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twenty-nine pounds five and seven-tenths cunces of butter in seven days. A yearling bull from this cow, known as Milk and But- ter King. he sold for $1.500, and the pur- chaser sold him later for $10,000, the high- est price ever paid for a bull. The sire of Milk and Butter King was Aagia Cornu- copia Johanna Lad. A long list of the reg- istered stock of this farm might be given. Dr. Honsinger finally had to sell his herd and discontinue the cattle-breeding business on account of his other business. He is a Republican in politics, and represented this district in the state assembly in 1894-96. Ile has been a member of Northern Light Lodge of Free Masons since 1879. He mar- ried. September 26, 1877, Henrietta, daugh- ter of John and Lavina (Aldrich) Dunn. of West Chazy. Her father was a native of England: her mother was born in West Chazy, daughter of John and ---- ( Sies son) Aldrich. Children : 1. William O., born at West Chazy. July 10. 1878; married Ann James, born at Port Henry, New York; child. Louisa Henrietta, born April 9. 1903. 2. Elsie M .. bern at West Chazy, October. 18So: married Mckenzie Stewart ; children : Mildred, born April 20, 1903 ; Charles Thur- low. June 21. 1908. 3. Grace L., born Oc- tober, 1885: married Morris J. Kmpp; child. Kenneth Honsinger Knapp, born Sep- tember 1. 1908.
(IV) Lyman L., son of Dr. William S. Honsinger. was born in West Chazy, May 25. 1857. He received his early e.luc.tien in his native town, and later attended the Troy Business College. He studied phat- macy under his father's direction, and for some time had charge of his father's drug store. He left home and, for a short time worked in Boston, returning to West Chazy. where he followed farming. In 1801 he went to Plattsburgh in the employ of hits brother. Dr. Willis T. Honsinger, then partner in the firm of Honsinger & Jerry. dealers in agricultural implements, carriage harness, etc. In 1866 he became a partire" : the same line of business. under the s.
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name of H. E. Jerry & Company, at West Chazy. The firm also sold agricultural ma- chinery and implements. The firm was dis- solved in 1899 and the business discontinued. Since 1900, when Mr. Honsinger resumed business, he has been engaged in the same line of business and has been very success- ful. He is a Republican in politics. He mar- ried, October 6, 1886, Cynthia Dewey Cor- bin, born at Hemming ford. province of Que- bec, daughter of William T. and Mary ( Stearns ) Corbin. Children, born at West Chazy: Louise L., November 2. 1889: Hazel, March 31. 1894: Ruth, November 11, 1895; Doris, May 18, 1897.
The surname Bar- BARTHOLOMEW thelomew was de- rived from the an- cient Hebrew or Syriac personal name, Bar- tholmai, modified in Greek and Roman spell- ing. Like the other names of Christ's apos- tles, Bartholomew came into use as a bap- tismal name in every Christian country. even before the use of surnames. The Bartholo- mew family in England appears to date back to the origin of the use of surnames. The ancient coat-of-arms : Argent a chevron en- grailed between three lions rampant sable. John. Robert and Richard Bartholomew were living about 1550 in Warborough. Ox- fordshire, England. Robert and Richard were brothers, and from the fact that John's son was overseer of Richard's will it is in- ferred that John was a brother also. They were land owners, church wardens, and men of consequence. They frequently used the term "alias Martyn." after Bartholomew, presumably having adopted the name of a maternal ancestor, as was frequently the case, to secure an inheritance.
(I) John Bartholomew, mentioned above, lived at Warborough. Oxfordshire. Eng- land. He married there. November 22, 1551, Alice Scutter. his second wife.
(II) John (2). son of John (1) Bar- tholomew, married. in Warborough. No- vember 6, 1652. Margaret Joyes. He was
made overseer of his uncle Richard's estate in 1577. His four sons apparently all set- tled in the neighboring towns of Oxford and Burford. Children : John, baptized June 19. 1556; 2-3. Rowland and Richard (twins), December 5. 1561. William. mentioned below.
(III ) William, son of John ( 2) Bartholo- mew, was baptized in Warborough, Feb- ruary 7. 1567, and buried May 6, 1634. He settled in Burford, where he was a mercer, a dealer in silks and woolens. He married Friswilde, daughter of William Metcalfe, mayor of New Woodstock, a neighboring town. She was buried in Fulbrooke. De- cember 10. 1647. Children: Mary: John; William, born 1602. mentioned below : Hen- ry, born 1605-07, came to New England: Richard. supposed to have died in London or on a return trip from London to Massa- chusetts : Francis, baptized in Burford, Feb- ruary 13, 1613-14: Thomas, baptized June 30, 1616: Abraham: Sarah, baptized April 14, 1623.
(IV) William (2), son of William ( 1) Bartholomew, was born in Burford. Eng- land. 1602-03. He had a good educati n. He went to London and married Anna. sis- ter of Robert Lord, who has afterwards his next neighbor in Ipswich. Massachusetts. Before September, 16344. he had entertained the famous Mrs. Anne Hutchinson at his London house. On September 18. 1634. he arrived at Boston in the ship "Griffin." in the same company with Anne Hutchinson. Rev. John Lothrop and others. He was admitted a freeman March 4. 1634-35. and at the same time was given permission to trade with vessels at Ipswich, where he set- tled. He received several grants of land there in 1635. and was deputy to the general court several years : was often on the jury; was commissioner, town clerk, assessor, se- lectman, county treasurer, and often on im- portant committees. He removed to Boston about 1660, and in 1662 was overseer of the mill of William Brown, of Boston. He was called a merchant. of Boston. He die I
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in Charlestown, at the home of Jacob Green, January 18, 1680-81. His grave is in the Phipps street eemetery. Charlestown, near that of John Harvard. His wife, Anne. died there January 29, 1682-83 (grave- stone). Children : Mary; Joseph ; William, mentioned below.
(V) Lieutenant William (3), son of Wil- liam (2) Bartholomew, was born in Ips- wich, in 1640-41, and died in the spring of 1697. He learned the trade of carpenter. and settled first in Roxbury, sold his land there in 1676-77 and removed to Deerfield. Massachusetts, where he bought the home lot of Peter Woodward. At the time of the raid of the Indians on Hatfield. Septem- ber 19, 1677, he was there with his family, and his daughter Abigail, aged four, was among the captives. She was taken to Can- ada, and ransomed eight months later. In 1679 he removed to Branford. Connecticut, where he was granted twenty acres of land, and where he built a saw mill. He kept an ordinary, or inn, also. He was highway surveyor and fence viewer. In 168; the town of Woodstock requested him to build a mill in their town and offered him a grant of land. He was commissioned ensign of the New Roxbury company, July 13. 1689 (later Woodstock ). where he died. He married, December 17. 1663, Mary John- son, born April 24, 1642, daughter of Cap- tain Isaac and Elizabeth ( Porter) John- son, and granddaughter of John Johnson. who held the title " f "Surveyor of all ye King's armies in America." Her father was killed in the Narraganset fight. December 19, 1675, as he was leading his men over a fallen tree bridge into the enemy's fort. Children: Isaac. born November 1. 1664. mentioned below : William, October 16. 1666: Mary. October 26, 1668; Andrew. December 11. 1670: Abigail. December 8. ยท 1672: Elizabeth, March 15. 1674-75: John; Joseph.
(VI) Isaac, son of William (3) Bar- tholomew, was born in Roxbury, Ma-acht- setts. November 1. 1664. and thed in North
Branford, October 25, 1727. He went with his father to Woodstock in 1687, but moved to Branford, where he was living in 1697. He returned to Woodstock, but in 1703 went back to Branford, where he died. The latter part of his life he lived on Stony River, near the line of Branford and East Haven. He was a farmer and a highly re- spected citizen. Isaac Bartholomew married Rebecca Frisbie, born in Branford, No- vember 14, 1679, died May 18, 1738, daugh- ter of John and Ruth ( Bowers ) Frisbie. and granddaughter of Edward Frisbie. Children : William: Mary; Isaac, born No- vember 18, 1699: Rebecca, April 18, 1702; Elizabeth, April 12. 1704: Ebenezer, June IO, 1706: Abraham, June 28, 1708, men- tioned below; Josiah, January 18, 1710-11 : Abigail: Freelove; Jerusha, January 13. 1722-23.
(VII) Abraham, son of Isaac Bartholo- mew, was born June 28, 1708, in Branford. He was an extensive farmer there, and was admitted a freeman April 29, 1740. He held many positions of trust in the town. In 1754 he bought large tracts of land in Farmington, Connecticut, and settled about a mile east of what is now Burlington Cen- tre. where an old cellar hole still marks the place. Later he moved several miles south to the house known as Bar-tle-my Tavern. on the east side of the present road from Bristol to Burlington, just south of the line between the two towns. He kept the first tavern in that section and also a general store. The first town elections of Bristol were held at his inn, and his son Jacob was first treasurer and collector. He married (first ) June 18. 1730, Hannah, daughter of John and Hannah ( Johnson ) Page. granddaughter of George and Sarah ( Lins- ley ) Page. He married ( second ) Deborah -- who married ( second ) April 9, 1778. Ichabod Stark. Children: Hannah, born May 9, 1731 : Abraham, January 28, 1732- 33. mentioned below; Jacob, January 9. 1736-37: Lydia. February 18. 1738-39: Mary, July 19. 1741 : John, April 15, 1744:
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Thankful, March 24, 1745; Patience, May 19, 1748.
(VIII ) Abraham (2), son of Abraham (I) Bartholomew, was born January 28, 1732-33. in Branford, and died in 1776, in that part of Farmington now Plainville. He was a farmer, and had from his father a farm in Burlington, Connecticut, but re- moved later to the farm on which he died. He married, in Farmington, Eunice Orvis, who died May 13. 1825, aged eighty-three, at the home of her daughter, Hannah Judd, in New Britain, Connecticut. Children : Charles, born June 1, 1759: Isaac, June 2, 1761, mentioned below; Abraham, removed to New York; Hannah, April 19, 1766; Huldah; Betsey: Ichabod, February II, 1,72; Jonathan, November 6, 1774; Jesse. 1776.
(IX) Captain Isaac Bartholomew, son of Abraham (2) Bartholomew. was born in Farmington, June 2, 1761, and died in Waddington, New York, February 11, 1841. He enlisted at Hartford under Captain Wil- liam Stanton, in Colonel Elisha Sheldon's regiment, and served during the revolution : was made corporal in 1782: also served in the war of 1812. He was a farmer in Bristol, Connecticut. About 1786 he removed to Tinmouth, Vermont, and in 1801 to Wad- dington, New York. He was the first mi- litia captain commissioned in St. Lawrence county, New York. He was a Whig in poli- tics. He married, in 1784. Mrs. Lydia Deming ) Crampton. of Tinmouth, born in Saybrook, Connecticut, September 22, 1,60. died June 20, 1835. Children : Luman. bora October 27. 1785 : Laura, January 27. 1787: Polly, August 2, 1789: Isaac, February 2. 1791: Minerva, June 13, 1793: Roswell, August 5, 1794, mentioned below : Truman, March 20, 1797 : Julia, July 16, 1798 : Sally. May 20, 1800; Charles Deming, January 19. 1806.
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(X) Roswell, son of Captain Isaac Bar- tholomew, was born August 5. 1794. . in Tinmouth, Vermont, and died December 7. 1874. at Morley, New York, near Can-
ton, where he settled when a young man. He was a pioneer in that section. He mar- ried, May 23, 1821, Julia Ann Lee, born September 23, 1798. died December, 1876. Children : Lydia D., born February 7, 1822, married Charles Norton; George Henry, April 18, 1824, mentioned below; Charles L., October' 29, 1826; Lenora L., August 31. 1829: Nathaniel L .. April 27, 1832; Edward ( Edgar S. ? ), January 19. 1837.
( XI) George Henry, son of Roswell Bar- tholomew, was born April 18. 1824, at Mor- ley, New York, and died January 14, 1868. He had a common school education, and conducted a farm in Morley, where he died. He was a Republican in politics and a Uni- versalist in religion. He married, May 27. 1850. Mary Belding, born January 20, 1831. in Brandon, Vermont, died February 16. 1899, daughter of .\sa Belden. Children : Emmett ; Charles Emery, born December 12. 1853, mentioned below : Frederick L., Feb- ruary 17, 1857: Bertha: George.
(XII) Charles Emery, son of George Henry Bartholomew, was born in Morley. New York, December 12, 1853. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and engaged in farming when a young man. In August, 1888, he took a contract for furnishing building sand for the St. Lawrence Hospital, and has continued in the employ of that institution to the pres- ent time in various capacities. He had con- tracts for laying out the grounds and the landscape work, and in the construction of the various buildings. Since 1894 he has been in charge of the thousand-acre farm connected with the hospital. He married. December 25, 1875. Nettie, daughter of Ar- thur Serviss, of Nicholville, New York. Children : Mary, married Clark A. Briggs, farmer at St. Lawrence State Hospital ; Nettie; Jennie I.
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NEWELL ily, and the name appears in several forms. Many branches of the family still spell it Newhall,
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while others have adopted the form used above. It was anciently seated in Cheshire, England, and was closely associated with events in the time of William the Conquer- or. There were two immigrant brothers, Thomas and Anthony Newhall, who came very early to the Massachusetts Bay Col- ony, and both left numerous descendants.
(I) Thomas Newhall, born in England. was later at Salem, in the colony of Mas- sachusetts Bay, in the year 1630, and set- tled at Lynn, where he died May 25, 1674. His will bequeathed various parcels of real estate to his children, his lands being lo- cated at Rumney Marsh, Gaines Neck and Lynn. The estate was appraised at one hun- dred and seventy-three pounds. His wife, Mary, died September 25. 1665. All his children except the first were born in this country. They were: Susanna, Thomas, John and Mary.
(II) Ensign Thomas (2), elder son of Thomas ( 1) and Mary Newhall, or New- ell, was born about 1630. said to be the first white child in Lynn, and died April 2. 1687. His estate was valued at six hundred pounds, and was on the southern side of the com- mon and on the highway leading southerly from Lynn. His military service is indicated by his title. He married, December 29, 1652, Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Por- ter. She was buried in Lynn, February 22, 1677. Children: Thomas. John, Joseph, Nathaniel, Elizabeth, drowned when three years old in a pit near her father's house : Elisha, Elizabeth, Mary, Samuel and Re- becca.
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(III) John, second son of Thomas (2) and Elizabeth ( Porter) Newell, was born December 14. 1655. in Lynn, where he died January 20. 1738. He was a bricklayer and mason, and was known as John Tertius, to distinguish him from an uncle and a second cousin, who was older. He conveyed real estate to his son Jacob, December 4. 1734, embodying various parcels, including a twenty-acre homestead. He married. June 18. 1677, Esther Bartram, probably a
daughter of William and Sarah Bartiam, of Lynn, born April 3. 1658. Children : Elizabeth, Sarah ( died young ), Jacob ( d'ed young ), Sarah, Jacob, Mary and Jonathan.
( IV ) Jacob, second son of John and Esther ( Bartram) Newell, and the only son to grow to maturity, was born March 27, 1686, in Lynn, and lived for a time in early life at Salem, where he sold land, Novem- ber 19. 1711. About that time he returned to Lynn, where he died April 19. 1759. He was a cordwainer, or shoemaker, by occu- pation, and commanded a company of mi- litia. He married ( first), intentions pub- lished November 30, 1707, Abigail, daugh- ter of George and Lydia Locker, of Salem. She died March 13, 1713, and he married ( second ) February 2. 1714. Hannah, daugh- ter of Thomas and Hannah Chadwell, born Angust 4, 1689, in Lynn. The first wife was the mother of three children : Locker, George and Abigail. Those of the second wife were: Jacob. Jonathan, Moses, Mary. Esther, Amos, Nehemiah. Jabez, Nathan and James.
(V) Moses, sixth son of Jacob Newell, and third son of his second wife, Hannah Chadwell, was born May 7, 1718, in Lynn. and died there about 1774. On January 7. 1744, he received an estate from his grand- father. Thomas Chadwell, by deed of gift. He married, February 6, 1740, Susanna. born October 29. 1717, in Lynn, daughter of Michael and Sarah Bowden. Michael Bowden was an innholder of that town Children: Michael, mentioned below : Su- sanna. Esther, Sarah, Mary, Hannah, Mar- tha. Lydia, Moses, Ruth, Dorcas and David.
(VI) Michael, eldest child of Moses and Susanna ( Bowden ) Newell, was born Au- gust 15, 1741. in Lynn, where his name ap- pears under several forms, including Micah and Micajah. In the records of Lancaster. Massachusetts, he appears as Micah, and by that name we shall know him. Soon after his second marriage he removed to Worcester county, living successively in Boulton, Lancaster and Leominster, dying
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in the latter town, September 18, 1812. He married ( first) Susanna Hawkes, and (sec- ond) in Lynn, July 11. 1765. Joanna. born November 28, 1742, died 1833. daughter of Jedediah and Hannah ( Mansfield ) Col- lins.
(VII) Daniel, son of Micah and Joanna (Collins ) Newell, was born April 22, 1771, in Lynn, died December 15, 1829, in Leo- minster, and was a small child when his parents removed to Worcester county. He married, April 27, 1793. Lettice Johnson, of Leominster, born February 8. 1773. daughter of Asa and Tamar ( Whitcomb) Johnson. She survived him, and married ( second) June 11, 18446, Merari Spalding, a prominent resident of Westminster, Mas- sachusetts. Children. born in Leominster : Merit. December 26, 1793, lived in Kirby, Vermont : Lewis, January 31. 1796; Han- nah, died, aged six months: Charlotte, May 14. 1799, became the wife of Porter Gib- son; Anos, January 29. 1801 : Asa John- son, March 6, 1803, resided in Leominster ; Collins, mentioned bek w.
(VIII ) Collins, youngest child of Daniel and Lettice ( Johnson) Newell, was born May 21, 1805, in Leominster. and lived in that town and Northfield. Massachusetts. He married, January 12, 1825, Nancy, born February 21, 1868, in Leominster, died Jan- uary 6, 1871. in Northfield. daughter of John and Sophia ( Carter ) Maynard.
(IN) William Augustus, only child of Collins and Nancy ( Maynard . Newell. was born September 17. 1825. in Leominster, Massachusetts, died in Ogdensburg, New - York. October 1, 1906. When eight years . of age he removed with his parents to Northfield. Massachusetts, and there attend- ed the common schools. He was a youth of considerable energy and ambition, and in 1852 removed to Ogdensburg. New York, where he entered the employ of the Lake Champlain & Ogdensburg Railroad: he had charge of the grain elevator, freight depart- ment and yards, and remained in this posi- tion a number of years. After leaving the
railroad Mr. Newell was appointed deputy collector of customs, and held this position five or six years. He became a prominent citizen of Ogdensburg and served three or four years as alderman of the city. Poli- tically. Mr. Newell was a firm adherent of the Republican party. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and acted as chairman of the board of trustees of the so- ciety. Mr. Newell married, January 10. 1852, Sarah A., born in Langdon, New Hampshire, October 13. 1829, died Decem- ber 16, 1881, in Ogdensburg, New York, daughter of Moses and Sarah Miller. Chil- dren: Edgar Allan; Henry C., hving in Ogdensburg; Albert A., deceased, and Wil- liam MI., also deceased.
(X) Edgar Allan, eldest of the four sons of William Augustus and Sarah A. ( Miller ) Newell, was born May 10. 1853. in Ogdensburg. New York. He received his education in the public schools, and gradu- ated from the academy at the age of six- teen years ; lie also took a course in a busi- ness college, and when he reached his ma- jority began traveling for a New York ad- vertising concern. Returning to Ogdens- burg in 1877, he entered the employ of H. F. Lawrence, who had a retail business in the line of books, stationery and notions. A year later Mr. Lawrence died and Mr. New- ell, in company with his father and Eugene Smith, purchased the business, taking the firm name of Newell-Smith & Company ; they met with pleasing success, and in three years' time Edgar A. Newell bought out the interests of his partners and conducted the business on his own account until 1891, when the business became incorporated un- der the name of The Edgar A. Newell Com- pany, with Mr. Newell as president and manager. He built up the business during his management frem a small trade to a whole- sale concern, doing an annual business of $300,000. Mr. Newell has been interested in many business projects in Ogdensburg, and is looked upon as one of it- most pro- gressive and enterprising citizens. In 1006
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he organized The Newell Manufacturing Company, successors to W. H. Linton Com- pany, manufacturers of brass goods, and has two factories, one at Ogdensburg and one at Prescott, Canada. Mr. Newell is presi- dent of both concerns. He is president of the Chamber of Commerce of Ogdensburg, and president of Ogdensburg Loan & Sav- ings Association : also a director in the Na- tional Bank of Ogdensburg, the Improve- ment Company of Ogdensburg; the Loan & Improvement Association of Buffalo, . New York, also a director in many other companies. In politics Mr. Newell is a Re- publican, and he is actively interested in public welfare and improvements. He served his city four terms as mayor during 1889- 90-93-94-97-98. He is now a member of the New York state commission of prisons, hay- ing been appointed to this office by Governer Hughes. Ile is vice-president of the Fair Association and trustee of Ogdensburg Club. He is a member of the Masonic order, be- ing a Knight Templar, member of the Mys- tic Shrine. He also belongs to the local lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows. He is a regular attendant at the Bap- tist church: a trustee of Union Mission, a non-sectarian church society, and president of the United Charities Association; he gives his liberal support to every worthy cause, but more particularly to matters ad- vancing the interests of his native city.
Mr. Newell married. November 19. 1879. Addie Barbara Prest, of Bitsdam, New York, born December 27, 1854. daughter of Captain Luther and Elizabeth F. ( Rise) Priest, and a descendant of Degory or Dagory Priest, through the following : John Priest, of Woburn, who married Rachel Garfield ; Daniel Priest and his wife, Eliza- beth; John, of Marlboro, and his wife. Mary; Jacob Priest, who married (first) Ann Jones, and (second) Sarah Lengly; Frank Priest, who married Mary Wood: Captain Luther, father of Mrs. Newell. Cap- tain Luther Priest was born March 31, 1821, and served as captain Company E. One -
Hundred and Sixth Regular New York Volunteers, during the civil war. He mar- ried (first ) Barbara Rose, and ( second) Elizabeth F. Rose. He died March 14. 1863, at Martinsburg, Virginia, and is buried at Parishville, New York; his first wife died March 27, 1849, and he married again, January 21, 1852. Edgar A. New- ell and his wife became the parents of two sons : I. Albert Priest, born January 3, 1882, in Ogdensburg; graduate of Williams Col- lege, class of 1906; has been admitted to the bar of New York state, and is now an attorney in Kansas City, Missouri. 2. Wil- liam Allan, born April 22, 1883. in Ogdens- burg: graduate of Williams College, class of 1906; is treasurer, manager and joint owner with his father in the factories in Ogdensburg. New York, and Prescott, Can- ada. The brothers are both members of the Phi Delta Theta, Greek letter fraternity.
KIRK The Kirk family of Pennsyl- vania is descended from Roger Kirk, of Scotch ancestry, who came as early as 1712 to East Nottingham, Chester county, Pennsylvania. He was a weaver by trade. He married Esther Rich- ards. It is thought that others of the Kirk family came later from the north of Ire- land with the great Scotch-Irish emigration. (I) Firman Fields Kirk, of the old Penn- sylvania family, was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He was educated in the pub- lic scheels. He engaged in the lumber busi- ness, and subsequently was in the hotel busi- nes, at Dubois, Pennsylvania, and at Drift- wood and Williamsport. He is now living at Cross Fork, Pennsylvania. He enlisted June 3. 1801, in Company C. First Rifles, Pennsylvania Reserves, and was discharged January 31. 1864: he re-enlisted as a veter- an volunteer in Company C. One Hundred and Ninetieth Pennsylvania Regiment, and was discharged as sergeant of Company C. June 28, 1865: they were known as the Pennsylvania Bucktails. Mr. Kirk is a mem- her of the Grand Army of the Republic.
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