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David H. Randall enlisted September 20, 1861; sick in hospital at Washington, D. C., and discharged on general orders in June, 1862.
Wm. H. Rolph enlisted in the 4th Pa. infantry for three months, under first call of the president ; served the term and on September 11 following enlisted in the 9th N. Y. cavalry ; promoted to sergeant, then to orderly sergeant, and in 1864 to 2d lieutenant and placed in command of Co. D ; soon after promoted to Ist lieutenant and so continued in command of
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the company to the close of the service ; reenlisted in Decem ber, 1863 ; mustered out July 28, 1865.
Henry C. Rolph enlisted September 11, 1861; sick in Chesapeake hospital, near Fortress Monroe; discharged June 10, 1862.
George W. Rolph enlisted September 11, 1861; sick in hospital at Washington ; discharged in April, 1862, under general orders.
Miles M. Ranson enlisted September 20, 1861 ; promoted to sergeant November 6, 1861; reenlisted December 31, 1863 ; wounded in head in battle of the Wilderness, Va., occasioning loss of right eye ; transferred to veteran reserve corps August 1, 1864 ; discharged July 20, 1965.
Thomas K. Titus enlisted October 1, 1861; absent from company and regiment after July 1, 1862.
Charles B. Williams enlisted September 20, 1861 ; promoted to corporal ; was constantly on duty and discharged in September, 1864.
Nelson H. Whitney enlisted September 20, 1861 ; promoted to corporal January 2, 1865; reenlisted in January, 1864 ; discharged July 17, 1865.
Silas S. Williams enlisted September 20, 1861 ; discharged on general orders June 10, 1862,
Charles H. Williams enlisted September 20, 1861 ; reenlisted in January, 1864 ; wounded at 1865; sent to Carver hospital, D. C .; died there from his wounds July 5, 1865.
Edwin Wright enlisted September 20, 1861; promoted to corporal October 2, 1861 ; promoted to sergeant June 25, 1862 ; reenlisted January 2, 1864 ; appointed sergeant same date ; promoted to sergeant major December 18, 1864 ; promoted to 2d lieutenant May 28, 1865, and assigned to Co. H; mustered out July 17, 1865.
John Y. Young enlisted September 20, 1861 ; reenlisted in January, 1864 ; constantly on duty ; discharged July 28, 1865.
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Wm. H. Tallman enlisted August 25, 1862; discharged March 24, 1864, for disability.
Myron F. Hamlin (bugler) enlisted July 22, 1862 ; discharged in 1863.
112th Regiment N. Y. Vol's .- (Much of the statistical history of this regiment is taken from the history of the regiment by Chaplin W. L. Hyde.)
Augustus Blood enlisted August 9, 1862; promoted to corporal March 5, 1863 ; in ranks from November 23, 1864 ; clerk at judge advocate's office from March 29, 1864, to May 1, 1864 ; at brigade headquarters from May 1, 1864, to October 18, 1864 ; in ambulance corps from last date to muster out June 13, 1865.
Daniel L. Burroughs enlisted August 22, 1862 ; transferred to Co. B, 154th regiment N. Y. vol's, at camp Brown, James- town, in September, 1862.
Frank C. Bullock (refer to 9th cavalry) enlisted in 112th in August, 1862 ; sick on Folly Island ; died there August 31, 1863.
Daniel L. Cummings enlisted August 9, 1862 ; sick and absent from company from July 30, 1863, to June, 1864 ; promoted to corporal October 12, 1864, and to sergeant March 5, 1865.
Alfred O. Ellis enlisted August 12, 1862; promoted sergeant March 18, 1863 ; promoted to color sergeant Nov. 1, 1863; to 1st lieutenant of Co. D January 4, 1865 ; in com- mand of Co B from February 28, 1865 ; constantly on duty.
Wm. A. Judson enlisted August 6, 1862, as sergeant ; promoted to commissary sergeant January 31, 1864; constantly on duty.
Wm. R. Laine, son of Rev. L. F. Laine, enlisted August 9, 1862 ; killed in action at Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 1864 ; buried there.
Charles Pecor enlisted August 9, 1862 ; taken prisoner at Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 1864 ; confined in Andersonville
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prison, Georgia ; released in March, 1865 ; discharged June 24, 1865.
Harvey Potter enlisted August 12, 1862; sick at camp Suffolk, Va., of fever ; died November 4, 1862 ; buried there.
John R. Rolph enlisted August 12, 1862, from the company on furlough from June 21, 1863, to July 29, 1863 ; in pioneer corps 2d division, 10th army corps, from January 13, 1865, to close of war.
Thomas S. Rolph enlisted August 12, 1862; promoted to corporal in 1862 ; wounded in hip at battle Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 1864 ; did not return to company ; discharged June 18, 1865.
Eleazar Swetland enlisted August 12, 1862 ; transferred to Co. E, 154th regiment N. Y. vol's, at camp Brown, Jamestown, in September, 1862; sick and died at Lookout Valley, Tenn., and buried in cemetery at Chattanooga.
John M. Wood enlisted August 11, 1862; promoted to corporal ; mail carrier from December 28, 1862 ; in ranks from December, 1862 ; furlough from October 18 to November 17, 1864 ; reenlisted in January, 1864 ; discharged July 1, 1865.
John O. Warner enlisted August 12, 1862; promoted to corporal September 20, 1863 ; sick and absent from company from May 3 to September 8, 1864 ; promoted to color corporal ; killed in battle September 29, 1864, at New Market Heights, · Va .; buried on the field.
John E. White enlisted August, 22, 1862; promoted to lieutenant November 1, 1864 ; absent on recruiting service from August 12, 1863 ; did not return to company ; discharged March 12, 1865.
Peter Lawson enlisted August 11, 1862; sick at Folly Island and died in hospital October 8, 1863 ; buried on the island.
Douglass Only enlisted August 12, 1862 ; hospital nurse from January 7 to June 1, 1863 ; in ambulance corps from June 1 to November 11, 1863 ; sick in hospital from last date for
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several months ; transferred to veteran reserve corps August 29, 1864.
Wm. F. Only enlisted August 11, 1862 ; with 7th Massachu setts battery from October 25, 1862, to February, 1863 ; in quartermaster's department from September 20, 1863 ; died of fever in hospital at Wilmington, N. C., April 19, 1865.
John K. Post enlisted July 25, 1862 ; absent sick from July 30 to September, 1863 ; wounded in leg at Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 1864-leg amputated ; died at Carver hospital, Wash- ington, D. C., June 21, 1864 ; buried there.
Wm. C. Chamberlain enlisted August 9, 1862 ; promoted to corporal September 11, 1862; died of fever in regimental hospital, Suffolk, Va., November 23, 1862 ; buried in soldiers' burial ground there, but afterward removed to Portland.
John D. Buell enlisted February 24, 1864, in Co. B, 112th regiment ; when the regiment was discharged was transferred to 3d N. Y. vol's ; discharged August 28, 1865, at Raleigh, N. C.
154th Regiment N. Y. Vol's .- Joseph B. Fay enlisted August 22, 1862, as private ; commissioned captain of Co. E in September same year : taken prisoner at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1803; confined in Libby Prison, Richmond, to April 30, 1864; rejoined company in Tennessee, but from debility from long confinement soon returned, and resigned July 16, 1864.
David S. Connally enlisted August 22, 1862; elected orderly sergeant of Co. E; taken prisoner at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863 ; died on Belle Isle, in James river, of exposure and starvation November 18, 1863 ; buried there.
Clinton L. Barnhart enlisted August 22, 1862; promoted from 4th to Ist sergeant November 20, 1863 ; promoted to 1st lieutenant February 26, 1864 ; wounded and taken prisoner at Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, 1863; exchanged and again wounded at battle of Pine Knob, Georgia, June 15, 1864 ; returned to Portland and resigned March 13, 1865.
John Wilson enlisted August 22, 1862 ; wounded at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, 1863; alsò at Pine Knob, Georgia,
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June 15, 1864 ; promoted to sergeant April 10, 1864: discharged June 15, 1865.
Mervin P. Barber enlisted August 22d, 1862 ; was a member of the pioneer corps for the construction of tents, roads and bridges, until the army of Sherman reached Atlanta, Georgia, July 1863; in ranks thereafter ; discharged June 23d, 1865.
Wm. H. Reynolds enlisted August 22d, 1862 ; died of fever at Camp Brown, Jamestown, N. Y., September 1st, 1863 ; brought to Portland for burial.
Elias B. Skone enlisted August 22d, 1862; was killed at battle of Chancellorsville Virginia, May 2d, 1863; body not found.
Charles J. Anderson enlisted August 22d, 1862 ; constantly on duty ; discharged June 17th, 1865.
Theodore F. Hall enlisted August 22d, 1862; died of fever at Casparias Hospital, Washington, D. C., January 20th, 1863 ; buried there, but brought to Portland in the following spring by his father, Dr. J. A. Hall, Surgeon of the 49th Regiment, N. Y. Volunteers, and buried at Brocton.
Blackman B. Fitch enlisted August 22, 1862 ; promoted to Sergeant, January 1864 ; was with Sherman's army from Chat- tanooga to Savannah ; discharged for disability, May 8th, 1865. George H. Richardson enlisted August 22d, 1862; dis- charged for disability. from chronic diarrhea, July 8th, 1863.
Oscar M. Taylor enlisted September 1st, 1862; taken pris- oner at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1st, 1863; carried to Belle Isle, Richmond, Virginia, and died of neglect and starva- tion December 2d, 1863 ; buried on the island.
Wm. P. Haight enlisted August 22d, 1862 ; taken prisoner at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 2d, 1863 ; paroled and exchanged; while in Georgia accidentally separated from company, but returned March 5th, 1865 ; discharged June 11th, 1865.
Henry E. Hill enlisted August, 1862; after being accepted by the State Surgeon, was rejected by the U. S. Surgeon at
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Camp Brown, Jamestown ; did not go with the company fromn there.
Elial W. Skinner enlisted August 22d, 1862; taken prisoner at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1st, 1863; taken to Rich- mond, afterward to Andersonville, then to Savannah and from there to Millen, Georgia ; returned December 21st, 1864; dis- charged June 23d, 1865.
Reuben R. Ogden enlisted August 22d, 1862 ; constantly on duty to the close of the war; discharged June 11th, 1865.
I. Milton Slawson enlisted August 22d, 1862 ; taken prisoner at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1st, 1863; died a prisoner of war February 14th, 1864, on Belle Isle in the James River at Richmond, Virginia, from exposure and starvation.
Elisha B. Walden enlisted August 22d, 1862; discharged April 25th, 1863, from Governor's Island, New York ; disabled before entering active service.
Thomas K. Bambrick enlisted August 22d, 1862; trans- ferred to Pioneer Corps, June 23d, 1863,-was in this corps to May 23d, 1864, then sent back from Cassville, Georgia, to Jeffersonville, Indiana, as hospital steward in charge of sick soldiers ; discharged at Louisville, Kentucky, under general orders, May 26th, 1865.
Abel A. Williams enlisted August 22d, 1862; taken pris oner at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 2d, 1863; paroled and exchanged ; rejoined the company, and discharged July 11th, 1865.
Perry Chapman enlisted August 22d, 1862; absent from company from December 26th, 1862 : left at Dumfreys, Virginia.
Ira F. Burroughs enlisted August 22d, 1862 ; transferred to Invalid Corps or Veteran Reserves July 1st, 1863.
Earl Z. Bacon enlisted August 22d, 1862; promoted to Corporal in 1863 ; detached as clerk at Brigade Headquarters, Gen. P. H. Jones, September 26th, 1864, continued as clerk until discharged; sick in March 1865 at Newbern, N. C .;
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sent to General Grant's Hospital on Long Island ; discharged May 29th. 1865.
Charles O. Furman enlisted August 22d, 1862; taken pris oner at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 2d, 1863 : taken to Richmond, paroled and exchanged, and while on his way to join company was injured in a railroad accident at Stephenson, Georgia ; was taken to hospital at Murfreesborough ; did not again join his company ; discharged July 4th, 1865.
James B. Haywood enlisted August 22, 1862; taken prisoner at Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, 1863 ; paroled and exchanged May 15, 1863; wounded at Resaca, Georgia, June 15, 1864 ; taken to hospital in Cleveland, Ohio : rejoined company and regiment at Atlanta, Georgia ; discharged June 23, 1865.
Stephen R. Greene enlisted August 22, 1862 ; taken prisoner at Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, 1863 ; paroled and sent to Annapolis, Maryland ; exchanged and rejoined company and regiment ; sick at Chattanooga, Tenn .; did not go with Sherman's army through Georgia, but joined the regiment in Virginia the following spring and was discharged June 11, 1865.
Wm. J. Osterhaut enlisted August 22, 1862 ; taken prisoner at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863 ; paroled and sent to Annapolis, Maryland, and died there of fever October 16, 1863, before being exchanged.
Hiram L. Skinner enlisted August 23, 1862: discharged July 3, 1863, for disability ; died in Portland in 1868.
Andrew Hollister enlisted August 23, 1862 ; promoted to corporal in winter of 1863 ; wounded at battle of Peach Tree Creek ; discharged in June, 1865. Afterward participated in the " Fenian Raid" and battle of Pea Ridge, Canada.
George Swetland enlisted August 22, 1862; promoted to Ist sergeant ; wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863 ; discharged June 23, 1865.
Newell Burch enlisted August 22, 1862 ; taken prisoner at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863; sent to Belle Island, and was in Andersonville prison twenty-two months; thence sent to
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Jacksonville, Florida ; was there when the war closed ; was discharged in New York.
Justus Cross enlisted August 22, 1862; transferred to the navy April 18, 1864; sent to Mobile, Alabama ; was in the battle there at the taking of the forts ; discharged August 18, 1865.
David T. Taylor enlisted August 22, 1862; discharged June 7, 1863, for disability.
Robert Page enlisted August 22, 1862 ; taken prisoner at Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, 1863; paroled and taken sick before being exchanged ; discharged for disability August 6, 1863.
Draft of August, 1863 .- Wm. W. Billings was the only one reporting of the 47 men drawn. He was ordered to Co. G, 52d N. Y. regiment. He was taken prisoner at the battle of December 2, 1863, and died at Andersonville, Georgia, April 17, 1864.
15th Regiment N. Y. Vol's .- Cyrus Benjamin enlisted Jan. 4, 1864 ; nothing known of him; discharged August 9, 1865, under general orders.
Those not Credited to Portland .- "04th regiment N. Y. vol. infantry .- Levant M. Hakes enlisted August 9, 1863, at Buffalo, in Co. H; discharged June 17, 1865.
6th Regiment Wisconsin Vol. Infantry .- Lysander B. Vanleuven enlisted July 1, 1861 ; was in the battles of Bull Run, South Mountain and Antietam ; discharged July 16, 1864.
Michigan Vol. Infantry .- Walter Quigley ; nothing definitely known of him.
111th Pennsylvania Vol Infantry .- John D. Bentley enlisted in May, 1861, as a three months' man, and in September following for three years, in Co. A; promoted to sergeant ; promoted to Ist lieutenant of Co. A; afterward to captain ; discharged in 1862.
Ephraim K. Fellows enlisted in September, 1861, in Co. A; nothing further known of him until after discharge; now living at Gowanda, this state.
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Wm. Correll enlisted September 2, 1861; discharged for disability in July, 1862. Also a member of Co. A.
Alfred G. Vanleuven enlisted September 2, 1861, at Concord Station, Pa., in Co. A; lost left arm by a shell at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, 1863 ; discharged September 14, 1863.
Navy .- Joseph E. Cook enlisted at Erie, Pa.
Abraham Williams and Charles Williams enlisted early in the war, but whether in this state or not is not known.
The effect of the war upon the town at large, aside from the fact that almost every household was represented at the scene of strife, and the sympathies were strongly enlisted and the anxieties intense ; and aside from the fact that now and then one of these households was made des- olate by the news of the death of a loved one, killed in battle, or dying in some hospital or loathsome prison,-was scarcely felt. So far removed from the theatre of active ope- rations, little of the dread realities were known, and the duties of life were engaged in as usual, and industries pursued as though the one hundred and forty-four of its bravest and truest sons were yet at home, and the peaceable pursuits of life receiving their accustomed attention. It is true that the labor and enterprise of this number were lost to the town in a certain sense ; but this was of small moment; the great vacuum was in the hearts of relatives and friends, and in fact of the whole community, for all felt they had an interest, the interest almost of kindred, in every absent volunteer. Thousands in treasure were voted and paid for purposes connected with the war, but the advanced price in consequence of the war for every conceivable product of industry, made the burden comparatively light ; and the town is to-day richer by far in material wealth than it would have been had the war never occurred. But this, although it should be true of every town in the United States, would not extenuate the heinousness of the crime of the originators of the war or its abettors. War is an evil "and only evil and that con-
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tinually," yet in the system of an Allwise Providence, good may and often does result as in the recent conflict in which, under God, one of the darkest curses that ever rested upon our sin cursed world was swept from our posses- sions.
All honor to the "boys in blue" from the town of Port- land, who went forth at their country's call to assist in subduing the foulest rebellion that has yet found record upon the pages of history. With grateful hearts we remember their sacrifices and "deeds of valor done," and will never fail to do them reverence so long as one yet lingers amongst us; and although no marble shaft has been reared to commemorate their deeds, and keep in remembrance those that fell in the fearful conflict, or sickened and died away from kindred and home, yet their memories are faithfully enshrined in the heart of hearts of every dweller in town; and the heart is softened and made better by the kindlings that spring up as we stand, about their graves, or call to remembrance their manly virtues.
Mexican War-1847 .- Portland furnished but two men for the army in the war with Mexico, in 1847 : Henry A. Granger, son of David B. Granger, who died at Jalappa, Mex- ico, January 19th, 1848, and Ira Humeson, son of Mrs. Richard Gator by a former marriage, who served through the war, and returned and died in town a few years since.
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CHAPTER XLIX.
Cemeteries.
1. Evergreen Cemetery .- Is located on lot 30, T. 5. The ground was donated by Captain James Dunn in 1807. A deed was made by Mr. Dunn to the settlers by name, then not above eight or ten in number. The names as far as now remembered, were Nathan Fay, Elisha Fay, David Eaton, Benjamin Hutchins, Peter Kane, Nathaniel Fay. Mr. Dunn reserved an interest and a choice of lots. David Eaton drew the deed, but it is not to be found, and if recorded it was probably in the clerk's office at Buffalo. The first buried in these grounds was Mrs. Nathan Fay, in 1807, the first death in town. The grounds were used for burial purposes until 1855, when they were enlarged and a ceme- tery association incorporated, under the name of Evergreen Cemetery Association. The act bears date March 10th, 1855. The incorporators names were, Simeon Dederick, Joseph Correll, Daniel Webster, Parsons Taylor, Abram Bow- dish, Philip Mericle, Lemi Bartholomew, Jamies Billings, Lewis Potter, David Granger, Alonzo Bowdish. Leonard Lilly, Absalom Woleben, John S. Coon, Isaac Shattuck, Charles A. Marsh, J. B. Elliott, E. Denison, Lincoln Fay, D. P. Bow- dish, G. M. Taylor, Henry Flint, A. H. Bowdish, A. B. Mosher, John Correll, O. J. Greene, Alfred Eaton, G. H. Townsend.
The first trustees were Alonzo Bowdish and Henry Flint for one year; Alfred Eaton and C. A. Marsh for two vears ; David Granger and J. B. Elliott for three years. The
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annual meeting occurs on the first Saturday in March. The articles are signed by S. Dederick, chairman, Joseph Correll, secretary. The acknowledgment was taken by T. Judd, justice of the peace, and recorded March 19th, 1855.
2. Brocton Cemetery-Is located on lot 20, T. 5. The ground was donated by Dea. Elijah Fay as early as 1820. It has been once enlarged, and by the terms of the deed is under the control of the trustees of the Baptist church, Brocton. The first buried here was the wife of Ebenezer Williams in 1812. Six others were buried here the same year, and amongst them Lewis McManus, killed by the fall of a tree ; Sophia Mumford, and Samuel Harris, brother of Ebenezer and J. E. Harris.
3. Westfield and Portland Union Cemetery-Is situated in the town of Westfield, on the farm of Daniel Farrington. lot 30, T. 4, R. 14. The western and southwestern portion of Portland for many years, has been associated with the eastern portion of Westfield in the occupancy of these grounds. They are surrounded by a neat and substantial iron fence, built in a large degree through the munificence of the former proprietor of the land, Mr. Daniel Farrington, and are an honor to the inhabitants of the section in which they are located. The first adult buried here was John Smith in 1812.
4. North Portland Cemetery-Is situated on the east part of lot 32, T. 5, in school dist. No. 7. The north portion was deeded to Simon Burton and John Conner, for burial purposes, April 18th, 1838. A road was laid immediately south of it, and the ground enlarged upon the south of the road, and deeded by B. F. Pecor to Addison O. Bar- ringer, trustee. On the discontinuance of the road the title of the land was again in Mr. Pecor. Thus the land is held by three separate deeds. It is all enclosed however, and used as a cemetery. It is under the control of trustees regularly chosen. The first buried here was Betsey Ferris, in 1826, before title was obtained. Title to
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the south part was not obtained until August 8th, 1862. 5. Union Lawn Cemetery Association-This association was formed for the purpose of procuring new grounds at Brocton for burial purposes, in view of the crowded state of the old grounds. The act of incorporation bears date December 6th, 1869, and is signed by Timothy Judson as chairman, and H. C. Taylor, secretary. The acknowledgment was taken by U. S. Ladue, Esq .; and was recorded in the clerk's office December 17th, 1869. The names of the incor- porators are, T. S. Moss, Mark Haight, Linns Burton, Henry Sage, H. B. Crandall, T. Flanders, J. H. Haight, J. A. H. Skinner, John Corbett, M. P. Barber, John Furman, Sal- mon Burton, E. Randall, R. A. Hall, Anstin Baker, Charles Barker, U. S. Ladue, A. J. Skinner, J. B. Haywood, H. C. Taylor, T. Judson G. E. Ryckman, J. L. Hatch, E. Elmore, Lemi P. Barber, J. H. Miller, D. T. Taylor, H. J. Dean, L. W. Skinner, Earl Baco :. The first trustees were, E. Randall and H. C. Taylor for one year; T. S. Moss and Linus Bur- ton for two years ; J. L. Hatch and E. Elmore for three years. The annual meeting occurs on the first Monday of December. No grounds have as yet been obtained-July 1873.
6. A Cemetery was laid ont on the bank of the lake, on lot 16, T. 5, on lands now owned by Horace Skinner. Many years since, probably about 1823, several bodies were deposited here, but a few years since they were removed to No. 1 and 2, and the grounds discontinued.
7. A few private or family burial grounds were laid out and occupied in earlier years, but are now discontinued, and those deposited in them removed. One of these, belonging to the late Mr. Samuel Millet, was continued until within the last few years.
Old Mr. Joy, father of Cavt. David Joy, and a few others were buried in a field now belonging to Richard Reynolds, on lot 19, T. 5, a few rods east of the residence of Charles Fay, but the precise spot it is difficult to determine.
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Jacob Klumph, by request, was buried on his farm on lot 47, T. 4, between two large rocks, where he still rests. The writer is informed that a few others were buried in different sections of town, but the name and precise spot of each have passed from memory. No aboriginal burial grounds have been discovered within the boundaries of the town.
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BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL SKETCHES. 1805 To 1829.
[These sketches are presented without comment. In connection with them a large number of facts and dates will appear, and it is scarcely possible but that some errors should occur. They have been examined critically, however, by the side of the material furnished and every pains taken to attain as high a state of accuracy as is possible with such statistics. The names of the settlers are placed in the order of the year of their coming to town as far as possible to obtain dates.]
[To economize space the following abbreviations will be made use of : S., for son ; dan., for daughter ; b., for born ; d., for died; m., for married ; w., for wife; ch., for child or children ; wid., for widow ; fa., for father ; P., for Portland.]
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