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Richard Knowles, immi- KNOWLES grant ancestor, was born in England, and settled first in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he had a son born in 1648. He removed soon to Hampton, New Hampshire, where he died February 1, 1682. Very little is known of him: I. James, born at Cambridge, Novem- ber 17, 1648. 2. John, mentioned below.
(II) John Knowles, son of Richard Knowles (I), was born probably in England, about 1838. He removed, according to the Hampton history, from Cambridge to Hamp- ton, and married there, July 10, 1660, Jemima Asten, daughter of Francis Asten and Isabel- la (Brand) Asten. He took the oath of allegi- ance December, 1678, and he died at Hamp- ton (north) December 5, 1705. He bought of Giles Fifield house and lot of ten acres and also six acres of marsh. His homestead is now or was lately owned by his lineal descend- ants. He was blind for ten years before his death. Children: 1. John, Jr., born February 6, 1661; mentioned below. 2. Ezekiel, born August 19, 1663; died December II, 1666. 3. James, born November 20, 1665; died Febru- ary 1, 1682. 4. Simon, born November 22, 1667; married Rachel ; second, Rachel
Joy. 5. Joseph, born June II, 1672, died young. 6. Sarah, born April 17, 1676; mar- ried Robert Drake, and she died June 8, 1742. 7. Hannah, born April 18, 1678; died Sep- tember 12, 1769; married William Locke.
(III) John Knowles, son of John Knowles (2), was born at Hampton, New Hampshire, February 6, 1661. He resided on the home- stead where his father settled. He married Susanna who died October 17, 1745, aged eighty-two years. Children: I. John, born May 14, 1686; married Tryphena Locke. 2. Ezekiel, born June 29, 1687; mentioned be- low. 3. Amos, born about 1689; married Abi- gail Dowst; he died February 24, 1746. 4. Reuben, born 1691. 5. Abigail, born Decem- ber 3, 1695; married Ephraim Marston; she died January 22, 1727.
of (IV) Ezekiel Knowles, son John Knowles (3), was born June 29, 1687; mar- ried at Hampton, January 31, 1712, Mary Wedgewood, daughter of David Wedgewood, of North Hampton. Children: I. Hannah, born 1713; baptized November 29, 1713. 2. Nathan, baptized May 27, 1716; married Hannah Clifford. 3. Mary, born November 2, 1718; married John Lane. 4. David, born 1725; baptized November 21, 1725; mentioned below.
(V) David Knowles, of son Ezekiel Knowles (4), was baptized in Hampton, New Hampshire, November 21, 1725; married De- borah Palmer, daughter of William Palmer. His home was near Knowles Pond, North Hampton. He died there in March, 1806. Children : 1. David, Jr., born August 23, 1751 ; mentioned below. 2. Simon, born. December 20, 1755; settled with his brother David in Northwood. 3. Ezekiel, born April 16,. 1758. 4. Hannah, born October 3, 1760. 5. Samuel, born May 17, 1763. 6. Deborah, born August 15, 1767. 7. Nathan, born May 9, 1770.
(VI) David Knowles, son of David Knowles (5), was born at North Hampton, New Hampshire, August 23, 1751. He was a soldier in the Revolution, a private in Cap- tain Enoch Page's company; Colonel Senter's regiment, in the fall of 1777, in the "Roadi- land" (Rhode Island) campaign. He married September 5, 1776, Mary Hobbs, of North Hampton, New Hampton, who was born there March 29, 1755. Children: I. Morris, born January 7, 1790; died November 28, 1834; married December 8, 1801, Polly Caverley, of Stafford. 2. David, born August 8, 1783; married January 1I, 1807, Sally Batchelder. 3. Jonathan; mentioned below. 4. Jesse, born February 3, 1798; married Sep-
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tember 2, 1825, Eliza Pillsbury, daughter of James Pillsbury; Jesse died January 12, 1856; she died December, 1861.
(VII) Jonathan Knowles, son of David Knowles (6), was born in North Hampton, November 10, 1789, and died June 14, 1864; married April 16, 1815, Mary P. Pillsbury, who was born April 13, 1796. She died Feb- ruary 9, 1874. Children: I. Mary C., born July 28, 1816; married November 29, 1840, Perry Sawyer. 2. Elizabeth J., born Febru- ary 23, 1818; married November 29, 1849, Jefferson Sawyer, of Lee. 3. Charles H., born July 7, 1820; married November 9, 1843, Mehitable Tarr, of Newmarket, November 9, 1843; died January 29, 1855; married second, Mary J. Dickinson. 4. Hannah C., born April 13, 1824; married Charles C. Tasker. (See Tasker sketch). 5. James J., born March 18, 1726; married Mary F. Burnham, of Concord, September 10, 1866; she died October 4, 1866; married second, May 25, 1876, Loraine A. Jenkins. 6. George W., born October 22, 1829; married June 25, 1859, Martha F. Bat- chelder. 7. Jefferson, born June 14, 1833; married November 8, 1864, Fannie M. Tower, of Lowell.
(For first three generations see preceding sketch.)
(IV) Ezekiel Knowles, son KNOWLES of John Knowles (3), was born at Hampton, New Hampshire, June 29, 1687. He resided at Hampton and Rye, New Hampshire. He married, January 31, 1712, Mary Wedgewood. Children, born at Rye : I. Hannah, born March 1, 1713. 2. Nathan, baptized May 27, 1716, died 1787; married Mary, daughter of John Lane. 3. Amos, born November 4, 1722, mentioned below. 4. David, born Sep- tember 1, 1726, married Deborah Palmer ; re- sided at North Hampton.
(V) Amos Knowles, son of Ezekiel Knowles (4), was born at Rye, November 4, 1722, died at Candia, New Hampshire, in 1809, aged eighty-seven years. He married, October II, 1744, Libby They set- tled at Candia; he was a farmer. Children, born at Rye or Candia: I. Nathaniel, born 1745, mentioned below. 2. Lydia, 1747. 3. Ezekiel, 1749, soldier in the Revolution. 4. Isaac, 1751. 5. Amos, 1755, soldier in the Revolution. 6. Elizabeth, 1755, died young. 7. John, 1759, soldier in the Revolution. 8. Elizabeth, 1761, married Benjamin Palmer. 9. David, 1764. 10. Seth, born at Candia, New Hampshire, April 12, 1766; married,
June 14, 1789, Anna Emerson, of Candia, at Epsom, New Hampshire (by Ebenezer Hasel- tine). She was born December 20, 1768 (see Emerson sketch). Child, born at Candia : I. Nathaniel, born March 28, 1793.
(VI) Nathaniel Knowles, son of Amos Knowles (5), was born in Candia, New Hampshire, in 1745. He resided in Sandwich and Albany, New Hampshire, and perhaps also in Gilmanton. He was a soldier in the revolution from 1777 to 1780, from Sandwich, in Captain Benjamin Stone's company. Joshua Danford, whose family was later con- nected with his by marriage, was in the same company until 1779. In 1779 and 1780 Dan- ford was sergeant and Knowles a private in Major Benjamin Whitcomb's regiment of rangers. Nathaniel Knowles signed the As- sociation Test in Sandwich in 1776. He was selectman of Burton in 1800. Children : Nathaniel, Jr., born about 1770, a carpenter by trade, residing at Burton ; married Joanna K. Brown, of Tamworth, December 28, 1801 ; parents of Luke B., born 1820, died at Mere- dith, October 12, 1866; and Wyatt B., born 1836. 2. John D., born in 1777, mentioned below.
(VII) Rev. John D. Knowles, son of Nathaniel Knowles (6), married, April 4, 1805, Suky Buswell, at Belmont, New Hamp- shire (by Isaac Smith). He married (sec- ond) Polly Danford (Danforth). He was a minister of the Freewill Baptist church of Gil- manton, New Hampshire. He was ordained by Elders Joseph Young, Richard Martin, William Blaisdell and Peter Clark, as an evan- gelist, May 30, 18II, and he preached until his death. His funeral, at Gilmanton, Sunday, July 12, 1840, was attended by more than a thousand people; eight elders were bearers. Elder Clark preached; Elder Quimby ad- dressed the church members and Elder Pet- tingill the unconverted. Children: I. Rev. John B., married, September 18, 1851, Betsey J. Morrill; farmer and trader; elder of the church; resided at Sandwich. 2. Rev. El- bridge, married (second) Nancy J. Joy : re- sided in Dover, New Hampshire; elder of Baptist church. 3. William. 4. Alpheus Danford, mentioned below.
(VIII) Alpheus Danford (Danforth) Knowles, son of Elder John D. Knowles (7), was born in Gilford, New Hampshire, a vil- lage of Gilmanton, about 1821. He removed to Lynnfield, Massachusetts, when a young man and settled finally in Ashland, Massachu- setts. He married, at Lynnfield, Mary Ann Perkins, daughter of John Perkins, of Lynn-
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field. He died at Ashland, July 5, 1893. His wife died there July 1, 1902. Children : I. Alpheus Perkins, born January 31, 1847, married Nellie Smith, of Brookfield, Ver- mont ; no children. 2. Seymour Augustus, born July 27, 1849, mentioned below. 3. Henry Livingston, born 1854; married Nellie F. Gilman, of Exeter, New Hampshire ; child : Mahlon.
(IX) Seymour Augustus Knowles, son of Alpheus Danford (Danforth) Knowles (8), was born in Ashland, July 27, 1849, and was educated there in the public schools in the winter terms and working at other seasons. At the age of fourteen he went to work in one of the shoe factories that flourished at that time in the town of Ashland and worked at all branches of the trade. In 1867 he ac- cepted a position as clerk in the general store in Ashland and was employed there for nine years. He removed to Hopkinton, Massachu- setts, a town adjoining, in 1875, forming a partnership with A. A. Sweet under the firm name of Sweet, Morse & Knowles, and con- ducted a general store at Hopkinton until 1894, when he bought out his partners and since then has been alone in business. He has prospered in business. His patience, tact and courtesy adapt him especially to the difficul- ties of this business and he has shown the ability to retain his customers under all sorts of conditions. He attends the Hopkinton Congregational Church, but is not a member. He appreciates the good work of all denom- inations and contributes to each. He gives freely to worthy charities and has a reputation for personal kindness and benevolence. In national politics he is a Republican, but he is independent and non-partisan in municipal affairs. He is a Free Mason of advanced standing, a member of John Warren Lodge, of Hopkinton; Mt. Lebanon Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and of Milford Commandery, Knights Templar. He is also a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is interested in the history of the town and in fact all things tending to advance the growth and welfare of Hopkinton. He is one of a committee of three appointed to consider the publication of the history of the town, now in manuscript and to be printed as soon as the necessary support for the work is received.
He married, May 14, 1874, Bertha Ella Howard, of Deer Isle, Maine. Child: Walter H., born in Hopkinton, June 19, 1878, mar- ried, January 1, 1903, Grace E. Heminway, of South Framingham. They have no children. Walter H. Knowles was educated in Hopkin-
ton public schools, and is at present employed by R. H. White & Company, of Boston, Mas- sachusetts.
SAWIN Robert Sawin, the progenitor in: England of the Sawin family of America, lived in Boxford, county Suffolk, England, and died there in
I65I. In December following John Sawin, then in New England, sold the homestead
there to Samuel Groome, shipwright, of Langham, England. He reserved the rights. of his brother's wife and agreed, in addition, to give a deed from his own wife, if necessary to complete the title.
(II) John Sawin, son of Robert Sawin (I), was the immigrant ancestor. The name is spelled in early records Sawin, Sawen and Sawing. It is an ancient English surname. He settled at Watertown, Massachusetts, where he was living May 26, 1652; when in Boston he was admitted a freeman before the election on that day. He was in this country, however, as early as April, 1650, as a witness according to the records, testifying to what he had heard in England in 1648, and Sawin's. name is mentioned in the will of Edward Skinner dated at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1641. Skinner was doubtless a near rela- tive. John Sawin was a cordwainer by trade and occupied a house owned by his father-in- law on the west side of School street, Water- town, about halfway between Belmont and Auburn streets. By the help of his father-in- law he became owner in 1653 of the home- stall on which he lived and of a farm at The Farms, now Weston, Massachusetts, next to Sudbury, now Wayland, on the south side of the Sudbury road and having the Cowpen Farm to the eastward. He settled on this farm. In 1664 and 1672 he was selectman of Watertown.
He married, about April, 1652, Abigail Manning, daughter of George Manning, or as then commonly written Munning. She em- barked with her parents and older sister Elizabeth at Ipswich, county Suffolk, Eng- land, April, 1634, and was then seventeen years old. She probably lived with her son John after she became a widow. She was liv- ing in 1667. Children : I. John, Jr., born in April, 1653, married, February 16, 1666-67, Judith Peirce, daughter of Anthony Peirce ; both were under seventeen when married ; he resided on the Sudbury line farm. 2. Mun- ning, born April 4, 1655, was prominent citi- zen of Watertown, called the best penman in
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the colony, selectman, clerk of writs, treas- úrer, town clerk; died November 28, 1722. 3. Thomas, born September 27, 1657, men- tioned below.
. (III) Thomas Sawin, son of John Sawin (2), was born in Watertown, September 27, 1657, and learned the trade of house carpen- ter. He was in Watertown as late as 1675, when as a soldier in King Philip's war he went with the expedition against the Narra- gansetts on December 19, 1675. He settled in Sherborn, Massachusetts, as early as 1679, on Chestnut brook, and he erected the first saw mill in Sherborn, according to the Sher- born history. He afterwards removed to Na- tick and had a deed March 17, 1685-86, from the Indians, the conditions of which was that he should build a grist mill for their accom- modation, and fulfilling this condition, he built the first mill in Natick on Charles river. The flooding of the land proved objectionable, however, and he removed the mill to what is still known as Sawin Brook. He was proba- bly for many years a solitary "first white in- habitant," for in 1721 there were only two white families in Natick, and the second may have been that of his son John. He was liv- ing in 1691. He married, January 28, 1683, Deborah Rice, daughter of Matthew Rice, of Sudbury. She was born February 14, 1659- 60. Children, recorded at Sherborn : I.
Ruth, born July 24, 1686, married, in 1708, James Morse, of Sherborn. 2. John, born June 26, 1689, mentioned below. 3. Deborah, born April 4, 1696. One or more other chil- dren.
(IV) John Sawin, son of Thomas Sawin (3), was born in Natick in 1689 and suc- ceeded his father as miller there. He was the first white man born in Natick, or possibly the first white inhabitant, if, as some think, his father continued to live at Sherborn all his life. The births of the children of Thomas were recorded in Sherborn. He drew land in New Sherborn (Douglas), Massachusetts, in 1715 and 1730. He was one of eight hundred and forty men who met June 6, 1733, on Boston Common to receive the seven town- ships granted to the heirs of the Narragan- setts heroes, among which his father was numbered. He was in the second division and later drew land in Westminster, Massa- chusetts, lot 68, in the survey made next year, lying between Westminster pond, the south- east line of the township and the road. In 1755 the land had been sold to Joseph Horsby. In a second survey he drew at Watertown lot IJO and north lot 70 of Spectacle Meadow.
Of his industry and success as a miller at Natick tradition says much, but vaguely. He married Joanna Lyons, a daughter of Thomas and Joanna (Payson) Lyons, who according to tradition was burned to death. Children, born in Natick, not then a town, and recorded in the nearest town, Sherborn: I. Joanna, born August 28, 1715. 2. Thomas, born Oc- tober 12, 1717, mentioned below. 3. Deborah, born January 23, 1719-20, married George Fairbanks, of Holliston, in 1735. 4. John, born July 23, 1722. 5. Abigail, born January 24, 1724-25. 6. Ezekiel, born April 3, 1728 .. 7. Mary, born November 2, 1731.
(V) Thomas Sawin, son of Thomas Sawin (4), was born at Natick, Massachusetts, the Indian town, October 12, 1717. He followed his. rather as miller and is said to have lived with him. He was renowned as a hunter. He was a prominent man and acquired a large estate for his day. He married Abigail Morse. He was a captain of the militia and served in the Revolution as volunteer in Captain Joseph Morse's company, Colonel Samuel Bullard's regiment, marching in response to the Lex- ington alarm, April 19, 1775. His son Thomas, Jr., was in the same company. To his four surviving sons he gave mills or farms near by. He died in 1790. Children: I. Abi- gail, born 1748, married Benjamin Kings- bury (1742-1827), resided in Rindge and Jaffrey, New Hampshire, in 1793. 2. Re- becca, born 1750, married Richard Baxter, lived at Princeton, Massachusetts. 3. Thomas, born 1752, married Abigail Bacon. 4. Eze- kiel, born 1754, married Lydia Eames. 5. Judith, born 1757, married Edward Jackson. 6. Moses, born 1758, had the old mill and homestead; married Silence Jones and (sec- ond) Catherine Fisher. 7. Mercy, born 1761, married Jonas Huntington. 8. Deborah, born 1763, married Benjamin Morse, settled in Templeton, Massachusetts, and Eaton, New York, and died in 1830. 9. Bela, born 1765,. died 1777. 10. Phares, born 1770, mentioned below.
(VI) Phares Sawin, son of Thomas Sawin (5), was born in Natick in 1770. He settled there on a farm given him by his father in what: is called Southville near the Charles river. He married Polly Morse. Children, born in Natick: I. Phares, born 1793, trader ; died at Medfield, Massachusetts, in 1824; married Hannah Henderson. 2. Samuel, born 1795, mentioned below. 3. Mary, born 1797, died in infancy. 4. Mary, born 1798, married John Travis, gentleman, and had Mary Eliza Travis who married Sidney Nason, of Ash-
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land, now of Natick. 5. Eliza, born 1800, died 1832. 6. Charles, born 1803, resided in Boston. 7. Anna, born 1805, died 1808. 8. Dexter, born 1807, died 1819. 9. Asa, born 1809, died in infancy. 10. James Fisher, born 1810, married, 1844, Mary Ann Blanchard ; resided at Southville, Natick, lived to an ad- vanced age; children: i. George F., born 1848; Simon B., born 1850.
(VII) Samuel Sawin, son of Phares Sawin (6), was born in Natick in 1795 and settled in Stow, Massachusetts. He married, in 1834, Martha Blanchard, who was born in 18IO. He was a farmer. Children, born in Stow : I. Samuel D., born in 1835, mentioned
below. 2. Martha E., born 1836, died in in- fancy. 3. John T., born 1837, was a milk dealer, residing in Charlestown, Massachu- setts ; now deceased ; married, 1862, Sarah U. Sawyer; children, born in Charlestown: i. Alice Maria, born 1863; ii. Ida Eunice, born 1864, resides on Stickney avenue, Somerville, Massachusetts. 4. Martha Blanchard, born 1842, resided at Stow, now deceased. 5. Simon B., born 1846, resided at Charlestown, now deceased.
(VIII) Samuel Dexter Sawin, son of Sam- uel Sawin (7), was born in Stow, Massachu- setts, in 1835, died in 1890. He was educated in the public schools and brought up on his father's farm. At the age of seventeen years he removed to Charlestown, Massachusetts, and became a clerk in the office of the Fitch- burg Railroad for two years. He left to take a position as clerk in the grocery store of F. O. Reed, Charlestown, and in the course of time was taken into partnership by his em- ployer, the firm name becoming Reed Broth- ers and Sawin. The store was located near the Bunker Hill Tavern. He left the grocery business and established a real estate business which grew to large proportions. He did much business in Somerville, Charlestown and Everett. He was a member of Bunker Hill Lodge of Odd Fellows. He was an al- derman in Charlestown before that city was absorbed by Boston; was representative from his district to the general court three years in succession, and was a candidate for state sena- tor. He was a member of the board of over- seers of the poor in the city of Boston many years. He was a zealous advocate of annexa- tion of Charlestown to Boston. In religion he was a Baptist and an earnest worker, con- stant attendant and faithful member in the Baptist church of Charlestown. Reserved and quiet in his disposition, he was held in
high honor and esteem by his fellow-citizens. He married, in 1856, Caroline E. Simonds, who was born in Cambridge. Their only son was: Dr. Charles D. Sawin, born June 10, 1857, mentioned below.
(IX) Dr. Charles D. Sawin, son of Samuel Dexter Sawin (8), was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, June 10, 1857. He was edu- cated in the public and high schools of Somer- ville, graduating in 1874, and the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology, where he was graduated in 1878 with the degree of S. B. He studied medicine at Harvard Medical School, where he was graduated with the de- gree of M. D. in 1883. He was for two years afterward an assistant in the Boston City Hospital, and had six months of hospital training at Vienna, Austria. He started in the practice of his profession in 1884 with an office in Charlestown. He was surgeon for the state prison at that place for six years. In 1889 he lost his left arm and since then has devoted his attention to his general practice. During the past fifteen years he has been called into the courts of the state frequently to testify as an expert. He has made a study of medico-legal cases. He is a member of the Alumni Association of Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Medical Society, American Medical Association, the Boston City Hospital Club. In politics he is a Repub- lican. He married (first) Katharine F. Cole, who died July 19, 1887. He married (sec- ond) Mabel A. Beattie, daughter of Captain Alexander M. and Celest C. (Congdon) Beattie. The only child by his first wife was Katherine M. Sawin, born at Charlestown, Massachusetts, January 12, 1887, graduate of the Girls' Latin School at Charlestown in 1905, lives with parents, now devoting her time to the study of art.
Mrs. Sawin's father, Captain Alexander Mitchell Beattie, died March 7, 1907, and the following tribute to his memory was pub- lished by the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Commandery of the State of Ver- mont :
"ALEXANDER MITCHELL BEATTIE, born in Rygate; Vermont, July 22, 1828, died in Lancaster, New Hampshire, March 7, 1907. Enlisted as a private from Maidstone, Ver- mont, and commissioned as Second Lieuten- ant of Company I, Third Vermont Volun- teers, June II, 1861 ; promoted First Lieuten- ant November 7, 1861; promoted Captain Company F, October 13, 1862 ; honorably dis- charged and mustered out of the United
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States service July 27, 1864. He served in that incomparable body of infantry known as the "Old Vermont Brigade," Second Brigade, Sixth Corps, and as commander of the Sharp- shooters of the Second Division, Sixth Corps, Army of the Potomac. He participated in the engagements at Lewisville, Virginia, Septem- ber II, 1861 ; Lee's Mills, Va., April 16, 1862; Williamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862; Golding's Farm, Va., June 26, 1862; Savage Station, Va., June 29, 1862; White Oak Swamp, Va., June 30, 1862; Crampton's Gap, Md., Sep- tember 14, 1862; Antietam, Md., September 17, 1862; first at Fredericksburg, Va., De- cember 13, 1862; Marye's Heights, Va., May 3, 1863; Salem Heights, Va., May 4, 1863; Fredericksburg, Va., June 5, 1863; Gettys- burg, Pa., July 3, 1863; Funkstown, Md., July 10, 1863; Rappahannock Station, Va., November 7, 1863; Wilderness, Va., May 5 to 10, 1864; Spottsylvania, Va., May 10 to 18, 1864; Cold Harbor, Va., June 1-12, 1864; Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864; Ream's Sta- tion, Va., June 29, 1864; Fort Stevens, Md., July 11, 1864.
"Alexander M. Beattie was born July 29, 1828, in Ryegate, Vermont, where he spent the early years of his life. He was of Scotch- Irish descent, being the eleventh and next to the last child of James and Margaret (Gilles- pie) Beattie. He had the advantage of the home schools, of Peacham Academy, and three years in the St. Johnsbury Academy. He was an apt scholar and had a most tena- cious memory. After leaving St. Johnsbury, he taught for a time in Monroe, New Hamp- shire, and other places with good success, un- til 1851, when he went to California. He spent three and a half years mining in the Sonora Valley, and another three and a half years in business in San Francisco. Upon returning home again took up teaching at West Lebanon, New Hampshire, and else- where until the breaking out of the war. He then began recruiting in Essex county, tra- versing the whole length with martial music, banners and flags, and enrolling volunteers. Early in June, 1861, he enlisted from Maid- stone, Vermont, as a private in Company I, Third Vermont Volunteers, and upon its or- ganization was elected second lieutenant, to date from June II, 1861, and was mustered into the United States service at St. Johns- bury, to serve for three years or during the war. Companion Beattie's record during the war for the Union was remarkable, and the story of his gallant and faithful service cannot
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