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GROVER, NOVARD, age 44, single; Company B 4th Infantry; mustered into service January 2, 1864; transferred to 19th Maine.
GROVES, ALBERT, Private, age 18, single; Company C., 1st Regiment
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H. A .; mustered into service December 31, 1863; transferred from 17th Maine.
GUSHEE, FREDERICK A., Private-substitute, age 39, single, Company G., 9th Regiment Infantry; mustered into service September 28, 1864; discharged by order June 26, 1865.
HALL, CHARLES E., Private, age 18, single, Company G., 12th Reg- iment Infantry; mustered into service March 1, 1865; sick in hospital; discharged by order March 24, 1866.
HALL, GEORGE R., Private, age 21, single; Company F., 4th Regiment Infantry Maine Volunteers; mustered into service June 15, 1861; promoted to Company Corporal; killed in battle July 2, 1862.
HALL, JOHN, JR., Private, age 18, single; Regiment Company B., 19th Regiment Infantry; mustered into service August 25, 1862; died of disease January 19, 1863.
HORTON, LEMUEL C., Private; Company F., 4th Infantry; term of ser- vice, April 27, 1861 to December 6, 1862.
HALL, EDWIN, 1st Sergeant; Company 1., 16th Infantry; term of ser- vice, May 31, 1862, to December 1, 1862.
HOWARD, JAMES, Private, Corporal, Sergeant; Company E., 3rd In- fantry; Companies K., D., C., Cavalry; Company A., 1st Infan- try; term of service, June 3, 1861 to Nov., 21, 1862; Feb. 9, 1864 to Feb. 15, 1865; Feb. 15, 1865 to Aug. 1, 1865.
HUXFORD, JAMES H., Lieutenant, age 44, single; Company F., 4th Reg . iment Infantry; wounded in Bull Run; discharged Oct. 28, 1861. HUXFORD, JAMES S., Company F., resigned October 28, 1861; First Lieutenant.
HUXFORD, J. M., age 22, U. S. Navy; mustered into service August 25. 1864; volunteered; served one year; amount paid-$300.00. HUXFORD, S. V., age 22; Orderly Sergeant, 1862.
HUXFORD, THADDEUS I., 19th Infantry; mustered into service April 11. 1865; served one year; amount paid-$350.00.
HUSTUS, HIRAM A., Private, Company B., 19th Infantry; mustered into service 1862; served three years; amount paid-$100.00.
JACKSON. ANDREW, Private, substitute; age 18; Company B., 9th Reg- iment Infantry; mustered into service September 24, 1864.
JONES, CHARLES L., Private, age 19, single; Company F., 11th Reg- iment Infantry; mustered into service November 7, 1861.
JONES. GEORGE A., Private, substitute, age 18, single; Company I., 9th Regiment Infantry; mustered into service October 1, 1864, enlisted September 22, 1864; served for one year; discharged by order July 30. 1865; amount paid-$300.00.
JONES, LORENZO D., Mass. Regiment; returned by general order No. 48.
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JONES, OLIVER, age 18, single; Company H .. 2nd Regiment Cavalry; mustered into service December 18, 1863.
JONES, THOMAS, Private, age 24, married; Company C., 8th Regiment Infantry; mustered into service October 10, 1863; wounded and discharged by order June 22, 1864.
LANG, JOHN W., Substitute, age 24; enlisted September 22, 1864; . served one year; amount paid-$300.00.
LEATHERS, JOSEPH B., Private, age 25, married; Company F., 4th Regiment Infantry; discharged October 28, 1862.
LEATHERS, RENSALLEAR, Corporal, age 28, married; Company F., 4th Regiment Infantry; mustered into service June 15, 1861; dis- charged for disability February 14, 1862.
LEATHERS, SILAS B., Private, age 25, married; 4th Regiment Infantry, Company F .; mustered into service June 15, 1861; discharged for disability January 5, 1862.
LEATHERS, STEPHEN S., Private, age 43, married; Company F., 4th Regiment Infantry; mustered into service November 16, 1861; discharged August 5, 1862.
LEATHERS, WILLIAM. Private, age 22, married; Company F., 4th Reg- iment Infantry; mustered into service June 15, 1861; died at Washington November 18, 1862.
LEATHERS, OSCAR S., Private, 8th Infantry; mustered into service April, 1865.
LANE, GEORGE W., Private, 19th Infantry; served one year; amount paid-$350.00.
McGRAY, ORRIN P., Private, age 18, single, Company D., 30th Reg- iment Infantry; mustered into service December 29, 1863.
MELLEN, FREDERICK E., Private, age 21, single; Company F., 4th Regiment Infantry; mustered into service August 29, 1862; trans- ferred to invalid corps.
MITCHELL, LEVI H., Private, Company F., 4th Infantry; enlisted Au- gust 5, 1862; served three years; amount paid-$100.00.
OLIVER, JAMES, Private, age 18, single; Company H., 2nd Regiment Cavalry; mustered into service December 18, 1863; sick at New Orleans.
PARSONS, WILBERT E., 8th Infantry; mustered into service April 8. 1865; served for one year: amount paid-$300.00.
PIERCE, ALFRED R., 8th Infantry; mustered into service April 8. 1865; served one year; amount paid-$300.00.
PIERCE, DANIEL, JR., Company I., Army Corps; mustered into service April 8, 1865; served one year; amount paid-$300.00.
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PILLEY, CALVIN F., Sergeant, age 23, single, Company E., 19th Reg- iment Infantry; enlisted September 23, 1862, mustered into ser- vice October 11, 1862; served nine months; killed at Port Hud- son, June 14, 1863; amount paid-$100.00.
PAYSON, SAMUEL A., Private, Company H., 9th Infantry; mustered in- to service Aug. 5, 1863, served three years; amount paid-$100.00. RANDALL, ANDREW, 4th Regiment Infantry; mustered into service Jan- uary 1, 1864; served three years.
RANDALL, EDWARD, age 19, single; Company D., 4th Regiment Infan- try; mustered into service January 1, 1864; transferred to 19th Maine; transferred from 19th Maine; discharged June 26, 1866. REED, HENRY J., Private, substitute, age 18, single; Company. G., 16th Regiment Infantry; mustered into service August 10, 1863; died of disease April 13, 1864.
RENDELL, BENJAMIN P., Private, age 19, single; Company F., 1st Regiment H. A .; mustered into service December 18, 1863; absent sick report of Nov. 1, 1864; discharged by order June 7, 1865. REYNOLDS, SAMUEL, discharged with 4th Lieutenant rank.
REYNOLDS, HIRAM J., Private, age 20, single; Company A., 26th Reg- iment Infantry; mustered into service October 11, 1862, enlisted September 23, 1862; served nine months; wounded and died in New Orleans, April 22, 1863; amount paid-$100.00.
RICH, FRANK, Sergeant, age 44, single; Company F., 4th Regiment Infantry; mustered into service June 15, 1861; killed at Fred- ricksburg December 13, 1862.
RICH, ISRAEL T., 4th Regiment Infantry; mustered into service De- cember 10, 1863; served three years.
ROBERTS, BENJAMIN, Private, age 45, married; Company E., 19th Regiment Infantry; mustered into service December 5, 1863; transferred from 4th Maine; died in Rebel Prison Nov. 23, 1864. ROBERTS, CHARLES J., Private and Corporal, age 20, single; Company I., 14th Regiment, and Company F., 2nd Regiment Cavalry; mus- tered into service December 21, 1861, and discharged for disabil- ity April 30, 1862; entered December 11, 1863, and discharged to enter Navy August 1, 1864.
ROBERTS, CYRUS H., Private, age 32, single; Company A., 26th Regi- ment Infantry; mustered into service Oct. 11, 1862; killed at Irish Bend April 14, 1863; amount paid-$100.00; served nine months. ROBERTS, ELI, Private, age 21, single; Company B., 19th Regiment Infantry; mustered into. service August 25, 1862; discharged for disability December 31, 1862.
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ROBERTS, EZRA J. Private, substitute; age 37, married; Company I., 15th Regiment Infantry; mustered into service March 13, 1865; term expired, discharged March 19, 1866.
ROBERTS, JAY, Private, age 19, single; Company A., 26th Regiment Infantry; enlisted September 23, 1862; mustered into service Oc- tober 11, 1862; served nine months; amount paid-$100.00.
ROBERTS, LEVI, Wagoner, age 24, single; Company H., 4th Regiment Infantry; mustered into service November 11, 1861.
ROBERTS, MANTER A., age 23, single; Company B., 19th Regiment; en- listed July 16, 1862; mustered into service August 25, 1862; served three years; amount paid-$100.00.
ROBERTS, OSCAR E., Private, age 19, single: Company B., 19th Reg- iment Infantry; enlisted August 25, 1862; mustered into service August 25, 1862; served three years; amount paid-$100.00.
ROBERTS, RUFUS, Second Lieutenant Company D., discharged August 28, 1865.
ROBERTS, WILLIAM H., Private, age 33, single; Company A., 26th Reg- iment Infantry; enlisted September 25, 1862, mustered into ser- vice October 11, 1862; served nine months; amount paid-$100.00. ROLLINS, EDWARD, Substitute. age 27, married; Company F., 4th Reg- iment Infantry; mustered into service August 19, 1863; conscript transferred to 19th Maine.
ROSE, ALBERT H., age 23, single; Company F., 4th Regiment Infantry, mustered into service June 15, 1861; Orderly Sergeant prior to 1st Sergeant and 2nd Lieutenant.
ROWE, FRANK, JR., Private, age 25, single; Company F., 4th Regiment Infantry; mustered into service June 15, 1861; parolled prisoner, wounded at Malvern Hill.
ROWE, .GEORGE F., Private, age 20, single; Company D., 8th Regiment Infantry; mustered into service September 22, 1864; served one year; amount paid $300.00.
ROWE, HANSON, 8th Infantry; mustered into service April 8, "1865; served one year.
ROWE, LEONARD, age 44, married; Company D., 8th Regiment Infan- try; mustered into service September 22, 1864; conscript; served one year; paid-$300.00.
ROWE, WILLIAM C., age 28, married; Company F., 19th Regiment In- fantry; enlisted August 5. 1862, mustered into service September 4, 1862; served three years; transferred from 4th Maine pr. corp .; discharged June 12. 1865: amount paid-$120.00.
SAWYER, THADDEUS O., 19th Regiment Infantry; mustered into ser-
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vice April 11, 1865; served one year; conscript; amount paid- $350.00.
SCRIBNER, AUGUSTUS C., Company H., died February 25, 1863; 2nd . Lieutenant.
SITES, ABSOLONA C., Private; Company B., 13th Infantry; term of serviee, Nov. 4, 1861 to Nov. 28, 1861.
SMITH, JEREMIAH, Substitute; mustered into service September 1, 1863; served three years; amount paid-$300.00.
STEVENS, ERASTUS, Private, age 24, single; Company F., 11th Reg- iment; mustered into service November 7, 1861.
STEVENS, LYMAN, Second Massachusetts Regiment; enlisted voluntary organization of other states, returned by order No. 48.
THOMPSON, ELLIOT P., age 34, married, Company F., 4th Regiment Infantry; discharged September 15.
THOMPSON, GEORGE A., Private; 8th Infantry; term of service. April 14, 1865 to May 10, 1865.
WILTON, CHARLES F., Substitute; mustered into service August 20, 1863; served three years; Company K., 4th Regiment Infantry; amount paid-$300.00.
WARREN, ANSEL H., age 25, married; Company H., 2nd Regiment Cavalry; mustered into service December 18, 1863.
WATSON, JAMES D., Brooks date of rank December 22, 1862; Assis- tant Surgeon; discharged June 28, 1864.
WEBB, EDWARD, Private, age 45, single; Company F., 19th Regiment Infantry; mustered into service January 5, 1863; transferred from 4th Maine, discharged March 10, to 19th Maine.
WEBB, WILLIAM C., Private, age 18, 4th Infantry; enlisted December 31, 1863; mustered into service December 31, 1863; killed in ac- tion May 5, 1864; amount paid-$350.00.
WELLMAN, CHARLES F., Private, age 18, single, Company B., 19th Regiment; mustered into service December 4, 1863; transferred from 19th Maine to 1st Maine H. A.
VICKERY, SEPIA P.
Nathaniel Knight Roberts, born in Brooks, July 9, 1832, served with distinction. He enlisted September 30, 1861 in the 1st Maine Cav- alry, Company A. He was severely wounded at the battle of Middle- town, Virginia, while covering the retreat of Banks. He died unmar- ried in Levant, Maine, July 29, 1875.
Albert Roberts, son of Ahriah and Mary Anne Roberts, grandson of Gilman Roberts, born in Brooks July 28, 1844, moved to Livermore
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Falls when three years of age. He served with distinction during the Civil War. After the war he completed his education and went to Greenwood, Henapin County, Minnesota.
Daniel Roberts, son of Eli Roberts, born April 2, 1826, died April 25, 1896 at Waldo, Maine, saw service in the War of the Rebellion.
James E. Roberts, son of Eli and Nancy Roberts, born February 12, 1847, died March 7, 1876, was a Union soldier.
Elizabeth Roberts Young, daughter of Eli and Nancy Roberts, born February 27, 1823, died January 13, 1890, married Joseph Young, August, 1843, and had the following sons: Eli, Joseph, Hanson, and John Wesley. The four boys were all in the Union Army. Wesley was a member of Company L, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, and died at Georgetown, N. C. early in 1864. Hanson was in the 1st Maine Cavalry, Company G, for a year and a half. He died August 31, 1874 at Waldo station.
CENSUS OF 1860-BROOKS
198 males under 17 years of age; 44 from 17 to 20; 47 from 20 to 25; 27 from 25 to 30; 20 from 30 to 35; 21 from 35 to 40; 52 from 40 to 50; 82, 50 and over. Total-491 males in Brooks.
Considering Brooks' population in the Census of 1860, and the num- ber of her resident and non-resident sons, the Town of Brooks, Maine, certainly contributed her just share and proportion of man power in the Great Struggle of 1861-1865.
CAPTAIN ANDREW DERBY BEAN
Andrew Derby Bean, son of the late Josiah Bean, was born in Belfast, Maine, March 18, 1813, and died September 21, 1892 at Brooks, Maine.
When a young man he moved to Brooks where he lived for a number of years. He was appointed postmaster of Brooks July 28, 1854, and represented Brooks in the Legislature as a Democrat in 1856. He was in the Aroostook, Mexican and Civil Wars. He was lieutenant in the Aroostook War, and captain in the Civil War. In 1861 he enlisted over sixty men in Brooks and neighboring towns. Their services were accepted by the State on May 15, 1861, and or- dered to report at Belfast. The Phoenix House was used as head- quarters. While acting as recruiting officer at Belfast, he enlisted over two hundred men. During one of the first battles of the Civil War, the battle of Bull Run, he was shot in the leg, which caused a lameness from which he never entirely recovered.
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After his return from the front in the early days of the war, he was appointed provost marshall, which position he held until near the end of the close of the war.
After the war he opened a grocery store on High Street, Belfast, near the site where the Masonic Temple now stands.
Captain Bean had charge of the City Liquor Agency at Belfast for a number of years.
During President Hayes' administration he was appointed post- master at Belfast, and held the office for two terms, 1879 to 1887.
Captain Bean was twice married, first, Lydia Fogg of Brooks, mar- ried in 1840; his second wife was Mrs. Harriet N. Warren, wife of the late Porter Warren. She died April 15, 1853, age 59 years.
Children by his first wife were Mary and George Bean. Mary married John C. Rose of Brooks, and they have one daughter living, Mabel Rose Martin. George Bean died in New Orleans in 1863 during the Civil War, never having re- covered from the measles.
Mr. Bean was a Universalist; re- ceived his 32nd degree in Masonry in Philadelphia in 1876.
A few weeks prior to his death, Captain Bean removed to Brooks to live with his daughter. He had Capt. Andrew Derby Bean been in ill health for a long time, and his death seemed to have been due to a general break-down rather than the result of disease.
Captain Bean was a kind-hearted, plain-spoken, honest man.
Funeral services were held from the home of his daughter, Mary Rose. Brooks. Maine. He was 79 years and six months of age at the time of his death.
WILLIAM C. ROWE, a veteran of the Civil War, born in Brooks, Me. January 12. 1835; died in Brooks, Me., 1928; was the son of William Rowe, born in October 1807, who came to Brooks about 1820, died 1844. and Abigail Jones Rowe, born at Baldwin, Me., March
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1807; died March 1892; married first Eunice A. Bowen, December 1863, who died December 1870; children, Albert W. Rowe, who died when about one year old, and Fanny M. Rowe; married second Sophia M. Moody, 1879; no children.
As of August 1, 1930, there are three surviving veterans of the Civil War living in the town of Brooks; William B. Kendall, Amos Kendall, and Electus Oaks, but it does not appear that they were in the original or second list credited to the town of Brooks.
ELECTUS OAKS, born May 9, 1844 at St. Francis, Maine. Enlisted at Augusta, Maine, January 23, 1865; Company E., 12th Maine Reg- iment. Discharged from service at Savannah, Georgia, February 16, 1866. Time in the service 1 year and 1 month. When coming to Brooks was 67 years old, is now 86 years old. Was 21 years old when enlisted Came to Brooks, November 11, 1911. Not married.
AID GIVEN TO FAMILIES OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS FROM THE TOWN OF BROOKS FROM 1861-1865
No. of families aided No. persons in family
Amt. Allowed
Year
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39
$ 447.13
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20
54
1,000.21
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29
62
1,171.59
1864
24
47
709.15
1865
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The records do not disclose any resident sons of Brooks who served in the Spanish-American War, but many descendants of former res- idents of "Brooks, who now reside in other states, served with credit to themselves and to their country.
LEWIS GRANVILLE HUNTOON, born in Lowell, Mass., September 13, 1874, married, November 27, 1897, Maraba Lawton of Providence, R. I. He was educated in Lowell public schools and Burdette Busi- ness College, Boston. He was in Massachusetts State Militia . from 1892 until Spanish War. May 6, 1898, enlisted in 6th Massachusetts Regiment as first sergeant; was promoted to second lieutenant May 13, 1898; to battalion adjutant May 23, 1898; to commissary July 1, 1898, and had charge of all supplies for United States army at Utuado, Porto Rico. September 28 he was promoted to first lieutenant. He was in action with his regiment at Guanica, Porto Rico. July 26, 1898, and was mustered out with his regiment January 11, 1899.
FRED GILMAN HUNTOON. born in Lowell, Mass., March 11, 1876; married May 5, 1898. Mabel Louisa Foss of Lowell. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Lowell, enlisted in the 6th Massachu- setts Infantry for the Spanish War. Was promoted to corporal and acting commissary sergeant. Was in action at Guanica, Porto Rico, and mustered out with his regiment January 11, 1899.
The Huntoon boys were the sons of Jonathan Granville Huntoon and Sarah Fayette Cilley. Sarah was the third child of Emerson and Florilla Decker Roberts Cilley. Florilla was the third child of Gilman and Ann Leathers Roberts. Gilman was the seventh child of Joseph and Esther Roberts.
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BROOKS IN THE WORLD WAR, 1917-1919
The Roll of Honor is as follows:
BRADFORD, EVERETT H., Private, Company I., 326th Infantry; enlisted October 2, 1917; served until June 5, 1919.
BROWN, EVERETT E., Fr., 3rd C; U. S. Navy; enlisted July 9, 1917; served until August 9, 1919.
CATES, LYMAN E., Private; S. A. T. C .; enlisted October 9, 1918; served until December 8, 1918.
COOK, NORMAN R., Captain, Company C., Infantry; enlisted 1918; served until October 25, 1919.
CILLEY, EVERETT L., Sea 2nd C; U. S. Navy Reserve Force; enlisted May 10, 1918; served until March 11, 1919.
C'ROCKER, BERNARD H., Private, 151st Dep. Brig .; enlisted August 20, 1918; served until December 5, 1918.
ELLIS, FRANK B., Chaplain, Sergeant; Battery D., 303 F. A .; enlisted September 18, 1917; served until May 1, 1919.
ELLIS, HERBERT C., Sea. 2nd C; U. S. N. R. F .; enlisted May 31, 1918; served until January 6, 1919.
JONES, HOLLIS W., Private, Sergeant; S. A. T. C .; October 9, 1918, served until December 7, 1918; Company D., Infantry.
LACASSE, GEORGE F., Private 1st Cl .; Trp. H. 315th Cavalry; enlisted June 2, 1918; served until February 6, 1919; Btry. B., 72nd F. A. LACOTH, JAMES, Private; enlisted September 4, 1918.
MERRITT, RAYMOND L., Private 1 Cl .; 22 Co., 6 Bn. 151, Dept. Brig .; Hq. Co. 39 Inf .; Mar. 30, 1918, enlisted; served until Aug. 7, 1919. MURCH, LESLIE F., Ord. Sgt., Order R. C., Ord. Det .; 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Lieutenant, Order Department; enlisted July 30, 1917; served until June 16, 1919.
PENNEY, SIDNEY, Private, 38th Inf. Co. L .; enlisted December 15, 1917; served until February 20, 1918.
STAPLES. BERNARD F., 1st Lieutenant, Dental Res. Corps; enlisted Au- gust 31, 1918; served until September 24, 1918; died in service.
WARD, RAY A., Shipwright. C. M. 2nd C; C. M. 1st C: Ch. C. M .; U. S. Navy; enlisted May 31, 1918; served until May 29, 1920. WINSHIP, ROBERT H., Private; Pvt. 1 Cl. Corp. Cfr .; 13 Aero Squad Signal Corps; enlisted May 6, 1917; served until April 14, 1919. BERNARD FRANCIS STAPLES, son of Harry E. and Ella Staples, boru
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at Brooks, Maine, July 8. 1894; married Helene E. Frye of Williams- port, Pa., at Boston, Mass., 1917. He was educated at Brooks, studied business and shorthand at Shaw's Business College at Ban- gor, Maine, graduated from Higgins Classical Institute, Charlestown, Maine, also from Tufts Dental College, Boston, Mass. He practiced his profession at Boston in 1917. He entered the service as 1st Lieu- tenant Dental Corp. He died September 24, 1918 at Camp Devens; was a Mason, Congregationalist, and a Republican.
NORMAN R. COOK, M. D., born July 18, 1870 at Jackson, Maine, son of Eli and Sara Carleton Cook. He was educated at the public schools of Jackson, Maine, Central Institute at Pittsfield, Maine, and received his M. D. degree at the University of Vermont in 1896. He began practice in Brooks in 1896, and was there until 1918, when he served in the war as Captain of Medical Department; discharged Oc- tober 25, 1919, after which he began the practice of medicine in the town of Newport, Maine. "He was commissioned Major in Officers Re- serve Corps of U. S. A. Belonged to Masons, Knights of Pythias, Amer- ican Legion, Newport Rod and Gun Club, Maine Medical Association, Republican, and Universalist. January 3, 1900, he married Mabel L. Judkins of Newport, Maine. A son, Thomas R. Cook, graduated from Colby College; and a daughter, Beulah Cook, a graduate of Colby, and Mass. General Hospital as R. N. Dr. Cook, while a resident of the town of Brooks was active in all civic and educational matters. serving as a member of the School Board, and as Superintendent of Schools. On his entering the service he was presented with a watch by the citizens of the town in appreciation of his services as a phy- sician and citizen. Dr. Cook was also Secretary of Brooks Board of Trade. Dr. Cook, at the first indication of a break with Ger- many, offered his service as Physician and Sergeant to the Adjutant General. Dr. Cook is a friend of every young American-interested in their pleasures and enjoyments. His father was a veteran of the Civil War, and his action in entering the Service was but followng the noble traditions of his family.
CHENEY HIGGINS
CHENEY HIGGINS, the son of Wm. F. and Temperance Sturgis Hig- gins, was born February 11, 1862, in the Town of Thorndike, Maine. He attended the schools of his native town, and E. M. C. S. in Bucks- port. In 1884 he went west, settling in Montana, where he engaged in ranching and overland freighting.
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He entered the United States Regular Army at Camp Poplar River in 1888, serving continuously until retirement in 1912, through the grades of Private, Corporal, Sergeant, and 1st Sergeant, Regimental Sergeant, all in the famous old 20th Infantry. From that, to the Post Staff, as Post Commissary Sergeant for ten years.
He served in the campaign against Santiago de Cuba, in 1898 and in the Phillipine Islands during the Phillipine Insurrection. Septem- ber 22, 1902, he married Vesta V. Davis, formerly of Jackson, Maine, and during the years was stationed at military posts in eleven states, and many different stations overseas, crossing the Pacific eight times.
After retirement, he and wife returned to their native state, mak- ing a home in Brooks. After three years he was called to duty in Washington, D. C., serving at the State, War, and Navy Building, and upon the United States entering the World War in 1917, he was returned to his old employment in commissary work, being placed in charge of the Sales Store at the Army Base in Boston, Mass., until May, 1921, when he returned again to his home in Brooks, where he has since resided.
He belongs to the Knights of Pythias, and served as a member of the Board of Selectmen for the town of Brooks for several years.
BROOKS IN THE WORLD WAR 1917-1919
Additional names to be added to the Roll of Honor: as appearing on page 153. When the names were published by the office of the Adjutant General, at Augusta, Maine, in 1929, the credits were as complete as could be shown from the records of the office at that time. Since that date and after the first list was printed, the revised list as made up at the office of the Adjutant General has been received and shows the additional names and service as credited to Brooks, as follows:
BROWN, EMILY A .. Nurse, U. S. N. R. F .; enlisted August 7, 1918; served until October 1, 1919.
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