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HILL, THOMAS. Mustered in Sept. 23, 1862, Co. H, 3d Mass. Inf. Discharged June 26, 1863. Re-enlisted Dec. 10, 1864, in 18th Mass. unattached Company for one year. Discharged May 12, 1865. Married. Son of Thomas.
HORTON, ALFRED A. Mustered in Sept. 23, 1862, Co. H, 3d Mass. Inf. Discharged June 26, 1863. Nine months. Re-enlisted Aug. 6, 1864, 18th Mass. unattached Company. Discharged Nov. 14, 1864. 100 days. Son of Benson and Permilla Hor- ton. Born in Rehoboth.
HORTON, CHARLES D. Enlisted May 20, 1862, Co. A, 9th Rhode Island Inf. Discharged Sept. 2, 1862. Re-enlisted Aug. 6, 1864, 18th Mass. unattached Company. Discharged Nov. 14, 1864. Corporal. 100 days. Son of Seth and Olive (Briggs) Horton. Born in Swansea.
HORTON, EDWIN R. M. Enlisted Aug. 20, 1861, Co. A, 3d Rhode Island Heavy Artillery. Son of Darius and Harriet (Baker) Horton. Died of fever at Hilton Head, S. C., Jan. 17, 1862, aged 22 years. Buried at Cole Brook Cemetery.
HORTON, FRANCIS W. Enlisted Aug. 20, 1861, Co. A, 3d Rhode Island Heavy Artillery. Re-enlisted. Wounded and taken prisoner at Gainsville, Fla., Aug. 17, 1864. Discharged Aug. 31, 1864. Son of Darius and Harriet (Baker) Horton.
HORTON, FREEMAN F. Mustered in Aug. 6, 1864, 18th Mass. unattached Company. Discharged Nov. 14, 1864. 100 days.
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HORTON, JOHN F. Mustered in May 2, 1861, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery. Discharged Aug. 6, 1861. Three months. Residence, Providence, R.I. Son of John W. and Mary Ann (Wheeler) Horton.
HORTON, NATHAN B. Mustered in Aug. 18, 1862, Co. H, 40th Mass. Inf. Son of Seth and Olive (Briggs) Horton. Died Oct. 19, 1864, while on a furlough.
JANSEN, SOREN. Enlisted March 18, 1864, Co. M, 3d Mass. Cavalry. Died July 16, 1864.
KENT, ALBA B. Mustered in Sept. 23, 1862, Co. H, 3d Mass. Inf. Discharged June 26, 1863. Nine months.
LAKE, JOSEPH W. Enlisted May 26, 1862, Co. C, 10th Rhode Island Inf. Discharged Sept. 1, 1862. Three months. Re- enlisted Dec. 10, 1864, in 18th unattached Mass. Company. Discharged May 12, 1865. Corporal. Son of Williams and Mary C. (Wheaton) Lake. Born in Rehoboth.
LANE, EBENEZER M. Drafted July 15, 1863. Killed at Spott- sylvania Court House, May 12, 1864, aged 36. Son of Isaiah and Mercy (Drown) Lane.
LARSON, CHARLES. Mustered in March 16, 1864, Co. B, 28th Mass. Inf. Absent sick, from May 29, 1864. Hence no dis- charge.
LEONARD, JOSEPH F. Enlisted Aug. 1, 1864, 18th Mass. unat- tached Company. Discharged Nov. 14, 1864. 100 days. Son of George W. and Ruth Leonard. Married.
LEONARD, MELVIN G. Enlisted Dec. 10, 1864, 18th Mass. un- attached Company. Discharged May 12, 1865. One year. Married.
LEWIS, JAMES M. Mustered in Jan. 1, 1863, 2d Rhode Island Cavalry. Transferred to Co. F, 1st La. Cavalry, Aug. 24, 1863. Transferred to Co. I, 3d Rhode Island Cavalry, Jan. 14, 1864. Discharged Nov. 29, 1865. Son of Timothy and Louisa (Horton) Lewis.
LOTHROP, HENRY H. Mustered in Sept. 23, 1862, Co. H, 3d Mass. Inf. Discharged June 26, 1863. Corporal. Married. Son of William H. and Lydia M. (Pearse) Lothrop. Lost at sea, 1865.
LUTHER, ALLEN B. Mustered in Sept. 23, 1862, Co. H, 3d Mass. Inf. Discharged June 26, 1863. Drummer. Son of Ira and Nancy (Bowen) Luther. Died 1864, aged 21.
LUTHER, HALE S. Mustered in Sept. 23, 1862, Co. H, 3d Mass. Inf. Discharged June 26, 1863. Son of Levi and Abigail (Bliss) Luther. Married. Died April 22, 1895, aged 65.
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LUTHER, WILLIAM H. Mustered in Sept. 23, 1862, Co. H, 3d Mass. Inf. Discharged June 26, 1863. Re-enlisted Aug. 1, 1864, in 18th Mass. unattached Company. Discharged Nov. 14, 1864. 100 days. Corporal. Re-enlisted Dec. 10, 1864, 18th Mass. unattached Company for one year. Discharged May 12, 1865. Sergeant. Son of Rhodolphus and Lepha (Goff) Luther.
MACDONALD, JOHN 2d. Enlisted Aug. 17, 1864, Co. K, 4th Mass. Heavy Artillery. Discharged July 13, 1865. One year. Residence, New Hampshire.
MAGILL, BENJAMIN. Drafted July 16, 1863, Co. C, 54th Mass. (colored) Inf. Died in hospital at Morris Island, S.C., Oct. 15, 1864.
MAGOUN, CHARLES W. Mustered in Aug. 25, 1864, Co. M, 3d Mass. Heavy Artillery. Discharged Oct. 5, 1864 (special favor, etc.).
MARTIN, ELBRIDGE J. Enlisted June 16, 1861, Co. C, 7th Mass. Inf. Deserted Jan. 20, 1863. Son of Benjamin.
MARTIN, HIRAM L. Enlisted May 7, 1861, 7th Mass. Inf. Drop- ped from the Rolls April 26, 1864.
MARTIN, KINGSLEY. Enlisted June 16, 1861, Co. C, 7th Mass. Inf. Discharged July 3, 1863.
MCALLISTER, CLARENCE. Enlisted Sept. 1, 1864, Co. E, 61st Mass. Inf. Discharged June 4, 1865. One year.
MCELROY, KENNEDY. Enlisted Aug. 19, 1862, Co. I, 38th Mass. Inf. Three years. Deserted Nov. 10, 1862.
McHENRY, PAUL. Enlisted Nov. 16, 1864, Co. L, 3d Mass. Heavy Artillery. Deserted July 22, 1865. One year.
McKENNA, EDWARD. Enlisted Nov. 16, 1864, Co. G, 2d Mass. Cavalry. Discharged July 20, 1865. One year.
MOULTON, JAMES F. Mustered in Sept. 23, 1862, Co. H, 3d Mass. Inf. Discharged June 26, 1863. Nine months. Son of James B. and Abigail W. (Carpenter) Moulton. Died May 4, 1883, aged 43.
MOULTON, STEPHEN C. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1861, Co. I, 1st Mass. Cavalry. Re-enlisted June 1, 1864. Discharged Nov. 27, 1865. Son of James B. and Abigail W. (Carpenter) Moulton. Died 1908, aged 71.
MUNROE, BENJAMIN C. Enlisted Jan. 2, 1864, Co. C, 58th Mass. Inf. Killed near Spottsylvania Court House, Va., May 15, 1864.
MURPHY, EDWARD P. Enlisted Aug. 29, 1862, Co. H, 2d Mass. Cavalry. Discharged July 20, 1865. Three years.
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O'BRIEN, JOHN. Enlisted Nov. 21, 1864, Co. G, 61st Mass. Inf. Discharged by G. C. M., June 22, 1865.
OLDRIDGE, DANIEL H. Mustered in Aug. 6, 1864, 18th Mass. unattached Company. Discharged Nov. 14, 1864. 100 days. Son of Samuel.
OLSEN, JENS. Enlisted March 18, 1864, 3d Mass. Cavalry. De- serted as recruit without joining any regiment.
PARKER, GEORGE W. Mustered in Oct. 29, 1861, Battery F, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery. Discharged Oct. 28, 1864. Three years.
PAUL, BENJAMIN F. Enlisted Sept. 18, 1862, Co. G, 4th Mass. Inf. Discharged Sept., 1863. Died 1863.
PAYNE, JOHN C. Enlisted Jan. 7, 1864, Co. E, 4th Mass. Cavalry. Discharged Nov. 14, 1865. Married.
PEACOCK, ALONZO. Enlisted Aug. 7, 1864, Co. K, 4th Mass. Heavy Artillery. Discharged June 17, 1865. One year.
PECK, EDWIN A. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, Co. H, 40th Mass. Inf. Son of Cyril C. 2d and Hannah H. (Bliss) Peck. Died Jan. 5, 1864, at Hilton Head, S.C.
PECK, GEORGE G. Enlisted May, 1861, Co. D, 7th Mass. Inf. Lost an eye in battle. Transferred to Vet. Res. Corps, Sept. 30, 1863. Corporal. Discharged 1864.
PECK, THOMAS W. D. Enlisted May 26, 1862, Co. I, 9th Rhode Island Inf. Discharged Sept. 2, 1862. Son of Philip and Frances J. (Barney) Peck. Died in 1900, aged 55.
PHILLIPS, ALEXANDER. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1864, Co. B, 1st Mass. Cavalry. One year. Discharged at close of the war.
PIERCE, ABRAHAM. Enlisted Oct. 15, 1862, Co. H, 3d Mass. Inf. Discharged June 26, 1863. Nine months. Son of Jeremiah. Married. Died in Rehoboth, Dec. 1, 1890, aged 62.
PIERCE (PEARCE) DEXTER D. Mustered in June 6, 1861, Co. A, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery. Discharged June 17, 1864. Died May, 1915.
PIERCE, WHEATON. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, Co. H, 40th Mass. Inf. Son of Joshua and Betsy Pierce. Married. Killed by a shell June 6, 1864, at Cold Harbor, Va., aged 32.
PIERCE, WILLIAM F. Mustered in Aug. 6, 1864, 18th Mass. un- attached Company. Discharged Nov. 14, 1864. 100 days. Afterwards enlisted in Vet. Rel. Corps.
POTTER, DAVID. Mustered in Dec. 16, 1861, Co. E, 5th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery. Discharged Nov. 20, 1864, at New- berne, N.C.
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REYNOLDS, JOHN M. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862, Co. G, 11th Rhode Island Inf. Discharged July 13, 1863. Nine months. Re- enlisted in 3d Rhode Island Cavalry.
ROACH, JAMES. Mustered in Sept. 23, 1862, Co. H, 3d Mass. Inf. Discharged June 26, 1863. Nine months. Married.
SHERMAN, EDWARD P. L. Mustered in Aug. 18, 1862, Co. H, 40th Mass. Inf. Married. Died at Ft. Independence, Boston, 1863.
SIMMONS, FRANCIS H. Enlisted Nov. 29, 1861, Co. F, 29th Mass. Inf. Died at Harper's Ferry, Va., Oct. 12, 1862.
SMITH, ALBERT F. Enlisted Sept. 26, 1862, Co. G, 4th Mass. Inf. Son of William and Eliza (White) Smith. Died Aug. 12, 1863, at Cairo, Ill., while on his way home, aged 21.
STEIMLE, THEODORE. Enlisted Nov. 17, 1864, Co. G, 19th Mass. Inf. Discharged June 30, 1865. One year.
THATCHER, JAMES J. Mustered in Aug. 6, 1864, 18th Mass. un- attached Company. Discharged Nov. 14, 1864. 100 days. Re-enlisted Dec. 10, 1864, 18th Mass. unattached Company. Discharged May 12, 1865. One year.
THAYER, LORENZO J. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1862, Co. C, 47th Mass. Inf. Died Aug. 16, 1863, of fever, while in service at Cleve- land, O. Nine months.
THORP, JOHN. Enlisted Nov. 15, 1864, Co. B, 4th Mass. Cavalry. Discharged Nov. 14, 1865. One year.
THRESHER, GEORGE H. Enlisted Feb. 8, 1864, Co. B, 58th Mass. Inf. Discharged June 20, 1865, for disability. Three years. Married.
THURBER, FRANCIS W. Mustered in Sept. 1, 1862, Co. H, 40th Mass. Inf. Transferred Nov. 15, 1864, to Vet. Rel. Corps. Discharged July 3, 1865. Three years.
THURBER, JEREMIAH. Mustered in Sept. 18, 1862, Co. H, 3d Mass. Inf. Discharged June 26, 1863. Nine months.
THURBER, NATHANIEL. Enlisted Dec. 9, 1861, Co. G, 29th Mass. Inf. Discharged Feb. 12, 1863, for disability.
TILTON, CHARLES W. Mustered in Sept. 23, 1862, Co. K, 43d Mass. Inf. Discharged July 30, 1863. Nine months.
TOWLE, JOHN W. Enlisted Aug. 29, 1864, Co. B, 61st Mass. Inf. Discharged June 4, 1865. One year.
TRENN, HENRY CLAY. Mustered in Aug. 6, 1864, 18th Mass. unattached Company. Discharged Nov. 14, 1864. 100 days. Died June, 1886. Interred at Burial Place Hill.
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TRIPP, GEORGE A. Mustered in Sept. 23, 1862, Co. H, 3d Mass. Inf. Discharged June 26, 1863. Nine months. Married.
TUCKER, JOHN M. Enlisted March 16, 1864, 2d Mass. Cavalry. Deserted, 1864.
ULXRIBREN, CARL. Enlisted March 18, 1864, Co. M, 3d Mass. Cav. Died Nov. 10, 1864, at Baltimore.
VALETT, ALEXANDER. Enlisted May, 1861, Co. H, 7th Mass. Inf. Discharged July 5, 1864. Three years.
VIALL, GEORGE H. Mustered in Sept. 23, 1862, Co. H, 3d Mass. Inf. Discharged June 26, 1863. Nine months. Son of Samuel H. and Mary A. (Kent) Viall.
VIALL, SAMUEL H. Mustered in Oct. 11, 1862, Co. A, 43d Mass. Inf. Discharged July 30, 1863. Nine months.
WALKER, ARNOLD A. Enlisted June 6, 1861, Co. A, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 5, 1863. Died in hospital in Washington, Feb 19, 1863. WHEELER, PARMENUS E. Mustered in Sept. 2, 1861, 24th Mass. Inf. Promoted to 2d Lieutenant Aug. 1, 1862; to 1st Lieu- tenant March 7, 1864. Discharged Nov. 14, 1864, at expira- tion of service. Son of Arunah and Melinda (Mason) Wheeler.
WHITAKER, HERBERT A. Enlisted Aug. 10, 1864, 22d Mass. un- attached Company. Discharged Nov. 25, 1864. 100 days. Re-enlisted Dec. 10, 1864. One year. Drummer. Dis- charged May 12, 1865.
WILLIAMS, CALEB. Mustered in Sept. 23, 1862, Co. H, 3d Mass. Inf. Discharged June 26, 1863. Nine months. Married. Died in 1903.
LIST OF MEN WHO WERE EITHER BORN IN REHOBOTH OR LIVED THERE AT SOME TIME, BUT ARE CREDITED ELSEWHERE IN THE STATE ROSTER
BLANCHARD, WILLIAM W.
BLANDING, ABRAM O. Served during the war as surgeon in the 22d Iowa Inf. Son of James and Elizabeth (Carpenter) Blanding. Died July 31, 1892, aged 69.
BLISS, CORNELIUS. Served in an Illinois regiment. Son of Elijah. BLISS, EDWIN H. Grandson of Elijah.
BLISS, WHEATON L. Served two years in Co. A, 17th Mass. Inf. Son of George W. and Betsey (Bowen) Bliss. Born in Reho- both. Credited to Seekonk.
BOWEN, CHARLES. Served in 1st Rhode Island Cavalry. Res- idence, North Rehoboth. Died 1904, aged 86.
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BOWEN, CHARLES W. Served in 1st Rhode Island Cavalry. Son of Charles. Died 1902, aged 57.
BOWEN, CYRUS A. Son of Charles. Died 1902, aged 44. Father and sons buried in the "Stevens Corner" Cemetery.
BOWEN, EDWIN H.
BURTON, ELISHA P. Served in Co. H, 58th Mass. Inf. Died in Rehoboth, at home of Capt. Geo. W. Bliss. Buried at Re- hoboth Village.
CHIPMAN, JAMES S., M.D. After the war, resided in Rehoboth several years and practiced medicine. Buried at Rehoboth Village.
CONNELLY, PETER.
DICKERMAN, EZRA. Enlisted 1861, 22d Mass. Inf. Discharged for disability Feb. 7, 1864. Credited to Taunton.
DICKERMAN, IRVING. Enlisted 1861, Co. G, 24th Mass. Inf. Re- enlisted Jan. 4, 1864. Discharged Jan. 20, 1866. Credited to Berkeley.
DROWN, LEONARD. Captain in a New Hampshire regiment. Son of Israel and Christiana A. (Carpenter) Drown. Killed in battle at Williamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862. Buried at Rehoboth Village.
DRURY, JOHN.
FRANCIS, HENRY W. Enlisted May 1, 1861, Co. F, 7th Mass. Inf. Discharged Oct., 1864. Credited to Taunton.
GOFF, THOMAS L. Served in 11th Rhode Island Inf. Son of Nathan Goff; step-son of Baylies Goff.
HARRISON, GILBERT F. Served in Battery A, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery. Wounded at Gettysburg. Transferred to Vet. Rel. Corps, from which he was discharged. Buried at E. Providence, Oct. 23, 1889, aged 62.
HORTON, ANTHONY. Lieutenant in one of the Rhode Island bat- teries. Son of John W. Horton. Buried at Rehoboth.
HORTON, SETH A. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, Co. H, 40th Mass. Inf. Discharged July 12, 1865. Credited to Dighton.
HORTON, WILLIAM H. Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, Co. H, 39th Mass. Inf.
LUTHER, LEVI L. Enlisted June, 1861, Battery A, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery. Was in the first and second battles of Bull Run and at Antietam. Afterwards sick and discharged for disability. Son of Levi and Abigail (Bliss) Luther. Credited to Providence, R.I. Served in 10th R.I. Battery. 100 days. Died in Rehoboth, March, 1914, aged 88. MILLER, CHARLES E.
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CAPT. CONSTANT S. HORTON Deputy Supt. of Providence Police Force, Rhode Island, 1911-1914.
LIEUT. AMOS MILLER BOWEN
WILLIAM M. P. BOWEN, Esq.
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PACKARD, WILLIAM D.
PARKER, THOMAS S. Enlisted June 13, 1862, Co. F, 1st Rhode Island Battery Light Artillery. Discharged for disability, March 6, 1863, at Newton University Hospital, Baltimore. Corporal.
PERRY, JAMES N. Enlisted 1861, Co. I, 7th Mass. Inf. Lost a leg in the battle of the Wilderness. Son of Nathaniel and Mary Perry. Credited to Attleborough, and later to Fall River. Died from wounds July 28, 1864, at Chestnut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia, aged 21.
PERRY, JOHN S. Mustered in Sept. 16, 1862, Co. K, 43d Mass. Inf. Discharged July 30, 1863. Credited to North Bridge- water.
PERRY, MARSDEN J. Enlisted Dec. 13, 1864, 26th Mass. unat- tached Company. Discharged May 12, 1865. Son of Ho- ratio M. and Susan Perry. Credited to Somerset.
PIERCE, CHARLES. Served as Lieutenant in a Maine regiment. Residence, South Rehoboth. Buried at Burial Place Hill. Son of Elisha.
PIERCE, WILSON D. "Member of the Rhode Island Hospital Guard and veteran of the Civil War." Son of Joshua and Betsey (Wheaton) Pierce. Buried at Cole Brook. Credited to Dighton.
POTTER, ALDEN. Enlisted Aug. 5, 1862, Co. H, 39th Mass. Inf. Credited to Saugus.
PRATT, ALBERT S. 4th Mass. Inf. Credited to Taunton. (?)
ROBINSON, STEPHEN W. Enlisted Nov. 5, 1862, Co. B, 14th New York Cavalry, age 17. Discharged at San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 26, 1865. Residence, Brooklyn, N.Y. Since 1882 has lived in Rehoboth.
ROUND, IRA H. 100 days. Son of Jotham.
ROUNDS, GERSHOM. Credited to Attleborough.
SALISBURY, THOMAS R. Served on U. S. S.S. "Brooklyn." With Farragut at New Orleans. Died in Rehoboth, December, 1889.
SEAGRAVES, DAVID. Enlisted in a Kansas regiment. Was wounded at battle of Springfield, Mo., where Gen. Lyon was killed. Son of Rev. Edward and Harriet (Walker) Seagraves. Died in Texas.
SMITH, DANIEL. Served in an Illinois regiment. With Grant at capture of Fort Donelson in winter of 1862.
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THAYER, JOHN J. Enlisted May, 1861, Co. I, 7th Mass. Inf. Discharged Dec. 29, 1863, for disability.
WHEATON, CYRUS M. Mustered in Aug. 29, 1861, Co. B, 18th Mass. Inf. 1st Lieutenant. Resigned April 3, 1862. Son of Cyrus M. and Nancy (Carpenter) Wheaton. Credited to Somerset. Died at Providence, R.I., June 26, 1862.
WHEATON, MARK O. Enlisted, 1861, 3d Rhode Island Cavalry. Son of William and Rachel (Burr) Wheaton. Died at Attle- borough, June 22, 1896, aged 62.
WILLIAMS, ALEXANDER. Seaman (colored). Died at Rehoboth almshouse. Buried in Hix cemetery, Oak Swamp.
MEN IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY CREDITED TO REHOBOTH BAKER, EUGENE. Landsman. Enlisted Jan. 29, 1864, for one year, on the "Oceola." Discharged Jan. 28, 1865, from "Day- light."
BEATTIE, EDWARD. Enlisted Sept. 26, 1862, for one year, on the "Sabine." Discharged Sept. 15, 1863, from ship "Brandy- wine."
BICKFORD, HENRY. Enlisted Sept. 26, 1862, for three years: "Ossipee," "Monongahela." Discharged from "Elk" Aug. 7, 1865.
BOARDMAN, JAMES. Enlisted Sept. 20, 1862, for one year on "Sabine." Discharged from "Florida" Sept. 15, 1863.
BROWN, ABIJAH. Enlisted Sept. 19, 1862, for one year on "Lan- caster," later "Cyane." Discharged June 8, 1864, from re- ceiving ship "Savannah."
BROWN, FRANCIS. Enlisted Oct. 20, 1862, for three years, on "Col- orado," then "Oneida." Discharged June 30, 1865, from "Arkansas."
BROWN, JAMES E. Enlisted Sept. 5, 1862, for one year on "Sara- nac," then "Cyane," and "Lancaster." Discharged from "Savannah."
BROWN, JOHN. Enlisted Sept. 22, 1862, for three years, on "Sa- bine," then "Santa," etc. Discharged Feb. 23, 1865, from "Macedonia."
BROWN, JOHN T. Enlisted Sept. 20, 1862, for one year, on "Sa- bine." Discharged from "Zouave," Sept. 19, 1863.
BROWN, JOSEPH. Enlisted Sept. 24, 1862, for two years, on "Sa- bine." Deserted Nov. 30, 1864, from "Wateree."
BROWN, PETER. Enlisted Sept. 22, 1862, for three years, on "San Jacinto." Deserted Feb. 28, 1863.
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BROWN, PETER. Enlisted Sept. 17, 1862, for one year, on "Sa- bine." Discharged Aug. 23, 1863.
BRIDGHAM, WILLIAM H. B. Enlisted Nov. 23, 1864, for one year, on R. S. "Ohio." Discharged Nov. 23, 1865.
BURLINGHAM, WILLIAM A. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862, for three years, on "Colorado," then "Red Rover," etc. Deceased July 15, 1863.
BURNS, JOHN. Enlisted Oct. 4, 1862, for three years, on "Sabine," then "San Jacinto," etc. Discharged from "Dale" July 20, 1865.
BYERS, ALEXANDER. Enlisted Sept. 19, 1862, for two years, on "Sabine." Discharged from "Brandywine," Sept. 11, 1863.
DAVIS, ALEXANDER. Enlisted Sept. 18, 1862, for one year, on flag-ship "Lancaster." Discharged Sept. 22, 1863.
HARE, JOHN. Enlisted March 30, 1864, for two years, on "Brook- lyn." Transferred July 31, 1865, to R.S. "North Carolina." No further record.
HERMEN, JACOB A. Enlisted April 8, 1864, for two years. De- serted from "Cherokee," Oct. 5, 1864.
ROUNDS, WILLIAM H. Enlisted Sept. 25, 1862, for one year, on "Colorado." Discharged Feb. 10, 1864.
CHAPTER VI ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
EARLY in the eighteenth century the first settlers of Rehoboth, who had come from Weymouth with Samuel Newman in 1643,1 had passed away, and their descendants had spread out from the "ring of the town," which is now East Providence Center. Some of the more enterprising had moved as far east as Palmer's River and were settled along the borders of that stream. Following the river up from the Swansea line, we find the Thurbers, the Smiths, the Burrs, the Palmers, the Bullocks, the Allens, the Millers, the Martins and the Millards; then the Lakes, the Pecks, the Fullers and the Blisses; still farther up, the Blandings, the Hunts, the Wilmarths, the Carpenters and the Readways; then the Wheatons, the Perrys and the Blisses again. These sturdy and devout men and women, prizing the ministrations of the Sanc- tuary, found it difficult to attend worship at the Newman Church so far away, and petitioned the General Court in 1711 to have the town divided into two separate precincts for the support of the ministry. This the people in the older part of the town opposed by a counter petition. Thus arose a sort of distrust and rivalry between the east and west sections of the town, which increased until it culminated in 1759 in two distinct precincts; and in 1812, the year after the "fighting town meeting," in two separate towns.
In May, 1713, the General Court recommended to Rehoboth to raise one hundred and twenty pounds for the support of two ministers, - one at Palmer's River.
In 1717 the people at Palmer's River, by the consent of the Court, began to build a meeting-house in their part of the town, which was finished and occupied in 1721.
It stood half a mile north of the Orleans factory, on Lake Street, on the spot now marked by the remains of the old burying-ground. The lot includes three acres of land given by the brothers Jathniel and Samuel Peck and Jonathan Bliss, each giving one acre.
1 According to old style the year 1644 began |March 25th. By that time the colony would need to be on the ground to build their homes and fences and pre- pare the land for tillage.
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The parent church had been granted two hundred and fifty pounds for building a new meeting-house; of this they relinquished fifty pounds to aid the church at Palmer's River, receiving a written release from any further payments. They also gave the facing of the galleries and the pulpit of their old meeting-house. The Church was organized Nov. 29, 1721, consisting of ten mem- bers, David Turner (pastor), Elisha May, Thomas Ormsbee (deacons), Jathniel Peck, Samuel Peck, Benjamin Wilson, Solo- mon Millard, Samuel Fuller, William Blanding, Joseph Wilson. The worshippers were to be seated with discrimination, according to dignity, age and liberality toward the building and supporting of the church.
The business of the two churches and societies was "managed by the town as the affairs of one church," and the expenses of both were to be borne by the whole town, an arrangement which, according to the precinct record, "occasioned great difficulties." They continued to be thus managed until the year 1759, each voter paying a yearly town rate and a ministerial rate collected by constables.
Rev. David Turner, the pastor, was a native of Scituate. He received one hundred pounds for a settlement. His annual salary averaged about eighty-five pounds. During his pastorate of thirty-six years, one hundred and seventy-one persons were added to the Church.
Mr. Turner graduated from Harvard College in 1718. He afterwards studied medicine and practised to some extent during his ministry. He was talented and witty, but eccentric. He had numerous children and grandchildren, but most of them brought no honor to the family name. The eldest son, David junior, was clerk of the precinct from 1761 to 1765, keeping his records in a neat and legible hand. He married Mary Smith of Rehoboth and had a large family. The name here was long ago extinct.
Rev. Mr. Turner died Aug. 9, 1757, in his 63d year and was buried in his church-yard, the oldest burying ground in town, long since overgrown with bushes. His tombstone bears the following inscription:
"In Memory of the Reverend Mr David Turner, Pastor of the Second
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Church in Rehoboth, who departed this Life on ye 9th Day of August, A.D. 1757, in ye 63d year of his Age. 'Watch and Pray because You know not the hour.'"
Mr. Turner resided about one mile north of his church, in a house which stood where the deacon Wheeler house now stands on Wheeler Street, near the old Asa Bliss farm, and where his suc- cessor, Mr. Rogerson, also lived, and later Capt. John Rogerson, his son.
In his last illness, Mr. Turner sent for the Rev. Robert Roger- son, who had preached to his people since he had become dis- abled through infirmities, and said to him: "Mr. Rogerson, I re- joice to find that the people are so well pleased with you and your preaching, but you must remember that, though it is 'Hosanna!' 'Hosanna!' to-day, it will be 'Crucify him!' 'Crucify him!' to- morrow."
In the year 1759 this church and congregation was incorporated by an act of the General Court into a separate society by the name of "The Second Precinct of Rehoboth," thus freeing the town from further financial care.
The first meeting of the precinct was held Feb. 12th of the same year, when William Bullock was chosen Precinct Clerk, and Dea- con Thomas Carpenter, Deacon Moulton, Stephen Moulton, Lieut. Ephraim Hunt, Capt. Nathaniel Bliss and William Bland- ing, Precinct Committee.
Up to this time one source of friction between the two churches (east and west) had been in collecting and dividing the revenue from the ministerial lands designated as the "Pastor's and Teacher's Rights." This difficulty was removed by selling all such lands owned in common, and dividing the proceeds equally between the precincts.1 This was effected the following year by appointing a committee from each precinct, which consisted of Daniel Carpenter, John Lyon, and John Hunt from the first, and Thomas Carpenter, Nathaniel Bliss and William Bullock from the second. There were thirty-one of these lots scattered through the town, including one lot of 182 acres at Squannakonk
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