HISTORY OF

SARATOGA COUNTY, NEW YORK.

by NATHANIEL BARTLETT SYLVESTER

1878

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HISTORY OF THE VILLAGES AND TOWNS OF SARATOGA COUNTY.

GREENFIELD (Part 2).

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VIII. - BURIAL-PLACES.

Of C.E. Durkee, Saratoga Springs, we obtain the following memorandum with reference to the cemeteries of Greenfield. Mr. Durkee and Mr. Edward Harris are in possession of very valuable materials, which they have gathered at great labor from all the cemeteries of the county. The list for Greenfield comprises the following: St. John's cemetery, with 305 inscriptions; Locust Grove, 19; Haggerty Hill (one of the oldest, many native stones without inscriptions), 6; Early, 11; Scott, 122; Bailey, 43; Jamesville, 103; Comstock, 9; Wood, 7; Edwards, 15; Gifford, 10; Day, 4; District No. 5, 88; Allen, 8; Ingham, 44; Harris, 10; Mitchell, 59; Bowen, 68; Chatfield, 9; Lawrence, 15; Muller, 36; Quaker, 2; North Greenfield, 1; Mount Pleasant, 2; Dake, 14; Crawford, 5; Lewis, 5; Grenell, 5; Cronkhite, 4; Lincoln, 3. Total, 1032.

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IX. - SOCIETIES.

MASONIC.

St. John's Lodge, No. 22, F. and A.M. - This is the oldest lodge of the order in this county. The lodge at Ballston was the first one organized, but that died out and was after some years reorganized. This lodge was the second one instituted, and was chartered by the Grand Lodge of the State on the 20^th of February, 1802.

The number of charter members is unknown, but as the population was small and widely scattered it was necessarily small. From that time to the present it has maintained an unbroken existence, held its meetings regularly, and fairly earned its title of the oldest lodge in the county. At the time of the excitement caused by the abduction of William Morgan, and the exciting events that followed his mysterious disappearance, the lodge suffered in common with the order throughout the State. At that time the lodges were renumbered, and this lodge, which was chartered as No. 90, was rechartered as No. 22.

The first meeting was held at Porter's Corners, on the 2^d of June, 1802, and the ceremonies of the institution were conducted by the following Masons, who represented the Grand Lodge on the occasion, viz.: Warren Smith, G.M.; Reuben Smith, G.S.W.; Stephen Richards, G.J.W.; Walter Broughton, G. Sec.

The following officers were elected and installed, viz.: John St. John, W.M.; Jeremy Rockwell, S.W.; Potter Johnson, J.W.; Joseph Blackleach, Sec.; James Vail, Treas.; Benjamin Worden, S.D.; Daniel Hicks, J.D.; Frederick Weed and Asa Chatfield, Stewards.

At this first meeting the name of Parker Manning was proposed for membership, and he was elected and initiated in the degree of Entered Apprentice, being the first member to join the new lodge.

Quite a number of prominent men have at different times belonged to this lodge. We mention a few whose names appear on the list of members that has been preserved. The list for several years in the early existence of the ledge has disappeared, and no doubt contained the names of other honored citizens. We find the names of Asahel Porter, John Prior, John St. John, Adam Bockes, Jr., Jeremy Rockwell, Lewis Scott, Oliver C. Comstock, and Morgan H. Chrysler on the roll of members.

From the time of its organization till the winter of 1870 the lodge continued to meet at Porter's Corners. Then it was thought best to change its location to Greenfield Centre. In view of this change, in August, 1869, the Ingerson store at that place was purchased, the roof raised several feet, and a fine hall built above the store. This was well finished and elegantly fitted up, and forms a very comfortable and pleasant lodge-room. The cost of the building and site was $2000, and the furniture and fixtures cost about $600 more. The first meeting was held in the new hall on January 19, 1870.

The membership has remained about the same for many years. The losses by death and removals have been about counterbalanced by the additions. The present number is sixty-six. The present officers are G.W. Scoville, W.M.; Edward A. Rood, S.W.; John W. Middlebrook, J.W.; Elihu Wing, Treas.; Ianthus G. Johnson, M.D., Sec.; Albert G. Wing, S.D.; David L. Spooner; J.D.; David Kane, Charles W. Spaulding, Masters of Ceremony; Hamilton Early, Tyler.

Connected with the lodge is St. John's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, with a membership of thirty-five.

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TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES.

The Greenfield Temperance Society. - In the years from 1804 to 1809, a good deal of temperance agitation was going on among the friends of temperance in the town of Greenfield. The general and lamentable excessive use of spirituous liquors, even among professed Christians and moral men, seemed to demand some effort to check the growth and development of the traffic and use of intoxicating liquors. As a result of this agitation, April 1, 1809, Rev. Elias Gilbert, Howell Gardiner, Esq., Hon. Salmon Child, Jonathan Wood, Walter Hewitt, Jonathan Wood, and Joseph Wood met and formed a temperance organization under the above name.

Their constitution prohibited the use of ardent spirits on all occasions, not excepting certain holidays and public occasions, as did some of the other early societies. It is believed to have been the first thorough total-abstinence society in the United States.

At the first meeting Rev. Elias Gilbert was elected president and secretary, and Howell Gardiner, Salmon Child, and Jonathan Wood formed an executive committee.

From this small but influential band of devoted reformers sprang a society that has now maintained an unbroken existence for nearly seventy years, and which has numbered at times as many as seven hundred and ninety-one citizens of the town in its ranks.

The meetings of the society were held quarterly, and the annual meeting was held on the Fourth of July, in order to celebrate the anniversary of the nation's birth on temperance principles and in a rational and quiet manner. When the question of temperance reform received such an impulse in 1829, the society was reorganized on the principle of total abstinence from anything that can intoxicate. Howell Gardiner was then elected president of the society.

At a meeting held in 1814 a total-abstinence tract prepared by a Connecticut clergyman was read, and the meeting appointed Howell Gardiner and Jonathan Wood to procure its publication. This they did by a contract with a printer at Ballston Spa, James Comstock, dated Sept. 17, 1814. It is believed that this was the first temperance tract published in the State of New York.

Among the early members of the society, who joined soon after its organization, were James Dunning, Benjamin Ingham, Nathaniel Seymour, William Belden, and Daniel Scott, of Greenfield, and Daniel Couch, Moses Thomas, and Valentine Rathbone, of Milton.

The society was again reorganized, separately from Milton, in July, 1833, and the annual meeting was changed to the last Tuesday in February, the quarterly meetings being held on the last Tuesday of May, August, and November, respectively. The quarterly meetings were abolished in 1835, and a semi-annual meeting for July 4 was inaugurated. In 1849 the annual meeting was fixed for the 22^d of February, with a view to secure a suitable celebration of these two national holidays.

The presidents of the society since 1833 have been the following gentlemen: viz.: Howell Gardiner, 1833-55; Henry Peacock, 1855-57; Nathan Daniels, 1857-60; Asa Ingerson, 1860-62; Oscar Granger, 1862-64; Zimri Lawrence, 1864-66; Abial I. Allard, 1866-68; Lyman Sessions, 1868-69; Hiram T. Lawton, 1869-74; Reuben E. Cronkhite, 1874-76; Hiram C. Hewitt, 1876-77.

Benjamin S. Robinson has served very efficiently in the office of secretary since 1864.

The other present officers are Charles D. Gardiner, Benjamin H. Ingham, vice-presidents; and the officers, ex officio, form the executive committee.

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Empire Lodge, No. 965, I.O.G.T. - This society was instituted March 24, 1870, with twelve charter members, and has been fairly prosperous ever since. At one time the membership rose to one hundred and fifty in good standing, and the lodge has constantly exerted a healthy, moralizing influence on the community. The first officers were Lewis S. Mills, W.I.T.; Emma Rowland, W.V.T.; James B. Rounds, W.S.; Mrs. P. Rounds, W.T.; Carrie Latham, W.F.S.; Mrs. Asenath Sessions, Chap.; Ella Latham, W.M.; John B. Stevenson, W.D.M.; Mrs. J. Woodcock, W.I.G.; William Smith, W.O.G.; Hamilton B. Woodcock, L.D.

The lodge meets in a commodious and comfortable hall over the audience-room of the Universalist church every Saturday evening.

The present officers are as follows, viz.: Joseph L. Rowland, W.C.T.; Mrs. E.C. Mills, W.V.T.; George N. Peacock, W.S.; Emma Alcott, W.A.S.; H.A. Scott, W.F.S.; Mrs. B. Rowland, W.T.; H.G. Ormsby, W. Chap.; J.G. Rowland, W.M.; Alice Cady, W.D.M.; Lily Wells, W.I.G. ;.Mrs. E.A. Williams, W.O.G.; Mrs. J.L. Rowland, R.H.S.; Mrs. P.A. Latham, L.H.S.; Lewis S. Mills, L.D.

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Kayadrossera Tent, No. 69, I.O. of Rechabites. - This temperance organization was instituted March 7, 1876, with the following charter members, viz.: Hezekiah B. Manchester, William H. Davis, Hiram B. Manchester, Thomas J. Wing, Elias Pendrick, Hiram C. Hewitt, H.C. Wood, Edward Showers, B.S. Cochran, J.D. Plummer, Henry Bentley, James B. Wing, Simeon Brown, Joel S. Barnes, J.E. Spicer, R.S. Green, R.D. Morehouse, Perry Lockwood, Stephen Swatling, John J. Tethers, Albert J. Wing, Lee R. Smith, Harry M. Lincoln.

The first officers were J. D. Plummer, W.C.; Elias Pendrick, Dep. Ruler; Hiram C. Hewitt, Shep.; Hezekiah B. Manchester, Levite; Hiram B. Manchester, Sec.; William Pike, Treas.; Thomas J. Wing, Rec. Sec.; William Davis, Inside Guard.

Since its organization it has steadily increased in numbers and prospered in a flattering manner. It now has forty-one members, and exerts a powerful influence on the community in favor of temperance and sobriety.

The present officers are Lee A. Smith, W.C.; Goode Wing, D.R.; William Le Grange, Shep.; Stephen Swatling, Levite; H.B. Manchester, Sec.; J.H. Bentley, Treas.; R.D. Morehouse, Rec. Sec.; Reuben Morehouse, Fin. Sec.; H. Hiller: I.G.; Eddy Deuel, O.G.; Sanford Barnes, P.W.C.; John Tethers, William Whipple, R. and L.S.W.C.; Elias Pendrick, Thomas J. Wing. R. and L.S.D.R.; Hiram Hewitt, Installing Officer.

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I.O. OF O.F.

Greenfield Centre Lodge, No. 308, I.O.O.F. - This lodge was organized Feb. 28, 1872, with seven charter members, who occupied respectively the offices annexed to their names, viz.: Charles Mosher, N.G.; Brice S. Davis, V.G.; R.S. Davison, Rec. Sec.; John Erckenbrack, Permanent Sec.; Richard F. Mosher, Warden; Daniel Hayes, Conductor; and John W. Mitchell, I.G.

At the first meeting ten others joined, and the membership has constantly and steadily increased. The meetings have been well sustained, and in all respects the lodge has been very prosperous. The highest membership was reached in July of the present year, when the lodge numbered eighty-two members. The present membership is seventy-nine. The meetings are held in a rented hall, which is nicely furnished and fitted up with careful taste. Steps have been taken to secure a building spot on which to erect a new hall. The value of the lodge furniture and fixtures is about $425.

The present officers are George H. Hodges, N.G.; Joel S. Tuller, V.G.; Charles P. Cronkhite, Rec. Sec.; Albert Densmore, Per. Sec.; George Spaulding, Warden; Daniel W. Lovell, Cond.; Nathan W. Burdick, I. and O.G.; Charles W. Spaulding, Chap.; James B. Smith, P.G.; John T. Daniels, R.S.N.G.; Samuel Kilmer, L.S.N.G.; William W. Wing, R.S.V.G.; Thomas Webb, L.S.V.G.; Joseph Waring, R.S.S.; James Newell, L.S.S.

Connected with the lodge is also a Rebecca Degree lodge called "Desdemona" Lodge. Its charter was granted in March, 1875, upon the petition of nine ladies and ten gentlemen. It now has a membership of forty-two, and is in a prosperous condition.

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X. - PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST.

Lake Desolation, as its name indicates, is a wild, weird mountain lake. It is the only body of water of any size in the town. It lies on the top of the Kayadrossera range of mountains on the western border, and lies partly in Providence. Along the eastern bank of this lake lay an old Indian trail, along which the Indians and Tories passed at the time of their descent upon the settlers of Ballston, in 1780, and which was also the line of their retreat.

Along the old Indian trail that ran near Lake Desolation also passed the several French and Indian expeditions from Canada to the Mohawk country. Along near it passed the Jesuit father, Isaac Jogues, the discoverer of Lake George, while on his way to his mission, St. Mary of the Martyrs, on the banks of the Mohawk, in 1642. Near this lake passed Courcelle and Tracy and their army, on their way to the Mohawk country, in 1666.

About two miles northeast of Greenfield Centre, and one mile north of the Cronkhite school-house, on the top of the Palmertown mountain, is a curious freak of nature, and one to which is attached considerable historic interest. It is on the Beach lot, on the farm owned by George H. Hodges. On the top of this hill the sandstone rock crops out in several ledges; and on the northeast face of one of them is a narrow shelf, in which is a perpendicular hole about a foot in diameter and a little over two feet in depth, with a rounded bottom similar to a mortar. It is locally known as the "samp-mortar," and derives its name from the fact that it was formerly used by the Indians and afterwards by the first white settlers as a mortar in which to pound their corn. It is supposed to have been hollowed out by the action of water at some pre-historic period of time; but from the fact of its being now at such an elevation its origin is the more mysterious. The hole was about three feet in depth until within a few years, during which time some reckless iconoclast has broken off some of the rock near the top, reducing it to its present depth. A thick growth of timber now surrounds this interesting relic of a former age.

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XI. - INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS.

Greenfield is principally an agricultural town. Along the sunny southern slopes of its hills, which stretch between the two mountain ranges, lie many fine farms, many of whose early occupants have been spoken of in the preceding pages. The soil is mostly of a better quality than that of some of the adjoining towns. The farmers find a ready market for their produce at the village of Saratoga Springs near by.

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MANUFACTURES.

The manufacturing interests of Greenfield have never been very extensive. Saw-mills and grist-mills have run a brief existence, gone to ruin, and been replaced by others. The carding-mill and woolen-mill heretofore mentioned shared the general fate of decay and extinction. We shall mention but a few of the past and present enterprises.

The first distillery in town was one owned by Asahel Porter at Porter's Corners, date not known. He also built quite an extensive tannery, which passed through several hands and then burned down. It was finally rebuilt by Esek Angell, and recently it was again burned.

The water-power at Middle Grove was first fully utilized about 1836, by John W. James, a son of Jesse James, who lived on the mountain northwest of the village. John W. James first embarked upon the sea of active business life at Greenfield Centre. From there he went to New York and accumulated some wealth, with which he returned to Jamesville (named in honor of him) in 1836, to create a manufacturing town. He built a dam across the Kayadrossera creek and erected a paper-mill there. This was the first mill built in Saratoga County for the manufacture of paper by machinery. He also built several houses, and purchased a large tract of land, on which the village was built. After the lapse of some twenty years he failed in business and returned to New York. The mill was burned, and rebuilt by other parties. Burned a second time, the vacant power was purchased by West & Brown, who built the present mills in 1870. These mills were run by West & Brown until 1874, when Geo. West & Son became, and still remain, the owners. They contain six thirty-inch engines for grinding the material and one fifty-inch machine for making the paper.

The power is furnished by three turbine water-wheels of the Leffell and the Reynolds patterns, and one thirty-horse power steam-engine. The mills consume from forty to fifty hundred-weight of jute butts and gunny sacking per day, and turn out about nine tons per week of number two manilla paper, used for making grocery bags. The consumption of fuel is about twelve hundred cords per year. Some twenty hands are steadily employed, and under the superintendence of Mr. West's nephew, Thomas W. Brown, the mills are doing a very successful business.

There are several saw-mills and grist-mills scattered throughout the town, but they are mostly devoted to doing custom work. Some lumbering is done on the mountains, in the neighborhood of Lake Desolation.

About the year 1850 a glass-factory was started on the mountains in the northwest part of the town. A little village of about one hundred inhabitants sprang up around it. It was named Mount Pleasant. Some years ago the factory was removed to Saratoga Springs, and the village followed it to its new location.

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XII. - MILITARY.

WAR OF 1861-65.

Seneca Ackley, priv., Co. C, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 8, 1862; disch. July 7, 1865; living at Middle Grove.

Henry Allen, priv., Co. C, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. April 6, 1865.

James Armstrong, priv., Co. I, 78^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. March 25, 1865.

Lewis S. Bailey, corp., Co. F, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 8, 1862; pro. to 2^d lieut.; disch. with the regiment.

Charles N. Baker, priv., Co. C, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 8, 1862; wounded and taken prisoner at Olustee, Fla., Feb. 20, 1864; exchanged, Feb. 20, 1865; disch. June 20, 1865; living at Middle Grove.

Henry Baker.

Isaac Baker, priv., Co. C, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 11, 1862; disch. for disability, Feb. 13, 1863; living in Greenfield.

Stephen F. Baker.

Lester D. Bardwell, 30^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. spring of 1861; re-enl. in 2^d N.Y. Vet. Cav.; disch. with regiment, Nov. 8, 1865.

William Bartman, priv., Co. G, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Nov. 21, 1861; disch. for disability; re-enl. priv., Co. E, 25^th N.Y. Cav., April, 1864.

William Beardsley, priv, Co. C, 25^th N.Y. Cav.; enl. March, 1864.

Charles Bemas, priv., Co. G, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 12, 1862; slightly wounded at, Olustee and at Bermuda Hundred; disch. for disability, May 27, 1865; living at Mosherville.

Alfred Bender, priv., Co. D, 54^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. March 10, 1865.

Oliver Bennett, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Feb. 25, 1862; disch. for disability, Dec. 27, 1862.

James Benson, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Feb. 16, 1862; disch. for disability, Aug. 15, 1862.

George C. Bentley, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 4, 1862; died of diphtheria, at Alexandria, Va., Feb. 7, 1863, buried at Greenfield Centre.

Henry Bentley, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 6, 1862; disch. Sept. 17, 1865; living at Greenfield Centre.

Washington P. Bentley, priv., Co. E, 25^th N.Y. Cav.; enl. April, 1864; disch. at close of war; living at Middle Grove.

Andrew Benton, bugler, 11^th Ind. Battery, N.Y. Light Art.; enl. Dec. 2, 1861; disch. with the battery, Dec. 3, 1864; living at Northville, Fulton Co.

George Bishop, corp., Co. K, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 6, 1862; disch. for disability, Feb. 20, 1863; living in Greenfield.

Silas E. Blowers, priv., Co. G, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 1862; disch. with the regiment, June 17, 1865; living in Hadley.

Frank L. Brewster, seaman; enl. Sept. 19, 1864.

Charles Brown.

John Brown, priv, 78^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. May 5, 1864.

Willard Brown, seaman; enl. Sept. 17, 1864.

William J. Brown (colored), priv., 20^th U.S. Col. Troops; enl. March 11, 1865.

John T. Bryant, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 10, 1861; pro. to corp. and to sergt.; wounded at Spottsylvania Court-House, Va., May 10, 1864; disch. with regiment, Dec. 14, 1864; living at Saratoga Springs.

James H. Burdick, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 6, 1862; disch. Oct. 16, 1865; died, in Milton, since the war.

Lewis A. Burdick, priv., Co. F, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 2, 1862; wounded at Olustee, Fla., Feb. 20, 1864; disch. May, 1865; living in Milton.

Wm. H. Burdick.

Jesse Burlingame, priv., Co. D, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 9, 1861; taken prisoner June 27, 1862; exchanged Oct. 2, 1862; disch. with regiment, Dec. 13, 1864.

Charles Burpee, priv., Co. D, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 7, 1862; pro. to sergt.; disch. with regiment; living at Saratoga Springs.

Frank Cady, priv., Co. D, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Nov. 21, 1861; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77^th Regt.; wounded at Fredericksburg, June 3, 1863, and at Spottsylvania, June 8, 1864; disch. June 27, 1865; died since the war.

John Cady, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Feb. 14, 1862; deserted at Warrenton, Va., Nov. 6, 1863.

Oscar Cady, priv, Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Nov. 21, 1861; living in Greenfield.

Alex. Campbell, priv, Co. C, 180^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. April 6, 1864.

Henry C. Campbell, priv., Co. F, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 11, 1862.

Albert Carp, priv., Co. D, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 2, 1862; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77^th Regt.; disch. June 16, 1865; living in Greenfield.

Truman Carpenter, priv., Co. F, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 8, 1862; trans. to Bat. B, 1^st U.S. Lt. Art.; disch. June 13, 1865.

Joel Carr, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 27, 1861; died of fever at Washington, D.C., May 13, 1862.

Charles Chapman, priv, Co. G, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 10, 1861; disch. Nov. 10, 1862; living in Saratoga County.

Morgan H. Chrysler, capt. Co. G, 30^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. May 7, 1861; pro. to maj., March 11, 1862; to lieut.-col., Sept. 20, 1862; mustered out with regiment, June 24, 1863; re-enl. as col. 2^d N.Y. Vet. Cav.; severely wounded through the chest at Atchafalaya Bayou, La., July 28, 1864; was breveted brig.-gen.; mustered out Nov. 26, 1865; living at Kinderhook, Columbia Co., N.Y.

Wilbur M. Clark.

Robert B. Conde, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. 1861.

John Conklin, priv, Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 10, 1861; disabled by sickness after May 4, 1864.

Otis Conklin, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 10, 1861; disch. for disability, Aug. 10, 1862; living at Saratoga Springs.

Joseph Conners, priv., 100^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. March 29, 1864.

John Connery, priv., Co. K, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 2, 1862; disch. with regiment, Oct. 16, 1865; living in Greenfield.

Richard B. Coutant, priv., Co. D, 25^th N.Y. Cav.; enl. March, 1864.

Zina H. Cowles, priv., 7^th N.Y. H. Art.; enl. Aug. 10, 1863; wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., May 3, 1864, and died at Washington from effects of wounds.

Jeremiah Coy, priv., Co. C, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 8, 1862; disch. from U.S. hospital at Newtown, N.C., June 9, 1865; living in Minnesota.

Zera Coy, priv, Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 17, 1861; disch. for disability, May 28, 1862; living at Watertown.

Samuel S. Craig, corp., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Nov. 1861; pro. to orderly-sergt.; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77^th Regt., Co. E, and was killed at the battle of the Wilderness, May 4, 1864; buried on the battle-field.

Enos Crandall, priv., Co. G, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 1862; died of fever, in U.S. hospital near Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 1864; buried in Milton.

Joseph Crandall, Jr., priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 6, 1862; served through the war; disch. with the regiment, and lives in Milton.

Paul D. Crandall, priv., Co. G, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 1862; died of typhoid fever, at Hilton Head, S.C., July 6, 1863.

Commodore P. Curtis, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 6, 1862; disch. for disability, Feb. 26, 1863; living at Greenfield.

Winslow J. Dake, priv., U.S. Reg. Cav.; enl. April, 1861; killed at Wilson's Creek, Mo., Aug. 10, 1861; he was a student at Troy University, in his Junior year, at the time of his enlistment.

Darius S. Davis, priv., Co. C, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 22, 1861.

Frederick O. Day, priv., 180^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. March 28, 1864.

Elijah Dean, Jr.

Sylvanus T. Densmore, corp., Co. G, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 11, 1862: pro. to sergt.; captured; died in Andersonville, Ga, of brain fever, July 22, 1865; buried there.

Dennis Desmond, priv., Co. D, 25^th N.Y. Cav.; enl. March, 1864.

Edwin B. Deuel, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 14, 1861; pro. to corp., Nov. 5, 1862; wounded May 8, 1863.

James C. Deyoe, priv., 192^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. March 21, 1865.

Andrew J. Dorman, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 30, 1862; pro. to corp.; disch. with regiment, Jan. 6, 1865; living at Middle Grove.

James Dorley, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 27, 1861; trans. to Vet. Bat. 77^th Regt., Jan. 1, 1864; killed at Spottsylvania Court-House, Va., May 12, 1864.

Andrew J. Dowen, priv., Co. H, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 17, 1861; killed at Fort Stevens, July 12, 1864.

Ezra W. Drake, priv., Co. F, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 12, 1862; disch. June 17, 1865; living at Saratoga Springs.

William H. Drake, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 30, 1862; disch. at close of war; living at Galway.

Augustus Dunham, priv., Co. H, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 17, 1861; disch. for disability, July 6, 1862; living in Greenfield.

Charles S. Dunham, priv., Co. H, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 17, 1861; disch. with the regiment, Dec. 13, 1864.

Holtum Dunham, priv., Co. G, 30^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. May, 1861; taken prisoner at Mattapony Run, Va., Oct. 16, 1862; pro. to corp.; disch. with regiment, June 18, 1863; re-enl., priv., Co. C, 2^d N.Y. Vet. Cav., July 2, 1863; pro. to ord.-sergt.; disch. at the close of the war; died since the war.

Thomas Dunn, seaman; enl. Jan. 19, 1865.

Stephan Eddy, priv., Co. D, 25^th N.Y. Cav.; enl. March, 1864.

Henry Elliott, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 27, 1861; died, of fever, at Philadelphia, Pa., Oct, 20, 1862.

James Emperor, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 17, 1861; killed in battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864.

George D. Ferris, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. March 3, 1862; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77^th Regt., Doc. 1863.

Simeon E. Ford, corp., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 2, 1862.

John Gibbons, priv., Co. D, 25^th N.Y. Cav.; enl. March, 1864.

Andrew W. Gifford, priv., Co. G, 30^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. May 7, 1861; died of typhoid fever at Upton's Mills, Va., Dec. 18, 1861; buried at Greenfield Centre.

Allen S. Glenn, priv., Co. E: 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 27, 1861; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77^th Regt., Dec. 25, 1863; living in Galway.

James D. Goodhue, priv., 10^th H. Art.; enl. March 21, 1865.

Robert B. Goudie, corp., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 17, 1861; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77^th Regt., Dec. 1863; disch. July 7, 1865.

Alonzo Green, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 6, 1862; disch. for disability, May 16, 1864.

Davis Green, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Nov. 21, 1861; killed at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862; buried on the battle-field.

James O. Green, corp., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 17, 1861; died of fever at Meridian Hill hospital, Washington, D.C., Feb. 21, 1862; buried at Greenfield Centre.

Oscar F.A. Green, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 29, 1862; died at Alexandria Va., Dec. 29, 1862; buried in Milton.

Wm. Green, priv., Co. H, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Nov. 8, 1861; disch. for disability, May, 1862; re-enl. priv., Co. F, 2^d N.Y. Vet. Cav.; pro. to corp.; taken prisoner at Atchafalaya Bayou, La., April 14, 1864; died in hospital at Tyler, Texas, in the summer of 1865.

William W. Green, priv., 16^th N.Y. H. Art.; enl. Jan. 18, 1864; disch. with the regt.; living in Greenfield.

Asa L. Gurney, 2^d lieut., Co. G, 30^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. May 30, 1861; pro. to 1^st lieut., Dec. 12, 1861; capt., April 9, 1862; mustered out with the regt., June 16, 1863.

George W. Gurney, priv., 11^th N.Y. Cav.; enl. March 15, 1865.

George Hagamore (colored); drafted Aug. 8, 1863.

George Hanse, seaman; enl. Sept. 21, 1864.

Clinton Harris, priv., Co. C, 2^d N.Y. Vet. Cav.; enl. Aug. 7, 1863; disch. with the regt., Nov. 8, 1865; living in Greenfield.

Ezra Harris, sergt., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 27, 1861; wounded at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862; disch. for disability, caused by wounds, Dec. 5, 1862; living in Greenfield.

John S. Harris, priv, Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 27, 1861; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77^th Regt., Dec. 25, 1863; disch. at close of the war.

John T. Harris, priv., Co. D, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 20, 1862; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77^th Regt., Co. A; disch. June 18, 1865.

Lyman W. Harris, musician, Co. D, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 26, 1862; died of fever at White Oak Church, Va., Dec. 31, 1862.

Mark C. Harris, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 17, 1861; disch. for disability before the regt. was mustered into service; died since the war.

Morris Harris, priv., Co. C, 2^d N.Y. Vet. Cav.; enl. Aug. 7, 1863; disch. with the regt. Nov. 8, 1865; living in Greenfield.

George W. Hazard, 2^d lieut., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 9, 1862; resigned April 1, 1863; died Jan. 14, 1864, of disease contrasted in the service; buried at Greenfield Centre.

James H. Hazard, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 17, 1861; disch. for disability, Dec. 5, 1862; living in Pennsylvania.

Hiram Hendrick.

James Hendrick, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 31, 1862; killed at battle of Fredericksburg, Va., May 3, 1863.

Herman Hermanghans, seaman; enl. Sept. 17, 1864.

John Hill, priv., Co. G, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 14, 1862; disch. at the close of the war, July 3, 1865; living at Glen's Falls.

John W. Hill, priv., Co. D, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 24, 1861; died of typhoid fever, at Yorktown, Va., May 15, 1862.

Josiah Hill, corp., Co. G, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 14, 1862; living at Saratoga Springs.

Seth Hill, priv, Co. G, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 30, 1862; pro. to corp.; disch. with regt., Oct, 2, 1865; living at Greenfield.

George H. Hodges, ord. sergt., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 29, 1862; pro. 2^d lieut., May 1, 1863; 1^st lieut., Jan. 27, 1865; wounded in the hand at Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1862; mustered out with the regt., Oct. 18, 1865; living in Greenfield.

John G. Holsapple, priv., Co. G, 30^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. May 7, 1861; was at Bull Run and Fredericksburg; discharged June 18, 1863; living at Middle Grove.

David A. Hopkins, priv., Co. F, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 7, 1862; disch. in June, 1865.

Nelson Hopkins, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Nov. 21, 1861; died of fever, at Washington, D.C., Feb. 26, 1862.

Silas Hopkins, Jr., priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Nov. 17, 1861.

John J. Hindson, priv., Co. D, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 1862; disch. with the regt., Dec. 1863; living at Milton.

James H. Huested, priv., Co. K, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct, 29, 161; trans. to Co. F, Oct. 30, 1862.

Henry J. Hurd, priv., Co. C, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 1, 1861; wounded in the head, at Lee's Mills, Va., April 8, 1862; disch. for disability, Oct. 10, 1863; living at Saratoga Springs.

Charles E. Ingerson, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 17, 1861; disch. for disability, Dec. 5, 1862; living at Victory Mills.

James H. Ireland, priv., Co. K, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 2, 1862; died of fever, in the U.S. hospital at Cairo, Ill., Aug. 9, 1864.

Michael Jennings.

George W. Johnson, priv., 192^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. March 22, 1865.

Henry Jones, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct, 4, 1861; trans. to Vet. Bat. 77^th Regt., Dec. 1863; disch. with the regt., 1865.

Henry F. Jones, priv., Co. C, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 8, 1862; disch. at Albany, N.Y., May 12, 1865.

John Jones, musician. Co. K, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 29, 1861; disch. for disability, Dec. 3, 1862.

Lewis S. Jones, priv.. Co. C, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 8, 1862; wounded at Olustee, Fla., Feb. 20, 1864, and died from effects of wounds, in Albany, N.Y., general hospital, Oct. 1864; buried in Greenfield.

Oliver Jones, priv., Co. K, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct, 29, 1861,

Thomas J. Jones.

William Jones, seaman; enl. Sept. 9, 1864.

Leonard J. Jordan, priv., Co. G, 30^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 6, 1862; disch. for disability, March, 1863; living in Greenfield.

Wm. Jordan, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. March 3, 1862.

John Kelly, priv., 10^th U.S. Inf.; enl. May 4, 1864.

Oscar Kemp.

John Kennedy, priv., Co. G, 115^th N. Y Inf.; enl. July 22, 1862; disch. Jan. 9, 1865, for disability, caused by wounds received in action; living in Greenfield.

Edward M. Kerriett, seaman; enl. Sept. 21, 1864.

Jonas Kested, corp., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 30, 1862; disch. for disability, May 26, 1865; living at Northville.

John Killiard, priv.. 179^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. May 4, 1864.

Benedict A. King, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 31, 1862; disch. with the regiment, Oct. 10, 1865; living at Saratoga Springs.

Isaac King, priv., Co. H 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept, 5, 1862; disch. with regiment, Oct. 2, 1865; living in Greenfield.

Herman Laner, priv., Co. B, 8^th N.Y. Cav.; enl. March 30, 1865.

David W. Langdon, priv., Co. F, 2^d N.Y. Vet. Cav.; enl. Aug. 10, 1863; died of dysentery, at New Orleans, La., Oct. 21, 1864.

Charles Lee.

Martin Leonard, priv., 192^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. March 21, 1865.

Henry M. Lewis, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 30, 1862; pro. to corp.; disch. at Savannah, Ga., Oct. 2, 1865; living at Barkersville.

Moses Lewis, priv., Co. D, 4^th N.Y. H. Art.; enl. Dec. 1861; disch. for disability, July 18, 1863; living at Ballston Spa.

Henry L. Lincoln, seaman; enl. Jan. 19, 1865.

Sidney D. Lincoln, priv., Co. C, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 8, 1862; wounded at Olustee, Fla., Feb. 20, 1864, and died of wounds at Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 23, 1864.

Sigismund Lockhart, seaman; enl. Sept. 17, 1864.

Zebbee Lockwood, priv., Co. C, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. April 5, 1865.

John Louther, priv., 177^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. March 21, 1865.

Daniel W. Lovell, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 6, 1862; pro. to corp.; disch. for disability, at Albany, N.Y., Dec. 27, 1864; living in Greenfield.

Henry Lynett (colored), priv., 26^th U.S. Col. Troops; enl. March 30, 1865; disch. at close of the war; living at Middle Grove.

James S. Lyon, priv., Co. C, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 8, 1862.

John Mack, priv, 10^th U.S. Inf.; enl. May 4, 1864.

Nicholas D. Maffett, capt., Co. C, 25^th N.Y. Cav.; enl. March 19, 1864.

Frank Mangin, priv., 192^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. March 23, 1865.

Henry Marcellus, priv., Co. D, 12^th U.S. Inf.; enl. July 15, 1862; wounded in the shoulder, at Laurel Hill, Va., May 12, 1864, and in the hip, at Peebles' Farm, Va.; disch. July 14, 1865; living in Milton.

Hiram Marks, priv., 180^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Marcia 28, 1864.

Andrew Martin, seaman; enl. Sept. 17, 1864.

Henry Martin, priv., Co. I, 78^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. March 25, 1864.

Harrison H. Mastin, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 31, 1862; living in Greenfield.

Henry Mastin, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 30, 1862; pro. to corp., Feb. 10, 1865; disch. with the regiment, Oct. 10, 1865; living in Greenfield.

Florence McCarty, priv., Co. C, 25^th N.Y. Cav.; enl. March 1864.

George McCollum.

John McCollum, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 6, 1862; pro. to corp. Jan. 4, 1863; disch. with the regiment, Oct. 16, 1865.

Melvin McCready.

George H. McLaughlin, capt., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 17, 1862; pro. to major, Oct, 25, 1864; lieut.-col., Jan. 4, 1865; mustered out with the regiment, Oct. 2, 1865; living in New York.

David McNeil, Jr., corp., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 5, 1862; killed at battle of the Wilderness, Va., May 8, 1864, by a rifle-ball through the head; buried on the battle-field.

Charles Merritt, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 31, 1862; died of measles, at Alexandria, Va., Jan. 12, 1863; buried In Milton.

Samuel C. Miller, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 1, 1861; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77^th Regt.; disch. at close of the war; living at Green Island.

David A. Millis, priv., Co. E, 25^th N.Y. Cav.; enl. April, 1864; disch. June 27, 1865; living in Warren Co., N.Y.

John Mitchell, seaman; enl. Sept. 22, 1864.

Frank Mooney, enl. 1863; substitute for Morton Angell.

Frederick A. Morehouse, corp., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 2, 1862; pro. to sergt.; trans. to Co. D, 3^d Regt., Vet. Res. Corps, Feb. 8, 1865; disch. with the regiment, Oct. 17, 1865; died In Greenfield, since the war, and buried at Greenfield Centre.

Charles W. Mosher, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 27, 186l; pro. to corp., Nov. 5, 1862; wounded, Oct. 15, 1864; disch. Dec. 13, 1864; living at Saratoga Springs.

David Mosher, priv., 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. 1861; died of typhoid fever, at Fortress Monroe, Va., April 14, 1863; buried at Washington, D.C.

Eugene Mosher, priv., Co. F, 16^th N.Y. Heavy Art.; enl. Jan. 18, 1864 (credited to Waterford); trans. to 25^th R.I. Heavy Art.; re-trans. to 16^th N.Y. Heavy Art., and disch. with the regiment, Aug. 25, 1865; died, Nov. 7, 1865, of disease contracted in the service; buried at Greenfield Centre.

Hiram Mosher, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 6, 1862; disch. with the regiment, Oct. 16, 1865; living in Greenfield.

Lewis Mosher, priv., 7^th N.Y. Heavy Art; enl. Aug. 10, 1863.

Michael Mullin, priv., Co. G, 30^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. May, 1861; disch. June 18, 1863; living in Greenfield.

Allen Munroe, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 1, 1861.

John Nelson, priv., 192^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. April 5, 1865.

Richard Newman, priv., 3^d N.Y. Cav.; enl. March 28, 1865.

John O'Brien, priv., Co. F, 2^d N.Y. Vet. Cav.; enl. Aug. 7, 1863.

Henry C. Old, corp., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 30, 1862; disch. for disability, Dec. 29, 1862; living at Saratoga Springs.

Thomas Olson, seaman; enl. Sept. 21, 1864.

Martin V.B. Ostrander, priv., Co. F, 2^d N.Y. Vet. Cav.; enl. July 7, 1863; disch. with the regiment; living in Milton.

Cyrus R. Paddleford, priv., Co. C, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 8, 1862; disch. with the regiment, July 3, 1865.

James S. Palmer, priv., Co. D, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 20, 1862; died of fever, near Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 18, 1862.

William H. Palmer, 1^st lieut., Bat. F, 13^th N.Y. Art.; enl. March 28, 1864; disch. July 18, 1865; living in New York.

Charles L. Parker, priv., Co. F, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 9, 1862; died in the service.

William Parker, priv., Co. F, 2^d N.Y. Vet. Cav.; enl. 1863; disch. with the regiment, Nov. 8, 1865.

William B. Parker, priv., Co. F, 2^d N.Y. Vet. Cav.; enl. 1863; drowned in the Gulf of Mexico by the sinking of the vessel on which he was coming home on furlough.

George N. Peacock, corp., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 27, 1861; pro. to sergt.; wounded in right side at Cold Harbor, Va., June 6, 1864; disch. with the regiment, Dec. 13, 1864; living at Porter's Corners.

Andrew J. Peckham, corp., Co. I, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 12, 1862; wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 2, 1864; died of wounds at Alexandria, Va., June 15, 1864; buried at Alexandria, Va.

Abram F. Price, priv., Co. G, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 8, 1862; wounded at Olustee, Fla., Feb. 20, 1864; died at Magnolia, N.C., April 10, 1865.

James H. Rawling, mus., Co. G, 30^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Feb. 17, 1862; disch. for disability, July 6, 1862; re-enl., private, same company and regiment, Sept. 17, 1862; transf. to Co. I, 76^th N.Y. Inf., and again to Co. I, 6^th Regt. Vet. Res. Corps; disch. July, 1865.

Robert S. Remington, priv., Co. E, 16^th N.Y. Heavy Art.; enl. June 18, 1864; disch. with regiment, Aug. 27, 1865; living at Saratoga Springs.

Edwin C. Rhodes, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 6, 1862; pro. to corp., May 20, 1865; disch. with regiment, Oct. 16, 1865.

Daniel Rose, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 30, 1862; deserted May 4, 1863; returned to regiment, Nov. 14, 1863; disch. with the regiment, Oct. 16, 1865; living In Milton.

Jarvis W. Russell, priv., Co. D, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Nov. 11, 1861; disch. for disability, April 17, 1863; living in Greenfield.

John N. Rose, priv, Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 1, 1861; disch. for disability, Feb. 23, 1863; re-enl., priv., Co. I, N.Y. Vet. Cav., Sept. 14, 1863; pro. to sergt.; disch. with the regiment, Nov. 8, 1865.

Lester Rose, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 6, 1862; disch. with the regiment, Oct. 16, 1865.

Lewis H. Rose, priv., Co. H, 162^d N.Y. Inf.; drafted Aug. 8, 1863; supposed to have died in rebel prison at Salisbury, N. C.

William A. Rose, Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Nov. 21, 1861; detailed to hospital service, Jan. 1, 1863; discharged with the regiment, Dec. 13, 1864.

Francis M. Rowland, priv., Co. E, 16^th N.Y. Heavy Art.; enl. Jan. 18, 1864 (credited to Waterford); transf., to Co. B, 6^th N.Y. Heavy Art.; disch. Aug. 24, 1865; living in Minnesota.

Joseph G. Rowland, priv., Co. E. 16^th N.Y. Heavy Art.; enl. Jan. 18, 1864 (credited to Waterford); re-enl. June 30, 1865, private, 15^th U.S. Reg. Inf.; disch., and living in Minnesota.

John S. St. John, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 6, 1862; disch. for disability, May 7, 1863; living at Oil City, Pa.

William G. Sears, priv., Co. F, 2^d N.Y. Vet. Cav.; enl. Aug. 7, 1863; disch. with regiment at close of the war; living in Schenectady Co.

Frank Seeley, sergt., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 27, 1861; pro. to ord. sergt., Aug. 25, 1864; disch. with regiment, Dec. 13, 1864.

John Seeley, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Feb. 22, 1862; died (of wounds received in action) at Saratoga Springs, N.Y., July 5, 1862.

John Thomas Seeley, priv., Co. F, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Feb. 22, 1862; wounded (leg broken) at Savage's Station, Va., June 27, 1862; taken prisoner, and died July 5, 1862; buried on the bank of the James river.

William J. Seeley, priv., Co. G, 30^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. May 5, 1861; killed at second battle of Bull Run, Va., Aug. 29, 1862; buried on the battle-field.

Cyrus Shiffer, priv., Co. E, 25^th N.Y. Cav.; enl. April, 1864.

John H Shaft, priv., 2^d N.Y. Vet. Cav.; enl. 1863; disch.; living in Wilton.

Thomas B. Skinner, seaman; enl. Sept. 13, 1864.

William J. Snyder, priv., Co. C, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 24, 1861; died in the service, at Philadelphia, Pa., June 21, 1862.

Gilman Spaulding, sergt., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 31, 1862; disch. for disability; living in Greenfield.

Arnold Spicer, priv., Co. F, 2^d N.Y. Vet. Cav.; enl. Aug. 15, 1863.

Thomas Spraddling, priv., 192^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. March 11, 1865.

Albert Standish, priv., Co. F, 2^d N.Y. Vet. Cav.; enl. Sept. 16, 1863; died at Washington, D.C., Dec. 1863; buried in Greenfield.

George W. Steele, priv., Co. F, 2^d N.Y. Vet. Cav.; enl. July 7, 1863; pro. to 1^st lieut., Nov. 8, 1863; disch. Aug. 11, 1864.

John Stevens, priv., Co. C, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. April 5, 1865.

Alfred Stewart, priv.; enl. Mar. 10, 1865; substitute for William W. Wing.

Norman Stuart, priv., Co. F, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 4, 1862.

Charles I. Stoddard, priv., 7^th N.Y. Heavy Art.; enl. Aug. 10, 1863; killed on the skirmish line in front of Petersburg, Va., June 24, 1864, while serving as infantry; buried on the field.

Charles S. Taylor, priv., Co. F, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 7, 1862; taken prisoner at Olustee, Fla., Feb. 20, 1864; died in rebel prison at Andersonville, Ga., Aug. 1865.

James S. Taylor, priv., Co. D, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 29, 1862; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77^th Regt., Dec. 1863; disch. June 16, 1865.

William O. Taylor, priv., Co. D, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 24, 1861; pro. to corporal; disch. with regiment, Dec. 13, 1864.

Michael Tethers, priv., Co. G, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 1862; killed at Olustee, Fla., Feb. 20, 1864.

Thomas L. Thomas, priv., 179^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. May 4, 1864.

Charles A. Thornton, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 6, 1862; killed by guerrillas while purchasing food at a farm-house near Charleston, Va., Aug. 19, 1864; buried near the place of his death.

John Thornton, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Feb. 16, 1862; disch. for disability, Dec. 19, 1862; re-enl. Co. I, 2^d Vet. Cav., Nov. 1863; disch. with the regiment. Nov. 8, 1865.

John S. Tinney, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 31, 1862; living in Greenfield.

Edmund B. Tourtelot, priv., Co. F, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 18, 1862; disch. for disability, Nov. 1862; died in Greenfield since the war; buried at Middle Grove.

Truman M. Tourtelot, priv.; enl. Jan. 19, 1864 (credited to Stillwater); died of fever at Portsmouth, Va., Nov. 18, 1864; buried in Greenfield.

Charles W. Townsend, priv., 179^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. May 4, 1864.

Charles W. Trumble, priv, Co. G, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 14, 1862; appointed musician; disch. June 17, 1865; living in the west.

Mark R. Trumble, priv., Co. G, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 13, 1862; died at Beaufort, S.C., of typhoid fever, Aug. 7, 1863.

John Van Antwerp.

Charles Van Petten, priv., 30^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. April, 1861; disch. with the regiment, June 18, 1863; re-enl. priv., 2^d N.Y. Vet. Cav. Aug. 1863; disch. with the regiment, Nov. 8, 1865; living at Montevideo, Ala.

Edward Van Rensselaer, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 4, 1862; slightly wounded at Winchester, Va., Oct. 19, 1864; disch. with the regiment, Oct. 17, 1865; living in Saratoga County.

Benjamin Van Steenberg, corp., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 17, 1861.

Elbert J. Watson, priv., Co. F, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 1, 1861; died of fever at Fortress Monroe, Va., Oct. 15, 1862.

George Webb, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 17, 1861.

James N. Webb, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 31, 1862; disch. with the regiment, Oct. 16, 1865; living in Greenfield.

John Webb, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 6, 1862; died of chronic diarrhœa at University Hospital, New Orleans, La., June 17, 1864.

Thomas H. Webb, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 17, 1861; living in Greenfield.

James Webster, priv., Co. A, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. March 27, 1865.

George L. Wendell, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.: enl. Oct. 1, 1861.

Edwin E. West, corp., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 6, 1862; wounded in left hand at Pleasant Hill, La., April 9, 1864; disch. with the regiment, Oct. 17, 1865.

Harvey L. Whipple, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Feb. 16, 1862; disch. for disability, May 23, 1863; living in Greenfield.

Henry Whitman, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 2, 1862; disch. for disability caused by disease, Jan. 28, 1863..

James H. Wickin, priv., Co. C, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 4, 1862.

Daniel Williams, priv, Co. G, 30^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. May 7, 1861; disch. June 7, 1863; re-enl. priv., Co. F, 2^d N.Y. Vet. Cav., 1863; ditch. July 14, 1865; living in Greenfield.

Henry E. Williams, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Feb. 21, 1862; died of fever at Harrison's Landing, Va., July 4, 1862.

Samuel Williams, priv., Co. A, 62^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 29, 1863; disch. Aug. 30, 1865; substitute for Henry Luther, Ballston.

William Williams, priv., Co. C, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 27, 1861; disabled by sickness, April 28, 1862; disch. with the regiment, Dec. 13, 1864.

William N. Williams, priv., 7^th N.Y. H. Art.; enl. Aug. 10, 1863; wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; disch. from General Hospital, Albany, N.Y., June, 1865; living in Stillwater.

Charles Willis, priv., Co. D, 25^th N.Y. Cav.; enl. March, 1864.

James H. Wilson, corp., Co. F, 115^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Aug. 8, 1862; disch. for disability, May 11, 1863.

William G. Wing, priv., Co. F, 30^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. April 10, 1861; disch. with the regiment, June 18, 1863; re-enl. priv., Co. B, 16^th N.Y. H. Art., Dec. 25, 1863; pro. to corp.; disch. with the regiment, Aug. 21, 1865; living at Jeddo, Orleans Co., N.Y.

Henry C. Wood, priv., Co. H, 153^d N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 1, 1862; disch. Oct. 16, 1865; living in Greenfield.

Frederick G. Woodward, priv., Co. H, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Oct. 20, 1861; disch. for disability, Nov. 18, 1862.

William H. Wood, priv., Co. L, 77^th N.Y. H. Art.; enl. Jan. 11, 1864 (credited to Lansingburg); disch. for disability, May 22, 1865; living in Greenfield.

John E. Woodworth, priv., Co. E, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 27, 1861; died of consumption at Washington, D.C., Dec. 25, 1861.

Henry Young, priv., Co. K, 77^th N.Y. Inf.; enl. Nov. 10, 1861; trans. to Co. F, Oct. 30, 1862; disch. at the expiration of time; died in Greenfield since the war.

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

THOMAS H. TOMPKINS.

Thomas Haywood Tompkins, one of the old and most respected citizens of Saratoga, was born in Dutchess Co., N.Y., on the 3^d of May, 1806, and was the only child of John and Margaret Tompkins. In 1816, when he was but ten years of age, his parents removed to Saratoga, and purchased a tract of land, a portion of which is the well-known farm containing the family residence, situated on Maple avenue. Being the only child, he remained at home, his interests being identified with those of his parents, for whom he cared in their old age, and whose deaths preceded his by many years.

In 1829, at the age of twenty-three, Mr. Tompkins was married to Susan B. Pearsall, of New York city, a lady of refinement and excellent character, who was his faithful companion for a period of forty-seven years, and is the last surviving member of the family.

The Daily Saratogian, speaking of the death of Mr. Tompkins, bears the following testimony to his worth and excellence of character: "But few persons in this vicinity were better known and more generally esteemed than Mr. Tompkins, and his absence will be generally noticed, especially by our older citizens. Seeking no prominence in public life, he contented himself with the patriarchal pursuits of agriculture: and by steady application to the duties that devolved upon him succeeded in accumulating a handsome competence,"

His tract of land embraced five hundred acres, adjoining the village of Saratoga Springs, and extending to the head of Maple avenue, so named from the rows of beautiful maple-trees shading the street on both sides, and which were planted by Mr. Tompkins' own hands about thirty-five years ago. These trees are three hundred and fifty-seven in number, extending their branches across the avenue, and forming one of the most delightfully shaded streets in any portion of the State. Travelers and visitors walking or riding through this street stop to admire and speak of the beauty of these trees, and to those who were familiar with the warm and cordial grasp of the hand that planted them they are of double interest, and will remain a perpetual reminder of him in years to come.

Mr. Tompkins was a man of whom it was often said that his word was as good as a written note, his character for integrity and honorable dealing being above the slightest suspicion. In his domestic relations he was much beloved, a kind and obliging neighbor, a genial companion, a faithful and affectionate husband, and a true and warm-hearted friend. He was also public-spirited, and took an active and practical interest in several of the large and costly improvements which adorn the village of Saratoga, her hotels and public buildings.

Mr. Tompkins died at his residence, on the 3^d of January, 1876, in the seventieth year of his age, deeply mourned by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

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WILLIAM C. DARROW.

William C. Darrow was born in the town of Greenfield, on the 9^th of December, 1816. He is the oldest son of Ebenezer Darrow, who was born January 1, 1792, and married Lydia Hoyt, July 10, 1813.

About 1816, Ebenezer Darrow settled in the town of Greenfield, about two and a half miles west of where his son, William C., now resides.

On the 24^th day of April, 1821, he was commissioned by Governor De Witt Clinton, ensign in the Fifty-ninth Regiment of Light Infantry. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant of the same regiment by Governor Yates, on the 23^d of August, 1823. His sword is still kept as a souvenir in the family. He died on the 7^th of June, 1872.

The mother of William C. Darrow was Lydia Hoyt, who was born Jan. 25, 1796, and died Nov. 4, 1877. On the 4^th of November, 1841, he married Amanda M. Calkins, second daughter of Solomon and Maria Calkins. Her father was born in the town of Milton, Feb. 18, 1787, and moved into Greenfield in 1792, where he died June 7, 1870. Her mother, whose maiden name was Marla Dunning, was born in Connecticut, Jan. 31, 1795, and came to Greenfield in February, 1809.

William C. Darrow is among the thrifty and prosperous farmers of the town in which he resides, and where he has always lived. He has led a quiet and unobtrusive life, devoting himself to the interests of his house and farm, and taking no part in politics except to vote the Republican ticket, which he has uniformly done since the organization of that party.

By the marriage above referred to, Mr. and Mrs. Darrow have two children, - Annette M., born April 28, 1843, and Stephen E., born Dec. 18, 1845. The last mentioned married Miss Josie King, in 1875, and has two children.

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BENJAMIN S. ROBINSON

Benjamin Sanford Robinson, youngest son of William and Maria (Wright) Robinson, and grandson of Benjamin Robinson, was born at Bacon Hill, in the town of Northumberland, Saratoga Co., Jan. 24, 1838, and upon the death of his mother, in 1840, was brought to Greenfield to live with his grandparents, and has continued to reside at the same place to this time, May, 1878.

This line of the Robinson family claims descent direct from Rev. John Robinson, pastor of the Puritans, whose eldest son, Isaac, came to the Plymouth colony in 1629, and became an assistant in the government of the colony in 1633. Until the last two generations, there seems to have been no intermarriage with any who were not of true Puritan blood.

Ruhama Wood, wife of Benjamin Robinson, united in herself the blood of two families of the Pilgrims of the "Mayflower," and was also the sixth in descent, on the maternal side, from John Rogers, the martyr of Smithfield.

Elihu Robinson, the father of Benjamin, removed, with his family, from the Elizabeth Islands, Mass., to Washington Co., N.Y., in 1784, and from thence, from 1804 to 1808, five of his sons and a daughter moved to Greenfield, purchased and improved farms, built up comfortable and pleasant homes, and were recognized as worthy men and good citizens. But while attending strictly to their own business matters, they took comparatively little part in public life, and were no less highly honored and esteemed.

The subject of this sketch (the eighth from Rev. John Robinson), though but little past thirty years of age, has been honored with a large share of official trust both in local and public matters, and, it is believed, has always discharged those trusts conscientiously and fully.

In 1865 he was first elected town clerk, and re-elected in 1869, and in 1871 was appointed to fill a vacancy in the same office.

He was made clerk of the board of supervisors of Saratoga County in 1871 and 1872: and again in 1875, serving with very general approval.

In the spring of 1872 he was elected justice of the peace, and again in 1876 for a second term.

In December, 1870, he was chosen secretary of the Saratoga County Agricultural Society, and served in that capacity till 1878, positively declining a re-election for that year.

He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Greenfield Centre, and has had a connection with the official board since 1860. He is now recording steward, and also serving his fifteenth consecutive year as Sunday-school superintendent, and has filled other minor offices of trust, though not of emolument.

Being a practical abstainer from all intoxicating liquors, as well as from tobacco in all its forms, and realizing the advantages of abstinence, he is necessarily more or less identified with the temperance movements of the day, and since 1864 has been secretary of the Greenfield Total Abstinence Society of 1809, the oldest temperance society of the world that has maintained an unbroken organization.

It will thus be seen that, if he has had honor with the people, he has also had work to do as well, and that he has not shunned the "laboring oar" in the voyage of life.

Mr. Robinson has been twice very happily married; first, to Mary L., daughter of the late Samuel Gregory, of Greenfield, on Oct. 20: 1861. She died Feb. 27, 1871.

Secondly, to Jennie E., daughter of George H. Traver, Esq., of Wilton, N. Y., on Jan. 8, 1873. Two sons of this union now give fair promise of aiding to perpetuate the line of Robinsons in Greenfield.

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NELSON D. MOREHOUSE.

Nelson D. Morehouse was born in the town of Clifton Park, Saratoga Co., N.Y., Nov. 26, 1813. He lived with his parents till their death, and received a common-school education. His parents settled in the northwestern part of the town of Greenfield in March, 1816. His father, Daniel Morehouse, was born in the town of Ballston, Saratoga County, where he resided all his life, and died on the 29^th of June, 1852. His mother, whose maiden name was Fanny Doolittle, died Feb. 26, 1864.

Mr. Morehouse married Ruth Brackett, daughter of Ray and Sylvania Brackett, of Greenfield, March 8, 1838, and has had four children, two of whom - son and a daughter - are now living.

He has served one term as town clerk, and officiated eight years as justice of the peace. In religious conviction he has been a firm believer in universal salvation since the age of nineteen, and since 1846 has been a member of the Universalist church at Porter's Corners. He is a man of much strength and earnestness of character, sound intelligence, generosity, and unswerving integrity.

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I.G. JOHNSON, M.D.

Dr. Ianthus G. Johnson, the subject of this sketch, was born March 1, 1831, in the place where he now resides, Greenfield Centre, Saratoga County, N.Y. He is the youngest of three brothers, all of whom were physicians. The eldest, Dr. G. Fordyce Johnson, died at Stillwater in 1866. Dr. L.B.W. Johnson, the other brother, is still practicing at Hixton, Wisconsin.

Dr. I.G. Johnson, after graduating at the Albany Medical College in 1853, commenced the practice of medicine with his father and brother, with whom he studied, and after practicing for some time in Illinois, returned to his former home, where he has been engaged in successful practice ever since. In 1862 he married Amanda F., daughter of Isaac Wing, of Stillwater, N.Y.

He was elected to the board of supervisors of the county on the Republican ticket in 1863, and was re-elected and served another term in 1864, making an honorable record for faithful and efficient services. As a physician he is highly esteemed, and he has justly earned the confidence reposed in him by a large circle of acquaintances, among whom he has built up a successful practice.

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ELIHU WING

is a son of Daniel Wing, and grandson of Prince Wing, who emigrated from Dutchess to Saratoga County among the early settlers. Daniel Wing married Clarissa Manchester, the mother of the subject of this sketch. The latter was born in the house where he now resides, June 21, 1819. The house is the third frame house erected in the town of Greenfield. Mr. Wing has always lived in the same place. In the early part of his life he followed the profession of teaching, and relinquished it only in consequence of ill health. He then engaged in farming, which he has followed ever since, in connection with operating a saw-mill, which he erected in 1854, and which is now run by his son, Albert O. Wing.

Mr. Wing married Wealthy Gleason, Jan. 1, 1845, and has five children, all living.

A Democrat in politics, he cast his first vote for Martin Van Buren, in 1840, and has voted at every presidential election and town-meeting since. At the breaking out of the Rebellion he was a War Democrat, and went in for a vigorous prosecution of the war for the defense of the Union. He was elected town superintendent of schools in 1851, and discharged the duties of that office with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents for four years.

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