Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1912 — Celebrate 50th Anniversary. [ARTICLE]

Celebrate 50th Anniversary.

T. A. Crockett entertained last Sunday several of his surviving comrades of Co. A. 87th Indiana, at his home in the east part of town, the occasion being the 50th birthday anniversary of their departure for the front. There were present the following: Whitsel Lewis, aged 76; T. A. Crockett, 70; W. M. Hoover, 70; D. H. Yeoman, 70; Shelby Grant, 69; J. Q. Alter, 68; Marsh Rhoades, 66; George Morgan, 64. Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Alter, Mrs. Morgan. “Grandmother" Morgan, aged BS, Mrs. Israel, Mrs. Crockett, and Mrs. George Crockett, husband and son were also present, and a •-•-• r enjoyable time Was had. Company A, one hundred strong, left Rensselaer August 11, 1862, and joined the regiment at South Bend, going from there to Indianapolis and thence to Louisville, Ky., and on south. But few of the comrades remain,, and hereafter August 11 will be observed in ahnual reunion by the survivors.