History of Essex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. I, Part 152

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton), ed. n 85042884-1
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1538

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* Isaac Bodwell, corp ..

David A. Gilford 36

Edgar M. Riggs.

John M. Hines. 21

John N. Thompson 30

Edward Kelley 26

Herbert W. Very 22

James W. Lowe 19 George Webster 23

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James Hill.

Charles W. Allen. 20

John H. Howard.

Edwin Bailey. 25

William Lufkin

Henry T. Briggs. 21

Joseph C. Munsey.

William Burroughs. 28

James D. North

Jacob Burton.

Chas. H. Phippen.

George M. Crowell 29

George H. Fuller. 25

Robert Smith 20

John T. Gilman. 19

Mendall S. Webber 23

In Company H of the same regiment, the Salem City Guards, were these :

Age.

Wm. F. Bickford 23

Henry H. Richardson. 20

Charles W. Chase

Wm. H. Richardson. 22

* Charles F. Brown, corp. 27

* James Cochrane, corp ...... 23

1 Enlisted as Ist lieut., promoted major 56th infantry ; died of wounds.

These men arrived at Annapolis April 24th, and were mustered into United States service as stated. They bore an honored part in the disastrous battle of Bull Run, July 21st, exactly three months after the regiment left Faneuil Hall. Henry T. Briggs was there taken prisoner, and was exchanged in 1862.

A list of Danvers volunteers in the three years' regiments :

Frank Scampton.

Nathan'l K. Wells.

Cornelius Sullivan.

George T. Whitney.

Patrick F. Shea.

Joseph F. Wiggin.

Joseplı T. Smart.

Charles H. Young.

Edward Splane.

A special meeting was called a week before Deco- ration Day, 1872, to see if the town would appropriate a sum of money in aid of Post 90, G. A. R., for the expenses of Memorial Day, and by a vote of eighty- four to two, two hundred dollars was appropriated. Each subsequent year at the annual meeting an amount varying from one hundred and fifty to two hundred dollars has been devoted to this purpose. Ward Post, 90, G. A. R., was organized June 8, 1869.

The list of Danvers volunteers which follows is made up chiefly from the official lists of Massachu- setts volunteers compiled by Adjutant-General Schou- ler. These two large volumes contain a hundred and fifty thousand names, more or less, arranged only ac- cording to organization, and not according to towns, and therefore a close scrutiny of the entire list has been necessary to ascertain every Danvers volunteer credited to the quota of the State. It is thought that no omissions have been made. Some errors have been noticed and corrected; if others appear, the responsibility muist rest on the official anthority, referred to. The figures opposite the names give the age of first enlistment.

The members of the Danvers Light Infantry and of the Putnam Guards were not the first volunteers from Danvers. A number enlisted in the two Salem companies assigned to the Fifth Regiment, three months' men, mustered in May 1, 1861. In Company A, known as the Salem Mechanic Light Infantry, were these :

Age.

James H. Sleeper, corporal ..... 32

Lyman D. Crosby. 23

Chas. W. Ricker

Henry Sloper. 29

* Allen Nourse, sergt.

538

HISTORY OF ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS

Age.

· David Cook, corp .... 35 Matthew C. West, Co. A ....... 32

* David H. Ogden, corp .. 23

Patrick Sexton, pr., corp. 20 George C. Wilson, musicinn. 18

Charles Hartman, tunsician.

Privates.

Age.

* Samuel D. Benson. 23

* Lewie D. Moore. 18 * Charles II. Burchstead, 22

* George H. Moulton. 28

Andrew Mullen

* John Muadie. 27

Martin Murray .. 20

Owen Murphy. 23

John L. Cunningham 31

* James W. Dickey 19

Edward North

* David Pettingill 31

* Richard Poor. 19

* Nathaniel W. Pops.

James Prince.

Charles H. Putoanı

Age.

Chas. D. Bedell, Co. D. 2L

John Smith, Co. D

George W. Field, Co. D.

Thirty-second Regiment.

Warren Thomas, Co. D. 28

Thirty-third Regiment.

Age.

1 Age.

Jas. Hill, sgt., Co. C. 22

GeD. O. Smith, corp., Co. C .... 40

Joseph McKenney, Co. F 23

John J. Smith, Co. F 22

Patrick Dunlay, Co. K

Richard Landers, Co. E. 22

Thirty-fifth Regiment. Age.

Ags.

Daniel J. Preston, 1

Edgar M. Riggs, 2d Lient ..... 25

COMPANY F.

Jas. H. Ham, corp. 24

Seth S. Stetson, corp. 23

Wm. G. Colcord. 20

Lewis W. Day 29

Henry G. Dockham 43

Chas. W. Dodge 25

Chas. E. M. Welch

John F. Eveleth 19

George T. Whitney.

James A. Green. 21

Thomas E. Green.

Oliver P. Wiggin ..

Josspb Wood.

Wm. H. James, recruit

Thirty-eighth Regiment.

George W. Stanley, unassigned recruit ......... 24

Thirty-ninth Regiment. Age.

Age.

Chas. W. Hanson, sergt .- major. 26

John H. Perkins, Co. A

...

Fortieth Regiment. Age.

Age.

Patrick Brannan, corp., Co. B. 22

John Rosenthal, corp., Co. B. 18

Henry Fish, Co. B. 45

Win. W. Jessup, Co. B 18

Wm. 11. Parker, Co. B .. 31

Samnel M. Porter, Co. B. 40

Wm. F. Twiss, Co. B. 31

George Woodman Co. B. 35

Chas. W. Benjamin, Co. B. 27

Wm. II. Channell, Co. B. 29

George H. Day, Jr., Co. B. 18

Stephen S. Dny, Co. B 37

Age.

Alonzo P. Dodge, sgt., Co. G .. 23 Tristram C. Jeffs, corp., Co. G. 33

Daniel Fuller, corp. Co. B 22 Jacob Bradbury, Co. G .. 41 Richard Hood, Co. G. 58 19

Francis S. Dodge, corp. Co. F. 19 Chas. P. Trask, Co. G ..

Francis S. Caird, Co. F 24

Jeremiah Conk, Co. F. 35

Abraham North, Co. K. 35

Geo. IT. S. Driver, Co. F. 19 Isaac N. Roberts, Co. K 28

Richard B. Withey, Co. K. 25

Twenty-fourth Regiment.

David H. Cunningham, Co. E 18

Twenty-sixth Regiment.

George T. Welch, Co. B. 20

Twenty-eighth Regiment. Age.

Age.

Jeremiah Murphy, Co. A ...... 26

Patrick R. O'Grady, Co. E ......

John Dowdall, Co. E. 20

Twenty ninth Regiment. .

* Rufus Hart

* Thomas Hartman 19

James A. Holt. 31

* Daniel A. Ilyde .. 38

* Thomas Hynd. 41

Andrew Kelly. 40 35

John Kelly

* George Scampton 32

* Jackson Kennedy 31 Joseph E. Shaw, 18 * Ezra D. Kimball. 23 * John Shackley. 33 28 Michael Kirby 21 * Daniel Smith. 20

* David P. Lang 24

Joseph Leavitt 42 Jeremiah Toomey.

** Patrick Toomey

* Patrick Trainer. 19

* Ezra W. Watson. 2.

Charles F. Wells. 18

* Alexander Mon 43 Edwin G. Wells 18

* George E. Moore. 24

Edwin F. Welsh. 38

* Henry R. Wiggin 43

* Joseph F. Wiggin, 37

* Frederick Wright .. 28 John K. Moore 31

In the list of original members of the Light Infan- try Company are these names which do not appear above :

Edward Murphy. Wm. W. Flynn.

Jonas S. Monros.

Jona Fogg.

Alden C. Shaw.

Thos. A. Musgrave.

John P. Stiles.

Peirce Butler.

Florence H. Crowley.

Geo. R. Wentworth.

Newell Durgin.

Wm. Sillars.

George W. Elliott. Geo. S. Lowe.

Nineteenth Regiment.

Age.

John N. Thompson, Co. B ..... 30

John Berry, Co. H. ... 18

Robert W. Putnam, Co. F 18

Joshua Berry, Co. H. 28

Lavi Trask, Co. II. 44

Twentieth Regiment.

Age.

Robert McKenney, Co. II 34

John T. Brown, Co. K .. 33

Twenty-second Regiment.

Age.

Daniel P. Clough, Co. A 18

John H. Moser, Co. D .. 19

Samuel F. Pray, Co. D. 23

Twenty-third Regiment.

Age.

Isaac N. Roberts, hosp. stow .. 28

James W. Kelley, Co. A. 28 William Webber, Co. A .. 18

Thos. B. Kolley, Co. A .. 19

Moses A. Kent, Co. A 20 Nathaniel W. Chaplin, Co. A. 23

Albert Kimball, Co. A ... 18

Jefferson Nichols, Co. A 35

Henry If. Richardson, Co. A .. 22 Benj. M. Tuller, Co. A ... 18

W. H. Richardson, Co. A. .. 22

Age.

Abel N. Tyler, Co. A 18

Geo. D. Chonte, sgt. Co. C ..... 28

* Archibald Morrison. 25 Charles II. Field, Co. F 46

* Joseph N. Burchstead .. 29

* James H, Burrows. 25

Simeon Coffin ... 21

* Wm. R. Crawford. 19

Wm. 11. Croft. 17

* George H. Dolo, 28

* Samuel W. Durgio 22 Joshuu Goss .. 43 * George W. Goss 18 26

23 29 21 23 23

* George F. Putnam.

* Wm. Reynolds.

* Michael Riley 30

John A. Roberts. 18

Frank Scampton 39

* Philip Sullivan

* James E. Lowell. 22

* Melville Maley. 18

John McCreary 36

Joseph E. Hood

Samuel L. Knight. 26

Charles P. Le Gro. 25

Christopher Metzgar 19

Wm. A. Peabody 21

Israel Roach 38

Jonas M. Rollins. 32

Levi A. Trask 21

Lewis Verry. 34

Jonathan E. Whitehouse. 21

George W. Hanson

Ambrose Hinds.

Wo. S. Evans, Co. A ..

Sam'l P. Withey, muc., Co. B. 18

Joseph E. Annis, Co. B .... 32

Edwin Beckford, Co. B. 19

Horace Beckford, Co. B .. 20

Charles A. Young, Co. B 21

Charles E. Meader, Co. K 18

Lorenzo A. Quint, Co. K 32

Fifty-sixth Regiment. Wallace A. Putnam. (See Tenth Regiment.)

1 Eulisted Ist Lieutenant, aged 45, promoted Captain, and December 6, 1863, commissioned Major 36th U. S. Col. Inf.

Edward Rlaks, Co. A .. 20

Wm. A. Chaplin, Co. A ... 18 Albert T. Cressey, Co. A. 18

James Kolley, Co. A 45 Joseph Blake, corp., Co. A .. 22

Edwin Starkey, Co. D. 15

Thomas Cald well, Co. E 34

Age.

John Smith, Co. E. 28

James Hopkins, Co. C ... 18

James Reynolds, Co. C .. 18

* James Les. 22

* John Moore 23

* John B. Moores 26

Wm. J. Murphy 27 19

Georgo Newhall, Co. F. 20

Chus. Annable, Co. K. 34

George II. Dwinell, Co. B 25

John Withey. corp., Co. B ...... 44

539

DANVERS.

Fifty-ninth Regiment.

Thomas Carney, Co. I. 42

FIRST REGIMENT HEAVY ARTILLERY (three years). - Those marked with a star were original members of the " Putnam Guards." Age.

* Elbridge W. Guilford, sergt., 2d lieut., Ist lieut., Co. A 33

James Skene, Co. B. 30

Frauk W. Tuggard, 2d lieut., Ist lieut., Co. D. 25

Henry P. Fowler, sergt., 2d lient., Co. D. 22 Charles H. Masury, sergt., 2d lieut., Co. D. 19

John P. Withey, pr., sergt., Co. D. 21

William F. Beckford, corp., Co. D. 24

Charles R. Brown, corp., Co. D 21

James Murray, corp., Co. D 21

George H. Chaplin, Co. D 21

William II. Dockham, Co. D 21

Charles W. C. Goudy, Co. D. 21 Eversou Hall, Co. D. 30

John M. Hines, Co. D. 21

Charles L. McGill, Co. D. 21

George O. Shattuck, Co. D. 34 Daniel R. Usher, Co. D. 23

Daniel Berry, Co. H.

* Charles H. Adams, Ist lieut., Co. K 24

Edward Murphy, Co. L 22

Nathaniel K. Wells, corp., Co. M ... 22

Samuel P. Richardson, Co. M Company I.

* Arthur A. Putnam, capt. 30

* Jonathan B. Hadson, sergt., 2d lieut., Ist lieut., capt. 32

* William J. Roome, 2d lieut., Ist lieut. 22

* James Mack, sergt., 1st lieut. 31

* George W. Kenney, 2d lieut

* Andrew O. Carter, sergt., 2d lieut.

Charles F. Kelley, pr., sergt. 24

* George G. Clark, pr., sergt.

* Charles A. Shepard, pr., sergt. 28

* William H. Shirley, pr., sergt. 28

* George E. Smith, sergt. 26

Edward Callahan, corp. 21

William F. Davis, pr., corp. 23

* Edward W. Thomas, pr., corp. 27

* Sidney M. Pearson, corp. 25

Benjamiu D. Miles, corp. 30

* John G. Weeden, corp 32

Privates.

Age.

* Hector A. Aikeu. 32

George H. Jones 18

* Chas. G. Ausenberger. 25 * Frank S. Kittredge. 23

* George D. Batchelder. 19

* Samuel F. Lefflau 24

* Chas. E. Brown 23 George S. Low.

Gustavus Brown

Thomas Maloney 21

* John Merrill. 26

* John Metzgar. 27

Wm. Cunningham. 19

* Oscar F. Curtis. 22

* William C. Dale 22

* Elbridge G. Pearson 27

* Franklin Perkins 25

# George W. Perkins. 29

* Isaac O. Evaus. 18 George Peterson 21

* Nehemiah P. Fiske. 20

George E. Fleet. 32 * Charles W. Sheldon. 26

Edwin A. Fuller 40

* Edwin I. Getchell 22 Daniel H. Smith 26

* John Goodwin 37

* Warren F. Goodwin 18

Orlando C. Guppy 26 George W. Stevenson 25

* James H. Ham 21

$ Albert Henderson. 22 Angus Ward. 23

John V. Hennessey 22 * William Ward. 28

Charles Hiller 22 * Robert Weigand 26

& John Hobbs. 20 # John Westcott 26

$ Levi H. Howard 42

* James F. Whittier. 21

* Carlton Woodward. 21

Names of original members of the "Putnam Guards" not given above, are Thomas Turney, corp., George Beard, Frank A. Burrill, John F. Dudley, Ezra S. Dudley, George A. Dodge, Edwin E. Dodge, George G. Esty, Charles M. Goodwin, Wm. Johnson Charles F. Jordan, Albert F. Putnam, Addison W. Putnam, Kendall F. Richardson, Philemon R. Rus- sell, Jr., Wm. Shackley, Ira T. Trask, John E. Tiney, drummer, John Wesel.

SECOND REGIMENT, HEAVY ARTILLERY.

Age.

Nehemiah P. Fuller, capt., major. 33

Arthur A. Putuam, Ist lieut , capt 25

Charles H. Adams, 2d lieut. 27 Archelaus P. B. Kelly, Co. A. 16

George A. Elliott, sergt., Co. B. 25

Abraham North, sergt., Co. B 39

Albert D. Webber, corp., Co. B. 21

Richard P. Abbott, Co. B. 25

Samuel D. Benson, Co. B 25

George Il. Fuller, Co. B. 26

James H. Kelley, Co. B. 18

Edwin H. Marshall, Co. B 25

Henry Maud, Co. B 37

Stephen W. Roberts, Co. B

William 11. Stetson, corp., Co. C .. 29

George D. Goldthwait, Co. D 32

Abraham North, Co. D 39

Wm. H. Southwick, Co. D. 26

Joseph G. Whitehouse, Co. D. 30

Addison W. Fowler, sergt., Co. E. 22

John McCoy, Co. E 39

John Shackley, Co. E

Henry Sloper, Co. E 31

Joseph Leavitt, Co. F 43

Edward P. Mayhew, Co. F. 18

Wm. Brown, Co. G. 19

Company K. Age.

Age.

Charles H. Adams, Jr., sergt .... 26

Geo. W. Jellison 18

Franklin JohosoG 18

Chas. T. Mosier. 18

Allen Peabody 44

Jos. S. Peabody. 18

Shepard Pierce. 18

Orion W. Clough 18

John F. Pillsbury 22

Alonzo A. Rackliffe 18

Albert A. Fowler

Amasa L. Ross

George A. Freeze. 31

Albert Spaulding. 18

Andrew J. Goodwin. 21

Fredk. T. Stone. 18

Eben J. Griffin.

Robert Tough

Wm. H. Weeks.

THIRD REGIMENT HEAVY ARTILLERY.

Edward Mitchell, 2d lieut 26

William O. Blake, Co. D. 26

Edward Mitchell, sergt., Co. F. 26

Joseph luman, Co. F 23

Benjamin F. Larrabee, Co. F. 28

Frederick Marr, Co. F 20

Edwin F. Morrill, Co. F 18

Prince W. Nash, Co. F. 18

Thomas Nugent, Co F 37

John P. Thomas, Co. G 21

William H. Chadwick, corp., Co. H 27

Henry G. Abbott, Co H 22

Henry T. Briggs, Co. H 22

James Finnekin, Co. H 35

Joshua Goss, Co. H 41

Ezra D. Kimball, Co. H

Solomon B. Lane, Co. H 31

Thomas McKeag, Co. H

John A. Roberts, Co. H. 19

Daniel P. Clough, sergt .. 19

Fredk. A. Wentworth, sergt. 24

Wm. S. Forrest, corp .... 42

Ezra W. Watson, corp 26

Henry F. Allen 18

James M. Collins 23

* Henry T. Chalk 23

Frank B. Colby .. 21

# William H. Moser 44 25

* Oliver A. Plummer. 27

* William E. Sheldon 27

* David Smith 29

* James C. Smith 23

* Milford Tedford 18

* James Drysdale. 35

* George W. Earle. 24

Charles Hurd. 22

# George Ingraham.

* Simon Murray Age.

John C. Harris. 23

540

HISTORY OF ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.

Douglas R. Wilson, Co. HI.

Albert Woodbury, Co. II. 26

Calvin F. Richardson, Co. M 21

John Shea, Co. M. 40

Ansel C. Smart, C'o. M. 18

John Stowell, Co. M. 20

William Il. Mosier, Co. M.

FOURTII REGIMENT HEAVY ARTILLERY.

Company A.

Age.

John Ambrose 21

Edward F. Gourley 23

Thomas IT. Bailey 25

Benj. F. Grover. 23

Wallace Bailey. 20

Charles A. Guppy. 23

Elbridge Cothran 21 John Kelly 22

Eben F. Creesy 22

Elbridge Kennedy

Florence II. Crowley 21

Charles Newhall.

Timothy D. Crowley. 18

Albert Parry

Lewis W. Day 30

Joseph F. Pitman, 18

Stephen S. Day 41

William B. Ross. 28

Thomas 11. Dodge. 19

Jacob C. Spaulding 21

John S. George

Joha Q. Welch

Thomas B. George. 27 Douglass R. Wilson 22

Two companies of sharpshooters, three years' men, were recruited at Lynnfield, and left for Washington in December, 1861. In the first company, which was ordered to report to General Lander near Maryland Heights were the following Danvers men :

Age.

Chas. N. Ingalls, sergt. 40

Joseph T. Smart 30

Austia Upton, corp 37

Alfred M. Trask. 21

David S. Huse. 18

Austin Uptou. 35

llorace Kimball 34

Samuel A. Waitt. 28

In the second company, attached to the Twenty- second Regiment Infantry, were these :

Age.

Wm. I. Adams 34

Richard Goss. 40

George Beard. 35

Hiram B. Keaniston 36 Moses Deland. 22

In the Salem Cadets, which organization performed garrison duty in Boston Harbor from May 26, 1862, to October 11, 1862. were these Danvers men :

Age.

Eben F. Creesy 20

Alonzo Gray 24

Florence II. Crowley. 19

Samuel F. Gray, 27

John G. Dervaa. 19

Arthur C. Kenney 23

George F. Dockham 18

John T. Ross. 32

Addison W. Fowler. 21 Charles F. Slecper 25

In Company B, of the Seventh Regiment Infantry (six months), July 1, 1862, to December 31, 1862, were :

Age.

Geo. M. Crowell, sergt ..... 29

Alexander Caird. 19

John II. Howard, corp .... 20

Warren P. Dodge. 23

Henry Sloper, corp ... 29

Richard Poor. 19

The company of Danvers men previously referred to as having been recruited in the summer of 1862, was as follows:

Company K. Eighth Regiment, Volunteer Infantry, Nine Months' men. Albert G. Allen, eapt. 42

Lorenzo C. Rogers, corp ....... 43 Edwin Bailey, 1st lieut. 25

Denis W. Regan, corp ... 27

Alfred Porter, corp. 3G

Frederick N. Putnam, corp. ... 21

Thomas Barnett, sergt ......... 37 John Proctor, corp .... 3.1

Henry D. Wallace, sergt.

Abiel A. Horne, corp 32

Jacob Bradbury. 14

William Brady 33

Age.

Thomas Carney .. 40

Cleveland Gould

Orion W. Clough 18

Ileury Collins 29

James P. Margeson 35

Patrick Collins 20 John M. Martin 25

Thomas Collins, 22

William Collins, 18

Edward Darling

Judson W. Dodge' 20

Charles W. Peart

William T. Fay 38

Joel F. Phelps.

Joseph M. Proctor

Albert F. Putnam.

William Reynolds.

Solomon Fuller. 26

John Russell

Charles W. Giddings.

John HI. Sears,

Charles A. Gilman ..

Asa J. Spaulding.

Mark Glidden.

Alonzo J. Stetson, 24

Samuel Glover.

Walter F. Tarleton

Charles Goother.

William Webber.

Douglass R. Wilson

In the other nine months' regiments which left for the front, in the latter part of 1862, were these :

Age.

Salmon B. Lane, Co. C, 42d. 30

Joseph N. Burchstead, Co. 1, 47th .. 30

Michael Joyce, Co. E, 48th (deserted) 27

Wendell P. Hood, Co. F, 48th 22

Augustine Upton, Co. E, 50th.

But four men are credited to Danvers in the cav- alry. These are

George S. Osborne, asst. surg., 1st Cav. 21

Charles H. Lyons, Co. E, 1st Cav. 21

Samuel W. Lewis, 1st sergt, 3d Cav. 25

Reuben Leighton, Co. G, 5th Cav. 18

But two are credited to the light artillery :

Daniel P. Avery, 2d Batt., 3 years (deserted) 23 Joha L. Edwards, 4th Batt., 3 years. 28

FIFTH REGIMENT, (100 days), mustered in July 23, 1864 :

William Metzgar, Co. C 19

Samuel W. Nourse, Co. C. 23

Amos Pearson, Co. C .. 44

Gideon Rowell, Co. C 33

Samuel P. Trask, Co. C .. 19

Erdix T. Turner, Co. C .. 20

SIXTH REGIMENT, (100 days) mustered in July

15, 1864:

George M, Crowell, 2d lieut., Co. I. 34

Warren P. Dodge, corp., Co. I. 25

Allen W. Bodwell, Co. I. 18

Daniel A. Caskin, Co. I 20

Patrick Collias, Co. I 20

William Collins, Co. I. 19

Thomas Hartman, Co. 1 22

Orris K. Huff, Co. I 21

William S. Inman, Co. I 18

Jeremiah Kirby, Co. I 19

Frank B. Messer, Co. I 19

Hugh Murphy, Co. I 18

Edward North, Co. I 21

Thaddeus Osgood, Co. I

Richard Poor, Co. 1 21

Walter F. Tarlton, Co. 1 28

John Thompson, Co. I 21

Joseph Thompson, Co. I. 18

Austin Towne, Co. I

Frederick Wright, Co I. 33

EIGHTH REGIMENT, (100 days) Dr. Ebenezer Hunt, aged 64, mustered in as assistant surgeon July 29, 1864; discharged. November 10, 1864.

John McAnliffe 30

William O'Neil 38

Albert Parry. 34

Amos Pearson.

fleury F. English

James L. Fish.

William Fowle.

Cyrus Fuller.

William W. Goodwin. 31

Daniel 11. Gould, 17

Benjamin E. Newhall, 2d lieut. 27 Charles W. Allen, Ist sergt .... 22

James H. Sleeper, sergt ... 34

Samuel l'. Fowler, sergt.

Age.

Joshua Severance. 37

John W. Rollias. 27

Wm. G. Dickey

Anderen Nichols 0200

541

DANVERS.

VETERAN RESERVE CORPS, July, 1864:

Age.

Thomas Caldwell. .. 36

Wm. Reynolds. 28

Ilirem S. Faye ... 33

W. Shackley. 28

John McCreary 44

Edward F. Welch. 40 John O'Keefe 39

THIRTEENTH, UNATTACHED COMPANY, INFANTRY (90 days), May, 1864, William Francis, aged 45.

TWENTY-NINTH, UNATTACHED COMPANY, HEAVY ARTILLERY (1 year) George W. Kenney, captain, aged 34.

REGULAR ARMY, Louis E. Goodale, Signal Corps, aged 21; John W. Wiley, Engineer Corps, aged 19.

BIOGRAPHICAL.

DR. ANDREW NICHOLS.

Dr. Andrew Nichols was born in the northern part of Danvers, on that portion of the "Prince Farm" now owned by heirs of Philip H. Wentworth, on the 22d of November, 1785. His father was Major Andrew Nichols, an efficient and progressive farmer. He introduced the Lombardy Poplar into this section of the country, his farm being lined with them. His mother was Eunice Nichols, the daugh- ter of John Nichols and Elizabeth Prince. It was Elizabeth Prince, granddaughter of Captain Robert Prince, who set out the large elm tree now standing near the main entrance to the Wentworth estate. Sarah Warren, of Watertown, wife of Robert Prince, and grandmother of said Elizabeth, who was after- ward married to Alexander Osborne, was cried out upon as a witch, and died in jail.

The first of his ancestors to settle in this country was William Nichols, born about 1596, who took grants of land in "Brooksby " (now Peabody), and settled on them in 1638. In 1652, as by his deposi- tion on record in the office of the clerk of courts, he was living on his farm of abont two hundred acres, situated between Ipswich River and Salem line. The farm in Middleton, now owned by Walter L. Harris, of Salem, and adjoining lands bounded by Nichols Brook, including the hill called "Ferncroft," were a portion of it. His only son was John Nichols, who married Lydia Wilkins, a daughter of Bray Wilkins, of Wills Hill, Middleton. Their son, John Nichols, by his second wife, had two sons, John Nichols, who married Elizabeth Prince, before mentioned, and Deacon Samuel Nichols, who married Abigail Elli- ot, and they were the parents of Major Andrew Nichols. They were all well-to-do farmers, and lived within a mile and one half of Dr. Nichols' birth- place.

After the completion of the course at Phillips Acad- emy, in Andover, in 1804, he studied with Dr. Water- house, at the famous " Cragie" or Longfellow Man-

sion at Cambridge, and attended the course oflectures at the Harvard Medical School in 1806 and 1807.

He commenced the practice of his profession in the southern part of the towu (now Peabody), in 1811; it soon spread to every part of the old town, also to Middleton, Lynufield and a portion of Topsfield and Salem, where, as the beloved physician, he might be seen early and late, either walking or riding. I think it can well be said, that no practitioner had more names of persons who were unable to pay upon his books than he. He seldom asked twice for the very moderate fee, and never asked for it where he knew or mistrusted it was hard for them to pay. But to rich or poor alike, he always responded cheerfully, and was very sympathetic to all. I have seen him performing surgical operations and appear to suffer more than the patient.

He was admitted to the Massachusetts Medical So- ciety in 1811, and was for many years president of the Essex South District Medical Society. He was always a diligent student, and in the advance guard of his profession, delivering an essay on the irritation of the nerves before the Massachusetts Society in 1836.

He was interested in all that was going on about him. He was a charter member and first master of Jordan Lodge of Masons, and during his whole life an active member, of which his poem on " The Spir- it of Free Masonry " in 1831, gave evidence.

He was a distinguished botanist, assisting Dr. Bige- low in his well-known book. He gave the first course of lectures ever delivered upon that subject in Salem in 1818; his keen love of it led him to discover the minute Arctic flower, the Draba Verna, on the bleak hills of Peabody, upon the melting of the win- ter snows. He was the first president of the Essex County Natural History Society in 1836, which, with the Essex Historical Society of 1821, formed the Es- sex Institute of 1848.

Though in active practice and living in the south- ern part of the town, he showed a great interest in agriculture. He was intensely interested in the man- agement of his farm in Middleton, some seven miles away next adjoining the old William Nichols farm of 1652, which fell to him through his first wife, Ruth Nichols.

He was one of the founders of the Essex Agricul- tural Society, and its treasurer for thirteen years. He delivered the address at its first cattle show, held at Topsfield, in 1820.

He was one of the old line Abolitionists, and at the head of the Free Soil party in Danvers. I have seen the poor fugitive slave at his house being fed and in- structed on whom to call as he went northward. He carried on the anti-slavery lectures in town, lecturing and entertaining the lecturers of those days, Garrison, Phillips, Pillsbury, Pierpoint, Henry (Box) Brown and many others, and doing all in his power to ad- vance the cause of the oppressed. He did not live

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long enough to witness the results. In this connec- tion I would state that his brother, Abel Nichols, cast the first vote in town in the anti-slavery cause, and the only one at that particular election.

The reading and study of the poets, ancient and modern, was a recreation which he thoroughly en- joyed, and which gave him many happy hours. He wrote many poems and hymns, some for special occa- sions, that have been published, among them the "Centennial" poem of Danvers in 1852.

It was his regular habit to write one every Sab- bath, many times quite late at night, as his profession- al duties would give him no regular hour. Also poems to his wife, mother, children, friends and self, on their recurring birth-days.

He was active in the temperance cause, and as carly as 1819 lectured before the "Society for Sup- pressing Intemperance and other Vices," of which he was a member. He took an active part in the Wash- ingtonian movement in 1840, and in his profession hc did all in his power to stay its evils.

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History of Essex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. I, Part 152

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton), ed. n 85042884-1 Publication date: 1888 Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis & Co. Number of Pages: 1538

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton), ed. n 85042884-1
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1538