Civil War Veterans Who Lived in or
Were Buried in Eastern Washington
Scroll below the Parrish and Wallace presentations for a description of this database and ordering information.
Oliver Vincent Wallace Memorial Presentation
Beaver Creek Cemetery – Douglas County, WA, Saturday, May 22, 2010
Sons of the Veterans
Wenatchee, Chelan County, WA
Daughters of the Union Veterans
Yakima, Yakima County, WA
If the veteran didn’t have a memorial stone, Fred Pflugrath tried to obtain one from the government; in this case it was provided.
Upon arrival of the headstone, Fred arranged the memorial ceremony as can be seen from above and below.
George W. Parrish Memorial Presentation
Lone Grave – Original Parrish Farm 1914
Monitor, Chelan County, WA, Tuesday, November 11, 2008
The gravestone dedication for George Parrish, who served in the G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) from Pennsylvania, was held Tuesday, November 11, on the Niemela farm in Fairview Canyon, Monitor. A Civil War veteran, Parrish was buried on his property in 1914. At that time there was no stone marker. The dedicated stone was provided by the U.S. Government. The dedication was lead by Rev. Mike O’Neal of the Monitor Methodist Church. During the short ceremony, Rev. O’Neal read two prayers that were first used during the Civil War. He also played “Amazing Grace” sung at both George’s and his wife’s funerals on his concertina. At the conclusion of the ceremony “Taps” was played by Blake Baldwin, Cashmere High School, on his rotary trumpet. After the conclusion of the ceremony, Fred Pflugrath gave a short history of George W. Parrish. [This article was in The Cashmere Valley Record.]
[Pictures of the above Wallace and Parrish presentations were by Fred Pflugrath and Kent & Edith Clarida.]
Database of Civil War Veterans Who Lived in or Were Buried in Eastern Washington
The late Fred Pflugrath is best remembered for his Civil War research. He identified, researched and documented information on almost 2,500 Civil War veterans who lived in, or were buried in Eastern Washington. His work is stored in 35 binders in the WAGS Library, keyed to this database. Military records, gravestone pictures, obituaries and news articles may be included in a veteran’s information. Burial locations are in Washington State unless otherwise noted. (Thanks to WAGS members Shirley Acheson and Pat Thomas for transcribing help.)
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