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Frank Grout, - Massachusetts Regiment.
Joseph Buswell, severely wonnded.
Erskine Dickey.
Clinton Slader.
Charles D. Robinson, enlisted from Claremont.
Damon Bailey.
Nathaniel G. Brooks, Assistant Surgeon.
Milton P. Parks.
Jacob F. Hayward, Quartermaster Ninety- Eighth New York Regiment. Sylvester Campbell, Assistant Surgeon Sixteenth New Hampshire Regiment. David E. M. Dodge, Company B, Third New Hampshire Regiment ; died. Milton C. Davis, Company B, Third New Hampshire Regiment.
Salmon T. J. Davis, Company B, Third New Hampshire Regiment. William F. Whitman, Company A, Third New Hampshire Regiment ; killed. Porter Monroe, Company B, Third New Hampshire Regiment.
Freeman H. Campbell, Company B. Third New Hampshire Regiment; wounded. Calvin D. Peck, Company B, Third New Hampshire Regiment.
Theodore F. Finlay, Company B, Third New Hampshire Regiment ; died. Henry M. Buckminster. Company B, Third New Hampshire Regiment ; died. George B. Field, Company A, Third New Hampshire Regiment.
Theron Duncan, Company B, Third New Hampshire Regiment ; killed. John B. Duncan, Company B, Third New Hampshire Regiment ; killed.
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Edwin A. Howe, Company E, Fifth New Hampshire Regiment ; died. Samuel O. Smith.
George F. Youngman, Third New Hampshire Regiment, wounded.
Chester T. Wheeler, Company I, Fourth New Hampshire Regiment. Charles W. Wheeler, Company I, Fourth New Hampshire Regiment ; killed. Asa E. Howe, Company D, Fourth New Hampshire Regiment ; killed. Daniel W. George, Company E, Fifth New Hampshire Regiment ; wounded. A. Morrison George, Company E. Fifth New Hampshire Regiment; wounded. Joshua Howe, Company E. Fifth New Hampshire Regiment. Henry T. Buss, Company E, Fifth New Hampshire Regiment ; wounded. Junius Hayward, Company E. Fifth New Hampshire Regiment. William Dudley, Company E, Fifth New Hampshire Regiment; died. Azal H. Church, Company E, Fifth New Hampshire Regiment. Benjamin Howe. Company E, Fifth New Hampshire Regiment. Joseph E. George, Company E, Fifth New Hampshire Regiment. Henry N. George, Company E, Fifth New Hampshire Regiment ; died.
Lyman B. Hardy, Company F, Sixth New Hampshire Regiment; wounded. James H. Wheeler, Company G, Ninth New Hampshire Regiment. William Graves, Company I, Eleventh New Hampshire Regiment ; killed. George P. Diekey, Fourteenth New Hampshire Regiment. George M. Gowen, Fourteenth New Hampshire Regiment.
Charles R. Gowen, Fourteenth New Hampshire Regiment.
Joseph A. Dickey. Fourteenth New Hampshire Regiment. Charles E. Foster, Fourteenth New Hampshire Regiment. Freeman E. Brackett, Fourteenth New Hampshire Regiment. Harlan P. Allen, Sixteenth New Hampshire Regiment.
Edwin S. Chatterton, Sixteenth New Hampshire Regiment. Amos Harding, Sixteenth New Hampshire Regiment; died. Charles H. Cooper, Sixteenth New Hampshire Regiment. Robert T. M. Prentiss, Sixteenth New Hampshire Regiment. Robert D. Gleason, Sixteenth New Hampshire Regiment. Henry D. Putnam, Sixteenth New Hampshire Regiment ; died. Horace Buswell, Sixteenth New Hampshire Regiment. Willie Prentiss, Sixteenth New Hampshire Regiment ; killed. Leonard O. Bixby, Sixteenth New Hampshire Regiment. William H. Severans, First New Hampshire Heavy Artillery. Charles A. Lawton, First New Hampshire Heavy Artillery. Marden Warner, First New Hampshire Heavy Artillery. John F. Paige, First New Hampshire Heavy Artillery. George C. Foster, First New Hampshire Heavy Artillery. Isaac N. Chapman, First New Hampshire Heavy Artillery. Henry Hull, First New Hampshire Heavy Artillery. Amos Bixby, First New Hampshire Heavy Artillery. Joseph A. Allen, First New Hampshire, Heavy Artillery. Henry J. Davis, (non resident, ) First New Hampshire Heavy Artillery. Francis Brown, First New Hampshire Heavy Artillery. John Buswell, First New Hampshire Heavy Artillery. Sanford H. Bascom, Company E, First U. S. Sharp-shooters. Charles E. Spencer, Company E, First U. S. Sharp-shooters ; wounded. Asa R. Bixby, Company G, Second U. S. Sharp-shooters ; killed. Austin Grout, Fourth Vermont Regiment ; killed. Harrison Grout, Fourth Vermont Regiment ; died. Willie W. Davis, Fourth Vermont Regiment.
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Gardiner Buswell.
Abram Buswell, in a Massachusetts Regiment.
Thomas Clark, Lieutenant-Colonel Twenty-Seventh Ohio Regiment.
Freeman H. Campbell, enlisted from Marlow.
George E. Warner, Captain.
Emery A. Howard, enlisted from Newbury, Vermont.
Martin Woodbury, enlisted from Pittsburg, New Hampshire.
Albert R. Hull, enlisted from Wilton, New Hampshire.
Thomas McMillen.
Hiram O. Thayer, Eighty-Third New York Regiment.
LIST OF ENROLLED MEN, RESIDENTS OF ACWORTII, WHO FUR- NISHED SUBSTITUTES IN THE LATE WAR.
Aaron S. Finlay,
Alexander G. Graham,
Dean C. George,
Galen Allen,
George Bailey,
George Smith,
Joab N. Davis,
George Walker,
Hiram N. Hayward,
John F. Page,
John F. Dickey,
Benjamin L. Eaton.
James A. Dickey,
George M. Heard,
Henry F. Burnhant,
Solon S. King,
James M. Reed,
James W. Fiske,
Solon S. Finlay,
Samuel Slader,
Francis S. Trow.
Amos F. Buswell,
Liberty R. Hardy,
SKETCHES OF THE ACWORTH SOLDIERS
WHO LOST TIIEIR LIVES IN THE WAR FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE REBELLION.
DAMON BAILEY.
Damon Bailey, eldest son of Emlon A. and Polly Bailey, was born in Acworth, December 27, 1843. In 1861 he enlisted from Joliet, Ill., and was assigned to Company F, Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry, and was with his regiment in its various movements in Missouri and Arkansas, until disabled by disease of which he died November 17, 1862.
SAMUEL BRADFORD.
Samuel Bradford, son of Augustus and Irene Bradford, enlisted from Rutland, Vt., in the Seventh Vermont Regiment; was with his regiment at the battle of Baton Rouge, and died of disease at New Orleans, aged about 40 years.
ASA R. BIXBY.
Asa R. Bixby, son of Nathaniel and Sally Bixby, enlisted in Company E, Second Regiment U. S. Sharp-shooters, November 26, 1861, for three years. He was shot through the head at Fort Schenck, September 22, 1864. His age was 24 years. No account of the battles in which he fought has been obtained. The verdict of his comrades was that he was a good soldier.
LEONARD O. BIXBY.
Leonard O. Bixby, youngest son of Nathaniel and Sally Bixby, was mustered into service, October 23, 1862, in Company I, Sixteenth New Hampshire Regiment. Died of disease in the hospital at Carrollton, La., January 27, 1863, aged 17 years-without seeing active service.
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HENRY M. BUCKMINSTER.
Henry M. Buckminster, son of the late John and Marian Buckminster, enlisted August 20, 1862,-was in Company B, Third New Hampshire Regi- ment. Died of disease in the regimental hospital at Hilton Head, S. C., January 24, 1863, aged 16 years.
IIENRY J. DAVIS.
Henry J. Davis, son of Oliver Davis of Lempster, was a native of and enlisted from Acworth, August 6, 1862; was of Company F., Ninth New Hampshire Regiment. He participated in the several battles in which his regiment was engaged in 1863-4; was taken prisoner at Poplar Grove Church, September 30, 1864 ; was a prisoner about five months, and died of disease at Annapolis, Md., March 14, 1865, aged 23 years.
DAVID E. M. DODGE.
David E. M. Dodge, son of Asa and Susan Dodge, enlisted August 20, 1862, and immediately was joined to Company B, Third New Hampshire Regiment, at Ililton Head, S. C., where he died of disease December 15, 1862, aged 23 years.
WILLIAM F. DUDLEY.
William F. Dudley, was a native of Goshen, N. II., and was brought up by Daniel Peasley in Acworth. IIe enlisted October 19, 1861, was of Com- pany E in the Fifth New Hampshire Regiment. Died of disease January 15, 1862, aged about 23 years.
THERON DUNCAN.
Theron Duncan, youngest son of the late Col. John, and Betsey Duncan, at the age of 46 years, enlisted September 19, 1862 ; left his family, consist- ing of wife, six children and an aged mother, and with his eldest son joined Company B, Third New Hampshire Regiment, at Hilton Head, S. C. He was in the battle of Pocotaligo, October 22, and Morris Island, July 10, 1863 ; Fort Wagner, July 10th and 18th ; at the siege of Fort Wagner, and in the final assault upon Forts Gregg and Wagner, September 7, 1863.
As the Acworth soldiers were largely represented in the Third New Hamp- shire Regiment, and were present at the fall of Wagner, the following inci- dent in its history it is thought will not be out of place here. It is given by an army correspondent, and vouched for by the Chaplain of the Regiment. On the 6th of September it was determined to try another charge upon Fort Wagner, and Gen. Terry selected the Third New Hampshire to lead the " forlorn hope." Capt. Randlett was in command of the regiment, and the following account of the affair is given by the correspondent referred to :- " A New Hampshire regiment had been engaged in several successive bat-
Theron Duncan,
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tles both bloody and desperate, and in each engagement the men had dis- tinguished themselves more and more, but their success had been dearly bought both in men and officers. Just before 'taps,' word came that the fort was to be stormed at day-break the next morning, and they were invited to lead the 'forlorn hope.' The Colonel in deep anxiety of mind, consulted his faithful Chaplain as to what should be done. He advised him to let the men decide for themselves, aud at the Colonel's request he stated to the reg- iment all the circumstances. Not one in twenty, probably, would be left alive after the first charge. Scarcely one of the entire number would escape death, except as they were wounded or taken prisoners. No one would be compelled to go. If he went it must be with all his heart. 'Think it over, men,' said he, 'calmly and deliberately, and at twelve o'clock come back and let us know your answer.' True to the appointed time they all returned. All? Yes, all, without exception, reported ready for the service and the sacrifice. 'Now,' said the Chaplain, ' go to your tents, write your letters- settle your worldly affairs, and whatever sins you have upon your consciences unconfessed and unforgiven, ask God to forgive them. As usual I will go with you, and the Lord do with us as seemeth Him good.' The hour came, the assault was made ; on these noble spirits rushed. Scarcely an hour be- fore the fort had been secretly evacuated by the enemy, and the 'forlorn hope ' entered into full possession without the loss of a single man."*
Mr. Duncan fell in the desperate charge at Drury's Bluff, near Chester Station, mortally wounded by a bullet in the head, May 13, 1864. In this terrible but successful conflict, "in the space of twenty minutes more than two hundred of New Hampshire's bravest and best, fell dead or wounded."
JOHN BELL DUNCAN.
John Bell Duncan, son of Theron and Anna N. Duncan, at the age of 16 years enlisted as a recruit in Company B, Third New Hampshire Regi- ment, September 19, 1862, and soon after joined the regiment at Hilton Head, S. C. He participated in the battle of Pocotaligo, October 22. 1862 ; Morris Island, July 10, 1863 ; Fort Wagner, July 18th ; and in the final as- sault upon Forts Gregg and Wagner, September 7th. He was wounded by a bullet through the hip, at the desperate charge at Drury's Bluff, May 13, 1864 ; was in the charge at Deep Bottom, August 14th; at Flussell's Mills, August 16th ; at the siege of Petersburg, in September, 1864; in a reconnoissance before Richmond, October 1st; again at New Market road, October 7th ; in the battle at Darby Town road, October 16th ; at Darby Town and Charles City road, October 27th ; and at the taking of Fort Fisher, January 15, 1865. In this engagement, he was one of four picked men whom the commander of the regiment selected to drive the enemy from an annoy- ing position, and while thus engaged in nearly a hand to-hand fight, a bullet
* Report of Adjutant General of New Hampshire Volunteers, p. 491-199.
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struck him in the right breast, passing through the lung and out near the back of the shoulder. Unconscious of the wound he continued fighting until his comrade seeing the blood issuing from his wounds, hurried him to the rear, still he persisted he was but slightly wounded, and was able to go back and assist in taking the fort. "Is my arm broken?" he inquired of his Lieutenant ; "if not, I am going to the front to do my duty." - Soon, reduced by loss of blood, he was taken to Fortress Monroe, where he died of his wounds January 27, 1865.
He was a model soldier-always at the post of duty, cool and self-possessed in action, and brave as the bravest. A comrade, in announcing his death to his mother, says: "Never has a death occurred in this regiment which has occasioned so much sorrow as the death of your son." The following incident is related by his Captain : "At the reconnaissance towards Rich- mond, October 1st, as they were advancing, a murderous fire of shot and shell was opened upon the regiment by the enemy, and a shell burst so near John as to cover him with mud and dirt. The Captain, who was near, saw him, cool and undisturbed as if in camp, and asked if he was hurt. Glancing at his mud-covered uniform, he laughingly replied, 'No, Captain, not yet.'"
THEODORE F. FINLAY.
Theodore F. Finlay, only son of Barnet C. and Emeline Finlay, enlisted August 20, 1862, and was of Company B, Third New Hampshire Regiment, then at Hilton Head, S. C., at which place he died of disease, October 27, 1862, aged 18 years.
HENRY N. GEORGE.
Henry N. George was the son of Enoch and Sarah George, enlisted Au- gust 11, 1862 ; was a recruit in Company E, Fifth New Hampshire Regi- ment. He died of disease in camp near Falmouth, Va., November 29, 1862, aged 17 years, having never been in battle.
WILLIAM GRAVES.
William Graves was the son of Daniel and Polly Graves, enlisted into the Eleventh New Hampshire Regiment, September 2, 1862, and was of Com- pany I. He was connected with the hospital department, and in the first battle in which he took an active part he was killed, near Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864, aged 26 years.
AUSTIN GROUT.
Austin Grout, son of John and Hannah Grout, was mustered into Com- pany C, in the Sixth Vermont Regiment, October 15, 1861, at the age of 25 years. He was in his first and last battle at Lee's Mills, near Yorktown, Va., April 16, 1862, being shot through the body in that engagement. Af- ter being thus wounded, he assisted in removing a comrade who had fallen
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in the battle, and his last act was to reload his rifle, though obliged to rest against a tree while so doing. He fell, exclaiming, "I am killed, go on, boys. I have done the best I could." His service, though short, was suffi- cient to prove that he was of the material of which heroes are made. In making his grave near Yorktown, relies of a continental soldier were dis- entombed, and his dust now mingles with the patriots of the Revolution.
HARRISON E. GROUT.
Harrison E. Grout was the youngest son of John and Hannah Grout. He was a member of Company C, Sixth Vermont Regiment, and was mus- tered into service, October 15, 1861. He was in the fierce struggle at Lee's Mills, April 16th, near Yorktown, Va., where he narrowly escaped death- a soldier on either side being shot down. He was soon after disabled by disease, and died in the Patterson Park Hospital, Baltimore, Md., aged about 21 years.
AMOS HARDING.
Amos Harding, son of the late Amos and Betsey Harding, was mustered into service, October 23, 1862, in Company F, Sixteenth New Hampshire Regiment, and died of disease in hospital at New Orleans, La., June 21, 1868, aged 37 years, leaving a wife and two children.
MELVILLE C. HOWARD.
Melville C. Howard, son of Rev. Americus K. Howard, enlisted August 20, 1862, in Company B, Third New Hampshire Regiment. He was in the battles of Pocotaligo, S. C., October 22, 1862; and Morris Island, July 12 and 13, 1863; in which last engagement he was severely wounded, and died in hospital at Folly Island, July 17, 1863. His age was 28 years.
ASA E. HOWE.
Asa E. Howe, son of Ephraim and Charlotte Howe, enlisted for three years, August 12, 1862, in Company D, Fourth New Hampshire Regiment. He participated in the battle of Pocotaligo, S. C., October 22, 1862; in the different engagements on Morris Island, and siege of Charleston ; took part in the operations which resulted in the reduction of Forts Gregg and Wag- ner ; was in the battle of Drury's Bluff, May 13, 1863, and the several en- gagements at Bermuda Hundred, Cold Harbor, Deep Bottom, and Chaffin's Farm, where he was killed, September 30, 1864, aged 30 years. He left a wife and three children.
EDWIN A. HOWE.
Edwin A. Howe, youngest son of the late Horace and Judith Howe, was born December 28, 1842 ; enlisted into Company E, Fifth New Hampshire Regiment, August 28, 1862 ; was wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg,
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Va., December 13, 1862, and died of disease contracted while in the ser- vice, March 17, 1863, at his father's house in Acworth.
ALBERT R. HULL.
Albert R. Hull, son of Theron and Fanny Hull, enlisted from Wilton, N. H., August 12, 1862, in Company D, Fourth New Hampshire Regiment. He was in the battle of Pocotaligo, October 22d, Morris Island, and at the siege of Charleston. He took part in the siege and final assault on Forts Gregg and Wagner; was in the charge at Drury's Bluff, May 13, 1864, and in the several skirmishes and battles near Bermuda Hundred, and at Cold Harbor and Deep Bottom ; was wounded in the battle of the Mine at Petersburg, Va., and was in the final assault on Fort Fisher, January 15, 1865. He died of disease at Fortress Monroe, March 17, 1865, aged 28.
MILTON P. PARKS.
Milton P. Parks, son of Elisha Parks, Esq., and his wife Martha W., en- listed from Blue Earth County, Minn., October 3, 1862; was Orderly Ser- geant in Company B, Minnesota Mounted Rangers, and died of disease at St. Peters, December 4, 1862, aged 32 years.
WILLIAM PRENTISS, JR.
William Prentiss, Jr., son of the late William and Sarah F. Prentiss, en- listed in March, 1864, at the age of 19 years. He was of Company K, Fifty-Seventh Massachusetts Regiment ; joined his regiment in the trenches in front of Petersburg, Va. He saw his first and last battle in a charge upon the enemy's earth-works on the 17th of June, being shot through the abdo- men by a rifle ball. He lingered a few hours in great agony, and died re- joicing in the hope of a glorious resurrection at the great mustering.
HENRY D. PUTNAM.
Henry D. Putnam, son of Oliver Putnam of Charlestown, N. H., was mustered into service October, 23, 1862; was of Company F, Sixteenth New Hampshire Regiment. Died in hospital at Baton Rouge, June, 1863, aged 31 years, leaving a wife and two children.
CHARLES D. ROBINSON.
Charles D. Robinson, the only son of Daniel D. and Mary G. Rob- inson, enlisted from Claremont, N. H., as a recruit, and was mustered into Company G, Fifth New Hampshire Regiment, September 18, 1862. He was instantly killed in battle at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862, aged 20 years. 1
GRANVILLE C. SLADER.
Granville C. Slader, eldest son of Col. Jesse and Nancy Slader, was mus- tered into Company A, Thirty- Fourth Wisconsin Regiment, in November,
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1862. He died of disease at Fort Halleck, Columbus, Ky., July 7, 1863, having never been in active service. He was 37 years of age, and left a wife and three children.
HIRAM O. THAYER.
Hiram Orcutt, son of Warren and Pamelia Thayer, was born in Acworth, March 19, 1845, and enlisted at Plattsburg, N. Y., July 20, 1863; was as- signed to the Eighty-Third New York Regiment, but never joined it. He died of typhoid fever, in the U. S. Hospital at Alexandria, Va., August 24, 1863.
GEORGE M. WARNER.
George M., son of Stanford and Maria Warner, enlisted for three months in a Vermont regiment, served his time out and re-enlisted in the Harris Light Cavalry of New York, which was in Gen. Kilpatrick's corps. He was in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., where his horse was shot from under him, and himself taken prisoner, but he was recaptured by our troops. He participated in the various raids, skirmishes, and battles under Kilpatrick un- til taken prisoner, August 3, 1864, and sent to Libby Prison, where he soon after died, aged 20 years.
CHARLES W. WHEELER.
Charles W., son of the late Jeremiah and Acsah Wheeler, enlisted Au- gust 13, 1862 ; was of Company G, in the Ninth New Hampshire Regiment. He was in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862, in which engagement he was wounded. He was killed in battle near Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864, aged 22 years.
WILLIAM F. WHITMAN.
William F. Whitman was a native of Stoddard, N. H., and son of Abram Whitman. He enlisted into Company A, Third New Hampshire Regiment, August 20, 1862 ; participated in the battles of Morris Island, July 10, and Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863, at which he was killed by a shell. Age 30 years. He left a wife and one child.
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PART III.
Genealogy of the Families OF ACWORTH .*
REV. ALFRED ABEL rem. from Lempster to Acworth about 1814, m. Juletta Wheelock-ch., I., Mandana, m. Frederic Silsby (see Silsby family). II., Polly, m. Asa Kent of Alstead-ch., 1, Hervey ; 2, Harriet ; 3, Charles ; 4, Sarah ; 5, Emily. III., Amira, m. Henry Campbell (see Campbell family). IV., Fanny, m. Dan Orcutt (see Orcutt family). V., Sally, m. Jonathan Gilman of Unity-ch., 1, Alfred A .; 2, Anson. VI., Charles G., d. young. VII., Philinda, m. Thaddeus Fuller of Goshen -- ch., 1, Sylvina ; 2, Ossam ; 3, Lois ; 4, Sarah ; 5, Caroline; 6. James. VIII., Emily, d. young. IX., Laura L., m. Silas Fuller of Goshen-ch., 1, Theron ; 2, Theresa A. ; 3, Hattie.
REV. THEOPHILUS B ADAMS, b. in Beverly, Mass., enlisted in the army in 1812, was wounded so that he received a life pension, was ordained as a Baptist minister in New London, N. H., preached in Wilmot, Acworth and Unity, s. in Acworth about 1822, d. 1831, m. Jemima Moulton-ch., I., Jeremiah, m. Emily Currier (see Currier family). II., Louisa, m. Asa Sargent (see Sargent family). III., Rebecca D., m. Ephraim Collins- ch., seven. IV., Theophilus B., m. Fanny Currier (see Currier family), residence Nashua-eh., 1, Ellen ; 2, John ; 3, Theophilus B .; 4, Emma A .; 5, Georgianna ; 6, George F. V., Joseph M., m. Abigail Weed-ch., seven. VI., Alpheus. Rev. Mr. ADAMS m. second Lydia Bagley-ch., VII., Je- mima, d. unm. VIII., Dorothy, m. Putnam George-ch., two. IX., Har- rison H., the first born in Aeworth, m. Lydia Osgood, residence Newbury- port, Mass .- ch., two. X., Judith, d. unm. XI., Carver P., d. unm. XII , Louisa, d. unm. XIII., John B., d. young.
NATHAN ADAMS S. in Acworth, 1858, m. Minerva N. Newman-ch., I., Minerva J. II., Washington I.
* DIRECTIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS .- The first generation, residing in Acworth, names in SMALL CAPITALS; second generation numbered with Roman numerals ; third with Arabic numerals ; fourth with Arabic numerals in parenthesis, thus (-); fifth with Arabic numerals in brackets, thus [-]. Abbreviations-b., born; m., married; unm., unmarried; d., died; ch., children; gen., generation; rem., re- moved ; s., settled.
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ALEXANDER.
JABEZ ALEXANDER was the youngest son of Thomas Alexander, who was killed in the French War ; was b. in Marlborough, 1755, rem. to Acworth about 1786; was the second settler on Gates Hill; m. Lois Pool-ch., I., Benjamin, b. 1778, m. Nancy Mitchell (see Mitchell family)-ch., 1, Phil- harma, d. unm .; 2, John, m. Eliza Carpenter ; 3, William H., m. Eliza Delano, residence Sharon, Vt .- ch., (1) George, (2) Emma, (3) Clara, (4) Sarepta, (5) John ; 4, Miriam, m. first David A. Hill-ch., (1) Mary F., m. Charles F. Bent-ch., [1] Carrie P., [2] George H .; 4, Miriam, m. second Melvin C. Doubleday ; 5, Orson, m. Mary J. Patch, residence Sharon- ch., (1) Galena, (2) William, (3) Benjamin, (4) Georgianna H. A .; 6, Syl- vester, m. Ellen S. Dana, residence Sharon-ch., (1) Philharma M., (2) Mar- cella M. II., Caleb, b. 1781, m. Dorcas Kenney, s. in Barre, Vt -ch., 1, Chauncey, m. Mary Averill, s. in Northfield, Vt .; 2, Austin, m. Susan Hurlbert, s. in Northfield ; 3, Ann, m. Rev. J. H. Burnham, s. in North- field-ch., (1) Celestia. III., Dorcas, m. Eleazer Beckwith, Jr., (see Beck- with family), residence Belfast, N. Y .- ch., 1, Maria ; 2, Ambrose ; 3, Lois. IV., Daniel, b. 1785, m. Susan Ewens, rem. to Belfast, N. Y .- ch., 1, Wil- lard ; 2, Daniel ; 3, Martha Ann ; all b. in Acworth. V., Lucinda, m. Francis Brown (see Brown family). VI., Charlotte, m. John Mack, resi- dence Ohio-ch., 1, Louisa ; 2, John ; and others. VII., Mindwell, m. Charles Beckwith (see Beckwith family), residence Fitchburg, Mass .- ch., 1, Alvah A., m. Lucy Fairbanks-ch., (1) Louisa, (2) Maria E., (3) Charles S., (4) Sarah, (5) Frederic ; 2, Sarah S., m. Leander Cornell ; 3, Charles S., m. Jennie Proctor. VIII., Ambrose, m. Elizabeth Keyes (see Keyes family)-ch., 1, Jabez, m. Sophia Silloway, s. in Berlin, Vt .- ch., (1) Frank ; 2, Lois S., m. Seth P. Silloway, s. in Berlin-ch., (1) Angeline, (2) Lucia ; 3, Amasa W., m. first Orlana Dutton, s. in Berlin-ch., (1) George W .; m. second Harriet Cady-ch., (2) Minnie A .; 4, Julia, residence Moore- town, Vt .; 5, Amelia, m. George S Chapman, s. in Mooretown-ch .. (1) Perley A .; 6, Angeline, m. Joseph M. Brown, s. in Mooretown-ch., (1) Charles J. ; 7, Freeman, m. Rhoda Brown, s. in Mooretown-ch., (1) Fred B., (2) George F .; 8, Caroline, nı. Nelson Willey, s. in Mooretown-ch., (1) Jesse A .. (2) An- geline, (3) Fred J. ; 9, Ambrose J , m Almira S. Cady, s. in Berlin-ch., (1) Ned Ambrose. IX , S. Parker, m. Betsey White, s. in Ohio-ch., four. X., Alvah, m. Phebe Houston (see Houston family), s. in Utah-ch., 1, Samuel, m. first Jane M. Houston (see Houston family) ; 2, Louisa ; 3, Maria ; 4, Al- vah ; 5, Orpah. XI., J. Lewis, m. Deborah Houston (see Houston family), s. in Northfield, Vt .- ch., 1, Nancy, m. Freeman Thrasher ; 2, Charles J .; 3, Lewis m. Harriet Emmerson. JABEZ ALEXANDER m. second Betsey Marston-ch., XII., Elkanah M., m. Arvilla M. Booth (see Slader family), residence Lemp- ster-ch., 1, George E. ; 2, Eugene A .; 3, Orra T .; 4, Ada S. XIII., Jabez I .. , m. first, Sally A. Cram (see Cram family) ; m. second - Brown. XIV., Chauncey, d. unm. XV., Byron, b. when his father was in his 79th year, m. Pamelia Bignal-ch., 1, Frank E. ; 2, Hattie.
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