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Until he was of age, he didn't have more than six weeks schooling in any one year. He didn't attend public schools until he was 15. The next day after he was twenty-one, he re-entered school, then taught by Miss Julia Barker, sister of Hon. Lewis, Hon. Noah, and the poet, David. He taught school in Carmel for a few years and, between schools, attended Foxcroft Academy. He began the study of medicine in 1835. in the office of Dr. Paul Ruggles of Carmel, brother of his first wife, later with Dr. Daniel MeRuer of Bangor. He attended lectures at Maine Medical College at Brunswick, graduating with degree of Doctor of Medicine, May 18, 1837. He settled in Stetson the same spring. He was an excellent surgeon and answered calls for miles around. He married Ann W., daughter of Rev. Paul and Mercy (Dexter) Ruggles, first settlers of Carmel, October 1, 1836. They had two children: a son, Paul R., Esq., of the Bangor Whig and Courier (now Daily News), and a daughter. After Mrs. Seavey's death, he married Mary Ann, daughter of Henry Hill, Esq., of Exeter. They had five children : Dr. Henry Hill, Henrietta Ellen, Jerome Harris, Jerome Aden and Clyminia Spaulding. The mother died in 1871 and the doctor married Emma,
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daughter of Warren Weston, Esq. of Brewer, by whom he has a son, Calvin Gross. He was a man of great influence in the community and his influence ex- tended far beyond his immediate vicinity.
DR. TABOR was among the early doctors of Stetson. His wife, Nancy, was born March 27, 1822 and died March 17, 1904.
DR. DAVID E. PARSONS, (Capt. in U. S. A.) married Clara A. Rogers, daughter of James, and practiced medicine in Stetson about 1865 to 1873. Their son, David W., is now a prominent Minneapolis attorney.
DR. GEORGE RANDALL and wife, Matilda A., lived in Stetson for a time, com- ing to town in 1846.
DR. PERRY married Mary Rice, daughter of M. E. Rice.
DR. TURNER was another of Stetson's physicians. He came about 1885.
DR. JACHARIAH P. WING came in 1836.
DR. I. W. TIBBETTS was born in Hartland, August 27, 1844 and came to Stetson in 1871. His was the last house built in Stetson, about 1880. He was a graduate of Dartmouth Medical College in 1873, and in the many years of his practice held the esteem and affection of all. He married Laura Alzada Shean of Hartland. She was born November 10, 1844. They had two daughters, Alberta (Mrs. Albert R. Day) of Bangor, and Mertie (Mrs. Lewis Cook) also of Bangor. With the exception of two years in San Diego, California, he remained in Stetson until his death.
DR. ED. TRUEWORTHY came in 1870-71. His wife was Emmaline Rackliffe of Corinna. They removed to. Massachusetts, later building the big Trueworthy summer residence on the road between Corinna and Newport, on the doctor's old home farm.
DR. WHEELER was in Stetson about 1871.
DR. D. W. SHELDON came in 1900 and there married Alberta Berry. He recently moved to Carmel, but still retains much of his Stetson practice since there is now no resident physician. While in Stetson he was active in all matters of civic interest.
GOVERNOR DAVIS
The Hon. Daniel Franklin Davis, late Governor of Maine, and a former resident of Stetson, was the son of the Rev. Moses Franklin and Mary (French) Davis and, on the maternal side, descended from the Brewster and French families of the old colony of Massachusetts Bay. Rev. Davis began preaching at the age of nineteen and continued a minister of the Christian church until his death in March, 1874. His progenitor in America was Col. James Davis, who came from England to New Hampshire sometime in the seventeenth century. The story- and-a-half farm house which the Davis family occupied in Stetson is still stand- ing and little changed from the day when the four Davis boys and their four chums, the Wood boys, (children of Charles B. and Sabina Ireland Wood) went back and forth at will between the two families. It is said that neither Mrs. Wood nor Mrs. Davis ever knew at bedtime whether she would have four boys, eight, or none at all under her roof, for they were as likely to be all in one house as in their respective ones. They came to Stetson in 1854. Frank was born in
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Freedom, Waldo County, Maine. The Davis boys were educated in the Stetson schools, and assisted by their parents, not a little. In 1863, the future governor entered East Corinth Academy, but soon left to join the army. He enlisted as a private soldier, October 15, 1863, and served until January, 1865, at the close of the war. After the war, he returned to the academy. Later he went to Kent's Hill Seminary. He also attended Corinna Union Academy under Professor Sawyer.
He began the study of law with. Hon. Lewis Barker in Stetson the winter of 1867 and 8 and was admitted to the Bar of the State the following year. He opened his office in Corinth, August 29, 1869. He was active in Republican politics and in 1874 went to the Legislature. Four years later he was sent to the Senate. In 1879, he was nominated for Governor. He received a majority of 46,000 votes over the Democratic candidate and 21,000 votes over the Greenback nominee and was elected by the Legislature. He made over a hundred speeches during his campaign. He was re-nominated in 1880. He was defeated by Gen- eral Plaisted of Bangor, the Democratic and Greenback parties having united their forces. He opened a law office in Bangor in 1881 in company with Charles A. Bailey, Esq., of Old Town.
Governor Davis married, in East Corinth, Laura B. Goodwin, January 1, 1867. She was the only daughter of William and Mary Jane (Ireland) Goodwin of that town. Mary J. Ireland was the daughter of Rev. William H. and Mary (Bean) Ireland. Governor Davis had eight children. They lost three children, one an infant unnamed, another baby, Bertha and Winter S., who died April, 1876, at age two years. The others are: William Franklin, Frederick Hall, Mar- garet Ellen, Edmund Ireland and Willis Roswell. All of the children were born in East Corinth. Frank was the second son, his oldest brother having died in a Southern prison camp during the war. The Hon. Ira Davis, another brother, also practised law in Corinth. The fourth brother was Ed. Davis. They had one sister, Mary.
CHARLES BEMIS WOOD
Charles Bemis Wood, son of Timothy and Sally (Peterson) Wood, was a grandson of Elijah Wood, a Minute Man. Mr. Wood was a cooper by trade and built a large, two-story cooper shop, 80x100 feet (which stood on the E. B. Ireland property) and also the house now owned and occupied by the Ireland family. He married Alice Sherburne of Atkinson, by whom he had one child, Alice, who married Rev. William E. Noyes. Mr. Wood's second wife was Sabina Ireland, daughter of Rev. William H. Ireland and Mary (Bean) Ireland. By this marriage, there were born four sons: Charles L., who died in early manhood as the result of falling into a vate of acid at the tannery; George Washington, who enlisted at the age of 14 years and was killed in battle near Dinwoody Court House, Va., in 1865; William Ireland, who married first Alice Richardson and second, Alice Ellen Fisher, daughter of Anson and Frances Ellen (Hall) Fisher of Corinna; and Isaac Bicknell ("Budd") Wood, whose first wife was Mae Ella Hersey, daughter of William and Clara I. (Bieknell) Hersey. They had two children, Elizabeth Mae Wood (now Mrs. Nelson B. Holway) of Waterville, and Charles Bicknell Wood of Waterville. Isaac B. married second, Anna Bell Darling, now living in Bangor. William and Alice Wood had three children:
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Frances Lou, (now Mrs. Carroll J. Trickey of Corinna) Lilla Eva Wood, (now Mrs. Irving Lewis Daniels) of Orlando, Florida, and Wilma Inez, deceased. Mrs. Trickey has a son, Robert. Mrs. Daniels' children are: William Theodore, Alice Campbell and Barbara Wood.
Charles Wood at one time owned and operated the tavern and it was there that Lew Barker found shelter for the first two years that he was in Stetson when, without funds, he had tried several other places unsuccessfully. This was the beginning of a friendship that lasted for generations and William Ireland Wood was later to receive his training in law in Lew Barker's office, maintaining his law practice in the same building, (still standing in Stetson Village) after the Hon. Lewis removed to Bangor. William Wood was an alumnus of the University of Maine, then known as Maine State College.
THE TEXAS RUSH
Before the Civil War, alluring accounts of the opportunities for acquiring a fortune in Texas induced three of Stetson's citizens to go there with the inten- tion of moving their families later, should conditions warrant the change. . It was at this time that war broke out and Mr. Wood, whose sympathies were well known as being "Yankee," was not permitted to return through the Confedracy. His letters were also held up by the Southern officials. In every territory, far from home, and at a time when the South was suffering the most extreme financial depression through blocade and the cutting off of its accustomed trade with the North, these Yankees in Texas found anything but smooth sailing.
It was not until peace was declared that he was permitted to return. He did not learn of the death of his two sons until he reached home. He had accepted cotton in payment of his wages and the sale of this enabled him to build the big barns on the old Wood farm, now owned and occupied by the F. A. Tasker family. The house was purchased by Mr. Wood from John B. Wiggin. There Elizabeth May, Charles and Lou Wood were born, and there the author lived the first two years of her life.
REV. WILLIAM E. NOYES
Rev. William E. Noyes was born in Abington, Massachusetts in 1828 and was educated there. He entered the ministry in 1859 and was ordained in the Baptist Church at South Auburn, Maine, in 1861. He subsequently preached in the churches of Sabattus, Leeds, Milo, Guilford, Bradford, North Newport, Corinna, Hartland, Stetson and Kenduskeag. He returned to Stetson in 1874. His first wife was Lottie A. Brown of Abington. She died January 28, 1859. October 23, 1860, he married Alice Jane Wood, daughter of Charles Bemis and Alice (Sherburne) Wood of Stetson. By this marriage, he had five children: Charlotte A., who lives in Florida; Elizabeth S., (now Mrs. Mark L. Hersey of Washington, D. C.), Lucia H. Holmes of Boston; Charles Wood, now deceased, but for many years senior partner in a firm of corporation lawyers in the Tremont Building, Boston; and William B., who is principal of a fitting school in New Haven, Conn.
Esther S. was the wife of Moses Wood and was born in 1810. Ansel J. Wood of Stetson married Adeline S. Steward of Stetson about December 5, 1838. Ansel was a brother to Charles.
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Major Cloudman, in the last battle of the war, assigned one of the very young Stetson boys, who was then barely seventeen, the job of holding the horses. It was characteristic of this noble man that he should be thinking of his boys' individual welfare. The boy, however, lost no time in exchanging his post with a jaded trooper who was entering enemy territory and bringing back the wounded. The youngster rescued a wounded captain, returned and brought back a sergeant, but could not resist taunting the enemy with their poor aim, for bullets had been popping all around him as he made the dangerous trips out of the Union lines. An officer, hearing the boy yell that the "Rebs couldn't hit a barn," spoke to one of his sharp-shooters and ordered him to "get" the young cavalryman. A moment later he fell, a bullet having hit him betwen the eyes. The gallant lad, who en- listed at fourteen, was George Washington Wood. The Cloudmans came to Stetson about 1821 or possibly sooner.
JOSEPH L. LOWELL was a Civil War soldier. He died at the age of 70 years, September 5, 1896. His wife, Martha A., died October 2, 1906, at age of 79 years. They had three daughters: Lizzie and twins, Maude and Martha. Lizzie married. a Mr. Finney and lives in St. Albans. Their home is now owned and occupied by George Brassbridge and family.
ALMOND BUTTERS married Elizabeth Powers. He and Charles Moulton built the John Rogers house, now occupied by Charles R. Ireland. Almond and Elizabeth's sons were: George, Charles, Osborn and Fred.
REUBEN D. PULSIFER married Ann C. DeLaittre. Their children were: Horace E., Minnie, Charles and Lewis. Ann C. was the daughter of D. V. and Emma J. DeLaittre.
DAVID SMITH (born 1819) married Susan B. Goodwin (born 1826). Their children were: David M., Frank N., Arthur H., Addie F., (born 1847) who married Albert H. Perkins, Susan Smith, Clara, and Wilson S., who married Eda Rand.
DAVID ANDREWS, who married Miss Hurd of Garland, came to Stetson in 1869. They had a son, Hiram, a civil engineer, who built the East Boston tunnel.
ENOCH CROCKER, one of the early residents in town had one daughter, Abbie, who married Wesley Partridge. They had one son, Albert, a prominent lawyer in Massachusetts, and a daughter, Grace, who married Lynn Bond.
The SHAWS, who settled in Coborough, had a son, Seth.
SAMUEL CURTIS, SR., lived on the Horace Demerritt place. His children were: Levi, Rufus, James, Abel and Ed.
DANIEL MERRILL, who came to Stetson about 1843-4, married first Abigail Herrick and second, Olive Goodwin. His children were: George, Leander, Serena and Hannah, by the first marriage, and by the second: Newton, Charles and Herbert. Charles' children were: Newton D., Carl Burton and Leslie George. Newton has nine children, all born in Stetson. Leslie has two boys, Lewis and Truman. Carl now lives in California. All of the grandchildren were born- in Stetson.
GEORGE M. BOND was long a prominent citizen of the town. He was the son of John Bond and was in the harness business twenty years. For fourteen
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years, he "ran" a general store and for eight years was acting postmaster under Charles Foster, and later postmaster. He served the town as clerk ten years. Mr. Bond married Ella Marden, by whom he had three sons: Charles R., head . of Eastern Grain Company, Bangor; Linwood, a prominent real estate dealer of Portland, and Horace, traveling salesman.
ASA FOLSOM was a well known citizen of former days. He died September 7, 1884, at age of 85 years. Nancy A., his wife, died March 9, 1883 at the age of 83 years. Hannah R. died October 1, 1887 at the age of 60 years, 6 months. Elizabeth, wife of George Southard, died in 1902 at the age of 77 years. A son, William, lived here and died at an advanced age. Thomas. Conley had two sons, David and Thomas.
The MeKENNEY boys were well known local characters, and many of their humorous sayings have passed into local history, but when war broke out, four of them answered their country's call-Tom, John, Jacob C. and Daniel R. Tom's wife, Hannah, died April 6, 1885 at the age of 72 years. Robert married Nancy H., and their son, Oliver H., was born May, 1842. Daniel R. married Eliza A. Their children were: Charles H. and Daniel F.
M. E. RICE, who once owned the Amasa Stetson farm, married Mary, a sister of Mr. Eells. By his second wife, he had five children: Henrietta, Harriett, Ann Hartwell, Charles and Howard.
SILAS McKENNEY had a daughter, Vernice, an artist, born March 5, 1854, who married Gilman Fifield of Dexter. Their children are: Blanche, wife of A. L. Lyford of Dexter, and Ralph, a civil engineer, living in Montana. Ralph, who married Ola Bailey of Dexter, has several children.
S. J. ("STILL") RIDLON, another of Stetson's well known and prominent citizens, came about 1860. He married Nellie Quimby, by whom he had three three sous: Horace D., an attorney and superintendent .of schools in Charleston ; Harry, who is engaged in the grain business in Bangor; and Magnus is a prom- inent young doctor of Bangor. Mr. Ridlon was selectman, town clerk and superin- tendent of schools many years and also represented his class in the legislature. The Ridlon family are among the many of Stetson's staunch and sturdy citizens, public-spirited and loyal.
DOMINIQUE V: DELAITTRE had two daughters, Mary Jane and Ann, who married R. D. Pulsifer. The Pulsifer's had two sons, Charles of Waterville and Dr. Louis of Mexico.
GEORGE LEANDER MERRILL had three children: Herbert and Lucy, both of Stetson and Dora Turner of Levant.
HUMPHREY WHITTEN and Abigail had two children: Abigail E., (born October 3, 1813) and Joseph L. S., (born January 20, 1817).
CAPT. WILLIAM THOMPSON (born Wolfborough, N. H., December 4, 1804) married Nancy (born Wolfborough, N. H., June 20, 1802). Their children were: Moses, Nathaniel R., and William C. Dr. Thompson of Massachusetts was 6' 5" tall and weighed 275 or more pounds. He lifted Levi Cooper, who weighed 175 pounds, without apparent effort.
JOSEPH A. MITCHELL and Mary had eight children: Ruth, Sarah B., Mary, Martha Ann, John, Jackson D., Charles W. and Lydia Ann.
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EBENEZER JENKINS' wife was Elizabeth, who died in 1858.
JOHN T. BURLEY married Martha Ann Cowan.
GEORGE D. STROUT married Miss Harriet C. Hubbard. Their children were: William T. and Walter L.
CHARLES MOULTON was an "Ensign" and was born January 8, 1809. His wife was Hannah J. (born December 20, 1809) and their son was Charles, Jr.
ABIAHI B. STUARD was born in Bloomfield, January 12, 1809. Olive R., his wife, was born in Fairfield, February 7, 1811. Their children were: Stephen E. and Mary B. The ( Stuards, Stewards, Stewarts) were kinsmen of the Irelands, who came to Bloomfield (Skowhegan) from Bloomfield in Massachusetts and later settled in Corinna and North Newport.
JONAS MATHEWS and Susanna had three children: James, Allen and Polly, born 1810, 1812 and 1814.
DANIEL MeLAUD and Sally had a daughter, Mary Jane.
Among the early settlers were: John and Parmelia Cole, William T. and Lavina A. Emerson and William P. Emerson, Burgess Warren Grover, Gustavus Herman Grover, William P. and Olive Guppy and their daughter, Sarah F., William and Betsy Houston and children: Jesse L., Oliver and Harriet N .; Joshua Lake and Martha M., his wife, and their daughter, Helen M .; Amasa Lake and Elizabeth, his wife; Albert and Abba F. Marden, James and Mary Marden, Mary E. Daniels, Richard H. and Sarah A. Daniels and son, Lorenzo; Allen and Trippena Carter and son, John W.
ALPHONSO S. RAND of Thorndike married Olive S. Dow of Bradford and moved to the Amasa Stetson farm in 1887. The youngest of their six children, Clyde, was born in Stetson. In 1888, the shed and stable burned. The next September, the house burned. They rebuilt. The next year the barn blew down and was rebuilt, so now none of the Amasa Stetson buildings remain. Alphonso raised the largest oxen in the world. "Mt. Katahdin" lived to be 11 years old, weighed 5000 pounds and measured 11 feet, 6 inches girth. A grandson of Alphonso, B. A. Shepardson, still has the stuffed animal. The younger ox, "Granger," lived to be 17 years old, weighed 4800 pounds and measured 11 feet, 6 inches.
AARON FITTS moved from Dedham to Stetson in 1869 and settled on the Searles Dorr place. He was the son of Capt. Roswell Fitts, who came from Massachusetts to Eddington in 17 -. Aaron married Elizabeth. Wheeler of Bucksport and had five children: Emma, George, Ellis, Angie and Roswell, who now lives in the old homestead in Mt. Pleasant. Roswell married Ellen Randall. Their children: Warren, Alton, Lewis, Emma, Leon and Harold.
GEORGE O. SIMPSON came from Dixmont in 1876. He married Olive M. Pease of Exeter. Their daughter, Louida, married I. F. Bartlett, by whom she had two daughters, Olive and Helen. She married later, Horace D. Ridlon of Charles- ton. Mr. Simpson was a buyer of apples, wool, sheep, lambs and other farm produce on an extensive scale.
SIMEON MERRILL married Jonathan Hill's sister, Emily.
David and Mary P. Boyd had four children: Betsey Jane, Nancy M., Daniel L. and Elvira L.
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The ancestry of the Bicknell family goes back to the seventh century. "CAPT. ISAAC BICKNELL, EsQ." was born in Lunenburg, April 23, 1801. He married Clarissa Ireland, sister of Rev. William H., by whom he had the follow- ing children : Isaac Stillman, Clarissa I., Laura Jane and William. Isaac Stillman was in Co. F of the 1st Maine Cavalry and died at Washington, D. C., December 31, 1864.
Isaac was, at various times, selectman, town clerk, and held other municipal offices. Capt. Henry Bicknell died January 24, 1847. His wife, Betsey S., died in 1890.
Daniel Bicknell (a soldier) died June 1, 1833 at age 72 years. His wife, Hannah, was born 1764. Their children were: Laura J., William J., William M., two infants; Mary J., Isaac, Clarissa, Benjamin R. and Daniel.
JAMES TIBBETTS came to Stetson in 1835. His children were: Sarah, who married first, - Fenderson and second, - Friend; Mary, who married a Wiggin, and Olivia, who married William Lennon. Mrs. Friend, who is still mentally active, was a teacher in Stetson. Her children are: Wallace Cobb, Helen Marr, Garnett, who married Eva Hurd; Madie Lou, Harriett Harmond, and Lewis Barker Fenderson. The original Fenderson ancestor was James, who was a veteran of the war of 1812, and came from Portland in 1840. His children' were: Jennie, John and Irad.
BART JENKINS had two sons. Freeman and Syvanus (of Newport).
Uriah Curtis' mother was a sister to Samuel Hurd. Samuel Hurd had a son, Samuel, Jr. His daughter is Eva (Hurd) Fenderson.
SADIE and FRANK WHITE, prominent citizens of Stetson, are children of John White, who married a Tibbetts and settled in Levant. They removed to Stetson later.
JOHN C. CHANDLER, born August 13, 1811, and Lucy B., (1813) his wife, had the following children :. James Otis, Charles Abial and George Cutler.
REV. ROBERT COBURN (born July, 1780) and Mary (Dec. 11, 1786) had the following children: Eleazer, Elizabeth, Lydia, Mary Ann, Sarah, Loantha, Aaron, Naum B., Samuel S., Daniel M., Lucy M., Paul M. F.
Samuel Townsend family: Frederick Townsend, M. D., Myron, Preston, Frances, married W. A. Langley; Emma married Mr. Inman.
Frederick Townsend's family was: Osgood, lumberman, and W. S., lawyer, married Nancy Clark of Stetson.
David and Margaret Burke Lawrence had four children: Nellie (Mrs. E. B. Ireland) ; William A., who married Mamie Daggett and has two daughters, Grace, a trained nurse, and Helen; Jason E. married Carrie Ruggles of Vermont, who died. He later married Nellie Littlefield; Stillman B., who married Kate Locke of the Stetson family of Lockes. David was a member of Co. D and Co. F, 1st Maine Cavalry during the Civil War.
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CHAPTER XI. MAJOR GENERAL MARK L. HERSEY
MAJ. GENERAL MARK L. HERSEY, one of Stetson's most illustrious sons, and perhaps the most outstanding of his generation was born December 1, 1863 in what was called the Ranney house, now owned and occupied by Mrs. Mertie Mason. He married Elizabeth Noyes, daughter of Rev. William E. and Alice (Wood)' Noyes, by whom he had three children: Mark L. Hersey, Jr., who is a high ranking officer in the U. S. Navy; Dorothy, who was twice married and is now deceased, leaving two children; and Alice. General Hersey, since his re- tirement, lives with Mrs. Herscy in their home on Cathedral Ave., Washington, I). C. His sister, Agnes O. Hersey, resides in Oakland, California. The following extracts from a letter of Brig. General J. W. Hanson, the Adj. General of Maine, gives the service record of this distinguished officer:
"Mark L. Hersey was appointed to the Military Academy from Maine, a Cadet, July 1, 1883; add. 2d Lt. 19th Infantry June 12, 1887; 2d Lt. 9th Infantry Aug. 30, 1887, 1st Lt. 12th Infantry Dec. 16/94; Capt. 9th Infantry March 2/99; trans- ferred to 26th Infantry Jan. 17/07; transferred to 9th Infantry Sept. 19/07; transferred to 6th Infantry Jan. 5/09; Major 4th Infantry March 3/11; Lt. Col. Infantry July 1/16; Colonel 58th Infantry May 15/17; Brig. Gen. Aug. 5/17; Major Gen. Oct. 1/18; Brig. Gen. July 3/20 (recess appointment expired March 4/21) ; Brig. Gen. Mar. 5/21; Maj. Gen. Sept. 20/24. Retired at his own request Nov. 2/24.
Mark L. Hersey was born in Stetson, Maine, December 1, 1863. A. B. '84 and A. M .. '02 and L. L. D. '19 Bates College, Maine. L. L. D. University of Maine '21. He was awarded D. S. M. and French Legion of Honneur and Croix de Guerre." . These citations read as follows :
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL
HERSEY, MARK L. Major-General, Infantry, United States Army.
For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services. As a brigade commander during the latter part of the Meuse-Argonne operation he exhibited qualities of excellent leadership and sound judgment. His brigade attacked and penetrated the strong enemy position of Bois des Loges and wrested this strong point from the enemy. The success of his brigade in this engagement was in a large measure due to his able leadership. Later he commanded with distinction the 4th Division during its operations in the occupied territory.
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