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Later events at Wells River, not elsewhere mentioned, are as follows :
On July 21, 1870, the freight depot was burned and the old engine house, which had stood there since the railroad was built. In 1876, the old American House was burned. In 1888, the village was incorporated, with municipal officers of its own. On September 26, 1892, the largest fire which was ever in that village, was caused by lightning, which struck the hotel stable about 4 a. m., and the old "Coösuck House" and out-buildings; the Hatch building, used as a barber shop and tenement; the Smith Meader building, used as a tailor and shoe maker's shop; the Belodo building, occupied as a store and tenement; Mrs. Badger's two-tenement house, D. W. Learned's house, barn and harness shop, and Mrs. Colby's house, were burned. The new buildings erected on the "burnt district" are Hale's Tavern, Mrs. Learned's and Mrs. Colby's houses.
Electric lighting was first introduced into Wells River from the Woodsville plant about September 1, 1891, some twenty street lights were installed, and Mr. Deming's house was wired and lighted, being the first house in town to have electric lights.
The electric and water works plant at Wells River, organized in the spring of 1896, is owned and operated by the village, for the purposes of street lighting and fire protection, and furnishes water for domestic and sanitary purposes, and electric current for lighting or power. The power and pumping station was built on Wells river, near a site known as "Scott's lower mill," where a granite dam was built for the station. The two turbine wheels have about one hundred and fifty horse power. The generator furnishes electricity for sixty-five incandescent street lights, and for about 1800 house lights. In the fall of 1900, wires were carried down the river to the farms of H. T. Baldwin and James G. Learned, and to the Grafton County farm buildings, on Horse Meadow in Haverhill. A power pump, with a normal capacity of three hundred gallons per minute was placed in the power house, and pumps water to a reservoir, on the hill west of the village, two hundred and thirty feet above the street. This reservoir, built of stone and cement, has a capacity of 270,000 gallons, the water being filtered. A ten inch main pipe conveys the water to the main street, supplying
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twenty hydrants at a pressure of about one hundred pounds to the square inch. The water is distributed about the village for house supply.
Nothing definite has been learned about the mills which have long stood at the several falls between Wells River and Boltonville. At the site known as the "box-factory"," a large plant was burned in 1873. Its successor, a sawmill and basket factory, was burned in 1900. At the "Hadlock mill site," Mr. Andrew Aitkin is, in January, 1901, erecting a building for a sawmill and basket factory.
The Wells River Creamery Company was organized October 14, 1891, with a capital stock of $3,000, which was afterward increased to $5,000, and the number of shares to fifty. A building was erected in that year, but the plant was not ready for work till April 1, 1892. This creamery has a branch at Swiftwater, N. H.
In 1894. Col. Erastus Baldwin erected at Wells River, a windmill tower of which he gives the following account :
"In regard to the windmill I constructed :- To have the well bored, in 1894, we went down eighty feet, and struck a living spring of the purest water analyzed. The water came up to the top of pipe, (which is eight inch iron). I have pumped thirty gallons a minute for eight hours and only lowered the water seventeen feet in the pipe. The tower is made from southern pine and is 1761/2 feet high, twenty-five feet higher than any other windmill tower in the world. The tank the water is pumped into holds 1,013 barrels. Three years ago I began manufacturing sodas, and have shipped this season, and sold, 2,200 four dozen cases. Have used three tons of granulated sugar, beside the other extras. When in full working order I seal up, ready for shipment, 200 dozen per day. The water is used at my house and tenements."
In Newbury village the principal events have already been mentioned. On Sunday, August 13, 1876, fire, caused by children playing with matches in a barn, destroyed the Deming store, the "old depot building," the "old book store," and the drug and jewelry store of S. L. Swasey.
The Newbury village Creamery Association was organized in January, 1892, and the building erected in the following spring, with a branch, or skimming station, at West Newbury. The first creamery in town was the one at South Newbury, which began in 1884, and continued in operation till 1898, when it was consolidated with the one at Haverhill, by the Lyndonville Creamery Co., which controlled both plants.
Newbury has some of the largest farms in the state, and a very interesting volume could be written about our farms and their owners. Few of them are in the hands of the families which owned them a century ago. The largest in town, that of Frank E. Kimball, upon the Musquash meadow, has 165 acres in one field. This farm, and that of W. H. Atkinson, which lics south of it, werc gathered
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by the Little family, by purchase or forclosure of mortgage, from the earliest settlers. The Kimball farm was purchased of Mr. Little, by Timothy Morse, who, in 1857, sold it to Lucius Hazen and sons. In 1865 the Hazens sold it to a Mr. Palmer, from whom, in the next year, it was purchased by D. C. and D. P. Kimball. There were several large barns on this farm, which were removed, and the present immense barn built by the Kimballs. The fine residence on that farm was burned January 4, 1898. On the Upper meadow, no descendant of an original settler remains, except C. C. Scales and Alfred Chamberlain. The McAllisters own the Heath and Tenney farms; H. T. Baldwin the Hale farm, while the Dr. Smith and Ingalls farm is now owned by Mr. Learned and son, who also own that of Col. Frye Bayley. The farm of F. W. George is made up from the rights of several proprietors.
On the Ox-bow, Dea. Sidney Johnson and Henry W. Bailey are the only ones who own farms, which have come to them directly from their ancestors, the original proprietors. Mr. Doe owns most of General Bayley's farm, and a part of Mr. Lang's was that of Nathaniel Merrill. On Kent's meadow, Robert J. Hibbard is the only descendant of an original proprietor, who owns the same farm. M. E. Kimball's farm was that of Levi Sylvester, and others. A. Greer owns the Colonel Stevens farm. On Sleeper's meadow the three Kent farms are owned by John Heath, C. E. Brock and Robert Meserve; that of Dr. White by C. C. Doe, while the Colonel Chamberlain farm is at present called the "Glendower Stock Farm." That of W. U. Bailey was made up from several farms. On Hall's meadow, that of W. W. Brock has been in the family about 130 years; that of Jonathan Smith for half that time. The farm of James A. Brock, was, long ago that of Maj. Stevens McConnel. That between the two last mentioned, has been in the Chamberlain family for many years.
Lack of space forbids mention of many interesting particulars regarding the larger farms in the back part of the town. At West Newbury, the farm of John Smith has been in the family since 1790; that of W. C. and D. Carleton is made up of the farms of Capt. John G. Bailey, and a part of the "old Eastman place." It has one of the largest sugar orchards in the state, and their apparatus for sugar making is complete.
Newbury Cornet Band was organized in 1857 or 1858. Henry W. Bailey was chosen its leader, and continued as such during its existence. The first leader was Mr. C. H. Clark, a noted circus band leader. There were twelve members. During the civil war several of the members were in the army, and the band was broken up. In 1863, after the return of Mr. Bailey from the war, it was re-organized, and maintained till about 1880. A notable instance
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of its furnishing music was at the dedication of the Summit House on Moosilauke, where more than a thousand people had gathered, on July 4, 1860. Another memorable occasion was a flag-raising at the Ox-bow, in 1861, where the flag was raised by Capt. Hanes Johnson and David Johnson, Esq., the last surviving sons of Col. Thomas Johnson, both past eighty years of age at the time.
About 1868, an orchestra, composed of members from Newbury and adjacent towns, was organized, with Mr. Bailey as leader, which furnished music for all occasions till about 1886. The "Crafts Genealogy" claims that the first piano in Vermont was brought to Craftsbury, by the wife of Governor Crafts, in 1797. Mr. Livermore says that there were, in 1819, two pianos at Haverhill Corner; one was owned by the family of Gen. John Montgomery, and the other by the daughters of General Dow. It is believed that the first pianos in Newbury were purchased by David Johnson and Timothy Morse, for their daughters, about 1834.
In 1893, Mr. George H. Moore erected, about one and a half miles from Newbury village, on the road to West Newbury, the most costly residence in town. The site commands one of the loveliest prospects in the Connecticut valley, which it overlooks for many miles. The house is of colonial style, built of cobble-stone and native rock, laid in Portland cement. It is one of the finest private residences in the state.
President Dwight, in his "Travels in New England," a century ago, devotes several paragraphs in glowing description of the panorama of the valley and mountain scenery which was spread before him as he stood upon the spot now occupied by this mansion.
Some one has styled Newbury "the land of continuance." Its scenery has lost none of its loveliness in a hundred years. Men may come and men may go but the valley of the Connecticut remains forever.
CHAPTER XLIV.
NEWBURY IN THE CIVIL AND SPANISH WARS.
SOLDIERS CREDITED TO THIS TOWN .- COL. PRESTON POST .- COL. PRESTON RELIEF CORPS .- VETERANS NOW RESIDING HERE .- SPANISH WAR.
T HE following list of soldiers from Newbury, who served in the Rebellion, with their regiment, rank, company and history, was furnished for Hemenway's Gazette by Hon. Henry W. Bailey.
FIRST REGIMENT. THREE MONTHS.
NAME
RANK. CO. MUSTERED IN. Priv., D May 2, '61, 66
Mustered out Aug. 15, '61.
Brooks, James B.,
..
66
Brock, Thomas A.,
Chamberlin, R. W.,
Clark, Fred Ezra,
66
66
Howard, Emery A.,
Johnson, George A.,
Meserve, Robert,
Page, Albert,
Tucker, Thomas L.,
Mus'n, D,
..
Wilcox, Edwin A.,
Corp., D,
THIRD REGIMENT. THREE YEARS.
Avery, Frederic B., Priv., C, July 16, '61, Died at Andersonville, March
Bailey, Henry Ward,
Band,
Bailey, Charles F.,
Priv., C,
Bailey, Thomas P.,
Bickford, Wm. J.,
"Bliss, Philetus,
Bowley, Addison.
Sept. 22, '62,
Carruth, Robert B.,
Mus'n.,
July 16, '61,
Chamberlin, Cutler B.,
Priv., K,
Sept. 22, '62,
Corbin, David T.,
Capt., C, July 16, '61,
Danforth, Samuel,
Priv., C, Sept. 22, '62,
Dunbar, Henry E.,
Corp., C, July 16, '61,
REMARKS.
Avery, Nathan A.,
66
66
66
66
66
66
13,'65.
Discharged Aug. 9, '62. Promoted 2d Lieut., Nov. 25, '63. Mustered out July 27, '64 Discharged Nov. 6, '62. Discharged Aug. 15, '62. Mustered out, July '27, '64. Died Feb. 27, '63. Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63. Mus- tered out July 11, '65. Mustered out June 19, '65. Discharged Sept. 12, '62. Mustered out June 19, '65. Discharged May 4, '62.
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Farnham, Evelyn E., Farnham, Frederic E., Gardner, George H.,
Serg., C, July 16, '61,
Priv., C, Jan. 10, '62,
66
Gardner, Horatio W., George, James L., Greig, James,
66
July 16, '61,
Heath, Everett K.,
Johnston, Erastus C.,
Kelley, Walter M.,
Priv., K,
Jan. 8, '63,
Kelly, Thomas F.,
Dec. 31, '63,
Langmaid, Solomon S., Priv., C,
Apr. 12, '62,
Mus-
Little, Charles W., Priv., D,
July 16, '61,
Lumsden, George, Priv., K,
April 12, '62,
Meader, Charles C. 2d, Priv., C,
66
July 16, '61, 66
Mustered out July 27, '64. Killed at Lewinsville, Sept. 11, '61.
Peach, George,
66
66
Ramsay, John W.,
Q'master,
Stebbins, Horatio N.,
Priv., C,
Sept. 22, '62,
Temple, Orvin,
Tuttle, Samuel M.,
Priv., C, Sept. 22, '62,
Wallace, William, 3d,
White, Charles,
Priv., G,
White, Charles K.,
Priv., K,
66 Pro. Corp. Nov. 1, '63. Mus- tered out June 19, '65.
FOURTH REGIMENT. THREE YEARS.
Avery, Ayers N., Bailey, Auburn F.,
Priv., H, Sept. 20, '61,
Priv., F, Dec. 31, '63,
Chapin, Charles C., ", Sept. 30, '62
Clark, Isaac,
Priv., G, Dec. 31 '63,
Dowse, Asa,
George, Edmund H.,
Priv., H, Sept. 20, '61,
Heath, William W.,
Halley, John S.,
Stamford, Thomas N., Corp., D, 66
Teel, Benjamin W.,
Priv., F, Sept. 30, '62,
SIXTH REGIMENT.
Priv., B, Sept. 22, '62, Oct. 15,'61,
66
Sept. 22, '62 Priv., G, Sept. 22, '62
Died March 23, '63. Died at Salisbury, N. C., Jan. 22, '65.
Pro. 2d Lieut. Mustered out Jan. 13, '65. Mustered out July 13, '65. Mustered out June 29, '65. Discharged. Re-en. Feb. 17, '64. Killed at Wilderness May 5, '64. Mustered out, Sept. 30, '64. Reduced to ranks. Mustered out Sept. 30, '64. Mustered out June 19, '65.
Dickenson, Elijah, Jenne, Stillman, Jenne, Roswell C., Jenne, William S.,
Martin, Moody C., Meader, William,
66
Discharged Nov. 4, '62. Died April 10, '62. Re-en. Dec. 21, '63. Killed at Spottsylvania May 12, '64. Discharged June 4, '62. Mustered out July 27, '65. Re-en. Dec. 21, '63. Promoted Sergeant Jan. 1, '64. Killed at Cedar Creek Oct. 19, '64. Re-en. Dec. 21, '63. Promoted Corp. Dec. 18, '64. Mustered out June 19, '65.
66 Dis. Dec. 1, '61. Re-en. 9th G. Mustered out June 19. '65. Lost one eye in the Wilderness. Discharged May 17, '65. Mustered out July 11, '65. Re-en. March 22, '64. tered out July 17, '65.
Discharged sick. Discharged July 9, '62.
Meserve, Amos,
Priv., G, July 16, '61,
Re-en. Dec. 21, '63. Promoted Corp. Killed at Petersburg April 2, '65. Pro. 2d Lieut, Aug. 10, '61. Killed in action June 29, '62. Tr. Invalid Corps. Died Nov. 20, '63. Discharged Jan. 22, '64. Pro. Corp. Dis. May 17, '65. Mustered out June 5, '65. ..
Tr. to inv. corps Oct. 1, '63. Discharged Jan. 6, '63. Nov. 24, '62. Pro. Corp. Mustered out June 26,'65. Discharged Nov. 13, '62. Tr. to inv. corps, Oct. 1, '63.
NEWBURY IN THE CIVIL AND SPANISH WARS.
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EIGHTH REGIMENT. THREE YEARS.
Atwood, William D., Bean, George, N. M., Brown, George L.,
Priv., C, Priv., D, May 17, '64, Jan. 9, '62,
Bean, Richard C., Burnham, Benj. F.,
Danforth, George L.,
Priv., C, Feb. 18, '62,
Evans, Walter D., Fleming, Freeman F., Hemenway, F. W., Kelley, Loren F.,
Wag., D, Jan. 5, '64,
Priv., C, Dec. 31, '63, Feb. 18, '62, 66
Meader, Horace E., Morrison, George W., Morrison, Hiram,
Priv., D, 66
Noyes, Parker Jr., Noyes, James,
O'Malley, Owen F.,
Priv., D, Dec. 26, '61,
Page, Albert E.,
Serg., C,
Priv., G,
66
Smith, Robert F., Tuttle, Elias J.,
Tuttle, George L.,
Priv., D, Feb. 18, '62,
Waldron, Benjamin,
Serg., C,
66
Waldron, John M.,
Priv., C,
66
Re-en. Jan. 5, '65. Died March 29,'65. Re-en. Jan. 5, '65. Mustered out June 28, '65.
NINTH REGIMENT. THREE YEARS.
Bailey, Hibbard H., Bolton, Carlos E., Brock, Andrew, Chamberlin, Amos J., Flanders, Amos, Learned, Benj. F., Learned, Seldon F., Learned, William A., Murry, George M., Fuller, Joseph H., Perkins, Jonathan, Putnam, John C., Wright, William T.,
Serg., G, 66
Priv., G, 66
Priv., C, Jan. 6. '64,
Priv., E, Dec. 31, '63, Priv., I, Aug. 13, '64, Priv., C, July 9, '62,
66 66 Mustered out June 13, '65. Discharged Jan. 15, '63. 66 Discharged March 14, '63. Mustered out June 13, '65. Died June 21, '63. 06 Mustered out June 13, '65. Mustered out May 13, '65. Mustered out July 26, '65. Mustered out Aug. 3, '65. Tr. to inv. corps.
TENTH REGIMENT, THREE YEARS.
Bartlett, Alonzo F., Bartlett, Oscar F.,
Priv., G, Sept. 1, '62,
Must-
Damon, George B.,
Capt., G, 66
Priv., G, Sept. 1, '62,
66
George, Osman C. B., George, James H., Mus'n, G
George, Jno. N., Haynes, Charles V.,
66 Sept. 2, '64, Priv., G, Sept. 1, '62,
Mustered out June 22, '64. Mustered out June 15, '65. Discharged July 5, '63, re-en. Died May 20, '64. Mustered out June 15, '65. Discharged Dec. 13, '64 for promotion in colored troops. Re-en. Jan. 5,'64. Mustered out June 28, '65. Died June 25, '63. Mustered out June 28, '65. Mustered out June 28, '65. Killed at Port Hudson, June 14, '63. Died March 25, '63. Mustered out June 22, '64. Re-en. Jan. 5, '64. Mustered out June 28, '65. Discharged Oct. 17, '63. Trans. La. Nat. Guards, Dec. 31, '62.
Re-en. Jan. 5, '64. Tr. to V. R. C. Mustered out July 17, '65. Discharged Aug. 11, '63. Discharged Oct. 1, '62, for pro'n in 2d La. Vols. Discharged Oct. 17, '62. Mustered out June 28, '65. Re-en. Jan. 5, '64, Pro. Corp. Mustered out June 28, '65.
Priv., D, 66
66 66
66
Prouty, Elijah K., Jr.,
Priv., C,
Feb. 18, '62,
May 17, '64, Priv., F, Dec. 31, '63,
Hadlock, James W., George, Charles H.,
Priv., G, July 9, '62, Deserted Jan. 13, '63. Mustered out June 13, '65. Discharged May 14, '63. 66
Mustered out May 13, '65. Pro. corp. Feb. 6, '65. ered out June 22, '65. Pro. major Dec. 19, '64. Brev. maj. Oct. 19, '64. Mustered out June 22, '65. Mustered out May 13, '65. Mustered out June 22, '65. Died Dec. 2, '63. Pro. prin. mus'n May 1, '63. Mustered out June 22, '65. Mustered out June 22, '65. Killed in action, Nov. 27 '63.
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Mckinstry, Azro P., Place, John C., Scruton, William C., Thompson, Charles, Tuttle, Edwin,
Priv., G, Sept. 1, '62,
Corp., G,
Priv., G,
Mustered out June 22, '65. Missing Sept. 19, '64. Dead. Died Sept. 19, '63. Mustered out June 22, '65. Pro. corp. Nov. 1, '64. Must- ered out June 27, '65.
ELEVENTH REGIMENT.
Sampson, Horace B.,
Priv., D, Nov. 9, '63.
Died Feb. 6, '64.
Williams, John D., Serg., L, June 27, '63. Died of wounds Oct. 26, '64.
TWELFTH REGIMENT. NINE MONTHS.
Atkinson, William H., Priv., H, Oct. Avery, Park,
4, '62, Mustered out July 14, '63.
Bailey, George,
Barnett. George B.,
Barrett, Charles G.,
66
66
66
Bartlett, Charles P.,
66
6
Bartlett, Daniel S.,
66
66
66
Bartlett, John M.,
66
06
66
Bailey, Milo C.,
66
Bean, George N. M.,
16
Brock, Thomas H.,
Serg., H, 16
66 Pro. 2d Lieut. Co. H, March 10, '63. Must. out July 14, '63. Mustered out July 14, '63. Resigned March 4, '63,
Chamberlin, Joseph A.,
Priv., H,
Chamberlin, R. W.,
1 Lt., H,
66
Eastman, Addison W., Corp., H,
Reduced to ranks Dec. 8, '62. Mustered out July 14, '63. Mustered out July 14, '63.
Gage, Asa B.,
Priv., H, ..
Greig, Thomas,
Howard, Emery A.,
Serg., H,
66
Johnston, Joseph C.,
Keyes, Edward P.,
06
Leonard, Sidney S., Priv., H,
McAllister, Leonard W., 6
Mckinstry, Alvin L.,
Mckinstry, Henry, Meserve, Robert, Corp., H,
Moulton, William O.,
Priv., H, 16
Nason, Joseph M.,
Newell, James A.,
Peach, Jonathan J.,
66
Ricker Isaac M.
66
66
Rogers, Nelson J.,
..
Stebbins, Scuyler C.,
66
Died March 12, '63.
Tewksbury, Nelson B.,
66
Mustered out July 14, '63.
Wallace, James Jr.,
66
6
Discharged March 13, '63.
Wallace, William K.,
66
Discharged April 22, '63,
Whitman, Monroe D.,
66
Mustered out July 14, '63.
Woodward, Clark J.,
Wormwood, William,
66
FIFTEENTH REGIMENT. NINE MONTHS.
Aitken, Andrew, Priv., D, Oct. 22, '62, ..
Chalmers, George, Jr.,
Serg., D,
Chalmers, William W.,
Priv., D,
Cowdry, Albert R.,
Corp. D,
Cowdry, Milo G.,
Priv., D, 66
66
Hunter, Nathan A.,
Jones, William B., Wheeler, William,
..
. .
66
Died Mav 3, '63. Mustered out July 14, '63. 66 66
Pro. Serg. Nov. 4, '64. Must- ered out July 14, '63. Died April 27, '63. Died April 7, '63. Mustered out July 14, '63. ..
Rollins, Henry G.,
66
Stevens, Augustus B.,
66
Mustered out July 14, '63.
Wallace, George.W.,
66
66
66
.
Mustered out Aug. 5, '63. Discharged April 28, '63. Mustered out August 5, '63. ..
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Webber, George, Webber, Russell L.,
Priv., D, Oct. 22, '62,
Mustered out Aug. 5, '63. Dis. at Brattleboro May 11, '63.
SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT.
Aldrich, William T.,
Priv., I, May 10, '64,
Mustered out July 17, '65.
Cadue, John,
Priv., E, Apr. 12, '64, Tr. to V. R. C., Aug. 21, '64.
Chapman, John,
Priv., I, July 6, '64, Discharged Dec. 18, '64.
Jenne, Roswell C.,
Apr. 12, '64, Discharged Oct. 13, '65.
Landers, Andrew,
.. May 10, '64, Died Sept. 5, '64.
Riley, James,
Apr. 12, '64, Mustered out July 14, '65.
Underwood, William H.,
Wilson, Joseph,
FIRST CAVALRY REGIMENT.
Abbott, Horace N., Bailey, Samuel P.,
Priv., D, Dec. 31, '63, Corp., H, Sept. 16, '61,
Died in Gen. Hos. June 30, '64. Missing Oct. 11, '63. Died in Andersonville.
Mustered out Nov. 18, '64.
Cook, George,
Priv., F, Sept. 8, '64,
Mustered out May 30, '65.
Fleming, George H.,
Priv., D, Dec. 31, '63,
Tr. to V. R. C. Apr. 25, '65.
Howland, Levi P., Leet, Charles Jr.,
Sept. 22, '62,
Missing June 30, '63.
Leet, Henry, Mitchell, Harris B., Marsh, Henry G.,
Serg., D, Nov. 19, '61,
Pro. capt. Mus. out Aug. 9,'65. Deserted Dec. 26, '64.
Powers, John Hale,
Nov. 19, '63,
Mustered out Nov. 18, '64.
Sargent, Phineas L.,
Sept. 26, '62,
Mustered out May 29, '65.
Webster, Emery,
Dec. 31, '63,
Died Feb. 15, '64.
Webber, George, Webber, Philip,
Priv., I, Aug. 12, '64,
Mustered out June 21, '65. Mustered out June 21, '65.
SECOND SHARPSHOOTERS.
Clark, Fred Ezra, Whitman, Shepard B.,
Priv., H, Dec. 31, '61, Priv., E, Nov. 9, '61, FIRST BATTERY.
Discharged June 24, '62. Discharged Dec. 4, '62.
Blodgett, Clark Perry, Priv., Dec. 31, '63, Tr. to 1st Co. Heav. Art. Mus. Clark, Fred Ezra, out July 28, '65. Tr. to 1st Co. Heav. Art. Dis. Feb. 13, '65. Kasson, William W., Pro. 2d Lieut. Heav. Art. Mus. out July 28, '65.
Little, Dana D.,
Pennock, Calvin,
Died Aug. 31, '64. Tr. to 1st Co. Heav. Art. Mus. out July 28, '65.
SECOND BATTERY.
Carbee, Henry C., Davidson, George B., Greig, Thomas, Smillie, John,
Priv., Jan. 13, '64, Mustered out July 31, '65. 66 Mustered out July 31, '65. Died May 11, '64.
Pro. corp. Mustered out July 31, '65.
THIRD BATTERY.
Bailey, Milo C., Priv., Sept. 1, '64, Mustered out June 15, '65.
Barnett, George B.,
Sept. 2, '64,
Farnham, Frank E.,
Hardy, Sumner,
Wormwood, William,
Sept. 3, '64, Sept. 2, '64,
6 6
3
This list gives the enlistments only which were credited to Newbury. There were those from this town who enlisted in other
May 10, '64, Mustered out July 14, '65. Discharged May 27, '65.
Bennett, John W.,
L. Col., D, Nov. 19, '61,
Dec. 31, '63, .6
Mustered out June 1, '65. Mustered out Aug. 9, '65.
Priv., D, Dec. 31, '63,
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HISTORY OF NEWBURY, VERMONT.
states, in which they chanced to reside when the war broke out, but it was not possible to obtain their records.
+Col. Preston Post, No. 64, Department of . Vermont, Grand Army of the Republic, was organized at Wells River, October 27, 1883, with twelve charter members, and up to the present time there have been enrolled eighty-four soldiers and sailors of the rebellion, forty-one of whom were residents of the town, and sixteen enlisted from Newbury. Of the fifteen past commanders, eleven have been from Newbury: James A. George, R. G. Brock, D. B. Reid, W. H. Munsell, Andrew Aitken, C. N. Paige, W. H. Goodwin, J. M. Waldron, S. L. D. Goodale, N. A. Hunter and Samuel Tuttle.
The Grand Army has for its object the keeping fresh the memory of those who have died, and the town has aided this object by liberal appropriations for the observance of Memorial Day. The organization has also been honored, its members having held every office in the gift of the town.
The following are members of the Post who were residents of Newbury. Those marked with a star have removed from town.
William P. Johnson,
Co. K,
10th Vermont Regiment.
*Cummings Priest,
Co. H,
8th New Hampshire Regiment.
William H. Goodwin,
Co. H,
3d
Sergt. Russell Moore,
Co. C,
12th
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William H. Munsell,
Co. L,
1st Vermont Regiment Cavalry.
David B. Reid, Navy,
Charles N. Paige, Co. D,
Co. A,
Corp. Robert G. Broek,
Co. F,
15th Vermont Regiment.
Andrew Aitken,
Co. D,
Corp. Daniel Taisey,
Co. D,
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Deceased.
Stephen Putnam,
Co. B,
6th New Hampshire Regiment, deceased.
"George Webber,
Co. D, 15th Vermont, and D, 1st Vermont Cavalry. 3d
Willlam H. H. Gardner,
Co. C,
Sloop of war, Brooklyn.
John M. Waldron,
Co. E,
8th ..
Henry G. Rollins,
Co. H,
12th 66
"Lyman J. Brown,
Co. K,
10th
*Nathan A. Hunter,
Co. D,
15th
*Charles P. Bartlett,
Co. H,
12th
Corp. Samuel Tuttle,
Co. C,
3d .6
James L. George, * Asa Dowse,
Co. G,
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*S. L. D. Goodale,
Co. E,
2d
Walter M. Kelley,
Co. K,
3d
*Nahum E. Harvey,
Co. I,
3d
Corp. Elias J. Tuttle,
Co. D,
8th
Corp. George L. Tuttle,
Co. D,
8th
Harvey D. Gamsby, Ephraim Rowe,
Co. B,
6th New Hampshire, deceased.
Joseph C. Johnston,
Co. H,
12th Vermont.
Albert A. Bowen,
Co. B, 15th New Hampshire.
Jonathan F. Geiffin,
Co. I, 39th Massachusetts.
*Charles H. Chase,
Co. I, 5th New Hampshire.
Clark P. Blodgett,
1st Vermont Battery.
Monitor Monadnock.
4th Massachusetts Heavy Artillery.
James A. George,
1st New Hampshire ..
Corp. Charles F. Persons, Co. D,
*Rev. Eugene J. Ranslow, Navy, Sergt. William H. Silsby, Co. K,
8th Vermont.
Co. C,
3d
Co. E,
15th and C. U. S. S. S.
#By R. G. Brock.
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