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age and other appropriate buildings. This committee selected the site now occupied by the building, and on the 16th day of July Henry M. Gillette, Joseph Bostwick, Aaron R. Smith, Gil- bert L. Smith and Charles Sears were appointed a committee to go forward and erect the building. Some dissatisfaction with the choice of a site and other matters pertaining to the erection of the building exhibited itself, and another meeting was called to review, and perhaps reverse the proceedings of the last one ; but the young and enterprising men of the par- ish had the matter in hand, and the society sustained their movement by a large majority. The whole expense of the building was $5,784, which was promptly met by the parish. It has also expended more than one thousand dollars in the purchase and improvement of their organ, but it is now entirely free from debt.
The following named gentlemen have been pastors of the church since Mr. Perry's death, for the times indicated :
Rev. Mason Grosvenor, installed Sept. 28, 1836 ; dismissed May 14, 1839.
Rev. Grove L. Brownell, installed May 20, 1840 ; dismissed August 1, 1848.
Rev. Thomas G. Carver, installed Oct. 1, 1851 ; dismissed August 6, 1853.
Rev. Leonard E. Lathrop, installed July 18, 1854; died August 20, 1857.
Rev. Daniel D. T. Mclaughlin, installed January 18, 1859 ; dismissed June 7, 1865.
Rev. Alexander B. Bullions, D. D., the present incum- bent, was installed May 28, 1868.
The following named persons have held the office of deacon in the church.
Nathaniel Skinner, elected in 1739. Ebenezer Jackson, elected in 1739- Matthew St. John, elected in 1745. Jonathan Elmer, elected in 1746. Ebenezer Frisbie, elected in 1755. John Williams, elected in 1766. Timothy Carvier, elected in 1766.
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Daniel Griswold, elected in 1774. Gain Miller, elected in 1781. Joseph Landon, elected in 1781. Benjamin Hamlin, elected in 1793. Paul Smith, Jr., elected in 1793.
Isaac Chamberlain, elected in 1799. Aaron Read, elected in 1812,
William Mather Smith, elected in 1828.
Charles Sears, elected in 1854. John Cotton Terrett, elected in 1864.
Abel C. Woodward, elected in 1874.
Edward F. Gillette, elected in 1874.
CHAPTER XII.
THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.
THE feeling in favor of sustaining the government in put- ting down the rebellion of 1861, was very strong in Sharon. If there were any who favored weak measures and a vacillating policy, in dealing with the insurgents, they were very few and scarcely known to the great body of the people. During the first year of the war, volunteering was very prompt to the full number required to answer the calls of the government. When in 1862 the government found it necessary to require of the volunteers a longer term of service, a draft from the mili- tary subjects was resorted to to supply the demand, and the following named persons were the first conscripts from Sharon :---
Gordon J. Peet, Cyrenus Hunter, Albert F. Roberts, William E. Brown, Albert Scott, Don P. Griswold, Newton Bump, Aaron H. Dunbar, George W. Birdsell, William E. Marsh,
Frederick Northrup, Charles P. St. John,
Charles B. Everitt,
Joshua B. Chaffee, Ezekiel S. Whitney,
John VanDusen, George D. Williams,
Charles W. Reed, Richard Woodward, Asa Smith,
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Chesterfield Chapman,
Wm. Bush,
William Chapman, Baldwin Reed, 2d.
James Kelly,
Henry Bush,
Charles Hotchkiss.
All of the above named procured substitutes, except Wil- liam Chapman, who was a son of the late Lovell W. Chap- man, and who died in the hospital in Washington within a few weeks after being mustered into the service.
The town of Sharon had in the field, at different times, during the war, more than two hundred of its citizens or their substitutes, and her quota of soldiers was never deficient.
The following is a roll of the soldiers who served in the army, and were credited to Sharon in the Adjutant General's office. Many of the names are familiar to the citizens, and most of the strange names were borne by substitutes.
John Anderson, Thos. R. Albro, Stephen B. Allen,
Paul August, Wm. Abbott,
John Brown, Henry Burke,
Enoch B. Benedict,
Frederick S. Beebe,
Lorenzo C. Buttolph,
Lewis R. Ashman,
Samuel J. Alexander,
Bradford B. Brown,
Geo. M. Bennett,
Wm. H. Bowen,
Chas. Brown,
Daniel Buxton,
Wm. Bartlett,
Newton Bowen,
Rich. Beebe, killed in battle. Chas. Barley, Myron Buttolph, Samuel Beeman, Chas. Bayard, Harry Belmont, George Brown,
N. Chapman,
Edward H. Cross,
John Chase, John Curtin,
Michael Curley,
Wm. Clinton, Jas. B. Capron,
Edward Baker, Nelson Bush,
Chas. F. Cain,
George I. Conklin,
Henry Cain, Jerome Chapman,
William Bush, Henry Bush, E. J. Brazee, Seymour Buckley,
Wm. Brazee, John Bates,
Richard Booth,
Joseph Belore,
Edwin Cain,
Hilan B. Eggleston, Richard F. Everitt, Elias B. Reed,
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John Colder, Angevine Cook, Henry A. Chapman, George Clinton, James Carl, Joshua B. Chaffee,
Chas. E. Cole,
[pital.
Wm. Chapman, died in hos- Julius N. Cole,
Chas. Ingersoll,
Nathan H. Jewitt,
William Johnson,
Henry Johns, Harvey Johns, Gilbert Ingraham, [battle. Andrew Jackson, killed in Jas. B. Johnson,
Thos. Jones,
Wm. C. Jacobs,
Edmund Divine,
John Dunbar,
John B. Derich,
Elijah Johns,
Thomas Doty,
Eimore F. Jenks,
Edmund Dean,
Martin B. Jenkins,
Everitt Dunbar,
Michael Kelly,
Garrett Dean, Jas. Doty,
Chas. King,
Fred'k King,
William Frazier,
Peter Foster,
Newell P. Foot,
John Frawley,
Carl Freidland,
Walstein Loundsbury,
William H. Logan,
Michael Frawley, Wm. Fitzgerald, Peter Gimlet,
John Lynch, Chas. Loretta,
Thomas Garvin,
Jos. B. Loper,
Wm. H. Gaul, Chauncey Griffin,
Stephen McIntyre,
Oakley Middlebrooks,
Wm. Mooney, Joseph Marline,
Geo. Gaston, Horace R. Griswold, John Grady,
Fred'k D. Holmes,
Charles F. Hinman, Edward E. Hoffman, N. L. Holmes,
Michael Henry, John Hevley, Chas. H. Hamlin, David Hector, Geo. W. Hall,
Joshua B. Hoxie, Peter Honey,
Wm. H. Ingraham,
Wm. Clark, Gustin Champlin, Charles Chapman, Michael Cullen,
Geo. Cook,
Thomas Coliby, Henry S. Dean, Jas. Doyle, Jas. H. Divine,
Jas. R. Jenkins, Galls Juans,
Patrick Kinney,
John Kelly,
Henry Kelly,
Gilbert E. Lake,
James McMaster, Christopher Muller, Cyrus Mitchell, John H. Mitchell, Andrew Morehouse,
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Carlo Mosier,
Jose Mayor, August Mitjen, John Mentin, Wm. H. Norton,
Smith Olaw,
Geo. D. Palmer, John F. Peck, John Palmer,
Miles Pedro,
Chas. P. Traver,
Chas. H. Treadway,
John Tuttle,
David Taylor,
John Taylor,
John Thompson,
John Tracy,
Henry Tohoff,
Henry Valentine,
Wm. Waldron,
Elmore E. Waldron,
Henry Wheeler,
Joseph Wheeler,
Thos. Redding,
Benj. Wilson,
Milo Reynolds,
Peter Welch,
John Rowley,
Wm. Waters,
Robert A. Sedgwick,
Chas. Witham,
W'm. Shephard,
Ransom Welton,
Lockwood Waldron,
Elisha Soule,
Horace C. Warner,
John Stevenson,
Chas. L. Wardwell,
Edward Saunders,
Edmund Whitney,
Josiah Starr,
James Wilton,
Lewis H. Starr,
Geo. Williams,
Jas. Sullivan,
Freď'k White,
Jas. Sinton,
Geo. C. Skiff, James Savoy, Chester Slover,
Wm. A. Smith, WVm. Smith, Almond Slover, Robert Shea, WVm. Smith,
Lyman Teator,
Shephard Packhard,
Sanford B. Palmer,
Sheldon F. Prout,
John Quinn, Albert Robinson,
Dayton Reed,
Chas. J. Reed,
Isaac L. Reed,
Ralph Rowley,
Chas. E. Reea,
John Rogers, John Ryan,
Dwight D. Studley,
Geo. W. Studley,
Thomas Wilson,
Napoleon Wilson.
At a town meeting, held at the Town Hall in Sharon July 26, 1862, Samuel Roberts, Esq., Moderator, the following preamble and votes were passed :-
Whereas, Under the late call of the President of the United States for the additional force of three hundred thousand vol- unteers to put down the unrighteous and wicked rebellion, to
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restore the supremacy of law and order in our land, and hap- piness to our beloved country ; it becomes the duty of this town to raise about thirty volunteers as her quota ; and whereas it is desirable and necessary that said number shall be put into the field without delay-
Therefore, as an expression of the loyalty of the citizens of this town and of their willingness and determination to meet this and all other demands made upon them either by the chief magistrate of the Republic, or the executive of our State, to support and sustain our government in this the hour of its peril, and to enable the government (so far as it is our duty) to pros- ecute the war to a speedy and triumphant issue-to expedite volunteering to the number aforesaid,
Voted, I. That the selectmen of Sharon be and are hereby authorized to pay to each volunteer, who shall enlist to make the quota of Sharon, under the late call of the President the sum of one hundred dollars, and to pay the same as soon as they are mustered and accepted by the United States, and that the selectmen draw their orders on the town treasurer for such sums.
Voted, 2d, That in case the Secretary of War, or the Ex- ecutive of the United States, or of this State, shall fix or re- commend a sum to be uniformly paid to volunteers, as bounty, through this State, or the United States, the selectmen are hereby directed to comply with such request, provided that the bounty of any volunteer in this town shall not be reduced after he has enrolled his name.
Voted, 3d. That, if there shall not be sufficient money in the town treasury for the aforesaid purpose, the treasurer be and is hereby authorized to borrow, on account of said town, so much as will make up such deficiency for the period of one year.
Voted, 4th. That the selectmen and the town clerk elect some person who shall be an inhabitant of this town, and rec- commend him to the Governor of this State as a suitable per- son to be appointed as a recruiting officer in this town, and a commissioned officer in such company as the Sharon quota may be placed ; and in making such choice they shall consider his efficiency as a recruiting officer, his ability to command and his probable acceptance by such company.
Voted, 5th. That our representatives, Asahel A. Hotchkiss and John Henry PerLee, be and are hereby appointed a com- mittee to co-operate with and assist said recruiting officer.
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Voted, 6th. That the selectmen make a written report of their doings in the premises at the next annual town meeting.
The following resolutions were adopted, as expressive of the sense of the meeting :-
Resolved, That we look upon the present as the the crisis of the rebellion, a crisis from which we see no deliverance other than in the most prompt and energetic action.
Resolved, That every person and every community of doubtful loyalty should be regarded as disloyal, and the an- nouncement should be made that we rely on no qualified Unionists to aid in this contest for great principles, but must only in the truly loyal, who will sacrifice property, life and even opinion for the common good.
Resolved, That the time has fully come when we must strike for our national life, using every weapon God hath given us, and calling to our and every person who can be drawn from the rebels or added to our cause. That a proclamation of the commander-in-chief declaring the provisions of the recent law of Congress to be the sentiments of the government, and that they will be enforced, would secure to the Union cause thous- ands of laborers, thousands of fighting men, and millions of co- operating well-wishers, that the welfare of our country, the lives of loyal soldiers, and the happiness of loyal families all over the free States, demand the proclamation.
Resolved, That every day's delay complicates our relations, both foreign and domestic, gives the rebels strength, and is wasting hundreds of good and true men, and it is far better that every rebel should perish than that one more loyal soldier should die.
And, therefore, it is that we, with entire unanimity, most respectfully and earnestly call upon the President to act in his capacity as Commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and immediately issue the order which will take from the rebels their great source of strength, while it will di- minish their army by calling to the defence of their homes large numbers of rebel officers and men, and to assure the Pres- ident that in this, as in every act of his administration, the people of the free States will sustain the policy, while the whole civilized world will applaud the Proclamation of Emancipation.
Recorded by HARRY LOCKWOOD. Town Clerk.
CHAPTER XIII.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES-FAMILY SKETCHES, GENEALOGIES, ETC.
ABEL, David, was from Lebanon, and came to Sharon in 1760. He purchased of John Roberts the lot of land on which Earl M. Cartwright now resides. He had five sons, Sluman, David, William, John and Andrew. William was a soldier in the revolutionary war and a pensioner. Mr. Abel died June 23, 1781, at the age of 60. The name of the neighborhood called Abel street was derived from him.
Ackley, Thomas, from Chatham, came to Sharon, in 1768. He purchased of Phineas Post, of Lebanon, the thirty-second lot in the first hundred acre division. He lived on the Ells- worth turnpike, where William Whitney now lives. He had three sons, Thomas, David and Abraham. Thomas entered the revolutionary army in 1776, and was taken prisoner at cap- ture of Fort Washington. He died during his captivity. Mr. Ackley, the father, died Nov. 6th, 1792, at the age of 67.
Atherton, James, was an early settler from Coventry. He lived near the place now owned by Zalmon S. Hunt, Esq., south of Hitchcock's Corner. He had five sons, John, David, James,
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Simon and Moses. The family removed from the town in the course of a few years to Newton, N. J.
Avery, William, was from Lyme, in 1777. He was a hatter by trade, and lived in Ellsworth, on the Perkins place, so called. He married a sister of Captain Isaiah Everett. He removed to Duanesburgh, N. Y., early in the present century, where he died.
Bacon, Jacob, was from Canaan, in 1741, and lived where Charles Benton now lives. He was a large landholder ; he removed to Salisbury in 1748.
Badcock, Zebulon, was from Coventry, and came to Sharon in 1745. He settled near where Dwight St. John now lives, but in 1747 he bought the seventeenth home-lot, known as the Patchen place, now occupied by George H. Chase, Esq., and lived there nearly forty years. He afterwards returned to Coventry.
Bailey, Joseph, was from Lebanon, and came to Sharon in 1774. He purchased of Samuel Chapman, the farm on which his son, the late Deacon Joseph Bailey resided, in Ellsworth. He died Sept. 15, 1802, at the age of 69. He had three sons. Joseph, Pelatiah and Benjamin, who resided in the town and died there.
Barnes, Thomas, was an early settler in the northwest part of the town, and lived near the present residence of Mr. Ros- well H. Hazzard. He came into the town in 1750. He had three sons, Thomas, Dan and Jonah. He died in 1760. Thomas, the oldest son, lived on the same place until his death, March 7, 1807, at the age of 74. Dan lived in the town of Amenia, N. Y. Jonah, the youngest son, was a phy- sician, and a man of great wit and shrewdness. He lived at what is now called the Evertson place, west of the Governor house.
Barrows, David, came from Mansfield, before the revolu- tionary war. He lived where Adonijah Maxam lived. He had no children. He died on the 6th day of January, 1815, at the age of 83.
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Barrows, Amos, was a brother of the preceding, and lived many years where Stephen White lately lived, in the Great Hollow. He kept a tavern, and was accidentally killed, by falling from the hay-loft in his barn, on the 5th day of Decem- ber, 1779, at the age of 50 years.
Barstow, Seth, was from Rochester, Mass., in 1771. He lived at the lower end of Abel street, where his grandson, Seth B. St. John now lives. He had five sons, Allen, Samuel, Seth, Gamaliel and Charles. Samuel was a physician, who formerly lived in Great Barrington, Mass., and who died there in 1813. Gamaliel was also a physician, residing in Broome county, N. Y. He was a member of Congress, and a member of the Senate and Treasurer of the State of New York. Mr. Bars- tow, the father, died in 1822.
Bates, John, was one of the first settlers of the town. He lived a little below Henry Reed's present residence. His daughter, Sarah, who was born on the 25th day of February, 1739, was the first white child born in Sharon, except Jehiel Jackson. She was afterwards the wife of John Randall. Mr. Bates and his wife both died of the small-pox, when it prevailed in the town in December, 1784.
Beard, Nathan, was from Milton, in Litchfield. He came to Sharon in 1779. He purchased of the administrators of Charles Gillet, the farm on which the late John Jackson lived, and there resided. He for several years carried on the forge in Hutchinson Hollow. He died in 1792. He had a large family, of whom James Beard was the youngest son.
Beardslee, John, was from Newtown, in 1760. He mar- ried a daughter of Cornelius Knickerbacker, and lived many years at the Sprague place, where the late Charles Prindle resided.
Bennet, Capt. Edmund, was from the parish of Columbia, in Lebanon, and came to Sharon soon after the revolutionary war. He was a blacksmith by trade, and by his industry and economy accumulated a handsome estate. He lived on the mountain, two miles east of the meeting house. His wife was
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a daughter of Charles Gillet, who was killed in Canada, in the revolutionary war. He was for many years town treasurer and held many important offices in the town. He died on the Ist of December, 1829, at the age of seventy-four. One of his sons, Hon. Milo L. Bennett, was a judge of the supreme court of Vermont.
Betts, James, was from Norwalk and came to Sharon at an early day. He lived near the Sprague place, in the Gay dis- trict. He died in 1758. He had two sons, Ezekiel and Zophar, the latter of whom officiated for many years as choris- ter in Mr. Smith's congregation. Zophar Betts died the 2d day of May, 1778, at the aged of forty four.
Blackman, Dr. Simeon, was from Newtown, and came to Sharon in 1789. and settled on the mountain, where John Jack- son, Sr., lives. He studied medicine with Dr. Shepherd, of New- town, and here acquired eminence and distinction in his pro- fessional career. He enjoyed a large share of the public con- fidence, and represented the town in the legislature at five sessions. He was an Episcopalian by religious profession, and in his last will bequeathed to the society in Sharon, of which he was a member, the sum of two hundred dollars as a fund for the support of preaching. He died of dropsy on the 16th of August, 1812, at the age of fifty-three. He left no children.
Boardman, Benjamin, came to Sharon in 1742, and settled where Edwin N. Hartwell now lives. He sold the place to James Warren, in 1748, and built on the spot where Dwight Hotchkiss now lives. He had one son, Thaddeus Boardman, who lived on the west border of Mudge Pond. In 1786 the elder and younger Boardman sold their real estate to Freder- ick Lord, of Hartford, and removed to the west.
Bogardus, Jacob, merchant, came to Sharon from Amenia, N. Y., in 1764. He lived in the old brick house, known as the Taylor house, a little north of Gov. Smith's. He was a Dutch- man, and built the large Dutch barn, which within a few years stood in close contiguity with the town street, near his dwelling- house. He sold his place in 1775, to Ebenezer Dibble, and
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again returned to the State of New York. le built the large brick house, one mile west of the village, now owned by Mr. Morehouse.
Boland, David, was from Woodbury, in 1767. He was a Scotchman by birth, and purchased of Samuel Dunham, the tenth home-lot, originally Samuel Hutchinson's, being the same on which the old stone house owned by Anson Boland stood. He had two sons, William and David, both of whom were offi- cers in the revolutionary army. He was possessed of a valua- ble real estate, which by his last will he gave to his grandsons, Reuben and John Boland, during their lives, remainder to their eldest male heirs.
His Epitaph.
In memory of David Boland, who died Aug. 31, 1789. aged seventy-nine.
The stage of life when once passed o'er, Fixes our state to change no more,
Our work is great and must be done, An heaven to win, an hell to shun, Then seize the promise while you may, Nor lose one moment by delay.
Botsford, Ephraim, was from Newtown, and came to Sha- ron in 1765. He purchased of Daniel Baldwin a tract of land in the north part of the town, opposite Homer Pardee's, and lived there until his death in 1795. He had two sons, Elna- than and Ephraim, the former of whom died in 1782, and the latter in 1821.
His Epitaph. In memory of Mr. Ephraim Botsford, Who departed this life Dec. 5, 1795, aged seventy-four. When you, my friends, this tomb draw near, Bedew my urn with one kind tear ; Then look by faith to realms above, Where all is harmony and love.
· Epitaph on Wolcott, son of Ephraim Botsford, who died Sept. 1, 1785, aged eleven.
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The youth who late with vigor shone, Now lies interred beneath this stone, From death's arrest no age is free, Prepare, my friends to follow me.
Bouton, Daniel, was from Stamford, and was the first set- tler on the lot owned by the late Cyrus Swan, Esq. He died Nov. 14, 1740, at an early age. His widow, Elizabeth, after- wards married Abel Munn, who died in 1758. She continued to occupy the house of her first husband long after she became a widow the second time. She was often spoken of by aged people as old Mother Munn.
Brockway, Walston, the first of the Brockway family in Sharon, came from Branford in 1752. He settled in the south-west part of the town, near the line of Kent, and died there in 1813, at the age of ninety. His son, the late Asa Brockway, was a soldier of the revolution and a pensioner.
Buel, Eliphalet, was from Salisbury, and was brother of the late Col. Nathaniel Buel, of that town. He came to Sharon in 1767, and settled where Homer Pardee lived. He died of the small-pox, on the 5th of February, 1777, aged forty-nine. His only son, Nathaniel, died a prisoner in New York, a short time before, and his wife soon after, of the same disease. Their common fate is commemorated in the following
Epitaph.
The only son is gone but twenty days, The indulgent father follows him to ye grave Where we must all repair ; alas, how soon Our morning sun goes down at noon. The son and husband both are gone, The mother and the wife, how soon Must yield to death, and here to lie To tell the living they must die.
Burr, Walter, was from Fairfield. He lived at what is called the Burr place, in the valley, now owned by the Mallea- ble Iron Company, and owned a very valuable farm, a great
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portion of which is in the State of New York. He died in 1802.
Calkin, Lieut. Stephen, was from Lebanon, and was an original proprietor of the town. He drew the thirty-first home- lot and lived where Abraham Weed lately lived. He had seven sons, Stephen, Joseph, Elijah, Timothy, Amos, Justus and David, all of whom settled in the town, and most of them in the same neighborhood with their father. The neighbor- hood which is called Calkinstown, perpetuates their name. Mr. Calkin died in 1781. He was the grand-father of the late James Calkin and Justus Calkin.
Camp, Abel, from New Milford, came to Sharon in 1769. He lived on the mountain where the late Capt. Bennett resided, and remained in town about twenty years.
Canfield, Hon. John, was a son of Samuel Canfield, of New Milford, who was one of the judges of the county court, for Litchfield county, and a deacon of the church in New Milford. Mr. Canfield was born at New Milford in 1740, and graduated at Yale College in 1762. He studied law and estab- lished himself in the practice of his profession in this town, in 1765, being the first lawyer that lived here. He purchased o" Parson Smith, the lot next south of Julge Sterling's, an I bu lt the old brick house owned by that gentleman. Mr. Canfield enjoyed an enviable reputation and was holden in high estima- tion by his fellow citizens. He represented the town in the legislature at ten different sessions. He was a professor o' religion and enjoyed the reputation of a sincere and humble Christian. In 1786 he was elected a member of the Conti- nental Congress, and had he lived to take his seat in that body, would probably have been a distinguished member. He died. however, on the 26th day of October, 1786, at the age of forty-six. The grief of the community at his death was gene- ral and deep, and the old men in after years spoke of him with unbounded confidence and attachment. He left but one son, John M. Canfield, Esq., who resided at Sacket's Harbor, N. Y., and a number of daughters. The Hon. John C. Spen- cer, Secretary of War, was his grandson.
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