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graduate of the Winchester High School, and has fitted for Smith College.
EWIS WIGHT, head of the firm of Wight Brothers, Boston, importers, exporters, and dealers in furs and skins, was born July 27, 1832, in the town of Otisfield, Cumberland County, Me., being the third son of Eliphalet and Cor- delia Cushman (Dunham) Wight, and great- grandson of an Otisfield pioneer, Joseph Wight. The Otisfield Wights are a branch of the old Norfolk County family, whose founder, Thomas Wight, was admitted an inhabitant of the Mas- sachusetts Bay Colony, July 18, 1637. The line of descent is: Thomas', Henry,2 Jona- than, 3-4 Joseph, 5 Nathan,6 Eliphalet,7 Lewis, showing Mr. Wight to be of the eighth genera- tion of this family in New England.
Thomas Wight and his wife Alice brought with them to this country three sons - Henry, John, and Thomas, Jr. ; and they had two sons - Samuel and Ephraim, and a daughter Mary - b. in Dedham. Henry2 Wight was the only son that remained a resident of Dedham, where he was admitted freeman in May, 1647. At the time of his death, February, 1680, he had held the office of Selectman ten years. In the militia he ranked as Sergeant. His wife was Jane Goodenow, of Sudbury. Jonathan3 Wight, b. in 1662, son of Henry2 and Jane, m. in 1687 Elizabeth Hawes, and removed to Wrentham, where he d. in March, 1718-9. Jonathan, Jr.,4 b. in 1700, m., first, Jemima Whiting, who d. in 1750, having been the mother of ten children. He m., second, in 1754, Mrs. Jerusha George. He d. in March, 1773, two years before the Revolution.
Joseph,5 b. in 1729, m. at Wrentham in 1755 Abigail Farrington. She d. in 1758, and he m. in 1763 Abigail Ware. In Novem- ber, 1783, he removed to Otisfield, Me. His second wife, Abigail Ware Wight, d. in March, 1799, and he d. October, 1804. They had eight children - Joseph, Benjamin, Abi- gail, James, Thomas, Nathan, Warren, and Jonathan. Nathan,6 b. at Wrentham, October 23, 1773, m. at Otisfield in 1798 Abigail Hancock, b. at Wrentham, June 14, 1776.
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Nathan6 Wight was unusually energetic and enterprising. He was a farmer, lumberman, blacksmith, and locksmith, and also a tanner, being the first in the town of Otisfield to tan skins in pits. He acquired a good property for those days in the backwoods of Maine. His wife Abigail d. February 25, 1824, and he d. July 22, 1854. Their children were : Mary, James, Eliphalet, Nathan, Susan, Eun- ice, Joseph Blake, William Lewis, Abigail Hancock, and Jerusha Hancock.
Eliphalet7 Wight was b. at Otisfield, Feb- ruary 16, 1802. He was chosen Deacon of the Second Free Baptist Church of Otisfield in February, 1832, and remained in office till his death, October 16, 1869. For many years he served the town faithfully and efficiently as Collector of Taxes. His occupation was farm- ing. He was a strong abolitionist in a day when the anti-slavery cause, to which he and his church lent their aid, was a very unpopu- lar one. He m. at Otisfield, September 5, 1824, Cordelia Cushman Dunham. She was b. October 25, 1805, and d. November 26, 1851. He m. in Portland, Me., July 5, 1853, Mary Ann, daughter of William and Abigail (Patte) Allen, of Poland, Me. She was b. in 1812. Eliphalet Wight had twelve children by his first wife; namely, Elizabeth Abigail, Ann (who d. in infancy), Nathan Eliphalet, Clement Phinney, Cordelia Ann, Lewis, Free- man, Nathaniel Brackett, Joseph Franklin, Frances Emeline, Peter Jordan, and Almon. Eight of these lived to adult age, and four still survive. Elizabeth A. m. Henry Holden, Jr., and had one son - Edward Freeman, who is submaster in the Charlestown High School. Nathan Eliphalet m. Josephine A. Stetson, of Portland, Me., daughter of Lewis Stetson. They have five children; namely, Elizabeth Stetson, Cordelia Emma, Lewis Stetson, Henry Eliphalet, and Clement Phinney - Clement Phinney Wight (son of Eliphalet) m. Deborah Stowell Leavitt, of Hingham. They have two children - Clara Frances and Harriet Hersey. Joseph Franklin m., first, Elizabeth Sutton Cobb, and had one child - Howard Franklin (d. infancy) ; m., second, Martha Louise Stanley. Frances Emeline m. George Washington Rich. Their children are: Alice
May, Julia Wingate, and Albert Hayden. Almon m. Sarah Ellen Winslow, and they have one child - Mabel Smith.
Lewis Wight passed his early years on the home farm, obtaining his education in the public schools. Going to Portland in 1852 at twenty years of age, he was engaged in mer- cantile business in that city for fifteen years, being there at the time of the fire of July, 1866. In 1868 he came to Boston, and with his brother, Joseph Franklin, founded the firm of Wight Brothers, importers and exporters of furs and skins, at 14372 Summer Street, cor- ner of South Street. Four years later, in 1874, they removed to the old parsonage, 70 and 72 Chauncy Street. This was burned in the fire of November, 1889. The firm now consists of three brothers, Lewis, Joseph Franklin, and Almon Wight, and occupies the whole new building erected in 1890. The business is the largest of its kind in New England. Mr. Wight is a member of the Beth-horon Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Brook- line, of the Congregational church of Brook- line, and of the Congregational Club of Boston.
Mr. Wight was married, first, April 8, 1855, in Portland, Me., to Eliza Emeline Chase, who was born in Otisfield, July 11, 1832, daughter of James and Miriam (Fernald) Chase, then of Otisfield, later of Portland. She died August 1, 1863. He married Au- gust 15, 1864, Mrs. Sarah Capen Fernald, widow of Eli Fernald, and daughter of Win- throp Cobb. Mr. Wight has two children ; namely, Georgie Fernald, born in Portland, January 25, 1860; and Edward Lewis Capen, born at Wellesley, Mass., April 22, 1870. Mr. Wight and his family reside in Brookline.
REEMAN WIGHT, dealer in furs and skins, Boston, is a native of the State of Maine. He was born October 3, 1834, at Otisfield, Cumberland County, where his great-grandfather, Joseph Wight, settled in November, 1783. His parents were Dea- con Eliphalet and Cordelia Cushman (Dun- ham) Wight. They had a family of twelve children, he being the fourth son. His father was a prosperous farmer, and one of the lead-
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ing men in Otisfield in that day, holding vari- ous town offices, and being a member of the militia. (For paternal ancestry see preceding sketch of Mr. Wight's elder brother, Lewis Wight. )
Freeman Wight grew to manhood on the home farm, and was educated in the public schools. He began mercantile life as a clerk in the dry-goods and grocery store of Denni- son & Hall, at Norway, Me., where he re- mained four months, the next six months being in the employ of J. & E. W. Howe, of the same town, dry-goods merchants and shoe man- ufacturers. Desiring better opportunities for advancement, in August, 1855, he went to Portland and entered the establishment of John G. Barnum, merchant tailor and clothing dealer, with whom he stayed about two years and a half. Mr. Barnum then failing in busi- ness, Mr. Wight was appointed assignee, and stayed in Portland until he had settled the affairs and sold out to Boyd & Cole. He then came to Boston, April 6, 1858, and engaged as clerk for Walko & Barnum, who carried on the hat and fur business as manufacturers and retail dealers at 16 Summer Street. After eight and a half years' experience with this house, he purchased Mr. Walko's interest in the business, and in company with Mr. Bar- num, under the style of Barnum & Wight, continued it in the same locality till the great fire of November 9, 1872, when they met with total loss of books and stock. On the follow- ing Monday they opened a small store on Washington Street and settled up their ac- counts, paying between nine and ten thousand dollars for goods that had been destroyed by fire. With a capital of about twenty-five hun- dred dollars, Mr. Wight then formed a part- nership with his brothers Lewis and Joseph, which continued till 1885. For a few years their place of business was on South Street, whence they removed in 1872 to the old "Parsonage," as it was known, on Chauncy Street. In 1885 he sold his interest to his brothers, and has since carried on business alone as an importer and exporter of skins, having been one of the largest fur dealers in Boston. He first established himself at 65 Essex Street, later removing to his present
commodious quarters on Hayward Place. This property he bought of the Hon. Nathaniel J. Bradlee. For many years Mr. Wight was a member of Park Street Church, Boston, and was chairman of the Financial Committee. He is now connected with the Walnut Avenue Church. He resides at Roxbury. Politically he is a Republican. He is a Mason, belong- ing to Columbian Lodge, and is a strong advocate of the temperance cause.
Mr. Wight was first married October 3, 1862, to Miss Jane Shuttleworth, of Portland, Me. She died February 15, 1869. He was again married February 22, 1871, to Pernella Eliza Clark, daughter of Colonel Robert Clark, of Canaan, N. H. Mr. Wight has two sons - Freeman Clark and Robert Franklin. Freeman Clark Wight, born June 28, 1872, completed his education at Harvard College in 1899, and is now in business with his father at 23 and 25 Hayward Place. He was married December 25, 1899, to Mattie Eva Spafford, of Ludlow, Vt. Robert Franklin Wight, born September 2, 1881, is now a student at Har- vard, class of 1903.
ARCELLUS COGGAN, lawyer, former mayor of the city of Mal- den, was born in Bristol, Lin- coln County, Me., September 6, 1847, son of Leonard Chamberlain and Betsy Martin (Webber) Coggan. He is a descendant of early colonists of Massachusetts.
John Coggan, the first bearer of the name in New England (variously spelled in the old records as Coggan, Coggen, Cogan, Coggin), was of Dorchester in 1632, freeman 1633, and later a resident of Boston. He was a mer- chant and a man of property. He is mentioned in Washburn's Judicial History of Massachu- setts as one who had acted as attorney under the old charter. The names of his first and second wives were respectively Ann and Mary. On March 16, 1652, he was wedded for the third time, the bride on this occasion being Mrs. Martha, widow of Governor John Win- throp. She was a daughter of Captain Will- iam Rainsborow, and had also been twice m., her first husband being Thomas Coytmore.
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John Coggan had a daughter Ann, b. in 1636, and a son Caleb, who - according to Savage - d. young. The will of John Coggan, who d. in Boston in April, 1658, was administered by his widow, Martha, in 1660. In it mention is made of his wife Martha; son Caleb; daugh- ter Robinson; daughter Rock, wife of Joseph Rock; and John Coggan (called "John, Jr."), son of his brother Humphrey Coggan. He left houses and a shop in Boston, a farm at Romney Marsh, a corn mill at Malden, and five hun- dred acres at Woburn. Humphrey and John (first) were perhaps brothers of Henry Coggin, of Boston, 1634, later of Scituate, and after- ward of Barnstable, who d. in England in 1649. Henry Coggin left a son John, who was baptized in 1643.
Taber Coggan, the grandfather of Marcellus Coggan, was b. at Bristol, Me., May, 1790, and d. January 2, 1863. His father and grandfather, we are told, both bore the name John, and were presumably descendants of Humphrey Coggan. He m. March 19, 1812, Betsy Kingsbury Bryant, widow of Lemuel Bryant. Her mother was twice m., first to a Mr. Kingsbury and second to a Mr. Leach. Leonard C. Coggan, son of Taber, and father of Marcellus, was b. at Bristol, Me., and d. at Boothbay in the same State, Septem- ber 24, 1898. He m. in 1842 Betsey Martin Webber, a native of Bremen, Me., b. 1825, daughter of Benjamin and Margaret (Farrar) Webber.
The History of Durham, Me., by E. S. Stackpole, after stating that "the Webbers came from Holland in the seventeenth cen- tury," mentions, without giving his national- ity, Thomas Webber, who was living at the mouth of the Kennebec River in 1649. Thomas Webber m. Mary, daughter of John Parker, Sr., and had one daughter and five sons. Samuel Webber, one of the five, lived for a time at Gloucester, Mass., and d. at York, Me., in 1716. Waitt Webber, son of Samuel, settled at Harpswell, Me., in 1738. What connection, if any, existed between the Maine family of this name and Wolfert Web- ber, who in 1686 was living in New York, and was appointed by Lieutenant Governor Dongan one of the assistants of the city, we
have no means of knowing. (Memorial His- tory of New York, vol. i.)
Benjamin Webber, father of Betsey M., and probably a descendant of Thomas, was a son of Joshua and Elizabeth (Martin) Webber (m. January 26, 1791), and grandson of Benjamin and Polly Webber, of Harpswell, Me. Joshua Webber, b. 1761, d. March 3, 1819. His wife, Elizabeth Martin, who was b. in 1766, daughter of Thomas Martin, a native of Marblehead, Mass., and his wife Elizabeth, d. November 12, 1841. Benjamin Webber was b. in Bristol, November 4, 1792, and d. in Bremen, September 27, 1851. He m. Mar- garet Farrar (Farrow in records), December 27, 1818. She was b. in Bristol, April 18, 1792, and d. in Bremen, April 17, 1876. Their children were: Betsey M. (d. at six years), Hannah F., John F., Betsey M. (sec- ond), Margaret M., James F. and Samuel W. (twins, of whom Samuel d. in infancy), Charles M., Cynthia A., and Benjamin.
Margaret Farrar was b. April 18, 1794, the second child of John and Hannah (Burns) Farrar. Her father, b. April II, 1756, d. March 27, 1847. Her mother was b. June 6, 1771, and d. August 6, 1842. Their children were : Edward (b. 1792), Margaret, William, Elizabeth, John, Jane, Mary, James W., Worcester, Jane W., and Benjamin W. (b. 1814) ... Edward and William were lost at sea in 1816. The first Jane d. in 1808, at the age of six years. John was lost at sea in 1820; James W. d. in 1886; and Worcester in 1890. It is said that John Farrar, Sr., father of the elder John mentioned above, had seven sons, all of whom enlisted in the Revo- lutionary War, all returning safely but Thomas, who d. in the service. This John Farrar d. in 1809, at the age of ninety. His wife Hannah d. in 1815, aged ninety-two. She was a daughter of Deacon William and Jane (McClintock) Burns. Deacon William, b. in Cornwall, England, May, 1733, d. May, 1827. He is said to have been of noble blood.
Marcellus Coggan, son of Leonard C. Coggan, was educated at Lincoln Academy, Newcastle, Me., and at Bowdoin College, where he was graduated in 1872. In the same year he accepted the position of principal of the
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Nichols' Academy at Dudley, Mass., which he held with unvarying success for a period of seven years. During his residence in Dudley he was actively interested in its educational progress, was a member of the School Com- mittee, and for three years was president of the board. In 1879 he removed to Malden, Mass., and in 1881 was admitted to the Suffolk bar. Mr. Coggan early became prom- inent in his profession, acquired a large and lucrative practice. He is actively interested in the public affairs of his adopted city, is a Republican in politics, and a strict temper- ance advocate, and has so far won the confi- dence and esteem of his fellow-citizens that he has twice been elected by them Mayor of Malden - in 1886 and 1887. He has also served on the Malden School Committee. His religious affiliations are with the Universalist church, of which he is a member. He is a member of the Converse Lodge, F. & A. M., the Malden Lodge, No. 201, I. O. O. F., and several other organizations.
In 1872 he was married to Luella Blanche, daughter of Calvin Chandler and Lucinda Boothby (Butterfield) Robbins and grand- daughter of Reuben Robbins. Mr. and Mrs. Coggan have three children, namely : Marcel- lus Sumner, born November 14, 1873, at Dudley, Mass. ; Linus Child, born at Malden, June 10, 1884; and Florence Betsy, born at Malden, April 26, 1886. Marcellus Sumner Coggan, after attending the schools of Mal- den, was fitted for college in the Boston Latin School, graduated from Bowdoin in the class of 1897, and Boston University Law School in 1900. He was admitted to Suffolk bar in 1900, and is practising law with his father. He married Mattie Hanson, of Mal- den, January 4, 1899.
REDERICK AUGUSTUS FRAZIER, of Lynn, was born in Boston, Mass., July 7, 1845, a son of Captain Isaac and Eliza Ann (Eayrs) Frazier. He comes of Scottish ancestry, his great-grandfather, George Frazier, accompanied by two of his brothers, having emigrated from Scotland to
Deer Isle, Me., where he spent the remainder of his life engaged in seafaring pursuits.
Isaac Frazier, Sr., son of George and father of Isaac, above named, was b. at Deer Isle, Me., August 31, 1770. He also was a sea- faring man, being commander of a vessel for many years. While on a visit to the home of his ancestors in Scotland, during one of his voyages, he m. Jane Brown, who was b. in Glasgow, Scotland, August 3, 1775, a daugh- ter of John and Jeannette (Laurie) Brown, both natives of Edinburgh, Scotland. Return- ing to this country with his bride, he lived first in New York City and then settled at Deer Isle, Me., where his seven children - Sarah, John, George, Leonard, Isaac, Abigail, and Jane - were all b. He subsequently re- moved with his family to Otis, Me., there taking up a tract of land in order that his sons might become interested in some other occupa- tion than that of following the sea. His wife d. at their homestead in Otis, September 12, 1850; and he d. there May 5, 1854.
Captain Isaac Frazier, Jr., b. at Deer Isle, Me., August 1, 1806, d. at Lynn, Mass., Jan- uary 15, 1895. Going to Boston when a young man, he served an apprenticeship of seven years at the painter's trade, receiving thorough instruction and forty dollars a year for his services. This trade he subsequently followed for sixty-five years in Boston and Maine, carry- ing on in connection with his work a general business as dealer in sashes, blinds, and painters' supplies, being, it is said, the pio- neer in that line of business in Maine. Prior to the breaking out of the Civil War he was elected to the Maine Legislature, serving in that body while James G. Blaine was Speaker of the House. Leaving Augusta on April 29, 1861, he returned to his home, where, having been commissioned Captain, he organized Com- pany B, Sixth Maine Volunteer Infantry, which left Portland, July 17, 1861, to join Russell's brigade, Wright's division, Sixth Corps of the Army of the Potomac. During the ensuing three years that he remained with his regiment he saw severe service, being with General George B. McClellan in the Peninsula campaign, the battles of Williams- burg, Garrett's Farm, Antietam, Rappahan-
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nock Station, Cold Harbor, and Fredericks- burg. During the seven days' fight he re- ceived an injury that rendered him unfit for active service, and in 1864 he was honorably discharged. He had been in military service prior to the Rebellion, having served as Ser- geant of a company during the Aroostook War in 1839. When he enlisted in 1861, he sold out his business and good will, binding him- self not to engage in the same line in Maine for a period of ten years. Settling in Vine- land, N. J., he intended there to engage in agricultural pursuits, but instead followed his trade in that locality for a short time. He then transferred his residence and business to Lynn, Mass., where he passed the remainder of his life.
Although brought up under the strict teach- ings of the Scotch Presbyterian Church, Cap- tain Frazier never identified himself with any religious organization, but as an upright man, liberal minded, strong in his convictions, he lived a truly Christian life. For many years he was a member of the choir connected with the church of Hosea Ballou in Boston, and while singing there met the young lady who later became his wife. He was a member of Norumbega Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Ellsworth, Me., and was the oldest member of General Lander Post, No. 5, G. A. R., of Lynn, Mass.
On December 2, 1827, Captain Frazier m. Eliza Ann Eayrs, who was b. June 6, 1806, at Cape Elizabeth, Portland, Me., where her parents, Henry and Eliza A. (Howard) Eayrs, of Boston, were then living temporarily. She was of early Colonial ancestry, and is thought to have been a descendant in the sixth genera- tion of Moses1 Eayrs (or Eayre, name also sometimes "Aires "), who m. at Dorchester, Mass., March 6, 1666, Bethiah Millett, daugh- ter of the Rev. William Millett.
The "Notes and 'Memoranda concerning the Genealogy of the Eayrs Family," a manuscript volume compiled by Norman W. Eayrs, now in the Genealogical Library, Boston, furnishes valuable information, but not sufficient to mark with certainty the line of descent from Moses1-"the first of the family of whom there is any record "- to Henry, father of Eliza A. (Mrs. Frazier). We gather from its pages the
following : "Moses" and his wife Bethiah had only one son, Moses,2 b. October 7, 1667; and one daughter, Elizabeth, probably the Elizabeth Aires who m. in 1713 David Franklin, of Hull. Moses Aires, b. August 12, 1697, son of Moses and Elizabeth, was probably Moses, 3 grandson of Moses,' above; and he may have been the Moses Eyres who m. Hannah Ripley, October 17, 1722, and had a son Moses, Jr., b. July 12, 1723" (City Records). Hannah Eayrs, wife of Moses, d. 1739, aged forty years. The genealogist thinks she may have been a second wife, as a marriage of a Moses Ayres and Elizabeth Souther is recorded as having taken place in 1718.
Again, "Moses Eayres m. to Mary Wyatt by Rev. Samuel Checkley, April 10, 1740" (City Records) ; and "in 1760 Mary, widow of Moses Ayres, housewright, was made guardian of her children, Moses and Anne, aged 14 and over." The Moses b. in 1723, son of Moses and Hannah, could hardly have been, as Mr. N. W. Eayrs suggests, the Moses who m. Mary Wyatt in 1740, as he would have been then but seventeen years of age.
Moses Eayrs of a later generation, father of Henry and grandfather of Mrs. Frazier (but exactly how related to the preceding we are unable to determine), a lifelong resident of Boston, making his home on Bedford Street, d. January 18, 1826, aged eighty years. A carpenter by trade, he built the old Federal Street Theatre. During the Revolutionary War he served in the army as artificer, and was in the battles of Bunker Hill, Trenton, and Yorktown. It is supposed that he was the Moses Eayrs whose wife, Prudence Grey, d. in 1802, aged fifty-five years. Henry5 Eayrs, b. in Boston in 1781, d. there in 1840, and was buried in the family tomb, No. I, King's Chapel Burying-ground. He m. in Boston in February, 1803, Eliza Ann Howard, who was b. in Lynn, Mass., in 1781, and d. in Boston in 1828. Their daughter, Eliza Ann6 Eayrs, the second child in a family of ten chil- dren, m., as stated above, Captain Isaac Frazier, by whom she had nine children, namely : Sarah, who d. in infancy; Elizabeth ; Ellen Maria; Almah Frances; Otis Milton ; Charles H. ; Frederick Augustus, the special
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subject of this sketch; Frank Irving; and Clara Josephine, now a teacher in Lynn.
Elizabeth Frazier, the second b., m. John Wood Jordan. She d. April 1, 1894, leaving three children : Charles F., now of New York City; Fannie Wood, wife of Thomas Camp- bell, of Ellsworth, Me .; and Sarah Frances, wife of Robert Leighton, of Everett, Mass. Ellen Maria Frazier m. John M. Peck, of Ells- worth, Me. Of their three children, two - Agnes Marie and Frances Emily -d. young. Mary Elizabeth, their only living child, is the wife of Clarence E. Walker, of Portland. Almah Frances Frazier, now residing at Lynn, Mass., is the widow of the late Charles F. Kidder, of Albion, Me. Otis Milton Frazier served in the Civil War, going to the front as Sergeant in the company raised by his father, and being afterward promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant. He is now a resident of Lynn, Mass. He m. Abbie J. Lord, by whom he has had two children : Maria Estelle, wife of Samuel Taylor, of Lynn; and Mabel, who d. in childhood. Charles H. Frazier enlisted in the First Maine Heavy Artillery in 1864, and served until the close of the war, being with General Grant. He m. Ellen E. Down- ing, of Lynn. Of the eight children b. of their union, four are deceased; namely, Charles, Mabel, Harry, and Annie. Those living are: George, Lizzie, William, and Frank. Frank Irving Frazier at the age of seventeen enlisted as drummer boy in Company G, Eighth Maine Volunteer Infantry, and was killed at the siege of Petersburg, Va., May 27, I864.
Frederick Augustus Frazier was brought up in Ellsworth, Me. Accompanying his father to the battlefields in 1861, as Company Clerk in the Sixth Maine Regiment, he remained at the front until November, 1862. Returning then to Ellsworth, he re-enlisted in Company G, Eleventh Maine Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Lewis H. Holt and Colonel Jona- than Hill. He served with General Butler through the Dutch Gap campaign, in 1865 being transferred to Grant's army, with which he remained until the surrender of Lee. He was subsequently on duty at Richmond, then at Fredericksburg, enforcing martial law,
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