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Sept. - , in England, Dr. Blake, for a few years medical practitioner in Cohoes.
Sept. 19, in Newark, Licking Co., Ohio, Col. George I. Abbott, aged about 50. Col. Abbott was one of the earliest citizens of Cohoes and a charter member of Cohoes Lodge, F. & A. M. He tis remembered as a gentleman of quiet, unobtrusive manners and possessed of those genial qualities which render a man a true friend and good citizen.
Sept. 22, in hospital, at Washington, D. C., William Long of bilious fever. Mr. Long was a member of Capt. Wm. Shannon's com- pany, 113th Reg't, N. Y. Vols.
Sept. 29. in hospital at Washington, D. C., Lieut. Hiram Clute, of Co. A, 22d Reg't, N. Y. Vols. Lt. Clute was wounded in the foot at one of the battles before Manassas. He lay five days upon the battle field and his limb was not operated upon until he had been in the hospital two days more. An obituary in the Cataract said : " Thus ends the career of as brave a soldier and as true a man as ever met death upon the battle field. He was idolized by his company and re- spected by the regiment to which he belonged, as well as in the c m- munity in which he has long resided. He leaves a wife and two children to mourn his loss."
Oct. 17, Peter M. Smith, aged 23. Mr. S. was acting village libra- rian in 1861.
Nov. 16, Dea. Maltby Howell, aged 77.
Nov. 28, William B. Hitchcock, aged 77.
1863.
Jan. 5, William Padley, aged 51.
Feb. 27, John J. Swartz, aged 58.
Feb. 27, Samuel Maitland, aged 25.
March 31, Michael Farrelly, aged 79.
May 8, George E. Van Vliet, aged 24. Mr. V. V. was a member of Co. H, 177th Reg't, N. Y. Vols. " He was a young man of great pro- mise. He had finished his course of study at Burr Seminary, Man. chester, and was about to enter Hamilton College, to prepare for the ministry, when he felt it to be his duty to enlist in the service of his country."
July 1. Lemuel Scott, aged 40.
June 18, killed, at the siege of Port Hudson, John Me Gaffin, in the 20th year of his age. The following concerning Mr. MeG. appear. 4 in the Cataract : " There are very few of those who have leit our vi! lage for the scene of conflict, who were so well known and esteemed as the subject of this notice. He was a youth of great promise. Hi-
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mind was naturally of a studious, inquiring disposition, which was strengthened by intellectual training, and adorned by the graces of the Holy Spirit. In the 15th year of his age he made profession of his faith in Christ, uniting with the Reformed Dutch church in this village, and was soon after led to commence his preparation for preach- ing the Gospel. He was a member of the junior class in Rutgers' College, when at the call of his country, he bid farewell for a season to the endearments of his home and the attractions of his studies, and enlisted for nine months as a private in the 177th Reg't, of this state. He stood up manfully in the place of honor and peril; in the forepart of the battle he met with a soldier's death, and has found in a far dis- tant state, a soldier's grave. His death has made another vacant place in the home he loved so well, and has filled with sadness the hearts of a large circle of friends he had gathered around him in this community."
June 16, Robert Taylor, age unknown. He was a member of the 175th Reg't, N. Y. Vols., and was wounded in the engagement before Port Hudson, from the effects of which he died in hospital at Baton Rouge. He was a brother of John Taylor of this place.
July 2, killed, at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., Lieut. Thomas Walters, of the 97th Reg't, N. Y. Vols.
July 2, William H. Cranston, aged 26. He enlisted as a private in Co. A, 76th N. Y. Vols., and was killed at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa.
July 2, Edward Greason, aged 31. He was born at Hyde, Cheshire, England, and enlisted from Cohoes in Co. A, 76th N. Y. Vols. He was wounded in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., after which he was missing. It is supposed he died on the field and was buried by the enemy.
July 2, killed at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., John Wood, John Brierly, Louis Toronto, Hugh Loughry, Wesley Brodt and Wesley Tompkins, ages unknown. These young men were all members of the 76th Reg't, N. Y. Vols.
July 16, James Durham, aged 30, a member of the 3d Reg't N. Y. Vols.
July 22, John N. Meads, aged 65.
July 26, Daniel Ball, aged 80.
July 22, in Nantasket, Mass., William W. Kendrick, formerly of Cohoes, aged 43. Mr. K. was a brother-in-law of Col. Isaac Quack- enbush.
Aug. 4, from wounds received in the battle at Gettysburg, Pa. Philip Keeler, of the 50th Reg't N. Y. Vols.
August -, from malaria in the swamps of Bonnet Carre, La., Robt W. Frisby and John Flynn, members of the 10th Reg't N. Y. Vols. Ages unknown.
Sept. 3, Jacob A. Taylor, aged 18. He was a member of Co. H, 177th Reg't N. Y. Vols., and served his country faithfully. He accompanied his regiment on its way home until he reached Rochester, N. Y., where he was taken sick and died.
Sept. -. in Mount Pleasant Hospital, near Port Hudson, William H. Vandenbergh, aged 23. Mr. V. was the only son of Jacob L. Vanden- bergh, of the Boght. 'He enlisted in the 17 th Reg't N. Y. Vols. A correspondent said of him : " In his manuer he was unobtrusive, in his demeanor amiable and gentle, and possessed, in an eminent degree, those characteristics calculated to inspire the love of those who knew him."
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Sept. 28, Abram Lawrence, aged 21. Mr. L. was a son of Geo. Lawrence, of this city, and was for many years deputy postmaster.
Oct. 21, Allen Bordwell, aged about 45
Oct. 29, Patrick Malany, aged 23.
Nov. 17, William Williams, machinist.
Nov. 23, in Troy, Dennis Stow, for many years a prominent inventor and resident of Colloes, aged 63.
Nov. 21, Isaac F. Fletcher, aged 65. Mr. F. was one of the earliest residents of the place, a prominent member of Cohoes Lodge, F. & A. M., and a conscientious, upright citizen.
Dec. - , James Harvey, a member of the 128th N. Y. Vols. He had served faithfully and honorably in most of the battles of the war, and in consequence of failing health was on his return home, where he hoped to give his mother and friends a pleasant surprise. He lived to enter the harbor of New York, where in sight of his native state, and within a few miles of his friends and home, he yielded up his life.
Dec. 16, Sherman D. Fairbank, aged 50. Mr. F. had been for many years a prominent business man, universally respected for his in- tegrity and excellent traits as a citizen. He held several prominent positions of responsibility in the village, was a leading member of Co- hoes Lodge F. & A. M. and a director of the Bank of Cohoes.
Dec. 18, in Syracuse, N. Y., Chauncey Stow, one of the original founders of the Cataract, aged about 35.
1864.
Feb. 17, Capt. William Holley, aged 54.
Feb. 20, James R. Wilson, aged 18. Mr. W. enlisted from Cohoes as a private in Co. HI, 115th Reg't N. Y. Vols., and was killed by a shell from a rebel battery in the battle at Olustee, Fla. Lt. Clark wrote of him as follows : " The brave young soldier fired his own sixty rounds of ammunition and then sought a fresh supply from a dead companion's cartridge box. He loaded for the sixty-first time and was about firing when the shell exploded that cost him his life."
Feb. 20, Oscar L. Ackley, age unknown. Mr. A. was a member of the 115th Reg't N. Y. Vols. and was killed at the battle of Olustre. Fla.
March 10, Edward O'Reilly, aged 48. He was an upright citizen and conscientious business man and was frequently called upon to represent his ward in public positions.
March 11, in Halfmoon, N. Y., John Oliver, aged 52.
March 23, Edward H. Owen, aged 49.
March 31, Charles Green, soldier, aged about 23.
March 26, Willie H. Howard, aged 21.
April 27, L. Sprague Parsons, aged 55. " Mr. Parsons commenced his preparatory studies in Hamden, Ct., which were afterwards com- pleted in Troy, N. Y. He entered Yale College in the class of 1:35, but did not graduate until 1837, having devoted one year to teaching in Bristol, Ct. After graduation he taught for a short time in Norfolk Co., Va., but was obliged to return home on account of ill health. After teaching another year in Bristol, Ct., he moved to Albany, N. Y., in 1839, where with his sister he established a select family school. He was also at the same time principal of the Pearl street Academy for boys, in the same city. In 1815, he was chosen principal of the Albany Female Academy, the duties of which he discharged with suc- cess until 1855, when he resigned his office. In the same year he
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engaged in manufacturing in Cohoes, where he remained until his death."
April 22, in Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, James Mcl'arthy and Matthew Riley, of Cohoes, N. Y. Both were young men.
April 18, Herbert Hastings, aged about 30. Mr. Hastings was a member of the 7th N. Y. Heavy Artillery and died very suddenly in camp from heart disease. He had been a resident of Cohoes from his boyhood and for many years previous to his enlistment was the lead- ing dentist of the place. Of a genial, generous disposition, he had troops of friends who sincerely mourned his early death.
May 5, George Diehl, age unknown, a member of the 77th N. Y. Vols., was killed in one of the battles of the Wilderness.
May 10, killed while on picket duty, John McCarthy, aged 17.
May 25, William Noonan, aged 40.
June 2, Simon O'Dea and Thomas Eastham, members of Battery I, 7th N. Y. Heavy Artillery, both brave and faithful soldiers, were killed in one of the battles of the Wilderness, ages unknown.
June, - James Cole, who faithfully served in all the principal battles of the war, on the peninsula, at Gettysburg and the Wilderness, fell in one of the later engagements. Age unknown.
June 10, Joseph Wickham, aged 39. Mr. Wickham was a member of the 118th Reg't, N. Y. Vols., and was wounded in the shoulder at Bermuda Hundreds, May 16, from the effects of which he died.
June 19, Henry O. Osterhout, aged 17. Enlisted as a private in Co. H, 177th Reg't N. Y. Vols., and was with the army at the siege of Port Hudson. He returned home with his regiment in September, 1863, and died from sickness contracted in the service.
July 9, Daniel D. Tuthill, aged 47. Enlisted as a private in Co. 1, 7th Reg't N. Y. Heavy Artillery, and was afterward promoted to the rank of sergeant. He was wounded in the engagement at North Anna Bridge, Va., on May 30th, 1864, and died in the hospital at Washington. Mr. T., was the father-in-law of Capt. William Shannon, now of Pittsburg, Pa., and A. II. Frink, of this city.
July -- , Charles Westover, aged 20, a member of the 4th Reg't N. Y. Heavy Artillery, died in hospital at Staten Island.
July 12, George Shipley, aged 43. Mr. S. was a member of Co. I, 7th Heavy Artillery, and died on board the U. S. transport Atlantic, from disease contracted while in the service. His remains were interred in Cypress Hill cemetery, L. I., July 14.
July 22, Sergeant Major E. Raymond Fonda, aged 27. Was a mem- ber of the 115th Reg't N. Y. Vols. He was severely wounded May 7th, in one of the battles near Petersburg, Va., from the effects of which he died in the Lady's Home Hospital, New York.
July 29, in Troy. N. Y., John Kerr. aged 62. Mr. Kerr was for several years previous to his death prominently connected with manu- facturing interests in Cohoes.
Aug. 1, William G. Caw, aged 48. Mr. Caw came to Cohoes in 1846, and formed a partnership with Isaac Quackenbush, with whom he continued in the grocery business until his death. He was a town supervisor from 1858 to 1861, trustee of the village, water commission er, director of the Bank of Cohoes, and filled other public positions of re- sponsibility, in all of which the people were faithfully served. In his business relations he was honorable and conscientious, and as a citizen he was enterprising and public spirited. A friend wrote of his death
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as follows : " The death of William G. Caw makes a great gap in our community. Let it be filled by the renewed devotion of others to those interests to which he gave so freely of his time and his attention, and if the cry of the poor and the needy, the fatherless and the widow. the demands of our country and its brave defenders, the church: : Christ, and its overshadowing claims can reach the hearts more for- cibly through the remembrance of his character as a business man, a citizen, a politician, a patriot, a philanthropist and a Christian, then indeed, will he, being dead, yet speak to us ; and of the recollections that cluster around his name, it may be truly said, " the memory of the just is precious." .
July 18, Nathan Stone, aged 76. Mr. Stone was one of the earliest residents of the place.
Aug. 17, Alfred Phelps, aged about 70. Mr. Phelps was for many years the proprietor of the "old junction " tavern, and had served the people as justice of the peace, and village trustee.
Aug. 11, Peter Forbes, aged 44. Mr. Forbes was for a long time foreman in Fuller and Safely's iron foundery.
Aug. 16, Abbott C. Musgrove, aged 19. Mr. Musgrove was a mem- ber of the 115th Reg't N. Y. Vols., and by his bravery, correct depor :- ment and sterling integrity won the esteem of his comrades and let: a record that proved him a patriot and heroic soldier. He was killed in the battle at Deep Bottom, Va.
Ang. 16, James K. Himes, aged 18. He was a member of the 1150 Reg't N. Y. Vols., and fell in the battle at Deep Bottom, Va., while bearing the colors of the regiment. He was distinguished for li- heroic conduct in times of greatest peril, and was beloved by all who knew him.
Sept. 18, Thomas Gooch, son-in-law of John Land, died in St. John's Hospital, Annapolis, Md., from the effects of wounds received in the battle at Ream's Station. He was a member of the 7th Reg't, N. Y. Heavy Artillery.
Oct. 2, Edward Bullock, aged 21.
Oct. 6, Stephen Slocum, aged about 60. Mr. S. was for many years deacon in the Baptist society of the village, and acted as the first super- intendent of the Harmony Union Sunday school.
Oct. 12, Adam Turner, aged 41, was born in Castlereagh, Ireland. March 12, 1823. He removed to this country in 1850. He enli-tei from Cohoes as a private in Co. 1, 4th Reg't N. Y. Heavy Artillery. and died from disease contracted by exposure and fatigue with the army before Richmond.
Oct. - , in Andersonville prison, John Greer and John Ebal.
Oct. 21, John Trull, a veteran of the war of 1812 and father of Stev. n+ V. and Samuel D. Trull of this city, aged 71.
Nov. 6, James K. Stevens, aged 20. He enlisted in Co. H. 4th Res :. N. Y. Heavy Artillery, and died in the hospital at Annapolis. M !.. from sickness contracted in Richmond prison. He was a son of Join Stevens of this city.
Nov. 10, Charles T. Cannon, son of Tracy C'annon, aged 33.
Nov. 28, in MeClellan Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., Robert Gormley, a member of the ith Reg't, N. Y. Heavy Artillery.
Nov. 26, in rebel prisons, John Welch and J. Mangham. Particule :. unknown.
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1865.
Feb. 3, Lt. John C. Carroll, aged 23. Lt. C. belonged to Co. M, 6th N. Y. Cavalry, and was killed near Lovellville, Va.
March 28, John Vandermark, aged 55. Mr. V. was one of the most widely known citizens and belonged to one of the oldest families in the town. He had occupied various public positions, was for a time engaged in manufacturing, and immediately preceding his death was proprietor of the Rock Hotel, on the corner of Mohawk and Howard streets.
May 7, at Chicago, Ill., Patrick O'Brien, son of Lawrence O'Brien, aged 29.
July 6, Nicholas D. Lounsbury, aged 57. Mr. L. was a member of the 30th Reg't, N. Y. Vols.
Sept. 17, Wm. B. Jackson, a member of the 91st Reg't, N. Y. Vols., aged about 45.
Oct. 7, C. F. Ingraham, aged about 42. Mr. Ingraham was for many years principal of the Depot school and superintendent of the Baptist Sunday school.
Oct. 21, Levinus S. Lansing, aged 85. Mr. L. was one of the oldest representatives of the Lansing family, and resided most of his life in the old homestead between this place and West Troy.
Dec. 15, Patrick Neary, aged 26.
Dec. 21, Abram D. Clute, aged 41.
1866.
Jan. 14, John Rafferty, age unknown. He was a member of the 91st Reg't, N. Y. Vols., and his death was occasioned by disease con tracted while in the service.
March 1, John Hay, aged 76. Mr. H. was a native of Scotland and emigrated to Cohoes in 1836, remaining a resident until his death. He left a family of ten children, fifty grand-children and three great grand children. John, James, Charles and Alex. Hay of this place are his sons.
March 31, Peter Manton. At the time of his death Mr. Manton was deputy sheriff and chief engineer of the fire department.
April 19, in Albany, A. E. Stimson, aged 57. Mr. Stimson occupied for some years a prominent position among Cohoes manufacturers, hav- ing organized the Clifton Co., in which he held the controlling interest.
May 2, James R. Dickey, aged 22. Mr. Dickey was a printer who served his apprenticeship in the office of the Cataract.
May 10, L. G. Forrester, for several years book-keeper at the Har mony Mills, aged about 45.
May 14, George Shires, proprietor of the Miller House, aged 46.
May 14, James Horner, aged 42.
May 28, Edward Packard, aged 38.
June 1st, Lt. Francis Keating, aged 32. Lt. K. was one of the first volunteers from Cohoes and served his country faithfully and honorably.
Aug. 23, Wm. F. Carter, M.D., aged 54. Dr. Carter was born in Newburyport, Mass .; and was educated at the old academy of that place. Owing to his father's reverses of fortune by losses at sea, during the war of 1815, and afterwards, his education w.s not con- tinued as it would otherwise have been, and at 11 years of age he was apprenticed in the drug store of Dr. David Kimball, of Portsmouth. N. IL., where he acquired a thorough knowledge of that business. He
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then became acquainted with Dr. Timothy Upham, who was about removing to Waterford, N. Y., and who being interested in the smart, quick-witted boy, invited him to study medicine with him. The invi- tation was accepted but not until after the young man had spent some months in the study of Latin. He remained with Dr. Upham one year and afterward attended medical lectures in Boston, going from there to Dartmouth College where he finished his course and received his diploma in 1834. He commenced practice at Hagaman's Mills, Mont- gomery Co., but not receiving sufficient encouragement there, he re- moved to Cohoes, in 1835, where he remained in practice of his profession until his death. He was eccentric in manner, and brusque in address but possessed a most tender and sympathetic disposition which was manifested in kindly and charitable acts toward those who were worthy. He was a director in the Bank of Cohoes, and trustee of the Savings Institution and had represented his fellow citizens in local affairs on many occasions.
Dec. 9, John Eastwood, Jr., aged 22. Mr. E. was a member of the 22d Reg't N. Y. Vols., and served his country honorably during the war. He was wounded in one of the battles of Virginia and while in the service contracted the disease from which he died.
Dec. 21, Alexander Bell, aged 89.
1867.
Jan. 2, William Buchanan, aged 44.
Jan. 29, Michael H. Johnson, aged 28. Mr. Johnson enlisted in the U. S. Navy about 1860, and served on board the flag ship Sabine. On an expedition to Paraguay he was sunstruck, from the effects of which he never recovered.
Feb. 25, John Partridge, aged 48, well known as the proprietor for many years of the Cataract House.
Feb. 27, Edward Ayres, aged 40.
July Tth, in Montreal, Ca., Gideon Longley, aged 54. Mr. Longley was born in Tenterden, Kent, England. Dec. 21st, 1813, and came to this country in the spring of 1826, locating in Watervliet. He was one of the earliest members of the M. E. church of Cohoes.
Sept. 21, Abraham L. Smith, a young merchant of the place, aged 30. Sept. 30, Philip L. Clow, aged 51.
Oct. 16, in New York, Thomas Garner, aged 62. Mr. G. was the principal owner of the Harmony Mills. His connection with this es- tablishment is spoken of elsewhere in this volume.
Nov. 7, Oscar O. Finney, aged 33. Mr. Finney was a leading mem- ber of the Masonic Fraternity and for several years was proprietor of the Cohoes Hotel.
Dec. 8. Abraham Lansing, aged 74. Mr. Lansing was one of the oldest inhabitants of Cohoes. The following is an extract from au obituary notice published in the Cataract : " A man of an amiable dis- position, of the strictest integrity, of a fine and unblemished character. gathering around him the respect and attachment of all who knew him. Beloved in the family, honored as an upright citizen in our com. munity, and in the Reformed church an elder who " ruled well and was counted worthy of double honor." In a good old age, after a long life of Christian usefulness, he has fallen asleep."
Dec. 10, Edward Brennan, aged about 25. Mr. B. was collector of the village.
Dec. 21, Edward Twelvetrees, aged 17.
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1868.
Jan. 27, John Page, aged 22.
Feb. 4, Charles L. Hubbell, aged about 45. Mr. H. was for many years one of the leading mechanics of Cohoes.
Feb. 24, in Flint, Mich., Isaac S. Carter, aged 29. Mr. C. was a son of Thomas C. Carter of Cohoes.
March 26, Alonzo J. M. Mc Kee, aged 23.
April 11, Bernard O'Neil, aged 46.
April 18, William Sullivan, aged 32.
May 15, Col. Dow Fonda, aged 92. Col. F. was one of the oldest residents of the place.
May 28, John Clark, aged 25.
July 6, Louis Valley, aged 54.
Aug. 2, Rev. A. Judson Bingham, aged about 40. Mr. B. came to Cohoes in March, 1865, in response to a call to become the pastor of the Baptist church. He resigned his charge in Feb., 1867, to accept the position of principal of Egberts Institute, in which he continued until his death. As a pastor and teacher he was greatly beloved. He left a wife and three children.
Aug. 3, Daniel Scully, aged 68.
Aug. 17, in Quincy, Ill., Joseph Atwood, formerly a resident of Cohoes.
Aug. 23, James Ryan, aged 47.
Sept. 25, Michael Monahon, aged 28.
Sept. 26, Col. Jacob W. Miller, aged 58. Col. Miller was born August, 1810, in Schaghticoke, Rens. Co., N. Y., and commenced teach- ing school in his native town when he was 17 years of age. Rev. Ensign Stover, at one time pastor of the M. E. church of Cohoes, and his brother, the late Samuel Stover, Esq., of West Troy, were pupils of his at that time. He afterwards taught school in Halfmoon, N. Y., until his marriage, when he embarked in mercantile pursuits at Vis- scher's Ferry, Saratoga Co., N. Y., remaining there until the death of his first wife. He then entered the office of Judge Doe at Waterford in the same county, as a law student. Hon. John K. Porter was a ·student in the office at the same time, and both were admitted to the bar in 1842. It was at this time he married his second wife. In 1844, he came to Cohoes and commenced the practice of law, which he con- tinued up to the time of his death. His first partner was John Van Santvoord, Esq., of New York city, the partnership continuing until the latter left the place in 1852. From this time he continued busi- ness alone until December, 1864, when Charles F. Doyle, Esq., a former student, became associated with him. He held many public positions in which he acquitted himself honorably and satisfactorily to his constituents. In 1848, with Mr. Van Santvoord he built the Miller and Van Santvoord Block now owned by H. B. Silliman, and in 1862 erected the Miller House Block, now owned by Frank Brown.
Oct. S, Samuel H. Foster, aged 52. Mr. Foster was born in Rensse- laerville, Albany Co., N. Y., where he resided until his eighteenth year, when he entered Williams College, from which he graduated after completing his course with honor. After teaching for a time, he commenced the study of law in the office of Jonathan Jenkins, at Rensselaerville, N. Y., and was admitted to practice in 1841. Hecame to Cohoes in 1846, and formed a co-partnership with Stephen C. Miller
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Esq., a young lawyer of ability and promise. Mr. F., at once took a leading position as a lawyer, which he retained until his death. In 1856, he was the candidate of the American party for district attorney of Albany Co., but owing to loss of prestige by that organization, he was defeated. He afterward served the people as a member of the Board of Education, and in 1866, was chosen chairman of that body, in which position he gave most valuable service to the cause of education.
Nov. 2, Joseph A. Simons, aged 49. Mr. Simons was for many years identified with the business interests of Cohoes, as proprietor of the Cohoes and Troy Stage Line, and as a merchant on West Harmony Hill. He was a leading member of Cohoes Lodge, F. & A. M., and enjoyed the esteem of his fellow citizens in a large degree.
1869.
Jan. 12, John W. Visscher, aged 16.
Feb. 1, Willard A. Bayard, aged 27. Mr. B. was a soldier in the Union army, where he contracted the disease which resulted in his death.
Feb. 8, Edward Knight, aged 26.
Feb. 22, A. F. Safely, M.D., aged 40. Dr. S., was a brother of Robert Safely. He was born in Scotland, and came with his parents to Waterford, N. Y., at an early age. He studied medicine in the Albany Medical College, and graduated in 1852. At the breaking out of the rebellion he enlisted in the 10th N. Y. Vols., and served with it until he was honorably discharged in consequence of wounds received at the 2d battle of Bull Run, from the effects of which he never thoroughly recovered.
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