Title	Officer's Club
Description	A man wearing a suit and hat and carrying a closed umbrella stands on the sidewalk on Officer's Row at the Vancouver Barracks. This collection was compiled by Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Kirch and donated by her son, A. Kirch DeMartini. Betty's grandfather (donor's great grandfather), John D. Geoghegan, was a member of the House of Representatives from the first Washington State Legislature in 1889, and Quartermaster at Fort Vancouver from 1871-1885. 1889 Polk Directories list him as secretary for both the St. James Branch No. 410 CKA of Catholic Knights and the Vancouver Hibernian Benevolent Society, and adjunct of GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) Ellsworth Post No. 2. 1886 directory lists him as Vancouver City Officer, Treasurer of Vancouver and Yakima Railroad Company, Receiver of AOUW (Ancient Order of United Workmen) Harmony Lodge No. 11. John D. Geoghegan was Born the 17th of 21 children in Galway, Ireland on Christmas Day 1842, the son of Michael F. Geoghegan and Mary Sutherland. He came to New York with his mother and Family in 1851. When the Civil War broke out, he enlisted in the 18th Regiment US Infantry and was captured and incarcerated at Andersonville Prison, In 1866 he enlisted in the regular army, resigning his commission in 1869 and spending some time at sea. He married Elizabeth McMullen Grubb on May 7, 1880.
Date	1899
Subject	People; Geoghegan-Kirch; Vancouver Barracks; Officer's Row; Clothing & dress; Hats; Cannon balls; Cannons; Artillery (Weaponry); Homes; Houses; Dwellings; Sidewalks;
Type	Photographs
Coverage	United States--Washington (State)--Clark County--Vancouver
Collection Source	Clark County Historical Museum Photographs
Object Identifier	P48.7
Accession Number	2012.43
Catalog Number	2012.43.2.4
Repository	Clark County Historical Museum; http://www.cchmuseum.org
Relation	Geoghegan-Kirch Collection
Contributors	Washington State University Vancouver Library; http://library.vancouver.wsu.edu/
Project Identifier	cchm13755.tif
Physical Description	7 x 5 in.
Format	Original images were scanned as 600 dpi TIFF files on a Microtek 9600XL scanner. 100 dpi JPEG files were then added to the CONTENT database at the WSU Libraries.
Rights	To request a copy and permission to use this image, contact the Clark County Historical Museum at 1511 Main Street, Vancouver WA 98660 360.993.5679 or visit www.cchmuseum.org.