History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Vol. II, Part 2

Author: L.H. Everts & Co
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts
Number of Pages: 896

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The first session of the old Common Pleas Court was held on the 9th day of March, 1812, with Jonathan Leavitt, asso- ciate justice, presiding. Edward Bangs was the chief-justice. Andrew Adams, of Greenfield, father of Peleg Adams, was foreman of the traverse jury, and Elisha Alexander, of North- field, was foreman of the grand jury. The first action entered in this court and placed on the record was that of Jerome Ripley, of Greenfield, against Ransom Hinman, of Ece ; an ac- tion on the case. Richard English Newcomb, Esq., appeared

for the plaintiff. Defendant was defaulted, and judgment rendered for $29.11 damages and $7.71 costs.

At the date of the ercetion of Franklin County all county business was transaeted by the old Court of Sessions. The first meeting of this court was held at Greenfield, March 3, 1812, with Job Goodale, Esq., chief-justice, and Medad Alex- ander, Ebenezer Arms, Joshua Green, and Caleb Hubbard, Esquires, associate justices.

The first record of business transacted shows that the court ordered that, in consideration of the payment of five hundred dollars, the inhabitants of Greenfield should forever have the privilege of holding town-meetings in the court-house abont to be built .*

The next business was to divide the county into jury dis- triets, which was done as follows :

First District .- Deerfield, Whately, Conway, Shelburne, Sunderland, and Leverett.

Second District .- Northfield, Gill, Greenfield, Bernardston, Coleraine, and Leyden.

Third District .- Montague, Wendell, Shutesbury, New Salem, Orange, and Warwick.

Fourth District .- Ashfield, Hawley, Charlemont, Buckland, Heath, and Rowe.

A committee, consisting of Eliel Gilbert, of Greenfield ; John Arms, of Conway; Ezekiel Webster, of Northfield; Charles E. Robertson, of New Salem; John White, of Whately ; Hezekiah Newcomb, of Leyden ; and Roger Leavitt, of Heath, was appointed to proeure plans for the public buildings.

At the April meeting, in 1812, Eliel Gilbert, Esq., Capt. Ambrose Ames, and Mr. David Ripley were appointed a committee to superintend the erection of the publie buildings. The first licenses to innholders and retailers of liquors were granted at this session, the number of applicants amounting, in the county, to about one hundred and twelve. The jail limits were also established at this term.

At the March term of 1813, Elijah Alvord (2d) was ap- pointed commissioner to meet the commissioners of Hamp- shire and Hampden Counties for the purpose of adjusting unsettled matters between them.

COURT-HOUSES.

Appropriations for county buildings were made as follows : 1813, 82000; 1814, 82100; 1815, $1900; 1816, $2160; total, 88160. These amounts probably cover the cost of both court- house and jail, which were probably ereeted in 1813.

The first court-house building for the use of Franklin County is now occupied by the post-office and the Gazette and Courier office. The probable expense of this building was about $6500.

In 1822 the offices of clerk of the courts and Probate were removed from the court-house and located in the building occupied by the Franklin County Bank.

NEW TOWNS AND CHANGES.

The town of Monroe was erected Feb. 21, 1822, and the town of Erving, from Erving's grant, April 17, 1838.

On the 2d of April, 1838, the unincorporated district of Zoar was divided, and a part set off to Charlemont and Rowe in Franklin County, and a part to Florida, Berkshire Co.

In 1836 the commissioners' books show an expenditure of $800 for repairs on publie buildings, and in 1848 an appropri- ation of $2000 was made for like purposes, though the record is somewhat indefinite as to the particular building repaired. The amount expended in 1836 was probably upon the court- house.

In the years 1848 and 1849 a new court-house was erected on the west side of the park, and on ground now covered by

* In 1814 the Protestant Episcopal Society of Greenfield was permitted by the court to occupy the court-room for a few months pending the erechim of a house of worship.

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the new building erected in 1872 and 1873, and of which it forms a part.

The money raised for the erection of the new building was as follows: in 1848, $3000; in 1849, $300; in 1850, $3000; in 1851, $1150; in 1852, $1100; in 1853, $1500; in 1854, $5700; in 1855, 85700; total, $24,150. The two large sums of 1854-55 most likely included appropriations for a new jail, which was erected in 1856. The total county tax for 1848 was $9000.

In examining the books and records, it is next to impos- sible to determine the exact amount of money expended on the court-house of 1848-49, but it was probably under $20,000.

Isaac Damon was the contractor. The county commis- sioners of that year were Thomas Nims, Joseph Stevens, and Ebenezer Maynard.

The amounts expended for a series of years on the public buildings were, according to the record, as follows: 1865, $300; 1867, $500; 1869, $450; 1870, $500; 1871, 8500; 1873; $500. The sum for 1873 was probably wholly expended on the jail and house of correction.

In 1872 and 1873 the old court-house, which had served for a period of about twenty-three years, was remodeled, enlarged, and substantially rebuilt. The lot belonging to the county was considerably enlarged, and the space around the building made more roomy and convenient. The county commissioners in office during the time of its construction were Nelson Bur- rows, Richard N. Oakman, and George D. Crittenden. The architect was Joseph R. Richards, of Boston; the contrac- tors, Timothy E. Stuart, mason, Asa Lewis, carpenter, both also from Boston. The total cost of this new and substantial building has been approximately fifty thousand dollars. Its extreme dimensions, including projections and portico, are about one hundred and fifteen by seventy-five feet. The base- ment is of stone, the superstructure of brick. It is two stories in height, with tower and slate roof. It is a spacious, ele- gant, and well-arranged building, convenient, and well-lighted and ventilated. The acoustic properties of the main court- room appear to be excellent. It is heated throughout by steam, lighted by gas, and supplied with abundance of the pure " Leyden Glen water," which is furnished to-the village from the hills of Leyden, several miles away. Altogether, the Franklin County court-house, considering its convenience and adaptation, its architectural appearance and reasonable cost, is one of the best and most satisfactory to the people of the county of any in the commonwealth, reflecting credit alike on its projectors and builders.

COUNTY JAIL AND HOUSE OF CORRECTION.

The first jail for Franklin County was erected probably in the same year with the original court-house, 1813. It was constructed of wood, and stood a little south of where the Union Hotel now stands. The cost of the building cannot be precisely determined from the records, as the appropriations named and expenditures stated include both court-house and jail, but it was probably from one thousand to fifteen hundred dollars. This building was occupied until 1831, when a new one was erected.

The second jail was constructed of stone from the quarries in Northfield, the amount used being about three hundred and fifty tons, equivalent to about four thousand cubic feet, or thirty-one and one-quarter cords of one hundred and twenty- eight feet each. An appropriation of one thousand dollars was made for the erection of the building in December, 1830, and it was completed during the following year, at a total cost, according to the commissioners' account, of $4746.65, of which $770.23 was paid for hauling the stone from the quarries .*

The building was thirty-eight feet square, and contained eleven rooms. During the period of its construction the prisoners were transferred to the Hampshire County jail, at Northampton, for safe-keeping. This structure was in use until the completion of a third one, in 1856. It now forms a part of the Union Hotel.

In 1855 the necessity for a new and enlarged county prison and a more healthy location having become apparent, steps were taken toward the necessary changes and improvements, and the land on the hill now occupied was purchased at a cost of three thousand dollars.

The present county jail and house of correction was built in 1856, and the total cost, as near as can be readily ascertained, was about thirty thousand dollars, including land.

The basement is of stone and the superstructure of brick, with stone trimmings. The building is in the form of a Latin cross, with additions on the north, south, and east. The total length of the structure is about ninety-three feet, and the ex- treme width, not including additions, about fifty-six feet. The size of the jail or prison proper is thirty-eight feet four inches by fifty-three feet. The front building is two stories and au attic, and the prison portion two stories. There are two tiers of cells, and thirty-five cells in all, including three recently constructed in the basement for the confinement of desperate criminals and drunkards. The upper story of the prison is occupied as a workshop, where the prisoners are at present employed in hottoming cane-seat chairs. The front building is occupied on the first floor by the office, parlor, sitting-room, and kitchen, and on the second floor by corresponding chambers and the chapel, which is over the kitchen. The sheriff's family resides in the building. The cells lock independently, and also in sections. There is in the centre of the structure a large circular tower, ten feet in diameter, rising above the roof, used for ventilating purposes and for chimney-flues. The premises are well ventilated, and connected with the gas- and the water-works of the town. The drainage and sewage are good. The roof is covered with slate. The entire estab- lisbment is in thorough order in every respect, and well con- ducted.

In many respects it greatly resembles the ordinary State penitentiaries, more particularly in the arrangement of the cells, in the custom of employing prisoners at some kind of profitable labor, and in the length of terms of imprisonment, which vary according to the discretion of the court. At the present time there is one woman serving a term of seven years.

When a prisoner is received he or she is measured, and a minute description entered on the records of the institution. There is perhaps only one unsatisfactory feature about the establishment, and that is the lack of some provision whereby persons charged with crime and awaiting trial shall not be compelled to mingle with criminals serving terms of imprison- ment. The location is very fine and healthful one, and cer- tainly as unobjectionable as could be expected in one of its class. A chaplain and physician are provided for the benefit of the inmates at the expense of the county.

TAXATION.

The increase in taxation for county purposes has probably more than kept pace with the increase in population since the formation of the county. The first account of the treasurer in 1812 showed receipts of $317.12. The first county tax levied in 1812 was $2500. The following figures show the amounts raised at various periods for county purposes : 1812, $2500; 1833, 88000; 1844, 86000; 1850, $10,000; 1855, $18,000; 1860, $20,000; 1870, $25,000; 1873, $35,000; 1878, 828,000. The tax for 1879 is something less than for the previous year. With good and substantial public buildings completed, it is probable that for many years the county tax will steadily diminish.

* The county commissioners at that date were Horace W. Taft, Thomas Long- ley, John Arms.

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CHAPTER IL.

FRANKLIN CIVIL LIST .*

CHIEF-JUSTICES' COURT OF SESSIONS.

JOR GOODALE, 1811 to 1818, inelusive; John Hooker, 1819 to 1821, inclusive; Elijah Paine, 1822 to 1827, inclusive.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

The act abolishing Courts of Sessions and establishing in their stead county commissioners was approved Feb. 26, 1828. The commissioners were at first appointed by the Governor and council for three years. The office was made elective in 1835.

John Nevers, Thomas Longley, John Arms, Horace W. Taft, Noah Wells, Isaac Newton, Jonathan Blake, Rufus Saxton, Charles Thompson, Joseph Stevens, Thomas Nims, Ebenezer Maynard, Austin Rice, Josiah Goddard, Lucius Nims, Asa Severance, Hart Leavitt, Samuel D. Bardwell, Alfred R. Field, Horace Hunt, Ansel L. Tyler, Richard C. Arms, Davis Goddard, Alvan Ilall, Nelson Burrows, George D. Crittenden, R. N. Oakman, John M. Smith, Carlos Batch- elder, Lyman G. Barton.

SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS.

The following is a nearly complete list of those who have served as special commissioners :. Thaddeus Coleman, Rufus Saxton, Richard Colton, Amos Russell, Thomas Nims, John Porter, David Wells, Samnel Giles, Elijah Ingham, Jonathan Budington, R. B. Hubbard, Gardiner Dickinson, Albert R. Albee, HI. K. Iloyt, William W. Russell, Nelson Burrows, John M. Smith, Albert Montague, William C. Carpenter, and David L. Smith.

The names of both commissioners and special commission- ers are only given once ; many of them have served several terms each.

JUDGES OF PROBATE.

1811 .- Solomon Smead, of Greenfield.

1814 .- Jonathan Leavitt, of Greenfield.

1821 .- Richard E. Newcomb, of Greenfield.

1849 .- George Grinnell,t of Greenfield.

1853 .- Horatio G. Parker,; of Greenfield.

1854 .- Franklin Ripley, of Greenfield.

1858 .- Charles Mattoon, of Greenfield.

1870 .- Chester C. Conant, of Greenfield.

REGISTERS OF PROBATE.

1811 .- Isaac B. Barber, of Coleraine.

1812 .- Elijah Alvord (2d), of Greenfield.

1841 .- George Grinnell, Jr., of Greenfield.

1849 .- Wendell T. Davis, of Greenfield. 1851 .- Samuel O. Lamb, of Greenfield. 1853 .- Charles Mattoon, of Greenfield.

1856 .- Charles Mattoon,¿ of Greenfield.

1858 .- Charles J. Ingersoll,¿ of Greenfield.

1863 .- Chester C. Conant,¿ of Greenfield. 1870 .- Francis M. Thompson,¿ of Greenfield.

DISTRICT AND COUNTY ATTORNEYS.

1811 .- Elihu Lyman, Jr., Greenfield, county attorney.

1811 .- John Nevers, Northfield, county attorney.

1812 .- Samuel C. Allen, New Salem, county attorney.

1821 .- George Grinnell, Jr., Greenfield, county attorney.

1829 .- Richard E. Newcomb, Greenfield, county attorney.

1837-42 .- Daniel Wells, Greenfield, attorney for Western District five years.

1844 .- Wm. Porter, Jr., Lee, vice Wells, appointed chief- justice Common Pleas Court.

1849 .- Wm. Porter, Jr., Lee.

* For explanations and preliminary remarks, see Chapter II., History of Hampden County, in this work.

+ Resigned.

# Elected.

1851 .- Increase Sumner, Great Barrington.

1853 .- Wm. G. Bates, Westfield, rice Sumner.

1854 .- Henry L. Dawes, Adams, rice Bates.

1855 .- Ithamar F. Conkey, Amherst, Northwestern Dis- triet.

1856 .- Elected, Daniel W. Alvord, Greenfield, Northwest- ern District.

1859 .- The same.

1862-66-68 .- Samuel T. Spaulding, Northampton.

1871 .- William S. B. Hopkins, Greenfield.

1874 .- Samuel T. Field, Shelburne Falls.

1877 .- Daniel W. Bond, Northampton .¿

SHERIFFS.

1811 .- John Nevers, Northfield.

1811 .- Elihu Lyman, Jr., Greenfield.

1814 .- Epaphras Hoyt, Deerfield.

1831-46 .- John Nevers, Northfield, sixteen years.

1847 .- Samuel H. Reed, Rowe, five years.

1851 .- James S. Whitney, Conway. 1853 .- Samuel H. Reed, Greenfield.

1855 .- Charles Pomeroy, Northfield.

1856-68 .- Samuel H. Reed, Greenfield.

1868-77 .- Solomon C. Wells, Greenfield.

1877 .- George A. Kimball, Greenfield.

CLERKS OF THE COURTS.

1811 .- Rodolphus Dickinson, of Deerfield.

1820 .- Elijah Alvord, of Greenfield.

1840 .- Henry Chapman, of Greenfield.

1852 .- George Grinnell, of Greenfield.

1866 .- Edward E. Lyman, of Greenfield.

COUNTY TREASURERS.

1811 .- Elijah Alvord (2d), of Greenfield.

1812 .- Epaphras Hoyt, of Deerfield.

1815 .- Hooker Leavitt, of Greenfield.

1842 .- Almon Brainard, of Greenfield.

1856 .- Lewis Merriam, of Greenfield.

1862 .- Daniel H. Newton, of Greenfield.

1865 .- Bela Kellogg, of Greenfield.

1876 .- C. M. Moody, of Greenfield.

REGISTERS OF DEEDS.

1811 .- Epaphras Hoyt, of Deerfield.

1815 .- llooker Leavitt, of Greenfield.

1842 .- Almon Brainard, of Greenfield.

1856 .- Humphrey Stevens, of Greenfield.

1872 .- Edward Benton, of Greenfield.

MESSENGERS OF THE COURT.

Lucius Dickinson, John Pinks, Thomas Rockwood, Dexter Marsh, Jonathan M. Mann, Charles Frink, Maj. Il. Taylor, George S. Eddy, Rufus A. Lilly, of Greenfield.

TRIAL-JUSTICES.

The present justices of the county are as follows : Gorham D. Williams, Greenfield ; Iliram Woodward, Orange ; Samuel D. Bardwell, Shelburne Falls; Joseph Root and Wm. S. Dana, Montagne ; Albert Montague, Sunderland; Henry W. Billings, Conway ; Silas Blake, Ashfield ; Charles Pomeroy, Northfield.

REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS.||

Apportionment under the revised constitution of 1857: ra- tio of votes to each representative, eight hundred and fifty. -Eight representatives.

District No. 1 .- Bernardston, Coleraine, Greenfield, Gill, Leyden, Shelburne .- Two representatives.

¿ The district now includes Hampshire and Franklin Counties.

| For explanations, see Chapter II., History of Hampden County, in this work.

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District No. 2 .- Buckland, Charlemont, Ileath, Monroe, Rowe .- One representative.

District No. 3 .- Ashfield, Conway, Hawley .- One represen- tative.

District No. 4 .- Deerfield, Whately .- One representative.

District No. 5 .- Leverett, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Wen- dell .- One representative.

District No. 6 .- Erving, Montague, Northfield .- One rep- resentative.

District No. 7 .- New Salem, Orange, Warwick .- One rep- resentative.

Under the apportionment of 1866 the county was allowed seven representatives, and the ratio of voters to each was fixed at ten hundred and thirty and five-sevenths.

District No. 1 .- Warwick, Orange, New Salem .- One rep- resentative.

District No. 2 .- Montague, Sunderland, Leverett, Shutes- bury, Wendell .- One representative.

District No. 3 .- Greenfield, Coleraine, Leyden, Bernards- ton, Gill, Northfield, Erving .- Two representatives.

District No. 4 .- Deerfield, Shelburne, Whately, Conway, Ashfield, Hawley .- Two representatives.

District No. 5 .- Buckland, Charlemont, Heath, Rowe, Monroe .- One representative.

Under the apportionment of 1876 the county was allowed six representatives, and the ratio to each was fixed at fourteen hundred and nineteen.

District No. 1 .- Warwick, Erving, Orange, New Salem. -One representative.

District No. 2 .- Montagne, Sunderland, Leverett, Wendell, Shutesbury .- One representative.

District No. 3 .- Gill, Greenfield, Shelburne .- One repre- sentative.

District No. 4 .- Deerfield, Conway, Whately .- One repre- sentative.

District No. 5 .- Northfield, Bernardston, Leyden, Cole- raine, Ileath .- One representative.

District No. 6 .- Ashfield, Buckland, Charlemont, Hawley, Rowe, Monroe .- One representative.

For lists of representatives, see town histories.

In addition to county officers, the county of Franklin has furnished the following State and national officers since its organization :

Gorernor .- William B. Washburn, of Greenfield, from 1872 to 1874.

Lieutenant-Governor .- Henry W. Cushman, of Bernards- ton, from 1851 to 1853.

United States Senator .- William B. Washburn, 1874-75 .* Attorney-General .- Charles Allen, from 1867 to 1872.

CHAPTER IIL.

FRANKLIN DISTRICT MEDICAL SOCIETY.

THIS society was organized at Greenfield, in January, 1851, and the following officers were elected : President, Stephen W. Williams, Deerfield ; Secretary and Treasurer, James Deane, Greenfield ; Librarian, Alpheus F. Stone, Greenfield ; Coun- selors, Alpheus F. Stone, G. W. Hamilton, Stephen W. Wil- liams ; Censors, James Deane, E. W. Carpenter, C. M. Dun- can. The society was legally sanctioned and authorized by the State Medieal Society on the 3d of June following.

The following is a list of those who have been members of the society. Those marked with a star are deceased. Many others have removed, and a few who are not marked may have deceased :

Orange. 7-Edward Barton, Robert Andrews,* J. H. God- dard.

Deerfield .- Stephen W. Williams,* R. N. Porter, John Q. Adams MeAllister, Charles A. Packard, D. M. Elliott, Geo. M. Read. The three last mentioned at South Deerfield vil- lage.

Greenfield .- James Deane,* Daniel Hovey,* L. D. Seymour, Charles H. Spring, Joseph Draper, Noah Wells, Jonathan W. Osgood, A. C. Walker, C. L. Fisk, Jr., Thomas Wom- ersley.

Shelburne Falls .- Chenery Puffer,* Milo Wilson, * Stephen J. W. Tabor,{ J. W. Bement,* A. HI. Taylor, Charles E. Severance, F. J. Canedy, C. M. Wilson.

Shelburne .- Charles M. Duncan.

Ashfield .- Charles L. Knowlton, James R. Fairbanks.

Charlemont .- Stephen Bates .*

Buckland .- Josiah Trow.

Coleraine .- A. C. Deane, Charles T. Lyons, Charles Warren Green, E. S. Weston, O. II. Lamb.

Rowe .- Humphrey Gould .*

Montague .- David Bradford,* E. A. Deane.

Montague City .- Charles A. Wilson, E. C. Coy.

Leverett .- Fayette Clapp,* David Rice .*

Northfield .- Elijah Stratton,* Marshall S. Mead, A. B. Rice, R. C. Ward.

Warwick .- Gardner C. Ifill, Charles Barber .*

Heath .- Cyrus Temple.

New Salem .- A. E. Kemp, Wm. H. Hills.

Bernardston .- Noyes Barstow, William Dwight, Charles Bowker, O. A. Wheeler.

Conway .- E. D. Hamilton, Martin L. Mead.

Sunderland .- N. G. Trow. .

Gill .- E. P. Burton.

Turner's Falls .- S. Walter Scott, C. E. Hall, E. R. Camp- bell.

Miller's Falls .- Doremus D. Jacobs, Charles W. Stoek- man.

Present Officers .- President, A. C. Walker; Vice-President, C. L. Fisk, Jr .; Secretary, Treasurer, and Librarian, Charles Bowker; Censors, C. M. Dunean, Edward Barton, C. E. Sev- erance, A. C. Deane, E. C. Coy ; Counselors, J. W. Osgood, E. A. Deane, F. J. Canedy ; Commissioner on Trials, R. C. Ward ; Counselor for Nominating Committee, F. J. Canedy ; Reporter, G. M. Reed.

DR. ALPHEUS FLETCHER STONE? was born in Rutland, Worcester Co., Mass., May 7, 1778. In his younger days he taught school in Connecticut, and probably had a good com- mon education for those days.

About 1798 or 1799 he came to Greenfield, where he entered the office of his elder brother, Dr. John Stone, who subse- quently removed to Springfield, Mass., where he died.[] lle continued his medical studies for about two years, and com- meneed practice at Greenfield on Christmas-day, 1801. Here he continued in active business for fifty years, and became one of the most noted and snecessful practitioners in this region. Ile was famous as an obstetrician, and probably had a larger practice in that line than almost any other physician in the Connectient Valley. He had a great reputation in the treat- ment of women and children, and was a man of most urbane and gentlemanly deportment, and was very popular among all classes. IIe was exceedingly systematic, and always pune- tual to appointments. During the last twenty-five years of his life his consulting practice was very extensive.

t The names of towns indicate their place of residence at the time of uniting with the society.

# Dr. Tabor is now Fourth Anditor of the Treasury Department at Washing- ton, D. C'.

¿ Compiled from a biographical sketch by Stephen W. Williams, M.D., written in 1851, and published in the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal.

! For notice of Dr. John Stone, see Medical Chapter of Hampden County history.

* Gov. Washburu was also a member of the 38th, 39th, 40th, 41st, and 42d Congresses.

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Ile became a fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Associa- tion in 1814, and was one of its counselors for twenty-five years. Ile took an active part in the formation of the Franklin District Medical Society, founded in 1851, was one of its counselors, and served for some time as librarian. In 1813 he was elected an honorary member of the American Eseulapian Society of New York. In 1825 he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Medicine from Williams Col- lege; in 1849 was appointed by the Massachusetts Medieal Association a delegate to the American Medical Association ; and in January, 1851, was elected first president of the Frank- lin Distriet Medical Society. Dr. Stone died Sept. 5, 1851, aged seventy-three years and four months.

Ile was three times married. llis first wife was a daughter of Beriab Willard, Esq., of Greenfield ; his second was Har- riett Russell, of Rutland, Mass .; and his third, Mrs. Fanny Cushing Arms, widow of George Arms, Esq., of Deerfield, whom he married about 1820.

His son, Charles Stone, was a graduate of West Point, and served during the Mexican war with distinction, rising to the rank of captain in the regular army. Subsequently he visited Europe to perfect his military studies. At the opening of the great Rebellion in 1861 he took an active and prominent part, and received the commission of brigadier-general of volun- teers. He commanded at the disastrous battle of Ball's Bluff, which reverse to the Union arms was more the result of errors on the part of the War Department than of any fault in the commander. Ile soon after retired from the service, and subsequently visited Europe and Egypt, where he entered the army of the kliedive, and has, by his thorough military knowledge and soldierly qualities, won the high distinction of virtual commander-in-chief of the Egyptian army.

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History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Vol. II, Part 2

Author: L.H. Everts & Co Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts Number of Pages: 896

Author: L.H. Everts & Co
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts
Number of Pages: 896