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William A. Ellsworth, private, 142d Inf., Co. G; cnl. Ang. 9, 1861 ; died at Smithville, N. C.
John B. Blanchard, sergt., 34th Inf., Co. D; enl. April 16, 1861 ; pro. to corp. and to sergt ; disch. June 15, 1863 ; re-enl. June 16, 1863; disch. Aug. 14, 1865. Isaac Lewis, private, 34th Inf., Co. D; enl. April 16, 1861 ; killed at Antietam, Sept. 2, 1862.
Henry Lowe, private, 6th N. 11. Inf., Co. I; enl. Dec. 22, 1863; wounded at Tolopotomy Creek, May 31, 1864; disch, near Alexandria, Va., July 16, 1865, on account of disability.
Henry John Lowe, private, 14th Heavy Art., Co. C; enl. July 16, 1863.
Peter French, private, 97th Inf., Co. D ; enl. Aug. 1, 1863; dischi, at Ball's Cross- Roads, Va., July 18, 1865.
Stephen Barnia, Jr., 14th Heavy Art., Co. I. Alexander Shorrett, 14th lleavy Art., Co. I.
Francis Rusell.
Jason Smith, Otlı Vt. Inf., Co. A.
David Avery, private, 98th Inf., Co. D; enl. Oct. 15, 1861 ; disch. near Newport News, Va., April 9, 1862, on account of disability.
Webster Avery, private, 98th Inf., Co. D; enl. Oct. 15, 1861 ; disch. at Chapin's Farm, Va., Nov. 21, 1864.
Luman F. Ward, sergt., 98th Inf., Co. D; enl. Oct. 10, 1861 ; pro. to sergt .; disch. at Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 25, 1863, on account of disability.
Oscar Ward, private, 142d Inf., Co. D; enl. Sept. 6, 1862; wounded at Peters- burg; disch. July 11, 1865.
William Cloaky, private, 142d Inf., Co. G; enl. Aug. 16, 1862; disch. at Raleigh, N. C., June 7, 1865.
Antoine Martin, private, 98th Inf., Co. H; enl. March 22, 1864; wounded at battle of Cold Harbor; disch. at Richmond, Va., Ang. 31, 1865.
Moses La Duke, private, 106th Inf., Co. I; enl. June, 1862 ; wounded at Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864.
Hugh Foy, private, 14th Heavy Art., Co. K ; enl. Nov. 30, 1863; disch. at Wash- ington, D. C., Aug. 26, 1865.
Wilbert N. Ellsworth, private, 142d Inf, Co. G; enl. May 13, 1862; wounded at battle of Drury's Bluff, May 16, 1864; disch. at Newark, N. J., May 20, 1865, on account of wounds.
Francis Montroy, private, 65th Inf., Co. E; enl. April 1, 1865; disch. at Hall's Hill, Va., July 17, 1865.
CHAPTER XCIII.
FRANKLIN.
Geographical-Topographieal-The First Settlements-The Iron En- terprise of 1827-MeLenathan & Wells-Abandoned-The Lumber Interest-Fitzgerald & MeLean-The Great Conflagration of 1852 -The Pioneer Inn-The First Store-The First Bank-The First Death-Civil History-The First Town-Meeting-The First Super- visor-Military Reeord.
THE town of Franklin lies on the east border of the eounty, and is bounded as follows : On the north by Bel- mont ; on the east by the towns of Saranae and Blaek Brook, Clinton Co .; on the south by St. Armand, Essex Co .; and on the west by Duane and Brighton. The sur- faee of this town is broken and mountainous, abounding in numerous pieturesque lakes and ponds. It is watered by the Saranae River and the head-waters of the Salmon River.
The first move towards the settlement of the town was made in 1827, when a forge and saw-mill were ereeted a what is now Franklin Falls, then known as MeLenathan Falls, by MeLenathan & Wells, of Jay, Essex Co.
Among the pioneers were William MeLenathan, James Mallony, Horaee Gould, John Griffin, Harry Noor, Rieh- mond and Davis Spaulding, Simeon French, and John Ilough.
The first birth was that of Sanford Hough, and the first death of an adult was that of Mrs. H. Wood.
The first inn was kept by MeLenathan, who also opened the first store.
The forge ereeted by Melenathan & Wells was finally suspended, and the little hamlet which the enterprise of these men had brought into existence rapidly went down.
In 1846 a new impetus was given the place by the eree- tion of extensive saw-mills by Fitzgerald & MeLean, of New Sweden, Essex Co. In 1847 they disposed of a por- tion of their interest to Keese & Tomlinson, of Keeseville, and in February, 1848, Peter Comstoek, of Port Kent, also acquired an interest in the business. Dr. Hough, in 1852, says, " At about the time of the first settlement at MeLenathan Falls, a forge was erected by Uriah Sumner on township No. 9 of the old Military Tract. This enter- prise was also abandoned. These two forges were supplied by magnetie ore found in the town, which is said to be abundant. This town adjoins an extensive and valuable iron region in Essex County, which has employed a large amount of capital, and given promise of future pre-eminenee in this department of the useful arts. Besides magnetie ores, bog ore is said to oceur in swamps, and may be found hereafter of mueh importanee, when worked in eonneetion with other ores, to improve the quality of the iron.
" The settled parts of Franklin are mostly along the Port Kent and Hopkinton road, and in the southern part of township No. 10. The town is less broken than the eoun- try to the east and north, and will, doubtless, hereafter be found a good grazing distriet. The lumbering interests of the town give a market for domestie produets at present, but the natural outlet of the country to markets is down the valleys of the Saranac and Ausable Rivers to Lake Champlain. A plank-road, with but four miles of inter- ruption, conneets Keeseville and Franklin Falls.
" A most destructive eonflagration occurred at the lum- bering village of Franklin Falls, on the Saranae, on the 29th of May, 1852. For several days previous a fire had been burning in the neighboring woods, and on the day of the eatastrophe the wind was blowing almost a hurricane, and seattering the fire in every direction, so that all attempts to control it beeame unavailing. On approaching the village, which was situated in a ravine, it burst from the woods upon the settlement with such foree that every building in the plaee exeept two small ones was eonsumed.
" These were an extensive lumbering mill, together with 23 dwelling-houses, a large store, a tavern, and much lum- ber and valuable property belonging to the owners of the mill. Nearly all the furniture in the houses was eonsumed, and some of the inhabitants eseaped with their lives only with great difficulty. The prineipal sufferers were P. Comstock, J. B. Diekinson, and Keese & Tomlinson, who were owners of most of the property destroyed. The extent and severity of this eonflagration has never before been equaled in our counties, but the apparently hopeless ruin brought upon this place by its entire destruction has not served to arrest, although it may have checked, the enter- prise of its spirited proprietors. A gang-mill, with a ' Yankee,' was commenced soon after, on a larger scale than before, and the village, phoenix-like, is rising from its ashes."
" My own knowledge of this town," says Mr. George Tremble, " is from July 15, 1852, at which date I came to this place (Franklin Falls). It then was a new burnt-ont village. Peter Comstock was rebuilding the mills, stone hotel, barns, and ten dwellings. James Il. Totman, the millwright, with about 60 men were at work about a new
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saw-mill and other works on the then burnt village. The mill was finished in October, consisting of Yankee gang, English mill, slabbing-gang, bloek-gang, and edger, and ran night and day teams, often taking loads of plank and boards in the morning made from trees that eighteen hours before were standing in the forest, six miles from the mill, and in thirty-six hours were nicely piled on the Port Kent doek, all under the gencral management of that old veteran, Peter Comstock. The cost of rebuilding the village was about $30,000.
" In 1859 the village became the property of Col. T. A. Tomlinson.
" In 1860, Tomlinson & Tremble repaired the mill, made lumber, and operated in selling goods and logs until 1865. C. F. Norton then purchased the property, and used it as headquarters for his vast logging operations until the spring of 1879.
"The Norton property is now owned by S. W. Dodge.
" The old village here was burned May 29, 1852, by fire from the forest. It swept down from the hills with a strong west wind at two o'clock P.M., and in four hours there was nothing left except what was under water. Wagons and carriages which were put into the pond and eurrent, with some parts above water, were burned off to the surface of the water. Fowls, dogs, and eattle were burned in the street. It was a heavy loss to Peter Com- stock ; he estimated it at $100,000, including a large amount of manufactured lumber, goods, furniture in dwell- ings, etc. Only one small shanty near the bridge was left."
There are three small hamlets in the town,-Franklin Falls, Merrillville, and Vermontville.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHI AT VERMONTVILLE.
The church at Vermontville was organized about the year 1856 by the Methodist Episcopal society, under the leadership of Rev. Seth Bullis, who is still remembered by the people there as an earnest worker. Previous to this there had been a mission organized in the place and money appropriated for that purpose by the Methodist Episcopal Church.
It was during Mr. Bullis' work at Vermontville that the church now standing in the place was built.
Among the early members of the church we find Heze-' kiah Bristol, John Sterns and wife, Mrs. Porter, U. S. C. Hays, Nathaniel Hays, Mr. Ira Samson, Father Benjamin Samson, William II. and Sarah E. Melvin, Aaron B. Chase and wife, Wilson Fletcher and wife, Warren Bush, and Nelson Bush.
A. V. Porter scems to have been the first class-leader, followed by Wallaec Abbot, and he by J. J. Alexander.
The church was built in 1856; eost estimated at that time about $700. It has a seating capacity for about 300. Size, about 28 by 40.
We find the preachers distributed as follows : 1856, Seth Bullis, preacher in charge; Samuel Cott, assistant. 1857, J. B. Sylvester, preacher in charge; E. W. Collins, assist- ant. 1858, J. B. Sylvester, preacher in charge; J. B. Wescott, assistant. Tlicre is no record on the books of any minister at Vermontville from 1858 till 1868, but it is said that Serles, MeMaster, and Whitney preached there.
1868, Ira Le Baron, Jr. ; 1870, D. C. Hall; 1872, C. A. Beaudry ; 1875, J. J. Austin ; 1877, Adam Kilmer ; 1878, J. B. Wescott ; 1879, E. C. Farwell.
The present condition of the church at Vermontville is not an enviable one. Internal strife has had its results, and now the Methodist Episcopal Church has not a mem- bership of more than 25. This has been eaused by a split which oceurred two or three years ago, when the Wesleyan Church established itself in that community. They now have about the same number of members as the Methodist Episcopal Church. It is evident that the Saviour's words apply to this place,-" A house divided against itself can- not stand." The religious interest of the place is very poor.
THE CHURCH OF ST. ROSE (CATHOLIC) AT UNION FALLS CORNERS.
In the years 1848 and 1849 a number of Irish emigrants entered into the employ of J. & J. Rogers to eut timber and burn eoal for that company's forges. A number of them penetrated as far as Alder Brook, or rather Union Falls, on the Saranae. Having partially eleared the land in that section they began to settle down there, and formed what is called the "settlement." They were visited from time to time by priests from Keeseville. At length, in 1850, Father James Keveny began the ereetion of a small frame church 30 by 40, to which was added a small vestry 8 by 12. There are 44 slips in the church, or about 200 sittings. The principal supporters of Father Keveny were the MeKillip family,-John, Hugh, Patrick, and Arehi- bald,-together with the Ryan, Howard, and many other families too numerous to mention. This mission, called Union Falls, was attended from Kceseville until a resident pastor was assigned to Ausable Forks, and then it was at- tached to that mission, and has remained so since, with the exception of eighteen months, when Father John Conlon was stationed at Black Brook. The McKillip family were ever its staunchest supporters. The pastors, sinee the ereetion of the church, were Father James Keveny, its founder, Father Philip Keveny, Father Carroll, Father John McDonald, Father James Smith, Rev. Hugh J. Shields, and the present ineumbent, Rev. James Scanlon. A year ago the trustee, Mr. Archibald MeKillip, died, and was succeeded by his brother Patriek. Mr. Tierney resigned, and was sueceeded by Mr. Mathew Kcyes. The society is in a flourishing condition.
CIVIL HISTORY.
Franklin was formed from Belmont May 20, 1836, and embraces about half of township No. 9 and the whole of township No. 10 of the old Military Tract.
The first town-meeting was held at the house of Henry B. Hatch.
The first supervisor was Henry B. Hatch.
MILITARY RECORD.
James Brady, privatc, Co. C, 118th Regt .; enl. July 30, 1862; disch. June 22, 1865.
Samuel Brady, private, colorcd.
William Blake, private, Co. E, 60th Regt .; enl. Oct. 10, 1861 ; wounded ; missing at Antictam.
Luther S. Bryant, sergt., Co, C, 118th Regt. ; enl. Sept. 29, 1862 ; pro, to 1st lieut. ; disch. July 1, 1865,
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William Baker, private, 3d N. Y. Cav .; enil. Nov. 20, 1863; killed at Richmond, Va., Oct. 27, 1864.
William II. Chace, private, Co. F., 118th Regt .; enl. Aug. 2, 1864; disch. July 8, 1865.
George T. Chace, private, Co. K, 38th Regt .; enl. May 11, 1861; disch. Feb. 22, 1862; re-enl. in Co. A, 178th Regt., May 11, 1863; disch. June 22, 1865. Hugh Collins, Jr., private, Co. C, 91st Regt .; enl. Sept. 1864; disch. June, 1865. Patrick Collins, private, Co. C, 91st Regt .; enl. September, 1864; wounded at Petersburg, Va., March 31, 1865; disch. July, 1865.
James Cochran, private, Co. II, 106th Regt .; enl. Aug. 6, 1862; disch. July 1, 1865.
Luther B. Chace, privato, Co. C, 118th Regt .; enl. Aug. 29, 1862; pro. to corp. ; disch. June 19, 1865.
George F. Campbell, private, 6th Mass. Regt. ; re-enl. as sergt., Co. C, 118th N. Y. Regt., July 28, 1862; pro. to Ist sergt., and to lieut., and to capt.
Michael Dernon, private, Co. D, 142d Regt .; enl. September, 1864; wounded at Fort Fisher ; disch. May 25, 1865.
James W. Dyer, private, Co. A, 118th Regt. ; enl. Jan. 1863; trans. to 96th Regt, George M. Derby, private, Co. A, 98th Regt .; enl. Oct. 12, 1861 ; pro. to corp. and to sergt .; disch. with regiment.
Alexander Doty, private, Co. C, 118th Regt .; enl. July 28, 1862; diseh. 1865.
Curtis E. Estey, private, 14th N. Y. H. Art .; enl. Jan. 1, 1864.
Michael Finnegan, Jr., private, Co. C, 118th Regt. ; enl. July 28, 1862; pro. to corp .; wounded at Fair Oaks.
Nicholas Fox, private, Co. D, 142d Regt .; enl. Sept. 1864 ; disch. June, 1865. Mathew Fox, private, Co. D, 142d Regt .; enl. Aug. 23, 1863; disch. June 30, 1865.
John W. Fletcher, private, Co. H, 118th Regt .; enl. July 31, 1862; disch. May 16, 1865.
John Flanders, private, Harris Light Cav.
James Garry, private, Co. C, 9Ist Regt. ; enl. August, 1864; disch. June, 1865.
Thomas P. Garry, private, Co. D, 9th Vt. Regt .; enl. June 19, 1862; dischi. Feb. 21, 1865.
Moral Garland, private, Co. F, 193d Regt .; enl. March 11, 1865; dischi. October, 1865.
Edmund A. Gale, private, Co. M, 2d Harris Light Cav .; enlisted ; pro. to sergt. ; dischi. September, 1865.
Jolın Gorman, private, Co. D, 142d Regt .; enl. 1864; disch. June, 1865.
Joshua M. Griffin, private, Co. G, Sth Vt. Regt .; enI. Feb. 15, 1865; disch. June 10, 1865.
Charles Goff, private, Co. I, 77th Regt .; enl. Oet. 1, 1861 ; died Oct. 10, 1862, at Fairfax Seminary, Va.
Thomas B. Goff, private, Co. D, 142d Regt .; enl. Ang. 12, 1862; pro. to sergt .; died at Raleigh, N. C.
Jolin Goff, private, Co. D, 142d Regt .; enl. Aug. 9, 1862; wounded at Chapin's Farın; died Dec. 17, 1864, of wound.
Sidney Ilare, private, 16th Regt. ; enl. August, 1862; died.
Daniel M. Hathaway, private, Co. C, 14th N. Y. H. Art. ; enl. Jan. 1, 1864; disch. Aug. 16, 1865.
Iliram J. Hathaway, private, Co. E, 60th Regt .; enl. Oct. 10, 1861 ; disch. De- eember, 1862.
Win. F. Ilills, private, Co. C, 96th Regt. ; enl. March 11, 1862; killed at Chapin's Farm, Sept. 29, 1864.
James P. Ileath, private, 96th Regt. ; enI. Jan. 4 ; wounded; discharged; re-enl. 2d N. Y. Cav .; disch. July 13, 1865.
Lemuel B. Hawkins, private, Co. C, 77tl Regt .; enl. Oct. 8, 1862; wounded; lost left arm; disch. Feb. 11, 1865.
Paul Hebler. private, Co. II, 106th Regt. ; cul. Ang. 6, 1862; died July 7, 1864, of wounds.
Sullivan Keith, private, Co. C, 118th Regt .; enl. Aug. 29, 1862.
John Keese, Jr., U. S. gunboat "Osage ;" enl. July, 1863; died May 7, 1864. Mathew Keese, private, Co. D, 142d Regt .; enl. Sept. 29. 1862; disch. June 7, 1865. Daniel Keese, private, Co. D, 142d Regt .; enl. Sept. 29, 1862; taken prisoner Sept. 29, 1864; died in prison.
Alfred Keith, private, Co. C, 118th Regt .; enl. July 28, 1863; disch. June, 1865. Win. Kennedy, private, Co. D, 142d Regt.
Charles D. Lyon, private, Co. Il, 1st L. Art .; enl. Dec. 23, 1862; pro. to corp .; wounded ; disch. June 19, 1865.
Abner T. Lamson, private, Co. E, 60th Regt .; enl. Oct. 10, 1861 ; dischi. October, 1864.
Eli HI. Lainson, privato, 98th Regt .; enl. Dec. 30, 1863; disch. June 8, 1864. Benj. P. Lamson, private, Co. I, 77th Regt .; enl. Oct. 1, 1861 ; died May 30, 1862. William D. Lennon, private, drafted Inne 7, 1864; paid $300.
Erastus Leavitt, private, Co. C, 118th Regt .; enl. Jan. 4, 1864; killed at Drury's Bluff, Va., May 16, 1864.
Thomas .I. Littlejohn, private, 7th Regt .; died in hospital, Burlington, Vt.
James W. Littlejohn, private, Co. C, 118th Regt .; enl. Aug. 29, 1862; disch. June 22, 1865.
Jolin Mooney, private, Co. E, Goth Regt .; enl. Oct. 10, 1861 ; killed at Freder- icksburg, under Burnside.
Georgo A. McKee, private, Co. I, 77tli Regt .; enl. October, 1861; pro. to sergt. and sergt .- maj .; disch. July 5, 1865.
Samuel P. Melvin, private, Co. E, 60th Regt .; enl. Oet. 10, 1861 ; died at Balti- more, Md., Dec. 19, 1861.
George McArter, private, Co. C, 118th Regt .; enl. July 28, 1862 ; disch, Inne 22, 1865.
Warren J. MeArter, private, 96th Regt .; enl. Jan. 4, 1861 ; died Aug. 21, 1862. . Joseph C. Merrill, private, 96th Regt .; drafted March 1, 1865.
Archibald McKillips, sergt., Co. D, 142d Regt .; enl. Aug. 22, 1862; disch. June 30, 1865.
Gardner Malony, private, Ist L. Art .; enl. Sept. 1, 1864; disch. May 30, 1865. James Malony, private, 1st L. Art. ; enl. Sept. 1, 1864; disch. May 30, 1865.
Joseph Monty, private, Co. G, 142d Regt .; enl. September, 1861; supposed killed at Fort Fisher.
William E. Merrill, private, Co. I, 77th Regt. ; enl. October, 1861 ; pro. to lieut. ; disch. with regt.
Sylvanus Maxfield, private, Co. K, 3d N. HI. Regt .; enl. Nov. 24, 1862; dischi. June 7, 1865.
William Madras, private, drafted July, 1862; wounded at Battle of Wilderncss, Va .; died of wounds, June, 1863.
William McNamara, private, Co. D, 142d Regt.
Joseph Mathews, private, 96th Regt .; enl. June 4, 1862; disch. and re-enlisted. John McLanghlin, private, Co. C, 118th Regt .; enl. July 28, 1862; disch. June 22, 1865.
John McKillips, Jr., private, Co. D, 142d Regt. ; enl. Sept. 28, 1864; died Feb. 28, 1865.
Joshua Norman, private, Co. C, 118th Regt .; enl. Aug. 12, 1862 ; disch. May 3, 1865.
Thomas Norman, Jr., private, Co. C, 118th Regt .; enl. July 28, 1862 ; disch. June 22, 1865.
Albert F. Porter, priyate, Co. C, 118th Regt .; enl. July 28, 1862 ; disch. June 22, 1865.
Edwin H. Porter, private, Co E, 60th Regt .; enl. October, 1861 ; killed on picket Jan. 8, 1862.
George W. Page, private, Co, C, 118tlı Regt .; enl. July, 1862 ; pro. to sergt .; dischi. June 25, 1865.
Ilenry N. Page, private, Co. E, 60th Regt .; enl. August, 1861.
Sylvanns L. Page, private, Co. C, 118th Regt .; enl. December, 1863; discharged ; re-en1. 96th Regt.
Alpheus P. Perry, private, Co. B, Ist Vt. Cav .; enl. Dec. 22, 1863; disch. June 22, 1865.
George W. Perigo, private, Co. A, 118th Regt. ; enl. January, 1863; taken pris- oner, Oct. 27, 1864; diod Dec. 7, 1864, at Salisbury prison.
Benj. F. Perigo, private, Co. E, 60th Regt .; enl. Ang. 23, 1861; pro. to sergt .; disch. August, 1865.
Charles N. Park, private, Co. E, 60th Regt .; enl. Sept. 23, 1861 ; disch. Dee. 23, 1863; re-enlisted.
Patrick Ryan, private, 118th Regt .; enl. July 28, 1862 ; died Ang. 13, 1864.
Thomas Ryan, private, Co. D, 142d Regt .; enl. September, 1864; disch. June, 1865.
Riley R. Ross, private, Co. C, 1ISthi Regt .; enl. July 28, 1862; disch. for dis- ability.
William Rechtz, private, 16tlı Regt,
John Reed, private, enl. September, 1864 ; disch. 1865.
Sylvester Reed, private, enl. September, 1864; disch. 1865.
Peter Savage, private, Co. I, 77th Regt .; enl. Nov. 23, 1861 ; disch. 1805.
Georgo Savage, private, Co. C, 118th Regt .; enl. Aug. 29, 1862 ; di-eh. for dis- ability, 1863.
Alfred N. Skiff, private, Co. E, 60thi Regt. ; enl. Oct. 10, 1861 ; was three months with Vet. regt .; discharged; re-enlisted; wounded; pro. to Ist lient .; disch. July 17, 1865.
HI. Nelson Sheene, private, Co. C, 118th Regt .; enl. Dee. 10, 1863. Jolin Sheene, private, disch. June, 1865.
Henry Sweenyer, private, Co. G, 83d Regt .; drafted July 14, 1863.
William Carlos Skeele, private, Co. E, 60th Regt .; enl. Oct. 10, 1861 ; pro. to corp .; disch. Feb. 29, 1864; re-enl. March 1, 1864; disch. July 31, 1865.
Harvey Stanton, private, Co. C, 118th Regt .; enl. July 28, 1862; wounded ; disch. 1865.
John C. Sayles, private, 98th Regt.
Levi Sisco, private, 96thi Regt .; enl. Octobor, 1861 ; diseh. 1865.
John Sullivan, private, Co. D, 142d Regt .; enl. Aug. 28, 1862; disch. June 27, 1865.
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John Sweeney, private, Co. D, 142d Regt .; onl. Aug. 22, 1862; disch. June, 1863. George W. Smith, private, Co. I, 77th Regt. ; enl. Oct. 1, 1861 ; died at City Point, Va., Aug. 1, 1864.
Franklin E. Town, private, Co. C, 118th Regt. ; enl. 1863; trans. to 96th Regt. Charles C. Town, privato, Co. C, 118th Regt. ; enl. Ang. 29, 1862; pro. to corp. and 2d lient. ; trans. to 29th Conn. Regt. ; discharged.
Leander Thompson, private, Co. K, 96th Regt .; enl. Murch, 1865.
Abner Tyler, private, Co. C, 118th Regt .; enl. July 28, 1862 ; disch. June 22, 1865. Berkley Tyler, private, Co. C, 96th Regt .; enl. January, 1863.
William Tyler, substitute, private, Co. D, 46th Regt .; enl. Sept. 2, 1864; disch. 1865.
George F. Wells, private, Co. 1, 77th Regt. ; enl. October, 1861 ; pro. to corp. John Walton, private, Co. G, 193d Regt .; enl. March 11, 1865.
George Watson, private, 118th Regt .; drafted July, 1862; disch. November, 1863, for disability.
Jacob Wills, private, Co. D, 142d Regt .; enl. Aug. 23, 1862; disch. June 16, 1865.
James M. Wolf, Jr., private, 2d N. Y. Cav. ; ent. Oct. 15, ISGI ; disch. Sept. 22, 1862; re-enl. Co. 11, 2d Vet. Cav., Dee. 14, 1863.
Levl Wells, private, Co. C, 118th Regt. ; enl. July 28, 1862 ; wounded.
Wyman Witherel, private, Co. F, 18th Regt .; drafted July 10, 1863; died in Washington, March 18, 1861.
Isane Williams, privato, Co. t', Olst Regt .; enl. August, 1864; disch. June, 1865,
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HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, NEW YORK.
Twilger Williams, private, Co. C, 91st Regt .; enl. August, 1864; disch. June, 1865.
Patrick Daly, private, drafted March 20, 1865. James Law, private, drafted March 20, 1865. Thomas Carney, private, drafted March 20, 1865. Jolin Dillon, private, drafted March 20, 1865. James Keese, private, drafted March 20, 1865.
CHAPTER XCIV.
HARRIETSTOWN.
Geographieal-The First Settlements-The Pioneer School-Civil History-The First Town-Meeting-Officers Elected-Supervisors from Organization of Town to 1880-Military Record.
THE town of Harrietstown lies in the southeast corner of the county, and is bounded as follows : On the north by Brighton, on the east and south by Essex County, and on the west by Brandon.
The history of the town, its first settlements, progress, present condition, etc., will mainly be found under the head of " The Adirondacks," elsewhere in this work.
Among the first settlers who located on the Northwest Bay road about 1812 were Isaac Livingstone, Isaiah C. Flanders, William Kelly, and Nehemiah White. Pliny Miller was the first settler on the Saranac River, in what is now known as the village of Saranac Lake. Here he bought 300 acres of land in the northeast corner of town- ship No. 21 in 1828, and built a dam across the Saranac River and built a saw-mill. The village is situated upon said 300 acres, and is to quite an extent represented by the descendants of Pliny Miller. Pliny Miller was a captain under Col. Young in the war of 1812, and stationed at one time at " French Mills." He held the office of su- pervisor of the town the first ten years after its organiza- tion, with the exception of one year, and other town offices, as justice of the peace, town clerk, ete.
The first district school taught in the southern part of the town and near where the village of Saranac Lake is situated was taught by Mary A. Miller, a granddaughter of Pliny Miller, about 1838; but there had been schools taught in the west part of the town, on the old State or Bay road, much earlier, probably as early as 1832.
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