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Oconto County Reporter
Jan. 12, 1884

Millitary Honors
Grand Army Veteran

The funeral of the late David Jones took place Tuesday afternoon. Rev. Hurd of the second M. E. church preached the funeral sermon. The attendance was very large the services very impressive. Mr. Jones was a veteran of the rebellion.

The deceased was buried with Military honors. The Wilson Colwell Post and the John Flynn Post of the Grand Army of the Republic of this city escorted the remains to Oakwood Cemetery, a guard of honor from the Wilson Colwell Post, with arms reversed, twelve in number, attending the hearse. The cortage was quite long, and it was sometime before the cemetery was reached. Brief burial exercises took place at the grave, and the guard of honor fired a salute over their comrade’s last resting place. He was Second Lieutenant of Company F, Twelfth Wisconsin Infantry, enlisting October 1st, 1861 and serving until January 2nd, 1861, and at the time of his death was 41 years of age. He leaves a wife but no children, to mourn his loss.