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Richard McCulloch - Published on March 9, 2019
...     Served as Camp Commander in 1918, and was the son of Robert and Emma (Paxton) McCulloch. Robert McCulloch had served in the 18th Virginia Infantry at Gettysburg. Richard McCulloch was born in St. Louis on June 3rd, 1869, and educated in the public schools in St. Louis. He  graduated from Washington University in 1891 as engineer of mines. He married Miss. Mary Grace Beggs, and the couple had three children; John I.,  Robert P. and Mary Sue (Jones). He served as chie...
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Paul Knabe - Published on March 9, 2019
...     Served as Camp Commander in 1963.  He was born in 1888, and worked as secretary of the C.V. Mosby Medical Publishing firm, til his retirement in 1955. His residence was at 8014 South Drive, Richmond Heights, Missouri. Mr. Knabe was also an elder of the Westminister Presbyterian Church. He died of a heart ailment on September 13th, 1964 at the age of 76 years, and is buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery. Source; Missouri Historical Society, Necrology Files ...
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John Karel - Published on March 9, 2019
...     Commander of the Sterling Price Camp from 1988 to 1990 and member of the John S. Bowen Chapter of the Military Order of the Stars and Bars. He is best known to the St. Louis community as Director of Tower Grove Park, where he has orchestrated the historical restoration of the park to its original condition when Henry Shaw opened it in 1868.      The St. Louis Post Dispatch (June 17, 1999) wrote, "Mr. Karel, the park's director, has been an adroit co...
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Col. Daniel H. Hundley - Published on March 9, 2019
...     Col. Hundley began serving as Camp commander in 1967. He was born in 1901 and graduated from West Point in 1924. During World War II he served in the South Pacific, and was promoted to colonel in 1943. In 1944 he served as Chief of Staff for the 9th Army Division in Europe. He served in this position til the end of the war. During this period he was awarded: the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit (with two Oak Leaf clusters and a Bronze star), the Order of the B...
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Dr. Robert E. Lee Hughes - Published on March 9, 2019
...     Dr. Hughes began serving as Camp Commander in 1928. He had served in many positions within the camp, and was Camp Adjutant in 1923 under Commander Moreno. Others to serve on that staff included: Alcee Stewart, First Lieutenant Commander; Dr.Selden Spencer, Second Lieutenant Commander; W. Scott Hancock, Chaplain; and William Crowdus, Inspector. All of whom at one time also served as Camp Commanders. Dr. Hughes was the son of an old Kentucky family, and a graduate of Barnes Med...
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Water Scott Hancock - Published on March 9, 2019
...     The first Commander of Sterling Price Camp #145. He was born in Franklin County, Virginia on November 19th 1869, the son of Abram Booth and Martha Elizabeth (Walker) Hancock. Lt. Abram Booth Hancock served in Company “E” of the 57th Virginia Regiment CSA, and was also the grand-father of our thirty-second  SCV (1933) Commander-in- Chief Walter Lee Hopkins ( Hopkin’s mother was Mary Ella Hancock) Walter Scott Hancock was educated in the public schools of...
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Judge Richard Brownrigg Haughton - Published on March 9, 2019
...     He was Camp commander in 1900. He was the son of Major Lafayette, and Sarah (Brownrigg) Haughton. Mrs. Haughton was the daughter of Richard Thomas Brownrigg of Columbus, Mississippi (See biography of Camp Commander Brownrigg). All of her male relatives who were old enough to bear arms, even distant cousins, were in the Confederate Army. Mrs. Haughton  passed away in 1905.  Her son Judge R. B. Haughton (the subject of this article) was born on November 24th 1864 in A...
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Dr. Patrick Joseph Hardy, M.D. - Published on March 9, 2019
...     The son of Samuel Walker and Mary Patricia (Blesener) Hardy. His Great, great, great uncle, Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker, was a  Texas Ranger  killed in the Mexican War in 1847, for whom the Colt “Walker” pistol is named. Dr. Hardy’s Great -grandfather, Captain John McKim Hardy, served in Company “A” of Colonel Kenton Harper’s Regiment, Virginia Infantry. Capt. Hardy was born on December 15, 1831 in Winchester, Virginia,  d...
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Edward C. Fisher - Published on March 9, 2019
...Served as Camp Commander around 1925. In 1927 he was serving as 2nd Lieutenant Commander under Commander Joseph Mullen, and in 1928 was elected Missouri Division Commander, a position he held til his untimely death in 1930. In 1928 he also served as Trans-Mississippi Quartermaster under T-M Commander J. Edward Jones.       Edward C. Fisher was the son of Charles Page and Marie (Jerzey) Fisher. He was born in Powhattan County, Virginia on May 2, 1875.  Mr. Fisher was l...
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Cornelius Hite Fauntleroy - Published on March 9, 2019
...     Served as Camp Commander in 1912. He was born in Winchester, Virginia, and was the son of Thomas Turner, and Bettie Smith (Hite) Fauntleroy.  He graduated from the Shenandoah Valley Academy, Winchester, Virginia in 1876, and received his M.A. from the University of Virginia in 1884. After graduation he served as assistant professor of Greek at the university. In 1890 Mr. Fauntleroy was admitted to the bar at St. Paul, Minnesota in 1890, and was a junior partner with the ...
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Walter Naylor Davis - Published on March 9, 2019
...     Served as Camp Commander sometime prior to 1939. He is shown as Sergeant at Arms for Sterling Price Camp in the 1921 issue of the Confederate Veteran Magazine (p.156). Walter Davis was born in St. Louis November 29, 1876, and was the son of Judge Alexander  and Alice (Edwards) Davis. Judge Alexander Davis served as a Colonel in the Fifth Division, Missouri State guard, and commanded the brigade at the battles of: Oak Hills, Lexington, and Elk Horn Tavern. He was captured...
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Col. Francis Marion Curlee - Published on March 9, 2019
...     Served as Camp Commander beginning in 1914. He was born in Corinth, Mississippi on February 1st, 1877, and was the son of William Peyton, and Mary Elizabeth (Boone) Curlee.  Col. Curlee graduated from the University of Mississippi LL.B in 1902, and practiced law in Corinth, Mississippi til 1905 when he moved to St. Louis. On November 25th, 1915 he married Miss Lucille Straubstadter in Charleston, West Virginia. Miss Straubstadter was a descendant of the St. Cyr family of...
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William W. Crowdus - Published on March 9, 2019
...     Served as Camp Commander in 1955. He was born in 1899, and was married to Virginia Garrett Crowdus. He served as president of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Association during the time that the St. Louis Arch was constructed.. Mr. Crowdus attended Washington University School of Law, and began his career as an attorney in 1922. He was a member of the St. Louis Bar Association, and in 1963 served as Interim United States District Attorney. In this capacity he was in...
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William Horner Cocke - Published on March 9, 2019
...     Served as Camp Commander beginning in 1910. He was born in City Point, Virginia on September 12th, 1874, and was the son of Henry Teller and Elizabeth (Horner) Cocke. He was educated in the Staunton, Virginia Public Schools, and the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington, Virginia. He graduated with a Degree in Civil Engineering in 1894, earning the highest honors, and was the recipient of the first “Jackson/Hope” award. He served as the Commandant of Cadets, an...
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Richard Thomas Brownrigg - Published on March 9, 2019
...     Richard Thomas Brownrigg served as Camp Commander from 1901 til 1904. His Camp adjutant  was W. B. Shields. Mr. Brownrigg  was born in Columbus, Mississippi on August 23rd 1865.  His parents were John and Elizabeth (Yerger) Brownrigg. He was named for his uncle, Major. Richard Thomas Brownrigg, who was killed during the Red River Campaign while serving under Gen. Richard Taylor. Commander Brownrigg  graduated from the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn...
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William L. Atwood - Published on March 9, 2019
...     Served as Camp Commander from 1959 til 1962, and was the son of John Cowan and Georgie Tunstall (Baker) Atwood. His grand-father was Dr. Legrand Atwood, Confederate surgeon and later president of the St. Louis Medical Society. Dr. Atwood was also director of the State Asylum at Fulton, Missouri, and a frequent lecturer at St. Louis University.  In 1892 he was mayor of Ferguson, Missouri. . Dr. Atwood died August 22nd, 1917 and is buried in Fee Fee Cemetery Sources: T...
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Chilton Atkinson - Published on March 9, 2019
...     Served as Camp Commander in 1906. He was born in St. Louis on December 10th 1875, and was the son of Dr. Robert C. and Mary Tandy (Bull) Atkinson. His father, Dr. Atkinson was a physician who had served in the 10th Virginia Infantry during the war, and was a well loved and respected physician in St. Louis, who often refused payment for his many services. He died in 1917, and is buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery in an unmarked grave. His son (the subject of this article) was ed...
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Camp Roster : 1998 - Published on March 9, 2019
...     1998 was one of the most momentous years in the history of Sterling camp Price #145. It was this year that we hosted the National Sons of Confederate Veterans Reunion in St. Louis. Most of 1997, and the first half of 1998 was consumed by planning for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Meetings were moved from the Olive Garden Restaurant to a series of various locations, and began to take on the aspect of a traveling circus.  Newsletter editor, Doug Harding was on assig...
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Camp Roster : 1996-1997 - Published on March 9, 2019
...     Officers for the 1996-1997 term included; Ollie Sappington - Commander,  Larry Limpus - 1st Lt. Commander,  Bill Feeney - 2nd Lt. Commander, and Col. James Speicher - Adjutant.  A new feature was begun this year at the January meeting. Rather than restrict the meeting to the celebration of Generals Lee and Jackson, it was decided to pay tribute to the many  Confederate Generals who were born that month. In 1996, six Confederate heroes were so honored. &nbs...
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Camp Roster : 1994 - Published on March 9, 2019
...     Ollie Sappington continued to command Sterling Price Camp this year. New officers included; Charles Welsh - 1st Lt. Commander, Dave LeMoyne - 2nd Lt. Commander, Col. James Speicher - Adjutant,  Mike Pierce - Chaplain, and Bill Bowden - Treasurer. The monthly Camp meetings were held at the Olive Garden restaurant on Manchester this year, and attendance was at an all time high. The Camp was nearing 100 members, and growing rapidly. Confederate Memorial Day services were he...
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