Civil War Veterans of Monterey County, California.

Researched and Compiled by : 
Timothy P. Reese, PCC of Salinas , CA. & Robert L. Nelson ,PCC. of Santa Cruz.CA. 
Both members of the “Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War”. 
Department of California & Pacific. Camp Abraham Lincoln # 10.  
The Reese-Nelson CWV-MC Data Base


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BURKETT, JOHN   (1837-1915)   Pacific Grove   El Carmelo
(Monterey Daily Cypress May 9, 1915)

John Burkett Joins Great Majority
G.A.R. Veteran Dies at the Letterman Hospital in San Francisco
  Word of the death of John Burkett, the aged porter at the Pacific Grove Hotel, was received 
yesterday afternoon by Manager Foster of the hotel.  The deceased passed his last hours in 
the Letterman hospital at the San Francisco Presidio, where he was taken a week ago.  He was 
78 years of age and had been suffering from a cancer, the ailment becoming so serious that 
he was sent to the hospital in the city last week.
  A G.A.R. veteran and member of Lucius Fairchild Post, G.A.R., he fought with honor all through 
the Civil war, serving in the Sixth Massachusetts regiment.  After the war he wars for seven years 
in the service on the plains as first sergeant on the plains as first sergeant with the Sixth and 
later with the Seventh Cavalry.
  Coming to California several years ago he has been employed with the Pacific Improvement 
company for over six years, both at Del Monte and at the Pacific Grove Hotel.  He was a 
straightforward, upright citizen, a man respected and admired by all who knew him.  He is survived 
by a wife and daughter.
  The body is to be shipped to Pacific Grove today, no arrangements for the funeral having been 
made pending the arrival of relatives.  He is the second G.A.R. veteran of the peninsula to pass 
to the great beyond within the past week, the late Charles Bixby having died in this city only last 
Wednesday evening.
(Pacific Grove Daily Cypress May 11, 1915)
Burkett Funeral Thursday Afternoon
Relatives of G.A.R. Veteran Expected Home For Services.
  The funeral of the late John Burkett, former porter at the Pacific Grove Hotel, will take place on 
Thursday afternoon from the residence of the deceased, 235 Granite street.  The funeral is delayed 
pending the arrival of relatives.  Besides a widow, the deceased is survived by three daughters, Mrs. 
May Taylor of El Paso, Texas; Mrs. Jessie Dunham of Sioux City, Iowa, and Miss Rachel M. Burkett of 
Seattle, Wash.  All are expected here for the funeral.  The body was shipped from the Letterman 
hospital at the San Francisco Presidio to the Grove Sunday.  The ritualistic services of Lucius Fairchild 
Post G.A.R., will be conducted at the Grove.


(Monterey Daily Cypress May 13, 1915)
G.A.R. Attention
Pacific Grove, May 12th.
Comrades:  You are hereby requested to assemble at post headquarters on Thursday afternoon, 
May 13th, at two o’clock, to attend the funeral of Comrade John Burkett.  The interment will be in 
the soldier’s plot, at El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove.  Services will be conducted at the house, 
235 Granite street, by the Rev. H. R. Snyder, at 2:30 o’clock.  the post will conduct the burial service 
at the cemetery.  Captain Swazey, post adjutant at the Presidio of Monterey has detailed a firing 
squad and trumpeter to be present to fire the salute and sound taps at the grave.
  By order of D.T. Welch, Post Commander     J.C. Brown, Adjutant.