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" Packerfield Feby 9th 1778.
" JOHN BROWN Select Men of
" AMOS SKINNER S Packerfield "
RELATIVE TO ESTATE OF THOMAS PACKER, ETC., 1780.
"To The Honourable Council and House of Repre- sentatives, of the State of New Hampshire, In gen- eral Court assembled. May it please your Honors.
"The Petition of the Select Men of the Town of Packerfield humbly Sheweth .- Whereas the last general Assembly of this State was pleased to pass an Act, to Suspend the payment of the Taxes of the Lands of mr Thomas Packer, until the Dispute with respect to the last Will and Testament of his late Father, Thomas Packer Esq", is determined Which Act or Order of the said general Assembly involves the Town in much Difficulty, as by this Means We are prevented Settling with the Treasurer of this State, And receiving the Money ordered by Law to be paid by Sd Treasurer for the Beef which this Town has provided And sent to the Army. Therefore Your Petitioners humbly pray That your Honours would be pleased, to pass an Act or Order, That the Sd Suspended Tax, Should Answer So much with the Sd Treasurer, that the Town may draw their Proportion of money for the Beef which the Town has provided. And your Petitioners as in Duty bound Shall ever pray
" Packerfield Decem" 30th 1780.
" WILLIAM BARKER } Select Men of the
" JOHN BROWN $ town of Packerfield "
RETURN OF RATABLE POLLS, 1783.
" Pursuant to A Vote of the General assembly of the State of New Hampshire Directed to us we Re- turn Ninety Male poles paying a pole tax for them Selves within the Town of Packerfield
" Packerfield November 10th 1783
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" To the General assembly for the State of New : Hampshire-
" SAMEL GRIFFIN, Select-
"CONSIDER OSGOOD, men."
RELATIVE TO A DIVISION OF THE TOWN FOR THE FORMATION OF SULLIVAN, 1786.
" To the Honourable the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives for the State of New Hampshire in General Court Conveand At Portsmouth December A. D. 1786.
" The petition in behalf of the Town of Packersfeild Humbly Sheweth that your petitioners have ben Servd With a Copy of a petition and order of Court thereon signed by a number of the Inhabitants of the Towns of Gilsom Stoddard & keen Seting forth in Sd petition that the Situation of a number of the Inhabi- tants of the Towns aforesaid Togather with Part of the inhabitants of the Town of Packerfeild is such that they Cannot be accomedated with Privileges Equal to the other Inhabitants of their respective Towns, one Part of which Ascertion your Petitioners absolutely Deny Because there is not one Inhabitant on the Land in packersfeild Praid for in Said Peti- tion-
" Althoug at a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Packerfield in the month of March A. D. 1784 There was a Petition Signd by a Number of the Inhabitants of the Towns of Gilsom Stoddard and Keen Preferd in Said meeting praying that the Town of Packerfeild would Vote off a Certain part of Packerfeild to be Erected into a Town Sª part to Contain Two Miles East and west and Two miles and a half North and South which would Contain one Eighth Part of Said Packerfeild and from the reasons offered at that Time and through the inadvertency of the People the prayer of Said Petition was granted upon Conditions that all the respective Towns Con- cernd ware mutually agreed thereto (Sence Which Period) not supposing that the petitioners referd to would obtain their request before the general Assem- bly) have proceeded to agree upon a Center for Erecting a meeting House and have made provision for the Same therefore if the Prayer to the Inhabi- tants of the town of Gilsom and others Preferd to the General Court Should be Granted it will be a means of removing the Present Center and frustrate our Design in Building a House for Public Worship and thro the Town into the uttermost Confusion imagin- able and as we look upon your Honours as Guardians of the State your Petitioners flatter themselves that your honours in your known Wisdom Will not Erect a New Town on the ruins of older ones : therefore
your Petitioners pray that the prayer of the petition referd to may not be granted
" As in Duty Bound Shall ever pray
" SOLOMON WARDWELL ) Select men of
" SOLOMON INGALLS the town of Packerfeild
" PELATIAH DAY
"Packersfeild Decem' 1st 1786"
The northwest part of the town was severed, and, with portions of Gilsum and Keene, incor- porated into the town of Sullivan.
PETITION OF RUTH BATCHELLER, CONCERNING HER HUSBAND'S CONFISCATED ESTATE, 1789.
" State of New-Hampshire .-
" To the Honorable Senate and House of Representa- tives In general Court assembled .---
" May it please your Honors. The Petition of Ruth Bachellor of Packersfield, humbly sheweth. That your Petitioner is the Widow relict of Breed Batchellor Esq' late of Sª Packersfield-Deceased. Who in the Time of the Controversy with Britain, was dissatisfied with the Measures the States Adopted, in order to obtain their Liberties, and delivering themselves from the hands of the Britons, And there- fore Left his Wife, Children & Estate, and went to the British Army. Upon which the whole of his Estate, real & personal was Confiscated. And your Petitioner with her Children, was left in dis- tressing Circumstances, her Children being then Small, And unable to earn their Living, tho your Petitioner, by the Indulgence of the lionorable Judge of Probates, has been for some Years past, indulged with the Improvements of the Home Farm, which when mr. Batchellor left it was new And ruff, the Fences made Chiefly of Timber, which now are mostly rotten And Decayed. And the Buildings are greatly decayed & impaired. By which our Habita- tions are rendered uncomfortable, And the profits of the Farm are greatly lessened and rendered insuffi- cient to afford the Family, with all their Labour & Industry a Comfortable Support. Therefore your Petitioner humbly Prays that your Honors would take into your serious Consideration the Case of a poor widow And a Number of Fatherless Children, and grant the said Home Farm to your Petitioner & her Children And to their Heirs forever. That they may be encouraged to repair the Buildings & Fences, by which the Farm may be rendered Capable of affording the Family a Support, And Your Peti- tioner as in Duty bound, shall ever pray .-
" Packersfield June 2d, 1789.
" RUTH BATCHELLER "
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In House of Representatives, June 12, 1789, it was voted that Mrs. Batcheller have the use of the estate free of rent until the matter was finally settled.
CERTIFICATE OF NUMBER OF RATABLE POLLS, 1794.
"This Certifies that their is in the Town of Pack- ersfield one Hundred and forty two Male Poles of twenty one Years of age and upwards paying a pole tax for them-Selves-
" SAM' GRIFFIN Select Men
" AMOS CHILD S of Packersfield
" Packersfield June ye 2ª 1794
" This Certifies that a legal Town Meeting held in the Town of Packersfield on the twenty eighth Day of April Last the Inhabitants Voted unanimously that the Selectmen of Said Town Petition the General Court at their next Session for leave to send a Repre- sentative
"SAM' GRIFFIN T. Clerk
" Packersfield June ye 2d 1794-"
RELATIVE TO REPRESENTATIVE, 1794.
"To His Excellency the Governer the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the State of New-Hampshire to be Convened at Amherst on the first wednesday of June next- 21
"Humbly Sheweth your Petitinors Inhabitants of the Town of Packersfield have for Some Years past been Classed with the Town of Dublin for Represen- tation that Said Dublin have now Come of age and Send a Representative for them Selves by which means your Petitinors not having a Sufficient Number paying a pole Tax for them Selves are left Unrepre- sented-Therefore Pray your Honors to take our Case into your wise Consideration and grant us re- leafe in the Premises Either by Classing or Granting us leave to Send a Representative by our Selves and your Petitinors as in Duty bound Shall ever pray &c-
"SAM' GRIFFIN Select Men " AMOS CHILD of Packersfield " Packersfield June ye 2ª 1794-"
THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH was organ- ized January 31, 1781, with Jacob Foster as pastor, who remained until November 23, 1791. His successors were Revs. Gad Newell, Josiah Ballard, Daniel French, W. P. Gale, A. H. Cutter, J. Ordway, E. Dow, J. Marsh, C. Willy, Mark Gould, T. W. Darling and G. H. Dunlap, our present minister. The present church clerk is V. C. Atwood.
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HISTORY OF RICHMOND.
CHAPTER I.
Geographical-Original Grant-First Settlements-Names of Pioneers-The First Town-Meeting-Officers Elected -List of Voters at First Town-Meeting-War of the Revolution-List of Soldiers-Votes of the Town-War of 1812-List of Soldiers-War of the Rebellion- Names of Soldiers-Ecclesiastical History-Post-Offices -Physicians-Civil History-Representatives-Town Clerks.
THE town of Richmond lies in the southern part of the county, and is bounded as follows :
North by Swanzey; east by Troy and Fitz- william ; south by Massachusetts and west by Winchester.
The township was granted February 28, 1752, to Joseph Blanchard and others, in sev- enty-one shares.
In 1760, the grantecs having represented that.in consequence of trouble with the Indians they had been unable to comply with the con- ditions of the grant, an extension was granted " until His Majesty's Plenary Instructions shall be received." This extension was granted by the Governor and Council June 11, 1760.
By the grant above mentioned, Richmond territory extended as far north as the northeast corner of Swanzey, there running to a peak. This triangular tract, with a base on Swanzey south line of three and one-half miles and forty rods, was severed from Richmond and annexed to Swanzey December 11, 1762.
Another portion of the town was taken off June 23, 1815, combined with portions of Marlborough, Fitzwilliam and Swanzey, and incorporated into the town of Troy.
By an act approved July 2, 1850, the north- west corner of the town was annexed to Win- chester.
The first permanent settlement of this town was probably made in 1671 or 1672. Mr. Bas- set in his recently-published " History of Rich- mond," says :
There is a tradition that one Sylvester Rog- ers or Rocherson, from Rhode Island, in 1750, made a clearing of about an acre, on which he erected a strongly-built log-house, for the dou- ble purpose of a shelter and a defense against the Indians ; that he abandoned the premises after a few months and returned to Rhode Is- land, in consequence of information received from a friendly Indian of an intended visit of hostile savages lurking somewhere, it may be supposed, in the vicinity, and that the place where his elearing was made was on the farm afterwards settled by Jonathan Gaskill and now owned by Jesse Bolles. This story may be substantially true, with the exception of the date of the occurrenec, which we are inclined to believe should be some years later-say 1754 or 1755-when hostilities were resumed be- tween the French and English colonies, and this from the fact that there was no grant or survey of the township made prior to 1752, and that no rights of pre-emption were secured to squatters at that time. However this may have been, it matters little, as no permanent settlement was made; the real question at issue being, When, where, and by whom was the first permanent settlement made ? Most of the
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evidence at hand bearing on the matter of time of the first comers indicate quite strongly that 1762 was the year when the tide of emigration commenced in force. Now Lemuel Scott, if we may credit the inscription on his grave-stone, was born 1763, and Philadelphia Kempton, daugh- ter of Stephen Kempton, was born in 1763, and these are reputed to be the first male and female children, of white parents, born in the town ; hence it is presumable that not many families, prior to this date, could have been here for any great length of time. Again, when Jacob Bump came to town there were but five fam- ilies in town, and he came after the birth of his eldest son, Stephen, who was born January 30, 1761. This is the statement of Mr. Nathan Bowen, a grandson of Mr. Bump, and is prob- ably the most reliable testimony to be had from any person now living touching the question of time. This would seem to fix the time of Mr. Bump's advent in 1761 or 1762, as his second son, Asa, was born in Richmond, January 29, 1763.
Some deeds of the first settlers were record- ed in the Cheshire records, and among these the deed of Col. Josiah Willard to Thomas Wooley, who is supposed to be one of the very first in town, bears date of 1763, and the conveyance included the land on which he built his house ; but oral tradition says he was living on his place in 1758. He may have been the first permanent settler. Henry Ingalls bought in 1763; in fact, no deed has been found back of that date, but from this it may not be inferred that no one was here before that time.
Probably but very few families made their advent here before 1762; and that the south- ern and western portions of the town were first occupied appears quite probable, as the towns adjoining on these sides had been to some extent settled, while on the eastern border what was called Monadnock, No. 4 and No. 5, remained an unbroken wilderness. Paths leading to Royalston, Warwick and Winchester were first made, by which the first immigrants came into
town, and these were afterwards laid out and made into public roads, and portions of the same have so remained to the present time. We may safely assume that those who located on the old road leading from Winchester to Royal- ston were among the first that came, viz .: the two Casses, (John and Daniel), Azariah Cum- stock, John Dandley, Francis Norwood, Jacob Bump, Silas Gaskill, and Thomas Josslin, to- gether with some others that located away from this line, as John Martin, John Scott, Con- stant and David Barney, Thomas Wooley, Reuben Parker, Oliver Capron, Edward Ainsworth, Jonathan Gaskill, Jonathan Sweet, Jonathan Thurber, Ephraim Hix, Henry In- galls, Stephen Kempton, Jedediah and Jona- than Buffum, and many others who were here before 1765. These came mostly from Smith- field and Cumberland, R. I., and from Reho- both and Attleborough, Mass., as did the others that followed.
The first town-meeting was held March 27, 1765, as follows :
" At a Legal meeting of ye free Holders and other Inhabitants of the town of Richmond in the Prov- ince of New Hampshire Being Held at the house of John Cass Innholder in ye Town on ye 27th day of March A. D. 1765 Agreeable to the Charter of ye town Appointing the Last Wednesday of March to be the day for choosing town officers for the annual meeting.
"Then voted and chose John Cass Moderator for this meeting.
"Then voted that all free holders in ye town should have Liberty to vote in the choice of town officers.
"Then voted and chose Daniel Cass town Clerk.
"Then voted and chose John Cass, Daniel Cass, John Martin, Selectmen and assessors for this present year.
" Then voted and chose Timothy Thompson, Con- stable.
"Then voted and chose John Cass, Town Treasurer.
"Then voted and chose John Dandley, Tithingman.
"Then voted and chose Jonathan Gaskill, Survey- or of highways.
"Then voted and chose Joseph Cass Surveyor of highways.
" Then voted to dismiss this meeting.
" JOHN CASS, Moderator.
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"Province of New Hampshire March ye 27th, A. D. 1765 the Persons Before named was sworn to the faithful discharge of their several offices Accord- ing to Custom.
" JOSIAH WILLARD, Jus. Peace."
LIST OF VOTERS AT THE FIRST TOWN-MEETING.
Jonathan Atherton.
Edmund Ingalls.
Solomon Atherton.
William Josslyn.
Moses Allen.
Thomas Josslyn.
Ezra Allen.
James Kingsley.
Edward Ainswortlı.
Stephen Kempton.
Abraham Barris.
John Martin.
Jacob Bump.
Gideon Man.
Constant Barney.
Oliver Mason.
David Barney. Elijah Meader.
Joseph Barney.
Reuben Parker.
Jedediah Buffum.
Israel Phillips.
Jonathan Buffum.
David Russell.
Daniel Cass.
Abraham Randall.
Deacon John Cass.
Joseph Razee.
Joseph Cass.
John Robinson.
Thomas Crane.
Timothy Robinson.
Azariah Cumstock.
Daniel Read.
Azariah Cumstoek, Jr.
David Read.
Moses Cumstock.
John Scott.
Aaron Cumstock.
Jonathan Sweet.
Abner Cumstock.
John Sprague.
John Dandley.
Timothy Thompson.
Jonathan Gaskill.
Jeremiah Thayer.
Silas Gaskill.
Alles Thayer.
Nehemiah Thayer.
Sylvanus Harris. Uriah Harris.
Nathaniel Taft. Silas Taft.
Anthony Harris.
Ephraim Hix.
Jonathan Thurbur.
Peter Holbrook.
Thomas Wooley.
Henry Ingalls.
John Wooley.
WAR OF THE REVOLUTION .- The first ref- erence on the old town records in relation to the War of the Revolution was under date of April 6, 1775,-" Voted, To raise three pounds, eight shillings, which the Congress has sent for to this town."
The first company from this town was under command of Capt. Oliver Capron, June 12, 1775, as follows :
Capt. Oliver Capron.
Lieut. David Barney.
Sergt. Henry Ingalls. Sergt. Rufus Whipple.
Sergt. David Russell. Corp. HI. Thurber. Corp. Jas. Westcoat.
Privates.
Solomon Aldrich. Abiel Knap.
William Aldrich.
Eleazer Martin.
Nathan Barrus. Eli Page.
Jeremiah Barrus.
Daniel Peters.
William Barney. Israel Peters.
Samuel Carpenter. Timothy Robinson.
Azariah Cumstock. David Shearman.
John Ellis. Jeremiah Thayer.
John Garnsey. John Wooley.
The following were in a Winchester com- pany in 1776 :
I. Whipple, 2d Lieut. B. Ellis, Sergt.
Daniel Whipple, Corp. J. Wcoley, Drummer.
Privates.
Zebulon Streeter. Simpson Hammond.
Henry Ellis.
Ebenezer Peters.
Amos Hicks. James Tilson.
Asa Hicks.
John Garnsey, Jr.
Azariah Cumstock, Jr.
Moses Cumstock.
Oliver Garnsey. Daniel Freeman.
Amos Garnsey.
The following were in a Swanzey com- pany, viz. :
Daniel Shearman. Abiel Knap.
Allis Thayer. Barnard Hicks.
James Cook. James Westcoat.
David Barney. Caleb Ellis.
Jonathan Kingsley.
Timothy Martin, Jesse Martin, Joseph Al- len and Benj. Starkey were in the service.
At the town-meeting held on May 16, 1777, it was
" Voted, That eight months constitute a turn in the service, and that a bounty of twelve pounds be given for said service.
"Voted, Also, that all who have done Turns or parts of Turns in the war to have eredit in the rates.
"Voted, To allow the men their expenses, and pay for their time, that went to Cambridge on the alarm at time of the Concord fight in the year 1775.
"Voted, To raise money to hire men to go into the service for eight months, or a longer time. Chose Isaac Benson, Capt. Capron and Constant Barney a committee to hire the men.
" Dec. 3. Voted, to increase the bounty to soldiers to twenty-four pounds instead of twelve, for a Turn, or eight months, to be allowed in the rates."
In Captain Davis Howlett's company, of
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Colonel Ashley's regiment, which marched from Keene May 4, 1777, to reinforce the Continen- tal army at Fort Ticonderoga, were Lieutenant Edmund Ingalls, Timothy Robinson, Ebenezer Barrus, Sylvanus Cook, John Ellis, Jonathan Kingsley, Israel Peters, Peletiah Razey, John Wooley, Jonathan Westcoat. These were prob- ably all from Richmond.
The following company was enlisted in June, 1777, for the northern frontier :
A Muster Roll of Capt. Oliver Capron's company, in Col. Samuel Ashley's regiment of militia, which marched to the relief of Ticonderoga, 1777.
Capt. Oliver Capron. Sergt. Michael Barrus. Lieut. Henry Ingalls. Corporal John Ellis.
Ens. Rufus Whipple.
Drummer J. Woolley.
Sergt. Sol. Atherton.
Privates.
David Barney. Asel Harris.
David Hix.
Abner Aldrich.
Samuel Hix.
Samuel Carpenter.
Simeon Hix. James Cook.
Seth Ballou. Constant Barney.
Reuben Parker. Oliver Barrus.
Eliphalet Hix. Eli Page.
Jeremiah Bullock. Daniel Thurber.
Stephen Kempton.
John Barrus.
Benjamin Ingalls. Othniel Day.
Jeffrey A. Barney.
William Goddard.
David Russell.
James Shafter.
Benjamin Thrasher.
Hezekiah Thurber.
Jonathan Bosworth.
Samuel Hunting.
Philip Aldrich.
Israel Whipple.
Peter Holbrook.
The following were in a company in the battles of Bennington and Stillwater:
Lieut. Henry Ingalls. Corp. Samuel Hicks. Sergeant John Ellis.
Privates.
Benjamin Ingalls. Joseph Ingalls.
Eli Page. James Westcoat.
Eliphalet Hicks. John Wooley.
James Shafter. Nathan Bullock.
Jeremiah Bosworth. Peletiah Razey.
James Cook.
Peter Starkey.
Jonathan Kingsley.
Simeon Hicks.
Jeffrey Barney.
Reuben Parker.
Jeremiah Barrus.
January 14, 1778, it was " Voted to raise men
for the Continental Service for the duration of this present war with Great Britain, or three years." " Chose Rufus Whipple, Edmond In- galls and Mr. Nicholas Cook a committee to hire said men."
At the annual meeting it was "Voted That the Committee of Safety stand another year, or until another is chosen."
June 15th it was "Voted Not to increase the bounty put on by the State." " Voted To raise three men to serve until the first of January next, unless soon discharged. Chose John Bar- rus, Daniel Read and James Westcoat a com- mittee to hire the men, and to pay the sum or sums the committee shall give for said men."
" WALPOLE, February 13th, 1778.
"This is to Sartifie the town of Richmond that Rufus Whipple hath got mustered Thirteen men for the town of Richmond to Sarve two years in the Co- nental Sarvis.
" Peleg Williams, Lieut. Noah Porter. Jona. Willard, Esq. John Withy.
Samuel Royes. Lewis Clisco.
Asa Crasson. John Smith.
Henry Carter. Jeams Wier.
Joseph Powers. Thomas Hunt.
Nathaniel Powers. Jeams Marrel.
Abner Powers. William Taggart. "
John Symonds.
September 6th it was "Voted Not to allow the men credit that have done more than their proportion in the war with Great Britain."
October 21st it was " Voted For the General Court to hire one man for said Richmond that is wanting for the Continental army for one year.
June 4, 1781, it was "Voted To raise fourteen men under the State of Vermont. Chose Ed- mond Ingalls, Rufus Whipple and Noah Curtis a committee to hire said men, and to proceed in that method they shall think most to the advan- tage of said town."
May 6, 1782, it was "Voted to proceed to raise twelve Continental men."
The following is a summary of the service Richmond performed in men and money :
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"In 1777-Continental men, 15, paid .... 465 0 " 1778
13, “ .555 12 1779 :6 5, " .. 180 0 " 1781-Frontiersmen 15, " ... 162 10
WAR OF 1812 .- The town was represented in the War of 1812 by the following :
Dan. C. Bryant, Lieut. John Cass, Jr.
Carlton Bryant.
Moses Garnsey.
Chauncey Bryant. Amos Howe.
Samuel Bryant. Cromwell Kelton.
William Buffum. Townsend Parker.
Stephen Buffum. Daniel Thornton.
Jedediah Buffum (3d).
Lewis Whipple.1
Jared Ballou. Henry Whipple.
Richard Boorn.
James Whipple.
Thomas Bryant.
In other companies were :
Noah Bisbee, Jr., Esq.1 Nathan Cass.
Seth Bisbee.1
Aaron Martin.
Daniel Man. Daniel Buffum.
Stephen Man. Olney Ballou.
Chandler Man. Benoni Ballou.
Arnold Man. Samuel Barrus.
Mordica Cass. Moses Tyler.
Laban Cass.
Joseph Jessop.
Jesse Bishop. Nathan Perry (died).
Townsend Parker.
The following were drafted :
Jacob Whitcomb. William Barrus.
Chandler Man. Ellis Thayer.
Thomas Goddard. Ellis Thayer (2d).
Salmon Martin. Eli Page (2d)
Samuel Barrus. Jeremiah Bolles.
Martin Cass.
Millens Barrus.
Nahum Perry. Paul Jilson, Jr.
Lewis Aldrich. Benjamin Newell.
WAR OF THE REBELLION .- The town re- sponded nobly during the War of the Rebellion. The following is a list of the soldiers from the town :
Arlon S. Atherton, second lieutenant Company I, Third Regiment.
Andrew S. Arnold, Company I, Sixteenth Regiment. Moses Allen, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment ; killed September 19, 1864.
1 Noah Bisbee, Jr., and Lewis Whipple were killed, and Seth Bisbee was wounded, at the battle of Lundy's Lane, July 24, 1814.
Frederick R. Bowen, Company A, Second Regi- ment.
Edwin N. Bowen, first lieutenant Company I, Third Regiment.
Henry R. Bowen, Company I, Sixteenth Regiment. Alfred R. Bowen, Company A, Second Regiment. William Brown.
Charles Ball, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment. Abner S. Barden, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment. Otis A. Barrus, Company F, Fourteenth Regiment ; killed at Winchester, Va., September 16, 1864.
Alden F. Ballou, Company I, Sixteenth Regiment ; died September 2, 1863.
E. Napoleon Buffum, Company F, Sixth Regiment ; died of disease in Maryland, October 8, 1862. James H. Buffum, Company H, First Regiment. Albert Bolles, Second New Hampshire Cavalry. George A. Barrus, Company B, Eighteenth Regi- ment; died June 16, 1863.
Henry E. Ballou, Company B, Twenty-seventh Regi- ment, Massachusetts.
Benjamin F. Barrus, Company I, Third Regiment ; died of wounds July 15, 1862.
Henry R. Bolles, Company I. Third Regiment ; acei- dentally shot April 23, 1862.
Albert E. Barrus, Company G, Eighteenth Regi- ment.
Ira Marshall Barrus, Company I, Second Regiment, Massachusetts.
John W. Barrus, Company I, Second Regiment ; Mas- sachusetts.
John Bolles, Massachusetts Regiment ; died in Libby Prison.
Artemas B. Colburn, Company F, Fourteenth Regi- ment ; died September 19, 1864.
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