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: before : a child of Abner Curtiss Num : 17 :
Deaths : 1757 :
Jan : I : a child of Ephraim Royce :
2 : a child of Jesse Merriam
April : 3 : Wife of David Spenser :
May : 14 : Deacon Samll Royce
July : 24 : the wife of Danll Hall Junr
Aug : 2 : a child of Ephraim Hough
Octo : 4 : Aged Mr. Collins
Nov : a infant of Benj : Royce Junr Num : 8
Deaths : 1758 :
Jan : 17 : an Infant of Asa Bronson.
20 : Decon Benjm Royce : Feb : 3 : a Negro Girl of Josiah Robinson Junr
19 : the Wife of Enos Tuttle :
June : 8 : My Negro child Gin.
29 : My Negro child Rose : Aug : II : a child of Charles Bailey
Nov : 6 : an Infant Negro child of Samll Hough
after a Negro child of Left. Hough
Decem : 23 : an Infant of Ens : Hough N : 10 :
Deaths : 1759
Jan : I : Dyed an Infant of Divan Berry Junr
March : II : the Wife of Decon Robert Royce :
19 : a Negro child of Capt : Robinson :
30 :
Smith a stranger & a single woman
April : 2 : Decon Robert Royce. About April or May a child of Noah Yale
July : the aged Mr. Harris
Sept : 21 : a child of Benamin Merriam
Octo : 10 : a child of Abel Austins
II : another child of his
12 : his Wife
Nov : 13 : an Infant of Ezra Royce
Decem : 14 : a child of Ens. Abner Curtiss N : 13 :
Deaths : 1760 : Dyed July : 24 : an Infant of Ezra Royce just born : Sept : 13 : a Negro Child of Samll Hough. 17 : a Child of Ezra Royce
Octo : 8 : a child of John Hall
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Novem : 6 : two Infant twins of Thomas Foster :
29 : The aged Mr. Joseph Cowls
Decem : 2 : Abraham Hall
6 : Christopher Robinson
7 : the aged Mrs. Berry. N : 10 :
Deaths : 1761 : Dyed :
Jan : I : Ephraim Berry
30 : Gideon Royce
31 : an Infant of John Griswold just born
March : 13 : Rhode Ford
June : 29 : a Child of Josiah Robinson Junr
July : 19 : Daniel Meky :
20 : an Infant of Divan Berry Junr
Aug : 12 : the Widow Deborah Merriam
Oct : 22 : Joseph Blanchard
25 : an Infant child of Abner Curtiss Jun. N : 10 :
Deaths 1762 Dyed
Feb 4 a Negro Child of Left. Camp
March : 7 : Alexander Douglass
May : 8 : Joseph Dickinson
25 : Silas Curtiss son of Left. Curtiss
June : 6 : Mr Josiah Clark
12 : a lad of John Hall being Scalded
July : 2 : a child of Benjam Merriam, an Idiot :
30 : Isaac Rice
Sept : 14 : Ephraim Rice
26 : an Infant Child of Thomas Berry Junr
Oct : 5 : the Wife of Joseph Cowls :
IO : Bartholomew Foster :
Deaths 1762 :
Oct : 14 : Rebecca Pentfield
: a child of Noah Yales
Nov : 30 : Barnabas a lad of NathIl Yales Num : 15 :
Deaths : 1763 :
Dyed Jan : 28 : a Child of Timothy Foster Jun :
Feb : 6 : Mr Pentfields Negro Man :
April : 2 : Mr. Sam Houghs Negro Woman Zill :
June : 8 : David Yale was found Dead having hanged himself as the Jury Supposed Sept : 9 : a Child of Allen Rice :
Octo : 15 : Capt : Webbs Negro Woman Lille
Nov : 22 : a Child of Phinehas Hall by falling on a pen knife :
29 : a child of Enos Hall
Decem : 18 : Aaron Curtiss Num : 9 : Deaths : 1764 : Dyed
April : 6 : a Lad of Left. Eben. Cowls :
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May : 6 : Lois daughter of Ens Yale : 29 : an Infant of Abel Curtiss June : 3 : a Negro Child of Doct. Hall 13 : a Child of Benjamin Rice : July : 2 : a Child of Asa Barns 6 : the other twin of Asa Barns Aug : 23 : Abigail Daughter of Joseph Coles.
Nov : 20 : Elizabeth Pentfield : N : 9:
Deaths : 1765 Dyed Jan : 30 an Infant of Thos Berry Junr
May : 3 : a Child of Joseph Merriam by Swallowing a Ry Ear 30 : Experience Tyler an old Maid : 3I : the Wife of Jonathan Collins : July : 2 :an Infant of Isaac Hall Junr Sept : 4 : Dec : Ezekiel Rice Esq : Num : 6: Deaths : 1766 : Dyed
Feb : 4 : Phebe Daughter of Laz : Ives :
March :21 : Joel a lad of Samll Jerom
April : 2 : Capt Josiah Robinson :
Nov : 10 : Mary Infant of Samll Whiting.
Decem : 5 : Infant of Banjn Hough Num : 5 :
Deaths : 1767
(The following records of deaths are not the handwriting of Mr. Hall, probably some clerk's.)
Revd Theophilus Hall died Mach 25, 1867 aet 60th an in ye 38th year of his ministry. A child of Joesph Meriam Joseph Meriams wife - a child of Benjn Meriam Capt Meriams wife.
Deacn Samll Rices widow A child of Joseph Cole a child of Divan Berry Junr a child of Caleb Merriman a child of Eliphalet Horton (or Norton)
Mrs Mehitabel Hall daughter of the Revd Theophilus Hall died Sept. II The Widow Smith William Merriams child
A child of Yale Bishop No. 14.
The whole number of deaths in ye proceeding Catalogue from Decemr 1 1728 to Jany I 1768 348- 1768-Dimon Berry The Wife of John Livingston July 25 Danll Hough
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Decr The Widow Eaton
12 Danll Hall
The youngest child of Ephraim Rice
1769 Elijah Scovils Child
June Alling Rice's Wife & Child
NOTE .- The next record of deaths is that of Rev. John Hubbard's ministry, and is all that now remains of the records of this church.
Novembe 25, 1783 Samuel Merriams Child Benedictt died
30 Nathaniel Douglass Child
Thomas Berry died.
December 3d Day died Capt. Divan Berry.
Record of deaths, by Rev. John Willard.
1786 July The Wife of Mr John Merriam
July The Wife of Mr Samuel Johnson
July The Wife of Esqr Lyman
Novr 18 The Revd Mr John Hubbard died aged 60.
1787 Jany 13. One Jervis a transent person
Jany 19 Miss Sally Meky aged 17 :
March 25 a child of Mr Joel Yale aged a year & 10 months
A Child of Mr. Samuel Balden
Mar Mr. Halsey Rice
July 26. The Wife of Mr. John Miles aged 60.
Oc. The Widow Douglass aged about 84
Oc. A Negro child of Capt. Webb.
Dec. An Infant Child of David Foster.
Deaths 1788
Janry 4th. A Child of Chatham Freeman (Negroe)
Jany 15. Oliver Son of Giles Collins aged 19 :-
Feby 15 Mrs Ives wife of Mr. John Ives aged 45 .
Feby 22 Mr. Foster aged 88.
Feby 24. Deacon Hough Esquire aged 52.
March 27. Mr. James Scovil aged 88.
April : Miss Polly Galpin.
May I A Negro Child belonging to Jack & Bet.
May : An Infant of Mr Jesse Merriman
May : 27 : A Daughter in Law of the Widow Andrews.
July 7th Capt Joseph Edwards in the 46th of his age
15 An Infant of Mr. Jotham Hall August 5. Mr. Moses Hall aged 53.
August. An Infant Negroe Child belonging to Jack
Nov. The Wife of Mr. Amerton Yale
Dec. An Infant of Mr Amerton Yale
Dec. The Wife of Mr. Isaac Hall. 1789 Jany II Miss Anna Guy
Jany a child of Mr. Ephraim Hough.
Feby A Child of Mr Benja Rexford Jr. March A child of Mr. Ezra Butler.
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Deaths-1789.
May a Child of Mr. Daniel Baldin.
-15. A Daughter of Mr. Simion Perkins aged 16.
July II. Mr. Ozias Foster July 16. The wife of Ezra Butler. August 13 An infant Child of Mr Samuel Hough being drowned in his Mill pond. Septr 30. Mr. Nash Yale Jr.
Oc. Mr. Anthony 40
Nov. 19. an infant child of Mr. Simeon Perkins. 1790 March 6th the wife of Mr Jesse Merriam died March 21st. The Wife of Mr. Samuel Hall aged 45 April 6 (or 5) a Child of Mr Samuel Rice aged 10 years
April. An infant Child of Mr. Lamberton Clarke May Mrs Coverland. May an infant of Mr. wade June 26 the wife of Mr. Beckwith : July The Widow Whiting aged 94. July The wife of Mr Matthew Hough July 28 Samuel Langdon, Son of Revd John Willard aged a year & ten months. Septr 27 A Son of Mr. Joel Rice aged 12 years. Nov 17 The wife of Capt. Joseph Shalor.
1791.
Jan'y 20 a child of Mr Isaac Atwater Jany 25 Mr Edmund Merriam aged 30 Deaths-1791.
Feby an Infant of Mr. Wades.
Feby An Infant of Mr Abel Barns
March an Infant of Mr. Berry
March an Infant of Mr. Dewolf March II the Wife of Mr. Dewolf. March the Wife of Mr. Sanderson
March 29 Mr .Samuel Hall aged 52. Apl 19 Mr. Oliver Hough aged 21 May 12 the wife of Mr. Levi Curtiss June Mr. Elihue Lawrence. July A child of Mr. Upson. July An infant of Mr Barnabas Yale.
August 12. Mr. Jesse Merriam aged 63.
August 24 The Wife of Mr. Phineas Hough Ae 67 Septr Mr William Merriam aged 63. Septr Mr. Hotchkiss in the army Oc. The widow Hall aged 74 Oc 28 An infant ofMr.Abel Barns Novr An Infant of Mr. Joel Rice Novr The Widow Johnson aged 85.
Nov. -- Goodrich was killed in the army Nov. George Hall in the army.
Dec. 18. an infant of Mr. Jotham Hall.
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I792.
Jany. The Widow Davenport
Fe by. A transient person at Mr. Timothy Fosters.
Feby. 9. A Child of Mr. Asahel Berry aged 3 years.
Feby. Joseph Shalor
March 2. An infant of David Foster.
March 10. The Wife of Mr. Caleb Todd aged 24.
March The wife of Benja Hall.
April. The Widow Hall aged 93.
June : an infant of Mr. Samuel Anthony.
Septr. The wife of Elijah Hall
Octr an infant of Lt. Elisha Merriman.
1796. Deaths-(33)
March 25. a pair of twin Children of the Revd John Willard & Huldah his wife who died in the birth.
April An infant of Mr. Hookers
April The Wife of Thos Stone (or Stowe)
May. The wife of Mr. Olds. June. An infant of .Mr. Joseph Hall.
July 15 Deacon Isaac Hubbard aged 44
Aug. a Daughter of Mr. (Melorth?) Silby aged 3 years.
Sept. An Infant of Mr. Fitch Ives.
Sept. 12. a Daughter of Mr Giles Griswold aged 3 years.
Septr a Daughter of Mr. Giles Griswold aged 5 years
Septr 29. A female Infant of Mr. Giles Griswold.
Octr I. The Wief of Mr. Dana Andrews aged 60.
Octr. 2. An Infant of Mr. Amos Foster.
Octr Mr. John Miles aged 73.
Novr. An Infant of Ebenezer Baldin.
Decr. 27. Mr. Raynolds Beckwith aged 92. 1797.
Feby. A child of Mr. Sanderson aged 2 years.
March. Hannah, a Child of Mr. Asahel Berry aged 14.
March 31. The widow Berry aged 85.
April 2. The wife of Levi Hough aged 22. April 14 A son of Mr. Brocket aged 14.
April 30. The Widow Sarah Andrews aged 60.
May 12 The wife of David Scovil.
July : An Infant of Samuel Yale.
July 16 The wife of Daniel Baldin aged 75.
Deaths 1797. (26)
August 6. Mr. Caleb Merriman aged 72
Septr 2. Mr. Phineas Hough aged 84.
August 13. An infant of Mr. Moses Root.
18. The wife of Noah Austin aged 77. Octr Mrs. Parmale aged 44.
Nov. 2. Mr Abel Curtis aged 67.
NOTE .- Part of the record of deaths is missing.
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Nov. 8. Mr. Moses Mitchel 74 Nov. Mr. Abel Hawley 82. Nov. an Infant of Aaron Merriam. Nov. An Infant of Jairus Mix Decr. Mr. Amasa Rice aged 48. 28 The wife of Nath1 Merriam aged 61 1788. (Error-should be 1798.) Jany-A Child of Mr. Crane aged 4 years.
March 18. Mr. Elijah Scovil aged 23.
March 31. A child of Mr. Joseph Merriam aged 3 years June 5. The wife of James Baldin aged 34.
Septr. An Infant of Mr Bishop
Octr. The wife of Mr. Nash Yale aged 84. Novr. Capt. Bezalel Ives aged 72.
1799.
March 22. An Infant of Mr. Simpson
Apl. 2. Mrs. Simpson aged 34. Apl. 3. A Child of Mr. Joseph Twiss aged 8. May 6. Capt. John Webb aged almost 92. Deaths-1799.
May 8. An Infant of Mr. Asahel Yale. May 10. An Infant of Mr. Aaron Merriam
May 18. An Infant of Fitch Ives-
May 24. Miss Eleanor Payne aged 44. May. An Infant of Fletcher Perkins.
May 25. The wife of Capt. Couch aged 73. July A Daughter of Prindle Hall.
August 13. An Infant of Mr. Silas Rice.
August 14. An Infant of Mr. Taylor. August 24. Mr. Moses Tufts. 70
Septr. The wife of Mr. John Austin aged 93.
'Septr. 20. A Child of Nthl Merriam Jr. aged about 2 years
'Septr. 30 the wife of Mr. John Butler aged 21.
Octr I. The infant of Mr. John Butler
Novr 23. Mr. Elisha Cowles aged 49 :
Decr 7. Mrs. Lois Yeamans aged 72. 1800.
Feby 9 Mr. Daniel Baldin aged 86. March 5. The wife of Capt Cone formerly The Widow Eunice Yale aged
Apl 29. An Infant of Mr. Daniel Twiss.
May I. An Infant of Mr. Levi Foster July Deacon Cowles aged 82 Octr 13. William Curtis aged 18.
Decr The Widow Sarah Yale aged 8.
Novr Mr. Farrington aged 55.
1801.
Jany 31. The wife of Marvel Andrews & their Infant.
Deaths 1801. Feby Ist An Infant of Elnathan Ives Jr
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Feby gth The wife of Mr. Leavet aged 80
Feby. an Infant of Mr. Amos Cowles
March. An Infant of Mr. Moses Root.
March. The wife of Mr. Joseph Hall aged 29
March 30th The wife of Mr. Silas Rice aged 25 :
Apl Mr. Miles Hull died aged 32
Octr an Infant of Mr. Levi Foster.
Novr 9. The wife of Mr. Stephen Talor.
Novr 15 Aaron Lyman Esquire aged 94 wanting four days.
Novr An Infant of Mr Thos Stow.
Novr An Infant of Mr. Asahel Rice.
Novr An Infant Child of Mr. Aaron Foster.
1802.
Jany 2. Mr. Edward Collins aged ninety
Feby 7 An Infant of Mr. Othniel Ives, which died in the birth
Feby 14. The wife of Mr. John Plymet aged 40.
Feby. An Infant of Mr. Samuel Baldin Jr.
March. A Child of Mr Joel Yale aged 4 years.
March 30. Mr Nash Yale aged 88 2-4 years. Records by Rev. Erastus Ripley
April A child of Aaron Merriam. Death-1802.
April. An infant of Mr. Adkins
Do do of Mr. Noah Foster
Do Miss Clarissa Anthony aged 17
do An infant of Mr. Iva Curtiss
May 7. Mr. Noah Austin do A Daughter of Mr. Andrew Hough aged 21.
June 6. Jack a Negro aged about 46.
19 A child of Benjamin Hall aged I year.
July 2d The Wife of Isaac Hall aged 59
June 29. Benjamin son to Isaac Rice aged 5 years.
July 10. Two infants of Benjamin Hall.
15 Daniel Hall Junior aged 46
August 13. The Wife of Samuel Whiting Esquire aged 58. Sept. 14. Died at Dea John Halls the Widdow Hall of Walingford aged about 70 years. 15. A Daughter of Cornelius Hull aged 11/2 years.
Widdow Elizabeth Hall aged 70
Widdow Deborah Hull
Decm 6th. Mabel Allen Deceased aged 22 years
Decm 30th a Male Infant Deceased being a Twin Child of Decn Natht Yale
Octr The Widow Deborah Hull Deceasd
Lois Daughter of Mr Andrew Hough Deceased the last summer
Nov. II John Austin aged 98 years
James Daughter of Andrew Hough deceased the last summer
Deaths 1803.
An infant of Deacon Yale. Jan. 19 do of Samuel Way.
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Feb. 15. Samuel Whiting Esq. aged 60. 17 Alma daughter of James Baldwin aged 17 years 26. Noah Yale aged 80 years March 3. An infant of Amos Curtis July 14 Miss Anner Rice aged 47 Do 15 A Son of Dean Nathaniel Yale aged 4.
August 29 A child of John Hooker aged I year Septem. Axe daughter of Amerton Yale aged 9 years. October 8th The Widdow Mitchel.
Do. 9. Mr. Nathaniel Douglass. Do. 15 Captain Samuel Ives aged 52. Nov. 22. A child of Yale Hough aged 2 years. Do 26 A child of Timothy Ives Junior aged 2 weeks. Dec. 29 Samuel Leavet aged 87. 16 in all. Feb 1804 A child of Oliver Andrews. A child of liberty perkins Feb Mrs. Peck widdow. March The wife of Phinehas Lyman May Mrs. Selbey Theophelus Hall. August 18 Wife of Samuel Yale. September a child of Mr. Conory. Nov. Ist 1804 Mr Phinehas Hall aged 90. March 1804 a child of James Bradley 10 in all.
1805.
Feb 17th Joseph Meriam aged 35. Do 18. the wife of Berry Lyman 22. March 6th The wife of Daniel Twist 50. May 29. A child of Moses Barns May or June A child of Avery Hall. June 9th the Wife of Avery Hall 28. Do a child of Abijah Bradley. July IIth or 12th Nob Squaw 60 or 70. August 28th a child of Mr. Simpson aged 15m. September 19th Widow Anna Collins 67. Cornelius Hull about 35. Do Ioth a child of Yale hough. Octo 19th Old Mr. Austin aged 85. Do a child of Mr Tibbels aged I day Do 26 Daniel Hall aged 78. Do 29. Howel Meriman about 36 or 37 Nov 29 Jotham Hall aged 21 Dec I. Abigal Mitchel age 19. Dec 8 1805 a child of Mr. Spencer. Do 14. Mr. Joel Yale aged 47 Do 23 Mr. Bracket aged 49. Do 24. Miss Levina Mitchel aged 20 Total 23
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1806 Jan. 12. Joseph Cowls aged 96. Jan. 21st An Infant of Mr Ellinds or Allins (?)
Feb. 23. a child of Eli Barns 2.
March 3. The Widdow Hubbard 70. Do 12th Miss Polly Mitchel 49
Do 22 A child of DanielTwist
Do 24 or 5. Widdow Webb aged 94. April 9 or 10 A child of Yale hough.
Do IIth Capn Cooch aged 81 April 28th Selden Meriam aged 22.
May, Child of Levi Curtis aged 3 days. 15 Patience Johnson 40 or 50 20 A child of Widow right aged months. June 7th Widdow Barns aged 62. Do 15 Jeremiah Winscot aged 21.
July Ist 1806. Tabatha Rice aged about 19.
Do 29th A child of the Old Widow Hull aged 5 August a child of Patric Clark Octo gth Mr Thomas Foster aged 70 Do IIth A child of Cap N Ives.
Nov. I. a child of Mr. Gleason
Dec. 19 Widow Lyman aged 90
Dec. 20 Captain Holt about 80 Do 24 Titus Meriman aged about 80 24 in all.
Bancroft Gillespie
PART II.
3
MERIDEN IN THE CIVIL WAR.
MERIDEN IN THE CIVIL WAR
By COL. CHARLES L. UPHAM
The firing upon the flag at Fort Sumter caused intense excitement throughout the entire North ; patriotic men and many whose sympathies had been with the South at once deter- mined to support the government and to maintain at all hazards the integrity of the Union.
April 14th, 1861, the President called for seventy-five thousand volunteers "to repossess the forts, places and property which had been seized, and to maintain the perpetuity of popular government."
On the 16th, Gov. Buckingham called for volunteers to form one reg- iment of Infantry to serve three months. Meriden quickly responded with a patriotism that did not falter during the entire four years of war.
The Meriden Light Guards, Capt. Theodore Byxbee, was the only mili- tary organization in Meriden. The morning after the issue of the Gov- ernor's proclamation and after a can- vass of its members, Capt. Byxbee* drove to Hartford, reported to the Ad-
jutant General his company as ready- the first organization to respond to the call.
April 19th, an immense war meeting was held in the Town Hall, presided over by the Hon. Charles Parker ; elo- quent and patriotic speeches were made by O. H. Platt, Dexter R. Wright, Rev. D. Henry Miller and G. H. Wilson. It was unanimously voted to instruct the selectmen to call a town meeting immediately for the purpose of appropriating five thousand dollars to equip the Meriden Light Guard. Mr. Parker announced his purpose to give each member a Colt's revolver.
April 25th a town meeting was held. of which Eli Ives was moderator. "It was voted that the town of Meriden appropriate the sum of five thousand dollars for the purpose of defraying the expenses of clothing, arms, cash advances, and other outfit for the com- pany of volunteers from this town. lately mustered into the service of the United States and for any other com- pany of volunteers of Meriden which
* At the Governor's call for volunteers for one regiment for three years, a canvass was made of the Light Guards, and as there was a general desire to enlist, I at once opened a recruiting office and received more than enough applications to form a company. They organized at once and elected me Captain. As there was no train for some hours, I, accompanied by Richard H. Fos-
ter, drove to Hartford and offered my company to the Adjutant General. Governor Buckingham was at his home in Norwich. A telegram was sent him and his reply was "accepted." There were present a number of gentlemen includ- ing General Hawley and Colonel Burnham, who gave three cheers for the frst company offered and accepted THEODORE BYXBEE.
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may hereafter be mustered into the same service ; also for the further pur- pose of supporting the families of the said volunteers now or hereafter to be mustered into said service from this town. Voted, That Isaac C. Lewis, John Parker, Humphrey Lyon and Moses Waterman be a committee to receive said appropriation and to ap- ply the same to the purposes and ob- jects intended."
The military laws of this state were such that the Governor had no author- ity to order a regiment of militia be- yond the state ; the Light Guard, there- fore, was required to reorganize as a company of volunteers and was mus- tered into the state service April 18th, and assigned to the First Regiment Conn. Vols., as Company F; was mustered into the United States ser- vice April 22nd, 1861, and left for Washington May 10th, with the fol- lowing roster :
CAPTAIN-Theodore Byxbee, promoted Major.
FIRST LIEUTENANT-Geo. Wilson, pro- moted Captain.
SECOND LIEUTENANT-Oliver S. Sanford, promoted First Lieutenant.
SERGEANTS-David T. Lyon, promoted Second Lieutenant; Richard H. Foster Hiram Botsford, Frank B. Wright.
CORPORALS-Joseph H. Tole, Frank J. Carter, Benj. W. Warner, Seager S. At- well.
MUSICIANS-John Mackay, Thomas W. Crawford.
PRIVATES-Julius Adams, William J. Brooks, Edward T. Blodgett, Albert T. Booth, Thomas Burns, E. Lewis Bull, John C. Brooks, Augustus Campbell, Albert A. Carter, Daniel E. Comstock, Levi O. Curtis,
Julius O. Deming, David E. Deming, Charles E. Everts, Horatio W. Everts, De- Witt C. Isbell, Daniel B. Johnson, Rendolp Kauert, Andrew W. Loomis, Frank B. Lax, Chas. C. Lee, Wm. O. Levaughn, Abram Minor, Edward McCarty, Dennis O'Brien, Henry H. Pierce, Francis W. Parks, John S. Quinn, Charles Roberts, Alexander Rache, Elijah Eggleston, Jr., Henry A. Eggleston, George A. Ely, Roger M. Ford, Geo. W. Flint, Raphael Gilbert, Gottleib Grumdeo, Samuel W. Geer, Henry Grove, Alfred P. Green, Frank Hunt, Dwight H. Hall, Nathan B. Hoyt, Lauren Hall, John W. Hall, Henry Hall, Edward Hibbard, George K. Hyde, Newton A. Roberts, Henry Rich, William L. Seward, John Splaguer, George M. Stevens, Benjamin R. Sherman, Theron Scott, Edward H. Shumway, Milton Sagendorf, Geo. W. Tay- lor, Peter Talbot, Edward Tallmadge, Jo- seph S. Wright, Henry Warnock, John B. Willitt, Zopher C. Woodward, Enoch Wil- cox, 2nd.
A second company to serve three months was immediately formed, which went to rendezvous April 29th ; was assigned to the Third regiment as Rifle Co. B, and mustered into the United States service May 14th, 1861, and left for Washington May 23rd, with the following roster :
CAPTAIN-Jared R. Cook.
FIRST LIEUTENANT-Frederick J. Peck. SECOND LIEUTENANT-Asa S. Cowdry. SERGEANTS-Charles L. Upham, Solomon H. Woods, Wallace Bull, Isaac W. Cook.
CORPORALS-Thomas A. Knight, Eliph't W. Bliss, R. Scott Cheney, Frederick Doo- little.
MUSICIANS-Thomas Moesley, George W. Farnham.
PRIVATES-John V. Adams, George N. Bailey, Emil Berger, Elbert A. Bell, John Barlow, Henry C. Burr, Julius Bassett,,
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MERIDEN IN THE CIVIL WAR.
Farwell Booker, Frank H. Bowen, John G. Barrows, George W. Clark, Andrew W. Cook, Sylvester J. Cook, Joseph Dainton, John K. Doolittle, Osborne F. Elwell, Wil- bur Fisk, William H. Fisher, John Finne- gan, William B. Greene, Albert P. Greene, Gilbert J. Goodyear, Benjamin Gould, Homer Hamilton, Warren Hall, George Hirschfeld, Henry W. Hirschfeld, Benja- min L. Hough, James F. Lewis, Walter S. Lord, William G. Lewis, Chas. N. Lewis, Thomas J. Leeds, Addison Lanfear, Jacob
McCall, Norris Matthews, William C. Maines, Benjamin C. Mallory, Michael Mee- han, George Mecorney, James Meachin, William C. Moroney, Giles J. Newton, Joseph H. Parker, Frederick Pfannekuchen, Zeno M. Redfield, John L. Richmond, James H. Riley, Edward Riker, Chas. Scrader, William H. Shaw, Chas. Sleeter, George A. Strong, William W. Thompson, Elnathan B. Tyler, Albert Von Esser, John H. Vorra, Thomas Warnock, Samuel C. Williams, George C. Williams, Isaac Wil- liams, Henry H. White, Joel W. Yale, John Yale, Jr.
These Meriden companies were in Keyes' Brigade, Tyler's Division, and were actively engaged at the Battle of Bull Run and acquitted themselves with credit. Colonel Keyes says, "The gallantry with which the Second Maine and Third Connecticut regiments charged up the hill upon the enemy's artillery and infantry was never in my opinion surpassed."
General Tyler says : "I saw the three Connecticut regiments with two thou- sand bayonets march under the guns of Fort Corcoran in good order, after having saved us, not only a large amount of public property, but the mortification of having our standing camps fall into the hands of the
enemy. I hope, General, that you will appreciate this service on the part of a portion of my division, and give credit to whom credit is due."
Upon the return of these two com- panies at the expiration of their term of enlistment, the citizens of Meriden, to show the appreciation of their ser- vices, gave them on August 20th, a grand parade and ball.
From an early hour in the day, friends and strangers continued to ar- rive from the surrounding towns, some in cars, many on horseback and in wagons, and hundreds on foot, until two o'clock, when the procession was formed, hundreds of non-residents were present. The procession was formed at the Town Hall, the military under command of Major Byxbee, and the civic under direction of Joel H. Guy, Esq., marshal of the day, with nineteen aides. The military parad- ing were the Trumbull Guard, Capt. D. R. Wright, the two companies of returned volunteers ; a company en- listed for the Seventh Regiment, Capt. O. S. Sanford, and the Veteran Guard, of Meriden, the remnant of an ancient corps called the Meriden Greys, Capt. Alfred P. Curtis ; following these was the civic procession on foot, on horse- back and in carriages. The march about town was a splendid ovation. After a circuitous route the proces- sion arrived at the Town Hall. At four o'clock there was a dinner in the hall at which hundreds were present. After hunger was satisfied, . Judge James S. Brooks called the assembly to order, when Capt. Wright inaugu-
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rated the speaking with a patriotic ad- dress. Speeches were made by Cap- tain Cook, Elder Swan and Father Walsh of the Roman Catholic church. In the evening there was a ball, at which the first men of the town were active participants and the ladies were out in full force.
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