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His wife was known as a woman of great sympathy for the needy ; was truly a helpmeet, fulfilling all the duties pertaining to a wife and mother, and did her part well, training her children in all that makes true manhood and womanhood. She died July 9, 1854, remembered for her many virtues. Ile survived her nine years, and died July 9, 1863.
HARTSVILLE.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
HARTSVILLE lies on the west border of the county, south of the centre, and was erected from Hornellsville, Feb. 7, 1844. The surface is a hilly upland, broken by several deep valleys. The valley of Bennett's Creek ex- tends along the east border of the town, while Purdy Creek flows east through the north part, their valleys being bor- dered by steep hills from four to six hundred feet high. The soil is produetive, being for the most part a shaly and clayey loam.
EARLY SETTLEMENT.
Joseph Purdy, a native of Ireland, and for some years a prominent eitizen of Steuben County, was the first actual settler in the town of Hartsville. In the year 1810 he moved up the creek which bears his name, and settled in the northwest corner of the present town, occupying a par- tially-completed cabin, which had been commenced and abandoned by a Mr. Brookins the year before. He was the sole occupant of the town until 1819, when Jesse, father of Silas Palmeter, a native of Madison County, Perry Potter, and his brother Andrew, and William D. Burdick, who was a boy of seventeen, and lived with Mr. Potter, settled on the ridge near the head of Crosby Creek, in the northwest part of the town. William D. Burdick " booked," that is, had fifty acres reserved on the books at the land-office for his purchase, when of age, but soon after traded to his brother, who lived over the line in Allegany County, for an old watch.
Daniel P. Carpenter came from Orange County with an ox-team, in the summer of 1822, and settled on the Vickers place, half a mile below Hartsville Centre, moving into an unfinished log house, that had been built in the deep woods, which almost closed together above its roof. Their only neighbor was Mr. Purdy, two and a half miles down the ereek. In October, Frank Powell, father of II. F. Powell, came from Dutchess County, and located below, near the cemetery, living in the old Brookins eabin while building. Mr. Powell was grandfather of Nathaniel and Elisha Purdy.
This valley was a famous hunting-ground, deer gathering in numbers to feed upon the mosses which clung to the trees in the shady valley. Fearful stories were related by the hunters of the Canisteo Valley, to dissuade people from settling here and spoiling their favorite hunting-ground.
On the flat, near Hartsville Centre, were found many bent poles, which had been used by the Indians in their eamps, and the early pioneers plowed up mortars and other implements about the old cornfield, which was abandoned by the Indians when the white men came into the valley There were several of these eornfields along Purdy's Creek,
and a large apple-tree stood for some years, below the Purdy place.
While Mr. Purdy lived in the Brookins house, a fright- ened deer, chased by wolves, sought refuge in the house, and was killed by the family, at a time when they were in such want of provisions that Mrs. Purdy, who was a pious lady, considered it a special dispensation of Providence.
A young man came over the hills from Allegany County at an early day, and discovering a deer-lick near the head of Purdy Creek, went down to the Canisteo, found the num- bers of the land, and continued on to Bath, in great glee, to enter the land on which to loeate a salt-work. He was under age, but received a " booking," which reserved the land from entry until he should be old enough to purchase. Returning to Canisteo, he borrowed a kettle, and with ket- tle, axe, gun, and tinder, returned to the spring and boiled industriously for several days, but obtaining no salt, left in disgust. This place, known as the Birch lick, was a famous place to watch for deer, which were shot in the night as they came to drink. Gravel was scattered where they would rattle when stepped upon, a gun was sighted where the deer was supposed to stand while drinking, supports were fixed under it, and the patient hunter lay in ambush with his gun " set," awaiting the time when the exeiting rattle of the gravel should signal him to fire the gun, after which the deer was almost certain to be found. Later, when in the darkness an ox was shot, this risky sport was abandoned for the more laborious trail, where they would be shot while crossing at some favorite point from one hill to another.
In 1823, William Hudson and John Granger located below Mr. Carpenter, ou the creek. Robert G. Martin set- tled on the present fine farm of Richard F. Allison, and was married to Mary A. Gleason, a member of Mr. Powell's family, in December of 1823. This, the first wedding in the town, was quite an affair, and was attended by the en- tire population of the valley, consisting of Mr. Hudson and wife, Mr. J. Martin and wife, D. P. Carpenter and wife, John Granger and wife, Mary Carpenter, and Susan Nichols. Mr. and Mrs. Hudson stood up with the happy couple. The ceremony was performed at one o'clock, after which the party sat down to a hearty dinner of baked beans and sausage, and a jovial time was had until it was time to wade back home through the deep snow to do the chores. It was not considered safe to leave a house alone a great while then, lest the wooden chimney should take fire, as was a common occurrence when at home.
Sarah Ann, daughter of Daniel P. Carpenter, was the first white child born in the town, her birth occurring in January, 1823. The first death was that of Charlotte, daughter of Ebenezer Martin, in 1823. In 1824, Joseph Thompson moved on to the abandoned place of Mr. Hud-
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son, and Joseph Hood, of Yates County, father of U. D. Ilood, of Corning, finished a log house, which had been partially built and abandoned, on the site of the present village near the bridge. James Thompson came in 1824. Mrs. Thompson was a cousin of Mrs. Carpenter, both families coming from Orange County.
In 1828, James Howell and John Martin joined the settlement. In 1825, William Allison, father of Richard F. Allison, of Hartsville, and Mortimer, Lawrence, Isaac, and Oscar Allison, of Canisteo, a native of Orange County, moved from Horseheads and settled north of Mr. Carpenter, who shared his house with him until he could build. This was a common hospitality among the early settlers. Casper Van Buskirk built a log house near by and moved in the next spring. The country had become so settled at this time that Mr. Carpenter ventured to bring in some goods and open a store, the first in the town, at his residence. A log school-house was built on his land the same season, and Z. A. Purdy, daughter of Joseph Purdy, taught the first school in the town. In 1827, Mr. Carpenter built the first saw-mill in the town, on his place. Daniel P. Carpenter was one of the most prominent men of his time, and did much to advance the settlement of his town. He became interested in the land-office, and, in connection with his other business, conducted an ashery for some years. Be- fore the organization of the town of Hartsville, the first election for this part of the old town of Hornellsville was held at his house. The men came on horseback to vote, and all the women in the neighborhood came to assist in cooking their dinner, which was a free lunch on a grand scale ; roast pig forming the central attraction, around which revolved numerous wholesome dishes, with a profusion of pumpkin-pie, piled high on plates, for dessert. Twenty guests came from Hornellsville, and numerous others from Ahuond. Ou removing the plates many silver coins were found by the girls, where they had been deposited by the grateful guests. Elections were held seven years at Mr. Carpenter's.
Robert G. Martin built a mill where R. F. Allison's mill stands, in 1832. Wmn. Allison built another soon after; Mr. Whiting built one two miles above, Asher and Whiting between, and near the bridge a stave- and shingle- mill was built. All were running until about 1855, when the stock of timber began to give out, and the clearing made the season for running water-mills much shorter by drying up the streams. R. F. Allison put up the first steam-power in the town.
John Hood, an officer in the war of 1812, came from Bellona, Yates Co., in 1826, and settled on the hill near the Allison place. Soon after he organized a company of militia under Col. Amasa Thatcher, and was made captain. Nathan Williams was lieutenant, Oliver Coon, ensign ; and Ferris Clawson, first sergeant. Joseph Lawson, Henry and Adam Acker, Silas Palmeter, Wmn. Allison, Robert Martin, Hiram and George Powell, Elisha and Perry Potter, were members of the company, which used to assemble at Carpenter's to train. Charles N. Hart, who gave his name to the town, James Clawson, Benjamin S. and John Van Buskirk, and William Allison, were the leading business men of the town. After the lumbering ceased, farming re-
ceived more general attention, and dairying became a lead- ing industry.
The principal cheese-factory, on Purdy Creek, has manu- factured upwards of $10,000 worth of fine cheese during the past season, and another large factory is in successful operation in the northwestern part of the town.
When Jacob Vickers came to Hartsville in 1855 there was no store in the town. An effort was made several times, but the country was not sufficiently developed to support a local store until 1868, when J. D. Russell began the present business, which has been continued by Mr. Vickers.
Joseph Henry opened the Centre House, in Hartsville, in 1851. The business was first located at the present cheese-factory, a mile above the present village, and was changed to the present locality in 1853. The post-office was first at Charles' N. Hart's residence, between Hartsville Centre and Canisteo. The land is all taken from the land- office. The last lot near Hartsville Centre was sold for 75. cents per acre at private sale.
On the hill in the southwest part of the town, Simeon Baker settled with his three sons, James, Ephraim, and Simeon, Jr. Robert Hemphill, a native of New Hampshire, settled on the top of the dividing ridge east of Hartsville Centre, the highest land in the north part of the town, in 1835, where his son, George W. Hemphill, now resides. Benjamin and David Cook were carly settlers on this ridge toward the valley east, where they went to have their bread baked by the Carpenter girls while clearing their farms and erecting their cabins. Oliver, Jonathan, and Solomon Pet- tibone settled near the Hemphill place in 1832. Mrs. Isaac Burdick, Jr., came from Allegany County, in 1826. Hiram P. Burdick, the present pastor of the Seventh-Day Church, and popular temperance worker, then a Jad of ten years, was the oldest of her family. William D. Burdick was a brother of Mrs. Isaae Burdick, Jr., and married a sister of Isaac Burdick, Jr.
From the high land to the west of Mr. Hemphill's may be seen a fine scope of country to the west. Just off the highest ridge is the Seventh-Day Baptist church, and a few rods below is the residence of Rev. H. P. Burdick, the well-known temperance worker, and one of the leading men of that part of the county, who says, with pride, that Ilarts- ville has never granted a license to sell strong drink. Just beyond, is the oldest cheese-factory in the town. To the east, a point of high land extends northward like a gigantic wall, while to the north the view extends to Fremont and the hills about Bath. To the west, across the deep, narrow valley which heads near by, Lewis Clark, father of the pres- ent Lewis Clark, built his pioneer cabin and raised his family. Near by, the land slopes smoothly to the north for a quarter of a mile, when it descends rapidly into the deep, narrow valley of Crosby Creek. A mile below in the valley, near the line of Hornellsville, lives Capt. John Hood, the oldest of the living pioneers of Hartsville.
The low, sloping hill-sides on each side of the little village of Hartsville Centre are covered with well-tilled farms, an occasional sugar-bush intervening, and the vil- lage has a quiet, old appearance, which is enhanced by the numerous stone fences and an occasional old-fashioned
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well-sweep beside some roadside well. The valley holds a continuous width of a quarter of a mile, and opens above the village into a beautiful little flat at the mouth of Donaldson Creek. Ascending Purdy Creek nearly south- west the hills gradually disappear, until the level of that stream is reached near the south line of the town. A road to the east ascends Call Hill, so named from Othniel Call, the first settler in this part of the town, who came from Tompkins County in 1828, and located at the crossing of the old road between Greenwood and Purdy Creek. Ilis brothers-in-law, Micah and Francis Kennedy, came the next year. and located west of Call. Aaron V., son of Micah Kennedy, occupies the old farm, and both the Kennedy brothers are still living. Joseph Alma and David Alger came next, and settled east, near where Mr. Alma still lives. This ridge contains some fine rolling farms, and is generally well settled.
South of this hill, on Slate Creek,-a stream running east half across the town,-Thomas Stout settled in 1832, on an abandoned chopping made in 1829. The settlement on this creek was first induced by lumbering. Two mills are still running on that stream a portion of the year. Daniel M. Stephens was an early settler on this stream.
There are six saw-mills in the town,-three on Purdy Creek, two on Slate Creek, and one on Fall Brook. A mile above Hartsville Centre is a cheese-factory, feed-mill, and shingle-mill. There are post-offices and trading-points near each side of the town, which absorb much of its products ; this town also furnishes the main support of two cheese-factories in adjoining towns.
HARTSVILLE CENTRE.
This, the principal settlement and business centre, com- prises some forty residences, scattered along the valley of Purdy Creek, near the centre of the town. Two saw-mills, two stores, a fine new Methodist Episcopal church and parson- age, school-house, and the usual trades comprise the balance of the improvements. Most of the buildings are old, among which are scattered later and more modern ones, the finest of which are the Methodist Episcopal parsonage and the residence of R. F. Allison, one of the leading business men of the town. The lumbering of the two mills is confined to the few straggling hemlocks, oaks, and scrubby pines left as worthless by the lumbermen of thirty years ago. Mail is received daily from Canisteo by private conveyances according to opportunity, there being no contract for its regular carriage.
ORGANIZATION.
The town of Hartsville was formed from the southern part of ITornellsville, comprised in township No. 3, on Feb. 7, 1844, and named Hartsville, in honor of Charles N. Hart, one of the leading men of the town. A town-meet- ing was called at the house of Erastus S. Beard, on the first Tuesday in March of that year, and the poll opened by Christopher C. Purdy, Sidney Frisby, and Calvin Withy. The officers there elected were Charles N. Ilart, Supervisor ; Erastus S. Beard, Town Clerk ; James Beard, Jonathan Pet- tibone, Elizur Sage, Assessors ; Silas Palminter, Jonathan B. Purdy, Reuben W. Millard, Henry Acker, Justices of the Peace ; Israel Adams, Edmond Cook, Levi C. Henry, Com-
missioners of Ilighways ; David S. Whiting, Russell Ami- don, Overseers of the Poor ; Silas Palminter, Superintendent of Schools ; John Van Buskirk, Collector; Robert Ilemp- hill, Calvin Withey, Inspectors of Election ; Samuel II. Burdick, Barney Hinckley, Chester F. Whiting, Con- stables ; Casper Buskirk, Sealer of Weights and Measures ; William Allison, David S. Whiting, Uriah F. Stephens, Oliver Pettibone, Nathan Neff, Peter Hinckley, Elisha Potter, David Call, Reuben U. Millard, Burton H. Saun- ders, Ebenezer Martin, Benjamin Hall, Silas Tolls, David Alger, John Holt, and Shubad S. Fenton were elected Pathmasters.
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Supervisors.
Town Clerks. Collectors.
1844. Charles N. Hart.
Erastus P. Beard. John Van Buskirk.
1845.
Sidney Frisbey.
Barney Hinckley. 16 ..
1846. James Beard.
1847.
Richard F. Allison. Kingsley Amidon.
1848. Edmund Cook.
Michael A. Howell. Barney Hinckley.
1849. Erastus Beard.
1850. Francis Kennedy.#
Joseph Henry.
Samuel Woolever.
1851.
Sidney Frishey.
Aaron V. Kennedy.
1852. James Beard.
F. 11. Reynolds.
1854. Edmund Cook.
Jonas Goodno.
1855. James Beard.
Jacob 1. Stryker.
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1856. C. C. Purdy.
1857. James M. Cook.
1858.
1859. Shepherd Amidon.
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16
Micah Kennedy.
1860.
1861. Richard F. Allison. Sidney Frisbey.
Allen C. llenry.
1862. =
1863.
66
Tisdale A. Puffer.
1864.
Dennis McGraw.
William Hamilton.
1866.
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Dennis MeGraw.
1867. Silas Palmer.
Jacob II. Stryker.
Samuel Woolever.
1868. Richard F. Allison. llenry L. Farnbam. Alanson W. Alicy.
1869. Lyman A. Cook.
Joseph Vickers.
A. W. Almey.
1870.
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Dura Martin.
1871. R. F. Allison.
J. JI. Stryker.
Wesley Langs.
1872.
1873. James A. Almey.
Albert Amidon.
Cas. M. C. Stephens.
1874. Joseph Vickers.
1875. Jacob HI. Stryker.
M. S. Amidon.
1876. James B. Ilendec.
Langford Whitford.
1877.
Jonas Goodno.
Levi O. Henry.
1878. Langford Whitford. George R. Corbett.
W. W. Langs.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
1814. Silas Palmeter.
1856. Shepherd Amidon.
Jonathan B. Purdy. 1857. Robert Hemphill.
Renben W. Millard.
1858. Luther King.
llenry Acker.
1859. C. C. Purdy. Jonas Goodno. 1860. Shepherd Amidon.
1846. Jonathan B. Purdy.
1861. Silas Palmeter.
1847. David S. Whiting.
1862. S. C. Watkins.
1848. Silas Palmeter.
1863. James M. Henry.
1850. Luther King.
1851. Reuben Millard.
1852. Jonas Goodno.
1853. Robert Hemphill.
1866. W. W. Wilber.
1854. Luther King. C. C. Purdy (v.).
1867. Phileman Tuller.
1855. C. C. Purdy.
Barney llinekley.
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A. A. MeGraw.
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1865. 16 .6
Deforest Crane.
John A. Farnham.
James M. Henry. ..
1853.
66 James W. Corbitt.
James Moore.
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1845. Reuben W. Millard.
1849. Christopher C. Purdy.
1861. M. A. Cass.
1865. Silas Palmeter. P. D. Hinckley. William Gay.
# Special meeting to fill vacancy.
John A. Farnham.
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1868. Charles R. Amidon.
1873. Silas Palmeter.
James M. Henry. 1874. William K. Thatcher.
1869. George R. Corbett.
1875. Charles S. Jenkins.
1870. William W. Wilber.
1876. James M. Henry.
1871. James M. Henry.
1877. John R. Hemphill.
1872. James M. Henry. 1878. William K. Thatcher.
CHURCHES.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF HARTSVILLE.
At a meeting held at the house of H. Carnwell, on Sat- urday before the second Sunday in November, 1838, a society was formed with ten members. Their names were Nathan Neff, Ebenezer Martin and wife, Sarah W. Turner, Rhoda Martin, Hannah Neff, Rachel Tolls, Hiram Carn- well and wife, Robert Hemphill. Rev. R. Clark was the first pastor, under whose preaching this class was formed. Early preaching was held in the house of F. Kennedy and the Carpenter school-house. Solomon Pettibone was made the first Deacon, and Robert Hemphill, Clerk. Pastors : Revs. R. Clark, Hiram Caruwell, O. B. Call, C. G. Smith, Washington L. Cook, H. A. Rose, Rev. Mr. Clark, James Babcock, Roswell Corbett, Allen C. Henry, and C. K. Bunnell, present pastor. Officers : Joseph W. Henry, Dea- con ; P. M. Phelps, Clerk. There are 30 members, among whom are Mrs. Angeline Martin, who with her husband, Ebenezer Martin, joined the society at its organization.
Deacons : 1847, Jonathan Truman ; 1857, George Itood, Lyman Lewis, Thomas Bordeau, Alonzo Woodard. Licensed : 1847, Iliram P. Burdick.
Ordained : 1848, HI. P. Burdick, William C. Kenyon, President of Alfred College, Darwin Maxon, D. K. Davis, W. M. Babcock.
Present membership, 130. Clerk, H. G. Pope.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHI.
Rev. James Hemingway formed the first Methodist Episcopal Church in Hartsville in June, 1825. The first meetings were held in the house of Daniel B. Carpenter ; John Hood was the first class-leader. Among the first members were Hiram Cornell and wife, Louis Clark aud wife, Robert D. Martin and wife, Mary, wife of John Martin, Mary Carpenter, Amos Babcock, Noah Dunbar and wife. The first stewards were Robert Martin and Lewis Clark. The first Methodist Episcopal Church edi- fice was built by Eli Woodruff, John Acker, Joseph Vickers, Charles Duteher, and John Eels, Trustees, at an expense of $3400, and dedicated March 19, 1870, by Rev. B. I. Ives. The present membership is 67. Pastors : 1825, J. Hemingway ; 1826, Eleazer Dewey ; 1827, Rev. Mr. Kurzort ; 1828-29, Rev. Mr. Buell; 1830-36, Rev. Mr. Filmore, John Shaw, John Vaughn, Nathan Fel- lows, C. Storey, Jesse Bacon, Rev. Mr. Kinney ; 1837, S. Nichols; 1853, R. M. Beach ; 1854-55, W. A. Bron- son ; 1856-57, Chandler Wheeler; 1858, L. L. Rogers; 1860, J. J. Turton ; 1862, S. Il. Aldrich ; 1863-64, Isaac Everett ; 1865, N. N. Beers ; 1866, Wesley Cochran ; 1867, W. W. Colvin ; 1868, F. D. Blakeslee; 1869, S. M. Dayton, Henry Goodwin ; 1870, J. H. Blades; 1871-72, James Landreth ; 1873, C. E. Milspaugh ; 1874, E. D. Graham; 1875-76, Maj. J. Robins; 1877, Andrew Purdy; 1878, J. J. Dayton. Rev. E. Dewy, who married a daugh-
ter of Daniel B. Carpenter, died at this place in 1867. ,John Ifood, Oliver Pettibone, Jacob Stryker, John llopper, and the present incumbent, Joseph Vickers, have been class-leaders. Daniel Reed, Recording Steward ; W. S. Parish, Eli Woodworth, E. K. Powell, Milo Hayze, Charles Hayze, Samuel 1. Zeliff, Stewards; Eli Wood- worth, Jacob Vickers, D. Reed, J Vickers, W. S. Parish, Trustees. A fine new parsonage has been built, adjoining the church.
THE SEVENTH-DAY BAPTIST CHURCH OF HARTSVILLE.
In the year 1836, Hiram P. Burdick, then a boy of six- teen, started a Sabbath-school near his present residence, attending the old church in Allegany Couuty, getting the lesson there and rehearsing it to his little class at home. llis library consisted of a Bible, spelling-book, Pike's arithmetic, and a Columbian reader. Afterward, he hoed potatoes two days for seventy-five cents, and bought " Barnes' Notes on Matthew and Mark." Out of this first effort grew the organization of the church in the town of Hartsville, the same year, with 33 members, many of whom were already members of the church just over the county line, in Alle- gany County. Among the first members were Mrs. Betsey Burdick, Hiram P. Burdiek, Elisha Potter and wife, Silas Palmeter and wife, Mrs. Harriet Pettibone, and William D. Burdick and wife. This society continued to be a branch of the Allegany Church until 1847. At a meeting called, of which George Hood was chairman, but one vote was cast in favor of building the church, two for the present site, and 30 for HI. P. Burdick as soliciting committee. With the assistance of Miss Eliza Potter, $1300 were raised by sub- scription the next day, and the church was completed the next year, at an expense of $2800, and dedicated Oct. 1, 1856, by Rev. Thomas Brown. This was the first church built in the town. H. P. Burdick, George Hood, Lewis Clark, Schuyler Whitford, and Wm. D. Burdick were build- ing committee. Pastors : 1847, Hiram Cornwell; 1848- 53, H. P. Burdick ; 1853-54, Darwin Maxon; 1854-58, I. P. Burdick ; 1858-61, Wm. C. Kenyon, H. P. Bur- dick ; 1861-67, H. P. Burdick; 1868, B. F. Rogers ; 1869, Jonathan Allen, president of Alford College ; 1869- 75, D. K. Davis ; 1875-77, I. P. Burdick ; 1877-78, U. M. Babcock ; 1878, Ira Lee Cottrell, H. P. Burdick.
MILITARY RECORD OF HARTSVILLE.
Harlow Phelps, Co. A, 141st N. Y. Inf .; enl. Sept. 11, 1862. Charles E. Hinckley, wagoner, Co. 11, 141st N. Y. Inf .; enl. Sept. 11, 1862. John T. Amidon, Co. B, 86th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 10, 1861. Denzil Amidon, Co. B, 86th N. Y. Inf .; enl. Sept. 10, 1861. Albert Amidon, Co. B, 86th N. Y. Inf .; enl. Sept. 10, 1861. Newman P. Stryker, Co. B, 86th N. Y. Inf .; en1. Sept. 13, 1861. Oscar Monroe, Co. B, 86th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 13, 1861. William H. McCane, Co. B, 86th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 13, 1861. William Letts, Co. F, 86th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Oct. 21, 1861. Daniel D. McGraw, Co. F, 86th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Oct. 19, 1861 ; re-enl. in cavalry. John Popple, Co. F, 86th N. Y. Inf .; enl. Oct. 21, 1861. William B. Jenkins. Cn. 1, 86th N. Y. Inf .; enl. Nov. 18, 1861. George W. l'arsels, Co. 1, 86th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Oct. 24, 1861. Ilngh Clark, Co. K, 86th N. Y. Inf .; enl. Sept. 13, 1861. Ambrose A. McGraw, Co. K, 86th N. Y. Inf .; enl. Sept. 13, 1861. James C. Orvis, Co. K, S6th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 13, 1861. William R. Orvis, Co, K, 86th N. Y. luf. ; enl. Sept. 13, 1861. George M. Woodworth, Co. K, 86th N. Y. Inf .; ent. Sept. 13, 1861. Ephinetus Webb, Co, K, 86th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 13, 1861. John Hemphill, Rev. J. J. Dayton, George Powell, William Stryker. Seymour G. Ryenvault, capt .; pro. to maj. Newman Striker.
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