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O Lord our Heavenly Father, the high and mighty Ruler of the universe, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth, most heartily we bescech thee with thy favor to behold and bless thy servant, the President of the United States, and all others in authority; and so replenish them with the grace of thy Itoly Spirit, that they may always incline to thy will, and walk in thy way : that all things may be so ordered and settled by their endeavors, upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established among us for all generations.
O Righteous Father, we humbly acknowledge that we have justly deserved thy rebukes and the suffering we have endured. But may thy chastisemeuts teach all this nation wisdom and righteousness, so that lu time to come we may be spared from the burdens and bereavements of war. While we mourn before thee the loss of our friends and fellow-townsmen who have laid down their lives in their country's cause, we thank thee for all that was inanly and magnanimous, patriotic and plous, ia their example. And we invoke thy smile of approval upon this Monument, which we have erected to honor and perpetuate their memories. Be pleased to look upon it as a thank-offering to thee for thy gifts to us and to our cause of the lives and services it commemorates. May it please thee to watch and preserve it through the changes of summer's heat and winter's cold for many coming generations, and give it a volce teaching ns, and our children's children after ns, that he that loseth his life for Christ's and humanity's sake shall find it agaln glorified and blessed.
Let thy protectlon keep and thy hand lead us through the dutles of this day. Assist and bless all who engage in them, especially thy servant who is to address us. May What he shall suy stir np and increase in us all plous and patriotic emotions, and may we return from this sadly Interesting occaslou wiser and better than we came; with
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more love to men; better fitted to serve our country and generation and to glorify thee our God.
Command thy blessing upon our industry, upon our schools, our churches, our ministry, upon all the inhabitants and all the interests of this town. Especially do we earnestly entreat thee to keep and save our precious children and youth, and make them a seed to serve thee when we shall be no more. Fill the whole earth with thy glory. " Let thy kingdom come, and thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
Make us deeply sensible, we beseech thee, of the shortness and uncertainty of human life. And give us grace so to pass the time of our sojourning here in thy love and service, that when we depart this life we may be meet to be partakers of the inherit- ance of the saints iu light, - through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The following beautiful hymn, written for the occasion, by Augustus Mason, M. D., of Brighton, was then sung : -
Now to our patriot dead be paid The tribute of immortal fame, While gratefully we breathe each name On this memorial shaft displayed.
On many a Southern field they fell, Battling for Freedom and the Right; And in the thickest of the fight They bore their country's standard well:
Or perished in the traitors' pen; Or, 'mid the hardships of the field, Their loyalty with life they sealed, And died like brave, true-hearted men.
To all who sleep a soldier's sleep, Where'er they lie, - in hallowed ground, Or those above whose grass-grown mound Sad stars their lonely vigils keep, -
To all our brave, heroic band Who nobly met a soldier's fate, This Monument we consecrate; God bless them and our native land !
The Oration by the Rev. Mr. Whitney occupied in the delivery about one hour and a half. Music by the band followed. The Na- tional Hymn, by the Rev. Samuel F. Smith, D. D., of Newton, "My Country, 'tis of Thee," was sung by the assembly; and the Benedic- tion was pronounced by the Rev. Mr. Bowles.
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RESOLUTIONS.
Immediately after the services of dedication. the returned soldiers assembled at Mason's Hall, and appointed a committee to draft resolutions expressing their sense of the memorial work.
At an adjourned meeting, August 6, Mr. Willard, from the commit- tee, presented the following, which were unanimously adopted : -
Whereas, the patriotic people of Brighton, by general subscription, have caused to be erected, in Evergreen Cemetery, a suitable Monument to perpetuate the memory of the gallant dead, our companions in arms, who nobly sacrificed their lives to sustain the Union and the Constitution, that justice and liberty might be established, and life, peace, and the pursuit of happiness might forever be the common heritage; therefore
Resolred, That we tender our most grateful thanks to our fellow-citizens for the liberality, public spirit and patriotism they have manifested in erecting the Monument, that the deeds of the heroic men whose memory it consecrates might be forever per- petuated.
Resolved, That, grateful to Divine Providence for preserving our own lives from the imminent perils of the late war, now happily ended, so that we have been per- mitted to participate in the dedication of the Monument and to pay our tribute of respect to the memory of our deceased comrades, - we hereby express to the Monu- ment Committee our appreciation of their zeal and energy in prosecuting the work and of their signal success in the completed structure; and also our obligations for their courtesy in consulting the wishes of the returned soldiers in regard to the arrangements on the day of dedication and for their active co-operation in executing the same.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the Monument Committee.
AUGUSTUS MASON, CHARLES EDMUND RICE,
Chairman. Secretary.
DECEASED SOLDIERS
HERE COMMEMORATED.
PATRICK BARRY. - Born in Ireland, 1827; son of Thomas. Came to this country, 1842, and lived with his half-brother, William Ring, on Oakland. Street, Brighton ; mar- ried, Boston, 1858, Elizabeth Callahan. Enlisted here, Nov. 18, 1861, for three years, in 28th Mass. Vols. In camp at North Cambridge till Jan. 1862, when the regiment was ordered South. Having taken cold, he was sick in hospital at Hilton Head, S. C. Under date May 21, he writes home to his wife in affectionate and hopeful terms, en- closing money. He died in the hospital, June 7, 1862, seventeen days after his last letter, and was interred at Hilton Head, leaving his widow in feeble health, and two sons, of sixteen and fifteen years, residing on River Street, Brighton.
ELIAS HASTINGS BENNETT. - Born at Brighton, Sept. 13, 1840. Son of Elias Dexter and Almira (Wellington) Bennett. Educated at Brighton ; passing honorably through the several grades of schools, and entered on mercantile life in Boston, as clerk. Three or four years had been passed here, when the battle-cry called him to the service of his country before he had attained his twenty-first year. He enlisted for three years in the 13th Mass. Vols., having been first connected with the 4th Battalion of Rifles, which was absorbed in the 13th. He left Boston for the field .July 29, 1861. He was in several skirmishes and engagements with the enemy, and fell, nobly serving, on Saturday, Aug. 30, 1862, in the disastrous battle of Bull Run, Va. His body was buried on the field with other comrades. Ifis excellent character in the service is attested by the sympathetic communication of Rev. Mr. Gaylord, chaplain of the 13th, and by his officers and fellow-soldiers. The home where he was so dear has in his carly death a cherished and holy memory. His parents, with two surviving sons, one of whom is in business in Boston and one an undergraduate at Harvard University, reside on Market Street, Brighton. His father was born at Lancaster, Mass., April 6, 1815, son of Elias and Sarah (Hastings) Bennett; his mother, at Westminster, Mass., Ang. 1, 1818, danghter of Seth and Lonisa (Miles) Wellington.
CHARLES BRYANT CUSHING. - Born in Boston, Dec. 5, 1841, only son of Solomon Bryant and Maria (Thaxter) Cushing. He removed with his parents in 1855 to Brighton, at whose schools his education was completed. He enlisted for three years, July 16, 1861, not twenty years old, in the 13th Mass. Vols. He was drowned on Friday, June 6th, 1862, as he was crossing the river Shenandoah, at Front Royal, Va., with a detachment of his comrades in a boat to rejoin their regiment previously passed over on the bridge. A violent rain-storm had in the mean time so swollen the river as to carry away the bridge. Young Cushing, though a fine swimmer, was unable to stem the current. Ilis body was recovered in eight days and buried by the river. His parents, both born in Boston, reside at Brighton, comforted in precious memories and fond mementos of their son, - having his diary returned, in which he wrote as he was about to cross the river, -and kind testimonial letters from the chaplain of the 13th, and those noble parting words of their boy in answer to their reluctant consent to his enlistment, -"Though we are young, if we stay behind, who is to save the country ? "
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WILLIAM CHAUNCY DAILEY. - Born at Cambridge, Jan. 13, 1845; son of Lewis and Hannah Hunting (Farrington) Dailey. He removed with his father in 1855 to Brighton, where he attended school. In Aug., 1861, then in his seventeenth year, he enlisted for three years, in the 33d Mass. Vols., Co. E. He went out with a brave devoted spirit, and served most faithfully in various engagements ; but was not permitted to complete his term of enlistment. Ile was wounded in a skirmish at Acquorth, near Marietta, Georgia; lived three days; died June 20, 1864, in his twentieth year, and was buried there. Ilis mother, daughter of Isaacand Mehltable (Hunting) Farrington of Brighton, died at Cambridge, March 11, 1:53. His father, born at Stanstead, C. E., April, 1814, son of Jolin and Clara, subsequently married Mrs. Emily ( Winsor) Herrick, widow of Thomas Waterman Herrick; died at Brighton, Nov. 18, 1864, from the effects of a fall from staging, shortly previous.
JOHN FLINT DAY. - Born at Strong, Me., May 19, 1824; son of John and Mary (Norton) Day. Hle was married at Carlisle, Mass., January 2, 1>55, to Miss Sibbyl S. Robbins of that place, and came on that day to reside at Brighton. He was appointed on the 1st July, 1861, postmaster of Brighton. Here he enlisted for three years, Jan. 9, 1864, in the Ith Mass. Cavalry, Co. D). On the 17th of August following he was in an engagement at Gainsville, Florida. With a detachment of the cavalry he was pursued by the enemy. The others escaping, he was driven into a swamp, where he was fed by a negro woman three weeks. Finally he was captured by a squad of rebel cavalry, and taken to Andersonville prison, place of awful memories in the heart of a civilized world. He was subsequently removed to the rebel prison at Millen, Georgia, where he died, Oct. 26, 1861, in his forty-first year, after a week of sickness induced by starva- tion. His grave is No. 203 at Camp Lawton, Millen. The record of the faithful and affectionate husband, father, son and brother is thus added to that of the younger patriots who were bound by fewer ties to home. He leaves his widow, who has charge of the post-office at Brighton, a son of ten, and two daughters of eight and seven years of age.
JOEL DAVENPORT DUDLEY. - Born at Brighton, Feb. 17, 1542; son of .Joseph Davenport and Lovina Taplin (('elley) Dudley. He was educated at the public schools of Brighton. In Nov., 1861, when in his twentieth year, he enlisted for three years, in the 1st Mass. Cavalry, which was subsequently united with the 4th. Re-enlisting Jan., 1×64, he secured the privilege of a furlough and visited his home. Returning after faithful service on the battle-field, on a second furlough, he was married at Montpelier, Vt., March 3, 1865. to Miss Lydia Slayton, who, born at Black Rock, near Buffalo, N. Y., removed with her father's family to Vermont, where had been his earlier home.
Our gallant young soldier, corporal in the cavalry, left his bride and home at Brighton in health and hope and promise to rejoin the army, on Tuesday, March 7th, and was killed in thirty days, Thursday, April 6th, 1865, In his twenty-fourth year, in that last critical battle at High Bridge, Va., which enforced the surrender of the rebel General Lee, and in which Captain William T. Hodges, of Roxbury, and Col. Francis Washburn of Worcester, of the same cavalry corps, fell. In November following the body was brought home. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Frederic A. Whitney, Sunday, Nov. 19. Major Stevens of the 4th Cavalry and many of the comrades and friends of the faithful and brave patriot deceased were present. Interment was In the family lot at Evergreen Cemetery. IHis father, born at Roxbury, son of Samuel and Susannah (Davenport) Dudley, lives at Brighton, having one surviving son. Ills mother, born at Woodbury, Vt., daughter of Joel and Phebe (Blanchard) Celley, died nt Brighton, Nov. 13, 1860. Ilis wife is at her father's, near Montpeller, Vt.
JOHN WARREN FOWLE. - Horn at Quincy, March 12, 1×35; only son of John and Elizabeth (Arnoldl) Fowle. When twelve years okl he removed with his parents to Boston ; and reslding subsequently at Watertown and Framingham, came with them to Brighton in 1851. In October, Isez, one year of this interval having been passed with his parents at Braintree, he enlisted for nine months in the 45th Mass. V. M., the Cadet Regiment, and, from the encampment at Readville, left Boston for Newbern, N. C.
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Having excellent musical talent, he served the regiment in this capacity, and was pro- moted as major drummer. Having faithfully served out his term of enlistment, win- ning the warm regards of his comrades and officers, he was taken sick and two days after started for home.
Suffering much in the steamer on the way, from the want of proper attention on the part of the authorities to the sick soldiers, he arrived at Brighton, June 30, 1863. Here, watched with tender care in the bosom of a loving home, through the delirium of typhus fever in which he fancied he heard the martial music to which he had so ably contributed, he died July 8, 1863, in his twenty-sixth year, and his body was taken to Quincy for interment. His father, born at Quincy, May 21, 1804, son of Jacob and Sarah (Cleverly) Fowle, and his mother, born at Quincy, March 24, 1808, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Briesler) Arnold, live at Brighton, on Cambridge Street, - of their children two married daughters only surviving.
GEORGE EDWIN FROST .- (The middle name accidentally omitted on page 10.) Born at West Cambridge, April 18, 1845; son of Ephraim and Caroline (Cutter) Frost. Attended school at West Cambridge. He went early to Sanbornton, N. H., to work on a farm, was subsequently at Waltham in the employ of Mr. Horace Wilson, who mar- ried his sister; at Newton with Mr. Daniel Knowles; and came to Brighton, Oct., 1863, to live with Mr. Edmund Rice, who testifies of him as one of the most faithful and worthy of the many men whom he has had in his employ. Impelled by a strong sense of duty, he enlisted at Brighton in the 11th Mass. Battery, Jan., 1865. He served in the engagements at Chancellorsville and in the Wilderness, was wounded, lived three days, and died in hospital at Fredericksburg, Va., May 13, 1865, and was buried there. His father, son of Ephraim, was born and died at West Cambridge. His mother, born there, daughter of Jonas Cutter, subsequently married (2d) Ebenezer Morrison, and lives at Sanbornton, N. H. Three children survive, -a son with her, who was also in the late U. S. service; and married daughters at Waltham, and in the State of Wisconsin.
HENRY HASTINGS FULLER .- Born at Brighton, Dec. 7, 1829; son of Ebenezer and Sarah Jackson (Hastings) Fuller. Educated in Brighton ; married in Boston, March 18, 1855, Miss Mary Mehitable, born and resident at Brighton, daughter of Francis William and Harriet (Harding) Broad of that place. In 1862, he enlisted in the 38th Mass. V. M., and in the summer left the encampment at Lynnfield, for the South. He died in University Hospital, New Orleans, La., of chronic diarrhea, Aug. 16, 1863, in his thirty-fourth year. His friends, in their sorrow for the faithful and beloved husband, father, son and brother, were comforted, as the bereaved friends of many soldiers de- ceased could not be, that the body was restored to them. The first of our soldiers brought home for interment, his body arrived here in Jan. 1864. Funeral services were conducted in the First Church here, by Rev. Messrs. Whitney, Cushman and Noyes, Thursday afternoon, Jan. 28; and the interment was at Evergreen Cemetery. His widow lives in Boston. Of his two children, one survived him. His father, born at Brighton, Feb. 19, 1793, son of Deacon Ebenezer and Martha (Bryant) Fuller, and his mother, born at Brighton, July 21, 1796, daughter of Reuben and Grace (Jackson) Hastings, celebrated at their home here on Cambridge Street, Monday, May 1, 1865, the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage, their golden wedding, which fell on Sun- day, April 30, and are living here in active health, and in the happy intercourse of children and children's children.
JOHN GOLDING .- Born at Brighton, June 18, 1843; son of Peter and Catharine (Murtargh) Golding. He was educated at Brighton. In May, 1861, he enlisted at Brighton for three years in the 11th Mass. V. M., Co. F. He served faithfully through his whole term, sharing in various engagements, and at regular intervals, in the spirit of a true son, sending home a portion of his wages. On the 3d of July, 1863, he was killed, in the memorable battle of Gettysburg, Pa., and lies buried there. His parents, born in Ireland, live on Bennett Street, Brighton.
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HAZAEL LEANDER GROVER. - Born at Swanville, Me., Feb. 27, 1839; son of Moses and Betsey (Davis) Grover. Employed in his trade as tinsmith at Brighton, he en- listed there, June 4, 1861, in the 12th Mass. V. M., Co. E. He served most devotedly in the engagements at Fair Oaks, Cedar Mountain, Bull Run (2d), Culpepper, and Antietam. He died at Kedysville, Md., Sept. 25, 1:62, from the effects of a wound received eight days before at the battle of Antietam. Ile lies buried at Kedysville. His father and brother both died in service in the late war, the former a victim of Andersonville prison. Ilis mother is living in Carmel, Je.
GEORGE HENRY HOWE, JR. - Born in the city of Roxbury, Feb 2, 1:45; only son of George Henry and Catherine (Field) Howe. His father in 1852 removed his family to Brighton, where George was educated. He enlisted Jan. 16, 1862, for three years, nt Boston, in the 99th New York V. M., Co. I; was ordered to Hampton, and thence to Norfolk, Va., at the capture of which place he was present. Recovering from the measles with which he had been sick at Norfolk, he was ordered some uriles from that city, and in this expedition took a severe cold from which he never recovered, and was honorably discharged from the service, April 16, 1863, at Camp suffolk. On the 5th of November, 1864, he died in consumption at Brighton, amidst the kind ministrations of his home to which he had been brought, and which was comforted in the sweet peace and unwonted trust with which its young soldier anticipated his final discharge from this whole battle of life. His body was interred at Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y., in the family tomb of his mother, who, born at New York, daughter of Peter and Margaret (Marsh) Field, died at Brighton, Sept. 15, 1863. His father, born at West Roxbury, son of Abraham Fay and Mary (Savage) Howe, resides at Brighton, on Acad- cầuy Hill.
SAMUEL DEVENS HARRIS NILES. - Born in Boston, 1823; son of Thomas and Saralı (McClennen) Niles. lle was for a time at school at Stockbridge and subsequently at Watertown, to which place his parents removed. At an early age he entered a store in Boston, but soon left. Prompted by a love of adventure, he followed the seas and travelled by land many years. He enlisted early in the war on board a U. S. frigute and was stationed in the harbor of Valparaiso. He returned to his native city in 1862, und enlisted in November, as carpenter, on board the coast survey schooner " Bibb," Captain Bowtelle, which was ordered to the South. He died suddenly of heart disease, at his post, in Dec., 1862, off l'ort Royal, S. C., at which place he was buried with Masonic honors. His father, born at Dorchester, son of Ebenezer Niles, resides at Brighton, on Oakland Street. His own mother, born in Boston, daughter of Caleb MeClennen, is not living.
FRANK EDWIN PLUMMER. - Born In Boston, Dec. 13, 1845; son of Enoeh and Elizabeth (Johnston) Plummer. He removed about 1800, with his father's family then residing in New Hampshire, to Brighton. Hle enlisted, Feb. 23, 1864, at Concord, New Hampshire, in the New Hampshire Cavalry, and started in health and hope for the field. He was in Wilson's raid and in numerous skirmishes. But his fond wish to serve his country in arms was destined to a speedy disappointment. He returned home to Brighton, sick, Nov. 6, 1864; and, watched over with tender care, died here, of chronic diarriura, Jan. 15, 1865, in his twentieth year, and was interred at Evergreen Cemetery. His father, born at Londonderry, N. HI., and his mother, born at Bradford, are living at Brighton, ou South Street, corner of Lake Street.
ALBERT RICE. - Born at Brighton, May 12, 1836; tenth among fifteen children of Emery and Betsey (Kirk) Rice. He attended school at Brighton. When about six- teen, he went to sea ; and, returning home, was shipwrecked off the coast of Nova Scotia. With some forty of the three hundred on board ship he was saved; and after a short residence at home, mude a voyage to the East Indies, returning in less than two years. On the opening of the war he was working at his trade as carpenter at home; and with a most patriotle spirit gave himself at once to the service of his country. Early in
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June, 1861, he enlisted for three years at Fort Independence, in 13th Mass. Vols., Co. C. He served devotedly until May, 1862, in all the engagements in which his regi- ment shared, including those at Bolivar Heights and at Dam No. 5. Arriving at Falmouth, Va., after a forced march, he was stricken with paralysis, May 22, 1862, and died on the morning following, in his twenty-seventh year. Ile was buried by his com- panions in the old grave-yard of Falmouth, and a headboard was placed at his grave. But this was burned by the rebels; and though his friends have searched carefully, no trace of his grave has been discovered. IIis father, born at Northfield, Mass., Jan. 1, 1792, son of Silas and Abigail (Hagar) Rice, and his mother, born in Boston, are living at Brighton, on Cambridge Street.
RICHARD DAVID RING. - Born at Brighton, Sept. 17, 1844; son of William and Bridget (Haggerty) Ring. He served three years in the ordnance department, U. S. Arsenal, Watertown, and enlisted, April 7, 1865, in the 2d New Jersey Vols. His ser- vice was very brief. He died of pneumonia, June 9, 1865, in his twenty-first year, in the Pattison Park General Hospital, Baltimore. His body was brought directly home and interred at Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline. His father, born in Ireland, county of Cork, son of David and Ann (Ludgate) Ring, died at Brighton, May 8, 1863. His mother, born in Ireland, county of Cork, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (McCarty) Haggerty, lives on Oakland Street, Brighton.
WARREN DUTTON RUSSELL, Lieutenant, FRANCIS LOWELL DUTTON RUSSELL, Lieutenant, brothers; sons of James Dutton and Sarah Ellen (Hooper) Russell. Their father's name was changed by act of the Legislature, Feb. 21, 1820, from James Russell Dutton to James Dutton Russell. Born in Boston, Jan. 7, 1810, he graduated at Harvard University, 1829, and studied law. He was son of Hon. Warren Dutton, of Yale College 1797, lawyer of Boston, who resided many years at Brighton, and died there, March 3, 1857, in his eighty-third year, and of Elizabeth Cutts Lowell, daughter of Hon. Judge Lowell of Boston.
The first-named brother was born in Boston, April 30, 1840, and came in early child- hood with his parents to Brighton. He entered Harvard University, 1856. Left col- lege, and subsequently spent two years in the Cambridge Law School. Leaving these studies he enlisted at Brighton, and was commissioned, Aug. 20, 1861, second lieuten- ant, 18th Mass. Vols. He was promoted first lieutenant in the same regiment, July 16, 1862. Ilis devotion and bravery in the service have been highly extolled. He fell in the second battle at Bull Run, Va., Saturday, Aug. 30, 1862. A brother officer wrote thus : " The 18th was formed in battle line at 9 A. M., and advanced over a field through a piece of woods, where we were kept three hours supporting batteries. At 3, P. M., the order came to advance. We charged through an open space of rising ground, nearly one quarter of a mile, under very heavy fire of shot and shell. During the charge, the voice of Lieutenant Russell could be heard continually encouraging his men. One of his men having been killed, he took his musket, and had discharged it twice, when, standing close by the colors, he was struck in the neck by a ball, cutting the jugular vein. His death was instantaneous, and he could not have suffered the slightest pain. His face was perfectly composed as in sleep. The regiment has lost a good officer and the officers a good friend."
The younger brother was born at Brighton, Oct. 2, 1844, and baptized by the pastor of the First Church there, June 29, 1845. He enlisted in a New York regiment (Col. Duryea's) just leaving for Washington, and was wounded at the battle of Great Bethel. When the Secretary of War, soon after this battle, visited the hospital at Fort Monroe, so attracted and pleased was he with the intelligence of this young soldier and the patient manliness with which he bore his wounds, that he promised him a commission in the army if he recovered. Amidst the distracting cares of office the Secretary did not forget his promise, but, hearing that Russell had gone home on furlough to recruit his strength, appointed him first lieutenant in the 4th U. S. Cavalry. Recovering, he returned to the service; but again came home, sick, Jan. 8, 1864, - having been promoted brevet captain. He died May 11, 1864, at Springfield, Mass.,
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( Massasoit House), where he had gone with his sisters a week previous, in the hope of recruiting his health. Funeral from King's Chapel, Boston. Interment at Mount Auburn. Ilis father died at Brighton, June 10, 1561, and his mother, born at Marble- head, 1517, daughter of William Ilooper, died Feb. 27, 12 -.
FRANCIS AUGUSTINE STARKEY. - Born at East Vassalboro', Me., May 21, 1-41; son of Lyman G. and Mary ( Williams) Starkey. He came to Brighton May 22, IN0, and Hved with Mr. Daniel shillaber, by whose family he was much esteemed for his excel- lent character. He enlisted Dec. 7, 1861, for three years, in Read's Mounted Ritle Han- gers. This battalion of cavalry was organized as a body-guard for General B. F. Butler and attached to the 30th Mass. Regiment. Alter a year it was incorporated into Col. Chickering's regiment, 4th Mass. L'avalry. Young Starkey had no opportunity to man- ifest on the field the patriotic spirit which had led him to serve, as he was soon taken sick. On the 14th of April, 1562, he died of typhoid fever on Ship Island, in the Gulf of Mexico, not quite completing his twenty-first year, and was interred on the island. Rev. John P. Cleaveland of Lowell, chaplain, conducted the funeral services. llis parents are living at East Vassalboro'.
EDWARD LEWIS STEVENS, Lieutenant. - Born in Boston, Sept. 30, 1842; son of Silas and Jane (Smith) Stevens. His father removed in 1815 from Boston to Brighton; and here, at the lligh School, under the charge of Mr. Jolin Ruggles, he was fitted for Harvard University, where he was entered 1>59. Of very few of the young soldiers of our country has so general and exalted commendation been awarded, alike in oral and printed testimony, as of this " young Harvard hero." The obituary and resolu- tions prepared by his brother officers at their head-quarters, Georgetown, S. C., with the accompanying letter to his family ; the letter of Prof. Child of the University, with the full notice and resolutions published by the class of 1863; his own admirable letter sent home shortly before his death, avowing the high principles on which the war should be waged, and his confident belief in its glorious issues; even the appropriate resolutions of the Sunday school at Brighton with which he had been connected, would all come fitly here. But these prescribed limits forbid. He left college in his senior year to enlist, Sept. 12, 18 22, for nine months, in the 41th Mass. V. M. Return- ing June 18, 1863, he joined in the class day exercises at college, but was too late for the annual examinations, Studying in the fall, he received his degree, Jan., INH. 1 the mean while he was in the store of Messrs. Sabin & Page, Boston. In January, 15G, he was commissioned as second lieutenant in the 51th Mass. Vols., and left home for the regiment at Jacksonville, Fla. For his remarkable qualities as n man and an officer he was subsequently promoted first lieutenant. He was killed instantly, April 18, 1865, at Boykins Mills, near Camden, S. C., in an expedition from Georgetown to Camden under Brig .- General Potter. "He fell so near the enemy's works that it was not deemed right to order any one forward to recover the body, but volunteers promptly presented themselves, and he was thus buried near where he fell." Hlis character has been finely delineated in the published records above mentioned, which may be consulted. llis mother, born at Waltham, July 10, 1805, daughter of Nathan and Susannah (Bemis) Smith, died at Brighton, Nov. 25, 1-15. His father, born at Needham, May 2, 180G, son of Silas and Sally (Gay) stevens, lives on Washington Street, Brighton (one daughter and one son surviving), and married (2d) Miss Brackett of Newton.
FRANKLIN WILLARD THOMPSON. - Born in Boston, .July 13, 1816; son of George and Julia Ann ( Hubbard) Thompson. He attended school in Boston, and in somer- ville where his parents subsequently resided, and came to Brighton in 1560 and lived with Mr. Theodore Monroe. In At gust, 1-62, he enlisted in the 39th Mass. Vols., Co. E:, Somerville, and was ordered tirst to Washington. Having shared bravely in several engagements, he was taken prisoner at Petersburg, Va., Aug. 25, 1561, and contined in Salisbury prison, N. C. He was subsequently removed, and died in the Florence stockade, S. C. A few days only before hls capture, letters were received from him by
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his sister at Brighton, expressing the regards of the loving as well as patriotic heart which endears the memory of the young soldier to his friends. His father, born at Hancock, N. II., May 13, 1821, lives at Quincy (Squantum). His mother, born at Chesterfield, N. H., April 20, 1819, died at Somerville, October, 1859.
JOSEPH WASHINGTON WARREN. - Born at Charlestown, Mass., March 13, 1819, and came to Brighton when a boy, living there in the employ, successively, of Mr. Bodge and of Mr. Jonathan Hastings. He married at Roxbury, 1839, Elizabeth Hunt of Bath, N. II., and lived at Cambridgeport, where she died. In 1845, he married (2d), at Cambridgeport, Charlotte R. Moody. About 1857 he removed from Roxbury to Brighton, where he remained until his enlistment, Dec. 17, 1863, in the 11th Mass. Light Battery. IIe was mustered into service, Jan. 2, 1864, and left Boston for the South. He was taken siek in the summer; was three months in the Wolf Street HIos- pital, Alexandria, Va .; reached home, sick, on the 9th September, "looking in his altered visage like a man of eighty years," and died there, of chronic dysentery, on the 23d. Funeral services were conducted on the 26th, in the Baptist church, Brighton, by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Bowles, and the body was interred at Evergreen Cemetery. His widow and children live at Brighton.
GEORGE WASHINGTON WARREN. - Born at Roxbury, Jnne 25, 1840; son of Joseph Washington and Elizabeth (Hunt) Warren (above). He was married at Brighton, Oct. 10, 1861, to Mary Ann Claypole, who was born at Cambridgeport. He enlisted a few days after his father, was mustered into service on the same day and in the same bat- tery with him. He, too, was sick at Alexandria, in Sickles Hospital, and died there of heart disease, Sept. 3, 1864, twenty days before his father's death. He was buried at Alexandria. His widow subsequently married Geo. M. Monto of Brighton, and resides there.
The following lines, written by a lady of this town on viewing the Monument, are here inserted by request, as a tribute to the departed soldiers :-
REST, soldier, rest ; earth's toil is o'er; The soul is welcomed to that shore Where peace and love forever reign, And all are free from strife and pain.
Rest, soldier, rest ; in this sweet spot Few comrades lie, - but not forgot Those sleeping in a Southern land, Who form with yon one martyr band.
Rest, soldier, rest ; the great work done, Your brow is wreathed with laurels won; And comrades brave will drop a tear For each whose name is written here.
Rest, soldier, rest; this shaft will tell low dear the flag for which you fell; Unfurled it bears from shore to shore Union and Freedom evermore.
SOLDIERS' UNION.
THE returned soldiers of Brighton met at Mason's Hall, August 18, 1866, -nearly every regiment and battery that had been in the service from the State being represented, -and organized a club for literary exercises and mutual improvement. Officers were chosen, as follows :
PRESIDENT. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS PUTNAM WILLARD.
VICE - PRESIDENTS.
JOIIN PRATT, CHARLES EDMUND RICE, RICHARD BAXTER SMART.
RECORDING SECRETARY. JOHN THOMAS NEEDHAM.
FINANCIAL SECRETARY. EDWARD HARRIS.
TREASURER. AUGUSTUS MASON.
MARSHAL. ALANSON TOWNSEND BREWER.
STANDING COMMITTEE. AUSTIN BIGELOW, GEORGE FRANCIS GORDON, CHANDLER BALCH HRAMAN.
Under the auspices of this club, a course of lectures has been inau- gurated, to be given each week alternately at the Town Hall on Wash- ington Street and at Union Hall on Union Square. The opening lee- ture was delivered Thursday evening, October 4, by the Ilon. George Sewall Boutwell, on " Faith essential to Success." The second was by the Hon. George Stillman Hillard, on " Books, -their Use, their Selec- tion." The third was by Edwin Percy Whipple, on " Shoddy." The fourth was by Rev. Warren Handel Cudworth, late chaplain First Mass. Regt., on " Purpose ; " and the fifth is announeed to be given by Rev. William Rounsville Alger of Boston.
LEN IO
AN
ORATION
DELIVERED AT THE
DEDICATION OF THE
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT,
IN
Evergreen Cemetery, Brighton, flass.,
ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 26, 1866,
BY
REV. FREDERIC AUGUSTUS WHITNEY.
With an Appendix,
CONTAINING THE OTHER EXERCISES, AND NOTICES OF THE DECEASED SOLDIERS. .
BOSTON: S. CHISM, -FRANKLIN PRINTING HOUSE, No. 134 Washington Street, corner of Spring Lane. 1866.
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