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TWENTY-SECOND MASSACHUSETTS UNATTACHED COMPANY. Herbert A. Whitaker, musician : enl. Aug. 10, 1864; disch. Nov. 25, 1864.
NINE MONTHS' MEN. Company H, Third Massachusetts.
Otis A. Baker, capt., enl. Sept. 18, 1862; disch. June 26, 1863. Arnold DeF. Brown, sergt., enl. Sept. 18, 1862 ; disch. June 26, 1863.
Henry H. Lothrop, corp., enl. Sept. 18, 1862; disch. June 26, 1863. Joshua S. Bliss, enl. Sept. 18, 1862 ; disch. June 26, 1863. Gilbert D. Bullock, enl. Oct. 1, 1862; disch. June 26, 1863.
George E. Curtis, enl. Sept. 18, 1862; dischi. June 26, 1863. Dominick Farrol, enl. Sept. 18, 1862; disch. June 26, 1863. David W. Francis, enl. Sept. 18, 1862 ; disch. June 26, 1863. Darius P. Francis, enl. Sept. 18, 1862 ; disch. June 26, 1863.
Jason W. Fuller, enl. Sept. 18, 1862: disch. for disability March 27, 1863
Andrew J. Goff, enl. Sept. 18, 1862 ; disch. June 26, 1863. George Green, enl. Sept. 18, 1862; disch. June 26, 1863.
Daniel Harrington, enl. Sept. 18, 1862; disch. June 26, 1863.
Andrew Hanley, enl. Sept. 18, 1862; disch. June 26, 1863. Edward Hanley, enl. Sept. 18, 1862; disch. June 26, 1863. John F. Hicks, enl. Sept. 18, 1862; disch. June 26, 1863. Thomas Hill, enl. Sept. 18, 1862; disch. June 26, 1863. Alfred A. Horton, eul. Sept. 18, 1862 ; disch. June 26, 1863. Alba B. Kent, enl. Sept. 18, 1862; disch. June 26, 1863. Hale S. Luther, enl. Sept. 18, 1862 ; disch. June 26, 1863. William H. Luther, enl. Sept. 18, 1862; disch. June 26, 1863. Allen B. Luther, drummer, enl. Sept. 18, 1862; disch. June 26, 1863. James F. Monlton, enl. Sept. 18, 1862; disch. June 26, 1863. Abraham Pierce, enl. Sept. 18, 1862; disch. June 26, 1863. James Roach, enl. Sept. 18, 1862; disch. June 26, 1863 George A. Tripp, enl. Sept. 18, 1862; disch. June 26, 1863. Jeremiah Thurber, enl. Sept. 18, 1862; disch. June 26, 1863. George II. Viall, enl. Sept. 18, 1862; disch. June 26, 1863. Caleb Williams, enl. Sept. 18, 1862 ; disch. June 26, 1862. OTHER NINE MONTHS' MEN.
Thomas Bliss, Co. G, 4th Mass. Regt .; enl. Sept. 18, 1862; died May 18, 1863, at Burwick City, La.
Gilbert S. Bliss, Co. E, 12th Rhode Island Regt .; enl. Oct. 1, 1862; disch. July, 1863.
Isaac H. Carpenter, Co. G, 4th Mass. Regt .; enl. Sept. 18, 1862 ; disclı. September, 1863.
Cyrus F. Copeland, Co. K, 43d Mass. Regt .; enl. Sept. 18, 1862; disch. July 30, 1863.
Aaron S. Harlow, Co. K, 43d Mass. Regt .; enl. Sept. 18, 1862; disch. July 30, 1863.
John S. Perry, Co. K, 43d Mass. Regt .; enl. Sept. 18, 1862; disch. July 30, 1863.
Benjamin F. Paull, Co. G, 4th Mass. Regt .; enl. Sept. 18, 1862; disch. September, 1863.
John M. Reynolds, Co. G, 11th Rhode Island Regt .; enl. September, 1862; disch. July, 1863.
Charles W. Tilton, Co. K, 43d Mass. Regt .; enl. Sept. 18, 1862; disch. July 30, 1863.
Lorenzo J. Thayer, Co. C, 47th Mass. Regt .; enl. September, 1862; died Aug. 16, 1863, while on his passage home.
Albert F. Smith, Co. G, 4th Mass. Regt .; enl. September, 1862; died Aug. 12, 1863, at Cairo, 111., while on passage home.
Samuel H. Viall, Co. A, 43d Mass. Regt .; enl. Oct. 4, 1862 ; disch. July 30, 1863.
THREE YEARS' MEN.
Stephen F. Andrews, Co. 11, 39th Mass. Regt .; enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Edward Appleby, drafted July 15, 1863; disch. at close of war.
Otis A. Baker, Co. A, 4th Rhode Island Regt .; enl. September, 1861 ; pro. to 2d lieut. Nov. 20, 1861; res. Sept. 11, 1862.
Francis A. Bliss, Co. I, 1st Mass. Cav .; enl. October, 1861 ; re-enl. Jan. 1, 1864; disch. Nov. 27, 1865.
Francis V. Bliss, Co. H, 40th Mass. Regt .; enl. Aug. 14, 1862; wounded in battle at Thatcher's Farm, Va., May 20, 1864; disch. June 23, 1865.
Richmond Barrett, Co. II, 39th Mass, Regt .; enl. Ang. 14, 1862. William W. Blanchett, enl. Aug. 14, 1862.
Arnold DeF. Brown, sergt .- maj., 3d Rhode Island Cav .; enl. Aug. 7, 1863; pro. to 2d lieut. Feb. 6, 1864 ; disch. at close of war.
Edward P. Brown, 2d lieut., Co. I, 4th Rhode Island Regt. ; enl. Aug. 27, 1862; pro. to Ist lient. Jan. 13, 1863; to capt. March 2, 1863; brev- etted major of volunteers for gallant conduct at Fort Sedgwick and Petersburg; mustered out at his request, by order of Secretary of War, June 5, 1865.
James P. Brown, 2d lient., 14th Rhode Island H. Art .; enl. Dec. 31, 1863; died at Donaldsonville, La., of congestive chills Ang. 23, 1865.
Gardner D. Bosworth, Co. D, 3d Rhode Island Regt .; enl. Dec. 31, 1861 ; disch. April 1, 1865.
James Bradigan, Co. D, 3d Rhode Island Regt .; enl. Sept. 18, 1861 ; disch. Oct. 5, 1864.
Augustus W. Carpenter, Co. I, 1st Mass. Cav .; enl. November, 1861 ; re- enl. Jan. 1, 1864; disch. Nov. 27, 1865.
Willard Chaffee, Co. E, 3d Rhode Island Regt. ; enl. 1861 ; killed in bat- tle of James Island, S. C., June 16, 1862.
Jonathan Chaffee, Co. E, 3d Rhode Island Regt. ; enl. 1861 ; disch. Aug. 31, 1864.
Francis G. Cole, Co. HI, 40th Mass. Regt .; enl. Aug. 14, 1862; disch. Feb. 16, 1865.
Francis A. Cooper, Co. HI, 39th Mass. Regt .; enl. Aug. 15, 1862.
Peter Conelly, 38th Mass. Regt. ; enl. Aug. 19, 1862.
James C. Davis, Bat. F, Rhode Island Vol. ; enl. November, 1862; killed in battle of Drury's Bluff, Va., May 16, 1864.
George L. Davis, drafted July 16, 1863; died at Willet's Point, L. I., July 25, 1864, of fever occasioned by wound in the hip received near Petersburg, Va.
Irving Dickerman, Co. G, 24th Mass. Regt .; enl. 1861 ; re-enl. Jan. 4, 1864 ; disch. Jan. 20, 1866.
Ezra L. Dickerman, Co. 11, 22d Mass. Regt .; enl. 1861 ; disch. for dis- ability Feb. 7, 1864.
Charles E. Douglass, sergt. Co. B, 5thi Rhode Island Regt .; enl. 1861 ; pro. to 2d lieut. Co. F Feb. 14, 1863; disch. Dec. 22, 1864.
Hiram H. Drown, drafted July 15, 1863 ; died in camp near Brandy Station, Va., Jan. 7, 1864.
John Daley, 2d Mass. Cav .; enl. Aug. 17, 1864.
George M. Ecclestone, Co. H, 39th Mass. Regt .; enl. Ang. 15, 1862.
George E. Fuller, Battery F, Ist Rhode Island Art .; enl. Oct. 19, 1861 ; wounded at Newberne, N. C., and taken prisoner; exchanged and discharged in 1862 for disability.
Henry W. Francis, Co. F, 7th Mass. Regt .; enl. May 1, 1861 ; disch. Octo- ber, 1864.
Henry F. Frost, Co. G, 2d New York Regt .; enl. 1861 ; died of diphtheria at Fort Smith, Feb. 28, 1864.
Henry Freelove, 2d Rhode Island Cav .; enl. 1862; died in Andersonville prison, Georgia, 1864.
Alfred H. Goff, Co C, 2d Rhode Island Regt. ; enl. Nov. 15, 1861 ; wounded in battle of Salem Heights, May 3, 1863; disch. Nov. 16, 1864.
Willard J. Goff, Co. B, 127th New York Regt .; enl. August, 1862; disch. August, 1865.
George O. Goff, Co. D, 3d Rhode Island Regt .; enl. Dec. 31, 1861 ; disch. April 1, 1865.
Gamaliel B. Goff, Battery E, Ist Rhode Island Art .; enl. Sept. 30, 1861 ; disch. Jan. 29, 1863, for disability.
Henry A. Goft, Co. D, 3d Rhode Island Regt .; enl. Dec. 31, 1861 ; disch. April 1, 1865.
Jabez L. Harris, Co. C, 4th Rhode Island Regt .; enl. Sept. 9, 1861 ; disch. for disability Feb. 7, 1863.
Daniel Ilarrington, Co. C, 3d Rhode Island Cav .; enl. Oct. 10, 1863 ; disch. 1865.
Andrew Hanley, 3d Rhode Island Cav .; enl. Oct. 10, 1863; disch. 1865.
John Haley, Co. F, 3d Rhode Island Regt .; enl. August, 1861 ; disch. September, 1864.
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Nahum C. Hall, Co. H, 39th Mass. Regt .; enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Robert W. Ilayden, Co. HI, 39th Mass. Regt .; enl. Aug. 15, 1862. William E. Horton, Co. H, 39th Mass. Regt. ; enl. Aug. 15, 1862.
Nathan B. Horton, Co. II, 40th Mass. Regt. ; enl. Ang. 14, 1862; died while on a furlough, Oct. 19, 1864.
Seth A. Horton, Co. H, 40th Mass. Regt .; enl. Aug. 14, 1862; disch. July 12, 1865.
Edwin R. M. Horton, Co. A, 3d Rhode Island Regt. ; enl. Ang. 20, 1861 ; died of typhoid fever at Hilton Head, S. C., Jan. 17, 1862.
Francis W. Horton, Co. A, 3d Rhode Island Regt .; enl. Aug. 20, 1861 ; re-en1. Feb. 9, 1864; wounded and taken prisoner at Gainesville, Fla., Aug. 17, 1864; disch. Ang. 31, 1864.
Michael Higgins, Co. A, 3d Rhode Island Regt .; enl. September, 1861 ; pro. to 2d lieut. May 23, 1863; pro. to Ist lieut. February, 1864 ; disch. March 16, 1865.
Ebenezer Lane, drafted July 15, 1863; killed at Spottsylvania Court- House May 12, 1864.
James M. Lewis, 2d Rhode Island Cav .; enl. October, 1862 ; dischi. 1865.
Elbridge J. Martin, Co. C, 7th Mass. Regt. ; enl. May, 1861.
Kingsley Martin, Co. C, 7th Mass. Regt .; enl. May, 1861.
Hiram L. Martin, enl. May, 1861 ; dropped from rolls April 26, 1864.
John D. Martin, Co. H, 39th Mass. Regt .; enl. Aug. 14, 1862.
Benjamin Magill, drafted July 15, 1863.
Kennedy L. Macelroy, 38th Mass. Regt .; enl: Ang. 19, 1862.
Benjamin C. Monroe, Co. B, 58th Mass. Regt .; killed May 15, 1864, near Spottsylvania Court-House, Va.
Edward P. Murphy, 2d Mass. Cav .; enl. Aug. 29, 1862.
Thomas F. Mahan, enl. Aug. 24, 1864.
Stephen C. Moulton, Co. I, 1st Mass. Cav .; enl. Sept. 23, 1864 ; disch. Nov. 22, 1865.
George W. Parker, Battery F, Ist Rhode Island Art .; enl. Oct. 29, 1861 ; disch. Oct. 28, 1864.
Dexter D. Pierce, enl. June 6, 1861; disch. June 17, 1864.
James M. Perry, Co. I, 7th Mass. Regt. ; enl. 1861; died of wounds re- ceived in battle of Wilderness, July 28, 1864.
Edwin A. Peck, Co. H, 40th Mass. Regt .; enl. Aug. 14, 1862; died of diphtheria at Hilton Head, S. C., Jan. 5, 1864.
Wheaton Pierce, Co. H, 40th Mass. Regt .; enl. Ang. 14, 1862; killed by shell at battle of Cold Harbor, Va., June 6, 1864.
George G. Peck, Co. D, 7th Mass. Regt .; enl. May, 1861 ; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps Sept. 30, 1863.
Alden Potter, Co. II, 39th Mass. Regt .; enl. Aug. 15, 1862.
John C. Paine, 4th Mass. Cav. ; enl. Jan. 7, 1864; disch. Nov. 14, 1865.
Gersnom R. Rounds, en]. Aug. 14, 1862 ; disch. Sept. 10, 1864, for disa- bility.
Francis H. Simmons, Co. F, 29th Mass. Regt .; enl. Jan. 7, 1862; died of fever at Harper's Ferry, Va., Oct. 12, 1862.
Edward P. L. Sherman, Co. H. 40th Mass. Regt .; enl. Aug. 14, 1862 ; died at Fort Independence, Boston, 1863.
John Q. A. Sylvester, Co. II, 39th Mass. Regt .; enl. Aug. 18, 1862.
John Shanahan, 38th Mass. Regt .; enl. Aug. 19, 1862.
John J. Thayer, Co. I, 7th Mass. Regt .; enl. May, 1861 ; disch. Dec. 29, 1863, for disability.
Francis W. Thurber, Co. H, 40th Mass. Regt. ; enl. Aug. 14, 1862; disch. July 3, 1865.
Nathaniel Thurber, Co. G, 29th Mass. Regt .; enl. Dec. 9, 1861; disch. Feb. 12, 1863, for disability.
George H. Thrasher, Co. B, 58th Mass. Regt .; enl. Dec. 29, 1863; disch. June 20, 1865.
Alexander F. Valett, Co. H, 7th Mass. Regt .; enl. May, 1861; disch. July 5, 1864.
Cyrus M. Wheaton, Jr., Ist lieut. Co. B, 18th Mass. Regt .; enl. July 10, 1861 ; died at Providence, R. I., June 26, 1862.
Parmenus E. Wheeler, 24th Mass. Regt.
Arnold A. Walker, 1st Rhode Island Battery ; enl. May, 1861 ; died in hospital in Washington, Feb. 19, 1863.
Erastus F. Williams, Co. H, 40th Mass. Regt .; enl. Aug. 14, 1862; disch. Sept. 5, 1864, for disability.
Seamen.
Alexander Davis, enl. Sept. 18, 1862, on flag-ship " Lancaster;" disch. Sept. 22, 1863.
William II. Rounds, enl. 1862, ship "Colorado;" disch. Feb. 10, 1864.
EIGHTEENTHI MASSACHUSETTS (UNATTACHED), ONE YEAR.
Otis A. Baker, capt., enl. Dec. 10, 1864; disch. May 12, 1865.
Joshua S. Bliss, 1st sergt., enl. Dec. 10, 1864 ; disch. May 12, 1865.
William Il. Luther, sergt., enl. Dec. 10, 1864 ; disch. May 12, 1865. Joseph W. Lake, corp , enl. Dec. 10, 1864: disch. May 12, 1865.
Herbert A. Whitaker, drummer, enl. Dec. 10, 1864 ; disch. May 12, 1865. George E. Curtis, enl. Dec. 10, 1864; disch. May 12, 1865. Thomas Hill, enl. Dec. 10, 1864; disch. May 12, 1865. John Haley, enl. Dec. 10, 1864 ; disch. May 12, 1865. Melvin G. Leonard, enl. Dec. 10, 1864 ; disch. May 12, 1865. James J. Thacker, enl. Dec. 10, 1864; disch. May 12, 1865.
OTHER ONE YEAR'S MEN.
William A. Brownly, 7th Mass. Batt. ; enl. Dec. 1, 1864.
Henry J. Brown, Glst Mass. Regt. ; enl. Aug. 29, 1864.
George W. Bennett, 61st Mass. Regt .; enl. Nov. 18, 1864.
George II. Bosworth, 5th Mass. Cav .; enl. March 4, 1864. John J. Clark, 61st Mass. Regt .; enl. Ang. 27, 1864.
David Crane, Ist Mass. Cav. ; enl. Aug. 26, 1864. Martin V. Drury, 61st Mass. Regt .; enl. Nov. 23, 1864. John Dwelly, 2d Mass. H. A .; enl. Sept. 7, 1864.
Alvanus F. Davis, 61st Mass. Regt .; enl. Aug. 29, 1864. Patrick Foran, 10th Mass. Batt .; enl. Nov. 22, 1864.
Sylvanus Frost, 1st Mass. H. A .; enl. Aug. 26, 1864.
William H. Fay, 28th Mass. Regt .; enl. March 18, 1864. Lewis Fullen, 5th Mass. Cav .; enl. March 4, 1864.
James F. Gillspie, 23d Mass. Regt .; enl. Nov. 25, 1864. George Hayward, 61st Mass. Regt .; enl. August, 1864.
Patrick Hanvan, II. A .; enl. Aug. 26, 1864.
Charles Hill, 3d Mass. Cav .; enl. March 16, 1864. L. Jansen, 3d Mass. Cav .; enl. March 18, 1864. Charles Lasson, 28th Mass. Regt .; enl. March 16, 1864. Clarence McAllister, 6Ist Mass. Regt. ; enl. Sept. 1, 1864. Paul McHenry, 3d Mass. H. A .; enl. Nov. 16, 1864.
Charles W. Magoon, 16th Un. H. A .; en1. Aug. 25, 1864. John Macdonald, 61st Mass. Regt .; enl. Aug. 19, 1864. Edward McKenney, 3d Mass. Cav .; enl. Aug. 24, 1864.
John O'Brien, 61st Mass. Regt. ; enl. Nov. 21, 1864.
Jens Oslen, 3d Mass. Cav .; enl. March 18, 1864.
George M. Pay, 61st Mass. Regt .; enl. Aug. 21, 1864.
Alonzo A. Peacock, enl. Aug. 18, 1864.
Alexander Philips, Ist Mass. Cav .; enl. Aug. 9, 1864.
Theodore Stienels, 19th Mass. Regt .; enl. Nov. 18, 1864.
John Thorp, enl. Nov. 15, 1864.
John W. Towle, 61st Mass. Regt .; enl. Aug. 29, 1864.
John M. Tucker, 2d Mass. Cav .; enl. March 16, 1864.
William H. Prissell, 3d Mass. Cav .; enl. March 17, 1864.
Charl Ulribren, 3d Mass. Cav .; enl. March 18, 1864.
DRAFTED MEN JULY 15, 1863.
James B. Ilorton, Hiram H. Brown, Taylor Phillips, Charles HI. Horton, William J. Tren, Dexter J. Horton, Parvis B. Horton, Christopher T. Brown, Jabez L. Harris, James Baker, George T. Davis, John D. Thatcher, George HI. Kent, Ilenry C. Goff, Granville S. Bower, Albert S. Horton, John HI. Earle, Josephus W. Horton, Benjamin Magill, George Horton, Samuel B. Haskins, Daniel S. Cole, Daniel H. Hor- ton, Nathan W. Pierce, Charles H. Goff, John Baker (2d), George C. Goff, William HI. Marvel, lIenry W. Barney, Albert Bowen, Gilbert Horton, George L. Davis, Frederic H. Brown, Edward Apply, Eph- raim Tripp, Charles Horton, Calvin J. W. Bullock, Rufus P. Hor- tou, Lloyd B. Pierce, Constant P. Goff, George S. Barney, Ebenezer Lane.
Nathaniel B. Horten, enrolling and recruiting officer.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
WILLIAM W. BLANDING.
William W. Blanding is descended from one of the oldest families of Rehoboth. William Blanding, LL.D., of San Francisco, Cal., has contributed the following facts concerning the ancestral history of the Blanding family: William Blanding, who was probably the progenitor of those who bear the name in this country, came from Upton, county of Wor-
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cester, England, in 1640. He settled in Boston, and was made a freeman in 1641. He owned lands in that part of Boston now Brookline, and was interested in the iron-works of Taunton. In 1643 and 1648 he was a member of the Grand Inquest of the colony, and in 1646 and 1651 was a deputy to the Plymouth Colony Court. He had a brother Joseph, who was one of the most active shipmasters of that time, and . in 1645 commanded the ship "Lyon," of London, and brought many emigrants to this country.
William Blanding in his will refers to another brother, Ralph, residing in Upton-on-Severn, Wor- cestershire, England. William married Phœbe -. They had three children, two daughters-Mary and Phobe, who inherited most of his property-and one son, William.
This son married Bethia Wheaton, Sept. 4, 1674. Their children were William, born May 2, 1676; Samuel, born April 11, 1680 ; Obadiah, born April 15, 1683; Daniel, born Oct. 25, 1685; John, born June 20, 1687 ; Ephraim, born Oct. 20, 1689; and Noah, born in 1690. We find, upon consulting the town rec- ords of Rehoboth, that this William Blanding, Jr., and Elizabeth Perry were married October, 1708. Their children were Elizabeth, born Jan. 12, 1710; William, born Dec. 17, 1712; Esther, born Sept. 20, 1714; Mehitable, born Dec. 11, 1717; Bethia, born Oct. 26, 1719; Sybil, born Sept. 16, 1721; Rachel, born Sept. 3, 1723. William Blanding died Nov. 25, 1724. His son William married Sarah - Their children were Lois, born Feb. 1, 1741 or 1742; Eben- ezer, born April 2, 1744; Lucy, born March 8, 1745 or 1746; William, born Feb. 27, 1747 or 1748 ; Shubael, born Sept. 19, 1750; Ebenezer, born Feb. 26, 1754; Christopher, born Nov. 1, 1756. His son William married Lydia Ormsbee, July 5, 1772. Their chil- dren were William, born Feb. 7, 1773; Abraham, born Nov. 18, 1775; Lydia, born Feb. 22, 1778; James, born Oct. 12, 1781 ; Lucy, born Oct. 31, 1783; Reu- ben, March 17, 1786; Reuben (2d), born Feb. 6, 1789; Susannah, born March 8, 1790; Lephe, born April 12, 1793. He was by occupation a shoemaker. He was a much-respected citizen of the community, and was for several years steward of Brown Uni- versity, at which institution two of his sons, William and Abraham, graduated. He died June 12, 1830. His wife died Ang. 30, 1835, at the age of eighty-five. Of their children, William became a physician and also an enthusiastic naturalist; he died Oct. 12, 1857.
James Blanding was married April 24, 1811, to Elizabeth Carpenter, daughter of Caleb and Eliza- beth (Bullock) Carpenter. Their children were Susannah C., born March 12, 1812; Elizabeth P., born April 6, 1814; Nancy A., born May 13, 1816; Juliet M., born May 8, 1818; William W., born Nov. 1, 1820; Abraham O., born April 28, 1823; Lephe H., born Feb. 9, 1825; Sarah M., born June 21,1827.
James Blanding, though receiving in his youth
only a common school education, yet he became a man of decided literary tastes and a great reader. He was also a man of good business qualification and ability. By occupation a surveyor, he made a num- ber of important surveys in his native town, and also did much in that line in adjacent towns. He was also a farmer, and was town clerk of Rehoboth about thirty years. In politics he was a Whig, and in religious belief a Congregationalist, though not a member of any church organization. He was a liberal supporter of the public press, and a man of advanced ideas. Though his years were spent in the quiet walks of a private life, yet he left an enduring monument be- hind him in the hearts of his fellow-men. He died June 28, 1870, and Mrs. Blanding died Nov. 16, 1865.
William W. Blanding, as before remarked, is de- scended from one of our oldest families. This is doubly true, for on the maternal side the line of an- cestry is perhaps even more ancient and prominent. Few names in the history of early colonial days ap- pear more frequently or with more honorable men- tion than that of Carpenter. They are also a family noted for their longevity. Elizabeth Carpenter, Mr. Blanding's grandmother, at the time of her death (1838) was in her one hundred and first year, and of eight of her children living at time of her decease their ages ranged from fifty-four years to seventy- seven years. (For ancient history of Carpenter family see another part of this volume.)
William W. received the usual common school ad- vantages, and also attended one or two terms a select school. Owing to financial embarrassments in the property affairs of his father, caused by indorsing paper for others, young Blanding had early to con- tribute his quota of labor on the homestead, and thus render practical aid in the support of the family. In 1846, Wiilliam Blanding (uncle of William W.) re- moved to the Blanding homestead, having formerly purchased the same, and William W. made his home with this uncle, and took care of him until his death. In fact, Mr. Blanding's life has been mainly devoted to the care and support of other members of his family, and this is the principal reason why he has remained unmarried to the present time.
Upon the demise of his uncle, 1857, he came into the possession of the homestead, then a compara- tively worthless estate. Since that time, through Mr. Blanding's enterprise and industry, it has been made one of the most beautiful and desirable homes in the town. From an unproductive and unprofit- able expanse of hill and dale he has converted it into a fertile, paying, and valuable farm. If the oft- quoted saying be true that " he who causes two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before is a pub- lic benefactor," then Mr. Blanding is certainly enti- tled to credit for the work he has done. He has not been a seeker of official honors, yet his fellow-citizens have honored him with a number of public trusts.
William M. Blanding
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He has been selectman, assessor, and overseer of the poor, town and church treasurer, etc. He is an active member of the Congregational Church of Rehoboth, and in political creed a Republican. He has proved himself a loving and self-sacrificing brother and son, and is esteemed as a useful citizen of the community.
CAPT. GEORGE W. BLISS.
Capt. George W. Bliss is the son of Capt. Asaph Bliss, of Rehoboth, and Abigail, daughter of George and Mercy Williams ; she was born Jan. 30, 1781, and died Nov. 4, 1825. He (Capt. Asaph) was born Dec. 5, 1772, and died Sept. 14, 1857. They were married Nov. 25, 1803. Their children were Abby, born 1804, died in in- fancy; Abby Williams, born March 19, 1805, married, June 13, 1826, Abel Carpenter, by whom she had four children ; Asaph Leonard, born July 13, 1806, died Dec. 6, 1861 ; George Williams (subject of illustration) ; Nelson Smith, born Sept. 19, 1813, by occupation a carpenter, died at Mobile, Ala., Sept. 5, 1839; and Rosina, born Dec. 4, 1816, married Erwin J. Baker, of Utica, N. Y., resides in Seekonk, Mass., and has five children living. Capt. Asaph's father was Deacon Jacob Bliss, of Rehoboth, born Feb. 16, 1732, died March 3, 1807. His mother was Judith Smith, born April 19, 1732, and died Oct. 1, 1815. Deacon Jacob had seven children,-Chloe, Judith, Bethiah, Jacob, Rachel, Lucy, and Asaph. Deacon Jacob was a son of Daniel Bliss, of Rehoboth, and Miriam Carpenter. (For a more extended genealogy of the Bliss family, see another part of this volume ; also a most excellent work by John Homer Bliss entitled, "Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America.")
Capt. George W. Bliss was born Sept. 3, 1810, was reared a farmer's son, and taught to labor in that vocation. He had the usual advantages of the schools of his neighborhood, supplemented by a course at Pawtucket Academy. After leaving school he re- sumed his farm labor, working on the farm during the summer season and teaching school winters. This he continued ten years. At the age of twenty-nine he left his native State and went to Florida, where he became engaged somewhat extensively in the lumber business, building a saw-mill in copartnership with his brother-in-law, Caleb Bowen. They were quite successful in the prosecution of their business, but Mr. Bowen died, and upon his demise Mr. Bliss sold out his business and returned to his native Reho- both, where he purchased the interests of the other heirs to his father's estate, and engaged in farming. About two years after his return from Florida he es- tablished a meat-market at Pawtucket, which he continued five years, when he relinquished this pur- suit and once more devoted his entire attention to agriculture, which business he has since followed un- remittingly through life. In business affairs Capt. Bliss has been a successful man, and now in his old
age is surrounded by all the comforts of life, and en- joys what is better still, the esteem and friendship of all who know him. He was a militiaman of the old school, when honor was attached to the calling, and when rank and appointment were evidence of superior ability and merit. At the age of twenty-two he was chosen captain, and served in that capacity six years. He was the chosen major of the regiment, which position he held at the time of his migration to Florida.
The title of captain has clung to him through life. As an instructor of youth he was ranked among the best. He has held the positions of selectmen, as- sessor, and overseer of the poor eight years each, and has been justice of the peace thirty-one years. He was married, Oct. 6, 1834, to Betsey, daughter of Uriah and Sally (Carpenter) Bowen, of Attleborough, Mass. She was born July 30, 1812, and died Jan. 23, 1853. Their children are George William, born Oct. 18, 1835; Wheaton Leonard, born Dec. 22, 1837 ; Warren Smith, born June 9, 1840; Warren Smith2, born Jan. 1, 1845; James Walter, born Jan. 27, 1847; and Henry Winslow, born Oct. 29, 1849. Capt. Bliss married for his second wife Julia Ann Car- penter, of Rehoboth, Oct. 26, 1853. She was born March 30, 1808, and died Dec. 15, 1865. They had one child, Betsy Ann, born March 20, 1856. Capt. Bliss married as his third wife Julia Ann (daughter of Joseph A. and Eunice C.) Tiffany, June 4, 1867. She was born April 16, 1825. Both are yet living (1882). Of Capt. Bliss' children, the eldest, George William, married, Sept. 8, 1859, to Mary K., daugh- ter of Jefferson and Hannah Daggett, of Pawtucket, where she was born, 1837. Their children are Susie P., Eva W., George Edwin, and Mary Williams. Wheaton Leonard served two years in Company A, Seventeenth Massachusetts Infantry, during the great Rebellion. He was married, April 21, 1867, to Laura A. P., daughter of Noah and Olive (Medbery) Bliss, of Rehoboth. They have no children. He is a far- mer in Attleborough, Mass. Warren Smith' died in childhood. Warren Smith2 married, in Nantucket, Mass., July, 1872, Mary F., daughter of George W. and Mary Jenks. He died at Gainesville, Fla., Aug. 1, 1876. They had two children, one who died in infancy, and Mabel Warren. The widow resides in Nantucket. J. Walter resides with his father at the old homestead, and is unmarried. Henry Wilson married, Oct. 10, 1873, Annie Goff, of Providence, where he now resides. He is by occupation a tin- smith. Betsey Ann married, Feb. 20, 1879, William B. Colwell, of Johnston, R. I.
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