CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - GAR Post 179

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Post 179 was chartered on 23 Feb 1884, and closed in 1929 when last 
member, William Stephenson, died on 10 Sep 1929. It was named 
Ossawattomie after a village in Kansas that was burned by pro-slavery 
Missourians in 1856.  There were 22 members on the charter, and they 
had a total of 74 members.  The peak membership of 34 was in 1891. 

Note: Posts were closed when the last living member died.
 
I have the GAR Post information on all the Wynot members. 13 were 
members of the Hartington Post and 2 were also members of Stoneman 
Post 116 in Ponca which disbanded in 1915. May have been the
reason they joined the Hartington Post.