b'SOLDIERS OF O \n\n\n\nI \n\n\n\nlif\'i\'lliiiiliiiiiiM.Mii \n\n\n\nli I \n\n\n\nMASSACHUSETTS \n\n\n\nTHE REVOIMJTIONARY WAR, THE WAR . ;!\xe2\x96\xa0 \nOF tS12 AND THE CIVIL WAR AM \n\niMillllililiii \n\n\n\nHENRY PARKS WRIGHT;! \n\n\n\nliHiiiillliillii i I\' \n\nlib....... \n\n\n\nI /A \n\n\n\nI\'in \n\n\n\n\'"lii. \n\n\n\n{iitiiiuiiitili \n\n\n\n;!it(iiii!iiim.iii \n\n\n\n\nyS^^lij^ \n\n\n\n\n\n\nwmwM \niini I ill \nflililii \n\n\n\n111 I \' \n\n\n\n\xc2\xbbliiili, \n\n\n\nI I. \n\n\n\njitii\' \n\n\n\ni\'\'i>\' \n\n\n\nii! \n\n\'ii!\' \'\xe2\x96\xa0! \n\n\n\n\n\'}^A^ \n\n\n\nClass f / y^. \n\nGopght N\xc2\xb0_ . \n\n\n\nCOPYRIGHT DEPOSrr \n\n\n\nSift- . , ;3?^\'--?/\xc2\xab*iSsS^*^^ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n^3 \n\n\n\n^^^^^- \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n-,^^\'^- \n\n\n\nte^?^4^#^^ \n\n\n\n\xe2\x96\xa0^^^-^^. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n%\xe2\x96\xa0 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nl^fe- \n\n\n\nts^ \n\n\n\ne.?/ \n\n\n\nt^^^. \n\n\n\n<%? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\'^.v^^\'i\'J\' \n\n\n\n^ \n\n\n\n:l3^^<^ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ni^vv 7 > .A- 1V-V >\xc2\xab-iv->x\xc2\xab;^ / \xc2\xab^v=v TV Jvr,\'K.-i- \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\n\nPLAN OF OAKHAM \nShowing the Original Lots and the Public lioatls laid out before the year iSoo. \n\n\n\nf TT l\' r\' ^f.!^^^"" \'\'"\' \'^^ \'^\'^\'^ ^\'""^ ^^ \'^""^"\'^ ^^""^ \'7" to r75g, and the Precinct \nof Ru land West Wing from 17S9 to 1762 when it was incorporated as a district by the name \nof Oakham. \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nMASSACHUSETTS \n\n\n\nIN \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR \nTHE WAR OF 1812 \n\nAND \n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \n\n\n\n\nHENRY PARKS WRIGHT \n\n\n\nNEW HAVEN, CONN. \n\nThe Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press \n\n1914 \n\n\n\nh \n\n.0/ wqx \n\n\n\nCOPYRIGHTED, I914, BY \nTHE TUTTLE, MOREHOUSE & TAYLOR CO. \n\n\n\nALL RIGHTS RESERVED \n\n\n\nPUBLISHED AUGUST, I9I4 \n\n\n\nJAN i3l9i5 \n\n\n\n^ \n\n\n\nTO THE MEMORY OF \n\nCAPTAIN JOHN CRAWFORD \n\n[1739-1824] \n\n\n\nSOME OAKHAM DATES \n\nFirst settlements within the limits of the town, not later than 1750. \n\nEstablished as Precinct of Rutland West Wing, 1759. \n\nFirst meeting-house erected, 1761. \n\nOakham incorporated as a district, June 7, 1762. \n\nRev. John Strickland ordained and installed over Presb5d:erian church, \nApril I, 1767. \n\nChurch reorganized after Congregational form, June 23, 1773. \n\nOakham District made a town by general act, August 23, 1775. \n\nRev. Daniel Tomlinson ordained and settled, June 22, 1786. \n\nSixth Massachusetts Turnpike incorporated, 1799. \n\nOakham Post Office established, April i, 1813. \n\nNew meeting-house dedicated, 1815. \n\nFirst stage line through the town, 1818. \n\nThe north village first called Coldbrook, 1832. \n\nRev. James Kimball ordained and installed, December 26, 1832. \n\nMethodist meeting-house dedicated, October i, 1843. \n\nCongregational meeting-house remodeled ; dedicated, February 12, 1846. \n\nRev. Francis N. Peloubet installed, December 26, i860. \n\nWare River Railroad opened, October, 1873. \n\nMemorial Hall dedicated, January i, 1875. \n\nCentral Massachusetts Railroad opened, December, 1887. \n\nTown Clock, presented by Mr. Henry E. Dean, dedicated, August 30, \n1905. \n\nFobes Memorial Library, presented by Charles A. Fobes, Mrs. Celia \nE. Fobes, and Mrs. Harriet F. Gifford, dedicated, August 27, 1908. \n\nMail service by automobile established, October, 191 1. \n\n\n\nPREFACE \n\nThe town of Oakham was fortunate in having during the \nmost important periods of its early history clerks who kept full \nand clear records. It is not probable that those who made the \nrecords had any thought of their future value as historical docu- \nments. They made them complete that there might be no doubt \nabout the responsibility of those who were chosen to public \noffice; but in their effort to make everything plain, they left us \nvery detailed information about the early history of the town. \nThe records of the first forty-four years fill two large volumes, \ncontaining together seven hundred and ninety-one pages. The \neight years of the Revolutionary War cover two hundred and \nfour pages. Fortunately, also, during the one hundred and fifty \nyears when the town documents were not safeguarded as they \nare to-day, not a page of any of the record books was lost or \ndestroyed. \n\nBy the wise action of the State authorities, there are kept, in \nthe libraries of the town officers and in the Free Public Libraries \nof all Massachusetts towns, many works of great value that are \ntoo little appreciated. In these libraries may be found printed \ncopies of many important early colonial and state documents ; \nthe military record of the soldiers from the State in the Revolu- \ntionary War and in the War of 1812 ; the Adjutant General\'s \nreports during the period of the Civil War; and also vital \nrecords of Massachusetts towns and cities. With such material \nat hand to supplement the records of the town clerks, it is pos- \nsible to prepare a histoi-y of the men from any Massachusetts \ntown who have served the country as soldiers. \n\nWhen in 1866 the Oakham Soldiers\' Union proposed to keep \nin permanent form brief biographies of the soldiers from the \ntown in the Civil War, it was not expected that these sketches \nwould be printed, much less that they would form part of a \nprinted volume. But during the half-century that has since \nelapsed, the soldiers who survived the war have lived as private \ncitizens engaged in their several occupations, have filled out their \n\n\n\nVI SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nfamily history, and have taken an active part in the public life \nof the communities in which their work has been done. No \nsketches of their lives could be thought of now which did not \ninclude what they have accomplished since the war, and what \nthey have stood for as citizens and as men. \n\nThe men that constituted the Union Army were the best that \nthe country produced. An army in time of war is no place for \nmen weak physically or morally. The Union soldiers were not \nonly men of strength and courage, but also men of character. \nIn no war ever waged were the soldiers of better quality. The \nenormous debt incurred on account of the war was repaid, but \nthe loss to the nation of hundreds of thousands of such young \nmen can never be made up. \n\nIf there are any men who deserve to be remembered for what \nthey have sacrificed for the sake of others, it is those who have \nserved in the army in time of war. Only those who have seen \nactual service can fully realize what it means for a young man \nto give up home and friends, and to endure the hardships and \nthe undermining influences of army life, and to face the dangers \nof a protracted war. If he returns uninjured, no soldier who \nhas been long in the service can ever be repaid for what he has \nlost, physically, mentally, and morally. And what a multitude of \nyoung men in the Civil War either did not return, or came back \ncrippled for life ! \n\nWhen I remember how much life has brought to me since \nthe close of the war; in my home life; in the opportunity for \nservice; in the joy of interest in the world\'s progress for half \na century; and in the privilege of having even a little share in \nthe work that has been done; and remember also that every one \nof our soldiers who were killed in battle or died by disease lost \nall this, I begin to appreciate what the sacrifice of so many young \nlives meant. \n\nIn the preparation of this book I have not only been living \nagain among old friends, but have sometimes seemed to myself \nto be renewing an acquaintance with men brought back upon \nthe stage from former generations. I knew personally the \ngreater part of the soldiers from Oakham in the Civil War. \n\n\n\nPREFACE Vll \n\nOne-fourth of them had been my pupils, and a large proportion \nhad been my playmates and friends. I had seen the greater \npart of the men from the town who were in the War of 1812. \nFrom early childhood I had heard much about the soldiers in \nthe Revolutionary War from my grandmother, by whom I was \nbrought up, who w^as the widow of a Revolutionary soldier and \nthe daughter of John Crawford, Captain of the Oakham company \nfrom 177s to 1783. \n\nIt has been a pleasure to gather, from the records of the town \nand the state, the history of the Oakham men who served in the \nWar for Independence, but it has been especially gratifying to \nbring to light in a neighboring town a Revolutionary document \nsupposed to have been irrecoverably lost. The fortunate dis- \ncovery of a pay roll of Captain How\'s company for service on \nthe Hudson in the latter part of 1776 gives encouragement to \nhope that copies of other such supposedly lost muster or pay \nrolls will yet be found. \n\nMiss Mai-y A. French, of North Brookfield, into whose keep- \ning a package of manuscript regarding the French family had \ncome by inheritance, was greatly surprised to find that among \nthese papers there was this list of Revolutionary soldiers made \nmore than one hundred and thirty years before by her ancestor, \nLieutenant French. The roll seems to have been either unnoticed \nor thought of no importance by those who had previously pos- \nsessed these documents after the death of Lieutenant French in \n1832. Though a portion of it was once thrown into the waste- \nbasket, it was fortunately recovered, and the roll is preserved \nentire, with every name legible. \n\nThe possession by one of his descendants of this copy of a \npay roll made by Lieutenant French, and also the discovery \namong the papers of Captain William Crawford of a copy of \nthe roll of his Company in the War of 1812, shows that an officer \nmay have kept the first draft of his report, having made a better \nwritten copy to send in. \n\nGreat care has been taken to make the statements in this book \ncorrect, and the authorities are cited for most facts to which the \nwriter himself cannot testify. But there must still be errors and \n\n\n\nVIU SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nomissions. Sometime a fuller history of the town will probably \nbe written, and a more complete genealogy of Oakham families. \nWith this in view, I earnestly request those who read any part \nof this book to send me corrections of errors found in it, and \nto give any additional information which they possess regarding \nthe Oakham families to which they belong, or from which they \nare descended. \n\nMany have helped to gather material for the biographical \nsketches, to all of whom the author acknowledges his obligations. \nHe is especially indebted to Miss Emily K. Fobes of Worcester, \nfor searching the Worcester County Records ; to Mr. Ernest \nL. Hayward of Taunton, for the preparation of the Index; and \nto Professor Henry Burt Wright of New Haven, who has verified \nthe authorities for the Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, and \ngiven valuable assistance in every part of the work. \n\nHenry P. Wright. \n\nNew Haven, Conn., January 5, 1914. \n\n\n\nCONTENTS \n\nThe Soldiers\' Union, ...... 3-14 \n\nOrganization, 3. Memorial Hall, 5. Building Committee, \n6. Dedication, 7. Address of Henry P. Wright, 8. Ad- \ndress of Rev. F. N. Peloubet, 11. Presidents of Soldiers\' \nUnion, 14. \n\nThe Revolution, ....... 17-33 \n\nMinutemen, 18. Eight Months\' Regiments, 19. Oakham \nMilitia Company, 21. Ticonderoga Campaign, 22. Cam- \npaigns to New York in 1776, 22. Captain How\'s Company, \n23. Continental Army (1777), 24. Casualties among the \nContinental Soldiers, 25. Josiah Whitney\'s Regiment, 26, \n30. Rhode Island Alarm, 26. Danforth Keyes\'s Regiment, \n27. Bennington Alarm, 28. Stillwater Campaign, 28. \nGuards, 29. March to Enfield, 30. Campaign to Rhode \nIsland, 30. Claverack, 31. Continental Army (1780), 31. \nWest Point, 31, 32. Town Officers during the Revolution, 32. \n\nSoldiers in* the Revolutionary War, .... 34-156 \n\nAuthorities and Abbreviations, 34. Biographical Sketches, \n35. \n\nThe War of 1812, 157-171 \n\nAuthorities, 158. Washington Grenadiers, 160. Bio- \ngraphical Sketches of Soldiers in the War of 1812, 163. \nTown Officers during the years 1812-14, 171. \n\nSeminole and Mexican Wars, . .... 172 \n\nThe Civil War, 173-267 \n\nAuthorities, 174. Three Months\' Regiments, 175. Bio- \ngraphical Sketches \xe2\x80\x94 Massachusetts Regiments: Second \nInfantry, 176; Tenth Infantry, 176; Eleventh Infantry, \n177; Thirteenth Infantry, 178; Fifteenth Infantry, 179; \nTwenty-first Infantry, 181 ; Twenty-fifth Infantry, 183 ; \nThirty-first Infantry, 205; Thirty fourth Infantry, 206; \nThirty-sixth Infantry, 210; Thirty-ninth Infantry, 225; \n\n\n\nX SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nFortieth Infantry, 226; Forty-second Infantry, 226; Forty- \nfourth Infantry, 231; Forty-sixth Infantry, 232; Fifty- \nfirst Infantry, 234; Fifty-second Infantry, 245; Fourth \nCavalry, 246; Second Heavy Artillery, 250; Fourth Heavy \nArtillery, 252 ; Eleventh Battery, 253 ; Sixtieth Infantry, \n254; Sixth Unattached Volunteer Militia, 255. Enlistments \nin Other States: One Hundred and Sixteenth Pennsylvania \nInfantry, 256; Second Michigan Cavalry, 256; Thirty-sixth \nIowa Infantry, 259; Sixth Vermont Infantry, 260; First \nVermont Cavalry, 261 ; Contract Service, 261 ; Second Ohio \nHeavy Artillery, 262. Summary, 264. Town Officers during \nthe Civil War, 266. \n\nAddenda, 269-279 \n\nAuthorities, 270. Captain How\'s Company, 271. Cap- \ntain How\'s Pay Roll, 274. John French, 2d, 278. Captain \nWilliam Crawford\'s Pay Roll, 280. John Rice Crawford, \n282. \n\nIndex, 285-325 \n\nGeneral Index, 287. Companies in the Revolutionary \nWar, 293. Regiments in the Revolutionary War, 313. \nTown Lots, 319. Index of Towns, 322. \n\n\n\nTHE SOLDIERS\' UNION \n\n\n\nTHE SOLDIERS\' UNION \n\nThe Oakham Soldiers\' Union grew out of a meeting of a few- \nreturned soldiers, in the vestry of the Congregational Church, on \nthe evening of August 17, 1866. Major Fairbank, Andrew \nSpooner, and Sergeant Temple were requested to prepare a \nconstitution, and, a week later, the Union was organized. Any \nresident of the town who had served in the Army or Navy of \nthe United States and had been honorably discharged, and any \nperson who had enlisted from the town and had been honorably \ndischarged, was eligible for membership. \n\nThe annual meetings of the Soldiers\' Union became at once \nthe important social event of the year for the town, and were \ncontinued regularly for nearly a quarter of a century. A part \nof each meeting was given to addresses on war subjects and \nto other suitable exercises, and a part to social entertainment, \nwhich included a supper served by the ladies of Oakham. The \nproceeds of the annual meetings were deposited in the North \nBrookfield Savings Bank, and the deposits were increased by \nvarious entertainments planned by joint committees of the \ncitizens and soldiers. \n\nThe association from the beginning had before it two plans: \n(i) the erection of some form of a monument to the soldiers \nwho lost their lives in the Civil War; (2) the preservation of \na brief biography of all the men who enlisted from the town \nin that war. \n\nWhen the Union had reached its sixth year, it had accumulated \nfunds which justified it in beginning to make plans for a \nsoldiers\' memorial. At the annual meeting in 1872, two proposi- \ntions were presented by a committee which had been appointed \nat the previous annual meeting: \n\n(i) A hall for town and public uses, with memorial tablets. \n\n(2) A monument erected on the Village Green. \nThe attendance at this meeting was large, and the majority of \nthose present expressed their preference for a hall. \n\n\n\n4 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nOn January i, 1873, the Treasurer\'s report showed a balance \nof $1,232.48 in the treasury. At this meeting the Union \nappointed a committee, consisting of two soldiers and five citi- \nzens, "to see what can be done by the citizens and by the town \ntoward building a hall, and to present plans of a building suit- \nable for memorial purposes, and an estimate of the cost of \nbuilding." The committee were instructed to make their report \nwithin three months. No report was ever received from this \ncommittee. \n\nOn the part of several prominent citizens there was strong \nopposition to an appropriation toward the erection of a memorial \nhall. The town was already heavily burdened by the expenses \nof the war, and by the railroad debt. In order to get a definite \ndecision from the town and the citizens, the following resolu- \ntion was presented by Andrew Spooner, at a meeting of the \nUnion on December 31, 1873: \n\n"Whereas, a committee was chosen at the last annual meeting \nof this association, on January ist, 1873, to consider and report \nupon plans, specifications, and cost of building a suitable \nmemorial hall, with instructions to report within three months, \nand no report from said committee has been received, and \nwhereas it is desirable that the matter of a soldiers\' memorial \nbe finally disposed of, therefore \n\nResolved, that a committee be chosen at this time whose duty \nit shall be to proceed to the erection of a suitable soldiers\' \nmemorial, and that if no feasible plan for building a suitable \nhall be presented to them previous to the first day of January, \n1875, they be instructed to erect a suitable monument, to be \ncompleted before September ist, 1875, the cost of which shall \nnot exceed twelve hundred dollars, and that they be empowered \nto draw on the treasury for the payment of the same." \n\nAfter much discussion, action on this resolution was post- \nponed, that those in favor of a memorial hall might have oppor- \ntunity to ascertain what contributions of money, building \nmaterial, and labor would be made by citizens, and what the \ntown would vote to do. A canvass of the town showed that \n\n\n\nTHE SOLDIERS UNION 5 \n\ntwelve hundred dollars could be raised from the citizens. The \nquestion was then presented to the town, at a meeting held \nMarch 17, 1874. At this meeting the town \n\n"Voted to appropriate two thousand dollars, when the soldiers \nand the voluntary contributors shall guarantee the balance of \nthe four thousand and four hundred dollars required to build \nthe proposed hall." \n\nUpon further consideration it seemed best for the interests \nof the town to erect a building which should contain both a \nhall for town and memorial purposes, and two or more rooms \nfor a center school. Another town meeting was called, to be \nheld March 31, to see whether the town would appropriate five \nhundred dollars more. At the beginning of this meeting it \nwas voted that no one be allowed to speak on the question more \nthan three times, or more than five minutes at a time. After \na lengthy and exciting debate the town by a large majority \n\n"Voted, that the town raise and appropriate the sum of twenty- \nfive hundred dollars, including the two thousand dollars already \nappropriated by the town on the 17th of March current, for \nthe purpose of erecting a town hall and two school rooms in \none building." \n\nThe Soldiers\' Union held a meeting on April 11, and passed \nthe following resolution: \n\n"Resolved, that the Soldiers\' Union will give to the town for \nthe purpose of erecting a schoolhouse and town hall the sum \nof Twelve Hundred Dollars ($1,200), upon the following \nconditions, namely: \n\n(i) That the town and citizens furnish a sum sufficient to \ncomplete the building proposed. \n\n(2) That suitable tablets shall be placed therein for a soldiers\' \nmemorial by the Soldiers\' Union, and maintained for all time \nby the town. \n\n(3) That the Soldiers\' Union have the free use of said Hall \nfor all such meetings as they may desire to hold from year to \nyear." \n\nThe Soldiers\' Union appropriated $260 in addition, for \nmemorial tablets. \n\n\n\n6 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nA Building Committee was appointed consisting of nine mem- \nbers, three to represent the town, three the Soldiers\' Union, \nand three the citizens : \n\nFor the tozvn: Alanson Prouty, Avery C. Bullard, Alonzo \nLincoln. \n\nFor the Soldiers\' Union: Dr. J. G. Shannon, George W. Stone, \nStephen Boyden. \n\nFor the citizens: Page Austin, Deacon James Packard, Leonard \nP. Lovell. \n\nPage Austin was elected Chairman. \n\nMemorial Hall was completed before the close of the year and \nwas dedicated on Friday evening, January i, 1875. \n\nThe building contains two school rooms and a Selectmen\'s \nroom on the first floor, and a hall, called Memorial Hall, on \nthe second floor. The hall is used for town meetings, for public \nlectures, and for entertainments of all kinds. The school rooms \nare for the use of the Center School District, and also for \npupils in the higher grades from any part of the town. \n\nFew of the soldiers who organized the Union or were mem- \nbers of it are now living, but their work for the town abides \nin this building, which has been for nearly forty years of incal- \nculable value to the citizens of the town and to their children. \nMay it long remain a monument to the soldiers of Oakham in \nthe Civil War. \n\nThe second purpose of the Soldiers\' Union \xe2\x80\x94 the preservation \nof brief biographies of the soldiers from Oakham in the Civil \nWar \xe2\x80\x94 is fulfilled by the publication of this book. The plan \nhas been enlarged so as to include also the soldiers from the \ntown in the Revolutionary War and in the War of 181 2. \n\n\n\nTHE soldiers\' UNION \n\nEXERCISES \n\nAT THE \n\nDedication of Memorial Hall \n\nFRIDAY EVENING. JANUARY 1. 1875 \n\n\n\nPresiding Officer, Mark Haskell \n\n\n\npjaygf^ Rev. Alpha Morton \n\nReport of the Building Committee and Presentation of the Keys, \n\nPage Austin, Chairman of the Building Committee \n\nAcceptance on behalf of the Town, ^ \n\nMoses O. Ayres, Chairman of the Selectmen \n\nPresentation of the Memorial Tablets, . . \xe2\x80\xa2 Henry P. Wright \n\nResponse. Mark Haskell \n\nPoem Ella M. Spooner, Mt. Holyoke Seminary \n\n/address Rev. F. N. Peloubet of Natick, Mass. \n\nMusic by Crawford\'s Cornet Band and by Conant and Macomber\'s Orchestra \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\nADDRESS OF HENRY P. WRIGHT \n\nIt has been thought appropriate that a few words be said \nconcerning the part taken in the erection of this building by \nthe Soldiers\' Union. \n\nDuring the year following the close of the war, the returned \nsoldiers of the Union Army residing in this town formed them- \nselves into an association called the Oakham Soldiers\' Union. \nIts object, as set forth in the constitution, was "to cherish the \nmemory of our fallen comrades, to preserve the friendships of \ncamp and field, and to cultivate a sentiment of love and devotion \nto our country." At the beginning, the organization was \ndesigned to be of a social character. Its first meetings were \nattended only by soldiers, who passed the time chiefly in relating \nincidents of the war of which they themselves had personal \nknowledge. It was soon proposed to collect materials for a \nhistorical sketch of each soldier who enlisted from Oakham, \nand thus to preserve in permanent and accessible form a history \nof the town in the war. This has been partly done and will \nbe completed. Another design was the erection, at some future \ntime, of a suitable memorial to perpetuate the memory of those \nwho fell in their country\'s service. \n\nAnnual reunions were established, to be held on the first \nday of January of each year, to which all friends of the soldiers \nwere invited. Their purpose was to keep alive the friendships \nformed in the war and to interest the people in our organiza- \ntion and its objects. These meetings, always well attended, \nhave constantly increased in public favor, and it is to this, our \nninth annual reunion, that you are welcomed for these dedicatory \nexercises. \n\nBut something more was thought of than social entertainment. \nIt seemed desirable to begin some movement, as early as pos- \nsible, to perpetuate the memory of the sacrifices of this people \nin the war. The returned soldiers were few in number, and \nwhen a memorial was first suggested we saw no way of raising \n\n\n\nTHE SOLDIERS UNION 9 \n\nmoney sufficient even for a humble monument. A little was \nsaved from the annual meetings, a little added now and then \nfrom a social gathering; yet the sum of these littles was still \nsmall. The most timely aid rendered to our cause w^as by Mr. \nJohn B. Gough, who on so many occasions has placed the people \nof this town under lasting obligations to him, and whom we \nmust ever hold in grateful remembrance. The proceeds of his \nlectures were added to our little fund, and it at once began \nto be respectable. The citizens of the town made our object \ntheir own, and by fairs and social entertainments the cause was \nhelped on. By these means and by judicious investment, our \naccumulations became such that, two years ago, we began \nseriously to consider how they could best be used. After a \nvery careful consideration of different plans, it was agreed to \ngive the greater part of our fund to the town for the purpose \nof erecting a memorial building, providing the town and citizens \nwould furnish enough to complete it. The town and citi- \nzens accepted the offer, and we united with them in the erection \nof this Hall, for which we were able to contribute one-fourth \nof the amount expended upon it. In itself, perhaps, the sum \nmay seem small, but our gift was of great value for this reason, \nat least, that, without it, the building would not have been erected. \n\nIn reviewing the success of this organization, we remember \nthat it owes more than we can express in words to the citizens \nof this town. Many of you have been more active in helping \nthan the members of the association themselves. We do not \nforget your services, and I wish here, in behalf of the Soldiers\' \nUnion, to express our deep gratitude to all of you who have \nin any way encouraged and assisted us during the last nine \nyears. \n\nThis is to be a Memorial Hall. The Soldiers\' Union has \nerected here two plain marble tablets, on which are inscribed \nthe names of the twenty-two soldiers from this town who fell \nin the war, and the four who have died since its close. Of this \nnumber, twenty died by disease; five fell in battle, two at \nDrur>\'\'s Bluff", two at Cold Harbor, and one, just at the close \nof the war, at Petersburg; another, a captive, weakened by \n\n\n\nlO SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nwounds, laid down his life, a neglected sufferer, in a Confed- \nerate prison. They left peaceful homes, to which they were \nbound by the tender ties of domestic affection. At their coun- \ntry\'s call they went forth, in the vigor of youth, and with \npatriotic ardor, to maintain the honor of our government and \ndefend the nation\'s flag. When the war closed and the troops \nreturned in triumph, they came not with them. The homes \nfrom which they had gone forth were clouded with grief, when \nother homes were joyous with victory. Here are names of sons \nand brothers, husbands, fathers and friends, familiar names of \nthe companions and playmates of our childhood, who fifteen \nyears ago were so active among us in all that interests young \nmen. To the memory of these fallen ones we dedicate these \ntablets, that they may be to us, as we gather here from time \nto time, a visible memorial of our departed comrades, and may \nperpetuate their names to other generations, when we who knew \nthem have passed away. \n\nTo you, gentlemen, the official representatives of the town, \nand to your successors in office, we commit the keeping of these \nmemorial tablets, in order that they may be preserved and pro- \ntected. We ask you to guard them sacredly, remembering the \nbeloved names which they bear and the heroic sacrifices and \ndeaths which they record. \n\n\n\nTHE SOLDIERS UNION II \n\n\n\nADDRESS OF REV. F. N. PELOUBET \n\nWhen at the close of the war Gen. Anderson went back to \nFort Sumter with the same old flag which had been taken down \nat its evacuation four years before, and raised it once more \nover Sumter redeemed, he took his children with him to witness \nthe ceremony. For his wife was a Georgian, and all her friends \nwere secessionists. And both he and his wife being in feeble \nhealth, they knew not, if they should die, to what influences \nthose children would be exposed. "But," said he, "if they see \ntheir father raise their country\'s flag, and witness these cere- \nmonies, all the influences which can be brought to bear upon \nthem will never make them false to the old flag." \n\nWe have gathered here this evening to dedicate this comely \nMemorial Hall, which sits with its sister church, twin stars, \npatriotism and religion linked together, a double crown upon \nyour hill seen from afar. \n\nSoldier hands with those of their fair sisters have helped to \ngather the means. Every farm has paid its proportion. Willing \nhearts have poured out their contributions to erect this beautiful \nbuilding, where, below, the education of your youth shall fan \nthe flame of love to country, and embody it in noble character, \nand, above, the names of those recorded on these tablets shall \nbeckon them upward. And thus this building with its citizen and \nsoldier builders, and the names recorded here, shall be endur- \ning witnesses to children and children\'s children, so that no \ninfluences shall make them false to their country\'s flag, or their \ncountry\'s weal. It shall keep in mind that true interpretation \nof the old motto, "Our country, right or wrong \xe2\x80\x94 if right, to \nkeep her right; if wrong, to make her right." \n\nThe words of a Massachusetts colonel to his regiment as he \nfell wounded in battle, "State colors to the front, Massachusetts \nforward," were heard through every town and village of our \nstate, and the young men of this town Oakham, i. e. Oakhome, \nwith hearts of oak as well as name of oak, listened to the call. \n\n\n\n12 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nBeing pastor of the Oakham church, and citizen of the town \nbefore the war and remaining till it was ended, I was personally \nacquainted with most of these men. Sixteen were members of \nmy church, three more of the Methodist church then existing \nhere, and twent}--seven were members of the Sabbath School. \nIt was with great pleasure that in my address of w^elcome to \nthose who returned at the close of the war, I could say with \ntruth that "so far as w^e can learn, you have to a man returned \nat least as good as you went away, and many we know, and all \nwe hope, a great deal better. Many backsliders were made \nin the army, but not one hails from Oakham ; there were \ncowards, but none were nurtured among these hills; there \nwere deserters, but no Oakham man failed in the hour of trial." \n\nSince then the returned soldiers have been scattered far and \nwide. One is now a pastor in the second largest city of New \nEngland; one is a professor in a college which, with only one \npeer and no superior, stands highest in this western world ; one \nis a Christian lawyer in a rising western state; others are \nmerchants, or mechanics, or farmers in this and other towns. \nBut to-night in spirit and memory we are all here again. \n\nWe record the names of our fallen heroes in marble, but we \nengrave them more deeply on our hearts and memories. Sweetly \nthey sleep in our cemeteries, where every year you decorate their \ngraves wath flowers, those beautiful emblems of resurrection, \nevery one of which, growing out of the same ground in which \nour heroes sleep, says resurgemus, "we shall rise again." \n\nThose that lie in the valleys of the south, that sleep in unknown \ngraves, God himself decorates with green and with flowers : \n\n"Covers the thousands who sleep far away, \nSleep where their friends cannot find them to-day; \nThey who in mountain and hillside and dell \nRest where they wearied, and sleep where they fell. \n\nSoftly the grass blades creep round their repose, \nSweetly above them the wild flowret blows; \nZephyrs of freedom fly gentlj-- o\'erhead, \nWhispering prayers for the patriot dead." \n\n\n\nTHE SOLDIERS UXIOX 1 3 \n\nHow we felt here the absence of those men ! What a change \nit made in every department, to have so much young life flow \nout never to return ! We missed them at home, in the church, \nin the Sabbath School, in the prayer meetings, in the social \ncircles, in the literary lyceums, in the schools. We missed them \neverywhere. And yet we would not have them do otherwise \nthan they did. We see now that to send forth loyal children \nto save their country is better than to keep ten thousand disloyal \ncowards at home. We see that the spirit of self-sacrifice for \nfreedom leaves an unfading legacy as the years roll on. We \nshould have been false to our town and its history, had we \nrefused to hear the call for men. We should have been false \nto our church, and our fathers, and our God, had we been false \nto freedom. We should have been false to our education and \nour schools and our national institutions, had we allowed them \nto produce cowards and not men. \n\nThere are two kinds of monuments which we can rear to \nour soldiers\' memory. One is such a monument as this in \nwhich we are now assembled, a building in which the youth \nshall be educated with better advantages than they have had, \nwith this hall above in which lectures, lyceums, public meetings, \nand the transactions of town business shall continue through \nlife the education begun in the rooms below. How much more \nappropriate and touching, more expressive and beautiful, is this \nthan a shaft of stone however elaborate, for it not only points \nupward, but it is steps upward. It not only helps us to remember \nthe dead, but plants in us the virtues for which they died. It \nis a Jacob\'s Ladder, not in a dream, by which the whole town \nmay join in "stepping heavenward." \n\nAnd there is something peculiarly fitting in the method by \nwhich it was built. The soldiers who returned safe from the \nwar began to collect the funds; and we should never forget \nthat they were as brave and true soldiers, and offered as much \nto their country, as those whose names are recorded here. Then \nthe citizens with free hand, and the town by taxation, have com- \npleted the amount. Then also our mothers and wives and \nsisters have had no small part in this building, taking their full \n\n\n\n14 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nshare of the sacrifice and the work ; and worthily, for they bore \ntheir full share of the burden and the sorrows of the war. Mother \nand wife balanced at home the sufferings of husband and son in \nthe field. If ever we see, in heaven, the glorious army of earthly \nheroes, as many women will be in it as men, and soldiers\' wives, \nand soldiers\' mothers, and soldiers\' daughters, though unnamed \non tablets of stone, will be heard in the roll call of heroes and \nmartyrs, and no crowns will be brighter, and no well dones \nworthier than theirs. \n\nThis Hall, then, built by the living in honor of the dead, we \ndedicate to the memory of those soldiers who have given their \nlives for their country, and to the spread of that Liberty and \nLoyalty, Righteousness and Peace, for whose sake they died. \n\nAnd may the Good Father gather them and us around his \nthrone in heaven, and say to all, Well done, good and faithful \nsoldiers, enter into the joy of your Lord. \n\n\n\nPRESIDENTS OF THE SOLDIERS\' UNION \n\nMajor John B. Fairbank, 1866-1872. \n\nDr. J. G. Shannon, 1873-1876. \n\nGeorge W. Stone, 1877, 1878, 1886, 1887, 1890. \n\nAndrew Spooner, 1879. \n\nStephen A. Boyden, 1880. \n\nWilliam R. Barr, 1881. \n\nCharles A. Ware, 1882, 1883. \n\nJohn E. Stone, 1884. \n\nEdward J. Sargeant, 1885. \n\nGardner M. Dean, 1888, 1889. \n\n\n\n\nMEMORIAL HALL \nNovember, 1874 \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTION \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTION \n\nDuring the first half-century after the incorporation of \nOakham, it was the custom of the Town Clerks to make note, \non their books, of public business done by any officer of the \ntown. The Treasurer\'s report of monies received and paid \nout by him was copied entire in the minutes of the meeting at \nwhich the report was presented. Sometimes the receipts foi \nmoney were written in the Town Records and there signed by \nthe persons to whom the money was paid. The names of school- \nteachers, and of those who boarded school-teachers; the names \nof those who came to preach as candidates when there was no \nsettled minister, and of the persons who cared for them and for \ntheir horses, were entered on the records, with the amount paid \nfor such services. That the Town Clerk, therefore, should copy \nin his reports the names of soldiers furnished by the town for \nany campaign, was to be expected, especially since the town \ngave its soldiers bounties, larger or smaller, in proportion to \nthe difficulty of the service. The town records contain nearl}\' \ncomplete lists of the men sent in answer to the many demands \nof the Provincial Legislature, and of the Continental Congress, \nbut, since the bounties were often allowed as credit on the tax \nbills of the soldiers or of their fathers, the names of some soldiers \ndo not appear on these lists. \n\nThe State of Massachusetts has made accessible all the \nmaterial which it possesses regarding the Revolutionary soldiers \nfrom the state, in the monumental work, in seventeen large \nvolumes, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary \nWar. In most cases the account of service given in these vol- \numes confirms that given on the town records ; but it is to be \nnoted that the rolls of some companies have not been preserved, \nand that a man may have served in a company before or after \nthe time covered by any existing roll. In general the presence \nof a man\'s name on the muster roll or pay roll of a company \nonly, must be taken as evidence that he served in that company, \n\n\n\n1 8 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nand the statement, on the town records only, that the Town \nTreasurer paid a man a certain sum as bounty for a given \ncampaign, is evidence that he served as a soldier in that cam- \npaign. But when the two records agree the proof is beyond \nquestion. \n\nAt the beginning of the Revolutionary War, the able-bodied \nmen of Massachusetts of military age (that is, between sixteen \nand sixty) had already been drilled as soldiers, and detachments \nof them could be sent wherever they were needed, without wait- \ning for the organization and discipline of companies and regi- \nments which was necessary at the breaking out of the Civil \nWar. A committee of the First Provincial Congress recom- \nmended, December lo, 1774, that one-fourth at least of the \nsoldiers of each town should equip themselves as minutemen, \nready to march on the shortest notice for the defence of the \nprovince. These were to be provided "with effective Fire arms, \nBayonet, Pouch, Knapsack and Thirty rounds of Cartridges \nand Ball," and were to drill three times a week. Each com- \npany was to elect its own officers. The Oakham militia company \nv/as probably under the command of Captain Jonathan Bullard. \nThe men detailed to serve as minutemen, about thirty in number, \nchose John Crawford Captain and drilled regularly every other \nday, according to the recommendations of the Provincial \nCongress. \n\nThe towns were advised to pay the minutemen a reasonable \nconsideration, but the members of the Oakham company, like \nthose in most other towns, were satisfied to equip themselves \nand drill without pay, provided the other soldiers of the town \nwere also equipped and drilled ; as is evident from a vote \npassed in town meeting March 6, 1775: "Voted that the Militia \ncompany & alarm men shall be equipt as well as possible & \nmeet in the field and exersise, ct cetera, which appears to satisfy \nthe minutmen without any pay."* \n\nOn the night before the attack on Lexington, an alarm was \nsent out by messengers to the several towns which appears to \n\n* On April 16, 1776, the town "Voted to give the Minute-I\\Ien the Ten \nDollars they received [from the province] at the alarm on the 19th of \nApril last (\xc2\xa33. os. od)." \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTION I9 \n\nhave reached Oakham on the afternoon of April 19. On the \nreceipt of this alarm, Captain Crawford, with his company of \nminutemen, set out immediately for Cambridge, where they \njoined the Worcester County Regiment under the command of \nColonel Jonathan Warner of Hardwick. On the town records \nthere is no list of names of the minutemen, but the following \nnames of Oakham men who marched on the alarm of April \n19 are on the muster roll of Captain Crawford\'s company in \nthe Massachusetts archives:* \n\nCaptain, John Crawford. \n\nFirst Lieutenant, Isaiah Parmenter. \n\nSecond Lieutenant, Alexander Bothwell, 3d. \n\nSergeants, George Black, Samuel Metcalf, Benjamin Joslyn, Daniel \nHenderson. \n\nCorporals, Silas Bullard, James Bell, John Boyd. \n\nDrummer, Aaron Crawford. \n\nPrivates, Samuel Bell, Joseph Berry, Stewart Black, William Black, \nJohn Bothwell, William Bothwell, John Butler, George Caswell, Daniel \nDeland, William Harper Dunn, Joseph Eager, Nathan Edson, John \nForbes, Joel Hayden, James McHerrin, Jacob Parmenter, William \nStevenson, Isaac Stone, 2d. \n\nOn Sunday, April 23, 1775, the Provincial Congress at Water- \ntown resolved that thirteen thousand six hundred men be \nraised by the province for eight months\' service. Each company \nwas to consist of fifty-nine men, including three officers. A \nweek later the Committee of Safety ordered that one-half of \nthe militia be sent immediately to Roxbury and Cambridge, and \nthat the other half hold themselves in readiness to march at a \nminute\'s warning. On July 5 it was voted to provide each \nnon-commissioned officer and soldier raised under this resolve \nwith a bounty coat, or, if he preferred, to allow him its equivalent \nin money. \n\nIn April and May, thirty-five Oakham men enlisted for a \nterm of eight months. Ten of the minutemen reenlisted on \nApril 27 in the 5th Company (Captain Simeon Hazeltine) \nof the 8th Regiment, commanded by Colonel John Fellows: \n\n* Lexington Alarms, Vol. XII, p. 15. \n\n\n\n20 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nJoseph Berry, George Black, Stewart Black, William Black, Daniel \nDeland, William Dunn, Joseph Eager, James McHerrin, Jacob \nParmenter, Isaac Stone, 2d. George Black was made Lieutenant, \nand Stewart Black, Ensign. Daniel Deland was Fifer. Four- \nteen others from Oakham enlisted later in the same company: \nJacob Ames, Samuel Bullard, James Boyd, Daniel Crawford \nDeland, Stephen Foster, Joseph Gilles, David Henderson, \nOliver Jackson, Aaron McCobb, Nehemiah Packard, Zephaniah \nPerkins, Asa Snell, Amos Temple, and Joshua Turner. James \nConant and Luther Conant enlisted at the same time in Captain \nSoul\'s company of the same regiment. The names of Henderson, \nMcCobb, Snell and Temple are not on the Oakham town records. \n\nLebbeus Washburn enlisted on May 27 in Captain John Pack- \nard\'s company of the 9th Regiment, commanded by Colonel \nDavid Brewer ; George Caswell and James Swinerton of Oakham, \nand William Johnson of New Braintree, whose name is on the \nOakham town records, joined Captain Grainger\'s company, in \nColonel Ebenezer Learned\'s regiment. \n\nSilas Bellows, George Dunn, Thomas Gill, Robert Harper, \nAlexander McFarland, Jr., and Kerly Ward enlisted in Captain \nSeth Washburn\'s company of Colonel Jonathan Ward\'s regi- \nment. Kerly Ward was made Corporal. The name of Silas \nBellows is not on the town records for this campaign. This \nregiment was at the Battle of Bunker Hill, but only a few of \nthe companies were actively engaged; Captain Washburn\'s \ncompany was one of these. Silas Bellows, George Dunn, \nAlexander McFarland, Jr., and Kerly Ward were in the Battle of \nBunker Hill, and Kerly Ward was wounded. Thomas Gill and \nRobert Harper did not join the company till fourteen days after \nthe battle. \n\nThese eight-months\' regiments were encamped at Roxbury \nand formed part of the right wing of the army under General \nWard that besieged the British in Boston. \n\nCaptain Samuel Dexter of Hardwick raised a company for \nsix months\' service from Hardwick, New Braintree and Oak- \nham, which formed part of Colonel Ebenezer Learned\'s regi- \nment. Five Oakham men were in this company : Sergeant Isaiah \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTION 21 \n\nParmenter, Corporal Timothy Conant, Privates Archibald \nForbes, Bartholomew Green, Matthew McGilligan (for James \nDean). This regiment was in camp at Roxbury January i, 1776, \n\nThirteen men served two months at Roxbury in the company \nof Captain Barnabas Sears: Sergeant Daniel Parmenter, Pri- \nvates Samuel Stone, James Banks, Sergeant Ebenezer Woodis, \nPrivates Sheers Berry, James Blair, James Hunter, Arch Forbes, \nMoses Gilbert, Bartholomew Green, Joseph Green from Rut- \nland, Timothy Conant and Zephaniah Perkins. The last ten \nreceipted, February 15, 1776, for ammunition to Captain Sears; \nthe names of the others are found on the town records only, \nbut these records give no credit to Perkins for this campaign. \n\nThe British evacuated Boston March 17, 1776. April 9 \na resolve was passed to raise eight companies of ninety men \neach "for the defence of Boston," to serve till December i, \n1776. On the pay roll of the company of Captain Ezekiel \nKnowlton of Templeton, dated Dorchester, November 28, 1776, \nare found the names of Sergeant Asa Partridge, Privates George \nHarper, William Parmenter (for Solomon Parmenter) and \nTimothy Shaw (for Thomas White). William Smith of Oak- \nham enlisted in this company, December 14, 1776, to serve till \nMarch i, 1777, but he was credited to the town of Barre. \n\nEarly in 1776 measures were taken by the General Court to \norganize and train the militia, that soldiers might be ready to \nrespond promptly to calls for reinforcements, especially for the \nContinental Army. By an Act of January 22, the number of \nWorcester County regiments was fixed at eight. On May 14, \n1776, the Fourth Worcester County Regiment was organized \nat Brookfield. Ebenezer Foster of Oakham was chosen Adjutant \nof the regiment. The officers elected for the 8th or Oakham \ncompany were: \n\nCaptain, John Crawford. \n\nFirst Lieutenant, Alexander Bothwell, 3d. \n\nSecond Lieutenant, Asa French. \n\nThese officers received their commissions May 31, 1776, and \ncontinued in service till the close of the war. \n\n\n\n2 2 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nAt a town meeting held May 21, 1776, six weeks before July \n4, the town "Voted without Contradiction that if the Honl. \nCongress should for the Safety of the Colonies declare them \nIndependent of the Kingdom of Great Britain, that they [that \nis, the people of Oakham] solemnly engage, with their lives & \nfortunes to support them in the measure." \n\nThe town furnished four men for the Ticonderoga campaign \nbut it is not easy to decide just who the men were. John Boyd. \nBenjamin Foster, Joel Hay den and Jacob Parmenter, on July \n29, 1776, were voted ii2 bounty from the town for this campaign. \nThe names of Hayden and Parmenter are on the town records \nonly, Boyd, Foster, and also Stewart Black were enrolled in \nCaptain Nathaniel Hamilton\'s company, which consisted mostly \nof Brookfield men and was in service at Ticonderoga Mills and \nFort Edward from August 3, 1776, till February i, 1777, in \nColonel Samuel Brewer\'s regiment. David Henderson and John \nHarper were enrolled for the same service, in Captain John \nHoward\'s company of the same regiment, and Daniel Deland \nwent in Captain Noah Allen\'s company of Colonel Asa Whit- \ncomb\'s regiment. Eleven citizens (Isaac Stone, Joseph Hudson, \nJames Ames, William Green, Mat. Gait, Ebenezer Foster, James \nBlair, Skelton Foster, Jacob Adams, John Butler and Heman \nBassett) promised to advance to the Treasurer one hundred and \nsixty dollars "to replace the Money paid by him to the four \nCanady Soldiers who Inlisted in July last as soon as may be."* \n\nJune 25, 1776, it was resolved to raise two thousand men to \nserve in New York till December i, 1776. As far as is known \nto the writer, no muster rolls have been preserved for this, and \nfor the following campaign to New York. All names here \ngiven on these two lists are found on the town records only. In \naddition to the State bounty of \xc2\xa33, a town bounty of \xc2\xa36 each \nwas promised to those who should enlist in response to this \ncall. The men named below agreed to be responsible for the ten \nsoldiers needed for this campaign : Ensign Isaiah Parmenter, \nCaptain Jonathan Bullard, Ensign William Banks, Edward \nPartridge, 2d, Silas Partridge, Joseph Craige, George Caswell, \n\n*Town Records, Vol. I, pp. 152 ($160), and 171 (\xc2\xa348). \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTION 2$ \n\nJames Brown (half a man), John Brown (half a man), Aaron \nCrawford (half a man), William Crawford (half a man), \nNathaniel Weeks. Ensign Parmenter probably went in charge \nof the men sent on this service. \n\nRobert Wilson, Alexander Wilson, Jonathan Cunningham, \nSamuel Davis, Isaiah Butler, John Harmon, John Bothwell and \nWilliam Smith agreed to be responsible for eight soldiers to \nbe sent to New York for three months\' service. The two \nWilsons, Bothwell and Smith, without doubt, went themselves \non this campaign. \n\nOn account of the critical situation of the Continental Army \nin New York in September, 1776, one-fifth of all the able-bodied \nmen under fifty were called for to serve two months. Lieutenant \nAsa French, with Corporals Samuel Metcalf and William Both- \nwell, and Privates Abraham Bell, James Bell, Jr., Silas BuUard, \nNathan Edson, James Forbes, John Forbes, Benjamin Knight, \nand a recruit, Jacob Brooks, hired by Deacon Allen and Nathan \nEdson, were detailed for this campaign and joined Captain Abner \nHow\'s company of Colonel James Converse\'s regiment, which \nwas in service at Dobbs Ferry, Tarrytown and North Castle. \nJames Banks was detailed to go but did" not join the regiment. \nIchabod Packard also has credit on the town records for this \ncampaign. The recently-discovered pay roll of Captain How\'s \ncompany made out by Lieutenant French, Commandant, is \nprinted among the Addenda in this book. \n\nJoseph Osborn, Jr., was a soldier and probably lost his life \nin one of these campaigns, as appears from a vote of the town \nApril 18, 1777, "that Joseph Osburn\'s Campagn rate of \xc2\xa33-5-10 \nbe allowed him for his son Joseph\'s Service in the war, who is \nnow deceased." \n\nIt is not possible to tell in every case whether the man who \nreceived credit on the town records went himself or secured \nsome one to go in his place. There is very little on the town \nrecords about soldiers until September 19, 1776, when the ques- \ntion was raised about the claims of those who had already \nserved. When Captain Crawford received a call for soldiers \nto serve within the state he detailed the men to go, or called for \n\n\n\n24 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nvoluntary enlistment. When the service was beyond the limits \nof the state, citizens would sometimes come forward and guar- \nantee to be responsible for the number of men required. Some \nof them would go themselves; some would secure other men to \ngo. The committee that made, in 1777, the lists of men who had \nserved before the call for Continental soldiers, was "chosen to \nreceive and adjust the Claims of the Persons in Town for any \nservice done in the present war, whether by themselves or other \nways." This committee reported March 11, 1777. \n\nIt is probable, also, that some citizens who received credit, \neven on the muster rolls, for militia service in the campaigns \nof 1777 and 1778, were represented in the army by substitutes \nwho enlisted under their names. It was considered as credit- \nable for a citizen to send a good man in his place as to go him- \nself, and when the citizen was past middle age, it was better \nfor the service. The country was in an unsettled state. There \nwas no executive head, and the Continental Congress was often \nnot able to pay the soldiers. The Provincial Legislature raised \nmoney by taxes on the several towns, and no service was more \nimportant than that of securing the funds necessary to enable \nthe town to do its part in the war. It is beyond question also, \nthat the citizens who sent substitutes, generally paid them much \nmore than the bounty which they themselves received back from \nthe town. \n\nEarly in 1777, Massachusetts was called upon by Congress \nto furnish her quota of fifteen battalions for three years\' service \nin the Continental Army. Each soldier was to have from the \nprovince twenty shillings per month and a bounty of \xc2\xa320 in \naddition to the Continental pay. Land bounties were also prom- \nised to those who enlisted to serve during the war. Oakham \noffered an extra bounty of \xc2\xa320. Some of the nearby towns \noffered a bounty of \xc2\xa330, and even \xc2\xa340. One-seventh of all the \nmale population not already in the service, of sixteen years of \nage and upwards, were to be taken. Seventeen Oakham men \nin Captain Crawford\'s company responded to this call ; seven \nenlisted in Captain Reed\'s company of Colonel Alden\'s, later \nColonel Brooks\'s, 8th Massachusetts Regiment : Sergeant Luther \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTION 2$ \n\nConant, Corporal Enos Hudson, Privates Israel Hill, Isaac \nParmenter, James Parmenter, Zephaniah Perkins, Thomas \nTaylor; and ten went in Captain Holden\'s company of Colonel \nNixon\'s 6th Massachusetts Regiment: Sergeant Isaac Stone, 2d, \nPrivates Joseph Berry, Sheers Berry, Timothy Conant, Daniel \nDeland, Jabez Fuller, Matthew McGilligan, William Oliver, \nAlpheus Stone and Joshua Whitcomb. The names of Thomas \nTaylor, Timothy Conant, and Joshua Whitcomb are on the \nmuster rolls as serving for the town of Oakham, but not on the \ntown records. This was the first quota of men furnished for \nthree years. The date of the enlistment was March 11, 1777. \nThese regiments were actively engaged in the campaign which \nresulted in the surrender of General Burgoyne. Both were \nprobably in action in the battles of September 19 and October 7. \n\nThe following men served for the town of Oakham in the \nContinental army, for a term of thre^ years, in other regiments: \nJames Conant in Colonel Lee\'s regiment, Joshua Turner in \nColonel Henry Jackson\'s regiment, Richard Sternes in Colonel \nCrane\'s artillery regiment, William Harper Dunn and John \nGreen in Captain Goodale\'s company of Colonel Rufus Putnam\'s \nregiment, Jonathan Henderson in Captain Amos Cogswell\'s \ncompany, Colonel Wesson\'s regiment. Of these only Conant, \nDunn and Henderson have credit on the town records. \n\nShubael Wilder, Moses Doty, Elisha Pike and John Wheeler \nengaged for the town of Oakham in Captain Daniel Shay\'s com- \npany of Colonel Rufus Putnam\'s regiment, but the last three \nwere without doubt credited to the town of Hardwick where they \nresided. \n\nIn the Massachusetts Spy of July 24, 1777, John Hooker of \nRutland announces that he "proposes to ride post from Col. \nNixon\'s regiment to Boston, once every month, for one year." \nLetters for soldiers in the regiment from their friends in Oakham \nwere to be left at Ebenezer Foster\'s tavern, by the 19th of every \nmonth. \n\nSome of the casualties among the Oakham men in the Con- \ntinental army are recorded, but probably not all. Timothy \nConant died April 15, 1777; Israel Hill was killed August 25, \n\n\n\n26 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n1777, on the expedition for the relief of Fort Schuyler; \nZephaniah Perkins was killed September 15, 1777; Jabez Fuller \ndied October 16, 1777, probably as a result of wounds received \nin the battle of September 7. Isaac Parmenter was wounded \nin battle with the Indians and Tories and was in the hospital \nseveral months. He and James Parmenter were taken prisoners \nat Cherry Valley November 11, 1778. Isaac Parmenter was \nkept a prisoner nearly two years, and James Parmenter is sup- \nposed to have died in captivity. \n\nIsrael Hill\'s bounty of \xc2\xa320 was paid to Widow Beriah Hill \nby vote of the town April 13, 1778. On the same day it was \nvoted also to pay to Zephaniah Perkins \xc2\xa320 as town bounty, \nbut this was paid to Widow Mary Perkins, who had been \nappointed administratrix of his estate in December, 1777. \n\nBy a resolve passed May i, 1778, gratuities were to be paid \nto all three-year men in the Continental Army who could \nbring certificates that they were in camp before August 15, \n1777. Each non-commissioned officer and private was to \nreceive $100. \n\nUnder a call of April 12, 1777, a regiment was raised in \nWorcester, Middlesex, Bristol, and Barnstable Counties to serve \nin Rhode Island from May 5 to July 5, 1777. This regiment \nwas commanded by Josiah Whitney and was stationed at North \nKingston. Oakham furnished six men for the regiment, who \nwere placed in the company of Captain Hodges: Corporal \nJames Boyd, Privates James Forbes, Robert Forbes, John \nKenny, Timothy Shaw (for Thomas White), and Nahum \nWhipple. John Kenny and Nahum Whipple have no credit on \nthe town records. Robert Forbes\'s name is found on the town \nrecords only. \n\nThe muster rolls show that Samuel Bullard and Nehemiah \nPackard served at the Northward in Captain Hodges\' company, \nfrom July 27 to August 29, and the town records give credit \nto Ebenezer Nye for fifteen days in April, on an alarm at \nWilliamstown. \n\nOn an alarm at Providence, Captain Crawford marched July \n23, ^777> with forty-five men, including officers. The following \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTION 27 \n\nnames are found on the muster roll of Captain Crawford\'s \ncompany in this campaign : \n\nCaptain, John Crawford. \n\nLieutenant, Alexander Bothwell, 3d. \n\nSergeants, Aaron Crawford and William Crawford. \n\nCorporals, William Bothwell, John Forbes, Benjamin Foster,, and \nSamuel Stone. \n\nPrivates, Jacob Adams, Jesse Allen, James Banks, William Banks, \nHeman Bassett, Abraham Bell, James Bell, John Bell, Silas Bellows, \nAlexander Bothwell, 2d, John Bothwell, James Boyd, John Brown, \nNathaniel Bullard [Bolton], Samuel Bullard, Isaac BuUard, Joseph \nChaddock, Thomas Chaddock, James Dunbar, Nathan Edson, Charles \nForbes, James Forbes, George Harper, John Harper, Robert Harper, \nJames Hunter, Abraham Joslyn, Nehemiah Packard, Rufus Parmenter, \nEdward Partridge, 2d, Ebenezer Rice, Jonas Rich, Benjamin Spooner, \nWilliam Stevenson, Joshua Turner, William Washburn, and Ebenezer \nWoodis. \n\n\n\nJohn Boyd also has credit on the town records for this cam- \npaign, and James Bothwell went, at the same time, in Captain \nWhipple\'s New Braintree company. \n\nOn arriving at Worcester, the company received orders to \nreturn to Oakham. \n\nThe exposed position of Rhode Island caused the passage of \na resolve, June 24, 1777, for one thousand five hundred men to \nserve till January 10, 1778. The names of twenty-four Oakham \nsoldiers are found on the roll of Captain Ralph Earll\'s company \nof Colonel Danforth Keyes\'s regiment : Lieutenant Isaiah Par- \nmenter, Sergeant John Forbes, Corporal John Hill, Privates \nNathan Adams, Jacob Ames, James Ames, William Banks, \nWilliam Black, James Boyd, Isaac Bullard, Archibald Forbes, \nCharles Forbes, James Forbes, Bartholomew Green, Robert Hair, \nZaccheus Hall, Jr., Benjamin Harper, Joseph Harper, Daniel \nHenderson, John Moore, George Rich, Jonas Rich, Samuel Stone \nand James Upham. Joel Hayden serv^ed in Captain Joseph \nSibley\'s company of the same regiment. \n\nWilliam Bothwell, John Boyd and George Harper also have \ncredit on the town records for this service. \n\n\n\n28 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nOn an alarm at Bennington, August 20, 1777, Captain Craw- \nford marched with thirty-one men, including officers. The follow- \ning names are on the muster roll : \n\nCaptain, John Crawford. \n\nLieutenant, Alexander Bothwell, 3d. \n\nSergeants, William Crawford and Samuel Metcalf. \n\nCorporal, Benj. Foster. \n\nPrivates, Jesse Allen, William Banks, Silas Bellows, Stewart Black, \nJohn Bothwell, Asa Briggs, John Brown, Sam^ [James] Brown, \nJonathan Bullard, Jr., Silas Bullard, Thomas Chaddock, James Conant, \nSkelton Foster, Elijah Gilbert, Robert Harper, James Hunter, Abraham \nJoslyn, Ichabod Packard, Daniel Parmenter, William Parmenter, Ebenezer \nRice, Ezra Washburn, William Washburn, Nathaniel Weeks, Thomas \nWhite, Ebenezer Woodis. \n\nIsaac Stone also has credit for this service on the town \nrecords. \n\nOn arriving at Hadley, news was received of the retreat of the \nBritish from Bennington, and the company was ordered to return \nhome. On the town records this is called the campaign to \nHadley. \n\nJames Blair, James Bell, and Nehemiah Packard received \nfrom the town \xc2\xa38 each, and Eleazer Spooner \xc2\xa32 los. for a \ncampaign to Bennington and Half Moon, in 1777, in Colonel \nJob Cushing\'s regiment, but the names of Bell and Spooner \nare on the town records only. The first three marched July 30, \nand all served till September 2. \n\nThe critical position of the American forces after the capture \nof Ticonderoga by General Burgoyne caused a resolve, August \n9, 1777, directing that one-sixth of all the able-bodied men not \nin the service should march without delay to reinforce the army \nat the Northward and continue in service till November 30, unless \nsooner discharged. Captain Crawford set out September 7 in \ncommand of a company of forty men from Hardwick, Oakham \nand New Braintree, and joined Colonel Job Cushing\'s regiment. \nThe Oakham quota consisted of Sergeant Samuel Metcalf, Cor- \nporals James Bothwell and Benjamin Foster, Privates Alexander \nBothwell, 2d, Asa Briggs, Nathan Edson, Jonathan Glazier, \nJohn Harper, Daniel Parmenter, and William Washburn. \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTION 29 \n\nOn September 24 Lieutenant Alexander Bothwell, 3d, marched \nto join General Gates at the Northward, with Sergeants Asa \nFrench and Alexander Wilson, Corporals James Blair and \nJames Hunter, Privates Jesse Allen, John Bothwell, Silas Bul- \nlard, Aaron Crawford, Robert Forbes, William Green^ Nehemiah \nPackard, and Thomas White, in a company raised in Western \n(Warren) and Oakham, commanded by Captain Joseph Cutler \nof Warren. Nehemiah Packard\'s name is on the town records \nonly. Ebenezer Nye and Silas Nye served in this campaign \nfor Oakham, from September 26 to October 18, in the company \nof Captain Benjamin Nye, \n\nThe army of General Gates was greatly strengthened by the \ntroops sent from New England and New York, and after two \nunsuccessful battles (September 19 and October 7) Burgoyne \nwas forced to surrender on the 17th of October. Active hos- \ntilities after this time were mostly in the Middle and Southern \ncolonies. A part of General Burgoyne\'s surrendered troops \nwere quartered in barracks at Rutland. \n\nDuring the next three years several men, in some cases, \nthose too old or too young to be liable for service in the field, \nwere sent by the town to serve as guards. \n\nAt Rutland: Alexander Bothwell, 2d, and John Crawford, \nJr., in 1778, 1779, and 1780, Jacob Kubler, Marshall Walker, \nArchibald Forbes in 1778, James Black, Francis Maynard, \nEbenezer Foster in 1779, George Caswell, Alexander Crawford. \nJonathan Forbes, Thomas Gill, Samuel Hunt, in 1780, Daniel \nDeland, one year, beginning January 10, 1781. \n\nAt Br 00k field: James Blair and James Brown, to guard stores, \nin 1778. \n\nAt Castle and Governor\'s Island: John Crawford, Jr., and \nAlexander Crawford, 2d, for a term of six weeks in 1779. \n\nAt Boston, Cambridge, Charlestown and Winter Hill: - Sergeant \nNehemiah Allen, Jr., from November 12, 1777, to April 5, 1778. \nSeven other men were sent April i, 1778: Jacob Adams, Wil- \nliam Crawford, Asa Partridge, Silas Partridge, Jacob Kubler, \nJohn Butler, William Stevenson. Jacob Adams was hired Sep- \ntember 21, 1778, by James Brown and William Bothwell for \n\n\n\n30 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nfurther service, and probably continued at Boston till November. \nNathaniel Weeks served from July 22 to December 14, 1778. \n\nIt was determined in June, 1778, to send the prisoners to \nthe Southern states, and Corporal James Boyd, with Privates \nJacob Adams, John Butler, John Crawford, Jr., Benson Dunbar, \nJohn Forbes, Robert Harper, Reuben McFarland, Samuel Met- \ncalf, Ebenezer Nye, and Timothy Shaw were detailed by Captain \nCrawford to form a part of the one thousand men who were \ndetached from the militia to serve as guards on the march in \nNovember to Enfield, Connecticut. \n\nOn the 20th of April a resolve was passed to raise two thou- \nsand men to serve in the Continental Army for nine months \nfrom the time of their arrival at Fishkill. Four men were called \nfor, but as the town had not received the credit due for the \nmen who had already enlisted, only three were sent: Caleb \nChurch, Thomas Darling, and Loved Lincoln. The last was \nhired by the four Bells.* \n\nBowman Chaddock, James Shaw, and William Smith also \nserved in the Continental Army nine months, from July 10, \n1779, to April 7, 1780. Chaddock and Shaw were in Captain \nWadsworth\'s company of Colonel Gamaliel Bradford\'s regiment. \n\nThe prospect of an attack on Rhode Island led to a call June \n16, 1778, for five hundred and fifty-four men to be forwarded \nwithout delay to the headquarters of General Sullivan and to \nserve till the force previously ordered should be available, but \nthe term was not to exceed twenty-one days. The names of \nLieutenant Alexander Bothwell, 3d, Privates Alexander Bothwell, \n2d, Benjamin Harper, Joseph Harper, Marshall Walker, and Rob- \nert Wilson are found on the rolls of Captain Gilbert\'s company \nof Colonel Josiah Whitney\'s regiment in this campaign. The \nnames of Jesse Allen, Jonathan Bullard, Jr., Reuben McFarland, \nBenjamin Perkins and Eleazer Spooner are on the town records \nfor six weeks\' service in Rhode Island, but do not appear on \nthe muster rolls. Stephen Lincoln was sent to Rhode Island \nto serve for gix months from August, 1778. June 29, 1779, \nBenjamin Dunbar and James Dunbar enlisted for six months \n\n* Town Records, Vol. I, p. 190. \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTION 3^ \n\nin Captain Fisher\'s company, Colonel Nathan Tyler\'s regiment, \nfor a campaign in Rhode Island. James Blair served as \nSergeant in Captain Gilbert\'s company of Colonel Whitney\'s \nregiment, from August 2 to September 13, 1780. \n\nJacob Adams, John Butler, Ebenezer Nye, John Boyd, George \nHarper, Asa Partridge, David Shaw, and Thomas White enlisted \nOctober 14, 1779, to serve three months at Claverack-on-the- \nHudson, in response to an urgent call from the Commander-in- \nChief for two thousand men to reinforce the army there. The \nlast five received \xc2\xa313 each mileage money and \xc2\xa330 as bounty, \nand were attached to Captain Joseph Richardson\'s company in \nColonel Samuel Denny\'s regiment. \n\nJune 5, 1780, a resolve was passed to raise three thousand \nnine hundred and sixty-four men to serve in the Continental \nArmy for six months from the time of their arrival at the place \nof rendezvous. In response to this call, the town sent ten men: \nElias Bolton, Archibald Forbes, Thomas Gill, Benjamin Harper, \nJohn Harper, Joseph Harper, John Hitchcock, Leavitt Perkins, \nJonas Hich, and Joseph F. Thompson. \n\nThere was a call during the same month for nine militiamen \nfor three months\' service at West Point. The men raised to \nmeet this call were: Corporals James Boyd and William Wash- \nburn, Privates Sheers Berry, Apollos Bolton, John Crawford, \nJr., Josiah S. Nye, James Shaw, James Shaw, Jr., and a recruit \nhired by Nehimiah Allen, whose name appears to be Ignatos \nAdams. They were enlisted July 5, and discharged October 10, \nand were in Captain Timothy Paige\'s company of Colonel John \nRand\'s regiment. \n\nDecember 2, 1780, another resolve was passed to raise four \nthousand two hundred and forty men for the Continental Army, \nfor three years or during the war. The town offered a bounty \nof three hundred silver dollars to each man who should enlist \nin this campaign. The amount paid in bounties was to be cred- \nited to the town on the next State tax. The citizens were divided \ninto seven "classes," and each class was obliged to secure one \nman. The men engaged were: Benjamin Harper, Thomas \nGill, George Perkins, George Walls, James Bigelow, Leavitt \nPerkins and Jonas Rich, the last hired by Joseph Chaddock. \n\n\n\n32 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nEbenezer Whitman enlisted August i8, 1781, for a term of \nfive months in Rhode Island but was discharged November 17. \nHe was in Captain Joseph Elliot\'s company of Colonel William \nTurner\'s regiment. \n\nJune 30, 1781, a call was issued for two thousand seven \nhundred militiamen for three months, for temporary reinforce- \nment of the Continental Army at West Point. Four men were \ncalled for from Oakham, and Nehemiah Allen, Jr., James Boyd, \nJames Forbes and Robert Harper were sent. All marched \nAugust 27, 1781, joined Colonel Luke Drury\'s regiment at West \nPoint September 3, and were discharged December 3, 1781. \n\nCornwallis surrendered his whole army of seven thousand men \nat Yorktown October 19, 1781, and no further soldiers were \ncalled for from this town. \n\nThe town not only paid large bounties to its Continental \nsoldiers, but in some cases guaranteed their wages. It was \nrequired also to provide them with clothing and to supply \ntheir families Avith provisions while they were in the service. \nDuring the last years of the war it was called upon to furnish \nthe Continental Army with beef, and also with horses. The \nmoney for all these expenses was secured without borrowing \nfrom any person out of town. Some of the money raised for \nthe benefit of the Continental soldiers was paid back by the \nState. In 1786 the town was able to settle a minister, and after \nadvancing him nearly enough on his settlement to pay for a \nfarm, it was soon out of debt and had money in the treasury. \nWe cannot praise too highly the wisdom of the men who man- \naged the financial affairs of the town during this long period of \nhardship and disaster. \n\nThe following citizens held the important town offices during \nthe nine years 1775-1783, inclusive: \n\nTOWN CLERKS \n\nJoseph Craige, 1775. William Crawford, 1779, 1781, 1782, \n\nIsaac Stone, 1776, 1777. 1783. \n\nSpencer Field, 1778. William Green, 1780. \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTION 33 \n\nSELECTMEN \n\nEbenezer Foster, 1776, 1780, 1782, James Dean, 1779, 1780. \n\n1783. \' William Green, 1778, 1779. \n\nThomas White, 1775, 1776, 1777, Joseph Hudson, 1775, 1777. \n\n1779. Ebenezer Nye, 1782, 1783. \n\nJesse Allen, 1775, 1778, 1779. Isaiah Parmenter, 1778, 1779. \n\nJoseph Craige, 1776, 1777, 1780. John Boyd, 1781. \n\nWilliam Crawford, 1781, 1782, 1783. Joseph Chaddock, 1778. \n\nAsa French, 1777, 1782, 1783. Samuel Davis, 1783. \n\nJames Ames, 1780, 1781. Daniel Parmenter, 1781. \n\nWilliam Banks\', 1774, 1776. Asa Partridge, 1778. \n\nJonathan Bullard, 1777, 1780. Isaac Stone, 1775. \nJohn Crawford, 1775, 1781. \n\nTREASURERS \n\nJoseph Craige, 1775, 1776, 1777, James Brown, 1781 (after the death \n\n1778, 1781. of Joseph Craige). \n\nJesse Allen, 1779, 1780. Jonathan Bullard, 1782. \n\nJoseph Hudson, 1783. \n\nCOMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE, INSPECTION, AND SAFETY \n\nJesse Allen, 1775, 1776, 1782, 1783. Jonathan Fitts, 1776. \n\nJames Brown, 1777, 1779, 1782, William Green, 1777. \n\n1783. James Hunter, 1779. \n\nJoseph Chaddock, 1779, 1782, 1783. Benjamin Joslyn, 1775. \n\nIsaac Stone, 1775, 1776, 1777. Samuel Metcalf, 1775. \n\nEbenezer Woodis, 1778, 1779, 1781. Ebenezer Nye, 1779. \n\nJonathan Bullard, 1775, 1776. Daniel Parmenter, 1780. \n\nJoseph Hudson, 1775, 1776. Isaiah Parmenter, 1777. \n\nFrancis Maynard, 1780, 1781. Solomon Parmenter, 1780. \n\nThomas White, 1775, 1776. Asa Partridge, 1775. \n\nJames Ames, 1775. Edward Partridge, 1780. \n\nGeorge Black, 1776. Edmund Reed, 1781. \n\nJoseph Craige, 1775. William Smith, 1780. \n\nJohn Crawford, 1777. Alexander Wilson, 1778. \nSamuel Davis, 1778. \n\nJesse Allen, James Brown and Joseph Chaddock were continued as a \nCommittee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety during the three \nyears (1784, 1785, 1786) following the close of the war. \n\n\n\nCHIEF AUTHORITIES \n\nOakham and Rutland Town Records, \n\nMassachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War. \n\nRevolutionary War Records, Bureau of Pensions. \n\nVital Records of Oakham and several other Massachusetts Towns. \n\nUnited States Census (1790), Heads of Families in Massachusetts, Maine, \n\nVermont and Connecticut. \nWorcester County Records : Probate Court, Registry of Deeds, Court \n\nof Sessions. \nMassachusetts Spy (sometimes printed as Worcester Magazine). \nThe Crawford Family of Oakham, by William Crawford. \nBiography of Deacon James Allen of Oakham, by Hiram Knight. \nStephen Lincoln of Oakham, His Ancestry and Descendants, by John E. \n\nMorris. \nThe Ancestry of Lydia Foster, Wife of Stephen Lincoln, by John E. \n\nMorris. \nThe Fobes Memorial Library, by Henry P. Wright. \nMS. Records of the Oakham and Rutland Congregational Churches. \nMS. Notes by Rev. J. Dana of Barre, Mass., who was clerk of the \n\nCongregational Church in Oakham from its organization in 1773 till \n\n1779- \nMS. Notes (chiefly marriages) by Rev. Daniel Tomlinson, minister of the \n\nCongregational Church in Oakham from 1786 till 1829. \nMS. Notes (chiefly a record of deaths) by John Robinson. \nTown Histories of Bridgewater (Mitchell), Hardwick (Paige), Middle- \n\nboro (Weston), North Brookfield (Temple), Rutland (Reed), Spen- \ncer (Draper) and Watertown (Bond). \nFamily Histories: Conant (F. O. Conant), Field (Pierce), Macomber \n\n(Stackpole), Nye (D. F. Nye), Whitman (Farnam). \n\nABBREVIATIONS \n\nM. S. R. = Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War. \n\n(Figure in parenthesis after M. S. R. page number, denotes entry from \n\ntop of page.) \nT. R. = Town Records. \nV. R. = Vital Records. \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.. \n\n\n\nJacob Adams. \n\nServed in five campaigns : ( i ) on the alarm at Rhode Island, \nJuly 23, 1777; (2) in the defence of Boston beginning April \nI, 1778; (3) further service in the defence of Boston, in 1778, \nfor which he was hired by James Brown and William Bothwell; \n\n(4) fifteen days with the company that guarded Burgoyne\'s \ntroops on their march from Rutland to Enfield, Conn., in 1778; \n\n(5) three months at Claverack in 1779. \n\nJacob Adams had a farm of eighty-five acres, fifteen of which \nwere on East Hill, above the Clampherd Meadow, and south \nof the farm of Joseph Osborn. His wife was named Lydia. \nHe had children, but no record of them has been found. Febru- \nary 15, 1805, he gave up to John Glazier a warrantee deed of his \nfarm, the said Glazier agreeing "to maintain and support him \nand his wife during their natural lives, to provide for them a \ncomfortable house on the premises, and a sufficient supply of \nfirewood cut fit for the fire and brought into the house, and to \nprovide and deliver to them eleven bushels of Indian meal and \nfive bushels of rye meal, eleven score of good pork yearly, and \nto keep one cow summer and winter for their use, and to care \nfor them both in health and sickness." He resided in Oakham \ntill his death November 27, 1809. His widow died June 20, 181 1. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 187, 190, 214. M. S. R., i, 49 (2), (4). Oakham V. R., \nIII. John Robinson\'s notes. U. S. Census (1790), Mass., 230. Wore. \nCo. Reg. of Deeds, clviii, 581, clix, 417. \n\n\n\nNathan Adams. \n\nEnlisted from Oakham, July 10, 1777, in Capt. Earll\'s Co., \nCol. Keyes\'s Regt., for the term of six months, and was dis- \ncharged January 4, 1778, service, five months, twenty-five days. \n\n\n\n36 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nNathan Adams was the son of Nathan Adams of Medway, \nand, March 3, 1774, received from his father one hundred acres \nin the southeasterly corner of Barre and in the southwesterly \npart of Hubbardston. He had already purchased, September 7, \n1770, "from John Hucker" (Hooker) of Rutland, for \xc2\xa360, eighty \nacres in Barre, in Great Farm No. 7. A part of his land was \njust across the Rutland line and not far from the Craige farms. \n\nM. S. R., i, 64 (10). Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Ixxiii, 105, 150. \n\nJohn Alden. \n\nEnlisted June 10, 1777, for three years for the town of Temple- \nton, in Capt. Gardner\'s Co., Col. Putnam\'s Regt. Descriptive \nlist taken November 20, 1780: age 30, stature 5 feet 9, com- \nplexion dark, hair dark, residence Oakham. \n\nJohn Alden came to Oakham from Suffield, Conn. He married \nPrudence Butler, October 11, 1774. A son, Nathaniel Butler, was \nborn in Oakham, November 15, 1778. \n\nM. S. R., i, 108 (7), ni (16) [Aldin], 132 (15) [Alldin]. Oakham \nV. R.. 9. 55. \n\nJesse Allen. \n\nBorn in Bridgewater in 1744, son of James Allen, grandson of \nNathaniel Allen, and great-grandson of Samuel Allen, of Braintree. \n\nHe marched in Capt. John Crawford\'s Co., Col. James Con- \nverse\'s Regt., (i) on the alarm at Rhode Island, July 23, 1777, \nand (2) on the alarm at Bennington, August 20, 1777. He \nenlisted also, September 24, 1777, in Capt. Joseph Cutler\'s com- \npany of volunteers and marched to join General Gates at the \nNorthward, service twenty-four days. In addition he has credit \non the town records for six weeks in Rhode Island, in 1778. \n\nJesse Allen came to Oakham from Bridgewater in 1770, and \npurchased the farm owned by the late Lewis N. Haskell. He \nwas seventeen times Assessor, twenty-two times Moderator, nine- \nteen times Selectman, ten times Treasurer of the Town, seven \ntimes a member of the Committee of Correspondence, Inspection \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 37 \n\nand Safety ; was Deacon of the Congregational Church from its \norigin in 1773 till his death, a period of forty-three years; was \nmember of the Massachusetts Legislature in 1805, and Justice \nof the Peace from 1802 till his death, April 11, 1816. \n\nJesse Allen was married to Abigail, daughter of Dr. Stoughton \nWillis, in 1768. Children, all born in Oakham: Olive, October \n26, 1770, died April 11, 1805; Parnal, November 7, 1772, mar- \nried Timothy Nye of Oakham; Lucinda, December 25, 1774; \nHannah, February 7, 1777, married in 1805, Capt. Benjamin \nLittle of New Braintree; Cloe, August 10, 1779, married (i) \nJonas Leonard of Oakham, (2) Rev. Gaius Conant; Abigail, \nJuly 12, 1784, married (i) Dr. Seth Fobes of Oakham, (2) Rev. \nAbraham Gushee of Dighton; Lucy, January 6, 1788, married \nCol. Henry Pennitnan of New Braintree; James, July 2, 1792, \nmarried (i) Polly L. Crocker of Paxton, (2) Hannah PL Parker \nof Dunbarton, N. H. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 187, 188, 189. M. S. R., i, 161 (i), (2). Oakham \nV. R., 9, 10, 56, 65, III. New Braintree V. R., 33, 100. Mitchell, Hist, of \nBridgewater, 94, 95, 237. Knight, Biog. of Dea. James Allen, 9, 10, 38 \n[Parnal, Dec. 25, should be Nov. 7]. Spy, June 19, 1805. John Robin- \nson\'s Notes. Dighton Town Clerk\'s Records. \n\nNehemiah Allen, Jr. \n\nBorn in Middleboro, March 12, 1765, son of Captain Nehemiah and Abi- \ngail (Thomas) Allen. The father, Captain Nehemiah Allen, was brother \nof Deacon Jesse Allen and was born in Bridgewater, December 10, 1733 ; \nremoved to Middleboro before 1758 and remained there till April, 1778, \nwhen he came to Oakham and purchased from William Banks the farm \nin Lot No. 32, on which he lived till his death, December 28, 1799. Before \ncoming to Oakham in 1778 he had served in the Revolution as captain \nof the Third Company of the Fourth Plymouth County Regiment, being \nin the field for four months, in the fall and early winter of both the years \n1776 and 1777, on campaigns in Rhode Island. He later received credit \non his assessment for taxes in Oakham for this Middleboro service. He \nserved the town as Moderator in 1783 and as Selectman in 1787. \n\nChildren, the first five born at Middleboro: Lois, April 10, 1759; Mary, \nSeptember 22, 1760; Abiah, February 24 1763; Nehemiah, Jr. (see above) ; \nSusanna, May 2, 1767; Bathshebe, July 16, 1769; Jedediah, January 28, \n1774; Washington, February 16, 1776. \n\n\n\n38 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nNehemiah Allen, Jr., served from August 27, 1781, to Novem- \nber 7, 1781, in Captain Cutler\'s Company at West Point. \n\nHe removed to Pawlet, Vermont, after 1790 and lived alter- \nnately there and in Granville, N. Y. He was in Rochester, N. Y., \nwhen the present site of that city was offered him for one shilling \nper acre. He died in 1852, aged Sy. \n\nIn 1787 he was married to Moley Bothwell, who died in 1841, \naged /T,. Children: Lucy, born in 1796; Jane, born in 1800. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 184, 202, 252, 280, ii, 11, 51, 116. M. S. R., i, 178 (13), \n179 (3)- Oakham V. R., 56, 65, ni, 116, 128. Mitchell, Hist, of Bridge- \nwater, 95. Mayflower Descendant, xvi, 41. Weston, Hist, of Middleboro, \n200. Middleboro Town Clerk\'s Records. Bailey, Early Mass. Marriages, \nii, 84, 96. Conant Family, 259, 260. Nye Genealogy, 232. Wore. Co. \nProb. Records, January 7, 1800. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Ixxix, 316. \nHollister, Hist, of Pawlet, Vt., 158, 255, 256. Family Bible of Washington \nAllen in the possession of Mrs. H. H. Lawrence, of Westboro. \n\n\n\nJacob Ames, \n\nEnlisted soon after the Battle of Bunker Hill, with other \nOakham men, for a term of eight months, in Capt. Hazeltine\'s \n(5th) Co., Col. Fellows\' (8th) Regt., and served at Roxbury. \nHe reenlisted August 10, 1777, in Capt. Earll\'s Co., Col. Dau- \nforth Keyes\'s Regt., for service in Rhode Island, from which he \nwas discharged January 4, 1778. \n\nJacob Ames was probably nephew of James Ames. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 165. M. S. R., i, 218 (5), v, 141 (13) [Fames]. \n\nJames Ames. \n\nServed in Capt. Earll\'s Co., Col. Keyes\'s Regt., from August \n27, 1777, to January 4, 1778, four months and eight days, in a \ncampaign at Providence. \n\nHe was by trade a blacksmith. In 1770 he purchased of George \nHarper, for \xc2\xa3337 6s. 8d., one hundred and forty-nine acres, one \nhundred and forty rods, lying on both sides of the county \nroad leading from New Braintree to Worcester, and extending \nfrom the College Lot on the east beyond the town road on the \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 39 \n\nwest; also a pew in the meeting-house "betwixt the east door \nand women\'s stairs." The farm was later owned by Governor \nLevi Lincoln and was a part of his \'\'Oakham farm." James \nAmes kept an inn here from 1776, and perhaps earlier, to 1783. \nHe was Selectman of Oakham in 1780 and 1781, and member of \nthe Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety in i775- \nDecember 8, 1761 he married Elizabeth Hall. Five of their \nchildren were born in Oakham : Hannah, February 16, 1771 ; \nAbn,er Craft, May 31, 1773; James, February 22, 1775; Lucy, \nDecember 3, 1777; EHzabeth, June 5, 1779. \n\nOakham T. R, i, 188. M. S. R., i, 218 (14). Oakham V. R., 10, 11. \nRutland V. R., 108. Records, Wore. Co. Court of Sessions, 1777-1783. \nWore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Ixiii, 250. \n\n\n\nJames Banks. \n\nBorn September 19, 1751, O. S., son of William and Azubah (MeMains) \nBanks. He was the first boy born in Oakham. \n\nJames Banks served at Roxbury two months in 1776, and went \nwith Capt. Crawford on the Rhode Island alarm, July 23, 1777. \nIn 1776 he was detailed by Capt. Crawford to go under Lieut. \nAsa French in Capt. Abner How\'s Co. to Horse Neck, but \ndid not join the regiment. \n\nIn 1774 he married Martha White of Warren. The same year \nhe purchased of his father, for ii20, sixty-four acres in the \nsoutheasterly part of Lot No. 29, which he sold in 1778 to John \nMoore, and his name has not been found later in the registry of \ndeeds. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168. M. S. R., i, 577 (13) [Bankes], 5/8 (4)- Oak- \nham V. R., II. Warren V. R., 76. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Ixxix, \n147, Ixxx, 404. \n\nWilliam Banks. \n\nEnlisted as Private in Capt. Ralph Earll\'s company to serve at \nProvidence from July 2, 1777, to January 4, 1778. Before joining \n\n\n\n40 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nthe company, he marched, July 23, 1777, on the Rhode Island \nalarm, and August 20, 1777, on the Bennington alarm. He has \ncredit also on the town records for five months\' service in New \nYork. \n\nWilliam Banks was one of the first ten settlers of Oakham, \nIn 1756 he purchased from Robert McMains, his father-in-law, \nfor \xc2\xa3200, seventy-three acres, being one-half of three-sevenths \nof Lot No. 32. He lived with his father-in-law in a house on \nthis lot and purchased more land during the next twenty years. \nIn 1778 he sold one hundred and eighty acres to Nehemiah \nAllen. He was Assessor in 1764, Warden in 1764, and six times \nSelectman. \n\nHe was married to Azubah, daughter of Robert McMains, \nJune 7, 1750. Children, all born in Oakham: James, September \n19, 1751, O. S. ; Mary, September 28, 1756, O. S. ; William, \nFebruary 29, 1760; Elizabeth, December 13, 1761 ; Sarah, \nFebruary 27, 1766; Noble, October 26, 1767; Ann, September \n9> 1771- \n\nOakham T. R, i, 168. M. S. R., i, 577 (14), (iS) [Bankes], 579 (8), \n(9). Oakham V. R., 11. Rutland V. R., no. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, \nxxxvii, 185, Ixxix, 316. \n\n"Heman Bassett. \n\nMarched in Capt. John Crawford\'s company on the alarm at \nRhode Island, July 23, 1777. \n\nHe came to Oakham before 1776. In 1780 he purchased of \nJonathan Bullard, for \xc2\xa352 5s. lawful silver money, twenty-eight \nacres in the southwesterly corner of Lot No. 13. He was chosen \nChorister at a church meeting held December 18, 1782, and \nwas Selectman of Oakham in 1787. Sometime after 1790 he \nremoved to Guildhall, Vt., from which place he wrote a letter \nto Father Tomlinson, January 8, 18 10, which is still preserved. \n\nIn 1776 he married Abigail, daughter of Isaac and Martha \n(Munroe) Stone. Children, born in Oakham: Patty, April 29, \n1777; William, April 7, 1779; Joel, October 29, 1781 ; Heman, \nFebruary 7, 1785; Roxena, April 27, 1787. \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 41 \n\nOakham T. R., i, 146, 187. M. S. R., i, 753 (8) [Basset]. Oakham \nV. R., 12, 47, 58. Oakham Church Records, i, 6. U. S. Census (1790), \nMass., 230. MS. Letter of Heman Bassett, Jan. 8, 1810, in possession of \nH. P. Wright. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Ixxxviii, 64. \n\n\n\nWilliam Batt. \n\nEnlisted August 9, 1781, for three months, for the town of \nBarre, in Capt. Jonathan Sibley\'s Co., Col. Drury\'s Regt. Dis- \ncharged November 21, 1 781, service, three months and thirteen \ndays. \n\nWilliam Batt, an Englishman, was a wool comber and a \ntailor. He came to Oakham from Barre before 1790. July i, \n1795, he purchased from Asa Perkins of Ludlow, for iio, ten \nacres of upland, with all the buildings thereon, on the slope \nof the hill on the south side of the road that leads from the \nvillage to the Page Austin place. His name is preserved in \nBatt Hill and Batt Brook. \n\nOctober 24, 1780, he married Elizabeth Correy of Oakham. \n\nM. S. R., i, 809 (3). Oakham V. R., 63 [Butt]. Barre V. R., 119 \n[Butts]. New Braintree V. R., 68. U. S. Census (1790), Mass., 230. \nWore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, cxxiii, 481. \n\n\n\nThe Bell Family. \n\nJames Bell was born in Belegaley, in the county of Tyrone \nand kingdom of Ireland, in the year 1706. At an early age he \ncame to America and settled in Rutland, from which place he \nremoved to Oakham in 1749, being one of the first ten settlers. \nIn 1745 he purchased for \xc2\xa3160, one hundred acres in Lot No. 30, \non which he and his descendants lived for more than a hundred \nyears. He was Warden in 1762, Assessor in 1764, and Selectman \nin 1760 and 1764. \n\nIVIay 24, 1733, he was married to IMartha Crawford (born \n1706), eldest daughter of Aaron and Agnes (Wilson) Crawford. \nTheir children were seven sons and four daughters. \n\n\n\n42 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nJames Bell died March 25, 1793, in the eighty-eighth year of \nhis age. His wife died September 20, 1795, at the age of \neighty-nine. \n\nGravestone Record in Old Cemetery at Oakham. Oakham V. R., 112. \nRutland V. R., 113. Crawford Family of Oakham, 7, 8 [Sept. 20 = Dec. \n20]. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, xx, 441. \n\nAbraham Bell. \n\nEnlisted in the summer of 1776 for two months" service with \nLieut. Asa French at Dobbs Ferry, Tarrytown and North Castle \nand marched on the Rhode Island alarm, July 2^, \'^777- \n\nHe was fifth son of James Bell, was married to Miss Joslyn \nof New Braintree, and settled in Murrayfield (now Chester). \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 187. M. S. R., i, 907 (12). Crawford Family \nof Oakham, 9. Pay Roll, Capt. How\'s Co., 1776. \n\nJames Bell, Jr. \n\nMarched with Capt. Crawford as Corporal in the Oakham \ncompany of minutemen on April 19, 1775. In the summer of \n1776 he enlisted for a term of two months with Lieut. Asa \nFrench, at Dobbs Ferry, Tarrytown and North Castle. He went \nalso with the Oakham company on the Rhode Island alarm, \nJuly 23, 1777, and in a campaign to Bennington in August, 1777. \n\nHe was the second son of James Bell, and was born in 1744. \nIn 1792 he was married to Anna Osborn, daughter of Joseph \nand Jennett (Hodge) Osborn, who was baptized in Hopkinton, \nJuly 27, 1760. They had four children, born in Oakham: \nMelinda, September 24, 1794; Polly Davis, February 15, 1796; \nPatty Crawford, January 7, 1798; Anna Osborn, August 24, \n1800. \n\nPolly Bell married Walter McFarland, May 27, 1S17, and \nPatty Bell married Daniel McFarland, May 19, 1817. After \nresiding in Oakham for a short time, these two families settled \nin the town of Stark, New Hampshire. \n\nJames Bell died July 17, 181 1, aged sixty-seven, and the inven- \ntory of his estate was filed October 22, 181 1. His widow, Anna \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 43 \n\nOsborn Bell, died March i, 1850. Her funeral sermon, preached \nby Rev. James Kimball, is still preserved. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 188. M. S. R., i, 909 (9), (10). Oakham V. R., \n12, 58, 86, 112. Hopkinton V. R., 144 [Ozborn], 336 [Orsborn]. Oakham \nTown Clerk\'s Records. Crawford Family of Oakham, 8. Wore. Co. \nProb. Records, Oct. 22, 181 1. Pay Roll, Capt. How\'s Co., 1776. \n\n\n\nJohn Bell \n\nMarched in Capt. Crawford\'s company on the alarm at \nRhode Island, July 23, 1777. \n\nHe was the third son of James Bell, and was married to \nHannah White of Western (now Warren) in 1776, and settled \nin Murrayfield (now Chester). \n\nOakham T. R., i, 187. M. S. R., i, 910 (5). Crawford Family of \nOakham, 8. \n\nSamuel Bell. \n\nWas Private in Capt. Crawford\'s company of minutemen who \nmarched on the alarm of April 19, 1775. \n\nHe was the sixth son of James Bell. June 22, 1780, he married \nMiss Elizabeth Campbell of Murrayfield (now Chester), and \nlived in that place. \n\nM. S. R., i, 911 (6). Crawford Family of Oakham, 9. \n\n\n\nSilas Bellows. \n\nPrivate in Capt. Seth Washburn\'s Co., Col. Ward\'s Regt. ; en- \nlisted May 10, 1775, for the term of eight months in the siege of \nBoston. He also marched on the Rhode Island and Bennington \nalarms in 1777, and probably served as Sergeant in Capt. John \nHoward\'s Co., Col. Samuel Brewer\'s Regt., in 1776 and 1777. \n\nHis daughter Lissy was baptized in Oakham by Rev. J. Dana, \nNovember 12, 1775. \n\nM. S. R., i, 916 (9), (10), 918 (8) [Belows]. Rev. J. Dana\'s Notes. \n\n\n\n44 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nJoseph Berry. \n\nBorn in Rutland, December 29, 1752, son of Sheers and Esther \n(Woodward) Berry. \n\nJoseph Berry was one of the Oakham minutemen in Capt. \nCrawford\'s company who marched on the Lexington alarm. \nApril 27, while still at Roxbury, he reenlisted in Capt. Hazeltine\'s \ncompany of men raised in the towns of Hardwick, New Brain- \ntree, and Oakham, for the siege of Boston, and was entitled to \na bounty coat or its equivalent in money, as is shown by a state- \nment dated at Hardwick November 2, 1775. On March 11, \n1777, he enlisted for a term of three years in the Continental \nArmy, in the same regiment and company with his father. He \nwas claimed by Rutland, the place of his birth ; but a committee \nfor settling disputes between towns as to soldiers claimed by \nthem, sitting at Barre, June 25, 1778, credited him to Oakham. \nHe was reported sick in hospital in July, 1779, but returned to \nduty the following month. He was discharged March 11, 1780. \n\nHe was married August 5, 1782, to Sarah Powers. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 165, 171. M. S. R., i, 704 (6) [Barry], 994 (8), (12). \nOakham V. R., 12. New Braintree V. R., 69. \n\n\n\nSheers Berry. \n\nEnlisted for a campaign of two months at Roxbury in the \nearly part of 1776, and receipted for ammunition to Capt. \nBarnabas Sears, on February 15. March 11, 1777, he enlisted \nin the Continental Army for the term of three years, in Capt. \nAbel Holden\'s Co., Col. Nixon\'s Regt. After his discharge from \nthe Continental Army, he reenlisted on July 5, 1780, for a three \nmonths\' campaign at West Point, from which he was discharged \nOctober 10, 1780. \n\nSheers Berry\'s name appears on the Rutland town records in \nI750> when he was chosen Field Driver. His wife joined the \nchurch in Rutland, March 8, 1752. In 1759, he enlisted, at the \nage of thirty-three, "in his Majesty\'s service within the Province \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 45 \n\nof Massachusetts Bay in the Regiment whereof Tim\xc2\xb0 Ruggles, \nEsq., is Colonel, for the invasion of Canada." \n\nHe came from Rutland to Oakham in 1765, and was "warned \nout" by the Selectmen, not because they had anything against \nhim, but on account of their unpleasant experience with the \nWidow Gordon, who became a town pauper after having lived \nin Oakham a very short time. For many years he lived on the \nfarm owned by the late James S. Foster. \n\nHe was married in Rutland, June 15, 1750, to Esther Wood- \nward of Holden, and had eight children, the first five born in \nRutland: Eunice, June 22, 1751 ; Joseph, December 29, 1752; \nEphraim, November 25, 1754; Esther, December 5, 1757; Lydia, \nSeptember 8, 1760; John, April 4, 1772; Woodward, September \n2, 1774; Benjamin, baptized August 17, 1777. \n\nSheers Berry was living in Oakham in 1790, but died before \nOctober 8, 1800, when his wife is called "Widow Esther Berry" \nin the Spy. \n\nOakham T. R., i, z\'^, 165, 171, 199, 252. Rutland T. R., March 4, 1750. \nMass. Muster Rolls, 1759. M. S. R., i, 997 (3). Oakham V. R., 12 \n[Beary]. Rutland V. R., 15, 114. Rutland Church Records, March 8, \n1752. U. S. Census (1790), Mass., 230. Rev. D. Tomlinson\'s Notes. \nSpy, Oct. 8, 1800. \n\nJames Bigelow. \n\nEnlisted for three years in the Continental Army for the town \nof Oakham; descriptive list taken April 28, 1781 ; age 18, stature \n5 feet 4, complexion dark, occupation blacksmith, residence \nOakham. \n\nM. S. R., ii, 25 (10). \n\nThe Black Family. \n\nAbraham Black came from Rutland, and in 1758 purchased \nof Aaron Estabrook, of Chelmsford, for \xc2\xa35, forty and one-half \nacres in Lot BB. He was Selectman of Oakham in 1765. \n\nApril 18, 1753, he was married, in Rutland, to Mary, daughter \nof John and Grace Mclntyre. Though the family records are \n\n\n\n46 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nnot preserved, he was probably the father of George, James, \nStewart, and Wilham Black, who were soldiers in the Revolu- \ntionary War. \n\nRutland V. R., 115. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, xxxviii, 479. \n\n\n\nGeorge Black. \n\nWas Sergeant in Capt. Crawford\'s company of minutemen who \nmarched on the alarm of April 19, 1775. On May i, 1775, he \nreenlisted for eight months in Capt. Simeon Hazeltine\'s company, \nwhich served at Roxbury. He was appointed Lieutenant in that \ncompany, and received his commission June 7, 1775. \n\nHe was on the Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and \nSafety in 1776. \n\nMay 19, 1774, he married Bethiah Allen, daughter of James \nAllen, of Bridgewater, and sister of Deacon Jesse Allen, of \nOakham. Mrs. Bethiah Allen Black died April 19, 1836, aged \neighty-six years. Her daughter, Bethiah Black, died September \n29, 1873. Lieut. George Black lived on the farm owned by the \nlate Reuben Dean. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168. M. S. R., ii, 94 (10), 128 (3) [Blake]. Oakham \nV. R., 59 [Blake], 112. Oakham Town Clerk\'s Records. Mitchell, Hist, \nof Bridgewater, 95. \n\nJames Black. \n\nPrivate in Capt. Joseph Livermore\'s company; enlisted July \n3, 1779, for a term of three months with guards at Rutland, and \nwas discharged October 4, 1779. \n\nIn 1775 he was married to the Widow Rebeckah Lyon. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 215. M. S. R., ii, 96 (2). Oakham V. R., 59. \n\nStewart Black. \n\nPrivate in Capt. Crawford\'s company of minutemen which \nmarched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, and Ensign in Capt. \nHazeltine\'s company, in which he reenlisted April 27, 1775, for \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 47 \n\na term of eight months. He served also under Capt. Nathan \nHamilton from August 3 to September 30, 1776, in the company \nsent to Ticonderoga and Fort Edward, and marched with the \nOakham company on the Bennington alarm, August 20, 1777. \n\nHe married Anna, daughter of Aaron and Jean (Craige) \nParmenter, in 1778. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 16S. M. S. R., ii, 100 (5), (6), 137 (2), (3) [Blake]. \nOakham V. R., 41, 59. \n\nWilliam Black. \n\nMarched with Capt. John Crawford\'s company of minutemen \non the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775, and was one of those \nwho, before the minutemen were discharged, reenlisted in Capt. \nHazeltine\'s company, on April 27, for a term of eight months, \nand was entitled to a bounty coat or its equivalent in money. \nJuly 2, 1777, he reenlisted in Capt. Ralph Earll\'s company and \nserved six months at Providence. In 1779 he enlisted in the \nContinental Army for three years for the town of Northfield, \ngiving his residence as Oakham. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 165. M. S. R., ii, 100 (10), 138 (2), (3), (6) [Blake]. \n\n\n\nJames Blair. \n\nSon of James Blair, who was born in Scotland, went at the age of \nfive with his parents to Ireland, and two years later came to America. \nThe father was a coachman and married an English girl named Pepper. \nThree sons, James, Asa, and Joseph, served in the War of the Revolu- \ntion. Asa died as a result of wounds received in the battle of White \nPlains. \n\nJames Blair served as Private for a term of two months at \nRoxbury under Capt. Barnabas Sears, and again in a campaign \nto Bennington and Half Moon in August, 1777. He was Cor- \nporal in Capt. Joseph Cutler\'s company of volunteers, which \nmarched to join General Gates at the Northward, September 24, \n1777. On July 9, 1778, he was sent to guard stores at Brookfield. \nIn 1780 he served as Sergeant in Col. Whitney\'s Regt. in Rhode \nIsland. \n\n\n\n48 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nApril i6, 1776, he purchased of Benjamin Joslyn, for \xc2\xa3293, \none hundred and ten acres on the road leading from George \nBlack\'s to Silas Frost\'s in New Braintree; this was the Charles \nKeith place. Mr. Blair was one of the early signers of the church \ncovenant, but was not in town in 1773 when the Congregational \nChurch was organized. \n\nHe married Sarah Joslyn of New Braintree, April 26, 1770. \nChildren: Lucy, born June 24, 1771 ; Sally, born November 27, \n1772; Katey, born November 18, 1774; Joseph, born April 10, \n1777; Asa, born May 13, 1780; James, born November 4, 1782; \nPolly, born December 10, 1784; Hosea, born August 3, 1787, \n\nNovember 22, 1793, Sally Blair married George Black, 2d, and \nin 1800 was living in Wardsboro, Vt. George Black, 2d, died \nNovember 24, 1810, at Watervliet, N. Y. His widow, Sally Blair \nBlack, died October 23, 1863, near Castle Creek, N. Y. \n\nAfter the death of his first wife, James Blair married, Decem- \nber 23, 1799, Annie Hagar, widow of Isaac Hagar, and removed \nto the Wilbur place, which had been given her by her father, \nCapt. Jonathan Bullard. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 188. M. S. R., ii, 118 (8), (9), (10), (11), (12). Oak- \nham V. R., 12, 59. Rev. D. Tomlinson\'s Notes. New Braintree V. R., 69. \nOakham Church Records, i, i, 3. /. A. Young, Genealogical Notes, Part \nII, I, 3. Recollections of Mrs. Horace Wilbur. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, \nIxxix, 438. \n\nApollos Bolton. \n\nHas credit on the town records for service in a three months\' \ncampaign at West Point, from July 5 to October 10, 1780. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 252. \n\nElias Bolton. \n\nEnlisted July 6, 1780, in the Continental Army for a term of \nsix months ; age 18, stature 5 feet 9, complexion light. In the \nfall of 1780, he was Fife Major in Col. Gamaliel Bradford\'s \nregiment. He was discharged December 11, 1780. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 251. M. S. R., ii, 249 (9). \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 49 \n\nNathaniel Bolton, Jr. \n\nProbably son of Nathaniel and Deborah (Washburn) Bolton of Bridge- \nwater, who were married March 24, 1740. \n\nHe marched with Capt. Crawford July 23, 1777, on the Rhode \nIsland alarm. \n\nNathaniel Bolton was a school-teacher and a local poet. At \nleast three of his poems were printed. In the Massachusetts Spy \nof April 8, 1779, was the announcement: \n\n"On Saturday next will be published, and to be sold at the \nPrinting-Office, A Poem on the Surrender of Gen. Burgoyne &c, \ncomposed by Nathaniel Bolton of Oakham, the week after that \nglorious conquest obtained by Gen. Gates." \n\nSome verses written by him on the "Death of Dr. Spencer \nField" are preserved in the Fobes Memorial Library, and "A \nPoem on Infidelity," Greenwich, 1808, is in the Boston Public \nLibrary. An acrostic (MS.) on the Death of Mrs. Hannah \nFoster is in the possession of Miss Laura G. Burt. Mr. Bolton \nlived on the county road from Rutland to Brookfield, about a \nhalf mile south of Ware Corner. \n\nHe married Jane, daughter of Thomas and Jane (Washburn) \nThompson of Bridgewater, in 1777. She was born in Bridge- \nwater, in 1749, and died in Oakham, May 8, 1814. Only one son, \nOliver, lived to grow up. \n\nM. S. R., ii, 251 (7). Oakham V. R., 112. Spy, Apr. 8, 1779- Note \nof Dea. Jesse Allen. Mitchell, Hist, of Bridgewater, 118, 314. Plymouth \nCo. Marriages, 30. Bolton, Boltons of O. & N. England, xii. \n\nAlexander Bothwell, 2d. \n\nSon of Alexander Bothwell, who with his wife was among those \nwho had been communicants in Ireland and who in 1729, "producing \nletters testimonial and consenting to church covenant, were admitted \nto full communion" with the church in Rutland. \n\nAlexander Bothwell, 2d, served in six campaigns: (i) on \nthe alarm at Rhode Island, July 23, 1777; (2) in Capt. \nCrawford\'s Co., September 7 to November 29, 1777, at Still- \n4 \n\n\n\n50 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nwater, in the army that captured General Burgoyne; (3) in the \ncompany that guarded Burgoyne\'s troops at Rutland from March \n30 to July 2, 1778; (4) in Col. Whitney\'s Regt. from July 30 \nto September 13, 1778; (5) as guard at Rutland in the summer \nof 1779; (6) again as guard at Rutland, April 20 to December \n20, 1780. He was Corporal in the Stillwater campaign. \n\nHe was one of the first ten settlers of Oakham, and in 1748 \npurchased from Jonas Clark of Boston, for "Five Pounds in \nBills of Credit of ye Last Emission," seven hundred and four \nacres, as follows : the whole of Lot No. 20, seventy-nine acres \nin Lot X, and four triangular pieces of land called gores, \nlettered P, Q, R, S. He built a house at what is now Rice Corner, \nand kept an inn here from 1758, when his name first appears \non the list of licensed innholders. \n\nAlexander Bothwell, 2d, was Precinct Moderator in 1760, and \nSelectman of the Precinct in 1759 and 1762. He was the father \nof eight children, the first four born in Rutland : Rachel, August \n8, 1742; Alexander, 3d, January 7, 1744; Mary, March 8, 1746, \nmarried in March, 1787, to Nehemiah Allen, Jr.; William, May \n19, 1748; Prudence, July 20, 1750, married July 8, 1790, to \nValentine Bullard; John, May 14, 1752; Sarah, October 15, \n17555 James, September i, 1758. \' \' \n\nOakham T. R., i, 187, 188, 215. M. S. R., ii, 300 (2) [Bothel], (9). \nOakham V. R., 13, 60. Rev. D. Tomlinson\'s Notes. Rutland Church \nRecords, 1729. Records, Wore. Co. Court of Sessions, 1758. Wore. Co. \nReg. of Deeds, liv, 202. \n\nAlexander Bothwell, 3d. \n\nBorn in Rutland, January 7, 1744, eldest son of Alexander Bothwell, 2d, \nwho was one of the first ten settlers of Oakham. \n\nHe marched as Second Lieutenant in Capt. John Crawford\'s \ncompany of minutemen on April 19, 1775, in response to the \nLexington alarm. When the 4th Worcester County Regiment \nwas organized in Brookfield, May 14, 1776, he was chosen First \nLieutenant in the 8th Company, under the command of Capt. \nJohn Crawford, and received his commission May 31, 1776- He \nserved as Lieutenant in Capt. Crawford\'s company on the \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 5 1 \n\nalarm at Rhode Island, July 23, 1777; on the alarm at Ben- \nnington, August 20, 1777; also in Capt. Joseph Cutler\'s company \nof volunteers which marched to join General Gates at the North- \nward, September 24, 1777, and in Capt. Daniel Gilbert\'s Co., \nCol. Josiah Whitney\'s Regt., from July 30 to September 13, 1778, \nat Rhode Island. \n\nLittle is known of his family. His wife\'s name was Mary. \nHe lived in Oakham till his death, which occurred in 1813. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 187, 188, 189, 214, 228, 229. M. S. R., ii, 300 (6) \n[Bothwel], (10). Oakham V. R., 13. Bothwell Family Records (MS.) \nin possession of Miss Florence Bothwell of Oakham. See John \nCrawford, p. 70. \n\nJames Bothw^ell. \n\nBorn in Oakham, September i, 1758, the fourth son of Alexander \nBothwell, 2d. \n\nHe enlisted September 7, 1777, in Capt. Crawford\'s company \nfor a term of three months in the Stillwater campaign, and was \nmade Corporal. He served also in Capt. Whipple\'s Co. on the \nRhode Island alarm. \n\nJames Bothwell was married (i) to Mary Wilson, May 31, \n1779; (2) to Sally Prouty, October 2, 1797. \n\nM. S. R., ii, 300 (3) [Botherill], (11). Oakham V. R., 13, 59, 60. \n\n\n\nJohn Bothwell. \n\nBorn in Oakham, May 14, 1752, third son of Alexander Bothwell, 2d. \n\nHe was one of the Oakham minutemen who marched with \nCapt. Crawford on the alarm of April 19, 1775. In the follow- \ning year he served three months in New York. He was a \nmember of Capt. Crawford\'s company which marched in 1777 on \nthe Rhode Island and Bennington alarms, and of Capt. Cutler\'s \ncompany of volunteers sent September 24, 1777, to join General \nGates at the Northward. \n\nJohn Bothwell lived on the present Bothwell farm. In 1778 \nhe purchased of Thomas Mann the grist mill on the Five Mile \n\n\n\n52 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nRiver, which has since remained in the possession of the Bothwell \nfamily. \n\nHe married Rebecca McFarland, daughter of Alexander Mc- \nFarland, one of the first ten settlers of Oakham. Children, \nborn in Oakham: Susannah, July 8, 1773; John, Jr., September \n25, 1775; Rebecka, May 23, 1780; Lucretia, October i, 1784; \nReuben, April 9, 1788; Cheney, October 17, 1790. \n\nCheney Bothwell married (i) Electa Rockwood of New \nBraintree in 1810. After her death, January 14, 1825, he mar- \nried (2) Charlotte Rockwood. He was the father of Sylvander \nBothwell, who served in the 42d Mass. Inf. in the Civil War. \n\nJohn Bothwell died in Oakham, January 12, 1814. His widow, \nRebecca, died October 28, 1848, aged ninety-seven years. \n\nOakham T. R.. i, 168, 188, 189. M. S. R., ii, 300 (7) [Bothwell], \n(12). Oakham V. R., 13 [Lucretia = Christie], 59, 112 [Jan. 12, 1814 = \nJan. II, 1812 (1822)]. Wore. Co. Prob. Records, 1776 [Alexander \nMcFarland]. Bothwell Family Records (see above). John Robinson\'s \nNotes. \n\nWilliam Bothwell. \n\nBorn in Rutland, May 19, 1748, second son of Alexander Bothwell, 2d. \n\nHe was Private in the company which marched under the \ncommand of Capt. Crawford on the alarm of April 19, 1775, \nand served as Corporal in 1776 for a term of two months with \nLieut. Asa French at Dobbs Ferry, Tarrytown and North \nCastle. July 23, 1777, he went as Corporal in the Oakham \ncompany on an alarm at Rhode Island. He served six months \nin Rhode Island in 1777, and guaranteed one half of the expense \nof hiring Jacob Adams for a term of six months at Boston in \n1777. \n\nWilliam Bothwell was Selectman of Oakham in 1784, 1785, \nand 1791. He was married to Eunice, daughter of George \nHarper, April 27, 1769. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 187, 188, 214. M. S. R., ii, 300 (13). Oakham \nV. R., 13, 59 [Bothel]. Bothwell Family Records (see above). Pay Roll, \nCapt. How\'s Co., 1776. \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 53 \n\nThe Boyd Family. \n\nThe Boyd family came from the north of Ireland. Samuel \nBoyd removed from Rutland to Oakham in 1762 and bought \nof Nathaniel Hatch of Dorchester for \xc2\xa376 4s. 4d., Lot W, two \nhundred and fifty acres, and also nineteen acres in Lot BB. He \nwas Warden in 1764, and Chairman of the Selectmen of Oak- \nham in 1765. He was a strong Presbyterian and was one of the \ncommittee appointed by the town that was directed to "aplie to \nthe Prisberty for a minister and Now whare Eals." His sons \nJames and John served in the Revolution. \n\nLetter of Mrs. Alfred D. Parkman of North Brookfield. Oakham \nT. R., i, 31. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, xlv, 376. \n\n\n\nJames Boyd. \n\nServed in seven campaigns. He enlisted (i) May 2, 1775, for \neight months\' service at Roxbury under Capt. Hazeltine; (2) \nMay 5, 1777, for two months at Rhode Island under Capt. \nHodges; (3) August 27, 1777, for four months under Capt. \nEarll; (4) July 5, 1780, for three months under Capt. Paige at \nWest Point; (5) August 27, 1781, for service of three months \nat West Point under Capt. Cutler. He was also detailed (6) to \ngo with the company which guarded Burgoyne\'s troops on their \nmarch from Rutland to Enfield, Conn., November 3, 1778; and \n(7) marched with Capt. Crawford on the Rhode Island alarm. \nIn the second, fourth and sixth campaigns he served as Corporal. \n\nHe married Janet Bell in 1780, and had three sons, William, \nJohn, and Cheney, and four daughters, Mehetabel, Mary, \nRebekah, and Lucretia, all born in Oakham. \n\nCheney was born in 1797, and married Susan Flint of Oak- \nham. His son, Isaac M., born in Oakham, July 7, 1821, was \nthe father of John Flint Boyd, a soldier in the Civil War. \n\nMrs. Janet Boyd was buried in the south part of the burying \nground in the center of the town. The new meeting-house, \nwhich was erected in 18 14, covered her grave, and this led her \n\n\n\n54 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nhusband to lay out the Boyd cemetery, in which he and seven \nof his family were buried. \n\nJames Boyd died October 14, 1824, aged seventy-two years. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 187, 214, 252, 280. M. S. R., ii, 358 (6), (7), \n368 (5) [Boyed]. Oakham V. R., 60, 112. Temple, Hist, of No. Brook- \nfield, 534, 535. Letter of Mrs. Parkman (see above). \n\n\n\nJohn Boyd. \n\nCorporal in the company of Oakham minutemen who marched \nApril 19, 1775, in response to the Lexington alarm. He was also \na private in Capt. Hamilton\'s company which served from \nAugust 3 to September 30, 1776, at Ticonderoga and Fort \nEdward. October 14, 1779, he enlisted for a term of three \nmonths at Claverack, and was placed in Col. Denny\'s regiment. \nHe has credit on the town records for the Rhode Island alarm, \nand for a term of six months in Rhode Island in 1777. \n\nJohn Boyd became Captain of the Oakham company of Mas- \nsachusetts militia in 1794. He was a man of much ability and \nof good education, and was employed by the town for many \nyears to make tax rates. He was often Assessor, was eight \ntimes Selectman of Oakham (in the years 1781, 1788, 1791, \n1794, 1797, 1799, 1 80 1, and 1802), and in 1798 represented the \ntown in the Massachusetts Legislature. In 1781 he was married \nto Judith Hall of Cornish. \n\nCapt. Boyd died in Oakham, August 12, 1833, at the age of \neighty-two years. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 171, 188, 242, ii, 2^,7. M. S. R., ii, 358 (8), (9). \nOakham V. R., 60, 113. \n\nAsa Briggs. \n\nMarched in Capt. John Crawford\'s company on the alarm at \nBennington, August 20, 1777. He enlisted September 7, 1777, \nfor the Stillwater campaign, served with the army that captured \nBurgoyne, and was discharged November 29, 1777. \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 55 \n\nIn 1783 he purchased land on East Hill, near Jacob Adams \nand Joseph Osborn. At a church meeting held June 17, 1779, \nhe was chosen Chorister. He was one of the early signers of \nthe church covenant, but probably was not in town in I773> when \nthe Congregational church was organized. \n\nAsa Briggs married Levina Chaddock, of Oakham, November \n12, 1778. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 188. M. S. R., ii, 499 (2). Oakham V. R., 61. \nOakham Church Records, i, i, 3, 6. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, xcii, 407. \n\n\n\nJames Brown. \n\nMarched with Capt. Crawford on the Bennington alarm, and \nhas credit on the town records for six months at Brookfield. \nHe also guaranteed one-half the expense of hiring a man for \na campaign to New York for five months, and to Boston for two \nmonths. \n\nHe came from Paxton to Oakham with his sister. Thankful \nBrown, Spinster, and purchased, March 26, 1765, from Seth \nMetcalf of Paxton, for \xc2\xa3150, one hundred and fifteen acres in \nLot No. 2, the farm on East Hill owned by the late William E. \nKeep. He was Selectman of Oakham four years, member of \nthe Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety seven \nyears, and was one of the signers of the petition of June 23, \n1773, for the organization of a Congregational church in Oakham. \n\nHis first wife\'s name was Mary. She died September 28, \n1795, aged fifty-five years. He was again married, in 1796, to \nWidow Rhoda Clark of Rutland. Mr. Brown died June 12, \n1819, aged seventy-eight years. Four children are mentioned in \nhis will, which was filed July 6, 1819: \n\nMoses, born April 10, 1773, Town Clerk of Oakham in 1812. \nHis daughter, Esther Brown, was a well-known local revivalist. \n\nThankful, married in 18 10 to Jacob Evans of Rutland. Some \nof her writings on religious subjects, intended for publication \nbut never printed, are still preserved. \n\n\n\n$6 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nAaron, who married Azubah Green in 1786, and Elizabeth, \nwho married a Mr. Pratt. The last two died before April 8, \n1818, when the will was written. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 188, 189, 214. M. S. R., ii, 685 (12) [Samuel \nBrown]. Oakham V. R., 14. Oakham Church Records, i, i. Note of \nDea. Jesse Allen. Recollections of Miss Amanda Crawford. Wore. Co. \nProb. Records, July 6, 1819. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, liii, 171, xcviii. \n528. \n\nJohn Brown. \n\nMarched in Capt. Crawford\'s company on the Rhode Island \nand Bennington alarms, and paid one-half the expense of sending \na man to New York for a term of five months. \n\nJune 23, 1773, he signed the petition to the Council for the \norganization of the Oakham church in Congregational form. \n\nDecember 17, 1764, John Brown of Marlboro was married in \nBolton to Phebe Fosket. Children: Phebe, bom March 15, 1765, \nin Bolton; Elisabeth, born in Oakham August 30, 1770; Lucy, \nborn in Oakham September 14, 1773. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 187, 188. M. S. R., ii, 646 (11). Oakham V. R., \n14. Bolton V. R., 114. Oakham Church Records, i, i. \n\n\n\nIsaac Bullard. \n\nBorn in Weston, Mass., April 2, 1749, the second son of Jonathan \nand Anna (Harrington) Bullard. \n\nHe marched in Capt. John Crawford\'s company on the alarm \nat Rhode Island, July 23, 1777, and served from July 26, 1777, to \nJanuary 4, 1778, in Rhode Island, in Capt. Earll\'s Co., Col. \nKeyes\'s Regt. \n\nHe "removed to Maine, where he was married and had several \nchildren, but the records of his family are not preserved. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 188. M. S. R., ii, -yz (8) [Bulard], 782 (10). \nBond, Geneal. and Hist, of Watertown, 148. Letter of J. H. Bullard of \nSpringfield, Mass. \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 57 \n\nJonathan Bullard. \n\nBorn in Watertown, March 29, 1727, son of Jonathan and Ruth \n(Harrington) Bullard and descendant in the fifth generation of George \nBullard, who died in Watertown, January 14, 1688. \n\nHe was commissioned in 1771 First Lieutenant in the militia \ncompany of Oakham, of which James Craige, Jr., was Captain. \nIn 1775 he had the title of Captain on the town records, and had \nno doubt by that time received his commission as Captain. He \nhas credit on the town records for five months\' service in the \nRevolutionary War, in New York in 1776. \n\nAbout 1750 he removed from Weston to Rutland, where he \nwas innholder. His house was near White Hall, and on the county \nroad from Rutland to Brookfield. In 1757 he removed to Oakham \nand purchased from Thomas Allen of Dorchester, for \xc2\xa354, the \nnortherly half of Lot No. 13, containing one hundred and forty- \nfive acres, the farm which is still occupied by Henry Bullard \nand on which seven generations of Bullards have lived. He \nincreased his landed estates till he became the largest landholder \nin Oakham, owning a tract extending from near the northern \nboundary of the town to the road which runs from the present \nvillage of Oakham to New Braintree. He built a house on his \noriginal purchase, set on high land and commanding a fine view \ntoward the north and northwest. This house stood practically \nunchanged till 1865, when it was remodeled by his great-grand- \nson, Avery Bullard. \n\nJonathan Bullard held all the important offices in the gift of \nhis fellow-citizens. He was often Assessor, Collector, and \nTreasurer; served twenty-three times as Moderator and four- \nteen times as Selectman, having been chosen on the first Board \nelected after the incorporation of Oakham ; was a member of \nthe Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety in \n1775 and 1776; represented the town in the Great and General \nCourt in 1787, 1788 and 1789; and was Delegate to the Pro- \nvincial Congress which convened at Salem, October 7, 1774. \n\nHe was married to Anna Harrington in 1745. After her \ndeath in 1753, he was again married. May 22, 1755, to Lydia, \n\n\n\n58 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\ndaughter of Ebenezer Foster of Rutland, and sister of Lieut. \nEbenezer Foster, the well-known innholder of Oakham. \n\nChildren of Jonathan and Anna (Harrington) Bullard: Silas, \nborn in Weston, May 24, 1746; Isaac, born in Weston, April 2, \n1749; Sybilla, born in Rutland, November 3, 1750; Hannah, \nborn in Rutland, February 3, 1752; Samuel, born in Rutland, \nNovember 20, 1753. \n\nChildren of Jonathan and Lydia (Foster) Bullard: Dorothy, \nborn in Rutland, October 26, 1755 ; Ruth, born in Rutland, \nFebruary 21, 1757; Jonathan, Jr., born in Oakham, December 24, \n1758; Abigail, born in Oakham, March, 1761 ; Patty, born in \nOakham in 1763; Phineas, born in Oakham in July, 1764, \nbaptized August 14, 1764; Moses, baptized April 4, 1767; \nValentine, born in Oakham in 1769; Ebenezer, baptized August \n8, 1773; Hepsebath, born in Oakham in 1776; Lydia, born in \nOakham in 1778. There were two daughters, Anna and Sarah, \nthe dates of whose birth are not now known. Anna married Col, \nIsaac Hagar in Waltham, April 26, 1770; her son, David Hagar, \nborn October 14, 1781, was father of Mrs. Horace Wilbur. \n\nCapt. Jonathan Bullard died in Oakham, November 26, 1796, \naged seventy years. He was buried either on his own land or \nin the churchyard in the center of the town. His monument \nstands in Pine Grove Cemetery, but this was not laid out till 1812. \nOn his monument are the following inscriptions. That of his \nwidow was added several years after the stone dedicated to his \nmemory was erected, and is cut mostly between the lines of the \noriginal inscription : \n\nIN MEMORY OF \nCAPT. JON BULLARD & MrS. \n\nLydia Bullard, his wife. She died \n\nWHO DIED \n\nMay nth, 1819 \n\nNOV. 26TH, A. D. 1796 \n\nAged 84 \n\nIN YE 70 YR \n\nOF HIS AGE \n\n" \'Tis but a few whose days amount \nTo three score years and ten \nAnd all beyond that short account \nIs sorrow, toil and pain." \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 59 \n\nOakham T. R., i, 138, 168. Lieutenancy and Congressional Certificates \nin possession of J. H. BuUard (see above). Oakham V. R., 113. Rev. \nJ. Dana\'s Notes. Rutland V. R., 23, 121. Waltham V. R., 44 162. \nBond, Geneal. and Hist, of Watertown, 148. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, \nxxiv, 502, xl, 167. \n\nJonathan Bullard, Jr. \n\nBorn in Oakham, December 24, 1758, the fourth son of Jonathan \nBullard, and the eldest son of his second wife, Lydia Foster. \n\nHe marched with Capt. Crawford on the Bennington alarm, \nAugust 20, 1777, and has credit on the town records for six weeks \nin Rhode Island in response to the call of June i6, 1778- \n\nJonathan Bullard, Jr., was a farmer and lived in a house at \nthe Fairbank place from 1791 till 1800. This*" farm belonged \nto his father till November, 1796, when the son purchased from \nhis father seventy acres of the farm, with the buildings thereon. \nFebruary 4, 1800, he sold this property to Artemas Howe. Some- \ntime after 1800, he removed to Maine and lived for many years \nin the town of Turner, and later in Foxcroft. \n\nHe was married June 13, 1781, to Ruth Whittemore of \nSpencer, Mass., and had twelve children. The eldest was \nJonathan, born in Oakham September 18, 1800, married October \n3, 1824, to Nancy Bradford. He died June 4, 1879, in Foxcroft, \nMaine. \n\nThe other children were: Isaac, Hepsebeth, Ruth (died young), \nAsa, Ebenezer, Ruth, Nathan, Joseph, Marshall, Lucy, Sally. \n\nJonathan Bullard, father of the above children, died in Fox- \ncroft, Maine, December 28, 1854, aged ninety-six years. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 188, 214. M. S. R., ii, 773 (12) [Bulard]. Rutland \nV. R., 23. Letter of J. H. Bullard (see above). Wore. Co. Reg. of \nDeeds, exxx, 138, exxxi, 237, cxxxviii, 50. \n\nSamuel Bullard. \n\nBorn in Rutland, November 20, 1753, third son and fifth child of \nJonathan and Anna (Harrington) Bullard. \n\nHe enlisted June 5, 1775, and served eight months at Roxbury, \nin Capt. Hazeltine\'s Co., Col. Fellows\' Regt. He also marched \n\n\n\n6o SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nwith the Oakham company on the Rhode Island alarm, July 23, \n1777, and enlisted August 28, 1777, in Capt. Hodges\'s Co., Col. \nCushing\'s Regt., for service at the Northward. \n\nHe was married to Abigail Fumess, sister of Mary Furness, \nthe wife of his brother Silas. They had seven children. Samuel \nBullard removed to Onondaga, N. Y., where he was killed in \n1802, at the raising of a building at a place called "The Lord\'s \nComers." ]\\Irs. Bullard died in 1840, aged ninety-six years. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 187. M. S. R., ii, 788 (2), (5). Rutland V. R., \n23. Letter of J. H. Bullard (see above). \n\n\n\nSilas Bullard. \n\nBorn in Weston, May 24, 1746, eldest child of Jonathan and Anna \n(Harrington) Bullard. \n\nHe was Corporal of the Oakham company of minutemen \nwhich marched April 19, 1775, in response to the Lexington \nalarm; served two months in 1776 with Lieut. Asa French at \nTarr}i:own, N. Y., in Col. James Converse\'s Regt. ; marched with \nCapt. Crawford on the Bennington alarm, August 20, 1777; and \nwith Lieut. Alexander Bothwell, 3d, September 25, 1777, to join \nGeneral Gates at the Northward. \n\nHe was a farmer and large landholder. He built the original \nhouse, and owned the farm where the late Sanford H. Bullard \nlived and which is still in possession of his descendants. He \nsubscribed \xc2\xa31 los. toward building the house of Mr. Tomlinson \nin 1786, to be paid in brick, probably of his own manufacture. He \nwas Selectman of Oakham for twelve years, and Treasurer of \nthe town eight years. \n\nSilas Bullard was married, April 4, 1770, to Mary Furness, \ndaughter of Benjamin and Sarah Furness, who came to Oakham \nfrom Lynn in 1765. Children, all born in Oakham: Bettey, June \n7, 1771 ; Benjamin, March 16, 1773; Alpha, March 22, 1775, \nRuth, December 5, 1777; Adin, October 11, 1779; William, Jan- \nuary 3, 1782; Moley, May 9, 1784; Silas, Jr., April 15, 1787; \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 6 1 \n\nEditha, June ii, 1789; Melissa, June 11, 1792; Calvin, Septem- \nber 26, 1794; Joel, October 7, 1796. \n\nTwo great-grandsons of Silas BuUard, Sergeant George A. \nBullard and his brother Silas, were soldiers in Co. E, 4th \nMichigan Cavalry, and shared in the capture of Jefferson Davis \nand his party on May 10, 1865, near Irwinsville, Ga., Sergeant \nBullard being the second, and Silas being among the first six \nthat entered his camp. \n\nSilas Bullard died February 9, 1826, aged seventy-nine. His \nwife, born in 1751, died February i, 1821. \n\nOakham T. R., i, Z7 [Furnish], 168, 188, 189. M. S. R., i, 552 (i) \n[Ballard], ii, 774 (2) [Bulard], 789 (2). Oakham V. R., 14, 15, 62, 114. \nLetter of J. H. Bullard (see above). Subscription Paper for Mr. \nTomlinson, May 3, 1786 (MS.). Bond, Geneal. and HisL of Watertown, \n148. Pay Roll, Capt. How\'s Co., 1776. \n\nIsaiah Butler. \n\nHas credit on the town records for three months\' service in \nNew York in the latter half of 1776. \n\nHe came from Hardwick. February 7, 1771, he was married, \nin New Braintree, to Abigail Thresher. Children, born in Oak- \nham: Prudence, April 5, 1772; Daniel, May 3, 1775. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168. Oakham V. R., 16. New Braintree V. R., "jz. \n\nJohn Butler. \n\nWas one of the Oakham minutemen that marched with Capt. \nCrawford on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. He was \nsent as guard to Boston April i, 1778, and was detailed by Capt. \nCrawford to serve, in November of that year, with the company \nthat guarded Burgoyne\'s troops on their march from Rutland \nto Enfield, Conn. From October 14 to November 22, 1779, he \nwas in Col. Gerrish\'s Regt., which was sent to reinforce the \narmy under General Washington. \n\nHe was married to Grace Black in 1775. Children, all born \nin Oakham: Alice, June 9, 1775; John, Jr., June 23, 1777; \nLucretia, March 27, 1779; ^lolly, October 27, 1780; Sarah, \n\n\n\n62 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nOctober 24, 1782; James, January 22, 1785; Walter, December \n20, 1786; Elias, November 19, 1788; Melina, April 23, 1793; \nMelissa, May i, 1795; Walter, April 27, 1798. \n\nJohn Butler hired a private tutor to teach his children in his \nov^n house. His daughter Alice became a woman of much \nintelligence and culture. She was married to Jonas Munroe, \nin August, 1801. Their son James, born in Oakham, January \n25, 1818, was graduated from Yale College in 1845. He taught \nas Principal of schools in Georgia, in eastern Massachusetts, and \nin Rockville, Cal., where he died March 19, 1861. \n\nJohn Butler died October 9, 1813. His widow, Grace, died \nJanuary 12, 1818. The old Butler house was on the east side \nof the East Hill road, near where Edmund Dean afterward lived. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 189, 214. M. S. R., ii, 949 (7), 950 (7). Oakham \nV. R., 16, 63 [Butlar], 114. Record of the Class of 1845, Yale College \n(1881), 142-146. Recollections of Miss Amanda Crawford. Wore. Co. \nProb. Records, Nov. 20, 1813. John Robinson\'s Notes. \n\nGeorge Caswell. \n\nWas one of the minutemen in the Oakham company that \nmarched on the alarm of April 19, 1775. He has also credit on \nthe town records for five months\' service in New York in 1776. \nIn October, 1775, he enlisted as a substitute for John Fisher, of \nNew Braintree, in Capt. John Grainger\'s Co., Col. Learned\'s \nRegt., and was made Corporal. In March, 1780, he was detailed \nby Capt. Crawford to serve four months as guard at Rutland. \n\nHe came from New Braintree in October, 1770, and purchased \nin 1 77 1, for \xc2\xa381, eighty-nine acres in Lot No. 31, near the \nmiddle of said Lot, south of Isaiah Butler and west of the Widow \nFurbush. In 1773 he sold thirty-two acres, the northerly part \nof this lot, to Nathaniel Weeks for \xc2\xa344, retaining what became \na part of the Percival Hall farm. \n\nMarch 28, 1771, he was married in New Braintree to Weltha \nRichmond. Children, born in Oakham : George, February 10, \n1772; Hannah, March 25, 1775; Luceba, March 16, 1777; \nWeltha, February 28, 1779; Lucena, March 22, 1781. \n\nGeorge Caswell was living in Oakham in 1790. \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 63 \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 255. M. S. R., iii, 195 (6) [Castle], 196 (14) \n[Caswel]. Oakham V. R., 16 [Castle, Castwell], 17. New Braintree \nV. R., "JZ- U. S. Census (1790), Mass., 230. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, \nIxxxi, 25, xcv, 448. \n\nBowman Chaddock. \n\nBorn March 12, 1762, in Brookfield, son of Joseph and Sarah Chaddock. \n\nHe was mustered in, July 17, 1779, for a term of nine months \nin the Continental Army, in Capt. Wadsworth\'s Co., Col. Brad- \nford\'s Regt., which served under General Benedict Arnold; age \n17, stature 5 feet 6, complexion light, residence Oakham. In \nhis application for a pension, dated August, 1832, he wrote: "In \nsummer of 1780 sent to White Plains with detachment of 300. \nWe were attacked by 800 infantry and 200 light horse, and two- \nfifths of the command were killed or taken prisoners." \n\nSeptember 5, 1782, he was married in New Braintree to Marcy, \ndaughter of Ebenezer Nye, of Oakham. He was chosen Chorister \nat a church meeting in Oakham held December 18, 1782. \n\nHe removed to Eaton, Sherbroke Co., Province of Lower \nCanada, where he died August 10, 1832, a few days after the \ndate of his application for pension. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 242. M. S. R., iii, 232 (6), ziZ (9) [Chddock]. Oak- \nham V. R., ^z. Brookfield V. R., 58. Oakham Church Records, i, 6. \nPension Application, Aug., 1832. \n\nJoseph Chaddock. \n\nMarched with a detachment from the Oakham company on \nthe Rhode Island alarm, July 23, 1777. \n\nHe came to Oakham from Brookfield in 1777, and purchased \non May 8 of that year the whole of Lot T, with the buildings, \nat the Reed Corner, on the spot where the Mullett house now \nstands. Here he kept an inn from 1777 to 1796. This house \nwas destroyed by fire on the evening of December 11, 1798, and \nthe one erected by Mr. Chaddock in its place was also burned, \nApril II, 1874. \n\nJoseph Chaddock was a prominent citizen. He served the \ntown nine times as Moderator, eleven times as Assessor, was \n\n\n\n64 90USEMS OF OAgHAlf \n\nioe ax ytax% tmwJMt of die Comm&tee of Coneipoiideace\xc2\xbb \nIn^^ertkm sad Saf etr, was seven times Sekctman, and r^\xc2\xab- \n\nKT-**-^ -" ^ *\'- \' -\' -" ^ ^r"^-\xe2\x80\x94\' Cfmit in 1790- His son, Cahrin, \nbe - X, 1765, was gradnafed at Dart- \n\n^ wefl-knoim nrnrigter in tbe \n\n\n\nij- -. I, -_ 232 <^i\', \'- V, R,^ Sicsirdi, Woex. Co. Court \n\nof -TTl-^T/- y- 1798, Jaoe 201, 1790. Borr^ Gazette, \n\n\' \'i 312, 315. Genial Cafa- \n\n\n\nThomas Chaddock. \n\n-\xe2\x96\xa0 - \'- z-fx>, vx Brooicfidd, soa of Jote^ and Sarab \n\nJ. : ^ .. \'; \' ira coo^aay wlien it re^tonded Ci) to \n\ndie alaxm from Rbode Island, Jnty 23, 1777, and (2) to die \n<:. Aagt:^ 20^1777. \n\n\xe2\x96\xa0\'\xe2\x96\xa0^ -^ *"\'*, ^""!ay services of die G>i\xc2\xbb- \njzia 17^2. \n*\xc2\xab i77> \'- \n\ns ixz), Oaidum V, R, ^ \n\n\n\n0?.1*!^ ChtirdL \n\n\n\ndated April 8, 1818, Cakb \nas a **MiH^ ^fan** ra April, \n\n\xe2\x96\xa0 \' \xe2\x96\xa0 -A ijjfj \n. CoL Hol- \n\n\n\n< \':vea St \n\n\n\nTHE RSNTDLUTIOXASY WAS C5 \n\nIn 1777 he bought thirty acres of Alexander BoAwdl near \nThomas Darling\'s land. \n\nMr. Church died at Ashneid. Mass.. in iS^7, at the 5ig\\? of \neigiit]i--two }i-ear5. \n\nOakham T. R^ i. iSx M. S, R. iil 4?o (6^, P<m$kn Ap^tkatioe^ \nArr. S. iSiS. Wore. Ccv Re^. of rVx-c,<- "xxLx. 155. \n\nJames Conant. \n\nBorn in Bridgewater. Septemlxtr j^. 1755, ddest son of Tinotltj- awl \nHannah (.Blackman) Coxtant. He came \\rith ht$ parents to Oaiklam in \nMay. I\xe2\x80\x94 I. \n\nJames Conant enlisted May 2, 1775, and servevi eigiit nK>nths \nin Capt. Hareltine\'s Co.. Col. Fellows* Regt.. at Rv>xburY. l:> \nJanuary. I77t>. he reenlisted for one year, in Capt. Moses Soul\'s \nCo., Col. Wliitcomb\'s Regt. He marched in Capt. John Craw- \nford\'s company in the campaign of Augiist -X\\ ITTT\' ^^^ reinforce \nGeneral Stark at Benuingioti. September 1. 1777. he enlistevi \nin the Continental Army for three j-ears, and AN\'as dischargt\\l Sep- \ntember I. 1780. He servevl for the first two years mostly in Penn- \nsylvania and New Jersey, in\' Capt. L\\iiwn\'s Co.. Col. Lee\'s Regt.. \nand was in the battles of Springtield and MontiKnith. In 1779 \nhe was trat\\sf erred to Col, llenr\\- Jackson\'s 10th Mass, Regt.. \narid was promolevi to First Sergwmt ii\\ Capt. Scv^tt\'s ligb.t infantry \ncompany of this regiment, which was stationevl in Rhovie Island, \nand was eng-;ig^i in the biUtle of Rlkxle Island, oti .\\ug\\ist -xi. \n\nAfter his return from the annv. he built the larg>j twcKStv^ry \nhouse on the county nxid from Rutland tt> Harvlwick. which he \noccupicvl as merchant and imikee^x\'r for matiy x-ears. He w;\\s \nlicensed innholdor faMu i7vx^ to iSio. He was Cav^taiit of the \nOakham comixmy in the Massachusetts ntilitia. Constable in 1704. \nA.^sessor in 1796. and Selectmat\\ of Oakham \\n v\'J^ 1796 and \n\nJanuary- 7. 177V). he was niarrieil to Dorothy, daughter of \n\nJonathan and I.ydia i^ Foster ^ Bullard. Children, all bv^ni in \n\nOakham: I.vUher. Inly -\\\\ 1770: IVK^rah, June J3. 17S1 ; \n\nElijah. March i-\\ ir^,^: Lot, May {^ 17S5: Lucy, May 7, 1786: \n\n5 \n\n\n\n66 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nBetsy, March 6, 1789; Abigail, November 16, 1791 ; James, Jr., \nDecember 5, 1793; Lydia, August i, 1796; Charles, December \n4, 1798; John, May 8, 1801. \n\nCapt. James Conant died September 12, 1842, aged eighty- \nseven. His wife, Dorothy Bullard Conant, died November 25, \n1839, aged eighty-four years. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 99, i6s, 168. M. S. R., iii, 875 (9), 889 (0 [Conent]. \nOakham V. R., 17, 18 [July 20, 1778, should be 1779], 65, 115. Family- \nBible of James Conant in possession of Mr. Frank S. Conant of Oakham. \nConant Family, 206, 259. Mitchell, Hist, of Bridgewater, 140. Pension \nApplication, Apr. 15, 1818. Records, Wore. Co. Court of Sessions, 1796- \n1810. \n\nLuther Conant. \n\nBorn in Bridgewater, January 7, 1758, second son of Timothy and \nHannah (Blackman) Conant. He came with his parents to Oakham in \nMay, 1 77 1. \n\nLuther Conant enlisted May 2, 1775, in Capt. Hazeltine\'s com- \npany for eight months\' service at Roxbury; also, March 5, 1776, \nfor a term of one year in Capt. Soul\'s Co., Col. Whitcomb\'s \nRegt. March 11, 1777, he joined the Continental Army for a \nterm of three years. He was Sergeant in Capt. Reed\'s Co., Col. \nAlden\'s (later Col. John Brooks\'s) Regt. He was discharged \nMarch 11, 1780. In July, 1780, he was engaged by the town \nof Hardwick for six months\' service in the Continental Army; \nage 22, stature 5 feet 7, complexion light. His discharge was \ndated December 5, 1780. \n\nHe lived in the West School Plot, and was Selectman of \nOakham in 1797 and 1800. In 1818 he was living in Shutes- \nbury, Franklin Co., Mass. He was married to Mary White, \ndaughter of Thomas White, December 4, 1783, and had one \nchild, Justus. After his wife\'s death, he married, May 4, 1787, \nSusanna, daughter of Capt. Nehemiah Allen. Children: Sullivan, \nborn February 26, 1801 ; Nathan; Abiah; Louisa; Susan; \nHannah, married Luther Spear ; Lois, married John Conant. \n\nHis widow, Susanna Conant, died August 15, 1840, aged \nseventy-three years. \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 67 \n\nOakham T. R., i, 99, 165, 171. M. S. R., iii, 878 (7), (8), (9), 889 (2) \n[Conent], 897 (7) [Connant]. Oakham V. R., 51, 65, 115, 116. Family \nBible (see above). Conant Family, 206, 259, 260. Mitchell, Hist, of \nBridgewater, 140. Pension Application, Apr. 21, 1818. Note of Mrs. \nWilliam Spear. \n\nTimothy Conant. \n\nBorn November 21, 1732, in Bridgewater, son of Lot and Deborah \n(Lovell) Conant, and a descendant in the fifth generation of Roger \nConant, who came to New England in 1623 and was living in Salem in \n1626. He removed from Bridgewater to Oakham in May, 1771. \n\nTimothy Conant served at Roxbury as Corporal in Capt. Dex- \nter\'s Co., Col. Learned\'s Regt., in 1775, and receipted for ammu- \nnition to Capt. Barnabas Sears, February 15, 1776. March 11, \n1777, he enlisted in Capt. Holden\'s Co., Col. Nixon\'s Regt., for \na term of three years in the Continental Army, but died in the \nservice April 15, 1777. \n\nIn 1754 he married Hannah Blackman. Children: James, born \nSeptember 3, 1755; Susanna, bom August 5, 1756, died April \n16, 1758; Luther, born January 7, 1758; Susanna, born August \n5, 1760; Lucy, born 1762; Deborah, born August 6, 1764; Tim- \nothy, born February 20, 1770; Sylvanus, born April 23, 1773; \nAbigail and Sarah, born October 26, 1774; Hannah, born March \n4, 1777- \n\nOakham T. R., i, 99, 168. M. S. R., iii, 882 (12), 907 (7) [Conot]. \nConant Family, 100, 104, 173, 205, 206. Mitchell, Hist, of Bridgewater, \n138 [Lovell = Goodspeed], 140. \n\n\n\nAaron Craw^ford. \n\nBorn in Rutland, probably in 1743, fourth son of Alexander and \nElizabeth Crawford. \n\nAaron Crawford was Drummer in the company of minutemen \nthat marched on April 19, 1775, in response to the Lexington \nalarm. He also served as Sergeant in the Oakham company \nwhen it responded to the alarm from Rhode Island, July 23, 1777, \n\n\n\n68 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nand was a member of Capt. Cutler\'s company from Western \n(now Warren) and Oakham which marched September 24, 1777, \nto join the army under General Gates. \n\nIn 1765 he bought, for \xc2\xa3150, one hundred and fifteen acres in \nthe northerly part of Lot No. 21 (the William Preshoe place), and \nalso forty-six acres in Lot BB. The Preshoe farm he sold in \n1778 to James Dunbar. He lived in Oakham till about 1790, \nwhen he removed to St. Albans, Canada. \n\nHe was married in 1768 to Jeales Gill, and had ten children, \nall born in Oakham: William, October 22, 1769; Elisabeth, \nJanuary 18, 1771 ; Luther, April 27, 1773; Chloe, April 2, 1775; \nAlexander, February 28, 1777; Aaron, Jr., March 3, 1779; \nJeales, December 15, 1780, died August 3, 1785; Robert, March \n26, 1783; Rachel, August 6, 1785; Spencer, November 14, \n1788. \n\nSpencer Crawford was in the service of Great Britain in the \nWar of 1812, and received wounds that made him a cripple \nfor life. He died in Canada in 1857. \n\nM. S. R., iv, 94 (6), (/), (8). Oakham V. R., 18, 19, 20, 65, 116. \nCrawford Family of Oakham, 14 [Nov. 14, 1778, should be 1788]. Wore. \nCo. Reg. of Deeds, liv, 299, Ixxxi, 476. \n\n\n\nAlexander Crawford. \n\nBorn in Ireland in 1710, son of Aaron and Agnes (Wilson) Crawford. \nHis father, Aaron Crawford, was born in 1677 in the Parish of Cappy, \nCounty of Tyrone, Ireland. He came to America with his wife and \nfour children, Samuel, John, Alexander, and Martha, in 1713, and settled \nin Rutland in 1719, where he died August 6, 1754. Agnes Wilson was \nborn in Ireland in 1677, and died in Rutland, December 10, 1760. Both \nare buried in the old cemetery in Rutland. \n\nAlexander Crawford, at the age of seventy, enlisted as a \nguard at Rutland, and served from February 27, 1780, to \nApril 23, 1780. \n\nHe removed to Rutland West Wing (now Oakham) in 1750. \nHe was the leading man in the new settlement ; was Moderator \nof the precinct and town meetings seven years, Town Clerk two \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 69 \n\nyears, Selectman eight years, Assessor five years, Collector in \n1759, when the precinct was formed, and Treasurer in 1766. He \nwas also an elder in the Presbyterian Church in Oakham. \n\nFebruary 5, 1736, he married Elizabeth Crawford, a distant \nrelative, and had five sons, born in Rutland: John, January 7, \n1739; Aaron, probably in 1743; William, October 23, 1745, and \ntwo who died young. \n\nHe died October 11, 1793, aged eighty-five years. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 95, 255. M. S. R., iv, 94 (12). Crawford Family of \nOakham, 5, 6, 7, 11, 15. \n\n\n\nAlexander Crawford, 2d. \n\nBorn February 12, 1765, second son of Capt. John and Rachel \n(Henderson) Crawford. \n\nHe enlisted October 3, 1779, and served till November 10, \n1779, in Capt. William Henry\'s company of guards at Castle \nand Governor\'s Island. When he enlisted, he gave his age \nas eighteen years, but he was less than fifteen. He was the \nyoungest of the three generations of Crawfords that served in \nthe war for independence. \n\nAlexander Crawford lived at the Thresher place, and was a \ngunsmith by trade. When David Ames, of the firm of Ames \nand Fobes, merchants in Oakham, was appointed by President \nWashington the first superintendent of the Springfield armory, \nhe took with him Alexander Crawford, who made the first gun- \nlock and shared with Richard Beebe the honor of stocking the \nfirst gun made by the United States. \n\nHe married, (i) June 26, 1788, Bethiah Willis, daughter of \nJonathan Willis and granddaughter of Dr. Stoughton Willis; \n(2) September 6, 1813, his cousin, Mary Henderson of Oakham, \ngranddaughter of Lieut. James Henderson of Rutland. Children, \nall born in Oakham: Salmon, July 23, 1789; Lucinda, March \n12, 1791; Susan, March 2, 1793, grandmother of the five \nMacombers (John, George, Henry, William, and James) who \nserved in the Civil War; Ruth, March 31, 1796; Vashti, August \n\n\n\n70 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n8, 1798; Benjamin Franklin, August 10, 1800; Hosea Willis, \nAugust 25, 1802, father of the three Crawfords (Henry, John G., \nand Charles S.) who served in the Civil War; Galen Allen, \nNovember 17, 1804, father of Alfred Galen, who served in the \nCivil War; Mary Packard, November 5, 1807; Emeline Maria, \nSeptember 30, 1814, mother of Gardner M. Dean, who served \nin the Civil War; Anson Alexander, January 17, 1817; William \nAmory, October 7, 1820. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 255. M. S. R., iv, 94 (10). Oakham V. R., 18, 19. \n20, 21, 65. Rev. D. Tomlinson\'s Notes [June 26 or 20]. Crawford \nFamily (MS.) by Hon. John G. Crawford of Manchester, N. H. Crawford \nFamily of Oakham, 11, 12. Wright, The Fobes Memorial Library, 30 n.21. \n\n\n\nJohn Crawford. \n\nBorn January 7, 1739, in Rutland, second son of Alexander and \nElizabeth Crawford. He came to Oakham with his father in 1750. \n\nJohn Crawford was Captain of the Oakham company of \nminutemen which marched from Oakham April 19, 1775, in \nresponse to the Lexington alarm. At the organization of the \n4th Worcester County Regiment at Brookfield, May 14, 1776, \nhe was chosen Captain of the 8th (Oakham) Company, and \nreceived his commission May 31, 1776. As Captain of the \nOakham company, he had general charge of the military affairs \nof the town, and enlisted or selected by lot the men to go on \nthe several campaigns. He marched at the head of detachments \nof his company on July 23, 1777, when he was ordered to \nProvidence on an alarm; and on August 20, 1777, when ordered \nto reinforce General Stark at Bennington. From September 7, \n1777, till the end of November, he was in coiumand of a com- \npany of forty men raised in Hardwick, Oakham and New \nBraintree to reinforce the army of General Gates, and had an \nactive part in the engagements that resulted in the capture of \nGeneral Burgoyne. October 15, 1779, Capt. Crawford and Lieuts. \nBothwell and French, who had been in office more than three \nyears and had each been engaged in several campaigns, asked \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 71 \n\nthe town to be relieved from further service. This request the \ntown at first granted, but at a meeting held October 25, they \nwere persuaded to continue in office, and they all served till the \nclose of the war. \n\nCapt. Crawford was a farmer, and spent all his active life on \nthe farm owned by the late Deacon Horace W. Lincoln. He \npurchased this farm from his father, Alexander Crawford, in \n1759, for \xc2\xa3100. It was the southerly part of Lot No. 21 and \ncontained two hundred and four acres. Capt. Crawford was \nWarden of the district of Oakham in 1767, Selectman of the town \nin 1775 and 1781, and a member of the Committee of Correspond- \nence, Inspection and Safety in I777- \n\nHe was three times married : \n\n(i) February 9, 1759, to Rachel Henderson, daughter of \nLieut. James Henderson, who held a commission in the colonial \nmilitia and had served in the French and Indian wars. Rachel \nHenderson was born July i, 1739; died April 24, 1773. \n\n(2) In 1773, to Phebe Green, born March 28, 1744, daughter \nof John and Dorothy Green of Brookfield. \n\n(3) To Mary (Ford) Perkins, widow of Zephaniah Perkins, \nwho was killed in battle, September 15, 1777. She died April 2, \n1829, aged eighty-four years. \n\nChildren, all born in Oakham: Elizabeth, March 14, 1760; \nJohn, Jr., May 2, 1762; Alexander, 2d, February 12. 1765; \nSarah, July 14, 1767; Samuel, August 9, 1768; Calvin, October \n18, 1770; Rachel, April 2, 1773; Josiah, April 25, 1774; Polly \nand Patty, December 31, 1778; Lucy, December 30, 1780; Han- \nnah, August 16, 1782, grandmother of Henry P. Wright who \nserved in the Civil War; Eliakim, August 16, 1784; Nancy, \nMarch 10, 1786. \n\nCapt. John Crawford died October 16, 1824, in the eighty-sixth \nyear of his age. \n\nEleven of his descendants who were born or brought up in \nOakham served in the Civil War : Henry W. Crawford, John G. \nCrawford, Charles S. Crawford, Alfred G. Crawford, John \nMacomber, George B. Macomber, Henry I. Macomber, William \nMacomber, James Macomber, Gardner M. Dean, Henry P. \nWright. \n\n\n\n72 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nOakham T. R., i. 187, 188. 228, 229. M. S. R., iv, 95 (12). Oakham \nV. R., 18, 19, 20 [Samuel, July 16, 1767, should be Sarah], 116. Brookfield \nV. R., 108. Rutland V. R., 127. Crawford Family of Oakham, 7, 11, 12 \n[Aug. 9, 1768, should be 1769], 13. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, xl, 554. \nCrawford Family (MS.) (see above). See Daniel Henderson, p. 98; \nZephaniah Perkins, p. 132. John Crawford, A Record of the Childrens \nAges (MS.). \n\nJohn Crawford, Jr. \n\nBorn May 2, 1762, eldest son of Capt. John and Rachel (Henderson) \nCrawford. \n\nHe enlisted March 30, 1778, when under sixteen years of age, \nin Capt. Thomas Whipple\'s company for guarding General \nBurgoyne\'s troops at Rutland, and served till July 2. He was \none of the men detached from General Warner\'s brigade, \nNovember 3, 1778, to guard troops of the Saratoga Convention \nfrom Rutland to Enfield, Conn. October 3, 1779, he enlisted in \nCapt. William Henry\'s company, raised in Worcester County, \nfor service at Castle and Governor\'s Island, from which he was \ndischarged November 10, 1779. From December 6, 1779, till \nApril 22, 1780, he served in Capt. Ephraim Hartwell\'s company \nof guards at Rutland. July 7, 1780, he enlisted for a term of \nthree months at West Point; age 18, stature 5 feet 10, complexion \nlight. \n\nJohn Crawford, Jr., was a school-teacher. Before 1790 he \nwent to New York State, where he continued in his profession \ntill his death in 1797. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 214 252, 255. M. S. R., iv, 96 (2), (7), (9), 131 (10), \n(11) [Crofiford]. Crawford Family of Oakham, 11. \n\nWilliam Crawford. \n\nBorn in Rutland, October 23, 1745, fifth son of Alexander and \nElizabeth Crawford. \n\nWilliam Crawford marched as Sergeant of the Oakham com- \npany when it responded to the alarm of July 23, 1777, from \nRhode Island, and also as Sergeant on the alarm of August 20, \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 73 \n\n1777, from Bennington. He has also credit on the town records \nfor a campaign to Boston, beginning April i, 1778. \n\nHe was a clockmaker by trade. A large number of clocks of \nhis manufacture are still preserved in different parts of New \nEngland, and the most of these will be good time keepers a \nhundred years hence. He was Town Clerk of Oakham for \ntwenty-one years, and Selectman fourteen years. He was the \nfather of General William Crawford of the Massachusetts militia, \nwho served as Captain in the War of 181 2, and of Alexander \nCrawford, Chairman of the Selectmen of Oakham during the \nperiod of the Civil War. \n\nIn 1773 he married Mary Henderson, second daughter of \nLieut. James Henderson and sister of the first wife of Capt. \nJohn Crawford. Children, all born in Oakham: Elizabeth, Feb- \nruary 10, 1774; James, August 11, 1775; Lucy, February 7, \n1778; William, February 25, 1780, died March 30, 1781 ; \nSarah, January 30, 1782, died February i, 1798; William, Jr., \nOctober 5, 1783 ; Rufus, November 13, 1785 ; Molly, October 6, \n1787; Isabel, February 24, 1790; Alexander, April 16, 1792; \nHarriot, March 10, 1795, died March 19, 1795. \n\nWilliam Crawford died June 30, 1833, aged eighty-seven years. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 187, 188, 189. M. S. R., iv, 97 (12). Oakham V. R., \n19, 20, 21, 116, 117. Crawford Family of Oakham, 15. \n\n\n\nJonathan Cunningham. \n\nHas credit on the town records for three months\' service in \nNew York in 1776. \n\nIn 1773 he was living in Lot No. 24. In 1785 he purchased, \nfor \xc2\xa3335 14s. 5d., eighty-nine acres with the buildings thereon \nin the same lot, late the property of John Murray, conspirator. \nThis he sold the following year to Jonathan Willis, of Bridge- \nwater, who sold the same in 1795 to Nathaniel Willis, of Bridge- \nwater. \n\nMr. Cunningham was married September 3, 1771, to Bethiah \nThresher, of New Braintree. \n\n\n\n74 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nOakham T. R., i, i68. Oakham V. R., 66. New Braintree V. R., 77 \n[Sept. 3, i77i=Sept. 13]. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Ixx, 617, xcix, 580, \nc, 376, cxxiii, 560. \n\nThomas Darling. \n\nBegan his service of nine months in the Continental Army on \nhis arrival at Fishkill, June 7, 1778; age 46, stature 5 feet 8, \ncomplexion light, residence Oakham. He may have come from \nMendon. \n\nIn 1777 he was living near Caleb Church. In 1778 he bought \nfor \xc2\xa361 4s., fifty acres in Lot Y, west of the county road from \nRutland to Brookfield, and south of Daniel Bolton\'s land. His \nestate was settled in 1788, and Zenas Darling was administrator. \nHe had fifty-one acres of land with a small dwelling house, \nvalued at \xc2\xa390. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 180. M. S. R., iv, 442 (5), v, 83 (3) [Durbing]. \nWore. Co. Prob. Records, Sept., 1788. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, cxiv, 29. \n\nSamuel Davis. \n\nBorn in Rutland, January 15, 1751, son of Simon and Hannah (Snow) \nDavis, and grandson of Lieut. Simon Davis, who with his wife, Dorothy \n(Heath), came from Concord to Rutland about 1720. Samuel Davis \nwas uncle to John Davis, who was four times elected Governor of \nMassachusetts, and three times elected United States Senator. \n\nHe has credit on the town records for three months\' service \nin New York in 1776. \n\nSamuel Davis removed to Oakham from Paxton about 1773. \nHe was one of the signers of the petition for a church in Con- \ngregational form, and was chosen Deacon in 1793 to succeed \nDeacon Fitts, who died December 9, 1792. He was chosen \nSelectman of Oakham in 1783, and was on the Committee of \nCorrespondence, Inspection and Safety in 1778- \n\nHis first wife\'s name was Katherine. Children: Ezra, born \nin Paxton, September 5, 1773; Lucretia, born April 2, 1778; \nBarak, born June 13, 1780; Nancy, born June 24, 1782; Adin, \nborn March 25, 1784; Caty, born February 25, 1786; Polly, \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 75 \n\nborn August ii, 1788. His wife Katherine died December i, \n1794, and he was again married in the early part of 1796 to \nMary, daughter of Joseph Osborn, who died May 19, 1834, aged \neighty years. \n\nDeacon Davis died July 12, 181 7, at the age of sixty-six. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168. Oakham V. R., 21, 67, 117, 119 [Fitts]. Rutland \nV. R., 34. Oakham Church Records, i, 3. Reed, Hist, of Rutland, 132, \n133 [Jan. IS, 1751 = June, 1751], 134. \n\nDaniel Deland. \n\nBorn May 10, 1736, son of Paul Deland, who removed from Newbury \nto Brookfield between 1725 and 1740. \n\nDaniel Deland was one of the minutemen who marched with \nCapt. Crawford on the alarm of April 19, 1775. On May 22, \n1775, he reenlisted in Capt. Hazeltine\'s company for a term of \neight months at Roxbury and was enrolled as Fifer. In 1776 \nhe served at Ticonderoga in Col. Asa Whitcomb\'s Regt. He \nenlisted in March, 1777, for a term of three years in the Con- \ntinental Army, and was in Capt. Holden\'s Co., Col. Nixon\'s \nRegt. Reported invalided March 7, 1778, and transferred to \nLieut. Osgood Carleton\'s company of invalids stationed at \nBoston. Beginning January 10, 1781, he served one year as \nguard at Rutland. \n\nHe was twice married : ( i ) in 1757 to Elisabeth Hatfield ; (2) \nin 1780 to Elizabeth Anderson of Rutland. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 165, 199, 243. M. S. R., iv, 594 (9) [Dealing], 640 \n(7), (8), (9). Brookfield V. R., 74, 300, 301. Temple, Hist, of No. \nBrookfield, 567. \n\nDaniel Deland, Jr. \n\nSon of the above, was hired by Capt. John Crawford for the \nterm of eight months at Roxbury, beginning May 22, 1775, in \nCapt. Hazeltine\'s company, and was enrolled as Fifer under the \nname of Daniel Crawford Deland. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 165. M. S. R., iv, 594 (10) [Dealing], 640 (10). \n\n\n\n76 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nMoses Doty. \n\nEnlisted for the town of Oakham at Brookfield, September 15, \n1777, for three years in the Continental Army; residence, Oak- \nham. He was in Capt. Daniel Shay\'s Co., Col. Rufus Putnam\'s \nRegt., and was Fife Major. He was also claimed by the town \nof Hardwick, and it is uncertain to which town he was credited. \n\nM. S. R, iv, 894 (6). \n\nBenjamin Dunbar. \n\nBorn in 1749 in Bridgewater, son of James and Hannah (Benson) \nDunbar. \n\nHe was engaged by Capt. Crawford for the town of Oakham, \nJune 28, 1779, for a term of six months in Rhode Island, in Capt. \nThomas Fisher\'s Co., Col. Nathan Tyler\'s Regt. ; discharged \nDecember 17, 1779. \n\nBenjamin Dunbar purchased on May 8, 1778, from James \nDunbar, fifty-seven acres in Lot No. 21. In 1773, he was mar- \nried to Wealthy Washburn, of Middleboro. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 215. M. S. R., v, 25 (4). Mitchell, Hist, of Bridge- \nwater, 148. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Ixxxi, 474. \n\n\n\nBenson Dunbar. \n\nBorn in Bridgewater in 1757. He was son of James Dunbar, who \nwas born in 1721, and married, January 22, 1745, Hannah, daughter of \nJohn Benson. After her death he was again married in 1757 to Martha \nPackard. Mr. James Dunbar died in 1778. \n\nBenson Dunbar was Drummer in the New Braintree company \nwhich served for a term of eight months at Roxbury, with Capt. \nJohn Grainger, beginning May i, 1775. He failed to return a gun \nreceived by him at this time, which belonged to the town of New \nBraintree, and his wages were withheld till July i, when Capt. \nGrainger gave him a certificate that the gun had been returned. \nHe was one of the eleven men in the Oakham company detailed by \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 77 \n\nCapt. Crawford in 1778 for fifteen days\' service in the regiment \nwhich guarded Burgoyne\'s captured troops on the march from \nRutland to Enfield, Conn. \n\nBenson Dunbar purchased of James Dunbar, May 29, 1779, \na house and sixty acres of land in Lot No. 21. He married \nRebecka Darling in 1781. Children, born in Oakham: Ruth, \nJuly 27, 1782; Marcy, October 9, 1785; Benson, Jr., November \n26, 1787; Benjamin, March i, 1790; Orpah, October 26, 1793; \nRoxie, February 14, 1799. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 214. M. S. R, iv, 864 (15) [Donbor], v, 25 (6), 33 \n(11) [Dunber]. Oakham V. R., 23, 69. Mitchell, Hist, of Bridgewater, \n147, 148 [1746 should be Jan. 22, 1745]. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Ixxxi, \n475. Bailey, Early Mass. Marriages, ii, 119. Plymouth Co. Marriages, 48. \n\nJames Dunbar. \n\nMarched in Capt. Crawford\'s company on the Rhode Island \nalarm, July 23, 1777. He also enlisted June 28, 1779, for six \nmonths in Rhode Island, and joined Capt. Fisher\'s Co., Col. \nTyler\'s Regt. ; discharged December 17, 1779. \n\nThough his name is not on that part of the family record which \nis preserved, James Dunbar was without doubt brother of Benson \nand Benjamin Dunbar. \n\nOn April 21, 1778, he purchased of Aaron Crawford one \nhundred and fifteen acres in the northerly part of Lot No. 21, \nthe William Preshoe farm. This farm he sold soon after to \nBenjamin and Benson Dunbar, and the three Dunbars lived \ntogether in the house on this farm. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 187, 215. M. S. R., v, 29 (i). Wore. Co. Reg. of \nDeeds, Ixxxi, 474, 475, 476. \n\nGeorge Dunn. \n\nEnlisted May 10, 1775, for the term of eight months in Capt. \nSeth Washburn\'s Co., Col. Jonathan Ward\'s Regt. \n\nHe was a cordwainer. In 1761 he bought, for \xc2\xa348 6s., of \nAlexander Bothwell, eighty acres, qinety rods, "the gore of land \n\n\n\n78 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nthat joynes southerly on Spencer line, bounded by the County \nRoad and Five Mile River," the farm now owned and occupied \nby Herbert Dwelly. \n\nJanuary 31, 1754, he was married to Rachel Harper, daughter \nof William Harper. Children, born in Oakham : William Harper ; \nAlexander, September 19, 1761 ; Rachel, March 14, 1763. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 165. M. S. R., v, 23 (i) [Dun]. Oakham V. R., 23. \nRutland V. R., 133 [Dun]. Wore. Co. Prob. Records, Oct. 31, 1774 \n[William Harper]. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, liv, 203. \n\n\n\nWilliam Harper Dunn. \n\nSon of George and Rachel (Harper) Dunn, and named for his \ngrandfather, William Harper, one of the first ten settlers of Oakham. \n\nWilliam Harper Dunn was a Private in the company of min- \nutemen who marched from Oakham, April 19, 1775, on the \nLexington alarm. He reenlisted while still in service, on April \n27, 1775) for eight months at Roxbury in Capt. Hazeltine\'s \ncompany. In 1777 he enlisted for a term of three years in the \nContinental Army, and joined Capt. Goodale\'s Co., Col. Putnam\'s \nRegt. \n\nWilliam Harper dictated in his will, dated September 7, 1774: \n"A three year old colt, and my saddle, I give and bequeath to \nmy grandson William Dunn, also my gun." \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 171. M. S. R., v, 60 (7) [William Dunn], 61 (3). \nWore. Co. Prob. Records, Oct. 31, 1774 [William Harper]. \n\n\n\nJoseph Dwelly. \n\nEngaged March 3, 1781, for a term of three years in the Con- \ntinental Army for the town of Worcester; occupation farmer, \nage 17, stature 5 feet 8, complexion light. He was in the \ncompany of Capt. Mason Wattles in the 6th Mass. Regt., then \ncommanded by Col. Calvin Smith. \n\nIn 1818 he was living in West Boylston, Mass., from which \nplace he removed to Oakham and purchased. May 27, 1822, of \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 79 \n\nJohn Glazier, the house in the southerly part of Oakham in which \nWilliam Parmenter was then living, and with it fifty-eight acres \nof land. September 5, 183 1, he bought of David F. Tenney, \nfor $200, a piece of land containing fifty rods, with the buildings \nthereon, where he lived for the remainder of his life. This was \nthe first residence south of the East Hill schoolhouse. \n\nJoseph Dwelly was probably son of Joseph and Mary Dwelly. \nHe was married in West Boylston May 25, 1815, to Triphosa \nParmenter of Oakham. Children: Mary, born August 17, 1816; \nWilliam, born December 8, 1818; Thomas Miles, born July 12, \n1822; Joseph Benjamin, born December 21, 1833. \n\nMr. Dwelly was a Revolutionary pensioner. He died in Oak- \nham, April 27, 1839, aged seventy-five years. \n\nM. S. R, V, 105 (9) [Dwelle]. Oakham V. R., 23, 69, 118. West \nBoylston V. R,, 129. Pension Application, Apr. 11, 1818. Wore. Co. \nReg. of Deeds, ccxxxi, 230, cclxxxviii, 68. \n\n\n\nJoseph Eager. \n\nMarched with Capt. Crawford in response to the Lexington \nalarm on April 19, 1775. While still in service as a minuteman, \nhe reenlisted April 27, 1775, in Capt. Hazeltine\'s Co., Col. \nFellows\' Regt., and was made Corporal. On October 7, 1775, he \nwas reported sick at Marlboro. He was entitled to a bounty \ncoat or its equivalent in money, as by order dated Dorchester, \nNovember 27, 1775. \n\nIn 1776 Joseph Eager sold forty acres, being the southeasterly \npart of Lot No. 16, to Robert Forbes. This land was west of \nland owned by James Bell, Jr., and south of Edward Partridge, \n2d\'s land. \n\nHis wife\'s name was Hannah. They had a daughter named \nSarah Wood, born in Oakham, February 3, 1772. A Joseph \nEager was living in Boylston in 1790. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 165. M. S. R., v, 136 (7). Oakham V. R., 24 [Eger]. \nU. S. Census (1790), Mass., 214. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Ixxxi, 526. \n\n\n\n8o SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nNathan Edson. \n\nCame from Bridgewater. He was the eldest son of Ebenezer and Lucy \n(Packard) Edson, and was born in Bridgewater in 1753. \n\nHe was one of Capt. Crawford\'s company of minutemen that \nmarched on the alarm of April 19, 1775. In the summer of 1776 \nhe enlisted for two months\' service with Lieut. Asa French, at \nDobbs Ferry, Tarrytown and North Castle. He also served in the \nOakham company on the Providence alarm of July 23, 1777, \nand in the company raised in Hardwick, Oakham and New \nBraintree for the Stillwater campaign of the same year. \n\nIn 1778 he married Susanna, daughter of Ephraim Allen, and \nwent to Rehoboth. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 187, 188. M. S. R., v, 230 (i). Mitchell, Hist, of \nBridgewater, 155. Pay Roll, Capt. How\'s Co., 1776. \n\nSpencer Field. \n\nBorn in Northfield, Mass., September 26, 1754, son of Deacon Paul and \nChristian (Hubbard) Field, and descendant in the fifth generation of \nZechariah Field who arrived in Boston in 1629, and settled in Dorchester. \n\nOn January 23, 1776, Spencer Field was chosen, by the House \nof Representatives with the concurrence of the Council, Sur- \ngeon\'s Mate in Col. Josiah Whitney\'s Regt. This was one of \nthe six Worcester County regiments raised to serve before \nBoston till April i, 1776. \n\nSpencer Field studied medicine and practiced in Rutland and \nOakham. He came to Oakham not later than 1778, and lived in \na house on a private road leading from the Old Turnpike, a \nfew rods east of the North Four Corners. This house was \nstanding and in good repair in 1900. He was a celebrated physi- \ncian, highly esteemed in this and neighboring towns. He was \nTown Clerk in 1778 and 1800, Moderator in 1786, served the \ntown three times as Assessor and four times as Selectman, and \nwas chosen Representative to the General Court in 1801. \n\nSeptember 28, 1776, he was married to Betsey, daughter of \nDr. John Frink of Rutland. Children: John, born November 3, \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 8 1 \n\n1777; Betsey, baptized February 6, 1780; Isabella, baptized \nDecember 9, 1781. \n\nJohn studied medicine with his father, married Rhoda Bowman \nof New Braintree, August 11, 1799, and removed to New \nBraintree some time after 1800, when he was Collector of Taxes \nin Oakham. He was drowned Novem.ber 2"], 1815, in Cedar \nSwamp [Demond\'s] Pond, Rutland. \n\nBetsey married Rev. Daniel Beard, October 5, 1798. Among \nher descendants may be mentioned Rev. Augustus Field Beard, \nCorresponding Secretary of the American Missionary Associa- \ntion, and Member of the Corporation of Yale University; Dr. \nGeorge Miller Beard, specialist in nervous diseases in New York \nCity; and Rev. William Spencer Beard of Bridgeport, Conn. \n\nDr. Spencer Field died November 11, 1801, from injuries \nreceived in the early evening of October 5, on the road near \nwhere the house of the Misses Eunice and Louisa Ayres now \nstands. The road here ran then, for some distance, through a \ndense forest. While he was riding on horseback to visit a patient \nin the southwest part of the town, two men, returning from a \nmuster in New Braintree and riding at great speed, ran against \nhim and threw him from his horse upon a rock by the roadside. \nA monument was erected on the spot where the accident occurred, \non which were these verses, written by Nathaniel Bolton : \n\nSTOP PASSENGERS \n\nBEHOLD THIS FATAL ROCK. \n\nHERE FROM THE WOUND \n\nTHE CRIMSON BLOOD DID FLOW \n\nHERE DR. FIELD REC\'d HIS FATAL SHOCK \n\nTHAT HASTENED DEATH \n\nAND PROVED HIS OVERTHROW. \n\nA poem on the Death of Dr. Field, written by Nathaniel Bolton, \nis preserved in the Fobes Memorial Library. \n\nM. S. R., V, 65s (5). Oakham V. R., 25, 71, 119. Rutland V. R., 225 \n[Nov. 27, i8i5=Aug. 28]. New Braintree V. R., 81 [Aug. 11, 1799= \n(Aug.) 22]. Field Genealogy, i, 56, 97. 116, 141, 225-226. 313-318, 466- \n467. Note of Dea. Jesse Allen. Spy, Dec. 16, 1801. Nathaniel Bolton\'s \nPoem. \n\n6 \n\n\n\n82 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nThe Forbes Family. \n\nArthur Forbes came from Rutland and purchased in 1757, for \niiio 13s. 4d., two hundred and fifty acres, the whole of Lot \nNo. 28. This was the lot in which the Perley Ayres farm was \nsituated. The Forbes house was on the south side of the lot, \nat the corner where the Perley Ayres road joins the Bell road; \nthe cellar hole is still to be seen. The name is spelled on the \ntown records and on the muster rolls Forbes, Forbs, Forbus, \nForbush, Furbush. \n\nHe was Treasurer of Oakham in 1762 and 1764, Collector in \n1760, and Warden in 1765. \n\nJune 30, 1749, he Avas married to Ruth Lamond of Leicester. \nThe following are names of eight children of Arthur Forbes, with \nthe probable years of birth : John. 1750; Robert, 1751; Charles, \n1753; Martha, 1754; Archibald, 1757; Margaret, 1758; Arthur, \nJr., 1759; James, 1762. \n\nArthur Forbes died before 1773, when his wife was called the \nWidow Forbush. In 1773 guardians were appointed for his \nyounger children. \n\nLeicester V. R., 152 [Forbus]. Wore. Co. Prob. Records, May 10, 1773. \nWore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, xxxix, 483, xcv, 448. \n\n\n\nArchibald Forbes. \n\nBorn in Oakham in 1757, fourth son of Arthur and Ruth (Lamond) \nForbes. \n\nHe enlisted in Capt. Dexter\'s company, which was raised in \nHardwick, New Braintree and Oakham and which went into \ncamp at Roxbury May 19, 1775. He also served two months \nat Roxbury in the early part of 1776, and receipted February 16 \nfor ammunition to Capt. Barnabas Sears. September i, 1777, he \nenlisted in Capt. Earll\'s company for service at Providence, from \nwhich he was discharged January 4, 1778. Soon after his return \nfrom Rhode Island he was detailed, for a term of six months, \nas guard at Rutland. He enlisted also in the Continental Army \nin 17S0 for a term of six months; age 24, stature 5 feet 10, \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 83 \n\ncomplexion dark. He marched from Oakham July 6, 1780, and \nwas discharged November 16, 1780. \n\nIn 1 78 1 he married Sarah Moore. Children, born in Oakham: \nArchibald, Jr., May 7, 1782; William, February 29, 1784. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 188, 214, 251. M. S. R., v, 845 (n), 849 (12) \n[Forbs], vi, 203 (12) [Furbush]. Oakham V. R., 26, 72. Wore. Co. \nProb. Records, May lo, 1773 [Arthur Forbes, Sr.]. \n\nArthur Forbes, Jr. \n\nBorn in Oakham in 1759, fifth son of Arthur and Ruth (Lamond) \nForbes. \n\nHe was enrolled in Capt. Crawford\'s Co., May 26, 1778; age \n19, complexion dark, residence Oakham. \n\nM. S. R., vi, 203 (13) [Arthur Furbush], = 205 (2) [James Furbush]. \nWore. Co. Prob. Records, May 10, 1773 [Arthur Forbes, Sr.]. \n\nCharles Forbes. \n\nBorn in Rutland in 1753, third son of Arthur and Ruth (Lamond) \nForbes. \n\nHe enlisted July 2, 1777, aged twenty-four years, for six \nmonths\' service in Providence and joined Capt. Earll\'s Co., Col. \nKeyes\'s Regt., from which he was discharged, January 4, 1778, \nCharles, James, and John Forbes probably did not join Capt. \nEarll\'s Co. till late in July, as they marched on July 23, 1777, on \nthe Rhode Island alarm. \n\nIn 1773, when he was twenty years of age, Charles Forbes had \nJames Bell for his guardian. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 188. M. S. R., v, 846 (2), (4). Wore. Co. Prob. \nRecords, May 10, 1773 [Arthur Forbes, Sr.]. \n\nJames Forbes. \n\nBorn in Oakham in 1762, sixth son of Arthur and Ruth (Lamond) \nForbes. \n\nIn the summer of 1776, he enlisted for two months, at the age \nof fourteen, with Lieut. Asa French, at Dobbs Ferry, Tarry- \n\n\n\n84 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\ntown and North Castle, and again May 5, i777, ^or two months \nin Rhode Island, in Capt. Hodges\'s Co., Col. Whitney\'s ^Regt. \nJuly 2, 1777, he reenlisted for six months in Capt. Earll\'s Co., \nCol. Keyes\'s Regt., and was discharged January 4, 1778. August \n27 1 78 1, he enlisted for three months in the Continental Army, \nin\'capt.\' Cutler\'s Co., Col. Luke Drury\'s Regt., at West Point; \ndescriptive Hst; age 19, stature 5 feet 6, complexion dark. He \nwas discharged December 3, 1781. James Forbes also marched \non the Rhode Island alarm in 1777. \n\nIn 1773, after the death of his father, Ruth Forbes was ap- \npointed guardian of her son James, then eleven years of age. \nJames Forbes was married in New Braintree to Eleanor Brown \nof Oakham, September 12, 1782. Children, born in Oakham: \nBenjamin, February 15, 1783, married (i) Keziah Green of \nBarre in 1804, (2) Widow Huldah Prouty, January 31, 1821 ; \nPolly, February 11, 1785; Jonas, January 23, 1787; James, Jr., \nJanuary 18, 1789, died October 16, 1846, aged fifty-eight; Lam- \nmond, September i, 1790; Hannah, October 6, 1792; Jacob, \nApril 4, 1794; Susey, February 26, 1796. \n\nOctober 3, 1797, Eleanor Forbes was administratrix of the \nestate of James Forbes, late of Oakham, deceased. She had \n$12.09, so small a sum that the Judge of Probate said: "It \nwould answer no valuable purpose if divided among the numerous \ncreditors," and it was given to the widow to provide necessaries \nto support life. Mrs. Forbes died in Oakham in May, 1830. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 187, 188, 280. M. S. R., v, 847 (O, (2). 850 (8), (9), \n(10) [Forbs]. Oakham V. R., 26, 72, iiQ- Wore. Co. Prob. Records, \nMay 10, 1773 [Arthur Forbes, Sr.], Oct. 3, I797 [James Forbes]. Pay \nRoll, Capt. How\'s Co., 1776. \n\nJohn Forbes. \n\nBorn in Rutland in 1750, eldest son of Arthur and Ruth (Lamond) \nForbes. \n\nHe marched with Capt. Crawford\'s company of minutemen, \nApril 19, 1775, and with Lieut. Asa French in the summer of \n1776 for service of two months at Dobbs Ferry, Tarrytown and \nNorth Castle. July 9, i777. ^e enlisted in Capt. Earll\'s Co., Col. \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 85 \n\nKeyes\'s Regt., for service in Rhode Island, from which he was \ndischarged December 31, 1777. He was also detailed by Capt. \nCrawford to serve in Capt. Houghton\'s company from November \n3 to November 19, 1778, to reinforce guards at the barracks in \nRutland, and to escort General Burgoyne\'s captured troops from \nRutland to Enfield, Conn. In July, 1780, he was sent, for a \nterm of four months, as guard at Rutland. He was Sergeant \nin Capt. Earll\'s Co. in 1777. Before joining this company he \nwent, on July 23, as Corporal on the Rhode Island alarm. \n\nNovember 22, 1774, he was married in Brookfield to Catherine \nHarper, who was born August 20, 1754, daughter of George \nand Katharen Harper. \n\nJohn Forbes died in Oakham, January 3, 1836, aged eighty- \nsix years. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 187, 188. M. S. R., v, 847 (10), (11), 851 (4) \n[Forbs], vi, 205 (11) [Furbush]. Oakham V. R., 30, 72 [Forbush], 119. \nWore. Co. Prob. Records, May 10, 1773 [Arthur Forbes, Sr.]. Pay Roll, \nCapt. How\'s Co., 1776. \n\nJonathan Forbes. \n\nServed as guard at Rutland for a term of eight months begin- \nning April 20, 1780. \n\nHe was married in Oakham to Jane Dunn, October i, 1789. \nHe was living in Oakham in 1801. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 255, ii, 431. M. S. R., v, 853 (5) [Forbush]. Oakham \nV. R., 72. Rev. D. Tomlinson\'s Notes. U. S. Census (1790), Mass., 230. \n\nRobert Forbes. \n\nBorn in Rutland in 1751, second son of Arthur and Ruth (Lamond) \nForbes. \n\nHe was a Private in Capt. Joseph Cutler\'s company of volun- \nteers, raised in Western (now Warren) and Oakham, which \nmarched September 24, 1777, to join the army under General \nGates. He has credit also on the town records for a term of \ntwo months in Rhode Island in 1777. \n\nIn 1776 he bought, for \xc2\xa315, forty acres of land in Oakham, \nin the southerly part of Lot No. 16. \n\n\n\n86 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nMarch 2, 1775, he married Agnes, daughter of James and \nMartha (Crawford) Bell, and had three children, Arthur, Aaron, \nand Christian. \n\nHe died in Oakham, March 4, 1793, aged forty-two years. His \nwill was filed in 1799. Some years after his death, his widow \nand children removed to the state of New York. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 187, 189. M. S. R., v, 848 (6). Oakham V. R., 72. \n119. Crawford Family of Oakham, 9. Wore. Co. Prob. Records, May \n10) ^nz [Arthur Forbes, Sr.], 1799 [Robert Forbes]. Wore. Co. Reg. \nof Deeds, Ixxxi, 526. \n\nBenjamin Foster. \n\nServed as Private, August 3, 1776, to February 17, 1777, in \nCapt. Nathan Hamilton\'s Co., Col. Samuel Brewer\'s Regt., at \nTiconderoga Mills, and as Corporal in Capt. Crawford\'s com- \npany on the Rhode Island and Bennington alarms. From Sep- \ntember 7 to November 29, 1777, he was Corporal in Capt. \nCrawford\'s Co., Col. Job Cushing\'s Regt., in the army that \nconquered General Burgoyne. \n\nJune 15, 1774, he bought of John Waldo of Boston, for \xc2\xa3110, \na farm containing ninety-two acres in Lot T, which included \nthe farm owned by the late Elbridge Mullett. \n\nBenjamin Foster was probably a brother of Ebenezer and \nSkelton Foster. He was married in Rutland April 8, 1779, to \nMrs. Deborah Fitts of Oakham. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 171, 188. M. S. R., v, 890 (4). Mass. Arehives\xe2\x80\x94 \nVarious Service, xviii, 25. Oakham V. R., 72. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, \n\nIxxvii, 155. \n\nEbenezer Foster. \n\nBorn in 1733, in Salem, probably in the Middle Precinct, now South \nDanvers. He was son of Ebenezer and Lydia (Felton) Foster, and \ngreat-grandson of John Foster of Salem. \n\nWhen the 4th Worcester County Regiment met for choice of \nofficers at Brookfield, May 14, 1776, Lieut. Ebenezer Foster was \nrecommended for Adjutant of the regiment. By official record \nof a ballot by the House of Representatives, June 5, 1776, he \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 87 \n\nwas chosen Adjutant. This action was concurred in by the \nCouncil the same day. His commission was dated June 4, 1776. \nThe whole regiment was not at any time ordered into active serv- \nice, but detachments from it were sent on the different cam- \npaigns, and the services of the field officers were indispensable in \nfilling the quotas required of the several towns from which this \nregiment was made up. \n\nHe came with his father to Rutland in 1744; served as a \nsoldier under Col. John Murray in the expedition to Crown \nPoint in 1755 ; removed from Rutland to Oakham, and on \nMarch 26, 1756, purchased of Sheers Berry, for \xc2\xa385, one hundred \nacres, being the southern part of Lot No. 8. He was Moderator \nof the Precinct meetings in 1759 and 1761, and Moderator of the \ntown meetings in 1780, 1781 and 1785, Clerk of the Precinct in \n1759, and Selectman of the town for fifteen years. He kept the \nFoster tavern from 1761 or earlier to 1809. This was situated \non the county road from Rutland to Hadley, later the Sixth \nMassachusetts Turnpike, at the place long occupied by David \nNye and his son, William A. Nye. \n\nEbenezer Foster was married, December i, 1757, to Hannah \nParlin of Concord, who died February 22, 1808. Children, born \nin Oakham: Hannah, August 28, 1759, died March 9, 1761 ; \nLydia, February 3, 1760; Joseph, March 25, 1762; Alpheus, \nMay 23, 1764; Zadock, February i, 1767; Ebenezer, August 12, \n1769; William, March 8, 1774; Benjamin, August 14, 1776; \nMolly, January 4, 1779; Spencer, May 26, 1781. \n\nWilliam removed to New Braintree and later to New York \nState. His son Charles, who removed to Ohio, was father of \nCharles Foster, born near Tilffn, Ohio, April 12, 1828, Member of \nCongress from Ohio from 1870 to 1876, and Governor of Ohio \nfrom 1880 to 1884. \n\nEbenezer Foster died in New Braintree, March 19, 181 1, aged \nseventy-nine years. \n\nM. S. R., V, 895 (10). Oakham V. R., 26, 27, 119, 120. New Braintree \nV. R., 23, 83. Morris, Ancestry of Lydia Foster, 5, 7, 8, 9 [Feb. 28, 1808, \nshould be Feb. 22. March 9, 1760, should be 1761]. Records, Wore. Co. \nCourt of Sessions, 1761-1809. Who\'s Who in America (1901-02), 393 \n[1888 should be 1828]. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, xxxix, 72,- \n\n\n\n88 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nSkelton Foster. \n\nBorn in Salem, son of Ebenezer Foster, who married, December 1 1, \n1731, Lydia, daughter of Skelton and Hepsibah (Sheldon) Felton, and \nbrother of Ebenezer Foster, the innholder of Oakham. \n\nHe marched with the Oakham company on the Bennington \nalarm, August 20, 1777. \n\nIn 1774 he owned land east of the Tomlinson farm. In 1777 \nhe purchased of Daniel Henderson of Oakham one hundred and \neight acres. He married Hannah Hinds of Rutland in 1766. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 188. M. S. R., v, 931 (4). Morris, Ancestry of Lydia \nFoster, 7, 8. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, xcii, 510, ci, 59. \n\nStephen Foster. \nEnHsted from Oakham, May 2, 1775, as a Private in Capt. \nHazeltine\'s Co., Col. Fellows\' Regt., for a term of eight months. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 165. M. S. R., v, 931 (8). \n\nAsa French. \n\nBom in Berkley, Mass., October 28, 1740, son of John French who died \nin Oakham, August 5, 1794, aged ninety-five years, and brother of John \nFrench, 2d, who married Hayden Shaw of Middleboro July 24, 1764, \nand came to Oakham after 1790. He served in the French and Indian \nWar at Fort Henry in 1757 as a Private in Capt. Benjamin Pratt\'s Co., \nwhich was raised in Middleboro. \n\nHe was elected Second Lieutenant when the 4th Worcester \nCounty Regiment was organized at Brookfield, May 14, 1776; \ncommission dated May 31, 1776. He was sent with ten men from \nthe Oakham company in 1776, and served with them in Col. \nJames Converse\'s regiment for two months at Dobbs Ferry, \nTarrytown and North Castle, N. Y. On account of the illness \nof Capt. How and Lieut. Packard, the command of the company \ndevolved upon Lieut. French. In September, 1777, he served \nas Sergeant under Lieut. Alexander Bothwell, in Capt. Cutler\'s \nCo. at the Northward. \n\nAsa French came to Oakham from Middleboro. September \n6, 1768, he purchased of Jonathan Bullard, for i6o, one hundred \nand forty-three acres in the northerly part of Lot No. 19, on \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 89 \n\nwhich he Hved till his death; this was the Charles Clark place. \nMr. French taught in the schools of Oakham, and was Selectman \nof the town five years. \n\nHe was married (i) October 24, 1765, to Anne Smith \nof Middleboro, who died April 6, 1802; (2) in 1803, to Widow \nThankful (Bangs) Thrasher of New Braintree, who died Feb- \nruary 18, 1806; (3) in 1806, to Abigail Stone of Oakham, who \ndied July 4, 1825, aged seventy-three years. Children : Samuel, \nbom October 3, 1766, removed to Craftsbury, Vt., in 1795 ; \nSusannah, bom February 22, 1769, married Samuel Brewer of \nSpencer; John, 3d, born December 16, 1771 ; Bathsheba, bom \nFebruary 17, 1774, married (i) Philo Sanford of Medway in \n1835, (2) Daniel Moulton of Spencer; Asa, Jr., born March \n17, 1777. \n\nJohn French, 3d, son of Asa, married his cousin Betsy French, \nApril 25, 1804. Children, born in Oakham : Ann, April 22, 1806; \nErastus S., January 7, 1808; Mary, May 4, 1810; Anson H., \nAugust 6, 1813. He removed to North Brookfield in 1833. \n\nAsa French, Jr., married Hannah Brimhall in 1801, and had \nfour children, born at Oakham : Freman, June 5, 1805 ; Eliza, \nMay I, 1807; Cyrus, October 15, 1809, died August 12, 1844, at \nBrookfield; and one child, September i, 1812, who died young. \n\nLieut. Asa French died in Oakham December 3, 1832, aged \nninety-two years. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 189, 228, 229. M. S. R, vi, 26 (5) [Freanch], 60 \n\n(13) [ French], 63 (2). Oakham V. R., 27, yz, 120. Spencer V. R., \n\n157- Brookfield V. R., 485. Middleboro Town Clerk\'s Records. Wore. \nCo. Reg. of Deeds, Iviii, 511. Weston, Hist, of Middleboro, 92, 93, 98. \nBailey, Early Mass. Marriages, ii, 87. John Robinson\'s Notes. Gravestone \nRecord in Pine Grove Cemetery. Rev. D. Tomlinson\'s Notes. Temple, \nHist, of No. Brookfield, 593. Spy, Sept. 10, 1794. U. S. Census (1790), \nMass., 173 [John French]. French Family Records in possession of Miss \nMary A. French of North Brookfield, Mass. Pay Roll, Capt. How\'s Co., \n1776. Affidavit of John Forbes. See John Crawford, p. 70. \n\nJabez Fuller. \n\nEnlisted for the term of three years in the Continental Army \non or before March 14, 1777, and joined Capt. Holden\'s Co., \n\n\n\n90 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nCol. Nixon\'s Regt. He died October i6, 1777, probably as the \nresult of wounds received in the battle of Saratoga. \n\nHe was one of the signers of the petition of June 23, 1773, for \nthe organization of a Congregational church in Oakham. \n\nJabez, Thomas, and Elisabeth, children of Jabez and Ruth \nFuller, were baptized in Oakham, August 8, 1773. \n\nOakham T. R., i. 171. M. S. R., vi, 163 (8). Oakham Church Records, \ni, I. Rev. J. Dana\'s Notes. \n\nElijah Gilbert. \n\nMarched in the Oakham Co. as a Private with Capt. John \nCrawford, August 20, 1777, on the Bennington alarm. \n\nM. S. R., vi, 405 (7) [Gilbart]. \n\nMoses Gilbert. \n\nSer\\-ed two months at Roxbury for the town of Oakham, \nand receipted, February 15, 1776, for ammunition to Capt. \nBarnabas Sears. \n\nIn 1773, he bought of Alexander Wilson, for \xc2\xa334, thirty-three \nacres and one hundred rods in Lot No. 18. \n\nMoses Gilbert was son of David Gilbert of New Braintree, \nand was by occupation a housewright. September 4, 1774) he \nand his wife owned the baptismal covenant and their son James \nwas baptized. A daughter Molly was baptized August 13, 1775. \n\nJune 22, 1786, when a citizen of Putney, Vt., he was married \nfor a second time in Rutland to Anna Hayden, sister of Joel \nHayden, formerly of Oakham but then living in Rutland. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168. M. S. R.. vi, 416 (i). Oakham V. R.. 74 [June \n22, i786]=Rutland V. R., 143 [Jan. 22, 1786]. Rev. J. Dana\'s Notes. \nRev. D. Tomlinson\'s Notes, ^^"orc. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Ivii, 258, Ixxviii, \n212. See Joel Hayden, p. 97. \n\nThomas Gill. \xe2\x80\xa2 \n\nBorn in Oakham, March 8, 1756, probably the son of Thomas Gill \n\nof Leicester, who married Janet ^Mclntyre of Rutland in 1746, and in \n\n1750 bought of Alexander McFarland, for \xc2\xa348 6s., eighty and one-half \nacres in Lot No. 10. \n\n\n\nTHE RE\\\'OLUTIONARY WAR 9I \n\nHe enlisted from Oakham. July i, 1775, in Capt. Seth Wash- \nbum\'s Co.. Col. Jonathan Ward\'s Regt., for a term of eight \nmonths at Roxbury. He served eight months from June 11, 1777, \nfor the towTi of Spencer in Capt. Benjamin Gates\'s Co., CoL R. \nPutnam\'s Regt., gi^"ing his residence as Oakham : and again, for \nhis own town, in Capt. Joel Green\'s Co., Col Ezra Wood\'s Regt., \nfrom June i. 1778. to January 31, 1779, at Peekskill and ^\\^lite \nPlains. He joined Capt. Thomas Whipple\'s company of guards \nat Rutland to serve from April 20, 1780, to December 20, 1780, \nbut on July 7, 1780, he enlisted in the Continental Army for six \nmonths ; farmer, age 24, stature 5 feet 8, complexion light He \nwas discharged November 11, 1780, and was again engaged for \nthe town of Oakham Februan.- 7, 1781, for 5er\\-ice in the Con- \ntinental Army, in Capt. Garfield\'s Co., Col. Rice\'s Regt., for the \nterm of three years, recei\\-ing a town bounty of three hundred \nsilver dollars. \xc2\xab \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168. 180, 251. 262. M. S. R., vf. 443 (6). Oakham \nV. R., 2& Rutland V. R., I-J4. Wore Co. Reg. of Deeds, xxx. 204. \n\nJoseph Gilles. \n\nEnlisted from Oakham, May 2, 1775. as a Private in Capt. \nSimeon Hazeltine\'s Co., Col. Fellows\' Regt.. for the term of \neight months at Roxbun,-. \n\nOakham T. R., i, i6=. M. S. R.. vi. 44S (7^. 452 (7) [GiUis]. \n\n\n\nJonathan Glazier. \n\nBom May 13. 1751, in Hardwick, son of Isaiah and Hannah (Thomas) \nQazier. \n\nHe was a Private in Capt. John Crawford\'s company, raised \nin Hardwick, Oakham and New Braintree for serv-ice in the \nStillwater campaign ; enlisted for the to\\sTi of Oakham, Septem- \nber 29, 1777, discharged November 29. 1777. He also ser\\-ed \nfor the town of Hardwick in Capt. Dexter\'s Co., Col. Leamed\'s \nRegt., and was in camp at Roxbury in January, 1776. \n\n\n\n92 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nHe married Azubah, daughter of Caleb and Hannah (Bod- \nfish) Nye, June 23, 1774. \n\nHe lived many years in Oakham in a house near the residence \nof Jonas Rich, and was one of the heads of families in Oakham \nin 1790. \n\nOakham T. R, i, 189. M. S. R., vi, 481 (s) [Glaizer], 487 (8). Letter \nof Miss Emily K. Fobes of Worcester. Wore. Co. Prob. Records, 1765. \nU. S. Census (1790). Mass., 230. Paige, Hist, of Hardwick, 383, 384. \nNye Genealogy, 90 [June 23^:27]. \n\nThe Green Family. \n\nPatrick Green married, in Rutland, Nellie, daughter of Robert \nMcMains, March 4, 1741. In 1743 he received from his father- \nin-law ninety-six acres in Lot. No. 32, consideration "Parental \nLove and Affection for Eleanor, my daughter. Wife of Patrick \nGreen." He was one of the first ten settlers of Oakham, and \nlived on the south side of the county road from Rutland to \nHadley, a few rods southeast of the house in which William \nGaffney now lives. He was Precinct Treasurer in 1760 and \n1 761. William and Bartholomew Green were his sons. \n\nRutland V. R., 146 [Greene]. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, xxiii, 82. \n\nBartholomew Green. \n\nWas Private in Capt. Samuel Dexter\'s Co., Col. Learned\'s \nRegt., raised in Hardwick, New Braintree and Oakham for six \nmontlis\' service in the siege of Boston. He enlisted for a term \nof two months at Dorchester, and receipted for ammunition to \nCapt. Barnabas Sears February 15, 1776. He enlisted again in \nCapt. Earll\'s Co., Col. Keyes\'s Regt., for service in Rhode Island \nfrom July 2, 1777, to January 4, 1778. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 188. M. S. R., vi, 795 (11). \n\nJohn Green. \n\nEnlisted for the town of Oakham for the term of three years \nin the Continental Army at Brookfield, September 15, 1775, \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 93, \n\nresidence Oakham, and was in Capt. Goodale\'s Co., Col. Rufus \nPutnam\'s Regt. He reenlisted and served till January, 1781. \nIn 1777 his residence was given as Gorham. \n\nLydia, daughter of John Green of Oakham, was baptized in \nRutland, August 7, 1763. \n\nM. S. R., vi, 814 (10) [Oakham also given Gorham]. Rutland V. R., 48. \n\n\n\nWilliam Green. \n\nPrivate in Capt. Joseph Cutler\'s company of volunteers, raised \nin Western (now Warren) and Oakham, which marched Sep- \ntember 24, 1777, to join the army of General Gates at the \nNorthward. \n\nIn 1766 he purchased, for \xc2\xa337 12s., ninety-four acres in the \nnortheast part of Lot No. 32. In 1793 he sold to Jeptha Ripley, \nfor \xc2\xa3410, ninety-eight acres north of the county road, with all the \nbuildings thereon. He was Selectman of Oakham in 1778 and \n1779, Town Clerk in 1780, and was on the Committee of Cor- \nrespondence, Inspection and Safety in 1777. He kept an inn \nfrom 1776 till 1784 and was living in Oakham in 1790. \n\nHis wife\'s name was Sarah. Children, born in Oakham : Wil- \nliam, February 12, 1765; Benjamin, March 26, 1767; Sarah, \nMarch 2, 1769; Azubah, April 15, 1771 ; Alpha, November 12, \n1773; Joseph, March 23, 1776; Patty, October 9, 1778, died \nSeptember 7, 1781 ; Marcy, August 19, 1780. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 189. M. S. R., vi, 841 (s)- Oakham V. R., 29, 121. \nU. S. Census (1790), Mass., 230. Records, Wore. Co. Court of Sessions, \n1777-1784. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Ivi, 481, cxix, 236. \n\n\n\nRobert Hair. \n\nRobert Hair enlisted, on August i, 1777, as a Private, age 15, \nin Capt. Ralph Earll\'s Co., Col. Danforth Keyes\'s Regt., for \nservice in Rhode Island. A roll dated Camp Providence, Sep- \ntember I, and sworn to in Worcester County, gives him credit \n\n\n\n94 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nfor one month\'s service. On November 21, the following \nadvertisement appeared in the Massachusetts Spy: \n\n"Deserted from my company in Col. Dan forth Keyes regiment, Robert \nHair, 15 yrs of age, 5 ft high, belonging to Oakham in the County o\xc2\xa3 \nWorcester. Whoever shall take up said deserter and confine him in some \nGoal in the state or return him to his regiment shall have $5.00 reward \nand all necessary charges paid by me. \n\nRalph Earle, Capt. \nLittle Compton, Oct. 31, 1777." \n\nThat the young lad returned to the service, and did his best \nto live down his earlier reputation would seem to be established \nby a receipt dated at Springfield November 9, 1782, which states \nthat Robert Hair had been accepted as a Continental Soldier for \na term of three years from the town of Charlton. \n\nM. S. R., vii, 41 (2), (3). Spy, Nov. 21, 1777. \n\nZaccheus Hall, Jr. \n\nEnlisted as a Private in Capt. Samuel Dexter\'s Co., which was \nraised in Hardwick, New Braintree and Oakham and formed part \nof Col. Learned\'s Regt., which went into camp at Roxbury on \nMay 19, 1775. July 10, 1777, he again enlisted, for the town of \nOakham, in Capt. Earll\'s Co., Col. Keyes\'s Regt., and served \nfive months and twenty-five days in Rhode Island. Before join- \ning this regiment, he marched on the Rhode Island alarm in the \nNew Braintree company. \n\nHe was married in New Braintree, October 28, 1784, to \nSusanna Adams. His father, Zaccheus Hall, died in New \nBraintree, July 15, 1772. \n\nM. S. R., vii, 119 (4), (S), (6). New Braintree V. R., 88, 141. \n\nJohn Harmon. \n\nHas credit on the town records for three months\' service in \nNew York, in 1776. \n\nHe came from Western (Warren) and purchased in 1771 from \nGeorge Black one hundred and ten acres in Lot No. 23, the \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 95 \n\nnortherly part. This included part of the Clayton Adams farm \nsouth of the town road. \n\nIn 1772 he was married to Mary White of Warren. "Decem- \nber 3, 1775, John Harmon & wife owned ye Govt, at ye own \nhome (having been propounded as usual) on account of ye \nchildren\'s sickness. Their child baptized." \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168. Warren V. R., no. Rev. J. Dana\'s Notes. \nWore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Ixvii, 148. \n\n\n\nBenjamin Harper. \n\nBorn August 18, 1762, son of George and Catherine Harper, and twin \nbrother of Joseph. His father was one of the first ten settlers of \nOakham, was Moderator in 1764 and in 1765, Assessor in 1760, 1762 \nand 1763, Collector in 1762, 1763 and 1764, and Selectman in 1762 and \n1763. \n\nBenjamin Harper was a Private in Capt. Ralph Earll\'s Co., \nCol. Keyes\'s Regt., having enlisted August 20, 1777, for service \nin Rhode Island, from which he was discharged January 4, 1778. \nAugust 2, 1778, he enlisted in Capt. Gilbert\'s Co., Col. Josiah \nWhitney\'s Regt., for a term of one month at Rhode Island. \nFrom March 6 to April 23, 1780, he was a member of Capt. \nEphraim Hartwell\'s company of guards at Rutland. July 7, 1780, \nhe enlisted in the Continental Army for six months ; occupation \nfarmer, age 18, stature 5 feet 8, complexion light. He was dis- \ncharged December 16, 1780, and reelisted again in the Continen- \ntal Army March 18, 1781, for three years, receiving as a bounty \nthree hundred silver dollars. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 251, 261. M. S. R., vii, 308 (8), (9), (10), (11). \nOakham V. R., 30 [Aug. 18, 17 \xe2\x80\x94 ]. \n\n\n\nGeorge Harper. \n\nBorn August 29, 1758, fourth son of George and Catherine Harper. \n\nGeorge Harper was a Private in Capt. Ezekiel Knowlton\'s Co., \nCol. Dike\'s Regt., stationed in 1776 at Dorchester Heights. \n\n\n\n96 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nJuly 23, 1777, he marched with Capt. Crawford on the Rhode \nIsland alarm. October 19, 1779, he enlisted in Capt. Joseph \nRichardson\'s Co., Col. Samuel Denny\'s Regt. The company was \nraised for three months\' service at Claverack. He has also \ncredit on the town records for service in Rhode Island, in Capt. \nEarll\'s Co., in 1777. \n\nSeptember 18, 1783, he was married to Ruth Wolcott of New \nBraintree. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 187, 188, 242. M. S. R., vii, 308 (13). Oakham \nV. R., 30, 77. \n\nJohn Harper. \n\nBorn April 28, 1744, eldest son of George and Catherine Harper. \n\nJohn Harper marched on the Rhode Island alarm, July 23, \n1777. Two months later he was with Capt. Crawford in the \nStillwater campaign, having enlisted September 7, 1777, to serve \ntill November 30. In 1780 he enlisted in the Continental Army \nfor six months; age 36, stature 5 feet 11, complexion ruddy. \nHe marched from home July 6, was stationed at West Point, and \nwas discharged January 15, 1781. He was probably also in Capt. \nJohn Howard\'s Co., Col. Samuel Brewer\'s Regt., at Ticonderoga, \nin 1776. \n\nIn 1775 he owned the north half of Lot No. 11, that is, all \nthe land in the lot north of the Tomlinson farm and including \nthat part of the present village site north of Maple Street. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 187, 188, 251. M. S. R., vii, 309 (S), (?)\xe2\x96\xa0 Oakham \nV. R., 30. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Ixxv, 309. \n\n\n\nJoseph Harper. \n\nBorn August 18, 1762, son of George and Catherine Harper, and \ntwin brother of Benjamin. \n\nJoseph Harper was a Private in Capt. Earll\'s Co., Col. Keyes\'s \nRegt., in which he enlisted August i, 1777, and served in Rhode \nIsland till January 4, 1778. From March 30 to July 2, 1778, he \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 97 \n\nwas in Capt. Thomas Whipple\'s company of guards at Rutland. \nAugust 2, 1778, he enlisted in Capt. Gilbert\'s Co., Col. Josiah \nWhitney\'s Regt., for a term of one month in Rhode Island. July \n7, 1780, he enlisted in the Continental Army for six months; age \n18, stature 5 feet 8, complexion dark. He was discharged Decem- \nber 16, 1780. \n\nHe married Abigail Bacon of New Braintree December 13, \n1781. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 251. M. S. R., vii, 309 (10), (n), 310 (2), viii, 256 \n(9) [Horper]. Oakham V. R., 30 [Aug. 18, 17 \xe2\x80\x94 ], yT. \n\nRobert Harper. \n\nBorn February 12, 1748, third son of George and Catherine Harper. \n\nRobert Harper was a Private in Capt. Washburn\'s Co., Col. \nWard\'s Regt., having enlisted July i, 1775, for a term of eight \nmonths at Cambridge and Roxbury. He marched with Capt. \nCrawford\'s company on the Rhode Island and Bennington alarms \nin 1777, and was detailed in 1778 to join Col. Gerrish\'s regiment \nof guards which escorted the troops of the Saratoga Convention \nfrom Rutland to Enfield, Conn. In 1781 he enlisted for the \nterm of three months in Capt. John Cutler\'s Co., Col. Luke \nDrury\'s Regt., marched from home August 27, 1781, and joined \nthe regiment at West Point September 3. He was discharged \nNovember 24. \n\nIn 1766 he married Sarah McFarland, daughter of Alexander \nMcFarland, one of the first ten settlers of Oakham. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 187, 188, 214, 280. M. S. R., vii, 310 (5). Oak- \nham V. R., 30. ^-j. Wore. Co. Prob. Records, 1776 [Alexander \nMcFarland]. \n\nJoel Hay den. \n\nBorn February 21, 1756, in Sudbury, Mass., son of Moses and \nPriscilla (Goodenow) Hayden. \n\nJoel Hayden was one of the minutemen who marched from \nOakham on the alarm of April 19, 1775. In 1776 he went with \n7 \n\n\n\n98 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nCol. Samuel Brewer\'s regiment in the Ticonderoga campaign, and \nenlisted again August 12, 1777, to serve till January 2, 1778, at \nProvidence. In 1779 he entered the Continental Army for three \nyears, giving his residence as Oakham and engaging for the town \nof Northfield. \n\nMr. Hayden was an intimate friend of the Craiges and was \nresiduary legatee, with Daniel Parmenter, of Joseph Craige\'s \nestate. After Joseph Craige\'s death in 1781, he was innholder in \nOakham till the Craige property was purchased by Richard \nKelley. In 1783 he removed to Rutland, where he had purchased \na farm of fifty-four acres. He was living in Rutland in 1786. \nThe only head of a family by the name of Joel Hayden living \nin Massachusetts in 1790 resided in Blandford. \n\nEarly in 1777, he was married to Lucy Flint, daughter of \nThomas and Eunice (How) Flint, and sister of John Flint who \ncame from Rutland to Oakham in 1779. Lucy Flint was born in \nRutland, January 31, 1757. They had four children: Patty, born \nMay 28, 1777, died July 11, 1778; Joseph, born January 16, \n1779; Joel, born November 24, 1780; Charlotte, born June 12, \n1782. His son Joel was born in Putney, Vt. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 171. M. S. R., vii, 13 (12) [Haden], 533 (11) \n[Haton], 587 (5), (7). Oakham V. R., 31, 79, 122. Rutland V. R., 42. \nSudbury V. R., 63, 211. U. S. Census (1790), Mass., 103. Records, \nWore. Co. Court of Sessions, 1782. Wore. Co. Prob. Records, Aug. 20, \n1781 [Joseph Craige]. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Ixxxi, 491 [John Flint], \nxcvii, 10, e, 133. See Moses Gilbert, p. 90. \n\n\n\nDaniel Henderson. \n\nBorn September 8, 1746, in Rutland, third son of Lieut. James and \nSarah Henderson, and brother of David and Jonathan Henderson, \nsoldiers in the Revolutionary War, and of Rachel Henderson, the first \nwife of Capt. John Crawford, and of Mary Henderson, the wife of \nWilliam Crawford. His father, James Henderson, was married Decem- \nber 16, 1736, to Sarah Harper of Concord. He came to Rutland, where \nhe bought in 1740 sixty-three acres on Walnut Hill. Mrs. Sarah Hender- \nson died June 25, 1751, and he was again married to Elizabeth Rally \nJuly 8, 1756. His will was filed April i, 1776. Fourteen children were \nmentioned in the will: James, Rachel, William, Daniel, Mary, Elizabeth, \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 99 \n\nDavid, Jonathan, Edward, Sarah, Josiah, Abner, Joseph, and Susanna. \nIn 1759 he served as Second Lieutenant in Capt. Paige\'s Co. on the \nexpedition to Crown Point. \n\nDaniel Henderson was Sergeant in Capt. John Crawford\'s \ncompany of minutemen who marched on the alarm of April 19, \n1775. He also enlisted August 27, 1777, as a Private in Capt. \nRalph Earll\'s Co., Col. Danforth Keyes\'s Regt., and served four \nmonths and eight days at Providence. \n\nAugust 25, 1766, he was married in Spencer to Sarah Mclntyre \nof that town, and removed to Oakham in the summer of 1768. \n\nM. S. R., vii, 717 (6), (7). Rutland V. R., 50, 150, 151, 230. Mass. \nMuster Rolls, xcvii, 355, 356. Wore. Co. Prob. Records, Apr. i, 1776 \n[James Henderson]. Records, Wore. Co. Court of Sessions, Sept. 2, 1768. \nWore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, xx, 484. Packard Family (MS.) by Mr. \nCharles M. Packard of Westboro. \n\n\n\nDavid Henderson. \n\nBorn in Rutland, fourth son of Lieut. James and Sarah Henderson. \n\nHe enlisted June 5, 1775, in Capt. Hazeltine\'s Co., Col. Fellows\' \nRegt., for a term of eight months at Roxbury, and served in Capt. \nNathan Hamilton\'s Co., Col. Samuel Brewer\'s Regt., at Ticon- \nderoga, from August 3, 1776, probably till the following Feb- \nruary. He enlisted February 23, 1778, for three years in the \nContinental Army, for the town of Rutland. \n\nM. S. R., vii, 718 (2). Wore. Co. Prob. Records, Apr. i, 1776 [James \nHenderson]. \n\nJames Henderson, Jr. \n\nBorn September 22, 1737, in Concord, eldest son of Lieut. James and \nSarah Henderson, and brother of Daniel, David and Jonathan Henderson. \n\nJames Henderson was Corporal in Capt. David Bent\'s Co., Col. \nJob Cushing\'s Regt.; enlisted September 5, 1777; service, two \nmonths with the Northern Army; discharged October 27, 1777; \ncompany raised to serve till the last of November. \n\n\n\nlOO SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nIn 1758 he bought in Oakham, for \xc2\xa339 5s. 8d., Lot No. 15, \n\ntwo hundred and fifty acres ; also several acres in Lot BB. In \n\n1765 he bought of his father-in-law, Alexander McFarland, for \n\xc2\xa34, four and one-half acres in Lot No. 10. \n\nHe was Assessor in the District of Oakham in 1765 and 1766. \nJanuary 19, 1758, he married Rachel McFarland, daughter of \nAlexander McFarland, one of the first ten settlers of Oakham. \n\nM. S. R., i, 234 (2) [Anderson], vii, 718 (7). Rutland V. R., 151. \nConcord Births, Marriages and Deaths, 157- Wore. Co. Prob. Records, \n\n1766 [Alexander McFarland]. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, xli, 79, liv, 212. \nPackard Family (see above). \n\nJonathan Henderson. \n\nBorn in Rutland, fifth son of Lieut. James Henderson. \n\nJonathan Henderson enlisted in the Continental Army at \nBrookfield, September 15, 1777, giving his residence as Oakham, \nand received \xc2\xa320 bounty from the town of Oakham, term of \nservice, during the war. January 25, 1778, he was credited to \nthe town of Rutland. \n\nHe was married to Esther Dean in 1788. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 171- M. S. R., vii, 719 (4)- Oakham V. R., 79- \nPackard Family (see above). \n\nIsrael Hill. \n\nEnlisted May 15, 1777, in Capt. Reed\'s Co., Col. Alden\'s Regt., \nfor a term of three years in the Continental Army. He was \nkilled August 25, 1777, while on the expedition for the relief of \nFort Schuyler. \n\nThe Widow Beriah Hill received from the town of Oakham \nhis bounty of \xc2\xa320, April 13, 1778. Notice of her appointment \nas administratrix was published July 9, 1778, and on July 29 his \nestate was sold at auction, consisting of between five and seven \nacres of land lying on the county road from Rutland to Hard- \nwick, with a dwelling house and a frame for a blacksmith shop. \nHe had also one pair of blacksmith\'s bellows, a sledge, vise, tongs, \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR lOl \n\nand shop tools. In April, 1777, he had forbidden all persons \ntrusting his wife on his account, as, besides other and worse \noffences, she had sold many articles of her wearing apparel and \n"had threatened to destroy all his interest." \n\nOakham T. R., i, 178. M. S. R., vii, 876 (5). Spy, May 2, 1777, July \n9, 1778. Wore. Co. Prob. Records, 1777. \n\nJohn Hill. \n\nEnlisted for the town of Oakham, July 2, 1777, in Capt. Ralph \nEarll\'s Co., Col. Dan forth Keyes\'s Regt., for six months\' service \nin Rhode Island and was appointed Corporal. He was discharged \nJanuary 4, 1778. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 18S. M. S. R., vii, 885 (3). \n\nStephen Hill. \n\nProbably the same as Joseph Hill. Enlisted for the town of \nOakham in 1779 for the term of nine months in the Continental \nArmy; age 20, stature 5 feet 6, complexion light. Mustered in \nJuly 7, marched July 14. He was in Capt. Redding\'s Co., Col, \nBradford\'s Regt., and was discharged April 9, 1780. \n\nM. S. R., vii, 892 (5) [Joseph Hill] =904 (2) [Stephen Hill], \n\nJohn Hitchcock. \n\nWas engaged by the town of Oakham for six months\' service \nin the Continental Army in 1780, in response to the Resolve of \nJune 5, 1780. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 251. M. S. R., vii, 816 (8) [Hichcock]. \n\nEnos Hudson. \n\nBorn in Oakham in 1759, the son of Joseph and Hepsibah Hudson. \nJoseph Hudson was a clothier who came from Rutland to Oakham in \n1758, and bought of Joseph Craige four acres in what is now Coldbrook. \n\n\n\nI02 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nThis piece of land was north of the county road, and between the Craige \ntavern and the Ware River bridge. He was Selectman of Oakham in \n1770, 177s, 1776 and 1777, Assessor in 1762, 1763, 1765, 1770, 1772 and \n1775, Moderator in 1764, Treasurer in 1783, and member of the Committee \nof Correspondence, Inspection and Safety in 1775 and 1776. His estate \nwas settled in 1791, when he owned two hundred and twenty-seven acres \nof land, appraised at \xc2\xa3336. \n\nEnos Hudson was the best soldier furnished by the town of \nOakham in the Revolution. He enlisted March 11, 1777, at the \nage of eighteen, for a term of three years in the 7th Mass. Regt., \nfor service in the Continental Army. He was in the regiment \ncommanded by Col. Alden and afterward by Col. Brooks. He \nwas appointed Corporal. In March, 1779, he reenlisted, to serve \nduring the war. He was engaged in the battles that resulted in \nthe surrender of General Burgoyne in 1777, at Cherry Valley \nand Newtown in 1779, at Kingsbridge and in the battles around \nYorktown that resulted in the surrender of Cornwallis in 1781. \nFebruary 20, 1782, his descriptive list was taken: age 22, \nstature 6 feet, complexion dark, hair brown, occupation farmer, \nbirthplace Oakham, residence Oakham. \n\nFebruary 7, 1783, he was given leave by Col. Jackson to go \nfrom New Windsor to Worcester for forty days, to visit his \nhome, and on March 3, while on furlough, his intention of mar- \nriage to Patie Brown was published in the Oakham meeting- \nhouse. \n\nHe was discharged June 8, 1783, by General Washington, the \nterm of enlistment having expired. He was one of the men in \nCol. Brooks\'s regiment who were entitled to honorary badges for \nlong and faithful service, having been in the Continental Army \nfrom March 11, 1777, to June 8, 1783. He received one honorary \nstripe. \n\nAfter the war, he lived for about six years in Oakham. When \nFather Tomlinson was settled in 1786, he contributed one thou- \nsand feet of closing boards towards building his house. \n\nOn April 17, 1818, when he applied for a pension, he was living \nin Eaton, Madison Co., N. Y., and was fifty-nine years of age. \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 103 \n\nIn 1820, his wife was sixty-seven years old, and there were two \ngrandchildren, one eight years old and the other five. \n\nEnos Hudson was married to Patie Brown in 1783, and had \nthree children, two born in Oakham : Samuel Smead, March 23, \n1784; Rebekah, March 16, 1788; and one in Rutland: Patience, \nMay 20, 1790. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 171. M. S. R., viii, 457 (6), 464 (i) [Zenas Hudson]. \nOakham V. R., 32, 81. Rutland V. R., 58 [Samuel Smead, Nov. 27, \nI784=baptism]. Pension Application, Apr. 17, 1818. Wore. Co. Prob. \nRecords, 1791 [Joseph Hudson]. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, xlii, 168, 170. \nSubscription Paper for Mr. Tomlinson, May 3, 1786 (MS.). \n\n\n\nSamuel Hunt. \n\nBorn in Oakham in 1764. \n\nHe served as a Private in Capt. Thomas Whipple\'s company \nof guards from April 20, 1780, to September 20, 1780. The \ncompany was stationed at Rutland. Mr. Hunt lost his right leg \nin consequence of an injury received while fighting fire in the \nprison barracks. \n\nSamuel Hunt was a tailor living in Coldbrook, and later had \na country store there and ran an express between Coldbrook and \nBoston. In 1805 he was in partnership with Caleb Shattuck, and \nin 1824, with Asa French, Jr. He was for some years innkeeper \nin the old Craige tavern. \n\nIn 1803 he married Lydia F. Green of Rutland. She was \ndaughter of Joseph Green of Rutland and was baptized February \nI, 1779. Children, bom in Oakham: Charles C, September 24, \n1804; Samuel Lyman, May 28, 1810; George Austin, July 13, \n1813; Laura B., May 2, 1820, married Horace E. Chace of \nPaxton. \n\nSamuel Hunt died in Oakham, January 4, 1840, aged seventy- \nsix years. \n\nM. S. R., viii, 537 (9). Oakham V. R., 32, 81, 123. Rutland V. R., 48. \nSpy, March 27, 1805, March 24, 1824. Worcester Telegram, March 23, \n1910 [Mrs. Laura B. Chace]. \n\n\n\nI04 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nJames Hunter. \n\nEnlisted for a term of two months at Roxbury and Dorchester, \nand receipted for ammunition to Capt. Barnabas Sears, February \n15, 1776. He marched as Private with Capt. Crawford on the \nRhode Island and Bennington alarms, and was Corporal in Capt. \nJoseph Cutler\'s company of volunteers raised in Western (now \nWarren) and Oakham for service in the Northern Department, \nwhich marched September 24, 1777, to join the army under \nGeneral Gates. \n\nJames Hunter of New Braintree was married, April 13, 1769, \nto Sarah Hall. In 1774 he bought of his brother, William \nHunter, for \xc2\xa3200, one hundred acres, the south half of Lot \nNo. II, including all the land in the present village south of \nMaple Street. Here he lived till 1786, w^hen he sold his farm \nto Rev. Daniel Tomlinson, to whose descendants it still belongs, \nand removed to Pelham, Mass. He was Warden of the town \nof Oakham in 1775, and member of the Committee of Corre- \nspondence, Inspection and Safety in 1779. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 188, 189. M. S. R., viii, 548 (5). (")\xe2\x80\xa2 New \nBraintree V. R., 94. U. S. Census (1790), Mass., 120. Wore. Co. Reg. \nof Deeds, ci, 58, 59. \n\nOliver Jackson. \n\nEnlisted for the town of Oakliam, May 2, 1775, in Capt. Hazel- \ntine\'s Co., Col. John Fellows\' Regt., for term of eight months \nat Roxbury. \n\nOakham T. R.. i, 165. M. S. R., viii, 6S4 (2). \n\nAbraham Joslin. \n\nMarched with Capt. Crawford on the alarm at Rhode Island, \nJuly 23, 1777, and on the alarm at Bennington, August 20, 1777. \n\nHe came to Oakham from New Braintree and lived on the road \nfrom New Braintree to Oakham meeting-house, probably at the \nBoyden place. \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 105 \n\nDecember 9, 1773, he was married in New Braintree to Abigail \nWarner. A daughter Anna was born in New Braintree, Feb- \nruary 15, 1776. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 187, 188. M. S. R., viii, 1000 (8). New Braintree \nV. R., 31, 95. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Ixxix, 439. \n\n\n\nBenjamin Joslin. \n\nSergeant in Capt. John Crawford\'s company of minutemen who \nmarched April 19, 1775, in response to the Lexington alarm. \n\nHe lived for a short time on the north side of the old road \nleading from New Braintree to the Oakham meeting-house, the \nCharles Keith place. He sold his land in 1776 to James Blair \nand Abraham Joslin. In 1775 he was a member of the Committee \nof Correspondence, Inspection and Safety. \n\nJuly 9, 1778, Benjamin Joslin and Persis, his wife, were dis- \nmissed to the church in New Braintree. \n\nM. S. R., viii, 727 (12) [Jaslyn]. Rev. J. Dana\'s Notes. Wore. Co. \nReg. of Deeds, Ixxix, 439, Ixxxiii, 140. \n\n\n\nJohn Kenny. \n\nEnlisted from the town of Oakham May 5, 1777, as a Private \nin Capt. Edmund Hodges\'s Co., Col. Josiah Whitney\'s Regt., \nand served two months and seven days in Rhode Island. \n\nM. S. R., ix, 125 (11), \n\nBenjamin Knight. \n\nBorn in Sudbury, December 26, 1744, son of Samuel and Anna (Earns) \nKnight and brother of Silas Knight. \n\nHe enlisted in the summer of 1776 for a term of two months at \nDobbs Ferry, Tarrytown and North Castle, with Lieut. Asa \nFrench. \n\n\n\nIo6 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nIn 1773 he bought, for iioo, seventy acres in the southwesterly \npart of Lot No. 18, bounded on the north by the land of Alex- \nander Wilson. This was the Brimhall place. He was one of the \nsigners of the petition of June 23, 1773, for the organization of \nthe Congregational Church. \n\nHis wife\'s name was Hannah. They had four children, born \nin Oakham: Joseph, November 26, 1772; Molly, June 23, 1774; \nBetty, February 9, 1776; Benjamin, September 28, 1777. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168. Oakham V. R., 34, 35. Sudbury V. R., 83, 228. \nOakham Church Records, i, i. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Ixxiii, 185. \nPay Roll, Capt. How\'s Co., 1776. \n\nSilas Knight. \n\nBorn in Sudbury, May 5, 1757, son of Samuel and Anna (Earns) \nKnight. \n\nHe enlisted for the town of Sudbury June 28, 1776, and served \ntill December i, 1776, at Camp Hull and Castle Island. Septem- \nber 28, 1777, he again enlisted and served forty-one days with the \nNorthern Army. \n\nHe came to Oakham about 1780 and lived in a house east of \nthe Brimhall farm, on an old private road that ran in a northerly \ndirection from the corner near the house of Isaac Stone, 2d. \nThis road ran near a house on Bullard Hill, crossed the county \nroad from Rutland to Hardwick near Phineas Bullard\'s and \njoined the Coldbrook road near the house of the late Capt. Sum- \nner Barr. Silas Knight\'s house was burned in 1802. Deacon \nJames Allen remembered going to this fire when he was ten years \nold. \n\nHe married Martha Goodenough, May 12, 1782. Children, \nborn in Oakham: Silas, Jr., October 22, 1782; Mary, March \n7, 1784; Perces, August 18, 1786; David, August 22, 1788; \nPattie, January 26, 1790; Arathusa, November 29, 1791 ; Hiram, \nAugust 22, 1793; Ann, May 6, 1795; Prince, April 17, 1798; \nBenjamin Franklin, March 12, 1800; Thomas Jefferson, Jan- \nuary 29, 1803. \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR IO7 \n\nSilas Knight died between July 30 and October 4, 1842. \nHe was grandfather of Charles S. Knight and great-grandfather \nof James A. Knight, both of whom served in the Civil War in \nthe 42d Massachusetts Infantry. \n\nM. S. R., ix, 355 (4). Oakham V. R., 34, 35, 124. Sudbury V. R., 83, \n228. Note of Dea. Jesse Allen. \n\n\n\nJacob Kubler. \n\nEnlisted March 30, 1778, as a Private in Capt. Thomas \nWhipple\'s Co., Col. Abijah Stearns\' Regt., to serve till July 2, \n1778, guarding troops of the Saratoga Convention at Rutland. \nHe has also credit on the town records for a campaign to Boston, \nbeginning July i, 1778. \n\nJune 15, 1777, he was married in Sudbury to Susanna Hayden, \naunt of Joel Hayden and sister of Mrs. Isaiah Parmenter. He \ncame to Oakham the same year and bought for ^78 fifty-five acres \nand a house in Lot No. 29, on the north side of the county road \nleading from Rutland to Hard wick. In 1793 he was living \n(probably in this house) east of William Green\'s farm, which was \nthen sold to Jeptha Ripley. His will was filed December 23, \n1796. He gave to his wife, who was appointed executrix, his \n"whole estate, both real and personal," from which it appears \nthat he had no descendants. His widow died January 6, 18 10, \naged seventy-three. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 189. M. S. R., ix, 398 (7) [Kubelor]. Oakham V. R., \n124 [Kibley]. Sudbury V. R., 227 [Kibler]. Wore. Co. Prob. Records, \nDec. 23, 1796 [Kublear]. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, cvi, 390, cxix, 236. \n\nLoved Lincoln. \n\nBorn August 26, 1758, in Rehoboth, son of Nathaniel, Jr., and Elizabeth \n(Robinson) Lincoln, and brother of Stephen Lincoln. \n\nHe enlisted May i, 1775, as a Private in Capt. Grainger\'s Co., \nCol. Ebenezer Learned\'s Regt. In May, 1778, he was enlisted by \nCapt. Crawford for the Continental Army for the term of nine \n\n\n\nIo8 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nmonths, agreeably to the resolve of April 20, 1778 ; age 19, stature \n6 feet, complexion dark. It is stated on the town records that \nhe was "hired by the four Bells." He was assigned to Capt. \nCavenagh\'s company in the detachment under Major Weeks, \nand was later transferred to Capt. Jones\' company of Col. Lamb\'s \nNew York Artillery. He was probably an artillery driver. \nIn his application for a pension, he stated that he "was at \nTerra Town when that place was attacked, and retreated to \nWhite Plain September 12, 1778." \n\nLoved Lincoln came to New Braintree with his father in 1759. \nSometime after the close of the war, he settled in Lewiston, \nMaine. He was twice married : ( i ) to a young woman in New \nBraintree, who died January 19, 1805; (2) to Betsey, daughter \nof Jonathan Hodgkin of Lewiston, who was born in 1774. \nChildren: Charlotte, married a Mr. Thompson, died August 7, \n1812; Nathaniel, lived in Bath, Me.; Cyrus; Betsey, born 1797; \nLurany ; Sally ; Levi ; Ruf us. Six other children died young. \n\nCyrus was a Lieutenant in the War of 1812, and was taken \nprisoner when on board the Growler in June, 181 3, on the \nSorrel River, near Lake Champlain. He was kept a prisoner \nat Quebec and Halifax until the close of the war. He lived in \nBath, Maine, and had four children. \n\nLoved Lincoln died in Lewiston April 9, 1850, aged ninety-two \nyears. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 190. M. S. R., ix, 796 (5) [Linclon], 813 (S), 824 (7) \n[Lincon], 837 (14) [Linkhorn]. Note of Dea. Horace Lincoln of Oak- \nham. Pension Application, Apr. 12, 1818. N. E. Gen. & Ant. Reg., iv \n(1850), 293 [Lovell Lincoln]. Morris, Stephen Lincoln of Oakham, Mass., \n10, 20. Letter of Professor G. M. Chase of Lewiston. \n\n\n\nStephen Lincoln. \n\nBorn in Rehoboth, December 3, I7SI, son of Nathaniel, Jr., and \nElizabeth (Robinson) Lincoln. His mother was daughter of Increase, \nJr., and Mehitabel (Williams) Robinson. His father, Nathaniel, Jr., was a \ndescendant in the fifth generation of Thomas Lincoln, who came from \nEngland in 1635, settled in Hingham, and removed before 1650 to \nTaunton. \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 109 \n\nHe has credit on the town records for six months\' service in \nRhode Island, beginning in August, 1778. \n\nHe came from Taunton to New Braintree in 1759, and removed \na few years later to Oakham. He built a log house on Bogle \nHill, in which his first two children were born. March 6, 1783, \nhe purchased of the estate of Silas Hill, for i20i, ninety-two \nacres, with house, barn, shoemaker\'s shop, bark house and tan \nyard, to which he added by subsequent purchase one hundred \nacres more. About 1800 he built the large house now belonging \nto Arthur and Francena Spooner. Here he lived till his \ndeath, March 16, 1840. He was chosen Chorister June 17, 1779, \nwas Warden in 1784, and Selectman in 1791 and 1798. \n\nApril 29, 1779, he married Lydia Foster, daughter of Lieut. \nEbenezer Foster. Children, born in Oakham : Abner, February \nII, 1780; Hannah, September 25, 1781 ; Lydia, March 2, 1784; \nLucy, October 2^^, 1786; Betsy, September 7, 1788; Levi, \nNovember 3, 1790; Stephen, Jr., November 29, 1792; Sally, May \nI9> 179s j Justus, May 20, 1797; Mary, December 17, 1799; \nLouisa, February 3, 1803. A full acount of his ancestry and \ndescendants was published by John E. Morris in 1895. At that \ntime his descendants numbered nearly four hundred. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 214. Oakham V. R., 26, 2>^, 84, 124 [84 years should \nbe 89]. Morris, Stephen Lincoln, S, 17, 19, 36-38. Morris, Ancestry of \nLydia Foster, 8, 9. Oakham Church Records i, 6. Recollections of Mr. \nStephen Lincoln. \n\nJohn Macomber. \n\nBorn May 18, 1760, in Taunton, Mass., son of John and Abigail \n(Padelford) Macomber, and descendant in the fifth generation of John \nMacomber who was in Taunton in 1643. \n\nIn the autumn of 1776, he was a private in Capt. Joshua \nWilbore\'s Co., Col. Ebenezer Francis\'s Regt. He probably \nserved from March i to May i, 1778, at the Fort at Dartmouth, \nand also in the summer of 1780 in Rhode Island, in Capt. \nBarnabas Doty\'s Co., Lieut. Col. White\'s Regt. He is said to \nhave been made deaf in the war. \n\n\n\nno SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nJohn Macomber came from Taunton to Oakham before 1795, \nand removed from Oakham to Westford, Vt., not later than \n1821, when he and his wife united with the Congregational \nChurch in that place. \n\nAugust 25, 1785, he was married to Mary, daughter of Calvin \nDean. She was born March 23, 1767, and died at Westford, \nNovember 29, 1823. After her death he was again married, \nDecember 8, 1825, to Betsey Robinson. He was the father of \ntwelve children, the first four bom in Taunton, the others in \nOakham: Calvin Dean, June 7, 1786, died in Oakham, October \n30, 1829; Betsey, September 3, 1788; Mary, August 16, 1790, \nmarried Samuel Thresher, Jr., of New Braintree, March 14, \n1815; Abigail G., June 17, 1792; Harriet, February 11, 1795, \nmarried (i) Harvey Fales, March 26, 1816, who died in Oak- \nham, April 3, 1836, (2) Levi Howe of Shrewsbury, February 11, \n1845; John Jarvis, November 11, 1786; Lydia, December 11, \n1798, died September 11, 1815; Pliny, October 13, 1800, died \nDecember 11, 1815; Lewis, June 2, 1803, died May 25, 1825, at \nMillidgeville, Ga. ; Philip, October 15, 1805, died December 13, \n1813 ; Luther, December 13, 1808, married Eliza Crawford, \nApril II, 1833; Sumner, June 17, 1811. \n\nJohn Jarvis was married, January 17, 1828, to Abigail, daugh- \nter of Jonathan and Susan (Crawford) Packard, and had thirteen \nchildren, five of whom were soldiers in the Civil War. \n\nJohn Macomber, the Revolutionary soldier, died in Westford, \nVt., October 11, 1841, at the age of eighty-one years. \n\nOakham V. R., ZT> 40, 70, 86, 118, 125 [PHny=Ryna]. Macomber Gene- \nalogy, 24, 25, 37 [Oct. 30=0ct. 3]. Oakham T. R., ii, 360. M. S. R., x, \n120 (8), 121 (2), (3). \n\nAaron McCobb. \n\nEldest son of William and Mary (Crawford) McCobb, and nephew \nof Alexander Crawford, one of the first settlers of Oakham. He was \nborn in Rutland, but was living in Oakham at the beginning of the war. \n\nHe enlisted for the town of Oakham, May 2, 1775, in Capt. \nSimeon Hazeltine\'s company of the 8th Regiment, commanded \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR III \n\nby Col. Fellows, and received a bounty coat at Dorchester, \nNovember 27 of the same year. On March 10, 1777, he \nenlisted in the Continental Army from Rutland, for three years, \nin Capt. Wheeler\'s Co., Col. Nixon\'s Regt., and died in the service \nFebruary 27, 1778. \n\nM. S. R., X, 441 (4). Crawford Family of Oakham, 10. \n\n\n\nAlexander McFarland, Jr. \n\nSon of Alexander McFarland, one of the first ten settlers of Oakham, \nwho in 1742 bought two hundred acres in Lot No. 10 for ^250, who \nmarried Jean Harper, daughter of William Harper, also one of the first \nten settlers of Oakham, and who served as Selectman in 1761 and 1763. \n\nHe enlisted May 10, 1775, as Private in Capt. Seth Washburn\'s \nCo., Col. Jonathan Ward\'s Regt., and was in the battle of \nBunker Hill. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168. M. S. R., x, 480 (6). Wore. Co. Prob. Records, \n1766 [Alexander McFarland], Oct. 31, 1774 [William Harper]. Wore. \nCo. Reg. of Deeds, xv, 341. \n\n\n\nReuben McFarland. \n\nBorn December 4, 1759, son of Alexander and Jean (Harper) McFar- \nland, and grandson of William Harper, one of the first settlers of \nOakham. \n\nHe was Private in Capt. Newell\'s company, which was \ndetached November 3, 1778, from General Warner\'s brigade to \njoin Col. Gerrish\'s regiment of guards and escort troops of the \nSaratoga Convention from Rutland to Enfield, Conn. He has \nalso credit on the town records for a short service in Rhode \nIsland, in 1778. \n\nHe was residuary legatee of his father\'s estate. In 1782 he \nwas married to Margaret McFarland, of Adams. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 214. M. S. R., x, 487 (12) [McFarling]. Oakham \nV. R., Z7> 86. Wore. Co. Prob. Records, 1766 [Alexander McFarland]. \n\n\n\n112 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nMatthew McGilligan. \n\nWas living in Oakham at the beginning of the war, and was probably \nin the employ of Deacon James Dean. \n\nMatthew McGilligan was enlisted by James Dean in Capt. \nSamuel Dexter\'s company of men raised in Hardwick, New \nBraintree and Oakham for six months\' service in the siege of \nBoston, and was in camp at Roxbury in January, 1776. March \nII, 1777, he was again enlisted by James Dean in the Continental \nArmy for three years, and was in Capt. Holden\'s Co., Col. \nNixon\'s Regt., which served in the Northern Army and took \npart in the capture of General Burgoyne. April i, 1781, he en- \nlisted in the Continental Army for the town of Warren, for a \nterm of three years. A descriptive list in 1781 gave his age 22, \nstature 5 feet 11, complexion light, occupation farmer. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 165. M. S. R., vi, 450 (13), 45i (0 [Gilligan], x, 492 \n(8) [McGillagen]. \n\n\n\nJames McHerrin. \n\nPrivate in Capt. John Crawford\'s company of minutemen \nwhich marched on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. While \nstill in service as a minuteman, he reenlisted April 27, 1775, for \neight months in Capt. Hazeltine\'s Co., Col. Fellows\' Regt., and \nwas made Corporal. \n\nJames McHerrin was married to Fanny, fifth daughter of \nWilliam and Mary (Crawford) McCobb. Children, baptized in \nRutland: Peggy, May 25, 1777; Elizabeth, August 5, 1781 ; \nMary, April 27, 1783. He removed with his family to Vermont \nbefore 1790. \n\nM. S. R., X, 112 (13) [Mackilharin], xi, 183 (5) [Muckleherin], 183 (6) \n[Muckleheron]. Rutland V. R., 62 [McElheron], 63 [McHeron], 164 \n[McCkelheron]. Crawford Family of Oakham, 10 [Michaelherring]. \nU. S. Census (1790), Vt, 16 [George McElcharan]. Oakham T. R., i, \n165 [McleHerrin]. \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR II3 \n\nFrancis Maynard. \n\nHas credit on the town records for three months\' service as \nguard at Rutland m 1779. \n\nHe was a tailor, came from Rutland to Oakham about 1776 \nand purchased in the west part of the town, near the old county \nroad, a farm on which his descendants still live. He was twice \nelected a member of the Committee of Correspondence, Inspection \nand Safety. \n\nIn 1767 he married Ruth Hubbard, who died September 21, \n1782. He was again married February 12, 1784, to Serviah \nWright of Brookfield. Children, the first six born in Rutland, \nthe others in Oakham: Marcy, March 14, 1767; Patty, May \n27, 1768; Amasa, September 16, 1769; Ephraim, September \n5, 1771 ; Ruth, September 18, 1774; Naomi, March 6, 1776; \nSimon, May 5, 1778; Sally, November 7, 1780; Polly, baptized \nSeptember 15, 1782; Francis, August 2, 1788. \n\nFrancis Maynard died January 16, 1799, aged sixty years. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 215. Oakham V. R., 38, 86, 125. Rutland V. R., 65, \n170 [Meynard]. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Ixxvii, 163, Ixxviii, 213. \nReed, Hist, of Rutland, 144. \n\nSamuel Metcalf. \n\nSon of Ebenezer and Margaret Metcalf, born in Rutland in 1739. \n\nHe was Sergeant in Capt. Crawford\'s company of minutemen \nwho marched on April 19, 1775, in response to the Lexington \nalarm. September 19, 1776, he enlisted for two months as Cor- \nporal with Lieut. Asa French at Dobbs Ferry, Tarrytown and \nNorth Castle. He was also Sergeant in the detachment from the \nOakham company that marched on the Bennington alarm, August \n20, 1777, and in Capt. Crawford\'s company raised in Hardwick, \nOakham and New Braintree, that marched September 7, 1777, \nand was engaged in the battles that resulted in the surrender of \nBurgoyne. In 1778 he served again in the regiment that \nguarded Burgoyne\'s troops on their march from Rutland to \nEnfield, Conn. \n8 \n\n\n\n114 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nSamuel Metcalf came from Rutland and bought in 1763 of \nEdmond Goodenough, for \xc2\xa370, ninety acres in the northerly \npart of Lot No. 2, with a dwelling-house thereon. This farm \nhad been purchased by Mr. Goodenough of John Sollen in 1761, \nand was the farm on which David Fuller was living in 1870, \nwhen Beers\' Worcester County Atlas was made. \n\nHe was one of the signers of the petition of June 23, 1773, \nfor the organization of the Congregational Church, and was on \nthe Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety in 1775. \n\nHe was married in Rutland, March 11, 1762, to Hannah \nRichardson, and had eleven children, all born in Oakham: \nThomas, August 9, 1764; David, September 15, 1766; Ester, \nSeptember 14, 1768; Samuel, October 18, 1770; John, December \n30, 1772; Joseph, August 24, 1774; Jane, July 30, 1776; Elisa- \nbeth, March 14, 1779; Alpha, October 27, 1780; Hannah, June \n15, 1782; Abigail, May 30, 1784. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 188, 214. M. S. R., x, 595 (12) [Medcalf], 712 \n(2). Oakham V. R., 38. Rutland V. R., 169. Oakham Church Records, \ni, I. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, xlviii, 212. Reed, Hist, of Rutland, 163. \nPay Roll, Capt. How\'s Co., 1776. \n\n\n\nJohn Moore. \n\nEnlisted for the town of Oakham, August 7, 1777, in Capt. \nEarll\'s Co., Col. Keyes\'s Regt., for six months\' service in Rhode \nIsland. \n\nJohn Moore lived on the Crocker Nye farm till 1778. His \nwife\'s name was Hannah. Two children were born in Oakham: \nNancy, May 7, 1773; William, March 2, 1778. \n\nM. S. R., xi, 100 (4) [Morse]. Oakham V. R., 39 [Moores]. Wore. \nCo. Reg. of Deeds, Ixxvi, 338. \n\n\n\nEbenezer Nye. \n\nBorn in Barnstable, Mass., February 2, 1739, son of Caleb and Hannah \n(Bodfish) Nye, who were married October 28, 1731. Hannah Bodfish was \ndaughter of Benjamin and Lydia (Crocker) Bodfish. She was born in \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR Il5 \n\nBarnstable, February 12, 1712, and died March 7, 1779. Caleb Nye was \nborn in Sandwich, Mass., June 28, 1704, the son of Nathan Nye, and \ngrandson of Benjamin Nj\'e, of Sandwich. In 1736 Caleb Nye removed \nto Barnstable, and in 1756 to Hardwick, Mass. His will was written in \nHardwick December 13, 1775, and proved June 5, 1787. \n\nEbenezer Nye enlisted for the town of Barre, April 20, 1775, \nin Capt. John Black\'s Co., Col. Jonathan Brewer\'s Regt., and \nwas made Corporal. He was in the battle of Bunker Hill, and \nreceived compensation for a bayonet and belt lost in the battle. \nHe went also for the town of Barre in Capt. Benjamin Nye\'s \nCo. on the Bennington alarm, August 21, 1777, and again in the \nsame company, on September 26, sent to reinforce the Northern \nArmy. He served for the town of Oakham in Capt. Jotham \nHoughton\'s Co., Col. Samuel Denny\'s Regt., from October 24 \nto December i, 1779, at Claverack, and has credit on the Oakham \ntown records for fifteen days in April, 1777, on an alarm at \nWilliamstown. His name is on the roll of Capt. Newell\'s Co. \nfor fifteen days\' service, on the march to Enfield, Conn., Novem- \nber 3 to November 18, 1778. \n\nEbenezer Nye came from Barre, and bought in 1778 of John \nMoore, for ^700, two hundred and five acres with buildings \nthereon, still known as the Crocker Nye farm. He was Selectman \nof Oakham for nine years, and was a member of the Committee \nof Correspondence, Inspection and Safety in 1779. \n\nDeacon Jesse Allen bought at the auction of Timothy Nye\'s \nproperty the gun which Ebenezer Nye carried in the Revolution. \nIt was with the barrel of this gun used as a retort that Rev. David \nBurt made some of his chemical experiments when he taught \nthe Oakham High School. The explosion of an ancient charge \nof powder left in the gun from flintlock days somewhat lessened \nthe enthusiasm of the students for that kind of laboratory \npractice. The gun is now in the possession of William A. Nye. \n\nEbenezer Nye was married, July 8, 1759, to Meletiah Sturges \nof Hyannis, who was born in 1740 and died in March, 1826. \nChildren : \n\nJosiah Sturges, a soldier in the Revolutionary Army. \n\nTemperance, who married Jonathan Richardson of Barre, \nNovember 12, 1778. \n\n\n\nIl6 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nLiicretia, who married Alpheus Stone in 1781. \n\nMarcy, who married Bowman Chaddock, September 5, 1782. \n\nTimothy, baptized June 5, 1768, married November 25, 1790, \nto Parnal, daughter of Deacon Jesse Allen. \n\nMeletiah, baptized July 8, 1770, married November 29, 1792, \nto Rev. Calvin Chaddock, Dartmouth, 1786. \n\nCrocker, born July 4, 1772, married May 23, 1799, to Dulcinia, \ndaughter of Major Artemas Howe. He was the father of David \nH. Nye and the grandfather of William A. Nye. \n\nAchsa, called in her father\'s will the youngest daughter, \nbaptized August 28, 1774, married Eli Haskell of Middleboro \nNovember i, 1797. \n\nSalmon, born in 1778, who was graduated from Dartmouth \nin 1803, studied law in Barnstable, Mass., was admitted to the \nCommon Pleas Court in Barnstable in 1809, and to the Supreme \nJudicial Court in Plymouth in October, 1812. He was County \nAttorney for Barnstable County from 181 1 to 1813. He went \nSouth in 1818 and died in 1823 in North Carolina. \n\nJohn, bom in 1780, who was graduated from Dartmouth in \n1801, in the class with Daniel Webster, studied law in Providence \nand practiced in New Bedford, Mass., where he died in 1826. \n\nEbenezer Nye died in Oakham in 1793. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 189, 252 [his son, Josiah S. Nye]. M. S. R., xi, 584 \n(5), (7), 585 (3)- Oakham V. R., 40, 89 [Jonathan Richardson = \nSamuel!]\' 126. N. E. Hist. & Gen. Reg., Ivii (1903), 410-414- General \nCatalogue of Dartmouth College (1910-11), 210, 212. Letter of Mrs. \nWilliam A. Nye of Oakham. Wore. Co. Prob. Records. Aug. 6, 1793- \nWore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Ixxvi, 338. Rev. D. Tomlinson\'s Notes. Paige, \nHist, of Hardwick, 429, 430. Nye Genealogy, 27, 44, Qo, 138 [Pamelia \nSturges should be Meletiah], 234- Davis, Mass. Bench and Bar, n, 330 \n[Julia (Hinckley) should be Meletiah (Sturges)]. Hyannis Town \nClerk\'s Records. \n\nJosiah Sturges Nye. \nWas sent by his father in 1780 as a militiaman in a three \nmonths\' campaign at West Point, and received iio bounty from \nthe town. He enlisted July 5, and was discharged October 10. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 252. M. S. R., xi, 595 (2) [Sturgis Nye]. \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 117 \n\nSilas Nye. \n\nBorn in Barnstable in 1744, son of Caleb and Hannah (Bodfish) Nye, \nand brother of Ebenezer Nye. \n\nSilas Nye enlisted for the town of Barre, April 20, 1775, in \nCapt. John Black\'s Co., and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. \nHe received compensation for a coat lost in that battle. He \nwent also, for the town of Barre, on the Bennington alarm, \nAugust 21, 1777. From September 26 to October 18, 1777, he \nserved for the town of Oakham in Capt. Benjamin Nye\'s Co., \nwhich marched to reinforce the Northern Army. \n\nNovember 27, 1766, he was married in Hardwick to Patience, \ndaughter of Nathan and Patience Carpenter. She was bom \nApril 14, 1744. Children: Sarah, born January 13, 1768; \nHannah, born November 22, 1769; Nathan, born January 5, \n1772; Caleb, born July 5, 1774; Prudence, born September, \n1776; Silas, born December i, 1780; Amos, born July 31, 1784, \ndied April 9, 1789. \n\nAt the close of the war, Silas Nye removed to Salem, Wash- \nington County, N. Y., and in 1791 to Pittsford, Monroe Co., \nN. Y., where he died. In 1796, 1797, and 1799, he served on the \nBoard of Supervisors of Monroe County. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 189. M. S. R., xi, 594 (i). Paige, Hist, of Hardwick, \n429, 430. Nye Genealogy, 90, 140, 141. \n\nWilliam O\'Brien. \n\nWilliam O\'Brien was a British soldier who had served in the \n9th Regiment under General Burgoyne, and was taken prisoner \nat Saratoga in October, 1777. He had either escaped or been \nparoled from the prison barracks at Rutland and, in the fall \nof 1778, he and George Perkins, a member of the 33d Regiment, \ncame to Oakham, where they found employment as nail-makers \nwith Thomas Mann. They were accepted as citizens and \nmarried. When the Council at Boston, on October 12, 1779, \nordered that all escaped or paroled prisoners should be returned, \nhe and Perkins petitioned the Massachusetts Legislature to be \n\n\n\nIl8 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nallowed to remain, and, on December 20, 1779, were given liberty \nto reside in the state during the Court\'s pleasure. \n\nJanuary 11, 1781, he enlisted in the Continental Army for the \ntown of Paxton, for three years, under Resolve of December \n2, 1780; age 28, stature 5 feet 6, complexion dark, occupation \nnail-maker. He was first in Col. Benjamin Tupper\'s (loth) \nRegt., and later in Capt. Matthew Chamber\'s Co., Lieut. Col. \nCalvin Smith\'s (6th) Regt. \n\nM. S. R., xi, 614 (11) [Obrian], 616 (11) [Obrine], 617 (4) [Obryon]. \nActs and Resolves, Prov. of Mass. Bay, v, 840-843. See George Perkins, \np. 130; George Walls, p. 146. \n\n\n\nWilliam Oliver. \n\nJoined Capt. Holden\'s Co., Col. Nixon\'s Regt., for a term of \nthree years in the Continental Army. He enlisted for the town \nof Oakham, March 11, 1777, and was in camp near Peekskill, \nFebruary 16, 1779. In May, 1779, he was reported with the \nPaymaster General, and on July i, 1779, was appointed A. D. P. \nGeneral. An order on Capt. Heywood, payable to Phineas Hey- \nwood, dated Shrewsbury, June 7, 1779, was signed by said Oliver, \nfor $100 gratuity, which had been granted by the General Court \nin May, 1778. \n\nWilham Oliver was a school-teacher, and taught in the north- \neast and southwest plots in Oakham before his enlistment. His \nwife, Sarah Oliver, received aid from the town while her husband \nwas in the army. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 171, 199, 207. M. S. R., xi, 646 (4). \n\n\n\nJoseph Osborn, Jr. \n\nBaptized in Hopkinton, March 23, 1755, second child and eldest son of \nJoseph and Jennett (Hodge) Osborn, who were married December 31, \n1751. His father, Joseph Osborn, was son of John and Jenat Osborn, \nand was born in Hopkinton, September t."/, 1722. He had eight children, \nall born in Hopkinton. \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1 19 \n\nJoseph Osborn, the father, came to Oakham in 1770, and October 18, \npurchased of James Craige, Jr., for i88 6s. 8d. one hundred and thirty- \nacres in Lot AA. This land was above Clampherd Meadow (now \nWalter Dean\'s reservoir) and his house was near the residence of Jacob \nAdams. He died March 22, 1800, aged seventy-seven years. \n\nJoseph Osborn, Jr., was a soldier, perhaps the Joseph Ors- \nborn "listed for Quebeck" in Capt. Agrippa Well\'s Co., Col. \nAsa Whitcomb\'s Regt., but more likely the man enrolled as John \nOsburn in Capt. Joseph Thompson\'s Co. of Col. Thomas Nixon\'s \nRegt. who died at North Castle, September 21, 1776. On April \n18, 1777, the town "Voted that Joseph Osburn\'s Campagn rate \nof \xc2\xa33-5-10 be allowed him for his son Joseph\'s Service in the \nwar, who is now deceased." \n\nOakham T. R., i, 171. [M. S. R., xi, 682 (6) [Orsborn] (?), 694 (6) \n[John Osburn] (?)]. Oakham V. R., 126. Hopkinton V. R., 144 \n[Ozborn], 145 [Ozburn], 336 [Orsborn]. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, \nIxxxiii. 306, cxxviii, 599, clix, 417. \n\n\n\nIchabod Packard. \n\nBorn in Bridgewater, August i, 1738, son of George and Mary (Edson) \nPackard. George Packard was son of Nathaniel Packard, and a descend- \nant on his mother\'s side of that branch of the Eliot family to which \nbelonged John Eliot, "the Apostle of the Indians." \n\nIchabod Packard was a soldier in the French War. He was \nwith General Winslow in 1755, when that officer was sent by \nGovernor Shirley to Annapolis (Port Royal), Nova Scotia, to \nremove the Acadians, and served again under General Winslow \nin the following year at Fort William Henry. \n\nHe has credit on the town records for two months\' service \nin New York in 1776. August 20, 1777, he marched with Capt, \nCrawford on the Bennington alarm. \n\nHe came to Oakham from Bridgewater in 1770 and purchased \nfrom Thomas Whipple of New Braintree, for \xc2\xa326 13s. 4d., a \nfarm with the buildings thereon, in the northwest corner of Lot \nX, on the county road leading from Rutland to Brookfield (the \nParley Packard farm). In 1777 he purchased of his brother-in- \n\n\n\nI20 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nlaw, Jesse Allen, land in Lot No. 22, the farm lately owned by \nJames Shearn, and on this place he lived till his death, November \n23, 1813. He was admitted to the Presbyterian Church in \nOakham on profession of faith, but was one of the signers of the \npetition of June 23, 1773, for the organization of a church in \nCongregational form. \n\nOn May 3, 1757, he was married to Ruth Allen, sister of \nJesse Allen, who came to Oakham with him in 1770. Children, \nborn in Bridgewater: Nehemiah, October 27, 1760; Ichabod, Jr., \nMay 27, 1763; Lydia, March 6, 1766; Isaac, February 9, 1769; \nborn in Oakham: Caleb, February 7, 1771 ; James, 1775; \nMartha, 1782. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 188. M. S. R., xii, 347 (4) [Pickard]. Packard \nFamily (MS.) by Mr. Charles M. Packard of Westboro. Oakham Church \nRecords, i, i. Rev. J. Dana\'s Notes. Mitchell, Hist, of Bridgewater, 255, \n259. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Ixx, 435, cxcvi, 8. \n\n\n\nNehemiah Packard. \n\nBom in Bridgewater, October 27, 1760, son of Ichabod and Ruth \n(Allen) Packard. \n\nNehemiah Packard enlisted May 16, 1775, when fourteen years \nof age, in Capt Simeon Hazeltine\'s Co., Col. Fellows\' Regt., \nfor eight months\' service at Roxbury. He marched with the \nOakham company on the Rhode Island alarm, July 23, 1777, \nand served in a campaign to Bennington and Half Moon under \nCapt. Edmund Hodges in Col. Job Cushing\'s Regt., from July \n27 to August 29, 1777. He was also in Capt. Cutler\'s company, \nwhich was raised in Western (now Warren) and Oakham, \nand which marched September 24, 1777, with Lieut. Alexander \nBothwell to join the army under General Gates. \n\nIn 1780 he married Lucy Nye of Barre. Children: Hannah, \nborn May 14, 1780; Ruth, born October 26, 1783; Susanna, \nborn November 7, 1785; Rebecca, born December 21, 1786; \nNathan, born June 29, 1789; Sally, born April 27, 1792; Parley, \nborn March 30, 1794. \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 12 1 \n\nNehemiah Packard died in Oakham, January 24, 1830, aged \nsixty-nine years. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 180, 187. 188, 189. M. S. R.. xi, 747 (6) [Packer], \n816 (14) [Parcard], 892 (9) [Parker], xii, 105 (12) [Pekard]. Oakham \nV. R., 40, 41, 90, 126. Packard Family (see above). \n\n\n\nThe Parmenter Family. \n\nAaron Parmenter came from Sudbury at the time of the first \nsettlement of Oakham. \n\nHe was married to Jean, daughter of James and Rachel \n(Wallis) Craige, November 26, 1747. Children: Rebecca, born \nMarch 16, 1748; Rachel, born November 3, 1751 ; Jacob, \nborn January 3, 1754; Hannah, born March 16, 1756; Anna, \nborn March 10, 1758; James, born July 3, 1760; Daniel, born \nAugust 5, 1762; Aaron, Jr., born January 25, 1765. \n\nOakham V. R., 41. Sudbury V. R., 35 [Creage], 246. \n\n\n\nDaniel Parmenter. \n\nBorn in Sudbury, November 30, 1740, son of William and Mary (Pep- \nper) Parmenter. His mother, Mary Pepper of Framingham, was \nmarried to William Parmenter September 25, 1740. \n\nDaniel Parmenter was Sergeant in a company that served \ntwo months at Roxbury in the early part of 1776, and marched \nas Private on the Bennington alarm, August 20, 1777. Septem- \nber 7, 1777, he enlisted as Private in Capt. Crawford\'s company \nwhich was raised in Hardwick, Oakham and New Braintree \nand sent to reinforce the army of General Gates at Saratoga. \n\nHe came from Sudbury to Oakham, and purchased in 1764 \nof James Craige, Jr., for \xc2\xa330, ninety-one and one-half acres in \nLot No. 25 (the farm occupied one hundred years later by \nOrlando Russell), and thirty-two acres in Lot O. He was \nSelectman in 1781, 1792, and 1793, and was on the Committee \nof Correspondence, Inspection and Safety in 1780. \n\n\n\n122 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nSeptember 20, 1764, he was married to Mary Knight, and \nhad seven children, born in Oakham: Anne, February 18, 1767; \nSamuel, August 29, 1768; Daniel, Jr., February 27, 1771, died \nJanuary 19, 1810; Mary, May 23, 1773; Tamer, August 8, \n1775; William, March 29, 1778; Spencer, May 12, 1785. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 188. M. S. R., xi, 812 (9)\' [Pameter], 938 (5). \nOakham V. R., 41, 42, 127. Sudbury V. R., 104, 246, 248. Wore. Co. Reg. \nof Deeds, Iviii, 227. \n\n\n\nIsaac Parmenter. \n\nBorn in Oakham, March 30, 1756, son of Solomon and Elizabeth \n(Craige) Parmenter. \n\nHe enlisted in the Continental Army, March 11, 1777, for \nthree years in Capt. John Reed\'s Co., Col. Alden\'s Regt., and \nreceived \xc2\xa320 bounty from the town of Oakham. He was \nwounded in the action at Cobleskill, May 31, 1778, when the \nsmall American force under Captains Brown and Patrick were \ndrawn into an ambuscade by a large party of Indians under \nBrant. After five months in hospital at Schenectady, he \nrejoined his regiment. November 11, 1778, he was taken \nprisoner in the Indian raid at Cherry Valley. In his application \nfor pension, dated April 20, 1818, he thus describes his service: \n\n"Marched from Oakham to Peekskill, to Albany, to Fort Ann, and \nmet Burgoyne. Marched to Saratoga, then to Albany. Next spring in \ncommand of Capt. Patrick at Cooniskill, there met the Indians of the \nenemy, was wounded and put in hospital at Skanantoda. After recovery, \nwent to Cherry Valley, joined Alden\'s regiment, and there met Brant \nand Butler of the enemy, and the place was practically destroyed. Said \nParmenter taken prisoner by Indians and kept eleven months and taken \nto Canada. Then given up to the British and kept by them thirteen \nmonths. Then exchanged with Col. Butler and a Miss Campbell of \nCherry Valley." \n\nHe received by will from his father a farm of sixty-three \nacres, being the northeasterly part of Lot No. 8, situated between \nthe homestead given to his brother, William Parmenter, and the \nfarm of Ebenezer Foster. \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR I 23 \n\nOctober 4, 1781, he was married, in Hardwick, to Lydia \nFurness. In 1818 he was Hving at Cohocton, Steuben Co., N. Y. \nHe died April 26, 1826. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 171. M. S. R., xi, 943 (4) [Parmeter], 947 (4) \n[Parmiter]. Oakham V. R., 91. Pension Application, Apr. 20, 1818 \n[March 30, 1756 = March 27]. Wore. Co. Prob. Records, Apr. 6, 1790 \n[Solomon Parmenter]. \n\n\n\nIsaiah Parmenter. \n\nBorn in Sudbury, July 16, 1742, son of William and Mary (Pepper) \nParmenter. \n\nHe was First Lieutenant in Capt. Crawford\'s company of \nminutemen who marched April 19, 1775, in response to the \nLexington alarm ; and Sergeant in Capt. Samuel Dexter\'s com- \npany, which was raised in Hardwick, New Braintree and Oak- \nham for six months\' service in the siege of Boston. This \ncompany formed part of Col. Ebenezer Learned\'s regiment, and \nwent into camp at Roxbury, May 19, 1775. He served also, \nwith rank of Ensign, in New York, in the latter part of 1776, \nand again as Lieutenant in Capt. Ralph Earll\'s Co., Col. Dan- \nforth Keyes\'s Regt., from June 27, 1777, till July 27, 1777, at \nProvidence. \n\nIsaiah Parmenter was Selectman of Oakham in 1778 and 1779, \nand was a member of the Committee of Correspondence, Inspec- \ntion and Safety in 1777. He was one of the signers of the \npetition of June 23, 1773, for the organization of a Congregational \nChurch in Oakham. \n\nJanuary 28, 1762, he was married in Sudbury to Lydia, daugh- \nter of Uriah and Hannah Hayden. Children : Thaddeus, born \nJuly 27, 1762; Winser, born March 27, 1766. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 188. M. S. R., xi, 938 (7), 949 (8) [Parnenter]. \nOakham V. R., 42. Sudbury V. R., 64, 106, 246. Oakham Church \nRecords, i, i. \n\n\n\n124 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nJacob Parmenter. \n\nSon of Aaron and Jean (Craige) Parmenter, was born in Oakham, \nJanuary 3, I7S4- \n\nHe was one of the minutemen in Capt. Crawford\'s company \nthat marched April 19, 1775, in response to the Lexington alarm. \nWhile still in service as a minuteman, he enlisted, April 27, in \nCapt. Hazeltine\'s Co., Col. Fellows\' Regt., for a term of eight \nmonths at Roxbury. September 13, 1777, he enUsted as a \nPrivate in the Continental Army, residence Oakham. He \nappears to have been in Col. William R. Lee\'s regiment, when \nin 1780, at Morristown, this and three other Massachusetts \nregiments were incorporated into one regiment, under command \nof Col. Henry Jackson, agreeable to the arrangement of April \n9, 1779. Said Jacob Parmenter appeared among men belong- \ning to Col. Lee\'s regiment who had been discharged from the \nrolls prior to this agreement. He had been reported deserted \nSeptember 6, 1778, his family living in Oakham. By the report \nof a committee for settling disputes between towns as to \nsoldiers credited to them (year not given), said Parmenter of \nOakham was allowed to Northfield. He has also credit on the \nOakham town records for service at Ticonderoga in 1776 and \n1777. \n\nHe was married to Ruth Bellows August 12, 1776. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168. 171. M. S. R., xi, 938 (8), 943 (S) [Parmeter], \n945 (12) [Parmetur], xii, 178 (2) [Permenter], 178 (9) [Permertor]. \nOakham V. R., 41- Rutland V. R., I77- \n\n\n\nJames Parmenter. \n\nBorn in Oakham, July 3, 1760, son of Aaron and Jean (Craige) \nParmenter. \n\nHe enlisted in the Continental Army March 11, 1777, for a term \nof three years, in Capt. Reed\'s Co., Col. Alden\'s, afterwards Col. \nBrooks\'s Regt., and received \xc2\xa320 bounty from the town of Oak- \nham. He was in the battles of Saratoga that resulted in the \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1 25 \n\ndefeat of General Burgoyne. In the massacre at Cherry Valley, \nNovember ii, 1778, he was taken prisoner by the Indians, and \nis supposed to have died in captivity. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 171. M. S. R., xi, 943 (7) [Parmenter], 947 (6) \n\n[Parmiter]. Oakham V. R., 41. \n\n\n\nRtifus Parmenter. \n\nBorn in Sudbury, July 4, 1752, eldest son of Samuel and Maiy (Tower) \nParmenter, who were married November 14, 1751. \n\nHe marched with Capt. Crawford\'s company on the Rhode \nIsland alarm, July 23, 1777. \n\nRufus Parmenter lived in a small house at Lincolnville which \nwas occupied by Stephen Lincoln, Jr., from 1834 to 1857. The \njury-box still used by the town of Oakham was made by him. \n\nIn 1778 he was married to Hannah Mann of Paxton. Chil- \ndren, born in Oakham; Elijah, December 26, 1779, died of \nspotted fever, March 21, 1810; Edmund, March 26, 1782; \nElisabeth Mann, October 21, 1784, died November 20, 1822; \nLuke, April 29, 1787, died September 17, 1787; Lucy, August \nII, 1788; Ezra, April 30, 1792, died September 5, 1794. \n\nMr. Parmenter died in Oakham, February 16, 1814, aged \nsixty-one years. \n\nOakham T. R.,\' i, 187. M. S. R., xi, 940 (8). Oakham V. R., 41, 91, \n127. Sudbury V. R., 108, 248. Recollections of Mr. Stephen Lincoln. \n\n\n\nSolomon Parmenter. \n\nBorn in Sudbury, September 14, 1721, son of Solomon and Deborah \nParmenter. \n\nHe has credit on the town records for four months\' service \nat Boston in 1776. As he was then fifty-five years old, he \nevidently sent for this campaign his son William, whose name \nappears on the pay roll of the company of Capt. Ezekiel Knowl- \nton of Templeton, dated Dorchester, November 20, 1776. This \n\n\n\n126 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nwas one of the eight companies raised "for the defence of \nBoston," in accordance with the Resolve of April 9, 1776. \n\nSolomon Parmenter came from Sudbury at the time of the \nfirst settlement of Oakham and bought of James Craige in \n1758 two hundred and fifty acres of land and two-fifths of \nthe Craige saw-mill. He was Assessor in 1760, and a member \nof the Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety in \n1780. \n\nMay 10, 1748, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of \nJames and Rachel (Wallis) Craige. Children, born in Oakham: \nWilliam, in 1752; Betty, in 1754; Lois, who married Timothy \nUnderwood; Isaac, March 30, 1756; Lucy, who married Elijah \nHolt of Fitchburgh, April 17, 1781 ; Betty, October 24, 1761 ; \nGrace, August 17, 1763, married Richard Dean in 1788; Moley, \nMarch 24, 1769, married Amasa Maynard in 1793. \n\nBetty Parmenter died March 29, 1761, aged seven years. Her \ngrave is the only one in the old cemetery, on the hill south of \nColdbrook, that is marked by a tombstone. This was the first \nlot set apart for a burial ground in Oakham. \n\nSolomon Parmenter died in Oakham, December 19, 1789, \naged sixty-nine years. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168. Oakham V. R., 41, 80, 127. Gravestone Record \nof Betty Parmenter in Coldbrook Hill Cemetery. Sudbury V. R., 35 \n[Creag], 109, 248. Pension Application of Isaac Parmenter (see above). \nWore. Co. Prob. Records, Apr. 6, 1790. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Ixiii, \n418. \n\nWilliam Parmenter. \n\nBorn in Oakham in 1752, the eldest son of Solomon and Elizabeth \n(Craige) Parmenter. \n\nHe was sent by his father to serve for four months in 1776 \nas a Private in Capt. Ezekiel Knowlton\'s Co., Col. Dike\'s Regt., \nand was stationed at Dorchester Heights. Pay abstract for \ntravel home (67 miles) was dated Dorchester, November 20, \n1776. He also marched with Capt. Crawford on the Bennington \nalarm, August 20, 1777. \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1 27 \n\nWilliam Parmenter received by will from his father the \nhomestead farm, including- the whole of Lot No, 9, with all \nhis tools, cattle, horses, and sheep ; also one-half of the saw-mill \nstanding near the said homestead. \n\nIn 1776 he was married to Jenney Boyd, probably a daughter \nof Samuel Boyd. A daughter, Mahittable, was bom March 3, \n1778. His wife Jenney died in Oakham, June 13, 1783, aged \ntwenty-eight years, and he was again married to Kathrin Dean \nin 1783. \n\nMr. Parmenter died in Oakham, February 10, 1827, aged \nseventy-five years. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 188. M. S. R., xi, 812 (11) [Pameter], 940 (12), \nOakham V. R., 41, 92, 127. Wore. Co. Prob. Records, Apr. 6, 1790 \n[Solomon Parmenter]. \n\n\n\nAsa Partridge. \n\nBorn May 23, 1736, in Medfield, son of Edward and Sarah (Jones) \nPartridge. Edward Partridge was grandson of William Partridge who \nsettled in Medfield, where he died in 1692. \n\nHe was Sergeant in Capt Ezekiel Knowlton\'s Co., Col. \nDike\'s Regt., which was at Dorchester Heights. Pay abstract \nfor travel home, sixty-seven miles, was dated November 20, \n1776. He served also from October 19, 1779, to November 23, \n1779, at Claverack, as Private in Capt. Joseph Richardson\'s Co., \nCol. Samuel Denny\'s Regt. He has also credit on the town \nrecords for a campaign to Boston, beginning April i, 1778. \n\nHe came to Oakham from New Braintree and bought at \nPublic Vendue, June 23, 1767, for \xc2\xa378 19s. 7d., one hundred \nand seventy acres of land in Oakham, being the northerly part \nof Lot No. 26, belonging to Robert Wilson and sold for unpaid \ntaxes. \n\nAsa Partridge was Selectman of Oakham in 1778, and mem- \nber of the Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety \nin 1775. He was one of the signers of the petition of June 23, \n1773, for the organization of a church in Congregational form, \n\n\n\n128 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nand was chosen "Qnorister" at a church meeting, October 26, \n\n1775- \n\nDecember 25, 1758, he married Rachel Banister of Brookfield. \nChildren, the first four born in Brookfield and the last four in \nOakham: Pamela, December 17, 1759; Katherin, January 16, \n1762; Calista, October 7, 1763; Rachel, August 2, 1765; Mary, \nAugust 2, 1767, in New Braintree; Lurana, August 23, 1769; \nAsa, October 15, 1771 ; Frederick, December 5, 1773; Sarah, \nMarch 6, 1779. His wife was admitted to the Congregational \nChurch in Oakham August 8, 1773, on letter from the Third \nChurch in Brookfield. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 189, 242. M. S. R., xi, 985 (2), (3). N. E. Hist. \n& Gen. Reg., Ixiii (1909), 90, 93. Oakham V. R., 42. Oakham Church \nRecords, i, i. Rev. J. Dana\'s Notes. Brookfield V. R., 171, 382. Wore. \nCo. Reg. of Deeds, Ivii, 257. \n\n\n\nEdward Partridge, 2d. \n\nBorn in Medfield, May 23, 1738, son of Edward and Sarah (Jones) \nPartridge, and brother of Asa and Silas Partridge. \n\nHe has credit on the town records for five months\' service \nin New York, ending December i, 1776, and marched July \n23, 1777, with Capt. Crawford on the Rhode Island alarm. \n\nEdward Partridge purchased of Jesse Allen, in 1772, the farm \non which Charles H. Trowbridge now lives. He was one of the \npetitioners, June 23, 1773, for the organization of a church \nin Congregational form, and was a member of the Committee \nof Correspondence, Inspection and Safety in 1780. \n\nIn 1770, he was married in Franklin to Hatmah Legg, who was \nborn March 11, 1749, and died in Oakham, April 25, 1832. Chil- \ndren, the first born in Franklin, the others in Oakham : Chloe, \nNovember i, 1771 ; Bernard, November i, 1773; Hannah, \nNovember 21, 1775; Elias, August 11, 1778; Adin, October 19, \n1780; Olive, July 29, 1783; Edward, 3d, December 17, 1785; \nReuben, January 31, 1788; John, March 10, 1790; Sarah, May \n12, 1794. \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1 29 \n\nEdward Partridge, 2d, died October 19, 181 5, aged seventy- \neight years. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 187. M. S. R., xi, 986 (6). N. E. Hist. & Gen. \nReg., Ixiii (1909), 93, 94, 95. Oakham V. R., 42, 127. Oakham Church \nRecords, i, i. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Ixxviii, 58. \n\n\n\nSilas Partridge. \n\nBorn September 2, 1744, in Medfield, son of Edward and Sarah (Jones) \nPartridge. \n\nHe has credit on the town records for five months\' service \nin New York, ending December i, 1776, and for a campaign to \nBoston, beginning April i, 1778. \n\nSilas Partridge lived on the Partridge place in Lot X. He \nwas married, April 22, 1773, to Sarah Pray, who was born in \n1745. He died in Oakham, September 25, 1819, aged seventy- \nfive years. His widow, Sarah, died in Oakham November 30, \n1822, at the age of seventy-seven years. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 189. N. E. Hist. & Gen. Reg., Ixiii (1909), 93- \nOakham V. R., 127. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, xcix, 196. \n\n\n\nBenjamin Perkins. \n\nBom in Bridgewater, July 9, 1735, son of Solomon and Lydia (Sprague) \nPerkins, and great grandson of David Perkins who came from Beverly \nto Bridgewater before 1688. His brother, Solomon Perkins, served in \n1755 in the French war, under General Winslow. \n\nHe has credit on the town records for six weeks\' service in \nRhode Island, beginning July i, 1779. \n\nIn 1779 he purchased from Ichabod Packard, for \xc2\xa340, thirty- \nseven acres in the south part of Lot X, which Mr. Packard had \npurchased of Robert Harper. This was prolDably on the road \nthat leads from Lover\'s Lane, near the old Bothwell mill. \n\nJuly 28, 1 76 1, he married Hepzibah Washburn of Middleboro. \nBenjamin Perkins, who was residing in Oakham in 1790, and \nLeavitt Perkins, were probably his sons. \n9 \n\n\n\n130 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nHis estate was settled in 1781. James Dean, Joseph Chad- \ndock and William Bothwell took inventory. Hepzibah, his \nwidow, was administratrix. His small farm of thirty-seven \nacres was valued at \xc2\xa397 los. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 215. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Ixxxii, 488. Wore. \nCo. Prob. Records, 1781. Mitchell, Hist, of Bridgewater, 265, 266. May- \nflower Deseendant, xiv, 184. Bailey, Early Mass. Marriages, ii, 127. \nU. S. Census (1790), Mass., 230. \n\n\n\nGeorge Perkins. \n\nGeorge Perkins was a British soldier who had served in the \n33d Regiment under General Burgoyne, and was taken prisoner \nat Saratoga in October, 1777. He had either escaped or obtained \na pass to go at large from the prison barracks in Rutland, \ntogether with William O\'Brien, a member of the 9th Regiment, \nand, in the fall of 1778, the two men came to Oakham, where \nthey found employment as nail-makers with Thomas Mann. \nThey were received as citizens and married. George Walls, \nprobably a Hessian, who had also escaped or been paroled from \nRutland, joined them later. The people of Oakham were glad \nto get skilled workmen and encouraged them, and others like \nthem, to remain in town. At a meeting of the citizens on July \n13, 1779, the following resolution was passed: \n\n"Voted as the mind of the people at this adjournment that the assessors \nshould strike out the last of the rates now in Mr. Green\'s and Mr. \nBrown\'s hand, the rates for the polls of George Walls and George Perkins, \ntwo [British] regulars." \n\nOn October 12, 1779, the Council at Boston, on the ground \nthat the privileges allowed the prisoners were "big with mis- \nchief," gave a general order that all escaped or paroled prisoners \nshould be returned to the Commissary of Prisoners. Perkins \nand O\'Brien petitioned: \n\n"That the said O\'Brien & Perkins Deserted from sd Convention Troops \nabout fourteen months since with a full design to become inhabitants of \nthis Country & not to return to the British Troops any more, and have \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 13I \n\never since laboured with the good People of this State in a peacable \nmanner in the useful! Business of nail making, having each of us been \nRated & paid Taxes the year past \xe2\x80\x94 And that your humble Petitioners are \nvery Desirous of being true and loyal Subjects of this State, of taking the \nOath of Allegiance & fidelity, & of paying & doing our part for the \nsupport of the war & all other Taxes \xe2\x80\x94 Therefore pray Your Hon^ to \ngrant us the favours as above, and such protection as you Shall see meet, \nand that we may not be taken up or sent to the British troops to be \npunished for Appearing in the Cause of American Liberty, and as in Duty \nbound ask leave to pray." \n\nThe Selectmen and Assessors of Oakham, and Thomas Mann, \ncertified to the sincerity and industry of Perkins and O\'Brien, \nand on December 20, 1779, the House of Representatives \nresolved : \n\n"That the said George Perkins & William O\'Brien, who have produced \nCertificates from the Select men of the Town where they reside, that \nthey appear attach<J to the Government of this state and bid fair to be \nusefuU members of society, have liberty to reside in this State during the \nCourts pleasure." \n\nGeorge Walls was probably included in the general order of \nDecember 21, 1779, welcoming to American citizenship, without \nformal action by the Legislature in individual cases, any person \nor persons who made a part of the German Troops of Burgoyne. \n\nAll three men later enlisted, in 1781, for a term of three years \nin the Continental Army under Resolve of December 2, 1780, \nPerkins and Walls from Oakham, and O\'Brien from Paxton. \nPerkins enlisted January 20; age 22, stature 5 feet 11, com- \nplexion light, occupation blacksmith. He received from the \ntown of Oakham a bounty of three hundred silver dollars, was \nassigned to Capt. Elnathan Haskell\'s Co., Col. William Shepard\'s \nRegt., was at York Hutts in December, 1781, and at Verplanck\'s \nPoint in January, 1782. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 215, 239, 262. M. S. R., xi, 918 (7) [Parkins], xii, \n143 (4) [Perkens], 153 (12), 800 (2) [Prkins]. Acts and Resolves, Prov. \nof Mass. Bay, v, 840-843. See William O\'Brien, p. 117; George Walls, \np. 146. \n\n\n\n132 \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\nLeavitt Perkins. \n\n\n\nEnlisted in the Continental Army in 1780 for six months, \nand according to the Resolve of December 2, 1780, reenlisted \nfor the town of Oakham April 3, 1781, for three years; age 17, \nstature 5 feet 5, complexion light, occupation farmer. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 251, 263. M. S. R., xi, 919 (3) [Parkins], xii, 163 (7), \n441 (10) [Pirkones], 850 (9) [Lovat PurkinsJ. \n\n\n\nZephaniah Perkins. \n\nBorn in Bridgewater in 1742, son of David and Alice (Leach) Perkins, \nand grandson of David Perkins who came from Beverly and settled in \nBridgewater before 1G88, and who was the first Representative of Bridge- \nwater in the General Court in Boston after the union of the two colonies \nin 1692. John Perkins, whose name appears on the Oakham Town \nRecords, April 10, 1780, was probably his brother. \n\nHe enlisted May 16, 1775, for service of eight months at Rox- \nbury, in Capt. Hazeltine\'s Co., Col. Fellows\' Regt. He evidently \nreenlisted in the early part of 1776, as he was in camp at \nDorchester February 15, 1776. March 11, 1777, he engaged \nfor three years in the Continental Army, in Capt. Reed\'s Co., \nCol. Alden\'s Regt. He was killed September 15, 1777. \n\nFebruary 25, 1766, he married Mary Ford of Pembroke, prob- \nably the daughter of John and Mary (Cushing) Ford, who was \nbaptized April 18, 1742. In December, 1777, his widow, Mary \nPerkins, was appointed administratrix of his estate, which con- \nsisted of a few acres of land and small buildings lying in \nOakham, valued at \xc2\xa323. April 8, 1778, she was the wife of \nCapt. John Crawford, but the exact date of marriage is not \nrecorded. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 178, 239. M. S. R., xi, 919 (8) [Parkins], xii, 144 \n(S) [Perkens], 174 (G). Pembroke V. R., 89, 275 [Foord]. Wore. Co. \nProb. Records, Dec., 1777, Apr. 8, 1778. Spy, Jan. i, 1778. Recollections \nof Mrs. Hannah Woolley. Mitchell, Hist, of Bridgewater, 265. May- \nflower Descendant, ii, 146, xiv, 47. Bailey, Early Mass. Marriages, ii, 129 \n[Mary Foard of Easton]. See John Crawford, p. 71. \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 133 \n\nElisha Pike. \n\nEnlisted for the town of Oakham April 9, 1777, for three \nyears in the Continental Army, and was in Capt. Daniel Shay\'s \nCo., Col. Rufus Putnam\'s Regt. He was in the service till \nApril 2, 1780. His residence is given as Oakham and Hardwick, \nand it is uncertain to which town he was credited. \n\nM. S. R., xii, 397 (i). \n\n\n\nAsa Pope. \n\nEnlisted for the town of Oakham, August 18, 1781, in Capt. \nJoseph Elliot\'s Co., Col. William Turner\'s Regt., and served \nthree months and fourteen days at Rhode Island. \n\nM. S. R., xii. 564 (9). \n\n\n\nEbenezer Rice. \n\nMarched with the Oakham company on the Rhode Island \nalarm, July 23, 1777, and on the Bennington alarm, August \n20, 1777. \n\nM. S. R., xiii, 150 (9). \n\n\n\nGeorge Rich. \n\nEnlisted September i, 1777, with his father, Jonas Rich, as \nPrivate in Capt. Earll\'s Co., Col. Keyes\'s Regt., for service \nin Rhode Island, from which he was discharged January 4, 1778. \n\nHe and his brother Jonas, by the will of their grandfather, \nJohn Rich, of Brookfield, were to inherit, after the death of \ntheir father and mother, thirty acres of the farm on which their \nfather was living in 1767. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 188. M. S. R., xiii, 192 (3). Wore. Co. Reg. of \nDeeds, Iviii, 15. \n\n\n\n134 \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\nJonas Rich. \n\nMarched with Capt. Crawford July 23, 1777, on the Rliode \nIsland alarm, and enlisted September i, 1777, in Capt. Earll\'s Co., \nCol. Reyes\'s Regt., for senice in Rhode Island, from which he \nwas discharged \'\'januar>- 4. ^77^- l-\'n^er the Resolve of Jan- \nuar>- 5. 17S0, he enlisted for six months in the Continental \nArmy, and m^arched to camp July 12. 1780. Agreeable to the \nResolve of December 2, 1780, he reenhsted Januar}^ i, 17^1- \nin the Continental Army for three years in an artillery regiment ; \nage 56, stature 5 feet 10, complexion light, occupation farmer; \nreported rheumatic and unfit for dut\\-. \n\nJonas Rich came from Brookfield and lived on a farm cf \nsixty acres, west of Jam.es Bell. The easterly half of this farm \nhe purchased from his brother, John Rich, September 9, 1767, \nfor \xc2\xa330. This he sold September 23, 1767, to William Smith \nof Barre for \xc2\xa310. This was probably the place where Samuel \nTucker was li\\-ing in 1850. \n\nHe was married in 1760 to Elizabeth Trask, and had two sons, \nJonas and George. \n\nJonas Rich (probably the son) was living in Oakham in 1790. \n\nOakham T. R.. i. 187, iSS, 251, 262. M. S. R. xiii, I93 (6), 354 (p) \n[Ritch]. Brookfield V. R., 397- U. S. Census (i79o), Mass., 230. Wore \nCo. Reg. of Deeds, Iviii, 15, 16. \n\n\n\nJohn Robinson, 2d. \n\nJohn Robinson, grandson of William Robinson of Watertown, was \nbom in Newton in 1722. He was married to Lydia Warren of Waliham, \nSeptember 20, 1753. in Sudbur}-, and died in Newton in 1770. Their son, \nJohn, 2d, bom in Nexston, April 23, 1760, came to Oakham in 179c and \nbought the place on which he and his descendants have lived for one \nhimdred and twent}--five years. \n\nLydia Warren was baptized in Watertown, November 24, 1728, and \ndied in Oakham, September 10, 1798. aged sevent>--one years. She was \ndaughter of Joshua and Elizabeth (Harris) Warren, and a descendant, \nthrough Caleb Church, of Richard Warren who came to America in the \nMayf.QZL\'er, and landed at Plymouth, December 20, 1620. His name is \ntwelfth on the list of signatures to the Compact signed in the cab:n of \nthe Mayflower. \n\n\n\nTHE RE^\xe2\x80\xa2OLUTIONARY WAR 135 \n\nHe enlisted in the Continental Arm}- for six months, agree- \nable to the Resolve of January 5, 1780; age 21, stature 5 feet \nII, complexion light. Engaged for the town of Xorthboro. \nMarched from. Xorthboro July 2, 1780. discharged December \n6, 1780, ser\\-ice five months and fifteen days, tvvo hundred miles \ntravel. \n\nOctober 6. 177S, in Xorthboro, he was married to Susaimah, \ndaughter of Thaddeus and Thankful Fay. Children, first five \nbom in Xorthboro: William, December 7, 1779; Peter, Xovem- \nber 18, 1781, married Man.- Eullard in 181 1; Catherine, May \n19, 1784: Thaddeus, October 8, 1786: Sally, May i, 1789, \nmarried Isaac Stone, 3d, Februarv- 27, 181 5; Polly, X\'ovember \n\n8, 1791 ; Betsy, October 7, 1795, married Zadoc Preshoe May \n5, 1817; Susannah, August 29, 1797, married Otis Stone June \n\n9, 1818; John, 3d, generally known as Colonel John Robinson, \nFebruary\' iS, 1800, married Susan Stone December 2, 1824; \nLurana, October 29, 1802, married James C. Fairbank June 9, \n1825 ; Abraham Fay, October 3, 1805 ; Jeremiah. October 5, \n1808, married Julia M. Boyden of Brookfield in 1832. \n\nJohn Robinson, 2d, died in Oakham September 8, 1818. \n\nM. S. R., xiii, 453 (8). John Robinson\'s Account Book, in possession \nof Miss Susan F. Fairbank of Oakham. Oakham V. R., 44, 45, 96, 97, \n129. Newton V. R., 167. Sudbury V. R., 262. Letter of Mrs. Walter \nNorth of Buffalo, N. Y. Northboro Town Clerk\'s Records. \n\n\n\nThomas Ruggles. \n\nSon of Benjamin and Alice (Merrick) Ruggles of Hardwick, was \nbaptized June 24, 1750. \n\nHe ser%-ed for the town of Hardwnck as a minuteman in \nCapt. Simeon Hazeltine\'s Co., on the Lexington alarm in 1775, \nand reenlisted later in Capt. Samuel Dexters Co., Col. Leamed\'s \nRegt., at Roxbur}-. On the Bennington alarm in August. 1777, \nhe was Corporal in Capt. Timothy Paige\'s Co., Col. James \nConverse\'s Regt. \n\nJuly 19, 1778, he married Hannah, daughter of Thomas \nWinslow. Thomas Ruggles was a shoemaker by trade and \n\n\n\n136 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nremoved to Oakham not later than May 17, 1798. Children, \nthe first three born at Hardwick, and the last four at Oakham: \nMiriam, October 23, 1778, married Ebenezer Foster, Jr., of \nOakham, June 8, 1806; Willard, September 4, 1780, married \nSusannah Packard of Oakham in 1806, died at Oakham July 3, \n1809; Charlotte, October 3, 1782, died at Oakham March 28, \n1824 ; Arathusa, married Richard Howe of Poultney, Vt. ; \nRhoda, 1787, died June 21, 1809, at Oakham; Philena, August, \n1790, married Benjamin Rice, Jr., of Barre, December 15, 1814, \ndied September 16, 1837; Joshua, December i, 1792, married \nOlive Holton, died September 3, 1852; Reuel, March 27, 1796, \ndied December 13, 1873 ; Hannah, May 17, 1798, married Samuel \nWarner Smith of Barre in 1822, died January 6, 1857 ; Thomas, \nJr., December 14, 1800; Harriet, January 24, 1803, married \nRichard Howe, died in October, 1861 ; Seraph Howe, born \nFebruary 23, 1806, married Norman B. Thompson, August 16, \n1827. \n\nThomas Ruggles and his wife Hannah both died in Oakham, \nthe former on May 12 [or 21], 1808, the latter on March 3, 1832. \n\nM. S. R., xiii, 655 (3). Oakham V. R., 45 [Ruggals], 97 [Rugals], 129 \n[Ruggals, Rugles]. Paige, Hist, of Hardwick, 483, 485-486 [Jan. \n24=June 25. March 3=28]. \n\nDavid Shaw. \n\nEnlisted for the town of Oakham in Capt. Joseph Richard- \nson\'s Co., Col. Samuel Denny\'s Regt., raised for service at \nClaverack-on-the-Hudson in 1779. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 242. M. S. R., xiv, 42 (5). \n\n\n\nJames Shaw. \n\nEnlisted for the town of Oakham July 5, 1780, in Capt. Tim- \nothy Paige\'s Co., Col. John Rand\'s Regt., for three months\' \nservice at West Point; discharged October 10, 1780. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 252. M. S. R., xiv, 51 (3). \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 137 \n\nJames Shaw, Jr. \n\nEngaged for nine months in the Continental Army for the \ntown of Oakham, and was mustered in, July 7, 1779; age 19, \nstature 5 feet 6, complexion dark. July 10 he joined Capt. \nWadsworth\'s Co., Col. Bradford\'s Regt. He was discharged \nApril 9, 1780, and reenlisted July 5, 1780, in Capt. Timothy \nPaige\'s Co., Col. John Rand\'s Regt., for three months\' service \nat West Point. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 242, 252. M. S. R., xiv, 50 (11), 51 (4). \n\n\n\nTimothy Shaw. \n\nPrivate in Capt. Ezekiel Knowlton\'s Co., Col. Dike\'s Regt, \nfor service at Dorchester, ending December i, 1776. May 5, \n1777, he enlisted for a term of two months at Rhode Island, in \nCapt. Hodges\'s Co., Col. Whitney\'s Regt. He was also detailed \nby Capt. Crawford, in place of Thomas White, for service in \nCol. Gerrish\'s regiment of guards which escorted the troops of \nthe Saratoga Convention from Rutland to Enfield, Conn., in 1778. \n\nThis is probably the Timothy Shaw who was born in New \nBraintree September i, 1758, son of Andrew and Anna Shaw, \nand married Silva Howard September 30, 1784. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 165, 187, 214. M. S. R., xiv, 71 (9). New Braintree \nV. R., 44, 112. \n\nWilliam Smith. \n\nServed four months for the town of Barre in Capt. Ezekiel \nKnowlton\'s Co., at Boston in 1776. He has credit on the Oakham \ntown records for three months\' service in New York in 1776; \nand in 1779, for nine months at West Point, in the Continental \nArmy. \n\nWilliam Smith came from Barre. September 23, 1767, he \nbought for \xc2\xa310 one-half of the farm in Oakham on which Jonas \n\n\n\n138 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nRich was then living. In 1780 he was a member of the Com- \nmittee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety. \n\nHe married Rebecca Parmenter in 1766, being then a resi- \ndent of Barre. Children, all born in Oakham: Anna, May 28, \n1767; Elisabeth, September 3, 1769; Aaron, February 2, 1772; \nJoab, September 9, 1774; John, August 14, 1776; James, Feb- \nruary 2.2i, 1780; Farrington, October 27, 1782; Ephraim, \nDecember 16, 1784; Rebecka, September 7, 1787. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 242. M. S. R., xiv, 578 (6). Oakham V. R., \n46, 99. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Iviii, 16. \n\nAsa Snell. \n\nEnlisted June 5, 1775, from Oakham, in Capt. Hazeltine\'s \nCo., Col. Fellows\' Regt., and was entitled to a bounty coat at \nDorchester, November 27, 1775. From April, 1777, to June, \n1783, he served in the Continental Army. On January 10, 1781, \na descriptive list was taken : age 25, stature 5 feet 6, complexion \nlight, hair light. His residence when a Continental soldier was \ngiven as Barre, Hubbardston, and Rutland. In his application \nfor a pension he wrote: "Served in Army during whole of war. \nWas in the battles of Breeds Hill, Monmouth, Jamestown, \nBrandy wine, and at the capture of Cornwallis." \n\nJune 24, 1774, he and David Wheaton purchased together fifty \nacres of land in Barre, lying in Great Farm No. 6, near the \nPrinceton line. In 1818 he was living in Sutton, Mass., and was \nsixty-three years of age. \n\nM. S. R., xiv, 588 (7), 589 (2), 598 (5) [Snill]. Pension Application, \nApr. 14, 1818. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Ixxvii, 152. \n\n\n\nBenjamin Spooner. \n\nWas born in Dartmouth, Mass., in 1737, and removed to Oakham \nlater than his brother Eleazer. \n\nHe marched with the detachment from the Oakham company \non the Rhode Island alarm, July 23, 1777. \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 139 \n\nHis wife\'s name was Mehitabel. He died in Oakham in 1820. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 187. M. S. R., xiv, 734 (14). Rev. D. Tomlinson\'s \nNotes. Letter of Mrs. Julius W. Brown of Springfield. \n\n\n\nEleazer Spooner. \n\nBaptized November 15, 1734, in Dartmouth, Mass., a descendant in the \nfifth generation of William Spooner, who was in Plymouth in 1637. \n\nHe has credit on the town records for the Bennington cam- \npaign in August, 1777, and for six weeks\' service in Rhode \nIsland in 1778. \n\nEleazer Spooner came to Oakham in 1776, and purchased \nof Jesse Allen, for ^383 6s, 8d., a tract of land with the buildings \nthereon, containing about one hundred and fifty-five acres, on \nwhich he lived till his death. \n\nHe married Mehitabel Allen, born October 22, 1740, daughter \nof Andrew and Abiah Allen. They had nine children, the last \nfour born in Oakham, the others in Dartmouth : Moses, Novem- \nber 30, 1765; Prince, December 15, 1768; Eleanor, 1770; \nBenjamin, September 16, 1772; Polly, September 27, 1774; \nRuby, 1777; Lois, 1779; Andrew, May 18, 1781 ; Mehitabel, \n\n1783. \n\nHis brother Benjamin was in the Revolution, and three grand- \nsons, Andrew, Albert and Edwin C, sons of Deacon Andrew \nSpooner, were in the Civil War. \n\nMoses Spooner was married to Susanna Conant October 24, \n1790. Among his children born in Oakham were: Lucius, \nApril 4, 1791; Elijah Blackman, June 27, 1792; Eleazer, 2d, \nJune 28, 1794, father of Pardon, Joseph and Luther; Albert, \nAugust 20, 1796, a student at Dartmouth College, and a lawyer \nin New York City; Moses, February 8, 1804; Caleb, February \n23, 1806. \n\nEleazer Spooner died in Oakham in March, 1813. His widow \ndied October 2, 1821. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 188, 214. Oakham V. R., 46, 47. Rev. D. Tomlinson\'s \nNotes. Spy, Oct. 17, 1821. Letter of Mrs. Brown (see above). \n\n\n\n140 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nRichard Sternes. \n\nWas credited to the town of Oakham for service in the \nartillery in the Continental Army, in Capt. Buckland\'s Co., Col. \nCrane\'s Regt., during the years 1777- 1779. \n\nM. S. R., xiv, 931 (2). \n\nWilliam Stevenson. \n\nPrivate in Capt. Crawford\'s company of minutemen which \nmarched on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775, and in the \nOakham detachment on the Rhode Island alarm, July 23, 1777. \nHe serv^ed also in a campaign to Boston, beginning April i, 1778, \nand was stationed at Winter Hill. \n\nIn 1 79 1 he owned a house on East Hill, south of the Goodale \nfarm, probably the Drury place. In 1768 he was married to \nMary, daughter of George and Katherine Harper. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 187, 189. M. S. R., xiv, 923 (8) [Stephens], 927 (u) \n[Stephenson], 990 (5). Oakham V. R., 100. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, \ncxiii, 500. \n\nThe Stone Family. \n\nIsaac Stone was born in Lexington, IVlass., in 1731. In 1751 \nhe removed from Lexington to Rutland, where he built the \nwest part of the tavern and kept an inn for several years. \nIn 1765 he removed from Rutland to Oakham, and on Septem- \nber 16 of that year purchased from Thomas Hubbard of Boston \nfor \xc2\xa375 one hundred and seventy-five acres, one-half of Lot No. \n12, now known as the Austin Adams farm. This deed, recorded \nOctober 21, 1765, was the first deed recorded of property said \nto be in Oakham instead of in Rutland West Wing. To this he \nadded, on March 25, 1766, 128 acres in Lot No. 22, by purchase \nfrom John Murray. \n\nIsaac Stone was one of the most prominent citizens of \nOakham during the next thirty years. His name first appears \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR I41 \n\non the town records March 4, 1766, when he was chosen Mod- \nerator, Town Clerk, Selectman, and Assessor. He served the \ntown nine times as Moderator, thirteen times as Assessor, seven \ntimes as Town Clerk, and six times as Selectman. He was chosen \nunanimously to represent the town in the Provincial Congress \nat Cambridge in 1775, and was a prominent member of that \nbody. Mr. Stone was a member of the Committee of Correspond- \nence, Inspection and Safety in 1775, 1776 and 1777, and has \ncredit on the town records for the Bennington alarm. \n\nSeptember 8, 1748 he was married to Martha Munroe of \nWeston, and had nine children: Abner, born in Lexington, \nDecember 11, 1748, O. S. ; Pattee, bom in Rutland, March 12, \n175 1, O. S., married Rev. John Strickland, the first minister \nof the church in Oakham, October 29, 1767; Isaac, 2d, born in \nRutland, June 2, 1753, O. S. ; Abigail, born in Rutland, May \n20, 1755, married Heman Bassett in 1776; Alpheus, born in \nRutland June 6, 1757; Luke, born in Rutland April 11, 1763, \ndied June 25, 1763 ; Frederick Munroe, born in Rutland Feb- \nruary 6, 1765, married Pattie, daughter of Jonathan Bullard \nin 1784; Electa, born in Oakham December 16, 1766; Lucretia, \nbom in Oakham November 22, 1772, married Henry Kelley \nMay 23, 1793. \n\nMr. Stone died in Oakham December 3, 1794, aged sixty-three \nyears. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 188. Oakham V. R., 47, 48, 82, 100, 130, 131. Rev. \nD. Tomlinson\'s Notes. Lexington V. R., 152. Reed, Hist, of Rutland, 148. \nWore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, liii, 178, Ixxxiii, 295. Records, Wore. Co. Court \nof Sessions, 1758 on. \n\n\n\nAlpheus Stone. \n\nBorn in Rutland, June 6, 1757, the son of Isaac and Martha (Munroe) \nStone and brother of Isaac Stone, 2d. \n\nHe armed himself at his own expense and enlisted March \nII. 1777, in the Continental Army for three years, in Col. \nNixon\'s 6th Mass. Regt., which served in the Northern Depart- \n\n\n\n142 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nment. He was in Capt. Toogood\'s company, and later in the \ncompany of Capt. Heywood. Like his brother, he was not \nabsent, except on furlough, between August 15, 1777, and \nFebruary 16, 1779. In his appHcation for pension dated April \n22, 1818, he wrote: \n\n"Served most of his time in the State of New York, was in skirmish \nat Danbury when our stores were burned by enemy, was in escort of \nGen. Lincoln from Ticonderoga in 1777, in skirmish at Kingsbury with \nIndians at same time, was in whole siege, features and hardships at taking \nof Burgoyne\'s army." \n\nHe was discharged at Soldier\'s Fortune, N. Y., March 11, \n1780, by Major Heywood. \n\nAlpheus Stone was Town Clerk of Oakham in 1788, and \nSelectman in 1789, 1790 and 1799. In 1786 he subscribed \xc2\xa32 \ntoward the building of a house for Father Tomlinson. \n\nHe was married in 1781 to Lucretia Nye, daughter of \nEbenezer Nye, and lived on the farm afterwards owned by \nDr. Charles Adams and now by Wallace Grimes. Children, \nborn in Oakham: Betsy, February 18, 1782, married Ezekiel \nGoodale of Hallowdl, Maine, in 1804; Polly, December 29, \n1784; Lucy, January 21, 1786, married (i) Benjamin Water- \nman in 1805, (2) Peres Fobes, June 2, 1831 ; Lucretia, February \n18, 1788, married Knight Whittemore; Allis, March 30, 1790, \nmarried Peres Fobes in 1808; Harriot, September 5, 1792, \nmarried Jesse Fitts, March 19, 1816; Otis, October 9, 1795, \nmarried Susan Robinson June 9, 1818; Adaline Augusta, Octo- \nber 26, 1798, married John Hammond, June 29, 1818; Louisa, \nJuly 28, 1801, married Joel Brimhall in 1822; Susan Maria, \nApril 28, 1804, married Col. John Robinson, 3d, December 2, \n1824, and, after Col. Robinson\'s death, married John Hammond, \nDecember 31, 1846. \n\nAlpheus Stone died in Oakham, March 31, 1829, aged \nseventy-two years. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 171. M. S. R., xv, 83 (4). Oakham V. R., 47, 48, 97, \n100, loi, 104, 130. Pension Application, Apr. 22, 1818. Subscription Paper \nfor Mr. Tomlinson, May 3, 1786 (MS.). \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1 43 \n\nIsaac Stone, 2d. \n\nBorn in Rutland, June 2, 1753, O. S., the son of Isaac and Martha \n(Munroe) Stone. \n\nIsaac Stone, 2d, was one of the minutenien who marched \nwith Capt. Crawford on April 19, 1775. Nine days later, April \n27, he enlisted for eight months in the 5th Co. of the 8th \nMass. Regt., commanded by Col. John Fellows and stationed \nat Roxbury. On March 11, 1777, he enlisted for three years\' \nservice in the Continental Army, in Col. Nixon\'s 6th Mass. \nRegt., and was made Sergeant. The regiment served in the \nNorthern Department under General Gates and his successors. \nHe was not absent from the service between August 15, 1777, \nand February 16, 1779, except on furlough, and was in the \nengagement at Danbury, Conn., and at the battles of Stillwater \nand Saratoga. He was discharged March 11, 1780. \n\nHe was married in 1782 to Hannah, daughter of Jonathan \nBullard, and lived on the New Braintree road one mile west of \nthe Oakham meeting house, on what is now known as the Butler \nfarm. He had eight children, born in Oakham: Hannah, July \n23, 1783, married Seth Goodspeed in 1804; Achsah, January \n25, 1785, married William Broad in 1803; Salva, October 11, \n1787; John, August 15, 1789, died March i, 1790; Claracy, \nMarch 9, 1791, died July 30, 1793; Samuel, April 5, 1793, died \nApril 10, 1793; Isaac, 3d, June 19, 1794; Sukey, August 16, \n1797, married James Conant, December 24, 1816. \n\nHis son Isaac, 3d, married February 27, 181 5, Sally, daughter of \nJohn, 2d, and Susannah Robinson. They had two children. \nThe eldest, Washington, was the father of George W. and \nJohn E. Stone, soldiers in the Civil War. \n\nIsaac Stone, 2d, the Revolutionary soldier, died November 25, \n1828, aged seventy-five years. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 165, 171. M. S. R., xv, 96 (2), (3). Oakham V. R., \n47, 48, 100, loi, 130, 131. Pension Application, Apr. 22, 1818. \n\n\n\n144 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nSamuel Stone. \n\nSamuel Stone enlisted for a term of two months at Dorchester \nin 1776. He served as Corporal on the Rhode Island alarm, July \n23, 1777, and enlisted again August i, 1777, in Capt. Earll\'s Co., \nCol. Keyes\'s Regt., for a six months\' campaign in Providence. \n\nHis wife\'s name was Prudence. Children, bom in Oakham: \nSamuel, December 13, 1772; Daniel, June 19, 1774; Benjamin, \nFebruary 27, 1776; Mary, June 20, 1778. He was chosen \n"Quorister" at a church meeting in Oakham held October 26, \n\n1775- \nA Samuel Stone was living in Oakham in 1790. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 187, 188. M. S. R., xv, 118 (4), 119 (7). Oakham \nV. R., 47, 48. Rutland V. R., 95, 197. Rev. J. Dana\'s Notes. U. S. \nCensus (1790), Mass., 230. \n\n\n\nJames Swinerton. \n\nEnlisted for the town of Oakham, May i, 1775, in Capt. John \nGrainger\'s Co., Col. Ebenezer Learned\'s Regt., for a term of \neight months in the siege of Boston. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 165. M. S. R., xv, 321 (15). \n\n\n\nThomas Taylor. \n\nEnlisted for the town of Oakham for the term of three \nyears in the Continental Army at Brookfield, September 15, \n1777, residence Oakham, He joined Capt. Reed\'s Co., Col. \nAlden\'s Regt. \n\nM. S. R., XV, 4S8 (3). \n\n\n\nAmos Temple. \n\nEnlisted May 28, 1775, for the town of Oakham, in Capt. \nHazeltine\'s Co., Col. Fellows\' Regt., for a term of eight months \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 145 \n\nin the siege of Boston, and received a bounty coat November \n27, 1775, at Dorchester. \n\nM. S. R., XV, 473 (4) [Tempil. Oakham == Fulham], (14). \n\n\n\nJoseph F. Thompson. \n\nEnlisted in response to the Resolve of June 5, 1780, in the \nContinental Army for six months, passed muster, and was put \nin Capt. Joseph Bates\'s Co., Lieut. Col. John Brooks\'s (7th) \nRegt. He received \xc2\xa318 bounty from the town of Oakham. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 251. M. S. R., xv, 648 (4). \n\nJoshua Turner. \n\nBorn in 1757, son of Joseph and Mercy (French) Turner. At the age \nof six years he was given by his mother to her brother, Lieut. Asa \nFrench, to bring up till he was twenty-one years of age. \n\nHe enlisted May 2, 1775, in Capt. Hazeltine\'s Co., Col. \nFellows\' Regt., for a term of eight months in the siege of \nBoston. In December of the same year he reenlisted in Capt. \nBarnes\' Co., Col. Ward\'s Regt., for a term of one month. \nHe marched with Capt. Crawford on the Rhode Island alarm, \nJuly 23, 1777. August 8, 1777, he enlisted in the Continental \nArmy for three years, residence Oakham, and was placed in \nCapt. Hastings\' Co. of the i6th Mass. Regt., commanded by \nCol. Henry Jackson, and was in the battle of Saratoga. April \n30, 1780, he was in camp near Morristown, in a regiment under \nCol. Henry Jackson, made up of Massachusetts men from \nthree decimated regiments, by an arrangement of April 9, 1779. \nHe was discharged August 8, 1780, at Verplanck\'s Point, on \nthe east side of North River. \n\nJoshua Turner died December 21, 1820, at Hadley, N. Y., \naged sixty-three years. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 165. M. S. R., xv. 854 (q) [Tomer! . xvi. 177 (3). \nPension Application, Apr. 18, 1818. Statement of Lieut. Asa French, in \nAddenda. Bailey, Early Mass. Marriages, ii, 81. \n10 \n\n\n\n146 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nJames Upham. \n\nBorn in Spencer, October 26, 1760, son of Jacob and Zerviah (Smith) \nUpham. \n\nHe enlisted for the town of Oakham, August 15, 1777, in Capt. \nEarll\'s Co., Col. Keyes\'s Regt., and served four months and \ntwenty days in Rhode Island. He served also for the town of \nSpencer in a campaign at Boston in 1776 and 1777, and in the \nContinental Army in 1779 and 1780. A descriptive list was taken \nJuly 7, 1780; age 19, stature 5 feet 9, complexion dark. \n\nM. S. R., xvi, 262 (2), (3), (4). Spencer V. R., 107. Draper, Hist, of \nSpencer, 258. \n\n\n\nMarshall Walker. \n\nServed from March 30 to July 2, 1778, guarding troops of the \nSaratoga Convention at the barracks in Rutland. He was also \nin Capt. Daniel Gilbert\'s Co., Col. Josiah Whitney\'s Regt., from \nAugust 2 to September 13, 1778, under General Sullivan in \nRhode Island. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 214. M. S. R., xvi, 467 (6). \n\n\n\nGeorge Walls. \n\nGeorge Walls was a soldier in the British Army, probably \na Hessian, who was taken prisoner at Saratoga. He had either \nescaped or been paroled from the prison barracks at Rutland \nand, before July 13, 1779, he had found employment on a farm \nin Oakham. On that date his tax-rate was remitted by vote of \nthe town on the ground of his being a British Regular. On \nOctober 12, 1779, the Council at Boston ordered all escaped or \nparoled prisoners to be returned to the Commissary of Prisoners \nand individual cases of British soldiers were brought before \nthe House of Representatives for consideration. George Perkins \nand William O\'Brien of Oakham were granted leave to remain \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 147 \n\nin town by vote of December 20, 1779. On the same day a \ngeneral order was issued: \n\n\'\'That as divers German Troops have been impressed into the Service \nof the Brittish King and sent into this Country Contrary to their Inclina- \ntion and in Violation of the rights of humanity to Carry on this unnatural \nWarr against these states, and as Every Nation has a right to weaken \nthe Armies of the power with which it is at warr \xe2\x80\x94 A. it is therefore \nfurther Resolved that any person or persons who made a part of the \nGerman Troops, in the pay & Service of the brittish King employ^ in \nthe American War, under the Command of Gen^ Burgoyne or others, & \nwho have left the Service of the said King and has resided within this \nstate for the space of three months, by producing a Certificate from the \nSelect men of the Town or Towns, within this state where they have so \nresided and have taken the Oath of Allegiance & Fidelity as afores*^ shall \nnot be carried without said state, taken up or imprisoned, within it under \npretence of their being prisoners of war unless the Council of said state \nfrom such persons Character & Conduct shall see fit to order it, or by \ngeneral order of the General Court \xe2\x80\x94 B. Sent up for Concurrence." \n\nThe Council on December 21 amended the bill so as to require \na certificate from the Selectmen of the town and an oath of \nfidelity and allegiance before some one Justice of the Peace \nwithin the State to be designated after the bill had passed both \nHouses. The bill became a law the same day. George Walls \nundoubtedly availed himself of this opportunity. Fifteen months \nlater, on March 26, 1781, under Resolve of December 2, 1780, \nhe enlisted in the Continental Army for the town of Oakham \nfor three years; age 24, stature 5 feet 7, complexion light, \noccupation farmer, \n\nOakham T. R., i, 215, 239, 263 [The Deficient Man]. M. S. R., xvi, 496 \n(9) [Waller], 510 (3) [Wallow]. Acts and Resolves, Prov. of Mass. \nBay, V, 840-843. See William O\'Brien, p. 117; George Perkins, p. 130. \n\n\n\nKerly Ward. \n\nEnlisted from Oakham May 10, 1775, in Capt. Seth Wash- \nbum\'s Co., Col. Jonathan Ward\'s Regt., and was made Corporal. \nHe was wounded in the battle of Bunker Hill, June 19, 1775, \nand his name does not again appear on the muster rolls. \n\n\n\n148 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nHe came from Paxton and was married in Brookfield to Katie \nGraham, of Spencer, September 28, 1773. His son Samuel was \nbaptized in Spencer August 7, 1785, there being no minister \nover the Oakham church at this time. \n\nOakham T. R, i, 168. M. S. R., xvi, 538 (7). Brookfield V. R., 430. \nSpencer V. R., 108. Draper, Hist, of Spencer, 198. \n\n\n\nEzra Washburn. \n\nMarched on the Bennington alarm, August 20, 1777. \n\nIn 1773 he purchased ten acres for \xc2\xa312, and lived on the county \nroad from Rutland to Brookfield, near where the South school- \nhouse now stands. He was living in Oakham March 30, 1782, \nwhen he sold the "Washburn orchard" to John Bothwell, but \nremoved soon after to Stafford, Conn. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 188. M. S. R., xvi, 653 (9) [Washborn]. Wore. Co. \nReg. of Deeds, Ixxxii, 487, xcii, 435. U. S. Census (1790), Conn., 137 \n[Washbourn]. \n\nLebbeus Washburn. \n\nEnlisted for the town of Oakham, May 27, 1775, as a Private \nin Capt. John Packard\'s Co., Col. David Brewer\'s (9th) Regt., \nfor a term of eight months at Roxbury, and received money in \nplace of a bounty coat, December 27, 1775. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168. M. S. R., xvi, 654 (8) [Washborn], 655 (13) \n[Washbun], 669 (s)- \n\nWilliam Washburn. \n\nMarched with a detachment from the Oakham company on \nthe Rhode Island alarm, July 23. 1777, and on the Bennington \nalarm, August 20, 1777. He enlisted September 7, 1777, in Capt. \nCrawford\'s company raised in Hardwick, Oakham and New \nBraintree, for the Stillwater campaign, and was in the battles \nthat resulted in the surrender of General Burgoyne. July 5, \n1780, he was engaged for three months in Capt. Timothy Paige\'s \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 149 \n\nCo., Col. John Rand\'s Regt., for service at West Point, and was \nmade Corporal. He was discharged October lo, 1780. \n\nWilliam Washburn, of Stafford, was married to Lucretia \nDarling, of Oakham, October 9, 1783. \n\nOakham T. R.. i, 187, 188, 252. M. S. R., xvi, 675 (7). xvii, 909 (12) \n[Woshburn]. Oakham V. R., 104. \n\n\n\nPerez Waterman. \n\nBorn in Bridgewater in 1738, son of Perez Waterman who died in \nBridgewater in 1793, aged ninety years. \n\nHe marched as First Sergeant with the minutemen from \nBridgewater in Capt. Nathan Mitchell\'s company, in response to \nthe alarm of April 19, 1775, and was in the service eleven days. \nMay I, 1775, he reenlisted in Capt. James Allen\'s Co., Col. John \nBailey\'s Regt., which was in camp near Boston. On July 10, \n1780, he was appointed Lieutenant and served three months and \ntwenty-two days in Rhode Island. The regiment was detached \nfrom the militia to reinforce the Continental Army for three \nmonths. \n\nMr. Waterman came to Oakham not long before 1798, when \nhe is called in deeds "Perez Waterman of Bridgewater, Gentle- \nman." He purchased in 1798 of William Bothwell, for $2,900, \nthree pieces of land : one hundred and fourteen acres lying west \nof the county road leading from Rutland to Brookfield ; forty-two \nacres, "buildings included," east of the county road from Rutland \nto Brookfield, and north of the county road from New Braintree \nto Worcester, and extending to the river ; and eight and one-half \nacres on the east side of the town road. These pieces of land \nconstituted the Waterman farm, the greater part of which is now \nowned by Walter M. Robinson. A cellar-hole near the Wolf \nMeadow Dam, not far from the foot of the hill still known as \nWaterman Hill, is believed to mark the site of the original \nWaterman house. But Benjamin Waterman, and perhaps his \nfather, lived in a house which was destroyed by fire in February, \n1840, situated where Mr. Robinson\'s house now stands. \n\n\n\n150 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nLieut. Waterman was prominent in town affairs, and repre- \nsented the town in the Massachusetts Legislature in 1806. On \nJuly 20, 1 81 7, he was admitted to the Oakham Congregational \nChurch. He died December 13, 1820, at the age of eighty-two \nyears. The Worcester Spy of January 24, 1821, said of him: \n"He was a soldier in the old French war, an officer in the Revolu- \ntionary War, a worthy citizen, a professed disciple of Christ, and \ndied supported by the Christian\'s hope." His widow, Abigail \nWaterman, was baptized and admitted to the church January \n13, 1822. \n\nTheir children, the first six born in Bridgewater, were : Stephen, \nJuly 22, 1766, who led a seafaring life; Calvin, June 2, 1768, \nmarried Salome Allen in 1793; Ruth, April 7. 1770, married \nNathan Hall of Bridgewater in 1790; Bethiah, May 15, 1772, \nmarried Moses Starbuck of Nantucket, January 13, 1801 ; Lydia, \nJune 13, 1774, who was admitted to the Oakham Church on \nOctober 14, 1821 ; Barnabas, September 23, 1776, married Sally \nThatcher of Wareham; Abigail, who married Perez Waterman \nBartlett of Montague, February 10, 1808; Lucy, who married \nSamuel Kingsley, October 2/, 1818; and Benjamin, who mar- \nried Lucy, daughter of Alphaeus Stone in 1805, and died Octo- \nber 13, 1817 at St. Mary\'s, Ga. All of the nine children of Perez \nWaterman were living in 1820 excepting Ruth and Benjamin. \n\nM. S. R., xvi, 689 (6). Oakham V. R., 100, 104, 132. Oakham Church \nRecords, i, 13, 18. Mitchell, Hist, of Bridgewater, 170 [Nathan Hall], \n333 [The statement that Perez Waterman married a second wife, Ruth \nNye of Sandwich, in 1784, is incorrect unless he married a third wife of \nthe same name as his first. His wife, Abigail, is mentioned in his will \ndated 1820, and she joined the Oakham Church at an advanced age in \n1822], Spy, Jan. 24, 1821 [Dec. i3=Dec. 18]. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, \ncxxxvii, 51, 52. Letter of Mr. Walter M. Robinson of Oakham. South \nCemetery Record Book (MS.). Wore. Co. Prob. Records, Jan. 10, \n1821. Rev. D. Tomlinson\'s Notes. N. E. Hist. & Gen. Reg., xxxix \n(1885), 90. Bridgewater Town Clerk\'s Records. \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 151 \n\nNathaniel Weeks. \n\nBorn in Hardwick, October 8, 1744, eldest son of Thomas and Katherine \n(Clark) Weeks, who were married April 3, 1743. \n\nHe has credit on the town records for a term of five months in \nNew York in 1776. He marched August 20, 1777, on the \nBennington alarm, and served as guard at Cambridge, beginning \nJuly 2, 1778. \n\nNathaniel Weeks came from "Way (Ware) River, County \nof Springfield." In 1773 he purchased, for i44, thirty-two \nacres in Lot No. 31, near the middle of the lot. \n\nHe married Mercie Richmond, February 16, 1769. Children: \nThomas, married Ruth Willis in 1798 ; Lucy, married James \nWhite, son of Thomas and Sarah White, in 1788; Susanna, \nmarried Elijah Freeman, December 29, 1799; Nancy, married \nAllen Ripley, of Wilton, N. H., in 181 1; Martin, married \nHannah Foster, of New Braintree, in 1818, died of apoplexy \nDecember 27, 1841, aged fifty-nine years. \n\nThe granddaughter of Nathaniel Weeks, Susanna Freeman, \nborn March 2^, 1810, became the wife of Benjamin Labaree, \nPresident of Middlebury (Vt.) College, on October 25, 1836. \n\nNathaniel Weeks died January 13, 181 1. His will was filed \nFebruary 13, 181 1. His widow Mercie died in Oakham August \n31, 1850, at the age of one hundred years. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 188. M. S. R., xvi, 795 (3). Oakham V. R., 27, \n51, 104 [Week], 132. New Braintree V. R., 121. Rev. D. Tomlinson\'s \nNotes. Gravestone Record in Pine Grove Cemetery. Wore. Co. Prob. \nRecords, Feb. 12, 181 1. Oakham Church Records, i, i. General Cata- \nlogue, Middlebury College (1890), 12. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, xcv, 448. \nPaige, Hist, of Hardwick, 529. Plymouth Co. Marriages, 41. \n\n\n\nJohn Wheeler. \n\nEngaged for the town of Oakham April 9, 1777, for three \nyears in the Continental Army, in Capt. Daniel Shay\'s Co., Col. \nRufus Putnam\'s Regt. He was appointed Sergeant and served \n\n\n\n152 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\ntill April, 1780. It is uncertain whether he was credited to \nOakham or Hardwick. \n\n\n\nM. S. R., xvi, 975 (3)- \n\n\n\nNahum Whipple. \n\n\n\nBorn in New Braintree, November 18, 1760, son of Thomas and \nMartha Whipple. \n\nHe enlisted for the town of Oakham May 5, 1777, as Private \nin Capt. E. Hodges\'s Co., Col. Josiah Whitney\'s Regt., which \nwas stationed at North Kingston in Rhode Island. He was \ndischarged July 5, 1777, and received pay for two months and \nseven days, including travel home. \n\nHe was married April 11, 1782, to Lucinda Ashley. She died \nOctober 8, 1825, and he was again married to Mrs. Parmela \nThompson, in April, 1826. \n\nNahum Whipple was living in Oakham in 1796, at the Dr. \nJohn Dean place, but later removed to New Braintree, where he \ndied March 18, 1829, aged sixty-eight years. \n\nM. S. R., xvii, 16 (2). New Braintree V. R., 55, 123, 160. U. S. Census \n(1790), Mass., 230. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, cv, 445, 446. \n\n\n\nJoshua Whitcomb. \n\nEnlisted September 15, 1777, at Brookfield, for a term of \nthree years in the Continental Army for the town of Oakham, \nand was assigned to Capt. Holden\'s Co., Col. Nixon\'s Regt. \n\nHe served also for the town of New Braintree at Ticonderoga \nin 1776, and on the Rhode Island and Bennington alarms, in 1777. \n\nM. S. R., xvii, 33 (8), 34 (2). \n\n\n\nThomas White. \n\nMarched with Capt. Crawford on the Bennington alarm, \nAugust 20, 1777. He was Private in Capt. Joseph Cutler\'s com- \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 153 \n\npany of volunteers raised in Western (now Warren) and \nOakham to reinforce the army under General Gates, which \nmarched September 24, 1777, and was in service thirty-two \ndays. October 19, 1779, he enlisted in Capt. Joseph Richard- \nson\'s Co., Col. Samuel Denny\'s Regt., which was raised for \nthree months\' service at Claverack. He also has credit on the \ntown records for four months\' service in the siege at Boston \nand two months at Providence. \n\nThomas White came to Oakham from New Braintree and \nbought in 1762, from William Thomson, Jr., of Leicester, for \n\xc2\xa348, two hundred and forty acres in Lot No. 33, and two gussets, \nadjoining Lot No. 33, of forty acres and eighty acres respectively. \nA part of this land is at present included in the farm of C. P. \nMcClanathan. He was six times Moderator, four times Select- \nman, and a member of the Committee of Correspondence, Inspec- \ntion and Safety in 1775 and 1776. When in 1775 Oakham was \ngiven the right of representation in the Great and General Court, \nThomas White was the first Representative sent by the town, \nserving in this office in 1775, 1776 and 1778. \n\nNovember 26, 1761, he married Sarah Blair, of New Brain- \ntree. Children, born in Oakham: Mary, September i, 1762; \nElizabeth, October 3, 1764; James, December 4, 1766; David, \nJuly 15, 1770. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 187, 188, 189, 242. M. S. R., xvii, 137 (9), 138 \n(3), (11). Oakham V. R., 51. New Braintree V. R., 123. Wore. Co. \nReg. of Deeds, xliii, 349 [indexed as 1761 at Worcester]. \n\n\n\nEbenezer Whitman. \n\nBorn in Bridgewater in 1752, son of Zechariah and Eleanor (Bennett) \nWhitman, and descendant in the fifth generation of John Whitman of \nWeymouth. , \n\nHe enlisted for the town of Oakham August 18, 1781, as a \nPrivate in Capt. Joseph Elliot\'s Co., Col. William Turner\'s \nRegt., for service in Rhode Island, from which he was discharged \nNovember 27, 1781. \n\n\n\n154 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nIn 1778 he purchased of George Slocom of Medway, for \ni550, "a small farm with all the buildings thereon," bounded \non the north by the county road from Rutland to Hardwick, \non the east by the town road that leads from the county road \nto the Foster corner. He lived here till 1787, when he sold this \nplace to George Caswell and removed to what was afterwards \nknown as the Whitman farm, in Lot No. 25, not far from the \nSamuel Crawford farm. \n\nHe was married, November 9, 1779, to Ruth Delano. A \ndaughter, Sarah, was born in Oakham, October 12, 1780. A \ndaughter, Ruth, married Seth Pratt, Jr., son of Capt. Seth \nPratt, of Barre, May 24, 1819, and was living on the Whitman \nfarm in 1857. \n\nEbenezer Whitman died in 1788. His widow, Ruth Whitman, \nmarried John Hooper, December 9, 1790. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 276, 285, 294, ii, 9. M. S. R., xvii, 199 (12) [Whit- \nmond]. Oakham V. R., 51, 105. Rev. D. Tomlinson\'s Notes. Mitchell, \nHist, of Bridgewater, 336, 338. Note of Dea. Jesse Allen. Wore. Co. \nReg. of Deeds, Ixxx, 384, cv, 571. Farnam, John Whitman of Weymouth, \nMass., 50, 115, 116 [Spooner should be Hooper]. Letter of Mrs. Clarinda \nC. Hunt of Hyde Park, Mass. Baker\'s Map of Worcester Co. \n\n\n\nShubael Wilder. \n\nEngaged for the town of Oakham early in 1777, for three years \nin the Continental Army, and was in Capt. Daniel Shay\'s Co., \nCol. Rufus Putnam\'s Regt. He was Drum Major, and served \ntill February 17, 1780. It is uncertain whether he was credited to \nOakham or Hardwick. \n\nM. S. R., xvii, 351 (5). \n\nGuile Willis. \n\nEnlisted August 14, 1779, in Capt. Simeon Cobb\'s Co., Col. \nSamuel Fisher\'s Regt., for a term of one month in Rhode Island. \n\nM. S. R., xvii, 505 (4). \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 155 \n\nAlexander Wilson. \n\nServed three months in New York in the last part of 1776, \nand was Sergeant in Capt. Joseph Cutler\'s company of volunteers \nraised in Western (now Warren) and Oakham, which marched \nSeptember 24, 1777, to reinforce the army under General Gates \nand was in service thirty-two days. \n\nHe was one of the signers of the petition of June 23, 1773, \nfor the organization of a Congregational Church in Oakham, and \nwas a member of the Committee of Correspondence, Inspection \nand Safety in 1778. \n\nHis wife\'s name was Huldah. They had a son, Jonathan, \nborn in Oakham, January 28, 1769, and a daughter, Huldah, \nbaptized June 11, 1775. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 189. M. S. R., xvii, 558 (4). Oakham V. R., 52 \n[Willson]. Rev. J. Dana\'s Notes. Oakham Church Records, i, i. \n\n\n\nRobert Wilson. \n\nEnlisted in the summer of 1776 for a term of three months in \nNew York and served in Rhode Island from August 2, 1778, to \nSeptember 13, 1778, in Capt. Daniel Gilbert\'s Co., Col. Josiah \nWhitney\'s Regt. \n\nRobert Wilson came from Rutland and was a weaver by trade. \nHe bought of Alexander Bothwell in 1765 eighty acres, with a \nhouse and barn standing thereon, in the southerly part of Lot \nNo. 26. In 1767, one hundred and seventy-six acres in the north- \nerly part of Lot No. 26, belonging to Robert Wilson, were sold to \nAsa Partridge of New Braintree for unpaid taxes. In 1770 he \nsold to Joseph Felton, for i\'^y i6s. 8d., fifty-seven acres with \nthe buildings standing thereon in Lot No. 25, which he had \nbought of James Craige, Jr. Robert Wilson was living in \nOakham in 1790. \n\nIn 1779 he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. John \nCrawford. They had five sons and eight daughters. Some \ntime after 1790 he removed with his family to the westerly part \nof Vermont. \n\n\n\n1S6 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nOakham T. R., i, i68, 214. M. S. R., xvii, 547 (4) [Willson]. U. S. \nCensus (1790), Mass., 230. U. S. Census (1790), Vt, 58 [Elizabeth Wil- \nson]. Crawford Family of Oakham, 11. Wore. Co. Reg. of Deeds, liii, \n203, Ivii, 257, Ixxxi, 19. \n\n\n\nEbenezer Woodis. \n\nEnlisted for two months\' service in the siege of Boston and \nwas made Sergeant. February 15, 1776, he gave receipt for \nammunition to Capt. Barnabas Sears at Dorchester. He \nmarched with Capt. Crawford in the detachment of the Oakham \ncompany on the Rhode Island alarm, July 23, 1777, and on the \nBennington alarm, August 20, 1777. \n\nEbenezer Woodis bought of James Craige, Jr., February 20, \n1766, part of Lot No. 25. He was one of the signers of the \npetition of June 23, 1773, for the organization of a Congre- \ngational Church in Oakham. That he was much respected and \ntrusted is shown by his election for three years on the Committee \nof Correspondence, Inspection and Safety. In 1786, administra- \ntion papers were filed in settlement of Ebenezer Woodis\'s estate. \n\nHe married Dorothy Moore in Sudbury, September 16, 1762. \nChildren, the first two born in Sudbury, the others in Oakham: \nEdward, September 8, 1763; Sarah, February 13, 1765; Eben- \nezer, Jr., May 10, 1767, married Elizabeth Woolcott, January 6, \n1791 ; Persis, August 8, 1769; Keziah, September 5, 1771 ; \nRuth, February 27, 1774; Reuben, March 22, 1776; Nathan. \nMarch 26, 1778; John, May 16, 1780. \n\nOakham T. R., i, 168, 187, 188. M. S. R., xvii, 825 (7) [Wooddis], \n827 (8). Oakham V. R., 52, 107. Rev. D. Tomlinson\'s Notes. Sudbury \nV. R., 156 [Woodes], 290. Oakham Church Records, i, i. Wore. Co. \nReg. of Deeds, Iviii, 185. Wore. Co. Prob. Records, 1786. \n\n\n\nTHE WAR OF 1812 \n\n\n\nThe Company Book of the Washington Grenadiers contains the Action \nof the Council, with the approval of the Governor, dated October ii, 1813, \nauthorizing the formation of a company of Grenadiers in the towns of \nOakham and New Braintree; the Order of Major General Caleb Burbank \nfor carrying the same into effect; the Enlistment with the signatures of \nthe thirty-seven men who joined the company before September 10, 1814; \nthe daily reports of guard duty at Boston; the history of the company \ntill 1829; and the signatures of one hundred and forty-nine men who \njoined after November 7, 1814. \n\nThe Biographical Sketches of the members are based chiefly on Oakham \nTown and Vital Records, recollections of James Allen and Stephen \nLincoln, and the writer\'s personal acquaintance with several other \nmembers of the company. \n\n\n\nTHE WAR OF 1812. \n\nThe people of Massachusetts, and indeed of all the New \nEngland States, disapproved of the second war with England. \nAt a town meeting held on July 13, 1812, the citizens of Oakham \ndeclared by vote (i) their strong opposition to a war with Great \nBritain, and (2) their disapproval of an alliance with France. \nAt the same meeting three college graduates, Rev. Daniel Tom- \nlinson (Yale 1781), Dr. Seth Fobes (Brown 1804), ^^\'^ William \nCrawford, Jr. (Dartmouth 1807), were appointed a committee \nto draw up a memorial for peace, and nine men were chosen \nto circulate the memorial for signatures. \n\nBut after the war was begun, and when it seemed probable \nthat the enemy might set foot on Massachusetts soil, William \nCrawford, Jr., a member of the committee to draw up a \nmemorial for peace, was one of the first to raise a company for \nthis service. \n\nThe following report of a committee of which David Cobb \nwas chairman, was accepted by the Council of the State of \nMassachusetts, October 11, 1813, and approved by the Governor \non the same day : \n\n"On the petition of W\xe2\x84\xa2 Crawford Jr., and other inhabitants of the \ntowns of Oakham & N. Braintree praying that they with such others as \nmay herewith join them, may be formed into a Company of Grenadiers; \nthat their request be granted and that they be annexed to third Regiment \nof the first Brigade of the seventh Division, it being understood that no \nstanding Company belonging to the said Regiment be thereby reduced \nbelow the number required by law." \n\nBy order of Joseph Famsworth, Brigadier General of the \nFirst Brigade, Lieut. Colonel Thomas Wheeler, Commandant \nof the Third Regiment, transmitted, on December 13, 181 3, to \nWm. Crawford, Jr., the vote of the Council, and the orders for \ncarrying the same into effect issued by the Adjutant General, and \nby Major Caleb Burbank, with the following note : \n\n\n\nl6o SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n"To W\xe2\x84\xa2 Crawford Junr. \n\nIn obedience to the above written orders you are hereby directed to \nenlist a Company of Grenadier Soldiers out of the towns of Oakham and \nNew Braintree, and when you have enlisted 34 you will make a return \nof their names to me so that measures may be taken to elect Officers \nto command said Company, you will make out at the head of your \nenlistment a Caption stiling it the enlistment of a Company of Grenadiers \naccording to the afore mentioned grant." \n\nThirty-seven men from the two towns enlisted in the company \nwhich was called the Washington Grenadiers. The following \nwas the enrollment: \n\nENLISTMENT OF A COMPANY OF GRENADIERS \n\nWe whose names are underwritten do voluntarily enlist as soldiers \nin the company of Grenadiers annexed to the 3d regiment, 1st brigade, \nand 7th division of the militia of Massachusetts, and do by this our \nvoluntary act consider ourselves bound to all intents and purposes to \nperform the several duties which may devolve on us as members of \nsaid company. \n\nJames Allen Lot Conant \n\nJonas Brimhall James Conant, Jr. \n\nThomas Haskell Daniel Flint \n\nRichard K. Marsh Stephen Lincoln, Jr. \n\nIsaac Stone, Jr. Mason Clark \n\nSeth Stone Zenas Dow \n\nMichael Lincoln Ashbel Pepper \n\nJames Barr, Jr. Daniel Dow \n\nEbenezer Howard Jacob Pepper, Jr. \n\nPerley Granger Jonathan Blake \n\nEbenezer N. Barr Harlow Thrasher \n\nEdward Woodis, Jr. Sylvester Morse \n\nSamuel Thrasher, Jr. Charles T. Holmes \n\nRoswell Converse Hiram Barr \n\nDaniel Warner John Adams \n\nJohn Thompson William Crawford, Jr. \n\nGeorge Mullett Perley Ayres \n\nFabian Tomlinson Percival Hall \nElias Marsh, Jr. \n\nWilliam Crawford was commissioned Captain of the company, \nJames Barr, Lieutenant, and James Allen, Ensign. James \nConant, Michael Lincoln, Stephen Lincoln, and Edward Woodis \nwere appointed Sergeants, and Jonas Brimhall, Corporal. John \n\n\n\nTHE WAR OF l8l2. l6l \n\nThompson and Sylvester Morse were Fifers, and Lot Conant \nand George Mullett, Drummers. \n\nToward the close of the summer of 1814, after the capture \nof Washington and the burning of the Capitol and the President\'s \nhouse, it was believed that the British were planning to make an \nattack upon Boston, and, in accordance with orders from head- \nquarters, Captain Crawford issued the following: \n\nNew Braintree, September 10, 1814. \nThe company under my command being ordered into the actual service \nof this State are ordered to appear at Knight Whitmore\'s in Oakham \non Sunday, the nth day of September inst., at five o\'clock in the \nforenoon, from thence to march to Boston to do Duty in the service \nof this commonwealth. \n\nWilliam Crawford, Jr., \n\nCaptain. \n\nThe company assembled according to orders, on Sunday morning \non the Oakham Common, and after fervent prayer by Father \nTomlinson, the soldiers parted from their friends and set out \non the road to Boston. A severe campaign was expected, and \nthose left behind had little hope of seeing again all the young \nmen who marched that morning from Meeting-house Hill. \nElizabeth Crawford wrote a few days later to her brother, Cap- \ntain Crawford: "I, with my sisters, were at the meeting house \nwith heavy hearts when you marched from town, and the greater \npart of the people that were there shed tears at your departure \nand your company\'s." \n\nThe regular military company of Oakham was also in training, \nexpecting soon to be called to follow the Grenadiers. William \nCrawford, Sr., wrote to his son. Captain Crawford, under date \nof September 20, 1814: "We worked yesterday and this fore- \nnoon on the Common and have made great alterations in it.* \nThe company in this town is to train on Thursday this week, \n\n* The Common was the parade ground. The old meeting-house \nwhich stood near the center of the Common had just been torn down, \nand there was much material to be removed and some grading to be \ndone to make it more suitable for company movements. There was \nno level cleared field near the center of the town. \n\n\n\nl62 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nand, by special orders, on Saturday to appear with all equipment \nready to march at the shortest notice." \n\nThe Grenadiers occupied nearly three days on the march to \nBoston, arriving at camp at one o\'clock P. M., September 13. \nThe order to march came so suddenly that the Captain had to go \nwithout his uniform. This was made by his sisters, three school \nteachers, from cloth purchased for six shillings a yard from \nKnight Whitmore at his store in the center of the town, and \ntaken ten days later to Boston by "Esquire Jesse Allen," who \nseems to have made frequent trips between Oakham and the \ncamp at Boston while the Grenadiers were there. \n\nTwo members of the company did not go. Lieutenant Barr \ndied September 8, two days before the order to march was \nreceived; and Thomas Haskell is said to have sent John \nMacomber as a substitute, but this name is not found on any \nmuster roll of the company. \n\nThe soldiers in this company were the picked young men of \nthe two towns of Oakham and New Braintree. With one \nexception, the men from Oakham were between twenty and \nthirty years of age, and all were unmarried. As grenadiers \nought to be, they were all tall men, every one being six feet or \nover. They were known at Boston as the tall company, and \nattracted much attention by the perfection of their movements \nunder the discipline of Captain Crawford. \n\nThe British ships appeared off Boston, but the troops did not \nland. The last guard duty by the Grenadiers at Boston was on \nWednesday, October 28, 1814. The company was temporarily \nreleased from further service and ordered home, reaching Oak- \nham November 7. As they came in sight of the center of \nthe town, they saw for the first time the gilded ornaments on \nthe tall spire of the new meeting-house, which had been com- \npleted during their absence. \n\nA copy of the pay roll of the Washington Grenadiers, made \nout by Captain Crawford, hangs in the Historical Room of the \nFobes Memorial Library in Oakham. \n\nFourteen members of this company who served at Boston en- \nlisted from Oakham, and one other spent the greater part of \nhis life in Oakham. \n\n\n\n\n\nWILLIAM CRAWFORD, JK. \nCaptain \n\n\n\nJAMES ALLEN \nEnsign \n\n\n\n\nJAMES CONANT, JK. \nSergeant \n\n\n\n\nSTEPHEN LINCOLN, JR. \nSergeant \n\n\n\n1856 \n\n\n\nTHE WAR OF l8l2. 163 \n\nWilliam Crawford, Jr. \n\nBorn October 5, 1783, third son of Captain William Crawford, the \nclockmaker, and grandson of Alexander Crawford, one of the nine \nheads of families who came from Rutland and settled in the West Wing, \nwhich became the town of Oakham. \n\nWilliam Crawford, Jr., was graduated from Dartmouth Col- \nlege in 1807, and studied medicine but did not practice. He \nsettled in Oakham and was one of its most prominent citizens. \nHe was chosen to represent the town in the Massachusetts Legis- \nlature in 1813, 1824, 1834, 1840, and 1845; was State Senator \nin 1825 and 1826; and was delegate to the Massachusetts Con- \nstitutional Convention in 1820. He served the town as Town \nClerk from 1813 to 1815, and from 1817 to 1836, as Selectman \nin 1813, 1817, 1818 and 1835, was for many years a member of \nthe School Committee, and was a well-known teacher in the \ncommon schools of this and neighboring towns. \n\nFrom 1836 to 1850 he was a member of the Board of County \nCommissioners of Worcester County. In the June meeting of \nthe year 1838, he assumed the chairmanship of the Board, and \nhe was Chairman continuously from that time up to and includ- \ning the June meeting in the year 1850. He was an expert road \nmaker. The writer of the article on Roads in C. F. Jewett\'s \n"History of Worcester County" said: \n\n"The Commissioners have been among the most energetic men of \nthe County. Colonel Lincoln and General Crawford were men of \nlarge capacity and have had worthy associates. Before the decease \nof the latter, the Chairman of the Board, it was stated by one very \nfamiliar with the subject that within two generations the County roads \nhad undergone so great improvement that the same number of horses \nor oxen could draw twice as much tonnage from the extremities to \nthe center of the County in the same time as they could have done \nat the beginning of the period." \n\nCaptain Crawford continued in the State Militia and in 1821 \nbecame Brigadier General of the First Brigade of the Sixth \nDivision of Massachusetts Militia. \n\nMr. Crawford lived at the original Crawford place till 184a, \nwhen he built a house on a hill west of the residence of his \nbrother Alexander, where he spent the remainder of his life. \n\n\n\n1 64 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nHe was married, September 30, 1846, to Sophia Cunningham, \nof Leicester, the fifth daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah Cunning- \nham, of Spencer, and had one child, William Channing Crawford, \nwho was born January 10, 1849. \n\nGeneral William Crawford died July 25, 1864. His portrait \nhangs in the office of the County Commissioners in Worcester. \n\n\n\nJames Allen. \n\nThe only son of Deacon Jesse and Abigail Allen, was born in \nOakham, July 2, 1792. \n\nHe studied in preparation for college at Leicester Academy, \nbut on account of uncertain health did not enter college. He \nfollowed his father on the farm lately owned by L. N. Haskell, \nuntil 1835, when he sold his farm for five thousand dollars and \nput the money into the firm of Potter & Allen, merchants in the \ncenter of Oakham. The financial crisis of 1837 followed, and \nthe firm was forced into insolvency. Mr. Allen after this lived \nfor some years in that part of the Fairbank house now occupied \nby H. P. Wright. In 1858 he purchased the house built by \nPhineas Morton, in which his son, Deacon Jesse Allen, still \nresides. He was a competent and accurate surveyor and a born \nteacher. He taught in the district schools and in the select \nschools of Oakham for forty-two years. It is impossible to \nmeasure his influence for good over the young people of Oakham \nduring this long period. \n\nHis fellow townsmen honored him by electing him to offices \nof responsibility. He was Selectman six years, member of the \nSchool Committee thirty-two years, Town Clerk eighteen years, \nmember of the Massachusetts House of Representatives four \nyears and of the State Senate three years. He was also County \nCommissioner of Worcester County three years. In 1817, when \ntwenty-five years of age, he was elected Deacon of the Oakham \nChurch, and held the office fifty-three years. \n\nHe was commissioned Ensign, May 11, 1814, Lieutenant, \nJanuary 27, 1815, Captain, May 17, 1817. \n\n\n\nTHE WAR OF l8l2. 1 65 \n\nHe was married, (i) February 21, 1816, to Polly L., daughter \nof Nathaniel Crocker, of Paxton. She died July 5, 1841. He \nwas married (2) September 10, 1842, to Hannah H. Parker, \nof Dunbarton, N. H. Children, all born in Oakham: Louisa, \nApril 24, 1817; Stoughton Willis, June 6, 1820; James, July 4, \n1822; Abigail, May 30, 1825; Mary L., September i, 1827; \nGeorge, April 3, 1829; Lucy, February 27, 1830; Maria, June \n21, 1832; Emily Kimball, September 13, 1835; Louisa Parker, \nJuly 12, 1843; Hannah Merriam, May 9, 1845; Jesse, May 23. \n1847; Martha Bird, April 7, 1849. \n\nDeacon James Allen died June 18, 1870. His portrait hangs \nin the office of the County Commissioners in Worcester, \n\n\n\nPerley Ayres. \n\nBorn April 30, 1792, eldest son of Jabez Ayres, of New Braintree, \nand a descendant in the fourth generation of Jabez Ayres, of Newbury. \n\nPerley Ayres was a competent school-teacher and a man of \nunusual ability. He was living in New Braintree at the time \nof his service in the Washington Grenadiers, but after teaching \nseveral winters in the center school in Oakham, he came, in \n1837, to Oakham to reside and purchased from Timothy Nye, \nfor four thousand dollars, the farm of one hundred and thirty- \nnine acres, still known as the Perley Ayres farm, and now owned \nby Thomas C. Gaffney. Here he lived till 1869, when he sold to \nSamuel B. Fairbank and removed to the house west of the \nvillage where his daughters Louisa and Eunice now reside. \n\nMay I, 1826, he was married to Grace Mason Tidd. Mrs. \nAyres died January 21, 1838, and he married (2) Harriet W. \nKnight, daughter of Silas Knight of Oakham, August 29, 1838. \nChildren, all born in Oakham: Sarah Grace, July 14, 1839; \nLouisa Allen, January 30, 1841 ; Hiram, September 29, 1842 ; \nCharles Perley, April 30, 1844; Eunice Harriet, December 25, \n1845 ; Katherine Amelia, October 22, 1847. \n\nPerley Ayres died in Oakham, October 11, 1880. \n\n\n\n1 66 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nJonas Brimhall. \n\nBorn in 1794, son of Samuel and Eunice (Humphrey) Brimhall, who \ncame from Barre and lived on what is still known as the old Brimhall \nplace, afterwards the home of Dr. Seth Fobes. Samuel Brimhall died \nin Oakham, February 3, 1812, aged sixty-two years. \n\nJonas Brimhall was married March 21, 1824, to Caroline Nye, \ndaughter of Timothy and Parnal (Allen) Nye. He lived for \nmany years at the Four Corners, near the schoolhouse in the \nNorth District. His son, Elisha Brimhall, born March 25, 1825, \nremoved to CHnton in 1847, where he became a prominent mer- \nchant, and held various town offices. He was Chairman of \nthe Board of Selectmen for several years, Town Treasurer \nfrom 1865 to 1871, Representative in the General Court in 1871, \nand State Senator in 1876 and 1877. \n\nJonas Brimhall died in Oakham March 13, 1856, at the age \nof sixty-two years. \n\nMason Clark. \n\nBorn in Medway, June 5, 1789, the son of Amos and Ursula \n(Richardson) Clark, grandson of Amos and Hannah (Craig) Clai\'k, \nand brother of Simeon and John C. Clark, of Oakham. \n\nMason Clark came to Oakham with his parents about 1800. \nNovember 4, 1813, he married Patty Johnson of Medway. July \n10 of the same year he purchased of Samuel Tenney, for \n$328, a half acre of land, with the buildings thereon, which were \n(i) the original part of the house owned and occupied by the \nlate A. J. Holden and (2) a shoe-shop where W. W. Russell\'s \nhouse now stands. He was a shoemaker by occupation. From \n1819 to 1824 he was living in Coldbrook, where he was a \nlicensed innkeeper. \n\nJames Conant, Jr. \nLot Conant. \n\nSons of Captain James Conant, a soldier in the Revolutionary War. \nLot Conant was born in Oakham, May 8, 1785; James Conant was \nborn in Oakham, December 5, 1793. \n\n\n\nTHE WAR OF l8l2. 167 \n\nJames Conant married Susan, daughter of Isaac and Hannah \n(Bullard) Stone, December 24, 1816. Children, all born in \nOakham: Harriet Shattuck, May 11, 1817; George Fay, April \n10, 1819; Joseph, September 14, 1821 ; John, February 21, \n1823; Susan, February 6, 1826; Louisa, September 27, 1828; \nEliza Ann, June 6, 1831 ; Albert Steuben, April 18, 1835 ; Maria, \nAugust I, 1838; Henry Lafayette, July 19, 1841. \n\nJames Conant continued in the militia service and was chosen \nLieutenant of the Grenadiers, July 14, 1823, and Captain, April \n5, 1826. He was farmer and merchant, and lived on the old \nTurnpike, a little east of Pine Grove Cemetery. He died March \n10, 1867; his widow, Susan (Stone) Conant, died January 30, \n\n1877. \n\nLot Conant married (i) Patty Stone, September 30, 1813; \n(2) Polly McClellen, March 16, 1815. Children: Samuel, born \nOctober 3, 1816; Luke, born June 4, 1817; Henry, born May \n8, 1819; Walter, born March 17, 1821 ; Thomas, born April \n15, 1823; Mary H., born July 8, 1825; Abigail S., born January \n22, 1828; Louisa L., born June 3, 1830; Sarah Jane, born June \n22, 1834; George W., born June 20, 1837. \n\nHe was by occupation a farmer. In 1827 he was living in \nOakham, but, in September, 1830, he removed to Wheeling, \nWest Virginia, where he died October 14, 1868. \n\nDaniel Flint. \n\nBorn in Oakham, July 21, 1787, son of John and Phebe Flint. John \nFlint came to Oakham from Rutland in 1779 and purchased for \xc2\xa3150 \nsixty acres of land lying north of the estate of William Harper, and \nstill known as the Flint farm. He had seven children, born in Oakham. \nHis sister Lucy married Joel Hayden, a Revolutionary soldier. His \nwidow, Phebe Flint, died February 19, 1837, aged eighty-four years. \n\nDaniel FHnt married. May 30, 181 5, Mary, daughter of \nJames Boyd, a soldier of the Revolution. Children: Mary \nAdaline, born June i, 1817; Daniel Waldo, born March 22, 1819; \nEbzada Elenor, born June 11, 1823. \n\nDaniel Flint lived on the Flint farm till his death, November \n20, 1837. \n\n\n\n1 68 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\nPercival Hall. \n\nSon of Percival Hall, a farmer of Oakham, and grandson of Dr. \nPercival Hall, a vi^idely known physician of New Braintree. His \nfather married Betsy, daughter of Thomas White, in 1791, removed \nfrom New Braintree to Oakham in 1792, and purchased of George \nThrasher for \xc2\xa3265 ids. the farm in the westerly part of Oakham since \nknown as the Hall place, where he lived till his death, March 10, 1843. \nHis widow died January 11, 1845, aged seventy-nine years. \n\nPercival Hall, of the Washington Grenadiers, was married to \nViana White, June 15, 1826. Children: Lucinda White, born \nFebruary 13, 1827, married Benjamin Nourse May 9, 1854, \ndied January 8, 1867; Ambrose Porter, born August 28, 1829, \ndied September 29, 1896. Mr. Hall lived on the home place \ntill his death, August 5, 1875. \n\n\n\nStephen Lincoln, Jr. \n\nBorn in Oakham, November 29, 1792, son of Stephen Lincoln, a \nsoldier in the Revolution, and of Lydia (Foster) Lincoln. \n\nHe lived on the farm purchased by his father in 1783 from \nthe heirs of Silas Hill, till April i, 1834, when he bought of \nJames C. Fairbank, for one thousand dollars, a farm containing \nthirteen acres, with the buildings thereon, which now forms a \npart of the farm of Miss Laura G. Burt. He was a manu- \nfacturer of sieves and a pioneer of the wirework industry in \nOakham. In 1848 he made his son William his partner, forming \nthe firm of S. & W. Lincoln, manufacturers of wire goods. \n\nHe was twice married: (i) February 6, 1823, to Betsey \nBrooks, daughter of Jonas Brooks of Princeton; (2) April 2, \n1829, to Martha Ward Skerry, daughter of Captain Samuel \nSkerry, of Salem, Mass. Children: Elizabeth Wilder, born \nNovember 11, 1824; William, born February 27, 1826. \n\nStephen Lincoln was chosen Lieutenant of the Grenadiers, \nApril 20, 1820, but did not long continue in the service. He \ndied October 25, 1886, in the ninety-fourth year of his age, the \nlast survivor of the Washington Grenadiers. \n\n\n\nTHE WAR OF l8l2. 169 \n\nElias Marsh, Jr. \nRichard Kelley Marsh. \n\nSons of Elias and Esther Marsh. Elias Marsh, Sr., married Esther \nBerry in Barre, August i, 1776; came from Rutland to Oakham about \n1780 and purchased in 1781, of Thomas Read, Jr., of Rutland, one-half \nof Lot No. 3, later known as the Drury place and extending from the \nEast Hill Road to the Rutland town line. He died in Oakham, April \n23, 183S, at the age of eightj^-three years. Richard K. Marsh was born \nJune 7, 1791 ; Elias I^Iarsh, Jr., was born May 21, 1795. \n\nElias Marsh, Jr., married Maria Buss, of Sterling, in 1819. \nChildren, born in Oakham : Mary Houghton, July 12, 1820 ; \nMartha Elmira, November 4, 1821 ; Sophronia Berry, August \n25, 1823; Rebeckah Mason, March 20, 1825. About 1830 he \nremoved with his family to Elizabeth, N. J., where he died at \nan advanced age. \n\nRichard Kelley Marsh, generally known as Kelley Marsh, \nmarried Rowena Johnson in 1818. Children, born in Oakham: \nJulia Ann, August 21, 1820; Luther, July 13, 1822; Oscar \nFerdinand, April 25, 1824; Maria Augusta, September 27, 1826. \nKelley Marsh, after his marriage, lived at the Sumner Barr \nplace, and later in the first house on a road long since closed, \nwhich left the present Coldbrook road below Henry Bullard\'s \nand continued past the houses of Aaron and Solomon Parmenter, \nthe old schoolhouse, and the burying ground, and joined the old \nColdbrook road, closed in 1913, about a quarter of a mile above \nthe present Boston and Maine railroad station. He died April \n22, 1858, aged sixty-five years. \n\n\n\nIsaac Stone, 3d. \n\nBorn in Oakham, June 19, 1794, son of Isaac, 2d, and Hannah (Bul- \nlard) Stone. His father, Isaac Stone, 2d, a Revolutionary soldier, was \nson of Isaac Stone, who came from Rutland to Oakham in 1765 and \nbecame the leading citizen of the town during and following the period \nof the Revolutionary War. \n\n\n\n170 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nIsaac Stone, 3d, married February 27, 181 5, Sally Robinson, \nwho was born in Northboro May i, 1789, daughter of John \nRobinson. Children: Washington Stone, born August 4, 1816; \nAnn Robinson, born April 11, 1818. Isaac Stone, 3d, died Octo- \nber 24, 1822, at the age of twenty-eight years; his wife died \nSeptember 21, 1818, at the age of twenty-nine years. \n\nFabian Tomlinson. \n\nBorn in Oakham, January 10, 1793, son of Rev. Daniel and Lucy \n(Beard) Tomlinson. Daniel Tomlinson was born in Derby, Conn., May \n20, 1759, graduated at Yale College in 1781, studied theology with Rev. \nDr. Charles Backus of Somers, Conn., and was ordained over the \nOakham Congregational Church June 22, 1786. He was married to Lucy \nBeard of Derby, Conn., November 23, 1786. \n\nFabian Tomlinson was a farmer and lived on the Tomlinson \nplace, which his father had purchased from James Hunter in \n1786. He continued in the militia service and was commissioned \nCaptain of the Washington Grenadiers, January 18, 1830. His \nresignation of the office of Captain was accepted November 17, \n1831. \n\nHe was married to Sarah T. Hunter, March 28, 18 16. Chil- \ndren, born in Oakham: James, December 28, 1816; Daniel, \nMarch 23, 1818; William, March 27, 1821 ; Dolly, December \n20, 1822; Fabian, November 6, 1824; Lucy, March 24, 1826; \nJane, January 7, 1828; Maria, August 18, 1829; Nancy, Septem- \nber 3, 1837. \n\nFabian Tomlinson died in Oakham, August 12, 1885, aged \nninety-two years. \n\nEdward Woodis. \n\nBorn in Oakham, July 24, 1790, in the house which stood at the foot \nof the hill east of the farm which is now owned by George W. Stone. \nHe was son of Ebenezer Woodis, and grandson of Sergeant Ebenezer \nWoodis, a Revolutionary soldier. \n\nEdward Woodis removed to New Braintree when a young \nman, continued in military service, was chosen Lieutenant of the \nWashington Grenadiers, May 30, 1821, and Captain, July 14, 1823. \n\n\n\nTHE WAR OF l8l2. 171 \n\nApril 9, 1825, he married Catherine Holmes, of New Brain- \ntree. Their children were: Luther Wilson, born June 22, 1827; \nCatherine, born March 26, 1828; Edward, born October i, 1829; \nHenrietta, born August 19, 1832 ; Alden Bradford, born October \n6, 1834. \n\nMr. Woodis died in New Braintree, December 4, 1841, at the \nage of fifty-one years. \n\n\n\nThe following citizens held the important town offices during \nthe three years 1812-1814: \n\nTown Clerks : \n\nMoses Brown, 1812. \n\nWilliam Crawford, Jr., 1813, 1814. \n\nTreasurer : \n\nIsaac French, 1812, 1813, 1814. \xe2\x80\xa2 \n\nSelectmen : \n\nSimeon Haskell, 1812, 1814. \n\nJoel Jones, 1812, 1814. \n\nWilliam Crawford, Jr., 1813, 1814. \n\nPeres Fobes, 1813, 1814. \n\nIsaac French, 1812. \n\nJohn Robinson, 1812. \n\nMoses Brown, 1812. \n\nSilas Bullard, 1813. \n\nJohn French, 1813. \n\nAbner Lincoln, 1813. \n\nJonas Clapp, 1814. \n\n\n\nSEMINOLE AND MEXICAN WARS. \n\nTwo Oakham men served in the United States Army between \nthe War of 1812 and the Civil War. \n\n\n\nIsaac Davis Rice. \n\nBorn July 3, 1801, son of Joseph and Mary Rice. \n\nIsaac D. Rice was a soldier in the Seminole War (1835-42). \nHe enlisted in the regular army of the United States and con- \ntinued in the service nearly ten years. After his discharge from \nthe army, he returned to Oakham and lived at what is still known \nas Rice Corner. He was Chairman of the Committee which in \n1843 erected the Methodist Church in the center of the town, and \ncontributed about three-fifths of the entire cost of the building. \n\nApril 19, 1846, he was married to Mrs. Julia Ann Rice, widow \nof Henry Rice and daughter of Richard Kelley and Rhoena \n(Johnson) Marsh. They had one daughter, Rhoena Augusta, \nborn June 19, 1849, married May 7, 1874, to Hudson L. Arms. \n\nMr. Rice died in North Brookfield, March 25, 1880, at the \nage of seventy-eight years. \n\n\n\nAlg-ernon Sidney Crawford. \n\nBorn in Oakham, April 27, 1805, son of James and Molly (Butler) \nCrawford, and grandson of Captain William Crawford, the clockmaker. \n\nHe married Eliza Fay, and had one son, James Crawford. In \n1846 he had his name changed by Act of the Massachusetts \nLegislature from Algernon Sidney Crawford to Algernon \nSidney Butler. \n\nSoon after the declaration of war against Mexico, he enlisted \nat Worcester in the service of the United States, and is said to \nhave died at Puebla, Mexico, in 1847. \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \n\n\n\nThe record of military service of the Oakham soldiers in the Civil War \nis taken chiefly from Oakham Town Records, Adjutant Generals\' Reports, \nT. W. Higginson\'s Mass. in the Army and Navy, 1861-65, and Regimental \nHistories. The writer was personally acquainted with nearly all the men \nfrom the town who served in this war, but, for greater accuracy and \ncompleteness, the Biographical Sketches have been read, with careful \nattention to names and dates, by the soldiers themselves or, when these \nwere not living, by members of their families. \n\nMassachusetts Infantry regiments in which men enlisted from Oakham \nare arranged in numerical order. These are followed by the Cavalry \nand Heavy Artillery. Within the regiment, those who enlisted from Oak- \nham are placed before those born in Oakham or living here after the war, \nwho enlisted from other towns. Oakham men who enlisted in other \nstates are arranged alphabetically and placed after those who served in \nMassachusetts organizations. \n\n\n\n..a\xc2\xbbW!*\xc2\xab\xc2\xab!\xc2\xab;*a\xc2\xabii***5^\'i-^\xc2\xabs\xc2\xab-i-. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n^5S5< \n\n\n\no = \n\n\n\n< \xc2\xab ^ " s *- < \'^ < ^ * t: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n52 \xc2\xbb \n\n\n\n^^^ \n\n\n\n3 Joox \n\n-J ^oc ?X< \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\xe2\x96\xa0 5 "^ \n\n29< \n\n\n\n\\lz\\ \n\n\n\n2 ^ \n\n\n\nZ o a \n\n\n\n.^ \n\n\n\n\n< \n\n\nZ \n\n\na \n\n\n\n\n1- \n\nX \n\no \n\n\nUl \n\n\n-J \n\n\n\n\nu \n\n\n\xc2\xbb \n\n\n\n\nm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\no \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\noc \n\n\n\n\nO \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\na \n\n\no \no \n\n\no \n\n\n\n\n\n\nix=|>;it2; \n\n\n\n\n\n\n; " - < \n\n\n\n.-iHVf; \n\n\n\n\n\n\nu \n\n\n\nuj; \n\n\n\n>:s2i \n\n\n\n- v\'^<\xc2\xab uj<: \n\n\n\n55: \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR. \n\nUntil the attack on Fort Sumter, it was not generally believed \nat the North that there would be war between the two sections. \nThe North had lived so long in peace that it did not know \nwhat the evils of war were, and was wholly unprepared for a \nlong and hard struggle. The young men were not accustomed \nto military training, and there was no such universal interest \namong them in manly sports as is seen everywhere to-day. But \nwhen war had actually begun, and it was evident that the Union \ncould not be preserved without a conflict of arms, the men of \nthe North responded promptly and seemed ready to make any \nsacrifice in defence of the government. \n\nThe method of recruiting in Massachusetts differed from that \npursued in many of the states. In general, each Massachusetts \nregiment was raised from a comparatively small section of the \nstate, and each company in the regiment represented a town or \na group of near-by towns. As the war advanced and new levies \nwere called for, the state formed new regiments instead of rais- \ning recruits to fill up the ranks in the regiments already in the \nfield. If the men who reenlisted are counted twice, as they were \non the town\'s quota, about four-fifths of the Oakham men who \nenlisted for the town were in the 25th, 34th, 36th, and 51st \nregiments of infantry and in the 4th cavalry. The last was a \nstate organization. The four infantry regiments were all raised \nin Worcester County, as were also the 15th and 21st. \n\nIn response to the call of April 15, 1861, for three-months\' \nregiments, Massachusetts sent nearly four thousand men to the \nfront with little delay. The 4th and 6th regiments left Bos- \nton on April 17, and the 6th made its bloody march through \nBaltimore on April 19. May 3, the President called upon the \nNorth for thirty-nine regiments of infantry and one of cavalry, \nto serve for a period of three years, but it was not until May 19 \nthat the quota of the state was assigned. The ist Massachusetts \nRegiment left for the front on June 15, and the 2d on July 8. \n\n\n\n176 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n2d Mass. Infantry, \n\nCharles Sumner Green. \n\nMustered in. May 25, 1861. \nDied in the service. \n\nBorn October S, 1839, in Coldbrook, in the town of Oakham, the eldest \nchild of George S. and Sophronia Green, and brother of Lyman Smith \nGreen, and of Eliza Jane Green, the wife of F. P. Kimball. \n\nCharles S. Green was a shoemaker living in the village of \nColdbrook, and enlisted from Oakham in Co. F, 2d Mass. \nThe regiment was organized at Camp Andrew, on the famous \nBrook Farm in West Roxbury. Co. F, with seventy-eight men, \narrived in camp May 14. On July 8 the regiment left Camp \nAndrew one thousand and thirty-five men strong, went to the \nfront, and joined the command of Major General Patterson at \nWilliamsport. In December, 1861, it went into winter quarters \nat Frederick, Md., and with three other regiments occupied what \nwas called "Cantonment Hicks," named in honor of Governor \nHicks of Maryland. This camp was in a pleasant wood, four \nmiles east of Frederick, on the Baltimore pike. The hospital was \nsupplied by the Sanitary Commission. \n\nCharles S. Green was the first man from Oakham to join the \narmy at the outbreak of the Civil War. Within one month of \nthe attack on Fort Sumter, he left his work and enlisted in a \nregiment forming in the eastern part of the State. When the \nregiment left Camp Andrew, he was detailed as regimental \nwagoner. At Camp Hicks he was taken ill with fever, and died \nJanuary 30, 1862. \n\nloth Mass. Infantry. \n\nNathaniel W. Colton. \n\nMustered in, June 21, 1861. \n\nDischarged, October 5, 1862. \n\nAddress, Veterans\' Home, Napa Co., Cal. \n\nBorn in West Springfield, Mass., November 3, 1836. His father was \nChauncey Colton, of Long Meadow, who removed to Oakham about \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 lOTH MASS. INFANTRY 177 \n\n1848; was village Postmaster from 1851 to 1855, and Selectman in 1856. \nIn 1830 he married Lavinia H. Ware of Oakham, sister of James B. and \nA. Hazen Ware. \n\nNathaniel W. Colton was a shoemaker living in Springfield \nwhen the war began. He enlisted May 31, 1861, at the age of \ntwenty-five, in Co. F, loth Mass. The regiment went into camp \nJune 14; left for the South July 25, and was encamped during \nthe winter at Brightwood, near the residence of Francis P. Blair, \nJr. March 27, 1862, it started down the Potomac to Fortress \nMonroe; was engaged with loss at Fair Oaks, May 31, and \nheavily engaged at Malvern Hill, July i. Colton was with \nMcClellan through the peninsular campaign from March to July, \nand contracted disease, on account of which he was discharged \nfor disability. \n\nAfter recovering his health, he followed his occupation in Oak- \nham, Worcester, Springfield, and Lynn, Mass., and in San Fran- \ncisco. In 1893 he was admitted to the Veterans\' Home, Napa \nCo., Cal. \n\nnth Mass. Infantry. \nWilliam A. F. Noyes. \n\nMustered in, August 3, 1861. \nDischarged, August 8, 1862. \n\nBorn in Oakham, November 9, 1822, son of Luther and Azuba (Smith) \nNoyes, and descendant in the sixth generation of Rev. James Noyes, of \nNewbury, who came to New England in 1634. His father, Luther Noyes, \nof Oakham, was born in Shrewsbury, May 2, 1776, and was the son of \nDaniel Noyes who served in the Revolutionary War, in Col. Jonathan \nWard\'s regiment. \n\nWilliam Noyes taught school in Oakham when a young man. \nHe built the house on the Coldbrook road just north of William \nS. Crawford\'s carriage repository. About 1850 he removed to \nAshland, from which place he enlisted as a musician, in the nth \nMass., and served till the bands were discharged by the order \nof the War Department in 1862. \n\n\n\n178 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nAfter his return he Hved in Ashland. He was a\' good citi- \nzen and held the offices of Selectman and Assessor in that town \nfor several years. He was a charter member of the Col. Prescott \nPost, G. A. R., of Ashland. \n\nJune 2, 1844, he was married to Harriet A. Fitts, of Oakham, \nand had three children : Charlotte, born December 6, 1848, mar- \nried Thomas M. Robinson in 1866; Charles F., born September \n9, 1854, married Alice E. Nelson; Chester S., born September \n9, 1854, married Mary J. Whitehouse in 1885. \n\nMrs. Noyes died November 25, 1885, at Ashland. Soon after \n1900 Mr. Noyes removed to Farmington, N. H., where he died \nFebruary 16, 191 1. \n\n13th Mass. Infantry. \n\nWilliam Bird Kimball. \n\nMustered in, July 16, 1861. \nMustered out, July 11, 1864. \n\nBorn in Oakham, June 2, 1833. His father, Rev. James Kimball, pas- \ntor of the Congregational Church in Oakham from 1832 to i860, was born \nin Bradford, Mass., October 5, 1797, and was a graduate of Middlebury \nCollege in the Class of 1820 and of Andover Theological Seminary in \n1823. His mother was Emily Parker, who was born in Groveland, Mass., \nSeptember 5, 1800, and was one of the early teachers of Bradford \nAcademy. \n\nWilliam B. Kimball was graduated at Amherst College in \n1856. February 17, 1858, he was married, in Enfield, Mass., to \nFrances C. Woods, daughter of Josiah B. Woods, who was born \nin Enfield and was closely identified with the early development \nof the industrial resources of his native town. Mr. Woods was \nfor many years a manufacturer of flannels and satinet goods. \n\nMr. Kimball located in Westboro, buying the historic farm \nknown as the Maynard place, on the Northboro road. He was \none of the first to enlist in the Westboro company of the 13th \nMass., raised in May, 1861, and was mustered in as Corporal of \nCo. K. A few days later he was made Orderly Sergeant. His \ngenial manners and sunny disposition made him universally \n\n\n\n\n\nCHARLES SUMNER GREEN \n2d Mass. Infantry \n\n\n\nEDWARD FRANKLIN WARE \n15th Mass. Infantry \n\n\n\n\n\nWILLIAM HARRISON lilLLAKD \n25th Mass. Infantry \n\n\n\nSERCEANT WILLIAM I. TE.MI\'I K \n2sth Mass. Infantry \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 I3TH MASS. INFANTRY 1 79 \n\nbeloved by the soldiers, and he was pronounced the best orderly \nsergeant in the regiment. He was made Commissary Sergeant \nof the regiment, May i, 1862, and was commissioned Second \nLieutenant, May 25 of the same year. February 28, 1863, he was \npromoted to First Lieutenant. He bore an active part in the \ndisastrous battle of Chancellorsville, in May, 1863, and at Gettys- \nburg, July I, 2, and 3 of the same year. He was appointed Cap- \ntain, October 4, and assigned to the command of Co. K, on \nDecember 9. He was in the series of battles in May and June \nfrom the Wilderness to Petersburg, and was mustered out at the \nexpiration of his term of service. \n\nWhen he returned from the war, the farm in Westboro had \nbeen sold, and Mrs. Kimball had removed to Enfield. He joined \nher there and made this town his residence for the remainder \nof his life. The people of Enfield honored him from year to \nyear with almost every office in their gift. He represented the \ntown in the State Legislature, was Selectman, Town Clerk, \nTreasurer, Assessor, Overseer of the Poor, and served as a mem- \nber of the School Board for thirty years. He died at Enfield, \nJanuary 22, 1908. \n\nAn appreciative obituary notice, written by Lieut. W. R. War- \nner, was published in the Westboro Chronotype of Friday, Febru- \nary 7, 1908. Mr. Warner said of him: "A flood of tender \nrecollections comes pouring in upon me as I recall Kimball\'s \nalways calm exterior and noble scorn of death. He was always \nthe same man all through his life of seventy-four years, gener- \nous to a fault, unassuming, often forgetful of self, and always \nmindful of others." \n\n15th Mass. Infantry. \nEdward Franklin Ware. \n\nMustered in, July 12, 1861. \nDied in the service. \n\nBorn August 28, 1835, in Oakham, son of Archibald and Caroline \nCutler (Cooley) Ware. His father was son of Archibald Ware, who \ncame to Oakham before 1797, when his name appears on the town records. \n\n\n\nl8o SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nEdward F. Ware was a shoemaker working at Brookfield \nwhen he enlisted, at the age of twenty-six, in Co. F, 15th Mass. \nThe regiment assembled at Camp Scott, August 8; three weeks \nlater was at Poolville, Md., on picket duty on the Potomac River. \nHere, on September 23, 1861, Edward Ware died, the second \nman to die in the regiment and the first soldier from Oakham to \ndie in the war. \n\nAmos B. Dean. \n\nMustered in, February i, 1862. \n# Discharged, May i, 1862. \n\nBorn in Oakham, October 2, 1833, son of Dr. John and Nancy (Parks) \nDean, and brother of Levi L. Dean of Co. H, 2d Mass. Heavy Artillery, \nand of Eliza Dean, the second wife of Andrew Spooner, of the 51st \nMass. Dr. John Dean was son of Deacon James Dean, one of the tirst \nten settlers of Oakham. \n\nAmos B. Dean, a mechanic, enlisted, at the age of twenty-nine, \nfrom North Brookfield in Co. F, 15th Mass., and was discharged \nfor disability after three months\' service. \n\nNot long after his return from the army, he removed from \nNorth Brookfield to Hiawatha, Kansas, where he died in Novem- \nber, 1903. \n\nAlbert Henry Foster. \n\nMustered in, July 12, 1861. \n\nMustered out, July 11, 1864. \n\nAddress, North Brookfield, Mass. \n\nBorn November 12, 1839, in New Braintree. He was son of James R. \nFoster, who was born in Middleboro, February 24, 1798, and of Nancy \n(Henry) Foster, who was born in Rutland, September 20, 1796. They \nwere married August 22, 1822. Mrs. Foster was daughter of Lieut. Sam- \nuel and Mary (Gates) Henry, and sister of Samuel G. Henry and of \nMrs. Rufus Gould, the mother of Dr. John W. Gould, 25th Mass., and of \nRev. Edwin S. Gould, Sist Mass. James R. Foster was a resident of \nColdbrook in 1821 ; later he lived in Rutland and in New Braintree. \nIn 1848 he purchased the Sheers Berry farm in the west part of Oak- \nham, now known as the Foster farm, on which he and Mrs. Foster lived \ntill their death. Mr. Foster died May 4, 1875; Mrs. Foster, April 17, \n1880. \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 I5TH MASS. INFANTRY 181 \n\nAlbert H. Foster went to North Brookfield when fourteen \nyears of age and was employed in the Batcheller shop. May i, \n1861, at the age of twenty-one, he enlisted in Co. F, 15th Mass.; \nwas promoted from Corporal to Sergeant, March i, 1863; was \ntaken prisoner in the battle of Ball\'s Bluff, October 21, 1861, \nand was in prison in Richmond four months. He was in the \nbattles of Fredericksburg, May 3, 1863, and Gettysburg, July \n2 and 3. July 28, 1863, he was detailed on detached service in \nBoston Harbor. \n\nAt the expiration of his term of service he returned to North \nBrookfield and resumed work in the Batcheller shop, where he \nwas employed till 1879, when he established himself in the coal \nbusiness, in which he still continues. He has been for several \nyears a member of the Board of Investment of the North Brook- \nfield Savings Bank. \n\nHe was married (i) January 11, 1865, to Addie M. Ashby, of \nNorth Brookfield, who died, February 3, 1892; (2) December \n13, 1894, to Alice W. Smith, of North Brookfield. Children: \nGeorge B., born September 16, 1868, died September 8, 1869; \nHarold Abbott, born May 15, 1871 ; Frank Webster, born June \n13, 1874. \n\nHarold A. was married in April, 1893, to Jean Kidder, of Bos- \nton, and has three children: Albert Edward, Maynard Ashby, \nand Elizabeth. He was appointed Postmaster of North Brook- \nfield in 1902 and held that office till the close of the Taft admin- \nistration. \n\nFrank W. was in the telephone business in North Brookfield \nfrom 1895 till September, 1910, when he removed to Oakland, \nCalifornia, where he is in the employ of the Cyphus Incubator \nCompany. \n\n2 1 St Mass. Infantry. \nGeorg-e Lyman Caldwell. \n\nMustered in, July 19, 1861. \nDied in the service. \n\nBorn in Oakham, May i6, 1838, son of George and Eliza (Parker) \nCaldwell. His father, George Caldwell, son of James and Mary (Blake) \n\n\n\n152 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nCaldwell, was born in Oakham, June 27, 1818, and died in Oakham, \nJanuary 4, 1881. Eliza Parker Caldwell probably came from Warren. \n\nGeorge L. Caldwell, at the age of twenty-three, a mechanic, \nenlisted from the town of Oakham in Co. K, 21st Mass., and was \nmade Sergeant. The 21st regiment was organized in Worcester, \nat Camp Lincoln ; left Worcester, August 23 ; went to Annapo- \nlis; was selected for the Burnside expedition, December 16; took \npart in the battles of Roanoke Island, Newbern, Manassas, \nChantilly, Antietam, and Fredericksburg. In February, 1863, it \nwas sent to Kentucky to serve as part of the 9th Corps in the \nDepartment of the Ohio. In August it moved to Camp Nel- \nson on the Kentucky River. \n\nGeorge Caldwell died November 17, 1863, at Camp Nelson. \nIt was reported that he was killed while in his tent, by the \naccidental discharge of a gun which a soldier was cleaning in \nan adjoining tent. \n\n\n\nIsaiah Dean. \n\nMustered in, February 29, 1864. \nMustered out, July 12, 1865. \nAddress, Barre Plains, Mass. \n\nBorn in Oakham, March 21, 1845, son of Elijah and Delotia (East- \nman) Dean, and brother of Seth and Daniel W. Dean of Co. K, 36th \nMass. \n\nIn the winter of 1864 he enlisted, at the age of nineteen, for \nthe town of Barre, in Co. K, 21st Mass. Late in October, 1864, \nafter the members of the regiment whose time had expired had \nbeen discharged, he was transferred to the 36th Regiment. On \nJune 8, 1865, the remnants of the 21st and 36th Regiments were \ntransferred to the 56th, from which they were discharged at the \nclose of the war. \n\nDecember 16, 1870, he was married in Oakham to Susan A. \nSimmons, daughter of Job and Sarah Simmons. His wife died \nJune I, 1887. \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 25TH MASS. INFANTRY 1 83 \n\n25th Mass. Infantry. \n\nTwenty-one men from Oakham enlisted in Co. H, 25th Mass. \nin the late summer of 1861, and three whose early home had been \nin Oakham enlisted in the same company from other towns. \nOne Oakham man joined Co. A in 1862. This was a Worcester \nCounty regiment, organized at Camp Lincoln in the city of Wor- \ncester, largely under the charge of Capt. A. B. R. Sprague. It \nwas mustered into service from September 26 to October 12, \nand left the state October 31 for Annapolis, where it was \nencamped for about two months. While stationed here, the Oak- \nham men were visited on December 14 by Washington Stone and \nWilliam R. Gould, who brought letters and delicacies from home. \nThey remained two days, and, after visiting the city of Washing- \nton, stopped again for two days on their return. \n\nThe regiment formed part of General Foster\'s ist Brigade in \nthe Burnside expedition to North Carolina and was given the \nright of the line ; took a prominent part in the battle of Roanoke \nIsland, February 8; was engaged at Newbern, March 14, \nremained on provost duty in the city till May 9, and was later \nat the front. As part of the 3d Brigade, it shared in the Golds- \nboro expedition in December, supporting the batteries at Kinston, \nsupplying volunteer sharpshooters at Whitehall, and was active \nat Goldsboro. In December, 1863, the regiment was ordered to \nNewport News, Va., where four hundred and thirty-two men \nreenlisted, who returned in February, 1864, to Massachusetts on \nfurlough. \n\nThe command was reunited March 26, forming part of General \nHeckman\'s Red Star Brigade, i8th Army Corps. In the recon- \nnoissance to the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad, Edwin Wil- \nbur and Lorenzo K. Lovell were wounded. May 6, 1864, at Port \nWalthal Junction. From May 6 to May 16, the regiment was \nunder fire nine days. In Beauregard\'s daybreak attack on the \nright flank of the Union troops at Drury\'s Bluflf on May 16, \n1864, the 25th fought against overwhelming numbers till it was \nsurrounded by the enemy, and then fought its way out, saving \nits colors and organization. The regiment lost sixteen killed, \n\n\n\n184 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nsixty wounded, and sixty-nine prisoners. Willard A. Frink and \nHenry H. Ware were killed, Jonathan G. Warren was wounded, \nand David O. Lovell was wounded and taken prisoner. At Cold \nHarbor on June 3, in the unsupported charge of Heckman\'s \nBrigade on the strongest position in the Confederate line, the \n25th lost fifty-three killed, one hundred and thirty-nine wounded, \nand twenty-eight prisoners, making a total loss of two hundred \nand twenty out of three hundred men fit for service who \nanswered to their names at roll call that morning. William H. \nBullard and Lyman N. Parker were killed, and Corporals Julius \nD. Hill and George W. Stone were wounded. The regiment \ntook part also in the assaults of June 15 and 18 at Petersburg, \nand remained on duty in the trenches till August 25. It was \nordered to North Carolina, September 4, and stationed near New- \nbern. The original term of service expired in September, 1864. \nThe reenlisted men, organized as four companies, forming the \n25th Mass. Battalion of Veteran Volunteers, united vv^ith Sher- \nman\'s army near Goldsboro, moved to Raleigh in April, and, \nafter the surrender of the Confederate Army, to Charlotte, \nwhere they performed patrol and guard duty till the termination \nof the war. \n\nWilliam Harrison Bullard. \'\xe2\x80\xa2 \n\nMustered in, September 21, 1861. \n\nReenlisted, January 18, 1864. \n\nDied in the service. \n\nBorn April 22, 1840, in Oakham. His father was Joel Bullard, born \nOctober 7, 1796, son of Silas, a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Silas \nwas the son of Jonathan Bullard, and was born in Weston, May 24, \n1746. \n\nWilliam H. Bullard was a farmer living on the Silas Bullard \nplace, when he enlisted at the age of twenty-one. At Cold Har- \nbor, June 3, 1864, he was severely wounded, falling among the \nliving and the dead as the line went down before that fatal fire \non three sides of the Angle into which the charge was made. \nBullard could not cover himself, and was shot to death, lying \non the ground between the lines, his living companions unable \nto help him. \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 25TH MASS. INFANTRY 185 \n\nIn writing of this battle, Col. Higginson said: "Saddest of \nall was the vast number of wounded who expired in the narrow \npass between the hostile lines, on the days following the battle, \nsimply from the inability of their own friends to succor them." \n\nSergeant White says of Bullard : "He was one of the reliable \nmen of the company, and participated in all the battles up to \nthe time of his death. His bravery was conspicuous at Drury\'s \nBluff, May i6." \n\n\n\nHenry Willis Crawford. \n\nMustered in, September 26, 1861. \nDischarged, August 30, 1862. \n\nBorn in Oakliam, November 29, 1829. His father was Hosea Willis \nCrawford, a captain in the militia and grandson of Capt. John Crawford \nwho commanded a company in the Northern Army at the time of the \nsurrender of Burgoyne. His mother was Caroline M. Gault, daughter \nof John and Rebecca (Kenney) Gault. \n\n\xc2\xbb \nHenry W. Crawford played double bass in Crawford\'s Cornet \n\nBand, and was known as "Big Henry," to distinguish him from \n\nHenry A. Crawford, who played the E Flat cornet. He \n\nenlisted as a musician in the regimental band of the 25th, and at \n\nthe end of a year was discharged by act of Congress, and \n\nreturned home. \n\nAfter his return, he lived in Oakham, Fitchburg, and Barre, \nand followed his trade of carpenter and builder. \n\nDecember 28, 1853, he was married to Lucy Ann Browning \nof Rutland. They had two children, both of whom died young. \nAfter the death of his wife, he was married again, October 31, \n1859, to Ellen Sibley of Barre. Children: Fred E., born in \nBarre, July 8, 1867, now police officer at Gilbertville, Mass., \nand Deputy Sheriff for the County of Worcester; George H., \nborn in Barre, June 19, 1869, a machinist; Charles, born in \nFitchburg, December 19, 1871, a teamster; Nellie A., born in \nOakham, October 6, 1875, now Mrs. Ackland Eddy of Worcester, \nMass.; Frank, born in Barre, December 21, 1878, a teamster. \n\nMr. Henry W. Crawford died in Gilbertville, May 18, 1895. \n\n\n\nl86 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\nCharles D. Dean. \n\nMustered in, September 23, 1861. \nReenlisted, January 18, 1864. \nMustered out, July 13, 1865. \n\nBom on June 9, 1843, at New Salem, Mass. His father was Charles \nDean, son of Richard Dean, a soldier in the War of 1812 and a descend- \nant of Walter Dean, who came from Chard, England, in 1637, and set- \ntled in Taunton, Mass. His mother was Abbie Deland of Andover, Mass., \ndaughter of a Baptist minister. \n\nCharles D. Dean was nephew of Mrs. Alonzo Lincoln, and was \nliving with Mr. Lincoln when he enlisted, at the age of eighteen, \nfrom the town of Oakham. He reenlisted as a veteran from the \ntown of Sunderland. \n\nAfter the war, he was in the restaurant business for about \ntwenty-five years. In 1895 he became a manufacturer of bak- \ning powder. He lived in Somerville from 1892 to 1908, when he \nremoved to Medford. He was Commander of the Willard C. \nKinsley Post, 139, G. A. R. ; was Chairman of the Committee \nfrom the Post, which, in conjunction with a citizens\' committee, \nmade arrangements for the dedication of the Somerville Soldiers\' \nMonument on May 30, 1909. \n\nJuly 4, 1869, he was married to Maria F. Leonard, of Boston, \nand had one child, Grace G. Dean, born August 25, 1870, mar- \nried, January 5, 1912, to Walter Shippard Smith, and now living \nat 7 Benham St., Medford, Mass. \n\nHe died November 20, 1909, in the hospital of the Soldiers\' \nHome at Chelsea, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery in \nSunderland. The Somerville Journal said of him: "Comrade \nDean was one of the most active, faithful, and efficient members \nof Post 139. Modest and unassuming in manner and conduct, \nhe was always ready for duty at the call of his comrades." \n\nSergeant White of Co. H. writes: "I remember Dean as one \nof our best soldiers, ever faithful, quiet, and self-respecting. He \ncame out of the service a man, worthy of the respect of the \nworld, as he had been of all his old comrades in arms." \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 25TH MASS. INFANTRY 1 87 \n\nJohn Williams Gould. \n\nMustered in, September 26, 1861. \n\nDischarged, August 30, 1862. \n\nAddress, 23 Maywood St., Worcester, Mass. \n\nBorn in New Braintree, June 12, 1840, brother of Rev. Dr. George H. \nGould, and of Rev. Edwin S. Gould, Co. F, 51st Mass. His father, Rufus \nGould, was born in Charlton, Mass., September 3, 1792, son of Thomas \nand Hannah (Williams) Gould. Thomas Gould, born November 24, 1755, \nwas in the Revolutionary army. John W. Gould\'s mother, Mary Henry, \nwas daughter of Lieut. Samuel Henry, who was born in Rutland, Novem- \nber IS, 1765, and was married in 1795 to Polly Gates. The Henry family \ncame from Rutland to Oakham not far from the beginning of the 19th \ncentury. \n\nJohn W. Gould came to Oakham when he was nine years old. \nWhen thirteen, he sang alto in the church choir, and when six- \nteen, he joined Crawford\'s Cornet Band, being the youngest \nmember. He organized a double quartette of mixed voices, that \nfurnished acceptable music for social gatherings in Oakham for a \nnumber of years. He taught school in Ware and Hubbards- \nton, teaching singing school at the same time in Hubbardston. \nIn the spring of 1861, he, with his brother Edwin, and L. D wight \nWood, entered Williston Seminary at Easthampton. The out- \nbreak of the war brought him home, and he enlisted as a musi- \ncian in the 25th regimental band. At the end of a year, all bands \nwere discharged by act of Congress, and he returned home. \n\nThe following spring (1863), the family removed to West- \nboro, and he began the study of dentistry with his uncle. Dr. \nSamuel G. Henry. In the spring of 1864 he opened an office \nfor the practice of dentistry in Oakham, in the Irene Clapp house. \nMarch i, 1866, he established himself in Worcester, where his \npractice has been one of the best in the city, and his close \nattention to business has given him but little time for other \nthings. \n\nWhen he went to Worcester, he united with the Old South \nChurch, but when his brother, Rev. Dr. George H. Gould, became \npastor of the Piedmont Church, he transferred his connection to \n\n\n\n1 88 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nthat church, where he was one of the deacons for eight years. \nHe has been a member of the Worcester Congregational .Club \nalmost from its beginning, of the Worcester County Dental \nAssociation, and of the Massachusetts Dental Society. \n\nIn 1877 he was married to Nellie Melissa Muzzy. She was \ndaughter of Alexander and Iris Melissa (Earle) Morrison of \nLeicester, and was adopted by Edwin A. Muzzy of Worcester \nafter the death of her parents. Of a family of six children, only \ntwo are living : Dr. Ruf us Henry Gould, a graduate of the Har- \nvard Dental School, now in practice with his father, Mary \nEarle Gould, a graduate of Wheaton Seminary, now a teacher \nof music. \n\nJulius Dexter Hill. \n\nMustered in, September 16, 1861. \n\nReenlisted, January, 18, 1864. \n\nMustered out, July 13, 1865. \n\nAddress, Littleton, Colo. \n\nBorn in Spencer, Mass., August 13, 1842. His father. Dexter Hill, the \nson of Joshua Hill, came to Oakham in 1843. His mother was Eliza \nProuty, daughter of Gardner and Ruth (Howe) Proutj\'. \n\nJulius D. Hill, at the time of his enlistment at the age of nine- \nteen, was clerk in the store of his uncle, Alanson Prouty, at \nOakham. He was wounded at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864, but \nreturned to his regiment and remained in the service till the \nclose of the war. \n\nAfter the war, he was clerk in the Express Office in Worces- \nter, Mass., for two years. In 1866 he went to Colorado, and \nin 1869 settled in Littleton. Here he began on a farm, but soon \nopened a general store and remained twenty-eight years in one \nplace. He was Postmaster of Littleton for fifteen or twenty \nyears. He disposed of his store, and with a partner established \nthe Littleton Creamery. Competition forced them to merge with \nan eastern concern, and his company became part of the Beatrice \nCreamery Company. When a national bank was established in \nLittleton, he became Director, Vice-President, and Local Mana- \n\n\n\n\nDAVID OSCAR LOVELL \n25th Mass. Infantry \n\n\n\n\nHENRY HA/.EN WARE \n25th Mass. Infantry \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 25TH MASS. INFANTRY 1 89 \n\nger, and he is now Vice-President of the First National Bank of \nLittleton. \n\nHe was married in Littleton to Inez Berry, who came to \nColorado from Maine with her father. Their daughter Eva \nmarried Ambrose Edwards. Children, born in Littleton : Dexter \nHill Edwards in 1901 ; Berniece Edwards in 1904; Irvin \nAmbrose Edwards in 1907. \n\nCharles Frederick Howard. \n\nMustered in, September 20, 1861. \nReenlisted, January 19, 1864. \nMustered out, July 13, 1865. \n\nBorn in Boston in 1843. His father was John F. Howard, who was \nborn in Oakham, November 4, 1841, son of Martin and Vashti Howard. \nHis mother was Charlotte Adams, born at Antrim, N. H., May 21, 1813, \ndaughter of Dr. Charles and Sarah (McAllister) Adams of Oakham. \nMartin Howard came from Bridgewater, and was buried in Dorchester. \n\nCharles F. Howard was living in Oakham with his father on \nthe farm now owned by Clayton Adams, when he enlisted at the \nage of eighteen in Co. H, and served through the war. \n\nAfter returning from the army, he lived in Boston and was \nemployed in the Post-office Department. \n\nHe died at Hyde Park, November 4, 1878. \n\nDavid Oscar Lovell. \n\nMustered in, September 18, 1861. \n\nReenlisted, January 18, 1864. \n\nDied in the service. \n\nBorn March 29, 1839, in Oakham. His father was David Lovell, born \nin Franconia, N. H., March 24, 1809, son of Jonathan and Mehitabel \n(Knight) Lovell. He removed to Worcester with the family in 181 1, \nand when seventeen years old was sent to Sudbury to learn the shoe- \nmaker\'s trade with Enoch Kidder, with whom he worked as an appren- \ntice four years. When twenty-one, he came to Oakham at the invitation \nof Samuel G. Henry. September 28, 1831, he married Hannah \nOsborn of Sudbury. About 1832 he built the house now occupied by \nWilliam A. Nye, where he lived several years. Later he sold this house \n\n\n\n190 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nand purchased in 1847 the house built by James K. Hervey, which has been \nin the possession of the family till the present day. Here he built the \nLovell shop, in which he worked as a shoemaker with his four sons. \n\nDavid O. Lovell was working with his father and brothers as \na shoemaker, and was also keeping a livery stable, at the time of \nhis enlistment. He was wounded at Drury\'s Bluff, May 16, \n1864, taken prisoner, and placed in the Libby Prison Hospital at \nRichmond. A few days after the battle, his father received the \nfollowing letter from his son : \n\n"Richmond, Va., May 24, 1864. \n\nGeneral Hospital 21, Ward D. \nDear Father: \xe2\x80\x94 \n\nI was wounded on the i6th in the right leg and taken prisoner, and \nsince have had my leg amputated. I am doing very well at present; think \nI shall be able to go to our lines the first opportunity. \n\nYour son, \n\nDavid O. Lovell." \n\nFrom lack of proper treatment, and with only such care as \ncould be rendered by our own men, he grew worse, and died in \nthe hospital, June 17, 1864. Sergeant Emerson Stone, who \nlost his hand in the same battle, and was also a prisoner, was \nwith him when he died. \n\nLorenzo Knight Lovell. \n\nMustered in, September 20, 1861. \n\nReenlisted, January 18, 1864. \n\nDischarged, July 8, 1865. \n\nBorn May 9, 1837, in Oakham, son of David and Hannah (Osborn) \nLovell, and brother of David Oscar Lovell. \n\nLorenzo K. Lovell began his studies in 1857 at Phillips \nAcademy, Andover, in preparation for college, but on account of \nill health he continued only two terms. The breaking out of the \nCivil War prevented him from returning later to the academy, as \nhe had expected to do. He taught in the public schools of Oak- \nham and of Sudbury. At the time of his enlistment he was \nworking in the Lovell shop with his father and brothers. January \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 25TH MASS. INFANTRY 191 \n\nI, 1863, he was made Corporal. He was wounded at Port Walthal \nJunction, May 6, 1864. The wound in his shoulder did not heal \nand blood poisoning set in. When home on a furlough his own \ndoctor took out the bullet which was imbedded in the bone. He \nwas at the U. S. General Hospital in Readville, Mass., when the \nwar ended. \n\nAfter he returned from the army he became bookkeeper for \nWilliam Mills, a plumber of Boston, and lived in East Somer- \nville till 1874, when he purchased a grocery business in Way land. \nHe always took an active part in both town and church affairs. \nFor many years he was Deacon of the church in Wayland and \nSuperintendent of the Sunday School ; also Treasurer, and mem- \nber of the Church Committee. He served the town long as \nAuditor and member of the School Committee. For fifteen years \nhe was Postmaster of Wayland. \n\nMr. Lovell was a member of the Order of Odd Fellows and \nwas very active in the work of the society. He was Noble \nGrand, and, for several years. Chaplain. \n\nMarch 16, 1864, when he was home on furlough after his \nreenlistment, he married Mary T. Young of Sudbury, who died \nin the following year. In November, 1870, he was again married, \nto Emily S. Mills, daughter of William Mills, by whom he had \nfour children: \n\nMary Eleanor, born October 13, 1871, in East Somerville; \ngraduate of Bridgewater Normal School; now teacher in \nWaltham. \n\nWilliam Stone, born July 28, 1873, in East Somerville; has \nnow a grocery store in Wayland and is an insurance agent. \n\nErnest Mills, born July 5, 1877, in Wayland; graduated as \nBachelor of Science from Tufts College in 1900; now Instructor \nin Physics in the Technical High School in Providence. \n\nSarah Emily, born August 18, 1879, in Wayland; graduated \nas Bachelor of Arts from Tufts College in 1902 and received \nthe degree of Master of Arts at Radcliffe, June 23, 1908; now \nhead of the English Department in the Lowell Normal School. \n\nLorenzo K. Lovell died in Wayland, December 19, 1909, and \nwas buried in the shadow of Wadsworth\'s Monument in South \n\n\n\n192 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nSudbury. At the funeral the Odd Fellows formed a double line \nand marched in the procession to the edge of the village. \n\n"Both Lovells were fine Christian men, always true to their \nbest ideals, and good soldiers, like all the Oakham men I knew \nin the 25th Mass." \xe2\x80\x94 H. Arthur White, Sergeant Co. H, 25th \nMass. Inf. \n\nCharles H. Parker. \n\nMustered in, September 20, 1861. \nDischarged, December 29, 1861. \n\nReenlisted, December 5, 1863. \n\nMustered out, July 30, 1865. \n\nBorn in Brookfield, Mass., August 24, 1838, son of Aaron and Susannah \nParker, and brother of Lyman N. and Edwin S. Parker. He came to \nOakham from Princeton with his father and brothers, and lived here \nfor a considerable part of his life. \n\nCharles H. Parker was working on a farm when, at the age \nof twenty-three, he enlisted for the town of Oakham. Three \nmonths after his enlistment he was discharged for disability; \nbut after regaining his health, he reenlisted for the town of New \nBraintree, in the 59th Mass. This was the last Massachusetts \nregiment raised for three years. It was a veteran regiment, and \nwas engaged in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, \nNorth Anna, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and Hatcher\'s Run. \nJanuary i, 1865, he was transferred to the 57tli Mass., and was \nmustered out at the close of the war. \n\nMr. Parker was married, March 20, i860, to Lucy A. Barr, \ndaughter of Davidson Barr, of North Brookfield, by whom he \nhad six children: \n\nWilliam Henry, born February i, 1861, married in Spencer, \nMass., September, 1882, to Mary Parmenter, of Oakham. \n\nSarah Jewett, born October 16, 1862, married March 2, 1883, \nto Fred Reed, of Oakham. \n\nCharles Edwin, born August 17, 1864, married in November, \n1883, to Nellie Davis, of Oakham. He was graduated as Doctor \nof Medicine from the University of Vermont in 1889, and prac- \nticed in Princeton, Mass., till his death, July 10, 1905. \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 25TH MASS. INFANTRY 193 \n\nGeorge Lyman, born July 29, 1868, married December 25, 1889, \nto Lillian Robinson, of Oakham. \n\nFreddie Davidson, born August 9, 1874, died August 20, 1875. \n\nFrank Eugene, born May 11, 1877, married in Worcester, \nJune 12, 1895, to Gertrude E. Walker. \n\nCharles H. Parker died in Oakham, March 15, 1881. \n\n\n\nEdv^in S. Parker. \n\nMustered in, September 25, 1861. \n\nDischarged, March 22, 1862. \n\nReenlisted, July 13, 1863. \n\nMustered out, July 29, 1865. \n\nBorn September 2, 1843, in Brookfield, son of Aaron and Susannah \nParker. \n\nEdwin S. Parker was by occupation a shoemaker, and enlisted \nat the age of eighteen for the town of Oakham. After six \nmonths\' experience in the army, he was discharged for disability, \nresulting from malarial fever and rheumatism. \n\nIn 1863, his health having improved, he reenlisted for the town \nof Holden in Co. A, 32d Mass. He was wounded May 11, \n1864, at Spottsylvania, and sent to the hospital at Chester, Pa., \nbut returned to the regiment and was in the battle of Hatcher\'s \nRun, October 27. Exposure while on picket duty after this bat- \ntle brought on again an attack of rheumatism, from the effects \nof which he suffered during the remainder of his life. \n\nAfter the war he returned to Oakham, where he was married, \nMay 31, 1866, to Mrs. Sophronia Frink, widow of Willard A. \nFrink of his first company and regiment, and daughter of Daniel \nand Sophronia (Raymond) Town. Children: \n\nWalter, born June 5, 1867, married October 9, 1883, to Emma \nE. Clark, of New Braintree, died October 28, 1908. \n\nEdith May, born February 21, 1869, married November 18, \n1885, to Frank Weld, of Oakham. \n\nRosa W., born May 7, 1871, married September 18, 1885, ^o \nEdgar Crawford, of Oakham. \n13 \n\n\n\n194 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nGertrude Anette, born May 17, 1873, married April 24, 1895, \nto Charles Cowen, of Barre. \n\nLizzie Snow, born November 25, 1875, married November 17, \n1887, to William Woodcock, of New Braintree. \n\nEdwin S, Parker died in Oakham, April 14, 1899. \n\n\n\nLyman N. Parker. \n\nMustered in, September 25, 1861. \n\nReenlisted, December 18, 1863. \n\nDied in the service. \n\nBorn in Brookfield, February 5, 1841, son of Aaron and Susannah \nParker. \n\nLyman N. Parker was living with his father and younger \nbrother in the Belknap house, and was working as a shoemaker, \nwhen at the age of twenty he enlisted with his brothers, Edwin \nS. and Charles H. Parker. He was a good soldier and one of \nthe first in the regiment to decide to reenlist. \n\nOn June 3, 1864, he was killed at Cold Harbor. He carried \nwith him a medal on which was engraved his name and address. \nThis was found on the field by a Confederate soldier, and was \nrestored to his brother, Edwin S. Parker, several years after the \nclose of the war. \n\nCharles D. Robinson. \n\nMustered in, September 20, 1861. \nMustered out, October 20, 1864. \n\nBorn in Barre, Mass., November 25, 1836. His father was Marshall \nP. Robinson of Barre, who died in the West. His mother was Mary \nElizabeth (Perry) Robinson of Oakham, who died in Coldbrook. \n\nCharles D. Robinson was a mechanic living in Coldbrook, in \nthe employ of William R. Whiting, when he enlisted at the age \nof twenty-five. He served three years and was discharged at \nthe expiration of his term of service. \n\nAfter the war he followed his trade of woodworker at Ayer \nJunction for ten years, and afterwards in Worcester for the \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 25x11 MASS. INFANTRY 1 95 \n\nremainder of his life. He was Commander of the Grand Army \nPost at Ayer for two years. On his removal to Worcester, he \nwas transferred to Post lo, of which he was a member at the \ntime of his death. \n\nMay 7, 1865, he was married to Lucy M. Walker, daughter of \nJohn Walker of Oakham and sister of John Albert Walker, a \nsoldier in Co. C, 4th Mass. Cav. They had six children: \nArthur Charles, born March 28, 1866; Albert Dennison, born \nApril 27, 1867; Mary Lizzie, born September 7, 1870; George \nPerez, born October 27, 1871 ; Hattie Louise, born December \n5, 1875 ; and a daughter bom March 28, 1881, died same day. \n\nCharles D. Robinson died in Worcester, February 11, 1899, \nand was buried on Juniper Avenue in Hope Cemetery in that \ncity. \n\nMrs. Lucy M. Robinson resides at 5^ Thomas Street, \nWorcester, Mass. \n\n\n\nEdward Josiah Sargeant. \n\nMustered in, July 29, 1862. \n\nReenlisted, March 30, 1864. \n\nMustered out, July 13, 1865. \n\nAddress, Morningdale, Boylston Center, Mass. \n\nBorn August 4, 1841, at Mendon, Mass., son of Charles A. and Susan \n(Brown) Sargeant, and grandson of Asa S. Sargeant of Franklin. His \nbrother, Levander D. Sargeant, was in Co. F, 51st Mass. Charles A. \nSargeant came to Oakham in 1850, and in 1852 bought what is still \nknown as the Sargeant place on East Hill, where he lived for many years. \n\nEdward J. Sargeant was a member of Crawford\'s Cornet \nBand. He enlisted at the age of twenty-one as a musician in the \nsummer of 1862 in Co. A of the 25th regiment, and continued in \nthe service till the close of the war. \n\nSince the war he has followed his occupation of carriage and \nsign painter and decorator in Oakham, Wilmington, Philadel- \nphia, Hartford, and Worcester. \n\nIn 1876 he was married to Eunitia D. Wright, at Willimansett, \nMass., by whom he had one son : Herbert Edward, born October \n\n\n\n196 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n20, 1S77, and now a bookkeeper with the ^^\'a^^en Leather Goods \nCo., Worcester, Mass. \n\nMrs. Eunitia Sargeant died at Oakham in April, 1891, and Mr. \nSargeant was again married, March 17, 1900, to LiUian R. Web- \nster in Hartford. Conn. \n\n\n\nAlbert Spooner. \n\nMustered in. September 25, 1861. \nReenlisted. Januarj- 3, 1S64. \nMustered out, July 13, 1S65. \n\nBom January 22, 1822, in Oakham. His father, Deacon Andrew \nSpooner, bom in Oakham, May 18, 1781, was the son of Eleazer Spooner, \nwho was bom in Dartmouth and removed to Oakham in 1776. Eleazer \nSpooner purchased of Deacon Jesse Allen for \xc2\xa3^82 6s. Sd.. a tract of \nland, with the buildings thereon, containing about one hundred and fifty- \nfive acres, on which he lived till his death. Deacon Andrew Spooner \nmarried Sally Adams, of Hookinton, Mass., October 26, 1805, and had nine \nchildren. \n\nAt the outbreak of the war Albert Spooner was living in Oak- \nham and was employed in the wirework manufactory of Lincoln \n& A>Tes. He enHsted at the age of thirty-nine and sen\'ed till \nthe end of the war. \n\nAfter returning from the army, he lived for a few years in \nOakham\' and later in Hammonton, N. J, In July, 1872, he \nremoved to North Brookfield, which was bis residence for the \nremainder of his life. He was Deacon of the Congregational \nChurch in North Brookfield, and ser\\\'ed the town as Cemetery \nCommissioner. He presented to the Oakham Congregational \nChurch a communion sers\'ice. \n\nMay 2^. 1847, he married Sarah Maria Woolworth, of Barre, \nby whom he had tvs-o children: William Hemy-, bom in Oak- \nham, April 16, 1848, died in Hammonton. N. J., December 17, \n1870; Curtis Edwards, bom in Oakham, Januar}- 22. 1850. now \nlocated in business at 1035 Lombard St., Philadelphia. He is a \ndealer in antique furniture and reproductions. \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR\xe2\x80\x94 25TH MASS. INFANTRY 197 \n\nMrs. Sarah M. Spooner died March 15, 1872, at Hammonton, \nN. J., and :Mr. Spooner was again married, to Mrs. C)mthia R. \n(Putnam) Hambry, in North Brookfield, November 24, 1872. \nHis second wife died May 24, 1895. \n\nMr. Albert Spooner died in North Brookfield, February 9. \n\n1900. \n\nGeorge Washington Stone. \n\nMustered in, September 16, 1861. \n\nReenlisted, Januarj\' 18, 1864. \n\nMustered out, July 13, 1865. \n\nAddress, Oakham, Mass. \n\nBom in Spencer, August i, 1840, son of Washington and Martha (Rob- \ninson) Stone, and descendant in the fifth generation of Isaac Stone. The \nStone family has been prominent in Oakham for nearly one hundred \nand fifty years. Isaac Stone came from Rutland to Oakham in 1765, \nand held all the offices in the gift of the town. His son, Isaac Stone, \n2d, served as Sergeant three j\'ears in the Continental Armj-. Isaac Stone, \n3d, was a soldier in the War of 1812. Washington Stone, the father of \nGeorge, was five years Selectman, and represented the tov,-n in the \nMassachusetts Legislature in the year 1850. \n\nGeorge W. Stone, a farmer living with his father, enlisted at \nthe age of twenty-one, and was appointed Corporal. He was \nwounded at Cold Harbor June 3, 1864, but rejoined his regi- \nment and served through the war. \n\nAfter the war, he returned to Oakham and has since lived on \nthe home place, succeeding his father, who had died during his \nabsence. He has been three times Selectman, and represented the \ndistrict in the Massachusetts Legislature in 1901, being a mem- \nber of the Committee on Military Affairs. He was a member \nof the Republican Town Committee for forty years, and was a \nmember of the Building Committee of the Fobes Memorial \nLibrary. \n\nHe was married to Eleanor Hill, daughter of Joshua and Sally \n(Morse) Hill, of Spencer, and has four children: \n\n.\\ngie P., bom September 8, 1869, married in North Brook- \nfield to George Jones, May 14, 1S92. \n\n\n\n198 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nEtta M., born November 29, 187 1, married May 29, 1893, to \nCharles Paquin, Jr. Mr. Paquin gave up his business in Oak- \nham in 1898, was a student at McGill Veterinary College in \n1898-99, and during the following year at Ontario Veterinary \nCollege, where he was graduated as Veterinary Surgeon in 1900. \nIn 191 1 he was appointed Veterinary Inspector for Worcester \nCounty and a part of Middlesex County, having under his care \neighty towns and cities. \n\nMary E., born March 21, 1874, was married in 1895, in \nChatham, N. Y., to Winthrop H. Boyd, and has one daughter, \nLeone, born in Oakham, July 10, 1896. \n\nHenry W., born May 14, 1880, was married in North Brook- \nfield, June 2, 1906, to Ellen G. Hall, and has one son, George \nFred Washington, born April 22, 1907. Henry W. Stone com- \nmenced playing the cornet in the Oakham Band when a boy of \nabout twelve years. Three years later he joined Reeves\' Band \nof Providence, with which he was connected two years. After \nthree years\' study under Mr. Pellett of Worcester, he joined the \nWorcester Brass Band, Frank W. Chaffin, Leader, and holds first \nchair at the present time. \n\n\n\nWilliam I. Temple. \n\nMustered in, September 16, 1861. \nDischarged, July 22, 1862. \n\nBorn March 25, 1838, at Princeton, Mass. His father was Willard \nTemple, who married Dolly H. Smith in Princeton, November 22, 1837. \nAfter her husband\'s death, Mrs. Temple married Samuel Maynard of \nOakham, April 21, 1853, and her four children, William, Mary Ann, \nJane, and Dolly, came with her to Oakham. \n\nWilliam I. Temple was a young man of excellent ability. He \nwrote creditable poetry, was a good debater, and was one of the \npresidents of the Franklin Literary Society. He was also inven- \ntive, and took out a patent from the United States Patent Office. \n\nHe enlisted in the 25th regiment at the age of twenty-three: \nstature 5 feet 7>4, complexion dark, eyes dark blue, hair black, \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 25TH MASS. INFANTRY 199 \n\nby occupation a bookkeeper. He was appointed Sergeant \nOctober 15. \n\nTemple spoke his mind fearlessly, but calmly. In January, \n1862, Company H got up a petition which was signed by seventy- \ntwo men, to have the cook turned out of the kitchen. Sergeants \nTemple and Gleason presented the paper to the Captain, who \nwas offended that the Sergeants should approve such a petition. \nTemple said to him : "If the Sergeants are not to be allowed to \ntake an interest in the welfare of the men, then please take off \nmy stripes." \n\nA diary kept by Temple has been preserved, covering the \nperiod from the time of his enlistment till Sunday, April 6, 1862. \nThe records in this little book plainly show that he had been \nanxious about his health some months before his enlistment, and \nthat he hoped the out-of-door life would help him to regain his \nstrength ; but he found the service too severe. The long marches \nand hard drill increased his unfavorable symptoms, and he was \ndischarged after ten months\' service, on a surgeon\'s certificate \nof disability. \n\nAfter leaving the army, he was for a short time traveling \ncompanion for John B. Gough on his lecture tours, looking after \nthe advertising in newspapers and by posters, the printing and \nselling of tickets, traveling expenses, hack service, hotel bills, and \nrent of halls. \n\nWilliam Temple died of pulmonary tuberculosis in Oakham, \nJanuary 14, 1871. \n\nHenry Hazen Ware. \n\nMustered in, September 24, 1861. \n\nReenlisted, January 19, 1864. \n\nDied in the service. \n\nBorn August 20, 1841, in Oakham, son of James B. and Betsy (Capen) \nWare. His father, born May i, 1803, was son of Archibald and Lavinia \nWare, who were married December 17, 1788. James B. Ware was a \nmanufacturer of plow handles, and owned the farm which now belongs \nto John E. Stone. He was a good citizen, a man of fine presence, and \nheld many offices, having been chosen eight times as Selectman and twice \nrepresenting the town in the Massachusetts Legislature. \n\n\n\n200 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nHenry H. Ware, a machinist, enlisted at the age of twenty. \nHe was wounded February 8, 1862, in the battle of Roanoke \nIsland, but soon returned to the regiment. He was killed May \n16, 1864, in the disastrous battle of Drury\'s Bluff. \n\nJonathan Gibbs Warren. \n\nMustered in, September 16, 1861. \n\nReenlisted, January 18, 1864, \n\nMustered out, July 13, 1865. \n\nAddress, West Brookfield, Mass. \n\nBorn in Oakham, November 22, 1842, son of Eber H. and Miriam \n(Gibbs) Warren. His father, Eber Warren, came to Oakham from Rut- \nland and lived in a house not now standing, on the east side of the \nColdbrook road and north of the house of Dr. Charles Adams. \n\nJonathan G. Warren, by occupation a farmer, enlisted at the \nage of nineteen and was appointed Corporal. He was wounded at \nDrury\'s Bluff, May 16, 1864, but returned to duty and continued \nin the service till the close of the war. \n\nHe removed from Oakham to West Brookfield about 1878, \nwhere he was for several years in the meat business and later a \nnews dealer. He has served the town of West Brookfield as \nConstable, as Truant Officer, and as a member of the School \nCommittee, and was for many years Commander of the Alanson \nHamilton Post, G. A. R. \n\n. \' Joseph D. Whitney. \n\nMustered in, September 25, 1861. \n\nDischarged, May 11, 1863. \nReenlisted, September 23, 1864. \nMustered out, August 12, 1865. \n\nBorn at Watertown, Mass., in 1833, son of Alpheus and Abigail \nWhitney. \n\nJoseph D. Whitney enlisted from Oakham at the age of \ntwenty-eight, by occupation a shoemaker. After his discharge \nfrom the 25th regiment on account of disability, he recovered \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 25TH MASS. INFANTRY 20I \n\nhis health and reenlisted in Co. C, 13th Conn, Inf., and con- \ntinued in the service till the close of the war. \n\nAfter his return from the army, he worked at his trade in \nOakham for several years, and was subsequently in the employ \nof John C. Bigelow of Paxton. \n\nHe was married to Saphronia Bemis of Paxton, September \n22, 1875, ^"d had one son, George H. Whitney, born December \n19, 1881, now the village blacksmith of Paxton. \n\nJoseph D. Whitney died in Paxton, March 11, 1909. \n\n\n\nEdw^in Wilbur. \n\nMustered in, September 16, 1861. \n\nReenlisted, January 18, 1864. \n\nDischarged, June 17, 1865. \n\nAddress, West Brookfield, Mass. \n\nBorn November 2, 1840, in Oakham, youngest son of Horace and Eliza \n(Hagar) Wilbur, and, on his mother\'s side, a descendant in the fourth \ngeneration of Col. Isaac Hagar who married Anna, daughter of Capt. \nJonathan Bullard, April 26, 1770. \n\nEdwin Wilbur was a shoemaker working with his father when \nhe enlisted, at the age of twenty. He was wounded May 6, \n1864, at Port Walthal Junction, Va., and was, for some months, \nin the hospitals at Fortress Monroe and Portsmouth, Va., but \nreturned to the army at Petersburg. In September, 1864, he \nwas sent to Newbern, N. C, where he contracted yellow fever \nand was in the hospital in January, 1865. On February 25, he \nwas sent north to Dale Hospital at Worcester, Mass., from \nwhich he was discharged June 17, 1865. \n\nAfter the war he lived, in Barre in 1866, in North Brookfield \n1867-70, and in Brookfield till 1872, when he located permanently \nin West Brookfield, where he was for twenty-five years engaged \nin the meat business, for two years conductor on the Warren, \nBrookfield & Spencer Street Railway, and later janitor of public \nbuildings. He has been Meat Inspector, Sealer of Weights and \nMeasures, Chairman of the Cemetery Commission, and in 1885 \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\nwas elected Representative of the District in the General Court, \nand served on the Committee on Election Laws. For several \nyears he was Commander of the Alanson Hamilton Post, G. A. R. \n\nMay 29, 1872, he was married at Brookfield, to Mary Eliza- \nbeth Duell, daughter of Judge George S. and Elizabeth (Hallo- \nwell) Duell. Mrs. Wilbur was born June 25, 1845, at West \nBrookfield. Children, all born in West Brookfield: Charlotte \nElizabeth, March 31. 1873; Lucy Edna, September 20, 1874; \nGrace Duell, March 11, 1876; Lora Belle, February 4, 1878; \nGeorge Edwin, August 15, 1879, died May 10, 1880:\' Ruth \nAgnes, November 11, 1888, died November 19, 1888. \n\nCharlotte Elizabeth was married to Eugene Alonzo Gilbert, of \nWest Brookfield, June 21, 1899, and has two children: Nathalie \nWilbur, born July 6, 1900; Alonzo Edwin, born February 20, \n1903. \n\nLora Belle was married to Lewis Herman Bruce, October 7, \n1903, and has a daughter, Dorothy Wilbur, born May 2y, 1904.\' \n\n\n\nGeorge Paige Wood. \n\nMustered in, September 17, 1861. \nDied in the service. \n\nBorn in West Brookfield, July 6, 1837. His father was George Wood, \nborn in Bethel, Vt, November 14, 1808, son of Thomas and Betsy (Crow- \nell) Wood. His mother was Abigail Elizabeth Keep, daughter of Josiah \nand Lucy (Tucker) Keep, who were married October 27, 1801. George \nWood, of Bethel, Vt., and Abigail E. Keep, of Alonson, were married \nMarch 4, 1832. Mr. Wood died in West Brookfield, September 8, 1840. \nAfter his death, Mrs. Wood married Hervey Maynard, March 28, 1844, \nand came with her two sons to Oakham. \n\nGeorge P. Wood enlisted at the age of twenty-four, by occu- \npation a farmer, and died of disease, September 19, 1862. at \nNewbern. \n\nFebruary 18, 1858, he was married to Sarah S. Merrifield, \ndaughter of James A. Merrifield, and had two sons, Elmer B., \nborn June 22, 1859, and George Arthur, born August 26, 186 1. \n\n\n\n\nCORPORAL LAWSON DWIGHT WOOD \n25th Mass. Infantry \n\n\n\n\nGEORGE PAIGE WOOD \n2sth Mass. Infantry \n\n\n\nj^ \n\n\n\n\nLYMAN N. PARKER \n2sth Mass. Infantry \n\n\n\n\nWILLARD A. FRINK \n2sth Mass. Infantry \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR\xe2\x80\x94 25TH MASS. INFANTRY 203 \n\nLawson Dwight Wood. \n\nMustered in, September 16, 1861. \nDied in the service. \n\nBorn in West Brookfield, August 23, 1839, son of George and Abigail \nElizabeth (Keep) Wood, and brother of George Paige Wood. \n\nLawson Dwight Wood, when quite young, left home and lived \nin the family of Joseph Fobes. He was a young man of marked \nability and had been a teacher in the public schools of Oakham. \nWhen the Civil War began he was a student at Williston \n\nSeminary. \n\nHe left Williston and enlisted at the age of twenty-two, and \nwas appointed Corporal. He died November 23, 1862, at New- \n\nbern, N. C. \n\nSergeant Henry Arthur White of Co. H, whose mother was \n\nan Oakham girl, writes : \n\n"I well remember the two Wood brothers from Oakham. They were \nmy tent-mates from the start at Worcester till their death, which came in \n1862\xe2\x80\x94 two worthy men, an honor to themselves and to their town, of \nfine personal character, good soldiers both, both tall men, standing among \nthe first ten men of Co. H. They were unable to stand the debility of \nthat first hard summer. We were sorry to lose them." \n\nNathaniel H. Foster. \n\nMustered in, October 12, 1861. \n\nResigned as Lieutenant, January i, 1863. \n\nAppointed Major, July 21, 1864. \n\nMustered out, April 29, 1866. \n\nBorn in Rutland, December 17, 1832, son of James R. and Nancy \n(Henry) Foster, brother of Albert H. Foster, Co. F, 15th Mass., and \ncousin of John W. Gould of the 25th Mass. and Edwin S. Gould of the \n51st Mass. \n\nNathaniel H. Foster went to North Brookfield when sixteen \nyears of age, and, with the exception of five years (1861-66) \nwhen in the army, he was in the employ of the Batchellers till \n1893. He served the town of North Brookfield at various times \n\n\n\n^\xc2\xb04 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nas Cemetery Commissioner, Tree Warden, Tax Collector, and \n\nTrustee of the Public Library. \n\nHe enlisted September i6, 1861, for three years, in Co H \n\n25th Mass.; was commissioned Second Lieutenant, October 12\' \n\n1861; wounded at Roanoke Island, February 8, 1862; promoted \nS V\'\'^^!!"*^"^"^\' J""^ ^3, 1862; in battles of Kinston, White \nHall,_and Goldsboro, December, 1862; resigned, January i, 186 v \nappomted Major in 12th U. S. Heavy Artillery, Colored Troops\' \nto date July 21, 1864; and continued in the service till 1866 \n\nHe was married (i) January 17, 1855, to Mary E. Draper \nof Spencer, who was born March i, 1833, and died in North \nBrookfield, July 10, 1868; (2) to Mary A. Webster of North \nErookfield, November 22, 1870. Children: Mary Lucia, born \nOctober 23, 1855, died September 5, 1882; Addie Lione, born \nNovember 22, 1859, married June 12, 1888, to Albert W. Poland \ndied January 25, 1891. \n\nMajor Nathaniel H. Foster died in North Brookfield, August \n6, 1909. ^^ \n\nWillard A. Frink. \n\nMustered in, January 5, 1864. \nDied in the service. \n\nSon of William S. Frink, born in North Brookfield, July 14, 1836 and \nlived several years in Oakham. He was a descendant, through Dr. John \n\nharvard r 1*; "\'\' \xc2\xb0\' ^^^\'/h^-- ^^k, who was graduated from \nHarvard College m 1722, and settled over the Rutland church in 1727. \n\nHe enlisted in Co. H, 25th Mass., for the town of Spencer \nabout a year and a half before the close of the war, and was \nnever heard from after the battle of Drury\'s Bluff, May 16, 1864 \nWhether he was killed in the battle or died of wounds in a Con- \nfederate hospital, is not known. \n\nHe was married in Oakham, June 26, i860, to Sophronia \nAbiah Town, daughter of Daniel and Sophronia (Raymond) \nTown, and had two children : Hiram Everett, born in Oakham \nMay 19, 1861, married to Delia Stone of Spencer; Lillie Belle \nborn m Oakham, September 14, 1864, married November 4\' \n1882, to George W. Pratt of Spencer. \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR\xe2\x80\x94 25TH MASS. INFANTRY -^05 \n\nLeRoy D. Noyes. \n\nMustered in, April i, 1862. \nDischarged, November 19, 1863. \n\nBorn September 16, 1839, in Oakham, son of Daniel and Caroline A. \n(LiUey) Noyes, and grandson of Luther and Azuba (Smith) Noyes. \n\nLeRoy D. Noyes enlisted in Co. H of the 25th Mass. for the \ncity of Worcester and after serving a year and a half was dis- \ncharged for disability. . o^ / \\ \n\nHe was married (i) to Clementin L. Arnold m 1863; (2) \nto Emma L. Thompson ini883. Children: Charles, born Janu- \nary 21, 1884; Robert D., born August 11, 1886, died October 14, \n1888; LeRoy D., born August 11, 1886; Frank W., born August \n20, 1889; Caroline L. P., born December 16, 1893. \n\nLeRoy D. Noyes died November 17, 1909, at West Boylston, \nMass. \n\n31st Mass. Infantry. \n\nJohn Macomber. \n\nMustered in, November 17, 1861. \n\nReenlisted, February 14, 1864. \nMustered out, September 9. 1865. \n\nBorn May 30, 1834, in Oakham, son of John J. and Abigail (Packard) \nMacomber. \n\nJohn Macomber was a carpenter and enlisted for the town \nof Oakham at the age of twenty-seven, in Co. G, 31st Mass. \nThe 31st regiment left the state, February 21, 1862, jomed the \nDepartment of the Gulf, took part in the operations agamst \nNew Orleans, and was the first regiment to enter the city after \nthe surrender. It took up its position before Port Hudson, May \n23, sharing in the engagements of May 25, May 27, and June \n14\'. Many of the regiment reenlisted during the wmter of \n\nAfter returning from the war, Mr. Macomber followed the \ntrade of carpenter in North Brookfield. He was married to \n\n\n\n^\xc2\xb0*^ SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nHarriet Doane of North Brookfield, September 25, 1856, by \nwhom he had two children: NeIHe, born in Oakham, July 23, \n1857; George, born in Oakham, December 19, 1861. \n\nMrs. Macomber died in Paxton, July 25, 1875, and he was \nagam married to Ella Forhay, of East Brookfield, November 9, \n1878. Children: George Garfield, born June 28, 1880, in North \nBrookfield; James and John, born February 12, 1882, in North \nBrookfield ; A. Josephine, born March 6, 1883, in Worcester. \n\nMr. Macomber died in East Brookfield, November 5, 1882. \' \n\n34th Mass, Infantry. \n\nThe 34th regiment, recruited at Worcester, left the state \nAugust 15, reached Alexandria, August 22, and remained sta- \ntioned in the vicinity on picket until July, 1863. In December \nIt moved up the Shenandoah Valley, and remained on provost \nand outpost duty at Harper\'s Ferry till May 2, 1864. The regi- \nment took part in the movements in the Shenandoah, engaging \nwith loss at the battle of New Market on May 15, Piedmont on \nJune 5, Lynchburg on June 18. Returning to Martinsburg, July \nII, 1864, it met the enemy at Snicker\'s Gap, July 18, and at \nWinchester on the 24th, was in action in the battles of Opequon \nand Fisher\'s Hill, and was at Cedar Creek on October 19. It \nshared in the final operations about Petersburg, engaging at \nHatcher\'s Run, March 31, and at the final assault on the works. \nIt followed Lee to Appomattox, encamping, after the surrender, \nat Lynchburg, entered Richmond, April 25, and remained there \nm camp until the expiration of its service. \n\nGeorge B. Macomber. \n\nMustered in, August 11, 1862. \nMustered out, January 20, 1866. \n\nBorn December 20, 1838, in Oakham. His father, John J. Macomber, \nwas born in Oakham, November 11, 1797, son of John Macomber who \ncame to Oakham before February 11, 1795. His mother was Abigail \nl^obes, daughter of Jonathan and Susan Crawford Packard Mrs \nMacomber\'s father was descended from Ichabod Packard, a soldier in \nthe French and Indian wars and in the Revolution, who came to Oakham \n\n\n\n\nMAJOR GEORGE B. MACOMIIER \n34tli Mass. Infantry \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 34TH MASS. INFANTRY 207 \n\nfrom Bridgewater in 1770. Her mother was Susan Crawford, daughter \nof Alexander and Bethiah (Willis) Crawford, and granddaughter of \nCapt. John Crawford of the Revolutionary Army. John J. Macomber, the \nfather of George, had thirteen children, five of whom (John, George, \nJames, Henry, and William) served as soldiers in the Civil War. Abigail, \ntheir only daughter, was the wife of William R. Barr of the Mass. 34th. \nEdwin was graduated at Yale College in 1863. Luther went in early life \nto the Sandwich Islands, where he had a plantation ; he had nine children, \none of whom served in the U. S. Army in Porto Rico in the war with \nSpain. \n\nGeorge B. Macomber was prepared for college at Monson \nAcademy and was graduated from Amherst with the Class of \n1862. Immediately after graduation he enlisted in the 34th \nMass. At the organization of the regiment, July 31, 1862, he \nwas appointed First Lieutenant; October 14, 1864, he was pro- \nmoted to Captain. March 13, 1865, he was made Major U. S. \nVolunteers, by brevet, "for gallant and meritorious services \nduring the war." In June, 1865, he was transferred to the 24th \nMass. After the surrender of Lee, this regiment, with others \nwhose time had not expired, was on provost duty in Richmond, \nunder command of George B. Macomber, Acting Colonel, and \nremained in the service till January, 1866. \n\nAfter the war, he decided to enter the regular army. May 11, \n\n1866, he was appointed Second Lieutenant, 14th Inf., U. S. A. ; \nSeptember 21, 1866, transferred to the 32d Inf.; January 14, \n\n1867, promoted to First Lieutenant; April 19, 1869, transferred \nto 2 1 St Inf. \n\nHe died in Arizona, September 19, 1869, from injuries caused \nby the breaking of a derrick, while he was superintending the \nweighing of hay. \n\nHe was married at Washington, D. C, June 28, 1866, to Kate, \ndaughter of Col. Goodwin of Fairfax, Va., and had two children. \n\nWilliam Robinson Barr. \n\nMustered in, December 10, 1863. \nMustered out, January 20, 1866. \n\nBorn May 22, 1832, in Hardwick, Mass. His father. Captain Sumner \nBarr, was son of John Barr, Jr., and Molly (Bridges) Barr; his mother, \n\n\n\n2o8 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nSusan B. Robinson, was daughter of William Robinson and granddaughter \nof John Robinson (born April 24, 1759) who came from Northboro to \nOakham in 1790. \n\nWilliam R. Barr was a member of Crawford\'s Cornet Band, \nand enlisted in December, 1863, as a musician in the 34th Mass. \nJanuary 14, 1865, he was transferred to the 24th U. S. Inf., and \nafter the surrender of Lee was with his regiment on provost duty \nin Richmond till June, 1866. After the war, Mr. Barr lived in \nOakham, Spencer, Rutland, and Worcester. \n\nNovember 28, 1856, he was married to Abigail, daughter of \nJohn J. and Abigail (Packard) Macomber, and had three chil- \ndren: Henry G., born November 28, 1857, now a successful \nmanufacturer of machinists\' tools in Worcester ; Mary Josephine, \nborn February 21, 1863, ^i^^ January 6, 1896; Addison William, \nborn February 10, 1868, now a printer in Worcester. \n\nWilliam Robinson Barr died in Worcester, November 23, 1906. \n\nHorace Marvin Green. \n\nMustered in, July 13, 1862. \n\nMustered out, June 16, 1865. \n\nAddress, Coldbrook Springs, Mass. \n\nBorn June 17, 1846, in Oakham, son of Joel and Mary (Goodwin) \nGreen. His father, Joel Green, born June 26, 1820, in Rutland, was the \nson of Elijah and Lucretia (Roper) Green, who were married January 28, \n1800. Mary Goodwin Green was born November 23, 1815, in Guilford, \nVt. The other children of Joel and Mary Green, all born in Oakham, \nwere: Lewis Putnam, May 21, 1848; Ella Louisa, December 21, 1851 ; \nEdwin, April 8, 1854. \n\nHorace M. Green enlisted at the age of sixteen, in Co. H, \n34th Mass., and served till the end of the war. He was in the \nbattles of New Market, Piedmont, Lynchburg, Snicker\'s Gap, \nWinchester July 24, and September 19, 1864, Martinsburg, \nBerryville and Fisher\'s Hill. \n\nSince his return he has lived in Coldbrook, and followed the \noccupation of farmer, in which he was brought up. \n\nHe was married, May 25, 1870, to Adeline Perkins, daughter \nof Horatio Perkins. Mr. Perkins came to Oakham from Hop- \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 34TH MASS. INFANTRY 209 \n\nkinton, Mass., and married Anna P. Gibbs, daughter of Jonathan \nGibbs, May 4, 1845. \n\nMr. and Mrs. Green have had nine children, all born in Oak- \nham: M. Eugene, February 24, 1872, married (i) Minnie Davis \nof Worcester, (2) Emily Rowe of Worcester; Anna, November \n6, 1874; Florence M., May 3, 1876; Josie, June 15, 1878; Ella \nD., November 3, 1880, married Charles H. Adams of Worcester; \nNellie, November 18, 1882; Mary, April i, 1885; Evander H., \nApril 6, 1888, married Mamie Haley of Ware ; Harry W., May \n18, 1892. \n\nJames Shearn. \n\nMustered in, July 17, 1862. \n\nDischarged, June 17, 1865. \n\nAddress, North Brookfield, Mass. \n\nBorn in the town of Killmorgan and County of Sligo in Ireland in \nMay, 1844, son of John and Ann (Hart) Shearn; he came to America \nin June, 1859. \n\nJames Shearn was a bootmaker by occupation, and enlisted \nfrom the town of Spencer in Co. E, 34th Mass. He was in \nthe battles of New Market, Cedar Creek, Winchester, and \nFisher\'s Hill. For three days he was under fire at the extreme \nleft of Petersburg, and was in the charge in which Fort Gregg \nwas taken. He was wounded: (i) at New Market, May 15, \n1864; (2) in the charge on Fort Gregg, April 2, 1865. He \nwas discharged by order of the War Department. \n\nAfter returning from the war, he was married to Mary Glynn \nat Barre, July 23, 1865. In 1875 he removed to Oakham and \npurchased the Samuel Maynard farm, on which he lived till the \nspring of 1913. \n\nHe has had seven children, only three of whom are now living: \nM. Lizzie, born in Spencer, May 3, 1866, died in North Brook- \nfield, September 3, 1892; Katie D., born in Hubbardston, March \nID, 1868; John F., born in Hubbardston, April 26, 1871 ; Ella \nL., born in Hubbardston, December 9, 1873, died in Oakham, \nNovember 27, 1903 ; James J., born in Oakham, June 2, 1878, \ndied in Oakham, September 18, 1884; Henry T., born in Oak- \n\n14 \n\n\n\n2IO SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nham, March 28, 1883, died in Oakham, October i, 1884; Jennie \nA., born in Oakham, June 24, 1885. \n\nJohn Shearn is in the clothing- business in Providence, and \nhas a store at 479 Westminster Street. \n\n36th Mass. Infantry. \n\nFifteen Oakham men enHsted in Co. K, of the 36th regiment. \nThis regiment was organized in the summer of 1862 at Camp \nWool, Worcester, and was recruited mostly in the eastern and \nwestern towns of Worcester County. It left the state for \nWashington, September 2, joined the 9th Army Corps near \nSharpsburg, Md., September 21, and was present at the Battle \nof Fredericksburg. Early in 1863, it joined General Burnside \nin the Department of the Ohio, and formed part of the forces \nsent to Vicksburg in June. It returned to Kentucky, was active \nat Blue Springs, October 10, was closely engaged at Campbell\'s \nStation, November 16, where Lieutenant Fairbank and Miles \nReed were wounded, and was on duty during the siege of Knox- \nville. Returning to Annapolis, Md., in April, 1864, it was \nengaged with loss at the Wilderness on May 6, where Sergeant \nHowell was wounded. The regiment suffered greatly in the \ncharge at Spottsylvania Court House, May 12; here Sergeant \nChamberlain was wounded. In the action of the right wing at \nCold Harbor, June 2, the regiment lost fifty-seven men in killed \nand wounded. Among the wounded was Corporal Henry \nMacomber. The regiment shared in the assault on Petersburg, \nJune 17, and engaged in the operations on the Weldon Railroad \nin August. In the final assault on Petersburg, April 2, 1865, \nCharles Haskell was killed. After the fall of Petersburg, the \nregiment moved to Farmville and served on provost duty. \n\nJohn Barnard Fairbank. \n\nMustered in, August 27, 1862. \nMustered out, June 8, 1865. \n\nBorn August 8, 1839. His father, James Chandler Fairbank, was son \nof Ephraim Fairbank, who came from New Ipswich, N. H., to Oakham \nabout 1815. His mother was Lurana (Robinson) Fairbank, daughter of \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n^r^ff^ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ni \n\n\n\n\n4 \n\n\nt- jg \n\n\n\n\n\n\n^ \n\n\n^^ \n\n\n^-^\'^ m \n\n\n\n\n|^^H| \n\n\nr \\k \n\n\n\\l^ \n\n\ni \n\n\n1 \n\n\nJ^v H^\'\'~ 1 \n\n\n\n\nt \n\n\'I \n\n\n\xe2\x96\xa0\xc2\xbb \n\n\ni \n\n\n5 \n\n\ni| \n\n\n\n\nM \n\n\n\nMAJOR JOHN KARNAKD FAIRBANK \n36th Mass. Infantry \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 36TH MASS. INFANTRY 211 \n\nJohn Robinson, a Revolutionary soldier, who came from Northboro to \nOakham in 1790 and settled on the farm now owned by his descendant, \nGeorge W. Stone. \n\nJohn B. Fairbank was from boyhood a fine scholar and an \nexcellent writer and debater. When the Franklin Literary \nSociety was organized, he was chosen its first President. Begin- \nning in the fall of 1856, he pursued his studies at Monson Acad- \nemy, teaching in the public schools of Oakham each winter, and \nentered Middlebury College in September, i860. A year later \nhe left Middlebury and entered Amherst. \n\nIn 1862, at the end of Sophomore year, he left college to enlist \nin the 36th Mass. At the organization of the regiment, August \nII, 1862, he was made First Sergeant of Co. K. His ability \nsoon attracted the attention of Colonel Bowman, who often said, \n"Fairbank is the best Orderly Sergeant in the regiment, and \nCo. K owes its efficiency more to him than to any other man"; \nbut for nearly nine months he failed to receive the advancement \nwhich he deserved. May 2, 1863, he was promoted to Second \nLieutenant; October 23, 1863, to First Lieutenant; May 13, \n1864, to Captain. \n\nIn the engagement at Blue Springs, October 10, 1863, the \nregiment, following the retreating enerny, came to the crest of \na hill and discovered a Confederate battery five or six hundred \nyards in front. Colonel Goodale had just given orders to fall \nback under the shelter of the hill, when a shell from the battery \nburst, wounding Colonel Goodale and breaking Lieutenant Fair- \nbank\'s sword into three pieces, but leaving him uninjured. As \nhe picked up the pieces of the broken sword, a member of the \ncompany, perhaps thinking of the time when "They shall beat \ntheir swords into plowshares," said to him: "They have broken \nyour sword into door-scrapers." \n\nHe was wounded in the battle at Campbell\'s Station, Novem- \nber 16, 1863. In this engagement he wore the sword of Captain \nW. H. Hodgkins, who after the Vicksburg campaign had been \nsent to Massachusetts to bring back recruits. When Lieutenant \nFairbank was taken from the field, this sword was left behind, \nthe Confederates pressing so close that it was impossible to \n\n\n\n212 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\ngo back and recover it. Mr. W. B. Twitty of Spartansburg, \nS. C, found the sword on the field after the battle, and has \nrecently returned it to Captain Hodgkins, whose name was on \nthe hilt. \n\nFairbank was in the Asylum Hospital at Knoxville ninety days, \nand not until several weeks after he was wounded were his \nfamily able to hear from him, as Knoxville was then besieged \nby General Longstreet. On his release from the hospital he went \nhome for a short furlough, at the end of which he rejoined \nhis regiment. \n\nHe distinguished himself in the assault on the redoubt at \nPetersburg, June i8, 1864. This was the most brilliant and \nsuccessful engagement in which the 36th regiment ever had a \npart. The regiment had less than ninety men in the battle, and \nof these three were killed and sixteen wounded, three of them \nmortally. It was here that Sergeant Macomber seized the colors \nand bore them through the engagement, after the color bearer \nof the regiment had been wounded. Captain Hodgkins, in his \ndescription of the battle, said: "As the rebel commander was \npulled over the breastworks as a prisoner, he shouted to his \nmen: \'Stand firm; their right is all gone.\' The enemy dis- \ncovered the break in our line and commenced a sharp cross-fire \nupon the regiment. At this critical moment. Captain Smith, \ncommanding the regiment, with wonderful presence of mind, \nturned toward the left and shouted at the top of his voice, \'Fair- \nbank, bring up your brigade !\' at the same moment yelling, \n\'Charge !\' The ruse had its desired effect, and before Lieutenant \nFairbank could hurry his \'brigade\' of eight men of Co. K \nfrom the left, the enemy wavered. Our men leaped the breast- \nworks and captured all the defenders who did not take to their \nheels."* May 13, 1865, Fairbank was brevetted Major United \nStates Volunteers, "for gallant and meritorious services in the \nassault on the enemy\'s lines near Petersburg, Va." On October \n13, 1864, Fairbank wrote home: "Of the thirteen hundred men \nthat we have had on our rolls, only four hundred and eighty are \nleft, and of these only one hundred and sixty are fit for duty. Of \n* History of the 36th Regiment, M.V.M., pp. 206-207. \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 36TH MASS. INFANTRY 213 \n\nthe eight officers that composed my mess, every one has been \nkilled or wounded, and all the wounded severely, except myself." \nNovember i, 1864, he was assigned to command of Co. E. He \nwas the Senior Captain in the regiment, and during a portion of \nthe months of October, 1864, and January, 1865, he was in \ncommand of the regiment in the absence of Lieutenant Colonel \nBarker. While in camp near Petersburg he served on Court \nMartial from the middle of November, 1864, to the middle of \nFebruary, 1865. \n\nAfter the war. Major Fairbank continued his studies, was \ngraduated as Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College in 1867, \nand received the degree of Bachelor of Laws from Columbia \nLaw School in 1869. He began legal practice in Winfield, \nKansas, where he was appointed Deputy States Attorney for \nCowley County. In 1875 he was called back to Massachusetts \nby his father\'s infirmities and age, and during the next six years \nresided in Oakham. Here he was honored by his fellow towns- \nmen with the highest offices in their gift. He was Selectman, \nmember of the School Committee, and twice represented the \ndistrict in the Massachusetts Legislature. He wrote the history \nof Oakham for A. P. Marvin\'s "History of Worcester County," \nand was the founder of the Oakham Soldiers\' Union. \n\nIn 1 88 1 he went to the Black Hills, South Dakota, and located \nfor a time in Deadwood, but soon removed to Portland, where \nhe resided till his death. Here he practiced as a lawyer and \ndealt in mining properties. He took special interest in the local \nschools and in the Grand Army. In 1896 he was chosen Senator \nin the South Dakota Legislature, and was a prominent member \nof that body. He was President of the School Board in Port- \nland, and was nominated by his party for a position on the bench \nof the Supreme Court of the State, but was not elected. \n\nHe died in Portland, S. D., April 29, 1908, and was buried in \nMount Moriah Cemetery. He was far from home and relatives, \n])ut school children attended his funeral in great numbers, and \nthe church in which the exercises were held was filled with his \nfriends. The Bar Association of Lawrence County, S. D., gave \nthis testimony to his worth: \n\n\n\n214 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n"The excellent qualities of his life, the charm of his character, his devo- \ntion to his country, and his disinterested labors of love and mercy, will \nlong linger as an inspiration to brighter hopes, more laudable endeavor, \nand purer and higher purposes." \n\nThe Deadwood Pioneer Times referred feelingly to his many \nexcellent qualities in its issue of May 2, 1908: \n\n"He was a polished and scholarly gentleman, whose friendship was \nan honor and whose company a pleasure. The studies which he fol- \nlowed in his youth, he loved in his declining years, and his mind was \nStored with a wealth of interesting information on varied subjects. Those \nwho knew him loved him for his manly qualities, his refinement and \naccomplishments. He was a man of learning and culture, a lover of \nliterature, and an admirer of everything good and noble, a man who \nwent among his fellows with a word of hope, comfort and encourage- \nment, a welcome visitor wherever he went." \n\nJames A. George, a Confederate veteran, wrote : \n\n"In public and private life he was ever the courteous and polished \ngentleman, so pleasant to meet. I never heard him say an unkind word \nabout or to any person. He wore the blue and I wore the gray. Often \nin private and at soldiers\' and sailors\' reunions we have met and fought \nover the battles again, but never a harsh word was spoken. Far from \nhis old home, old comrades have laid him to rest. Sleep on, kind and \ngenerous soul. May a loving Father comfort those aching hearts far \nfrom your resting place." \n\nEdward Chamberlain. \n\nMustered in, August 4, 1862. \nMustered out, June 4, 1865. \n\nBorn in Holden, Mass., August 10, 1842, twin brother of Edwin Cham- \nberlain. His father, Thomas J. Chamberlain, a son of Jacob Chamberlain \nand Ruth Upton, came to Oakham from Holden in 1856. His mother \nwas Lydia B. (Wright) Chamberlain, daughter of James Wright of \nMarlboro. \n\nEdward Chamberlain enlisted as a private at the age of \ntwenty, in Co. K, was appointed Corporal, and promoted to \nSergeant. He was wounded at Spottsylvania, May 11, 1864. \nAfter his return to the regiment, he was made Orderly Sergeant, \nOctober 12, 1864, and on November 13 was appointed Second \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 36TH MASS. INFANTRY 215 \n\nLieutenant. He was a brave soldier and a capable and trust- \nworthy officer. \n\nLieutenant Chamberlain returned from the war somewhat \nbroken in health. He was in the employ of Moses O. Ayres for \na year, and afterward worked with his brother in the shoe shop \nat Ware Corner. \n\nHe died in Oakham, May 17, 1870. \n\n\n\nCharles L. Haskell. \n\nMustered in, July 12, 1862. \nDied in the service. \n\nBorn November 9, 1819, in Athol, Mass., son of Loring and Sally \n(Lincoln) Haskell. His grandfather, Simeon Haskell, a farmer and \nblacksmith, was born in Middleboro, January 10, 1767, son of Roger and \nJudith Haskell. He removed to North Brookfield about I793, came \nfrom North Brookfield to Oakham in 1804, and lived on the Belknap \nplace. He was a prominent citizen, having been five times Selectman. \nHe died March 25, 1847, at the age of eighty years. Charles Haskell\'s \nmother, Sally Lincoln, was daughter of Stephen Lincoln, a soldier in the \nRevolutionary War. \n\nCharles L. Haskell bought of Deacon Andrew Spooner the \nfarm which was purchased from Deacon Jesse Allen by Eleazer \nSpooner in 1776, and on which the Spooner family had lived \ntill the buildings were burned in 1848. Here Mr. Haskell built \nthe house lately owned by Mr. John P. Day. He was one of \nthe leaders in the Congregational Church and one of the most \nhelpful supporters of the social and religious meetings. \n\nWhen forty-two years of age he enlisted in Co. K of the 36th \nMass., and endured well all the hard campaigns up to the week \nin which Lee surrendered at Appomattox, but lost his life on \nthe day of the final assault on Petersburg, April 2, 1865. He \nhad been sent to the rear with Confederate prisoners, and was \nreturning to the front when he was shot through the breast and \ninstantly killed. \n\nMr. Peloubet thus characterized him: "A faithful, true, \nupright Christian man, well read in Bible history, not excelling \n\n\n\n2l6 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nin soldiery tactics, but always sterling in soldierly action, uni- \nversally respected, and always at the post of duty." \n\n\n\nSilas Jacob Howell. \n\nMustered in, August s, 1862. \nDischarged, June 22, 1865. \n\nBorn in Malone, N. Y., in 1838. \n\nIn the summer of 1862 he was living in Coldbrook, and was \nin the employ of Parker & Whiting as master mechanic in the \nplow shop, when, at the age of twenty-three, he enlisted in \nthe 36th regiment. While in camp at Worcester he was \nappointed Sergeant of Company K. He was wounded in the \nBattle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864, but soon returned to duty \nand was with the regiment till the end of the war. He was dis- \ncharged by the order of the War Department, on account of \ndisability from wounds, a few days before the regiment was \nmustered out. \n\nAfter returning home, he lived in Orange, Mass., and was for \nmore than fifteen years in the employ of the New Home Sewing \nMachine Company. He was a very fine mechanic. When he \nneeded a machine or tool, he made it, and made it well. When \nhe had made it, he seemed satisfied, and never put forth any \neffort to turn his invention into money. He devised and made \nthe first machine to turn out the hemmers on the New Home \nsewing machine, and also invented a glass cutter, which had a \nvery extensive sale. \n\nIn 1882 he left the employ of the Sewing Machine Company \nand removed to Boston, where for ten years he had a large \nmachine shop. This he sold only when failing health compelled \nhim to give it up. He returned to Orange in 1892 and established \na jeweler\'s store at 13 South Main Street, and was a skillful \nrepairer of clocks and watches. In 1899, on the death of his \nson Adelbert, he removed to Dorchester, where he died in 1905. \n\nHe was married in 1859 to Amelia Elizabeth Keating, who \nwas born in Charlottetown, P. E. I., in 1842. Children: Francis \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 36TH MASS. INFANTRY 217 \n\nJacob, born i860, married Eva Dell Mason, lives in Stoneham, \nMass. ; Laura Jeanette, born 1862, died in Dorchester, March \n30, 1912; Charles Leander, born 1866, married (i) Louisa \nRheinhaltina Helmboldt, (2) Henrietta Helmboldt, and lives in \nDorchester; Katherine Mary, born 1870, lives in Dorchester; \nAmelia Elizabeth, born 1872, died 1877; Frederick Silas, born \n1874, married Katherine Vaughan, lives in Warner, N. H. ; \nAdelbert, born 1877, died 1899; Grace Elizabeth, born 1880, \nlives in Dorchester. \n\nJames Dexter Johnson. \n\nMustered in, August 12, 1862. \nMustered out, July 12, 1865. \n\nBorn in Newark, Vt, November 17, 1833, son of Calvin and Tabitha \n(Dexter) Johnson. His mother was daughter of James Dexter, who \nis said to have gone to Vermont from Connecticut. \n\nJames D. Johnson was a carpenter by trade and worked in \nWorcester and the surrounding towns for a few years before \nthe war. At the time of his enlistment he was employed as \na foreman in the shop of Parker & Whiting in Coldbrook, \nengaged in the manufacture of agricultural implements. He \nwas transferred July 7, 1863, to Co. C of the 3d regiment, U. S. \nVeteran Reserve Corps. In this Company he was First Sergeant. \nHe was discharged from the service at the close of the war, \nat Augusta, Me. \n\nAfter the war, he returned for a time to the town of Newark, \nVt., and purchased a farm. Later he removed to West Burke, \nVt., where he purchased another farm, and in company with \nanother man purchased a saw and grist mill. It was in this mill \nthat he met with an accident on the board saw, on April 26, 1878, \nwhich resulted in his death on the following day. \n\nOctober 20, 1858, he was married to Emeline Augusta Wright, \nsister of George C. Wright, the well-known coffee and spice \nmanufacturer of Boston (Dwinnell, Wright Co.). Children: \nCarrie Augusta Flint, born September 18, i860, now of Clinton, \nMass. ; Fred Dexter, born April 9, 1863, now of Worcester, \n\n\n\n2l8 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nMass.; Jennie Ella Swallow, born February i, 1867, now living \nat Exeter, N. H. ; Edson Bert, born November 6, 1871 ; Ada \nAlida, born July 28, 1873, deceased ; Alma lola Cunningham, \nborn July 26, 1876, deceased. \n\nEdson Bert Johnson is a counsellor at law, with offices in \nWorcester and Barre ; residence at 18 Oread Street, Worcester. \n\nMrs. Johnson is still living, and is in very good health, though \nseventy-nine years of age. \n\n\n\nHenry I. Macomber. \n\nMustered in, August 2, 1862. \nMustered out, June 8, 1865. \n\nBorn in Oakham, December 5, 184S, son of John J. and Abigail (Pack- \nard) Macomber, and brother of John Macomber of the Mass. 31st, of \nMajor George B. Macomber of the Mass. 34th, and of James Macomber \nof the Mass. 51st. \n\nHenry I. Macomber was a carpenter and learned the trade \nof his father. He enlisted with his brother William at the age \nof seventeen and was appointed Corporal. He was wounded \nJune 3, 1864, at Cold Harbor, but returned to duty and continued \nthrough the war. \n\nAfter the war, he followed his trade of carpenter, residing in \nOakham, where he died August 19, 1870. \n\n\n\nWilliam Macomber. \n\nMustered in, August 2, 1862. \nMustered out, June 8, 1865. \n\nBorn in Oakham, June 10, 1847, son of John J. and Abigail (Packard) \nMacomber. \n\nWilliam Macomber learned the trade of carpenter from his \nfather and was working with him when he enlisted, at the age \nof fifteen. He was promoted to the rank of Corporal, and later \nwas made Sergeant. In the assault on\' the breastworks at \nPetersburg on the morning of January 17, 1864, the color \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 36TH MASS. INFANTRY 219 \n\nbearer of the regiment, Sergeant Stevens, was severely wounded ; \nSergeant Macomber seized the colors and bore them through \nthe action, and served as color bearer from that time till the \nclose of the war. \n\nAfter the war, he followed his trade in Paxton and Hudson. \n\nOctober 23, 1873, he was married to Clara J. Parker of \nPaxton, and had eight children, the first two bom in Paxton, \nthe others in Hudson: Arthur, September 27, 1874; Bertrand, \nSeptember 17, 1878; Clarence, July 16, i88t ; George, October \n10, 1883; Onata, August 26, 1885; Ralph, March 28, 1887; \nSadie, June 8, 1889 ; Paul, May 26, 1892. \n\nSergeant William Macomber died August 10, 1907, in Hudson. \n\nMajor Fairbank said of these two brothers : "Where the \ndanger was greatest, the Macombers were always pluckiest." \n\n\n\nLewis T. Pellett. \n\nMustered in, August 4, 1862. \nMustered out, January 8, 1865. \n\nBorn in Canterbury, Conn., May 25, 1834. He came to Oakham in \n1854, was employed as bootmaker for several years, and afterward in \nfarm work. \n\nWhen the 36th regiment was being recruited, he was living \non the Spooner place with Charles L. Haskell, and enlisted with \nhim in the same company and regiment, continuing in the service \nto the close of the war. \n\nAfter returning from the war, he lived in Oakham, and in \nCanterbury, Windham, and Scotland, Conn. \n\nIn August, 1854, he was married to Ruth E. Chamberlain, \nsister of Lieutenant Edward Chamberlain. She was born Octo- \nber 7, 1840, in Holden. They had two children : \n\nHannah E., born October 11, 1856, married George Dewey, \nhas two sons, and lives in Millbury, Mass. \n\nRuth E., born December 7, 1859, married Mr. Lee, and had \ntwo daughters. Mrs. Lee died in Worcester, Mass., May 29, \n1913- \n\n\n\n2 20 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nMrs. Ruth Pellett died in Oakham, December 7, 1859, and \nMr. Pellett was again married, in January, 1861, to Ellen E. \nDavis, sister of Mrs. Charles H. Trowbridge. They had nine \nchildren : \n\nCaroline T., born November 5, 1862, in Oakham, married \nGeorge Gordon and lives in Gardner, Mass. \n\nFrederick B., born October 15, 1866, in Canterbury, is married, \nhas two children, and lives in Scotland, Conn. \n\nHerbert O., born April 5, 1868, in Canterbury, lives in Scot- \nland, Conn. \n\nHenry L., born May 11, 1870, is married and lives in \nHerkimer, N. Y. \n\nBenjamin C, born October 26, 1871, in Scotland, lives in \nGardner, Mass. \n\nElonzo W., born August 15, 1874, in Scotland, lives in Plain- \nfield, Conn. \n\nLeonard W., born March 3, 1876, in Windham, died April 7, \n1876. \n\nLewis E., born October 15, 1878, in Windham, is married, has \nthree children, and lives in Gardner, Mass. He was a soldier in \nthe Spanish War. \n\nJoseph A., born September 12, 1879, in Windham, lives in \nFranklin, Conn. \n\nMrs. Pellett died in April, 1880, in Windham. \n\nMr. Lewis T. Pellett died in Windham, May 31, 1885. \n\nDaniel Rawson. \n\nMustered in, August 4, 1862. \nDied in the service. \n\nBorn in Oakham, May 27, 1824, son of Daniel and Clarissa (Fairbank) \nRawson. His father, Daniel Rawson, came to Oakham from North \nBrookfield between 1820 and 1823. He was the son of Levi Rawson, \nborn March 27, 1748, in Mendon, Mass., who married for his second \nwife Mrs. Nancy Fairbank, who became stepmother to Daniel Rawson \nand was own mother to his wife, Clarissa Fairbank. Clarissa Fairbank \nwas daughter of Laban and Nancy (Wheelock) Fairbank. Her father, \nLaban Fairbank, born in Dedham, October i, 1755, was son of Samuel \nFairbank, a Revolutionary soldier. \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 36TH MASS. INFANTRY 22 1 \n\nDaniel Rawson was a farmer living in Oakham, when at the \nage of thirty-eight he enlisted in the 36th regiment. He survived \nthe hardships of army life just one year, and died of disease, \nAugust 4, 1863, at Baltimore, Md. \n\nHe was married to Mrs. Rachel Whittemore and had four \nchildren, all born in Oakham: Clarissa E., July 25, 1856; Abbie \nMaria, November i, 1857; Annie F., September 7, 1859; Emily \nA., April 26, 1862. \n\nAfter Mr. Rawson\'s death, the family lived at the Belknap \nplace. \n\nBarzillai Miles Reed. \n\nMustered in, August 12, 1862. \nDied in the service. \n\nBorn in Oakham, January 10, 1834. His father was Lewis H. Reed, \nwho lived on the place now owned by George Morse. Lewis Reed was \nthe son of Silas Reed and brother of Rev. Andrew and Deacon Cheney \nReed. Comrade Reed\'s mother, Mary R. Miles, was daughter of Barzil- \nlai and Sarah (Reed) Miles of Rutland. \n\nBarzillai Miles Reed was living on the farm left by his father \nwhen, at the age of twenty-eight, he enlisted in Co. K, 36th \nMass. He received wounds in the action at Campbell\'s Station, \nNovember 16, 1863, from which he never recovered. When the \nregiment left Knoxville, he was detailed as nurse at the Court \nHouse Hospital, where he died, January 17, 1864. \n\nMay 13, 1858, he was married to Mary E. Foster of Barre, \nand had two children born in Oakham: William Leroy, October \n17, 1859; Susan Elizabeth, September 13, 1861. \n\nWilliam Leroy Reed was married, November 17, 1886, at \nWest Brookfield, Mass., to Jennie Louise Holt, and has one son, \nLeroy Kendall Reed, born September 21, 1887, at Worcester. \nLeroy Kendall Reed was married, October 10, 191 1, at Hartford, \nConn., to Rose Pauline Wollenhaupt of Rochester, N. Y. He \nis window dresser for the Jordan Marsh Company of Boston. \n\nSusan Elizabeth Reed was married at Providence, R. L, Sep- \ntember 2, 1886, to Herbert Carleton. They have had three chil- \n\n\n\n^^^ SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\ndren: Albert Sawyer Carleton, born July 21, 1887, at Worcester \ndied in the same city, July 30, 1903; Walter Herbert Carleton\' \nborn February 17, 1890, in Worcester; Lucy May Carleton\' \nborn April 30, 1894, in Leicester, Mass, married June 25 1913\' \nat Worcester, to Christian Charles Brenneman of Shippingport,\' \n\nMrs. Mary E. Reed lives in Worcester: address Bloomin^dale \nHospital. \n\nEdwin Charles Spooner. \n\nMustered in, July 30, 1862. \nDischarged, March 22, 1865. \n\nBorn January 5, 1824, in Oakham, son of Deacon Andrew and Sally \n(Adams) Spooner, and brother of Albert Spooner of the 25th Mass. and \not Andrew Spooner of the 51st Mass. \n\nEdwin C. Spooner, by occupation a farmer, enlisted at the age \nof thirty-eight. While he was in the war, his family lived on \nthe Charles Keith farm. After the close of the war, he lived \nthree years in New Braintree. In 1871 he returned to the Keith \nfarm, where he remained till 1880. In 1883 he purchased the \nStephen Lincoln farm on the old turnpike, and lived there till \nhis death. This farm is still owned by his descendants. \n\nApril II, 1848, he married Almira Ann Davis, daughter of \nSolomon Davis of New Braintree. They had five children, all \nborn in Oakham: Charles Andrew, February 23, 1849; Martha \nAnn, August 25, 1854; Olive Francena, June 15, 1856; Arthur \nBuss, October 3, i860; Frank Edwin, May 26, 1862, died April \n20, 1869. \n\nCharles A. Spooner was married to Sarah D. Wilder of \nGardner, November 27, 1872, and had three children: Eddie, \nbom November 22, 1873, died May 15, 1888; Fannie, born \nJanuary 22, 1877, married October 9, 1895, to Raynor Upham \nof Rutland, died February 18, 1897, leaving one child, Lillian, \nborn September 20, 1896; George, born January 28, 1881, \nmarried August 20, 1904, to Bessie Upham of Gardner. \n\n\n\n\n\nLIEUTENANT EDVVARIi CHAMBERLAIN \n36th Mass. Infantry \n\n\n\nCHARLES HAVNES STEARNS \n36th Mass. Infantry \n\n\n\n\n\nI5AR/.ILLAI MILES KEED \n36th Mass. Infantry \n\n\n\nLAllAN K. RA\\VS()N \n\n40th Mass. Infantry \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 36TH MASS. INFANTRY 223 \n\nMartha A. Spooner was married January i, 1874, to William \nO. Warren of Oakham, a woodworker and later a shoemaker. \nChildren: Ella M., born August 5, 1875, married W. Kenneth \nNichols June 4, 1902, and had one boy, Warren Nichols, born \nFebruary 21, 1904, died November 5, 1912 ; Ida M., born Decem- \nber II, 1876, died December 18, 1883; Frank E., born June \n14, 1879, died August 2, 1881 ; Eva F., born October 10, 1881, \ndied December 27, 1883; Florence B., born September 14, 1883; \nAlbion W., born September 30, 1885 ; Carrie M., born July 9, \n1887 ; Hazel O., born June 24, 1890. \n\nMrs. Almira Ann Spooner died in Oakham, April 30, 1900. \n\nMr. Edwin C. Spooner died in Oakham, March 25, 1904. \n\n\n\nCharles Haynes Stearns. \n\nMustered in, August 15, 1862. \nDied in the service. \n\nBorn March 28, 1836, in Oakham, son of Isaac Stearns. His mother \nwas Betsy Bent of Sudbury, who first married A. Josiah Stone of \nGrafton. They removed to Oakham, where Mr. Stone died October 13, \n1823. After his death, Mrs. Stone married Isaac Stearns, who was born \nin Waltham, January 19, 1786, and died in Oakham May 3, 1837. Isaac \nStearns was son of Jonathan and Mary Bigelow Stearns. \n\nCharles H. Stearns learned the trade of wheelwright with \nNahum P. Humphrey of Oakham, for whom he was working \nwhen he enlisted at the age of twenty-seven. He died of disease \nSeptember 15, 1863, at Crab Orchard, Ky. At the time of his \ndeath Major Fairbank wrote: "Stearns was a faithful, honest \nsoldier, always in his place and of good habits. He is as truly a \nmartyr to his country\'s cause as if he had been killed in battle." \n\nMay 12, 1858, he was married to Melancy Dennison Dean, \ndaughter of Elijah and Delotia (Eastman) Dean and sister of \nSeth and Daniel W. Dean, who influenced Stearns to enlist with \nthem in Co. K. Two children were born in Oakham: Emma \nMaria, September 22, 1859; Charles Daniel, January 4, 1863. \n\nMrs. Stearns and the children are now living in Pasadena, Cal. \n\n\n\n2 24 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nDaniel W. Dean. \n\nMustered in, August 8, 1862. \nDied in the service. \n\nBorn July 28, 1843, son of Elijah and Delotia (Eastman) Dean. \n\nHe enlisted at the age of nineteen, with his brother Seth \nDean, in the 36th regiment, for the town of New Braintree. \nBoth died during the first six months. Daniel, after an attack \nof measles, returned to the regiment, though really unfit for \nduty. On the march in November, 1862, he fell out by the \nwayside and was never heard from. \n\nSeth Dean. \n\nMustered in, August 8, 1862. \nDied in the service. \n\nBorn February 23, 1838, in Oakham, son of Elijah and Delotia (East- \nman) Dean. He vi^as the brother of Samuel Dean, and of Isaiah Dean \nof the 2ist Mass. \n\nSeth Dean enlisted for the town of New Braintree at the age \nof twenty-three, by occupation a farmer. \n\nHe died at Aqua Creek, Va., January 28, 1863. \n\nWilliam Ware. \n\nMustered in, August 7, 1862. \nMustered out, 1865. \n\nBorn in Oakham, March 28, 1828, son of James B. and Betsy (Capen) \nWare, and brother of Henry H. Ware of the 2Sth Mass. \n\nWilliam Ware enlisted at the age of thirty-four, for the town \nof Paxton, in Co. K, 36th Mass. He was transferred to the \nVeteran Reserve Corps, from which he was mustered out at \nthe close of the war. \n\nAfter his return he lived in Brookfield, where he was married \nto Miss Flagg of that town, by whom he had one daughter. \nMr. Ware died many years ago. \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 39TH MASS. INFANTRY 225 \n\n39th Mass. Infantry. \nAsahel Bullard. \n\nMustered in, July 13, 1863. \nMustered out, May 25, 1865. \n\nBorn in Oakham, March 13, 1831, son of Joel and Nancy (Dwight) \nBullard, and brother of William H. Bullard of the 25th Mass. \n\nAsahel Bullard was a farmer and lived with his brother, \nSanford Henry Bullard, on the Silas Bullard place. In the sum- \nmer of 1863 he entered the army, at the age of thirty-two, and \nwas assigned to Co. D, 39th Mass. He was taken prisoner and \nkept for many months in the Salisbury, Belle-isle, and Libby \nprisons. When released, he was so enfeebled by prison fare that \nhe was not expected to recover. \n\nAt the close of the war he returned to Oakham and lived on \nthe Silas Bullard farm for the remainder of his life. \n\nHe died in Oakham, of pneumonia, March 10, 1904. \n\n\n\nElijah C. Dean. \n\nMustered in, July 13, 1863. \nMustered out, May 25, 1865. \n\nBorn in Oakham, in the original Waterman house, near Wolf Meadow \ndam, son of John and Prudence (Eastman) Dean. His father was son \nof Elijah Dean, and brother of Elijah Dean, Jr. \n\nElijah C. Dean entered the service in the summer of 1863 \nand was assigned to Co. C, 39th Mass. This regiment joined \nthe Army of the Potomac in 1864, was active at the Wilderness, \nMay 4 to 6, was engaged at Spottsylvania, reached Petersburg \non the morning of June 17, took part in the movement to the \n.Weldon Railroad in August, and at Hatcher\'s Run in February, \n1865. \n\nAfter the war, Mr. Dean lived in Oakham till his death, which \noccurred December i, 1886. \n15 \n\n\n\n2 26 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n40th Mass. Infantry. \n\nLaban F. Rawson. \n\nMustered in, August 23, 1862. \nDied in the service. \n\nBorn in Oakham, April 3, 1829, son of Daniel and Clarissa (Fairbank) \nRawson, and brother of Daniel Rawson of the 36th Mass. \n\nLaban F. Rawson was a farmer living on the John Clark \nplace when he enlisted, at the age of thirty-two, in Co. A of \nthe 40th Mass. The 40th regiment was organized at Lynnfield \nin the summer of 1862, left the state September 8, and remained \non picket and guard duty in the vicinity of Washington during \nthe winter of 1862-63. It returned to Washington July 11, \njoined the Army of the Potomac in the pursuit of Lee\'s army \ninto Virginia, and was ordered August 6 to Folly Island, S. C, \nwhere Laban F. Rawson died, September 29, 1863. \n\nHe was married to Mary Bullen and had five children : Joseph ; \nHerbert; Emma; George H., born June 12, 1857; ^^^^ Frank. \n\n42d Mass. Infantry. \n\nSylvander Bothwell. \n\nMustered in, September 30, 1862. \nMustered out, August 20, 1863. \n\nBorn in Oakham, February 10, 1828, son of Cheney and Charlotte (Rock- \nwood) Bothwell, and great-grandson of Alexander Bothwell, one of the \nfirst ten settlers of Oakham, who served in several campaigns in the \nWar of the Revolution. Sylvander Bothwell was twin brother of Syl- \nvester Bothwell, who removed to Barre, and was for many years Deputy \nSheriff of Worcester County. \n\nSylvander Bothwell removed to North Brookfield when about \ntwenty-one years of age, and established a provision market. \nAugust 20, 1862, at the age of thirty-four, he enlisted in Co. F, \n42d Mass., and was appointed Corporal. The regiment was \nsent to New Orleans, and assigned to the Department of the \nGulf. \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 42D MASS. INFANTRY 227 \n\nAfter the war, he lived in North Brookfield and was honored \nwith the offices of Constable, Assessor, Overseer of the Poor, \nTax Collector, and Trial Justice, which office gave him the title \nof Judge. \n\nHe was married, (i) May 30, 1850, to Martha A. Mead of \nNorth Brookfield; (2) April 21, 1867, to Mrs. Lizzie J. Poland \nof North Brookfield. Children: Ernst S., born June 17, 1853, \nnow a resident of Augusta, \' Ga. ; Sylvester Rockwood, born \nDecember 30, 1869, died May 11, 1874. \n\nSylvander Bothwell died in North Brookfield, December 4, \n1901. \n\nJohn Flint Boyd. \n\nMustered in, July 22, 1862. \nMustered out, May 5, 1864. \n\nBom in Oakham, September 10, 1846, son of Isaac M. and Annis \n(Poland) Boyd. His father was son of Cheney and Susan (Flint) \nBoyd, and grandson of James Boyd, a Revolutionary soldier who lived \nin the southern part of the town, on the old South County Road, on \nthe farm now owned by W. H. Parkman. \n\nJohn F. Boyd enlisted for the town of North Brookfield, at \nthe age of eighteen, in Co. E, 42d Mass. After his discharge \nfrom the 42d, he reenlisted in Captain Potter\'s Co., 62d Mass. \n\nAfter returning from the war, he went to Omaha, and from \nthere to Texas, where he was a dealer in live stock until 1874. \nIn the latter part of this year he returned to Omaha and, in \n1880, became Superintendent of the South Omaha Stock Yards, \nwhich position he held till 1890, when he was elected Sheriflf \nof Douglas County. \n\nHe was married to Abbie F. Lovell, daughter of Jonathan \nLovell of Oakham, November 12, 1874, and had four children: \n\nLeon L., born July 7, 1877, at Omaha, married in 1904, now \na broker residing in Kansas City, Mo. \n\nMabel A., born September 12, 1879, in Omaha, married in \n1900 to Brainard Smith of North Brookfield, a stockbroker. \n\nLulu P., bom December 5, 1881, at Council Bluffs, married in \n1904 to Charles Canon, a manufacturer. \n\n\n\n2 28 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nBessie M., born June 13, 1883, at Council Bluffs, died May 26, \n\n1895- \n\nMr. John F. Boyd died at Omaha, January 26, 1892. \n\n\n\nNathaniel Newton Brooks. \n\nMustered in, September 30, 1862. \nMustered out, August 20, 1863. \n\nBorn November 27, 1828, in Worcester, Mass., son of Nathaniel and \nMary (Chadwick) Brooks. \n\nIn the summer of 1862 Nathaniel N. Brooks enlisted, at the \nage of twenty-three, from the city of Worcester, in Co. E of \nthe 42d Mass. and served with the regiment till August, 1863, \nwhen he was discharged at the expiration of his term of service. \n\nAfter his return from the army he continued his occupation \nof stone mason in Worcester, Holden and Oakham. He came to \nOakham in 1867, lived for a few years on the Dr. Spencer Field \nplace, and afterward for twenty years at the North Four Cor- \nners in the house built by Samuel Holden. April 2, 1897, he \npurchased of N. Wendell Packard the house in the village of \nOakham in which his son-in-law, Sibley Woodis, now resides. \n\nIn 1854 Mr. Brooks was married to Amy Ann Allen of \nGrafton, Mass. Children : \n\nMinnie Louise Brooks, born in Worcester, December 14, 1856, \nmarried August 30, 1880, to Sibley Field Woodis, son of Field \nand Sabra Wiswell (Sibley) Woodis. \n\nWilliam Nathaniel Brooks, born in Worcester, August 7, 1858, \nmarried April 11, 1886, to Evelyn N. Pinney of Glastonbury, \nConn. Children : Carlos Nathaniel, born in Worcester, January \n5, 1888, died in Scranton, Penn., October 5, 1903 ; Allan Grant \nand Ralph Pinney, twins, born July 4, 1890, died in Worcester, \nAllan, August 2, and Ralph, August 7, 1890. Mrs. Evelyn \nBrooks died in Scranton February 7, 1903, and Mr. Brooks was \nagain married, March 7, 1906, to Josephyne Wells Courtright \nof Wilkes-Barre, Penn. Children : Nathaniel Courtright, born \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 42D MASS. INFANTRY 229 \n\nin Wilkes-Barre, January 9, 1908; Clararuth, born in Scranton, \nApril 3, 1909. \n\nJennie Allen Brooks, bom in Oakham, January 30, 1861, died \nin Oakham October 16, 1880. \n\nMrs. Nathaniel N. Brooks died in Oakham, May 17, 1890, \naged fifty-four years. \n\nMr. Brooks died in Oakham, June 25, 1897, aged sixty-nine \nyears. \n\n\n\nJoseph Sylvester Bruce. \n\nMustered in, November I, 1862. \n\nMustered out, August 20, 1863. \n\nAddress, Barre, Mass. \n\nBorn October 15, 1841, in Petersham, Mass., son of Joseph F. and \nAbigail (Richmond) Bruce. \n\nJoseph S. Bruce enlisted from the town of Barre, in the late \nsummer of 1862, at the age of twenty-one, by occupation a \nblacksmith, in Co. K, 42d Mass., and served till September, 1863. \n\nSince his return from the war, he has followed his occupation \nin Hubbardston from 1867 to 1872, in Oakham from 1872 to \n1885, and since 1885 in Barre. \n\nJanuary 14, 1864, he was married in Barre to Hannah Jane \nChamberlin, youngest daughter of Lyman and Celia (Williams) \nChamberlin. Children : \n\nHarry Sylvester Bruce, born September 5, 1865, married June \n26, 1901, to Sophronia Kimball. They had one child who died \nin infancy. Harry S. Bruce is a teacher of manual training, \nand resides in Barre. \n\nWalter Jay Bruce, born in Hubbardston, August 23, 1868, \nmarried July 27, 1902, to Mary Burnett. They have had three \nchildren, all born in Oakham : Joseph S., in 1902, died same year ; \nDoris Bruce, April 11, 1903; Joseph Walter, January 25, 1906. \n\nEdith May Bruce, born in Hubbardston, July 31, 1872. \n\nBessie Louise Bruce, born in Oakham, March 28, 1876, married \nMay 16, 1895, to Clarence A. Stone, who died November 28, 1906. \n\n\n\n230 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nCharles S. Knight. \n\nMustered in, September 30, 1862. \nDischarged, November 26, 1862. \n\nName changed from Joshua Lawrence Knight. Bom in Oakham, \nOctober 11, 1818, son of Silas and Abiah E. (Richmond) Knight, and \nbrother of Hiram Knight of North Brookfield. His father, Silas \nKnight, was grandson of Silas Knight, who was born in Sudbury, May \n5, 1757, and who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. \n\nCharles S. Knight began his career as a school-teacher in the \nwinter of 1839-40, with forty-eight pupils, in the West Center \nDistrict in Oakham, and continued to teach for several years \nin this and other towns, removing to Leicester in 1844, where \nhe was installed as Principal of the first High School started \nin Leicester township. Later he was in business in Leicester \nfor a number of years as a manufacturer of carriages. He \nserved the town of Leicester as Constable, Assessor, Collector, \nTreasurer, member of the School Committee, and Selectman. \nIn 1862, at the age of forty-four, he enlisted in the 42d Mass., \nbut was physically unable to endure the hardships of camp life \nand was discharged at the end of a month. \n\nAfter the war, he was in business in New York City till 1875. \nHe was Warden of the North Brookfield Town Farm till 1882, \nwhen he bought a farm in North Brookfield, on which he lived \ntill his death, September 11, 1893. \n\nHe was married, (i) May 21, 1846, to Anna S. Howard of \nLeicester, who died February 19, 1856; (2) November 16, i860, \nto Louesa A. Edwards of Leicester. Children: \n\nCharles A. H., born in Leicester January 17, 1849, died Sep- \ntember 25, 1849. \n\nRuth W., born in Leicester February 7, 1851, died in Wor- \ncester, April, 1897. \n\nFred, born in Leicester September 23, 1853, married Septem- \nber 20, 1880, to Abbie E. Chase of Worcester, now connected \nwith the Worcester Mutual Fire Insurance Company. \n\nFrank, born in Leicester February 3, 1856, died April 11, 1856. \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 42D MASS. INFANTRY 23 1 \n\nCora B., born in Leicester August 4, 1864, now Mrs. Parkman \nT. Denny of Leicester. \n\nJames Arthur, born in Leicester October 9, 1867, died in North \nBrookfield March 30, 1883. \n\nCharles Lester, born December 20, 1869, in Leicester, married \nin April, 1896, to Ina L Richardson of North Brookfield, now \na carpenter in Fairfield, Conn. \n\nLouesa May, born in New York December 22, 187 1, died \nthere July 8, 1875. \n\nJennie L., born in North Brookfield March i, 1878, Librarian \nof the Levi Heywood Memorial Library of Gardner, Mass., till \nher death, December 3, 1912. \n\nCharles E. Warren. \n\nDied in the service. \n\nSon of Eber H. and Miriam (Gibbs) Warren, and brother of Corporal \nJonathan G. Warren of the 25th Mass., was born in Oakham, December \n2, 1846. \n\nWhile living in Hardwick on a farm, he enlisted, at the age \nof eighteen, in the 42d regiment. *Soon after going South, he \nwas poisoned while on a foraging expedition. He was sent \nhome, and died in Oakham, November 28, 1864, at the home \nof his sister, Mrs. Joseph Blake. \n\n44th Mass. Infantry. \nJohn Adams. \n\nMustered in, September 12. 1862. \n\nDischarged, June 18, 1863. \n\nReenlisted, April 6, 1864. \n\nMustered out, July 30, 1865. \n\nBorn in Oakham, April 4, 1827, son of Dr. Charles and Sarah (McAl- \nlister) Adams. Dr. Charles Adams was born in Brookfield, February \n13, 1782, and was a descendant in the sixth generation of Henry Adams \nwho came from England to America about 1630 and settled in what \nis now Quincy. He was educated at Leicester Academy and studied \nmedicine with Dr. Asa Walker of Barre. Dr. Adams settled, as a \n\n\n\n232 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nphysician, in Antrim, N. H., in 1807. On the death of Dr. Seth Fobes \nin 1816, he removed to Oakljam, where he continued in practice till his \ndeath, March 6, 1875. John Adams was brother of Charles Adams, \nTreasurer of the State of Massachusetts. His sister Charlotte, born in \nAntrim May 21, 1813, married John F. Howard of Boston, November i, \n1835, and was the mother of Charles F. Howard of Co. H, 2Sth Mass. \n\nJohn Adams was a bookkeeper for the North Brookfield firm \nof T. & E. Batcheller, at their sales room in Boston, when he \nenlisted for the term of nine months, from Winchester, Mass., \nin Co. G, 44th Regiment. This regiment was sent to Newbern, \nN. C, and took part in the expedition to Goldsboro in December, \n1862. \n\nAfter his discharge from the 44th, he enlisted again from \nOakham in Co. K, 57th Mass. Perhaps no regiment suffered \nmore than did the 57th between April, 1864, and July, 1865. \nThey went through the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania \nCourthouse, North Anna, Cold Harbor, and the first and second \nbattles of Petersburg. The regiment met with terrible destruc- \ntion in the crater at Petersburg, July 30, when four thousand \nUnion soldiers were sacrificed through the incapacity and \ncowardice of the division commanders. \n\nAfter the war, John Adams took up again his old occupation \nof bookkeeper with the Batchellers. Later he was with the woolen \ncompany at Dennyville (now South Barre), and for several \nyears with the Lakeville Woolen Company at West Rutland, \nwhere he died, November 28, 1889. \n\nHe was married, October 14, i860, to Marietta Pierce of \nBoston. \n\n46th Mass. Infantry. \n\nPay son Brainerd Humphrey. \n\nMustered in, September 25, 1862. \n\nMustered out, July 29, 1863. \n\nAddress, City Hospital, Springfield. Mass. \n\nBorn in Oakham, ]\\Iay 19, 1841, son of Nahum P. and Mariah Louise \n(Martin) Humphrey. His father, born in Littleton March i, 1810, a \ncarriage manufacturer in Oakham for twenty-five years, was a member \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 46TH MASS. INFANTRY 233 \n\nof the Congregational Church and a prominent citizen. He was Postmas- \nter under President Lincoln, Selectman in 1848 and 1850, and represented \nOakham in the Massachusetts Legislature in 1856. In 1864 he removed \nto Springfield, where he was in the employ of the Boston and Albany \nRailroad. He died March 6, 1908, at the age of ninety-eight years. \n\nPayson B. Humphrey went to Springfield in 1857 and became \na salesman in the house of D. H. Brigham & Company, and had \nthe reputation of being" one of the best salesmen in the city. \nHe enlisted in Springfield, September 25, 1862, in Co. A, 46th \nMass. This regiment was ordered to Newbern, N. C, and took \npart in the Goldsboro expedition in December, 1862. It was sent \nto Fortress Monroe June 24, and after doing guard duty at \nBaltimore, joined the Army of the Potomac and moved with \nit into Virginia. \n\nAfter leaving the army, Mr. Humphrey continued as a clothing \nsalesman with D. H. Brigham & Company in Springfield. \n\nHe was married to Mrs. Orpha Fiske about 1869, and still \nresides in Springfield. \n\n\n\nJoseph Joslyn. \n\nMustered in, September 25, 1862. \nMustered out, July 29, 1863. \n\nBorn April 13, 1839, at Perkins, Ohio. His father, James Joslyn, son \nof Joseph and Nabby Joslyn, was born in New Braintree, November i, \n1803. He went to Bethany, N. Y., and later to Perkins, Ohio, from which \nplace he came to Oakham in 1840 and lived on the Joseph Chaddock \nplace till 1852, when he went to California. He died in Springfield, \nMass., in 1880. Capt. Joseph Joslyn, the father of James, was born in \nLancaster, July 4, 1776, and died in 1814, in Pelham, Mass. \n\nJoseph Joslyn went from Oakham to Springfield with his \nmother and brother Charles in 1854, and was employed as a \nbookkeeper in the business house of Tinkham & Company. In \n1858 he came to Oakham and gave the young men of the town \ntheir first instruction in gymnastics. This resulted in improved \nphysical development for many of them. He enlisted September \n25, 1862, in Co. A, 46th Mass. \n\n\n\n2 34 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nAfter leaving the army, he returned to his former occupation \nof bookkeeper in Springfield, Mass. November 12, 1863, he \nwas married to Orianna P. Humphrey, daughter of Nahum P. \nHumphrey and sister of Payson B. Humphrey of Oakham, his \ntent-mate in the army. They had three children, born in \nSpringfield : \n\nPayson H., born November 24, 1864, died August 9, 1894. \n\nGeorge B., born May 19, 1866, married October 30, 1895, \nto Sophie Stebbins. Address, 60 Garfield Street, Springfield, \nMass. \n\nMarshall, born December 19, 1870, died of meningitis, Sep- \ntember 10, 19 10, in Yokohama, Japan, where he was manager \nfor the plant of the American Graphophone Record Company. \n\nJoseph Joslyn went west about 1872, and died in Loudon, \nTenn., September 22, 1890. \n\n\n\n51st Mass. Infantry. \n\nThe 51st regiment, recruited in Worcester County in the \nsummer and autumn of 1862, was mustered into service Sep- \ntember 25 to November 11, left the state November 25, under \ncommand of Colonel A. B. R. Sprague, arrived at Beaufort \nNovember 30, moved to Newbern, and was assigned to Colonel \nAmory\'s Brigade. It took part in the expedition to Goldsboro \nin the early part of December. Companies B and F were detached \nfrom January 5 to February 15 for picket duty on the Neuse \nRoad, three miles above Fort Totten. The regiment served \nfrom March 3 to May 4 on garrison duty along the line of \nthe railroad from the Trent River to the Seaboard. Companies \nE and F were located at Beaufort, N. C, and had quarters in \nthe Front Street House. The regiment returned to Newbern \nMay 4, and on June 24 it was ordered to Fortress Monroe. \nVolunteering for further service after its term of enlistment had \nexpired, it was sent to Baltimore, joined the Army of the \nPotomac near Hagerstown, and took part in the pursuit of \nGeneral Lee\'s army into Virginia. \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 5 1 ST MASS. INFANTRY 235 \n\nWilder E. Dean. \n\nMustered in, October 14, 1862. \n\nMustered out, July 27, 1863. \n\nAddress, North Brookfield, Mass. \n\nBorn August 14, 1841, son of Elijah, Jr., and Mary M. (Goodale) \nDean. He was by occupation a farmer, and enlisted at the age of \ntwenty-one. \n\nSince his return from the war, he has resided in North Brook- \nfield. For ten years he was in the meat business, and has since \nbeen a carpenter and builder. He held the office of Constable \nthirty-two years, is a member of Post 51, G. A. R., and has \nbeen Commander three years ; is also a member of Woodbine \nLodge 180, I. O. O. F., and is Vice Grand. \n\nDecember 24, 1871, he was married to Lucella L. Woodis, \nand has had two children : \n\nGeorge A., born June 29, 1872; married October 10, 1901, \nto Florence A. Gilbert of North Brookfield. He is First Assist- \nant Manager in the main office of the American Express Co. \nat Springfield, Mass., and resides at 106 Washington Road, \nForest Park. \n\nDavid W., born January 12, 1877; died March 26, 1902, in \nNorth Carolina, where he had gone with his father and mother \nfor his health. \n\nEdwin Sprague Gould. \n\nMustered in, October 14, 1862. \n\nMustered out, July 27, 1863. \n\nReenlisted, July 15, 1864. \n\nDischarged, November 27, 1864. \n\nAddress, 226 Pine St., Providence, R. I. \n\nBorn in New Braintree, Mass., February 20, 1844, the youngest of \neight children of Rufus and Mary (Henry) Gould, and brother of John \nWilliams Gould of the 25th Mass. \n\nEdwin S. Gould left Williston Seminary, where he had gone \nin 1861 with his brother John and a companion, L. D. Wood, \nand enlisted in Co. F, 51st Mass., at the age of nineteen. On \nDecember 11, 1862, while on the Goldsboro expedition, he had \n\n\n\n236 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\na severe sunstroke, from which he has never fully recovered. \nHe was discharged at the expiration of his term of service. \nIn the summer of 1864, he enlisted again, in Co. F, 60th Mass., \nand was made Corporal. \n\nAfter returning from his second enlistment in the fall of 1864, \nhe resumed his studies at Phillips Academy, Andover, but in 1865 \ngave up further study in preparation for college by the advice \nof his oculist. He did newspaper work on the Hartford Courant \nand Post, and on the Worcester Gazette and Advertiser, for \nabout four years, when he entered the Hartford Theological \nSeminary, from which he was graduated in 1872. He was \nordained and installed as pastor of the Richmond Street Free \nCongregational Church in Providence, R. I., October i, 1873. \nSubsequently he preached at West Brookfield for nearly five \nyears, and was called from the church there to what is now the \nHumphrey Street Congregational Church in New Haven, Conn., \nbut decided not to accept the call. \n\nIn July, 1883, he suffered severely from a railroad accident \nin New York, and since that misfortune has not felt equal to \nthe full work of a pastor, but preached at Woonsocket, R. I., \nfrom 1886 to 1889, and at Athol, Mass., from 1890 to 1896. \nHe was for many years Department Chaplain of the Rhode \nIsland G. A. R., and visited and addressed nearly all the Posts \nin the state. \n\nHe was married, October 20, 1875, ^^ Phebe S. Gladding, \na teacher in one of the Providence schools. She died September \n2, 1899, at Danielson, Conn., where Mr. and Mrs. Gould had \nspent much of their time when on vacation. \n\n\n\nJames Packard Macomber. \n\nMustered in, October 14, 1862. \nDied in the army. \n\nBom in Oakham, August 26, 1843, son of John J. and Abigail (Pack- \nard) Macomber. \n\nJames Macomber enlisted at the age of nineteen. He died of \ncongestive chills at Newbem, January 17, 1863. The company \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 5IST MASS. INFANTRY 237 \n\nwas at Camp Sprague, a small log-house camp on the Neuse \nRoad, three miles above Fort Totten, where Cos. F and B were \nstationed on picket duty. On the afternoon of Thursday, Jan- \nuary 15, he was taken suddenly ill, and on Friday he was \nremoved to the Stanley General Hospital at Newbern, where \nhe died on the following day. He was the first man in Co. F \nto die in the service, and his sudden death from disease, when \nhe had been apparently in perfect health, made an impression \non the company that was not soon forgotten. \n\nWhen there was need of more men, James Macomber fol- \nlowed his four brothers and enlisted. Like them, he was a good \nsoldier, brave, prompt, faithful, never absent from duty, glad \nalways to do more than his share. \n\n\n\nWilliam Henry Maynard. \n\nMustered in, October 14, 1862. . \nMustered out, July 27, 1863. \n\nBorn in Oakham April 28, 1843, son of Artemas and Caroline Maria \n(Taylor) Maynard. His father was grandson of Francis Maynard, a \ntailor who came to Oakham from Rutland before 1777 and purchased the \nfarm which has continued to be the home of the Maynard family till \nthe present day. His mother was daughter of Roswell and Isabella (Ham- \nmond) Taylor, and was born in Spencer, Mass. After her mother\'s \ndeath, she lived with her aunt, Mrs. Aurelia (Hammond) Maynard (wife \nof Ezra Maj\'nard), in a house on the old Turnpike, a little east of the \nschoolhouse. \n\nWilliam Henry Maynard was working with his father on the \nfarm at the time of his enlistment, at the age of nineteen. In \nthe spring following his return from the army, he went to \nWorcester and was employed for a time in a grocery store. In \n1867 he began work with Burbank & Howland. Three years \nlater he and Gough bought out Howland, and the business was \ncontinued under the name of A. L. Burbank & Co., till 1872, \nwhen Burbank withdrew and the firm of Maynard, Gough & \nCo. was formed. They were printers and blank book makers, \nand their specialty was hotel registers. After Mr. Maynard\'s \n\n\n\n238 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\ndeath the business was incorporated under the name of the \nMaynard-Gough Company. \n\nHe was married January 16, 1889, to Dora Melinda Perham \nof Worcester, and had two children, both of whom died young: \nMarion, born May 25, 1890, died February 20, 1896; William \nHenry, born August 3, 1891, died December 25, 1891. \n\nMr. Maynard died of pneumonia. May 26, 1891. He was \nnoted for his kindness and liberality toward the men in his \nemploy. One day a workman came to him and asked to have \na costly accident for which he was responsible charged to his \naccount and the loss taken from his wages. Mr. Maynard \nreplied : "You are a poor man, and have only what you earn \nby hard work. You are honest and faithful ; we all make \nmistakes. Not a cent will be taken from your wages for this \naccident." \n\n\n\nGeorge Marshall Ross. \n\nMustered in, October 14, 1862. \n\nMustered out, July 27, 1863. \n\nAddress, Coldbrook Springs, Mass. \n\nBorn April 9, 1840, in Oakham. His father, David Sumner Ross, was \noorn in West Brookfield, October 3, 1808, son of Ansel and Hannah \n(Crowell) Ross, and grandson of John Ross, a Revolutionary soldier. \nThe Ross family lived in West Brookfield for several generations, and \nwere among the early settlers of the town. David S. Ross came to Oak- \nham from Ware about 1837. He was Overseer of the Poor and Assessor \nfor many years, Selectman for seven years, represented the town in the \nLegislature in the years 1854 and 1855, and was delegate from Oakham \nto the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention in 1853. The mother of \nGeorge M. Ross was Ann (Packard) Ross, daughter of Parley Packard, \nand granddaughter of Nehemiah Packard, a Revolutionary soldier who \nserved in the army that besieged Boston in 1777, and in the Northern \nArmy under General Gates in the same year. \n\nGeorge M. Ross, a farmer by occupation, enlisted at the age \nof twenty-two. After the war he lived for a year each in Ware \nand Hardwick, spent a year in the west in Nebraska and Colo- \nrado, and returned to Oakham in 1867. He went to Warren \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 5IST MASS. INFANTRY 239 \n\nthe following year, and in 1875 removed to Barre and purchased \nthe Broad Farm, near Coldbrook, on which he still resides. \n\nHe was married June 7, 1871, to Eliza J. Skipper of Warren, \nand has four children : Frank Eugene, born September 14, 1872 ; \nMary Anna, born December 11, 1875; Elsie Louise, born March \nII, 1878; Jennie Eliza, born August 24, 1880. \n\nFrank Eugene was graduated in 1896 from the School of \nTechnology in Worcester and is now with the Gilro Machine \nCompany, Oakland, Cal. \n\nMary Anna and Elsie Louise were graduated from Becker\'s \nBusiness College in 1900. Mary Anna was married October 26, \n1904, to Charles C. Camber of Revere, Mass., and has three \nchildren : Grace Elizabeth, born May 20, 1907 ; Stephen Ross, \nbom February 4, 1909; Ruth Weston, born August 18, 19 10, \n\nJennie Eliza was graduated from Burdett\'s Business College \nin 1908, and is living with her brother Frank in Oakland. \n\n\n\nLevander D. Sargeant. \n\nMustered in, October 14, 1862. \n\nMustered out, July 27, 1863. \n\nAddress, North Brookfield, Mass. \n\nBorn in Franklin, Mass., February 18, 1844, son of Charles A. and \nSusan (Brown) Sargeant, and brother of Edward J. Sargeant of the \n2Sth Mass., also of James Sargeant of Oakham, and S. M. Sargeant of \nWorcester. Charles A. Sargeant was son of Asa S. Sargeant of Franklin. \n\nWhen the war began, Levander D. Sargeant was working as \na shoemaker with his father in Oakham. He enlisted at the \nage of eighteen. \n\nAfter his return, he worked at his trade in Oakham till he \nbecame of age, and later located in North Brookfield, where \nhe was a machine operator in the Batcheller shoe factory. \n\nHe was married October 29, 1874, to Carrie R. Harrington, \ndaughter of Warren and Mary Ann (Gault) Harrington of \nOakham. \n\n\n\n240 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nHiram P. Shedd. \n\nMustered in, October 14, 1862. \n\nMustered out, July 27, 1863. \n\nAddress, 514 W. 24th St., Cedar Falls, la. \n\nBorn in Oakham, August 8, 1842. His father, Israel Proctor Shedd, \nwas born April i, 1812, in Springfield, Vt., and died September 26, 1879, \nin Oakham. He was a member of the Methodist Church and a prominent \ncitizen. He was married April 2, 1839, to Mary Hoar, who was born \nAugust 15, 181S, in Templeton, Mass., and died September 29, 1876, in \nOakham. \n\nHiram P. Shedd was working on his father\'s farm when \nhe enlisted, at the age of twenty. Soon after returning from \nthe war, he removed to North Brookfield. In the early part \nof 1871, he went west and settled in Marion, Iowa, which had \nbeen, for several years, the home of Ames Fobes. Two years \nlater he removed to Cherokee, Iowa. \n\nHe was married May 6, 1868, to Lydia Alvira Barr of North \nBrookfield, who was born July 3, 1849. ^y this marriage there \nwere three children: Ada Maria, born August 9, 1870, in North \nBrookfield; Walter Edward, born January 22, 1872, in Marion; \nArthur Lyman, born October 25, 1873, in Cherokee. \n\nMrs. Lydia Shedd died November 25, 1879, in Cherokee, \nand on December 26, 1883, he was again married to Lizzie \nJane Pendleton of Cherokee, who was born March 10, 1856. \nBy this marriage there were four children, all born in Cherokee : \nEdith Mary, September 20, 1884; Amy Belle, June 28, 1886; \nHarry Proctor, October 24, 1893 ; Jesse Edwin, April 2, 1895. \n\nAda Maria married October 20, 1892, John A. Pendleton of \nCherokee, brother of her stepmother, and has seven children, \nall born in Cherokee: Charles Hiram, October 2, 1893; Mary \nBelle, August 29, 1895; Ray Arthur, July 9, 1897; Rena Jane, \nFebruary 9, 1899; Rex Walter, October 23, 1900; Helen \nElizabeth, April 16, 1902; and another son, February 12, 1908. \n\nWalter Edward married June A. Linthurst of Loveland, Colo., \nOctober 6, 1908. A child, Walter Linthurst, was born October \n6, 1909. \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 5 1 ST MASS. INFANTRY 24I \n\nArthur Lyman was married in Cherokee to Emma Pendleton, \nsister of his stepmother. \n\n\n\nAndrew Spooner. \n\nMustered in, October 14, 1862. \nMustered out, July 27, 1863. \n\nBorn October 22, 1817, in Oakham, son of Deacon Andrew and Sally \n(Adams) Spooner. \n\n* Andrew Spooner was by occupation a farmer, and enlisted \nat the age of forty-four. After the war he returned to Oakham \nand followed farming for the remainder of his life. He served \nthe town as Overseer of the Poor, Assessor, and member of the \nSchool Committee. \n\nHe was married in Paxton, September lo, 1844, to Mary \nBrown of Leicester, by whom he had four children: Marion \nFrances, born May 27, 1846, in West Brookfield; Mary Ella, \nborn October 14, 1851 ; Hattie Ann, born June 3, 1855; Lucien \nBrown, born January 11, 1857; the last three in Oakham. \n\nMrs. Mary B. Spooner died December 17, 1857, and he was \nagain married to Eliza Dean, daughter of Dr. John and Nancy \n(Parks) Dean, December 14, 1864, and had one child: Lilla \nBell, born September 4, 1868. \n\nMarion Frances was married to Charles Dayton, June 10, \n1872. Mr. Dayton died February 28, 1883, and she was again \nmarried. May 19, 1900, to Charles A. Ware of the 6th Unattached \nMass. Vol. Militia. \n\nMary Ella began to teach in the schools of Oakham when \nfifteen years of age; entered Mount Holyoke College in Sep- \ntember, 1868; was made instructor in that institution in 1872, \nwhere she continued for twelve years; taught in Oahu College, \nHonolulu, for seven years; studied in the University of Cali- \nfornia, and received from that institution in 1893 the degree \nof Bachelor of Letters. On June 26, 1894, she was married \nto Julius Waverly Brown of Leicester, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. \nBrown taught five years in New Hampshire, and several years \n16 \n\n\n\n242 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\namong the colored people of Virginia, and in the highlands of \nKentucky. They now reside in Springfield, Mass. \n\nHattie Ann married Emory B. F. Draper of Leicester, in \nNovember, 1880. Children: Mary Anna, born February 26, \n1882, married June 15, 191 1, Fred Lester Tucker; Ella Jane, \nborn November 20, 1884, graduated from Mount Holyoke Col- \nlege in 1907, missionary under the Baptist Board at Nellore, \nIndia, sailed September 21, 1910; Arthur Daniel, born November \nI, 1886, graduated from Brown University as Bachelor of Arts \nin 1909, and resides in Worcester; Walter Emory, born in 1888, \neducated at Worcester Academy and Cornell University. \n\nLucien Brown married Flora Blake of Worcester, October, \n1880, and has six children: Winifred Grace, born July 26, 1881 ; \nBertha Miller, born August 9, 1883 ; Mabel Louise, born August \n3, 1886; Francis Albert, born October 21, 1888; Wilfred Blake, \nborn April 12, 1897; Mary Brown, born March 31, 1899. \n\nLilla Bell studied at Northfield Seminary and taught in the \npublic schools of Oakham. She was married August 24, 1893, \nto Walter M. Robinson, son of John and Ruth Hathaway \n(Egery) Robinson, and has three children, born in Oakham: \nSylvia May Daphene, September 4, 1894, student at Northfield \nSeminary; John, November 21, 1895, member of the Senior \nclass in the North Brookfield High School; Hazel Dorothy, \nJuly 8, 1897, student at Northfield Seminary. \n\nAndrew Spooner died February 10, 1879, in Oakham. \n\n\n\nHenry Parks Wright. \n\nMustered in, October 14, 1862. \n\nMustered out, July 27, 1863. \n\nAddress, 128 York St., New Haven, Conn. \n\nBorn in Winchester, N. H., November 30, 1839, son of Parks and \nRelief Willard (Woolley) Wright. His father, Parks Wright, was \ndescended from Deacon Samuel Wright, who was in Springfield in 1639. \nHis mother was daughter of Dr. David Woolley, of Hinsdale, N. H., a \nRevolutionary soldier, and was granddaughter of Capt. John Crawford, \nof Oakham, also a Revohitionary soldier. \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 5 1 ST MASS. INFANTRY 243 \n\nAfter the death of his father and mother, Henry P. Wright \ncame, in January, 1846, with his grandmother, Mrs. Hannah \n(Crawford) Woolley, to Oakham. He was for several years \na teacher in the district and select schools of Oakham, and \ntwenty-four of the soldiers in the Civil War had been his pupils. \nWhen the war began, he was a student in Phillips Academy, at \nAndover. At the end of Middle year, he left the Academy \nand enlisted. On November 4, 1862, he was appointed Sergeant. \nHe was clerk of Co. F, and served as Assistant Quartermaster \nto the detachment when the company was on picket duty with \nCo. B on the Neuse Road, three miles above Fort Totten, near \nNewbern, N. C, and when on provost duty with Co. E at \nBeaufort, N. C. \n\nAfter returning home, he taught in Oakham during the fall \nand winter, finished his preparation for college under Rev. \nF. N. Peloubet (then settled over the Congregational Church in \nOakham), entered Yale College in September, 1864, and was \ngraduated as Bachelor of Arts in the Class of 1868. After \nteaching one year in the Chickering Institute in Cincinnati, he \nwas appointed Tutor in Yale College and continued a member of \nthe Yale Faculty for forty years. He was made Assistant Pro- \nfessor of Latin, in 1871, and Professor, in 1876. In 1884 he \nwas appointed Dean of Yale College by President Porter, and \nserved in that capacity for twenty-five years. He received the \ndegree of Ph.D. at Yale in 1876, and the honorary degree of \nLL.D. from Union in 1895. \n\nMr. Wright is a Trustee of the Connecticut College for \nWomen at New London, and of the Hopkins Grammar School \nat New Haven, and is a member of the Committee on the Civil \nWar Memorial to be erected at Yale. \n\nHe was married, July 7, 1874, to Martha Elizabeth Burt, \ndaughter of Alfred E. Burt of Oakham, and has had four chil- \ndren: Alice Lincoln, born July 13, 1875, in Oakham; Henry \nBurt, born January 29, 1877, in New Haven; Alfred Parks, \nborn January 5, 1880, in New Haven; Ellsworth, born August \n22, 1884, in Oakham. \n\n\n\n244 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nAlice received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Wellesley \nCollege in 1897, and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from \nYale in 1901. She is a teacher of English in the State Normal \nSchool in New Haven. \n\nHenry was graduated as Bachelor of Arts from Yale in 1898, \nreceived the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1903, and is now \nAssistant Professor of History in Yale College. July 24, 1907, \nhe was married to Josephine Lemira Hayward, daughter of \nDr. Joseph Warren Hayward of Taunton, Mass. \n\nAlfred received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Yale \nin 1901. He died in New Haven May 20, 1901. \n\nSabin Aldis Morse. \n\nMustered in, October 14, 1862. \nMustered out, July 27, 1863. \n\nBorn in Oakham, August 18, 1827, son of Eliakim and Lucinda (Pond) \nMorse, and a descendant in the seventh generation from Samuel Morse, \nwho came to New England in 1635, and settled in Dedham in 1637. \nEliakim Morse, who wa\xc2\xa7 born in Franklin, October 8, 1780, and died in \nOakham, March 28, 1872, was son of Moses Morse, who was born June \n17. 1739. in Walpole and died April 3, 1790, in Franklin. Lucinda Pond, \nborn July 5, 1787, was daughter of Eli Pond of Franklin, who was born \nFebruary 19, 1742, married Huldah Hill of Medway, and died May \n20, 1802. Eliakim Morse removed from Frankhn to West Springfield \nabout 1810 and came to Oakham in 1816. He was a manufacturer of \nhousehold furniture, and owned a small farm about three-quarters of \na mile south of the center village. For several years he used as a fur- \nniture shop and store a part of the house now owned by Frank S. Conant. \n\nSabin A. Morse went to Worcester soon after he was twenty- \none, and became a salesman in the house of John D. Chollar. \nIn September, 1862, he enlisted, from the city of Worcester, \nwith the Oakham men in Co. F, 51st Mass., and was with the \nregiment till it was mustered out. \n\nAfter the war he continued in business in Worcester. He \nwas married April 8, 185 1, to Orra W. Edison of Bridgewater, \nMass., and had one son, Herbert S. Morse. \n\nSabin A. Morse died in Worcester, October 15, 1887. \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 52D MASS. INFANTRY 245 \n\n52d Mass. Infantry. \nWilder Fairbank Haskell. \n\nMustered in, October 11, 1862. \nMustered out, August 14, 1863. \n\nBorn in Oakham, August 18, 1828. His father, Thomas Haskell, born \nFebruary 2, 1796, in North Brookfield, was brother of Nelson Haskell, \nand son of Simeon. Thomas married, April 2, 1821, Maria Pepper, \nsister of Mrs. Nelson Haskell, and daughter of John Pepper of Ware. \n\nWilder F. Haskell went in 1842 from Oakham to South Had- \nley, where he was living on a farm when the war broke out. \nHe enlisted August 14, 1862, in Co. H, 52d Mass., and was \nappointed Sergeant. After the war he resided in South Hadley \nand was a millwright. \n\nJuly 13, 1856, he was married to Elizabeth A. Crowell, at \nBarnard, Vt., and had three children: Clarence Crowell, born \nJuly 26, 1858; Edith Lucy, born July i, i860; Harry Wilder, \nborn July 14, 1867. \n\nWilder F. Haskell died at South Hadley, December 24, 1894. \n\nEdwin Newton Hunt. \n\nMustered in, October 11, 1862. \nMustered out, August 14, 1863. \n\nBorn in Lee, Mass., December 14, 1835, son of Orsamus and Laura \nHunt. \n\nHe enlisted in the summer of 1862 from Granby, Mass., in \nCo. H, 52d Mass. The regiment reached Baton Rouge, Decem- \nber 17, where it\' was encamped till March, took part in the move- \nment to Port Hudson, was active in the assault on Port Hudson \nJune 14, and occupied an advanced position in the trenches till \nthe surrender. \n\nAfter the war Mr. Hunt made his home in Granby till 1873. \nHe then lived two years in Barre, and came to Oakham in 1875, \nwhere he lived till his death. He was for several years one \nof the Assessors of Oakham. \n\n\n\n246 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nHe was married to Clarinda Crawford, daughter of Samuel \nand Laurinda (Wilson) Crawford of Oakham and granddaughter \nof Samuel and Huldah (Berden) Crawford. Children: \n\nEdwin Crawford, born December i, 1879, graduated from \nBarre High School in 1898, and studied for two years at the Uni- \nversity of Vermont. August 6, 1913, he was married, in Barre, \nto Blanche Eugenia Packard, daughter of N. W. Packard of \nWestboro. \n\nBessie Newton, born January 6, 1881, graduated from Barre \nHigh School in 1898, received the degree of B.A. from Welles- \nley College in 1902 and the degree of M.A. from Radcliffe \nCollege in 191 1; by profession a teacher. \n\nMr. Hunt died in Oakham, May 31, 1895. \n\nMrs. Clarinda C. Hunt resides with her daughter at 8 Pine \nSt., Hyde Park, Mass. \n\n\n\n4th Mass. Cavalry. \n\nStephen A. Boyden. \n\nMustered in, January 6, 1864. \n\nMustered out, November 15, 1865, \n\nAddress, 235 Pleasant St., Providence, R. I. \n\nBorn in what is now the town of Lincoln, R. I., October 13, 1844. His \nfather, Samuel Boyden, was son of Stephen Bullen of Charlton, Mass. \nSix or seven generations of Bullens are buried in Charlton. Family \nrecords run back to King Henry VHI, when one of the line, Anne, \nbecame quite famous as the second wife of Henry VHI (Anne Boleyn). \nSamuel and his brother Adams, for local reasons, took the name of \nBoyden by act of the Massachusetts Legislature. Stephen Boyden\'s mother \nwas Caroline Matilda Earle, daughter of Antipas Earle of Leicester. \nAntipas Earle married Amy A. Chase of Worcester in 1808 and had seven \nor eight children. After Mr. Earle\'s death, April 30, 1828, his widow mar- \nried N. D. Bond of Oakham, on November 8, 1829. The Boyden children \ncame in 1862 with their father and mother to Oakham. One of the \ndaughters, lone, became the wife of Mr. A. J. Holden, inventor of the \nHolden Wood Furnace and founder and first president of the Oakham \nVillage Improvement Society. \n\n\n\n\n\nSETH DEAN \n36th Mass. Infantry \n\n\n\nDAMEL W. DEAN \n36th Mass. Infantry \n\n\n\n\n\ntHARLES SUMNER CRAWFOKD \n4th Mass. Cavalry \n\n\n\nGEORGE \\V. HASKELL \nist ^\xe2\x96\xa0ermo^t Cavalrv \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 4TH MASS. CAVALRY 247 \n\nAt a meeting in the old town hall, Stephen A. Boyden enlisted \nin Co. C, 4th Mass. Cav. The second battalion of this regiment, \nCompanies A, B, C and D, saw active service in South Carolina \nand Plorida, and the first battalion in Virginia. Company E \nwas the first United States company to enter Richmond on the \nmorning of the evacuation by the Confederates. The regiment \nwas united and recruited to its full strength and had its camp \nin the outskirts of Richmond, the streets of which it patrolled \nday and night till the regiment was mustered out in November, \n1865. \n\nAfter leaving the army, Mr. Boyden lived at the home place \nin Oakham till August, 1885, when he removed to Providence, \nR. I., and established a grocery and market. \n\nHe was married April 18, 1888, to Harriet A. Buffum, and \nresides in Providence. \n\n\n\nCharles Sumner Crawford. \n\nMustered in, January 6, 1864. \nDied in the service. \n\nBorn April 10, 1846, in Oakham, son of Capt. Hosea Willis and Caro- \nline (Gault) Crawford, and brother of Henry Willis Crawford of the \n25th Mass., and of John Gault Crawford of the 2d Mich. Cav. \n\nCharles S. Crawford enlisted December 9, 1863, with Stephen \nBoyden, John Albert Walker, and George E. Reed, at a war \nmeeting held in the old town hall, when his brother, Captain \nJohn G. Crawford, and other returned soldiers spoke. He was \nworking in the Lovell shop at the time of his enlistment. \n\nHe died at Hilton Head, S. C, August 24, 1864. His diary, \ncontinued up to within a few days of his death, is in possession \nof his brother, O. E. Crawford of Springfield, Mass. Stephen \nBoyden writes : \n\n"He was a lively and pleasing companion and easily gained the good- \nwill of the commanding officer, Capt. E. B. Staples, and was almost \nconstantly detailed to headquarters as Captain\'s Aide." \n\n\n\n248 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nGeorge Edmund Reed. \n\nMustered in, January 6, 1864. \nMustered out, May 12, 1865. \n\nBorn in Worcester, September 19, 1834, son of Edmund and Abigail \n(Stone) Reed. His father was son of Silas and Eleanor Reed, and \nbrother of Rev. Andrew H. Reed who was graduated from Amherst \nCollege in 182&. Edmund Reed died October 24, 1835, and his widow, \nAbigail Reed, married, July 12, 1838, Denny S. Noyes. \n\nIn his boyhood, George E. Reed became a sailor. He made \nvoyages in merchant ships to England, France, China, South \nAmerican countries, and the Sandwich Islands, rounding Cape \nHorn, and in whaling ships to the Arctic Seas, After fol- \nlowing the sea for several years he came to his father\'s native \ntown, where he lived for the remainder of his life, except when \nhe was in the service of the United States in the Civil War. \nHe purchased the place which is still the home of the family, \nsituated at the corner named from him "Reed Corner." \n\nHe enlisted December 9, 1863, in Co. C, 4th Mass. Cav., by \noccupation a shoemaker, age 31, height 5 feet 7, eyes dark, \nhair brown. At Hilton Head, January 12, 1864, he was trans- \nferred to the Navy as an ordinary seaman, and served on the \nPaul Jones, the John Adams, and the Princeton till the close \nof the war. After his discharge, he returned to his home in \nOakham. \n\nSeptember 9, 1855, he was married to Sara Amanda Williams, \ndaughter of Jerry Holden and Louisa (Tower) Williams. \nChildren, all but one born in Oakham : \n\nGeorge Walter Reed, February 21, 1857, married Alice \nLouise Singer, December 7, 1881. Children: Alice Louise, born \nMay 31, 1883; Grace May, born June 23, 1885, died August \n23, 1888; Ernest George, born February 21, 1888. \n\nHerbert Bent Reed, February 26, 1858, died April 27, 1885. \n\nFred Edumund Reed, December 22, 1859, married Sara \nJewett Parker, March 2, 1883. \n\nFrank Ellsworth Reed, February 21, 1863, married Bertha \nFlorence Amsden, November 28, it \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 4TH MASS. CAVALRY 249 \n\nEugene Williams Reed, December 14, 1867, married Georgia \nLavinia Kent, February 28, 1894. \n\nArthur Knowlton Reed, August 2, 1873. \n\nCharlie Macullar Reed, February 19, 1876, in Spencer, Mass. \n\nBen Brigham Reed, June 20, 1877, married Anna Bell Ham, \nMay 20, 1903. Children: Hazel Eleanor, born May 23, 1904; \nHerbert Merritt, born February 2, 1906. \n\nBert Shannon Reed, June 20, 1877, married Alice M. Bullard, \nOctober 2, 1910. Daughter: Dorothy Arline, born January 3, \n1912. \n\nGeorge Edmund Reed died in Oakham, May 14, 1895. \n\n\n\nJohn Albert Walker. \n\nMustered in, January 6, 1864. \n\nMustered out, November 14, 1865. \n\nAddress, West Acton, Mass. \n\nBorn in Barre, Mass., October 31, 1842, son of John Walker, Jr., and \nHarriet Ann (Parker) Walker, His father was son of Rev. John \nWalker, a Baptist minister, who came to Oakham from Barre in 1835 and \nlived on a farm near Coldbrook, on the old road to Rutland. Rev. \nJohn Walker was pastor of the church at Coldbrook for several years, \nand continued after that to preach in various churches till his death in \n1866. Harriet Ann Parker was daughter of David Parker of Barre. \n\nJohn A. Walker enlisted in December, 1863, in Co. C, 4th \nMass. Cav., and served till the close of the war. He has resided \nsince the war in Ayer, Acton, Barre, and Boxboro, Mass. For \nsome years he vi^as a miller, but has lately given his attention \nwholly to his farm. \n\nHe was married, January 27, 1867, to Betsy M. Whitcomb \nof Boxboro, and has had six children: Martha Jane, born \nFebruary 27, 1869; Marion Maria, born December 25, 1871 ; \nBertha Luella, born July 21, 1873; Bessie Isora, born July 25, \n1881, now Mrs. Veasie, matron of Harvard town farm; Albert \nHenry, born April 7, 1883; David Parker, born July 27, 1885. \n\nMartha Jane married Burpee Steele. She died April 18, 191 1, \nof pneumonia, survived by her husband and nine children. Her \n\n\n\n250 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nson, Russell Steele, aged nineteen, died a few hours before his \nmother. \n\n2d Mass. Heavy Artillery. \n\nGardner Milton Dean. \n\nMustered in, September 2, 1864. \n\nDischarged, August 14, 1865. \n\nAddress, Oakham, Mass. \n\nBorn October 23, 1846, in Oakham, son of Luther and Emeline Mariah \n(Crawford) Dean. He traces back his ancestry through both parents to \nthe first settlers of Oakham, his father, Luther Dean, being a descendant \nin the third generation of Deacon James Dean, who purchased the \nDean farm in 1750 and built on it the first frame house in Oakham. His \nmother was granddaughter of Capt. John Crawford, whose father, \nAlexander Crawford, purchased of the Proprietors of Rutland the whole \nof Lot No. 4. James Dean and Alexander Crawford, with eight others, \nwere the first settlers of the town. Mr. Dean and Mr. Crawford were \nboth officers in the early Presbyterian Church of Oakham. \n\nGardner M. Dean enlisted in the summer of 1864, at the age \nof seventeen, in Co. B, 2d Mass. Heavy Artillery, for the town \nof Dracut. January 17, 1865, he was transferred to Co. D of \nthe 17th Mass. Infantry. He served in Virginia and North \nCarolina, and was under Sherman in the campaign which \nterminated in the surrender of General Joe Johnston, \n\nHe was a charter member of Co. G, 2d Regt. Mass. Volunteer \nMilitia, formed after the war, and a lifelong member of the \nGrand Army of the Republic, having served as Adjutant over \ntwenty years, besides holding other offices of trust in the order. \nHe was one of the original members of the E. K. Wilcox Post \nG. A. R. of Springfield, Mass., his name being twentieth on the \nrecord. \n\nAfter the war, he was for eight years clerk in the dry goods \nstores of H. M. Bowers and of J. N. Hatch & Co. of Boston. \nHe was later for several years successfully engaged in the mill- \ning business in Springfield, Mass. In 1881 he returned to \nOakham, having purchased the Adin Bullard farm. This he \nhas enlarged by the purchase of land adjoining, and has made \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 2D MASS. HEAVY ARTILLERY 25 1 \n\na specialty of fruit and dairy products. Mr. Dean has been a \nvery successful town officer, having been Chairman of the Board \nof Selectmen for several years. In 1907 he was chosen by the \ntown a member of the Building Committee of the Fobes \nMemorial Library, and was made the Treasurer of the Com- \nmittee. In 1912 he was Chairman of the Committee on the \nCelebration of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of \nthe Incorporation of Oakham. \n\nHe was married, March 10, 1873, to Charlotte Emily Russell, \ndaughter of Orlando Russell, and has had seven children: \n\nClarence Edgar, born March 5, 1874, married December 20, \n1908, to Gertrude M. Tallis of Bristol, Conn. \n\nMinnie Gertrude, born August 20, 1875, married to Walter \nA. Woodis, August 19, 1897. \n\nSidney Irving, born May 4, 1879, married Jessie I. Taylor of \nRutland, April 3, 1901, and has three children: Ralph Emerson; \nJessie Mildred ; and Sidney Irving, Jr. \n\nCaroline Melvina, born August 12, 1883, married James \nPackard Fairbank, November 9, 1898, and has one daughter, \nMarion Corinne, born September 26, 1901. \n\nThree other children, Warren, Mabel, and Emerson, died in \nearly life. \n\nLevi L. Dean. \n\nMustered in, January 2, 1864. \nDischarged, September 3, 1865. \n\nSon of Dr. John and Nancy (Parks) Dean, and brother of Amos B. \nDean of the 15th Mass., was born in Stonington, Conn., January 21, 1824. \nHis father was son of Deacon James Dean, one of the first ten settlers \nof Oakham. His mother, Nancy Parks, was born in Mystic, Conn., \nFebruary 20, 1796, and died in Hiawatha, Kansas, in 1873. \n\nLevi L. Dean enlisted at the age of forty in Co. H, 2d Mass. \nHeavy Artillery, from the town of Belchertown, and served till \nthe close of the war. \n\nAfter the war he resided in Enfield, Mass., where he died in \nDecember, 1872, of disease contracted in the service. \n\n\n\n252 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n4th Mass. Heavy Artillery. \n\nAlfred Galen Crawford. \n\nMustered in, August 18, 1864. \nMustered out, June 17, 1865. \n\nBorn March 21, 1847, in Oakham, son of Galen Allen and Alvira \n(Noyes) Crawford. His father, Galen Allen Crawford, was a son of \nAlexander and Bethiah (Willis) Crawford. His mother, Alvira Noyes, \nwas daughter of Luther and Azuba (Smith) Noyes. \n\nAlfred G. Crawford enlisted in the summer of 1864 in Co. D, \n4th Mass. Heavy Artillery, and was stationed at Arlington. \nDuring the greater part of the time of his service he was detailed \nas a musician. \n\nHe returned to Oakham at the close of the war. In the fol- \nlowing year he located in New York City, where he was \nemployed by the Street Railway Company till 1875, when he \nwent to Australia with his brother, Hiram A. Crawford, who \nwas returning from a visit to America. Soon after his arrival \nthere, he was made inspector of a suburban street railway line \nrunning from Melbourne to Richmond, which position he held \ntill his death, in Melbourne, in 1895. \n\nIsaac Newton Monroe. \n\nMustered in, August 22, 1864. \n\nDischarged, June 17, 1865. \n\nAddress, Coldbrook Springs, Mass. \n\nBorn August 29, 1836, in Lowell, Mass., son of Joseph and Sarah \n(Leathers) Monroe. His parents were born in New Hampshire and \nwere of Scotch-Irish descent. His father, Joseph Monroe, died in \nChester, Penn., in 1872. His mother died in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1909, \naged ninety-six years. \n\nI. Newton Monroe enlisted from the city of Worcester, in \nthe summer of 1864, at the age of twenty-seven, in Co. D, 4th \nMass., Heavy Artillery, and served till the close of the war. \n\nIn September, 1865, he came to Coldbrook, where he has \nsince resided. For several years he followed his occupation of \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 4TH MASS. HEAVY ARTILLERY 253 \n\npowder-keg maker in Coldbrook, and for twenty years he was \nengaged in mercantile business in Gilbertville. \n\nJanuary 7, 1864, he was married in North Brookfield, Mass., \nto Harriett Harding, daughter of Alpheus and Catherine \n(Wheeler) Harding. Children: \n\nCharles Newton Monroe, born March 21, 1865, died October \n27, 1898. He was married August 16, 1887, to Catherine Cody. \nA daughter, Beatrice Monroe, was born October 16, 1893. \n\nElbert Leroy Monroe, born February 25, 1869, married Sep- \ntember 4, 1891, to Julia Sullivan. Children: E. Leroy Monroe, \nborn December 28, 1894; Harold N. Monroe, born March 17, \n1898; Hazel G. Monroe, born August 25, 1899. Mr. Elbert \nL. Monroe is a street-car conductor in Dorchester. \n\nCatherine Rowena Monroe, born February 6, 1871, married \nSeptember 6, 1894, to Edmund Cody of Coldbrook. Children: \nB. Evelyn Cody, born June 22, 1895 ; Ralph M. Cody, born \nNovember 30, 1899; Ivah C. Cody, born November 23, 1902. \n\nEdmund Cody is a dealer in grain and coal, and has been \nOverseer of the Poor, and Collector of Taxes for the town of \nOakham. He has held all office seats in the Lodges Ancient \nOrder of United Workmen, and Improved Order of Red Men. \n\nnth Mass. Battery. \nJames Griswold Shannon. \n\nMustered in, August 25, 1862. \n\nMustered out, May 29, 1863. \n\nReenlisted, January 2, 1864. \n\nDischarged, February 22, 1867. \n\nBorn June 17, 1843, in Quincy, Mass., son of James and Lucy (Saville) \nShannon. \n\nWhen the war began he was a druggist\'s clerk in Boston. \nHe enlisted August 19, 1862, in the nth Mass. Battery, and \nserved as a private nine months. In January, 1864, he enlisted \nagain in the same battery for a term of three years. August 6, \n1864, he was made Hospital Steward, U. S. Army. He served \n\n\n\n254 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nin the Hospital Department of the U. S. Army till February, \n1867, when he was discharged with the rank of Lieutenant. \n\nIn 1867 he entered the Medical School of Harvard Univer- \nsity, from which he was graduated as Doctor of Medicine in \n1870. Dr. Shannon came to Oakham June i, 1870, and estab- \nlished himself here as a physician. He was much interested in \nthe affairs of the town, and was President of the Soldiers\' Union \nfor four years. In October, 1876, he removed to Rutland \nwhere he continued the practice of medicine for about twelve \nyears. \n\nNovember 26, 1872, he was married to Laura E. Morton, \ndaughter of Rev. Alpha Morton, then pastor of the church in \nOakham. \n\nDr. Shannon died in Worcester, Mass., December 29, 1889. \n\nMrs. Shannon was again married, October 13, 1906, to S. \nFranklin Keene, and resides in Oxford, Maine. \n\n\n\n60th Mass. Infantry. \n\nJohn E. Stone. \n\nMustered in, July 20, 1864. \n\nMustered out, November 30, 1864. \n\nAddress, Oakham, Mass. \n\nBorn November 16, 1844, in Oakham, son of Washington and Martha \nH. (Robinson) Stone, and brother of George W. Stone of the 25th Mass. \n\nHe enlisted in the summer of 1864 in Co. F of the 6oth Mass. \nAfter his discharge he returned to Oakham and purchased in \n1879, at Ware Corner, the place formerly occupied by William \nWare, which in 1881 he exchanged for the James B. Ware farm, \non which he has lived for over thirty years. \n\nHe was married at Brattleboro, Vt., January 28, 1879, to Mary \nJane Larrabee, daughter of Ira Larrabee of West Halifax, Vt. \nChildren, born in Oakham: Grace M., January 23, 1880, died \nAugust 12, 1880; Eva A., April 29, 1881 ; Ralph E., July 26, \n1884, died November 24, 1885; Ira W., March 20, 1887; Frank \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 60TH MASS, INFANTRY 255 \n\nH., November 15, 1894; Gladys M., September 7, 1900; Harold \nJ., January 31, 1909. \n\nEva A. Stone was married December 8, 1908, to Clayton C. \nAdams of Oakham, a scientific farmer and dealer in cattle. \n\n\n\nWilliam Powers. \n\nMustered in, July 20, 1864. \nMustered out, November 30, 1864. \n\nWilliam Powers was a Westboro boy and was living with \nLyman Dean in 1864. He enlisted from Oakham at the age \nof nineteen in Co. F of the 60th Mass. \n\n\n\n6th Unattached Mass. Volunteer Militia. \nCharles Archibald Ware. \n\nMustered in, May 4, 1864. \n\nMustered out, August 2, 1864. \n\nAddress, 33 Queen St., Worcester, Mass. \n\nBorn December 18, 1846, in Oakham, son of Archibald H. and Caroline \nCutler (Cooley) Ware, and brother of Edward Franklin Ware of Co. \nF, isth Mass. His aunt, Lavinia H. Ware, who married Chauncey Colton, \nwas the mother of Nathaniel W. Colton of Co. F, loth Mass. \n\nCharles A. Ware enlisted in the spring of 1864, from the town \nof Westboro, in the 6th Unattached Co. Mass. Volunteer Militia. \nSeptember 2, 1864, he enlisted again, as a contract man in the \nGovernment employ, and was released May 4, 1865. \n\nHe was married to Almira H. Shedd of North Brookfield, \nNovember 30, 1866. Children: Edward Hazen, born May 26, \n1872, at Oakham, died September i, 1878; Robert Elwin, born \nJune 5, 1881, at Oakham. \n\nHis wife, Almira H. Ware, died March 20, 1900. May 19, \n1900, he was again married to Mrs. Marion F. (Spooner) \nDayton, daughter of Andrew Spooner of the 51st Mass. \n\n\n\n256 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n1 1 6th Pennsylvania Infantry. \n\nJames W. Caldwell. \n\nMustered in, February 18, 1864. \nMustered out, July 14, 1865. \n\nBom in Oakham, February 14, 1836, son of George and Eliza (Parker) \nCaldwell, and brother of George Lyman Caldwell of the 21st Mass. \n\nJames W. Caldwell was in the employ of the Van Amburg \ncircus company, which was traveling in Pennsylvania, when at \nthe age of twenty-eight he enlisted for three years in Co. E of \nthe ii6th Penn. Inf. After Caldwell joined the regiment, it went \nthrough the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North \nAnna, Cold Harbor, Hatcher\'s Run, and Petersburg. \n\nWhen the war was over he came back to his native town, \nwhere he worked as a farmer and shoemaker. March 24, 1888, \nhe was married to Mrs. Rachel McLoud of Oakham. He suf- \nfered much from rheumatism contracted in the army and always \nused a cane. \n\nMr. Caldwell died in Oakham, October 18, 1893. \n\n2d Michigan Cavalry. \n\nJohn Gault Crawford. \n\nMustered in, October 2, 1861. \n\nResigned his commission, March 31, 1863. \n\nAddress, Manchester, N. H. \n\nBom in Oakham, April 21, 1834, son of Hosea Willis and Caroline \n(Gault) Crawford, and brother of Henry Willis Crawford of the 25th \nMass. Inf., and Charles Sumner Crawford of the 4th Mass. Cav. His \nfather, Hosea Willis Crawford, received in 1833 from Governor Levi Lin- \ncoln a captain\'s commission in the Massachusetts militia. He was \ndescended from Alexander Crawford, one of the first ten settlers of \nOakham, through Capt. John Crawford of the Revolutionary Army. \n\nJohn G. Crawford\'s education was obtained chiefly in the \npublic schools of Oakham and North Brookfield, and in the \nselect schools of Oakham. He developed into a strong debater \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 2D MICHIGAN CAVALRY 257 \n\nby constant practice in the Franklin Literary Society, of which \nhe became President. He also taught successfully in the public \nschools of Oakham and Wrentham, Mass., and studied law \nin the office of Martin Gorham in Barre. \n\nIn February, 1855, he went to Kansas, where he took an active \npart in the contest over the slavery question, and was with John \nBrown and Jim Lane. He was several times captured by the \nPro-slavery bands and often in danger of being hung or shot \nby them, but was released on account of his youth, courage, and \ngood nature. After the arrival of the United States troops at \nLawrence, he returned East, bringing with him as his only \nsouvenir the following pass, which he still carries, given him \nby "Dick" McCamish: \n\n"Bull Creek, K. T., June 3, 1856. \n\nThis is to certify that the bearer hereof, John Crawford, is a reliable \nyoung man, and not injurious to the cause of Pro-slaveryism. \n\nRICHARD McCAMISH." \n\nIn the spring of 1861 he went to Michigan on a visit. On \nSeptember 2, 1861, he enlisted in the 2d Mich.i Cav., and \nwas appointed Sergeant Major. This regiment was commanded \nby Colonel Grainger till his promotion to Brigadier General, \nMarch 16, 1862, and after that by Colonel Philip H. Sheridan. \nSeptember 9, 1862, Sergeant Crawford was commissioned Sec- \nond Lieutenant and assigned as Battalion Adjutant. Adjutant \nCrawford went with Sheridan on the first cavalry raid of the \nCivil War and was in many engagements with the enemy before \nhe resigned, on account of ill health, in the spring of 1863. \nGeneral Hall of Iowa, who commanded a Brigade in Kentucky \nduring the winter of 1862-63, wrote: \n\n"Lieut. Crawford is a man of sterling integrity, great vigilance and \nbravery, and possesses all the necessary qualifications for further pro- \nmotion, and I cheerfully recommend him for promotion." \n\nHe was given a commission of Captain in the loth Mich. Cav. \nby Governor Blair, and raised a company. Through the influ- \nence of Senator Sumner, who had known him in the days of \n17 \n\n\n\n258 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nthe Kansas contest, he was offered a commission of Major in a \ncolored regiment; but his health did not allow him to go again \nto the front. \n\nIn 1864 he was elected to the Michigan State Senate and \nserved two years, being at the time the youngest member ever \nin that body. He was admitted to practice in Pontiac, Mich., \nin 1865, and in United States courts in Detroit, September 17, \n1867, and was located in Fenton and Holly till 1870, when he \nremoved to Lancaster, N. H. In 1881 he was appointed, by \nPresident Garfield, American Consul at Coaticook, P. Q., and \nserved till 1884. After a residence of five years in Worcester, \nMass., he removed in 1890 to Manchester, where he still resides. \n\nComrade Crawford has done much talking during the past \nfifty years. It is said that he has done more campaign speaking \nthan any other man in the State of New Hampshire. He has \nspoken in behalf of the Republican candidates in every presi- \ndential campaign, beginning with that of 1856, when Fremont \nand Dayton were the first nominees of the party. In national \nand state canvasses, he has spoken in over one hundred and \nforty different towns in New Hampshire, and has been cam- \npaign speaker in Massachusetts, in Vermont, in Michigan and \nin Kansas. In addition, he has made numerous addresses at \nmeetings of the Grand Army, at the dedication of soldiers\' \nmonuments, and at patriotic gatherings on Memorial Day. \nSeveral of these addresses have been printed. He has also been \na popular lecturer on temperance and on many other subjects. \nAgriculture has claimed enough of his attention to enable him \nto serve as clerk and President of the Coos and Essex Agri- \ncultural Society. By using spare moments, he has found time \nto make a thorough study of subjects outside his profession, \nand has published important articles, among which may be \nmentioned three in Vol. I of the Collections of the Manchester \nHistoric Association, "Castle William and Mary," pp. 51-65; \n"Etymology of the Language of the Indians of New Hamp- \nshire," pp. 177-188; "Proclamation Money," pp. 212-216. \n\nHe was married, April 16, 1863, to Emma Tindall of Oxford, \nMich., by whom he had one child: Emma Nita, born August \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 2D MICHIGAN CAVALRY 259 \n\n27, 1864, died April i, 1866. His wife died June 23, 1866, and \nhe was again married, June 30, 1867, at Buffalo, N. Y., to Abbie \nT. Stevens of Paris, Me., daughter of Simon Stevens, a descend- \nant of Captain Phineas Stevens, who defended No. 4 against \nthe Indian attack upon Charlestown, N. PI. Two children were \nborn of this marriage: \n\nCyrene S., September i, 1868, died March 26, 1874. \n\nCarrie E., September 30, 1870, married April 30, 1898, to John \nW. Chapman of Manchester. Children: Mirriam Stevens, born \nDecember 22, 1899; Perley Crawford, born March 22, 1901 ; \nJohn Wilbert, born March 7, 1903 ; Sara Rena, born July 9, \n1904; Carrol Everett, born October 29, 1905; Carrie Ethelyne, \nborn December 17, 1907. \n\nMrs. Abbie Stevens Crawford died February 2, 1882, and \nhe was married April 30, 1885, to Mary A. Harrington of \nWorcester, Mass. \n\nA son, Harry Calvin Crawford, was graduated from the Uni- \nversity of Pennsylvania in 1909, with the degree of Doctor of \nVeterinary Medicine. He is a member of the American Veter- \ninary Medical Association, and is in successful practice in \nNew York City. \n\n\n\n38th lov/Si Infantry. \nGeorge Duffey. \n\nMustered in, October i, 1862. \nMustered out, August 13, 1865. \n\nBorn June 9, 1826, in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, son of Peter \nDufifey. His mother\'s maiden name was Mary Crossley. \n\nGeorge Duffey came to this country about 1850 and lived for \na short time in Smithville, Mass., now called White Valley. \nHe moved west before 1857 ^.nd settled on a farm in New \nOregon, Iowa, from which town he enlisted, August 22, 1862, \nin the 38th Iowa Regiment, Co. I. \n\n\n\n2 6o SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nAfter the war he returned to New Oregon, where he con- \ntinued to reside till 1885, when he removed to Oakham and \nbought the place on which Stephen Boyden had lived for twenty \nyears. \n\nHe was married in May, 1845, to Sarah A. Wilson of Oldham, \nEngland, and had five children : James, born in England, June \n17, 1846; Mary Ann, born in Smithville, April 13, 1852; Lizzie \nE., born in New Oregon, October 9, 1857; Florence N., born \nin New Oregon, April 10, 1862; Ida Eveline, born in New \nOregon, June 29, 1869. \n\nMr. Duffey died in Oakham, November 6, 1907. \n\n\n\n6th Vermont Infantry. \n\nGeorge E. Green. \n\nMustered in, July 24, 1863. \nMustered out at the close of the war. \nAddress, Monument, Hinsdale, N. H. \n\nBorn March 5, 1829, in Oakham. His father, Charles Belcher Green, \nson of Elijah Green, was born at Stockbridge, Vt., August 2, 1803. His \nmother was Catherine Bryant of Orange, Mass. They were married \nApril 29, 1828. \n\nGeorge E. Green removed from Oakham to North Brook- \nfield about 1850, and later to Brattleboro, Vt., where he was \nliving at the beginning of the war. He enlisted July 13, 1863, \nin Co. A, 6th Vt. Inf., and served in the Shenandoah Valley \nand in the Army of the Potomac from the Wilderness to \nPetersburg. \n\nAfter the war he returned to Brattleboro, where he lived \ntill 1886, when he removed to Hinsdale, a town across the \nriver in New Hampshire. He has a farm about two miles from \nBrattleboro, and is engaged in market gardening. \n\nHe was married, October 25, 1856, to Helen S. F. Barrett of \nHinsdale, N. H. \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 1ST VERMONT CAVALRY 26 1 \n\nist Vermont Cavalry. \nGeorge W. Haskell. \n\nMustered in, November 19, 1861. \n\nReenlisted, December 30, 1863. \n\nDied in the service. \n\nBorn in Oakham, April 22, 1838, son of Nelson and Philena (Pep- \nper) Haskell. His grandfather, Simeon Haskell, a farmer and blacksmith, \nson of Roger and Judith Haskell, was born in Middleboro, Mass., January \n10, 1767, removed to North Brookfield about 1793, and came from North \nBrookfield to Oakham in 1804. He lived on the Belknap place and was \na prominent citizen, having been five times Selectman. Nelson Haskell \nwas born in North Brookfield, March 19, 1798. On April 29, 1830, he \nwas married to Philena Pepper, daughter of John Pepper of Ware, and \nsister of Mrs. Thomas Haskell. Other sons of Simeon Haskell were \nLoring, Thomas, and Mark. \n\nGeorge W. Haskell was in the employ of Deacon Hartshorn, \na farmer of Worcester, when the war broke out. On November \n6, 1861, he enlisted in Co. F, ist Vt. Cav., which did heroic \nservice in Virginia. Adjutant General P. G. Washburn of \nVermont said of the men in this regiment: "Dashing, daring, \nfearless men, accustomed to be almost constantly in the saddle, \nand to charge the enemy wherever seen, without much regard \nto the odds, they have fought their way to a reputation which \nentitles them to all the consideration which can be given them." \n\nGeorge W. Haskell died in the hospital at Washington, D. C., \nAugust 8, 1864, of wounds received in action, June i, 1864, \nat Ashland, Va. \n\nContract Service. \nFrank Eugene Loring. \n\nAddress, Oakham, Mass. \n\nBorn in Oakham, January 17, 1844, son of Augustine and Elizabeth R. \nLoring. His mother was Elizabeth Moore of Rutland. His father, who \nwas born October 11, 1804, and came to Oakham from Spencer, was the \nson of Thomas and Chloe (Draper) Loring, who were married September \n27, 1803. \n\n\n\n262 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nFrank E. Loring enlisted in 1862 in a German regiment in \nPontiac, 111., but did not pass the examination. In 1865 he \nenlisted as a workman in the Quartermaster\'s Department, \nunder Captain and Assistant Quartermaster J. S. Godfrey. He \nwas stationed on Lookout Mountain, had charge of the Sadlery \nDepartment, and by contract was liable to be called on to fight \nin the trenches in case of an attack. Shortly before the close \nof the war he received the following discharge: \n\n"This is to certify that the bearer hereof, Frank E. Loring, has been \nin the employ of the Quartermaster\'s Department under my direction, and \nhas been honorably discharged this 13th day of May, 1865. \n\nJ. S. GODFREY, \n\nCapt. & A.Q.M." \n\nSince the war he has resided chiefly in Oakham, where he has \nhad a machine shop and has sold and repaired all kinds of farm- \ning and household machinery. The work was carried on under \nthe firm name of Loring Brothers till the death of his brother, \nArthur L. Loring, February 7, 1896. Since that date he has \ncontinued the business alone. \n\n\n\n2d Ohio Heavy Artillery. \n\nAbraham Fay Robinson. \n\nEnlisted, January 5, 1864. \nMustered out, June 8, 1865. \n\nBorn in Oakham, November 13, 1830. His father, Col. John Robinson, \nwas son of John Robinson of Northboro, who removed from that town \nto Oakham about 1790 and purchased the farm on which George W. \nStone, his descendant in the fourth generation, still lives. His mother, \nSusan (Stone) Robinson, was daughter of Alpheus Stone, a soldier in the \nContinental Army. \n\nAbraham F. Robinson received his education in the district \nand select schools of Oakham and went west in 1856. At the \noutbreak of the war he was living in Newark, Ohio, from which \nplace he enlisted in Co. M, 2d Ohio Heavy Artillery. The regi- \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 2D OHIO HEAVY ARTILLERY 263 \n\nment was assigned to the duty of holding forts, protecting \nquartermasters\' stores, guarding military prisoners, and policing \nthe railroad from Chattanooga to Knoxville. Mr. Robinson \nwas a fine penman and a skillful accountant, and was detailed \nfor clerical duty for the greater part of the time of his service, \nfirst in Camp Nelson at Nicholasville, a few miles south of \nLexington, Ky., where Confederate prisoners were kept, and \nlater at the office of the Medical Director at Knoxville. He \nwas discharged with the regiment at the close of the war. \n\nHe learned the machinist\'s trade by instruction extending over \nfour years, two in Worcester and two in Newark. After return- \ning from the war, he worked at his trade till he was about fifty \nyears of age, when he left the shop for a farm at Newark, Ohio. \nHe removed in 1892 to Utica, Ohio, where he resided till his \ndeath, December 5, 191 2. \n\nHe was twice married: (i) to Mary A. Ball, April 8, i860, \nwho died in May, 1881 ; (2) to Lydia A. Young, February 16, \n1882. He had eight children : Mary Geneva, born June 4, 1861, \ndied January 10, 1868; John W., born December 29, 1862, died \nDecember 30, 1862; Hattie S., born December 3, 1882; Bertha \nE., born January 18, 1884; Susan M., born September 4, 1885; \nCharles F., born January 29, 1887; Carl D., born March 21, \n1890; Walter M., born August 6, 1892. \n\nHattie S. was married November 11, 1905, to Stewart B, \nCaffee. \n\nBertha E. was married August 11, 1913, to Dan Solenbarger. \n\nSusan M. was married August 20, 1908, to Rollin Kunze. \nChildren: Ralph Glen, born December 2, 1909, died same day; \nIrma Imogene, born March 4, 1911. \n\nCharles F. was married April 26, 1906, to Mary M. Ogle. \nChildren: Beauford F., born June 27, 1906; Letha Hazel, born \nDecember 20, 1909. \n\nMrs. Lydia Young Robinson resides at Utica, Ohio. Post \nOffice address, Box 115. \n\n\n\n264 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nSUMMARY \n\nThis book contains biographical sketches of ninety-six soldiers \nin the Civil War who were bom in Oakham or who lived here \nfor a considerable part of their lives before or after the war. \nOf this number, twenty-seven are still living (1913) at the end \nof a half century. \n\nThirty were married before enlistment and thirty-eight after \ntheir return. Twelve were married twice and one three times. \nThirteen of those who came back from the war were never \nmarried. The average number of children in the families of the \nsixty-eight who were married was 3.62. \n\nA large proportion of these soldiers were mature men. Twenty- \ntwo were above thirty years of age at the time of enlistment, \neleven above thirty-five, and four above forty, while only \ntwenty-three were below twenty. Thirty-four, more than one- \nthird, were between twenty and twenty-five. The average age \nof those who enlisted from Oakham was about twenty-four \nyears. \n\nDuring the Revolutionary War the military age was from six- \nteen to sixty, but boys under sixteen and men above sixty were \naccepted as soldiers. The population of Oakham in 1776 was \nfive hundred and ninety-eight, and the number of males between \nthe ages of sixteen and sixty could not have been much if any \nless than one hundred and sixty. At the time of the Civil War, \nthe military age was between eighteen and forty-five. The \npopulation of Oakham in i860 was nine hundred and fifty-nine. \nThe number of males between the ages of fifteen and fifty was \ntwo hundred and twenty-seven, and the number between eighteen \nand forty-five was about one hundred and seventy-five. The \nnumber of men of military age in Oakham on the Provost \nMarshal\'s list dated November 23, 1863, not including thirty-eight \nsoldiers already in the field, was one hundred and eighteen. On \nthis list were several names of men not liable to military duty \non account of permanent physical disability. Only five of the \none hundred and eighteen on the list entered the army after that \nenrollment was made. \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 SUMMARY 265 \n\nIt would be difficult to find an able-bodied man in Oakham at \nthe time of the Revolution who did not go on some campaign, \nand there were very few men of military age at this period who \ncould claim exemption on ground of physical disability. But \nthe soldiers from this town in the Civil War were supplied by \na comparatively small number of families. Seven of the Civil \nWar soldiers whose biographies are given in this book came to \nOakham after the war, and eighty-nine were representatives of \nOakham families, though twenty-seven of these enlisted from \nother towns. According to the state census, the number of \nfamilies in Oakham in i860 was two hundred and twenty-two. \nIf men who reenlisted are counted twice, as they were on the \nquota, it will be found that twenty-three Oakham families fur- \nnished sixty-five soldiers to the Union army, from this and other \ntowns. Twelve families sent two brothers each, four sent three \neach, and one sent five; forty-one men in all. Twelve of \nthese soldiers reenlisted, increasing the number to fifty-three \nfrom seventeen families. The sons of six other families reen- \nlisted and were counted as twelve, bringing the whole number \nof soldiers from these twenty-three families up to sixty-five \non the official list. \n\nSixteen Oakham families whose sons enlisted for their own \ntown furnished one-half of the Oakham quota of ninety men. \nEight families sent two brothers each, two sent three each, \nand one sent five; twenty-seven men in all. Eight of these \nreenlisted for the town of Oakham, increasing the number to \nthirty-five from these eleven families. Five other families sent \nsons who reenlisted and were counted as ten, bringing the whole \nnumber of soldiers furnished by these sixteen families up to \nforty-five on the official list. The Oakham men who enlisted \nfor their own town all came from forty-four families. \n\nThat Oakham sent its best young men to the Civil War is \nbeyond question. Ten of the soldiers had been teachers before \nenlistment, and eight received before or after their military \nservice a college or professional training. Two became success- \nful lawyers, one became a minister in the Congregational Church, \none a physician, one a dentist, and one a professor in a large \n\n\n\n266 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nuniversity. Five served in the upper or lower house of state \nlegislatures, and one was United States Consul in a Canadian \ncity. More than one-third of those who survived the war have \nheld important offices in the cities or towns where they have \nresided. \n\nMr. Peloubet\'s words to the soldiers of Oakham, at the \nreception given them on their return, have already been quoted \non page 12 : \n\n"So far as we can learn, you have to a man returned at least as good \nas you went away, and many we know, and all we hope, a great deal \nbetter. Many backsliders were made in the army, but not one hails \nfrom Oakham ; there were cowards, but none were nurtured among these \nhills; there were deserters, but no Oakham man failed in the hour \nof trial." \n\nIn reply to a circular letter from Adjutant General Schouler \ndated December 9, 1865, Moses O. Ayres, Chairman of the \nSelectmen, wrote: \n\n"All our brave fellows on returning from the war have entered at once \nupon the peaceful employments of life, and feel a just pride in the part \nthey have borne in subduing a wicked rebellion. I think I am safe in \nsaying that not one has suffered in his moral or religious character by \nthe service he has rendered his country." \n\nSergeant White\'s words in praise of the Oakham soldiers in \nthe 25th Regiment might have been said of the men from the \ntown in the other regiments: \n\n"They were equal to the best in all respects. No better lot of men \never v/ore the Union Blue. The most of them were of the very highest \nstandard of moral and physical worth; the most of them religious in \nthe best sense. Not a man of them failed to do his full duty, and to \nmaintain the best traditions of New England manhood." \n\nThe following citizens held the important town offices during \nthe Civil War: \n\nSelectmen : \n\nAlexander Crawford, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864. \nWashington Stone, 1861, 1862. \nPage Austin, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864. \nJames Packard, 1863, 1864. \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 SUMMARY 267 \n\nTreasurers : \n\nWashington Stone, 1861, 1862. \nJames C. Bemis, 1863, 1864. \n\nTown Clerk : \n\nMark Haskell, 1861. 1862, 1863, 1864. \n\nAlexander Crawford was Chairman of the Selectmen during \nthe four years of the war. Washington Stone was Selectman, \nTreasurer and Collector till his death in 1862, when James \nPackard was elected Selectman in his place, and James C. Bemis, \nTreasurer and Collector. \n\n\n\nADDENDA. \n\n\n\nThe Addenda include exact copies of several manuscripts of historic \nvalue discovered, after this book was in type, in the possession of Miss \nMary A. French of North Brookfield, Mass. The Roll of Captain Abner \nHow\'s company is one of the supposedly lost Revolutionary Pay Rolls \nof the year 1776 (M. S. R., i, p. V). The affidavits, taken over half a \ncentury later at the time of Lieut. French\'s application for a pension, \nreveal how the Pay Roll came to be in the possession of the descendants \nof Second Lieut. Asa French, rather than in that of the families of \nCaptain How or of First Lieut. Packard. They also add new facts \nof interest regarding the campaigns of the years 1775, 1776 and 1777. \nGreat care has been taken in the transcribing and analysis of the \ndocuments. On page 277 will be found a summary of the new material \nwhich the Pay Roll adds to what had already been published in Massa- \nchusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution. Through the gift of \nMiss French, this Pay Roll is now in the possession of the Oakham \nHistorical Society. \n\nThe connection of John French, 2d, with Oakham was not established \ntill after the discovery of the documents. His name adds one more to \nthe list of Oakham men who served as soldiers in the Revolution, and \nhis biography is given on pages 278 and 279. \n\n\n\nCAPTAIN ABNER HOW\'S COMPANY \n\n\n\nLt Asa French \nStatement \n\n\n\nI Asa French now a resident in Oakham in the County of Worcester \nand State of Massachusetts aged ninty one years old the 28. day of \nOctober last past, I was born in the Town of Bartly [Berkley] in the \nCounty of Bristol in the State of Massachusetts the 28. day of October \nin the year AD 1740 \xe2\x80\x94 my Father moved into Middelborough in the \nCounty of Plymouth when I was in the tinth year of my age and I \nlived ther till the year 1769 then I moved into the town of Oakham in \nthe County of Worester and State aforesaid where I now live and \nhave lived ever since I moved there, \xe2\x80\x94 I further state that Joshua Turner \na boye about six years of his age was given to me by his mother a sister \nof mine to bring up till he was twenty one years old, in the year one \nThousand seven hundred and seventy five in Apl a War tuck place \nbetwen old ingland and the United States of America, the newes came \nthat the British troops had marched out of Boston to Lexington and had \nkiled a number of amaracans and we wer Colled upon in Oakham, the \nCap* told me I must go or let my yong man go according to his orders \nI let Joshua Turner go for eight monthes (about in Dec"^ the same year \nsum of the men wer wanted to Stay one month longer) [this sentence \nin parenthesis is crossed out in the original. H. P. W.] he enlisted in \nCap* Hazeltons Comp^ in Col\xc2\xb0 Fellowes Reg* I furnished the said Turner \nwith Armes Aquipments Blanket and Cloathing who was then in the \nninteenth year of his age and he marched of with the Comp^ to Rox- \nbury the town next to Boston, in December the same year 1775, the \nsame Joshua Turner enlisted in Cap* Barnes Compy in Col\xc2\xb0 Wards Reg* \nfor one Month. \n\nI Asa French do further stat that I was a Lieu* in Cap* John Crawfords \nCompy in Col\xc2\xb0 James Conveses Reg* in the month of September in the \nyear 1776. I was Caled upon by the Agitent of Col\xc2\xb0 Conveses Reg* to \nmarch to Brookfield and Joine Cap* Abner Hows Comp/ and march to \nthe State of New York according to orders I marched through Newhaven \nin the state of Connecticut, to the State of New York in Col" Conveses \nReg*, under the emmediate Command of Gen^ Starks, and was discharged \nat white Planes in November was there two Months and allowed nine \ndays to march home \n\n\n\n272 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nI also state in the month of Sep^ in the year 1777 I was informed \nthat Gen^ Brogoine was marching through the Country to Albany and I \nwas informed that Gen^ Gates wanted more men and Cap* Crawford \nbeing gon to the Armey for three monthes, I volenteared and called for \nmen to turn out and about twenty of the most respectable men in the \ntown of Oakham turned out and volenteared with me and marched with \nme through Benington in the State of Vermont to Still Water and Joined \nCap* Cutler\'s Comp^ in Col\xc2\xb0 Stones Reg* in Gen^ Felloses Brigade, we \nmarched of the 14 day of Sep* and ware dismised at fort Edward the 18 \nday of Oct\' and ware allowed seven day to march home. \n\nI did not searve at one time long-enougt to intitle me to a pention in \nthe pres t pention Law. \n\nJohn Forbes \n\nAfadavit \n\nFOR Asa French \n\n\n\nI John Forbes of Oakham in the County of Worcester and State of \nMassachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that I know one Asa \nFrench now of Oakham in the County of Worcester and State of Massa- \nchusetts and that I knew the same Asa French in the year one Thousand \nseven hundred and seventy six, and that he searved as the second Lieu* \nwith me two monthes and nine days in the Revolution War in Cap* Abner \nHows Comp y in Col\xc2\xb0 James Conveses Reg* in the State of New York, \nCap* How and L* Packard ware both taken sick and left the armey and \nthe Command of said Company devolved on Lieu* French, further your \ndeponant saith not \n\nJohn Forbes \n\nWorcester Ss. Oakham August 18, 1832 \xe2\x80\x94 \n\nPersonally appeared John Forbes, subscriber to the above declaration, \nand made Oath in due form of law to the truth of the same, before me \n\nSkelton Felton Jus. of the Peace. \nJohn Boyd to A French \n\n\n\nI John Boyd of Oakham in the County of Worcester and State of \nMassachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that I knew one Asa \nFrench in the year 1770. I also knew one Joshua Turner a miner to \nthe said Asa French both then of Oakham and state aforesaid, in the \nyear 1775 a war tuck place in the united States and the said Joshua \n\n\n\nCAPTAIN ABNER HOW S COMPANY 273 \n\nTurner enlisted in Cap* Hazelton Compy in Col\xc2\xb0 Fellowes Reg\'\' for \neight months and marched to Roxbury and there searved eight monthes. \nfor the aforesaid Asa French \xe2\x80\x94 in Sep* 1777 we received newes that Gen^ \nBruguine was marching throng the Cuntry there was a call for men \nAsa French then being Lieu* Volentered and a number of other with \nhim and marched with him to Saratoga. \n\nJohn Boyd. \n\nWorcester Ss. Oakham August 15, 1832 \n\nPersonally appeared John Boyd Subscriber to the above declaration \nand made Oath in due form of law to the truth of the same \xe2\x80\x94 before me \xe2\x80\x94 \n\nSkelton Felton Jus. of the, Peace \nWtn Coldwell for Asa French \n\n\n\nI William Caldwell of Oakham in the County of Worcester and State \nof Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that I knew one Asa \nFrench in the year 1770 I also knew one Joshua Turner a miner under \nthe said Asa French both then of Oakham and state aforesaid in the \nyear 1775. a War tuck place in the United States and the said Joshua \nTurner enlisted in Cap* Hazeltons Comp^ in Col\xc2\xb0 Fellowses Reg* for \neight monthes and marched to Roxbury and searved eight monthes for \nAsa French \xe2\x80\x94 in the year 1776, I further state that I knew the same \nAsa French then a Lieu*, to searve two month and nine dayes in Cap* \nHows. Compy. in Col\xc2\xb0 Conveses Reg* in the Revolution War in the \nState of New York\xe2\x80\x94 I further state that in the month of Sep* 1777. \nwe received newes that Gen^ Burgoin was marching through the Cuntry \nthere was a call for men Asa French then being Lieu* Volentered and a \nnumber of others with him and marched with him to Sarratoga. \n\nWilliam Caldwell \n\nWorcester Ss. 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S. R. \n\nTen names, those of Enoch Boutwel, William Boman, Jacob Brooks, \nRoger Bruce, Thomas Burnet, Joseph Hatfield, Theophulas Pother, Samuel \nSlayton, Robert Stevenson and Ezra Torry, are entirely new, not appear- \ning under any form or spelling in M. S. R. but all of these names except \ntwo, Jacob Brooks and Thomas Burnet, appear in the Brookfield Vital \nRecords of the Revolutionary period. The name of Jacob Brooks is on \nthe Oakham Town Records. Robert Stevenson appears to have been \nliving in Oakham in 1775 (Brookfield V. R., 415, Oakham V. R., 100). \n\nOf the remaining forty-six names, eighteen appear in M. S. R. as \nthose of Brookfield men, credited with service either before or after \n1776 : Jesse Abbot, Joel Abbot, Eleazer Addams, Jesse Addams, Solomon \nBarns, Elisha Bartlet, William Deen, Henery Gilbert, Jude Hamilton, \nEphraim Harington, Moses Hastings, Thomas Hathaway, Jonathan Lam- \nson, Joseph Marble, Samuel Watson, Thomas Wedge, Israil Whitney \nand John Woolcut. Ten others can be easily identified by entries in \nM. S. R., as those of men who were connected either before or after- \nwards with Brookfield companies : John Cambel, Lemuel Gilbert, Sam- \nuel Hinkly, Nicholas McCluer, Jonathan Richardson, Silas Stone, Joshua \nTylor, Samuel Walker, Samuel Wood and William Wood. \n\nThree names appear in M. S. R. as those of Oakham men credited with \nservice before or after 1776: Siles Bullard, James Forbush and Samuel \nMedcalf. Five other men whose names appear in M. S. R. for earlier or \nlater campaigns unassigned to any town are known from the Oakham \nTown Records to have been from Oakham : Abraham Bell, James Bell, \nWilliam Bothwel, Nathan Edson and John Forbush. \n\nJohn Ayres appears in M. S. R. for earlier or later campaigns from New \nBraintree, Samuel Ball from Worcester, Asa Barns from Lanesborough, \nComfort Barns from New Ashford, Lemuel Bryant from Middleboro, \nEbenezer Goodail from Royalston, Benjamin Knights and Samuel Palmer \nfrom Essex Co., and Ebenezer Wright from Templeton. \n\nNathan Rude, who was reported on the pay roll as deceased November \n13, is probably the Nathan Rood of Brookfield (Brookfield V. R., 392, \n401) who married Rachel Streeter in 1770. \n\nThe eleven Oakham men on the roll, Abraham Bell, James Bell, Jr., \nWilliam Bothwell, Jacob Brooks, Silas Bullard, Nathan Edson, James \nForbes, John Forbes, Asa French, Benjamin Knight, and Samuel Metcalf, \nare easily identified, being the only men credited with 178 miles distance \nfrom home. All of these except Nathan Edson and James Forbes are \ncredited with this campaign on the Oakham Town Records. James \nForbes probably went in place of Ichabod Packard, the only man whose \nname appears on the Town Records and not on the pay roll. \n\n\n\n278 SOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\nJohn French, 2d. \n\nBorn in Berkley, Mass., August ii, 1735, son of John and Marcy \nFrench, brother of Lieut. Asa French, and descendant in the fifth gen- \neration of John French of Halsted, Essex Co., England, who settled in \nCambridge, Mass., about 1637. \n\nHe served as a private from the towns of Berkley and Middle- \nboro, in probably eight campaigns: (i) in November, 1776, in \nCapt. Joshua Wilbore\'s Co., Col. Ebenezer Francis\' Regt. ; (2) \nfrom December 8, 1776, twelve days on a Rhode Island alarm, in \nCapt. Joseph Burt\'s Co., Col. Edward Pope\'s (Bristol Co.) Regt.; \n\n(3) from October 2, 1777, twenty-nine days on an expedition to \nRhode Island, in Capt. James Briggs\' Co., Col. Freeman\'s Regt. ; \n\n(4) from January 10, 1778, two months twenty-three days in \nRhode Island, in Capt. James Nichols\' Co., of Col. John Daggett\'s \nRegt; (5) May 6-9, 1778, on an alarm at Dartmouth, in Capt. \nJohn Barrows\' Co., Col. Ebenezer Sprout\'s Regt. ; (6) August \n25 to September i, 1778, nine days in Rhode Island, in Capt. \nEbenezer PauU\'s Co., Col. John Daggett\'s Regt.; (7) September \n6-12, 1778, on an alarm at Dartmouth, in Capt. John Barrows\' \nCo., Col. Ebenezer Sprout\'s Regt.; (8) on the Rhode Island \nalarm of August i, 1780, nine days in Capt. Abner Bourn\'s Co., \nCol. Ebenezer White\'s Regt. \n\nJohn French, 2d, came to Oakham from Middleboro about \n1792 bringing with him his father John French, then over ninety \nyears of age. He lived on the Cheney Adams place till 1809 when \nhe sold his farm to his son Isaac and afterwards removed to \nStockbridge, Vt. Both he and his wife probably returned to \nOakham before the end of the year 181 6. \n\nHe was married July 24, 1766, to Hayden Shaw of Middle- \nboro and had nine children, all born in Middleboro: Rhoda, \nAugust 23, 1767, married Benjamin Green of Oakham in 1793; \nHannah H., August 19, 1769, married Zenas Ripley of Oakham \nin 1805; Betsey, August 31, 1771, married her cousin John \nFrench, 3d, of Oakham, April 25, 1804; Nancy, July 6, 1773, \nmarried Woodward Berry of Stockbridge, Vt., in February, 1801 ; \nIsaac, June i, 1775; Philena, March 5, 1777, married Alvin Lyon \n\n\n\nTHE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 279 \n\nof Braintree, Vt., January 20, 1807; Abigail (Nabby), March 6, \n1779, married Aruiiah Gilbert of Stockbridge, Vt., January 29, \n1800; Sarah, May 25, 1781, died November 4, 1783; Sarah \nEaton, July 9, 1785, married Alvin Lyon of Braintree, Vt., \nFebruary 11, 182 1. Mrs. Hayden (Shaw) French died July 18, \n1787, and John French, 2d, was again married in 1797 to Patty \nFitch of New Braintree. \n\nIsaac French, only son of John French, 2d, married Catherine \nDavis of Oakham, January 14, 1808. Children born in Oakham : \nCharles, February 3, 181 1, a lumber merchant in Cleveland, in \nwhose honor French Hall on the Oberlin campus was named; \nNancy Davis, August 10, 1813, married Samuel G. Henry; \nEdwin, June 18, 1817, who laid out the towns of Tippecanoe \nand Lancaster, Missouri, and was the first Representative of his \ncounty in the Missouri Legislature; Caroline Denny and Cath- \nerine Davis, twins, August 17, 1819. \n\nJohn French, 2d, died at Oakham, September 11, 1823. His \nwife Patty (Fitch) French died, also at Oakham, July 2, 1836. \n\nOakham V. R., 27, y^, [Frinch], 120. M. S. R., vi, 75 (15), TJ (5), \n78 (3). Transcript of the Berkley Town Records in the possession of \nMiss Charlotte Crane, Taunton, Mass. French Family Records in the \npossession of Miss Mary A. French, North Brookfield, Mass. Wore. Co. \nReg. of Deeds, cxxix, 442, clxxx, 243, cciv, 454. Bass, Hist, of Braintree, \nVt, 163. Wright, John French, Jr., of Taunton, Berkley, Middleboro and \nOakham, Mass., and his Descendants. [The two different dates of John \nFrench\'s marriage given here and on page 88 are explained by different \ninterpretations of the note of his marriage in the Middleboro town rec- \nords. 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Sally Moore was the daughter of William and Sally (Rice) Moore, \nof Rutland, who were married May 8, 1803. \n\nJohn R. Crawford came to Oakham with his parents when \nabout one year old, and lived in Oakham till the age of twenty, \nwhen he removed to Springfield, Mass., and later went West. \nAbout 1859 he settled in Marshalltown, Iowa, where he had a \ngeneral store. In the summer of 1862 he joined Co. D of the \n33d Iowa Infantry, and was appointed Second Sergeant. Accord- \ning to the Adjutant General\'s Report he enlisted from Oska- \nloosa,, Mahaska Co., and his enlistment papers were dated \nSeptember 6, 1862. He was promoted to Sergeant Major, April \n16, 1863. The regiment was sent to Arkansas. In the battle \nat Jenkin\'s Ferry, on April 30, 1864. Crawford was severely \nwounded in the thigh, and left on the field by his own men. \nHe was taken prisoner by the Confederates, and transferred to \nNew Orleans, where he was exchanged not long before the close \nof the war. The regiment was mustered out at New Orleans, \nJuly 17, 1865, and officers not accounted for were mustered out \nas with the regiment. \n\nAfter his discharge he returned North and located as a dentist \nin Davenport, Iowa. Later he removed to Nyack, N. Y., where \nhe continued the practice of dentistry. \n\nHe was married at Nyack to Sarah Andrews of that place, \nand had one son, John Andrews Crawford, who was a musician. \n\nJohn Rice Crawford never fully recovered from his wound. \nHe died at Haverstraw, N. Y., February 21, 1892, in the fifty- \nninth year of his age. \n\n\n\nTHE CIVIL WAR \xe2\x80\x94 33D IOWA INFANTRY 283 \n\nMr. Crawford\'s military record was not known to the writer \ntill the part of this book dealing with the Civil War had been \nprinted. Another name is now to be added to the list of descend- \nants of Capt. John Crawford born or brought up in Oakham \nwho served in the Civil War. See page 71. \n\n\n\nINDEX \n\n\n\nThe General Index contains all names of Oakham soldiers, and of \nsuch ancestors and descendants of the same as are mentioned in this \nbook; also the Regiments and Companies in which Revolutionary soldiers \nfrom the town served, arranged alphabetically by the names of their \nColonels and Captains, under the general headings : Regiments in the \nRevolutionary War, and Companies in the Revolutionary War. The \nnames of soldiers whose biographies are given, and the pages on which \nthey are to be found, are indicated by full-faced type. \n\nFollowing the General Index is a separate Index of Towns. \n\n\n\nGENERAL INDEX \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nAbbott, Jesse 274, 277 \n\nAbbott, Joel 274, 277 \n\nAbbreviations 34 \n\nAdams. See also Addams. \n\nAdams, Austin 140 \n\nAdams, Dr. Charles 142, 189, \n\n200, 231 \nAdams, Charles (son of above) 232 \n\nAdams, Charles H 209 \n\nAdams, Charlotte 189, 232 \n\nAdams, Clayton C 255 \n\nAdams, Ella D. (Green) 209 \n\nAdams, Eva A. (Stone) 255 \n\nAdams, Henry 231 \n\nAdams, Ignatos 31 \n\nAdams, Jacob 22, 27, 29, 30, 31, 35, \n\n55. 119 \n\nAdams, John (of \'12) 160, 281 \n\nAdams, John 231-232 \n\nAdams, Lydia (Mrs. Jacob) . . 35 \nAdams, Marietta (Pierce) . . . 232 \n\nAdams, Nathan 27, 35-36 \n\nAdams, Nathan (of Medway) 36 \n\nAdams, Sally 196, 222, 241 \n\nAdams, Sarah (McAllister) 189, 231 \n\nAdams, Susanna 94 \n\nAddams. See Adams. \n\nAddams, Eleazer 274, 277 \n\nAddams, Jesse 274, 277 \n\nAlden, John 36 \n\nAlden, Nathaniel Butler 36 \n\nAlden, Prudence (Butler) .... 36 \nAllen, Abiah (wife of Andrew) 139 \nAllen, Abigail (daughter of \n\nJames) 165 \n\nAllen, Abigail (daughter of \n\nJesse) 37 \n\nAllen, Abigail (Willis) 37, 164 \n\nAllen, Amy Ann 228 \n\nAllen, Andrew 139 \n\nAllen, Bethiah 46 \n\nAllen, Chloe 37 \n\nAllen, Emily Kimball 165 \n\nAllen, Ephraim 80 \n\nAllen, George 165 \n\nAllen, Hannah 37 \n\nAllen, Hannah H. (Parker) 37, 165 \n\nAllen, Hannah Merriam 165 \n\nAllen, Tames (father of Jesse) 36, \n\n46 \n\n\n\nPAGB \n\nAllen, James 37, 106, 158, 160, 164-5, \n\n280, 281 \nAllen, James (son of James) . . 165 \nAllen, Jesse 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33, \n\n36-37, 38, 46, IIS, 116, 120, 128, \n\n139, 162, 164, 196, 215 \nAllen, Jesse (son of James) . . 165 \n\nAllen, Louisa 165 \n\nAllen, Louisa Parker 165 \n\nAllen, Lucinda 37 \n\nAllen, Lucy (daughter of Jesse) 37 \nAllen, Lucy (daughter of \n\nJames) 165 \n\nAllen, Maria 165 \n\nAllen, Martha Bird 165 \n\nAllen, Mary (Bothwell) ....38, 50 \n\nAllen, Mary L 165 \n\nAllen, Mehitabel 139 \n\nAllen, Nathaniel 36 \n\nAllen, Nehemiah, Jr. 29, 32, 37-38, \n\n50 \nAllen, Nehemiah, Sr. 31, 37, 38, 40, \n\n66 \n\nAllen, Olive 37 \n\nAllen, Parnal 37, 116, 166 \n\nAllen, Polly L. (Crocker) . .37, 165 \n\nAllen, Ruth 120 \n\nAllen, Salome 150 \n\nAllen, Samuel 36 \n\nAllen, Stoughton Willis 165 \n\nAllen. Susanna (daughter of \n\nNehemiah, Sr.) 66 \n\nAllen, Susanna (daughter of \n\nEphraim) 80 \n\nAllen, Thomas S7 \n\nAmes, Abner Craft 39 \n\nAmes, David 69 \n\nAmes, Elizabeth 39 \n\nAmes, Elizabeth (Hall) 39 \n\nAmes, Hannah 39 \n\nAmes, Lucy 39 \n\nAmes, Jacob 20, 27, 38 \n\nAmes, James 22, 27, 33, 38-39 \n\nAmes, James (son of James) 39 \n\nAmes & Fobes 69 \n\nAmherst College 178, 207, 211, 248 \nAmsden, Bertha Florence .... 248 \n\nAnderson, Elizabeth 75 \n\nAndrews, Sarah 282 \n\nArms, Hudson L 172 \n\n\n\n!88 \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nArms, Rhoena Augusta (Rice) 172 \n\nArnold, Clementin L 205 \n\nAshby, Addie M 181 \n\nAshley, Lucinda 152 \n\nAustin, Page 6, 7, 4i. 266 \n\nAuthorities for Civil War ... I74 \nAuthorities for War of 1812. . 158 \nAuthorities for War of Revo- \nlution 34 \n\nAyres, Charles Perley 165 \n\nAyres, Eunice Harriet .....81, 165 \nAyres, Grace Mason (Tidd) .. 165 \nAyres, Harriet W. (Knight).. 165 \n\nAyres, Hiram 165 \n\nAyres, Jabez (of New Brain- \ntree) 165 \n\nAyres, Jabez (of Newbury) . . 165 \n\nAyres, John 274, 277 \n\nAyres, Katherine Amelia .... 165 \n\nAyres, Louisa Allen 81, 165 \n\nAyres, Moses 7, 215, 266 \n\nAyres, Parley. See Perley . . . 280 \n\nAyres, Perley 82, 160, 165, 280 \n\nAyres, Sarah Grace 165 \n\nBackus, Rev. Charles 170 \n\nBacon, Abigail 97 \n\nBall, Mary A 263 \n\nBall, Samuel 274, 277 \n\nBangs, Thankful 89 \n\nBanister, Rachel 128 \n\nBanks, Ann 40 \n\nBanks, Azubah (McMains) 39, 40 \n\nBanks, Elizabeth 40 \n\nBanks, James .. ..21, 23, 27, 39, 40 \n\nBanks, Martha (White) 39 \n\nBanks, Mary 40 \n\nBanks, Noble 40 \n\nBanks, Sarah 40 \n\nBanks, William 22, 27, 28, 33, 37, \n39-40 \n\nBarns, Asa 274, 277 \n\nBarns, Comfort 274, 277 \n\nBarns, Solomon 274, 277 \n\nBarr, Abigail (Macomber) 207, 208 \n\nBarr, Addison William 208 \n\nBarr, Davidson 192 \n\nBarr, Ebenezer N. . . . 160, 280, 281 \n\nBarr, Henry G 208 \n\nBarr, Hiram 160, 280, 281 \n\nBarr, James, Jr 160, 162 \n\nBarr, John, Jr 207 \n\nBarr, Lucy A 192 \n\nBarr, Lydia Alvira 240 \n\n\n\nBarr, Mary Josephine 208 \n\nBarr, Molly (Bridges) 207 \n\nBarr, Sumner 106, 169, 207 \n\nBarr, Susan B. (Robinson) ... 208 \nBarr, William Robinson 14, 207- \n\n208 \n\nBarrett, Helen S. F 260 \n\nBars, Ebenezer N. See Barr, \n\nEbenezer N 281 \n\nBars, Hiram. See Barr, Hiram 281 \nBartlett, Abigail (Waterman) 150 \n\nBartlet, Elisha 274, 277 \n\nBartlett, Perez Waterman ... 150 \nBassett, Abigail (Stone) ..40, 141 \nBassett, Heman 22, 27, 40-41, 141 \nBassett, Heman (son of Heman) 40 \n\nBassett, Joel 40 \n\nBassett, Patty 40 \n\nBassett, Roxena 40 \n\nBassett, William 40 \n\nBatt, Elizabeth (Correy) .... 41 \n\nBatt Hill 41 \n\nBatt, William 41 \n\nBeard, Augustus Field 81 \n\nBeard, Betsey (Field) 81 \n\nBeard, Daniel 81 \n\nBeard, George Miller 81 \n\nBeard, Lucy 170 \n\nBeard, William Spencer 81 \n\nBeebe, Richard 69 \n\n\n\nBel \nBel \n\nBel \nBel \nBel \nBel \n\nBel \nBel \nBel \n\nBel \n\nBel \nBel \nBel \nBel \nBel \nBel \nBel \nBel \nBel \nBel \n\n\n\nFamily 4i-43 \n\n, Abraham 23, 27, 30, 42, 108, \n\n274. 277 \n\n, Mrs. Abraham (Joslin) . . 42 \n\n, Agnes 86 \n\n, Anna (Osborn) 42, 43 \n\n, Anna Osborn (daughter \n\nof above) 42 \n\n, Elizabeth (Campbell) ... 43 \n\n, Hannah (White) 43 \n\n, James 19, 27, 28, 41, 42, 43, 83, \n86, 134, 274, 277 \n, James, Jr. 23, 30, 42-43, 79. \n108, 277 \n\n, Janet S3 \n\n, John 27, 30, 43, 108 \n\n, Martha (Crawford) ...41, 86 \n\n, Melinda 42 \n\n, Patty Crawford 42 \n\n, Polly Davis 42 \n\n, Samuel 19, 30, 43, 108 \n\nows, Lissy 43 \n\nows, Ruth 124 \n\nows, Silas 20, 27, 28, 43 \n\n\n\nINDEX \n\n\n\n289 \n\n\n\nBemis, James C 267 \n\nBemis, Sophronia 201 \n\nBennett, Eleanor 153 \n\nBenson, Hannah ^(i \n\nBenson, John 76 \n\nBent, Betsey 223 \n\nBerden, Huldah 246, 282 \n\nBerry, Benjamin 45 \n\nBerry, Ephraim 45 \n\nBerry, Esther 45, 169 \n\nBerry, Esther (Woodward) 44, 45 \n\nBerry, Eunice 45 \n\nBerry, Inez 189 \n\nBerry, John 45 \n\nBerry, Joseph 19, 20, 25, 44, 45 \n\nBerry, Lydia 45 \n\nBerry, Nancy (French) 278 \n\nBerry, Sarah (Powers) 44 \n\nBerry, Sheers 21, 25, 31, 44-45. 87, \n180 \n\nBerry, Woodward 45, 278 \n\nBigelow, James 31, 45 \n\nBigelow, John C 201 \n\nBlack, Abraham 45 \n\nBlack, Anna (Parmenter) .... 47 \n\nBlack, Bethiah 46 \n\nBlack, Bethiah (Allen) 46 \n\nBlack Family 45-47 \n\nBlack, George 19, 20, ZZ, 46, 48, 94 \n\nBlack, George, 2d 48 \n\nBlack, Grace 61, 62 \n\nBlack, James 29, 46 \n\nBlack, Mary (Mclntyre) 45 \n\nBlack, Rebekah (Lyon) 46 \n\nBlack, Sally (Blair) 48 \n\nBlack, Stewart 19, 20, 22, 28, 46-47 \nBlack, William ... 19, 20, 27, 46, 47 \nBlackman, Hannah 65, 66, 67 \n\n\n\nBla \nBla \nBla \nBla \nBla \n\nBla \nBla \nBla \nBla \nBla \nBla \nBla \nBla \nBla \nBla \n\n\n\nr, Annie (Bullard-Hagar) . 48 \n\nAsa 47 \n\nr, Asa (nephew of above) 48 \n\nr, Hosea 48 \n\nr, James 21, 22, 28, 29, 31, 47-48, \n\n105 \n\nr, James (of Scotland) ... 47 \n\nr, James (son of James) . . 48 \n\nr, Mrs. James (Pepper) ... 47 \n\nr, Joseph (brother of James) 47 \n\nr, Joseph (son of James) 48 \n\nr, Katy 48 \n\nr, Lucy 48 \n\nr, Polly 48 \n\nr, Sally 48 \n\nr, Sarah 153 \n\n\n\nFACE \n\nBlair, Sarah (Joslyn) 48 \n\nBlake, Flora 242 \n\nBlake, Jonathan 160, 280 \n\nBlake, Mrs. Joseph (Warren) 231 \n\nBlake, Mary 181 \n\nBodfish, Benjamin 114 \n\nBodfish, Hannah 92, 114, 117 \n\nBodfish, Lydia (.Crocker) 114 \n\nBolton, ApoUos 31, 48 \n\nBolton, Daniel 74 \n\nBolton, Deborah (Washburn) 49 \n\nBolton, Elias 31, 48 \n\nBolton, Jane (Thompson) .... 49 \nBolton, Nathaniel, Jr. [BuUard] 27, \n\n49, 81 \n\nBolton, Nathaniel (father of \n\nabove) 49 \n\nBolton, Oliver 49 \n\nBoman, William 274, 277 \n\nBond, Amy A. (Chase-Earle) 246 \n\nBond, N. D 246 \n\nBothwell, Alexander, ist 49 \n\nBothwell, Alexander, 2d 27, 28, 29, \n\n38, 49-50, SI, 52, 65, T7, 155, 226 \n\nBothwell, Alexander, 3d 19, 21, 2"], \n\n28, 29, 30, 50-51, 70 \nBothwell, Charlotte (Rock- \nwood) 52, 226 \n\nBothwell, Cheney 52, 226 \n\nBothwell, Electa (Rockwood) 52 \n\nBothwell, Ernest S 227 \n\nBothwell, Eunice (Harper) ... 52 \n\nBothwell, James 27, 28, 50, 51 \n\nBothwell, John 19, 23, 27, 28, 29, \n\n50, 51-52, 148 \n\nBothwell, John, Jr. (son of \n\nabove) 52 \n\nBothwell, Lizzie J. (wife of \nSylvander = Mrs. Poland) 227 \n\nBothwell, Lucretia 52 \n\nBothwell, Martha A. (Mead).. 227 \n\nBothwell, Mary 38, 50 \n\nBothwell, Mary (wife of Alex- \nander, 3d) 51 \n\nBothwell, Mary (Wilson) 51 \n\nBothwell, Prudence 50 \n\nBothwell, Rachel 50 \n\nBothwell, Rebecca (McFarland) 52 \n\nBothwell, Rebecka 52 \n\nBothwell, Reuben 52 \n\nBothwell, Sally (Prouty) 51 \n\nBothwell, Sarah 50 \n\nBothwell, Susannah 52 \n\nBothwell, Sylvander ...52, 226-227 \n\n\n\n19 \n\n\n\n290 \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nBothwell, Sylvester 226 \n\nBothwell, Sylvester Rockwood 227 \nBothwell, William 19, 23, 27, 29, 35, \n\n50, 52, 130, 149, 274, 277 \n\nBoutwel, Enoch 274, 277 \n\nBowman, Rhoda oi \n\nBoyd Family 53 \n\nBoyd, Abbie F. (Lovell) 227 \n\nBoyd, Annis (Poland) 227 \n\nBoyd, Bessie M 228 \n\nBoyd, Cheney 53, 227 \n\nBoyd, Isaac M 53, 227 \n\nBoyd, James 20, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, \n\n53-54, 167, 227 \n\nBoyd, Janet (Bell) 53 \n\nBoyd, John 19, 22, 27, 31, 33, 53, \n\n54, 272, 273 \nBoyd, John (son of James) .. 53 \n\nBoyd, John Flint 53, 227-228 \n\nBoyd, Jenney 127 \n\nBoyd, Judith (Hall) 54 \n\nBoyd, Leon L 227 \n\nBoyd, Leone 198 \n\nBoyd, Lucretia S3 \n\nBoyd. Lulu P 227 \n\nBoyd, Mabel A 227 \n\nBoyd, Mary (daughter of James) 53, \n\n167 \n\nBoyd, Mary E. (Stone) 198 \n\nBoyd, Mehetabel 53 \n\nBoyd, Rebekah S3 \n\nBoyd, Samuel 53, 127 \n\nBoyd, Susan (Flint) 53,227 \n\nBoyd, William 53 \n\nBoyd, Winthrop H 198 \n\nBoyden, Adams 246 \n\nBoyden, Harriet A. (Buffum) 247 \n\nBoyden, lone 246 \n\nBoyden, Julia M I35 \n\nBoyden, Samuel 246 \n\nBoyden, Stephen A. 6, 14, 246-247, \n260 \n\nBradford, Nancy 59 \n\nBrenneman, Christian Charles 222 \nBrenneman, Lucy May (Carle- \nton) 222 \n\nBrewer, Samuel 89 \n\nBrewer, Susannah (French) . . 89 \n\nBridg-es, Molly 207 \n\nBriggs, Asa 28, 54-55 \n\nBriggs, Levina (Chaddock) ... 55 \nBrimhall, Caroline (Nye) .... 166 \n\nBrimhall, Elisha 166 \n\nBrimhall, Eunice (Humphrey) 166 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nBrimhall, Hannah 89 \n\nBrimhall, Joel 142 \n\nBrimhall, Jonas . 160, 166, 280, 281 \n\nBrimhall, Louisa (Stone) 142 \n\nBrimhall, Samuel 166 \n\nBrinkhall, Jonas. See Brimhall, \n\nJonas 281 \n\nBritish Regulars, enlistment of 117, \n\n130, 146 \n\nBroad, Achsah (Stone) 143 \n\nBroad, William 143 \n\nBrooks, Allen Grant 228 \n\nBrooks, Amy Ann (Allen) . . . 228 \n\nBrooks, Betsy 168 \n\nBrooks, Carlos Nathaniel 228 \n\nBrooks, Clararuth 229 \n\nBrooks, Evelyn N. (Pinney).. 228 \n\nBrooks, Jacob 23, 274, 277 \n\nBrooks, Jennie Allen 229 \n\nBrooks, Jonas 168 \n\nBrooks, Josephyne Wells \n\n(Courtright) 228, 229 \n\nBrooks, Mary (Chadwick) . . . 228 \n\nBrooks, Minnie Louise 228 \n\nBrooks, Nathaniel (father of \n\nNathaniel N.) 228 \n\nBrooks, Nathaniel Courtright . 228 \nBrooks, Nathaniel Newton 228-229 \n\nBrooks, Ralph Pinney 228 \n\nBrooks, William Nathaniel ... 228 \n\nBrown, Aaron 56 \n\nBrown, Azubah (Green) 56 \n\nBrown, Eleanor 84 \n\nBrown, Elizabeth (daughter of \n\nJames) 56 \n\nBrown, Elizabeth (daughter of \n\nJohn) 56 \n\nBrown, Esther 55 \n\nBrown, James 23, 28 [Saml], 29, 33, \n\n35, 55-56, 130 \n\nBrown, John 23, 27, 28, 56 \n\nBrown, Julius Waverly 241 \n\nBrown, Lucy 56 \n\nBrown, Mary (wife of James) 55 \nBrown, Mary (of Leicester).. 241 \nBrown, Mary Ella (Spooner). 241 \n\nBrown, Moses 55, I7i \n\nBrown, Patie 102, 103 \n\nBrown, Phebe 56 \n\nBrown, Phebe (Fosket) 56 \n\nBrown, Rhoda (Clark) 55 \n\nBrown, Samuel. See Brown, \n\nJames. \nBrown, Susan 195, 239 \n\n\n\nINDEX \n\n\n\n291 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nBrown, Thankful (daughter of \n\nJames) 55 \n\nBrown, Thankful (sister of \n\nJames) 55 \n\nBrown University 159, 242 \n\nBrowning-, Lucy Ann 185 \n\nBruce, Abigail (Richmond) ... 229 \n\nBruce, Bessie Louise 229 \n\nBruce, Doris 229 \n\nBruce, Dorothy Wilbur 202 \n\nBruce, Edith May 229 \n\nBruce, Hannah Jane (Chamber- \n\nlin) 229 \n\nBruce, Harry Sylvester 229 \n\nBruce, Joseph F 229 \n\nBruce, Joseph S. (son of Joseph \n\nS.) 229 \n\nBruce, Joseph Sylvester 229 \n\nBruce, Joseph Walter 229 \n\nBruce, Lewis Herman 202 \n\nBruce, Lora Belle (Wilbur)... 202 \n\nBruce, Mary (Burnett) 229 \n\nBruce, Roger 274, 277 \n\nBruce, Sophronia (Kimball) . . 229 \n\nBruce, Walter Jay 229 \n\nBryant, Catherine 260 \n\nBryant, Lemuel 274, 277 \n\nBufifum, Harriet A 247 \n\nBullard, Abigail 58 \n\nBullard, Abigail (Furness) ... 60 \n\nBullard, Adin 60, 250 \n\nBullard, Alice M 249 \n\nBullard, Alpha 60 \n\nBullard, Anna or Annie 48, 58, 201 \nBullard, Anna (Harrington) 56, 57, \n\n58, 59, 60 \n\nBullard, Asa 59 \n\nBullard, Asahel 225 \n\nBullard, Avery C 6, 57 \n\nBullard, Benjamin (son of Silas) 60 \n\nBullard, Betty 60 \n\nBullard, Calvin 61 \n\nBullard, Dorothy 58. 65, 66 \n\nBullard, Ebenezer 58, 59 \n\nBullard, Editha 61 \n\nBullard, George 57 \n\nBullard, George A 61 \n\nBullard, Hannah ..58, 143, 167, 169 \n\nBullard, Henry 57, 169 \n\nBullard, Hepsebath (daughter \n\nof Jonathan) 58 \n\nBullard, Hepsebeth (daughter \n\nof Jonathan, Jr.) 59 \n\nBullard, Isaac 27, 56, 58 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nBullard, Isaac (son of Jonathan, \n\nJr.) 59 \n\nBullard, Joel 61, 184, 225 \n\nBullard, Jonathan 18, 22, 33, 40, 48, \n56, 57-59, 60, 65, 88, 141, 143, \n184, 201 \nBullard, Jonathan, Jr. 28, 30, 58, 59 \nBullard, Jonathan (son of above) 59 \nBullard, Jonathan (of Water- \ntown) 57 \n\nBullard, Joseph 59 \n\nBullard, Lucy 59 \n\nBullard, Lydia 58 \n\nBullard, Lydia (Foster) 57, 58, 59, \n6S \n\nBullard, Marshall 59 \n\nBullard, Mary or Moley (daugh- \nter of Silas) 60, 135 \n\nBullard, Mary (Furness) ....60,61 \n\nBullard, Melissa 61 \n\nBullard, Moley. See Bullard, \nMary. \n\nBullard, Moses 58 \n\nBullard, Nancy (Bradford) ... 59 \n\nBullard, Nancy (Dwight) 225 \n\nBullard, Nathan 59 \n\nBullard [Bolton], Nathaniel . . 27 \nBullard, Pattie (or Patty) ..58, 141 \n\nBullard, Phineas 58, 106 \n\nBullard, Prudence (Bothwell). 50 \nBullard, Ruth (daughter of \n\nJonathan) 58 \n\nBullard, Ruth (daughter of \n\nJonathan, Jr., died young) 59 \nBullard, Ruth (daughter of \n\nJonathan, Jr.) 59 \n\nBullard, Ruth (daughter of \n\nSilas) 60 \n\nBullard, Ruth (Harrington) ,. 57 \nBullard, Ruth (Whittemore) . . 59 \n\nBullard, Sally 59 \n\nBullard, Samuel 20, 26, 27, 58, 59-60 \n\nBullard, Sanford H 60, 225 \n\nBullard, Sarah 58 \n\nBullard, Silas 19, 23, 28, 29, 58, 60- \n61, 171, 184, 274, 277 \n\nBullard, Silas, Jr 60 \n\nBullard. Silas (great-grandson \n\nof Silas) 61 \n\nBullard, Sybilla 58 \n\nBullard, Valentine 50, 58 \n\nBullard, William 60 \n\nBullard, William Henry 184-185, \n\n225 \n\n\n\n292 \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nBullen. See also Boyden. \n\nBullen, Caroline Matilda (Earle) 246 \n\nBullen, Mary 226 \n\nBullen, Stephen 246 \n\nBunker Hill 20 \n\nBurgoyne\'s Army, deserters from \n\n117, 130, 146 \n\nBurnet, Thomas 274, 277 \n\nBurnett, Mary 229 \n\nBurt, Alfred E 243 \n\nBurt, David 115 \n\nBurt, Laura G 49, 168 \n\nBurt, Martha Elizabeth 243 \n\nBuss, Maria 169 \n\nButler, Abigail (Thresher) ... 61 \nButler, Algernon Sidney. See \n\nCrawford, Algernon Sidney 172 \n\nButler, Alice 61, 62 \n\nButler, Daniel 61 \n\nButler, Elias 62 \n\nButler, Grace (Black) 61,62 \n\nButler, Isaiah 23, 61, 62 \n\nButler, James 62 \n\nButler, John 19, 22, 29, 30, 31, 61-62 \n\nButler, John, Jr 61 \n\nButler, Lucretia 61 \n\nButler, Melina 62 \n\nButler, Melissa 62 \n\nButler, Molly 61, 172 \n\nButler, Prudence (wife of John \n\nAlden) 36 \n\nButler, Prudence (daughter of \n\nIsaiah) 61 \n\nButler, Sarah 61 \n\nButler, Walter 62 \n\nButler, Walter (younger brother \n\nof above) 62 \n\nCaffee, Hattie (Robinson) .... 263 \n\nCafifee, Stewart B 263 \n\nCaldwell, Eliza (Parker) 181, 182, \n\n256 \n\nCaldwell, George 181, 256 \n\nCaldwell, George Lyman 181-182, \n\n256 \n\nCaldwell, James 181 \n\nCaldwell, James W 256 \n\nCaldwell, Mary (Blacke) 181 \n\nCaldwell, Rachel (wife of James \n\nW.=Mrs. McLoud) 256 \n\nCaldwell, William 273 \n\nCambel, John 274, 277 \n\nCamber, Charles C 239 \n\nCamber, Grace Elizabeth 239 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nCamber, Mary Ann (Ross) . . . 239 \n\nCamber, Ruth Weston 239 \n\nCamber, Stephen Ross 239 \n\nCampbell, Elizabeth 43 \n\nCanon, Charles 227 \n\nCanon, Lulu P. (Boyd) 227 \n\nCapen, Betsy 199, 224 \n\nCarleton, Albert Sawyer 222 \n\nCarleton, Herbert 221 \n\nCarleton, Lucy May 222 \n\nCarleton, Susan Elizabeth(Reed)22i \nCarleton, Walter Herbert .... 222 \n\nCarpenter, Nathan 117 \n\nCarpenter, Patience (wife of \n\nSilas Nye) 117 \n\nCarpenter, Patience (wife of \n\nNathan) 117 \n\nCaswell, George 19, 20, 22, 29, 62- \n\n63, 154 \nCaswell, George (son of above) 62 \n\nCaswell, Hannah 62 \n\nCaswell, Luceba 62 \n\nCaswell, Lucena 62 \n\nCaswell, Weltha 62 \n\nCaswell, Weltha (Richmond). 62 \nChace. See also Chase. \n\nChace, Horace E 103 \n\nChace, Laura B. (Hunt) 103 \n\nChaddock, Bowman ....30, 63, 116 \n\nChaddock, Calvin 64, 116 \n\nChaddock, Joseph 27, 31, 33, 63-64, \n\n130, 233 \n\nChaddock, Levina 55 \n\nChaddock, Marcy (Nye) ...63, 116 \nChaddock, Meletiah (Nye) ... 116 \nChaddock, Parcis (Smith) .... 64 \nChaddock, Sarah (wife of \n\nJoseph) 63, 64 \n\nChaddock, Thomas 27, 28, 64 \n\nChadwick, Mary 228 \n\nChamberlain, Edward 210, 214-215, \n\n219 \n\nChamberlain, Edwin 214 \n\nChamberlain, Jacob 214 \n\nChamberlain, Lydia B. (Wright) 214 \n\nChamberlain, Ruth E 219, 220 \n\nChamberlain, Ruth (Upton) . . 214 \n\nChamberlain, Thomas J 214 \n\nChamberlin, Celia (Williams) 229 \nChamberlin, Hannah Jane . . . 229 \n\nChamberlin, Lyman 229 \n\nChapman, Carrie Ethelyne . . . 259 \nChapman, Carrie E. (Crawford) 259 \nChapman, Carrol Everett .... 259 \n\n\n\nINDEX \n\n\n\n293 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nChapman, John W 259 \n\nChapman, John Wilbert 259 \n\nChapman, Mirriam Stevens . . 259 \nChapman, Perley Crawford ... 259 \n\nChapman, Sara Rena 259 \n\nChase. See also Chace. \n\nChase, Abbie E 230 \n\nChase, Amy A 246 \n\nChildren of Civil War Soldiers 264 \n\nChurch, Caleb 30, 64-65, 74 \n\nChurch, Caleb 134 \n\nCivil War, Authorities for ... 174 \nCivil War, Regiments in. \n\nSee pp. ix, x \n\nClampherd Meadow 35 \n\nClapp, Irene 187 \n\nClapp, Jonas 171 \n\nClark, Amos (grandfather of \n\nMason) 166 \n\nClark, Amos (father of Mason) 166 \n\nClark, Charles 89 \n\nClark, Emma E 193 \n\nClark, Hannah (Craig) 166 \n\nClark, John C 166, 226 \n\nClark, Jonas 50 \n\nClark, Katherine 151 \n\nClark, Mason 160, 166, 280 \n\nClark, Patty (Johnson) 166 \n\nClark, Mrs. Rhoda (of Rutland) 55 \n\nClark, Simeon 166 \n\nClark, Ursula (Richardson) ... 166 \n\nCody, B. Evelyn 253 \n\nCody, Catherine 253 \n\nCody, Catherine Rowena (Mon- \nroe) 253 \n\nCody, Edmund 253 \n\nCody, Ivah C 253 \n\nCody, Ralph M 253 \n\nColdwell. See Caldwell. \n\nColton, Chauncey 176, 255 \n\nColton, Lavinia H 177, 255 \n\nColton, Nathaniel W. 176-177, 255 \n\nCompanies \n\nin the Revolutionary War \n\n(designated by names of Captains) \n\nAllen, James 149 \n\nAllen, Noah 22 \n\nBates, Joseph 145 \n\nBuckland, Stephen 140 \n\nChambers, Matthew 118 \n\nCogswell, Amos 25 \n\nCrawford, John . . 18, 19, 21, 26, 28 \nCutler, Joseph 29 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nDexter, Samuel 20 \n\nDoty, Barnabas 109 \n\nEarll, Ralph 27 \n\nElliot, Joseph 32, 133 \n\nFisher, Thomas 31, 76 \n\nGilbert, Daniel 30, 31 \n\nGoodale, Nathan 25 \n\nGrainger, John 20 \n\nHamilton, Nathaniel 22 \n\nHaskell, Elnathan 131 \n\nHazeltine, Simeon 19, 20 \n\nHeywood, Benjamin 142 \n\nHodges, Edmund 26 \n\nHolden, Abel 25 \n\nHoward, John 22 \n\nHowe, Abner 23 \n\nKnowlton, Ezekiel 21 \n\nLyman, Daniel 65 \n\nMitchell, Nathan 149 \n\nNye, Benjamin 29 \n\nPackard, John 20 \n\nPaige, Timothy 31 \n\nReed, John 24 \n\nRichardson, Joseph 31 \n\nSears, Barnabas 21 \n\nShay, Daniel 25 \n\nSibley, Joseph 27 \n\nSoul, Moses 20 \n\nToogood, William 142 \n\nWadsworth, Joseph 30 \n\nWashburn, Seth 20 \n\nWattles, Mason 78 \n\nWhipple, Thomas 27 \n\nWilbore, Joshua 109 \n\nConant, Abiah 66 \n\nConant, Abigail (daughter of \n\nJames) 66 \n\nConant, Abigail (daughter of \n\nTimothy) 67 \n\nConant, Abigail S 167 \n\nConant, Albert Steuben 167 \n\nConant, Betsy 66 \n\nConant, Charles (>6 \n\nConant, Cloe (Allen) 27 \n\nConant, Deborah (daughter of \n\nJames) 65 \n\nConant, Deborah (daughter of \n\nTimothy) 67 \n\nConant, Deborah (Lovell) .... 67 \nConant, Dorothy (Bullard) ..65, 66 \n\nConant, Elijah 65 \n\nConant, Eliza Ann 167 \n\nConant, Frank S 244 \n\nConant, Rev. Gains 37 \n\n\n\n294 \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nConant, George Fay 167 \n\nConant, George W 167 \n\nConant, Hannah (daughter of \n\nLuther) 66 \n\nConant, Hannah (daughter of \n\nTimothy) 67 \n\nConant, Hannah (Blackman) 65, \n\n66, 67 \n\nConant, Harriet Shattuck 167 \n\nConant, Henry (son of Lot) . . 167 \nConant, Henry Lafayette (son \n\nof James, Jr.) 167 \n\nConant, James 20, 25, 28, 65-66, 67 \nConant, James, Jr. 66, 143, 160, 166- \n\n167, 280 \nConant, John (son of James) 66 \nConant, John (son of James, Jr.) 167 \n\nConant, Joseph 167 \n\nConant, Justus 66 \n\nConant, Lois 66 \n\nConant, Lois (Conant) 66 \n\nConant, Lot 65, 67, 160, 161, 166- \n\n167, 280 \nConant, Louisa (daughter of \n\nJames, Jr.) 167 \n\nConant, Louisa (daughter of \n\nLuther) 66 \n\nConant, Louisa L. (daughtef \n\nof Lot) 167 \n\nConant, Lucy (daughter of \n\nJames) 65 \n\nConant, Lucy (daughter of \n\nTimothy) 67 \n\nConant, Luke 167 \n\nConant, Luther 20, 25, 66-67 \n\nConant, Luther (son of James) 65 \n\nConant, Lydia 66 \n\nConant, Maria 167 \n\nConant, Mary H 167 \n\nConant, Mary (White) ...-,... 66 \n\nConant, Nathan t... 66 \n\nConant, Patty (Stone) 167 \n\nConant, Polly (McClellen) ... 167 \n\nConant, Roger 67 \n\nConant, Samuel 167 \n\nConant, Sarah (daughter of \n\nTimothy) 67 \n\nConant. Sarah Jane (daughter \n\nof Lot) 167 \n\nConant, Sukey (Stone). See \n\nConant. Susan (Stone). \n\nConant, Sullivan 66 \n\nConant, Susan (daughter of \n\nJames, Jr.) 167 \n\n\n\nConant, Susan (daughter of \n\nLuther) 66 \n\nConant, Susan (Stone) ...143, 167 \nConant, Susanna (eldest daugh- \nter of Timothy) 67 \n\nConant, Susanna (second daugh- \nter of Timothy) 67, 139 \n\nConant, Susanna (Allen) 66 \n\nConant, Sylvanus 67 \n\nConant, Thomas 167 \n\nConant, Timothy 21, 25, 65, 66, 67 \nConant, Timothy (son of Tim- \nothy) 67 \n\nConant, Walter 167 \n\nConant & Macomber\'s Orchestra 7 \nContinental Soldiers 24, 25, 30, 31, \n\n32 \nConverse, Boswell. See Con- \nverse, Roswell 281 \n\nConverse, Roswell . . . 160, 280, 281 \nCooley, Caroline Cutler ...179, 255 \n\nCornell University 242 \n\nCorrey, Elizabeth 41 \n\nCourtright, Josephyne Wells . 228 \n\nCowen, Charles 194 \n\nCowen, Gertrude Annette \n\n(Parker) 194 \n\nCraige, Elizabeth 122, 126 \n\nCraige, Hannah 166 \n\nCraige, James 121, 126 \n\nCraige, James, Jr. 119, 121, 155, 156 \n\nCraige, Jean 47, 121, 124 \n\nCraige, Joseph ..22, 32, 33, 98, loi \nCraige, Rachel (Wallis) ...121, 126 \nCrawford, Aaron 19, 23, 27, 29, 67- \n\n68, 69, 77 \nCrawford, Aaron (of Rutland, \n\nfather of Aaron) 41, 68 \n\nCrawford, Aaron, Jr. (son of \n\nAaron) 68 \n\nCrawford, Abbie T. (Stevens). 259 \nCrawford, Agnes (Wilson) 41, 68 \nCrawford, Alexander 29, 67, 68-69, \n\n70, 71, 72, no, 163. 256 \nCrawford, Alexander, 2d (son \n\nof John) 29, 69-70, 71, 207, 250, \n252 \nCrawford, Alexander (son of \n\nAaron) 68 \n\nCrawford, Alexander (son of \n\nWilliam) 73, 163, 266, 267 \n\nCrawford, Alfred Galen 70, 71, 252 \nCrawford [Butler], Algernon \nSidney 172 \n\n\n\nINDEX \n\n\n\n295 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nCrawford, Alvira (Noyes) . . . 252 \nCrawford, Anson Alexander .. 70 \nCrawford, Benjamin Franklin 70 \nCrawford, Bethiah Willis 69, 207, \n\n252 \n\nCrawford, Calvin 71 \n\nCrawford, Caroline (Gault) 185, \n\n247, 256 \n\nCrawford, Carrie E 259 \n\nCrawford, Charles 185 \n\nCrawford, Charles Sumner 70. 71, \n\n247, 256 \n\nCrawford, Chloe 68 \n\nCrawford, Clarinda 246 \n\nCrawford, Cyrene S 259 \n\nCrawford, Edgar 193 \n\nCrawford, Eliakim 71 \n\nCrawford, Eliza (daughter of \n\nSamuel son of John) no \n\nCrawford, Eliza (Fay) 172 \n\nCrawford, Elizabeth (daughter \n\nof Aaron) 68 \n\nCrawford, Elizabeth (daughter \n\nof John) 71, 155 \n\nCrawford, Elizabeth (daughter \n\nof William) Tz, 161 \n\nCrawford, Elizabeth (Craw- \nford = wife of Alexander) d^, \n\n69, 70, 72 \n\nCrawford, Ellen (Sibley) 185 \n\nCrawford, Emeline Maria or \n\nMariah 70, 250 \n\nCrawford, Emma (Tindall) ... 258 \n\nCrawford, Emma Nita 258 \n\nCrawford, Frank 185 \n\nCrawford, Fred E 185 \n\nCrawford, Galen Allen 70, 252 \n\nCrawford, George H 185 \n\nCrawford, Hannah 71, 243 \n\nCrawford, Harriot Ti \n\nCrawford, Harry Calvin 259 \n\nCrawford, Henry 70 \n\nCrawford, Henry Willis 71, 185, \n\n247, 256 \n\nCrawford. Hiram A 252 \n\nCrawford, Hosea Willis 70, 185, \n\n247, 256 \nCrawford, Huldah (Berden) 246, \n\n282 \n\nCrawford, Isabel 73 \n\nCrawford, James ^z, 172 \n\nCrawford, Jeales 68 \n\nCrawford, Jeales (Gill) 68 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nCrawford, John 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, \n26, 27, 28, 30, zz, 68, 69, 70-72, \n\xe2\x96\xa07Z, 98, 132, 155, 185, 207, 242, \n250, 256, 270, 272, 282, 283 \nCrawford, John (son of Sam- \nuel) 282 \n\nCrawford, John, Jr. 29, 30, 31, 71, \n\n72 \nCrawford, John Andrews .... 2S2 \nCrawford, John Gault 70, 71, 247, \n256-259 \n\nCrawford, John Rice 282-283 \n\nCrawford, Josiah 71 \n\nCrawford, Laurinda (Wilson) 246 \n\nCrawford, Lucinda 69 \n\nCrawford, Lucy (daughter of \n\nJohn) 71 \n\nCrawford, Lucy (daughter of \n\nWilliam) 73 \n\nCrawford, Lucy Ann (Brown- \ning). 185 \n\nCrawford, Luther 68 \n\nCrawford, Martha 41, 68, 86 \n\nCrawford, Mary (sister of \n\nAlexander, 1st) no, 112 \n\nCrawford, Mary (Ford-Perkins) 71, \n\n132 \nCrawford, Mary (Henderson) 69, \n\nIZ, 98 \nCrawford, Mary A. (Harring- \nton) 259 \n\nCrawford, Mary Packard 70 \n\nCrawford, Molly (daughter of \n\nWilliam) 73 \n\nCrawford, Molly (Butler) .... 172 \n\nCrawford, Nancy 71 \n\nCrawford, Nellie A 185 \n\nCrawford, O. E 247 \n\nCrawford, Patty 71 \n\nCrawford, Phebe (Greene) ... 71 \n\nCrawford, Polly 71 \n\nCrawford, Rachel (daughter of \n\nAaron) 68 \n\nCrawford, Rachel (daughter of \n\nJohn) 71 \n\nCrawford, Rachel (Henderson) 69, \n\n71, "^2, 98 \n\nCrawford, Robert 68 \n\nCrawford, Rosa W. (Parker) .. 193 \n\nCrawford, Rufus TZ \n\nCrawford, Ruth 69 \n\nCrawford, Sally (Moore) .... 282 \nCrawford, Salmon 69 \n\n\n\n296 \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nCrawford, Samuel (son of \n\nAaron of Rutland) 68 \n\nCrawford, Samuel (son of \n\nJohn) 71, 246 \n\nCrawford, Samuel (son of \n\nabove) I54. 246, 282 \n\nCrawford, Sarah (daughter of \n\nJohn) 71 \n\nCrawford, Sarah (daughter of \n\nWilliam) 73 \n\nCrawford, Sarah (Andrews) .. 282 \nCrawford, Sophia (Cunning- \nham) 164 \n\nCrawford, Spencer 68 \n\nCrawford, Susan ..69, no, 206, 207 \n\nCrawford, Vashti 69 \n\nCrawford, William 23, 27, 28, 29, \n\n22, 33, 69, 72-73, 98, 161, 163, \n\n172 \nCrawford, William, Jr. 73. I59, 160, \n\n161, 162, 163-164, 171, 280, 281 \nCrawford, William (elder \n\nbrother of above) 73 \n\nCrawford, William (son of \n\nAaron) 68 \n\nCrawford, William Amory ... 70 \nCrawford, William Channing 164 \n\nCrawford, William S i77 \n\nCrawford\'s Cornet Band 7, 185, \n\n187, 195, 208 \n\nCrocker, Lydia 1 14 \n\nCrocker, Nathaniel 165 \n\nCrocker, Polly L 37, 165 \n\nCrossley, Mary 259 \n\nCrowell, Betsy 202 \n\nCrowell, Elizabeth A 24S \n\nCrowell, Hannah 238 \n\nCunningham, Bethiah \n\n(Thresher) 7Z \n\nCunningham, Jonathan ... 23, 73-74 \n\nCunningham, Nathaniel _. 164 \n\nCunningham, Sarah (wife of \n\nNathaniel) 164 \n\nCunningham, Sophia 164 \n\nCushing, Mary 132 \n\nDana, Rev. J 43 \n\nDarling, Lucretia I49 \n\nDarling, Rebecka 77 \n\nDarling, Thomas 30, 65, 74 \n\nDarling, Zenas 74 \n\nDartmouth College 64, 116, 139, \n\n159, ^^2 \nDavis, Adin 74 \n\n\n\nDavis, Almira Ann 222 \n\nDavis, Barak 74 \n\nDavis, Catherine 279 \n\nDavis, Caty 74 \n\nDavis, Dorothy Heath 74 \n\nDavis, Ellen E 220 \n\nDavis, Ezra 74 \n\nDavis, Hannah ((Snow) 74 \n\nDavis, John _ 74 \n\nDavis, Katherine (wife of \n\nSamuel) 74> 75 \n\nDavis, Lucretia 74 \n\nDavis, Mary (Osborn) 75 \n\nDavis, Minnie 209 \n\nDavis, Nancy 74 \n\nDavis, Nellie 192 \n\nDavis, Polly 74 \n\nDavis, Samuel 23, 33, 74-75 \n\nDavis, Simon (father of Samuel) 74 \nDavis, Simon (grandfather of \n\nSamuel) 74 \n\nDavis, Solomon 222 \n\nDay, John P 215 \n\nDayton, Charles 241 \n\nDayton, Marion Frances \n\n(Spooner) 241, 255 \n\nDean, Abbie (Deland) 186 \n\nDean, Amos B 180, 251 \n\nDean, Calvin no \n\nDean, Caroline Melvina 251 \n\nDean, Charles (father of \n\nCharles D.) 186 \n\nDean, Charles D 186 \n\nDean, Charlotte Emily (Rus- \nsell) 251 \n\nDean, Clarence Edgar 251 \n\nDean, Daniel W 182, 223, 224 \n\nDean, David W 235 \n\nDean, Delotia (Eastman) 182, 223, \n224 \n\nDean, Edmund 62 \n\nDean, Elijah 182, 223, 224, 225 \n\nDean, Elijah, Jr 225, 235 \n\nDean, Elijah C 225 \n\nDean, Eliza 180, 241 \n\nDean. Emeline Mariah (Craw- \nford) 249 \n\nDean, Emerson 251 \n\nDean, Esther 100 \n\ni Dean, Florence A. (Gilbert) .. 235 \nDean, Gardner Milton 14, 70, 71, \n250-251 \n\nDean, George A 23S \n\nDean, Gertrude M. (Tallis) . . 251 \n\n\n\nINDEX \n\n\n\n297 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nDean, Grace (Parmenter) 126 \n\nDean, Grace G 186 \n\nDean, Isaiah 182, 224 \n\nDean, James 21, 33, 112, 130, 180, \n250, 251 \n\nDean, Jessie I. (Taylor) 251 \n\nDean, Jessie Mildred 251 \n\nDean, Dr. John 152, 180, 241, 251 \nDean, John (father of Elijah C.) 225 \n\nDean, Kathrin 127 \n\nDean, Levi L 180, 251 \n\nDean, Lucella E. (Woodis) ... 235 \n\nDean, Luther 250 \n\nDean, Lyman 255 \n\nDean, Mabel 251 \n\nDean, Maria F. (Leonard) ... 186 \nDean, Mary (daughter of Cal- \nvin) no \n\nDean, Mary M. (Goodale) 235 \n\nDean, Melancey Dennison .... 223 \n\nDean, Minnie Gertrude 251 \n\nDean, Nancy (Parks) 180, 241, 251 \nDean, Prudence (Eastman) ... 225 \n\nDean, Ralph Emerson 251 \n\nDean, Reuben 46 \n\nDean, Richard of Oakham .... 126 \n\nDean, Richard 186 \n\nDean, Samuel 224 \n\nDean, Seth 182, 223, 224 \n\nDean, Sidney Irving 251 \n\nDean, Sidney Irving, Jr 251 \n\nDean, Susan A. (Simmons) . . . 182 \n\nDean, Walter 119 \n\nDean, Walter (of Taunton) . . 186 \n\nDean, Warren 251 \n\nDean, Wilder E 235 \n\nDeen, William 275, 277 \n\nDeland, Abbie 186 \n\nDeland, Daniel 19, 20, 22, 25, 29, 75 \nDeland, Daniel, Jr. (or Daniel \n\nCrawford) 20, 75 \n\nDeland, Elisabeth (Hatfield) .. 75 \nDeland, Elizabeth (Anderson) 75 \n\nDeland, Paul 75 \n\nDelano, Ruth 154 \n\nDenny, Cora B. (Knight) 231 \n\nDenny, Mrs. Parkman T 231 \n\nDeserters from Bourgoyne\'s \n\nArmy 117, 130, 146 \n\nDewey, George 219 \n\nDewey, Hannah E. (Pellett) . . 219 \n\nDexter, James 217 \n\nDexter, Tabitha 217 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nDoane, Harriet 206 \n\nDoty, Moses 25, 76 \n\nDow, Daniel 160 \n\nDow, Zenas 160, 280 \n\nDraper, Arthur Daniel 242 \n\nDraper, Chloe 261 \n\nDraper, Ella Jane 242 \n\nDraper, Emory B. F 242 \n\nDraper, Hattie Ann (Spooner) 242 \n\nDraper, Mary Anna 242 \n\nDraper, Mary E 204 \n\nDraper, Walter Emory 242 \n\nDuell, Elizabeth (Hallowell) .. 202 \n\nDuell, George S 202 \n\nDuell, Mary Elizabeth 202 \n\nDuffey, Florence N 260 \n\nDuff ey, George 259-260 \n\nDuflfey, Ida E 260 \n\nDuffey, James 260 \n\nDuffey, Lizzie E 260 \n\nDuflfey, Mary (Crossley) 259 \n\nDuffey, Mary Ann 260 \n\nDuffey, Peter 259 \n\nDuffey, Sarah (Wilson) 260 \n\nDunbar, Benjamin 30, 76, 77 \n\nDunbar, Benjamin (son of \n\nBenson) 17 \n\nDunbar, Benson 30, 76-77 \n\nDunbar, Benson, Jr. (son of \n\nabove) 77 \n\nDunbar, Hannah (Benson) ... 76 \nDunbar, James ... 27, 30, 68, 76, 77 \nDunbar, James (of Bridgewater) 76 \n\nDunbar, Marcy 77 \n\nDunbar, Martha (Packard) 76 \n\nDunbar, Orpah 77 \n\nDunbar, Rebecka (Darling) .. 77 \n\nDunbar, Roxie 77 \n\nDunbar, Ruth 77 \n\nDunbar, Wealthy (Washburn) 7^ \n\nDunn, Alexander 78 \n\nDunn, George 20, 77-78 \n\nDunn, Jane 85 \n\nDunn, Rachel 78 \n\nDunn, Rachel (Harper) 78 \n\nDunn, William Harper 19, 20, 25, \n\nDwelly, Herbert, 78 \n\nDwelly, Joseph 78-79 \n\nDwelly, Joseph (father of \n\nJoseph) 79 \n\nDwelly, Joseph Benjamin (son \n\nof Joseph) 79 \n\nDwelly, Mary 79 \n\n\n\n298 \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nDwelly, Mary (mother of \n\nJoseph) 79 \n\nDwelly, Thomas Miles 79 \n\nDwelly, Triphosa (Parmenter) 79 \n\nDwelly, William 79 \n\nDwight, Nancy 225 \n\nEager, Hannah (wife of Joseph) 79 \n\nEager, Joseph 19, 20, 79 \n\nEager, Sarah Wood 79 \n\nEames, Anna 105, 106 \n\nEarle, Amy A. (Chase) 246 \n\nEarle, Antipas 246 \n\nEarle, Caroline Matilda 246 \n\nEarle, Iris Melissa 188 \n\nEastman, Delotia .... 182, 223, 224 \n\nEastman, Prudence 225 \n\nEddy, Mrs. Ackland (Craw- \nford, Nellie A.) 185 \n\nEdison, Orra W 244 \n\nEdson, Ebenezer 80 \n\nEdson, Lucy (Packard) 80 \n\nEdson, Mary 119 \n\nEdson, Nathan 19, 23, 27, 28, 80, \n\n275. 277 \n\nEdson, Susanna (Allen) 80 \n\nEdwards, Ambrose 189 \n\nEdwards, Berniece 189 \n\nEdwards, Dexter Hill 189 \n\nEdwards, Eva (Hill) 189 \n\nEdwards, Irvin Ambrose 189 \n\nEdwards. Louesa A 230 \n\nEgery, Ruth Hathaway 242 \n\nEight Months\' Regiments ... 19, 20 \n\nEliot, John 119 \n\nEstabrook, Aaron 45 \n\nEvans, Jacob 55 \n\nEvans, Thankful (Brown) .... 55 \n\nFairbank. Caroline Melvina \n\n(Dean) 251 \n\nFairbank, Clarissa 220, 226 \n\nFairbank, Ephraim 210 \n\nFairbank, James Chandler 135, 168, \n\n210 \n\nFairbank, James Packard 251 \n\nFairbank, John Barnard 3, 14, 210- \n\n214 \n\nFairbank, Laban 220 \n\nFairbank, Lurana (Robinson) 135, \n\n210 \nFairbank, Marion Corinne .... 251 \nFairbank, Nancy (Wheelock) 220 \nFairbank, Samuel 220 \n\n\n\nFairbank, Samuel B 165 \n\nFales, Harriet (Macomber) .. no \n\nFales, Harvey no \n\nFamilies that sent soldiers to \n\nthe Civil War 265 \n\nFay, Eliza 172 \n\nFay, Susannah 135, 143 \n\nFay, Thaddeus 135 \n\nFay, Thankful (wife of Thad- \ndeus) 135 \n\nFelton, Hepsibah (Sheldon) . . 88 \n\nFelton, Joseph 155 \n\nFelton, Lydia 86, 88 \n\nFelton, Skelton (father of \n\nLydia) 88 \n\nFelton, Major Skelton ....272, 273 \n\nField, Betsey (Frink) 80 \n\nField, Betsey 81 \n\nField, Christian (Hubbard) ... 80 \n\nField, Isabella 81 \n\nField, John 80, 81 \n\nField, Paul 80 \n\nField, Rhoda (Bowman) 81 \n\nField, Spencer 32, 49. 80-81 \n\nField, Zechariah 80 \n\nFiske, Orpha 232 \n\nFitch, Patty 279 \n\nFitts, Mrs. Deborah (wife of \n\nBenjamin Forbes) 8,6 \n\nFitts, Harriet A 178 \n\nFitts, Harriot (Stone) 142 \n\nFitts, Jesse 142 \n\nFitts, Jonathan 33 \n\nFlagg, Miss 224 \n\nFlint, Daniel 160, 167, 280 \n\nFlint, Daniel Waldo 167 \n\nFlint, Ebzada Elenor 167 \n\nFlint, Eunice (How) 98 \n\nFlint, John 98, 167 \n\nFlint, Lucy 98, 167 \n\nFlint, Mary (Boyd) 167 \n\nFlint, Mary Adaline 167 \n\nFlint, Phebe (wife of John) .. . 167 \n\nFlint, Susan 53, 227 \n\nFlint, Thomas 98 \n\nFobes, Abigail (Allen) 37 \n\nFobes, Allis (Stone) 142 \n\nFobes, Amos 240 \n\nFobes, Joseph 203 \n\nFobes, Lucy (Stone- Waterman) 142 \n\nFobes, Peres 142, 171 \n\nFobes, Dr. Seth ...37, I59, 166, 232 \n1 Fobes, Ames & 69 \n\n\n\nINDEX \n\n\n\n299 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nForbes. See also Forbush and \nFurbush. \n\nForbes Family 82-86 \n\nForbes, Aaron 86 \n\nForbes, Agnes (Bell) 86 \n\nForbes, Archibald 21, 27, 29, 31, \n82-83 \n\nForbes, Archibald, Jr 83 \n\nForbes, Arthur 82, 83, 84, 85 \n\nForbes, Arthur (son of Robert) 86 \n\nForbes, Arthur, Jr 82, 83 \n\nForbes, Benjamin 84 \n\nForbes, Catherine (Harper) .. 85 \n\nForbes, Charles 27, 82, 83 \n\nForbes, Christian 86 \n\nForbes, Eleanor (Brown) 84 \n\nForbes, Hannah 84 \n\nForbes, Huldah (wife of Ben- \njamin = Mrs. Prouty) .... 84 \n\nForbes, Jacob 84 \n\nForbes, James 23, 26, 27, 32, 82, \n83-84, 27s, 277 \n\nForbes, James, Jr 84 \n\nForbes, Jane (Dunn) 85 \n\nForbes, John 19, 23, 27, 30, 82, 83, \n84-85, 272, 277 \n\nForbes, Jonas 84 \n\nForbes, Jonathan 29, 85 \n\nForbes, Keziah (Green) 84 \n\nForbes, Lammond 84 \n\nForbes, Margaret 82 \n\nForbes, Martha 82 \n\nForbes, Polly 84 \n\nForbes, Robert 26, 29, 79, 82, 85-86 \nForbes, Ruth (Lamond) 82, 83, 84, \n\n85 \n\nForbes, Sarah (Moore) 83 \n\nForbes, Susey 84 \n\nForbes, William 83 \n\nForbs. See Forbes, Forbush \n\nand Furbush. \nForbus. See Forbes and Forbush. \nForbush. See also Forbes. \n\nForbush, James 275, 277 \n\nForbush, John 275, 277 \n\nForbush, Widow. See Forbes, \n\nRuth (Lamond). \n\nForhay, Ella 206 \n\nFord, John 132 \n\nFord, Mary 71, 132 \n\nFord, Mary (Cushing) 132 \n\nFosket, Phebe 56 \n\nFoster, Addie Lione 204 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nFoster, Addie M. (Ashby) ... 181 \n\nFoster, Albert Edward 181 \n\nFoster, Albert Henry 180-181, 203 \nFoster, Alice W. (Smith) .... 181 \n\nFoster, Alpheus 87 \n\nFoster, Benjamin .... 22, 27, 28, 86 \nFoster, Benjamin (son of \n\nEbenezer) 87 \n\nFoster, Charles (son of Wil- \nliam) 87 \n\nFoster, Charles (son of above, \n\nand Gov. of Ohio) 87 \n\nFoster, Deborah (wife of Ben- \njamin =: Mrs. Fitts) 86 \n\nFoster, Ebenezer 21, 22, 25, 29, 33, \n58, 86-87, 88, 109, 122 \n\nFoster, Ebenezer, Jr 87, 136 \n\nFoster, Ebenezer (of Rutland) 58, \n86, 88 \n\nFoster, Elizabeth 181 \n\nFoster, Frank Webster 181 \n\nFoster, George B 181 \n\nFoster, Hannah (daughter of \n\nEbenezer) 87 \n\nFoster, Hannah (of New \n\nBraintree) 151 \n\nFoster, Hannah (Hinds) 88 \n\nFoster, Hannah (Parlin) ....49, 87 \n\nFoster, Harold Abbott 181 \n\nFoster, James R 180, 203 \n\nFoster, James S 45 \n\nFoster, Jean (Kidder) 181 \n\nFoster, John 86 \n\nFoster, Joseph 87 \n\nFoster, Lydia (daughter of \n\nEbenezer) 87, 109, 168 \n\nFoster, Lydia (sister of Eben- \nezer) 57, 58, 59. 65 \n\nFoster, Lydia (Felton) 86, 88 \n\nFoster, Mary A. (Webster) . . 204 \n\nFoster, Mary E 221 \n\nFoster, Mary E. (Draper) .... 204 \n\nFoster, Mary Lucia 204 \n\nFoster, Maynard Ashby 181 \n\nFoster, Miriam (Ruggles) .... 136 \n\nFoster, Molly 87 \n\nFoster, Nancy (Henry) ...180, 203 \n\nFoster, Nathaniel H 203-204 \n\nFoster, Skelton 22, 28, 86, 88 \n\nFoster, Spencer 87 \n\nFoster, Stephen 20, 88 \n\nFoster, William 87 \n\nFoster, Zadock 87 \n\nFreeman, Elijah 151 \n\n\n\n300 \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\nFreeman, Susanna (wife of \n\nPresident Labaree) 151 \n\nFreeman, Susanna (Weeks) .. 151 \n\nFrench, Abigail or Nabby .... 278 \n\nFrench, Abigail (Stone) 89 \n\nFrench, Ann 89 \n\nFrench, Anne (Smith) 89 \n\nFrench, Anson H 89 \n\nFrench, Asa 21, 23, 29, 33, 70, 88- \n\n89, 145, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, \n276, 277, 278 \n\nFrench, Asa, Jr 89, 103 \n\nFrench, Bathsheba 89 \n\nFrench, Betsey 89, 278 \n\nFrench, Betsey (French) ..89, 278 \n\nFrench, Caroline Denny 279 \n\nFrench, Catherine Davis 279 \n\nFrench, Charles 279 \n\nFrench, Cyrus 89 \n\nFrench, Edwin 279 \n\nFrench, Eliza 89 \n\nFrench, Erastus S 89 \n\nFrench, Freman 89 \n\nFrench, Hannah (Brimhall) . . 89 \n\nFrench, Hannah H 278 \n\nFrench, Hayden (Shaw) 88, 278, \n279 \n\nFrench, Isaac 171, 278, 279 \n\nFrench, John (of Halsted, Eng- \nland) 278 \n\nFrench, John (I of Oakham, \n\nfather of Asa) 88 \n\nFrench, John (II of Oakham, \n\nbrother of Asa) 88, 270. 278-9 \nFrench, John (III of Oakham, \n\nson of Asa) 89, 171, 278 \n\nFrench, John (of Taunton) . . . 278 \n\nFrench, Marcy 278 \n\nFrench, Mary (daughter of \n\nJohn III of Oakham) .... 89 \n\nFrench, Mary A 270 \n\nFrench, Mercy 145 \n\nFrench, Nancy 278 \n\nFrench, Nancy Davis 279 \n\nFrench, Patty (Fitch) 279 \n\nFrench, Philena 278 \n\nFrench, Rhoda 278 \n\nFrench, Samuel 89 \n\nFrench, Sarah 279 \n\nFrench, Sarah Eaton 279 \n\nFrench, Susannah 89 \n\nFrench, Thankful (Bangs- \nThrasher) 89 \n\nFrink, Betsey 80 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nFrink, Delia (Stone) 204 \n\nFrink, Hiram Everett 204 \n\nFrink, Dr. John 80, 204 \n\nFrink, Lillie Belle 204 \n\nFrink, Sophronia Abiah (Town) 193, \n204 \n\nFrink, Rev. Thomas 204 \n\nFrink, Willard A 184, 193, 204 \n\nFrink, William S 204 \n\nFrost, Silas 48 \n\nFuller, David 114 \n\nFuller, Elizabeth 90 \n\nFuller, Jabez 25, 26, 89-90 \n\nFuller, Jabez (son of above) . . 90 \nFuller, Ruth (wife of Jabez) . . 90 \n\nFuller, Thomas 90 \n\nFurbush. See Forbes and Forbush. \nFurbush, Widow. See Forbes, \nRuth (Lamond). \n\nFurness, Abigail 60 \n\nFurness, Benjamin 60^ \n\nFurness, Lydia 123 \n\nFurness, Mary 60 \xe2\x96\xa0 \n\nFurness, Sarah (wife of Ben- \njamin) 6o_ \n\nGafTney, Thomas C 165 \n\nGaffney, William 92 \n\nGait, Mat 22 \n\nGates, Mary (Polly) 180, 187 \n\nGault, Caroline M 185, 247. 256 \n\nGault, John 185 \n\nGault, Mary Ann 239 \n\nGault, Rebecca (Kenney) 185 \n\nGibbs, Anna P 209 \n\nGibbs, Jonathan 209 \n\nGibbs, Miriam 200, 231 \n\nGilbert, Abigail (Nabby \n\nFrench) 278 \n\nGilbert, Alonzo Edwin 202 \n\nGilbert, Anna (Hayden), 90 \n\nGilbert, Arunah 279 \n\nGilbert, Charlotte Elizabeth \n\n(Wilbur) 202 \n\nGilbert, David 90 \n\nGilbert, Elijah 28, 90 \n\nGilbert, Eugene Alonzo 202 \n\nGilbert, Florence A 235 \n\nGilbert, Henery 275, 277 \n\nGilbert, James 90 \n\nGilbert, Lemuel 275, 277 \n\nGilbert, Molly 90 \n\nGilbert, Moses 21, 90 \n\nGilbert, Nathalie Wilbur 202 \n\n\n\nINDEX \n\n\n\n301 \n\n\n\nGill, Janet (Mclntyre) 90 \n\nGill, Jeales 68 \n\nGill, Thomas 20, 29, 31, 90-91 \n\nGill. Thomas (of Leicester)... 90 \n\nGilles, Joseph 20, 91 \n\nGladding, Phebe S 236 \n\nGlazier, Azubah (Nye) 92 \n\nGlazier, Hannah (Thomas) ... 91 \n\nGlazier, Isaiah 91 \n\nGlazier, Jonathan 28, 35, 79, 91-92 \n\nGlynn, Mary 209 \n\nGoodail, Ebenezer 275, 277 \n\nGoodale, Betsy (Stone) 142 \n\nGoodale, Ezekiel 142 \n\nGoodale, Mary M 235 \n\nGoodenough, Edmond 114 \n\nGoodenough, Martha 106 \n\nGoodenow, Priscilla 97 \n\nGoodspeed, Hannah (Stone) . . 143 \n\nGoodspeed, Seth 143 \n\nGoodwin, Colonel (of Fairfax, \n\nVa.) 207 \n\nGoodwin, Kate 207 \n\nGoodwin, Mary 208 \n\nGordon, Widow 45 \n\nGordon, Caroline T. (Pellett) 220 \n\nGordon, George 220 \n\nGough, John B 9, 199 \n\nGould, Edwin S. 180, 187, 203, 235- \n\n236 \n\nGould, Rev. George H 187 \n\nGould, Hannah (Williams) . . . 187 \nGould, John Williams 180, 187-188, \n\n203, 235 \nGould, Mary (Henry) 180, 187, 235 \n\nGould, Mary Earle 188 \n\nGould, Nellie Melissa (Muzzy) 188 \nGould, Phebe S. (Gladding) . . 236 \n\nGould, Rufus 187, 235 \n\nGould, Rufus Henry 188 \n\nGould, Thomas 187 \n\nGould, William R 183 \n\nGraham, Katie 148 \n\nGrainger, Parley. See Granger, \n\nPerley 280 \n\nGranger, Perley 160, 280 \n\nGreen Family 92-93 \n\nGreen, Adeline (Perkins) 208 \n\nGreen, Alpha 93 \n\nGreen, Anna 209 \n\nGreen, Azubah 56, 93 \n\nGreen, Bartholemew 21, 27, 92 \n\nGreen, Benjamin 93, 278 \n\nGreen, Catherine (Bryant) . . . 260 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nGreen, Charles Belcher 260 \n\nGreen, Charles Sumner 176 \n\nGreen, Dorothy 71 \n\nGreen, Edwin 208 \n\nGreen, Eleanor (McMains) ... 92 \n\nGreen, Elijah 208, 260 \n\nGreen, Eliza Jane 176 \n\nGreen, Ella D 209 \n\nGreen, Ella Louisa 208 \n\nGreen, Emily (Rowe) 209 \n\nGreen, Evander H 209 \n\nGreen, Florence M 209 \n\nGreen, George E 260 \n\nGreen, George S 176 \n\nGreen, Harry W 209 \n\nGreen, Helen (Barrett) 260 \n\nGreen, Horace Marvin 208-209 \n\nGreen, Joel 208 \n\nGreen, John 25, 71, 92-93 \n\nGreen, Joseph (son of William) 93 \nGreen, Joseph (of Rutland) 21, 103 \n\nGreen, Josie 209 \n\nGreen, Keziah 84 \n\nGreen, Lewis Putnam 208 \n\nGreen, Lucretia (Roper) 208 \n\nGreen, Lydia (daughter of \n\nJohn) 93 \n\nGreen, Lydia F. (of Rutland) 103 \n\nGreen, Lyman Smith 176 \n\nGreen, M. Eugene 209 \n\nGreen, Mamie (Haley) 209 \n\nGreen, Marcy 93 \n\nGreen, Mary (daughter of \n\nHorace M.) 209 \n\nGreen, Mary (Goodwin) 208 \n\nGreen, Minnie (Davis) 209 \n\nGreen, Nellie (daughter of \n\nHorace M.) 209 \n\nGreen, Patrick 92 \n\nGreen, Patty 93 \n\nGreen, Phebe 71 \n\nGreen, Rhoda (French) 278 \n\nGreen, Sarah (daughter of Wil- \nliam) 93 \n\nGreen, Sarah (wife of William) 93 \nGreen, Sophronia (mother of \n\nCharles S.) 176 \n\nGreen, William 22, 29, 32, 33, 92, \n\n93, 107, 130 \nGreen, William (son of Wil- \nliam) 93 \n\nGrenadiers, Washington ...158-161 \n\nGrimes, Wallace 142 \n\nGusha, Abigail (Allen) 37 \n\n\n\n302 \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nGusha, Rev. Mr Zl \n\nGushee. See Gusha \n\nHagar, Anna (BuUard) 48, 58, 201 \n\nHagar, David 58 \n\nHagar, Eliza 201 \n\nHagar, Isaac 48, 58, 201 \n\nHair, Robert 27, 93-94 \n\nHaley, Mamie 209 \n\nHall, Ambrose Porter 168 \n\nHall, Betsy (White) 168 \n\nHall, Elizabeth 39 \n\nHall, Ellen G 198 \n\nHall, Judith 54 \n\nHall, Lucinda White 168 \n\nHall, Nathan I50 \n\nHall, Percival 160, 168, 280 \n\nHall, Percival (father of Per- \ncival) 62, 168 \n\nHall, Dr. Percival (of New \n\nBraintree) 168 \n\nHall, Ruth (Waterman) 150 \n\nHall, Sarah 104 \n\nHall, Susanna (Adams) 94 \n\nHall, Viana (White) 168 \n\nHall, Zaccheus (of New Brain- \ntree) 94 \n\nHall, Zaccheus, Jr 27, 94 \n\nHallowell, Elizabeth 202 \n\nHam, Anna Bell 249 \n\nHambry, Cynthia R. (Putnam) 197 \n\nHamilton, Jude 275. ^11 \n\nHammond, Adaline Augusta \n\n(Stone) 142 \n\nHammond, Aurelia 237 \n\nHammond, Isabella 237 \n\nHammond, John 142 \n\nHammond, Susan Maria (Stone- \nRobinson) 142 \n\nHarding, Alpheus 253 \n\nHarding, Catherine (Wheeler) 253 \n\nHarding, Harriet 253 \n\nHarington, Ephraim 275, 277 \n\nHarmon, John 23, 94-95 \n\nHarmon, Mary (White) 95 \n\nHarmon, Z. K 281 \n\nHarper, Abigail (Bacon) 97 \n\nHarper, Benjamin 27, 30, 31, 95 \n\nHarper, Catherine (sister of \n\nBenjamin) 85 \n\nHarper, Catherine. See Kath- \n\naren, Katherine 85, 95, 96, 97, \n140 \nHarper, Eunice 52 \n\n\n\nHarper, George 21, 27, 3i, 38, 95-96 \nHarper, George (father of Ben- \njamin) ... 52, 85, 95, 96, 97, 140 \n\nHarper, Jean in \n\nHarper, John 22, 27, 28, 31, 96 \n\nHarper, Joseph 27, 30, 31, 95. 96-97 \nHarper, Katharen. See Cath- \nerine and Katherine 85 \n\nHarper, Katherine. See Cath- \nerine and Katharen 140 \n\nHarper, Mary 140 \n\nHarper, Rachel 78 \n\nHarper, Robert 20, 2"], 28, 30, 32, \n\n97, 129 \n\nHarper, Ruth (Wolcott) 96 \n\nHarper, Sarah 98 \n\nHarper, Sarah (McFarland) . . 97 \n\nHarper, William 78, m, 167 \n\nHarrington. See also Harington. \nHarrington, Anna 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 \n\nHarrington, Carrie R. 239 \n\nHarrington, Mary A. (wife of \n\nJohn G. Crawford) 259 \n\nHarrington, Mary A. (Gault) . 239 \n\nHarrington, Ruth 57 \n\nHarrington, Warren 239 \n\nHarris, Elizabeth 134 \n\nHart, Ann 209 \n\nHaskell, Achsa (Nye) 116 \n\nHaskell, Charles L. 210, 215-216, \n\n219 \nHaskell, Clarence Crowell .... 245 \n\nHaskell, Edith Lucy 245 \n\nHaskell, Eli 116 \n\nHaskell, Elizabeth A. (Crowell) 245 \n\nHaskell, George W 261 \n\nHaskell, Harry Wilder 24S \n\nHaskell, Judith (wife of Roger) 215, \n\n261 \n\nHaskell, Lewis N 36, 164 \n\nHaskell, Loring 215, 261 \n\nHaskell, Maria (Pepper) ..245, 261 \n\nHaskell, Mark 7, 261, 267 \n\nHaskell, Nelson 245, 261 \n\nHaskell, Philena (Pepper) 245, 261 \n\nHaskell, Roger 215, 261 \n\nHaskell, Sally (Lincoln) 215 \n\nHaskell, Simeon 171, 215, 245, 261 \nHaskell, Thomas 160, 162, 245, 261 \n\nHaskell, Wilder Fairbank 245 \n\nHastings, Moses 275, 277 \n\nHatch, Nathaniel 53 \n\nHatfield, Elizabeth 75 \n\nHatfield, Joseph 275, 277 \n\n\n\nINDEX \n\n\n\n303 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nHathaway, Thomas 275, 277 \n\nHayden, Anna 90 \n\nHayden, Charlotte 98 \n\nHayden, Hannah (wife of \n\nUriah) 123 \n\nHayden, Joel 19, 22, 27, 90, 97-98, \n\n107, 167 \nHayden, Joel (son of Joel) ... 98 \n\nHayden, Joseph 98 \n\nHayden, Lucy (Flint) 98, 167 \n\nHayden, Lydia 107, 123 \n\nHayden, Moses 97 \n\nHayden, Patty 98 \n\nHayden, Priscilla (Goodenow) 97 \n\nHayden, Susanna 107 \n\nHayden, Uriah 123 \n\nHayward, Dr. Joseph Warren 244 \nHayward, Josephine Lemira . . 244 \n\nHeath, Dorothy 74 \n\nHelmboldt, Henrietta 217 \n\nHelmboldt, Louisa Rheinhaltina 217 \n\nHenderson, Abner 99 \n\nHenderson, Daniel 19, 27, 88, 98-99 \nHenderson, David ... .20, 22, 98, 99 \n\nHenderson, Edward 99 \n\nHenderson, Elizabeth (daugh- \nter of Daniel) 98 \n\nHenderson, Elizabeth (Rally) 98 \nHenderson, Esther (Dean) ... 100 \nHenderson, James (of Rutland) 69, \n\n71, 72,, 98, 99, 100 \nHenderson, James, Jr. ..98, 99-100 \nHenderson, Jonathan 25, 98, 99, 100 \n\nHenderson, Joseph 99 \n\nHenderson, Josiah 99 \n\nHenderson, Mary (wife of \n\nAlexander Crawford, 2d) .. 69 \nHenderson, Mary (daughter \n\nof James of Rutland) . . .^Z, 98 \nHenderson, Rachel (daughter \n\nof James of Rutland) 69, 71, \n\n72, 98 \n\nHenderson, Rachel (McFar- \n\nland) 100 \n\nHenderson, Sarah (daughter of \n\nJames of Rutland) 99 \n\nHenderson, Sarah (Harper) 98, 99 \nHenderson, Sarah (Mclntyre) 99 \n\nHenderson, Susanna 99 \n\nHenderson, William 98 \n\nHenry, Mary 180, 187, 235 \n\nHenry, Nancy 180, 203 \n\nHenry, Nancy (French) 279 \n\nHenry, Samuel 180, 1&7 \n\n\n\nHenry, Samuel G. iSo, 187, 189, 279 \n\nHervey, James K 190 \n\nHill, Mrs. Beriah (wife of \n\nIsrael) 26, 100 \n\nHill, Dexter 188 \n\nHill, Eleanor 197 \n\nHill, Eliza (Prouty) 188 \n\nHill, Eva 189 \n\nHill, Huldah 244 \n\nHill, Inez (Berry) 189 \n\nHill, Israel 25, 26, loo-ioi \n\nHill, John 27, loi \n\nHill, Joseph. 5"^^ Stephen ... . loi \nHill, Joshua (grandfather of \n\nJulius) 188 \n\nHill, Joshua (of Spencer) .... 197 \n\nHill, Julius D 184, 188-189 \n\nHill, Sally (Morse) 197 \n\nHill, Silas 109, 168 \n\nHill, Stephen loi \n\nHinds, Hannah 88 \n\nHinkley, Samuel 275, 277 \n\nHitchcock, John 31, loi \n\nHoar, Mary 240 \n\nHodge, Jennett 42, 118 \n\nHodgkin, Betsy 108 \n\nHodgkin, Jonathan 108 \n\nHolden, A. J 166, 246 \n\nHolden, lone (Boyden) 246 \n\nHolden, Samuel 228 \n\nHolmes, Catherine 171 \n\nHolmes, Charles L See Charles \n\nT 281 \n\nHolmes, Charles T. . . 160,. 280, 281 \n\nHolt, Elijah 126 \n\nHolt, Jennie Louise 221 \n\nHolt, Lucy (Parmenter) 126 \n\nHolton, Olive 136 \n\nHooker or Hucker, John ... .25, 36 \n\nHooper, John 154 \n\nHooper, Ruth (Delano-Whit- \nman) IS4 \n\nHow. See also Howe. \n\nHow, Abner 270, 274, 276, 277 \n\nHow, Eunice 98 \n\nHoward, Charles Frederick 189, \n\n232 \nHoward, Charlotte (Adams) 189, \n232 \n\nHoward, Ebenezer 160, 280 \n\nHoward, John F 189, 232 \n\nHoward, Martin 189 \n\nHoward, Silva I37 \n\n\n\n304 \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nHoward, Vashti (wife of Mar- \ntin) 189 \n\nHowe. See also How. \n\nHowe, Arathusa (Ruggles) . . . 136 \n\nHowe, Artemas 59. 116 \n\nHowe, Dulcinea 116 \n\nHowe, Harriet (Macomber- \n\nFales) no \n\nHowe, Harriet (Ruggles) 136 \n\nHowe, Levi no \n\nHowe, Richard 136 \n\nHowe, Ruth 188 \n\nHowell, Adelbert 216, 217 \n\nHowell, Amelia Elizabeth 217 \n\nHowell, Amelia Elizabeth \n\n(Keating) 216 \n\nHowell, Charles Leander 217 \n\nHowell, Eva Dell (Mason) ... 217 \nHowell, Francis Jacob ....216, 217 \n\nHowell, Frederick Silas 217 \n\nHowell, Grace Elizabeth 217 \n\nHowell, Henrietta (Helmboldt) 217 \nHowell, Katherine (Vaughan) 217 \n\nHowell, Katherine May 217 \n\nHowell, Laura Jeannette 217 \n\nHowell, Louisa Rheinhaltina \n\n(Helmboldt) 217 \n\nHowell, Silas Jacob . ..210, 216-217 \n\nHowland, Anna S 230 \n\nHubbard, Christian 80 \n\nHubbard, Ruth 113 \n\nHubbard, Thomas 140 \n\nHucker, John. See Hooker. \n\nHudson, Enos 25, 101-103 \n\nHudson, Hepsibah (wife of \n\nJoseph) loi \n\nHudson, Joseph 22, 33, loi \n\nHudson, Patie (Brov/n) ...102, 103 \n\nHudson, Patience 103 \n\nHudson, Rebekah 103 \n\nHudson, Samuel Smead 103 \n\nHumphrey, Eunice 166 \n\nHumphrey, Mariah Louise \n\n(Martin) 232 \n\nHumphrey, Nahum P. 223, 232, 234 \n\nHumphrey, Orianna P 234 \n\nHumphrey,\' Orpha (wife of Pay- \nson B, = Mrs. Fiske) .... 233 \nHumphrey, Payson Brainerd 232- \n\n233 \n\nHunt, Bessie Newton 246 \n\nHunt, Blanche Eugenia (Pack- \nard) 246 \n\nHunt, Charles C 103 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nHunt, Clarinda (Crawford) . . . 246 \n\nHunt, Edwin Crawford 246 \n\nHunt, Edwin Newton 245-246 \n\nHunt, George Austin 103 \n\nHunt, Laura (wife of Orsamus) 245 \n\nHunt, Laura B 103 \n\nHunt, Lydia F. (Green) 103 \n\nHunt, Orsamus 245 \n\nHunt, Samuel 29, 103 \n\nHunt, Samuel Lyman 103 \n\nHunter, James 21, 27, 28, 29, 33, \n104 \n\nHunter, Sarah (Hall) 104 \n\nHunter, Sarah T 170 \n\nHunter, William 104 \n\nHunting, Daniel 281 \n\nHunting, George 281 \n\nJackson, Oliver 20, 104 \n\nJohnson, Ada Alida 218 \n\nJohnson, Alma lola Cunning- \nham 218 \n\nJohnson, Calvin 217 \n\nJohnson, Carrie Augusta Flint 217 \n\nJohnson, Edson Bert 218 \n\nJohnson, Emeline Augusta \n\n(Wright) 217 \n\nJohnson, Fred Dexter 217 \n\nJohnson, James Dexter . . . .217-218 \nJohnson, Jennie Ella Swallow 218 \n\nJohnson, Patty 166 \n\nJohnson, Rowena or Rhoena 169, \n\n172 \nJohnson, Tabitha (Dexter) ... 217 \n\nJohnson, William 20 \n\nJones, Angie P. (Stone) 197 \n\nJones, George 197 \n\nJones, Joel 171 \n\nJones, Sarah 127, 128, 129 \n\nJoslin. See also Joslyn. \n\njoslin, Abigail (Warner) 105 \n\nJoslin,. Abraham ...27, 28, 104-105 \n\nJoslin, Anna 105 \n\nJoslin, Persis (wife of Ben- \njamin Joslyn) 105 \n\nJoslyn. See also Joslin. \nJoslyn, Abraham. See Joslin, \n\nAbraham \nJoslyn, (Miss of New Braintree, \n\nwife of Abraham Bell) ... 42 \nJoslyn, Benjamin .... 19, 33, 48, 105 \n\nJoslyn, George B 234 \n\nJoslyn, James 233 \n\nJoslyn, Joseph 233-234 \n\n\n\nINDEX \n\n\n\n305 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nJoslyn, Joseph (grandfather of \n\nJoseph) 233 \n\nJoslyn, Marshall 234 \n\nJoslyn, Nabby (wife of Joseph) 233 \n\nJoslyn, Orianna P. (Humphrey) 234 \n\nJosyln, Payson H 234 \n\nJosyln, Sarah 48 \n\nJoslyn, Sophie (Stebbins) 234 \n\nKeating, Amelia Elizabeth .... 216 \nKeene, Laura E. (Morton- \nShannon) 254 \n\nKeene, S. Franklin 254 \n\nKeep, Abigail Elizabeth . . .202, 203 \n\nKeep, Josiah 202 \n\nKeep, Lucy (Tucker) 202 \n\nKeep, William E 55 \n\nKeith, Charles 48, 222 \n\nKelley, Henry 141 \n\nKelley, Lucretia (Stone) 141 \n\nKelley, Richard 98 \n\nKenney, John 26, 105 \n\nKenney, Rebecca . ._ 185 \n\nKent, Georgia Lavinia 249 \n\nKidder, Enoch 189 \n\nKidder, Jean 181 \n\nKimball, Eliza Jane (Green) .. 176 \n\nKimball, Emily (Parker) 178 \n\nKimball, F. P 176 \n\nKimball, Frances C. (Woods) 178 \n\nKimball, Rev. James 43, 178 \n\nKimball, Sophronia 229 \n\nKimball, William Bird ....178-179 \nKingsley, Lucy (Waterman) .. 150 \n\nKingsley, Samuel 150 \n\nKnight, Abbie E. (Chase) 230 \n\nKnight, Abiah E. (Richmond) 230 \nKnight, Ann (daughter of Silas) 106 \nKnight, Anna (Eames) .... 105, 106 \nKnight, Anna S. (Howland) .. 230 \n\nKnight, Arathusa 106 \n\nKnight, Benjamin 23, 105-106, 275, \n\nKnight, Benjamin (son of Ben- \njamin) 106 \n\nKnight, Benjamin Franklin \n\n(son of Silas) 106 \n\nKnight, Betty 106 \n\nKnight, Charles A. H. (eldest \n\nson of Charles S.) 230 \n\nKnight, Charles Lester (young- \nest son of Charles S.) 231 \n\nKnight, Charles S 107, 230-231 \n\nKnight, Cora B 231 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nKnight, David 106 \n\nKnight, Frank 230 \n\nKnight, Fred 230 \n\nKnight, Hannah (wife of Ben- \njamin) 106 \n\nKnight, Harriet W 165 \n\nKnight, Hiram (son of Silas) 106 \nKnight, Hiram (brother of \n\nCharles S.) 230 \n\nKnight, Ina L (Richardson) . . 231 \nKnight, James A. (of 44th \n\nInfantry) 107 \n\nKnight, James Arthur (son of \n\nCharles S.) 231 \n\nKnight, Jennie L 231 \n\nKnight, Joseph 106 \n\nKnight, Joshua Lawrence. See \n\nKnight, Charles S 230 \n\nKnight, Louesa A. (Edwards) 230 \n\nKnight, Louesa May 231 \n\nKnight, Martha (Goodenough) 106 \nKnight, Mary (daughter of \n\nSilas) 106 \n\nKnight, Mary (wife of Daniel \n\nParmenter) 122 \n\nKnight, Mehitabel 189 \n\nKnight, Molly (daughter of \n\nBenjamin) 106 \n\nKnight, Pattie 106 \n\nKnight, Perces 106 \n\nKnight, Prince 106 \n\nKnight, Ruth W 230 \n\nKnight, Samuel 105, 106 \n\nKnight, Silas 105, 106-107, 230 \n\nKnight, Silas, Jr 106, 165, 230 \n\nKnight. Thomas Jeflferson .... 106 \nKnights, Benjamin. See \nKnight, Benjamin. \n\nKubler, Jacob 29, 107 \n\nKubler, Susanna (Hayden) ... 107 \n\nKunze, Irma Imogene 263 \n\nKunze, Ralph Glen 263 \n\nKunze, Rollin 263 \n\nKunze, Susan (Robinson) .... 263 \n\nLabaree, President Benjamin 151 \nLabaree, Susanna (Freeman) 151 \n\nLamond, Ruth 82, 83, 84, 85 \n\nLamson, Jonathan 275, 277 \n\nLarrabee, Ira 254 \n\nLarrabee, Mary Jane 254 \n\nLeach, Alice 132 \n\nLeathers, Sarah 252 \n\n\n\n20 \n\n\n\n3o6 \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nLee, (husband of Ruth E. \n\nPellett) 219 \n\nLee, Ruth E. (Pellett) 219 \n\nLegg, Hannah 128 \n\nLeonard, Cloe (Allen) 2>7 \n\nLeonard, Jonas 37 \n\nLeonard, Maria F 186 \n\nLilley, Caroline A 205 \n\nLincoln, Abner 109, 171 \n\nLincoln, Alonzo 6 \n\nLincoln, Mrs. Alonzo 186 \n\nLincoln, Betsey (daughter of \n\nLoved) 108 \n\nLincoln, Betsey (daughter of \n\nStephen) 109 \n\nLincoln, Betsey (Brooks) .... 168 \nLincoln, Betsey (Hodgkin) ... 108 \n\nLincoln, Charlotte 108 \n\nLincoln, Cyrus 108 \n\nLincoln, Elizabeth (Robinson) 107, \n\n108 \nLincoln, Elizabeth Wilder .... 168 \n\nLincoln, Hannah 109 \n\nLincoln, Horace W 71 \n\nLincoln, Justus 109 \n\nLincoln, Gov. Levi 39, 256 \n\nLincoln, Levi (son of Loved) 108 \nLincoln, Levi (son of Stephen) 109 \n\nLincoln, Louisa 109 \n\nLincoln, Loved 30, 107-108 \n\nLincoln, Mrs. Loved (of New \n\nBraintree) 108 \n\nLincoln, Lucy 109 \n\nLincoln, Lurany 108 \n\nLincoln, Lydia (daughter of \n\nStephen) 109 \n\nLincoln, Lydia (Foster) ...109, 168 \nLincoln, Martha Ward \n\n(Skerry) 168 \n\nLincoln, Mary 109 \n\nLincoln, Michael ....160, 280, 281 \nLincoln, Michell. Sec Michael 281 \nLincoln, Nathaniel (son of \n\nLoved) 108 \n\nLincoln, Nathaniel, Jr. (father \n\nof Loved) 107, 108 \n\nLincoln, Rufus 108 \n\nLincoln, Sally (daughter of \n\nLoved) 108 \n\nLincoln, Sally (daughter of \n\nStephen) 109, 215 \n\nLincoln, Stephen 30, 107, 108-109, \n\n168, 215, 222 \n\n\n\nLincoln, Stephen, Jr. 109, 125, 158, \n\n160, 168, 280 \n\nLincoln, S. & W 168 \n\nLincoln, Thomas 108 \n\nLincoln, William 168 \n\nLincoln & Ayres 196 \n\nLinthurst, June A 240 \n\nLittle, Abigail Willis 37 \n\nLittle, Capt. Benjamin 2)7 \n\nLittle, Hannah (Allen) 37 \n\nLoring, Arthur L 262 \n\nLoring, Augustus 261 \n\nLoring, Chloe (Draper) 261 \n\nLoring, Elizabeth (Moore) ... 261 \n\nLoring, Frank Eugene 261-262 \n\nLoring, Thomas 261 \n\nLots, original. See Town Lots. \n\nLovell, Abbie F 227 \n\nLovell, David 189, 190 \n\nLovell, David Oscar ..184, 189-190 \n\nLovell, Deborah 67 \n\nLovell, Emily S. (Mills) 191 \n\nLovell, Ernest Mills 191 \n\nLovell, Hannah (Osborn) 189, 190 \nLovell, Jonathan (father of \n\nDavid) 189 \n\nLovell, Jonathan (brother of \n\nDavid) 227 \n\nLovell, Leonard P 6 \n\nLovell, Lorenzo Knight . . . 183, 190 \n\nLovell, Mary Eleanor 191 \n\nLovell, Mary T. (Young) 191 \n\nLovell, Mehitabel (Knight) ... 189 \n\nLovell, Sarah Emily 191 \n\nLovell, William Stone 191 \n\nLyon, Alvin 278, 279 \n\nLyon, Philena (French) 278 \n\nLyon, Mrs. Rebeckah (wife of \n\nJames Black) 46 \n\nLyon, Sarah (French) 279 \n\nMacomber, A. Josephine 206 \n\nMacomber, Abigail (daughter \n\nof John J.) 207, 208 \n\nMacomber, Abigail (Padelford, \n\nwife of John of Taunton) 109 \n\nMacomber, Abigail Fobes \n\n(Packard) no, 205, 206, 208, 218, \n236 \n\nMacomber, Abigail G. (daugh- \nter of John of \'76) 1 10 \n\nMacomber, Arthur 219 \n\nMacomber, Bertrand 219 \n\n\n\nINDEX \n\n\n\n307 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nMacomber, Betsey (daughter \n\nof John of \'76) 1 10 \n\nMacomber, Betsey (Robinson) no \n\nMacomber, Calvin Dean no \n\nMacomber, Clara J. (Parker). 219 \n\nMacomber, Clarence 219 \n\nMacomber, Edwin 207 \n\nMacomber, Eliza (Crawford) .. no \nMacomber, Ella (Forhay) .... 206 \nMacomber, George (son of \n\nJohn of \'61) 206 \n\nMacomber, George (son of \n\nWilliam) 219 \n\nMacomber, George B. 69, 71, 206- \n\n207, 218 \nMacomber, George Garfield \n\n(second son of John of \'61) 206 \nMacomber, Harriet (daughter \n\nof John of \'76) no \n\nMacomber, Harriet (Doane, \n\nwife of John of \'61) 206 \n\nMacomber, Henry I. 69, 71, 207, \n\n210, 218 \nMacomber, James (son of John \n\nof \'61) 206 \n\nMacomber, James Packard 69, 71, \n\n207, 218, 236-237 \nMacomber, John (of 1643) .... 109 \nMacomber, John (of Taunton, \n\nfather of John of \'76) .... 109 \nMacomber, John (of \'76) 109-110, \n\n206 \nMacomber, John (of \'61) 69, 71, \n\n205-206, 207, 218 \nMacomber, John (son of John \n\nof \'61) 206 \n\nMacomber, John Jarvis no, 162, \n\n205, 206, 207, 208, 218, 236 \nMacomber, Kate (Goodwin) . . 207 \n\nMacomber, Lewis no \n\nMacomber, Luther (son of \n\nJohn of \'76) no \n\nMacomber, Luther (son of \n\nJohn Jarvis) 207 \n\nMacomber, Lydia no \n\nMacomber, Mary (daughter of \n\nJohn of \'-/G) no \n\nMacomber, Mary (Dean, wife \n\nof John of \'76) no \n\nMacomber, Nellie 206 \n\nMacomber, Onata 219 \n\nMacomber, Paul 219 \n\nMacomber, Philip no \n\nMacomber, Pliny no \n\n\n\nPACK \n\nMacomber, Ralph 219 \n\nMacomber, Sadie 219 \n\nMacomber, Sumner no \n\nMacomber, William 69, 71, 207, \n\n218-219 \nMacomber & Conant\'s Orchestra 7 \n\nMann, Hannah 125 \n\nMann, Thomas ...51, \\\\7, 130, 131 \n\nMarble, Joseph 275, 277 \n\nMarn, Sylvester. See Morse, \n\nSylvester 281 \n\nMarriages of Civil War Soldiers 264 \n\nMarsh, Elias, Jr 160, 169, 280 \n\nMarsh, Elias, Sr 169 \n\nMarsh, Esther (Berry) 169 \n\nMarsh, Julia Ann 169, 172 \n\nMarsh, Kelley. See Marsh, \nRichard Kelley \n\nMarsh, Luther 169 \n\nMarsh, Maria (Buss) 169 \n\nMarsh, Maria Augusta 169 \n\nMarsh, Martha Elmira 169 \n\nMarsh, Mary Houghton 169 \n\nMarsh, Rebeckah Mason 169 \n\nMarsh, Richard Kelley 160, 169, \n172, 280 \n\nMarsh, Oscar Ferdinand 169 \n\nMarsh, Rowena or Rhoena \n\n(Johnson) 169, 172 \n\nMarsh, Sophronia Berry 169 \n\nMartin, Mariah Louise 232 \n\nMason, Eva Dell 217 \n\nMaynard, Abigail Elizabeth \n\n(Keep-Wood) 202 \n\nMaynard, Amasa 113, 126 \n\nMaynard, Artemas 237 \n\nMaynard, Aurelia (Hammond) 237 \nMaynard, Caroline Maria (Tay- \nlor) 237 \n\nMaynard, Dolly H. (Smith- \nTemple) 198 \n\nMaynard, Dora Melinda (Per- \n\nham) 238 \n\nMaynard, Ephraim 113 \n\nMaynard, Ezra 237 \n\nMaynard, Francis ..29, ZZ, "3. 237 \nMaynard, Francis (son of \n\nFrancis) n3 \n\nMaynard, Hervey 202 \n\nMaynard, Marion 238 \n\nMaynard, Marcy 113 \n\nMaynard, Moley (Parmenter) 126 \n\nMaynard, Naomi n3 \n\nMaynard, Patty 113 \n\n\n\n3o8 \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nMaynard, Polly 113 \n\nMaynard, Ruth 113 \n\nMaynard, Ruth (Hubbard) ... 113 \n\nMaynard, Sally 113 \n\nMaynard, Samuel 198, 209 \n\nMaynard, Serviah (Wright) .. 113 \n\nMaynard, Simon 113 \n\nMaynard, William Henry . .237-238 \nMaynard, William Henry (son \n\nof William H.) 238 \n\nMcAllister, Sarah 189, 231 \n\nMcClanathan, C. P I53 \n\nMcClellen, Polly 167 \n\nMcCluer, Nicolas 274, 277 \n\nMcCobb, Aaron 20, iio-iii \n\nMcCobb, Fanny 112 \n\nMcCobb, Mary (Crawford) no, \n112 \n\nMcCobb, William no, 112 \n\nMcFarland, Alexander 52, 90, 97, \n\n100, III \nMcFarland, Alexander, Jr. 20, iii \n\nMcFarland, Daniel 42 \n\nMcFarland, Jean (Harper) ... iii \nMcFarland, Margaret (McFar- \nland) Ill \n\nMcFarland, Patty (Bell) 42 \n\nMcFarland, Polly (Bell) 42 \n\nMcFarland, Rachel 100 \n\nMcFarland, Rebecca 52 \n\nMcFarland, Reuben 30, 11 1 \n\nMcFarland, Sarah 97 \n\nMcFarland, Walter 42 \n\nMcGilligan, Matthew ...21, 25, 112 \n\nMcHerrin, Elizabeth 112 \n\nMcHerrin, Fanny (McCobb) .. 112 \n\nMcHerrin, James 19, 20, 112 \n\nMcHerrin, Mary 112 \n\nMcHerrin, Peggy 112 \n\nMclntyre, Grace 45 \n\nMclntyre, Janet 90 \n\nMclntyre, John 45 \n\nMclntyre, Mary 45 \n\nMclntyre, Sarah 99 \n\nMcLoud. Rachel (wife of James \n\nW. Caldwell) 256 \n\nMcMains, Azubah 39, 40 \n\nMcMains, Nellie 92 \n\nMcMains, Robert 40, 92 \n\nMead. Martha A 227 \n\nMedcalf, Samuel 274, 277 \n\nMemorial Hall 5 \n\nMemorial Tablets 9 \n\nMerriam, Abigail Willis (Little) 27 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nMerriam, George 37 \n\nMerrick, Alice 135 \n\nMerrifield, James A 202 \n\nMerrifield, Sarah S 202 \n\nMetcalf, Abigail 114 \n\nMetcalf, Alpha 114 \n\nMetcalf, David 114 \n\nMetcalf, Ebenezer 113 \n\nMetcalf, Elizabeth 114 \n\nMetcalf, Ester 114 \n\nMetcalf, Hannah 114 \n\nMetcalf, Hannah (Richardson) 114 \n\nMetcalf, Jane 114 \n\nMetcalf, John 114 \n\nMetcalf, Joseph 114 \n\nMetcalf, Margaret (wife of \n\nEbenezer) 113 \n\nMetcalf, Samuel 19, 23, 28, 30, 33, \n\n113-114, 277 \nMetcalf, Samuel (son of \n\nSamuel) 114 \n\nMetcalf, Seth 55 \n\nMetcalf, Thomas 114 \n\nMiddlebury College 151, 211 \n\nMiles, Barzillai 221 \n\nMiles, Mary R 221 \n\nMiles, Sarah (Reed) 221 \n\nMilitary Age 18, 264 \n\nMilitia Company 18, 21, 161 \n\nMills, Emily S 191 \n\nMills, William 191 \n\nMinute Men 18, 19 \n\nMonroe, Beatrice 253 \n\nMonroe, Catherine (Cody) ... 253 \nMonroe, Catherine Rowena ... 253 \nMonroe, Charles Newton .... 253 \nMonroe, E. Leroy (son of \n\nElbert L.) 253 \n\nMonroe, Elbert Leroy 253 \n\nMonroe, Harold N 253 \n\nMonroe, Harriet (Harding) . . 253 \n\nMonroe, Hazel G 253 \n\nMonroe, Isaac Newton ....252-253 \n\nMonroe, Joseph 252 \n\nMonroe, Julia (Sullivan) 253 \n\nMonroe, Sarah (Leathers) .... 252 \n\nMoore, Dorothy 156 \n\nMoore, Elizabeth R 261 \n\nMcfcre, Hannah (wife of John) 114 \n\nMoore, John 27, 39, 114, 115 \n\nMoore, Nancy 114 \n\nMoore. Sally 282 \n\nMoore, Sally (Rice) 282 \n\nMoore, Sarah 83 \n\n\n\nINDEX \n\n\n\n309 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nMoore, William (son of John) 114 \nMoore, William (father of Sally) \n\n282 \n\nMorris, John E 109 \n\nMorrison, Alexander 188 \n\nMorrison, Iris Melissa (Earle) 188 \n\nMorse, Eliakim 244 \n\nMorse, George 221 \n\nMorse, Herbert S 244 \n\nMorse, Lucinda (Pond) 244 \n\nMorse, Moses 244 \n\nMorse, Orra W. (Edison) .... 244 \n\nMorse, Sabin Aldis 244 \n\nMorse, Sally I97 \n\nMorse, Samuel 244 \n\nMorse, Sylvester ....160, 161, 280 \n\nMorton, Rev. Alpha 7, 254 \n\nMorton, Laura E 254 \n\nMorton, Phineas 164 \n\nMoulton, Bathsheba (French) 89 \n\nMoulton, Daniel 89 \n\nMount Holyoke CoUlege ..241, 242 \n\nMullett, Elbridge 86 \n\nMullett, George 160, 161, 280 \n\nMunroe, Alice (Butler) 62 \n\nMunroe, James 62 \n\nMunroe, Jonas 62 \n\nMunroe, Martha 40, 141, 143 \n\nMurray, John "jZy 140 \n\nMuzzy, Edwin A 188 \n\nMuzzy, Nellie Melissa 188 \n\nNelson, Alice E 178 \n\nNichols, Ella M. (Warren) ... 223 \n\nNichols, Warren 223 \n\nNichols, W. Kenneth 223 \n\nNourse, Benjamin 168 \n\nNourse, Lucinda White (Hall) 168 \nNoyes, Abigail (Stone-Reed) .. 248 \nNoyes, Alice E. (Nelson) .... 178 \n\nNoyes, Alvira 252 \n\nNoyes, Azuba (Smith) 177, 205, 252 \nNoyes, Caroline A. (Lilley) . . 205 \n\nNoyes, Caroline L. P 205 \n\nNoyes, Charles (son of Leroy \n\nD.) 205 \n\nNoyes, Charles F. (son of Wil- \nliam A. F.) 178 \n\nNoyes, Charlotte 178 \n\nNoyes, Chester S 178 \n\nNoyes, Clementin L. (Arnold) 205 \nNoyes, Daniel (father of Leroy \nD.) 205 \n\n\n\nNoyes, Daniel (father of \n\nLuther) 177 \n\nNoyes, Denny S 248 \n\nNoyes, Emma L. (Thompson) 205 \n\nNoyes, Frank W 205 \n\nNoyes, Harriet A. (Fitts) .... 178 \n\nNoyes, James 177 \n\nNoyes, Leroy D 205 \n\nNoyes, Leroy D. (son of Leroy \n\nD.) 205 \n\nNoyes, Luther 177, 205, 252 \n\nNoyes, Mary J. (Whitehouse) 178 \n\nNoyes, Robert D 205 \n\nNoyes, William A. F 177-178 \n\nNye, Achsa 116 \n\nNye, Amos 117 \n\nNye, Azubah 92 \n\nNye, Benjamin 115 \n\nNye, Caleb 92, 114, 115, 117 \n\nNye, Caleb (son of Silas) .... 117 \n\nNye, Caroline 166 \n\nNye, Crocker 114, 115, 116 \n\nNye, David H 87, 116 \n\nNye, Dulcinea (Howe) 116 \n\nNye, Ebenezer 26, 29, 30, 31, ZZ, 63, \n\n114-116, 117, 142 \nNye, Hannah (daughter of \n\nSilas) 117 \n\nNye, Hannah (Bodfish) 92, 114, 117 \n\nNye, John 116 \n\nNye, Tosiah Sturges ...31, 115, 116 \n\nNye, Lucretia 116, 142 \n\nNye, Lucy 120 \n\nNye, Marcy 63, 116 \n\nNye, Meletiah (daughter of \n\nEbenezer) 116 \n\nNye, Meletiah (Sturges) 115 \n\nNye, Nathan (grandfather of \n\nEbenezer) 115 \n\nNye, Nathan (son of Silas) ... 117 \nNye, Parnal (Allen) ...2,1, 116, 166 \nNye, Patience (Carpenter) ... 117 \n\nNye, Prudence 117 \n\nNye, Ruth 150 \n\nNye, Salmon 116 \n\nNye, Sarah 117 \n\nNye, Silas 29, 117 \n\nNye, Silas (son of Silas) 117 \n\nNye, Temperance 115 \n\nNye, Timothy z"], 115, 116, 165, 166 \nNye, William A. ..87, 115, 116, 189 \n\nO\'Brien, William 117-118, 130, 131, \n146 \n\n\n\n3IO \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nOgle, Mary M 263 \n\nOliver, Sarah (wife of William) 118 \n\nOliver, William 25, 118 \n\nOriginal Lots. See Town Lots. \nOrsborn, Joseph. See Osborn, \n\nJoseph, Jr. \n\nOsborn, Anna 42 \n\nOsborn, Hannah 189, 190 \n\nOsborn, Jenat (wife of John) .. 118 \nOsborn, Jennett (Hodge) ..42, 118 \n\nOsborn, John 118 \n\nOsborn, Joseph, Jr 23, 1 18-1 19 \n\nOsborn, Joseph, Sr. 23, 35, 42, 55, \n\n75, 118, 119 \n\nOsborn, Mary 75 \n\nOsburn, John. See Osborn, \n\nJoseph, Jr. \nOsburn, Joseph. See Osborn, \n\nJoseph, Sr. \n\nPackard, Abigail Fobes no, 205, \n\n206, 208, 218, 236 \n\nPackard, Ann 238 \n\nPackard, Blanche Eugenia ... 246 \n\nPackard, Caleb 120 \n\nPackard, George 119 \n\nPackard, Hannah 120 \n\nPackard, Ichabod 23, 28, 119-120, \n\n129, 206, 277 \n\nPackard, Ichabod, Jr 120 \n\nPackard, Isaac 120 \n\nPackard, Tames 6, 266, 267 \n\nPackard, James (son of \n\nIchabod) 120 \n\nPackard, Jonathan no, 206 \n\nPackard, Joseph 270, 274, 277 \n\nPackard, Lucy (wife of Eben- \n\nezer Edson) 80 \n\nPackard, Lucy (Nye) 120 \n\nPackard, Lydia 120 \n\nPackard, Martha (daughter of \n\nIchabod) 120 \n\nPackard, Martha (wife of James \n\nDunbar, Sr.) 76 \n\nPackard, Mary (Edson) n9 \n\nPackard, N. Wendell 228, 246 \n\nPackard, Nathan 120 \n\nPackard, Nathaniel n9 \n\nPackard, Nehemiah 20, 26, 27, 28, \n\n29, 120-121, 238 \n\nPackard, Parley 119. 120, 238 \n\nPackard, Rebecca 120 \n\nPackard, Ruth (daughter of \n\nNehemiah) 120 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nPackard, Ruth (Allen) 120 \n\nPackard, Sally 120 \n\nPackard, Susan (Crawford) no, 206, \n\n207 \nPackard, Susanna (daughter of \n\nNehemiah) 120, 136 \n\nPadelford, Abigail 109 \n\nPalmer, Samuel 275, 277 \n\nPaquin, Charles, Jr 198 \n\nPaquin, Etta M. (Stone) 198 \n\nParker, Aaron 192, 193, 194 \n\nParker, Dr. Charles Edwin . . . 192 \n\nParker, Charles H 192-193, 194 \n\nParker, Clara J 219 \n\nParker, David 249 \n\nParker, Edith May 193 \n\nParker, Edwin S 192, 193-194 \n\nParker, Eliza (of Warren) 181, 182, \n\n256 \n\nParker, Emily 178 \n\nParker, Emma E. (Clark) .... 193 \n\nParker, Frank Eugene 193 \n\nParker, Freddie Davidson .... 193 \n\nParker, George Lyman 193 \n\nParker, Gertrude Annette 194 \n\nParker, Gertrude E. (Walker) . 193 \n\nParker, Hannah H 37, 165 \n\nParker, Harriet Ann 249 \n\nParker, Lillian (Robinson) ... 193 \n\nParker, Lizzie Snow 194 \n\nParker, Lucy A. (Barr) 192 \n\nParker, Lyman N 184, 192, 194 \n\nParker, Mary (Parmenter) ... 192 \n\nParker, Nellie (Davis) 192 \n\nParker, Rosa W 193 \n\nParker, Sarah or Sara Jewett 192, \n\n248 \nParker, Sophronia (Town- \n\nFrink) 193 \n\nParker, Susannah (wife of \n\nAaron) 192, 193, 194 \n\nParker, Walter 193 \n\nParker, William Henry 192 \n\nParker & Whiting, 216, 217 \n\nParkman, W. H 227 \n\nParks, Nancy 180, 241, 251 \n\nParlin, Hannah 87 \n\nParmenter Family 121-127 \n\nParmenter, Aaron 47, 121, 124, 169 \n\nParmenter, Aaron, Jr 121 \n\nParmenter. Anna (daughter of \n\nAaron) 47, 121 \n\nParmenter, Anne (daughter of \n\nDaniel) 122 \n\n\n\nINDEX \n\n\n\n311 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nParmenter, Betty (eldest \n\ndaughter of Solomon) .... 126 \nParmenter, Betty (fourth \n\ndaughter of Solomon) .... 126 \nParmenter, Daniel (son of Wil- \nliam) 21, 28, 33, 98, 121-122 \n\nParmenter, Daniel (son of \n\nAaron) 121 \n\nParmenter, Daniel, Jr. (son of \n\nDaniel) 122 \n\nParmenter, Deborah (wife of \n\nSolomon) 125 \n\nParmenter, Edmund 125 \n\nParmenter, Elijah 125 \n\nParmenter, Elizabeth (Craige) 122, \n\n126 \nParmenter, Elizabeth (Furness) 123 \nParmenter, Elizabeth (Mann) 125 \n\nParmenter, Ezra 125 \n\nParmenter, Grace 126 \n\nParmenter, Hannah (daughter \n\nof Aaron) 121 \n\nParmenter, Hannah (Mann, \n\nwife of Rufus) 125 \n\nParmenter, Isaac 25, 26, 122-123, \n\n126 \nParmenter, Isaiah 19, 21, 22, 27, 33, \n\n123 \nParmenter, Jacob 19, 20, 22, 121, \n\n124 \nParmenter, James 25, 26, 121, 124- \n\n125 \nParmenter, Jean (Craige) 47, 120, \n\n124 \nParmenter, Jenney (Boyd) ... 127 \nParmenter, Kathrin (Dean) .. 127 \n\nParmenter, Lois 126 \n\nParmenter, Lucy (daughter of \n\nRufus) 125 \n\nParmenter, Lucy (daughter of \n\nSolomon) 126 \n\nParmenter, Luke 125 \n\nParmenter, Lydia (Hayden) 107, \n\n123 \n\nParmenter, Mahittable 127 \n\nParmenter, Mary (daughter of \n\nDaniel) 122 \n\nParmenter, Mary (wife of Wil- \nliam H. Parker) 192 \n\nParmenter, Mary (Knight) . . . 122 \nParmenter, Mary (Pepper) 121, 123 \nParmenter, Mary (Tower) .... 125 \nParmenter, Moley (daughter of \n\nSolomon) 126 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nParmenter, Rachel 121 \n\nParmenter, Rebecca (daughter \n\nof Aaron) 121, 138 \n\nParmenter, Rufus 27, 125 \n\nParmenter, Ruth (Bellows) .. 124 \nParmenter, Samuel (father of \n\nRufus) 125 \n\nParmenter, Samuel (son of \n\nDaniel) 122 \n\nParmenter, Solomon 21, 33, 122, \n\n125-126, 169 \nParmenter, Solomon (of Sud- \nbury) 125 \n\nParmenter, Spencer 122 \n\nParmenter, Tamer 122 \n\nParmenter, Thaddeus 123 \n\nParmenter, Triphosa 79 \n\nParmenter, William 21, 28, 79, 122, \n\n125, 126-127 \nParmenter, William (of Sud- \nbury) 121, 123 \n\nParmenter, William (son of \n\nDaniel) 122 \n\nParmenter, Winser 123 \n\nPartridge, Adin 128 \n\nPartridge, Asa 21, 29, 31, 33, 127- \n\n128, 155 \nPartridge, Asa (son of Asa) . . 128 \n\nPartridge, Bernard 128 \n\nPartridge, Calista 128 \n\nPartridge, Chloe 128 \n\nPartridge, Edward, ist (of Med- \n\nfield) 127, 128, 129 \n\nPartridge, Edward, 2d 22, 27, 33, \n\n79, 128-129 \n\nPartridge, Edward, 3d 128 \n\nPartridge, Elias 128 \n\nPartridge, Frederick 128 \n\nPartridge, Hannah (daughter \n\nof Edward, 2d) 128 \n\nPartridge, Hannah (Legg) ... 128 \n\nPartridge, John 128 \n\nPartridge, Katherin 128 \n\nPartridge, Lurana 128 \n\nPartridge, Mary 128 \n\nPartridge, Olive 128 \n\nPartridge, Pamela 123 \n\nPartridge, Rachel (daughter of \n\nAsa) 128 \n\nPartridge, Rachel (Banister) .. 128 \n\nPartridge, Reuben 128 \n\nPartridge, Sarah (daughter of \n\nAsa) 128 \n\n\n\n312 \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\nFACE \n\nPartridge, Sarah (daughter of \n\nEdward. 2d) 128 \n\nPartridge, Sarah (Jones) 127, 128, \n129 \n\nPartridge, Sarah (Pray) 129 \n\nPartridge, Silas 22, 29, 128, 129 \n\nPartridge, William 127 \n\nPellett, Benjamin C 220 \n\nPellett, Caroline T 220 \n\nPellett, Ellen E. (Davis) 220 \n\nPellett, Elonzo VV 220 \n\nPellett, Frederick B 220 \n\nPellett, Hannah E 219 \n\nPellett, Henry L 220 \n\nPellett, Herbert 220 \n\nPellett, Joseph A 220 \n\nPellett. Leonard W 220 \n\nPellett, Lewis E 220 \n\nPellett, Lewis T 219-220 \n\nPellett, Ruth E 219 \n\nPellett, Ruth E. (Chamberlain) 219, \n\n220 \nPeloubet, Rev. F. N. 7, 11, 24,1. 266 \nPendleton, Ada Maria (Shedd) 240 \nPendleton, Charles Hiram .... 240 \n\nPendleton, Emma 241 \n\nPendleton, Helen Elizabeth ... 240 \n\nPendleton, John A 240 \n\nPendleton, Lizzie Jane 240 \n\nPendleton, Mary Belle 240 \n\nPendleton, Ray Arthur 240 \n\nPendleton, Rena Jane 240 \n\nPendleton, Rex Walter 240 \n\nPenniman, Henry 37 \n\nPenniman, Lucy (Allen) 2il \n\nPepper, Miss (wife of James \n\nBlair. Sr.) 47 \n\nPepper, Ashbel 160, 280 \n\nPepper, Jacob, Jr t6o, 280 \n\nPepper, John 245, 261 \n\nPepper, Maria 245 \n\nPepper, Mary 121, 123 \n\nPepper, Philena 261 \n\nPerham, Dora Melinda 238 \n\nPerkins, Adeline 208 \n\nPerkins, Alice (Leach) 132 \n\nPerkins. Anna P. (Gibbs) .... 209 \n\nPerkins, Asa 41 \n\nPerkins, Benjamin 30, 129-130 \n\nPerkins, Benjamin (probably \n\nson of Benjamin) 129 \n\nPerkins. David (father of \n\nZephaniah) 132 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nPerkins, David (of Bridge- \nwater) 129, 132 \n\nPerkins, George 31, 117, 130-131, \n\n146 \nPerkins, Hepzibah (Washburn) 129, \n130 \n\nPerkins, Horatio 208 \n\nPerkins, John 132 \n\nPerkins, Leavitt 31. 129. 132 \n\nPerkins, Lydia (Sprague) .... 129 \nPerkins, Mary (Ford) ..26, 71, 132 \nPerkins. Solomon (father of \n\nBenjamin) 129 \n\nPerkins, Solomon (son of \n\nabove Solomon) 129 \n\nPerkins, Zephaniah 20, 21, 25, 26, \n71, 132 \n\nPerry, Mary Elizabeth 194 \n\nPierce. Marietta 232 \n\nPike, Elisha 25. 133 \n\nPinney, Evelyn N 228 \n\nPoland, Addie Lione (Foster) 204 \n\nPoland, Albert W 204 \n\nPoland, Annis 227 \n\nPoland, Mrs. Lizzie J. (wife of \n\nSylvander Bothwell) 227 \n\nPond. Eli 244 \n\nPond, Huldah (Hill) 244 \n\nPond, Lucinda 244 \n\nPope, Asa 133 \n\nPother, Theophulas 275, 277 \n\nPotter & Allen 164 \n\nPowers, Sarah 44 \n\nPowers. William 255 \n\nPratt, Elizabeth (Brown) 56 \n\nPratt, George W 204 \n\nPratt, Lillie Belle (Frink) 204 \n\nPratt, Mr 56 \n\nPratt, Ruth (Whitman) 154 \n\nPratt, Seth, Jr 154 \n\nPratt, Seth, Sr 154 \n\nPray, Sarah 129 \n\nPreshoe, Betsy (Robinson) . . 135 \n\nPreshoe, William 68. -jy \n\nPreshoe, Zadoc 135 \n\nProuty, Alanson 6, 188 \n\nProuty, Eliza 188 \n\nProuty. Gardner 188 \n\nProuty. Mrs. Huldah (wife of \n\nJames Forbes) 84 \n\nProuty, Ruth (Howe) 188 \n\nProuty, Sally Si \n\nPutnam, Cynthia R i97 \n\n\n\nINDEX \n\n\n\n313 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nRadcliffe College 246 \n\nRally, Elizabeth 98 \n\nRawson, Abbie Maria 221 \n\nRawson, Annie F 221 \n\nRawson, Clarissa (Fairbank) 220, \n\n226 \n\nRawson, Clarissa E 221 \n\nRawson. Daniel (father of \n\nDaniel) 220, 226 \n\nRawson, Daniel 220-221, 226 \n\nRawson, Emily A 221 \n\nRawson, Emma 226 \n\nRawson, Frank 226 \n\nRawson, George H 226 \n\nRawson, Herbert 226 \n\nRawson, Joseph 226 \n\nRawson, Laban F 226 \n\nRawson, Levi 220 \n\nRawson, Mary (Bullen) 226 \n\nRawson. Rachel (wife of \n\nDaniel = Mrs. Whitte- \n\nmore) 221 \n\nRaymond, Sophronia 193, 204 \n\nRead, Thomas, Jr 169 \n\nRecruiting, Method of 175 \n\nReed, Abigail (Stone) 248 \n\nReed, Alice Louise 248 \n\nReed, Alice Louise (Singer) .. 248 \n\nReed, Alice M. (Bullard) 249 \n\nReed, Rev. Andrew H 221, 248 \n\nReed, Anna Bell (Ham) 249 \n\nReed, Arthur Knowlton 249 \n\nReed, Barzillai Miles . .210, 221-222 \n\nP^eed, Ben Brigham 249 \n\nReed, Bert Shannon 249 \n\nReed, Bertha Florence (Ams- \n\nden) 248 \n\nReed, Charlie Macullar 249 \n\nReed, Cheney 221 \n\nReed Corner 248 \n\nReed, Dorothy Arline 249 \n\nReed, Edmund (1781) 33 \n\nReed, Edmund (father of \n\nGeorge E.) 248 \n\nReed. Eleanor (wife of Silas) 248 \n\nReed, Ernest George 248 \n\nReed, Eugene Williams 249 \n\nReed, Frank Ellsworth 248 \n\nReed, Fred Edmund 192, 248 \n\nReed, George Edmund 247, 248-249 \n\nReed, George Walter 248 \n\nReed, Georgia Lavinia (Kent) 249 \n\nReed, Grace May 248 \n\nReed, Hazel Eleanor 249 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nReed, Herbert Bent 248 \n\nReed, Herbert Merritt 249 \n\nReed, Jennie Louise (Holt) .. 221 \n\nReed, Leroy Kendall 221 \n\nReed, Lewis H 221 \n\nReed, Mary E. (Foster) 221 \n\nReed, Mary R. (Miles) .." 221 \n\nReed, Miles. Sec Barzillai \n\nMiles Reed. \nReed, Rose Pauline (Wollen- \n\nhaupt) 221 \n\nReed, Sara Amanda (Williams) 248 \nReed, Sarah (wife of Barzillai \n\nMiles of Rutland) 221 \n\nReed, Sarah or Sara Jewett \n\n(Parker) 192, 248 \n\nReed, Silas 221, 248 \n\nReed, Susan Elizabeth 221 \n\nReed, William Leroy 221 \n\nRegiments in Civil War. See \n\npp. ix, X. \n\nRegiments in Revolutionary War \n(designated by names of Colonels) \n\nAlden, Ichabod 24 \n\nBailey, John 149 \n\nBradford, Gamaliel 30 \n\nBrewer, David 20 \n\nBrewer, Samuel 22 \n\nBrooks, John 24 \n\nConverse, James 23 \n\nCrane, John 25 \n\nGushing. Job 28 \n\nDenny, Samuel 31 \n\nDrury, Luke 32 \n\nFellov/s, John 19 \n\nFrancis, Ebenezer 109 \n\nJackson, Henry 25 \n\nKeyes, Danforth 27 \n\nLearned. Ebenezer 20 \n\nLee, William R 25 \n\nNixon, Thomas 25 \n\nPutnam, Rufus 25 \n\nRand, John 31 \n\nTupper, Benjamin 118 \n\nTurner, William 32, 133 \n\nTyler, Nathan 31 \n\nShepard, William 131 \n\nSmith, Calvin 78, 118 \n\nWard, Jonathan 20, 77 \n\nWarner, Jonathan 19 \n\nWesson, James 25 \n\nWhitcomb, Asa 22 \n\nWhitney, josiah 26, 30, 31 \n\n\n\n314 \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nRegulars, British, enlistment of 117, \n\n130, 146 \nRevolution, Authorities^ for . . 34 \nRevolution, Companies in. See \n\nCompanies. \nRevolution, Regiments in. See \n\nRegiments. \n\nRice, Benjamin, Jr 136 \n\nRice Corner 172 \n\nRice, Ebenezer 27, 28, 133 \n\nRice, Henry 172 \n\nRice, Isaac Davis 172 \n\nRice, Joseph 172 \n\nRice, Julia Ann (Marsh-Rice). 172 \nRice, Mary (wife of Joseph) .. 172 \n\nRice, Philena (Ruggles) 136 \n\nRice, Rhoena Augusta 172 \n\nRice, Sally 282 \n\nRich, Elizabeth (Trask) 134 \n\nRich, George 27, 133, 134 \n\nRich, John (brother of Jonas) 134 \nRich, John (father of Jonas) . . i33 \nRich, Jonas ...27, 31, 133, i34, 138 \nRich, Jonas (son of Jonas) 92, \n\n133, 134 \n\nRichardson, Flannah 114 \n\nRichardson, Ina 1 231 \n\nRichardson, Jonathan 115, 275, 277 \nRichardson, Temperance (Nye) 115 \n\nRichardson, Ursula 166 \n\nRichmond, Abiah E 230 \n\nRichmond, Abigail 229 \n\nRichmond, Mercie 151 \n\nRichmond, Weltha 62 \n\nRipley, Allen 151 \n\nRipley, Hannah (French) .... 278 \n\nRipley, Jeptha 93, 107 \n\nRipley, Nancy (Weeks) 151 \n\nRipley, Zenas 278 \n\nRobinson, Abraham Fay 135, 262- \n\n263 \nRobinson, Albert Dennison ... 195 \nRobinson, Arthur Charles .... 195 \n\nRobinson, Beauford F 263 \n\nRobinson, Bertha E 263 \n\nRobinson, Betsey (daughter of \n\nJohn, 2d) 135 \n\nRobinson, Betsey (wife of \n\nJohn Macomber of \'76) .. no \n\nRobinson, Carl D 263 \n\nRobinson, Catherine 13S \n\nRobinson, Charles D i94-i95 \n\nRobinson, Charles F 262, \n\nRobinson, Charlotte (Noyes) . 178 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nRobinson, Elizabeth 107, 108 \n\nRobinson, George Perez 195 \n\nRobinson, Hattie Louise 195 \n\nRobinson, Hattie S 263 \n\nRobinson, Hazel Dorothy .... 242 \n\nRobinson, Increase, Jr 108 \n\nRobinson, Jeremiah 135 \n\nRobinson, John, ist 134 \n\nRobinson, John, 2d 134-135, 143, 170 \n\n171, 208, 211, 262 \nRobinson, Col. John, 3d 135, 142, \n\n262 \nRobinson, John (son of Wil- \nliam) 242 \n\nRobinson, John (son of Walter) 242 \nRobinson, John W. (son of \n\nAbraham F.) 263 \n\nRobinson, Julia M. (Boyden) . 13s \n\nRobinson, Letha Hazel 263 \n\nRobinson, Lilla Bell (Spooner) 242 \n\nRobinson, Lillian 193 \n\nRobinson, Lucy M. (Walker). 195 \n\nRobinson, Lurana 135, 210 \n\nRobinson, Lydia (Warren) ... 134 \nRobinson, Lydia (Young) .... 263 \n\nRobinson, Marshall P 194 \n\nRobinson, Martha H 197, 254 \n\nRobinson, Mary (Ball) 263 \n\nRobinson, Mary (Bullard) .... 135 \n\nRobinson, Mary (Ogle) 263 \n\nRobinson, Mary Elizabeth \n\n(Perry) 194 \n\nRobinson, Mary Geneva 263 \n\nRobinson, Mary Lizzie 195 \n\nRobinson, Mehitabel \n\n(Williams) 108 \n\nRobinson, Peter 135 \n\nRobinson, Polly 135 \n\nRobinson, Ruth Hathaway \n\n(Egery) 242 \n\nRobinson, Sally 135, 143, 170 \n\nRobinson, Susan B. (daughter \n\nof William) 208 \n\nRobinson, Susan M. (daughter \n\nof Abraham F.) 263 \n\nRobinson, Susan Maria (Stone) 13S, \n\n142, 262 \nRobinson, Susan or Susannah 135, \n\n142 \nRobinson, Susannah (Fay) 135, I43 \nRobinson, Sylvia May Daphene 242 \n\nRobinson, Thaddeus 135 \n\nRobinson, Thomas M 178 \n\n\n\nINDEX \n\n\n\n315 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nRobinson, Walter M. (son of \n\nJohn) 149, 242 \n\nRobinson, Walter M. (son of \n\nAbraham F.) 263 \n\nRobinson, William (of Water- \ntown) 134 \n\nRobinson, William (son of \n\nJohn, 2d) 135, 208 \n\nRockwood, Charlotte 52, 226 \n\nRockwood, Electa 52 \n\nRood, Nathan 277 \n\nRoper, Lucretia 208 \n\nRoss, Ann (Packard) 238 \n\nRoss, Ansel 238 \n\nRoss, David Sumner 238 \n\nRoss, Eliza J. (Skipper) 239 \n\nRoss, Elsie Louise 239 \n\nRoss, Frank Eugene 239 \n\nRoss, George Marshall ....238-239 \n\nRoss, Hannah (Crowell) 238 \n\nRoss, Jennie Eliza 239 \n\nRoss, John 238 \n\nRoss, Mary Anna 239 \n\nRowe, Emily 209 \n\nRude or Rood, Nathan 275, 277 \n\nRuggles, Alice (Merrick) .... 135 \n\nRuggles, Arathusa 136 \n\nRuggles, Benjamin 135 \n\nRuggles, Charlotte 136 \n\nRuggles, Hannah 136 \n\nRuggles, Hannah (Winslow) 135, \n136 \n\nRuggles, Harriet 136 \n\nRuggles, Joshua 136 \n\nRuggles, Miriam 136 \n\nRuggles, Olive (Holton) 136 \n\nRuggles, Philena 136 \n\nRuggles, Reuel 136 \n\nRuggles, Rhoda 136 \n\nRuggles, Seraph Howe 136 \n\nRuggles, Susannah (Packard) 136 \n\nRuggles, Thomas 135-136 \n\nRuggles, Thomas, Jr 136 \n\nRuggles, Willard 136 \n\nRussell, Charlotte Emily 251 \n\nRussell, Orlando 121, 251 \n\nRussell, W. W 166 \n\nSanford, Bathsheba (French). 89 \n\nSanford, Philo 89 \n\nSargeant, Asa S 195, 239 \n\nSargeant, Carrie R. (Harring- \nton) 239 \n\nSargeant, Charles A 195, 239 \n\n\n\nPACE \n\nSargeant, Edward Josiah 14, 195- \n\n196, 239 \nSargeant, Eunitia D. (Wright) 195 \nSergeant, Herbert Edward . . . 195 \n\nSargeant, James 239 \n\nSargeant, Levander D. . . . . 195, 239 \nSargeant, Lillian R. (Webster) 196 \n\nSargeant, S. M 239 \n\nSargeant, Susan (Brown) 195, 239 \n\nSaville, Lucy 253 \n\nShannon, James Griswold 6, 14, \n\n253-254 \nShannon, Laura E. (Morton) . 254 \n\nShannon, Lucy (Saville) 253 \n\nShattuck, Caleb 103 \n\nShaw, Andrew 137 \n\nShaw, Anna (wife of Andrew) 137 \n\nShaw, David 31, 136 \n\nShaw, Hayden 88, 278, 279 \n\nShaw, James 30, 31, 136 \n\nShaw, James, Jr 31, 137 \n\nShaw, Silva (Howard) 137 \n\nShaw, Timothy 21, 26, 30, 137 \n\nShearn, Ann (Hart) 209 \n\nShearn, Ella L 209 \n\nShearn, Henry T 209 \n\nShearn, James 120, 209-210 \n\nShearn, James J 209 \n\nShearn, Jennie A 210 \n\nShearn, John 209 \n\nShearn, John F 209, 210 \n\nShearn, Katie D 209 \n\nShearn, M. Lizzie 209 \n\nShearn, Mary (Glynn) 209 \n\nShedd, Ada Maria 240 \n\nShedd, Almira H 255 \n\nShedd, Amy Belle 240 \n\nShedd, Arthur Lyman 240, 241 \n\nShedd, Edith May 240 \n\nShedd, Emma (Pendleton) ... 241 \n\nShedd, Harry Proctor 240 \n\nShedd, Hiram P 240-241 \n\nShedd, Israel Proctor 240 \n\nShedd, Jesse Edwin 240 \n\nShedd, June A. (Linthurst) .. . 240 \nShedd, Lizzie Jane (Pendleton) 240 \nShedd, Lydia Alvira (Barr) . . 240 \n\nShedd, Mary (Hoar) 240 \n\nShedd, Walter Edward 240 \n\nShedd, Walter Linthurst 240 \n\nSheldon, Hepsibah 88 \n\nSibley, Ellen 185 \n\nSibley, Sabra Wiswell 228 \n\nSimmons, Job 182 \n\n\n\n3i6 \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nSimmons, Sarah (wife of Job) 182 \n\nSimmons, Susan A 182 \n\nSinger, Alice Louise 248 \n\nSkerry, Martha Ward 168 \n\nSkerry, Samuel 168 \n\nSkipper, Eliza J 239 \n\nSlayton, Samuel 275, 277 \n\nSlocom, George iS4 \n\nSmith, Aaron 138 \n\nSmith, Alice W 181 \n\nSmith, Anna (daughter of \n\nWilliam) 138 \n\nSmith, Anne (of Middleboro, \n\nwife of Asa French) 89 \n\nSmith, Azuba I77, 205, 252 \n\nSmith, Brainard 227 \n\nSmith, Dolly H 198 \n\nSmith, Elizabeth 138 \n\nSmith, Ephraim 138 \n\nSmith, Farrington 138 \n\nSmith, Grace G. (Dean) 186 \n\nSmith, Hannah (Ruggles) .... 136 \n\nSmith, James 138 \n\nSmith, Joab 138 \n\nSmith, John 138 \n\nSmith, Mabel A. (Boyd) 227 \n\nSmith, Parcis 64 \n\nSmith, Rebecca (Parmenter) .. 138 \nSmith, Rebecka (daughter of \n\nWilliam) 138 \n\nSmith, Samuel Warner 136 \n\nSmith, Walter Shippard 186 \n\nSmith, William 21, 23, 30, 33, i34, \n\n137-138 \n\nSmith, Zerviah 140 \n\nSnell, Asa 20, 138 \n\nSnow, Hannah 74 \n\nSoldiers\' Union 3 \n\nSolenbarger, Bertha (Robinson) 263 \n\nSolenbarger, Dan 263 \n\nSollen, John 114 \n\nSpear, Hannah (Gonant) 66 \n\nSpear, Luther 66 \n\nSpooner, Albert . . 139, 196-197. 222 \nSpooner, Albert (son of \n\nEleazer) i39 \n\nSpooner, Almira Ann (Davis) 222 \nSpooner, Andrew 3, 4, 14, i39- 180, \n\n222, 241-242, 255 \nSpooner, Deacon Andrew (father \n\nof Andrew) 139, 196, 215, 222, \n\n241 \n\nSpooner, Arthur Buss 109, 222 \n\nSpooner, Benjamin 27, 138-139 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nSpooner, Benjamin (son of \n\nEleazer) I39 \n\nSpooner, Bertha Miller 242 \n\nSpooner, Bessie (Upham) .... 222 \n\nSpooner, Caleb 139 \n\nSpooner, Charles Andrew .... 222 \n\nSpooner, Curtis Edward 196 \n\nSpooner, Cynthia R. (Putnam- \n\nHambry) 197 \n\nSpooner, Eddie (son of Charles \n\nA.) 222 \n\nSpooner, Edwin Charles 139, 222- \n\n223 \n\nSpooner, Eleanor 139 \n\nSpooner, Eleazer 28, 30, 138, 139, \n\n196, 215 \nSpooner, Eleazer, 2d (grandson \n\nof above) 139 \n\nSpooner, Elijah Blackman .... 139 \nSpooner, Eliza (Dean) ....180,241 \nSpooner, Ella M. or Mary E. 7, 241 \n\nSpooner, Fannie 222 \n\nSpooner, Flora (Blake) 242 \n\nSpooner, Francena. See Olive \n\nFrancena. \n\nSpooner, Francis Albert 242 \n\nSpooner, Frank Edwin 222 \n\nSpooner, George 222 \n\nSpooner, Hattie Ann 241, 242 \n\nSpooner, Joseph 139 \n\nSpooner, Lilla Bell 241, 242 \n\nSpooner, Lois I39 \n\nSpooner, Lucien Brown ...241, 242 \n\nSpooner, Lucius I39 \n\nSpooner, Luther 139 \n\nSpooner, Mabel Louise 242 \n\nSpooner, Marion Frances ..241, 255 \n\nSpooner, Martha Ann 222, 222> \n\nSpooner, Mary (Brown) 241 \n\nSpooner, Mary Brown \n\n(daughter of Lucien B.) . . 242 \nSpooner, Mary Ella (or Ella \n\nM.) 7, 241 \n\nSpooner, Mehitabel (wife of \n\nBenjamin) 139 \n\nSpooner. Mehitabel (daughter \n\nof Eleazer) i39 \n\nSpooner, Mehitabel (Allen) ... I39 \nSpooner, Moses (son of \n\nEleazer) I39 \n\nSpooner, Moses (son of Moses) I39 \nSpooner, Olive Francena ..109, 222 \nSpooner, Pardon I39 \n\n\n\nINDEX \n\n\n\n317 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nSpooner, Polly (daughter of \n\nEleazer) 139 \n\nSpooner, Prince 139 \n\nSpooner, Ruby 139 \n\nSpooner, Sally (Adams) 196, 222, \n\n241 \nSpooner, Sarah D. (Wilder) . . 222 \nSpooner, Sarah Maria (Wool- \nworth) 196, 197 \n\nSpooner, Susanna (Conant) ... 139 \n\nSpooner, Wilfred Blake 242 \n\nSpooner, William (of Plymouth, \n\n1637) 139 \n\nSpooner, William Henry (son \n\nof Albert) 196 \n\nSpooner, Winifred Grace 242 \n\nSprague, Lydia 129 \n\nStarbuck, Bethiah (Waterman) 150 \n\nStarbuck, Moses 150 \n\nStearnes. See also Stearns. \nStearns, Betsy (Bent-Stone) ...223 \n\nStearns, Charles Daniel 223 \n\nStearns, Charles Hasmes 223 \n\nStearns, Emma Maria 223 \n\nStearns, Isaac 223 \n\nStearns, Jonathan 223 \n\nStearns, Mary Bigelow 223 \n\nStearns, Melancey Dennison \n\n(Dean) 223 \n\nStebbins, Sophie 234 \n\nSteele, Burpee 249 \n\nSteele, Martha Jane (Walker) . 249 \n\nSteele, Russell 250 \n\nSternes. See also Stearns. \n\nStemes, Richard 25, 140 \n\nStevens, Abbie T 259 \n\nStevens, Phineas 259 \n\nStevens, Simon 259 \n\nStevenson, Mary (Harper) . . . 140 \n\nStevenson, Robert 275, 277 \n\nStevenson, William . . 19, 27, 29. 140 \n\nStillwater Campaign 28, 29 \n\nStone Family 140-144 \n\nStone, Abigail (daughter of \n\nIsaac, 1st) 40, 141 \n\nStone, Abigail (wife of Asa \n\nFrench) 89 \n\nStone, Abigail (wife of Edmund \n\nReed, then of D. S. Noyes) 248 \n\nStone, Abner 141 \n\nStone, Achsah 143 \n\nStone, Adaline Augusta 142 \n\nStone, A. Josiah 223 \n\nStone, Allis 142 \n\n\n\nPACK \n\nStone, Alpheus or Alphaeus 25, 1 16, \n\n141-142, 150, 262 \n\nStone, Angle P 197 \n\nStone, Ann Robinson 170 \n\nStone, Benjamin 144 \n\nStone, Bessie Louise (Bruce). 229 \nStone, Betsy (daughter of \n\nAlpheus) 142 \n\nStone, Betsy (Bent) 223 \n\nStone, Claracy 143 \n\nStone, Clarence A 229 \n\nStone, Daniel 144 \n\nStone, Delia 204 \n\nStone, Eleanor (Hill) I97 \n\nStone, Electa 141 \n\nStone, Ellen G. (Hall) 198 \n\nStone, Emerson 190 \n\nStone, Etta M 198 \n\nStone, Eva A 254, 255 \n\nStone, Frank H 254-255 \n\nStone, Frederick Munroe 141 \n\nStone, George Fred Washington 198 \nStone, George Washington 6, 14, \n\n143, 170, 184, 197-198, 211, 254, \n\n262 \n\nStone, Gladys M 255 \n\nStone, Grace M 254 \n\nStone, Hannah (daughter of \n\nIsaac, 2d) 143 \n\nStone, Hannah (Bullard) 143. 167, \n\n169 \n\nStone, Harold J 255 \n\nStone, Harriot 142 \n\nStone, Henry W 198 \n\nStone, Ira W 254 \n\nStone, Isaac, ist 22, 28, 32, 33, 40, \n\n140-141, 143, 169, 197 \nStone, Isaac, 2d 19, 20, 25, 106, 141, \n\n143, 167, 169, 197 \nStone, Isaac, 3d 135, 143, 160, 169- \n\n170, 197, 281 \nStone, John (son of Isaac, 2d) 143 \nStone, John E. 14, 143, i99, 254-255 \n\nStone, Louisa 142 \n\nStone, Lucretia (daughter of \n\nAlpheus) 142 \n\nStone, Lucretia (daughter of \n\nIsaac, ist) 141 \n\nStone, Lucretia (Nye) ....116, 142 \n\nStone, Luke 141 \n\nStone, Lucy (daughter of \n\nAlpheus) 142, 150 \n\nStone, Martha (Munroe) 40, 141, \n\n143 \n\n\n\n3i8 \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nStone, Martha H. (Robinson) 197, \n\n254 \nStone, Mary (daughter of \n\nSamuel) 144 \n\nStone, Mary E. (daughter of \n\nGeorge W.) 198 \n\nStone, Mary Jane (Larrabee) . 254 \n\nStone, Otis I35, 142 \n\nStone, Pattee (daughter of \n\nIsaac, ist) 141 \n\nStone, Pattie (Bullard) 141 \n\nStone, Patty (wife of Lot \n\nConant) 167 \n\nStone, Polly (daughter of \n\nAlpheus) 142 \n\nStone, Prudence (wife of \n\nSamuel) 144 \n\nStone, Ralph E 254 \n\nStone, Sally (Robinson) 135, 143. \n\n170 \n\nStone, Salva I43 \n\nStone, Samuel 21, 27, 144 \n\nStone, Samuel (son of Isaac, \n\n2d) 143 \n\nStone, Samuel (son of Samuel) 144 \n\nStone, Seth 160, 281 \n\nStone, Silas 274, 277 \n\nStone, Sukey or Susan \n\n(daughter of Isaac, 2d) 143, 167 \nStone, Susan Maria (daughter \n\nof Alpheus) 135. 142, 262 \n\nStone, Susannah or Susan \n\n(Robinson) 13S, 142 \n\nStone, Washington 143, 170, 183, \n\n197, 254, 266, 267 \nStrickland, Pattee (Stone) .... 141 \n\nStrickland, Rev. John 141 \n\nSturges, Meletiah 115 \n\nSullivan, Julia 253 \n\nSwinerton, James 20, 144 \n\nTallis, Gertrude M 251 \n\nTaylor, Caroline Maria 237 \n\nTaylor, Isabella (Hammond) .. 237 \n\nTaylor, Jessie 1 251 \n\nTaylor, Roswell 237 \n\nTaylor, Thomas 25, 144 \n\nTemple, Amos 20, 144-145 \n\nTemple, Dolly (daughter of \n\nWillard) 198 \n\nTemple, Dolly H. (Smith) .... 198 \n\nTemple, Jane 198 \n\nTemple, Mary Ann 198 \n\nTemple, Willard 198 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nTemple, William 1 3, 198-199 \n\nTenney, David F 79 \n\nTenney, Samuel 166 \n\nThatcher, Sally 150 \n\nThomas, Hannah 91 \n\nThompson (son-in-law of \n\nLoved Lincoln) 108 \n\nThompson, Charlotte (Lincoln) 108 \n\nThompson, Emma L 205 \n\nThompson, Jane 49 \n\nThompson, Jane (Washburn) . 49 \n\nThompson, John ....160, 161, 280 \n\nThompson, Joseph F 31, 145 \n\nThompson, Norman B 136 \n\nThompson, Mrs. Parmela (wife \n\nof Nahum Whipple) 152 \n\nThompson, Seraph Howe \n\n(Ruggles) 136 \n\nThompson, Thomas 49 \n\nThomson, William, Jr 153 \n\nThrasher. See also Thresher. \n\nThrasher, George 168 \n\nThrasher, Harlow 160, 281 \n\nThrasher, Samuel, Jr no, 160 \n\nThrasher, Thankful (Bangs) .. 89 \n\nThree Months\' Regiments ... 175 \nThresher. See also Thrasher. \n\nThresher, Abigail 61 \n\nThresher, Bethiah 73 \n\nThresher, Mary (Macomber).. no \nThresher or Thrasher, Samuel, \n\nJr no, 160, 281 \n\nTidd, Grace (Mason) 165 \n\nTindall, Emma 258 \n\nTomlinson, Rev. Daniel 40, 60, 102, \n\n104, 142, 159, 161, 170 \nTomlinson, Daniel (son of \n\nFabian) 170 \n\nTomlinson, Dolly 170 \n\nTomlinson, Fabian ..160. 170, 281 \nTomlinson, Fabian (son of \n\nFabian) 170 \n\nTomlinson, James 170 \n\nTomlinson, Jane 170 \n\nTomlinson, Lucy (daughter of \n\nFabian) 170 \n\nTomlinson, Lucy (Beard) .... 170 \n\nTomlinson, Maria 170 \n\nTomlinson, Nancy 170 \n\nTomlinson, Sarah T. (Hunter) 170 \n\nTomlinson, William 170 \n\nTorry, Ezra 275, 277 \n\nTower, Louisa 248 \n\nTower, Mary 12S \n\n\n\nINDEX \n\n\n\n319 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nTown Clerk\'s Records 17 \n\nTown, Daniel i93, 204 \n\nTown Lots \n\nNumber Two 55, 1 M \n\nNumber Three 169 \n\nNumber Four 250 \n\nNumber Eight 87, 122 \n\nNumber Nine 127 \n\nNumber Ten 90, 100, in \n\nNumber Eleven 96, 104 \n\nNumber Twelve 140 \n\nNumber Thirteen 40, 57 \n\nNumber Fifteen 100 \n\nNumber Sixteen 79, 85 \n\nNumber Eighteen 90, 106 \n\nNumber Nineteen 88 \n\nNumber Twenty 50 \n\nNumber Twenty-one 68, 71, n \n\nNumber Twenty-two 120 \n\nNumber Twenty-three 94 \n\nNumber Twenty-four 73 \n\nNumber Twenty-five 121, 154, I55, \n156 \n\nNumber Twenty-six 127, i55 \n\nNumber Twenty-eight 82 \n\nNumber Twenty-nine 39 \n\nNumber Thirty 41 \n\nNumber Thirty-one 62, 151 \n\nNumber Thirty-two 40, 92, 93 \n\nNumber Thirty-three I53 \n\nLot AA 119 \n\nLot BB 45, 53, 68, 100 \n\nLot O 121 \n\nLot T 63, 86 \n\nLot W 53 \n\nLot X , 50, 119, 129 \n\nCollege Lot 38 \n\nTown Officers during Civil War 266 \nTown Ofiicers during Revolu- \ntionary War 32 \n\nTown Officers during War of \n\n1812 171 \n\nTown, Sophronia Abiah .. .193, 204 \nTown, Sophronia (Raymond) 193, \n\n204 \nTowns. See Index of Towns. \n\nTrask, Elizabeth I34 \n\nTrowbridge, Charles H 128 \n\nTrowbridge, Mrs. Charles H. \n\n(Davis) 220 \n\nTucker, Fred Lester 242 \n\nTucker, Lucy 202 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nTucker, Mary Anne (Draper). 242 \n\nTucker, Samuel I34 \n\nTurner, Joseph 14S \n\nTurner, Joshua 20, 25, 27, 145, 270, \n272, 273 \n\nTurner, Mercy (French) 145 \n\nTylor, Joshua 275, 277 \n\nUnderwood, Lois (Parmenter) 126 \n\nUnderwood, Timothy 126 \n\nUniversity of California 241 \n\nUniversity of Vermont 246 \n\nUphani, Bessie 222 \n\nUpham, Fannie (Spooner) 222 \n\nUpham, Jacob 146 \n\nUpham, James \'Z\'], 146 \n\nUpham, Lillian 222 \n\nUpham, Raynor 222 \n\nUpham, Zerviah (Smith) 146 \n\nUpton, Ruth 214 \n\nVaughan, Katherine 217 \n\nVeazie, Bessie Isora (Walker) 249 \n\nWaldo, John 86 \n\nWalker, Albert Henry 249 \n\nWalker, Asa 231 \n\nWalker, Bertha Luella 249 \n\nWalker, Bessie Isora 249 \n\nWalker, Betsy M. (Whitcomb) 249 \n\nWalker, David Parker 249 \n\nWalker, Gertrude E I93 \n\nWalker, Harriet Ann (Parker) 249 \n\nWalker, John, Jr I95, 249 \n\nWalker, Rev. John, Sr 249 \n\nWalker, John Albert 195, 247. 249- \n250 \n\nWalker, Lucy M I95 \n\nWalker, Marion Maria 249 \n\nWalker, Marshall 29, 30, 146 \n\nWalker, Martha Jane 249 \n\nWalker, Samuel 275, 277 \n\nWallis, Rachel 121. 126 \n\nWalls, George 31, 130, 131, 146-14? \n\nWard, Katie (Graham) 148 \n\nWard, Kerly 20, 147-148 \n\nWard, Samuel 148 \n\nWare, A. Hazen i77 \n\nWare, Almira H. (Shedd) .... 255 \n\nWare, Archibald i79, I99 \n\nWare, Archibald H I79, 255 \n\nWare, Betsy (Capen) 199, 224 \n\nWare, Caroline Cutler \n\n(Cooley) 179, 255 \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nWare, Charles Archibald 14, 241, \n\n255 \nWare, Edward Franklin 179-180, \n\n255 \n\nWare, Edward Hazen 255 \n\nWare, Henry H. . . 184, 199-200, 224 \n\nWare, James B 177, I99, 224 \n\nWare, Lavinia (wife of Archi- \nbald) 199 \n\nWare, Lavinia H. (daughter of \n\nArchibald) I77, 255 \n\nWare, Marion Frances \n\n(Spooner-Dayton) ....241,255 \n\nWare, Robert Elwin 255 \n\nWare, William 224 \n\nWare, Mrs. William (Flagg) . . 224 \n\nWarner, Abigail 105 \n\nWarner, Daniel 160, 281 \n\nWar of 1812. Authorities for 158 \n\nWarren, Albion W 223 \n\nWarren, Carrie M 223 \n\nWarren, Charles E 231 \n\nWarren, Eber H 200, 231 \n\nWarren, Elizabeth (Harris)... 134 \n\nWarren, Ella M 223 \n\nWarren, Eva F 223 \n\nWarren, Florence B 223 \n\nWarren, Frank E 223 \n\nWarren, Hazel 223 \n\nWarren, Ida M 223 \n\nWarren, Jonathan Gibbs 184, 200, \n\n231 \n\nWarren, Joshua 134 \n\nWarren, Lydia I34 \n\nWarren, Martha A. (Spooner) 223 \nWarren, Miriam (Gibbs) ..200, 231 \n\nWarren, Richard 134 \n\nWarren, William 223 \n\nWashburn, Deborah 49 \n\nWashburn, Ezra 28, 148 \n\nWashburn, Hepzibah 129, 130 \n\nWashburn, Jane 49 \n\nWashburn, Lebbeus 20, 148 \n\nWashburn, Lucretia (Darling) . 149 \n\nWashburn, Wealthy 76 \n\nWashburn, William 27, 28, 31, 148- \n\n149 \nWashington Grenadieis ....158-161 \nWaterman, Abigail (daughter \n\nof Perez) 150 \n\nWaterman, Abigail (wife of \n\nPerez) 150 \n\nWaterman, Barnabas 150 \n\nWaterman, Benjamin 142, 150 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nWaterman, Bethiah 150 \n\nWaterman, Calvin 150 \n\nWaterman, Lucy (daughter of \n\nPerez) 150 \n\nWaterman, Lucy (Stone) .142, 150 \n\nWaterman, Lydia 150 \n\nWaterman, Perez 149-150 \n\nWaterman, Perez (father of \n\nPerez) 149 \n\nWaterman, Ruth 150 \n\nWaterman, Sally (Thatcher).. 150 \nWaterman, Salome (Allen) .. 150 \n\nWaterman, Stephen 150 \n\nWatson, Samuel 275, 277 \n\nWebster, Lillian R 196 \n\nWebster, Mary A 204 \n\nWedge, Thomas 275, 277 \n\nWeeks, Hannah (Foster) 151 \n\nWeeks, Katharine (Clark) .... 151 \n\nWeeks, Lucy 151 \n\nWeeks, Martin 151 \n\nWeeks, Mercie (Richmond) .. 151 \n\nWeeks, Nancy 151 \n\nWeeks, Nathaniel 23, 28, 30, 62, 151 \n\nWeeks, Ruth (Willis) 151 \n\nWeeks, Susanna (daughter of \n\nNathaniel) 151 \n\nWeeks, Thomas (father of \n\nNathaniel) 151 \n\nWeeks, Thomas (son of \n\nNathaniel) 151 \n\nWeld, Edith May (Parker) ... 193 \n\nWeld, Frank 193 \n\nWellesley College 244, 246 \n\nWheaton, David 138 \n\nWheeler, Catherine 253 \n\nWheeler, John 25, 151-152 \n\nWheelock, Nancy 220 \n\nWhipple, Lucinda (Ashley) ... 152 \nWhipple, Martha (wife of \n\nThomas) 152 \n\nWhipple, Nahum 26, 153 \n\nWhipple, Parmela (wife of \n\nNahum = Mrs. Thompson). \n\n152 \n\nWhipple, Thomas 119, 152 \n\nWhitcomb, Bessie M 249 \n\nWhitcomb, Joshua 25, 152 \n\nWhite, Betsy or Elizabeth 153, 168 \n\nWhite, David i53 \n\nWhite, Elizabeth or Betsy 153, 168 \n\nWhite, Hannah 43 \n\nWhite, Henry Arthur 203 \n\nWhite, James 151, i53 \n\n\n\nINDEX \n\n\n\n321 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nWhite, Lucy (Weeks) 151 \n\nWhite, Martha 39 \n\nWhite, Mary (daughter of \n\nThomas) 66, 153 \n\nWhite, Mary (wife of John \n\nHarmon) 95 \n\nWhite, Sarah (Blair) 151, 153 \n\nWhite, Sergeant 266 \n\nWhite, Thomas 21, 26, 28, 29, 31, \n\n33, 66, 137, 151, 152-153, 168 \n\nWhite, Viana 168 \n\nWhitehouse, Mary J 178 \n\nWhitman, Ebenezer ....32, 153-154 \nWhitman, Eleanor (Bennett).. 153 \n\nWhitman, John 153 \n\nWhitman, Ruth (daughter of \n\nEbenezer) 154 \n\nWhitman, Ruth (Delano) 154 \n\nWhitman, Sarah 154 \n\nWhitman, Zechariah 153 \n\nWhiting, William R 194 \n\nWhitmore or Whittemore, \n\nKnight 142, 161, 162 \n\nWhitney, Abigail (wife of \n\nAlpheus) 200 \n\nWhitney, Alpheus 200 \n\nWhitney, George H 201 \n\nWhitney, Israel 275, 277 \n\nWhitney, Joseph D 200-201 \n\nWhitney, Sophronia (Bemis).. 201 \nWhittemore or Whitmore, \n\nKnight 142, 161, 162 \n\nWhittemore, Lucretia (Stone). 142 \nWhittemore, Mrs. Rachel (wife \n\nof Daniel Rawson) 221 \n\nWhittemore, Ruth 59 \n\nWilbur, Charlotte Elizabeth . . 202 \n\nWilbur, Edwin 183, 201-202 \n\nWilbur, Eliza (Hagar) ....58, 201 \n\nWilbur, George Edwin 202 \n\nWilbur, Grace Duell 202 \n\nWilbur, Horace 201 \n\nWilbur, Lora Belle 202 \n\nWilbur, Lucy Edna 202 \n\nWilbur, Mary Elizabeth (Duell) 202 \n\nWilbur, Ruth Ayres 202 \n\nWilder, Sarah D 222 \n\nWilder, Shubael 25, 154 \n\nWilliams, Celia 229 \n\nWilliams, Hannah 187 \n\nWilliams, Jerry Holden 248 \n\nWilliams, Louisa Tower 248 \n\nWilliams, Mehitabel 108 \n\nWilliams, Sara Amanda 248 \n\n\n\nPAGB \n\nWillis, Abigail 37 \n\nWillis, Bethiah 69, 207, 252 \n\nWillis, Guile 154 \n\nWillis, Jonathan 69, 73 \n\nWillis, Nathaniel 73 \n\nWillis, Ruth 151 \n\nWillis, Dr. Stoughton 37, 69 \n\nWilson, Agnes 41, 68 \n\nWilson, Alexander 23, 29, 33, 90, \n\n106, 155 \nWilson, Elizabeth (Crawford). iS5 \nWilson, Huldah (daughter of \n\nAlexander) 155 \n\nWilson, Huldah (wife of \n\nAlexander) 155 \n\nWilson, Jonathan 155 \n\nWilson, Laurinda 246 \n\nWilson, Mary 51 \n\nWilson, Robert 23, 30, 127, 155-156 \n\nWilson, Sarah A 260 \n\nWinslow, Hannah (daughter of \n\nThomas) 135, 136 \n\nWinslow, Thomas 135 \n\nWolcott. See also Woolcott. \n\nWolcott, Ruth 96 \n\nWollenhaupt, Rose Pauline . . . 221 \nWood, Abigail Elizabeth \n\n(Keep) 202, 203 \n\nWood, Betsy (Crowall) 202 \n\nWood, Elmer B 202 \n\nWood, George (father of \n\nGeorge P. and Lawson D.) 202, \n\n203 \n\nWood, George Arthur 202 \n\nWood, George Paige 202, 203 \n\nWood, Lawson D wight 187, 203, \n\n235 \n\nWood, Samuel 275, 277 \n\nWood, Sarah S. (Merrifield) ..202 \n\nWood, Thomas 202 \n\nWood, William 275, 277 \n\nWoodcock, Lizzie Snow \n\n(Parker) 194 \n\nWoodcock, William 194 \n\nWoodis, Alden Bradford 171 \n\nWoodis, Catherine (daughter \n\nof Edward) 171 \n\nWoodis, Catherine (Holmes).. 171 \nWoodis, Dorothy (Moore) ... 156 \nWoodis, Ebenezer 21, 27, 28, 33, \n\n156, 170 \n\nWoodis, Ebenezer, Jr 156, 170 \n\nWoodis, Edward 156, 160, 170-171, \n\n280 \n\n\n\n322 \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nWoodis, Edward (son of \n\nEdward) 171 \n\nWoodis, Elizabeth (Woolcott) 156 \n\nWoodis, Field 228 \n\nWoodis, Henrietta 171 \n\nWoodis, John 156 \n\nWoodis, Keziah 156 \n\nWoodis, Lucella L 235 \n\nWoodis, Luther Wilson 171 \n\nWoodis, Minnie Gertrude \n\n(Dean) 251 \n\nWoodis, Minnie Louise \n\n(Brooks) 228 \n\nWoodis, Nathan 156 \n\nWoodis, Persis 156 \n\nWoodis, Reuben 156 \n\nWoodis, Ruth 156 \n\nWoodis, Sabra Wiswell (Sibley) 228 \n\nWoodis, Sarah 156 \n\nWoodis, Sibley Field 228 \n\nWoodis, Walter A 251 \n\nWoods, Frances C 178 \n\nWoods, Josiah B 178 \n\nWoodward, Esther 44, 45 \n\nWoolcott. See also Wolcott. \n\nWoolcott, Elizabeth 156 \n\nWoolcut, John 275, 277 \n\nWoolley, David 242 \n\nWoolley, Hannah (Crawford). 243 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nWoolley, Relief Willard 242 \n\nWoolworth, Sarah Maria ..196, 197 \n\nWright, Alfred Parks 243, 244 \n\nWright, Alice Lincoln ....243, 244 \n\nWright, Ebenezer 275, 277 \n\nWright, Ellsworth 243 \n\nWright, Emeline Augusta 217 \n\nWright, Eunitia D 195 \n\nWright, George C 217 \n\nWright, Henry Burt 243, 244 \n\nWright, Henry Parks 7, 8, 71, 164, \n\n242-244 \n\nWright, James 214 \n\nWright, Josephine Lemira \n\n(Hayward) 244 \n\nWright, Lydia B 214 \n\nWright, Martha Elizabeth \n\n(Burt) 243 \n\nWright, Parks 242 \n\nWright, Relief Willard \n\n(Woolley) 242 \n\nWright, Deacon Samuel 242 \n\nWright, Serviah 113 \n\nYale College 62, 159, 170, 207, 243, \n244 \n\nYoung, Lydia A 263 \n\nYoung, Mary T 191 \n\n\n\nINDEX OF TOWNS \n\n(in Massachusetts, unless otherwise indicated) \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nActon 249 \n\nAdams in \n\nAntrim, N. H 189, 232 \n\nAshfield 65 \n\nAshland 177, 178 \n\nAthol 215, 236 \n\nAugusta, Ga 227 \n\nAyer 249 \n\nAyer Junction 194 \n\nBarnstable 114, 115, 116, 117 \n\nBarre 36, 41, 44, 115, 117, 120, 134, \n136, 137, 138, 154, 166, 169, 182, \n185, 194, 196, 201, 209, 218, 221, \n226, 229, 231, 239, 245, 246, 249, \n257 \nBarre Plains 182 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nBath, Me 108 \n\nBelchertown \xe2\x80\xa2 251 \n\nBelegaley, Ireland 41 \n\nBerkley 88, 271, 278 \n\nBethany, N. Y 233 \n\nBethel, Vt 202 \n\nBeverly 129, 132 \n\nBlandford 98 \n\nBolton 56 \n\nBoston 50, 86, 140, 186, 189, 216, \n221, 232, 250, 253, 281 \n\nBoylston 79 \n\nBoylston Center 195 \n\nBoxboro 249 \n\nBradford 178 \n\nBraintree 3^ \n\nBraintree, Vt 279 \n\n\n\nINDEX \n\n\n\n3^3 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nBrattleboro 254. 260 \n\nBridge-water 36, 37, 49, 65, 66, 67, \n72, 76, 80, 119, 120, 129, 132, \n149, 150, 153. 189, 207, 244 \n\nBristol, Conn 251 \n\nBrookfield 63, 64, 71, 75, 85, 89, 113, \n128, 133, 134, 135, 180, 192, 193, \n194, 201, 202, 224, 231, 277 \n\nBrooklyn, N. Y 252 \n\nBuffalo, N. Y 259 \n\nBull Creek, Kansas 257 \n\nCambridge 278 \n\nCanterbury, Conn 219, 220 \n\nCappy, Ireland 68 \n\nCastle Creek, N. Y 48 \n\nCedar Falls, la 240 \n\nChard, England 186 \n\nCharlestown, N. H 259 \n\nCharlottetown, P. E. 1 216 \n\nCharlton 187, 246 \n\nChatham, N. Y 198 \n\nChelmsford 45 \n\nCherokee, la 240, 241 \n\nChester 42, 43 \n\nChester, Pa 252 \n\nCincinnati, 243 \n\nCleveland, 279 \n\nClinton 166, 217 \n\nCoaticook, P. Q 258 \n\nCohockton, N. Y 123 \n\nConcord 74, 87, 98, 99 \n\nCornish 54 \n\nCouncil Bluffs, la 227, 228 \n\nCraftsbury, Vt 89 \n\nDanielson, Conn 236 \n\nDartmouth 138, 139, 196 \n\nDavenport, la 282 \n\nDeadwood, S. Dak 213 \n\nDedham 220, 244 \n\nDerby, Conn 170 \n\nDetroit, Mich 258 \n\nDighton 37 \n\nDorchester 53, 80, 189, 216, 217, 253 \n\nDracut 250 \n\nDunbarton, N. H 27, 165 \n\nEast Brookfield 206 \n\nEast Somerville 191 \n\nEasthampton 187 \n\nEaton, Canada 63 \n\nEaton. N. Y 102 \n\nElizabeth, N. J 169 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nEnfield 178, I79, 251 \n\nExeter, N. H 218 \n\nFairfield, Conn 231 \n\nFarmington, N. H 178 \n\nFenton, Mich 258 \n\nFitchburg 126, 185 \n\nFoxcroft, Me 59 \n\nFramingham 121 \n\nFranconia, N. H 189 \n\nFranklin 128, 195, 239, 244 \n\nGardner 220, 222, 231 \n\nGilbertville 185, 253 \n\nGlastonbury, Conn 228 \n\nGorham, Me 93 \n\nGrafton 223, 228 \n\nGranby 245 \n\nGreenwich 49 \n\nGroveland 178 \n\nGuildhall, Vt 40 \n\nGuilford, Vt 208 \n\nHadley, N. Y I45 \n\nHallowell, Me 142 \n\nHammonton, N. J 196, I97 \n\nHardwick 76, 91, "S, II7, 123. I33, \n\n135, 136, 151, 152, 154, 207, 231, \n\n238 \n\nHartford, Conn I95, 196, 221 \n\nHaverstraw. N. Y 282 \n\nHerkimer, N. Y 220 \n\nHiawatha, Kansas 180, 251 \n\nHingham 108 \n\nHinsdale, N. H 242, 260 \n\nHolden I93, 214, 219, 228 \n\nHolly, Mich 258 \n\nHopkinton 42, 118, 196, 208 \n\nHubbardston 36, 187, 209, 229 \n\nHudson 219 \n\nHyannis ^^5 \n\nHyde Park 189, 246 \n\nKansas City, Mo 227 \n\nKillmorgan, Ireland 209 \n\nLancaster 233 \n\nLancaster, N. H 258 \n\nLancaster, Mo 279 \n\nLanesborough 277 \n\nLeicester 82, 90, I53, 164, 188, 222, \n230, 231, 241, 242, 246 \n\nLee 245 \n\nLewiston, Me 108 \n\n\n\n324 \n\n\n\nSOLDIERS OF OAKHAM \n\n\n\nLexington 140, 141 \n\nLincoln, R. 1 246 \n\nLittleton 232 \n\nLittleton, Colo 188 \n\nLongmeadow 176 \n\nLoudon, Tenn 234 \n\nLoveland, Colo 240 \n\nLowell 252 \n\nLynn 60, 177 \n\nMalone, N. Y 216 \n\nManchester, N. H. ...256, 258, 259 \n\nMarion, la 240 \n\nMarlboro 56, 214 \n\nMarshalltown, la 282 \n\nMedfield 127, 128, 129 \n\nMedford 186 \n\nMedway 36, 89, 154, 166, 244 \n\nMelbourne, Australia 252 \n\nMendon 195, 220 \n\nMiddleboro 76, 88, 89, 116, 129, 180, \n215, 261, 277, 278 \n\nMillbury 219 \n\nMillidgeville, Ga no \n\nMonson 202 \n\nMontague 150 \n\nMystic, Conn 251 \n\nNantucket 150 \n\nNewark, 262, 263 \n\nNewark, Vt 217 \n\nNew Ashford 277 \n\nNew Bedford 116 \n\nNew Braintree Zl, 42, 48, 52, 61, \n^\'2, 63, "jz, 76, 81, 84, 87, 89, 90, \n94, 96, 97, 104, I OS, 108, 109, \nno, 119, 127, 128, 137, 151, 152, \n153, 158, 159, 160, 162, 165, 168, \n170, 171, 180, 187, 192, 193, 194, \n222, 224, 233, 235, -z-j-j, 279 \n\nNewbury 75, 177 \n\nNew Haven, Conn. 236, 242, 243, \n244, 271 \n\nNew Oregon, la 259, 260 \n\nNew Orleans, La 282 \n\nNew Salem 186 \n\nNewton 134 \n\nNew York, N. Y 231, 252, 259 \n\nNorthboro . . 13S, 170, 208, 211, 262 \nNorth Brookfield 89, 172, 180, 181, \n192, 196, 197, 198, 201, 203, 204, \n205, 206, 209, 215, 220, 226, 227, \n230, 231, 232, 235, 239, 240, 245, \n253, 255, 256, 260, 261 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nNorthfield 47, 80, 98, 124 \n\nNyack, N. Y 282 \n\nOakland, Cal 181, 239 \n\nOldham, England 260 \n\nOmaha, Neb 227, 228 \n\nOnondaga, N. Y 60 \n\nOrange 216, 260 \n\nOskaloosa. la 282 \n\nOxford, Me 254 \n\nOxford, Mich 258 \n\nParis, Me 259 \n\nPasadena, Cal 223 \n\nPaxton zy, 55, 64, 74, 118, 125, 131, \n\n148, 165, 201, 206, 219, 224, 241 \n\nPelham 104, 233 \n\nPembroke 132 \n\nPerkins, 233 \n\nPetersham 229 \n\nPhiladelphia, Pa 195, 196 \n\nPittsford, N. Y 117 \n\nPlainfield, Conn 220 \n\nPlymouth 116, 139 \n\nPontiac, Mich 258 \n\nPortland, S. Dak 213 \n\nPoultney, Vt 136 \n\nPrinceton 168, 192, 198 \n\nProvidence, R. I. 191, 198, 210, 221, \n\n23s, 2Z^, 246, 247 \nPutney, Vt 90 \n\nQuincy 231, 253 \n\nRehoboth 80, 107, 108 \n\nRevere 239 \n\nRochdale, England 259 \n\nRochester, N. Y 221 \n\nRockville, Cal 62 \n\nRoyalston 277 \n\nRutland, 36, 41, 44. 45, 49, 50, 53, \n55, 57, 58, 67, 68, 69, 70, 12, 74, \n75, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, \n90, 92, 93, 98, 99, 100, 101, 103, \nno, 112, 113, 114, 117, 140, 141, \n143, 155, 163, 167, 169, 180, 185, \n187, 197, 200, 203, 204, 208, 221, \n222, 237, 251, 254, 261, 282 \n\nSt. Albans, Canada 68 \n\nSt. Mary\'s, Ga 150 \n\nSalem 67, 86, 88, 168 \n\nSalem, N. Y n7 \n\nSandwich nS \n\n\n\nINDEX \n\n\n\n325 \n\n\n\nSan Francisco, Cal 177 \n\nScotland, Conn 219, 220 \n\nScranton, Pa 228, 229 \n\nShippingport, Pa 222 \n\nShrewsbury no, 177 \n\nShutesbury 66 \n\nSomers, Conn 170 \n\nSomerville 186 \n\nSouth Danvers 86 \n\nSouth Hadley 245 \n\nSouth Sudbury 192 \n\nSpencer 59, 89, 99, 146, 148, 164, \n\n188, 192, 197, 204, 208, 209, 237, \n\n249, 261 \nSpringfield 177, 232, 233, 234, 235, \n\n242, 250, 282 \n\nSpringfield, Vt 240 \n\nStafford, Conn 148, 149 \n\nStark, N. H 42 \n\nSterling 169 \n\nStockbridge, Vt 260, 278, 279 \n\nStoneham 217 \n\nStonington, Conn 251 \n\nSudbury 97, 105, 106, 107, 121, 123, \n\n125, 126, 134, 156, 189, 190, 191, \n\n223, 230 \n\nSuffield, Conn 36 \n\nSunderland 186 \n\nSutton 138 \n\nTaunton 108, 109, no, 186,244 \n\nTempleton 240, 277 \n\nTiffin, 87 \n\nTippecanoe, Mo 279 \n\nTurner, Me 59 \n\nUtica, 263 \n\nWaltham 58, 134, 191, 223 \n\n\n\nPAGE \n\nWardsboro, Vt 48 \n\nWare ...151, 187, 209, 238, 245, 261 \n\nWareham 150 \n\nWarner, N. H 217 \n\nWarren 39, 43, 94, 95, 112, 182, 238, \n\n239 \n\nWatertown 57, 134, 200 \n\nWatervliet, N. Y 48 \n\nWayland 191 \n\nWest Acton 249 \n\nWest Boylston 78, 79, 205 \n\nWestboro ...178, 179, 187, 246, 255 \nWest Brookfield Z7, 200, 201, 202, \n203, 221, 236, 238, 241 \n\nWest Burke. Vt 217 \n\nWestford, Vt no \n\nWest Halifax, Vt 254 \n\nWest Springfield 176,244 \n\nWeston 56, 57, 58, 141, 184 \n\nWeymouth 153 \n\nWheeling, W. Va 167 \n\nWilkes-Barre, Pa 228, 229 \n\nWillimansett 195 \n\nWilmington, Del 195 \n\nWilton, N. H 151 \n\nWinchester 232 \n\nWinchester, N. H 242 \n\nWindham, Conn 219, 220 \n\nWinfield, Kansas 213 \n\nWoonsocket, R. 1 236 \n\nWorcester 177, 185, 187, 188, 189, \n193. 194. 195. 196, 198, 205, 208, \n209, 217, 218, 219, 221, 222, 228, \n230, 237. 238, 239. 242, 244, 246, \n248, 252, 255, 258, 259, 261, 263 \nWrentham 257 \n\nYokohama, Japan 234 \n\n\n\n\n\'\'\xe2\x96\xa0^^ \n\n\n\n4^^i-\'. \n\n\n\n'