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Photos. by Baker & Record, Saratoga Springs.
HOSEA BAKER.
MRS. HOSEA BAKER.
IIOSEA BAKER.
Ilosea Baker was born March 23, 1817, in the town of Ilalf Moon, Saratoga County, N. Y. He was brought up in Malta, where, as a boy, he followed various occupations, struggling against poverty, his chief employment being that of a farmer until the age of twenty-four years. Mean- time he attended the common schools, and by self-appliea- tion acquired the rudiments of an education. Ilis natural energy of character, and ambition to improve both his mind and his circumstances, led him to employ diligently his time and means, and, as a result, he has achieved a success in life which worthily contrasts with the humble beginning of his career. As a farmer he has managed prudently, labored industriously, and planned wisely, and has obtained a competence which places him among the independent men of the county.
At twenty-four years of age he settled in the town of Northumberland, where he purchased and improved the farm now owned by William J. Cook. In 1849 he bought the Ostrander place, on Cold Brook, where he resided until
1853, in the mean time marrying, in 1851, Miss Marilla Baker, daughter of William Baker, Esq., of Northumber- land. She died in 1853, about sixteen months after mar- riage, and Mr. Baker sold his farm and purchased a place in Michigan, to which, however, he never removed, but traded the place with Lewis Van Vechten for a farm on Cold Brook. In 1856 he married Mrs. Mary Ann Golden, daughter of Ezra Talmage, of Owego, and settled on his farm. In 1858 he traded this farm for the Vandewerker farm, where Sidney Thompson now resides, and lived there until 1863, when he sold out and purchased the two hundred acres where he now resides in the town of Sara- toga ; he has also another small farm near Stafford's Bridge, in the town of Saratoga Springs.
In the office of constable, when a young man, Mr. Baker had all the experience in polities he desired, and has never since sought any political preferment. He became a Republicau in 1856, and has since steadily voted that ticket.
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Daniel Flanagan,
Stephen Frost, enl. 1862, 77tlt Regt., Co. K.
Jonah D. Groesbeck, en1. Oct. 10, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. G ; disch, at Albany. Wm. Green, enl. Nov. 20, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. 1; trans. to Co. F, Oct. 30, 1862; supposed to have died in Texas.
Albert S. Green, enl. Aug. 9, 1862, 77th Regt, Co. K ; sergt .; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77th Regt.
Josephi A. Green, enl. Ang. 9, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K; corp .; died at Washing- ton, March 25, 1862.
Earl Green, enl. Sept. 14, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. K ; missed after battle of Spott- sylvania; never heard from.
Wells Green, enl. Sept. 15, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. K ; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77th Regt. Patrick L. Gilroy, enl. May 3, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. I, lost in action May 10, 1864 ; never heard from.
Patrick Galvin, enl. Feb. 15, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. F; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77th Regt.
Morgan L. Holmes, enl. Oct. 15, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. C; wagoner; disch. for disability April 18, 1862.
George R. Holmes, enl. Oct. 15, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. C; disch. April 18, 1862.
Newton C. Harris, enl. Oct. 17, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. E; not minstered into the regiment, but attached to the hospital service.
James 11. Hazard, ent. Oct. 17, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. E; disch, for disability Dec. 5, 1862.
Henry Hass, enl. Sept. 27, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. E: killed at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862.
Jerome Hudson, enl. Oct. 20, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. F; disch. Oct. 17, 1862. Erebus Holburt, enl. Oct. 15, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. G.
Jacob F. Haywood, enl. Oct. 4, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. I; Ist lient. ; pro. to q .- m. Jan. 23, 1863; disch. Dec. 13, 1864.
Juseph Hazeltine, enl. Oct. 13, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. I ; sergeant; dropped from the roll March 15, 1863.
Edward Ilickok, enl. Oct. 22, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. I ; disch. Dec. 10, 1862.
William HI. Harrington, enl. Nov. 6, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. 1; did not join the regiment in the field.
Charles Ilart, enl. 1862, 77tb Regt., Co. Ki ; lost at the battle of Spottsylvania, May 10, 1864.
Warren M. Haight. Thomas Hoyt.
Griffin Haight.
Richard Jlays.
George Iless, enl. Nov. 1, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. F; died at Alexandria.
Eugene Hopkins, enl. May 12, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. 1; disch. Dec. G, 1862.
Frank llall, enl. Feb. 16, 1864, 77th Regt., Co. G; killed at Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864.
John II. Ililkey, enl. Feb. 12, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. G; died June 28, 1862. David R. Instrd, enl. Nov. 15, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. K.
Mansfield M. Harrington, enl. Oct. 14, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K, sergt .; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77th Regt.
Sylvester S. Haight, enl. Sept. 15, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. K.
George Il. Hammond, enl. Sept. 11, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. K ; disch. July 8, 1864.
Joseph 11. Hays, enl. Sept. 22, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. K ; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77th Regt.
Jonathan Hopkins, enl. Nov 26, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. D.
Alonzo Hammond, enl. Nov. 29, 18GI, 77th Regt., Co. F; disch. for disability, Oct. 30, 1862.
John W. Hines, enl. Oct. 7, 1861, 77th R-gt., Co. K ; disch. July 10, 18G2.
Thomas Hallagan, enl. Sept. 16, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K ; disch. May IS, 1863.
William II. Hamilton, enl. Sept. 6, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K; disch. March 18, 1863.
Thomas Harlow, enl. Oct. 8, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. K ; trans. to Co. F, Oct. 30, 1862. Corwin Holmes, enl. May, 1861, 30th Regt., Co. F.
Jerome Iluet, enl. Nov. 23, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. G; disch. for previous lisa- bility.
Alvin S. Hlemstreet, en1. Oct. 4, 18GI, 44th Regt., Co. K ; disch, for di-ability, Feb. 5, 1862.
Wm. Ingham, enl. Sept. 14, 18GI, 77th Regt., Co. K ; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77th Regt.
John Jones, enl. Oct. 29, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. B; musician ; disch. Dec. 3, 1862. Philip Johnson, eul. Sept. 24, 1861, 77fl: Regt., Co. C.
James Jeffords, enl. Oct. 11, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. C; trans. to Ist Battery, Dec. 10, 1863.
Francis 1. Jeffords, enl. Oct. 30, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. C; disch. for wounds, June 7, 1802.
Ebenezer Jacqueth, enl. Sept. 20, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. K ; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77th Regt.
Oliver Jones, enl. Oct. 29, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. K ; musician ; trans. to Co. F, Oct. 30, 1862.
Lyman Jones, enl. Oct. 27, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. F; disch. for di-ability, March 5, 1862.
Samuel D. Jeffords, enl. Nov. 18G1, 77th Regt., Co. C; wife lives in Northumber- land; re-enl. in Washington county.
James Knowlton, enl. Oct. 23, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. F; trans, to Invalid Corps, Sept. 3, 1863.
William Kelley, enl. Sept. 8, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. K; trans, to Vet. Bat., 77th Regt. ; had been a member of old 30th.
Naphthal W. Kenyon, enl. May, 1861, 30th Regt., Co. D.
John Kern, onl. May, 1861, 30th Regt., Co. F.
John Kritley, onl. Nov. 1, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. F; trans. to Vet. Reserve Corps, Oct. 1, 1863.
Elisha Lohnes, enl. Oct. 30, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. C; disch. Feb. 17, 1863.
Andrew V. Leonard, enl. Sept. 1, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K ; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77th Regt.
James Lynch, enl. Aug. 19, 18 12, 77th Rogt., Co. K; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77th legt.
John Lee, enl. Sept. 28, 1861, 77th Ragt., Co. K; disch. May 28, 1862.
Adelbert Lucas, enl. Nov. 23, 1863, 2d Vet. Cav., Co. L.
Joseph Laport.
George D. Lovejoy.
Nathan Munn.
James IT. Myers.
Edwin A. Merchant, 44th Regt .; killed in action.
John McMurray, 44th Regt.
George H1. Myers.
Michael Munster.
John Mct'lellin.
Jolin Moon.
Michael McGuire, enl. Oct 1, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. C.
Warren E. Miller, enl. Sept. 24, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. C; disch. Dec. 13, 1864.
Patrick McDaniel, onl. Ort. 17, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. E; corporal; disch. June 21, 1862, for disability.
Joseph Menrer, enl. Sept. 27, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. E; corporal; killed Sept. 17, 1862, at Antietam.
William McGovern, enl. Oct. 10, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. E.
William McCall, enl. Oct. 14, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. F.
Ilemy Munn, enl. Ort. 17, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. F.
Edwin Mccullough, enl. Nov. 20, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. F.
Lewis Martin, Pul. Nov. 1, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. G.
William 11. Marsh, enl. Oct. 15, 1861, 77th Regt., Do. I; died near Yorktown abont May 4, 1862.
Alexander Maltby, enl. Nov. 1, 3861, 77th Regt., Co. I; disch. April 28, 1862. Edward Murray, enl. Nov. 20, 1861, 77th liegt., Co. 1; died of fever at Wash- ington, Jan. 1, 1862.
Willard McCreedy, 30th Regt. ; disch. for disability.
Melvin Mcl'reedy, disch. for disability, and died soon after.
George McCreedy, enl. Sept. 1861, 4th Regt., Co. C; disch. with regiment.
Henry McCreedy, ent. Sept. 1861, 44th Regt., Co. "; served through ; disch . with regiment.
Robert McPherson, enl. Sept. 24, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. F; died Sept. 10, 18G2, at Fortress Monroe.
Hugh McMahon, ent. Ang. 30, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. G.
James Mason, enl. May, 1861, 30th Regt., Co. F.
Samuel McCreedy, cul. Sept. 1861, 44th Regt., Co. K; taken prisoner in the Wilderness; in service eighteen months; disch .; re-enl. ; prisoner six months at Andersonville ; 97th Regt., Co. G.
John W. McGregor, enl. Sept. 27, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. K ; Ist lieut. ; disch. Feb. 10, 1862.
Edward P. Marshall, enl. Oct. 17, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. F; corporal; disch. for disability, Ang. 21, 1863.
James A. Monroe, ent. Oct. 17, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. F ; sergeant.
Wm. MeNulty, ent. Nov. 12, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. 1; disch. Jan. 5, 1863.
Thomas Mushgrove, enl. Nov. 20, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. I; died at Ilagerstown, Oct. 21, 1802.
Edwin Marshall, enl. Oct. 15, 18GI, 77th Regt., Co. I; disch. Feb. 14, 1863.
James McLane, enl. Aug. 26, 1862. 77th Regt., Co. K ; musician.
Nathan Munn, end. Aug. 12, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K ; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77th Best.
Chas. Il. McNaughton, enl. Ang. 6, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K ; disch. July 30, 1863, for wounds ; lost an arm.
James Il. Myers, enl. Aug. 13, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K. ; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77th Regt.
John Moore, enl. Ang. 11, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K ; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77th Regt.
John A. Myers, enl. Ang. 19. 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K.
John McLarnon, enl. Aug. 15, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K ; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77th Regt.
Prosper Morrison, enl. Aug. 8, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K ; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77th Regt.
Michael Munster, enl. Sept. 2, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K ; trans. to 3d Battery. Wesley Mott, enl. Aug. 27, 1862, 77th Regt, Co. K.
George McGovern, ent. Nov. 21, 1861, 77th Regt, Co. D.
Albert Ogden, enl. Sept. 24, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. (; disch. July 25, 1862.
Charles M. Osborn, enl. Aug. 23, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K ; Ist sergt .; died in Al- bany, Dec. 27, 1862.
James O'Brien, enl. Oct. 18, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. K ; disch. June 27, 1862. llenry Owen, enl. Oct. 27, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. I; disch. : date unknown.
Sumner Oakley, enl. Ang. 11, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K ; pro. 2d heut. Aug. 25, 1864 ; capt. Jan. 20, 1865; killed Mar. 25, 1865, at Petersburg. Benjamin Orton, enl. Aug. 14, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K.
John S. Osborne.
William 11. Osborne.
Aaron Osborne.
James Palmer, enl. Nov. 8, 1861, 77th Rogt., Co. (; disch. Oct. 29, 1862.
Henry Plant, enl. Oct. 15, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. I; died of fever, at Annapolis, June 3, 1862.
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William Pike, enl. Ang 16, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K ; disch. for disability, April 16, 1863.
Lorenzo Phillips, enl. Mar. 8, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K ; disch. July 18, 1802. David A. Pennock, enl. Sept. 1861, 47th Regt., Co. C; wounded ; disch. Dec. 1862. Fletcher B. Pennock, enl. July 18, 1×63, 2d Vet. Cav., Co. F ; sergt., brevet lieut.
on detached service ; captured by guerrillas ; prisoner ten months; disch. Philip Purdy, enl. Sept. 1861, 44th Regt., Co. C.
Jerome Purdy, eal. April 21, 1861, 30th Regt., Co. F; disch. 1863.
Henry Pratt, enl. Mar. 3, 1865, 192d Regt., Co. G ; disch. Sept. 3, 1865.
Patrick Quigley, enl. Ang. 18, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K.
James Robertson, enl. Sept. 24, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. C; pro. corp., sergt .; disch. for wounds, April 16, 1863.
Thomas Ryan.
George Rice, enl. Oct 15, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. I ; disch. Dec. 8, 1862.
Henry Robertson, enl. Oct. 15, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. I; disch. Dec. 15, 1862.
John R. Rockwell, enl. Sept. 6, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K, capt. ; disch. for disa- bility, Oct. 2, 1863.
Patrick Ryan, enl. Ang. 14, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K.
John H. Hadley, enl. Aug. 11, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K ; trans, to Vet. Bat., 77th Regt.
Wm. Richards, enl. Sept. 11, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K ; died, Jan. 17, 1863, at Washington.
Joseph Rested, enl. Oct. 8, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. K ; trans, to Co. F, Oct. 30, 1862. John Rowley, Jr., eul. Aug. 20, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. H; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77th Regt.
Jonathan I. Rhodes, enl. Feb. 14, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. I.
John A. Reuchler, enl. Nov. 1, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. F; killed at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862.
Cyrus F. Rich, enl. Aug. 15, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K, 2d lient. ; disch. Nov. 30, '62. George Root. R. H. Saint.
William Slocum.
James Strong. Morris Sullivan, 2d Vet. Cav., Co. F.
Franklin Short.
George R. Smith.
Ilenry B. Shreeves, enl. Oct. 15, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. C; traus. to Vet. Bat., 77th Regt. ; supposed died in rebel prison.
Edward Smack, enl. Oct. 17, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. F; absent after April 20, 1862. Jolm Stone, enl. Nov. 1, 1861, 77th Regt, Co. G; disch. Nov. 4, 1862.
Pierpont Stickney, enl. Oct. 22, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. I ; disch. April 25, 1862. Jerome Snow, enl. Nov. 6, 1>61, 77th Regt., Co. I ; disch. Nov. 13. 1862.
Eli W. Smith, enl. Oct. 25, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. I ; trans. to Co. F, Oct. 30, 1862. Seneca Smith, enl. Oct. 25, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. K ; trans. to Co. F, Oct. 30, 1862. Murty Sullivan, enl. Nov. 18, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. K.
John Sanborn, enl. Nov. 10, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. K; died June 15, 1862, in Virginia.
Wm. A. Smith, enl. Ang. 9, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K, corp .; disch. Feb. 20, 1863.
John G. Strang, enl. Aug. 7, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K, corp .; trans, to Vet. Bat., 77th Regt.
Samuel S. Squires, enl. Ang. 14, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K ; trans. to Vet. But., 77th Regt.
Henry Simpson, enl. Aug. 25, 1862, 77thi Regt , Co. K.
Adolph Schmidt, enl. Ang. 30, 1862. 77th Regt., Co. K ; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77th Regt.
Win. M. Searing, col. 30th Regt.
B. Il. Sraring, Co. D, 30th Regt.
Matthew Simonds, enl. Sept. 1861, 44th Regt., Co. E; served out his time. Charles Stahr.
Rensselaer Stafford, 53d Regt .; disch. with regt.
George Sutfin, 44th Regt .; supposed killed in the Wilderness, or died at Ander- sonville.
George T. Stevens, enl. Oct. 8, 1861, 77th Regt. ; assist. surg.
Lucius E. Shurtleff, ent. Nov. 22, 1861, 77th Regt. ; 2d lieut., and pro. q .- m., Nov. 23, 1861 ; resigned June 21, 1862.
Arthur Scott, enl. Oct. 17, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. K ; trans, to Co. F, Oct. 20, 1862 ; drowned off Cape Hatteras.
Franklin Stay, enl. Oct. 27, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. 1; disch. April 25, 1862.
Daniel C. Simonds, enl. Ang. 25, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. I; trans. to Vet. Bat. 77th Regt.
James A. Stearns, enl. Sept. 6, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. I ; died of diarrhoea, at Washington, Ang. 3, 1863.
lliram Storrs, enl. Oct. 27, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. J.
Ernest Schmidt, enl. Nov. 1, 1861, 76th Regt., Co. F; disch. Nov. 18, 1863.
Frederick Strancher, enl. Nov. 1, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. F'; disch. Feb. 1, 1863.
Joseph Swarts, enl. Nov. 1, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. F; disch. for disability Jan. IS, 1864.
Edward L. Smith, enl. Feb. 28, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. F; disch., date unknown. George Smith, enl. Oct. 25, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. F; disch. March 31, 1863.
Frank Thomas, enl. Sept. 24, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. C; sergt. ; pro. Ist sergt., and trans, to Co. K.
Gilbert F. Thomas, enI. Sept. 24, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. C; corp .; pro. sergt., sergt .- maj., 2d lient .; killed Oct. 9, 1861.
Frederick Tombs, enl. Oct. 15, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. I ; died of fever at White House, Va., June 15, 1802.
Kenyon 'fefft, enl. Sept. 1, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K ; disch. for disability Feb. 28, 1863.
Isrsel F. Tanner, enl. Ang. 2, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K; disch. Oct. 22, 1864. Samuel W. Tanner, enl. 44th Regt., Co. A, Sept. 1861.
James Tighe, enl. Sept. 24, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K ; trans. to N. Y. Ist Iod. Battery.
Ileary Tovec, enl. Ang. 25, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. HI ; trans, to Vet. Bat., 77th Regt.
Reuben K. Thompson, enl. Ang. 30, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. G; disch. June 14, 1863.
Loren M. Tomis, enl. Ang. 30, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. G; died March 20, 1863, at White Oak Church, Va.
George Thompson, eul. Aug. 28, 1863, 2d Vet. Cav., Co. F.
Levi Van Schaick, enl. Aug. 27, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K ; trans. to Invalid Corps, Sept. 17. 1803.
Robert Van Slyke, enl. March 4, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K ; disch., date unknown. Warner Van Valkenburgh, enl. 30th Regt., Co. F; lost in Seven Oaks. Gordon Van Valkenburgh.
Richard Van Antwerp.
Benjamin Viele.
Samnel Van Order.
Seneca Vaness, enl. Oct. 15, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. K; trans. to Co. C, Oct. 50, 1862.
Lewis Wood, enl. Sept. 27, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. E; capt .; dismissed for absence Oct. 4, 1862.
John Williams, enl. Oct. 10, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. H; trans. to cavalry Dec. 16, 1863.
Iliram K. Wilcox, enl. Nov. 19, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. I; sergt .; disch. Dec. 8, 1862.
Juhin Wright, en]. Oct. 15, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. I ; disch, at Philadelphia, date unknown.
Thos. Whitman, enl. Aug. 27, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K; trans. to Vet. Rat., 77th Regt.
Jas. H. Whaley, enl. Ang. 12, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K ; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77th Regt.
Wm. Wildey, enl. Aug. 23, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K ; disch. with regiment.
Geo. H. Welch, en. Aug. 8, 1262, 77th Regt., Co. K; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77th Regt.
Hiram Weaver, enl. Ang. 25, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K ; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77th Regt.
John B. Welch, enl. Aug. 30, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K ; trans. to Invalid Corps, Jan. 31, 1864.
Joseph Welch, enl. Oct. 15, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. K; trans. to Co. F, Oct. 30, 1862.
Stephen Welch.
Thomas Whitman.
Andrew J. Weed, enl. Ang. 6, 1863, 2d Vet. Cav., Co. F.
Charles II. Welch, enl. Ang. 15, 1863, 2d Vet. Cav., Co. C.
De Witt C. Winney,* enl. Aug. 1863, 25th Cav .; entered regnlar service ; killed, June 25, 1876, at the Custer massacrc.
Gardner Winney,* enl. 25th Cav .; disch. 1865.
Bruce Winney,* enl. Ang. 20, 1862, 115th Regt., Co. F ; re-enl. regular army, 7th U. S. Cav.
Francis K. Winney,* cul. Ang. 13, 1864, 47th Regt., Co. I; disch. Sept. 11, 1864. John C. Winney,# 115th Regt., Co. F.
Washington H. Wood, enl. Aug. 14, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K.
Leroy Whitman, enl. Oct. 17, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. F ; corp. ; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77th Regt.
Hamilton White, enl. Oct. 14, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. K ; trans, to Vet. Bat., 77th Regt.
John A. Walroth, enl. Oct. S, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. K ; corp. ; trans. to Co. F, Oct 30, 1862.
HI. W. Wright, enl. Sept. 28, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. K ; corp .; trans. to Co. F, Oct. 30, 1862.
Lucius E. Wilson, enl. June 23, 1863, 2d Vet. C.v , Co. A ; 1st lieut.
Titus C. White, enl. May, 1861, 30th Regt., Co. D.
Silas S. White, enl. Sept. 26, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. G; disch. Oct. 2, 1862.
Heury Wilbur, enl. Aug. 30, 1862, 77th Regt., Co. G; trans. to Vet. Bat., 77th Regt.
Cl.fford Weston, enl. Nov. 28, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. I ; killed at Mechanicsville, Va., May 24, 1862.
Charles Wilsey, enl. Nov. 27, 1861, 77th Regt., Co. F.
Thomas White, 30th liegt., Co. F.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
DANIEL A. BULLARD
was born at Schuylerville, in this county, July, 6, 1814. He was the second son of Alpheus Bullard and Hannah Fitch Bullard. Alpheus Bullard was born at Sturbridge, Mass., May 31, 1775, and was the sixth generation from Benjamin
# Four of these were brothers.
D. V Bu ((and)
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HISTORY OF SARATOGA COUNTY, NEW YORK.
Bullard, who settled in Watertown, Mass., about 1630, before Boston was known.
Benjamin, of the second generation, pushed farther into the wilderness and settled on the north side of Bogistow pond, in Medway, Mass., about 1650. The following is a quotation from their early history : " Here they prepared to live, as all of them virtually did, the rest of their lives in a state of warfare. They built for a garrison-house a spacious and regular fortress. It was superior to any simi- lar structure on the then frontier. It was sixty-five or seventy feet long, two stories high, all of faced stone, bronght over from a quarry one mile distant at the north- west, and laid in a workmanlike manner, in clay-mortar. It had a double row of port-holes on all sides, lined with white-oak plank, and flaring inward, so as to require no one to expose himself before them, while the besieged, by taking cross-aims, could direet their fire to every point of the compass.
" This fortress was lighted and entered at the south end, overlooking the pond, where the bank was so low that as- sailants from that quarter, iu leveling at the high windows, would only lodge bullets in a plank chamber floor, or among the furniture of the garret. The upper story was appro- priated to the women and children, and had a room parti- tioned off for the sick. To this place of security our ancestors, for more than two generations, were accustomed to flee in times of alarm, and here no small number of their children were born. In this fort they were once besieged by a host of Philip's warriors, who, in despair of all other means, attempted to fire the building by running down the declivity above it a eart of burning flax. Arrested in its descent by a rock still to be seen, and an Indian who had run down to start it having been killed, a retreat was sounded, and the lives of our ancestors saved."
If that lucky stone had been elsewhere it appears proba- ble that this sketch of the descendant would never have been called for. The mother of Alpheus Bullard was Hopstill Tafft, daughter of Daniel Tafft, and was born June 4, 1749, at Mendon, Mass., and died at Old Saratoga in the year 1840, aged ninety-one years. Her grandmother was a daughter of Captain Josiah Chapin, of Worcester Co., Mass., celebrated in the wars with King Philip, two centuries ago.
Alpheus Bullard settled at Schuylerville, N. Y., in the year 1810, as a merchant, and married Hannah Fitch, Jan. 5, 1812. He was extensively engaged in mercantile and lumbering business for several years, but in 1823 re- moved to Northumberland, in this county, where he died, Jan. 25, 1855, in the eightieth year of his age.
He was a man of great physical and intellectual strength, and his integrity was never questioned, but he lived a quiet, unostentatious life upon his farm until his death.
Daniel A. at the age of sixteen left the farm and became a clerk in the store of James P. Cramer, at Grangerville, where he remained for several years, when he embarked in mereantile business on his own account,-first at Troy and next at Schuylerville, -but was not successful in his efforts.
Between 1843 and 1845 he took a contract for con- structing different sections of the Vermont Central railroad through the Green mountains, and in so doing changed the
channel of the river near Waterbury. While engaged in that business he showed great executive ability as a con- structor, which has ever since been manifest. He also con- structed the mason-work on the Rutland and Washington railroad and at Eagle Bridge. Over twenty years since he superintended the opening of the Bald Mountain lime- works, in Greenwich, Washington county, for the Rev. Eliphalet Nott, D.D., and R. W. Lowler.
In the year 1863 he started the Schuylerville paper-mill, which has been one of the most successful in the country. He also owns the flouring-mill standing upon the same site where General Schuyler's mill stood, until it was burned by Burgoyne, in October, 1777. His great energy and good judgment as a business man have done probably more than any other person to develop the business interests of his native village, and he yet hopes to procure a railroad to be constructed to that place. He married Harriet, daughter of Jacob Snyder, by whom he has two sons and one daughter, the latter being the wife of Oliver Brisbin, all of whom are settled in the same village with him. Ed- ward Chesselden and Charles Mayhew, his two sons, are associated with him in the manufacture of paper at the same place.
In addition to that business, he carries on three farms, buys grain and produce, is the largest tax-payer in the town, and is never happy unless in active business. He has been several times president of the village, and is noted for the public improvements he has made, and is now supervisor of his native town, having been elected by a large majority against an adverse political majority. He is one of the directors of the Bank of Old Saratoga, and is yet in active business and expects to be for many years to come. He has properly been described as a man of indomitable per- severance, invincible energy, and superior business traits ; judicious yet firm ; outspoken and independent ; liberal- hearted, and free in thought; possessing excellent mechani- cal abilities; of great physical endurance, and likely to enjoy a long lease of life.
SAMUEL SHELDON
was born in Easton, Washington county, in the State of New York, Feb. 2, 1829. He is the oldest son of Major John Sheldon, the sixth in the lineal descent of the Shel- don family in this country. John Sheldon was born in Washington county, on the farm on which he died in 1865 at the age of seventy-seven. He was married to Jane De Ridder, daughter of General Simon De Ridder, in 1825. Five children were born to them,-three sons and two daughters. The first settlers in this country of the Sheldon family were Spanish knights, who came from England in the year 1665. Their coat-of-arms was a shield and duck, with the motto "Sheldon." Of the three brothers who first came over, one settled in Connecticut, one in Vermont and the other in what was then called the west, probably in one of the middle States. The immediate ancestors of that branch of the Sheldons who settled in Washington county came from Connecticut, and were the descendants of John, who is said to have been the elder of the three brothers.
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