancerous affection of the jaw, he passing away at his home, 907 East Galena street. E. H. Bruce (“Doc,” as he was better known) was born Jan. 13, 1833 in Waterloo, N.Y. and in that state he spent his boyhood days, moving to Michigan in his early manhood. When the civil war was upon the country and the call for troops was made, he enlisted as a private with the First Michigan cavalry Aug. 8, 1861, for two years. He immediately went to the front, serving with credit in a number of engagements in which the First Michigan won distinction for gallantry. When his term expired the regiment was at Stevensburg, Va., and he immediately re-enlisted with the regulars, continuing meritorious service. June 11, 1864, during an action at Trevillian station, Va., he was taken prisoner, and until Feb. 22, 1865, he suffered with many another prisoner of war in the inadequate prison quarters which were provided by the confederates for those who were taken prisoner in battle or in skirmishes.

Rejoining Regiment

On his release he immediately rejoined his regiment, which was soon ordered to Salt Lake City, where he did garrison duty until the end of his term, being mustered out of the service March 19, 1866. He remained in Utah until the early ‘80s, following various occupations, and then he came to Butte, locating in this city, where he had since made his home and was ever a worthy citizen and one who won friends everywhere. For a number of years he was a machinist and worked in that capacity on the hill until his infirmity compelled him to relinquish activity.

Grand Army of the Republic

Mr. Bruce was a member of Lincoln post and one of its most active members, taking great interest in the army all the time. During the past 25 years he had never missed an annual encampment of the state organization. He had been twice a delegate to the national encampment, once at Denver and once at Minneapolis. He was also an ardent republican and for the last 25 years had not missed a republican convention, representing his precinct in the deliberation of the conventions as a delegate, and he had frequently been in attendance at the state convention. He had friends by the thousand in this district who will keenly regret that he has been ordered to report to a new commander.

Funeral Sunday

Mr. Bruce was twice married. Two sons by his former marriage, James and Edward, are residents of Detroit, Mich, where they are the heads of families and well-known citizens. His present wife was Miss Gussie V. Kroft and she survives him, being with him when the end came yesterday morning.

The funeral will be held at the home, 907 East Galena street, Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Rev. J. E. Noftsinger of the First Presbyterian church will conduct the services at the home and the members of Lincoln post at the grave. Interment will be in the Grand Army plot in Mt. Moriah cemetery.

The Anaconda Standard
Anaconda, Montana
12/14/1907

BURKE, MYLES
Age 48
b. Abt 1840 - Ireland
d. 5/26/1892 - Warm Springs, Deer Lodge County, Montana

CO. E.
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Butte, Silver Bow Co., MT
Find-a Grave: Myles Burke
Block 170 - R.E.L.A. Plot

EMMET SOCIETY
HONORS DEAD

ELEGANT MONUMENT OF THE
LOCAL ASSOCIATION WAS DEDICATED
AT CATHOLIC CEMETERY YESTERDAY

The plot on which the monument was erected is forty by sixty feet in size, and already eleven members of the Emmet society rest there. Myles Burke was the first member of the association to be buried in the Emmet plot. He was a veteran of the civil war and was born in 1840 and died in 1892.

(Excerpt from an article in the
The Butte Miner, Butte, Montana,
May 31, 1903)

A Poor Old Man

BUTTE, Jan. 23.—Upon complaint of a P. S. Harrington, Miles Burke was this afternoon examined by a jury in regard to his sanity. The jury was composed of Dr. Gillispie, J. B. Wright and J.B. Glover. While they did not consider the old man very crazy, the jury returned a verdict finding that he was sick, homeless and moneyless and considered it a kindness to send him to Warm Springs, where he could get proper treatment.

The Anaconda Standard
Anaconda, Montana
1/24/1892

Myles Burke is listed on several Memorial Day Services in the local paper as being a Civil War veteran along with a list of many others.

Not sure if he was actually a member of the G. A. R. He is listed here because he a Civil War Veteran.