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Re-en. Feb. 15, 64. do
Chickering, Charles P.
21 Jan 8 62
do 7 K
Sanford, John A.
19
34 Sept 21 63 3 Bat 45 Dec 2 63 II I
Mustered out June 15, 65. Transferred to Co. A., June 24, 65.
18 Sept 19 63 3 Bat Mustered out June 15, 65. 45 Dec 2 63 II I Died Oct. 28, 64, of wounds rec'd. in action.
K
Coburn, James M.
701
NORTHFIELD.
Names.
Age. Enlisted. Rex. Co.
Remarks.
Brooks, Josiah P.
23 Aug 18 62 12 F
Wagoner.
Brown, W. C. B. Jr.
26 Aug 19 62
12 F
Pro. Ist serg't. Mar. 10. 63.
Brown, William F.
23 Sept 11 62
15 C
Pro. 2d lieut. Co. H, Nov. 18, 62. Pro. Ist sergeant.
Buzzell, Samuel D
42 Aug 20 62
Canning, William
22 Aug 22 62
12 F
Carpenter, C. N.
See list of officers. 15
C
Carpenter, Darwin E. 21 Sept 11 62 15 C
Churchill, Henry P.
32
do
15 C
Clark, Azro
42
do
15 C
Coburn, Washington
44 Aug 22 62
12 F
Copeland, John W.
22 do
12
F Corporal.
Culver, Elisha W.
25
do
15
C
Davenport, Robert
37
do
15
C Musician.
Denny, George B. B.
21 Aug 21 62
12 F
Denny, Homer
IS Aug 20 62 12 F
Dodge, Horace B.
34 Sept 11 62
15
Eastman, R. T.
35 Sept 22 62
Emerson, Samuel O.
33
do
15 15
Felch, Wallace Ford, Jacob W.
30
do
15 C
Ford, Wm. J.
24 Aug 21 62
12 F
Hassam, Nelson
36 Sept 22 62
15 C
Hayford, Edward F.
36 Aug 21 62
I2
Holden, Lyman
41
do
12
F
F
Jacobs, Alfred
44 Aug 23 62
12 F
King, Samuel D.
20 Aug 21 62
12 F
Kinsley, Michael
36 do
15 C
Knowles, Franklin
26
clo
15 C
Latham, Almon
41
do
15 C
Latham, Eli L.
IS
do
15 C
Leahey. James
20 Aug 22 62 12 F
23 Aug 20 62
12 F
Lloyd, Even E.
27 Aug 22 62
Miller, Fred M.
19 Aug 21 62
Miner, Francis C.
29 Sept 11 62
C
Corporal. Corporal.
Corporal. Discharged Feb. 4, 63.
Steele, Fred W. Stevenson, Alexander
18 Sept 11 62 15
C
Stevenson, Wm.
do 15 C
Stockwell, Elihu T.
20 19 Aug 20 62
12 F
Stone, William
33 Sept 11 62
15 C 12 F 15
Died Oct. 14, 62. Commissary Sergeant. Captain, Sept. 11, 62.
Wainwright, R. Edson 29 Aug 22 62 12 F
Webb, Alfred W.
18 Oct I 62 13 H
Webster, Cornelius
18 Aug 19 62 12 F
Webster, Frederick
21 Sept 2 62 12 F
Whittaker, Ira
45 Sept 11 62 15 C
VOLUNTEERS FOR THREE YEARS CREDITED PREVIOUS TO CALL OF 300,000 : VOLUNTEERS OF OCT. 17, 1863.
Aldrich, Harlan P.
21 Sept 19 61 Cav C Corporal.
36 Dec 14 61 7 K Discharged Feb. 25, 63.
Allard, Prosper Allen, Harrison
25 Sept 2 61 4 K
Amerdon, Newman
21 Aug 14 61 6 H Died Dec. 19, 1861.
Averill, Charles,
19 June 20 62 9 I
Averill, Franklin
Badger, Kneeland
22 Aug 27 61 4
F Discharged Feb. 9, 63. Musician ; discharged Feb. 9, 63.
Discharged Feb. IS, 63.
Musician ; discharged Mar. 29, 63.
F Discharged Nov. 13, 62.
Moulton, Andrew J. Robinson, Matthew Sheldon, Martin Smith, Gilbert O.
26
30 Sept 11 62
12 F C C 15 F I2
Smith, Jehial C.
24 Aug 22 62 do
12 F
Smith, Vernon W.
20 26 Sept 11 62
12 F
Spaulding, Alfred F.
24 Aug 22 62
15 C F 12
Taggard, John G. Tenney, Rollin Q. Thomas, Darius
39 Aug 20 62
12 F
Died May 29, 63.
Burnham, Denison S.
32 do 15 C
C
Burnham, George M.
22
do 15 12 F
Corporal.
Discharged Aug. 11, 63.
Howe, Lyman N.
15 C
Howes, Edward H.
IS Aug 22 62 I2
Lewis, John G. Libbey, Lotan
45 Aug 21 62
12 F 12 F
I 2 I 5
25 Aug 20 62 do 15
31 Aug 20 62
18 Aug 25 62 12 F
21 June 12 62 9 I K Missing in Action, Feb. 2, 64. Pro. sergeant ; re-en. Dec. 15, 63.
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Names.
Age. Enlisted. Reg, Co.
Remarks.
Balch, Henry
18 Sept 22 61
6 G
Balch, William D.
43 Feb 1 62
K
Bates, Geo. C.
23 Mar 1 62
8 B
Recruit ; discharged Sept. 19, 63.
Serg't. ; reduced to ranks ; dis. Jan. 16, 64. Discharged Oct. 15, 62.
Benton, Harvey
45 Jan
15 62
7
K
Blake, Asahel, Jr.
44 Aug
8 62
II
I
Trans. to invalid corps, March 15, 64.
Bliss, Sidney
19 Aug
5 62
II
I
Pro. corp. Dec. 26, 63.
Blodgett, Lorenzo W.
44 Aug
14 61
6 H
Blodgett, Blaney S.
Blodgett, Orrin O.
20 Sept
2 61
Blodgett, Stephen B.
18 Sept
5 61
Blood, Charles W.
21 Feb
3 62
7
K
Bradford, Philander D.
Brigham, Daniel A.
18 June 1 61
3
H Discharged Dec. 9, 62.
Burnes, John S.
41 Dec 20 62 7
K
Discharged Oct. 24, 62.
Buzzell, Ezekiel I.
21 Aug 14 61
6 H
Discharged Jan. 16, 63.
Canning, Charles C.
32 May 7 61
2 D
Carnell, Frank
18 Aug 26 61 4
K
Carpenter, Geo.
Cass, Lewis O.
23 Sept 7 61
4 K
Clark, Israel B.
27 Aug 9 62
[I H
Clark, John
22 Aug I 62 II
H
Clark, Stephen A.
21 Sept 15 61
Cav F
Coburn, James M.
18 Mar 24 62
4
K
Recruit ; re-enlisted Mar. 28, 64.
Recruit ; pro. corp .; re-enlisted Feb. 15. 64.
Coburn, Ramsford
27 July 16 62
II
I
Cochran, Wm. O.
27 Feb 14 62
7
K
Cram, Geo.
24 Feb 4 62
8
G I Transferred to invalid corps. Promoted corporal.
Cram, Horatio N. Cronan, Thomas
18 Sept
3 61
6 H
Discharged Dec. 31, 62.
35 Aug 2 62 II I
II
I
Densmore, Albert E.
20 Dec 36I 7
26 July 15 62
II
K .I
Deval, John
44 Jan 20 62 18 Dec 2 61
do
Donpier, Theophilus Dow, Augustus Duval, Carlos
39 Sept 6 61
23 Sept 18 61
do 4 K Cav C
Re-enlisted Feb. 20, 64. Musican ; pro. principal musician Mar. 1, 62. Discharged Apr. 12, 62.
Discharged Feb. 13, 63.
Corporal ; pro. serg't .; re-enlisted Feb. 15, 64. Pro. 2d lieut. Co. F, Dec. 14, 62.
Fisher, Charles G. Fisk, Gilbert E.
18 Sept 18 61
Cav C
Missing in action, July 3, 63.
Fisk, Van Loran Fisk, Wm. P.
23 Sept 7 61 4 K do
Died Dec. 28, 63. Prisoner of war since June 23, 64.
Fitzgerald, John Fowler, Lucius L. Gittey, Andrew Glazier, Franklin
43 Jan 25 62
7 K
Died Sept. 1, 62. Died Oct. 6, 62.
Re-enlisted Dec. 15, 63 ; pris. June 23, 64.
Re-enlisted Feb. 15, 64.
Trans. to Veteran Reserve Corps, Mar. 4, 64. Discharged Oct. 19, 62.
3 F Wagoner ; must. out July 27, 64.
Died Aug. 13, 62.
Hodgdon, Wilbur
18 Feb 12 62
7 K do
Pro. corp .; re-enlisted Feb. 15, 64.
Houston, Oscar A. Howard, Alvin A. Howe, David L.
44 July 30 62 II
I
Howe, Wm. I.
Howes, Seymour Howes, Wesley C.
18 Aug 29 61 4 K Discharged Dec. 7, 62. [Aug. 31, 64 25 Aug 1 62 II H Pro. corp. Aug. 7, 64 ; sick in general hospita 7 K Serg't .; pro. 2d lieut. Co. E, Mar. 1, 63.
Hunt, Washington
Hurley, John H. Jones, Merrill C. Joyce, Charles H.
25 Nov 23 61 . 7 K 20 Nov .27 61 do
Promoted Q. M. S. March 1, 63. 2d lieutenant colonel.
I
Bennett, Chauncey
35 Sept 16 61
Cav C
4 K
4 K Died March 5, 62. 4 K Discharged Dec. 19, 62.
5
Surgeon.
Bruso, John B.
28 Dec 23 61
7
K
Re-enlisted Feb. 15, 64.
Serg't .; pro. Ist lieut. Co. I, Jan 28, 62.
Pro. Serg't. Feb. 21, 64 ; dis. May 5, 64.
Sick in general hospital, Aug. 31, 64. Serg't .; pro. 2d lieut. Co. F, Oct. 4, 62.
Coburn, John
18 Feb 14 62
7 K
Davenport, C. W. Davenport, Edwin
32 Aug 14 61
Davenport, Wm. W.
Discharged Feb. 25, 63.
Discharged Oct. 15, 62. Re-enlisted Feb. 15, 64.
Deval, Peter
24 Nov 29 61
Emerson, Geo. H. Emerson, Jonathan C.
21 Sept 7 61 28 Dec 14 61
26 Aug 26 61
4 K
18 Aug 9 62
21 Dec 10 61
7 K
30 July 23 62 II I
19 Sept 6 61 29 Aug 29 61 4 K do K
Gregory, Joseph Gourley, George Hall, Randall L. Howes, Eugene Hayden, Albey Heath, Nathan C.
19 Dec 7 61 23 Oct 7 61 18 Aug 29 61
4 B
25 June 1 61 23 Dec 30 61
31 Dec 26 61
do Died Oct. 13, 62.
20 Nov 27 61 do Discharged Aug. 17, 63.
T
Corporal ; pro. Q. M. S. Dec. 26, 63; sick ir general hospital, Aug. 31, 64.
W W We
21 Dec 66I 25 Sept 18 61 Cav C Died June 26, 62. Re-enlisted Feb. 15, 64.
Battist, John
35 July 21 62
Discharged June 30, 62. Died Oct. 12, 62.
Recruit ; re-enlisted Feb. 15, 64.
18 June 12 62 9
K 4 Re-enlisted Dec. 15, 63.
Densmore, Edwin R.
7 K
4 K
7 K
Cav C
8 B
703
NORTHFIELD.
Names.
Age. Enlisted. Reg. Co. 21 Sept 15 61 Cav F do
4 K
Larrabee, Henry D. Lewis, Edwin C.
43 July 16 62 I 22 Dec 17 63 6 G
Libby, Charles
18 Jan 9 62 7 K
Locklin, Erastus M.
26 Feb 14 62
do
Locklin, Myron A.
34 July 16 62
II I
Marsh, Frederick N.
Marsh, Owen
18 Sept 30 61 6 B
Maxham, Orrin
21 Oct 7 61
8 E do
May, Thomas I.
19 Sept 12 61 Cav C
McCarty, Henry
24 Aug 27 62
McCarty, James
39 Feb 3 62
Discharged.
Re-enlisted Feb. 17, 64.
Discharged Sept. 1, 63.
Morse, Henry A.
20 May 20 61
2
F Pro. sergeant ; re-en. Jan. 23, 64.
Mosley, John L.
Feb 1 62
7 K
Pro. capt. Co. E, Nov. 23, 63.
Murphy, Wm. P.
19 Aug 28 61
4 K Corp ; reduced to rank ; pris. June 23, 64.
Murphy, William
42 Dec 7 61
Newell, William
44 Dec 10 61
Norton, John
44 Aug 14 61
22 Nov 23 61
7 K
Corporal ; discharged Feb. 25, 63.
Parker, Solon
I8 Dec 31 61
II
I Musician ; discharged Mar. 30, 63.
Ralph, Alonzo D.
22 Sept 2 61 4
E Died Nov. 29, 61.
Ralph, Augustus O.
19 Aug 14 61
6 H Re-en. Dec. 15, 63.
Regner, Nelson L. Robinson, Archibald Rock, Joseph
18 Oct 7 61
6 G Trans. to invalid corps, Sept. 1, 63.
Rolston, Charles S.
Rumney, Charles
Rumney, George H.
Russell, Sylvanus M.
Sanborn, David L. Sanborn, Ira Silver, John Q.
33 Aug 1 62
II H
Smith, Adin D.
4
K I
Smith, Alexander
36 Sept 7 61 37 Aug 6 62 18 Sept 18 61
Cav C
Smith, James Sprout, Eli
18 Aug 24 61
4 B
Sprout, Geo. W.
44 June 4 62
9
Stevens, Oliver B.
32 Aug 1 62
II H do Cav C
2d drum major. Discharged April 1, 62.
Died May 11, 63.
Taggard, Alonzo W.
42 Dec 28 61 29 Nov 29 61 do
7 K
Thresher, Horace W.
21 July 30 62
II I
Townsend, Joseph W. 37 Dec 13 61 Tucker, Silas B. Wakefield, Leroy
7 II
Discharged Feb. 25, 63 ; corporal.
K I Died Feb. 8, 62. Trans. invalid corps, Feb. 15, 64. Pro. corporal ; re-en. Feb. 15, 64.
Died Oct. 7, 62.
Wells, Ransom A.
Wheeler, Wm. B. Willey, Geo. N.
Williams, Amplius
24 Jan 8 62 32 Oct 7 61
Remarks.
Joyce, Wm. C.
Serg't .; reduced to ranks ; re-en. Dec. 30, 63.
[Aug. 31, 64. Pro. corp. Dec. 26, 63 ; sick in gen. hospital, Dis. for pro. in colored regiment, Aug. 3, 64 ; recruit.
Promoted corporal ; re-enlisted Feb. 15, 64. Re-en. Feb. 15, 64 ; dis. June 23, 64 ; recruit. Serg't .; red .; sick in gen. hospital, Aug. 31, 64.
Died Dec. 29, 61. Died Feb. 63 ; corporal.
Maxham, Oscar
23 Nov 27 61
Wagoner ; re-enlisted Jan. 5, 64. Re-en. Feb. 24, 64 ; pro. corp. March 1, 64.
McGillvary, Allen Mckay, Luther W. McMullen, Robert Morris, John H.
33 Feb 1 62
19 Sept 5 61
4 K do
Deserted Sept. 10, 63. Sergeant ; re-enlisted Feb. 15, 64.
()'Connell, James Parker, Brainard M.
23 Sept 23 61
Cav C S G Killed in action June 14, 63.
Regner, Joseph D.
25 Aug 6 62 II
30 Sept 16 61
Cav C Discharged Jan. 2, 64.
21 Dec 10 61 7 K Discharged Feb. 25, 63.
Died June 6, 62.
22 Sept 7 61 24 Aug 2S 61 4 K do 21 July 26 62 Re-en. Dec. 15, 63 ; pris. of war June 23, 64. Trans. to invalid corps, Mar. 15, 64. 18 Aug 13 62 II I do Pro. corp. Nov. 14, 62 ; died Aug. 21, 64. Cav C Sick in general hospital, June 30, 64. Discharged Sept. 21, 62.
[May 5, 64. Re-enlisted Feb. 10, 64 ; killed at Wilderness, Sick in general hospital. Aug. 31, 64. Trans. to V. R. C. Mar. 29, 64. Re-enlisted Feb. 15, 64.
I Wagoner ; discharged Aug. 4, 63. Musician Oct. 1, 62.
Stockwell, Jackson Stone, James P. Sturtevant, Charles O. 25 Oct 7 61 Sturtevant, Wm. H. 32 Jan 2 62 Sullivan, John
21 Aug 26 61 4 K Cav C
Wakefield, Luther
35 Sept 16 61 27 Feb 14 62 7 K Cav C 7 K I
Waterman, Geo. R. Waterman, Geo. S. Welch, John Wells, Joseph
27 Jan 19 62 42 May 31 62 9 21 July 15 62 22 Sept 19 61 II 4
K
I Cor. prom. serg't. Dec. 26, 63. Wagoner ; discharged Oct. 31, 62. Died Mar. 20, 62.
7 K 6 F Discharged Jan. 26, 63.
Died Dec. 3, 62.
Re-enlisted Feb. 15, 64.
Trans. to invalid corps.
Corporal ; promoted sergeant major.
Persons, Leonard
42 July 23 62
7 K do 6 H
I Musician
32 Sept 21 61 28 Aug 14 61 6 H
26 Dec 30 61 7 K
Smith, Gilbert O.
21 Nov 25 61
7 K
24 Aug 26 61
II H 7 K do
7 K
King, Lorenzo H. Labaree, Henry D.
7 K
Died Sept. 4, 62. Discharged Feb. 25, 63 ; corporal.
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VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE.
Names.
Age. Enlisted.
Reg. Co.
Remarks
Williams, Franklin
18 Jan 9 62
7 K
Died Sept. 13, 62.
Wilson, George F.
20 Sept 16 61
6 G
Corp .; pro. serg't. June 20, 62 ; re-en. Dec. 1 5, 63 ; killed near Cold Harbor, June 1, 64.
Wilson, Milo
4 K
Woodward, Samuel P.
36 Aug 9 62
II H Prisoner since June 23, 64.
Woodbury, Charles E.
18 NOV 25 61
7 K Died Dec. 2, 62.
Woodbury, George
18 Aug 28 61 4 K Reduced to ranks ; corporal.
Woodbury, Nathan K
21 Dec 7 61 7 K Re-enlisted Feb. 15, 64.
Wright, Joseph N.
33 Aug 9 62
Cav C
Recruit.
York, Alonzo
23 July 10 61
3 K Wagoner ; died Sept. 15, 62.
Young, Geo. S.
22 Nov 29 61
K
Died Feb. 25, 63.
CREDITS UNDER CALL OF OCT. 17, 1863, FOR 300,000 VOLUNTEERS, AND SUBSEQUENT CALLS : VOLUNTEERS FOR THREE YEARS.
Amsden, Marcellus R.
39 Dec 3 63 II I Sick in general hospital Aug. 31, 64,
Avery, Lorenzo B.
20 Aug 19 64 3 Bat
Mustered out of service June 15, 65.
Barton, John, Jr.
20 Nov 19 63
II K Prisoner since June 23, 64 ; trans. to Co. A, June 24, 65.
Barton, William
18
do
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Prisoner since June, 24, 64 ; died at Anderson- ville, Sept. 5, 64.
Bates, Orrin
45 Nov 30 63
II I
Sick in general hospital Aug. 31, 64; trans. to Co. A, June 24, 65.
Benway, Eli W.
39 July 23 64
II B
Mustered out Aug. 25, 65.
Brigham, Don A.
19 Aug 26 63
3 Bat
Burnes, John S.
34 Dec
5 63
II I
Buzzell, Samuel D.
43 Oct 28 63
3 Bat
Mustered out June 15, 65.
Coburn, Washington
45 Dec 5 63
II I
Sick in general hospital, Aug. 31, 64; trans. to Co. A, June 24, 65. Died Dec. 25, 63.
Dickinson, Zerah H.
35
do
do
Dole, Heman
18 Dec
2 63
II H
Dutton, John
45 Dec 2 63
11
I
Duvall, John
45 Nov 12 63
Gardner, Charles
19 Nov 14 63
do
Hill, Playstone J.
25 Nov 30 63
II I
Artificer, Jan. 1, 65; tr. to Co. A, June 24, 65. Deserted, July 26, 64.
(For the Gazetteer.)
VERMONT' IN THE REVOLUTION.
BY DR. N. W. GILBERT.
" Glory to old Vermont! she stands Where freedom's star has never set; Though dim its light on other lands, It shines upon her mountains yet." Thus sang the bard, and thus I sing, In this my humble offering.
And yet it has been charged that she, When war his deadly witch broth brewed- When states were struggling to be free- Assumed a threatening attitude ; An attitude, in fact, which was Unfriendly to the patriot cause.
But what is patriotism, if 'Tis not persistent, bold defence Of native mountain, plain and cliff, By beating back and driving thence, Each foreign or domestic foe, Who would our freedom overthrow?
And when the States " crled havoc, and , Let slip the cruel dogs of war," Vermont's devoted, patriot band, Already was contending for That which was vital and supreme -- For principles she could but deem
As far superior to those Which caused the hearts of men to thrill, Who fought against invadiug foes, At Lexington and Bunker Hill, As were our mountains higher than Was Bunker Hill, when war began.
For they were fighting to resist A trifling tax, which was assessed Upon them, and I here insist They were not hopelessly oppressed ; Save in a moral sense, which must, Or may, their cause have rendered just.
Our fathers, on the other hand, A demon's clutches would unclasp; For roof and altar, house and land, Were being wrested from their grasp; And by the self-same parties who Have conjured np this bugaboo
Of lack of loyalty; who claim Our fathers would to us bequeath A traitor's heritage of shame. I hurl the falsehood in their teeth, And brand it as alike untrue, Unjust and most ungenerous too.
Vermont disloyal! yet withstand The shock of many a ponderous blow From either side; on either hand A wily and inveterate foe; The British lion's lordly roar Resounding through her northern shore,
Whlle from the west and south there came A horde of thieves and pluuderers, With only their highwayman's clalm, "Your money or your life, good sirs "- And Congress, too-from which should come Relief-to her was deaf aud dumb.
What marvel she should entertain- Before her waning sun should set- From Haldimand and Lord Germain, Proposals of armistice? Yet
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Pro. C. Jan. 1, 65 ; mustered out June 15, 65. Trans. to Co. A, June 24, 65.
Taken pris. June 23, 64 ; died in rebel prison. Died July 20, 64.
II K Discharged Apr. 14, 64.
705
NORTHFIELD.
'Twas nothing but a truce, as she Was still determined to be free.
On elther hand an enemy, Refusing still her rights to yield. Her prowess and diplomacy
Were seen and felt In court and field, While thus alone, In sovereign sway, She stood, and held the world at bay.
Not only so, with towering crest, Her narrow boundarles she Increased, By making conquests on the west, And conquests also In the east ; And these were won without the ald Of musket or of glistening blade.
Her court at Charlestown being held- Her western boundary near Malone- Her foes were thus at length compelled
Her power, If not her rights, to own; A power too which she dared maintaln Until her rights she should regaln.
Nor was she false to freedom when Herself the hunted, threatened prey Of freedom's friends; for, even then, She was not Idle in the fray ; But points to deeds of valor done At old " Fort Tl," and Bennington.
My native State! thy history Is To me a heritage of pride-
ยท Which Is not dimmed by rivalries- Whose lustre may not be denled ; For lie who runs so plainly reads The tale of thy herole deeds.
I sit beneath thy mountains' shades, And mnse upon thy glories now ;
I wander through thy glens and glades, Or stand upon Algonquin's brow, And look around on shore and wave, Where never trod the foot of slave.
And on thy verdant slopes I see The stamp of freedom still Impressed- A prophecy of what shall be
When human nature has been blest
With deeds of love, whose shimmering sheen No mortal yet has ever seen.
Dr. NORMAN W. GILBERT, born in Morristown, 1830, married Sarah Atwell, of Waterbury, 1854, studied dentistry in Lowell, Mass .; 1858 settled in Northfield ; 1867 removed to Montpelier ; 1873 to Bos- ton, where, in January, 1877, Mrs. Gilbert died, and soon after the doctor returned to Northfield. He is a graduate of the Boston Dental College.
UNIVERSALIST CHURCH RECORD CON-
TINUED. BY CHARLES DOLE.
Mr. Matlack was followed by the Rev. R. A. Greene, who remained with the so- ciety 5 years, doing good and acceptable work, when, receiving a call from Lowell, Mass., the society reluctantly consented
to his removal to what seemed to be a wider field of usefulness. The year suc- ceeding Mr. Greene's departure the socie- ty was without a regular pastor. During this year the Rev. John Gregory preached for a few months. The remaining part of the year the services were conducted by clergymen from neighboring societies. Rev. Wm. M. Kimmell, of Ohio, a young man of Christian worth, was then invited to become the pastor of the church. He accepted, and for 2 years did good and faithful service, closing his labors March 1, 1880.
The church was at this period encum- bered with quite a large debt, which had been accumulating for a number of years. It was not only a source of much trouble, but seriously impaired the usefulness of its work, and its removal became a ques- tion of serious importance. This was by the Rev. Walter Dole, who gave his ser- vices for one year, that all the money paid in during the year might apply on the church debt. Mr. Dole was a graduate of Norwich University and the Meadville Theological School. This was his first year of active service in the work of the Christian ministry preparatory to ordina- tion. At the end of the year, he was reg- ularly ordained, and accepted a call from the Universalist church at Enfield, N. H. During this year's work he had removed the debt that had been the source of much trouble, and thus merited and received the sincere thanks and good will of all mem- bers of the church and society.
At this date, Jan. 1882, the society is in a prosperous condition, with the Rev. I. P. Booth as its pastor, who succeeded the Rev. Walter Dole, May 1, 1881.
THE HARLOW BRIDGE TRAGEDY.
Never was there a tragedy in Vermont which equaled the one that took place Dec. 11, 1867, at "Harlow Bridge." It occurred just after noon, and sent a thrill of horror over the land. About 100 me- chanics and laborers employed in rebuild- ing the "Harlow Bridge" on the Vermont Central railroad, about 2 miles from the depot, were boarding at the Northfield
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House. That day they took their dinner there as usual, and this repast finished, the last meal that many of them were ever again to partake, about 60 of them got in- to a passenger car, and started back for their work. The train, consisting of one car and locomotive and tender, was in charge of Francis B. Abbott, for 15 years a faithful hand in the employ of the road. He was requested to hurry up, so as to get back an ! take the others, and the train started, backing up. Intent only upon obeying orders, and forgetting all else, he ran at a speed reprehensible under the circumstances. A number on the train felt that they were going to destruction, but nothing was done to stop it, and then came the culmination of this horrid disas- ter, which carried mourning and desolation into so many families. It is said that the fireman spoke to the engineer about slack- ing his speed, and at last hurled a stick of wood at his head, to awake him from his reverie, telling him to reverse his engine, which he did, but too late. The passenger car first plunged into the frightful abyss. Going down about 25 feet it struck upon the bank, which projected something like a shelf, and then broke, one part of it stopping there, and one going to the bot- tom, over 60 feet further. The tender followed, crushing in among those who remained with that portion of the car which lodged on the bank, where the greatest mortality occurred, those going to the bottom escaping comparatively easy. Across those on the shelf a large timber had fallen, and on this the tender, pinning them to the earth and crushing out their very life. The reversing the en- gine suddenly prevented that from follow- ing, although it had gone so far that a per- pendicular line dropped from the' flange of the driver, carried it 4 feet beyond the abutment .. Affrighted, the engineer jumped from his post, but seeing his en- gine did not go over he at once regained his position, and thus prevented the ma- chine from tearing down the road with the velocity of a scared bird, with no one to control it.
Killed : Almon Wetherbee, foreman of
bridge gang ; Christopher Devine, laborer ; Patrick Garvin, laborer ; Edward Sweeney, trackman; Timothy McCarty, trackman ; Louis Rock, bridge builder, citizens of Northfield, and 9 others killed, most of whom lived in Canada.
Wounded: George Randall, telegraph- ist ; Horace Kingsbury and J. Mulcahey, citizens of Northfield, and 35 from this State and Canada.
COL. FRANCIS V. RANDALL
was born in Braintree, in Orange County, Feb. 13, 1824. His father, Gurdon Ran- dall, was of English origin, born in Con- necticut, and emigrated with his father's family to the new State of Vermont in 1803, when about 9 years old ; was re- puted a man of excellent parts, and suc- ceeded in acquiring more than an ordina- ry education for those times, and studied medicine, which, however, he never prac- ticed, it not being. congenial to his tastes. He had a natural aptitude for mechanics, and had the reputation of building as good grist and saw-mills as the best. He mov- ed from Braintree to Northfield in 1832, where he lived mostly until he died in 1861. [See page 645.]
Col. Randall's mother was Laura Scott Warner, the daughter of Luther Warner, a near relative of Col. Seth Warner. She was born in Putney, and moved to Brain- tree with her father's family when a small girl. She died in Northfield in 1880. No more need be said of her than that she raised a large family of children under. somewhat adverse circumstances, and did it well. She was emphatically a good wife and mother.
Col. F. V. Randall was the second of a family of 9 children, and being thus one of the oldest, in those rugged times had to lend a hand in assisting in the support of the family, and at 20 years had had no school opportunities beyond the district school, with such additional aid as his father could find occasional opportunities to give. At his 20th birthday his father informed him that his means would not admit of his helping him to obtain an ed- ucation, and that all he could do would be
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to give him the year of his unexpired mi- nority, which he did. From that time he worked and kept school a few months at a time until he had earned money to take him through a term at the academy, ex- pended it for that purpose, and then earned more, and so on, as many another boy has done before and since.
At about the same time, he entered as a student at law in the office of the Hon. Heman Carpenter, of Northfield, and im- proved all of his vacations in this way. While studying with Judge Carpenter, he boarded in his family, and a part of the time did chores to pay for his board. In 1847, being 23 years old, he was admitted to Washington County Bar, and went im- mediately into a large and successful prac- tice, which he only abandoned to go into the army at the outbreak of the Rebellion. I think Washington County Court docket shows that but one or two lawyers in the county had a larger practice than he did at that time.
He first commenced practice in North- field, where he remained until 1857. From 1853 to 1857 he was postmaster there. While in practice there, Albert V. H. Carpenter was his law partner for awhile, and afterwards Col. Chas. H. Joyce. In 1857, he sold out at Northfield with the in- tention of moving West, and moved to Roxbury, where he had some real estate interest, intending to remain long enough to close his business preparatory to going West.
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