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230 ROBINSON, JOHN R. Private 3d Batt. Lt. Art., seaman, nineteen, single, Spencer. Enlisted June 17, 1864, mustered in June 17, 1864, transferred to 5th Batt. Aug. 12, 1864, as James R., mustered out June 12, 1865, expiration of ser- vice.
231 ROLLINS, STEPHEN H. Private Co. H, 57th Mass. Vols., bootmaker, eighteen, single, Spencer. Enlisted Dec. 14, 1863, mustered in Jan. 11, 1864, dicharged on surgeon's certificate of disability Sept. 12, 1864.
232 ROWELL, DANIEL M. Private Co. K, 10th Mass. Vols., mechanic, twenty, single, Spencer. Enlisted June 14, 1861, mustered in June 21, 1861, re-enlisted Dec. 21, 1863, cred- ited to Westfield, transferred to 37th Mass. Vols, June 20, 1864, corporal Sept. 6, 1864, transferred to Co. C, 20th Mass. Vols., musician June 21, 1865, discharged July 28, 1865.
233 RUSSUM, ALEXANDER. Private, twenty-three, 5th Art., mustered in Dec. 27, 1864, colored troops.
234 RYAN, BARNARD. Unassigned recruit, private, twenty-four, Worcester, credited to Spencer. Enlisted June 7, 1864, mustered in June 7, 1864. Never joined regiment.
235 RYAN, PHILIP. Unassigned recruit, private, twenty, single, Boston, credited to Spencer. Enlisted June 7, 1864, mus- tered in June 7, 1864. Never joined regiment.
236 SARGENT, CHARLES. Private Co. F, 42d Mass. Vols., farmer, nineteen, single, Spencer. Enlisted Aug. 18, 1862, mustered Sept. 30, 1862, mustered Aug. 20, 1863. Lives at Shirley.
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237 SARGENT, SAMUEL D. Was born at Durham, Canada East, and came to Spencer about 1840. He was a boot- maker and worked industriously at his trade up to the time he enlisted in Co. C, 21st regiment. He is down on the company rolls as forty-one years old. When he went to the war, he left at honie a wife and five children, his oldest son, Theodore, aged twenty years, having enlisted and gone to the war himself in the 10th regiment. He was killed at Roanoke Island in the final charge made by the 21st on the rebel fort there and buried on the island near where he fell with Corporal Henry, who also fell in the same charge. Sargent was a very faithful and reliable soldier, very obedient and respectful to his officers and much at- tached to his company and regiment. But a deep settled inelan- choly seemed to continually rest upon him and he had a pre- sentiment quite frequently expressed to his companions, that he should be killed in the first battle that he should take part in, as he was. Sargent and Henry were the first Spencer men to give their lives for their country and the anouncement of their deaths in Spencer startled the people of the town into realization of the seriousness of the mission on which had gone forth their hus- bands, fathers, brothers and sons .-- Maj. W. T Harlow.
Samuel D. Sargent married Lucinda M. Tucker of Spencer about 1840 and made Spencer his home. His wedding trip was overland by team to Canada and return. He was the father of five children, Theodore, Charles, Ann Jane, Sarah Emeline and Mary Ida. His usual occupation in later years was that of a sole leather cutter, but during this time he acquired the gold fever and spent some years mining in California. He returned home in 1857. He was the first Spencer man to be killed in battle during the Civil War, the bullet which did the deadly work striking an eye and thence passed onward through the brain. The transport Northerner freighted with soldiers, among them the subject of our sketch, reached dock at Roanoke Island about six o'clock on the morning of Feb. 7. On the trip Mr. Sargent wishing to smoke asked Matthew Webster, a fellow soldier, who died in Spencer April 26, 1904, to give him a match. They smoked and talked over about home and friends and what the immediate future held in store for them. Mr. Sargent said : " Matt I shall surely be killed in the first battle, and I want you to let my wife know I had certain foreknowledge of my death." Many times he had spoken to others about the presentiment but all the efforts of his comrades to disabuse his mind of the idea were unavailing His repeated declaration came to pass and in a brief time after the engagement commenced he died the death of a soldier with his face toward the foe. He was buried in due
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form near the earthworks of the fort, but where no one can now tell. [See portrait page 23.
238 SARGENT, THEODORE. Private Co. K, 10th Mass. Vols., farmer, twenty, single, Spencer. Enlisted June 14, 1861, mustered in June 21, 1861, re-enlisted Dec. 21, 1863, cred- ited to Westfield, transferred to Co. E, 37th Mass. Vols. June 20, 1864, wounded May 5, 1864, corporal Co. E, transferred to 20th Mass. Vols. June 21, 1865, private Co. E, mustered out July 16, 1865. [See portrait page 28
239 SCANLON, PATRICK. Private Co. A, 4th Mass. Cav., bootmaker, twenty-four, married, Spencer. Enlisted Dec. 9, 1863, mustered in Dec. 26, 1863, made corporal Aug. 1, 1865, sergeant Nov. 1, 1865, mustered out Nov. 14, 1865.
240 SESSIONS, JAIRUS ALEXANDER. Son of Otis and Lucy Sessions and grandson of Col. Alexander Sessions of Brimfield, was born in that town March 26, 1836. He first en- listed for nine months in Co. C, 46th regiment Mass. Vols., Sept. 25, 1862, and he re-enlisted in July, 1863, in Co. I, 2nd Mass. Hy. Art. He was discharged for disability Aug. 29, 1863 and again re-enlisted Jan. 2, 1864, in Co. A, same regiment. He died in hospital at Newbern, N. C., of typhoid fever, March 10, 1865. His body came East and was buried in the family lot at Brimfield. His sister, Sarah E., widow of the late Isaac C. Tyler, now (1903) resides at Westfield.
241 SHAW, GEORGE L. Private Co. F, 42d Mass. Vols., mechanic, twenty-two, single, Spencer. Enlisted Aug. 18, 1862, mustered in Sept, 30, 1862, mustered out Aug. 20, 1863.
242 SHERMAN, ANTHONY. Private Co. F, 42d Mass. Vols., mechanic, eighteen, single, Spencer. Enlisted Aug. 18, 1862, mustered in Sept. 30, 1862, discharged for disability Nov. 26, 1862.
243 SHIELDS, JEREMIAH. Unassigned recruit, private, 25th Mass. Vols., laborer, twenty-seven, single, New York, credited to Spencer. Enlisted June 15, 1864, mustered in June 15, 1864.
244 SIBLEY, HENRY H. Private Co. E, 34th Mass. Vols., bootmaker, nineteen, married, Spencer. Enlisted July 19, 1862, mustered in July 31, 1862, mustered out June 16, 1865, settled in the West. Died at Otterbien, Ind., Feb. 2, 1885. Seventy-eight fellow workmen escorted body to station for re- moval to Spencer, where he was buried in the old cemetery.
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245 SMITH, BARNA. Private Co. H, 1st Mass. Cav., laborer, forty-three, married, Spencer. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, mustered in Oct. 5, 1861, discharged Sept. 24, 1864.
246 SMITH, GEORGE H. Unassigned recruit, private, twenty-eight, Spencer, mustered in June 7, 1864, never joined regiment.
247 SNOW, HENRY B. Private Co. F, 10th Mass. Vols., miller, twenty, single, Spencer. Enlisted May 31, 1861, mustered in June 21, 1861, discharged disabled, April 6, 1863.
248 STANLEY. EDWARD. Private Co. D, 25th Mass. Vols, machinist, twenty-one, single, New Jersey, credited to Spencer. Enlisted June 15, 1864, mustered in June 15, 1864, mustered out July 13, 1865, expiration of service.
219 STEARNS, EUSTIS H. Private Co. F, 42d Mass. Vols., farmer, twenty, single, Spencer. Enlisted Aug. 21, 1862, mustered in Sept. 30, 1862, mustered out Aug. 20, 1863. Lives at Leicester.
250 STOCKWELL, DWIGHT. Private Co. D, 15th Mass. Vols., mechanic, twenty-three, single, Spencer. Enlisted Feb. 4, 1862, mustered in Feb. 4, 1862, wounded Sept. 17, 1862, transferred to V. R. C. and discharged from 19th Co., 2nd Batt., V. R. C. Feb. 4, 1865.
251 STONE, ARTHUR M. Arthur Marion Stone was born in Spencer Oct. 31, 1844, the son of Albert and Martha D. (Powers) Stone. He had the advantages of the public schools, including the high. His four years in the latter institution were spent before the era of formal graduation. but he left in due form after the customary examinations by the school dignitaries. All this happened in the Spring when the school year coincided with that of the town. The year was 1862 when the call for volun- teers became loud and constant. The thirty-fourth regiment was in process of formation, recruits were pouring in at Camp Wool, Worcester, and a considerable portion of Captain William B. Bacon's Co. E was raised in Spencer. Among the boys who in July of that year signed their names to the enlistment roll was the seventeen years old lad, so recently freed from the schoolinas- ter's care. The young captain, two years later to fall at New- market, evidently knew the mettle of this Spencer schoolboy, since he speedily made him clerk and soon a corporal.
One of the accomplishments acquired in his school days by the newly enlisted lad was an ability to write legibly, not to say beautifully, which talent added to correct orthography speedily made him a marked man among his fellow soldiers, and officers
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desiring to have their reports made in pleasing form were not slow to utilize his dextrous hand. Thus while he saw all of the service of the 34th while near Alexandria, participating in its drills and at the same time being clerk of the company, he was prevented seeing much of the subsequent hard work of the regi- ment, through a permanent detail in the Commissary Depart- ment. However, he was with E Co. up to and including the en- gagement at Ripon Oct. 18, 1863, where as a member of the color guard he was by the side of his Spencer fellow corporal, Gardner
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Gage, who, bearing the State flag, was shot through the heart. Soon after being detailed for that purpose, he was attached to the Commissary staff at Harper's Ferry and for eighteen months he supervised the distribution of rations for the tens of thousands of men who looked to that post for subsistence, not perhaps an ideal life for a soldier but, as General Grant said of General Ru- fus Ingalls, he accomplished more for the cause than many a man
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of equal rank did in the field. He obeyed orders and discharged his duties faithfully. Twice at least did he try to return to his company, but in each instance he was headed off by the depart- ment officers, in one case his retention paper bearing the signa- ture of Major General W. S. Hancock. The estimate of him in Co. E is evident from the fact that during his long absence his corporal's place was undisturbed.
Later, when the Shenandoah Valley, under the drastic treat- ment of Sheridan, had become tranquil and the 34th was ordered to the seige of Petersburg, the hitherto Commissary officer be- came a Division staff attache, carrying his secretarial outfit upon his back, obliged to be where duty called him, sometimes under fire, as at Fort Gregg, where his coat sleeve was shot through by a bullet of the enemy. The letters and commendations in his possession, written by prominent officers in those far away days, are priceless heritages of rebellion scenes. In post bellum times he has been an ardent worker in all that pertains to the good of his old associates and the 34th veteran organization has no more devoted member than the Spencer corporal clerk and he is one of the few noncommissioned officers who have been its president.
When the war was over and the 34th had seen its three years service, the survivors came marching home and among the veterans there was no lighter heart than that of our Spencer sol- dier who yet had his twenty-first birthday before him. Fighting with gun and bayonet was over but there awaited him the battle of life, a conflict into which he was anxious to throw himself. The opportunity soon offered, for he had been at home only two weeks when entirely unsolicited, a position was offered him in the general store of Grout, Prouty & Co. Accepting the offer immediately, he discharged his duties so faithfully that in the December following, Captain Isaac Prouty recommended him for a place in the Leicester National Bank, succeeding there Mr. Ed- ward F. Biscoe, now president of the Safe Deposit and Trust Co. of Worcester. Here he was clerk and teller and on the organiza- tion of the Savings Bank in 1869 he became its secretary. Hold- ing these positions, at a compensation quite satisfactory to a country boy, in 1874 he was interviewed by Mr. E. A. Goodnow, president of the First National Bank of Worcester, who in some way had become cognizant of the Leicester bank man's capacity and worth. The salary offered was so much in excess of that then received that Mr. Stone could not in justice to himself de- cline the position so he became the cashier of the First National and remained as such till 1879, when still another opening and advancement appeared.
The boot and shoe manufacturing firm of D. G. Rawson &
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Co. was one of the oldest and largest in Worcester, having been established in 1860. Here the erstwhile banker became the financial member of the firm, which included besides Mr. Raw- son, Messrs. W. R. Fay and C. S. Goddard. In 1881 the inter- ests of Mr. Rawson were bought out by the other firm members and the business continued under the well known name of God- dard, Fay & Stone. Their factory on Austin street was the largest of its kind in the city and one of the best appointed in the country, employing the year around nearly five hundred hands. On the retirement of Mr. Fay in 1889, the manufacturing was continued by Messrs. Goddard and Stone, having their Boston salesrooms at No. 103 Bedford Street. However, there were spurs still to be won, and in 1894 there came a call from his own native town where the manufacture of boots and shoes had long been its principal industry. Wherever footwear is used, there the name of Isaac Prouty & Co. of Spencer is known.
He was wanted as treasurer of the newly organized stock company and the call appearing to be one he should heed, Mr. Stone sold out his interest in the Worcester business and trans- ferred his ripened experience to Spencer, giving to the new po- sition the same indefatigable zeal and industry which have ever distinguished him. Nor was this situation fated to be his final one, since in 1901, Oct. 2nd, he accepted the place of second vice president, subsequently treasurer, of the Crompton & Knowles Loom Works of Worcester, where today he is giving all the care and vigor to the development of that great industry that were characteristic of him thirty years ago. The Crompton & Knowles Loom Works are the largest of their kind in the world, the second largest industry in Worcester and the very greatest maintained entirely by Worcester capital. Unconsciously for all these years, Mr. Stone has been as thorough an exponent of the strenuous life as even President Theodore Roosevelt himself could wish and the nearing of a sixtieth birthday seems in no way to lessen his activity and nerve. In these two and a half years with the loom works he has superintended the building of a great factory in Philadelphia where a considerable part of the company's work is now done.
In all these years, Mr. Stone has not been an automatic business machine merely, for he has found time to prove him- self a valuable member of the community in many ways. Har- ing married in 1869 Miss Mary L. Dunton of Spencer, he early established his own hearthstone and about it he has seen three daughters play. The eldest, Mabel J., a graduate of the Wor- cester classical high school and of Wellesley College, was in 1892 called to the higher life. Ruth W., also of the same school and
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college, is now Mrs. F. W. Howe of Providence, while Miss Ger- trude D., like her sisters, is a graduate of the classical high, and having spent two years at Smith College, is at home. His re- ligious affiliations are with the Orthodox Congregational body and for many years he has been a prominent member of Pied- mont church. On the formation of the Congregational Club of Worcester he became a factor therein, a vice president in 1889 and its president for the years 1890-1892. The Young Men's Christian Association of Worcester has long had his support and sympathy and in 1875-1877 he was its treasurer. In these days few men of merit can honorably shirk their political responsi- bility and Mr. Stone has been no exception for in 1884 and 1885 he represented Ward Six in the Common Council, being the
president of that body during his second year, nor need his poli- tical life have ended here had lie been willing to continue therein. In one of the successful no license campaigns, waged by the law and order loving people of Worcester, he proved him- self such an efficient leader that there went up a loud cry for him to become, in 1885, republican candidate for Mayor, but the de- mand of his business preventing, he chose rather to play the part of Warwick and perhaps to him more than to any other one man, Worcester owes the nomination and election of Samuel Wins- low, who gave to Worcester one of the longest and most successful administrations in its history.
In the reorganization of Worcester's Board of Trade in 1891 Mr. Stone had a part, was the first vice president for three years succeeding to the presidency in 1894 and remaining in that posi- tion till 1897. His interest in this institution continues un- abated to date.
When Mr. Stone is really and truly at home he may be found at the corner of Main and May streets in Worcester, where having erected a beautiful and commodious mansion, he moved into the same in 1891 and there dispenses hospitality on the same scale which has ever characterized all his business dealings.
If one were to summarize the character of Arthur M. Stone, it would be to the effect that to the sterling, reliable qualities of a New England man have been added all the enthusiasm and go of the most thorough-going westerner. With him, working hours begin when there is work to be done, and they end when the task is accomplished. Such traits, recognized by those in search of energetic men, have rendered it wholly unnecessary for him to seek lucrative occupation. His business opportunities have come unsought and he never changed places except to bet- ter himself and otliers. Native ability, joined to the environ- ment of his native town, gave him an excellent start and his
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subsequent career has been such as to reflect credit upon his for- bears and the old town of Spencer. - Hon. Alfred S. Roe.
252 STONE, DAVID. Private Co. C, 3d Mass. Cav., bootmaker, thirty-one, married, Spencer. Enlisted Dec. 4, 1863, mustered in Dec. 4, 1863, mustered out Sept. 28, 1865.
253 STRATTON, SAMUEL W. Private Co. F, 10th Mass. Vols., mechanic, nineteen, single, Spencer. Enlisted June 21, 1861, mustered in June 21, 1861, mustered out July 1, 1864.
254 SULLIVAN, RICHARD. Private Co. G, 19th Mass. Vols., laborer, eighteen, single, Boston, credited to Spencer. Enlisted Jan. 10, 1865, mustered in Jan. 10, 1865, dis- charged July 19, 1865.
255 TAYLOR, CHARLES M. Private Co. C, 2d Hy. Art., recruit, milkman, twenty-one, single, Waltham, credited to Spencer. Enlisted June 9, 1864, mustered in June 9, 1864, discharged July 3, 1865, G. O. No. 37, War Department.
256 THOMPSON, WILLIAM. Unassigned recruit, pri- vate, twenty-four, Spencer. Mustered in June 6, 1864, never joined regiment.
257 TOOMEY, EDMUND. Shoemaker was born at Charl- ton Sept. 8, 1838. He enlisted as a private June 21, 1861 in Co. K, 10th Mass. Vols. He died in the hospital at Harrison's Landing, known as "David," July 19, 1862. No one of the at- tendant physicians thought he was very sick, but that he worried himself to death because he wanted to return to his Spencer home. His body was brought here for burial.
258 TOWNSEND, EDWARD. Was born the eleventh day of April, 1843, in South Royalston, County of Worcester, State of Massachusetts. He enlisted as a private in Co. C, 25th regiment of Mass. Vols. When the company was recruited and mustered in at Worcester, Mass., Dec. 26, 1862, he was pro- moted to corporal in the 25th regiment. In July 24, 1863, he was commissioned 1st Lieut. in the 2nd regiment, " Wild's African Brigade," a brigade of colored soldiers formed at that time in N. C., which rank he held until honorably discharged at the close of the war. Died June 9, 1873 and was buried at Pine Grove cemetery.
259 TYRELL, ALONZO H. Was born Sept. 9, 1841, in Holden. He entered the service June 21, 1861 as a private in Co. K, 10th regiment Mass. Vols., and was discharged at Brightwood, D. C., Aug. 8, 1861, for disability. He re-enlisted Aug. 18, 1862, as a private in Co. F, 42nd regiment Mass. Vols., and disharged at Readville, Mass., Aug. 20, 1863, his term of service having expired.
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JOSEPH F. WARD, Co. E, 34th Mass. Vols, For Biography see Vol. II, Page 78.
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260 TYRELL, HENRY A. Private Co. F, 42nd Mass. Vols., mechanic, eighteen, single, Spencer. Enlisted Aug. 18, 1862, mustered in Sept. 30, 1862, mustered out Aug. 20, 1863.
261 USHER, CHARLES E. Private Co. E, 34th Mass. Vols .. bootmaker, eighteen, single, Spencer. Enlisted July 19, 1862, mustered in July 31, 1862, mustered out June 16, 1865.
262 USHER, JAMES H. Private Co. E, 34th Mass. Vols., farmer, twenty, single, Spencer. Enlisted July 19, 1862, mustered in July 31, 1862, mustered out June 16, 1865.
263 USHER, WILLIAM D. Private Co. E, 34th Mass. Vols., farmer, twenty-two, married, Spencer. Enlisted July 19, 1862, mustered in July 31, 1862, mustered out June 16, 1865. Lives at Worcester.
264 WEDGE, JOSEPH. Private Co. K, 10th Mass. Vols., wire drawer, thirty, married, Spencer. Enlisted June 14, 1861, mustered in June 21, 1861, discharged disabled, April 17, 1862.
265 WALLACE JOSEPH. Private Co. C, 2nd Mass. Cav., shoemaker, twenty-eight, married, Spencer. Enlisted Jan. 12, 1863, mustered in March 17, 1863, discharged, disabled June 14, 1865.
266 WARD, JOSEPH F. Private Co. E, 34th Mass. Vols., boot click, eighteen, musician, single, Spencer. Enlisted July 19, 1862, mustered in July 31, 1862, mustered out June 16, 1865. [See biography Vol. II, page 78.
267 WEBBER, ELLIOTT D. Private Co. F, 10th Mass. Vols., twenty-five, Springfield. Enlisted June 14, 1861, mustered in June 21, 1861, discharged disabled, Aug. 12, 1861 ; enlisted again.
268 WEBSTER, GEORGE. Private Co. C, 25th Mass. Vols., shoemaker, twenty-five, married, Spencer. Enlisted May 15, 1862, mustered in May 15, 1862, discharged May 26, 1865. Lives at North Brookfield.
269 WEBSTER, MATTHEW. Was born Sept. 10, 1828, in Bramley, near Leeds, County of Yorkshire, England. He entered the service Aug. 23, 1861 at Worcester, Mass., as a pri- vate in Co. C. 21st regiment, Mass. Vol. Inf., and was dis- charged at Boston, Mass., Aug. 30, 1864 through expiration of term of service. The first battle in which he was engaged was Roanoke Island. N. C., and subsequently engaged in battles of Newbern, Camden, Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain, Antie- tam, Fredericksburg, Blue Springs, Campbell's Station, Siege of Knoxville, Fort Sanders, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North
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Anna, Cold Harbor, Bethesda Church, Petersburg and Battle of the Mine. For a time he was confined in the hospital at Beau- fort, entering April, 1863. His intimate comrades in the ser- vice were: Bernard McNulty, W. W. Scott, J. Vale, F. C. Clark, William Carter, W. H. Earle, Edw. Ely and E. W. Richardson. He considered the vidette duty at Fredericksburg to have been the most important event in his experiences during service. Died at Spencer, April 26, 1904.
MATHEW WEBSTER Co. C, 21st Mass. Vols.
270 WHEELER, EDWARD R. Assistant surgeon, 24th Mass. Vols., field and staff, twenty-six, Spencer. Enlisted May 15, 1864, mustered in May 15, 1864, surgeon Nov. 10, 1864, inustered out Jan. 20, 1866. Was physician and surgeon at Spencer. Died at Winthrop Beach, April 30, 1904. Buried in Pine Grove cemetery, Spencer. Has held many public positions of trust and honor. Was president of the Good Samaritan So- ciety, Incorporated, and one of the examiners for soldier pensions for the district, etc.
271 WHEELER. JOHN H. Private Co. C, 21st Mass. Vols., teamster, twenty-one, single, Spencer. Enlisted July 23, 1861, mustered in Aug. 23, 1861, discharged for disabilty Dec. 19, 1862.
272 WILSON, HORACE. Private Co. D, 24th Mass. Vols .. farmer, forty-three, married, Spencer, powder maker. Enlisted Nov. 5, 1861, mustered in Nov. 5, 1861, died April 26, 1862 at Newbern, N. C.
273 WORTH, NATHANIEL. Private Co. H, 2nd Hy. Art., laborer, twenty-one, single, credited to Spencer. Enlisted
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June 16, 1864, mustered in June 16, 1864, discharged from Augur U. S. A. general hospital, Alexandria, Va., July 19, 1865.
274 WORTHINGTON, JOHN M. Carpenter, was born Nov. 17, 1836 at Spencer. Enlisted May 31, 1861 and was made sergeant in Co. K, 10th Mass. Vols., June 21, 1861. He was discharged Dec. 21, 1863 and on same date enlisted in Co. K, 34th Mass. Vols., on the quota of Westfield, receiving as bounty three hundred and twenty-five dollars. He was transferred June 20, 1864, to Co. D, 37th Mass. Vols., and was killed Sept. 19, 1864, at Winchester, Va. At one time he was offered the posi- tion of regimental carpenter, but refused it, saying: "I came to fight, I had plenty of carpenter work at home."
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