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Haven, N. Parker-Phil. City Cav.
Enlisted as "Nathan P. Haven"
"Son of William and Susan P. Haven. Died in New York." Stone. "Private, t'apt. Thomas C. James' Co., Ist Troop. Enrolled April 29, Is61, to serve 3 months. Mustered out Angust 17, 1861."
War Department Records.
Haven, S. Cushman-162nd N. Y.
Samuel Cushman Haven was son of James Henderson and Elizabeth (Cash- man ) Haven, and grandson of lon. Sam- nel ('nshman, all of Portsmonth, where he himself passed several years of his boyhood. A dag, with wreath and flow- ers, has for many years been placed on Memorial Day near his grandfather's stone in Proprietors' cemetery, Ports- mouth, in remembrance of him ; but he is buried in the National Cemetery at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where friends, who became greatly attached to him at New Orleans a few months before his death, have erected a stone to his memory, in- scribed with his name and age, the pass- age,
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God," and beneath it the stanza from Longfellow,-
"He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings for the strife,
By the roadside fell and perished. Weary with the march of life."
"2nd Lientenant, Co. B. Enrolled Sept. 15. 1862. Commissioned 2nd Lien- tenant, Dec 3, 1862, with rank from Sept. 20, 1862. Died Anne 25, 1863, at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, of diptheria."
Adjutant General's Records, N. Y.
"Samuel Cushman Haven was born in.
Ile graduated at Harvard College in
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1502. "lle had hoped to become a physi- cinn, but postponed his studies to serve his country, and immediately after grad- nafiom was commissioned as Second L,leu- tenant in the 162nd Regiment A. Y. Vol- unteer Militia [N. Y. Volunteers] under General Banks.
In February 1863, he was promoted to a first-lientenney [See below]. 01 the ISth of June he was obliged to leave his regiment, then before Port Hudson, to go to the hospital at Baton Rouge where he died of diptheria on the 25th of June,
The Adjutant of the Regiment wrote to a member of Mr. Haven's family from "Before Port Hudson, June 27. 1863," as follows :
"Colonel Benedict desires me to say that the 102nd Regimem has, in his opin- ion, lost one of its very best and most faithful offfeers, one whom he had rec- ommended for promotion, and whose place cannot be filled. The late Lieuten- ant Haven's conduct as an offleer and bearing as a gentleman have, ever since the formation of the regiment, met the Colonel's unqualified approval. He begs you to assure his friends that he sympa- thizes with them in the grief his loss will excite."
Class Book, Class of 1862, Harvard, 1882.
"From the records of this oflice it does not appear that Samuel (. Haven, a 2d Lient. of Co. B, 102 N. Y. V., was ever promoted to Ist Lient."
Letter from Adjutant General, New York.
ographies," Volume 11, Cambridge, 1866.
Hazlett, William C .- U. S. Navy. Heheir, Thomas W .- U. S. Navy
Henderson, George D .- U. S. Navy.
George Donald Henderson.
"Chaplain, 2 .Inly, 1861. Died 20 May, ISTO.
Hamersly's General Vagy Register
"Died at Portsmouth, N. 11 , May 20, ISTS." Nazy Register, 1876.
Hennessey, Daniel-U. S. Navy.
Hewins, Otis W .- 10th N. H.
"Private, Co. G. Residence or assign- ment, Portsmouth. Date of Muster, Sept. 1, 1862. for 3 years. Promoted to Ser- geant. R dneed to Private Dec. 1, 1862. Discharged for disability Nov. 11, 1863."
Adjutant General's Records, V. 11.
Hill, Alfred J .- Mex. War & 3rd N. H.
Member Storer Post, G. A. R.
"Sergeant, Co. (, 9th U. S. Infantry, Mexican War. Residence, Portsmouth. Enlisted March 2, IsIT, to serve during the war."
Adjutant General's Report, N. I1 , 1868.
"Adjutant, Brd N. 11. Residence. Ports- month. Commissioned, Angust 7, 1861. Resigned April 11. 1862."
Adjutant General's Records, N. H. "Birthplace, Durham, N. I." Post Records.
Hill, John Edward-19th Mass.
"Son of Daniel and Elizabeth Hill. Died at Georgetown, D. C., Sept. 11, 1862, from wounds received near Fair- fax Court House, Va., while discharging his duty as Surgeon of the 19th Regt. Mass. Vols. .
Strangers closed his dying eyes." Stone.
"Asst. Surgeon. Residence, Charles- town, Mass. Date of Commission, July 21. 1862. Died of wounds, Sept 11, 1862."
Adjutant General's Records, Muss.
Hodgdon, George E .- 10th N. H. & V. R. C.
Member Storer Post, G. A. R.
"First Lientenant, Co. G, loth N. IT. Residence or assignment, Portsmouth. Date of Commission, Sept. 18, 1862. Re- signed Feb. 11, 1863."
An extended notice of Lieutenant Ila- ven by Rev. Andrew P. Peabody, D. D., will be found in "Harvard Memorial Bi- eran Reserve Corps. George E. Hodgdon, to date from April 30, 1861."
Adjutant General's Records, N. 11.
"To be Second Lieutenant, in the Vet-
Honoral Orders No 250, War Dept .. . 1. 6. ()., Sept. 15: 1864
"Birthplace, Barnstead, N. II .; resi- dence Portsmouth; ocenpation lawyer. Enlisted September 5, 1562, as private in Co. G, 10ch N. HI. Volunteers. Commis- sioned First Lientenant September Is, 1862. Resigned February 14, 1863. Com- missioned January 2, 1861 [ See above ], as Second Lieutenant Veteran Reserve Corps. Detailed on staff' duty as Aide de Camp and Judge Advocate. Resigned, as ('aptain Veteran Reserve Corps, March 29, 1866."
"In civil life he was honored with the highest offices of his city, serving as City Solicitor, Alderman, member of the Board of Education, member of the Leg- islature in 1875, 1887-'SS-'89-90-01, and Mayor of Portsmonth in Isss and 1889. In Isst he took the lead in the House of Representatives in favor of the establish- ment of the N. H. Soldiers' Home, and to him is largely due its success in that body.
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On the reorganization of Storer Post, No. 1. of Portsmouth, he became a mem ber [June 28, Es78], was elected its com- mander in 1880, and since then has been an earnest worker and prominent leader in the ranks of the Grand Army.
In Isss he served as Assistant Adju- tant-General, Judge Advocate in Isst, Immor Vice Department Commander in 1859, Senior Vice Department Comman- der in 1890, to both the Intter positions being manimonsly chosen, and had he not absolutely refused further preferment he "The danger being past, the British forces evidently extended their predatory warfare southward. The main part of the troops, detached for the protection of would have been chosen Department Commander at the last state encampment [1501], his business engagements and health warning him not to take upon him- Portsmouth, were discharged about the self the labors and responsibilities of the 1st of October. A small detachment of office. Ile was nndemonstrative in his troops still remained, however, until win- nature, but firm in his convictions and ter approached " had hosts of war personal friends, es- Adjutant General's Report, N. H., 1868. pecially among his comrades."
"Died in Portsmouth, June 11, Is91. Age 52 years."
Soldiers Memorial, IS92.
Mr Hodgdon was much interested in Hamersty's General Navy Register. onr local history, and contributed to the Portsmouth Journal some interesting and valuable " Annotations" on "Adams' An- 2, 1.46." Nazy Register, 1867.
nals of Portsmouth."
Hodgdon, Harland P .- 10th N. H. & I. C.
Enlisted as "Harlan P. Ilodgdon."
"Private, Co. G. Residence or assign- ment. Portsmouth. Date of Muster, Sept. 1, 1seg, for # years. Promoted to Cor- poral. Transferred to 28th Co., 2nd Batt. Invalid Corps, Ang. 18, 1863. Discharged at Portsmouth, N. IL., July 19, 1865."
Adjutant General's Records, .V. II.
Hodgdon, Henry C .- 13th N. H.
"Private, Co. K. Residence or assign- ment. Portsmouth. Date of Muster, Sept. 20, 1862. for 3 years. Died of dis- en-e at New York City, Dec. 22, 1802." . Adjutant General's Records, N. I.
Hodgdon, William C .- War 1812.
"Private, Capt. JJacob Dearborn's Com- pany, 3rd Regiment, N. II. Detached Mili- tin, Edward Sise, Lient-Colonel Com- mandant. Residence, Newington. En- listed Sept. 26, Is11, for ou days."
Adjutant tieneval's Report, .V. 11., 1865.
Stationed at Fort Washington, Ports- mouth Harbor, N. H.
A large force of the N. II. Militia was called ont by Governor J. T. Gihan, in September, Is11, for the defense of Ports- gress," "Pensacola," and "Nahant." mouth.
" The British had made every ar- rangement to destroy the Navy Yard and the town of Portsmouth. For this purpose their cruisers were off' the bay of Piscat- ayna, A British officer told Col. Walbach, after the war, that he went up the Pis- cataqua and reconnoitred the town, dis- quised as a fisherman, and returned to the fleet and reported that the town was swarming with soldiers and well defend- od: and the British commander aban- doned the project of attacking the town."
Holbrook, John A .- U. S. Navy.
"Sailmaker. 8 January, 1562. Died 2 January, 1-66."
".Died at Portsmonth, N. Il., Jannary
Hook, William S .- 14th Maine.
"Private, Co. - Recruit. Born in Canada. Served on quota of Buxton, Maine. Date of Muster, March 25, 1865, for 3 years Mustered out and honorably discharged, May 11, 1865, at Galloup's Isl- and, Boston Harbor, Mass., by reason of orders of War Dept. reducing the Army."
.Adjutant General's Records, Maine.
Hough, Andrew J .- U. S. Navy.
"Carpenter, 30 August, IsGl. Died 2 September, Istl."
Hamersly's General Navy Register.
Howard, Ferd, M .- Mass. Vols.
The regiment is entered incorrectly as "6th N. Il. Inf.," on his stone. Ile is be- lieved to have been in a Massachusetts regiment, but which one is not known. 1
Hoyt, Franklin C .- Mex. War.
Hunter, Hugh-U. S. Navy.
"Seaman. Birthplace, Portsmouth, 1839. Enlisted Dec. 16, 1860, U. S. Ship 'Macedonian.' Discharged Dec. 29, 1863. Reenlisted, Seaman, I. S. Ship New Hampshire' May 20, 1864. Discharged March 6, 1867, expiration of service," Post Records.
lle is said to have served on the "Con-
When he was attached to the Monitor į
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"Nahant," during one of the attacks on After completing his studies here, he the forts at Charleston, S. C., orders were went to London, and attended lectures in the public hospitals there, to perfect him- self in surgery. Upon his return to this country, he opened an apothecary's shop, but his practice as a physician soon be- came so extensive, that he was obliged to relinquish in a great measure, bis bus- iness as a druggist, and attend almost entirely to his profession. given to change projectiles ; and it be- came necessary to withdraw a cartridge after it had been placed in the XV inch gun, in order to substitute a larger or smaller one. Is was impossible to with- draw it quickly, in the usual manner, and to save time Hunter crawled into the heated gnn and drew out the cartridge. so that the gun was reloaded and ready to fire when the turret bad completed its revolution and the gun bore again upon the enemy.
Huntress, Charles E .- 2nd N. H.
"Private, Co. K. Residence or assign. ment, Portsmouth. Date of Muster, Jnne s. 1861, for 3 years. Died of disease at Alexandria, Va., Sept. 20, 1862."
Adjutant General's Records, .V. 11.
Huntress, Seth- 4th N. H.
Enlisted as "Seth W. Huntress." ".Private, Co. B. Residence, Ports- mouth. Date of Muster, Sept. IS, IsGl, for 3 years. Discharged to date Sept. 27, 1864."
Adjutant General's Records, N. II.
Jackson, Hall-Rev. War. "In memory of Hall Jackson, Esquire, M. D., Who departed this life On the 28th of Sept., 1797, .Etat 5s.
To heal disease, to calm the widow's sigh. And wipe the tear from poverty's swollen oye; Was thine! but ah! that skill on others shown, Tho' like to them, could not preserve thy own ; Yet still theut livest in many a gratofol bronst, And works like thige ofthrone thee with the blest." Stone.
Dr. Hall Jackson was born in Ilamp- ton. N. II., Nov. 11, 1739. [His father, Dr. Clement Jackson, removed from llampton to Portsmouth about 1749.]
Hampton Church Records.
"During the Revolution Dr. Hall Jack- son was Surgeon in the army, and Cap- tain of an artillery corps."
Portsmouth Guide Book.
"On the 28th of September, 1797, died Dr. Ellall Jackson, after a short illness, in in the army.
the fifty-eighth year of his age. In vis- iting some patients, his sulkey was over- set, whereby several ribs were fractured, and a fever ensued,.which terminated his life.
Is a physician, he was skilful; as a sturgeon, eminent. No operation of im- portance was performed for many miles round, without consulting him, and sel- dom withont his aid. lle had great ex- perience in the small pox; and many hospitals, which were established for in- ventating with that diserd r, were com- mitted to his care, and he was remarka- bly successful in conducting his patients safely through the disease. In the ob- stetric art he obtained high reputation, and was frequently applied to for advice and assistance in difficult cases, by per- sons who did not generally employ him. Ile frequently performed the operation of conching, and always with success.
Harvard College conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Medicine [ 1793 ] : and he was elected an honorary member of the Massachusets Medical Society. Je was Grand Master of the Free and Ac- cepted Masons in New Hampshire, at the time of hisdecease. His sprightly talents. lively imagination, and social habits, rendered him an agreeable companion; facetions and pleasant in conversation, his friends enjoyed in his company 'the feast of reason, with the flow of wit; and the several societles of which he was a member, found their entertaiment greatly heightened by his presence."
.Adams' Annals of Portsmouth.
Three letters written by Dr. Hall Jaek- son, while serving with the Continental army near Boston, dated, . Cambridge, Only 19, 1775." "Camp Winter Hill, Sep- tember 5, 1775," and "Camp on Winter Hill, September 16, 1775," will be found in "Letters by Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple and others, written before; and during the Revolution," Philadelphia, 1889. These letters relate to his services
On Nov. 14, 1775, the Provincial Con- gress of New Hampshire voted its thanks to Dr. Hall Jackson, and "that he receive a commission from this Congress as Chief Surgeon of the New Hampshire Troops
Dr. Jackson was born in this town . in the Continental Army," as shown by [ See above ]. and received the first rudi- the "Provincial Papers of New Hamp- ments of his education in the public shire, " Vol. VI. page GST.
schools here. He studied the theory of In November, ITIS, he was Captain of physic and surgery, under the direction a company of Fiekl Artillery, "stationed of his father, Doctor Clement Jackson. in the town of Portsmouth, npon the
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Parade," and in September, 1776, he was Surgeon of Col. Pierse Long's regiment, as stated in the "Miljutant General's Re- port, "New Hampshire, Vol. 2, 1866, pages 270 and 200.
Dr. Hall Jackson's residence in 1775, in its present modernized form, is still in existence at the north-east corner of Conrt and Washington streets, Ports- month.
Jackson, John H .- Mex. War & 3rd N. H.
"John Il. Jackson, 1814-1890. Col. 3rd N. 11. Vols. Our llero at rest."
Stone.
"Ist Lientenant, Co. (4, 9th U. S. In- fantry, Mexican War. Born in New Hampshire. Appointed from New Hamp- shire. Date of Commission, April 9, 1817. lle went out in command of his company . and accompanied his regiment on its march to the city of Mex- ico. lle was in all of the battles in the Valley of Mexico, and was brevetted for gallant services on the 19th and Both [ 20th ] of August, 1817, at the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, and commissioned Cap- tain, February 17, ISIS [See below ]. Ile was mustered ont of service at Newport, R. l., in August, Isis."
Adjutant General's Report, N. 11., 1865.
"Born in New Hampshire. Appointed from New Hampshire. Ist Lientenant, 9th [ 1]. S. ] Infantry, 9 April, 1817, Cap- tain, 1 December, ISI7. Disbanded, 26 Angust, 1818.
Bread Rank :- Brevet Captain, 20 Au- gust, ISI, for gallant and meritorions condnet at Contreras and Churubusco."
Hamersly's Regular Army Register.
"Lient. Colonel, Brd N. H. Residence, circumstance until the battle was over, Portsmouth. Commissioned, Ang. 6, 18G1. Promoted to Colonel. Date of : his life had been saved by a pocket bible, Commission, June 27, 1862. Wounded slightly at Fort Wagner, S. C., July IS, nearly through by a Mexican b illet.
18GB. Honorably discharged for disabil- ity, Feb. 21, Iscl."
Adjutant General's Records, N. II.
"In Memoriam. COLONEL JOHN H. JACKSON. T. E. O. Marvin.
Droop, droop ye banners proud O'er hero lying low :
Shenthed is lis sword, lds pernon lowered, No more the bagles blow.
Hushed is the battle cry; The tone of stern command-
Beat low in grief o'er fallen chief 1lis war-word velecaus stand.
Upon his beow they place The werath in battle won; With soloma trend they bear their dend Wolle booms the miunle gn. .
No more will Jurkson's arm Ilis battle bleed roadtrol: The fight is done, the thold is woll- Pacowell, Jateepid sold.
1.et sealptuced aca and shift Record our hero's Dame; Be his the merd of gallaot deed, I'ndviog be kis fame," Portsmouth Penny Post, AApril 11, 1890.
"Col. John 11. Jackson died at his resi- dence in Boston on the 10th April [1890], after a brief illness, at the age of 75 years and 6 months. He wasa native of Ports- mouth and was the son of John H. Jack- son, who died before his birth while nobly fighting in the second war with Great Britain. His grandfather was a soldier in the Revolution, so that the gal- lant colonel inherited the martial spirit that early in life led him to join the militia and afterward made him the hero of two wars.
He was commissioned April 9, IsIt, as First Lieutenant in the 9th U. S. Infantry, for service in the war with Mexico. VI- gust 20th of the same year he was brevet- ted Captain for gallantry in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, and commis- sioned as Captain the following December. At the battle of Chapultepec his bravery drew forth honorable mention from his superior ollicers, and there is no doubt that had the war lasted neh longer he would have attained to very high rank. At this battle one of those fortunate occurrences of which we read so often, but which really ocen so seldom, hap- pened to the Colonel. While gallantly leading his company in the magnificent charge which resulted in the capture of this hitherto regarded impregnable fort- ress, he felt himself struck full in the chest by a bullet, but as he found no wound. paid bnt slight attention to the when upon investigation he found that the gift of his sister, which was pierced
The Colonel was mustered out of the service with his regiment in August, Ists, went to California with the pioneers in IS49, where he remained four years, re- turning east in 1853, when he was ap- pointed an inspector in the Boston Custom House. He continued to serve in this position until the breaking ont of the Rebellion, when he was offered and ac- cepted the commission of Lieutenant- Colonel of the Brd N. 11. Volunteers. The resignation of Col. Fellows promoted him to the command of the regiment Inne 27, 1862, and he led his men in all
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their engagements until the storming of Jervis, Edward-10th N. H. Fort Wagner, where he received a severe wound, which incapacitated him from Enlisted as "Edward Jarvis." Member Storer Post, G. A. R. "Private, Co. G. Residence, Ports- for 3 years. Discharged for disability Dec. Is, 1862." active duty and undoubtedly shortened his life. He was honorably discharged from the service, Feb. 21, Is1. In ING7 month. Date of Muster, Sept. 1, 1802, he was re-appointed to a lucrative and most important position In the Boston Custom House, and held the place nntil his decease.
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The following is an extract from a lot- ter of Dec. 9. 1889, from Col. Jolm II. Jackson, dated Custom House, Boston, Mass. :
"My father's family came early to New York from Holland. He was a ship car- penter and served some time in our navy. lle had been living at Portsmouth, and early in is)1 he enlisted at Portsmouth, N. IL., in Col. Winfield Scott's regiment, and on the 26th of September 1811, at or near bundy's Lane, he was killed. I was born October 20, 1811, at Portsmonth, N. II. You see I never saw my father. His name was lohn II. Jackson. No other member of his father's family ever came to Portsmouth. "
Portsmouth Journal, April 19, 1890.
Jarvis, John B .- N. Y. Vols.
He is said to have served in the tooth N. Y. Regiment of Infantry, but the Ad- jutant General of New York states that his name is not found on the rolls of any Company of that Regiment.
Jellison, Daniel M .- 13th N. H.
"Private, Co. K. Residence or assign- ment, Portsmouth. Date of Muster, Sept, 20, 1862, for B years. Mustered out, May 26, 1865
Adjutant General's Records, N. HI.
Jenkins, William D .- U. S. Navy.
"Died in Flatbush, N. Y." Stone.
"Carpenter, 24 March, ISto. Retired list Il November, 1870."
Hamershe's General Navy Register.
"Died at Flatbush [L. 1.], N. Y., April 11, 1883." Vagy Register, 183.1.
Jenness, Albion J .- 13th N. H.
"Son of Lowell and An L. Jenness. Died at Norfolk, Va. [Sce below ]. A good son, a brave and fearless soldier." Stone.
"Private, Co. E. Residence or assign- ment, Rye. Date of Muster, Sept. Bu, 1862, for 3 years. Died of disease at Portsmouth, Va., Ang. 8, 1863."
Adjutant Gem raf's Records, .V. II.
Adjutant General's Records, .N. 11. "Birthplace, England."
Post Records.
Jolinson, Abram A .- U. S. Navy.
Member Storer Post, G. A. R.
"Coal Heaver. Birthplace, Portsmouth. Enlisted Nov. 21, 18Gl, I. S. Steamer .Brooklyn.' Discharged Oct. 20, 1863. Reenlisted, Coal Heaver, Sept. 2, 1861, I'. S. Steamer 'San Jacinto.' Discharged Sept. 23, IstF. expiration of service."
Post Records.
"Mr. Johnson was a veteran of the Re- bellion, and served on the flag ship 'Brooklyn,' with Farragut, at the taking of New Orleans, when he was wounded upon the hand by a piece of flying shell." Portsmouth Duily Evening Post, June 15, 1892.
Johnson, Chas. E .- 3rd & 5th N. H.
"Corp'l. C. E. Johnson, Co. D, Brd N. 11. Inf." Stone. "Private, Co. D, Brd N. H. Residence or assignment, Portsmouth. Date of Muster, Ang. 23, 1861, for 3 years. Dis- charged for disability at Hilton Head, S. C., Oct. 18, 1862.
Private, Co. (4, 5th N. II. Recruit. Res- idence or assignment, Portsmouth. Date of Muster, Ang. 10, 1863, for 3 years. Mastered ont, June 28, 1865."
Adjutant General's Records, N. HI.
Jones, Michael-U. S. Navy.
Kane, Dennis-6th N. H.
"Private, Co. Il. Residence or assign- ment, Portsmouth. Date of Muster, Nov. 28, 1861, for 3 years. Discharged for disability at Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 29, 1863."
Adjutant General's Records, N. Il.
Kelenbeck, Christopher-16th N. H. & U. S. N.
Enlisted as "Christopher Kelenberk."
"Private, Co. K, 16th N. II. Residence, Portsmouth. Date of Mnster, Nov. 11, 1862, for 9 months. Discharged at New Orleans, March 17, 1863."
Adjutant General's Records, N. 11.
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Kennard, Nathaniel-Rev. War.
"Sacred to The memory of ('apt. Nathaniel Kennard, who departed this life June 24, 1823, Aged 6s."
Stone.
"Roll of the Officers, Seamen, Marines, and Volunteers, who served on board the .Bon Homme Richard,' commanded by Commodore John Paul Jones, in her cruise made in 1779."
Name. Ratc. Country. "Nathaniel Kennard .- Boy .- American." ** *
Tr.c famous action of the "Bon Homme Richard" with, and capture of the "Sera- phis," took place on this cruise, Sept. 23, 1779, and all named in this roll were pre- sent."
Sherburne's Life of John Paul Jones.
"Died on the 21th inst. [June 21, 1823], Capt. Nathaniel Kennard of this town, aged 68.
His character demands none of the usual nnmeaning panegyric of an obituary notice. To those who knew him, his services, his suflerings and his worth will ever render his memory dear. All who partake of the blessings seenred by the ; enterprise and valor of our revolutionary events of his life.
At the commencement of the war of the Revolution, he entered as a volunteer in one of the Ilrst regiments in Massa- chusetts, for the term of one year.
At the expiration of that engagement, he entered on board a private armed ves- sel-was captured, carried to England . and kept in close confinement at the Mill Prison for two years and a quarter, being encouraged with no other prospect than a still protracted confinement, or a termi- nation of it by being hanged as a rebel.
lle was again captured and carried Into llull in the north of England, Transported to Spithead, put on board the 'I'nicorn' frigate and compelled to do duty until at the imminent hazard of his life he escaped in the Island of Jamaica. Thence he re- turned to America a little before the close of the war.
After the peace of '83 he engaged In the
merchant service and continued a repu- table shipmaster until near the commence- ment of the late war [ 18]2 15], when he was appointed by goverment to the connand of a Revenne Cutter and con- tinned in the same to the close of the war.
After that period, until his death, he was employed as Inspector of the Custom- at this port. In all his various services, Capt. Kennard sustained the character of an honest man and a good citizen."
Portsmouth Journal, July 5, 1823.
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