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promptly its money equivalent in books, and the library was begun. Books were distributed and re- ceived twice a week, Miss Hathaway giving her services as libra- rian every Thursday afternoon, and Mr. Cud- worth and Mr. Nichols alternating on Saturday nights. To meet the
growing demands of its patrons, Miss Hathaway solicited money, and received encouraging returns from Mrs. Rachel Plummer, of Assonet, Mr. Bailey Evans, of Provi- dence, and Mrs. Mary M. Gager of Brooklyn, N. Y. When the library began to outgrow its limits, and there was talk of moving to another part of the Town Hall, Miss Hathaway came forward with her generous proposition, and the present library was the ultimate result. Mr. John D. Wilson gave the lot, the charge of building was under- taken by Mr. Cudworth and Mr. Nichols, and the work was promptly and satisfactorily carried through. The library was ready for the public in the fall of 1895, and at once found eager and appreciative patrons. Its main room is amply lighted day and evening, and is furnished with a reading-table well-stocked with current magazines and weeklies. These are a gift from the ladies of the Tuesday
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MRS J F CROWELL (Formerly E. FLORENCE HATHAWAY. )
Club, an organization also owing its origin to Miss Hathaway. The volumes now number about twelve hundred and fifty. They are selected by the trus- tees, Mr. Cudworth, Mr. Nichols, and Mrs. H. M. Irons, the last elected to take Miss Hathaway's place when she gave up her residence herein 1895. The building has no regular attendant, but is placed in charge of the postmistress who has her office here rent-
free in consideration of her services as libra- rian. Miss Charlotte Nichols has kindly giv- en much of her time on Saturday evenings.
The town has never ceased to be grateful for Miss Hathaway's gift, and appropriates annually an increasing amount for its mainte- nance. This and the income derived from a bequest of $500 made by Mrs. Gager in 1899 insure to the town a steady and satisfactory growth in one of its most useful institu- tions.
JOHN D. WILSON
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MILITARY HISTORY.
BY COL. SILAS P. RICHMOND.
T' THE WRITER fully realizes that this brief chapter will not do justice to the subject in hand; but he will make it as broad and comprehensive as his ability will permit, and vouches for its truthfulness as far as his knowledge extends.
During the struggle of Plymouth Colony with the Indians, that portion of the country which later became the Freemen's Purchase was mostly occupied by the red men. Hence we find but few white men from that local- ity mentioned in the Indian wars. Samuel Nash, the owner of the twenty-first lot, where Assonet now stands, commanded a force against the Indians in 1645. And there were some men from this section who served with that great Indian fighter, Colonel Church. Colonel -
Thomas Gilbert commanded a company in the forces sent to Cape Breton in 1745. Later he was lieutenant colonel of Second Regiment, Bristol County Militia, under Colonel Ezra Richmond, and fought in the French and Indian War. He was a Tory and commanded a battalion in the King's forces in the Revolutionary War, and General Gage sent him an "espontoon."
For a long time Colonel Gilbert was a man of wealth and a leader in Assonet ; and many men who were secretly Whigs dared not declare their principles for fear of him. But later the Whigs obtained control and Colonel Gilbert was driven out and his property confiscated. Captain Ambrose Barnaby was one of the most wealthy men in
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Freetown in 1750, and at that time he was a Tory, but later he became a Whig and exerted great influence in the Patriots' cause.
Captain Levi Rounsvill was a Tory in 1768, but later became a Whig, and was captain of the Minute Men of Freetown who responded to the first call, known as the "Lexington Alarm," April 19, 1775. The roster of the company was as follows :- Captain, Levi Rounsvill; Lieutenants, Samuel Taber and Natt Morton ; Sergeants, John White and Consider Crapo; Corporals, Joshua Law- rence and Seth Hilman. Privates, Philip Taber, Uriel Peirce, Benj. Lawrence, Abiel Cole, Consider White, Jesse Keen, Jacob Benson, John Clark, John Braley, Percival Ashley, Ichabod Johnson, Michael Ashley, Seth Morton, Jeff Sachems, Israel Haskell, Louis DeMoranville, Abram Ashley, Charles DeMoranville, Aaron Seekel, Abner Haskins, Benjamin Runnells, Thomas Rounsvill, Peter Crapo and Joseph Hacket.
The first company of militia was formed in Freetown in 1683, and was commanded by Thomas Terry. This com- pany retained its organization for more than one hundred years, and had two terms of service in the War of the Revolution, and was commanded in that war by Captain Benjamin Read. The roll of the company in 1780, was as follows :-
Captain, Benjamin Read ; Lieut., Philip Hathaway Jr. Ensign, Benjamin Evans; Sergts., Guilford Evans, Sam- uel Hathaway and Silas Hathaway; Corps., David Doug- lass and John Payne; Musicians, James Winslow and George Winslow; Privates, Ephraim Briggs, John Briggs, Abner Briggs, Daniel Braman, Isaac Burbank, Greenfield Chace, Jesse Cudworth, Gilbert Chace, George Chace Jr., Richard Clark, Fairfax Chace, Thomas Evans, John Evans Jr., Guilford Grinnell, Daniel Grinnell, Benjamin Grin- nell, Jonathan Hathaway Jr., Seth Hathaway, Joseph Hathaway, Robert Hathaway, James Hathaway Jr., Silas Hathaway, Eben Hathaway, Peter Jucket, Job Keen,
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Walter Nichols, Solomon Payne, Warden Payne, Job Payne, Benjamin Porter, Samuel Richmond, Rufus Ray- mond, William Read, Isaac Record, Charles Strange, James Strange, Lot Strange, Job Terry, Solomon Terry, Abiel Terry Jr., Benjamin Weaver, David Winslow, Oliver Winslow, William Winslow, Richard Winslow, Ezra Winslow and Thomas Winslow.
The second company of Freetown, Capt. Henry Brightman, and the third company of Freetown, Capt. James Norton also participated in this campaign. These companies served in a regiment of which John Hathaway was Colonel; Sylvester Richmond Lieut .- Col. ; Manasseh Kempton and Joseph Durfee Majors. Capt. Benjamin Weaver commanded a company in the Patriot Army and was promoted to Lieut .- Col. July 10, 1788.
Col. Joseph Durfee commanded the forces which repelled the British attack on Freetown at Fall River, May 25, 1778. Capt. James Richmond and Jonathan Rich- mond were in the marine service of the Patriots, 1778-80.
Jail Hathaway and George Chace were captains in Col. Thomas Gilbert's battallion of Tories.
David Valentine of Fall River, in Freetown, was the general of the Bristol County men in the Shays Rebellion. He fled to England after the defeat of the rebels, but afterwards returned and was pardoned. No other promi- nent men in Freetown were with the rebels at that time.
Capt. Benjamin Weaver, who commanded the first Company of Militia in Freetown at that time, by the vigi- lance of himself and his men, saved the government sup- plies from falling into the hands of the rebels.
Freetown furnished two companies in the War of 1812. The roster of the first company was as follows:
Captain, Lynde Hathaway ; Lieut., Thomas Burbank ; Sergts., Joseph Evans, Preserved Cotton and Joseph Evans 2d; Musicians, Calvin Pavne and William Winslow ; Privates, Zephaniah Andros, Thomas Booth, William Burr, Luther Briggs, Isaac Burbank, Josephus Briggs,
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John Briggs, Stephen Burden, Holder Chace, Edmund Chace, Simeon Chace, Samuel Chace, Gilbert Chace, James Chace, John D. Cudworth, Michael Chace, Daniel Doug- lass Jr., Paul Davis, John Dean, John Dean 2d, Ebenezer Dean, King Dean, Benj. Dean Jr., Joshua Downing, Wil- liam Evans, Lemuel Edminster, Ephraim Hathaway, Dan- iel Hathaway, Lot Hathaway, Michael Hathaway, Joseph Hathaway 2d, Ennis Hathaway, Jason Hathaway, Henry P. Hathaway, Noah Hathaway, Bradford Hathaway, John Haskins, Malachi Howland, Seth Howland, Enoch Hath- away, Silas Hathaway, Philip Hathaway, Malbone Hath- away, Joseph Marble, Ebenezer Miller, Mason Martin, Charles Marble, William Nichols, John Nichols, Henry Payne, Baalis Phillips, Peirce Phillips, Solomon Payne, Abram Payne, George Pickens, Adino Paddock, Henry Porter, John V. Pratt, John Read, Dean H. Read, Joseph Read, Thomas Randall, Benjamin Raymond, Abram Richmond, Isaac Richmond, Samuel Richmond, Gilbert Staples, John Strange, Joshua Seekel, Joseph Terry, Thomas Terry, Silas Terry, John Wilkinson, James Web- ster, Darius Wilbur, Barnaby Winslow, Ephraim Wins- low Jr., Gilbert Winslow, Kenelm Winslow, William Winslow.
The roll of the second Company was as follows :
Capt., Simeon Ashley; Ensign, Samuel Macomber; Sergts., Bishop Ashley, John Rounsvill, Gilbert Rounsvill, Philip Taber, John Allen, Benjamin Ellis, Josiah DeMoranville, and Clark Haskins; Musicians, Ephraim Gurney and Thomas Rounsvill Jr. ; Privates, Abram Ash- ley 2d, Abram Ashley 3d, Taber Ashley, Thomas Ashley, Leonard Ashley, Jonathan Braley, Job Braley, Abiel Briggs, John Bent, Asa Clark Jr., Joseph Clark, George Cummings, J. Cummings, William Case, Frederick Down- ing, James Gorham, David S. Hathaway, Philip Hath- away, Natt. Hathaway, Natt. Jucket, David Lawrence, Spencer Lawrence, Asel Lucas, Hezekiah Mason, Noah Perkins, Ira Pittsley, Abram Pittsley, Alexander Pittsley,
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James Pittsley, Mike Reynolds Jr., Wilbur Reynolds, Luther Rogers, Silas Rounsville, John Tobey, James White, John White, Malachi White, Samuel White, Jr., Wm. Westgate.
Company "G" of Assonet in Freetown was chartered on petition of Robert P. Strobridge and fifty-two others. The petition was granted in General Order No. 12, Boston, Mass., June 7, 1850, "providing that within six months at least forty-eight men shall be enlisted." Silas P. Rich- mond, John W. Marble, Ebenezer W. Peirce and George D. Williams signed the enlistment paper on June 8, 1850, and forty-seven others signed within the next two days. On June 14, 1850 an election of officers was ordered in General Order No. 14, directed to Robert P. Strobridge. June 29, 1850 officers were elected as follows: Capt., Eben- ezer W. Peirce; 1st Lieut., Augustus C. Barrows; 2nd Lieut., Giles L. Leach; 3d Lieut., John W. Marble; 4th Lieut., Daniel H. Cudworth. By General Order No. 78, July 5, 1850 the Company was lettered "G," and attached to the 3d Regiment, 2d Brigade, 1st Division, M. V. M. July 10, 1850 Robert P. Strobridge was appointed first sergeant and clerk.
The first duty of the company was in the escort at the funeral of President Taylor in Boston, August 15, 1850. During the following ten years the company was com- manded by Captains Augustus C. Barrows, John W. Mar- ble, Silas P. Richmond, James M. Mathewson, and John W. Marble a second term. Company G was the school of the officers and forty-two of the soldiers of Freetown who fought in the war to preserve the Union.
In the Civil War of 1861-5, Freetown responded nobly. At that time there were two hundred and forty men in town between the ages of eighteen and forty-five who were able to do military duty. Of these, one hundred and fifty-five men enlisted and served the United States, many of them serving two and three terms each; and of these, eighteen were commissioned officers, including one General, two Colonels and a Major. A large number of them
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laid down their lives, on the field of battle, in the hospi- tals and in the rebel prisons, for the Union they loved.
The "Minute Men" from Freetown who went to the front April 15, 1861, were : - Brig. General Ebenezer W. Peirce ; Capt. and A. D. C. Silas P. Richmond; Capt. John W. Marble; 1st. Lieut. Humphrey A. Francis; 2d Lieut. John M. Deane: Sergts. James H. Hathaway and George D. Williams; Corps. Frederic Thayer and Chester W. Briggs; Privates James C. Clark, James H. Haskell, Russel Haskins, Ephraim H. Haskins, Charles R. Has- kins, George H. Haskins, Urial M. Haskins, David B. Hill, Russel H. Hathaway, John Malcom, Columbus Peirce. Luther Pickens, George F. Putnam, Edward E. Read, Welcome H. Richmond, James H. Whittaker and Benediet A. Winslow.
The Freetown men who went into the field with the Bd Regt. Mass. Vols. in 1862, were: -
Col. Silas P. Richmond; Capt. John W. Marble; Sergts. James H. Hathaway, Stephen Hathaway and Frederic Thayer; Corps. Urial M. Haskins, Ephraim H. Haskins and David B. Hill; Privates Albert B. Ashley, Francis G. Briggs, Franklin J. Chace, Sumner J. Chip- man, George Duffee, Andrew T. Hambly, George H. Haskins, James H. Haskell, Otis Haskell, Aaron D. Hathaway, Andrew J. Hathaway, Lynde Hathaway, Andrew J. Horr, Shubael G. Howland, Thomas W. Mur- taugh, George A. Paine, Edwin H. Rennis, Edwin S. Rouns- ville, Simon D. Rounsville, Asa Spooner Jr., Benedict A. Winslow, George F. Wilcox and Marcenah B. Wilcox.
The men from Freetown enlisting in the 29th Regt. Mass. Vols., were :- Col. Ebenezer W. Peirce; Major John M. Deane; Capt. George D. Williams; Lieut. Charles G. Bosworth; Corp. Martin Van B. Haskell; Musician James Booth ; Privates John Booth, Abram Haskell, Eph- raim Haskell, William Haskell, Henry L. Hill, Michael Malony, Albert R. Pittsley, James Pittsley, William Pittsley, Culbert Reynolds, Cornelius Westgate, Elisha
Westgate, Elisha B. Westgate, John Westgate, Joseph Westgate, Joseph L. Westgate, Preserved Westgate and Edward Wilbur.
The Freetown men who joined the 58th Regt., Mass. Vols., were :- Col. Silas P. Richmond; Lieut. Ephraim H. Haskins; Sergts. Aaron D. Hathaway and Abram T. Haskell; Corps. Marcenah B. Wilcox and Peter A, Maker ; Privates Francis G. Briggs, Thomas Brown, Enos B. Payne, Philip A. Wilcox, Alson G. Ashley, Abiel Hathaway, David B. Hill, William E. Pratt, William S. Winslow, Jonathan Hervey, Richard A. Macomber, George E. Patterson, Charles H. Read, Octavius V. Robinson and Benedict A. Winslow.
The men from Freetown who served in the 22d Unat- tached Co., Mass, Vols., were :- Capt. John W. Marble ; Lieuts. Urial M. Haskins and Chester W. Briggs; Sergts. Fred. A. Thayer, Sumner J. Chipman and Andrew J. Hathaway; Corps. Welcome H. Richmond, George H. Haskins, Franklin J. Chace, Edwin T. Rounsville, Edwin R. Philips, Wm. R. Dean, Andrew J. Thresher and Eugene Hathaway ; Privates Alexander E. Bragg, Ebenezer Briggs, Sylvester R. Briggs. Azel Chace, George B. Cudworth, Reuel W. Davis, George H. Dean, Albert A. Evans, Andrew T. Hambly, Abram H. Haskell, James H. Has- kell, William Haskell, Job. T. Hathaway, Lynde Hatha- way, Samuel C. Hathaway, George O. Houghton, John H. Kennison, Simeon C. Leach, Job F. Lucas, Peter A. Maker, John H. Nichols, Charles C. Payne, Henry B. Payne. Lewis P. Phillips, William Pratt, William H. Pratt, John B. Rose, Philander Rounsville, Hiram H. Simmons, William Thorpe, Joseph B. Weaver, Thomas Westgate, Ambrose B. Winslow, Joseph W. Winslow, Kenelm Winslow, William H. Winslow and Ellery Wyatt.
The Freetown men in the U. S. Navy were :- Engi- neers, Elbridge Lawton and Andrew Lawton; Ensign, H. Elbridge Tinkham ; Pilots, James W. Burr and William Read ; Seaman, R. A. Macomber and John H. Peirce.
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The following Freetown men served the United States in 1861-65 in other organizations than those before mentioned :- Capt. Albert B. Ashley, 4th Mass. Cav. and U. S. C. T. ; Capt. Darius A. Cudworth, 18th Mo. Vols. ; Capt. James R. Mathewson, 7th Mass. Vols. ; Lieut. George Durfee, 4th Cav. and U. S. C. T .; Lieut. George H. Winslow, 26th Mass. Vols. ; Henry H. Sproat, M. D., Asst. Surg., U. S. C. T. ; Capt. Hiram B. Wetherell, Q. M., U. S. A .: Horace G. Ashley, Francis Allen, John H. Alton, Alson G. Ashley, Alonzo H. Braley, Philo L. Braley, Cornelius E. Bliss, Robert Brand, George W. Burnham, Thomas E. Bliffins, Franklin G. Chace, Fisher A. Cleveland, William A. Case, Azel Chace, Joshua Els- bree, George W. Ellis, William H. Fisher, ( Mexican War ), Charles Gallinger, Herbert L. Hathaway, Calvin Horr, James Hervey, William H. Henderson, Robert S. Jenkins, George MeCully, Samuel A. Macomber, Richard A. Macomber, John H. Peirce, Eber A. Ray, John Sulli- van. Calvin Thomas, Jr., James F. Vinal, Francis H. Vinal, Lemuel A. Washburn.
As a majority of the people in Freetown had relatives or especial friends in old Company G, 3rd Regt., M. V. M., I have deemed it proper to add a few further items in its history. It has already been told that its first tour of duty was in the escort at the Taylor funeral in Boston. Its next tour of duty, out of town, was at the annual brigade muster in East Bridgewater in September, 1850, less than three months after its organization. And at that muster Co. G bore off the honors at the prize drill of all the com- panies in the brigade. Company G was also in the escort at the reception of the Prince of Wales in Boston in 1860. Its service in the war was as follows :- April 15, 1861, at ten o'clock P. M., Brig. Major George Clark, Jr., arrived from New Bedford on horseback with orders for the com- pany to report in Boston the next day. At + p. m., April 16, we took the cars for Boston,-in the hurry some of the members of the company were not warned,-and on ar-
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rival was quartered in Old Colony Depot hall for that night. At 6 P. M., April 17th, we marched to the State House to receive equipments. Overcoats, flannel shirts, knapsacks, haversacks, tin cups, knives and forks and can- teens were issued. Thence we marched to Central Wharf and on board the steamer S. R. Spaulding. Citizens cheered as we marched through the streets, and a salute of cannon and small arms was fired from Central Wharf as the steamer dropped into the stream. On the morning of the 18th we sailed under sealed orders. Nine miles at sea our sealed orders were opened and we found our destination to be Fortress Monroe, Va. On April 19th, the anniversary of the battle of Lexington, the National and State colors were hoisted and saluted and the day duly commemorated. April 20th we arrived at Fortress Monroe; landed and stacked arms on the Parade Ground, and slept a few hours in the sun. At + P. M .. on the same day, after a light ration, we were ordered on board the U. S. Gunboat Pawnee. Ammunition was issued, and we sailed at 5.30 P. M. for Norfolk Navy Yard, passing, without molesta- tion, obstructions in the channel, a seven gun battery at Sewell's Point and Forts " Norfolk " and "Nelson," all in possession of the rebels. We arrived at the Navy Yard at 9 p. m .. very narrowly escaping being fired upon by the entire broadsides of the Men-of-War Ships "Pennsylva- nia " and "Cumberland," having been, by them, mistaken for enemies. On discovering who we were a cheer arose from the Cumberland, which we answered, and the bands on the other ships played National airs. We found the U. S. ships Merrimac, Germantown and Plymouth already scuttled and sinking. All hands were ordered ashore to assist in burning and destroying the Navy Yard. We took the Cumberland in tow and arrived back at Fortress Monroe at 6 A. M., Sunday, April 21, very tired and hungry, having been without food for eighteen hours.
During the following three weeks we had short rations, hard fare and hard work. May 6 there was a
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terrible tempest and gale; no shelter for the men of the reserve guard, and it was so dark that the sentries could not walk their beat. May 27 we exchanged our ragged clothing for a light flannel uniform furnished by Massachusetts. June 24 the company was detailed to gar- rison Fort Calhoun -on the Rip-Raps-in Hampton Roads. Under the direction of General Butler we fired the "Sawyer Gun " at the rebel battery at Sewell's Point. This gun carried a shot seven miles; it afterwards burst at Newport News, Va., killing and wounding several Union soldiers on the day of the Monitor and Merrimac fight. July 16 the company was ordered to Fortress Mon- roe and sailed for Boston on the Steamer Cambridge. July 19th, we arrived in Boston Harbor and encamped on Long Island ; July 22, was mustered out. July 23, we landed in Boston and received a grand welcome from the citizens of Boston, and after the parade, we were dismissed on the Com- mon. We arrived at our Armory at 5 p. m. the same day. The citizens all turned out to meet us. The Armory was decorated in fine style. The young folks of the vil- lage gave the company a complimentary Ball in the evening. August 14, U. S. Paymaster Usher paid the company off at the Armory in gold -- Captain, $421.26; 1st Lieut., $355.89: 2d Lieut., $339.58; 1st Sergeant, $78.42; 2d Sergeant, $68.61; Corporal. $55.55; Private, $49.02.
The many millions of people in this great "Land of the Free and Home of the Brave " are always glad to re- member and honor our soldiers who fought and suffered to maintain the Union we all love. At the same time they do not forget the widowed mothers who gave their sons, and the brave wives who gave their husbands to the ser- vice of their country. In the heat of battle there comes to the soldier a spirit of daring and he becomes almost reckless in his advance ; and even when bayonet is locked with bayonet, and the result is uncertain, the desperation of his efforts diverts his mind from the grim issue, and he conquers or falls, almost unconscious of the danger. Not
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so with the dear ones at home-they were always viewing the chances; now with boiling anxiety, and anon with freezing horror. Let us revere the great army of brave hearts who suffered at home. Some of them are still with us, many have passed to the beyond, and we can only honor them in memory. Among the last, I wish to name Irene Isabel Payne Peirce, who, after the repulse at Big Bethel, held up the hands of her faltering husband, and with the aid of two of his former Staff Officers, did far more than the public ever knew to reinstate that husband, and to complete the recruiting of the 29th Mass. Vols., which later performed such gallant service in the field. Such mothers, widows and wives deserve monuments as grand and lasting as any erected in memory of the most gallant soldier who fell in battle.
ALBERT BARTLETT ASHLEY, son of Elbridge G. and Henrietta M. ( Booth ) Ashley, was born in Lakeville, September 8, 1838, and was educated in Lakeville and Wareham schools. A sailor and mate of a merchant ship before the rebellion, he en- listed in the U. S. Navy in May, 1861, and served on the frigate Mississippi, of which Admiral Dewey was then Lieut .- Com- mander. He was dis- charged in June, 1862, at expiration of term of enlistment. He enlisted in Company A, 3d Mass. Vols., in August, 1862, was accredited to the CAPT. ALBERT B. ASHLEY. quota of Freetown,
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and served through the campaign in North Car- olina. He enlisted in 4th Mass. Cav., Decem- ber 21, 1863, and served in South Carolina and Florida, taking part in the battles of Gainsboro, Honey Hill and Pocotal- igo. He was promoted March 12. 1865, to 2d Lieut., 21st Regt., U. S. C. T., was on garrison duty in Fort Johnson. Jones Island, Fort Wag- ner, Morris Island, and commanded the com- pany on picket duty LIEUT. CHARLES G. BOSWORTH in the rear of Charleston. He was promoted to Cap- tain in March, 1866. He was on detached service as quartermaster of marine transportation at Hilton Head from July, 1865 until April, 1866, then mustered out and honorably discharged. Appointed Light Keeper at Bay Point, Port Royal Harbor, in May, 1866, he served until April, 1867. He was on the Police force in Taunton, Mass., during the remainder of 1867, and until December, 1869. Appointed by a Boston company as general mana- ger of coal mines in Indiana and Illinois, in December, 1869, he served until his resignation in 1892; then he be- came consulting manager of same mines until the present time. For seventeen years he has been connected with the lecture board of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Masons in Illinois, and is now Grand Lecturer. He was married at Hilton Head, S. C., Oct. 30, 1865 to Janette W. Miller of Dedham, Mass. Children :- Jennie W., born Septem- ber 5, 1866; Albert M., May 9, 1873.
CHARLES G. BOSWORTH, son of William S and Myra W. Bosworth, was born in Rehoboth, Mass., September
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19, 1830; educated in Rehoboth schools and learned the carpenter's trade. He came to Freetown in 1850 and worked at his trade in the " Furnace " district. He was a member of the East Freetown Light Infantry, 1852-56, and enlisted as a private in Company F, 29th Regt., Mass. Vols., November 16, 1861. He was appointed a corporal in January, 1862, and promoted to sergeant the same year ; he was commissioned 2d lieutenant March 22, 1863, and 1st lieutenant, March 19, 1864. Lieut. Bosworth was with the 29th Regt. in all its campaigns and battles. He was shot through the body at the battle of "The Crater" July 30, 1864, and was reported "mortally wounded," but pulled through, mainly by force of will, yet was unable to perform further duty. He was mus- tered out as disabled June 6, 1865. Since the war he has done light work as a car- penter. He is a mem- ber of Post 190, G. A. R., of Mass. Lieut. Bosworth mar- ried Rachel Ashley July 25, 1852. Their children :- Emily W., born August 7, 1853; Elizabeth A., Nov. 27, 1856; Elijah A., Nov- ember 5, 1855; Frank A., Dec. 31, 1857, and Rachel D., November 24, 1875.
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