Colonel Caleb James Dilworth.

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Caleb James Dilworth.

Birth: Apr. 8, 1827, Mount Pleasant (Jefferson County, Ohio.
Death: Feb. 3, 1900, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska.

Wife: Emily O. Phelps Dilworth (1835 - 1910).

Children: William A. Dilworth.

Burial: Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska.

Illinois Eighty-Fifth, Infantry Regimental History.

COLONEL CALEB J. DILWORTH was born near Mount Pleasant, Jefferson county, Ohio, April 8, 1827. His parents, Abram  Rankin Dilworth and Martha Stanton Judkins, were of old Quaker stock. They removed to Indiana, and soon after to Illinois. They were living near Canton, in Fulton county, at the time of the  Black Hawk war, and took refuge with friends in Canton when  there was an Indian alarm. An elder brother, Rankin, graduated from the military academy at West Point in the class of 1844, and died from wounds received at the battle of Monterey in the  war with Mexico. A half brother, William H. Evans, was quartermaster of the Eighty-fifth during the last year of its service.

Colonel Dilworth read law with General Leonard F. Ross, of  Lewistown, and was admitted to the bar in 1848. In the fall of 1853 he married Miss Emily Phelps, daughter of William and Caroline Phelps, of Lewistown, Ill., the only issue of such marriage being a son, William A., now practicing law in Omaha, Neb.

In 1862 the subject of this sketch was practicing law in Havana, Ill., and assisted in recruiting the Eighty-fifth, and at the  organization of the regiment was commissioned lieutenant colonel. He served in that capacity until Colonel Moore resigned,  when he was promoted to be colonel. He commanded the regiment from June 14, 1863, until June 27, 1864, when, in the midst of  the indescribable turmoil of battle at Kennesaw mountain, Georgia, the command of the brigade devolved upon him through the  death of his seniors.

It was his plucky decision that held the ground wrested from the enemy, although his corps and army commanders doubted its possibility. At Peach Tree creek his brigade forced a crossing of that stream, although defended by largely superior numbers, fighting the battle out alone with the  Third brigade, and winning for himself and his command the  highest commendations of his superiors. He continued in command of the brigade until wounded by a gun shot at the battle of Jonesboro, Ga., the ball passing entirely through his neck.

Recovering from his wound, he was hastening to the front to rejoin  his command when, upon his arrival at Chattanooga, he found  that communication with Sherman's army had been severed. He  reported to General Thomas for duty and was appointed to the  command of the post at Cleveland, Tenn., a position which he held with credit to himself until the post was discontinued. He was  then assigned to command at Covington, Ky., where he remained until the close of the war. He was commissioned brevet brigadier  general March 13, and was mustered out of the service June 5,  1865.

After returning to Illinois he practiced law at Lewistown until  the autumn of 1870, when he removed to Lincoln, Neb., where he resumed the practice of his profession. He was elected state's  attorney in 1874 and served two terms. In 1878 he was elected  attorney general, holding the office for two terms, and in 1892 he  was elected department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic of Nebraska and served one term.

As a soldier he was enterprising and fearless; he won merited distinction at the bar. He had retired from active professional life and was residing in Omaha, where he died on Saturday, Feb ruary 3, 1900. His remains were taken to Lincoln and buried in  Wyuka cemetery on the Monday following, past department com manders acting as pall-bearers, while department officers conducted the services.

Prince A. Gatchell.

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Prince A. Gatchell.

Birth: Aug. 4, 1841, Springfield, Penobscot County, Maine.
Death: Mar. 24, 1925, Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado.

Son of Albert S. and Lydia Staples Gatchell

Wife: Hattie Ostrander Gatchell..

Burial: Roselawn Cemetery, Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado.

First Maine Heavy Artillery Regimental History.

Captain PRINCE A. GATCHELL, Adjutant .

Originally from Company A, was promoted to Second and First Lieu tenant and transferred to Company M. Wounded at Spottsylvania May 19, 1864. Succeeded James W. Clark as Adjutant. Received medal of honor  for meritorious service at battle of Boydton Road, October 27, 1864. Commissioned Captain Company E just previous to muster out, but remained  as Adjutant till muster out, September 11, 1865. Residence, Buffalo, Wyoming

George H. Damon, Thomas B. Leaver, Harriet P. Dame..

George H. Damon.
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George H Damon.

Birth: unknown.
Death: Jun. 25, 1862.

Burial: Contoocook Village Cemetery, Contoocook, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.

Second New Hampshire Infantry, Regimental History.

Thomas "Tom " B. Leaver.

There was an affecting scene at the regimental hospital, within the intrenchments, when the bodies of Leaver and Damon, who fell almost at the same instant, were carried back. Harriet Dame was  there, ministering to the wounded. In a moment of leisure she  went to the two stark bodies, and lifting the edge of the blankets  with which they were covered, saw the faces of the two boys who, from old acquaintance, were perhaps closer to her heart than any others in the regiment. " My God ! " she gasped, " It is Tom.Leaver ! " She had been a neighbor of the Leavers, in Concord, and had known Tom. from boyhood. With her own hands she tenderly prepared the bodies for burial, and saw them laid in the  ground at the foot of an oak tree near the hospital.


Volunteer nurse Harriet P. Dame. 

DAMON, GEORGE H. Co. B; b. Hopkinton; age 23; res. Boscawen (Fisherville, now Penacook) ; enl. May 13, '61; must, in June 1, '61; app. Corp. Oct., '61; killed June 25, '62,  Oak Grove, Va.

LEAVER, THOMAS B. Co. B; b. Nassau, N. B.; age 21; res. Concord; enl. May 11, '61;
must, in June 1, '61, as Corp.; app. Sergt. Nov. '61; killed June 25, '62, Oak Grove, Va.
                                  


Rev. David Bittle Floyd.

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Rev. David Bittle Floyd.

Birth: March 1846, Maryland.
Death: January 23, 1922.

Wife: Mary E. Floyd, ( 1851 - 1941 ).

Children: Non recorded.

Burial: Green Hill cemetery, Martinsburg, Berkeley county, West Virginia.

Author.  If you whish to research  him and his family more, you will have to look in the records of; Maryland, Pennsylvania, Indiana and West Virginia.

He was also a Civil War Veteran.

Seventy-Fifth Indiana Infantry.

Company I.

David B. Floyd, Corporal, Residence Noblesville; Mustered in July 14, 1862.  Promoted to Second Lieutenant; Commission May 1,1865.  Mustered out  as Sergeant with regiment.

Author. He wrote The History of The Seventy Fifth, Indiana
 Infantry.  This book can be found and read on line.

Jared Irving Williams.

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Jared Irving Williams.

Birth: 1838, Lancaster, New Hampshire.
Death: December 23, 1914, Lancaster, New Hampshire.

Wife: Mary Hamilton Morse Williams, ( ? - May 30, 1916 ).:
Married 1857.

Children: Non recorded.

Burial: Unknown.

Coos county, New Hampshire, History.

Jared Irving Williams, youngest son of Hon. Jared W. Williams, was born at Lancaster August 19, 1832. He fitted for college al Lancaster and .Killingly (Conn.) academies, graduated from Brown university in the class of 1854, studied law with his father, and Carpenter & Thurston, of Providence, R. I., was admitted to practice at Lancaster in 1856, and at once became associated with his father and brother.

He was editor of the Cods County Democrat from the death of J. M. Rix in 1854 until the election of Lincoln in 1860; was town representative in 1879 and 1.880; has been superintending school committee and president of the board of education  of Lancaster since 1876; is a trustee of Lancaster academy.

He married, in 1857, Mary Hamilton Morse. Mr. Williams did service in the Rebellion, and attained the rank of captain; is a prominent and valued member of the G.. A. R. and various Masonic bodies; possesses decided mathematical and mechanical tastes, and is a civil engineer of no mean ability. He is a Roman Catholic in religion, and a delightful social companion

New Hampshire Seventeenth Infantry.

State records.

Jared Irving Williams, Co. A, born Lancaster; Age 29; Residence Lancaster; Enlisted October 18, 1862; as private; Appointed Captain December 30, 1862, as captain; Mustered out April 16, 1863.  P. O. address Lancaster.

August Goebel.

Goebel, August, Detroit. First enlisted in company B, Artillery section of  Detroit Scott Guards of Michigan Militia, Oct. 26, 1859, at Detroit, age 20. Promoted First Sergeant and elected Secretary, which position he held until the first call for troops in the Civil War, when he enlisted in same company, subsequently company A, Second Infantry, as First Sergeant, April 15, 1861, for 3 months, age 22. Mustered into state service April, 1861. Upon instructions from the War Department, directing the reorganization of the Second Infantry for 3 years' service, he at once re-enlisted in same company and rank, April, 1861, for 3 years.

Mustered into U. S. service May 25, 1861. Acting Sergeant Major Aug., 1861. Commissioned First Lieutenant Sept. 22, 1861. Commissioned Captain, company H, Aug. 25, 1862. Resigned on account of partial loss of hearing and was honorably discharged at Newport News, Va., Feb. 24, 1863. Participated with his regiment in the following engagements: Blackburn's Ford, Va., Bull Run, Va., Bailey's Cross Roads and Munson's Hill, Va., at Siege of Yorktown, Va., Williamsburg, Va., Fair Oaks, Va., near Richmond, Va., White Oak Swamp, Va., Glendale, Va., Malvern Hill, Va., Bull Run 2d, Va., Groveton, Va., Chantilly, Va., Fredericksburg, Va.

Was selected by Major General Philip Kearney, Division Commander, to command a detachment of two companies to go on a dangerous scouting expedition to ascertain the position of the enemy after seven days' battle ending at Malvern Hill, Va., Aug. 1, 1862, which purpose he very satisfactorily accomplished. Re-entered the service in Michigan State Troops and was commissioned as Captain of Detroit Scott Guards (company C, First Battalion), Aug. 2, 1861.Re-elected Captain Jan. 1, 1882.

Commissioned Major, First Battalion, March 25, 1882. Commissioned Lieutenant Colonel, First Battalion, Jan. 15, 1865. Election declared illegal. Commissioned Lieutenant Colonel, Fourth Regiment, July 23, 1885, at organization. Resigned and honorably discharged July 26. 1886. Commissioned Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Inspector General, First Brigade, Oct. 18, 189o. Resigned and honorably discharged April 15, 1891. Present residence, Detroit, Mich.

August Goebel.

Birth: 1845
Death: 1905.

Wife: Sophia Hellinges / Hellings Goebel.
Married 1874.

Children: Meta S., Gretchen J., Clara A. Goebel.

Author. Re-research these names before stating as fact.

August Goebel was the cofounder of the Goebel Brewery in Detroit.

Burial: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.

Edward Kirk Wilcox.

Massachusetts Twenty - Seventh Infantry, Regimental History.

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Edward Kirk Wilcox, son of O. W. and Mary Ann Wilcox, was born at Springfield, Aug. 24, 1841. He fitted for  college at Williston Seminary, Easthampton, and with Alexander Hyde, Esq., of Lee, entering Williams in 1858, but after two years decided upon a business instead of a professional life, and was temporarily with his father at Springfield.  He was of the first to enlist at his country's call, and mustered as sergeant-major of the Tenth Massachusetts regiment, June 21, 1861, marching with them to the front. Upon the  organization of the Twenty-Seventh Regiment he was appointed first lieutenant, and assigned to Company I,

Capt.  Henry A. Hubbard. On account of the sickness and early  death of his captain, he was in command of the company in all its North Carolina service, and was promoted captain, Feb. 13, 1862. Indifferent to danger, he was a spirited leader, with coolness and efficiency, inspiring his men by his own  demeanor. He was with the regiment on provost duty at  Norfolk, during the winter of 63 and 64, but upon the organization of the " Red Star Brigade," was appointed acting  assistant adjutant general on Brig. Gen l C. A. Heckman's staff.

After reaching Bermuda Hundreds, he was appointed  aide-de-camp to Gen l Weitzel commanding the Second  Division, Eighteenth Army Corps, and participated in all the  actions of the Army of the James. Of the battle of Drewry's  Bluff, May 16, 1864, he wrote, " It was the hardest fight I ever was in. How I escaped I cannot tell, as I was under  fire seven or eight hours carrying orders into the thickest of the fight."

May 17th, Gen l Stannard assumed command of the brigade, and Capt. Wilcox was transferred to his staff as acting  assistant adjutant general First Brigade, First Division,  Eighteenth Army Corps. May 30th, the Eighteenth Army Corps started for White-House Landing, effecting a junction with the Army of the Potomac at Cold Harbor on the eve of June 1st. Stannard's Brigade was led immediately into action, and its frequent changes and the nature of its service, rendered Capt. Wilcox s duties incessant and onerous. Says Durfee's " Annals of Williams College : " "

It so happened that as he was passing through his regiment, the morning of the 3d, a charge was ordered." Unconsciously, this  does not do him full credit ; it did not happen. Instructions as to the charge had passed through his hands at three o clock the day previous, and he was there from plan and purpose. He placed himself in front of the line, when one of his brother officers said, " Coxey, go back where you belong; this is  no place for you ! " to which he replied, " I am going with you ; my place is where I can serve my country."

When Gen l Smith s voice rang out on the morning air, " Forward ! * with a ringing cheer and call to his men, he dashed forward, foremost of all. Gaining the enemy's cnrvettes, he dashed over them in advance of the column, with his face set on the enemy's main line just in front, when he fell pierced with  a dozen bullets. " Coxey," as he was generally known,  was popular, genial, courteous and affable. His urbanity,  frankness and kindness, insured lasting friendship. His eoften expressed preference was, that he might be allowed to  return to his command, and share with them the honors and  dangers of the field. His name is now borne by Post 16, Grand Army of the Republic, Springfield, Mass., an excel lent painting of him gracing their hall.

Author. Captain Wilcox were instantly killed as he passed the last line of rifle-pits, by a rifle-ball through his neck.

Brothers and sisters.

Mary A. Wilcox.
Harriet B. Wilcox.
Frank H. Wilcox.
Willie A. Wilcox.

Colonel William L. Buck. Sr.

Col William L Buck, Sr.

Birth: 1827.
Death: 1889.

Wife: Henrietta Wilkinson Buck (1826 - 1912).

Children: William L. Buck, Carrie A. Buck Woodworth, Elijah Buck (1867 - 1934), Rose E. Buck Beckwith (1873 - 1962).

Burial: Oakridge Cemetery, Marshall, Calhoun County, Michigan.

Author. Mr. Buck was sheriff of Marshall ( 1869 -1870 ), office was at 70 State.  Lived at the corner of Green and Grand.

Michigan Eighth Cavalry.

Buck, William L., Marshall. Entered service in company A, Eighth Cavalry, at organization, as Second Lieutenant, Oct. 28, 1862, at Marshall,  for 3 years, age 35. Mustered Oct. 28, 1862. Commissioned Captain,  Nov. 1, 1862. Mustered Dec. 3o, 1862. Wounded in action near Philadelphia, Tenn., Oct. 26, 1863. Commissioned Major, April 16, 1864. Taken prisoner at Athens, Ga., Aug. 3, 1864. Exchanged Sept. 28,  1864. Wounded in action at Henryville, Tenn., Nov. 23, 1864. Com missioned Lieutenant Colonel, Dec. 31, 1864. Mustered Jan. 1o, 1865.  Mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 22, 1865. Died Oct. 6, 1889. 

Lieutenant Colonel Paul F. Anderson.

Fourth Tennessee Cavalry, Regimental History.

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Lieut. Col. Paul F. Anderson was a native of Wilson County, Tenn., but a few years before the War between the States he was residing in the State of Texas. He attached himself to the Eighth Texas Cavalry Regiment, which was organized among the first Confederate troops, and went with that regiment to Gen. Albert S. Johnston's army, then at Bowling Green, Ky. He was with Colonel Terry, commanding the Eighth Texas, at Woodsonville, above Bowling Green, when that most gallant officer was killed.

John A. Wharton, who succeeded Terry in command of the regiment, gave Anderson authority to go to his old home at Lebanon, Tenn., and recruit a company, which he did, enlisting the celebrated "Cedar Snags," composed of young men of the best families from the counties of Wilson, Davidson, and Sumner, afterwards becoming Company K of the Regiment. At the date of the organization of the Regiment Col. John A. Wharton had become a major general and took Company K as his escort.

Anderson becoming lieutenant colonel of the Regiment, James H. Britton succeeded him as captain of Company K, both holding their ranks till the surrender, in 1865. Lieutenant Colonel Anderson was a brave and most gallant officer. To hear him talk one would conclude that he was too rash ; but, really, he was one of the most discreet officers that were to be found. He knew better when to make or decline a fight than any officer of my acquaintance.

His quaint sayings became proverbial in the army, and the infantry especially would cry out as he passed : "Here comes Paul." It seemed that he knew everybody and everybody knew him. I have heard Major General Hume, who was commanding the division, say to Lieutenant Colonel Anderson as he passed his line of battle: "Well, Colonel Paul, you know better than I can tell you what to do if the enemy approaches your line." Anderson was wounded slightly at Fort Donelson in February, 1863, and in the Kilpatrick fight at Fayetteville.

A few days or a week before the surrender he was absent for some cause, and I do not think he was with the Regiment at the time of the surrender. I know that Colonel Smith was in command of the brigade and Major Bledsoe was in command of the Regiment. Anyhow, he had fought the fight to a finish and had won all the honors a parole could confer upon him. After the surrender he settled in Helena, Ark. He died there of yellow fever some years ago, greatly respected by the citizens, who buried him near the monument erected to Gen. Pat Cleburne.

William Maloon Jr., Maine.

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William Maloon Jr.

Birth November, 1840.
Death: 1920.

Wife: Augusta Maloon, ( 1843 - 1919 ).

Married November 1, 1865.

He was a house Carpenter.

Children: Guy, William Parker, and Harald Maloon.

Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine.

His Bugle.

Maine First Cavalry, Company G.

Maloon, William, Jr., Bleacher; age 21; b. Bowdoin; res. Lewiston; en. Oct. 15, '61,Lewiston; mus. Oct. 31, as private; appointed bugler, Nov. 1, '62; pris. in action at Shepardstown, Va., July 16, '63, while with his brother, who was killed; on Belle Isle a month; paroled, and sent to Annapolis, Md.; ex. and rejoined co. Oct. 27, '63; wd. slightly in action, Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 16, '64; m. o. Nov. 25, '64, ex. of ser.

The Four Thayer's Brothers.

CHARLES S. THAYER.
Third Massachusetts Cavalry.

Birth: December 19, 1846.
Death April 2, 1870.

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Charles S. Thayer, of Co, K, was born in South Braintree, Mass., Nov., 1846, where he enlisted in his country's service July 19th, 1864. He was the youngest of four brothers, all of whom gave up their life for their country : Two were killed in battle, and two died of disease, contracted in the army. He was honorably discharged on account of ill-health, August 15th, 1865. He died at the early age of twenty-three years, deeply regretted by all who knew him. The above-mentioned brothers, who, like him, laid down their lives on their country s altar, were Orderly Sergeant Loring W. Thayer, Company E, Thirty-second Regiment Massachusetts Infantry, killed before Petersburg, Va., George F. Thayer, Second Massachusetts Cavalry, killed at battle Five Forks, Va., Lucien M. Thayer, Forty-second Massachusetts Regiment, died after his return from the war.

Burial: Pond Street Cemetery, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

LORING W. THAYER.
Thirty-second Massachusetts Infantry. 

Birth:	Jul. 10, 1839, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
Death:	Sep. 30, 1864, Dinwiddie County, Virginia.

Thayer, Loring W. — Corpl. — Res. Braintree; 22; bootmaker; enl. and must. Dec. 2, 1861;  re-enlist. January 1, 1864, as Sergt.; killed Sept. 30, 1864, Poplar Spring Church, Va., as 1st. Sergt. See Co. "C" 4th Mass. Inf. (3 months), as Loring M. Thayer.

Thayer, Loring W. — Priv. — Res. South Braintree; 21; enl. April 16, 1861; must. April 22,
1861; must. out July 22, 1861. See Co. "E" 32d Mass. Inf.

Burial: Pond Street Cemetery, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

GEORGE F.THAYER.
Second Massachusetts Cavalry.

Birth: March 29, 1837.
Death: April 1, 1865.

Thayer, George F. — Priv. — Res. California; miner; 24; enl. and must. April 3, 1863; killed  April 1, 1865, Five Forks, Va.

Burial: Pond Street Cemetery, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

LUCIEN M. THAYER.
Forty-second Massachusetts Infantry.

Thayer, Lucian M. — Priv. — Res. Braintree; boot maker; 20; enl. July 12, 1864; must. July 19,
1864; must, out Nov. 11, 1864.

No other record found.

John P. Conen

John P. Coen.

Ninth Connecticut Infantry, Regimental History.

Company F.

Age 26.

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Corporal John P. Coen, of Company F, was accidentally killed May 27, 1863, at Kennerville, La. His death cast a gloom over the company by every member of which he was highly esteemed. He belonged in Waterbury, Ct., and had enlisted Sept. 16, 1861. The circumstances attending his death were as follows : He and his company were ordered to proceed into New Orleans.

On May 26, 1863, with a detachment of ten men he went to the city, the rest of the company expecting to go the day following. In the meantime, however, the order was countermanded and the detachment in the city was ordered to return.

They accordingly left New Orleans May 27. The train stopped for a short time at Kennerville and Corporal Coen and a number of others got off for a little exercise and to rest themselves. Suddenly, the train started and while the Corporal was attempting to get aboard, he slipped and fell outside the track, striking on his head. Death resulted. When his brother, Corporal Michael P. Coen, of the same company, received information of the fatality, he was twenty-seven miles away, but immediately started for the scene and took charge of the body. The latter was conveyed to New Orleans and given a soldier's burial at Chalmette.A braver, truer defender of the Union never lived than Corporal John P. Coen.

Burial: Saint Joseph Cemetery (Old), Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut.

William H. Boop.

William H. Boop.

Birth: April 13, 1844, Pennsylvania.
Death: March 6, 1916, South Dakota.

Wife: Maria Mishler Boop.

Children: Clara B. Boop Vantassel, Cora and George Boop.

Burial: Maplewood Cemetery, Iroquois, Kingsbury, South Dakota.

Short Biography.

Kent Township, Stephenson County, Illinois.

 

WILLIAM H. BOOP, farmer. Sec. 36; P. 0. Yellow Creek; born April 13, 1844, in Union County, Pa. ; in 1858, he came with his parents to Kent Township; he owns 90 acres of land. He enlisted, in 1864, in Co. E, 45th I. V. I.;served to the end of the war. Married Maria Mishler, in 1871 ; she was born in Indiana; they have two children; George and Cora.

ILLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES.

Illinois Civil War Detail Report.

Name: BOOP, WILLIAM H. Rank: PVT. Company: E. Unit: 45 IL US INF.

Personal Characteristics. Residence: KENT, STEPHENSON CO, IL. Age: 20. Height: 5' 10. Hair: LIGHT. Eyes: BLUE. Complexion: LIGHT. Occupation: FARMER. Nativity: MIFFLINSBURG, PA.

Service Record. Joined When: MAR 30, 1864. Joined Where: FREEPORT, IL. Period: 3 YRS. Muster In: APR 27, 1864. Muster In Where: FREEPORT, IL. Muster Out: JUL 12, 1865. Muster Out Where: LOUISVILLE, KY.

Captain Jerome H. Fee.

Jerome H. Fee.

Birth: 1835.
Death: 1913.

Wife: Mary Backus Fee, ( 18 43 - 1905 ).

Children: Jessie T. Fee, ( 1875 - 1969 ).

Burial: Oakwood Cemetery, Adrian, Lenawee county, Michigan.

Civil War Veteran.

Michigan First Infantry.

 

Fee, Jerome H. Enlisted in company K, First Infantry, as Corporal, April 18, 1861, at Adrian, for 3 months, age 26. Mustered May 1, 1861. Mustered out at Detroit, Mich., Aug. 7, 1861.

 

Jerome H. Fee Biography.

 

CAPTAIN JEROME H. FEE, Adrian, the subject of the following remarks, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, in the year 1835. He left his native town and went to Cincinnati, where he engage in the grocery business, as a clerk. He remained there but a short time, when he returned to his home and assisted his father, who was engaged in general merchandise. In 1858 he came to Michigan, with the purpose of attending school at Leoni College, in Jackson County ; but he remained there only a short time, and upon the opening of Adrian College he came to the city of Adrian, to complete his education at that institution.

When the war broke out and the call came for volunteers to defend the nation's life, with patriotic ardor he enlisted in the Adrian Cadets, for three months' service, with the 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment. When this time had expired he returned to Adrian, and finished his college course in 1862. The Captain, nothing daunted by his previous army experience, re enlisted, selecting this time, however, a different arm of the service, the artillery. He became a member of the 1st Independent Ohio Battery. He was with his company through all its operations in the campaigns in East and West Virginia, and finally ended his services in Kentucky.

While the Captain was defending the Union he received a commission from the government as captain; and being assigned to a command in one of the newly-organized regiments of Colored Troops, he left his comrades in the battery with the good wishes of all, accepting a more responsible and lucrative position, which called him farther west. The Captain uas not long in his new command when his health began to fail, and in July, 1865, on account of his ill health, was reluctantly compelled to resign his office in the army; and return home. His health continued to be poor for some time, but at the expiration of twelve months he had nearly or quite recovered.

The Captain's life experience had taught him, no doubt, that it was not well to be alone; he therefore surrendered gracefully to Miss Mary J. Backus, of Hillsdale County, Michigan, in 1866. After his marriage he removed to Indiana, where for some time he was associated with his; brother-in-law in teaching a select school.

 

In the month of March, 1867, Captain Fee returned with his family to the city of Adrian, and immediately after his arrival purchased an interest in the Times and Expositor. Mr. Fee succeeded Mr Rogan, and the firm became Messrs. Lowrie, Applegate & Fee. Several years since the two last-named gentlemen purchased the whole interest in the paper, since which time it has gradually increased in circulation and influence, and now claims to have the largest weekly issue of any paper in the State, outside of Detroit.

Its weekly circulation is about two thousand, and the daily edition has a circulation of between six and seven hundred subscribers. The Times office is fitted out with presses and type for domg all kinds of first class printing, and its publications are all well conducted. Perseverance and talent combined have given this establishment a high rank among the successful journalistic enterprises of the State.

 

Captain Fee was chosen, at the last re-organization, as a member of the Republican State Committee, and in the spring of 1873 he received the appointment of postmaster at Adrian, which office he has acceptably held, and now manages, in connection with the various duties of his business life. The Captain's family consists of four, himself, wife, and two children, named respectively Harry and May. In personal appearance Captain Fee is a well-proportioned man, a trifle above the medium height, with light-brown hair, full beard and moustache, and a face beaming with intelligence. Affable in his manners, courteous in bis bearing, and reliable in his dealings, he has deservedly won hosts of friends, who, with unanimity, trust he may long live to enjoy the rewards-the otium cum dignitate of a successful career.

Author. Otium Cum dignitate; ( Leisure with dignity ).

Alexander Gee.

Alexander Gee.

Birth: Jul. 1, 1831.
Death: Mar. 13, 1890.

Wife: Margaret Girardin Gee (1832 - 1899).

Children: Lawrence Gee (1856 - 1941), Lewis or Louis; Died at 1 year, Albert, Celia and Mary E. Gee..

Burial: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Wyandotte, Wayne County, Michigan.

Civil War.

Gee, Alexander (.Veteran), Trenton. Enlisted in company E, Fifteenth Infantry, Dec. 21, 1861, at Trenton, for 3 years, age 3o. Mustered Jan. 29, 1862. Corporal June 1o, 1863. Re-enlisted Jan. 25, 1864, at  Scottsboro, Ala. Mustered March 11, 1864. Mustered out at Little  Rock, Ark., Aug. 13, 1865. Died March 13, 1890. Buried at Wyandotte, Mich.

Charles C. Duff.

Author.  This information  were copied from state records, there may be some errors in the spelling names and dates, if so its the states error and not mine.
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Charles C. Duff.

Birth: December 16, 1842-1843.
Death: 1925.

Wife: Flora C. Graham Duff.
Married September 11, 1866.

Children: Luie A. Duff

Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Owosso, Shiawassee county, Michigan.

Son of Robert Murray Duff, a native of Scotland and Adeline McGregor Duff.

Charles came to Michigan in Oct. 1865, and engaged in the wholesale and retail grocery business in Owosso, Michigan.

New York State Records.

 

New York 35th Infantry.

 

Duff Charles C. -Age 21. Enlisted May 7, 1861, at Constableville, to serve two years; Mustered in as Private, Co. B., June 11, 1861; Mustered out with company June 5, 1863, at Elmira New York.

 

New York 20th., Cavalry.

DUFF, CHARLES C— Age, 20 years. Enlisted, July 1, 1863, at Denmark; mustered in as private, Co. A, September 3, 1863, to serve three years; appointed sergeant, no date stated; mustered out with company, July 31, 1865, near Manchester, Va.; veteran; prior service in Co. B, Thirty-fifth New York Volunteers.

Wife: Flora C. Graham Duff, signed up for his pension on July 23, 1925.

Shiawassee County Michigan History.

Duff, Charles C. This gentleman is one of Owosso's best-known business men. He is a native of this State, having been born in the town of Brest, Monroe Co., Dec. 16, 1842. Mr. Duff received a common school education, and after the death of his father in 1848, moved to Lewis county, N. Y., where he engaged in farming and school teaching, and also worked for some time in a box factory. At the breaking out of the war, he was the first man to enlist in Harrisburg, N. Y., which he did April 28, 1861, as a member of Company B of the 35th N. Y. Volunteers, and was discharged with this regiment May 7, 1863. He however re-enlisted the same day with the 20th New York cavalry, and served with that regiment until August 31, 1865.

After the long marches of Pope's retreat, which commenced at Fredericksburg and ended at Antietam, during which time his regiment was engaged in the battle of Cedar Mountain, Georgetown, second Bull Run, Chantilla, South Mountain, and Antietam, his present disability, which begun in the form of rheumatism some months before, had assumed such serious proportions that he was taken with the sick and wounded to the Patent Office hospital at Washington, where he remained five weeks, and returned to his regiment. Afterward, he was transferred to the Band of the regiment on account of his disabled condition

His regiment was the first white troop to enter Richmond on the morning of April 3, 1865, and their band was the first to play the "Star Spangled Banner" and other national music in Richmond after its capture. At the close of the war he returned to Lewis county, N. Y.,' and shortly afterward came to Owosso and accepted a position as clerk in the grocery store of his brother-in-law, Mr. M. L. Stewart, and remained in his employ until 1870, when he engaged in the business for himself, and which he has successfully operated since that time.

In 1890 Mr. Duff erected the store building on Exchange street which he now occupies and where he conducts both a wholesale and retail grocery business.

He was married in 1866 to Miss Flora G. Graham, daughter of Dr. J. M-. Graham. To this union have been born two daughters. During his . long residence in Owosso, Mr. Duff has made many warm friends, and has built up a large and profitable business. Though a Republican in politics, he has never sought public office, but has often been solicited by his friends to do so.

A short Biography on his father.

Charles C. Duff father was Robert Murray Duff, a native of Scotland, who was born in 1802. He married Adeline McGregor, a native of Lewis County, N. Y., and soon after that event established his home in Monroe County, this State. There he spent the remnant of his days, dying in 1847. His widow survived him one year. They had seven children, five sons and two daughters, and Charles is the fourth on the family roll.

John M. Manderville.

John M. Manderville.

 

Birth: abt, 1834,

Death: Unknown.

 

Wife: Sophronia E. Freeland Manderville.

 

Children: Franklin F. Manderville, Laurence W. Manderville or John Lawrence Manderville.

Author. Laurence W. and John Lawrence could be the same son as both were born in March of 1861.

 

Burials: Unknown, no records found.

John M. Manderville, was living in Chelsea, of Suffolk county, Massachusetts in 1861, was a Stair Builder, lived at 62, Shurtleff Street.

 

Massachusetts First Infantry.

 

Battle of Second Bull Run

Company H.

The charge of Company H was made just at dawn of day, over an open field, every foot of which was exposed to battery and rifle-pit fires, yet not a man faltered. " Forward, double-quick," over miry, uneven ground they went, in too much of a hurry to fire, with bayonets fixed, and determined to take the works, or die in the attempt. When within a few yards, the men raised a shout for Old Massachusetts : through the ditch, and up the parapet, over went the gallant company ; and the rebels, who previously had been pouring in a deadly fire, broke and fled in every direction. The picks and shovels of the Eleventh quickly accomplished the destruction of the redoubt.

Company A was out in the field under fire, and Company I in reserve if H should need support ; but H had nobly and thoroughly done its work.

There were about seventy men in Company H, which made the brilliant charge described. They never fired a shot till they reached the ditch in front, when they fired one volley, and leaped the ditch.

Privates Patrick J. Donovan and John M. James, with Orderly-Sergeant Manderville, were the first within the redoubt on the right, and Lieut. Chandler the first on the left, closely followed by Corporals John H. Newling and William A. Smith, and Sergeant C. H. Carruth.

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MANDERVILLE, JOHN M. Corporal Co. H, 1st Regiment Infantry, mustered May 23, 1861, for three years; appointed 1st Sergeant, Sept, 1, 1861 ; discharged for promotion July 17, 1862 ; mustered 1st Lieut., July 17, 1862. Aug. 29, 1862, killed in action at Manassas, Va.

Mandeville, John M., Corporal Residence Chelsea; Age 27; stair builder; enlisted May 22, 1861; mustered in May 23, 1861; commissioned  1st Lieutenant to date July 17, 1861; killed August 29,1862, at second Bull Run, Virginia Va., as 1st Sergeant..

Joshua Bell.

JOSHUA BELL.

Birth: 1844 - 1845.
Death: Unknown.

Wife: Ellen Colvin Bell.

Children: Nellie, Olive, Hannah, Joshua H., Benjamin K., Rollin Singer Bell.

Burial: Unknown.

Author.  He was a Harness Maker and Police Magistrate, was also a Butter Sale man.

Illinois Ninth Cavalry Co. L., Regimental History.

 

JOSHUA BELL was born in Lemont, Cook county, Ill., August 15, 1844, and with his parents removed to Chicago the fall of that year. He received a grammar school education, and graduated from the high school into Company L, Ninth Illinois Cavalry, October 15, 1861. He was small for his age, and barely passed muster on the ground "that he would do for a Bugler." When his company was full he was appointed Saddler Sergeant of Company L. He says: " I did not capture any court houses or Generals, and think I was a hard case," as I was one of the first to be arrested for foraging after leaving Pilot Knob, but dodged the guard house as I had no official notice of the order, and beat the Sergeant-Majcr cut of the hog I shot".

 

Author. I tried to find out about the shooting of the hog and the court house, but it was not stated.

Soon after arriving at Helena he was taken sick in consequence of the hardships and lack of water on the march to that place, and was discharged for disability, September 20, 1862.

After  leaving the Ninth the subject of this sketch was sick for nearly a year,  and January 7, 1864, enlisted in the " Chicago Mercantile Battery," and served in the Department of the Gulf until July 10, 1865, when he was mustered out as a veteran, having taken part in the Red River expedition under General Banks, and other minor movements.

After he returned to Chicago he was married, 1866, to Miss Ellen Colvin, and has a promising  family of six children three sons and three  daughters.

He has had his full share of the ups and downs of life. After twelve years of service in political life in various capacities he obtained the position in 1887 of Superintendent of the Harness contract at the Illinois State Prison, Joliet, Illinois.

Comrade Bell, in all these years of toil, maintains the same cheerful and happy demeanor. He lias many friends and the respect and confidence of all who know his sterling qualities of head, and the goodness of his heart. His address 1888, Joliet, Illinois.

ILLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES.
Illinois Civil War Detail Report.

Name: BELL, JOSHUA. Rank: PVT. Company: L. Unit: 9 IL US CAV.

Personal Characteristics. Residence: CHICAGO, COOK CO, IL. Age: 20. Height: 5' 2 1/4. Hair: BROWN. Eyes: GRAY. Complexion: DARK. Occupation: SADDLER. Nativity: IL.

Service  Record: Joined When: OCT 15, 1861. Joined Where: CHICAGO, IL. Period: 3 YRS. Muster In: NOV 11, 1861. Muster In Where: CHICAGO, IL. Remarks: DISCHARGED SEP 20, 1862.

Henry D. Pope.

Third Massachusetts Cavalry Regimental History.

 

LIEUTENANT HENRY D. POPE.

 

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Lieutenant Henry D. Pope was born in Clinton, Ga., February 10, 1836, and removed with his parents to Fairhaven, Mass., in 1840. He was educated in the public schools of Fairhaven and New Bedford, graduating in 1853 from the Fairhaven High School. He engaged in business in Boston from 1855 to 1861, and enlisted in Read s Mounted Rifle Rangers, September 23, 1861 ; was mustered in as Company Quartermaster-Sergeant, November 15, 1861 ; promoted to Orderly Sergeant, September 1, 1862; promoted, by order of Major-General B. F. Butler to Acting Senior Second Lieutenant, October
29, 1862; commissioned Second Lieutenant January 1st, 1863; First Lieutenant, June 3, 1863, and was mustered out, November 26, 1864.

He was married February 3rd, 1864, to Caroline H. Dexter, of Fairhaven, Mass., at New Orleans, La. Lieutenant Pope s father, mother, and wife were all descended from Plymouth stock. In 1866 he became book keeper for Rice, Kendall, & Co., and was afterwards financial man. When the Rice, Kendall Company was incorporated, he became treasurer, and when it was sold out in 1898, he retired out of health.

In the Shenandoah Valley he served on the staff of General Molineux, and wrote out the reports of the operations and engagements of the brigade. He was in three big battles, and always bore himself bravely. He was president of the Regimental Association in 1896.

Asa W. S. Rix.

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Asa W. S. Rix.

Birth: abt. 1841.
Death: Nov. 26, 1919.

Wife: Julia O'Brien Rix (____ - 1925).

Burial: Greenridge Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York.

Massachusetts Fifth Infantry Co. A., Three Months Service. 

 

Asa W. S. Rix, Private, Residence Salem; Age 20: Enlisted April 16, 1861; Mustered in May 1, 1861; Mustered out July 31, 1861.