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MUNRO William Chisholm Munro is well fitted for the occupation which
receives his undivided attention. that of gardening. for he pos- sesses an artistic. but decidedly practical mind. He is an illus- tration of what may be accomplished by those of foreign birth who seek a home in this country, where all have equal rights.
Robert Munro, grandfather of William C. Munro, lived and died in the town of Varness, Scotland, where he followed the occupation of cartwright. deriving therefrom a comfortable livelihood for his family. Two of his broth- ers participated in the battle of Waterloo, thereby displaying some of the char- acteristics of the family. namely bravery and patriotism. Robert Munro and his wife were the parents of four children : John, of whom further : Alexander.
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a stone cutter by trade, emigrated to this country and here died ; Maggie, mar- ried James Macbeth, and resides in Edinburgh, Scotland ; name of other child unknown.
John Munro, father of William C. Munro, was born in Tarn von Varness, Varnessshire, Scotland, and is living there at the present time (1913) at the venerable age of ninety years, being a powerfully built man, six feet in height. In early life he learned the trade of carpenter, which line of work he followed throughout the active years of his life, now living retired, enjoying a period of rest, a fit sequel to years of hard toil. He and his family are members of the Old Established Church of Scotland, and in the community in which they re- side are esteemed for their upright characters. He married Jessie Chisholm, a native of the same place as her husband, living at the age of eighty-five years, both families being noted for longevity. She is a daughter of William Chis- holm, who lived and died in Varness, Scotland, his death occurring when he was over ninety years of age, he and his wife having reared a large family ; he was a gardener by trade; he served as a volunteer at the battle of Waterloo. Mr. and Mrs. Munro were the parents of seven children: I. Elizabeth, de- ceased. 2. Robert, a tailor by trade; resides in Leaman, Pennsylvania. 3. William Chisholm, of whom further. 4. Alexander, a carpenter by trade; re- sides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 5. Jessie, married James McFarlow ; re- sides in Ottawa, Canada. 6. Mary, resides at home with her parents. 7. Isa- belle, married William Hay; resides in Scotland ; he is serving as head garden- er in Pryershire, Scotland, of a large private estate.
William Chisholm Munro, son of John and Jessie (Chisholm) Munro, was born in Tarn von Varness, Varnesshire, Scotland, April 6, 1869. He attended the common schools of the neighborhood, after which he learned the trade of gard- ener and florist, for which he was well fitted in every respect. In early manhood he emigrated to Ottawa, Canada, where he had charge of the governor-general's private greenhouses at Readly Hall, retaining this position for two years. Feel- ing that he was not thoroughly equipped for his chosen line of work, although he was considered an expert, he planned to work in greenhouses in all the large cities of the United States and in this way to secure the improved ideas of the best florists. Accordingly he worked for short periods in Boston, New York, Chicago, St. Louis, and many smaller cities. In 1886 he located in Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania, secured employment as florist with several parties in that city, continuing until 1913, when he purchased a small greenhouse at Gar- rettford, Delaware county, Pennsylvania. He remodelled the same, added a number of other buildings, and in many other ways improved the establishment, therefore greatly facilitating his work. He now has six extensive, well heated, and entirely modern greenhouses, filled with flowers and shrubs of every kind to meet every demand. He conducts a wholesale trade in cut flowers, supply- ing the New York and Philadelphia markets, and bids fair to build up an enor- mous trade, it being yet in its infancy. He resides in a modern brick house ad- joining his greenhouses, the grounds of which are tastefully arranged, thus pre- senting a charming picture. Mr. Munro is an Independent in politics, and is affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons and the Scottish Clans.
Mr. Munro married in 1900, Elizabeth Scott, born at Dundee, Scotland, her parents having been born, lived and died in Scotland. Mr. Munro is one of those restless, energetic business men, whose entire life is an incessant battle, whose clear brain brings order out of chaos, and with whom success is an as- sured fact in whatever line they turn their energies.
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WILLINGMYRE The ancestors of Dr. Philip Shuster Willingmyre came from Scotland to this country prior to the Revolution, settling in that part of Virginia later set off as West Virginia. There were several sons in the family and from them descend, so far as is known, all of this name in the United States.
John Willingmyre was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. December 21, 1848, now living in that city a retired commission merchant. His mother was killed by falling from an upper window, and several of his brothers were killed in battle during the civil war. While practically his whole life has been spent in Philadelphia. he has travelled extensively throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. He is an educated, well informed gentleman, who after a busy life is now enjoying in a quiet way the fruits of his years of ac- tivity. He is fond of fishing and out-of-door exercise and gratifies his tastes to a full extent. He is a Republican in politics, and an attendant of the Episcopal church. He married Minnie Henry, born in Philadelphia. December 19, 1857, daughter of John Henry, born in Germany, died in Philadelphia, aged eighty- nine years, a shoemaker. His mother died in Germany aged one hundred and fourteen years. He was an extensive traveler and before coming to the United States had toured Germany, Russia, Switzerland, France and England, speaking the language of each of these countries. He came to the United States not long after his marriage. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Willingmyre: I. John, born May 29, 1884: married Marie Roth, of Philadelphia : resides in that city, foreman of the foreign shipping department of the John Wanamaker store. 2. Philip Shuster, of whom further. 3. Minnie, born June 21. 1890 ; married Ed- ward Matthias, of Philadelphia, a sheet iron worker. 4. Emma, born Novem- ber 17, 1898; resides with her parents.
Dr. Philip Shuster Willingmyre, son of John and Minnie (Henry) Will- ingmyre, was born in Philadelphia, November 12, 1888. He attended the pub- lic schools of Philadelphia, finishing his studies in high school. He then en- tered Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, whence he was graduated in 1910 with the degree of Doctor of Pharmacy. In the same year he purchased the drug store at the corner of Sixth street and Upland avenue in Upland, Pennsylvania, established in 1878 by O. P. Hooper, who was succeeded by D. A. Dalton, who died in 1909. Dr. Willingmyre has materially enlarged this always popular store by purchase of adjoining property and is well established in public favor. He is a member of Ki Psi. a College of Pharmacy fraternity : the Woodmen of the World : is president of Upland Camp of that same order : member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Patriotic Order Sons of America: a charter member of Upland Camp and a trustee of the same during the first eighteen months of its existence. Dr. Willingmyre is interested in several drug manu- facturing firms. including the Inter State Drug Company, the Bromo Lithic Company and the Kal Pheno Company. He is a Progressive in politics, and an attendant of the Baptist church, although he was christened in the Metho- dist Episcopal church. He married Alda Irene Sterner, of Philadelphia, daugh- ter of Jackson and Mary (Keener) Sterner ; child, Alda Mary.
McCLENACHAN William Blake McClenachan, son of W. I. Blake and Ella B. (Barry) McClenachan (q. v.) was born in Trainer, Lower Chichester township, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, March 13. 1886. While a boy between the ages of six and fif- teen years, he attended the public school known as the Trainer Central Gram- mar School, whence he was graduated in 1901, proceeding to the Chester High School, graduating in the class of 1904. At this time he began the study of
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law, entering the offices of O. B. Dickinson at Chester, where he obtained a thorough and practical understanding of legal proceedings, augmented with an equally thorough and extensive theoretical knowledge gained from instruc- tion under A. B. Roney, a prominent member of the Philadelphia bar. At the time he took the state board preliminary examination he was one of the thirty successful out of one hundred and ten candidates, and it has been said his paper was the best submitted. This is no mean feat for a young man to perform, as the state board examinations of Pennslyvania are notoriously dif- ficult, and many an aspirant for legal honor has found them his stumbling block. Since 1908, Mr. McClenachan has been practicing law in Delaware county, with an office in the Gibson building at Chester. He is acquiring a good practice, has an excellent standing among the members of the profes- sion, is very active in different organizations throughout the county, and is rated one of the rising young men of the Delaware county bar. Politically he is a Republican, and for two years served as a member of the county committee from Lower Chichester township, as well as filling the office of solicitor for the school board and for the township commissioners of Lower Chichester. He belongs to the Delaware County Bar Association; Pennsyl- vania State Bar Association; the American Bar Association; the Chester Club; the Young Men's Republican Club of Chester ; the American Academy of Political and Social Science, with offices in the Witherspoon Building, Phil- adelphia ; the Alpha Boat Club, of Chester, of which he is treasurer, an office he has held for the past two years, and is a member, as well as treasurer of the Trainer Fire Company.
BARNEY For many generations this branch of the Barney family was seated at Birmingham, England, family records tracing to the birth of John Barney, in April, about the year 1700. He married and had issue.
(II) Benjamin, son of John Barney, was born in Birmingham, England, April 10, 1736, died October 28, 1802. He married Sarah -, born July 17, 1740, died October 5, 1819.
(III) John (2), son of Benjamin and Sarah Barney, was the founder of this branch of the Barney family in the United States. He was born in Birm- ingham, England, August 16, 1778, came to Pennsylvania, settling near Phila- delphia, and died at Fort Penn, July 15, 1842. He was a farmer and stock raiser, noted far and wide for the great size of the cattle raised on his farm. They were prize winners at fairs and exhibitions, and so proud was he of them that pictures in oil were made of several, that are yet preserved in the family. His home was in Philadelphia, where he is buried in the old burying ground at the Corner of Tenth and South streets. Following is a copy of his marriage certificate :
"Whereas John Barney of the county of New Castle and State of Delaware Son of Benjamin and Sarah Barney of Birmingham England and Margaret Levi Daughter of Samuel Levis late of the county of Delaware deceased and Elizabeth his wife Having declared their intention of marriage with each other These are to Certify whom it may concern, that for the full accomplishment of their said intentions, this twenty-second day of the ninth month called September in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hun- dred and eighteen. They the said John Barney and Margaret Levis in an assembly for that purpose convened at the dwelling house of William Jones number Eighty Wood street in the county of Phila aforesaid when & where he the said John Barney taking the said Margaret Levis by the hand did in a solemn manner declare that he took her the said Margaret Levis to be his wife promising with Divine assistance to be unto her a faithful and affectionate husband until death should separate them. And she the said Margaret Levis did then and there in like manner declare that she took him the said John Barney
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to be her husband promising with divine assistance to be unto him a faithful and af- fectionate wife until Death should separate them. AND for a further Confirmation thereof the said John Barney and Margaret Levis she according to custom of marriage assuming the name of her husband to these presents set there hands and we these names are also hereunto Subscribed being present at the solemnization of the said mar- riage and subseription have as Witnesses there fo set our hands the day and year above written. John Barney Margaret Barney William Moulder Justice of the Peace Witnesses Ann Jones Rebecca Levis Martha Jones Mary Stoyd Mary Ann Jones Samuel Levis William Jones Marshall Loyd."
Margaret Levis was of an old Delaware county family, prominent in the Society of Friends and she was compelled to incur the censure of the Meeting for her marriage to Mr. Barney, who was a Methodist. She was the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Levis. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Barney : Elizabeth Levis, born August 5. 1819, died in September, 1870, married July 25, 1837, John Tanner, LL.D .: John Benjamin, of whom further.
(IV) John Benjamin, only son of John ( 2) and Margaret (Levis) Bar- ney, was born in Philadelphia, January 24. 1822, died at Lansdowne, Delaware county, Pensylvania, March 27, 1902. He was educated and grew to manhood in Philadelphia, then moved to the farm at Fort Penn, later to his own farm at Chadd's Ford, Delaware county, where he was engaged in general farming operations all his life. He moved to that place in 1857, and finding the farm house too small, added to it to suit his needs. The original house was built about 1757. in the early Georgian style, of brick brought from England, and yet stands, a handsome house in the best condition. During his school years in Philadelphia, Mr. Barney was a classmate of Major General George B. Mc- Clellan, the famous commander of the Army of the Potomac during the civil war, later candidate for the presidency, and governor of New Jersey. Mr. Barney was a Republican in politics and, like his father (a Democrat), never accepted any public office. Both he and his wife were members of the Pres- byterian church, which he served as an elder for many years. His marriage certificate is of interest :
"Marriage Certificate. This is to certity that on the Eighth day of December. 1842, in the City of Philadelphia, and state of Penn .. John B. Barney of the state of Delaware of the one part and Anna P. Knight of Philadelphia., Penn., of the other, having agreed and covenanted to be together as man and wife, and having plighted the solemn vows of Duty and affection, were by me united in the honorable and sacred bonds of lawful matri- mony. J. Hunaday, Minister of the Gospel. Tan I. Clement. John Black."
The following persons were present at the fiftieth anniversary or the golden wedding of John B. Barney and his wife, Anna P. Barney: George Karsner Barney, Harrie M. Barney, Leander Marshal, Margaret L. Marshal, Alice P. Tanner, Elizabeth W. Longstreth, her bridesmaid ; Samuel B. Brown, Ellen B. Brown, R. F. Irvin, Mary Clement Irvin, Kate R. Woodword, S. M. Garrett, D. H. Garrett, Anna Knight Barney, Ellen Brown Barney, Nellie An- trim Barney. George Kersner Barney, James Garrett, Hannah E. Garrett, Isaac P. Garrett, S. E. Garrett, E. R. Fackler. Roberta Boyd Fackler, John W. Davis, Juliet W. Davis, C. A. Hustan, Frances I .. Husten, H. L. Warren, Mary War- ren.
Mrs. Barney was born at Woodbury, New Jersey, April 2, 1819, died at Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, where she was visiting, December 27, 1905. She was the daughter of Joseph Knight, a tailor, and early settler of Woodbury, where he died March 17, 1882 ; he married, July 31, 1796, Edna Woolley, born in the same town, and had children : Hannah, born April 21, 1815, married John Austin : Charles W., born January 12, 1816; Elizabeth. November 14, 1817. died March 17, 1822: Anna P., married Mr. Barney, as aforesaid; Mary horn December 26, 1820. Children of John Benjamin and Anna P. (Knight)
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Barney : Edna Knight, born August 17, 1845, died March 18, 1874, married, 1868, Samuel Brown; George Karsner, of whom further; Margaret Levis, born August 15, 1863, married, April 21, 1882, Leander Marshall.
(V) George Karsner, only son of John Benjamin and Anna P. (Knight) Barney, was born in the home farm, "Brandywine View," Chadd's Ford, Del- aware county, Pennsylvania, November 20, 1851. He was educated in the private school kept by J. W. Ferry, on Locust street, Philadelphia, also the Shortledge School, Concordville, Delaware county, and has always resided on the old farm inherited from his father, situated in the historic Brandywine region at Chadd's Ford. The estate consists of 139 acres devoted to grain and pasturage, thirty cows being a part of the stock thereon maintained. The farm house, built in 1757, already mentioned, contains many souvenirs of the past, one of the most interesting being an old bottle covered with the shells of barnacles that adhered to it while lying in the salt water. Its history is given in the following copy of a framed letter in Mr. Barney's possession :
"This bottle was recovered from the British Sloop of War 'Mercury.' James Mont- gomery, commander, which was sunk in the North river seven miles from the city of New York, in the year 1777. When found it was full of wine and was first opened at Mr. John Barney's on the occasion of the naming of his son (John Benjamin) on the 31st day of January, 1822. The company having regaled themselves with the nectar of Neptune, the bottle was afterward refilled by Mr. Thomas Beaudy with his eight year old Madeira, and sealed with his seal. It is the desire of Mr. and Mrs. Barney to leave it with its contents a legacy to their son, the aforesaid J. B. Barney, to remain unopened till he at- tain the age of twenty-one years."
This was probably done, as, added to the above, is the following: "Re- opened April 1, 1880; refilled with elderblossom wine three years old, made by Anna Barney," (his mother). March 25, 1880, was the wedding date of George Karsner Barney, who preserved it until April 1, 1880, the occasion of the celebration of the wedding reception. The portieres which hung in the old house one hundred years ago are still preserved. The dining room con- tains an immense fireplace, hung with a crane; the bricks of which the house, baking oven, boiler house, kitchen and woodsheds are built, are said to have been brought from England. A volume could be written concerning the many interesting features of the beautiful residence and its contents, the lifelong home of Mr. Barney.
Mr. Barney is a Republican in politics, and for twenty-one years has served as school director. In religious faith he is a Presbyterian while his wife is an Episcopalian. He married, March 25, 1880, Harrie May Adams, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Henry J. Morton, the same minister who had performed the marriage ceremony for her parents just forty years previously. She was born June 19, 1855, the only child to survive childhood of John Quincy and Henrietta Morton (Tanner) Adams, their only other child, Ellen, dying at the age of thirteen months. Their marriage certificate reads as follows :
"John Quincy Adams and Henrietta Tanner. I hereby certify that on the twenty- first day of September, 1841, I united in the bonds of Holy Matrimony. John Quincy Adams and Henrietta Tanner. In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal, Henry J. Morton, Rector of St. James Church, Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 21st, 1841. Benj. Tan- ner. Chas. Logus, John Tanner, B. Tanner Jr., witnesses."
John Quincy Adams, born in Grafton, Massachusetts, later a dry goods merchant of New York City, died at Vanderbilt Landing. Staten Island, August 19, 1870. He married, September 21, 1841, Henrietta Morton Tanner. born at No. 104 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, May 2, 1820, died June 16,
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1878. Children of George Karsner and Harrie May ( Adams) Barney: Anne Knight, born June 26, 1881, married, January 9, 1903, Harry Rainy Steven- son ; Ellen Brown, born December 27, 1883; Nellie Antrim, born June 13, 1886; George Karsner Jr., born June 16, 1892.
Mrs. Barney traces her ancestry on the paternal side to Andrew Adams, who assisted in the establishment of American independence during the war of the revolution. He was born in Grafton, October 21, 1751, died August 25, 1841. He appears with rank of corporal on Lexington alarm roll of Captain Luke Drury's company, General Ward's regiment, which marched on the alarm of April 19th from Grafton. He was also on the pay roll of Cap- tain Joseph Warren's company with rank of sergeant, August 21, 1777. He married Lucy Merriam, born December 30, 1755. Mrs. Barney traces her ancestry on the maternal side to an old and honored family of England, the first known member of which came to England with William the Con- queror. In the year 1725 Benjamin and John Tanner, brothers, canie to this country from London, England, and settled near Jamaica, Long Island. John Tanner married, 1738, Ann Teibout, who left her native country, Holland, on account of her religion. Children: Benjamin, born 1739; John, mentioned below; Elizabeth, born 1743, married Samuel Welling; Ann (called Nancy), born 1745, married Thomas Welling; Mary, born 1747, married John Hinchman.
Captain John Tanner, son of John and Ann (Teibout ) Tanner, born May 15, 1741, married Ann, born August 27, 1751, daughter of Abraham and Lydia Schenck, married, 1747, who were the parents of nine other children. Children of Captain and Mrs. Tanner: Benjamin, mentioned below; Jolin, born July 27, 1776; Elsie Maria, born November 9, 1777, married Jolin Fer- guson, Esq., of New York ; John Jay, born July 28, 1779, died in his twenty- second year, unmarried; Abraham, born August 25, 1783, married Hilah Conklin, October 28, 1809, in New York City; Elizabeth, born July 16, 1785, married in Philadelphia, William Darby, Esq .; Henry Schenck, born July 14, 1787, married, in Philadelphia. December 8, 1818, Mary Roberts. Captain John Tanner died January 14, 1794, aged fifty-three years and four months. The Schenck family are an old and honorable family of Amsterdam, Holland. the first member in this country coming at an early date. They were large factors in the building up of this country, and some of their descendants were owners of factories at Mattewan, Fishkill, New York, and there is also a branch of the family in North Carolina in the same business, who pronounce their name as if spelled Shenk.
Benjamin Tanner, son of Captain John and Ann (Schenck ) Tanner, was born in New York City, March 27, 1775. He married, September 6, 1806, in Philadelphia, Mary Bieren, and their children are: Ann, born July 2, 1807; John, June 26, 1809, married, in Philadelphia, July 25, 1837, Elizabeth Levis Barney; Mary, born March 21, 1811, married, in Baltimore, Maryland, April 10, 1849, William Darby, Esq .; Elizabeth, born February 18, 1813, died Feb- ruary 22, 1813; Henrietta Morton, born May 2, 1819, married John Quincy Adams, aforementioned as the parents of Harrie May (Adams) Barney ; Elsie Ferguson, born November 7, 1820, died November 17, 1826; Benjamin Jr., born November 2, 1822, married, in Baltimore, Maryland, February 24, 1848, Mary E. Dryden; all these children were born in Philadelphia. The Bieren family, whose name is Bjorn, date back to the Norman chief Bjorn, who discovered the northern section of North America, in or about 1002. The main branch of his family removed to Sweden and settled in Stockholm and Upsala. Benjamin Tanner died November 14, 1848, aged seventy-three years, seven months, eighteen days, and his wife died April 24, 1827.
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Another relative of Mrs. Barney is Louisa Ferguson, a second cousin, who married, June 26, 1829, Robert W. Weir, a portrait painter who was for many years the chief drawing master at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. One of his famous paintings is the "Landing of the Pil- grims," now hanging in the rotunda of the capitol at Washington City, for which many of the family posed in costume.
Captain Charles Benjamin Tanner, eldest son of Dr. John Tanner, of Washington, D. C., mentioned above as the eldest son of Benjamin Tanner, entered the service of his country in his nineteenth year as a private in Com- pany E, First Regiment Delaware Volunteer Infantry, April 16, 1861; was mustered in as first corporal May 6, 1861 ; stationed on Bush river, Maryland, until August 6, 1861, when the regiment was mustered out owing to the time of service having expired. The regiment being reorganized, he re-entered as a private, August 7, 1861, and was mustered in as first sergeant of Company H, August 23, 1861 ; promoted to sergeant-major January 3, 1862, and to second lieutenant April 1, 1862. He was wounded at the battle of Antietam, Septem- ber 17, 1862, and recommended for promotion for gallantry in assisting to res- cue the regimental colors, which had fallen within a few feet of the rebel lines. He received promotion to the rank of first lieutenant, and was assigned to Com- pany D, First Delaware Regiment, September 23, 1862. On September 10, 1863, he was discharged on account of wounds received in the battle of Gettys- burg, July 2, 1863, and entered the service again as first lieutenant of Company H, 69th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, November 1, 1864. On Novem- ber 8, 1864, he was appointed chief aide-de-camp, with the rank and pay of captain, to General Thomas A. Smyth, commanding Second Division, Second Army Corps. November 13, 1864, he was wounded in the right knee in front of Petersburg, Virginia, while advancing the skirmish line. November 18, 1864, he was offered the lieutenant-colonelcy of the 69th Regiment Pennsyl- vania Volunteers for gallant service in front of Petersburg, but preferred to remain on the staff, so this position was declined. February 10, 1865, he was recommended for brevet major for gallant services at the battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia. April 7, 1865, General Thomas A. Smyth was mortally wound- ed at the battle of Farmville, Virginia, the last engagement of the war. His remains were brought to his home at Wilmington, Delaware, by his aide-de- camp Captain Tanner, who then joined the division at Washington, D. C., where the army was ordered to be mustered out. He resigned May 25, 1865, at the close of the war. Following is a list of some of the engagements in which he served : May 10, 1862, capture of Norfolk, Virginia ; September 14, 1862, bat- tle of South Mountain, Maryland ; September 16-17, 1862, battle of Antietam, where he was wounded in the right arm; December II-15, battle of Fredericks- burg, Virginia; May I-5, battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, (Wilderness) ; July 1-4, 1863, battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he was wounded through the left arm; November 8, 1864, to April 3, 1865, battles and siege of Petersburg, Virginia ; November 13, 1864, horse wounded under him; Feb- ruary 2-4, 1865, battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia; February 5, 1865, battle of Dabney's Mills ; February 26, 1865, battle of Plank Road, Virginia; March 25-29, series of engagements in moving around enemy's flank; March 30-31, battle of White Oak Road, Virginia, (temporarily with 20th Regiment India- ana Volunteers ,the only regiment of Smyth's engaged) ; April 1, 1865, battle of the Forks, under General Sheridan, while carrying orders from General Smyth ; April 6, 1865, battle of Sailor's Creek (joined with the 69th New York Regi- ment, being at Colonel Nugent's headquarters with letters from General Smyth) ; April 7, 1865, battle of Highbridge (early morning) ; April 7, 1865, battle of Farmville (noon), death of General Smyth, and close of the war; he
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