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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LONIGAN, GEORGE W   (1837-1930)   Pacific Grove   El Carmelo  Cem.
(Pacific Grove High Tide September 5, 1930)

G.W. Lonigan Passes to Rest
  George Washington Lonigan, aged 93, for 17 years a respected citizen of the Grove died at 
his home on Pacific street last Monday and was buried in El Carmelo cemetery Wednesday 
afternoon, with military honors and the services of the Odd Fellows, of which lodge he was 
an honored member.
  Lonigan was a native of Indiana, born in 1837.  He came to California in 1870 and has been 
a resident of Pacific Grove since 1913.  He served in the Civil War from 1861 to 1865, and was 
a member of Rawlins Post of the G.A.R. in Stockton, California.  He was also a member of the 
Stockton Lodge of the I.O.O.F. for 52 years.
  Funeral services were held Wednesday from the chapel of Paul Mortuary.  Interment was at 
El Carmelo cemetery.  The local Odd Fellows Lodge had charge of the services and were 
assisted at the grave by a detachment from the Presidio which rendered the customary military 
honors.  Members of the Spanish War Veterans and the Woman’s Relief Corp were present.
  Mr. Lonigan is survived by three daughters in Monterey; Mrs. L. Goldworthy, Mrs. Clara 
Thompson and Mrs. Rose Campbell by a daughter, Mrs. Charles Ferguson of Lodi; by a son W.M. 
Lonigan of Pacific Grove; and by two brothers, Thomas T. Lonigan of Los Angeles and William 
Lonigan of Oregon, and by 11 grand children and seven great grandchildren.