The following is derived from
George Reeser Prowell's
History of Camden County, N.J.
published in 1886

The Grand Army of the Republic

All honorably discharged soldiers and sailors who have served in the army or navy of the United States are entitled to membership in the Grand Army of the Republic. In this respect it is the first organization of its kind effected in this country or elsewhere. Soon after the close of the Revolution, army societies were formed which were composed of commissioned officers and their descendants.

The most prominent of these was the famous Society of the Cincinnati, which still has an existence. Army and corps organizations of the War of 1812 and of the Mexican War have existed for social and convivial purposes but none of these societies named have been based on the principle of mutual aid in time of need, or comprehended purposes so exalted as those embraced in the declaration of the Grand Army of the Republic, namely, " Fraternity, charity, loyalty." This society, whose purpose is to band together the men who wore the blue during the war, originated in the West. To Colonel B. F. Stephenson, M.D., of Springfield, Illinois, is given the credit of being the first person who formulated the plans of its noble aims. The first post was organized at Dakota, Illinois, in 1866. The idea of extending the organization was communicated to many army associates. A State Department Encampment was organized in Illinois on the 12th of July, 1866, under Colonel Stephenson. In the month of November of the same year a National Encampment was organized at Indianapolis, with representatives present from nearly all the Northern States. These encampments have been held annually since then, in various localities of the Union. The State became divided into districts, and the organization of posts was exceedingly rapid. Six months after the date of the formation of the society forty thousand men through the Northern States were enrolled as members. The first department organization in the State of New Jersey was effected in the month of January, 1868. The membership of the order in this State in 1884 was reported at five thousand two hundred and seventy-nine. The entire membership in the United States for the same year was two hundred and thirty-three thousand five hundred and ninety-five. Its membership is now estimated at three hundred thousand, more than one-fourth of the survivors of the war.

Under the auspices of the order thousands of camp-fires, fairs, reunions and banquets have been held. These revive the sufferings and sacrifices and recall the unwritten history of the war. At these meetings no rank is recognized, save that conferred by the order, and any member is eligible to any position in its gift.

GENERAL JOHN A. LOGAN POST No. 102 was instituted on February 7, 1887 in Camden with 11 members. Its first commander was William Martin. Other commanders included Edwin F. Allen, William Jones, Charles Baker, Samuel P. Budd, John P. Casner, Reuben B. Cole, Reuben Colt, Daniel Cook, W.H. Cooper, Jacob Cutshall, Isaac Hoey, R.H. Lee, Peter McArdie, L.S. McCormick, J.S. McCormick, William J. Orem, John F. Palmer, Hiram C. Pfile, Benjamin Putnam, Charles Shivers Jr., William Stansbury, Howe K. Seddinger, Charles Fetters, Freeman Bibber, Charles Hope, John Weygand, John D. Leaming, and Thomas H. Walters.

In 1906 the Post met on the first and third Thursday evenings of each month at the William Penn Hall, 306 North 27th Street in East Camden. This building had been the firehouse of the William Penn Hook & Ladder Company in the days prior to 1899, when East Camden and Cramer Hill were annexed to Camden.

The Post was named after General John A. Logan, the late Republican Senator from Illinois, who had run unsuccessfully for Vice-President in 1884 on James G. Blaine's ticket. General Logan had been active in veterans affairs and helped lead the call to make memorial Day a National holiday. 

The General John A. Logan Post No. 102 was still active as late as 1917.  John D. Leaming was then commander. The Post sent Peter Mayer to the 1917 state encampment as its delegate, with Charles Stites acting as alternate. However, the Post was not listed in the 1918 Camden City Directory, and most likely had disbanded or was absorbed by the Thomas M.K. Lee Post No. 5 or the William B. Hatch Post No. 37, which were still in existence.

Last Name

1st Name

Mid.

Notes

Allen

Edwin

F.

PPC, 1892, listed as Edwin PC 1893, listed as Edwin PPC 1894, 1895, 96, 1897 through 1910

Baker

Charles

C.

PPC, PC 1907, PPC 1908, 1910

Bibber

Freeman

PPC, PC 1904, PPC 1905 through 1910

Bonsted

Joseph

Roll of the dead 1896

Broadbent

Joseph

In Memoriam 1905

Budd

Samuel

P.

PC 1896, PPC 1897, 1898

Cain Sr.

John

1918 obit

Carter

Laffayette

1894

Casner

I.

F.

1889

Casner

John

P.

PPC 1892, 1893, listed as John F. PPC 1894, 95, 96, 1897, listed as Castner 1908, 1910

Cochran

John

1893

Coggswell

Jesse

W.

Necrology 1910 Dept. Encp. Rpt.

Cole

Reuben

B.

PPC 1889, 1892, 1893, 94, 95, 96, PPC 1910

Coleman

James

1902, In memoriam 1903

Collins

James

A.

1904, 1907, 1910

Collins

John

1906

Colt

Reuben

Restored PPC honors / 1908 NJ Dept. Enc. Rpt.

Cooke

Daniel

PC 1892, 1893, 94, 95, 96, PPC 1897

Cooper

W.

H.

PPC 1889, 1892, 1893, 94, 95, 96, PPC 1897

Cutshall

Jacob

A

PPC

Duckett

Thos.

1893, 1894, 1908, 1910

Enbreken

Thos.

1908

Engel

C.

1893

Evans

Charles

E.

1895, 1896, 1897

Fees

Charles

1905, 1906

Fetters

Charles

PPC, 1904 through 1910

Fisher

John

C.

1886, PPC

Hoey

Isaac

M.

PC 1910

Hope

Charles

1897, PC 1898, PPC 1900 through 1910, PPC 1913

Jones

William

H.

PPC, PC 1897, 98, 1900, 1902

Leaming

John

PC 1913 & 1914

Lee

R.

H.

PDC & PPC 1889

Marshall

William

1905, 1905

Martin

Wm.

PC 1887

McArdie

Peter

PPC, 1898, PC 1900 through 1908

McCormick

I.

S.

PC 1889

McCormick

J.

S.

PPC 1892, PPC 1893, 94, 95, 96

McCully

John

1893, listed as McCulley 1894

Myers

John 

H.

1892

Orem

William

J.

1898, PC 1900, PPC 1902, PC 1903, 1904 through 1910

Palmer

John

F.

PC 1894, PPC 1895, 1896

Pfile

Hiram

C.

1893, PG 122, 1894, listed as Herman PC 1895, listed as Herman C. Pfeil PPC 1896, 1898, 1900

Putnam

Benjamin

PPC, 1900, PC 1902, PPC 1904 through 1910

Seddinger

Howe

K.

PPC, listed as Home K. PC 1906, 1907 through 1910

Shivers Jr.

Charles

1889, PPC 1892, 93, 94, 95, 96

Stansbury

Wm.

H.

PPC 1889, PPC 1892, 1893, 94, 95, 96

Walters

Thomas

H.

PPC, PC 1908, PPC 1910

Weygand

John

H.

PPC, listed as Wygand 1895, lised as Wiegand 1896, 1900, PPC 1902, in Memoriam 1903

Philadelphia Inquirer - June 13, 1897

Philadelphia Inquirer - August 14, 1897

Thomas M.K. Lee Post 5
William B. Hatch Post 37
William P. Robeson
Post 51

Sons of Veterans

Robert M. Hillman
R.L. Robinson
Daniel A. Carter
S.S. Weaver

Federal Street

Washington Park
in
Gloucester City

Philadelphia Inquirer - May 14, 1899

Cooper B. Hatch 
G.A.R. Post No. 37 - G.A.R. Post No. 5 - G.A.R. Post No. 51 - G.A.R. Post No. 102