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gail, May 5, 1726. 9. Keziah, August 15. 1729. Io. Aaron, January 26. 1731-32; had the homestead at Barre.
(IV) Thomas, son of James Holden, was born in Worcester. October 26, 1723. He was a farmer and miller, and sold out just before the close of the revolution for Con- tinental money, which became valueless. He married Ruth --. Children, born at Barre : i. Thomas. March 23, 1752, died young. 2. Lavinia, September 2, 1753. 3. Joseph, June 23. 1755. 4. Aaron, see forward. 5. Ke- zia. April 8. 1757. 6. Thomas, killed dur- ing the revolution, shot by an Indian at Cherry Valley. New York. 7. Anna, May 27, 1759. 8. Ruth, May 12, 1761. 9. John, October 13. 1763. 10. David, killed in the revolution.
(V) Aaron, son of Thomas and Ruth Holden, was born at Barre, Massachusetts, June 23. 1755. and died at Ellisburg, New York. His uncle of the same name was a captain in the revolution and a man of prominence in Barre. Aaron moved to Shrewsbury. Vermont, in 1791, to Middle- town and Chester, Vermont, and then to Ellisburg, New York. He appears to have served briefly in the revolutionary war. He married Anna - Children : Thomas. Lewis, Timothy. Asa ( see forward ), Aaron, David. John, Eli. Charles, Rachel, Easter. Jemima. Sally, Anna. Harriet and Lucy.
(VI) Asa, son of Aaron and Anna Hol- den, was born in Barre, in 1791. He was by trade a blacksmith. He was a soldier during the war of 1812. serving in the New York militia in the company of Captain Emigh. For many years he lived in Floyd, Oneida county, New York, removing later to Turin. Lewis county, New York, where he spent the remainder of his life. He mar- ried Pluma Wilcox, who was born at Farm- ington, Connecticut. October 29. 1701. Children: Emery Bennett. see forward : El- ery Rufus, Betsey Douglas and Phebe Leon- ard.
(VII) Emery Bennett, son of Asa and Pluma ( Wilcox) Holden, was born in
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Floyd, Oneida county, New York, October 28, 1814, and died at Turin, New York, April 2. 1878. He was educated in the common schools and lived in Floyd until about 1832, when he came to Turin and en- gaged as a clerk in the dry goods store of his uncle. Ozias Wilcox, later becoming a partner of his employer. Subsequently he formed a partnership with N. W. Moore. under the firm name of Hollen & Moore, and was also associated with Albert G. Day- an. About 1845 he engaged in the drug and grocery business, which he conducted until 1858. when he organized the firm of Holden & Dewey ( Duane Dewey. ) which continued until the death of the latter in 1862. From that time until his death he conducted the drug business in the same lo- cation. He took an active interest in all town affairs, serving for a number of years as supervisor, justice of the peace, and jus- tice of sessions, and was also active in edu- cational matters, and served as a member of the board of education for many years. Dur- ing the civil war he was a member of the senate war committee. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and was trustee and treasurer many years. He married (first ), at Turin, May 27. 1840. Delia Helen Dewey, born September 3. 1821, died No- vember 7. 1843. Child: Delia Melinda, born August 28. 1841. He married ( sec- ond). August 15. 1845. Maria Dewey ( see Dewey). She died August 1. 1898. Chil- dren : 1. Emery Dewey, born in Turin. Sep- tember 8. 1846: educated in Lowville Acad- emy. Cazanovia Seminary and Eastman's Business College : entered his father's store. where he remained until the death of the latter, and afterward formed a partnership with his brother under the firm name of Holden Brothers. During the civil war he enlisted in the company of Captain Root. but failed to pass the examination. 2. Helen Maria, born May 22, 1849. 3. William Duane, see forward. 4. Roval Dwight, born October 25. 1860. died May 14. 1862.
(VIII ) William Duane, son of Emery
Bennett and Maria ( Dewey) Holden, was born at Turin, New York, May 25, 1857, and was educated in the public schools of his native town. In 1876 he entered the employ of his father, who was at that time proprieter of a drug store and a general merchant in Turin. After his father's death he and his brother. E. Dewey Holdeii. be- came associated in partnership as Holden Brothers to carry on the business, and they have continued together very successfully up to the present time. In politics he is a Republican, and served as clerk of the board of supervisors in 1903. In religion he is a Presbyterian, and is an elder of the Turin Presbyterian church. He has been superin- tendent of the Sunday school since 1886.
Mr. Hollen married. October 17, 1883. Carrie H., daughter of . Alfred H. and Eliza- both ( Hunt ) Lee. Children: 1. Kate E., born at Turin. April 22, 1885 : educated at Turin, graduated from Chicago high school in 1903, and from Mount Holyoke College in 1907 : is now head of the English depart- ment of the Watertown high school. New York. 2. Helen C., born at Turin, January 15. 1887 : was graduated from Turin Union School in 1905: student for two years at the Elms, Springfield. Massachusetts, and was graduated from the kindergarten de- partment of the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. New York : is now teaching in the Bethany Memorial Kindergarten, of Brooklyn. 3. William Stuart, born at Turin, March 14.
( The Dewey Line).
( II ) Cornet Thomas (2) Dewey, son of Thomas Dewey (I-q. v.), was born Febru- ary 16. 1640, in Windsor, Connecticut. He was there as late as January 18, 1660: re- moved to Northampton, Massachusetts, where he was granted a home lot. Novem- ber 12. 1662, of four acres, on condition that he make improvement on it and pos- sess it three years, also a lot of twelve acres. In August, 1666, he was connected with a mill. He removed to Waranoak, then a part of Springfield, under the direction of a set-
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tling committee appointed in February. 1665, and is first mentioned there as third on a list of twenty grantees of land, of which his part was three acres, upon cer- tain conditions. This land was laid out April 24. 1667. and confirmed January 9. 1668. From then on he became an influen- tial citizen in the new town. and was called upon to fill many important positions. Jan- mary 21, 1669, he was appointed, with oth- ers, to go to Springfield to a town meeting there. to lay before the general court mat- ters connected with the boundaries and set- tlement of their new town, and February 2. 1669. he was again appointed, with others, to lay out an additional grant. The town was incorporated a. Westfieldl. May 28, 1669. In 1672, with his two brothers, Jo- siah and Jedediah, and Joseph Whiting, he completed the second mill in the town, in the Little River district. and in December of the same year the town agreed to allow them the toll of one-twelfth part of the corn they ground. The Deweys afterward had extended litigation in the court respecting these mills, which terminated in their favor. March 12, 1677. he was appointed fence viewer for the ensuing year. He was rep- resentative to Boston. 1677-79: selectman, 1677 and 1686: licensed by the court to "keep a public house of entertainment." September 26, 1676. He took the free- man's oath September 28. 1680; on a com- mittee to locate the county road to Wind- sor, March 30, 1680: appointed cornet of Hampshire Troop at general court. July 8. 1685 : joined the church May 9, 1680. De- cember 17. 1680. he was granted, with his brother Josiah and Lieutenant Mosely, the right to set up a saw and grist mill on Two- Mile Brook. February 1. 168t, he was chosen constable. He was chosen "warden for the town ways," February 2. 1686, and with others was appointed to measure the bounds of the town. March 7. 1687. besides holding various other positions of trust and responsibility. He married. June 1. 1663. at Dorchester, Constant, daughter of Rich-
ard and Ann Hawes. She was born July 17, 1642, at Dorchester, and died April 26. 1703, by town records. She joined the West- field church March 24. 1680. Her father. Richard Hawes, came to Dorchester in the ship "Freelove." Captain Gibbs, in 1635. with wife and daughter Ann, aged two and one-half years, and son Obadiah, six months. He was twenty-nine years and his wife twenty-six years old. He signed the church covenant in 1636, and was granted land in 1637 and 1646. He died in 1656. Thomas Dewey died April 27. 1690. Chil- dren, born at Northampton : Thomas, March 26, 1664: Adijah, March 5, 1666: Mary, January 28, 1668. Born at Westfield : Sam- tel. June 25. 1670: Hannah, February 21. 1672: Elizabeth, January 10, 1676: James. July 3. 16-8. died February 27. 1682; Abi- gail. born February 14. 1681: James, No- vember 12, 1683. died May 5. 1686; Israel. mentioned below.
( III ) Israel, son of Thomas ( 2) Dewey. was born July 9. 1686, in Westfield, and died there. January 20, 1728. He was a farmer, and lived on his father's place on the Little River road. He was selectman in 1720; December. 1722, by vote of the town. he with two other citizens were given a seat of honor in the meeting-house, and that same year he owned twelve acres in the general field. January, 1727, his brother Samuel deeded to him, for roo pounds, the house and homestead which had belonged to their father Thomas, also three acres in the Little Meadow, which adjoined the above. He married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Root, born July 27, 1683. at West- field. His estate inventoried 812 pounds 6 shillings. Children, born at Westfield: Sa- rah. May 27. 1714: Constant. March 20. 1716: child. February 2. 1717. died Febru- ary II, same year : Israel, January 27. 1719; Aaron, mentioned below.
(IV) Aaron, son of Israel Dewey. was born April 28. 1720. in Westfield, and died there June II. 1768. He was a farmer on Little River road, southeast of the present
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schoolhouse. He left an estate of over 582 pounds, including mansion house, barn and ten acres of land. He married. June 12, 1747 ( family records ). Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Root) Noble, born August II. 1723, in Westfieldl, died there May 26, 1796. Children, born at West- field: Aaron (second ), twin, born June 23. 1748, died November 15, 1748: Sarah (twin ), born June 23, 1748; Aaron ( third ). born January 20, 1750. died January 29. 1750; Aaron (fourth ). January 15. 1751. mentioned below : John, January 20. 1754: Silas, March 22. 1756, died October 6. 1757; Ennice. March 22, 1758, died December 22. 1772: Silas, January 9. 1761 : Levi, Janu- ary 28. 1768.
(V) Aaron (4), son of Aaron ( I) Dew- ey, was born January 15. 1751, in Westfield. and died February 17, 1824, at Franklin. New York. He was a farmer in Westfield !. but removed to Franklin about 1800. His name appears on a muster and payroll of Captain David Mosely's company. Colonel John Mesely's regiment, October 21, No- vember 17. 1776: marched to re-enforce the Northern army, commanded by Lieutenant- Colonel Timothy Robinson. February 12. 1798, he and his wife deeded to Roland Parks a home lot in Westfield, with dwell- ing house. barn, etc. He married. March 12, 1777. Sibyl, daughter of Abel and Anna ( Dwight ) Cadwell. born August 7. 1755. in Westfield. Children, born in Westfield : Aaron, October 10, 1777: Eunice, Decem- ber 19, 1779. died August 15. 1;90 : Charles, January 20. 1782, died January 27, 1783: Sibyl, born November 7. 1783: Charles. June 15, 1786: Anna, August 20, 1788: Royal Dwight, October 3. 1791, mentioned below : Eunice. February 24. 1794.
( VI ) Royal Dwight, son of Aaron ( +) Dewey, was born October 3. 1791, in West- field, and died November 13, 1839. He was a physician at Turin Four Corners, New York. He married, March 10, 1818. Me- linda Hart, daughter of Stephen and Eu- nice -, of Torrington. Connecticut. She
was born in 1798, and died May 8, 1838. Children, born in Turin: 1. Son, born and died February 28, 1819. 2. Daughter, born and died .April -, 1820. 3. Delia Helen, born September 3. 1821. 4. Son, born and died November 19, 1823. 5. Dwight Car- los, born December 17, 1824. 6. Maria. February 18, 1827: married Emery Bennett Holden (see Holden ). 7. Duane, June 17. 1829. 8. Jane. February 17. 1832. 9. Charles, October 12. 1834, died January 23. 1836. 10. George. November 15. 1836, died July 14. 1837.
(The Lee Line).
Walter Lee, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England about 1630, died at West- field, Massachusetts, February 9, 1718. "at a great age." He settled first in Connecti- cut, and was admitted a freeman there in 1654. removed to Northampton in 1659. and to Westfield in 1665. In 1664 he had a grant of four acres for a house lot and thirty-three acres of meadow at Westfield. He married ( first ) (name not known), who died at Westfield, February 29. 1606: ( sec- ond ) Hepsibah, widow of Caleb Pomeroy. Children of first wife, born at Northamp- ton : John. January 2, 1657. mentioned be- low : Timothy. August 8, 1659. died young: Stephen, March 5. 1662: Nathaniel. Decem- ber 25, 1663. at Westfield: Mary, January 15. 1665. at Springfield: Elizabeth. Febru- ary 28, 1667. died young : Hannah, born January 9. 1668; Abigail. December 1I, 1670.
(II ) John, son of Walter Lee, was born January 2. 1657. in Northampton, and died November 13. 1;1I. at Westfield. He was a soldier in King Philip's war, and took part in the fight at Turner's Falls in 1676. He married (first ). December 9, 1680, Sarah. daughter of William Pixley: ( second ) Eliz- abeth, daughter of Dennis Crampton. She and his son John administered the estate. Children, born at Westfield: John, July &. 1683. died August 2. 1683. Children of second wife: John, In in August 2. 1687.
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mentioned below ; Elizabeth. December 14. 168g: Sarah. April 24. 1692: Abigail, Oc- tober 20. 1694: Ruth. April 1. 1697: Jo- anna. 1702: Samuel. 1704: Margaret. 1707.
( III ) John (2), son of John (i) Lee. was born in Westfield. August 2. 1687. He spent his life in Westfield, and his death probably occurred in that town.
(IV) Ichabod, son of John (2) Lee, was born in Westfield, in 1,25-26, and was a prominent citizen of that town. During the revolution he was a Royalist, like many of the older and prominent men, who were unwilling to engage in armed rebellion against the existing government. He mar- ried Martha Root. vi Westfield.
(V) Enoch Lee. descendant of Ichabod Lee, was born at Westfield. September 8. 1796. He married (first ), at Middletown. Connecticut. February 12. 1824. Alma Bald- win, born at Middletown. July 7. 1798, who came to Turin with her parents when she was a young girl. He married (second ) Olive Bush.
(VI) Alfred H., son of Enoch Lee, was born at Martinsburg. New York. November 6. 1824. and died April 21. 1908. His early years were passed on his father's farm. He attended the public schools of Martinsburg and Turin, and took one term of study at Lowville Academy. For three years he was a clerk in a store. and afterward devoted his time and attention to farming. From 1864 to 1868 he was senior partner of the firm of Lee Brothers, owning a line of stages from Boonville to Lowville. Boonville to Port Levden. Boonville to Con-tableville. and Turin to Rome, all in New York. He was a straightforward. honorable, earnest and successful man, a worthy son of a worthy sire. He was a justice of the peace for the town more than seventeen years. For more than twenty-five years he was an officer of the Lewis County Agricultural Society, filling in succession the offices of treasurer, director and president. He was loan commissioner for the town, and for several years a member of the board of edu-
cation. He was trustee and also president of the incorporated village of Turin. In religion he was a Presbyterian, and served as trustee and treasurer of the First Pres- byterian Church of Turin. He married. February 19. 1851, Elizabeth Hunt, born May 9. 1826. died December 19. 1900. Children: Homer, born November 27. 1851 died July 25. 1857: George Maurice, born June 3. 1855: Kate Alma. December 26. 1857. died October 25. 1860: Carrie Hunt. born April 5. 1860; Mary Lizzie, August 15. 1863 : Louis Homer. December 4. 1869.
This family is of LAFONTAINE French origin, and set- tled in Canada about the year 1700. Of this family was Joseph Lafontaine. who was born at Chambly, Province of Quebec, Canada, in 1787. In 1826 he removed to Champlain, New York. where he died in 1832. during an epidemic of cholera. at the early age of forty-five years. He was honest. upright and highly respected. He married Louise Harteau, born in Chambly, in 1795. and died in Champlain in 1874. Children: Camille, further mentioned : Francis, Juluide. Rachel. Mathilde. Laura. Joseph, who was the only one surviving in 1909, and a child who died in infancy.
(II) Camille Lafontaine, son of Joseph and Louise ( Hartean ) Lafontaine, was born in Chambly, Canada. February 6, 1813. and died in Champlain. New York. June 28. 1901. For many years he worked in the saw mills of Pliny Moore, Esquire, of which he was superintendent for many years. He was an honored member of the community. Ile married Mrs. Laura ( Gosselin ) Tetreau. widow of Jean Tetrean, born November II, ISIO. died in Champlain, New York, An- gust 11, 1882, daughter of Louis and Louise ( Harbeck ) Gosselin, granddaughter of Lou- is Gosselin, a lieutenant in the revolution. under General Hazen : Clement, a brother of Lonis Gosselin, also served in the revolu- tion, with the rank of captain. Children of
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Jean and Laura (Gosselin) Tetreau: I. Samuel, died in 1861, unmarried. 2-3. Amelia and Adelaide, both Sisters of Char- ity, died and are buried in the convent of their order at St. . Hyacinthe. Canada. Chil- dren of Camille and Laura ( Gosselin) La- fontaine: 1. Joseph G .. born August 29, 1850, died January 23, 1908: married i first ) Henriette Houde: (second ) Marie Z. Prud'homme : children of first marriage : Mary Ada. Duncan A .. Douglas L .. Cora L. Child of second marriage: Edward J. La- fontaine. 2. Louis C .. born July 24. 1852. of whom further. 3. Mary, died aged four years. 4. Edward. died aged three years.
(III) Louis Camille Lafontaine, son of Camille and Laura ( Gosselini Lafontaine, was born in Champlain. New York. July 24. 1852. He received his education in Cham- plain and at Montreal, Canada, and began his active career as clerk in a general store in his native town. After a year he sought an opportunity to learn telegraphy, and en- tered the employ of the Central Vermont Railroad Company at Champlain. soon mas- tered the art, and served as operator there for thirteen years. In 1883 he resigned in order to accept a position as teller in the First National Bank of Champlam, was subsequently promoted to that of assistant cashier, and has filled it to the present time with skill and efficiency. He is also a mem- ber of the bank directorate. He is inde- pendent and liberal in his political views, and deeply interested in public affairs. He was tax collector of the town for two years, and was for a time supervisor. He was at one time nominated for county treasurer, but suffered defeat. his party being in the minor- ity. In religion he is a Roman Catholic. a communicant of St. Mary's Church. He is a member of the New York State Historical Society, and an honorary member of I.'Union St. Jean Baptiste d'Amerique. He is a very prominent and influential citizen. highly respected for his integrity, and held in high esteem for his public spirit.
A deep student of history, and holding in
reverence the good and wise men of the past. Mr. Lafontaine has labored arduously and successfully to perpetuate their memory. He holds to a laudable pride in the associa- tion of his family with the beginning of the town of Champlain. his great-grandfa- ther. Lieutenant Louis Gosselin, a stone ma- son, having built the first house there. in 1784. four years prior to the organization of the town. A few years ago Mr. Lafontaine conceived the idea of erecting in the village a suitable memorial of Samuel de Cham- plain. the distinguished French navigator and explorer, discoverer of the lake which bears his name, founder of Quebec, and governor of Canada ( 1567-1635). To this purpose he devoted himself with zeal and intelligence, formulating all the plans for the procurement of the necessary means, and bringing his splendid work to completion and unveiling on July Fourth. 19oz. It is curious to note cand the fact adds the great- er credit due to Mr. Lafontaine > that this is the only memorial in the United States to the great discoverer and explorer. The unveiling ceremonies were attended by a great concourse of people, including repre- sentatives of French-American bodies from various parts of the United States and Can- ada, and many distinguished clergymen. Among those who delivered addresses of historie value were Mr. Lafontaine, the orig- inator of the memorial. and Rev. Father F. X. Chagnon, of Champlain, who had warm- ly seconded his effort. On an opposite page of this work appears a fine plate of the me- morial. In recognition of Mr. Lafontaine's services in connection with the Champlain memorial. and his intelligent interest in historical matters, he was, on July 24. 1908. appointed by Governor Hughes as commis- sioner of the New York Lake Champlain Ter-Centenary celebration, and he also at- tended the Hudson-Fulton celebration as an invited guest of the Hudson-Fulton Com- mission.
Mr. Lafontaine married. September 21, 1903. at Montreal, Canada, Emmi A. Viger,
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born in Lennoxville, Province of Quebec. They have no children.
Among those who have at- CHAGNON . tained prominence by their efforts for the religious and social improvement of the Franco- Americans in New York a: 1 the Eastern States, the Rev. Francis Xavier Chagnon, for more than thirty-three years rector of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church at Champlain, New York, ranks very high. as shown by his great popularity with the lead- ing class of his race in the United States.
Father Chagper wis bett at Vercheres. Province of Quebec, Canada, February IS. 1842, son of Moise and Marie Emilie ( Pre- vost ) Chagnon. He began his classical studies at the I dietre College in 1858, and was ordained a priest in the St. Sulpice Sem- inary. Montreal, Canada. January 30. ESTO. After seven years' service a- assistant priest. in Canada, on January 6. 1877. Father Chagnon was app inte I rector of St. Mary's church at Champlain. New York. Soon after his arrival in this country be made an extensive visit to French-Canadian center- in the state of New York and New England.
Finding his countrymen without organiza- tion and fast losing their national charac- teristics, he resolved at once, in concert with others, to hold conventions where would as- semble representatives of the Franco-Amer- icans, and discuss all questions relating to their welfare. The first convention in the state of New York was held at Plattsburgh. August 15. 1879. So great an interest did he take in these periodic national gatherings that he has been called the "Pere des Con- ventions."-Father of Conventions of his grateful countrymen.
Following the convention period. the work of federation of all Franco-American socie- ties was started, and in 1900 the great so- ciety. "L'Union St. Jean Baptiste d'Amer- ique." was founded. Its branches extend now to all parts of the United States where French-Canadians have migrated. He was. from 1902 to 1908, its spiritual adviser, and is now the honorary spiritual adviser of the society.
Father Chagnon's great ambition was the erection of a monument to Captain Samuel de Champlain, the discoverer of the beanti- ful lake which bears his name. in the town where he had labored so long. This project. dear to his heart. was accomplished on July Fourth, 1907, through the activity and en- ergy of Hon. Louis C. Lafontaine, one of his parishioners, and the co-operation of all the French societies of the Eastern States and of New York.
This outside work did not prevent Father Chagnon from building up a malel pari -!! in the town of Champlain. The rectory pas! fer, a grand new stone church built an ! nearly cleared from debt. a fine convent and an up-to-date parochial school, bear testi- mony to the work accomplished in Cham- plain by Father Chagnon.
Now, having attained the ripe age of six- ty-nine years, the devoted priest and ardent patriot contemplates with delight the int- mense progress accomplished by his people in the United States during the last quarter of a century, and indulges in ardent hope
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that they will remain firmly attached to their national traditions, though being always de- voted American citizens.
Morgan Jones was born in JONES North Wales, in the United Kingdom, September 17, 1811. He married Ann Hughes, who after her husband died came in May. 1852, to Ameri- ca, with her son John Byron Jones, and set- tled in Lewis county, New York.
John Byron Jones, son of Morgan Jones, was born in North Wales. September 26, 1846. He attended the public schools, and engaged in farming in Lewis county until the beginning of the civil war. He enlisted in the summer of 1863 in Company F. Four- teenth New York Regiment of Heavy Ar- tillery, which entered the service as infantry. He took part in the following engagements and battles : Wilderness. May 5-7. 1864; Nye River, May 10, 1864; Spottsylvania, May 11-19. 1864: North Anna River, May 23-26, 1864: Tolopotoma Creek, May 30, 1864; Bethesda Church, May 31. 1864: Shafly Grove Road, June 2: Cold Harbor. June 3-12: Petersburg. June 16-18: Siege of Petersburg, June 19 to August 19: the Crater, July 30, at which the Fourteenth led the charges: Blicks Station. August 19: Weldon Railroad. August 21, where the fat- of skirmish line went out, and of a hundred men but three escaped wounds. capture or death, among them John B. Jones : Pegram Farm, September 29: Poplar Spring church. September 30; Second Siege of Petersburg, November 20, 1864, to April 3. 1865 ; Hatchers Run. February. 1865: Boydton Plank Road, February, 1865: Fort Sted- man. March 25. 1865. where he was cap- tured by the Confederates and taken to Lib- by Prison, remaining until April 5. He was wounded at Spottsylvania. He was dis- charged at Albany, New York. June 16. 1865. He is now a pensioner of the United States government. After the war he re- turned to Lowville and resumed the occu- pation of farming. He continued until 1880
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