USA > Massachusetts > Plymouth County > History of Plymouth county, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men > Part 168
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118 | Part 119 | Part 120 | Part 121 | Part 122 | Part 123 | Part 124 | Part 125 | Part 126 | Part 127 | Part 128 | Part 129 | Part 130 | Part 131 | Part 132 | Part 133 | Part 134 | Part 135 | Part 136 | Part 137 | Part 138 | Part 139 | Part 140 | Part 141 | Part 142 | Part 143 | Part 144 | Part 145 | Part 146 | Part 147 | Part 148 | Part 149 | Part 150 | Part 151 | Part 152 | Part 153 | Part 154 | Part 155 | Part 156 | Part 157 | Part 158 | Part 159 | Part 160 | Part 161 | Part 162 | Part 163 | Part 164 | Part 165 | Part 166 | Part 167 | Part 168 | Part 169 | Part 170 | Part 171 | Part 172 | Part 173 | Part 174 | Part 175 | Part 176 | Part 177 | Part 178 | Part 179 | Part 180 | Part 181 | Part 182 | Part 183 | Part 184 | Part 185 | Part 186 | Part 187 | Part 188 | Part 189 | Part 190 | Part 191 | Part 192 | Part 193 | Part 194 | Part 195 | Part 196 | Part 197 | Part 198 | Part 199 | Part 200 | Part 201 | Part 202 | Part 203 | Part 204 | Part 205 | Part 206 | Part 207 | Part 208 | Part 209 | Part 210 | Part 211 | Part 212 | Part 213 | Part 214 | Part 215 | Part 216 | Part 217 | Part 218 | Part 219 | Part 220 | Part 221 | Part 222 | Part 223 | Part 224 | Part 225 | Part 226 | Part 227 | Part 228 | Part 229 | Part 230 | Part 231 | Part 232 | Part 233 | Part 234 | Part 235 | Part 236 | Part 237 | Part 238 | Part 239 | Part 240 | Part 241 | Part 242 | Part 243 | Part 244 | Part 245 | Part 246 | Part 247 | Part 248 | Part 249 | Part 250 | Part 251
Capt. Nathan Allen and thirty-four men.
Capt. David Kingman and thirty-three men.
Capt. David Packard and thirty-five men.
Capt. Nathan Packard and forty-four men. Titicut company, thirty-three men.
1775, March 20. At a meeting of the precinct, John Willis, Esq., moderator, voted to recommend to the captains of the several companies of militia in the parish that they immediately call forth their com- panies and endeavor to enlist a company of soldiers who shall hold themselves in readiness to march at the shortest notice, when certain information shall be by them received from proper authority that the inhabit- ants within the province shall be invaded, in their per- sons or property, by any foreign enemy ; and in case the Provincial Congress do not order them (and each of them) suitable payment for such service, then the parish will pay and satisfy each man a reasonable sum according to his service rendered :
" Voted, That this parish will grant to each man, as well offi- cers as soldiers, that for each twenty-four hours they or either of them shall be necessarily detained from home upon such alarm by the order of the captain, as aforesaid, four shillings of lawful money.
"Voted, That the English school shall go on as usual."
Even amid the perplexities of war the school was sustained, and this was largely through the influence of the devoted minister of the parish, Dr. Shaw.
1779. The town chose a committee to fix the prices of labor and of the various articles of produce, not excepting that of New England rum. The price of labor upon the farm was three shillings from April to October, and two shillings sixpence the remainder of the year. The committee were eighteen in number, including the selectmen.
Muster-roll of Capt. Janes Allen's company, in Col. John Bailey's regiment of foot in the Continental army, cncamped at Roxbury, April 19, 1776 :
Capt. Jamos Allen. Corp. Christophor Severs. Lient. Jacob Allon. Corp. Eli Hudson. Corp. Ephraim Orcut.
Ensign Peroz Waterman.
at Li 20
801
HISTORY OF BRIDGEWATER.
Sergt. William Perkins.
Sergt. Thomas Cushman.
Sergt. Moses Snell. Sergt. Caleb Cary.
Corp. Caleb Keith. Fifer Jacob Leonard. Drummer Joseph Egerton.
Prirates.
Edward Allen.
Zibe Leonard.
Nehemiah Allen.
Jonathan Leach.
Anthony Besse.
Caleb Leach.
Ebenezer Benson.
William Latham.
Israel Bunker.
Timothy Mitchell.
Ebenezer Byram.
Protheus Mitchell.
Jonathan Cary.
Elias Mitchell.
Consider Cushman.
Benjamin Mahurin.
Peter Conant.
Nathan Orcut.
Sylvanus Conant.
Samuel Harden.
Benjamin Conant.
Daniel Pratt.
Solomon Conant.
Joseph Pratt.
Simeon Dunbar.
Jeremiah Pratt.
Thaxter Dunbar.
Levi Pratt.
Samuel Dyer.
Abraham Perkins.
John Doty.
Thomas Pope.
Caleb Fobes.
Gideon Sole.
Ezra Fobes.
Benjamin Sampson.
James Dunbar.
Lemuel Sturtevant.
Samuel Green.
Calvin Snow.
Amos Harden.
Zechariah Shaw.
Daniel Harden.
James Shaw.
Calvin Hooper.
Eliab Washburn.
Joseph Hamblin.
Daniel Washburn.
Silas Harris.
Salmon Washburn.
Israel Keith.
Joseph Whiting.
Samuel Leonard.
Robert Keith.
Daniel Leonard.
Simeon Snow.
1814. Capt. Sears Washburn's company that served at Plymouth : Lieut. Edward Southworth.
Surgeon Dr. Noah Fearing. 2d Lieut. Shepard Fobes.
Privates.
George Chipman.
William Bassett.
Abiel Richmond.
James Bouldry.
Jonah Benson, Jr.
Josiah Bassett.
Daniel Dyer. Ebenezer Hall.
Joseph Hayward. Keith Bassett.
Allen Edson.
Jabez Harden.
Samuel Leonard.
Isaac Hooper.
Isam Leonard.
Sylvanus Hall.
William S. Leonard.
John Jackson.
Charles Leonard.
Otis Keith.
Alpheus Leach.
Sion Swift.
Opher Mitchell.
Benjamin Sprague.
John H. Mitchell.
Calvin Hayward.
Caleb Mitchell.
Azor Howe.
Robert Orr.
Caleb Keith.
Benjamin Pratt.
Erastus Hayward.
Nathan Pratt.
Levi Leach.
Francis Perkins.
Benjamin Keith.
Almarine Hayward.
Oren Keith.
Sylvanus Keith.
Jozeph Bassett. Cornelius Pratt. Cyrus Benson.
Spencer Leonard. Angel Leonard.
Jonathan Benson.
Alpheus Fobes.
Ruil Fobes.
William Fuller.
Daniel French.
Samuel Short.
Seth Waterman.
Abram Thompson.
Theophilus Wentworth.
Samuel F. Sanger.
Edwin Hayward.
Nathaniel Fitmer.
Sylvanus Conant.
Henry Holmes.
Zephaniah Caswell.
Thomas Cushman.
Jeremiah Hayward.
Joseph Hooper.
Benjamin Pratt.
Jotham Dumphe.
Parden Packard. .
Lewis Harlow.
John Pierce.
Caleb Bassett, Jr.
Zadock Pierce.
Elisha Richards.
James Richmond.
Elijah Pratt.
Isaac Swift.
Warde Copeland.
Benjamin Snell.
Manasseh Andrews.
Ruel Swift.
Thomas Alden.
Galen Conant.
Oliver Allen, Jr. James Thompson.
Jonathan Bassett.
Nathaniel Whitman.
Joseph Bassett.
Cyrus Bassett.
George Williams. Andrew Conant.
Levi Leach served in the East Bridgewater Com- pany at Plymouth. Andrew Conant also served in the same company. Joseph Hall was in the Light Infantry, under Capt. Cyrus Alden, and went to Bos- ton. Jacob Conant, Otis Hayward, Benjamin H. Keith, Eaton Aldrich, Henry Monroe, Gardner Wil- bur, and Nathan Bassett were at the Gurnet.
The rifle company organized in about 1819, by Samuel Leonard, who was captain ; Abram Washburn, lieutenant and color bearer; Drummer, Martin Ben- son ; Fifer, Enoch Conant.
Willard Wood was the youngest member of the company, which consisted of forty men, nearly all under age. Of this company six are still living, viz., Thomas Cushman, Thomas Hooper, Stillman Tucker, Willard Wood, Benjamin Bryant, and Martin Benson. Abram Washburn succeeded Samuel Leonard as captain.
The following Bridgewater men held commissions as colonels in the Third Regiment of Plymouth County Militia.
Josiah Edson prior to 1775, Edward Mitchell, 1776 to 1779 ; Eliphalet Cary, from April 28, 1779, to 1781; Salmon Fobes, 1817 to 1824; Abram Washburn, from 1829 to 1832; Franklin Leach, 1838 to 1840.
Lieutenant-Colonels were Theodore Mitchell, 1810 to 1815; Salmon Fobes, 1815 to 1817; Samuel Leonard, 1824 to 1828; Abram Washburn, 1828 to 1829; Benjamin Keith, 1838 to 1840.
The following-named men were of the Second Company of Bridgewater, South Precinct, and served in the East Bridgewater Company at Plymouth, 1814:
1
1
Nahum Benson. Seth Benson.
Martin Copeland. 51
Barnum Hill. Ziba Hayward. Seth Pratt. Seth Hayward. Jeremiah Hayward. Reuben Hall. Charles Holmes.
Ward Harden.
802
HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Nathaniel Billington.
Peleg Leaeh. Seth Leach.
Philander Weod.
Ephraim Keith.
Soranus Shaw.
Ezekiel Dyer.
Bela Febes.
Joshua. Febes (2d).
Leyman Heoper.
George Wilbar.
Barzillai Hall.
Amasa Alden.
William Keith.
Selemen Keith, Jr.
Abner Keith.
Zephaniah Keith.
Oliver Keith.
Isaae Wilbar, Jr.
Selemon Alden, Jr.
Barae Wilbar.
Salmen Keith.
Israel Thrasher.
The return of peace abated none of the interest in military affairs, and the organizations were kept up with a rank and file of sixty-two men on the roll of the Bridgewater company, in 1818, with the follow- ing officers :
Captain, Abram Washburn; Lieutenant, Shepard Fobes.
In 1819 the same officers were in command of the company, with sixty-two men.
1820. Ninety men were enrolled, with same officers.
1821. Marshall Bessey was captain and Charles Pratt lieutenant.
1823. Charles Pratt, lieutenant commanding ; Jo- siah Fobes, lieutenant ; seventy-four men.
1824. Charles Pratt, lieutenant commanding ; Jo- siah Fobes, lieutenant ; cighty men.
1828. Winslow Mitchell, commanding; Jabez Har- den, lieutenant ; one hundred and seventeen men.
1829. Winslow Mitchell, commanding; Jabez Har- den, lieutenant ; one hundred and eight men.
1830. Winslow Mitchell, commanding; Jabez Har- den, lieutenant; one hundred and ten men.
1831. Winslow Mitehell, commanding; Jabez Harden, lieutenant ; nincty-five men.
1832. Jabez Harden, commanding; Kenelem Wins- low, lieutenant ; eighty-three men.
1833. Kenelem Winslow, commanding; Martin Leonard, lieutenant ; one hundred and forty-five men.
1834. Kenelem Winslow, commanding; Martin Leonard, lieutenant ; one hundred and ten men.
1835. Franklin Leach, commanding; Philip E. Hill, lieutenant; one hundred and thirty-six men.
1839. Benjamin Bryant, commanding; Abiel Bas- sett, lieutenant ; one hundred and seventy-four men.
From this date the military spirit declined in the Old Colony, and not until the outbreak of the Rebel- lion was it commnon to see a company of soldiers on parade. But it only required an occasion to call into the field a goodly number of young men of the town, not a few of whom were the descendants of those who had rendered loyal and patriotic service in the war of the Revolution.
The annals of the town afford striking evidence of
the valor of the men of Bridgewater, and the roll of honor that grace its ancient banner contained the names of some of the best blood of the colony. The record cannot fail to impress their posterity with the value of the institutions which they enjoy, and that were secured at such a cost.
The War of the Rebellion .- The outbreak of the great Rebellion aroused the patriotism of the citizens of Bridgewater, and in answer to the call for troops there was a prompt response from the first eall, April 15, 1861. The first town-meeting touching the subject was held April 26, 1861, and it was voted to hold in reserve the sum of fourteen hundred dollars, appropriated at a previous meeting for the re- pairs of highways, and the selectmen were instructed to request the county commissioners not to lay out any new roads until we see to what extent we shall be called upon to exert ourselves in the defense of the country.
Voted, To authorize the treasurer to borrow six thousand dollars, as it shall from time to time be needed.
Voted, To pay each volunteer ten dollars per month while in the military service, also to provide aid for his family ; and if any volunteer shall be killed in battle or die of disease his children shall receive a proper education, and be put to some honorable call- ing or pursuit, " not as a charity, but as a debt due."
Voted, That each volunteer be furnished with a re- volver and a bowie-knife. Artemas Hale, Joseph A. Hyde, Mitchell Hooper, Lafayette Keith, and Joshua E. Crane were appointed to carry the foregoing votes into effect. Rev. E. Douglass was invited to close the meeting with prayer.
The call by the President, May 3, 1861, for vol- unteers for three years, unless sooner discharged, was largely responded to, and the committee, E. H. Keith, F. D. King, Arthur Byrnes, and B. F. Winslow, re- ported that eighty-five citizens had signed a roll. There was an attempt to organize a company of three months' men, but as the government would not ac- cept them many enlisted for thrce years. The town had frequent meetings to encourage enlistments, and in the succeeding calls for men show no abatement of the patriotic spirit. July 17, 1862, the town voted that it would raise thirty-six volunteers as their share of the number called for by the government, and also voted to pay each volunteer one hundred and sixty dollars, provided that he enlist within sixty days. In addition to the bounty offered by the town, there were liberal subscriptions by the citizens, and many that were drafted, or liable to draft, but whose circumstances rendered it difficult for them to serve
t
0
fr
803
HISTORY OF BRIDGEWATER.
their country, furnished substitutes. The town hall was for a time a recruiting office, and the departure of troops with martial music was of frequent occur- rence.
July 18, 1864. The call for fifty-seven men came, and the citizens promptly raised thirteen thousand four hundred and twenty-seven dollars by subscrip- tion, the Bridgewater Iron Company subscribed of this sum three thousand five hundred and thirty- three dollars, and one hundred persons subscribed fifty dollars, and two hundred and fifty persons sub- scribed sums less than fifty dollars to make up the balance.
There was a committee, of which Eli Washburn was chairman, that kept the quota full, and at the close of the war the town had a surplus of forty men in the service over and above all demands. The total number of men furnished by the town was about four hundred and eleven. The total amount appropriated and expended for war purposes, exclusive of State aid, was twenty-nine thousand nine hundred dollars. The total amount of money raised and expended for State aid during the war was $15,683.07. The latest action of the town relative to the war was April 26, 1866, when the following resolutions were offered by Samuel Breck, Esq., and it was voted that they be accepted :
" Ist. That the people of Bridgewater yield to no hody of men on earth in deep devotion to the interest and honor of the country, will not raise by taxation or otherwise any sum of money whatever to refund moneys contributed hy individuals to release themselves or others from the military service of the conntry in the time of great public danger.
" 2d. That to the gallant men of Bridgewater, who, during the late Rebellion, in scorching sunshine and drenching storm, in the mnddy camp by night, and in the toilsome march hy day, in the fierce assanlt and furious hattle with constancy and courage faced the enemies of their conntry, we tender our heartiest thanks, our warmest admiration."
George L. Andrews, eldest son of Manasseh An- drews, was born in Bridgewater, Aug. 31, 1828, and was educated at the academy and the State Normal School, under Nicholas Tillinghast ; was appointed a cadet at West Point United States Military Academy, from which he graduated with the first honors. He was appointed brevet second lieutenant United States Corps of Engineers in 1851, and second lieutenant in 1854; resigned Sept. 1, 1855. He was appointed lieutenant-colonel Second Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers May 25, 1861; colonel, June 13, 1863; brigadier-general " for gallant and highly meritorious service in the battles of Winchester, Cedar Mountain, and Antietam;" brevet major-general, March 26, 1865, " for faithful and meritorious service during the cam-
paign against the city of Mobile and its defenses." He served with Gen. Patterson on the Upper Potomac; with Gen. Banks in Shenandoah Valley, being engaged in several skirmishcs and in the battle of Winchester, May 25, 1862; with Gen. Pope, being engaged in the battle of Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9, 1862; with the Army of the Potomac, under Gen. McClellan, in the Maryland campaign of 1862, being engaged in the battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862; forwarding troops, etc., to Gen. Banks, at New Orleans, in 1863; chief of staff to Gen. Banks, March 6 to July 9, 1863; in command of United States colored troops, Department of the Gulf, July 10, 1863, to Feb. 13, 1865; and of District of Baton Rouge and Fort Hudson, Dec. 28, 1864, to February, 1865 ; provost-marshal-general of the Army of the Gulf, June 6, 1865 ; appointed pro- fessor of French at the United States Military Acad- emy, Feb. 28, 1871. The professorship he still holds.
Gen. Samuel Breck, son of Samuel Breck, Esq., born Feb. 25, 1834, entered the Military Academy at West Point July 1, 1851 ; graduated and appointed second lieutenant First Artillery July 1, 1855 ; first lieutenant, 1861 ; captain, staff assistant adjutant-gen- eral, Nov. 29, 1861 ; major, staff additional aide-de- camp, May 23, 1862; brevet lieutenant-colonel, Sept. 24, 1864, for meritorious and faithful service during the Rebellion ; colonel, March 13, 1865, " for diligent, faithful, and meritorious services in the adjutant-gen- eral's department during the Rebellion;" brevet briga- dier-general United States army, March 13, 1865. Breck served in Florida against the Indians, 1855-56; in garrison at Fort Moultrie, S. C., 1856-57; at Fort Henry, Ark., to Fort Clark, Texas, 1859; at Fort Moultrie, S. C., 1859-60 ; and at Military Academy, 1860-61 ; as assistant professor of geography, history, ethics, Sept. 14, 1860 ; principal assistant till Dec. 3, 1861; served against the Rebellion in the seceding States, 1861-66 ; assistant adjutant-general in Gen. McDowell's division (Army of Potomac) in defenses of Washington, D. C., Dec. 9, 1861, to March 24, 1862 ; as assistant adjutant-general First Army Corps, March 24, 1862; Department of Rappahannock, April to June 20, 1862 ; engaged in the occupation of Fred- ericksburg, Va., and expedition to intercept retreat of Gen. Jackson, May and June, 1862; subsequently in charge of rolls and business pertaining to enlisted men of the regular and volunteer forces ; has been also sta- tioned in charge of the Department of California, and now at Fort Snelling, Minn.
The following are the names of soldiers who died in the war of the Rebellion, and whose names are inscribed on the tablets in the memorial hall :
1
n
n
2 C
80-4
HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Jonah Benson.
Homor S. Loach.
Adna P. Keith.
Woodhridgo Bryant.
Woodbrigo Bryant.
Frank E. Lec.
Nathan Dunbar.
Edwin A. Hayward. Benjamin W. Price.
Philo Carver.
Edgar II. Leonard.
Zephaniah Dunbar.
J. K. P. Chamberlain.
Lysander W. Mitchell.
Daniol W. Leavitt.
Philo Carver.
Nathan Mitchell.
William S. Harlow.
Granvillo Ilartwell. Maurice M. Keith.
Lucius Conant. Elias Frawley.
William T. Murphy.
Albert Frazier.
Charles II. Nesmith.
Frederick II. Fuller.
Calvin M. Perkins.
Eliab F. Dunbar.
Uriah Phelps.
George F. Graves.
Lucius Picreo.
Nathan Washburn.
Henry W. Price.
Silas N. Grosvenor.
Joshua S. Ramsdell.
Beriah T. Hillman.
Israel Richmond.
William S. Harlow.
James H. Schneider.
George B. Smith.
James Brennon.
Edwin A. Hayward.
Roscoe Tucker.
Charles H. Thompson.
V. Justin Keith.
Samuel Joncs.
William B. Wrightington.
Frank D. Millet.
James L. Keith.
A. Bartlett Keith.
HIarry K. Washburn.
IIenry V. Howes.
Richard Welch.
Maurice M. Keith.
Nathan Washburn.
Albert E. Winship.
Nathan Mitchell.
John C. Lambert.
Benjamin F. Winslow.
George L. Andrews.
Edward Mitchell.
Samuel Breck.
Jesse H. Jewett.
Samuel P. Gates.
Lucius Crocker.
BRIDGEWATER MEN IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.
Oreb F. Mitchell.
Granville Gould.
Charles L. Bryant.
Theodore Rodman.
Edgar H. Leonard.
Nathan Fohes.
Lewis James Holmes.
John C. Lambert.
Benjamin F. Winslow.
Samuel E. Hawes.
Freeman Holmes.
Francis A. Tuttle.
Enoch Pratt.
Nahum Wasbhurn, Jr.
Benjamin Harden.
James Ellis.
William D. Burtch.
Marcellus G. Howard.
George Harrison Lee. Avery F. Keith.
Franklin W. Ripley.
Giles R. Alexander.
Isaac R. Alden.
A. Bartlett Keith.
William D. Mitchell.
Martin Eagan.
William S. Alden.
George C. Alden.
Benjamin T. Crocker.
Ambrose Copeland.
Horace Wentworth.
Eleazer C. Alden.
Lewis G. Lowe.
Hiram M. Wheeler.
Horace E. Wentworth.
John B. Cobh.
Seth W. Conant.
Roscoe Tucker.
Lucian F. Wentworth.
George F. Graves. David Richmond.
Edwin Hayward.
Joseph L. Locke.
Caleb Alden.
Joseph A. White.
Beza Hayward.
Sumner Keith.
George D. Briggs.
Alexander Dove, Jr.
William V. Hinsman. Arthur Hooper.
Calvin M. Perkins.
Francis T. Crafts.
William W. Hayden.
Goorge T. Keith.
Benjamin J. Keith.
Francis D. King. Hosea Kingman.
Henry B. Rogers.
Edgar D. Keith.
Edgar Parker, M.D. Horner S. Leach.
William T. Murphy.
William Holmes.
E. Herbert Ripley. Samuel Jones.
Jesse II. Briggs. John Elliot.
Dexter M. Sturtevant. John P. Townsend.
George F. Dunhar.
John A. Winslow.
Charles W. Wilhar.
Nathan II. Washburn.
Jarius Gammons.
C. Bradford Holmes. Marcus Holmes. Jared Robinson.
Henry H. Lawton.
Rufus W. Wood.
Robert E. Smith.
Charles S. Wentworth.
William B. Wrightington.
William Y. Tuttle.
Joseph C. Norton, Jr. Calvin Pratt.
Edward S. Jacobs.
Jeremiah Sullivan. Edward Graves.
Charles Porcherou.
Silas N. Grosvenor.
Preston Hooper.
Joshua Ramsdell.
Charles W. Clifford.
Amos L. Dorr.
Henry A. Washburn. Jas. K. P. Chamborlain. Jonah Bonson, Jr.
Androw H. Hayward.
Capt. John P. Townsend, of the Fifty-eighth Regi- ment, enlisted in the service for three years, March 2, 1864, as lieutenant ; was promoted to captain May 3, 1865 ; was taken prisoner with seven officers and ninety-one men Sept. 30, 1864, and sent to Libby Prison, from thence to Salisbury, S. C., and from there to Danville, Va., until cxchanged, February, 1865. Capt. Townsend is the son of Jeremiah Townsend, a native of Taunton, and who was a brick-manufac- turer in Bridgewater, in connection with M. Hooper, as early as 1840.
tł al b:
H
te -
Charles W. Clifford. Seth W. Conant.
William Mitchell.
William D. Mitchell.
Frank E. Lee.
Alvin Conant.
Rufus W. Wood. .
Joseph H. Keith.
Freeman Jones.
James H. Schneider.
Nahum Leonard, Jr.
Horace Wilhar.
John H. Leonard.
Joseph C. Norton.
Rufus H. Willis.
M. Lloyd Andrews.
Sidney Keith.
Hial Barney.
Martin M. Keith.
Albert Harden.
Newell F. Cushman.
Arthur Byrnes.
Patrick Frawley (2d).
Alvin Conant.
- Capt. Oreb F. Mitchell, son of Leonard Mitchell, born Sept. 22, 1838, enlisted in the service of the United States as a private, but was mustered as a first lieutenant Aug. 20, 1862. His character as a soldier won promotion, and he was commissioned cap- tain Nov. 7, 1863. He was engaged in the battle of Drury's Bluff, Va., where he lost his left arm May 16, 1864. He has held State offices at the State-House, and was elected sergeant-at-arms of the State Legis- lature in 1875, which office he now holds.
John M. Washburn. Alfred II. Perkins. Frederick A. Fuller. Francis M. Lambert. Zaccheus Lambert. Almanzor Osborne.
Lysander W. Mitchell. Willianı Mitchell. James W. Lee.
E. Harrison Keith.
Lucius Pierce. Timothy Driscoll. Lucius Conant.
Marcus M. Alden.
John Holmes.
Elias Frawley. John Frawley.
805
HISTORY OF BRIDGEWATER.
There are many other soldiers, who enlisted from Bridgewater, of whom mueh could be said ereditable to their valor in the service of their country, did spaee permit.
Capt. Nahum Leonard, Jr., son of Capt. Nahum Leonard, was born in West Bridgewater, Sept. 24, 1825. He was educated at the Bridgewater Normal School, and was for a few years engaged in teaching sehool ; studied law with Judge Richardson, of Lowell, and was admitted to the bar in 1852. He was in the praetiee of his profession in the West for a few years, and then returned to Massachusetts. Upon the breaking out of the Rebellion he volunteered as a private, Aug. 31. 1862 ; was commissioned and mus- tered second lieutenant March 23, 1864; transferred from Fortieth Regiment to the Fifty-eighth Regiment April, 1864; mustered in Company C, 1864, and mustered first lieutenant Aug. 8, 1864; eaptain in Company I, Nov. 1, 1864 ; appointed judge advocate, Second Division of Ninth Army Corps, May, 1865, holding the appointment until mustered out, July 14, 1865. Capt. Leonard did valiant and patriotic serviee as a soldier, and won the respeet and enduring friend- ship of his associates and companions in arms. He was appointed to the superintendenee of the State Work-House in 1872; retaining the place with credit to himself and the commonwealth for twelve years, when he tendered his resignation. He has repre- sented his native town in the State Legislature, and is held in high esteem by all who are favored with his acquaintance.
/L. Dow Monroe enlisted from Plympton, Mareh, 1862, as a private in Company A, Heavy Artillery, stationed at Fort Warren; served two years, and was promoted to second lieutenant in the Fifty-eighth Massachusetts Regiment Infantry in 1864, serving through the campaign; was promoted to first lieu- tenant ; was taken prisoner with seven officers and ninety-one men, Sept. 30, 1864; taken to Petersburg, Va., and subsequently, in October, sent to Libby Prison, Richmond, and thence to Salisbury, N. C .; thence to Danville, Va., where he was confined till about a week before his exchange, when he was sent back to Richmond ; released Feb. 22, 1865 ; received a furlough and came home; returned to Farmville, Va., April 9, 1865 ; was mustered out with the regi- ment July 14, 1865.
For the past ten years Mr. Monroe has kept the Hyland House, Bridgewater, and has a family of four sons and two daughters. Mrs. Monroe is the daugh- ter of Col. Thomas E. Loring, a native of Plympton. / Edwin H. Keith, son of Edwin Keith, enlisted in the United States navy July 19, 1862, as aeting
third assistant engineer ; served on board United States steamer " Augusta" till September, 1863; then as fleet engineer's assistant ; was promoted June 6, 1864, to acting second assistant, and had eommand, for about three months, of ships "Edward" and " India," which were the repair-shops of the squad- ron ; subsequently was in charge of stores for South Atlantie Squadron, which position he held till date of his resignation, June 23, 1866.
Granville Gould enlisted June, 1864, and served on board United States steamer " Fort Donelson" as yeoman, paymaster's steward, and afterwards as pay- master's clerk ; was engaged in both battles of Fort Fisher. Diseharged July 20, 1865.
Lueius Pieree, son of Albert Pierce, enlisted in the navy at New Orleans, and served on a gunboat, and was killed by the explosion of a boiler, June 16, 1866.
Richard A. Breek, a graduate of the Naval Aead- emy of the elass of 1869, son of Samuel Breek, was master on the United States steamer " Yantie ;" was aceidentally drowned at Amoy, China, Sept. 22, 1874. He was a young man of high character and most amiable and manly qualities. His steady advanee- ment in the service gave promise of a life of great usefulness, and his untimely death was deeply de- plored by the officers of the department and his asso- eiates. A massive granite monument was erected to his memory by the officers of the " Yantie."
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.