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study were out of school, during the winter evenings in the chim- ney corner, where, like Benjamin Franklin, by their pine knot light, they solved their own problems and formed their own conclusions. They felt that prominent among the forces "which help a man to
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help himself," "which pervading the body politic like leaven, uplift whole masses of men and women, giving them that divine courage, which makes each in his or her own confidence the peer of every- body else, is education !" This truly and essentially popular force comes to all alike, to the poor as well as the rich and says to each, " you too are an equal child of this great republic." Education alone, of the most thorough character, extended by a full equip- ment of intellectual armor to every youth in our broad land, can make the trial of self government a complete success. This is the secret influence gaining a foothold in the Old World, which rend- ers insecure the permanence of thrones and dynasties. " The last refuge of despotism is with that people whose faculties are dor- mant and untrained, and upon whom Ignorance settles her inheri- tance. To the careless observer, the history of a year in the life of our schools would seem only a repetition of previous years. It would seem the same steady current bearing on its surface lisping child- hood, blooming into manhood or womanhood. It is more than all this. It is the accumulation of all the past, the combined forces of intellect trained by untiring discipline, silently and faithfully work- ing out the mission of civilization for the oncoming generations !" But with all our boasted privileges of schools, reading rooms, lec- ture rooms, libraries, academies, collegies and churches, the stand- ard of morality is no higher than it was in the days of the fathers. There is a great disparity between the advancement of the intellectu- al and the moral. The intellect has been trained at the expense of the moral principle. A proper balance of these two principles, cannot be found either in our business or professional men. The corruption of the politicians proves this proposition. The great struggle for wealth is the one interest to which all others submit, and riches grasping the long arm of the lever which moves fashion- able society, thrusts aside both truth and justice. Wealth is made a substitute for integrity of character, and honesty seems to be the exception instead of the rule, among those subject to great tempta- tion. When Andre was captured as a spy by three soldiers during the Revolutionary war, he tried to buy his liberty with gold. Ac- .
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complished, eloquent in the extreme, prepossessing above most men, he offered them his gold watch and his purse filled with guineas, only for his liberty. . Yet the honesty of these men would not al - low them to be tempted, and they spurned the glittering bribe. The brave resistance made by Major Anderson against fearful odds, when the first gun in the Rebellion was aimed at the devoted Fort Sumpter, will excite the admiration of mankind in all coming time. Patriotism ! Honesty ! Truth ! who can measure their worth ? A good character ! who can estimate its value ? Charac- ter ! Let the young man be aroused by the thought that there is no rock so firm, no fortress so strong, no panoply so impregnable as an honest man's honor. At the close of the Revolutionary war everything like business was prostrated. The currency was al- most worthless. Most of the New. England people laying aside the implements of war returned to their pursuits in civil life in good earnest. Not so with five or six wicked men in this vicinity, three of whom belonged to Raby. They were thieves. One of them by the name of MeDonald, the leader of the gang, was a per- fect terror to most every one. He belonged here, so that Raby re- ceived the maledictions for the crimes of the entire party. It was almost considered a disgrace for a man to own that he came from Raby. This was all owing to these " three ruffians." The other men of the place were of good reputation, worthy and honest. The dishonor which was brought upon the place by these three inen was keenly felt by the good people of the town. About the time the excitement was at its height, McDonald died in prison, and another of the party left unexpectedly.
The name of the town was altered by the state legislature from . Raby to Brookline, in 1798, on petition of the prominent men of the town, who seemed to forget that " a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Out of respect for the Browns, the McIn- toshes, the Austins and others who came from the neighborhood of Raby in England, and named this place, which reminded them of the scenery they had left in the father land, the name of the town should not have been changed.
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The passion for fun and amusement with our fathers showed it- self at the apple parings, the huskings, the log rollings and the raisings. Then the new cider was passed around. Here were the wrestling matches, the trials in running and jumping. Then the smoking Indian puddings, the great loaves of brown bread, the pork and beans, the roast lamb from the same spacious oven, fol- lowed by the golden pumpkin pies, made a feast, mingled with the jokes, the plays, the merriment and pealing laughter, which gave a zest to every enjoyment. The aged people of this audience re- member all this. Aye more ! The father and mother, the brother and sister long since gone. come before you, and what would you not give to renew but for once, these olden times ? But these scenes cannot be renewed and we must all soon follow them far beyond this mortal life, " into the dim and shadowy past, and be known here among our native hills only as a memory, more and more indistinct until it shall vanish clean out." The first painted building in town was the school house near the pond. This build- ing was finally burned. With three exceptions the dwelling houses in town were all unpainted till after the temperance movement in New England in 1826. This reformation did much for Brook- line. A large portion of the surplus money of our citizens previ- ous to this was expended for ardent spirits. The same is true in regard to the towns around us. The use of alcoholic drinks was common. It was at this time that men began to see the foolishness of tippling, that the daily use of liquor was not only injurious but wicked, and one by one they laid aside their kegs, decanters and drinking cups. The people read more and thought more than usu- al. The change was soon apparent in the neat and tidy appear- ance of the farm houses. Comfort and good taste seemed to take the place of negligence and carelessness. In 1839 when the or- thodox meeting house* was built, the names of five persons who
* The dedication of this house and the ordination of Rev. Daniel Goodwin, occurred the same day. The bell on thus edifice was once used on a Spanish convent. . Afterwards it was hang on the third meeting house erected in Dunstable, N. IT., in 1812. This house stood about half a mile northerly from the site of the first meeting house in "Old Dimsta- ble," near the state line. This church building was taken down in 1845, when money was raised by subscription and the bell was bought.
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assisted in building that church edifice might be mentioned, who had as much available wealth as was possessed by the entire town, when the old meeting house was erected on the hill. The events of the late rebellion are so recent that they are undoubtedly indelibly impressed upon the minds of most persons within the hearing of my voice. The eyes of those who lost their dear friends during this struggle for our very national existence, are scarcely yet dry. Brookline met the responsibility presented by this crisis in the spirit of commendable patriotism. Sixty-seven mien exposing themselves to the trials and dangers of war, went forthi at the call of their country, to assist in stemming back the tide of a rebellion, rampant in fifteen states, which threatened at one time to wrest from us the capitol of the nation. Most of these were young men, some with families, some just married, and all filled with the strength and vigor of resolute manhood. Going forth to the con- flict with a firm reliance in the justice of their cause, they endured the hardships and sufferings incident to their duties, and they met the enemy on the battle fields with a bravery worthy of the highest praise. And although our town did not give to the country any army or naval officers of distinction, yet had it not been for our townsmen and hundreds of thousands of others like them from other places, who offered their bosoms to the shafts of battle in many en- gagements, no officer or general would have been victorious. Thanks to the soldiery of the nation. Of these sixty-seven men. fourteen lost their lives, either by the bullet, by disease or by starva- tion in rebel prisons. Only one man* survived the treatment of prison life at Andersonville. He furnishes the information that he and as many more prisoners as could stand up in a common freiglit box car, were put on board at Petersburg, Virginia, and remained in that position eight days ; meanwhile they only had water and a little nourishment at four different times during that awful railroad journey to Andersonville, that great human or rather inhuman slaughter house. What sufferings were experienced in this dismal
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enclosure, within which were about forty thousand of our soldiers on thirty acres of land ! Our informant has seen one hundred and twenty-eight dead soldiers piled up at one time near the gates ready to be removed as soon as two mule teams could do the work. We turn from this heart sickening spectacle hopeful that in all fu- ture time there will never be a repetition of this cruel and fiendish rebellion. The bodies of some of our fallen sons have been re- turned to us, and buried with their ancestors. Others rest far away, never to mingle with kindred dust. We carefully treasure their memories, and when decoration day comes around, and those of their comrades, who survived the conflict, march on to the strains of softened music, with solemn tread, to decorate the graves of our fallen heroes, who are buried in their own dear native land, our hearts go forth to the far off, lonely sepulchres, in the mournful wilderness, on the bleak hill sides, to the surroundings of Salis- bury prison, to New Orleans and Port Hudson, and there in imag- ination we decorate with our affections the graves of our husbands and brothers, our sons and nephews. Happily for those they leave behind, many winters and summers will succeed each other, and the flowers that grow spontaneously upon their graves will bloom and wither for many seasons, before either their persons or their patriotism will be forgotten.
The abstract of the history of Brookline thus imperfectly pre- sented would be incomplete should we not for a moment consider our present condition. Striking is the contrast between the pov- erty of our ancestors and the comfortable condition of our citizens at present. The carly settlers and their immediate successors have already been described. In 1821 ( forty-eight years ago, ) there were only two or three men in town who were worth as much as five thousand dollars. Now we have over forty tax- payers who are worth five thousand dollars and upwards. We have no rich men, yet the tax of one of our citizens assessed this current year is more than was the whole amount of tax assessed on all the inhabitants of the town in 1821. Our business men and
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our people generally are prosperous. The domestic animals of a town afford a good criterion whereby to judge of its wealth. Brook- line can muster as many good pairs of oxen and horses as any town of its size in the State. One peculiarity of this town is the great interest which all its voters take in the success of their political parties. For several weeks before the election politics is the only business. Each party thinks of nothing but victory at the polls, and sometimes in the heat and zeal of a campaign, money has been used by both parties to insure success. This is wrong. It can be said with pleasure that Brookline has never sent out any great men in the character of politicians who are often ready to receive bribes, sign the bail bond of traitors and gather up anything that may fall from the public crib. Benjamin Shattuck, collector for this district from 1812 to 1815, was the only United States officer, except the post-masters, we ever had. Brookline has reserved for itself and given to other places men who are real producers, ingenious me- chanics, competent engineers, and successful business men who are an honor to any community. Such are the men whoin we see here to-day.
In celebrating this day let us commemorate the fathers. We should be mindful of their laborious poverty. Their toils have resulted in our comforts. On all sides are the proofs of their wisdom, their foresight, their self sacrificing exertions and cares for their children. Here are the civil and relig- ious institutions which they founded. Here are the roads they made. Here are the cultivated fields rich with grain and fruits, where once stood the forests removed by their industry. Here are the foundations of their houses, and here too are their humble graves. May the places ever remain sacred where they repose !
It must be the duty of your historian to describe more fully their virtues, to trace their gencalogies, and give you the characteristics of the prominent families which have lived and loved, hoped and died, during these hundred years
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that have just closed. He must tell you of the Farleys,* the Doug- lasses, the Seavers, the Halls, the Tuckers, the Shattucks and others once prominent in our native town.
And now standing here on the horizon between the two centu- ries, one of which, with all its great events has been added to the mighty past, the other pressing on ready to receive our first uplifted footstep, the thoughts presented are almost bewildering. Looking back through the vista of years we behold incidents which are equally interesting either to the citi- zen or the scholar. This year is the centennary of the steam en- gine. This is also the hundredth year since a patent was granted to the spinning jenny. Dartmouth college celebrated her centenni- al this year. Wellington, Humboldt and Cuvier were born just one hundred years ago. In 1769 Samuel Adams and his compatriots made their celebrated appeal to the world. The same year Fred- erick the Great was laying the foundation of the Prussian Kingdom, the nations of Europe having combined to crush him. In 1769 Warren Hastings, the most remarkable man of his time, made his second voyage to Bengal, in the interest of that East India Company, where nearly one hundred millions of people acknowledged him as the Governor General of British India. At the same time that the sword of Washington was drawn to ward off British oppression in this western world, Hastings with all the cunning of a Jesuit was remorselessly robbing the Sepoys of the rich spoils of the east. 1769 also gave to France the first Napoleon who was emphatically and " par excellance" the great man of modern history. One hun-
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* The Farleys are of English descent. Samuel Farley married Hannah Brown, ( both of Dunstable, ) in 1744. Ile was a man ofculture and influence. He settled on the place where Isaac Sawtelle died. The people selected him an agent to procure the charter for the town of Raby at the time of its incorporation. He died Nov. 23, 1797, in the eightieth year of his age.
Benjamin Farley, son of the aforesaid Samuel and Hannah, was born March 10th, 1756. He inherited the good sense and sound judgment of his father. He was the representative of the town in the legistature when the name of the town was changed. He opened the first store ever in town, in the building now a dwelling house, on the same spot where his father settled. Two of his sons, Benjamin M. Farley, a graduate of Harvard in 1801, and George F. Farley a graduate of Harvard in 1816, became distinguished in the legal profes- sion. His daughter, Mrs. Eaton, of Hollis, is the only one of that generatie !. . .. 1
Two of his grandsons, one a substantial farmer in Lunenburg, Mass,, another a busines man now residing in Peabody, Mass., and their sons, if any, are all the male descendants that remain of this influential family.
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dred years ago all the textile fabrics in use were spun by human hands. To-day the spinning jenny performs the same work with the greatest exactness. In 1769 the fartherest western outpost of civilization was that of Daniel Boone of Kentucky. No white man had then ever crossed the continent in this latitude. To-day the steam engine wafts the commerce and refinement of New England from the port of Boston onward through the grain region of North America and over the mountain passes, in one continuous flight to the fartherest verge of the Pacific slope. How mighty the influence of these inventions ! of these men !
The events of the past are before us. They are historic. A hundred years have gone. It is in vain for us to enquire what may be the events that shall rise in the great wheel of human life before the coming century will close. Of the discoveries, the inventions, the great minds that will exist we can know nothing. And when a far distant generation shall next come to this elegant grotto to celebrate this day not one of us will be found among the living. Then as now the morning sun will kiss the foliage on these hill tops ; the evening wind will ripple the waters of the beautiful Muscatanapus; the Nissitisset will journey on to the sea; but not the least relic of all that our hands have made or our hearts have loved will remain as we now behold it.
These solemn thoughts suggest the necessity of performing the remaining duties of life in a continued spirit of love and kindness to each other ; that we may exercise all the noble faculties which God has given us to transmit to our children unimpaired the great inher- itance of truth, intelligence, justice, faith and liberty.
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TOWN OF BROOKLINE.
STATISTICS FOR 1869.
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Town Clerk, HENRY B. STILES.
Selectmen, JAMES C. PARKER, PHILEMON FRENCH,
RUFUS G. RUSSELL.
Representative to State Legislature, JAMES H. HALL.
Superintendent of Schools, EDWARD E. PARKER.
Justices of the Peace. REUBEN BALDWIN, BENJAMIN GOULD, WILLIAM G. SHATTUCK.
Valuation of the town in making the State Tax, $316,000.
Population of the town in 1860, 725. .
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( The following tables were prepared by Rev. T. P. Sawin, and appended to a printed discourse delivered in Brook- line in 1865.)
TABLE NO. I.
Showing the names of Brookline men who enlisted as soldiers in New Hampshire regiments to put down the great Rebellion of 1861. Also the date they were mustered into service, the number of regiment, the company, their rank, the bounties they received, time of discharge, and the length of time they were in the service.
NAMES.
Mustered into Service.
Regiment.
Company.
BOUNTIES.
Time in S'rvice
REMARKS.
| Dys
#Bennett Thomas D.
4 C
Corporal Musician Private
$
Sept 27, 1864 June 16, 1865 June 22, 1865
9 2 10 7 Enlisted for Nashua.
Bohonon, Moses
0 9 29 Enlisted for Cornish.
Bohonon, Charles
23 Dec. 15, 1863 21 Oct. 18, 1862
9 A
550
150
550 July 17, 1865 150 Aug. 20, 1863
1 7
2
Bohonon, Clinton
18
16 C
Corporal Private
150
150
0|10| 2 Afterwards enlisted in Ms. See Table No. II. 3|11|14 Re-enlisted February 28, 1864.
#Burge, David H.
20
4 C
.6
650
Apr. 25, 1865 150 Aug. 20, 1863 150||June 21; 1863
0 10 2
** Colburn, Irvin
36 Sept .18,1861
4 C
Corporal,
fFeb. 21, 1865
3 5 20 0 10 15
Cochran, David H. #Emery, Lewis L.
28 Sept. 18, 1862
13| B | Private 13| G
100} 650)
750
Feb. 7. 1863 May 30, 1865
1 8 0 Wounded with ball Sept. 29, 1864.
( Re-en. Feb. 17, 1864. Taken pris. at Ream's
** French, Jonas C.
18 Sept. 18,1861
4 C Sergeant
tNov. 18, 1864
0 8
Griffin Cyrus N.
19 Oct. 25, 1861 27 Nov. 4, 1863 25 Sept. 18, 1862 29|Sept. 1, 1863 36 Oct. 18, 1862 Sept. 18, 1861 4 C
8A 9 C Musician 13 B Private 9|B | Musician 16|C |Private
150 300 150
50
26 Oct. 18, 1862
16 C
150
150
150 June 30, 1865 300 Sept. 6, 1865 200|Ang. 20, 1863 Jan. 12, 1862 300 Aug. 20, 1863 650 May 20, 1865 Jan. 26, 1865
2
2| 0| 5 Previously in Mass. Regts. See Table No. II. 0|10 2
# Merrill, James A. İMesser, Ward
1861
4 C
650
8| 2|Re-en Feb.28,1864. W'd with ball May 20,1864. 3
Pierce. George W. Ricker, Oliver P. #Russell, Charles H.
20 Sept. 6, 1864 Aug. 18, 1862 32 Sept. 19, " 13 G
4A
66
[Gv't, St'el
& Town.
Paid by
indiv'ls.
៛ |Amount.
3 0
Bennett, John C.
30 Sept. 18, 1861 25 Aug. 9, 1862 44 Aug. 23, 1864
9B
4I
4 0
650
650 Sept. 2, 1865 650
3|11|14 Re-enlisted February 24, 1864. 3 1 2
Burgess, Benjamin D. 21 Mar. 27, 1862
3
G
Burgess, Asa S.
19|Oct. 18, 1862
16 C
** Boutwell,William C. 30
16 C
..
150
0| 8| 3|Died of disease in Marine Hos'l, New Orleans. § Taken pris. at Drury Bluff, May 16, 1864, died in Florence prison, S. C.
35 Nov. 25.1864
4 C Musician
550
550 Oct. 10, 1865
0| 4 20 Discharged for disability.
ĮFrench, Albert M. Green, Lorenzo
28
4 C Private 4 B
Sept. 26, 1864 Oct. 18, 1861 Jan. 17, 1865 tSept. 1, 1864
0
1
0
3 2.22 0 [Washington, D. C. 9|27 En. for Hollis. Died of disease Carver hos'l. 9|12 |Transferred to Penn. Ist Reg't, Co. A.
*Hall, Harvey M. #Hill, David A. #Hobson, Edgar J. ¿Kendall, Daniel #King, Asa J.
0| 3 24 Discharged for disability.
0|10| 2
0 4 20 Enlisted for Nashua.
See Adj't Gen's Report 1865.
150
150 June 30, 1865
2| 9|11|
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0 10 2
Bohonon, John
Brown, George P.
23 Sept. 18, 1861
16 C
Rank.
Discharged,
drafted.|29|Sept. 1, 1863
3 2 0 Station, Aug.18,'64. Died in Sauls.pris., S.C. 3
=
150
1
*Sawtelle, Augustus I.|43 Oct. 18. 1862
Shattuck, Warren *Smith Daniel W.
58, Nov. 6. 1861 22 Oct. 18, 1862
16 C
150
150
50| 200 +July 6, 1863 Jan. 7, 1863 300 May 5, 1863
0
6,23 En. as subst'te for Luther McDonald. Died of
Smith Perley A.
19 Aug. 18,1862
4 C
150
4 C
¥
4 C
150
=
650
4 C
0 7.15
2 9.25 Wounded with ball Sept 29, 1864.
Stowell, David P.
re-enlisted.
18 Aug. 20, 1862 25 Jan. 21, 1863 Nov. 25. 1863 Sept. 20,1862 30 Dec. 14, 1861 20 Dec. 14, 1863
13 I Private 7 H 4 .C
650
11 7. 8 Previously in Mass. Reg'ts. See Table No. II.
*Died in service or soon after discharged. tDied at this date.
#This mark denotes that families received State Aid.
Two fami-
lies on Table No. II, received State Aid from New Hampshire. Whole amount thus received $3460.01.
SERVED IN THE NAVY.
NAMES.
Enlistment.
Ship sailed in
Capt. of Ship.
Discharged.
Time in service.
||Bryant W. Wallace
Aug. 12, 1862
Daylight
Edward E. Parker
Aug. 20, 1863
U. S. Brig Perry
Capt. Warren Durand
§Charles Currier George Little
Aug. 29, 1865
U. S. Store Supply
McRitche
Aug. 14, 1863, from U.S. st. Morse. 1 yr. 0 ms. 2 dys. Oct. 11, 1864. 1 "1 " 20 " 13 4 0 "11 Aug. 12, 1865.
150
0| 8 18 Died of disease at Algiers, La.
1 2 1
[disease at sea.
! ( Taken pris. at Drury's Bluff, May 16, 1864. 2 9 12 } Paroled Nov.19,1864. Wounded with ball. 1 2 8 Died of dis. Nov.12,'63, at Hilton Head, S.C. 1| 117 Died of dis. Oct. 16, '63, at Hilton Head, S.C. 3 11 14 Re-enlisted Feb. 25, 1864.
*Spaulding, Albert Spaulding, Amos F. Stiles, Charles H. Stiles, John A.
18
Sept. 18, 1861
4 C
4 C
As't Surg'n
150 100
0
3 0
7 0 5. 6
tWetherbee, John F. Wright, Ezra S. Wright, William M.
0 0 3 0 8
150
150 May 30, 1865 150|Oct. 26, 1863 150 Oct. 5, 1863 650 Sept. 2, 1865 May 3, 1862 150|June 15, 1865 100 April 21, 1863 June 24, 1864 150 Feb. 26, 1863 Dec. 22, 1864 650 July 22, 1865
150
*Spaulding, Stephen A. 20
16 C |Sergeant 7 D Private
||Received bounty from Brookline, $150.00. §Enlisted for Ashby, Mass.
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TABLE NO. II.
Showing the names of Brookline men who enlisted as soldiers in Massachusetts Regiments to put down the great Re- bellion of 1861. Also the date they were mustered into service, the regiment and company, their rank, discharge, and the length of time they were in service.
NAMES.
Mustered into Service.
Regiment.
Company.
Rank.
Discharged.
REMARKS.
4
2
Bohonen, John
20 July 7, 1864
6
B
Private
Oct. 27, 1864
0 3 20 Previously served in N.H. 16th Regt. See Table No. 1.
Burgess, Charles H. 29 Nov. 23, 1863
56
K
July 22, 1865
1 8| 0
Burgess, James L.
25 Nov. 8, 1863
56
B
July 5, 1865
1 7 27
Burgess, John C.
21 Sept. 2, 1862
53
D
66
Sept. 2, 1863
1 0| 0
*Dunphee, Eli S.
21 Nov. 6, 1861
26
O. Serg't Private
June 24, 1865
2.11
0| 7| 1 |Butler's body g'd, in command of his Co. Wd. mor. 1 [by ball June 3, died June 5, near Pt. Hudson in hosp. 2 10 24 |Wounded with ball May 12, 1864, at Spottsylvania.
*French, Orrin A.
16|Mar. 15, 1864
15
C -
66
tJan.20,1865 ?
0,10
5 § Taken prisoner at Ream's Station, Va. Aug. 20, 1864. Died in Saulsbury, S. C.
8 |Wd. by a M. ball near Fair Oaks, Va., and lost leg.
Gilson, Charles
17 Mar. 31, 1863
26
B
36
A
16
C
25
C
Corporal |Nov. 27, 1864
3 1 12 Re-en. Dec. 17, 1863, died of disease at Newberne, N. C. 1 14 |Trans. to Ms. 1 H.A. Re-en. in N.H. See Table No. I. 1
*Jefts, Albert N.
21 Nov. 13, 1861
15
C
Private
June 4, 1863
1 7 20 |Previously served in another Reg. Died at home of [disease, Sept. 15, 1863. 1 01 7
Jefts, Ed. Farwell
44 July 19, 1861
46
B
July 26, 1862
Jefts, George H.
24 Nov. 18, 1864
197
TF
Aug. 28, 1865
0 9|10
Mann, Oliver J.
20 Nov. 7, 1861
2L.C.EBS
4
( Enlisted in Ms. 2d L. C., Co. E. B. S. Trans. to Ms. / 3d Cav. Co.C. Still in service.
Shattuck, Jos, C.
17 Mar. 15, 1863
15
C
June 3, 1865
1 2 19
Nelson, Eugene L.
21|Aug. 7, 1863
3H.A. 33
F
Sept. 18, 1863
2
1
8
*Wetherbee, Chas.
22 July 26, 1862
E
+Dec. 28, 1862
0
5 2 Died of disease at Fredericksburg, Va.
Wright, Wm. M.
18 Aug. 7. 1861
14
1 1|18 |Re-enlisted in N. H. See Table No. I.
re-enlisted|19 Nov. 18, 1862
47
E
Private
July 19, 1865
2|11|27 Wounded by a ball.
Wright, William H. 21 July 22, 1862 *Wright, Lewis T. |24 July 22, 1862
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E
tOct. 14, 1864
0 222 Taken pris. March, 1864. Died in pris., Charleston, S.C.
*Died in service or soon after discharge . tDied at this date.
#Families received State Aid from New Hampshire. TPennsylvania Regiment.
In addition to the aforenamed, the town of Brookline and individuals of the town sent thirty-three substitutes to the War of the Rebellion ; making, all told, one hundred men.
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0 Came home July 4, 1865.
Gillis, James
44 July 23, 1862
June 22,1865
2|11| 0
Gould, Peter W.
27 July 3, 1861
2 2 15 Wounded by ball at Chancellorsville, Va.
*Hardy, Warren C.
121 Oct. 15, 1861
+Hobson. Edgar J.
27 July 1, 1861
14
Musician| Aug. 14, 1862
July 11, 1863
2
0
İGardner, Chas H. 32 July 2, 1861
16
C
+June 5, 1863
Foster, George W. French, John A.
19 July 23, 1862
36
A A
66
June 20, 1865
21 July 26, 1862
36
2 3
66
Sergeant Sept. 18, 1863
66
66
Musician Sept. 25, 1862 Sept. 2. 1863
0 914
33
66
Time in s'rvice
F842092.78
6029 1
6
7
8
9
1 0
11
10
9
8
7
50
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