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John J Hanson Camp, No 30

7/7/2018

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The JOHN J. HANSON Camp, No. 30, Sons of Veterans, was formed in Newmarket, NH in the summer of 1907. 25 charter members gathered at the GAR Hall in June, where they planned instituting a camp in town. On Tuesday, the 2nd of July, they met under the guidance of the NH Division Commander, Samuel S. Smith of Exeter, to elect officers.

​The following article ran in the Newmarket Advertiser, Friday, 5 July, 1907 (pg 5):
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They named their camp after Sgt John J Hanson, who had served during the Civil War in Co. D, 15th New Hampshire Infantry. He was later captain of the "Newmarket Guards", a company of State Militia. He was a GAR member, being the first commander of the George A Gay Post #18, in Newmarket. He died in Manchester, NH in 1899.

​The newly elected officers were:
- Commander Franklin A Brackett - himself a Civil War veteran, serving in the Martin Guards (Jul-Sept '64) and 1st NH Hvy Art (Sept '64 - Jun 65), he was the son of David Brackett of Co E, 13th NH 
- SVC Albert O. Smith, grandson of Cpl Orsamus T Smith, Co E, 13th NH Inf
- JVC, James T. Barrett, son of John Barrett (Co C, 6th NH)
- Sec, Herbert F. Davis, son of David O. (Co D, 2nd NH; Co F, 5th NH)
- Treas, Carl F. Brackett, son of Comm. Franklin A Brackett
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    Steve Dow, Signals Officer
    and Dep't Sec, NH SUVCW;
    ​CC, Canney Camp #5

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