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Charles L. Haskell bought of Deacon Andrew Spooner the farm which was purchased from Deacon Jesse Allen by Eleazer Spooner in 1776, and on which the Spooner family had lived till the buildings were burned in 1848. Here Mr. Haskell built the house lately owned by Mr. John P. Day. He was one of the leaders in the Congregational Church and one of the most helpful supporters of the social and religious meetings.
When forty-two years of age he enlisted in Co. K of the 36th Mass., and endured well all the hard campaigns up to the week in which Lee surrendered at Appomattox, but lost his life on the day of the final assault on Petersburg, April 2, 1865. He had been sent to the rear with Confederate prisoners, and was returning to the front when he was shot through the breast and instantly killed.
Mr. Peloubet thus characterized him: "A faithful, true, upright Christian man, well read in Bible history, not excelling
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in soldiery tactics, but always sterling in soldierly action, uni- versally respected, and always at the post of duty."
Silas Jacob Howell. Mustered in, August 5, 1862. Discharged, June 22, 1865.
Born in Malone, N. Y., in 1838.
In the summer of 1862 he was living in Coldbrook, and was in the employ of Parker & Whiting as master mechanic in the plow shop, when, at the age of twenty-three, he enlisted in the 36th regiment. While in camp at Worcester he was appointed Sergeant of Company K. He was wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864, but soon returned to duty and was with the regiment till the end of the war. He was dis- charged by the order of the War Department, on account of disability from wounds, a few days before the regiment was mustered out.
After returning home, he lived in Orange, Mass., and was for . more than fifteen years in the employ of the New Home Sewing Machine Company. He was a very fine mechanic. When he needed a machine or tool, he made it, and made it well. When he had made it, he seemed satisfied, and never put forth any effort to turn his invention into money. He devised and made the first machine to turn out the hemmers on the New Home sewing machine, and also invented a glass cutter, which had a very extensive sale.
In 1882 he left the employ of the Sewing Machine Company and removed to Boston, where for ten years he had a large machine shop. This he sold only when failing health compelled him to give it up. He returned to Orange in 1892 and established a jeweler's store at 13 South Main Street, and was a skillful repairer of clocks and watches. In 1899, on the death of his son Adelbert, he removed to Dorchester, where he died in 1905.
He was married in 1859 to Amelia Elizabeth Keating, who was born in Charlottetown, P. E. I., in 1842. Children: Francis
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Jacob, born 1860, married Eva Dell Mason, lives in Stoneham, Mass .; Laura Jeanette, born 1862, died in Dorchester, March 30, 1912; Charles Leander, born 1866, married (1) Louisa Rheinhaltina Helmboldt, (2) Henrietta Helmboldt, and lives in Dorchester; Katherine Mary, born 1870, lives in Dorchester; Amelia Elizabeth, born 1872, died 1877; Frederick Silas, born 1874, married Katherine Vaughan, lives in Warner, N. H .; Adelbert, born 1877, died 1899; Grace Elizabeth, born 1880, lives in Dorchester.
James Dexter Johnson. Mustered in, August 12, 1862. Mustered out, July 12, 1865.
Born in Newark, Vt., November 17, 1833, son of Calvin and Tabitha (Dexter) Johnson. His mother was daughter of James Dexter, who is said to have gone to Vermont from Connecticut.
James D. Johnson was a carpenter by trade and worked in Worcester and the surrounding towns for a few years before the war. At the time of his enlistment he was employed as a foreman in the shop of Parker & Whiting in Coldbrook, engaged in the manufacture of agricultural implements. He was transferred July 7, 1863, to Co. C of the 3d regiment, U. S. Veteran Reserve Corps. In this Company he was First Sergeant. He was discharged from the service at the close of the war, at Augusta, Me.
After the war, he returned for a time to the town of Newark, Vt., and purchased a farm. Later he removed to West Burke, Vt., where he purchased another farm, and in company with another man purchased a saw and grist mill. It was in this mill that he met with an accident on the board saw, on April 26, 1878, which resulted in his death on the following day.
October 20, 1858, he was married to Emeline Augusta Wright, sister of George C. Wright, the well-known coffee and spice manufacturer of Boston (Dwinnell, Wright Co.). Children : Carrie Augusta Flint, born September 18, 1860, now of Clinton, Mass .; Fred Dexter, born April 9, 1863, now of Worcester,
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Mass .; Jennie Ella Swallow, born February 1, 1867, now living at Exeter, N. H .; Edson Bert, born November 6, 1871; Ada Alida, born July 28, 1873, deceased; Alma Iola Cunningham, born July 26, 1876, deceased.
Edson Bert Johnson is a counsellor at law, with offices in Worcester and Barre; residence at 18 Oread Street, Worcester.
Mrs. Johnson is still living, and is in very good health, though seventy-nine years of age.
Henry I. Macomber.
Mustered in, August 2, 1862. Mustered out, June 8, 1865.
Born in Oakham, December 5, 1845, son of John J. and Abigail (Pack- ard) Macomber, and brother of John Macomber of the Mass. 31st, of Major George B. Macomber of the Mass. 34th, and of James Macomber of the Mass. 51st.
Henry I. Macomber was a carpenter and learned the trade of his father. He enlisted with his brother William at the age of seventeen and was appointed Corporal. He was wounded June 3, 1864, at Cold Harbor, but returned to duty and continued through the war.
After the war, he followed his trade of carpenter, residing in Oakham, where he died August 19, 1870.
William Macomber.
Mustered in, August 2, 1862. Mustered out, June 8, 1865.
Born in Oakham, June 10, 1847, son of John J. and Abigail (Packard) Macomber.
William Macomber learned the trade of carpenter from his father and was working with him when he enlisted, at the age of fifteen. He was promoted to the rank of Corporal, and later was made Sergeant. In the assault on the breastworks at Petersburg on the morning of January 17, 1864, the color
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bearer of the regiment, Sergeant Stevens, was severely wounded ; Sergeant Macomber seized the colors and bore them through the action, and served as color bearer from that time till the close of the war.
After the war, he followed his trade in Paxton and Hudson.
October 23, 1873, he was married to Clara J. Parker of Paxton, and had eight children, the first two born in Paxton, the others in Hudson: Arthur, September 27, 1874; Bertrand, September 17, 1878; Clarence, July 16, 1881 ; George, October 10, 1883; Onata, August 26, 1885; Ralph, March 28, 1887; Sadie, June 8, 1889; Paul, May 26, 1892.
Sergeant William Macomber died August 10, 1907, in Hudson.
Major Fairbank said of these two brothers: "Where the danger was greatest, the Macombers were always pluckiest."
Lewis T. Pellett.
Mustered in, August 4, 1862. Mustered out, January 8, 1865.
Born in Canterbury, Conn., May 25, 1834. He came to Oakham in 1854, was employed as bootmaker for several years, and afterward in farm work.
When the 36th regiment was being recruited, he was living on the Spooner place with Charles L. Haskell, and enlisted with him in the same company and regiment, continuing in the service to the close of the war.
After returning from the war, he lived in Oakham, and in Canterbury, Windham, and Scotland, Conn.
In August, 1854, he was married to Ruth E. Chamberlain, sister of Lieutenant Edward Chamberlain. She was born Octo- ber 7, 1840, in Holden. They had two children:
Hannah E., born October II, 1856, married George Dewey, has two sons, and lives in Millbury, Mass.
Ruth E., born December 7, 1859, married Mr. Lee, and had two daughters. Mrs. Lee died in Worcester, Mass., May 29, 1913.
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Mrs. Ruth Pellett died in Oakham, December 7, 1859, and Mr. Pellett was again married, in January, 1861, to Ellen E. Davis, sister of Mrs. Charles H. Trowbridge. They had nine children :
Caroline T., born November 5, 1862, in Oakham, married George Gordon and lives in Gardner, Mass.
Frederick B., born October 15, 1866, in Canterbury, is married, has two children, and lives in Scotland, Conn.
Herbert O., born April 5, 1868, in Canterbury, lives in Scot- land, Conn.
Henry L., born May 11, 1870, is married and lives in Herkimer, N. Y.
Benjamin C., born October 26, 1871, in Scotland, lives in Gardner, Mass.
Elonzo W., born August 15, 1874, in Scotland, lives in Plain- field, Conn. .
Leonard W., born March 3, 1876, in Windham, died April 7, 1876.
Lewis E., born October 15, 1878, in Windham, is married, has three children, and lives in Gardner, Mass. He was a soldier in the Spanish War.
Joseph A., born September 12, 1879, in Windham, lives in Franklin, Conn.
Mrs. Pellett died in April, 1880, in Windham.
Mr. Lewis T. Pellett died in Windham, May 31, 1885.
Daniel Rawson.
Mustered in, August 4, 1862. Died in the service.
Born in Oakham, May 27, 1824, son of Daniel and Clarissa (Fairbank) Rawson. His father, Daniel Rawson, came to Oakham from North Brookfield between 1820 and 1823. He was the son of Levi Rawson, born March 27, 1748, in Mendon, Mass., who married for his second wife Mrs. Nancy Fairbank, who became stepmother to Daniel Rawson and was own mother to his wife, Clarissa Fairbank. Clarissa Fairbank was daughter of Laban and Nancy (Wheelock) Fairbank. Her father, Laban Fairbank, born in Dedham, October I, 1755, was son of Samuel Fairbank, a Revolutionary soldier.
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Daniel Rawson was a farmer living in Oakham, when at the age of thirty-eight he enlisted in the 36th regiment. He survived the hardships of army life just one year, and died of disease, August 4, 1863, at Baltimore, Md.
He was married to Mrs. Rachel Whittemore and had four children, all born in Oakham: Clarissa E., July 25, 1856; Abbie Maria, November 1, 1857; Annie F., September 7, 1859; Emily A., April 26, 1862.
After Mr. Rawson's death, the family lived at the Belknap place.
Barzillai Miles Reed.
Mustered in, August 12, 1862. Died in the service.
Born in Oakham, January 10, 1834. His father was Lewis H. Reed, who lived on the place now owned by George Morse. Lewis Reed was the son of Silas Reed and brother of Rev. Andrew and Deacon Cheney Reed. Comrade Reed's mother, Mary R. Miles, was daughter of Barzil- lai and Sarah (Reed) Miles of Rutland.
Barzillai Miles Reed was living on the farm left by his father when, at the age of twenty-eight, he enlisted in Co. K, 36th Mass. He received wounds in the action at Campbell's Station, November 16, 1863, from which he never recovered. When the regiment left Knoxville, he was detailed as nurse at the Court House Hospital, where he died, January 17, 1864.
May 13, 1858, he was married to Mary E. Foster of Barre, and had two children born in Oakham: William Leroy, October 17, 1859; Susan Elizabeth, September 13, 1861.
William Leroy Reed was married, November 17, 1886, at West Brookfield, Mass., to Jennie Louise Holt, and has one son, Leroy Kendall Reed, born September 21, 1887, at Worcester. Leroy Kendall Reed was married, October 10, 1911, at Hartford, Conn., to Rose Pauline Wollenhaupt of Rochester, N. Y. He is window dresser for the Jordan Marsh Company of Boston.
Susan Elizabeth Reed was married at Providence, R. I., Sep- tember 2, 1886, to Herbert Carleton. They have had three chil-
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dren: Albert Sawyer Carleton, born July 21, 1887, at Worcester, died in the same city, July 30, 1903; Walter Herbert Carleton, born February 17, 1890, in Worcester; Lucy May Carleton, born April 30, 1894, in Leicester, Mass., married June 25, 1913, at Worcester, to Christian Charles Brenneman of Shippingport, Penn.
Mrs. Mary E. Reed lives in Worcester : address Bloomingdale Hospital.
Edwin Charles Spooner.
Mustered in, July 30, 1862. Discharged, March 22, 1865.
Born January 5, 1824, in Oakham, son of Deacon Andrew and Sally (Adams) Spooner, and brother of Albert Spooner of the 25th Mass. and of Andrew Spooner of the 5Ist Mass.
Edwin C. Spooner, by occupation a farmer, enlisted at the age of thirty-eight. While he was in the war, his family lived on the Charles Keith farm. After the close of the war, he lived three years in New Braintree. In 1871 he returned to the Keith farm, where he remained till 1880. In 1883 he purchased the Stephen Lincoln farm on the old turnpike, and lived there till his death. This farm is still owned by his descendants.
April 11, 1848, he married Almira Ann Davis, daughter of Solomon Davis of New Braintree. They had five children, all born in Oakham: Charles Andrew, February 23, 1849; Martha Ann, August 25, 1854; Olive Francena, June 15, 1856; Arthur Buss, October 3, 1860; Frank Edwin, May 26, 1862, died April 20, 1869.
Charles A. Spooner was married to Sarah D. Wilder of Gardner, November 27, 1872, and had three children: Eddie, born November 22, 1873, died May 15, 1888; Fannie, born January 22, 1877, married October 9, 1895, to Raynor Upham of Rutland, died February 18, 1897, leaving one child, Lillian, born September 20, 1896; George, born January 28, 1881, married August 20, 1904, to Bessie Upham of Gardner.
LIEUTENANT EDWARD CHAMBERLAIN 36th Mass. Infantry
CHARLES HAYNES STEARNS 36th Mass. Infantry
BARZILLAI MILES REED
36th Mass. Infantry
LABAN F. RAWSON 40th Mass. Infantry
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Martha A. Spooner was married January 1, 1874, to William O. Warren of Oakham, a woodworker and later a shoemaker. Children : Ella M., born August 5, 1875, married W. Kenneth Nichols June 4, 1902, and had one boy, Warren Nichols, born February 21, 1904, died November 5, 1912; Ida M., born Decem- ber II, 1876, died December 18, 1883; Frank E., born June 14, 1879, died August 2, 1881 ; Eva F., born October 10, 1881, died December 27, 1883; Florence B., born September 14, 1883; Albion W., born September 30, 1885; Carrie M., born July 9, 1887; Hazel O., born June 24, 1890.
Mrs. Almira Ann Spooner died in Oakham, April 30, 1900. Mr. Edwin C. Spooner died in Oakham, March 25, 1904.
Charles Haynes Stearns.
Mustered in, August 15, 1862. Died in the service.
Born March 28, 1836, in Oakham, son of Isaac Stearns. His mother was Betsy Bent of Sudbury, who first married A. Josiah Stone of Grafton. They removed to Oakham, where Mr. Stone died October 13, 1823. After his death, Mrs. Stone married Isaac Stearns, who was born in Waltham, January 19, 1786, and died in Oakham May 3, 1837. Isaac Stearns was son of Jonathan and Mary Bigelow Stearns.
Charles H. Stearns learned the trade of wheelwright with Nahum P. Humphrey of Oakham, for whom he was working when he enlisted at the age of twenty-seven. He died of disease September 15, 1863, at Crab Orchard, Ky. At the time of his death Major Fairbank wrote: "Stearns was a faithful, honest soldier, always in his place and of good habits. He is as truly a martyr to his country's cause as if he had been killed in battle."
May 12, 1858, he was married to Melancy Dennison Dean, daughter of Elijah and Delotia (Eastman) Dean and sister of Seth and Daniel W. Dean, who influenced Stearns to enlist with them in Co. K. Two children were born in Oakham: Emma Maria, September 22, 1859; Charles Daniel, January 4, 1863.
Mrs. Stearns and the children are now living in Pasadena, Cal.
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Daniel W. Dean. Mustered in, August 8, 1862. Died in the service.
Born July 28, 1843, son of Elijah and Delotia (Eastman) Dean.
He enlisted at the age of nineteen, with his brother. Seth Dean, in the 36th regiment, for the town of New Braintree. Both died during the first six months. Daniel, after an attack of measles, returned to the regiment, though really unfit for duty. On the march in November, 1862, he fell out by the wayside and was never heard from.
Seth Dean.
Mustered in, August 8, 1862. Died in the service.
Born February 23, 1838, in Oakham, son of Elijah and Delotia (East- man) Dean. He was the brother of Samuel Dean, and of Isaiah Dean of the 21st Mass.
Seth Dean enlisted for the town of New Braintree at the age of twenty-three, by occupation a farmer.
He died at Aqua Creek, Va., January 28, 1863.
William Ware.
Mustered in, August 7, 1862. Mustered out, 1865.
Born in Oakham, March 28, 1828, son of James B. and Betsy (Capen) Ware, and brother of Henry H. Ware of the 25th Mass.
William Ware enlisted at the age of thirty-four, for the town of Paxton, in Co. K, 36th Mass. He was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, from which he was mustered out at the close of the war.
After his return he lived in Brookfield, where he was married to Miss Flagg of that town, by whom he had one daughter. Mr. Ware died many years ago.
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39th Mass. Infantry.
Asahel Bullard.
Mustered in, July 13, 1863. Mustered out, May 25, 1865.
Born in Oakham, March 13, 1831, son of Joel and Nancy (Dwight) Bullard, and brother of William H. Bullard of the 25th Mass.
Asahel Bullard was a farmer and lived with his brother, Sanford Henry Bullard, on the Silas Bullard place. In the sum- mer of 1863 he entered the army, at the age of thirty-two, and was assigned to Co. D, 39th Mass. He was taken prisoner and kept for many months in the Salisbury, Belle-isle, and Libby prisons. When released, he was so enfeebled by prison fare that he was not expected to recover.
At the close of the war he returned to Oakham and lived on the Silas Bullard farm for the remainder of his life.
He died in Oakham, of pneumonia, March 10, 1904.
Elijah C. Dean.
Mustered in, July 13, 1863. Mustered out, May 25, 1865.
Born in Oakham, in the original Waterman house, near Wolf Meadow dam, son of John and Prudence (Eastman) Dean. His father was son of Elijah Dean, and brother of Elijah Dean, Jr.
Elijah C. Dean entered the service in the summer of 1863 and was assigned to Co. C, 39th Mass. This regiment joined the Army of the Potomac in 1864, was active at the Wilderness, May 4 to 6, was engaged at Spottsylvania, reached Petersburg on the morning of June 17, took part in the movement to the Weldon Railroad in August, and at Hatcher's Run in February, I865.
After the war, Mr. Dean lived in Oakham till his death, which occurred December 1, 1886.
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40th Mass. Infantry.
Laban F. Rawson. Mustered in, August 23, 1862. Died in the service.
Born in Oakham, April 3, 1829, son of Daniel and Clarissa (Fairbank) Rawson, and brother of Daniel Rawson of the 36th Mass.
Laban F. Rawson was a farmer living on the John Clark place when he enlisted, at the age of thirty-two, in Co. A of the 40th Mass. The 40th regiment was organized at Lynnfield in the summer of 1862, left the state September 8, and remained on picket and guard duty in the vicinity of Washington during the winter of 1862-63. It returned to Washington July II, joined the Army of the Potomac in the pursuit of Lee's army into Virginia, and was ordered August 6 to Folly Island, S. C., where Laban F. Rawson died, September 29, 1863.
He was married to Mary Bullen and had five children : Joseph; Herbert; Emma; George H., born June 12, 1857; and Frank.
42d Mass. Infantry.
Sylvander Bothwell.
Mustered in, September 30, 1862. Mustered out, August 20, 1863.
Born in Oakham, February 10, 1828, son of Cheney and Charlotte (Rock- wood) Bothwell, and great-grandson of Alexander Bothwell, one of the first ten settlers of Oakham, who served in several campaigns in the War of the Revolution. Sylvander Bothwell was twin brother of Syl- vester Bothwell, who removed to Barre, and was for many years Deputy Sheriff of Worcester County.
Sylvander Bothwell removed to North Brookfield when about twenty-one years of age, and established a provision market. August 20, 1862, at the age of thirty-four, he enlisted in Co. F, 42d Mass., and was appointed Corporal. The regiment was sent to New Orleans, and assigned to the Department of the Gulf.
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After the war, he lived in North Brookfield and was honored with the offices of Constable, Assessor, Overseer of the Poor, Tax Collector, and Trial Justice, which office gave him the title of Judge.
He was married, (1) May 30, 1850, to Martha A. Mead of North Brookfield; (2) April 21, 1867, to Mrs. Lizzie J. Poland of North Brookfield. Children: Ernst S., born June 17, 1853, now a resident of Augusta, Ga .; Sylvester Rockwood, born December 30, 1869, died May 11, 1874.
Sylvander Bothwell died in North Brookfield, December 4, 190I.
John Flint Boyd.
Mustered in, July 22, 1862. Mustered out, May 5, 1864.
Born in Oakham, September 10, 1846, son of Isaac M. and Annis (Poland) Boyd. His father was son of Cheney and Susan (Flint) Boyd, and grandson of James Boyd, a Revolutionary soldier who lived in the southern part of the town, on the old South County Road, on the farm now owned by W. H. Parkman.
John F. Boyd enlisted for the town of North Brookfield, at the age of eighteen, in Co. E, 42d Mass. After his discharge from the 42d, he reënlisted in Captain Potter's Co., 62d Mass.
After returning from the war, he went to Omaha, and from there to Texas, where he was a dealer in live stock until 1874. In the latter part of this year he returned to Omaha and, in 1880, became Superintendent of the South Omaha Stock Yards, which position he held till 1890, when he was elected Sheriff of Douglas County.
He was married to Abbie F. Lovell, daughter of Jonathan Lovell of Oakham, November 12, 1874, and had four children :
Leon L., born July 7, 1877, at Omaha, married in 1904, now a broker residing in Kansas City, Mo.
Mabel A., born September 12, 1879, in Omaha, married in 1900 to Brainard Smith of North Brookfield, a stockbroker.
Lulu P., born December 5, 1881, at Council Bluffs, married in 1904 to Charles Canon, a manufacturer.
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Bessie M., born June 13, 1883, at Council Bluffs, died May 26, 1895.
Mr. John F. Boyd died at Omaha, January 26, 1892.
Nathaniel Newton Brooks.
Mustered in, September 30, 1862. Mustered out, August 20, 1863.
Born November 27, 1828, in Worcester, Mass., son of Nathaniel and Mary (Chadwick) Brooks.
In the summer of 1862 Nathaniel N. Brooks enlisted, at the age of twenty-three, from the city of Worcester, in Co. E of the 42d Mass. and served with the regiment till August, 1863, when he was discharged at the expiration of his term of service.
After his return from the army he continued his occupation of stone mason in Worcester, Holden and Oakham. He came to Oakham in 1867, lived for a few years on the Dr. Spencer Field place, and afterward for twenty years at the North Four Cor- ners in the house built by Samuel Holden. April 2, 1897, he purchased of N. Wendell Packard the house in the village of Oakham in which his son-in-law, Sibley Woodis, now resides.
In 1854 Mr. Brooks was married to Amy Ann Allen of Grafton, Mass. Children :
Minnie Louise Brooks, born in Worcester, December 14, 1856, married August 30, 1880, to Sibley Field Woodis, son of Field and Sabra Wiswell (Sibley) Woodis.
William Nathaniel Brooks, born in Worcester, August 7, 1858, married April 11, 1886, to Evelyn N. Pinney of Glastonbury, Conn. Children: Carlos Nathaniel, born in Worcester, January 5, 1888, died in Scranton, Penn., October 5, 1903; Allan Grant and Ralph Pinney, twins, born July 4, 1890, died in Worcester, Allan, August 2, and Ralph, August 7, 1890. Mrs. Evelyn Brooks died in Scranton February 7, 1903, and Mr. Brooks was again married, March 7, 1906, to Josephyne Wells Courtright of Wilkes-Barre, Penn. Children: Nathaniel Courtright, born
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in Wilkes-Barre, January 9, 1908; Clararuth, born in Scranton, April 3, 1909.
Jennie Allen Brooks, born in Oakham, January 30, 1861, died in Oakham October 16, 1880.
Mrs. Nathaniel N. Brooks died in Oakham, May 17, 1890, aged fifty-four years.
Mr. Brooks died in Oakham, June 25, 1897, aged sixty-nine years.
Joseph Sylvester Bruce.
Mustered in, November 1, 1862. Mustered out, August 20, 1863. Address, Barre, Mass.
Born October 15, 1841, in Petersham, Mass., son of Joseph F. and Abigail (Richmond) Bruce.
Joseph S. Bruce enlisted from the town of Barre, in the late summer of 1862, at the age of twenty-one, by occupation a blacksmith, in Co. K, 42d Mass., and served till September, 1863.
Since his return from the war, he has followed his occupation in Hubbardston from 1867 to 1872, in Oakham from 1872 to 1885, and since 1885 in Barre.
January 14, 1864, he was married in Barre to Hannah Jane Chamberlin, youngest daughter of Lyman and Celia (Williams) Chamberlin. Children :
Harry Sylvester Bruce, born September 5, 1865, married June 26, 1901, to Sophronia Kimball. They had one child who died in infancy. Harry S. Bruce is a teacher of manual training, and resides in Barre.
Walter Jay Bruce, born in Hubbardston, August 23, 1868, married July 27, 1902, to Mary Burnett. They have had three children, all born in Oakham: Joseph S., in 1902, died same year ; Doris Bruce, April 11, 1903; Joseph Walter, January 25, 1906.
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