History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio, and representative citizens, Part 80

Author: Andrews, Martin Register, 1842-; Hathaway, Seymour J
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Chicago : Biographical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1490

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BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS AND TREATY OF PEACE.

The battle of New Orleans was fought January 8, 1815, 15 days after the treaty of peace was signed at Ghent, the news not arriv- ing until after the battle, presenting one of the anomalies of history, a thing that could not happen at the present day with our great fa- cilities for transmitting information. The Senate confirmed the treaty of Ghent. Febru- ary 17, 1815, and President Madison made proclamation of the fact the following day.

We have said nothing of many important confliets of the War of 1812. as the scope of this sketch was to give only that part in which the troops from Washington County figured : and considering the population of the coun- ty at that time, we may say that she did her part nobly and would have done much more had the occasion required.

ROLLS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY COMPANIES.

(Rolls obtained from official files in Washington, D. C.)

Muster-roll of a company of volunteers under the command of John Sharp, captain of a company. under the act of Congress of the 6th of February. 1812. and afterward under the command of Col. Lewis Cass :

COM MISSIONED OFFICERS

Captam John Sharp, Lieutenant William Sawyer, Ensign Jacob Trowbridge.

NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

First Serg ant John H1. Simon, Second Sergeant Thomas Green, Third Sergeant Chester Wilcox, Fourth Sergeant Otis Record, First Corporal Peter F. Schenck, Second Corporal William Crane. Third Corporal David Miskimens, Fourth Corporal James Elwell, Musician Christian B. Smith.

PRIVATES.

Joseph Clark. Benjamin Beers. James Mal, Abra- ham Lyon, David Williams, William Goldsmith, Will iam Lynch. Brazilla Browning. Samuel Null. John Shingler. John Skinner, Alvin Benedict, Samuel Nixon, James Gary, Joseph Rogers, Joseph Knox, John Black, Jacob Nechilow. William Duncan, Harris Ellis, Lewis Frazy. Benjamin Badgely, Philip Langdon, William An- dersou. James T. Downing. Joseph Fox, John Ward, Samuel Murphy, Ezra Kelly, Jabez Tuttle. John T. Robertson, Samuel McMullen.

Muster-roll of a company of militia com- manded by Capt. James Flagg ; ordered into the service of the United States on the 20th day of October. 1812. by the authority of his Excellency, R. J. Meigs, Governor of the State of Ohio, and commanded by Samuel Connel, major commandant.

Commencement of service October 20, 1812, expiration of service January 11, 1813.

COM MISSIONED OFFICERS.

Captain James Flagg, Lieutenant Benedict Hutch- ison. Ensign Nathaniel Olney.

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

First Sergeant Dora Ford, Second Sergeant John Greenman, Third Sergeant David Trobridge, Fourth Sergeant Peletiah White, First Corporal Jacob Larne, Second Corporal Charles Thomas. Third Corporal Joseph Whilton. Fourth Corporal John Haskel.

PRIVATES.

Daniel Alpha, George Abbot. James Adams, James Anderson. John Baker, John Barret, Nathan Briton, Seth D. Burbank. Jonah Burchet, Philip Cady. Simeon Chapman. George Castle, William Cline. Daniel Cole- man. llenry Coverstone. George Daugherty, Thomas Dennis, Daniel Dunahme, Asa Emerson. James Ewings, Stanton Fordice, James Goodwin. John Gosset, George Harris, Curtis Hinman, James Ilutchison. James. Ilutch- ins. John Ingles. John Kid. James Knight. Elisha Mal- ery, Nehemiah Morris, Gilbert Otis, Daniel Penny,

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Richard D. Priest, Pardon Starkes, James B. Walker, Jamies Whitton.

Total officers, II ; privates, 38.

A list of names, with rank, in Capt. Alex- ander Hill's company, Nineteenth United States Infantry, War of 1812:

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Captain Alexander Hill, First Lieutenant Charles L. Cass, Second Lieutenant John Carrel, Third Lieu- tenant Alexander Patterson, Ensign Nathan Reeves.

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

First Sergeant John Elliott, Second Sergeant Ste- phen Worthington. Third Sergeant Allen Lowry, Fourth Sergeant Elijah Adams. Fifth Sergeant Ambrose A. Ford. First Corporal Manna Root, Second Corporal John Franks, Third Corporal William Wallace, Fourth Corporal Daniel Moore, Fifth Corporal Cyrus Baily, Sixth Corporal John L. Gordon, Musician Christian B. Smith, Musician William Spurgon.

PRIVATES.

James Armstrong, William Arnold, Abraham Badgly. Nichola Bumgarner, James Brooks, John Bar- ker, Adam Bair, John Bowman, Ebenezer Buckly, Jacob Brosius. Thomas Clark, Nathan Cross, Israel Cross. John Cov. Lewis Clapper, Shirley Callogg, Samuel Cooper, Henry Crown. Joseph Dean, Jehu Dealy, Noah Demster. William Elliott, John Fishback, Samuel Fisher, Ira L. Foster, Joseph Fisher, Matthias Gates, John Gates, Jesse Graham, Thomas Grey, James Garner, Joseph Heaton. John Hill. Elisha Heitt, James Hillyard, Samuel Higley, Samuel Henning. John Johnston, David Johnston, W. M. Lockhart, William Lyons. John Lyons. John Loveland, Ephraim Lucas, Jacob Monteith, Samuel Morfoot, William Morgan, John McCombs, Nehemiah Morse. John MeMullen, John Mowry. Andrew Millburn, Stephen Mowry, George Osborn, Benjamin Patriek, Hira Pettee, James Pritchett. John Potts, Daniel Paine, John Ridingour, William Reynolds, Gabriel Root, John Swift, Oliver Stockings. John D. Smith, John W. Smith, John Stanley, John Silvers, Christian Standsburg, Philip Swagert, Benjamin Snyder, William Syder, William 1. Strong. Jesse Spalding, Nicholas Teel, John Taylor, Daniel Trumble.

Total, 93.

Pay-roll of a company of Ohio militia, commanded by Capt. John Thorniley, of the First Regiment of Ohio militia, in the service of the United States, stationed at Fort Steph- enson by order of Gen. John S. Gano, com- mencing January 6, 1814, and expiring March 13, 1814, including seven days for returning home 140 miles, both days inclusive :

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Captain John Thorniley, Lieutenant David Meri- deth, Ensign Elisha Chapman.

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

First Sergeant St. Clair Kelly, Second Sergeant Thomas Addy, Third Sergeant Daniel McCleain, Fourth Sergeant Lemuel Cooper, First Corporal Solomon Tise, Second Corporal William Smith, Third Corporal Will- iam Henkens, Fourth Corporal Daniel Alpha, Drummer William Magee, Fifer David Cox.

PRIVATES.

John Archer, Jerid Andrew, Jonah Birchet, John Bell, Daniel Booth. Perry G. Banthan, William Bird, Henry Baner, Samuel Barkey, Jesse Brown, Joel Ben- net. Robert Corbit, William Clark, George Cline, Sam- tel Crouch. Simon Chapman, John Craig, Hezekiah Chapman, John Connet, Abraham Connet, Jonathan Darling, Mathew Davidson, David Edwards, Luke Emerson, Jeremiah Fugate, Abner Furgusen, Ephraim Frost, John Gose, Norman Hart, Thomas Hill. Thomas Hartley, Kertis Henman, George Harris, Benjamin Hep- sen, William Jolly, John Kisley, William Kidd, John Lynn, Benjamin Lamb, Thomas Marshall, Joseph T. Milford. Andrew MeCleain, Thomas Newal. James Ogleshay, Presseley Petty, William Ramsey, John Ram- sey. Thomas Ramsey, Nicholas Row, John Skinner, John Saltingstall, John Smith, Jonathan 'Sills, Francis Stanley, Zephaniah Tisen, Solomon Tipton, Jacob Vul- germot, Alexander Vaughan, Richard Willis, William Walker, James Riley.

Muster-roll of a company of dragoons (of the State of Ohio ) commanded by Capt. James Devol, called into the service of the United States on the 20th day of October, 1812, by the authority of his Excellency, Return J. Meigs, Governor of the State of Ohio.

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Captain Charles Devol, First Lieutenant Josiah Scott, Second Lieutenant Washington Olney.

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

First Sergeant James White, Fourth Sergeant William White, First Corporal John Clark, Second Cor- poral Pardon Cook, Third Corporal Samuel Reed.

PRIVATES.

Solomon Brown, Thomas Browning. Movus Finch, Gilbert Olney, Argalus Pixley, John Quigley, Joseph Shuttlesworth, Joshua Tucker, Samuel Whipple, Paulus E. Wood.

"We do acknowledge to have received of

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Return J. Meigs, Jr., Esq., the sums annexed to our names respectively, in full for our pay for a tour of duty in Capt. Timothy Buell's company of Ohio mounted militia, under the command of his Excellency, the Governor of Ohio, called into the service of the United States on the first of August, 1813. upon the requisition of Major General Harrison, com- manding the Eighth Military District."

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Captain Timothy Buell, First Lieutenant Peltah V hite, Second Lieutenant Sylvanus Olney.

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Ensign James Liggett. First Sergeant Nathaniel Hamilton, Second Sergeant George Nixon, Third Ser- geant Jabez Palmer, Fourth Sergeant Salmon D. Buell, First Corporal Samuel Nott. Second Corporal Edward Corner, Third Corporal John Darrough, Fourth Cor poral Nicholas Chapman.

PRIVATES.

Timothy Blackmor. Daniel Coleman, John Corns, John C. Clark, Elisha Coleman, Z. Cuddington, Henry Delong, Thomas Dunbar, Richard Demont, Thomas Dennis. Benjamin Ellis. Timothy Gates, Jr .. Stephen Gates. William - (worn from original), Henry Havens, Zebulon Jennings, Titus Kimball. R. Lawrence, Jr .. Robert Liggett. John Longhery, William Longhery, Alexander McCoy, Jacob Miller, Robert Magee, John McConnell, Samuel Miller, Jacob Multon Benjamin F. Palmer, John Perry. John R. Porter, William Brevelt. Horace Quigley. Dennis Raur, James Ray, Clark Springer, John Scott, Nathaniel Smith, John Taylor, Jonathan Wilson, Jonathan Whitney, Police E. Wood.

Captain Buell was out in May, 1813, with a company, heretofore mentioned, but the rolls of the company have not been preserved, and can not be found at Washington.

Pay-roll of a company of Ohio militia. commanded by Lieut. John Devault, of Colo- nel James Stuart's regiment, late in the service of the United States, from the 20th of July. 1813, commencement of service, to the 16th of August, 1813. on expiration of service. or of this settlement :

COMMISSIONED OFFICER.

Lieutenant John Devanh.

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Second Sergeant Isaac House. Third Sergeant Thomas Devault, Second Corporal Gilbert Hurley, Third Corporal Morris Baker.

PRIVATES.

William Ifurley. Jacob Dunkle, John Collender, Benjamin Roebuck, Wilham Dyer, William Kerr. Joseph Ohaner, David Hays, Daniel Sharrot, Oliver Kyle, Joseph Windle, George Roebuck.

Pay-roll of a detachment of Ohio militia, commanded by Lient. John Devault, of Colo- nel McDonald's regiment, late in the service of the United States, from the 31st of Janu- ary, 1815, commencement of service, to the roth of April, 1815, expiration of service, or of this settlement.

COM MISSIONED OFFICERS.

Lieutenant John Devault.

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Sergeant Levi Bevington, Corporal James Playwell.

PRIVATES.

Henry Ave. George Chadd, Ephraim Doty. William Harrison. Philip Hobaugh, John Harter, Benjamin Long. Robert Mitchell, Samnel Moore, Benjamin Neely, George Rhodes. Richard Shacles, John Sanders, Ezra Travis, David Thompson, Caleb Wright, Morris Yates.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF OFFICERS.

GEN. EDWARD W. TUPPER, son of Gen. Benjamin Tupper, an officer in the Revolution- ary Army, was born in Chesterfield. Hamp- shire County, Massachusetts, in 1771. His father was an officer of the Revolution, from the commencement of the war, mn 1275, until its close, in 1788. The subject of this sketch was, at the opening of this war, only four years old. His father, with several other families, came to Marietta in August, 1788. These were among the first families who came to Marietta. Edward W. Tupper was then 17 years of age. Ile was in the Campus Martins during the Indian war, and began his business life at its close.

At the organization of the State govern- ment in 1803. he was appointed clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, and of the Supreme Court, for Washington County, which offices he continued to hold until he left Marietta. At an early period, he opened a store for the

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sale of general merchandise, at the corner of Second and Putnam , streets, Marietta. In 1802 he established a shipyard at the foot of Putnam street, and built the brig "Orlando."

This vessel went out under command of Capt. Matthew Miner, with Anselm Tupper for second officer, in 1804. The "Orlando" was at New Orleans July 4, 1804, at the time of the first celebration of that day after Lou- isiana was ceded to the United States. She made her first voyage to the Mediterranean and to the Black Sea, as far as Trieste on the latter.

In 180; Edward Tupper built two gun- boats, under contract with the United States government.

In 1803 he built the house well known as the residence of the late Nahum Ward, and, since that, of his son, William S. Ward. This property he held until after he left Marietta, and sold it to Mr. Ward. It was occupied for some years, by Gen. Joseph Wilcox and his family.

On the 3rd of May, 1804, Mr. Tupper married Mrs. Bethia S. Putnam, widow of Dr. William Pitt Putnam-who was a broth- er of the late David Putnam, of Harmar. The house built by him, in 1803, was their resi- dence while they remained in Marietta. In 1809 or 1810, he removed to Gallipolis. He was one of the most prominent and useful men of the place, and he had few superiors in Southeastern Ohio. He represented Gallia County in the Legislature for several terms. Some time, before leaving Marietta, he had been elected to the office of brigadier-general of militia, of the counties of Washington, Athens, and Gallia.

Soon after the commencement of the War of 1812, Governor Meigs made a requisition for a brigade to be raised in this division, composed of counties along the southern and western portion of the State. This brigade was organized at Urbana in August, 1812, and the command of it was assigned to General Tupper -- he being the oldest brigadier-gen- eral in the division. The surrender of the army under Hull prevented this brigade from

advancing beyond MeArthur's block-house. where they went into camp, and where they remained for a considerable part of the follow- ing winter. In January, 1813, General Tup- per learned that the British and Indians were colleeting their forces at the foot of the rapids of the Maumee, to carry away a quantity of corn which had been left standing during the winter. He immediately made preparations for driving them away. Many of his men were unfit for duty, but he ealled for volumn- teers from among those fit for service to go on the expedition to the rapids. About 600 re- sponded, and a forced march of several days was made to the Maumee, through the Black Swamp, then frozen over. On arriving at the rapids, the river was found to be so high that it was not possible to get the troops over in condition to make an attack. Only about two companies passed over, and these found their ammunition so wet that they had to withdraw. It became necessary, therefore, for the troops to fall back a short distance, for the purpose of drying their clothes and their ammunition. Next morning, however, all were fit for active duty ; meantime, the Indians, having learned of the approach of our troops, marched up to- wards the rapids, on horseback, for the pur- pose of makinig an attack. They attempted to eross the river with a large force, but were driven back by our troops with considerable loss. The British and Indians retreated, and abandoned the corn, which was afterward used by General Harrison's army. Our troops lost no men, but some few stragglers from the ranks, who were killed by Indians. None of the troops of this brigade were from Wash- ington County, except Horace Nye, brigade major. They returned to Camp McArthur after an absence of four days. In February, 1813, the brigade was advanced to Fort Meigs, where it was under command of General Har- rison. About the first of March, 1813, their term expired, and they were mustered out of service. In September, 1813, General Tup- per, then senior brigadier general, organized a regiment of drafted men at Zanesville, which went out under command of Colonel Bay, of

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Guernsey County. One company of this reg iment was from Washington County, and was commanded by Capt. John Thorniley.

After the war General Tupper continued to reside at Gallipolis until his death in Sep- tember, 1823. Mrs. Tupper died in 1858.

CAPT. JOHN SHARP, was born in 1771, at a place in Pennsylvania, then known as the "Burnt Cabins." He came to Washington County about the year 1800, settled on the Little Muskingum, in Lawrence township, near where the townships of Marietta, New- port, and Lawrence, have their corner.

He was of large stature and inclined to corpulency, and was a man of force and influ- ence in the affairs of Washington County, in his time. When the call for volunteers came in the spring of 1812, Captain Sharp raised a company and joined Colonel Cass' regiment when he passed from Zanesville down the Muskingum and Ohio to Cincinnati. The troops lay over at Marietta one day, were re- ceived by the citizens with an artillery salute and other demonstrations of public approval. They took on board Captain Sharp's company, and on April 25, 1812, proceeded on to Cin- cinnati. They were transported in keel-boats. This regiment was the Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Army of Ohio.

After participating in the hardships and fatigues of the march to the rapids of the Man- mee, Captain Sharp was there detailed, for what purpose is not known, probably to com- mand the escort, to go on board a schooner laden with the sick, baggage of the officers and army stores of General llull's army. The schooner was accompanied by a boat also loaded with army stores. This was to facili- tate the march of the army, which was hasten- ing forward to occupy Detroit. Dr. James Reynolds, surgeon's mate of the Army of Ohio, was in charge of the schooner and boat. but took up his quarters on the boat. They sailed July 1, 1812, from the mouth of the Maumee for Detroit, but in passing Maklen the schooner was captured by the British, with all on board, including Capt. John Sharp. Lewis Dent, paymaster, a lieutenant of the

Fourth United States Infantry, and about 50 soldiers. The boat escaped. They were af- terward exchanged, and Captain Sharp ar- rived home soon after the surrender of Hull. and it may be said of this affair of the schoon- er that it saved the officers and men on board the disgrace of being surrendered by General Hull.

Captain Sharp was chosen Senator from Washington County for 1808, Representative for 1814. Senator again for 1815 and 1816. Ile was for some years one of the judges of the county court. He died very suddenly in 1823.

A sketch of Capt. James Flagg may be found in the biographieal department of this work, under the head of "The Corner Fam- ily."

CAPT. JOHN THORNILEY was born in Eng- land, July 17. 1781, and came to this country April. 1795. The means of conveyance were at that early day limited, especially through the western wilds and over the Alleghanies. He, with his father and the family, walked to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where they built boats, and came down the Ohio River to Mar- ietta, after being six months on the way. They settled near the Little Muskingum in Marietta township of this county. When the war with Great Britain broke out in 1812. Captain Thorniley commanded a company of militia, and was assigned to the command of a company of drafted men, called out in the fall of 1813. His company was in the second battalion of the First Regiment of the First Brigade, Third Division Ohio, militia, and was stationed at Fort Stephenson, Captain Thorniley, commandant, Lower Sandusky.

Captain Thorniley was married July 12. 1810, to Mary Compton. He died August. 1844. The names of his children are as fol- lows: William, Mary. Ann, Thomas, John, James, George, Caleb, Elizabeth, Ilarriet, and Adaline Thorniley.

CAPT. ALEXANDER HILL was of Scotch- Irish descent, and was born February 28, 1777. in County AAntrim, Ireland, near Belfast, and landed at Philadelphia in 1784. Ilis parents

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were strict Scotch Presbyterians, and Captain Hill doubtless owed much of his success in life to the wholesome training of his youth. Force of circumstances put him in the way of learning the cabinetmaker's trade, though his tastes strongly impelled him to a seafaring life.

Captain Hill started from Pittsburgh with an English emigrant named Alcock, in canoes lashed together, expecting to have gone to New Orleans and shipped as a sailor at that point, but on arriving at Marietta, in 1798, he found it inadvisable to proceed further without more money than he possessed. He, therefore. plied his trade at Marietta, and soon found that the demand for furniture to supply the new settlers was increasing, and offering op- portunities for active and profitable business in that line. Hle established the first furniture factory in that county, and the cabinetmaker of those days was also the undertaker: and Captain Hill constructed the first coffin that was placed in Mound Cemetery.

Captain Hill was married in 1801 to Sarah Foster, daughter of Ephraim Foster, a Rev- olutionary soldier.

Captain Hill now became prosperous, and the idea of going to sea was abandoned. He was accustomed to load a boat (one of the old- time "broad-horns") every year with furniture for the Southern market, generally going to New Orleans, and either walking back or going around by sea to Philadelphia, and thence across the mountains in a wagon train. On one of these trips south the broad-horn had just reached New Madrid, Missouri, at the time of the great earthquake, which occurred in that country in 1811, and it was with much difficulty that the boat was rescued from de- struction.

At the breaking out of the war with Great Britain, Captain Hill was a major in the State militia. In the spring of 1813 he received a commission as captain in the Twenty-seventh United States Infantry, and on April 22, 1813, he advertised for recruits in the counties of Washington, Athens, and Gallia. He was or- dered with his men to Zanesville, and the | water navigation for the Muskingum River,

Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh regiments were consolidated, and the Nineteenth United States infantry formed out of the two.

Captain Hill, in the fall of 1813, was or- dered to Detroit, and is said to have been placed in command of Malden. He was or- dered from there to Zanesville, and from there to Fort Erie. He took part in the battle and siege of that fort, his company being stationed on the right in a block-house, from which they maintained a destructive fire on the enemy, who had captured an outlyinig work, but could not hold it. The battalion of the Nineteenth infantry, in this battle, was commanded by Major Trimble, and the garrison and post by General Gaines.

Soon after his return from the war. Cap- tain Hill was summoned to New York to at- tend a court-martial. Meeting General Gaines there, he asked the general what he thought of the conduct of his men, seeing that it was the first time many of them had been in bat- tle. "Why, sir." said General Gaines, "I could not have expected better service from veterans."

Upon his return from the war, his term of enlistment being for one year, he opened a tavern in Marietta, under the "Sign of the Swan." Captain Hill was elected sheriff of Washington County as the successor of Cap- tain Buell in 1815.

Captain Hill kept tavern until 1827, when, owing to the prevalence of the use of spiritu- ous liquor and necessity almost of keeping a bar if he kept hotel, he decided rather than do it to quit, and accordingly, with his own hand, sawed down his sign-post and closed the tavern. His Scotch Presbyterian training was stronger than the greed for gain. The furniture business was not neglected during these years, but kept up, and when the market would justify it, a boat was loaded for the south, and the outcome was uniformly profit- able until the fall of 1836, when he entered into a contract with the State to build the dam and one-half the canal at Lowell, the State be- ing engaged at that time in providing slack-

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but Captain Hill died in February, 1841, be- fore the work was completed, leaving his heirs to finish the contract, the consideration of which was $85.000. This money enabled the heirs to settle the estate and pay the debts of Captain Hill, who had become somewhat em- barrassed financially.

Captain Hill was of temperate and exem- plary habits, and considering the extent and character of his public services, had very few enemies. He had seven sons and two daugh- ters; one son and daughter died in childhood. Ephraim Hill died of the prevailing fever in 1823. aged nineteen years. The remaining children all grew up to mature age. They were John, Hugh, Jessie, Hiram A., Daniel Y., and Eliza Hill.

Eliza Hill was married to Spencer T. Buk- ey, June, 1835. He was a son of Hezekiah Bukey, a pioneer who settled on and owned a tract of land in Virginia, nearly opposite to Marietta. The children of Spencer T. Bukey were Van H., Alexander H .. John, Joseph T .. and Sarah Bukey.

Wallace Hill, son of John Hill, was lieu- tenant of Company B. Eighteenth Ohio Vol- unteer militia, for the three months' service, April, 1861. Alexander H. Bukey, son of Spencer T. Bukey, was a private in the same company ; also served as commandant of a gun in Buell's battery during the war. Subse- quently Wallace Hill was lieutenant in Com- pany C, First West Virginia Light AArtillery, familiarly known as Buell's Pierpoint battery, commanded by Capt. Frank Buell, and after the death of Capt. Frank Buell, at the battle of Freeman's Ford, August 22, 1862, Wallace Hill became captain of the battery, and so continued during the remainder of the war.

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History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio, and representative citizens, Part 80

Author: Andrews, Martin Register, 1842-; Hathaway, Seymour J Publication date: 1902 Publisher: Chicago : Biographical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1490

Author: Andrews, Martin Register, 1842-; Hathaway, Seymour J
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Chicago : Biographical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1490