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SOLDIERS IN MEXICAN WAR.
James M. Ainsworth, died at Jalapa, Mexico, Feb. 29, 1848. Dexter S. Good- ell, served in war of 1861-5, died 1878. Arlo Thayer.
Amasa Tucker, an old resident and a man of remarkable memory, has aided largely in the preparation of the foregoing lists of soldiers, and they are perhaps as near correct as it is possible to make them at this time.
SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-5.
Names.
Reg.
Co.
Enlistment.
Remarks.
Ainsworth, Geo. W. Ainsworth, Lavake
do
3 63
Ainsworth, Marcus
13
H
Aug 19 62
bailey, Robert M.
II
I
Aug 15 64
Bancroft, Horace D.
8
B
Dec 31 61
arrett, George W.
II
I
Aug 15 64
atchelder, Chas. M.
do
Dec 5 63
enjamin, Thos. W.
do
Dec 3 63
ennett, L. Austin lake, Stephen D.
do
July 21 62
do
Dec 3 63
gelow, George
6
B
July 11 63
iss, Frederick D.
I
July 16 62
Dis. June 16, 65.
Deserted July 26, 64.
Must. out July 21, 63 ; re-enlist. 11 Reg. Co. I. Nov. 30, 63 ; tr. to Co. A. June 24, 65 ; .tr. to Co. D. ; must. out Aug. 25, 65.
Missed in action Oct. 19, 64.
Killed at Port Hudson, June 14, 63. Must. out June 24, 65.
Tr. to Co. A. June 24, 65; tr. to Co. D .; must. out Aug. 25, 65.
Tr. to Co. A. ; disch. June 13, 65. Died February 19, 63.
Tr. to Co. A. June 24, 65 ; tr. to Co. D ; pro. corp. July 12, 65 ; must. out Aug. 25, 65. Drafted ; tr. to Co. Co. H. Oct. 16, 64 ; tr. to V. R. C. Nov. 22, 64 ; must. out July 15, 65.
Corp. ; pro. sergt. Dec. 26, 63 ; red. Sept. 27, 64 ; must. out June 24, 65.
S.
the
II I Dec 8 63
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Names.
Reg.
Co.
Enlistment.
Bliss, Zenas H.
9
I
June 24 62
Brown, James W.
II
I
July 26 62
Bruce, Joel
4
G
Sept 2 61
Burke, Walter
13
H
Aug 19 62
Burnham, Melvin V.
9
I
June 16 62
Burnap, Charles H.
I]
I
July 17 62
Burnap, Wyman R.
do
19 62
Carr, Lemuel B.
II
I
Nov 30 63
Carroll, Henry W.
8
I
Feb 14 65
Clark, Aurelian M.
4.
H
Aug 30 64
Clark, Charles
II
I
Jan. 4 64
Clark, Charles M.
Ist ss F
Sept 11 61
Clark, James H.
II
I
July 15 62
Clifford, Isaac
13
H
Aug 19 62
Church, Isaiah B.
7
Feb 8 65
Colburn, Charles C.
I3
C
Aug 29 62
Colburn, Curtis C.
do
Aug 29 62
Connor, Dorman
13
H
Aug 19 62
Dodge, Oramel S.
I
I
Dec 1 63
Dudley, Andrew J.
do
July 15 62
.
Eaton, Arthur G.
9
I June 26 62
Eaton, Chase H.
2
F
July 11 63
Estes, Charles O.
1 3
H
Aug 19 62
Fair, Simon C.
2d Bat
Nov 12 61
Fair, Shubel B.
II
I July 21 62
Flynn, John D.
9
I
May 30 62
Foster, Edward L.
II
I Aug 2 62
Pro. reg. com. sergt. May 16, 63 ; pro. 2d lieut. Co. I. Dec. 28, 63 ; pro. Ist lieut. Sept. 2, 64 ; must. out June 24, 65.
Foster, Sidney H.
II
I July 22 62
Ist seigt ; pro. 2d lieut. July 11, 63 ; Ist lieut. Dec. 28, 63 ; hon. disch. for disability Nov. 22, 64.
Sergt. ; pro. Ist sergt. June 4, 63; must. out July 21, 63.
Goodell, Dexter S.
II
I July 21 62
Goodell, Henry M.
do
15 62
'Goodell, John A.
8
E
Feb 14 65
Goodell, LeeRoy
Il
I
Dec
5 63
Goodell, William M.
do
8 63
Goodno, Martin, Guernsey, Geo. H.
do
Aug 11 62
Guernsey, Oscar W.
do
15 64
Hale, William H.
7
A
Feb 8 65
Hall, Hiram A.
9
I
June 24 62
Hall, Hiram H.
3
H
June 1 61
Hall, Robert H.
TAC
Hammond, John F. C. 6
F
July 11 63
Harding, John W.
8
E
Feb 9 65
Hinkson, Lyman
13
H
Aug 19 62
Hobart, Henry
do
Sept 12 62
Hovey, James (). Jackson, Orra W.
2
D
May 7 61
I
Dec
1 63
Jackson, Samuel
I Dec .6
I 63
Jennings, Ira E.
do
4 63
Judd, William
2d Bat
Nov 12 61
Remarks.
Pro. sergt. ; disch. for pro. in colored troops August 19, 64.
Pro. corp. Sept. 27, 64 ; must. out June 24, 65. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 62. Died March 4, 63.
Died March 8, 63.
Mustered out June 24, 65.
Pro. sergt. Sept. 1, 64; died Sept. 21, 64, of · wounds rec'd in action Sept. 19, 64.
Deserted Nov. 2, 64. Died June 19 65. Tr. to Co. É. Feb. 25, 65 ; must. out June 19, 1865.
Deserted Oct. 22, 64.
Discharged Jan. 10, 62.
Mustered out June 24, 65.
Wagoner ; must. out July 21, 63.
Not accounted for.
Died Jan. 26. 63.
Mustered out July 21, 63.
Corp. ; must. out July 21, 63.
Discharged June 21, 65.
Pro. to sergt. Aug. 11, 63; pro. 2d lieut. Sept. 2, 64 ; pro. Ist lieut. Dec. 2, 64 ; must. out Aug. 25, 65.
Died Nov. 9, 62.
Drafted ; pro. corp. ; must. out May 13, 65. Mustered out July 21, 63.
Sergeant ; died July 23, 62.
Pro. corp. Dec.26, 63 ; must. out June 24, 65. Pro. corp. ; serg. Sept. 16, 64; must. out June 13, 65.
Gardner, Horace
13
H
Sept 22 62
Trans. to Inv. Corps, Feb. 15, 64. Disch. Nov. 17, 62.
Mustered out May 23, 65. Discharged.
Tr. to Co. A. June 24, 65; tr. to Co. D. ; must. out Aug. 25, 65.
Tr. to Co. A. June 24, 65 ; disch. July 21, 65. Pro. corp. Dec. 26, 63 ; sergt. Feb. 11, 65 : must. out June 30, 65.
Mustered out June 24, 65. 66 " Feb. 8. 66.
Pro. to corp. Nov. 27, 64 ; must. out Jun 13, 1865. Discharged Nov. 21, 62.
Drafted ; pro. to corp .; tr. to Co. A. Oct 16, 64 ; pro. to sergt. Jan. 1, 65 ; must . out June 26, 65.
Died March 6, 65.
Mustered out July 21, 63.
Disch. April 25, 63; re-enlist. 11 reg. Co. 1 Aug. 11, 64 ; must. out June 24, 65. Re-enlist. Dec. 21, 63 ; disch. May 13, 65. Tr. to Co. A. June 24, 65; must. out Jun 29, 1865. Died August 8, 64. Died Feb. 3, 64.
Sergt. ; reduced to ranks ; re-enlist. Jan. 64 ; pro. corp. Sept. 1, 64 ; sergt. May 65 ; must. out July 31, 65.
I ]
I Nov 30 63
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CALAIS.
Names.
Reg.
Co. Enlistment.
Kelton, Edgar A.
13
C
Aug 29 62
Larock, John,
6
G
Feb 22 65
Lawson, Truman,
II
I
Dec 1 63
Leonard, Joseph W.
do
Aug 13 62
Lilley, Willard,
do
July 15 62
Lincoln, Eugene, Linsey, Hubbard
8
K
Feb 20 65
6
B
July 11 63
Major, William
13
H
Oct
3 62
Marshall, Chas, H.
I
Dec
; 63
Marsh, Frank E.
do
Aug II 62
Marsh, Henry O.
4
G
Sept
3 61
Marsh, Wm. H. H.
.do
do
Martin, James,
9
I
June 18 62
Martin, John A.
II
I
Aug II 62
Martin, John W.
do
Aug 13 62
Martin, Silas B.
do
July 25 62
Martin, William E.
do
Aug II 62
McLoud, Edward T.
II
Dec 3 63
McLoud, Henry H.
4
G
Sept 4 61
McLoud, Morrilla G.
4
G
do
McKnight, Chas. M.
13
H
Aug 19 62
Merrill, Isaac A. L.
II
I
July 30 62
Mower, Albion J.
9
I
June 30 62
Mower, Marcus M.
II
I
July 31 62
Nelson, Geo. W.
6
E
July 11 63
Newton, Henry H.
II
I Nov 30 63
Nourse, Calvin
I3
C
Aug 29 62
Ormsbee, Chas. E.
2
H
June 17 61
Ormsbee, De Witt C.
II
I
Dec 3 63
Ormsbee, Geo. W.
6
H
Aug 14 61
Peck, William V.
I3
H
Sept 23 62
Persons, Joseph Jr.
II
I
Dec 5 63
Pierce, Alonzo E.
3
K
July 11 61
Pierce, Lyman J.
8
E Feb 14 65
Pierce, Orion A.
3
K
July 10 61
Phillips, Walter A.
13
H
Aug 19 62
Porter, Freeman J.
9
I June 4 62
Pray, Rufus M.
3
K
July 23 61
Preston, George
8
K
Feb 11 65
Remick, George
8
A
Sept 27 61
Robinson, Ed. E.
I SS F
Sept 11 61
Robinson, Joel E.
13 C Aug 29 62
Robinson, Robert H.
7
A Feb 8 65
Rodney, John
6
F
Sept 28 61
Russell, Franklin W.
II
H
Dec 1 63
Short, Gilbert L.
II
I Dec 2 63
Shaw, Dexter V.
4
H
Feb 14 65
Slayton, Rufus H.
2d Bat
Aug 27 64
Slayton, Theodore M. 13
H
Aug 19 62
Remarks.
Corp .; pro. sergt. Feb. 28, 63; must. ou July 21, 63.
Mustered out June 26, 65.
Tr. to Co. A. June 24, 65 ; disch. July 1, 65. Ist lieut. ; resigned Nov. 25, 62.
Pro. corp. Nov. 14, 62 ; disch. June 15, 65 ; wounded, and lost an arm ; full pension. Mustered out June 28, 65.
Drafted ; tr. to Co. H. Oct. 16, 64 ; must. out June 26, 65.
Must. out July 21, 63.
Must. out May 23, 65.
Pro. Cor. Feb 11, 65 ; must. out June 24, 65. Died June 6, 64, of wounds rec'd in action. Pro. Cor .; re-enlisted Dec 15, 63; died July 2, 64, of wounds received in action.
Pro. Cor. July 15, 64 ; must. out June 13, 65. Must. out June 24, 65.
Pro. to Cor. Dec 26, 63 .; must. out June 24, 65. Must. out June 24, 65. do do
Died Jan. 13, 64.
Dis. Feb. 18, 63 ; re-en. 11 Reg. Co. I. Dec. 2, 63; tr. Co. A. June 24, 65; tr. Co. D .; must. out Aug. 25, 65.
Re-en-Dec. 63 ; pro. Cor. Oct. 5, 64 to Sergt. Dec. 3, 64 ; tr. to Co. F. Feb 25, 65 ; must. out July 13, 65. Sergt ; died May 24, 63.
Must. out June 24, 65.
Capt .; resigned July 8, 63.
Died July 29, 63.
Drafted ; tr. to Co. K. Oct. 16, 64 ; must. out May 13, 65.
Tr. to Co. A. June 24, 65; tr. to Vet. Res. Corps, Nov. 25, 64.
Must. out July, 21, 63.
Re-en. Dec. 21, 63; pro. Cor .; must. out July 15, 65.
Tr. to Co. A. June 24, 65 ; tr. to Co. D :; must. out Aug. 25, 65.
Re-en. Dec. 15, 63 ; must. out June 26, 65. Capt .; resigned Jan. 25, 63.
Tr. to Co. A June 24, 65 ; tr. to Co. D .; pro. Cor. June 27, 65 ; must. out Aug. 25, 65. 2d Lt .; pro. Ist Lt. Co. A. Sept. 22, 62 ; pro. Capt. Co. K. May 8, 63 ; hon. dis. Dec. 14, 63, for disability.
Must. out July 7, 65.
Cor. Dis. Nov. 18, 62.
Ist Sergt .; Pro. 2d Lt. June 4, 63; must. out July 21, 63.
Cor .; died Nov. 19, 62.
Pro. Sergt .; re-en. Dec. 31, 63 ; dis. May 27, 65. Must. out June 28, 65.
Re-en. Jan. 5, 64 ; dis. Feb. 21, 65.
Pro. Reg. Qr. M. Sergt. Jan. 18, 62; dis. Sept. 12, 64.
Must. out July 21, 63; died July 28, 63, of disease contracted in army.
Died Jan. 14, 66. Dis. June 24, 62.
Tr. to Co. B. June 24, 65; tr. to Co. D .; must. out Aug. 25, 65.
Tr. to Co. A. June 24, 65; tr. to Co. D .; must. out Aug. 25, 65.
Must. out July 13, 65. Died July 31, 65. Must. out July 21, 63.
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Names.
Reg. Co. Enlistment. do
Sergt .; died Apr. 7, 63.
Ist Lt .; pro. to Capt. Jan. 15, 63 ; resigned Feb. 13, 63.
Ist Lt .; dism. July 30, 62. Died Dec. 7, 61.
Must. out July 21, 63. do do
Died Feb. 5, 62. Dis. Oct. 2, 62.
Pro. to Cor .; killed at Wilderness, May 5, 64. Re-en. Feb. 20, 64 ; pro. to Cor. Oct. 1, 64 ; must. out Mar. 14, 66.
Dis. Oct. 4, 61 ; re-en. 13 Reg. Co. C. Aug. 29, 62 ; pro. to Cor. Jan. 12, 63 ; must. out July 21, 63 ; re-en. 11 Reg. Co. I, Aug. 30, 64 ; must. out June 24, 65.
Must. out June 24, 65. do do
Drafted ; tr. to H. Oct. 16, 64; must. out June 26, 65.
Webber, Silas
4
G
Aug 29 61
Webber, Timothy C.
I3
H
Sept 17 62
Wells, William R.
II
I
Aug 1 62
Wheeler, Martin E.
do
July 24 62 do
Wheelock, Jacob E.
Ist Cav C Sept 10 61
Wheelock, Russell
I3 H
Aug 19 62
White, Chas. R.
do
do
White, William O.
13
H
do
Whiting, Amos A.
13
C
Aug 29 62
Whitten, Curtis B.
II
I Aug 30 64
Must. out June 24, 65.
Witham, Aaron
9
I
May 28 63
There were 15 re-enlistments credited to the town, as follows : Marcus Ainsworth, Henry Hobart, William Judd, William H. H. Marsh, H. H. McLoud, Alonzo L. Sumner, C. C. Tewksbury, twice, Silas Webber, Amos Whiting, Wm. O. White, not credited by name, 4.
Thirty men were drafted July 11, 1863 ; Of these 6 entered the service, and their names appear in the above record, and are as follows : Geo. Bigelow, Chase H. Eaton, John F. C. Hammond, Hubbard Linsey, Geo. W. Nelson and Ransom Walling.
Twenty-four paid commutation, as fol- lows: Eri Batchelder, Ira D. Cochran, Chandler Coller, Lemuel P. Goodell, Clark M. Gray, Geo. H. Gray, Geo. E. Hall, Edwin D. Haskell, John Q. Haskell, W. V. Herrick, James M. Jacobs, Ira Jen- nings, Marcus C. Kenneston, Allen Morse, Azro Nelson, Geo. S. Newton, William V. Peck, Orion Pierce, William C. Robin-
Remarks.
Slayton, Thos. J. 2d.
do
Smith, Amasa T.
3 K
July II 61
Smith, Coridon D.
2d Bat
Dec 13 61
Soper, George
2
D
May 7 61
Stockwell, Albert S.
I3
C
Aug 29 62
Stone, Judson A.
13
H
Aug 19 62
Stone, Benjamin H.
4
G
Aug 26 61
Stowe, Lewis A.
2
K
Feb 20 62
Stowe, William,
2
F
May 7 61
Sumner, Alonzo L.
7
H
Feb 8 62
Tewksbury, Chas. C.
I SS F
Sept 11 61
Tice, Fletcher F.
11
I July 15 62
Tichout, Alva M.
do
Aug Io 64
Walling, Ransom
6
B
July 11 63
Re-en. Dec. 15, 63 ; killed at bat. Wilderness May 5, 64.
Must. out July 21. 63.
Pro. to Artificer Dec. 26, 63 ; must. out June 24, 65.
Must. out May 13, 65.
Cor. Pro. Sergt. Mar, 4, 64 ; must. out June 24, 65.
Dis. Oct. 29, 62.
Dis. Apr. 18, 63. Sergt .; dis. Feb. 3, 63.
Cor .; dis. July 21, 63 ; re-en. 8 Reg. Co. E. Feb. 14, 65; must. out June 28, 65.
Dis. July 21, 63; re-en. 11 Reg. Co. I. Aug. 15, 64 ; must. out June 24, 65.
Must. out June 13, 65.
son, Lewis W. Voodrey, Henry P. Whee- lock, Jacob E. Wheelock, Benjamin P. White and Lewis L. Wood.
SUMMARY.
Enlisted for three years, 96; enlisted for one year, 23 ; enlisted for nine months, 27 ; drafted and entered service, 6; drafted and paid commutation, 24; total, 176. Entire quota of the town, 173; furnished in ex-" cess of quota, 3.
Partial list of natives of Calais who en- listed elsewhere : Horace Bancroft, Calvin Bliss, Solomon Dodge, Gardner Fay, Wil- lard Fay, Geo. W. Foster, Jr., James Hargin, Charles C. McKnight, Lorenzo Stowe, Marcus F. Tucker, Wm. Arlo Tucker, Calvin White; in Confederate service, Jas. M. Bliss, Melvin Dwinell.
SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN THE WAR.
Freeman Porter, Amasa Smith, George Lowell, Charles Fisher, A. G. Eaton, Lyman Pierce, Lester Clifford, Austin
The
Tere
Wheeler, Zimri B.
do
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Bennett, are buried in East Calais cem- etery ; T. J. Slayton, in Short cemetery ; Rufus Slayton in South cemetery ; Lorenzo Stowe, Lewis Stowe, in Center cemetery ; Joel Robinson, Marcus M. Mower, Ira Jen- nings, Clark C. Colburn, in Robinson cemetery.
BIOGRAPHICAL PAPERS.
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FROM MARCUS D. GILMAN, LIBRARIAN OF VT. HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
John Melvin Gilman, son of Dr. John Gilman, and only brother of Marcus D. Gilman, was born at Calais, Sept. 7, 1824. He resided on the farm of his step-father, Hon. Nathaniel Eaton, in Calais, until about 17 years of age. He was educated at the common schools of the town and at the Washington County Grammar School at Montpelier. He read law in the office of Heaton & Reed, at Montpelier, and commenced practice at New Lisbon, Ohio, where he remained until 1857, when he moved to St. Paul, Minn., where he has become one of the most prominent mem- bers of the legal profession in the state.
While residing in Ohio, Mr. Gilman was elected to the State Senate from Colum- biana County in 1849-50. He has been four times elected to the Legislature of Minnesota from St. Paul, "and has ren- dered the state valuable service in that ca- pacity." He has also been the democratic candidate for Congress and other offices in St. Paul ; but his party being in the minor- ity, he was not elected. Mr. Gilman be- ing a good speaker, his services are always in demand as a campaign orator, and he generously devotes much time to the in- terests of the democratic party.
Mr. Gilman married Anna G. Cornwell, at New Lisbon, Ohio, June 25, 1857 ; they have had children : John Cornwell, born Jan. 23, 1859 ; Marcus Cornwell, born Oct. 18, 1860; Hays Cornwell, born July 29, 1862; died Aug. 12, 1863 ; Jessie Corn- well, born Nov. 14, 1864 ; Kittie Cornwell, born Jan. 7, 1868 ; all born at St. Paul. The two last-named only are now living. The two boys, John C. and Marcus C., were accidentally drowned by the upsetting of their boat in a storm, on a bayo of the
Mississippi river near St. Paul, while out duck-shooting, Apr. 28, 1877.
ISRAEL EDSON DWINELL,
of East Calais, [See Dwinell family in East Calais papers], in boyhood was the school- mate and most intimate friend of the writer. He resided on his father's farm until about 18 years of age and was ed- ucated at the common schools and at the University of Vermont, where he was grad- uated in 1843; read theology, and was graduated at the Union Theological Sem- inary, New York City, in 1848; ordained colleague pastor with Rev. Brown Em- erson, D. D., over the Third Congrega- tional church, Salem, Mass., Nov. 22, 1849 ; remained until his removal to Sac- ramento, California, in July, 1863, where he became pastor of the First (Congrega- tional) Church of Christ, and where he still remains, (January, 1881.)
Many sermons and articles by Dr. Dwin- ell have been published, mostly upon the- ological matters. We give a list of his principal published writings : "Claims of Religion on the State," in New Englander, Nov. 1854 ; " Self-Development, not Ag- gression, the true Policy of our Nation," New Englander, Nov. 1855 ; " Advance in the Type of Revealed Religion," Bibliotheca Sacra, April, 1857 ; " Spiritualism tested by Christianity," New Englander, Nov. 1857; " Baptism a Consecrating Rite," Biblio- theca Sacra, January, 1858; "Union of the Divine and the Human in the Exter- nals of Christianity," Bibliotheca Sacra, July, 1859; " Adaptation of Christianity to Home Missions," Congregational Quar- terly, October, 1859; "Hope for our Country," a sermon at Salem, Oct. 19, 1862, pp. 19; " Historical Sketch of the Pacific Theological Association," 1867, pp. 28 ; " Relation of the Acceptance of Super- natural Ideas to Institutions of Learning," being an oration before the Associate Alumni of California, Oakland, 1868, pub- lished in the minutes; "The Higher Reaches of the Great Continental Railway : A Highway for our God," a sermon at Sac- ramento, May 9, 1869, pp. 13; "New Era of the Spirit," Congregational Review,
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March, 1870; " Service of the Suffering," a sermon at Sacramento, April 23, 1871, pp. 13; " Religion According to Carlyle," Congregational Review, Sept. 1871 ; "Prot- estantism-Is it a Failure," Christian World, January, 1869; " Memorial Ser- mon " at Sacramento, June 29, 1873 ; " Fel- lowship of the Churches," a sermon at the National Council of Congregational Churches at New Haven, in October, 1874, published in the Minutes.
Besides the above, many sermons and addresses published in the newspapers ; the popular way of publishing discourses of late. Dr. Dwinell received the hon- orary degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of Vermont in 1864.
REV. C. L. GOODELL'
was born in Calais, Mar. 16, 1830. He was brought up on a farm, attended the common schools, and fitted for college at Morrisville and Bakersfield academies ; graduated at the University of Vermont in 1855 ; at Andover Theo. Sem. 1858 ; was also a short time at Union Theo. Sem. New York City ; was settled as pastor over the Congregational church at New Britain, Conn., 14 years ; then moved to St. Louis, Mo., where he still remains as pastor of a church. He married Emily Fairbanks, daughter of ex-Governor Erastus Fair- banks, of St. Johnsbury, in 1859 ; they have two children,
Mr. Goodell has been abroad three times, visiting Egypt, Palestine and the East, in 1867. His publications are : " An Oration on the Fourth of July, 1849, at Calais, published by request of the cit- izens "; " A Thanksgiving Sermon on our National Affairs," 1863, which was widely circulated ; "Sketch of the Life of Gov. Erastus Fairbanks," in the Congregational Quarterly, January, 1865 ; " Life of Rev. John Smalley, D. I)., of Connecticut," 1873; "Life of Mrs. Henry C. Stephens, of New York City," published in a vol- ume in 1869; in addition, Mr. Goodell writes us, he has had of late years some 200 sermons and public addresses pub- lished in the daily press and in pamphlet form.
COL. CALEB CURTIS,
one of the early settlers of Calais, was a son of the first minister of Charlton, Mass., Rev. Caleb Curtis, and his wife, Charity (Combs) Curtis ; Col. Curtis was born in Charlton, Mar. 12, 1770 ; he married first, Polly, daughter of Levi Davis, of Charlton, who was a brother of Col. Jacob Davis, one of the principal proprietors of the town- ships of Calais and Montpelier, and the first settler of the latter town.
Col. Curtis and wife moved to Calais before 1795, and settled at the head of Curtis pond, so named for him, where he continued to reside until his death, Jan. 4, 1836.
He opened an excellent farm, which he industriously cultivated, and was one of the most prominent citizens, having been chosen to most of the civil and military offices of the town and vicinity. He was thrice married, and brought up and ed- ucated a large and fine family. By his first wife, who died Jan. 4, 1801, aged 25 years, he had :
Ist, Pliny, born in Calais, Nov. 14, 1795, who became a prominent citizen in town, and subsequently moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he died in Feb. 1853.
2d, Ruth, born in Calais, Jan. 11, 1799, and died in Middlesex, Vt., July 30, 1865 ; she married first, John Gilman, M. D., May 20, 1819, and they had two sons, Marcus Davis, the writer of this, and John Melvin. Dr. Gilman died at Calais, Feb. 10, 1825, and his widow married Nathaniel Eaton, of Calais, and they had one son, Caleb Curtis, born at Calais, May 6, 1830 ; [For whom see Eaton Family paper.]
Col. Curtis married, 2d, Miss Anna, daughter of Samuel Robinson, who settled in Calais from Charlton; she died April 27, 1814, aged 37; from this marriage there was, Ist, Polly, born July 6, 1804; she married Ira Kent, of Kent's Corner, Calais, where she resided until her death, Jan. 24, 1881 ; 2d, Stillman H., born Dec. 20, 1808, read law, and settled at Plainfield, and died unmarried, at Calais, in March, 1844 ; 3d, Amanda M., born July 9, 1810, married Lebeus H. Chase, a merchant of
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Plainfield, where she died March 23, 1837, no children ; 4th, Minerva, born April 18, 1813, married Ezekiel Kent, brother of Ira; she died in 1871, leaving a daughter Alice, who married Col. J. O. Livingston, a lawyer of Montpelier, where they now reside.
Col. Curtis married for his third wife, a widow Daggett, by whom he had, Ist, Dauphna, born Aug. 13, 1816, who mar- ried Rev. L. H. Tabor, a Universalist minister ; she died at East Burke, Vt., Jan. 11, 1880 ; they had three children.
2d, Laura A., born Aug. 28, 1819, mar- ried J. V. R. Kent, brother to Ira; she died at Calais, Aug. 31, 1851 ; 3d, Fanny H., born July 24, 1822, and married Abdiel Kent, another brother of Ira; she died Dec. 24, 1854, leaving two sons and two daughters, the eldest daughter, Ella F., married Arthur B. Bacon, and they reside in Spencer, Mass., and have two children, Frederick and Laura.
Murray A., married Ruth, daughter of Sidney Bennett and wife, Ruth (Eaton) ; they have a son, Dorman, and reside at Kent's Corner. Van R., married Le- lia, daughter of Capt. Foster of Calais, and reside in Spencer, Mass. Laura Ann, a young lady, finely educated, is precep- tress of the High and Graded School in Spencer, Mass.
The children of Col. Caleb Curtis were nine, two sons and seven daughters; and his third wife, widow Daggett, added to the family three daughters Lucy, Catharine and Mary, by her first husband, and the twelve lived together in affection, love and harmony.
PLINY, eldest son of Col. Curtis, mar- ied Relief, daughter of Darius Boyden, one of the early settlers of East Montpel- er, (who also came from Charlton) ; they vere married at East Montpelier, Dec. 17, 818, and settled on a farm where Sidney Bennett now lives, about a mile south of he Curtis homestead. They raised a eautiful family of eight children, all born Calais ; about 1840, the family moved ) a farm near Columbus, Ohio; his wife elief died at Peoria, Ill., Aug. 13, 1862, ged 65. Their children were :
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Ist, Nathaniel Bancroft, born Sept. II, 1819; married Jane Warren, of Warren- ville, Dupage County, Ill., in 1853, and they have two daughters. Nathaniel went to Columbus, Ohio, early in life, and was very prosperous in mercantile and banking business there and at Peoria, Ill., whither he removed in 1851 ; and it should be re- corded that from 1840 until his death in 1872, he contributed largely to the support of his father's family, and especially to the thorough education of the younger mem- bers. From an obituary notice of Mr. Nathaniel B. Curtis, from a Peoria paper :
Mr. Curtis came to Peoria in 1851 or '52, from Ohio, and established here the first banking house in the city. The firm was known as N. B. Curtis & Co .; the bank prospered under Mr. Curtis's able manage- ment, and upon the opening of the First National bank he was made cashier, and was a director up to within about 10 months of his death, when his brain became im- paired from the constant strain upon it and it was found necessary to send him to Hartford, Conn., where he died. Mr. Curtis, both as a business man and a pri- vate gentleman, was much loved by all who knew him.
His widow died at Warrenville, Aug. 26, 1879; one of the daughters is married, and the other resides with her mother.
2d, Darius Boyden, born Sept. 17, 1821 ; died at Calais, November 7, 1844 ; never married.
3d, Caroline Amanda, born Sept. 23, 1823 ; married Jonas K. Hall, of Calais, in 1846, and died May 12, 1848 ; no children.
4th, Pliny, Jr., born March 29, 1826; was in business with his brother Nathaniel at Peoria, and married Miss Cornelia Bald- win of that place ; she died about 1873 or '74, leaving four children ; Mr. Curtis died at St. Louis, in 1880.
5th, Maria, married Dr. E. S. Deming of Calais, in 1846; he died leaving 2 sons, Sumner, and Henry Halford, grown up to manhood; residing with their mother in Kansas.
6th, Lucinda, married Mr. Sanger, a prominent lawyer of Peoria ; died very soon without children. Mr. Sanger mar- ried her sister, (7th) Mary ; he died soon after, leaving a handsome estate, and Mary
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married, 2d, a Mr. Brayton, of Peoria, and 3d, a Mr. Wilson of the same place ; she died in 1876, leaving two sons, Ezra San- ger, by her first husband, and Curtis Bray- ton by her second; the sons reside in Peoria.
8th, Levon, died at 17.
Polly Curtis, b. 1804, md. Ira Kent. (See Kent family paper.)
Colonel Curtis was one of the most active and influential men of his time in the west part of the town ; educational fa- cilities were early and liberally provided, and largely through his influence a spa- cious and handsome church edifice was erected south of Kent's Corner, which is an ornament to the town at this day ; this was erected as a Union meeting-house, but the Universalist element largely pre- dominated in that part of the town at the time of its erection, and it is now entirely owned and controlled by this denomina- tion. The descendants of Col. Curtis, through the most remote branches, are of this faith, and so indeed are the descend- ants of the principal early settlers of that part of the town ; and no town ever did or does contain a more intelligent, moral, in- dependent, liberal community than is pre- sented in the inhabitants of West Calais, from the first settlement to the present time.
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