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Uriah Phelps, Co. I, 11th Regt .; enl. Aug. 14, 1863 ; disch. March 7, 1864, for disability.
Calvin Porter, Co. K, 7th Regt .; enl. June 15, 1861 ; disch. June 27, 1564.
Isaac R. Porter, Co. I, 1st Cav. : eul. Sept. 14, 1861 ; trans. to Co. I, 4th Car.
John Porter, Co. D, 3d Cav .; enl. Dec. 31, 1863 ; 2d lieut. Oct. 5, 1865. Lawrence V. Poole, Co. C, 29th Regt. ; enl. May 22, 1861; corp .; disch. Oct. 7, 1862, for disability.
James H. Pierce, 4th Regt. ; enl. April 22, 1861; disch. July 22, 1861. Ebenezer H. Pratt, Co. C, 29th Regt. ; enl. May 22, 1861 ; detailed to
Light Artillery May 18, 1862; corp. June, 1863; re-enl. in 4th Art. Nov. 20, 1863.
Allen P. Pratt, enl. Ang. 11, 1864, 20th unattached.
Isaac S. Pratt, enl Aug. 11, 1864, 20th nnattached.
John l'lews, enl. May ., 1864, Vet. Res. Corps.
Patrick Quigley, Co. K, 3d Regt. ; enl. Sept. 23, 1862 ; re-enl. 2d H. Art., Co. H, Oct. 5, 1863.
James Quinn, enl. Sept. : , 1864, Vet. Res. Corps; disch. Nov. 30, 1865, by order of War Department.
Alexander Quinnin, enl. May 6, 1864, Vet. Res. Corps.
Ames Ramsdell, Co. h, 7th Regt .; enl. June 15, 1861; traus. to Vet. Res. Corps March 18, 1864.
Seth L. Randall, Co. A, 40th Regt. ; enl. Aug. 23, 1862.
John Redding, enl. May 10, 1864, Vet. Res. Corps.
John N. Reed, Co. K, 3d Regt. ; enl. Sept. 23, 1862.
David P. Reynolds, Co. K, 3d Regt .; enl. Sept. 23, 1862; corp .; re-enl. 60th Regt. July 14, 1864
Josiah E. Reynolds, Co. K, 3d Regt .; enl. Sept. 23, 1862; re-enl. 60th Regt. Jnly 14, 1864.
Michael Rice, enl. May 6, 1864, Vet. Res. Corps.
Joslah Richmond, Co. E, 4th Regiment ; enl. Sept. 26, 1862 ; sergt. ; died at Mariou, Ohio, Aug. 15, 1863.
Horace A. Ripley, Co. C, 29th Regt .; enl. May 22, 1861; re-enl. Jan. 2, 1665.
Wallace R. Ripley, Co. C, 29th Regt. ; enl. May 22, 1861; died at New- port News, Va., Aug. 9, 1862.
James L. Robinson, Co. G, Ist Cav. ; enl. December, 1863; acted as bugler.
William F. Rounds, Co. C, 29th Regt .; enl. May 22, 1861; re-enl. in 20th unattached Nov. 19, 1864.
James Rogers, Jr., Co. A. 16th Regt .; enl. Jnly 2, 1861.
Thomas Russell, enl. May 6, 1864, Vet. Res. Corps.
John Ryan, sergt
Otto Riem, Co. D, 11th Regt., enl. Aug. 12, 1863; died of wounds at Readville, Aug. 9, 1864
Timothy Reardon, died in service.
Leonard Revis, enl. Aug. 13, 1864, Vet. Res. Corps.
Ezra F. Sampson, Co. K, 3d Regt .; eni. Sept. 23, 1862; term exp. June 26, 1×63.
James H. Sampson, Co. D, 58th Regt. ; enl. March 1, 1864 ; disch. June 30, 1865, by order of War Department.
John T. Sampson, Co. C, 29th Regt .; enl. Sept. 16, 1861; disch. at Con- valescent Camp, Alexandria, Jan. 27, 1863.
William S. Sampson, Co. C, 18th Regt .; enl. Dec. 16, 1862 ; trans. to Vet. Bes. Corps.
Engene Sanger, Co. D, 38th Regt .; enl. Aug. 20, 1862; wounded and died at Bisland, La., April 13, 1863.
Peter Scofield, enl. Sept. 7, 1864, Vet. Vol. Corps.
Alonzo Sharp, Co. C, 22th Regt .; enl. Sept. 16, 1861 ; term exp. May 22, 194.
Edward Sharp, Co. K, 3d Regt .; enl. Sept. 23, 1862; term exp. Jnne 26, 1853.
Oliver M. Sharp, Co. E, 4th Regt .; enl. Sept. 26, 1862; re-enl. in 20th unattached Aug. 11, 1864.
Simeon Sharp, Co. C, 38th Regt. ; enl. Aug. 20, 1862 ; term. exp. June 30, 1865.
Charles F. Shaw, Co. E, 4th Regt. ; eul. Sept. 26, 1862; died at Memphis, Tenn., Ang. 9, 1863.
Ira C. Shaw, musician, Co. C, 29thi Regt .; enl. May 22, 1861; disch. March 2, 1863.
Jerome Shaw, 20th unattached; enl. Aug. 11, 1864.
William Shaw, Co. D, 18th Regt .; enl. Dec. 19, 1863; traus. to 32d Regt. Inf. Oct. 21, 1864.
Benjamin Siddall, Co. C, 29th Regt .; cul. May 22, 1861 ; wounded ; disch. for disability July 4, 1861.
James Siddall, Co. C, 29th Regt. ; enl. May 22, 1861 ; disch. for disability July 26, 1861.
Daniel Slattery, enl. Sept. 7, 1864, Vet. Res. Corps.
Reuben B. P. Smith, 2d H. Art .; enl. Sept. 8, 1864; disch. June 26, 1865. William B. Smith, Co. C, 29th Regt .; enl. May 22, 1861; disch. for dis- ability Oct. 19, 1862.
William W. Smith, Co. C, 29th Regt .; enl. May 22, 1861 ; died at New- berne, N. C., Oct. 30, 1864.
William Springfield, enl. Sept. 7, 1864, Vet. Res. Corps.
Benjamin Steingardt, Co. C, 38th Regt. ; enl. Aug. 20, 1862; disch. for disability Nov. 17, 1863.
Daniel N. Steingardt, Co. C, 38th Regt .; enl. Aug. 20, 1862; must. out June 30, 1865.
John F. Steingardt, Co. C, 38tl Regt .; enl. Aug. 20, 1862; died in hos- pital, Baton Rouge, Sept. 2, 1863.
Joseph A. Steingardt, Co. C, 38th Regt .; enl. Aug. 20, 1862; disch. for disability Aug. 22, 1863.
Andrew J. Stetson, Co. D, 38th Regt. ; enl. Aug. 20, 1862; sergt. Nov. 1, 1862; wounded at Port Hudson May 27, 1863 ; killed in battle, Win- chester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864.
Jason E. Stetson, Co. E, 4th Regt .; enl. Sept. 26, 1862; term exp. Aug. 28,1863.
John MI. Stetsou, Co. E, 4th Regt .; enl. Sept. 26, 1862; term exp. Aug. 28, 1863.
Hugh Stran, Co. C, 29th Regt .; enl. Sept. 16, 1861; disch. for disability Oct. 30, 1862.
John T. Sturtevant, Co. C, 29th Regt .; enl. May 22, 1861.
George Sturtevant, died in service.
Zenas W. Sturtevant, Co. K, 3d Regt. ; enl. Sept. 23, 1862; term exp. June 26, 1863.
Jacob P. Spooner, Co. E, 4th Regt. ; enl. Sept. 26, 1862; disch. Aug. 28, 1863.
William Sheridan, enl. March 7, 1864.
John W. Sylvester, Co. 1, Ist Cav. ; enl. Dec. 4, 1861; died at Anderson- ville, Nov. 16, 1864.
Lysander M. Thompson, sergt. 24th unattached ; enl. Dec. 16, 1864.
Vernon M. Thompson, Co. C, 29th Regt .; enl. Sept. 16, 1861 ; disch. for disability Oct. 11, 1862.
Joshua Thorp, 24th unattached; enl. Dec. 16, 1864.
Jeremiah D. Thurlow, Co. E, 4th Regt .; enl. Sept. 26, 1862; re-enl. March 31, 1864, regular army, Signal Corps.
Mercer V. Tillson, 4th Regt. ; enl. April 22, 1861; re-eul. March 18, 1864, regular army, Signal Corps.
Sylvanus Tinkham, Co. D, 38th Regt .; enl. Ang. 20, 1862; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps May 31, 1863.
Elijah H. Tolman, Co. C, 29th Regt .; enl. May 22, 1861; died of wounds at Antietam, Sept. 18, 1862
Augustine Towle, enl. May 6, 1864, Vet. Res. Corps.
Daniel W. Tribou, Co. C, 29th Regt .; enl. May 22, 1861; corp. Oct. 1, 1861; wounded at Keedysville, Md., Sept. 15, 1862 ; disch. for disa- bility January, 1863.
George H. Trow, color corp. Co. D, 38th Regt. ; enl. Aug. 20, 1862; killed in battle of Bisland, La., April 13, 1863.
John Trimble.
George E. Tates, 20th unattached; enl. Ang. 11, 1864.
Isaac S. Thomas, Co. A, Ist Heavy Art .; enl. Aug. 11, 1862; term exp. July 8, 1864.
Christopher Talbot, Co. F, 58th Regt. ; eni. March 12, 1864.
James O. Underwood, Co. D, 38th Regt .; enl. March 1, 1864; killed at Shady Grove Church, June 3, 1864.
Henry W. Vella, 14th Regt .; enl. Feb. 2, 1862; taken prisoner in cam- paign 1864 ; diach. July 8, 1864.
Augustus B. Vickery, Co. H1, 58th Regt .; enl. April 18, 1864; disch. for disability March 27, 1865.
Horace Vosmus Co. I, 2d Regt .; enl. May 25, 1861 ; died of wounds in hospital, Winchester, Va., June 4, 1862.
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HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
James Walsh.
Andrew J. Wagner, enl. May 11, 1864, Vet. Res. Corps.
John S. Walsh, Co. HI, 18th Regt .; enl. Aug. 24, 1861.
James T. Washburn, Co. C, 29th Regt .; enl. Sept. 16, 1861; trans. to Batt. T., 4th Art.
George A. Wheeler, Co. D, 38th Regt .; enl. Aug. 20, 1862; wounded at Port Hudson May 27, 1863.
Cushing White, Co. A, 14th Art .; enl. Aug. 11, 1862; disch. July 8, 1864.
Edward White, Co. D, 11th Regt .; enl. Feb. 29, 1864.
James E. White, Co. C, 29th Regt .; enl. May 22, 1861 ; disch. Jan. 1, 1864, to re-enlist.
Nehemiah White, Co. C, 29th Regt .; eul. May 22, 1861; wounded; disch. for disability Feb. 16, 1863.
Samuel C. White, Co. D, 38th Regt .; enl. Aug. 20, 1862; wounded at Port Hudson, June 14, 1863; disch. for disability June 19, 1865.
Asa W. Whitman, Co. C, 29th Regt .; enl. May 22, 1861; trans, to Batt.
L, 4th Art .; re-enl. Sept. 5, 1864, in naval service on steamer " Saco."
Charles C. Whitman, Co. C, 29th Regt .; enl. May 22, 1861.
Freedom Whitman, Co. C, 29th Regt .; enl. May 22, 1861; corp. Oct. 1, 1861.
Nathan D. Whitman, Ist lieut., Co. C, 29th Regt .; enl. May 1, 1861.
James Wilder, Co. K, 7th Regt. ; enl. June 15, 1861 ; disch. June 27, 1864.
William Wilder, Co. K, 7th Regt .; enl. June 11, 1861 ; wounded at Fred- ericksburg May 3, 1863; disch. June 15, 1864.
George H. Winsor, enl. in naval service; killed Jan. 15, 1865, at the storming of Fort Fisber.
Eldridge W. Winsor, Co. D, 38th Regt .; enl. Aug. 13, 1862 ; wounded at Port Hudson June 15, 1863.
George W. Wood, 29th Regt., unattached Heavy Art .; enl. Sept. 12, 1864.
Alfred Worthington, Co. I, 1st Cav .; enl. Sept. 14, 1861; trans. to Co. I, 4th Cav .; re-enlisted.
Levi Wright, Co. C, 29th Regt .; enl. May 22, 1861; disch. for disability Jan. 21, 1863.
Thatcher P. Wright, Co. C, 29th Regt .; enl. May 22, 1861 ; disch, for disability Jan. 15, 1863.
Charles Wright, 16th Batt. Light Art .; enl. March 11, 1864; disch. June 27, 1865.
Edward Williams, Co. C, 29th Regt .; enl. May 22, 1861; trans. to Vol. Rifle Corps.
Herbert O. White, Co. C, 29th Regt .; enl. Sept. 16, 1861. Joseph M. Whitman.
Rafaello Quinones, enl. Sept. 2, 1864, Vet. Res. Corps.
Ferender C. Negus.
Charles Wilson, Co. F, 58th Regt. ; enl. March 12, 1864.
Soldiers' Monument .- On the 31st of December, 1868, the first movement was made toward the erec- tion of a soldiers' monument in East Bridgewater, when a meeting of the citizens was held at the town hall for the purpose of forming a Monumental Soci- ety. It was well attended; Hon. James H. Mitchell presiding and William H. Osborne, Esq., acting as sec- retary. Committees were chosen, and all plans pro- posed were discussed.
During the previous summer the sewing-circle of the First Parish Society had voted a certain part of the proceeds of its labors to the cause, and in the month of December the Soldiers' Aid Society had offered the funds left in its treasury (amounting to between three and four hundred dollars).
This meeting adjourned to Jan. 7, 1869. A per- manent organization was fully established Jan. 28, 1869, and a constitution adopted and published. Through the efficient labors of the committees .the
arrangements for the erection of the monument were completed, and the shaft was located on the common, opposite the First Parish Church, in November, 1873, and formally dedicated, with appropriate ceremonies, on the 17th day of September, 1874, on which occa- sion Hon. Benjamin W. Harris delivered an oration.
The monument is of Quincy granite, thirty-three feet four inches in height. On one side it bears the following inscription :
" Erected by
THE CITIZENS OF EAST BRIDGEWATER,
A.D. 1873,
IN MEMORY OF
THEIR TOWNSMEN
who, in the war of 1861-65, and in the Service of the United States, gave their lives
That the Nation might live."
On the three remaining sides are the names of forty- seven deceased soldiers.
Hartwell Atkins.
David H. Lincoln.
George D. Brown.
Charles McCarter.
Bertrand Burgess. Morton D. Mitchell.
John Bryant. William H. Mosher.
John M. Nason.
Woodbridge Bryant. Alfred B. Cummings.
Peleg Osborne, Jr.
William Curwin.
Edmund T. Packard.
Allen B. Dunbar.
Timothy Reardon.
John Dunlap.
David P. Reynolds (2d).
Charles E. Dyer.
Josiah Richmond.
Benjamin J. Eddy. Wallace R. Ripley.
Myron Gould.
Eugene Sanger.
Silas N. Grosvenor. Charles F. Shaw.
Henry Z. Hale. John F. Steingardt.
Nahum C. Hale.
Andrew J. Stetson.
James W. Harden.
George Sturtevant.
Calvin Francis Harlow.
John W. Sylvester.
Elisha S. Holbrook.
Elijah H. Tolman.
Caleb L. Hudson, Jr.
George H. Trow.
Galen O. Hudson.
James O. Underwood.
John Hudson.
Horace Vosmus.
William W. Josselyn.
James Wilder.
Aaron M. Keen.
George H. Winsor.
James Kingman.
MEMORIAL OF THE PATRIOTIC DEAD. ELISHA S. HOLBROOK.
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Lieut. 29th Mass. Inf. Died Aug. 20, 1861, Fort Monroe; age 21. HORACE VOSMUS.
2d Mass. Inf. Died of wounds June 4, 1862, Winchester, Va. ; age 25. GEORGE D. BROWN.
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29th Mass. Inf. Killed June 15, 1862, Fair Oaks, Va .; age 26. HARTWELL ATKINS. 22d Mass. Inf. Died of wounds, June 28, 1862, Mechanicsville, Va .; age 36. BENJAMIN J. EDDY.
22d Mass. Inf. Died of wounds, June 29, 1862, Fair Oaks, Va .; age 26. DANIEL W. HARDEN.
29th Mass. Inf. Died July 31, 1862, Annapolis Junction ; age 23. WALLACE R. RIPLEY.
29th Mass. Inf. Died Ang. 9, 1862, Nowport News, Va. ; age 23. PELEG OSBORN, JR.
38th Mass. Inf. Died Aug. 29, 1862, Camp'Stanton, Lynnfield ; age 45. ELIJAH H. TOLMAN.
29th Mass. Inf. Died of wounds Sept. 18, 1862, Antletam ; age 23. DAVID H. LINCOLN. 29tlı Mass. Inf. Died Sept. 24, 1862, Antietam ; age 26.
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HISTORY OF EAST BRIDGEWATER.
JAMES W. HARDEN.
29th Mass. Inf. Died October, 1862; age 23.
NAHUM C. HALE.
40th Mass. Inf. Died Oct. 14, 1862, Fort Ethan Allen ; age 32. CHARLES E. DYER. 38th Mass. Inf. Died Nov. 16, 1862, Chesapeake Hospital, Fortress Mon- roe; age 24. WILLIAM CURWIN. U. S. Navy, 1862, Pensacola. WOODBRIDGE BRYANT. 38th Mass. Inf. Died January, 1863, New Orleans. JOIN M. NASON. 20th Mass. Inf. Died March, 1863, Nicbolasville, Ky. ; age 21. GEORGE H. TROW.
Color Corp. 38th Mass. Inf. Killed April 13, 1863, Bisland, La .; age 22. EUGENE SANGER.
38th Mass. Inf. Died of wounds April 13, 1863, Bisland, La .; age 20. WILLIAM W. JOSSELYN. Tth Mass. Inf. Died of wonnds May ", 1963, Fredericksburg, Va .; age 32. JAMES KINGMAN.
38th Mass. Inf. Died June 14, 1863, New Orleans ; age 30. MORTON D. MITCHELL. Lieut. 38th Mass. Inf .; died June 17, 1863, steamer "City of Bath ;" age 29. CHARLES F. SHAW. 4th Mass. Inf. Died Aug. 9, 1863, Memphis, Tenn. ; age 38. JOSIAH RICHMOND.
Sergt. 4th Mass. Inf. Died Ang. 15, 1863, Marion, Ohio; age 37. MYRON GOULD. 38th Mass. Inf. Died Aug. 29, 1863, Baton Ronge, La .; age 21. JOHN F. STEINGARDT.
38th Mass. Inf. Died Sept. 2, 1863, Baton Rouge; age 34. CALEB L. HUDSON, JR.
29th Mass. Inf. Died Sept. 11, 1863, Camp Denison, Ohio ; age 19.
JOHN HUDSON. 36th Mass. Inf. Died of wounds Nov. 1, 1863, East Bridgewater, Mass .; age 38. BERTRAND BURGESS.
38th Mass. Inf. Died March 20, 1864, New Orleans; age 20. EDMUND T. PACKARD.
Sergt. 29th Mass. Inf. Died April 24, 1864, Annapolis, Md. ; age 37. WILLIAM H. MOSHER. Color Sergt. 29th Mass. Inf. Killed May 12, 1864, Spottsylvania ; age 23. JOHN BRYANT.
1st Mass. Heavy Artillery. Killed in battle May 19, 1864, Spottsylvania ; age 37. CHARLES MCCARTER.
1st Mass. Heavy Artillery. Died of wounds May 19, 1864, Spottsylva- vía ; age 45.
ALFRED B. CUMMINGS.
Sergt. 29th Mass. Inf. Died May 22, 1864, Andersonville; age 26. AARON M. KEEN.
let Mass. Heavy Artillery. Died May 23, 1864, Fredericksburg, Va .; age 40. CHARLES W. JAQUITH.
Corp. 40th Mass. Inf. Killed May 24, 1864, Fredericksburg, Va .; age 34.
JAMES DUFFY. 18th Mass. Inf. Died May 31, 1864, Andersonville; age 22. JAMES O. UNDERWOOD.
38th Mass. Inf. Killed June 3, 1864, Shady Grove Church ; age 34. SILAS N. GROSVENOR. Sergt. 29th Mass. Inf. Killed June 17, 1864, Petersburg, Va.
ALLEN B. DUNBAR. 33d Mase. Inf. Died of wounds Jnne 25, 1864, Chattanooga ; age 26. OTTO RIEM.
11th Maas. Inf. Died of wonnde Ang. 9, 1864, Readville, Mass .; age 22. WILLIAM W. BLANCHARD.
40th Mass. Inf. Died Aug. 19, 1864, Hampton Hospital ; age 32.
BENJAMIN F. HARDEN. 1st Mass. Cav. Died Sept. 4, 1864; age 18.
GALEN OTIS HUDSON.
38th Mass. Inf. Died of wounds Sept. 19, 1864, Winchester, Va .; age 20. ANDREW J. STETSON.
Sergt. 38th Mass. Inf. Killed Sept. 19, 1864, Winchester, Va .; age 27. JOHN W. SYLVESTER.
Ist Mass. Cav. Died Nov. 16, 1864, Andersonville ; age 34.
GEORGE H. WINDOR. U. S. Navy. Killed Jan. 15, 1865, Fort Fisher; age 31. JOHN DUNLAP. 38th Mass. Inf. Died March 9, 1865, Newberne, N. C .; age 46. CALVIN FRANCIS HARLOW.
29th Mass. Inf. Killed March 25, 1865, Fort Stedman ; age 22. HENRY Z. HALE.
4th Mass. Inf. Died in East Bridgewater, Dec. 4, 1867 ; age 26. D. PERKINS REYNOLDS.
3d Mass. Inf. Died in East Bridgewater, Dec. 6, 1867; age 25. JAMES WILDER. 7th Mass. Inf. Died at bome, July 29, 1872; age 30.
Grand Army of the Republic .- On the sixth day of June, 1870, a post of the Grand Army of the Republic was regularly instituted. The organi- zation was conducted by Hon. Henry B. Pierce, of Abington, deputy inspector-general, assisted by com- rades of Post 73 of that town.
The following is a list of charter members, viz. : William H. Osborne, Francis M. Kingman, Levi Wright, Leonard F. Gammons, Henry W. Harwood, Algernon S. Brett, Alonzo L. Holmes, Edward E. Edson, John Carroll, Eleazer C. Bennett, Isaac N. Bourne, Irving Bates, Albert P. Sampson, Andrew Jackson, James L. Robinson, Minot S. Curtis, Seth B. Edson, Josiah E. Hayward, Seth H. Bryant, Jo- siah E. Reynolds, Frederick Mitchell, William B. Hathaway, George W. Allen, Samuel P. Allen, James W. Cooper, Charles C. Whitman, George R. Dyer.
The following named were elected officers for the year 1870 : C., William H. Osborne; S. V. C., Francis M. Kingman ; G. V. C., William B. Hath- away; Adjt., Leonard F. Gammons; Q.M., George W. Allen ; Chaplain, Albert P. Sampson ; Surg., Jo- siah E. Hayward; O. D., Edward E. Edson ; Sergt .- Maj., James L. Robinson ; Q.M .- Sergt., Alonzo L. Holmes.
The post was named " Justin Dimick," in honor of the late Brig .- Gen. Justin Dimick, of Philadelphia, who held command of Fortress Monroe at the break- ing out of the Rebellion. During the year following its institution the post was presented with a beautiful silken banner given by and bought by the labors of the Johnny Clemm Association,1 many of whom were the children of soldiers.
1 Named for Johnny Clemm, "the drummer boy of Shiloh."
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HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Valuable courses of lectures and other entertain- ments have, from time to time, been given under the auspices of the post. In 1874 a ladies' sewing circle was organized for co-operation in furthering its objects (with Mrs. N. F. Dunphe, president, and Mrs. George A. Wheeler, secretary), and proved an efficient aid, netting substantial profits from fairs, etc.
Active in all good works which keep in mind the memory of " the unreturning brave," the organization has borne an honorable record, and counts among its membership the names of highly-honored citizens.
At present its number of comrades in regular stand- ing is fifty. Commander for the year 1884, Edward E. Edson.
Militia .- In 1762 there were six military com- panies in the town of Bridgewater. One of the com- panies was in East Bridgewater. It was the third company in chronological order organized. Its officers were Edward Mitchell, captain ; David Kingman, licutenant ; Matthew Allen (2d), ensign.
In February, 1765, the officers of the third com- pany were : Matthew Allen (2d), captain ; Ephraim Cary, Jr., lieutenant ; Joseph Keith, Jr., ensign. At the last date mentioned a new company was organized in the East Parish of Bridgewater, and was denomi- nated the seventh company in Bridgewater. Its officers were Isaac Otis, captain ; Joseph Gannett, Jr., lieutenant ; James Keith, Jr., ensign.
On the formation of the seventh company the East Parish was divided for military purposes into two districts-the east district and the west district-by a line running nearly straight north and south through the meeting-house.
MILITIA OFFICERS AND DATES OF THEIR COM- MISSION.
Generals.
Silvanus Lazell, March 31, | John H. Hathaway, Sept. 12, 1810. 1838.
Colonels.
John Holman. John HI. Hathaway, March 29, 1834,
Edw. Mitchell, Feb. 7, 1776.
Robert Orr, Oet. 15, 1787.
Lieutenant-Colonels.
Robert Orr, Aug. 27, 1783. - James Bates, July 26, 1851. S. Lazell, Sept. 6, 1792.
Majors.
Robert Orr, July 1, 1781.
S. Lazell, Oct. 15, 1787.
James Barrell, June 15, 1802. James Bates, Sept. 23, 1848.
Adjutants.
Ezra Kingman, July 1, 1781. | Hector Orr, June 15, 1802.
The captains of the militia in the East Parish prior to 1766 were :
Nieholas Byram, about 1723. Ebenezer Byram, about 1733.
Chilton Latham, 1728. Į Jonathan Bass, " 1735.
John Holinan, Jr., about 1741. | Edward Mitchell, about 1762. Ebenezer Alden, May 7, 1744. Matt. Allen (2(1), 1765. Thomas Whitman, about 1750.
East Military District.
Isaae Otis, about 1765. Ezra Kingman, May 24, 1793.
Joseph Gannett, about 1772. S. Curtis, June 12, 1797.
David Kingman, " 1775.
Thomas Young, May 13, 1803.
Levi Washburn, July 9, 1784.
West Military Distriet.
Matthew Allen (2d).
N. Alden, Jr., Nov. 18, 1788.
Joseph Keith. James Allen, May 24, 1793.
Robert Orr. D. Kinsley, March 1, 1795.
N. Alden, March 23, 1776.
James Barrell, June 12, 1797.
Elisha Mitchell.
N. Russell, May 13, 1803.
Isaae Whitman.
June 15, 1803, the company in the West Military District was disbanded, and in place of it the Bridge- water Light Infantry was chartered. All the militia of the parish came under the command of Capt. Thomas Young, and Capt. Nathaniel Russell was made commander of the light infantry.
The successors of Capt. Young as commanders of the militia werc :
Abisbai Stetson, May 6, 1806. Isaae Keith, Jr., June 21, 1811. Luther Gannett, May 31, 1815. Seth Gurney, Jr., Aug. 7, 1817. Braneh Byram, May 1, 1821. A. Whitmarsh, May 4, 1824. Zebina Johnson, May 30, 1827.
Samuel B. Allen, May 10, 1831. John H. Hathaway, Aug. 18, 1832.
Thos. Hathaway, Oet. 27, 1832. N. T. Snell, Sept. 10, 1836.
Oliver Pratt, April 6, 1839.
Commanders of the Bridgewater Light Infantry.
Nath. Russell, June 15, 1803.
Scott Keith, March 29, 1823.
Wm. Vinton, Nov. 4, 1805. Parlee Keith, Sept. 20, 1824. Charles Rogers, May 30, 1827. - Eli Blanchard, Jr., Aug. 25, 1830.
Cyrus Alden, July 4, 1809. Jonathan Chamberlain, May 31, 1815. Benjamin Robinson, Jr., May 30, 1821.
Captains of the Bridgewater " Troop."
J. M. Goodwin, April 24, 1810. | Levi Keith, Jr., Sept. 16, 1816. Nath. Cross, June 9, 1814.
CHAPTER V.
Mills and Manufactures-Shoe Manufactures.
Mills and Manufactures .- East Bridgewater has been somewhat remarkable on account of its number of mill-seats, of which there appear to have been 110 less than twenty-two. Some of them not of great water-power, and after continuing a longer or shorter term of years discontinued. Others have been in operation ever since they were established. The first mill here of any deseription was a saw-mill built and earried on by Robert Latham, the date not precisely
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known. but, as supposed, several years prior to King Philip's war, possibly as early as 1667. It was located on Satucket River, a little below the Indian Dam.
Joseph Shaw's grist-mill was erected on Salisbury River somewhat earlier than 1700. Subsequently a saw-mill was built on the same dam. In recent years both mills have been removed, and the privilege has been occupied by a rolling-mill built and run by Reed Brothers, of Brockton.
Snell Meadow Saw-Mill, several rods above the upper bridge, over Forge Pond, was built, probably abont 1700, by John Whitman, whose house was a short distance south of it. on the east side of what is now Union Street. He died in 1727, and the mill- seat was overflowed by the Forge Pond, Capt. Jona- than Bass having built a dam and a forge farther down the stream, on the land which he had bought of Lieut. Josiah Byram in 1726. The wheels of the forge were built on the outside. The first forge build- ing was destroyed by fire, and another was built on the same site. Capt. Bass, dying in 1750, bequeathed the forge to his son, Jonathan.
George Keith conducted the work of the forge in the Revolution. Silvanus Lazell was the next owner, who sold out to Capt. David Kingman and his son, Capt. Ezra Kingman, in 1801.
In 1828, William Mitchell, from Yorkshire, Eng- land. bought the establishment and introduced a new method of forging, which proved successful, and forge-work is still done there.
In 1740, Hugh Orr, a Scotchman, built a dam on Matfield River, where the bridge is, near the Rey- nolds placc, the same now owned by Joseph H. Mills. He crected a trip-hammer shop and manufactured scythes as well as various other edge-tools, also mus- kets. During the Revolution large quantities of can- non, iron and brass, cast solid, werc there bored out and furnished for the armies. There, too, machinery for cleaning flax-seed, for carding and spinning cotton, and weaving cotton cloth were produced. These dif- ferent manufactures proved of inestimable value to our nation.
"Hon. Hugh Orr, son of Robert and Margaret Orr, was born in Lochwinioch, in the shire of Renfrew, Scotland, Jan. 13, 1717 (new style). He learned the trade of a gunsmith. Of an active turn of mind, full of enterprise, when but twenty years old, he de- termined to emigrate to New England. Though shipwrecked on the passage, he, nothing daunted, found his way to Easton, Mass., where he worked for a while at his trade, but, better prospects opening before him, he was induced to settle in East Bridge- 1
water in 1740; there he married Mary, daughter of Capt. Jonathan Bass.
His large house, raised on the day of his marriage, Aug. 4, 1742, though somewhat changed in appear- ance, is still standing, and is owned and occupied by William Vinton, one of his descendants.
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