History of the town of Milford, Worcester county, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1881, Part 19

Author: Ballou, Adin, 1803-1890
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Boston : Rand, Avery, & co.
Number of Pages: 1328


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HASKINS, CLARK T .: b. New Bedford, Mass., Oct. 10, 1839; s. Samuel and Sarah C .; seaman ; first ser. a term in navy; dis. July 17, '64; then en. in Mil- ford, Nov. 19, '64, and m. 25; 1 y. Co. 19, unattached, pri .; dis. Boston Har- bor, June 27, '65, close of war.


HASTINGS, FRANK S. : b. Mendon, Mass., June 29, 1846; s. Seth and Ruth S .; photographer ; en. Nov. 19, '64, and m. 25; 1 y. Co. 19, unattached, pri .; dis. June 27, '65, Boston, close of war.


HATCH, DANIEL A .: b. Portsmouth, N.H., May 18, 1838; s. Daniel and Fidelia M .; shoemaker; en. and m. May 25, '61; 3 y. R. 2, Co. C, pri .; dis. Apl. 1, '64, disability.


HATCH, WILLIAM L. F. : b. Hopkinton, Mass., Sept. 8, 1820; s. Lyman and Polly; trapper; en. Sept. 9, '63, and m. Oct. 5; 3 y. R. 2, Co. E, H. Artil., pri .; ft. at Newbern, N.C., Rainbow Bluffs, Cleowan River, Colerain, and Columbia; dis. Smithville, N.C., July 16, '65, disability.


HAVERTY, JOHN F .: b. 1843; place and ptge. not given; bootmaker; en. and m. May 25, '61; 3 y. R. 2, Co. C, pri .; dis. Mar. 1, '63, disability.


HAWES, WILLIAM C .: b. Walpole, Mass., 1835; ptge. not given; coal-oil manufacturer; en. and m. May 30, '62; 6 mo. Batt. 8, Light Artil., pri .; dis. Nov. 29, '62, exp. ser.


HAWKINS, GEORGE M. : b. Franklin, Mass., Jan. 22, 1833; s. Hezekiah and Sarah; bootmaker; en. Aug. 5, '62, and m. 27; 3 y. R. 36, Co. F, corpl .; ft. Fred'sburg, Va., Jackson, Miss., and Jamestown, Ky .; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps, R. 13, Co. G, May 4, '64; dis. Boston Harbor, July 6, '65, exp. ser.


HAWKINS, GEORGE W. : birth-date, place, ptge., etc., not given; en. 1862; 3 y. R. 1, Co. D, R. I., Light Artil. ; no more told.


HAYES, JOHN : b. Co. Tipperary, Ird., 1841; s. Daniel and Bridget; boot- maker; en. Nov. 19, '64; 1 y. Co. 19, unattached, pri. ; dis. June 27, '65, Bos- ton, close of war.


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HAYNES, MILO E. : b. Mil., Mass., Dec. 25, 1846; s. Jeremiah and Louisa; bootmaker; en. Nov. 19, '64, and m. 25; 1 y. Co. 19, unattached, pri .; dis. June 27, '65, Boston Harbor, close of war.


HAYNES, WALTER S. : b. Saco, Me., Feb. 6, 1835; s. Timothy and Orinda; clerk; en. Aug. 6, '62, and m. 27; 3 y. R. 36, Co. F, pri. ; ft. Fred'sburg, Va., and Jackson, Miss .; dis. Sept. 28, '63, disability.


HAYNES, HARRISON : b. 1823; place, ptge., etc., not given ; farmer; en. and m. Dec. 7, '63; 3 y. R. 2, Co. H, H. Artil., recruit, pri. ; rejected recruit.


HAYWARD, HENRY J .: b. Mil., Mass., Feb. 28, 1842; s. Bainbridge and Martha; student; en. Aug. 25, '62, and m. Sept. 16; 9 mo. R. 43, Co. K, pri .; ft. Kinston, Whitehall, Goldsboro', and Blunt's Cross Roads; dis. July 30, '63, exp. ser; en. again, Aug. 9, '64; 100 ds. Co. 19, unattached, sergt. ; dis. Nov. 16, '64, exp. ser .; en. and m. again, Nov. 25, '64; 1 y. Co. 19, unattached, 2d lieut. ; dismissed July 17, '65, close of war


HENELLY, BARTHOLOMEW: b. Co. Galway, Ird., 1829; s. Coleman and Mary; bootmaker; en. Sept. 9, '61, and m. Oct. 7; 3 y. R. 25, Co. B, pri .; ft. Roanoke Island and Newbern, N.C .; trans. to Co. E, before leaving Camp Lin- colu; dis. Apl. 24, '63, disability ; en. again, Dec. 4, '63, and m. 9; 3 y. R. 2, Co. G, pri .; recruit H. Artil .; taken prisoner battle Plymouth, N.C., and carried to Andersonville, Ga., and thence to Florence, S.C., where he d. of starvation, Oct., 1864.


HENNESSEY, PATRICK : b. Co. Limerick, Ird., Mar. 17, 1838; s. Michael and Bridget; bootmaker; en. Aug. 18, '64, and m. 19; 1 y. R. 4, Co. F, pri .; dis. June 17, '65, Fort Richardson, Va., close of war.


HENNESSEY, MAURICE : b. Co. Limerick, Ird., Aug., 1846; s. Michael and Bridget; bootmaker; en. Aug. 18, '64, and m. 19; 1 y. R. 4, Co. F, pri .; dis. June 17, '65, Fort Richardson, Va., close of war.


HENRY, JAMES: b. Co. Mayo, Ird., 1833; ptge. not given; bootmaker; en. Nov. 27, '63, and m. Dec. 7; 3 y. R. 2, Co. H, H. Artil., recruit, pri. ; d. Ander- sonville, Ga., Aug. 1, '64.


HERRICK, GEORGE W .: b. 1820; place and ptge. not given; tailor; en. Sept. 3, '64, and m. 5; 3 y. R. 2, Co. E, H. Artil., pri .; trans. to infty. R. 17, Co. A, Dec. 16, '64; k. in battle Kinston, N.C., Mar. 8, '65.


HEWINS, WALTER J: b. Bellingham, Mass., Aug. 19, 1844; s. Leonard F. and Elizabeth; bootmaker; en. and m. Mar. 24, '64; 3 y. R. 36, Co. F, pri .; never sworn in, on acct. of poor health.


HIGGINS, DANIEL E. : b. Charlotte, Me., May 7, 1843; s. John and Abigail; bootmaker; en. July 1, '61, and m. 3; 3 y. R. 29, Co. B, pri .; ft. Newport News, '61, 7 ds. fight, 2d Bull Run, Antietam, So. Mountain, and 1st Fred'sburg, Va. ; dis. Jan. 1, '64, to re-en .; which he did next day, for 3 y. R. 29, Co. B, corpl .; dis. July 29, '65; exp. ser.


HIGGINS, JOHN J. : b. Charlotte, Me., Apl. 3, 1835; s. John and Abby; boot- maker; en. Aug. 5, '62, and m. 27; 3 y. R. 36, Co. F, corpl .; ft. at Jackson, Miss., and wd. in right side, at Blue Springs, Campbell's Station, and siege of Knoxville, Tenn .; at Wilderness, Spottsylvania Ct. Honse, and Cold Harbor, Va .; wd. at last place in right leg; dis. May 16, '65, at Lovell Gen. Hospl. Portsmonth Grove, R.I.


HIOGINS, JOHN C .: b. Buckingham, Canada, Apl. 29, 1843; s. Michael and Ann; bootmaker; en. Sept. 5, '61, and m. Oct. 7; 3 y. R. 25, Co. B, pri .; ft. Roanoke Island, Newbern, Kinston, Whitehall, Goldsboro', Deep Gully, and Green Swamp, all in N. C .; dis. Jan. 18, '64, at Newport News, Va., to re-en .;


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which he did same day, for 3 y. in same R. and Co .; accidentally wd. by a pistol- shot, Portsmouth, Va., Sept. 6, '64; dis. July, 27, '65, Boston, exp. ser.


HIGGINS, PATRICK: b. Ird., about 1839; s. Michael and Margaret; boot- maker; en. Nov. 19, '64, and m. 25; 1 y. Co. 19, unattached, pri .; dis. June 27, '65, Boston Harbor, close of war.


HIGGINS, JAMES : b. Buckingham, Canada, Dec. 22, 1848; s. Michael and Ann; bootmaker; en. and m. July 23, '63, 3 y. R. 2, Co. B, H. Artil., pri. ; dis. Sept. 3, '65, exp. ser.


HIGGINS, GEORGE S. : b. Charlotte, Me., Dec. 10, 1841; s. John and Abby : bootmaker; en. and m. Aug. 25, '61; in naval ser., boy; drawn from receiving- ship " Oliver " to ser. on board frigate " Congress;" was lost in the battle with "The Merrimack " at Hampton Roads, Va.


HILL, ISAAC: b. 1838; place, ptge., etc., not given; en. and m. July 28, '62, 3 y. R. 2, Co. E, pri .; dis. May 28, '64, exp. ser.


HILLER, ALFRED: b. 1840; place, ptge., etc., not given; en. and m. Nov. 25, '64; 1 y. Co. 19, unattached, corpl. ; dis. June 27, '65, exp. ser.


HOLBROOK, WILLIAM: b. Upton, Mass., Oct. 16, 1842; s. Ezra W. and Polly ; bootmaker; en. and m. Apl. 16, '61; 5 y. R. 1, Co. G, U. S. Artil., pri .; ft. at Blackman's Ford, July 18, '61, 1st Bull Run, siege of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Hanover Ct. House, Fair Oaks, Gaines's Mills, White Oak Swamp, and Charles City Cross Roads; wd. at the last-named place by a ball through the right shoulder, and sent to hospl. ; ft. at Antietam, and was again sent to hospl. on acct. of his wd. ; dis. Jan. 12, '63, from Portsmouth-Grove Hospl., R.I., on acct. of wd .; en. again, Sept. 25, '63, for 3 y. in R. 5, Co. F, N. H. Infty., pri .; ft. at Spottsylvania and Cold Harbor, Va .; wd. at the last-named battle, and taken prisoner; confined successively in Richmond, Andersonville, Savannah, Mellen, Blackshire, Charleston, Florence, and Goldsboro'; paroled Mar. 2, '65, and sent to hospl. on acct. of sickness, and thence to Parole Camp at Annapolis, Md .; dis. June 7, '65, close of war.


HOLBROOK, SEWELL B .: b. Upton, Mass., Nov. 28, 1848; s. Ezra W. and Polly; farmer; somehow got counted on the quota of Hadley, Mass .; en. and m. June 5, '64; 3 y. R. 17, Co. B, pri .; ft. at Yes Fork, N.C., Mar. 8, 9, and 10, also at Bennettville, N.C .; wd. at the Forks by a shot in mouth; dis. July 27, '65, Readville, Mass., close of war.


HOLBROOK, JAMES. M. : b. Mil., Mass., Oct. 18, 1829; s. Theron and Nancy; bootmaker; en. Sept. 16, '61, and m. Oct. 7; 3 y. R. 25, Co. B, pri .; ft. at Roanoke Island, Newbern, Kinston, Whitehall, Goldsboro', Deep Gully, and Green Swamp, N.C .; d. of disease at Hammond Gen. Hospl., Beaufort, N.C., May 2, '64.


HOLBROOK, MELLEN T .: b. Mil., Mass., May 24, 1844; s. Benjamin and Louisa; bootmaker; en. Apl. 19, '61, and m. June 21; 3 y. R. 40, N.Y., Co. G, pri .; prom. corpl. Mar. 1, '63, sergt. Apl. 1, '64; ft. Yorktown, Williams- burg, 7 ds. fight, 2d Bull Run, Chantilly, 1st Fred'sburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg; at the last-mentioned battle wd. in head by a musket-ball, and sent to hospl. till Aug. 29, '63; afterwards ft. at Locust Grove, Wilderness, Todd's Tavern, Laurel Hill, Spottsylvania, Pamunkey River, No. Anna, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg, Va. June, '64; m. out June 27, '64, exp. ser.


HOLBROOK, ROBERT S. D. : b. Dummerston, Vt., Feb. 13, 1833; s. Charles and Betsy; carpenter; en. Sept. 9, '61, and m. Oct. 7; 3 y. R. 25, Co. B, pri. ; ft. at Roanoke Island, Newbern, Kinston, Whitehall, Goldsboro', and Green Swamp, N.C., between Feb. 1, '62, and June 1, '63; dis. Sept. 17, '63, disability.


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HOLBROOK, CHARLES : b. Sherborn, Mass., Oct. 14, 1817; s. Lewis and Han- nah; bootmaker; en. Nov. 22, '63, and m. Dec. 9; 3 y. R. 2, Co. G, H. Artil., recruit, pri. ; taken prisoner Apl., '64, and d. Andersonville, Ga., Aug. 18, '64.


HOLDEN, JAMES D. : b., date, place, ptge., etc., not given ; en. and m. June 27, '61; 3 y. R. 40, N.Y., Co. H, pri .; dis. Oct. 21, '61, Alexandria, Va., disa- bility.


HOLIEN, PATRICK: b. Ird., 1841; s. Mary; bootmaker; en. and m. June 11, '61; 3 y. R. 9, Co. H, pri .; k. July 1, '62.


HOLLAND, WILLIAM: b. Ird., 1829; ptge. not given; carpenter; en. Dec. 13, '61, and m. 23; 3 y. R. 28, Co. K, sergt. prom. sergt. major Nov. I, '62, and 2d lieut. Nov. 15, '62; k. Fred'sburg, Va., Dec. 13, '62.


HOLLAND, HOWARD: b., date and place not given; s. John and Martha; bootmaker; en. and m. Nov., 1861, regular U. S. Army, R. 1, Co. B, Light Artil., pri. ; no more told.


HOLLAHAN, EDWARD: b. Lowell, Mass., 1843; s. Edward; bootmaker; en. and m. Dec. 13, '61 ; 3 y. R. 28, Co. K, pri. ; ft. James Island, 2d Bull Run, So. Mountain, Antietam, Chantilly, 1st Fred'sburg, and Gettysburg; slightly wd. at Bull Run on the back in left shoulder; dis. Jan. 1, '64, to re-en .; which he did Jan. 2, '64, for 3 y., in same R. and Co. ; dis. June 30, '65, exp. ser.


HOLMES, OTIS W. : b. Hopkinton, Mass., Nov. 26, 1835; s. William G. and Betsey C .; bootmaker; en. Sept. 9, '61, and m. Oct. 7; 3 y. R. 25, Co. B, pri .; prom. sergt. Oct. 15, '61, to Ist sergt. Apl. 28, '62, to Ist lieut. in 36th R. Aug. 12, '62, and to capt. May 2, '63; d. Harwood Hospl., Washington, D.C., June 23, '64.


HOLT, CHARLES E .: b. 1844; place, ptge., etc., not given; en. and m. Aug. 19, '64; 1 y. R. 4, Co. K, H. Artil., pri .; dis. June 17, '65, exp. ser.


HONEY, JAMES M. : b. New Boston, N. H., Nov. 11, 1818; s. Parmenter and Hannah; bootmaker; en. Aug. 5, '61, and m. 28; 3 y. R. 19, Co. I, teamster; ft. West Point, Fair Oaks, and 7 ds. retreat ; dis. Falmouth, Va., Feb. 12 or 13, '63, disability.


HORNER, JOHN : b. Ird., 1841, ptge. not given; bootmaker; en. and m. Dec. 13, '61; 3 y. R. 28, Co. K, pri. ; dis. Jan. 1, 64, to re-en .; which he did next day, for 3 y., in same R. and Co. ; dis. June 30, '65, exp. ser.


HORNER, JOHN: b. Ird., 1840; ptge., etc., not given; en. and m. Oct. 18, '62; 9 mo. R. 48, Co. I., pri. ; deserted Dec. 16, '62, at Readville, Mass.


HORTON, JOHN S. : b. Attleboro', Mass., June 21, 1833; s. John and Susan; mason; en. Sept. 9, '61, and m. Oct. 7; 3 y. R. 25, Co. B, pri .; ft. Roanoke, Newbern, Kinston, Whitehall, Goldsboro', and Green Swamp expedition; dis. Jan. 18, '64, to re-en. ; which he did next day in same R. and Co .; dis. July 13, '65, with his R., at Charlotte, N. C.


HORTON, CHARLES A. : b. Fall River, Mass., Aug. 2, 1843; s. John B. and Eliza J .; bootmaker; en. Dec. 16, '63, and m. 21; 3 y. R. 25, Co. B, pri .; ft. at Port Walthal and Pocahontas, Va .; at last-named place shot through the bowels, and d. May 10, '64.


HORTON, HENRY W .: b. Fall River, Mass., June 4, 1846; s. John B. and Eliza J .; bootmaker; en. Dec. 16, '63, and m. 21; 3 y. R. 25, Co. B, corpi. ; dis. July 13, '65, exp. ser.


HORTON, ANDREW J .: no birth-place, date, ptge., or occ. given; en. with R. I. Vols., 3 y. R. 4, Co. D; no more told.


HOUGHTON, NATHAN H. : b. 1824; place and ptge. not given; bootmaker; en. Aug. 5, '62, and m. 27; 3 y. R. 36, Co. F, sergt. ; dis. July 30, '63, disability.


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HOUREN, PATRICK : b. Ird., 1835; bootmaker; en. Aug. 1, '62, and m. 15; 3 y. R. 9, Co. H, pri. ; deserted Sept. 18, '63.


HOWARD, AUSTIN: b. Mil., Mass., Oct. 16, 1839; s. Albert and Hannah D .; clerk; en. and m. June 1, '61; 3 y. R. 40, N. Y., Co. G, pri. ; dis. Aug. 31, '61, chron. diarrhea; re-en. and m. Feb. 4, '65, 3 y. R. 2, Co. A, cavalry ; was with Sheridan in bis raid through Shenandoah Valley, Mar., '65; dis. July 20, '65, at Fairfax Ct. House, Va. He was also in the naval ser. for a considerable term, commencing Mar. 30, '62, on board gunboat "Signal" and in the Missis- sippi Squadron ; he ft. at Memphis and St. Charles in '62, was prom. to Mas- ter's Mate Sept. 29, '62, ft. at Haines's Bluff on Yazoo River, at Arkansas Post, Jan. 11, '63, and at Fort Pemberton the Mar. ensuing. Resigned Apl. 20, '63, and resignation accepted May 1, '63, on acct. of fever and ague. Other services not above included.


HOWARD, OLEVAN: b. 1844; place and ptge. not given; farmer; en. July 28, '62, and m. Aug. 27; 3 y. R. 36, Co. F, pri. ; ft. at Jackson, Miss., and recd. wds. in head of which he d. Sept. 24, '63, at Cincinnati, O.


HOWARD, WHITMAN : b. Mil., Mass., Sept. 19, 1849; s. Hollis and Emily; laborer; en. and m. Feb. 9, '65; 1 y. R. 61, Co. K, pri .; dis. June 24, '65, at Boston, Mass., order War Dept.


HOWARD, EDGAR E .: b. Mil., Mass., Sept. 15, 1845; bootmaker; en. Aug. 16, '64, and m. 18; 1 y. R. 4, Co. K, pri. ; ft. at Forts Barnard and Albany, Va., and at Fort Lincoln, Md .; dis. June 27, '65, close of war.


HOWARD, EDSON F. : b. Bethel, Me., Apl. 15, 1838; s. Samuel J. and Sarah H .; teamster; en. Nov. 19, '64, and m. 25; 1 y. Co. 19, unattached, pri .; dis. June 27, '65, Boston Harbor, close of war.


HOWARD, SYLVESTER B. : b. Mil., Mass., Aug. 25, 1842; s. Jesse and Mary; bootmaker; en. and m. Aug. 4, '64; 100 ds. Co. 19, unattached, pri .; dis. Nov. 16, '64, from Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, exp. ser. Re-en. three days after, for 1 y. in same Co., corpl .; dis. June 27, '65, close of war.


HOWARD, STEPHEN E .; b. 1841; place, ptge., etc., not given; en. and m. Aug. 9, '64; 100 ds. Co. 19, unattached, corpl. ; dis. Nov. 16, '64, exp. ser.


HOWARTH, JOHN: b. Manchester, Eng., June 15, 1825; s. Stephen and Mary; bootmaker; en. Nov. 19, '64, and m. 25; 1 y. Co. 19, unattached, pri. ; stationed in Forts Warren and Winthrop, Boston Harbor; dis. June 27, '65, close of war.


HOWE, EDWARD W .: b. Hopkinton, Mass., Dec. 2, 1845; s. Stedman W. and Clara M .; hostler; en. and m. Dec. 10, '63; 3 y. 1st Batt. H. Artil., a recruit, pri .; stationed in forts on the coast of Mass .; dis. June 29, '65, exp. ser.


HOWE, WILLARD N .; b. Hopkinton, Mass., 1842; s. Stedman W. and Clara M .; teamster; en. and m. June 21, 61; 3 y. R. 40, N.Y., Co. G, pri. ; deserted Aug. 20, '62, on march to 2d Bull Run; re-en. Jan. 10, '64, but deserted during the battle of the Wilderness, Va .; returned to the R. Mar. 30, '65; deserted again the following Apl. ; no more told.


HOWLAND, EDWARD F. : b. New Bedford, Mass., Apl. 17, 1846; s. Paul and Lydia; occ. not given; ser. a term of enlistment for New Bedford; then en. for Mil., Nov. 19, '64, and m. 25; 1 y. Co. 19, unattached, pri .; dis. June 27, '65, Boston Harbor, close of war.


HOYT, AMOS : b. Black Brook, Chester Co., N. Y., 1842; s. Moses and Lydia; bootmaker; en. Aug. 6, '62, and m. 27; 3 y. R. 36, Co. F, pri .; ft. at Fred's- burg, Va., Dec. 11, '62; k. in battle, Jackson, Miss., July 11, '63.


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HOYT, DIXI C. : b. Northfield (or Newfield), N.H., Apl. 24, 1833; s. Enos and Grace; physician; en. and m. Aug. 24, '63; 3 y. R. 2, H. Artil., assist. surgeon ; d. Nov. 1, '64.


HOYT, ALPHEUS E. : b. 1837; place, ptge., etc., not given ; physician ; en. and m. Sept. 25, '63; 3 y. R. 25, assist. surgeon ; prom. surgeon, Oct. 21, '64; dis. June 29, '65.


HOYT, MERRILL: b. Enfield, N.H., 1835; s. Moses and Lydia; bootmaker; en. and m. June 11, '61; 3 y. R. 40, N. Y., Co. G, pri .; dis. Nov. 1, '61, Alexan- dria, Va., disability.


HOYT, WILLIAM W. : b. Keene, Essex Co., N.Y .; date not given; s. Moses and Lydia; en. navy, July 9, '61, seaman; was on steamer " Preble " a while, and then in navy-yard, Pensacola, Fla. ; d. yellow-fever, Sept. 21, '63.


HUBBARD, HORTON: b. Chesterfield, N.H., Dec. 5, 1823; s. Eber and Jane; bootmaker; en. and m. Feb. 6, '64; 3 y. R. 25, Co. B, pri .; supposed to have been rejected by surgeon for over-age.


HUBON, PATRICK: b. Ird., 1824; s. Patrick and Mary; bootmaker; en. and m. Aug. 12, '62; 3 y. R. 28, Co. K, pri .; wd. in right leg and back, 1st battle Fred'sburg, Va .; dis. Feb. 7, '63, on acct. wounds; en. again, Aug. 11, '63, and m. 22; 3 y. R. 2, Co. D, H. Artil. pri .; ft. Newport Barracks, N.C .; dis. June 1, '64, sergeon's cert. disability.


HUBON, JOHN: b. Ird., 1845; s. Patrick; bootmaker; en. and m. Aug. 22, '63; 3 y. R. 2, Co. D, H. Artil., pri. ; dis. Sept. 3, '65, exp. ser.


HUBON, THOMAS: b. Ird., 1836; s. Mary; bootmaker; en. and m. June 11, '61; 3 y. R. 9, Co. H, corpl .; was in all the battles with his R. till wd. in the arm, Malvern Hill, and taken prisoner; d. in Richmond Prison, Va., July 22, '62.


HUGHES, PATRICK : b. Co. Armagh, Ird., Sept. 21, 1836; s. Hugh and Cathe- rine; bootmaker; en. Dec. 5, '63, and m. Jan. 4, '64; 3 y. R. 57, Co. A, pri. ; no more told.


HUNT, PEARLEY M. : b. Mil., Mass., Mar. 10, 1840; s. Leonard and Lucinda; bootmaker; en. July 25, '64, and m. 26; 100 ds. R. 5, Co. G, pri .; dis. Nov. 16, '64, exp. ser.


HUNT, THOMAS C .: b. 1835; place, ptge., etc., not given ; en. and m. Feb. 11, '63; 3 y. Batt. 1, Co. E, H. Artil., pri .; dis. June 11, '65, exp. ser.


HUNT, EDWIN O .: b. Mil., Mass., July 6, 1847; s. Hiram and Laura Ann; clerk; en. Nov. 19, '64; 1 y. Co. 19, unattached, musician; stationed Forts Warren and Winthrop, Boston Harbor; dis. June 27, '65, close of war.


HUNTRESS, JOHN: b. Mil., Mass., Dec. 23, 1841; s. Darling and Ruth F .; bootmaker; en. and m. May 25, '61; 3 y. R. 2, Co. E, pri .; dis. June 26, '62, disability. (Town-clerk not certain whether counted on quota of Milford or Mendon.)


HURLEY, PATRICK: b. Ird., 1836; ptge. not given; grocer; en. and m. July 26, '61 ; 3 y. R. 19, Co. E, corpl. ; k. Sept. 17, '62, at Antietam.


HUSSEY, GEORGE L .: b. 1834; place and ptge not given; bootmaker; en. Aug. 6, '62, and m. 27; 3 y. R. 36, Co. F, pri .; dis. Jan. 15, '63, disability.


HUTCHINS, MATTHEW : b. 1827; place and ptge. not given ; painter; en. and m. Jan. 14, '62; 3 y. R. 1, cavalry, Co. K, recruit, pri .; trans. to Co. K, 4th cavalry; dis. Apl. 20, '64, to re-en .; which he did next day; d. Aug. 23, '64, Hatcher's Run, Va.


HUTCHINS, GEORGE O .: b. May 23, 1840, place not given ; s. Harrison and Mary J .; bootmaker ; en. Apl. 19, '61, and m. June 21; 3 y. R. 40, N. Y., Co. G,


157


WAR RECORD.


pri. ; prom. corpl. Feb. 1, '62, sergt. Aug. 1, '63; ft. siege Yorktown, and at Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard, Charles City Cross Roads, Malvern Hill, and 2d Bull Run; taken prisoner, paroled, and rejoined R. Dec. 27, '62; ft. Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Manassas Gap, Kelley's Ford, Locust Grove, Wilderness, Todd's Tavern, Laurel Hill, Spottsylvania, Pamunkey River, North Anna, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg; dis. Aug. '64, Petersburg, Va., exp. ser.


HYNES, MICHAEL: b. Co. Clare, Ird., 1833; s. John and Artilda; bootmaker; en. and in. Feb. 13, '61; 3 y. R. 3, Co. C, U. S. Infantry, reg. army, pri. ; ft. Ist Bull Run, and taken prisoner ; imprisoned 2 mos. in Libby Prison at Richmond, Va., 4 mos. New Orleans, and 5 mos. Saulsbury, N.C. ; then paroled, rejoined R., and afterwards ft. at Gettysburg; never wd .; character indorsed on dis- charge-paper, "good and honest."


IDE, TIMOTHY N. : b. Temple, N. H., 1822; s. George and Lydia; blacksmith; en, and m. Sept. 25, '62, 9 m. R. 51, Co. K, sergt. ; m. out with his R. July 27, '63, exp. ser.


INMAN, HIRAM B .: b. Blackstone, Mass., 1843; s. Jonathan and Alcy; mason ; en. and m. Aug. 9, '64; 100 ds., Co. 19, unattached, pri. ; dis. Nov. 16, '64, exp. ser.


JEFFERDS, LYSANDER : b. Dixfield, Me., 1822; s. Rufus and Susan L .; car- penter ; en. and m. June 15, '61; 3 y. R. 7, band musician ; dis. Aug. 11, '62, camp near Harrison's Bar, Va.


JEFFERS, JOHN: b. Co. Mayo, Ird., 1836; s. Patrick and Sarah ; bootmaker; en. and m. June 21, '61; 3 y. R. 40, N.Y., Co. G, pri. ; ft. at Gettysburg, July 2, '63, and there wd. in breast by musket-ball; afterwards ft. Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, Chantilly, 1st Fred'sburg, and Chan- cellorsville; dis. June 27, '64, exp. ser; en. again and m. Dec. 1, '64, 3 y. R. 12, Co. E, Vet. Res. Corps, pri. ; dis. Nov. 15, '65, Gen. Order War Dept.


JEFFERSON, PETER : b. Canada East, Dist. Montreal, May 21, 1832; s. Joseph and Anstatia; bootmaker; en. and m. June 21, '61; 3 y. R. 40, N.Y., Co. G, pri .; ft. Williamsburg, May 5, '62, and had little finger shot from left hand; ft. 2d Bull Run, and Chancellorsville; taken prisoner at last-named place, May 2, '63, and carried to Richmond, Va .; exchanged Sept. 1, '63, but taken prisoner again, Oct. 23 ensuing, and back to Richmond; paroled May 8, '64; dis. June 20, following, exp. ser.


JENKINS, MARTIN: b. Co. Galway, Ird., 1836; s. Michael and Catherine; bootmaker; en. and m. June 11, '61; 3 y. R. 9, Co. E, sergt .; ft. in all the bat- tles of the R. and never wd; m. out with R. June 1, '64, at Boston; en. and m. again Dec. 15, '64; 1 y. R. 61, Co. H, pri. ; prom. sergt. Mar. 3, '65, after battle Petersburg, Va., during May preceding; m. out with R., Arlington Heights, July 16, '65.


JEWELL, FRANKLIN B .: b. Monmouth, Me., July 3, 1835; s. Robert and Nicy ; clerk; en. Apl. 1, '61, and m. June 21; 3 y. R. 40, N. Y., Co. G, pri. ; dis. May 1, '62, at Alexandria, Va.


JOHNSON, ISAAC: b. 1835; place and ptge. not given; bootmaker; en. Aug. 5, '62, and m. 27; 3 y. R. 36, Co. F, pri .; trans. May 30, '64, to Vet. Res. Corps.


JOHNSON, WILLIAM: b. Co. Mayo, Ird., May 8, 1830; s. Edward M. and Catherine; bootmaker; en. Nov. 7, '63, and m. Dec. 7; 3 y. R. 2, Co. H, H. Artil., recruit, pri .; ft. Plymouth, N.C., and taken prisoner to Andersonville, Ga., where he d. of starvation about June 17, '64.


JOHNSON, FRANCIS A. : b. Franklin, Mass., Mar. 22, 1828; s. Warren and Eliza; bootmaker; en. Apl., '61, and m. June 21; 3 y. R. 40, N.Y., Co. G, 1st


158


HISTORY OF MILFORD.


lieut .; trans. to Co. A, and prom. capt., Nov. 28, '61; ft. Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Charles City Cross Roads, Robinson's Field, 2d Bull Run, and Fred's- burg, all between Aug. 29 and Dec. 14, '62; dis. May 13, '63, disability.


JOHNSON, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON: b. Mil., Mass., Apl. 10, 1840; s. Lewis and Sally G .; clerk; en. June, '61, and m. June 21; 3 y. R. 40, N.Y., Co. G, corpl. ; prom. sergt. Mar. 26, '62, 2d lieut. Co. D, Nov. 25, same y., and to 1st lieut. Co. G, Feb. 3, '63; ft. in all the engagements of his Co. till death; wd. in battle of Fred'sburg, and k. in that of Gettysburg, July 2, '63.


JOHNSON, NAPOLEON B. : b. Mil., Mass., July 27, 1828; s. Lewis and Sally G .; clerk; en. Aug. 5, '62, and m. 27; 3 y. R. 36, Co. F, pri. ; ft. Fred'sburg, Dec. 11, '62, Jackson, Miss., July 11 and 14, '62; detailed to Ambulance Corps Sept. 9, '63; returned to R. Feb. 1, '64; ft. Wilderness, Va., May 6, '64, Spott- sylvania, May 12, Cold Harbor, June 3, and was with his R. before Petersburg, Va., from July 5, '64, to evacuation Apl. 2, '65; dis. with his R. June 8, '65.


JOHNSON, WILLIAM E. : b. 1837; place and parentage not given; tailor; en. and mn. July 7, '62; 3 y. R. 9, Co. K, recruit; dis. Nov. 1, '62, disability.


JOHNSON, EDWARD E .; b. 1835; place and ptge. not given ; farmer; en. and m. Dec. 13, '61 ; 3 y. R. 28, Co. B, pri. ; k. Fred'sburg, Va., Dec. 13, '62.


JOHNSON, DANIEL R., jun. : b. 1839; place not given; s. Daniel R. ; boot- maker; en. July 1, '61, and m. 3; 3 y. R. 3, Co. M, pri .; trans. Nov. 14, '61, to R. 29, Co. B; ft. in the 7 ds. fight; dis. Dec. 4, '62, Camp Falmouth, Va., by reason of foreign substance in his knee-joint.


JOHNSON, CHARLES W. : b. Medway, Mass., Feb. 4, 1837; s. Warren and Eliza; bootmaker; en. Apl. 19, '61, and m. June 21; 3 y. R. 40, N.Y., Co. G, corpl .; prom. sergt. Jan. 1, '63; ft. Williamsburg, North Anna, Spottsylvania, and Fred'sburg; wd. in the last-named battle; dis. June 26, '64, exp. ser.


JOHNSON, ALVA L. : b. Northbridge, Mass., June 20, 1842; s. Daniel R. and Lutheria A .; bootmaker; en. and m. June 21, '61 ; 3 y. R. 40, N.Y., Co. G, pri .; ft. at Yorktown, Williamsburg, Bolton Bridge, and Fair Oaks; k. Malvern Hill, July 1, '62.




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