Sonoma
County
Biographies
RICHARD
HENRY WARFIELD
The civic and military life of Capt. Warfield
has been one of honor and faithful service.
Comrade R. H. Warfield was a charter
member of Post No. 1, G A R., Department of New York, and he is probably the
oldest member of the G. A. R. in California. He is also a companion of the
California Commandery, M. O. L. L. U. S.,
and a member of the Society of the Army of the
Potomac.
Captain Warfield is a resident of
Sonoma county, California, and is a member of Rod
Matheson Post, No. 16, located at Healdsburg. He was Grand Treasurer of the
Grand Lodge, Knights of Honor, an office he held continuously for five years.
He is now, and has been since its organization in 1877, cashier of the Farmers
and Mechanics’ Bank of Healdsburg, Sonoma county,
California.
When Captain Warfield was elected
Department Commander of California, Grand Army of the Republic, there were 59
Posts and 3,500 comrades; at the close of his term there were 90 Posts and
4,545 comrades.
At the last session of the Grand
Lodge, K. of H., he was reelected Grand Dictator, which position he is filling
with much credit.
Transcribed By: Cecelia M. Setty.
Source: “Illustrated
Fraternal Directory Including Educational Institutions on the Pacific Coast”,
Page 244, Publ. Bancroft Co., San Francisco. Cal. 1889.
© 2012 Cecelia
M. Setty.