Abbott: In New Canaan, Conn., Dec. 9, Mr. Aaron Abbott, aged 96. (Christian Register., Jan. 18, 1855.)
Adams: In Sennett, Cayuga co. Capt. Jonathan Adams, a revolutionary soldier. [Buffalo Emporium and General Advertiser (Buffalo, NY) 13 Nov 1828, p3]
Albaugh
ANOTHER REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER GONE
Zachariah Albaugh, among the last of the Revolutionary soldiers, died at Newton, Licking County, Ohio, on December8th, at the patriarchal age of one hundred and nine years. He was born in Maryland in 1748, entered the War ofthe Revolution at its commencement and remained in the army until its close. He was in the battle Germantown, frequentlysaw George Washington, and on one occasion, as a sentinel, guarded his tent. Mr. Albaugh removed to Ohio in 1847.[Dubuque Daily Times, Dec. 28, 1857 - Submitted by Ken Wright]Albee: In Hallowell, Me., Capt. Obadiah Albee, aged 86. . (Christian Register., Dec. 11, 1852.)
Alexander: Died in Marlboro', on the 8th instant, Mr. John Alexander, his age supposed to be 89 years. Mr. John Alexander was born at Fort Drummer, (the site of which, is in the town of Brattleboro') At the time when Brightman's Fort was burnt by the Indians (the site of which is now in Vernon,) and when Mrs. Howe and others were made captives by said Indians, John Alexander was a lad 10 years old, and then, in the woods after the cows belonging to the Fort; being thus in the woods, he providentially escaped captivity. The following year he gave proofs of a daring spirit for a boy only of 11 years. He discovered, a short distance from the house of his resilience, a bear and two cubs, - his father being absent, and he fearless of consequences, repaired to the house, took down a loaded gun, and with a well directed shot, killed the old bear on the spot. He then, with another lad of similar age, caught and secured both of the cubs. In the old French war, so called, at the age of 17 he served as a soldier under Gen. Amherst, and was at the taking of Ticonderoga, and in the American Revolution, was at the taking of Burgoyne. He was one of the first settlers of the town of Brattleboro', where he resided more than half a century, and reared a large family. Few men have lived to his age, and enjoyed so great a measure of health, and few, very few men of his statute, (which was below the middle size.) have been more active, robust and Herculean than Mr. Alexander.
We mention one instance (as we have often heard him related the following fact,) as a proof in point. He at one time carried on his shoulders, upon snow-shoes, a five pail iron kettle, two sap-buckets, an axe and tapping-iron, a knapsack, four days' provisions, a blanket, a gun and accroutrements, more than three miles, through the woods, over hills and vallies, and in a deep snow; an enormous load.
Mr. Alexander, at the time of his decease, was the 2d white person born, the oldest living and one of the first native settlers on the New-Hampshire Grants, alias Vermont.
Brattleboro' July 11th, 1828. [Brattleboro' Messenger (Brattleboro, VT) 18 Jul 1828, pg3]Amsden: Another Revolutionary Soldier gone: In Reading, Vt. on the 25th ult. after a painful sickness of several years, Mr. Abel Amsden, in the 73d year of his age. [Farmer's Herald (St. Johnsbury, VT) 12 Aug 1828, p3]
Appling. In Caver, May 29, Capt. John Appling, aged 92. (Boston Columbian Centinel, June 8, 1849)
Avery: In Plainfield, N. H., 21st, George Avery, aged 93 years. (Christian Register., Feb. 24, 1857.)
Avery: In Monument, 11th, Mr. Joshua Avery, nearly 100 years old. (Christian Register., July 25, 1857.)
Babco*ck: In Hope, Warren County, N. Y., Mar. 29, Mr. William Babco*ck, aged 106 years. (Boston Columbian Centinel, May 2, 1860)
Bailey: General Jacob Bailey,a revolutionary officer, aged 89. [North American Review - May 1815 -sub. by K. Torp]
LT. Richard Bailey- aged 82, died in Berlin, Vt., 14 June. At the time of the battle of Bunker Hill, he lived in the town of Haverhill,Mass. Receiving the news of the battle, while in the field with his plough, he immediately turned out his team,took his gun and cartouch box which had been previously filled with cartridges, and his knap sack, which had alsobeen supplied with provisions, and without stopping to change his clothes, or even to get the dirt out of his shoes,to use his own language, marched to the American army, where he remained about 3 months before he returned to hisfamily. (National Intelligencer Vital Statistics, 12 July 1828. Sub.by K. Torp)
Barnes: In Lubec, Me., Feb. 2, Mrs. Lydia, wife of the late Joseph Barnes, a Rev. soldier, aged 84 years. (Vt. Record., Feb. 22, 1851.)
Bassett: At Barre, Mr. Isaac Bassett, age 96 __rs; had been married 74 years and left a wid. aged 93. (Christian Register., July 31, 1852.)
Bassett: In Hyannis, July 7, Mr. Joseph Bassett, aged 93 years. (Christian Register., July 21, 1855.)
Bates: In Gill, 5th inst. Mr. Jacob Bates, a soldier of the revolution, aged 78. [Brattleboro' Messenger (Brattleboro, VT) 18 Jul 1828, p3]
Beard: In New Fairfield, Ct. Mr. Nathaniel Beard, aged 75. A soldier of the Revolution. [Journal of the Times (Bennington, VT) 26 Dec 1828, p3]
Bell: In Colraine, 12th ult., Walter Bell, aged 94 years, a native of Roxbury. (Christian Register, Jan. 10, 1852.)
Benjamin -In Stratford, Conn., Col. Aaron Benjamin, aged 72. (Buffalo Patriot,Dec 9, 1828 - Sub. by K. Torp)
Bennett: In Durham, N. H., Eleazer Bennett, aged 101 years 6 months 9 days. (Christian Register, Jan. 10, 1852.)
Benson: In Winhall, Vt., Oct. 9, Daniel Benson, aged 98 years 4 months. (Christian Register, Nov. 4, 1854.)
Blake: In Rindge, N. H., Dea. Eleazer Blake, aged 95 years 6 months. (Christian Register., Nov. 6, 1852)
Blodgett: In Groton, 15th ult., William Blodgett, formerly of Tyngsboro, aged 90 years 8 months. Descendants are 6 children, 27 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren, and one of the 5th gen. (Christian Register, Dec. 4, 1852.)
Bond: In Charlestown, N. H., Mr. William Bond, aged 94 years. (Christian Register., Oct. 30, 1852.)
Bourne: In Marshfield, 6th inst., John Bourne, aged 100 years 5 months. (Christian Register., Oct. 15, 1859.)
Bradley. In Madison, Conn., 11th inst., Gilead Bradley, aged 95 years. (Christian Register, Nov. 29, 1851)
Brooks: In East Bridgeport, Conn., 17th inst., Capt. John Brooks, aged 97. (Christian Register, Jan. 26, 1861.)
Brown. In Templeton, July 17, Mr. Oliver Brown, aged 96 years, 6 months, 22 days. (C. R. July 26, 1851)
Brownell: In Little Compton, R. I., Mar. 12, Stephen Brownell, aged 93. (Christian Register., Mar. 31, 1855.)
John Bryant, Esq.
Another Revolutinary Solder gone - Died, of Cholera, at his residence, in Garrardcounty, Kentucky, on the 4th of July, John Bryant, Esq. He was born in Powhatan county, Va., the first day of January,1760, and served in the revolutionary war till peace was made; he moved to Kentucky about the year 1781, and settledat the place where he died in 1786. He has served his country as State Legislator, and was several months employed,during the late war, in the North Western Army. He has left a numerous offspring and an aged widow to bemoan hisloss. [Richmond Enquirer - July 23, 1833]Burlingame: In Cranston, R. I., 21st ult., Pardon Burlingame, in his 97th year. (Christian Register., Feb. 5, 1853.)
Phineas Butler: Mr. Phineas Butler, aged 94 years. (Christian Register., Oct. 30, 1852.)
Col. Thomas Butler
Biographical Sketch of Col. Thomas Butler
From the Louisianna Gazette
The characters and actions of meritorious men, in all ages, have been read with pleasure. It is a tribute due tovirtue to record the actions of those who are worthy of emulation. Our country is young and has long been at peace.War achievements and warlike men are almost forgotten unless when a newspaper announces in a few lines, the deathof some revolutionary chief – and the type has not been employed in recording the death of one more lamented thanthe late Colonel Thomas Bulter.
If virtue, honor, benevolence, honesty, a found heart and a clear head, united with bravery, constitutes a goodman, he possessed them. He was, in the year 1776 (the year so much boasted of – that tried men’s fouls) a studentat law with the eminent Judge Wilson of Philadelphia: early in that year he quit his studies and jointed the armyas a Sabaltern. Soon rose to the grade of Captain and continued in it till the happy and glorious close of therevolution. There were five brothers of the Butlers that jointed the American cause, and fought during the war,and left the service with the following grades, viz. Col. Richard Butler, Lieut. Pierce Butler and Lieut. EdwardButler – none of them now living but Pierce Butler.
Thomas Butler whole memory we wish to perpetuate, was in almost every action that was fought in the middle Statesduring the war – at the battle of Brandywine he received the thanks of the illustrious Washington, on the fieldof battle through his aid de camp Gen. Hamilton, for his intrepid conduct in rallying a detachment of retreatingtroops, and giving the enemy a severe fire. At the battle of Monmouth he received the thanks of Gen. Wayne fordefending a defile in the face of a heavy fire from the enemy, while Colonel Richard Butler’s regiment made goodtheir retreat. History records the unfortunate events of that day.
At the close of the war he retired into private life as a farmer, where he enjoyed rural and domestic happinessinto 1791 when he again took the field to meet a savage foe, that menaced our frontier, and the unfortunate 4thof November of that year is too well known!! He was dangerously wounded and with difficulty and great hazard, hisbrother Capt. Edward Butler got him off the field, where they left General Richard Butler a corpse.
In 1792 he was continued on the establishment as a Major and was promoted in 1794 in Lieut. Col. Commandant ofthe 4th Sub. Legion. He commanded Fort Fayette at Pittsburgh that year, when his name alone (for he had but fewtroops) prevented the deluded insurgents from taking the Fort. In 1797 he was named by president Washington asthe officer best calculated to command in the State of Tennessee, when he marched with his regiment from the Miamion the Ohio, and by that prudence and good sense that has ever marked his character through life, he in a veryshort time removed all difficulties, to the satisfaction of those concerned – as a firm and lasting proof if it,he holds the respect and esteem of all virtuous men in the State. He made several successful treaties with theIndians while in the state of Tennessee.
In the year 1802 at the reduction of the army he was continued as Colonel of the 2d regiment of infantry on thepeace establishment. Here his biographer stops – pauses – what can he write more? He can announce to the worldthat Colonel Butler was arrested by the Commanding General in 1803 at Fort Adams on the Mississippi, sent to Fredericktown,Maryland, where he was tried by a general Court martial and acquitted honorably of all the charges, except thatof wearing his hair, which he held as a gift of nature, and was of opinion that no power on earth had a legal rightto take it from him – which opinion he held till his death. After his trial he was ordered to New Orleans thereto take command of the troops, which he did on 20th of October 1804, and on the 20th of November following, wasagain arrested for not cropping off his hair!! - and not until the first of July did a court convene for his secondtrial – the result of their decision is not yet known. Since his last arrest he left his wife, who, like himself, was universally lamented by the good and virtuous. Shedied near Nashville, Tennessee. In consequence of her death and the deranged situation of his affairs he solicitedleave from the Hon. Secretary of war and the commanding General to return to Tennessee so soon as the court martialwas over. Alas! The application was passed over in silence, no answer ever given him!! He was advised to move outof the city which he did in the latter part of July, and on the 7th of September paid the great debt of nature,aged 51 years. He has left three sons and one amiable daughter to lament his loss: yes, and he has left the virtuousworld of his acquaintance to lament his loss; and none will feel it more severely than the valuable part of thearmy of all grades.
The writer of this short biography does not wish to wound the feeling of the protector of the deceased: he himselfis old and will soon have to pay the debt that Col. Butler has already paid. Comparison can then be made by thefriends to virtue – which of their walks in life were most worthy of imitation. [Submittedby Nancy Piper]
Thomas Callender-aged 74, died 20 Aug. In Smithville, N. C. He was in many engagements during the Revolution. (National Intelligencer Vital Statistics, 6 Sept. 1828 - sub. by K. Torp)
John Campbell
An aged patriot of the revolution and a good man descended to the tomb.
Departed this life on the 17th last, at his residence in the county of Washington, VA. John Campbell, Sr., aged84 years and 8 months. He was born, raised and educated in the county of Augusta, in this state and removed tothe county of Washington about the year 1773, upwards of 52 years ago. He was amoung the first adventurers whoexplored the South Western part of Virginia, in which he has resided more than half a century. He explored thecountry first in company with the late Col. Walker, of Albemarle, about the year 1771 or 72. He was appointed clerkof Washington County in the year 1778. Since his removal to his late residence 9 states of the Confederacy to theWest and South of it have been nearly entirely settled with inhabitants and admitted to the Union. Removing at so early a period to an unsettled country a considerable portion of his life was spent in the militaryservice of this county in defending the frontier against Indians. His first engagement was on the frontiers ofAugusta, before he removed from that county, under Capt. Christian, (afterwards Col. Christian of the ContinentalArmy,) when quite a youth. He was subsequently in Lewis' Campaign against the Shawnees, which was terminated bythe hard contested action of Point Pleasant, at which time he was 1st Lieutenant in the company which went from Washington County, and was commanded by Capt. Wm. Campbell, who afterwards commanded the Virginia Militia at theBattle of King's Mountain. He was second in command at the Battle of Long Island with the Cherokee Indians, and contributed greatly by hiscool and collected courage and presence of mind in a critical moment of that battle (as all his old fellow soldierswill attest who still linger on this side of the grave) to its successful termination. His conduct as a soldierand a patriot previous to the commencement of the Revolutionary War, and during that trying and eventful periodof our history was altogether unexceptionable. In early life he was ardent and ever enthusiastic in the cause ofliberty, and took side with her at the commencement of the American Revolution, and was an active Whig throughoutthe war. Those who have any knowledge of the hardships, the toils and sufferings which attended the Indian Campaigns,on the first settlement of our Western County, can readily appreciate the services of those who planted the first germ of population in that vast and magnificent region which is now the abode of science, of civilization and refinement,and the happy home of so many of the human family. The dangers by which they were surrounded; the long and laboriousmarches they had top make thro' trackless wilds and during the most inclement seasons; the desperate conflictsin which they were frequently engaged with a savage foe, and the heroic courage displayed on many occasions, havebeen unrecounted yet by the pen of the historian.
John Campbell, Sr., was a republican in his principles. He was, however, a warm advocate for the adoption of the Federal Constitution and defended it with all his powers against the opinions of a majority of his county. But is it had been the destiny of this beloved and virtuous man, to have lived without an opportunity of bestowing upon his country any services which could have embalmed his memory in the public gratitude, there would still remain enough to contemplate of his private character, to insure him the esteem and affection of to whom he was known.His kind and benevolent disposition; his spotless honesty in all his transactions with the work; his tender andindulgent feelings as a father and a husband; his humane treatment of his slaves, and with all his purely piousand virtuous life, will never be forgotten in the country in which he lived. No man was ever more beloved by hisneighbors and old acquaintances, and few it is believed who have ever lived would have gone farther to have servedthem. It will afford some gratification to them to hear of the manner in which he met the stroke of death, of theapproach of which he had been for some time perfectly conscious. The following account of it is from the pen ofone who witnessed his separation from the world and the affectionate family by whom he was surrounded:
"On yesterday at 4 o'clock our aged and good father breathed his last. Our apprehensions had been excited but a short time. He wore off so gradually, that he was nearly prepared to leave the world before he gave us anindications that he was so soon to leave us. He suffered considerably for about 24 hours; but it was the sufferingof the weary traveler who had been long absent from home and was struggling to reach his own habitation and friends.When he looked around on us who were to be left behind, the feelings of the husband and the parent would rise in his bosom, but he would immediately suppress his emotions and tell us to be calm. A few hours before he died hebecame so weak that he could not speak to be heard. He then closed his eyes and slept off, without a groan, orthe least motion of any limb, not even the smallest construction of a feature. As long as he could speak, his mindwas unusually clear, calm and good. He talked with us of his approaching separation several times, and all in the same strain of Christian fortitude."
Thus ended, the long and virtuous life of this excellent citizen. Surely no man every left the world with betterhopes of everlasting happiness. He was religious from his youth; yet not one was more innocently social and cheerful in his temper and disposition, or freer from the spirit of bigotry and intolerance.
He was deeply impressed with the great truth of the sentiment so handsomely expressed in our act of our religious freedom;
"That all coercions upon the mind in exacting religious forms or duties, "lended only to begot habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and were a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, who being Lord of both body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either as was his Almighty power to do."
At the close of the American Revolution, every spark of political ambition seem to have been extinguished in hisbosom. He never courted a public honor of any kind either civil or military; and yet no one look more heart-felt delight in contemplating the rising fame and prosperity of his country. His meek and unambitious temper in beautifully described in the youthful production of Pope on Solitude, which the writer of this humble tribute to his memoryhas heard from him a hundred times repeat, with a smile of content and tranquility of mind, which times can never obliterate from his rememberance.Thomas Carney - a coloredman, aged 74, died near Denton, Md., 30 June. At the commencement of the Revolution, he enlisted as a soldier underGen. Peter Adams, and soon afterwards was marched to the North, and was in the Battle of Germantown. In this actionthe Maryland Troops bore a conspicuous part, but the American were compelled to yield to a superior force. Soonafter this, Washington retired to Valley Forge, and took up his winter quarters. When the Maryland and Delawarelines were ordered to the South, Thomas marched with his brave Regiment. At the battle of Guillford Court Househe bore a conspicuous part, and bayoneted seven of the enemy when the Maryland Troops came to the charge. At Camden,Hobkick's HIll, and Ninety-Six, he bore his part. At Ninety-Six, his captain (the late Major General Benson) receiveda dangerous wound. Thomas took him on his shoulders to the surgeon, and after laying him at the surgeon's feet,fainted from fatigue and heat. (National Intelligencer Vital Statistics,22 July 1828)
Car-Wan-Wah-Gah or "Cornplanter." On 7th Feb. (1826), on the Seneca Reservation, celebrated Chief Car-Wan-War-Gah, aged about 100 years. This noble Indian at an early period of the Rev. War took an active part with the Americans in that glorious struggle, and had ever since manifested the utmost friendship for the whites. When solicited by Washington to send some of his young men to Philadelphia for the purpose of being educated, he sent at the head of them his son, Henry O'Bail; an evidence of a strong mind overcoming deep rooted and long existing prejudices. He, with his associate, Red Jacket, was for many years the counsellor and protector of the interests of his nation, and we regret that our sources of information are too limited to furnish the particulars more fully of the eventful life of this "Nature's Nobleman." (Sat. Evening Post, Mar. 12, 1836.)
Cary: In North Bridgewater, 25th inst., Mr. Jonathan Cary, aged 95 years. (Christian Register., Jan. 3, 1852.)
Chace: In Providence, R. I., July 18, Jonathan Chace, aged 97. (Christian Register., July 28, 1855)
Choate: In Bridgeton, Me., 30th ult. Mr. Ebenezer Choate, aged 87 years (Vt. Record., June 12, 1852.)
Clark: In Pelham, 13th ult., Justus Clark, formerly of Northampton, aged 94 years. (Christian Register., Jan. 3, 1852.)
Cobb. In Canaan, N. H., 4th inst., Mr. Salmon Cobb, formerly of Mansfield, Mass., aged 91 years. (Christian Register, Dec. 6, 1851)
Cody: In Vernon Center, Oneida Co., N.Y., 7th inst., Mr. Samuel Cody, aged 94 years, native of Hopkinton, Mass. (Christian Register., June 3, 1854.)
Cogswell: In Atkinson, N. H., 30th ult., Mrs. Judith Cogswell, aged 93 years, wd. of William Cogswell, a Rev. soldier.(Christian Register., Oct. 15, 1859.)
Colbath. On 21st inst., Mr. George Colbath, aged 94 years. (Christian Register, Oct. 1, 1853)
Connor: In Pembroke, Mr. Eliphalet Connor, aged 92. (Boston Columbian Centinel, Jan. 3, 1833.)
Thomas Corbett -- In Bath,Steuben Co., Mr. Thomas Corbett, aged 76. (Buffalo Patriot, Jan 6, 1829- sub. by K. Torp)
Crittenden: In Hopkinton, St. Lawrence Co, N. Y., Solomon Crittenden, a Revolutionary pensioners, aged 93 years. Mr. C. was born in Killingworth, Conn., Sept 14th, 1761 [Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT) 15 Mar 1855, p2]
Crofut: In Danbury, Conn., Sept. 13, Sarah, relict of Seth Crofut, aged 97. (Christian Register, Oct. 6, 1855.)
Cutter: In West Cambridge, 12th inst., Mr. Charles Cutter, aged 84 years. (The Atlas, ? 19, 1840.)
Davis, Greenwood. In Antrim, N. H., Joseph Davis, upwards of 90 years of age, to Augusta Greenwood. (Boston Columbian Centinel, Jan. 30, 1858)
Davis: In Chelmsford, Aug. 14, Samuel Davis, Esq., aged 90 years. (Christian Register., Aug. 25, 1855.)
Dean. In Barnard, Vt., Mr. Seth Dean, aged 97. He was a Revolutionary soldier and was father of Rev. Paul Dean, of Framingham. (Christian Register, Dec. 6, 1851)
Derr: In Uniontown, Md., 15th inst., John Derr in his 95th year. (Christian Register., July 29, 1854.)
Dunham: In Coventry, Conn., 21st ult., James Dunham, aged 91 years. (Christian Register., Apr. 21, 1855.
Eddy: Another Gone - Samuel Eddy, a revolutionary soldier, died at Coleraine (Colrain), Mass., on the 7th inst., aged 91 years and six 6months. [Richmond Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 24 Jan 1855, pg 2]
Eddy: In Taunton, Feb. 28, Abeshar Eddy, aged 93. (Christian Register., Mar. 10, 1855.)
Eichelberger: In Harrisburg, Penn., Mr. George Eichelberger, aged 80. . (Boston Columbian Centinel, Dec. 27, 1832.)
Ellis: At Attlebor, 19th inst., Mr. Joel Ellis, ?is 93d year. (Christian Register., July 31, 1852.)
Ellsworth: In Mayfield, O., 22d ult., William ___ Ellsworth, in his 93d year. (Christian Register., Apr. 24, 1852.)
Elmer. At Bridgetown, N. J., on the 1st ult., Lt. Col. Eli Elmer, a distinguished officer in the American War and one of the early martyrs under the reign of Thomas Jefferson. (The Oracle of Dauphin, Harrisburgh, Pa., Mar. 2, 1805)
Emes. Died at Philadelphia, Pa., on the 27th inst., Capt. Worsley Emes, of the late Revolutionary army, and a member of the Cincinnati Socity. (The Oracle of Dauphin, Harrisburgh, Pa., Aug. 16, 1802)
Eustis: In Boston, Mass., on the 6th inst. His Excellency William Eustis, aged 73. He had been in public life for one-half century, commencing his career at Cambridge, 1775, as surgeon in American army. (Boston Columbian Centinel., Feb. 19, 18__??)
Evans: In Fryesburg, Me., Mar. 8, Capt. William Evans, aged 90. (Christian Register., Apr. 14, 1855.)
Fairbanks: In Ashburnham, 18th inst., Cyrus Fairbanks, aged 100 years 1 month. (Christian Register., June 26, 1852.)
Farrin: In Bath, Me., 4th inst., Mr. ? Farrin, aged 84 years. (Boston Courier., Dec. 16, 1840.)
Farrington: In Warren, Me., Mr. --------- Farrington, aged 89. (Boston Courier., Dec. 16, 1840.)
Fenderson: In Parsonfield, Me., 24th ult. Mr. John Fenderson, aged 90. (Christian Register., July 17, 1852.)
COL. William Few, aged 81 years,died 16 July at Fishkill, N. Y., the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. Chrystie. Born in Maryland, in 1748, he wasan inhabitant of Georgia when the Revolution commenced. In 1776 he was elected a member of the Convention whichformed the first Constitution of that State. He was afterwards a member of the Legislature and Executive Council.But the dangers of the times soon called him to the field. Georgia, invaded by the British on the sea border andby their savage allies on the Western frontier, was preserved by the unsubdued spirit of a few militia. Amongstthese, William Few, who was soon raised to the rank of Lt. Col., distinguished himself by his bravery and activityin several actions with the British and Indians. Augusta having been recovered and the savages repulsed, he was,in the year 1780, appointed a delegate to Congress, where he continued until the peace of 1783. He was reappointedin 1786 and in 1787 was chosen a member of the convention which formed the constitution of the United States forGeorgia from 1789 to 1793, and having married in the city of New York, moved there, where he spent 30 years. Herepresented the city several years in the Legislature of the State till he was appointed by Mr. Jefferson Commissionerof Loans. (National Intelligencer Vital Statistics, 23 July 1828)
Fisher: In Wrentham, 17th inst., Cyrus Fisher, aged 94 years. (Christian Register., Mar. 11, 1854.)
Fletcher. In this town yesterday morning Archelaus Fletcher, aged 67, a black man formerly of Springfield, Mass., (Oneida Repository (Canadaigua), Nov. 12, 1834)
Fletcher: In Walpole, 2d inst., Jonathan Fletcher, aged 100 years 5 months 4 days. (Christian Register, Feb. 18, 1854.)
Gen. William Floyd
This patriot of the revolution, and one of the illustrious signers of the Declaration of Independence, breathed his last on Saturday, the fourth of August, at Western, Oneida county (NY). He was in his 90th year; full of age and honors, and was gathered to his fathers, like a patriarch, after assisting to liberate this country, and witnessing its prosperity and freedom. Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Charles Carrol, are all who yet survive among the signers of the Declaration of Independence. We should not omit noticing that the venerable Charles Thompson, Secretary to the Continental Congress, is still alive in Pennsylvania. - N.Y. American. (Pensacola, Pensacola Gazette [The Floridian], 22 Sep 1821, p3. Transcribed by HEH)Follett: In Worthington, 30th ult., Samuel Follett, aged 97. (Christian Register., Dec. 9, 1854.)
Foote: In Nashua, N. H., July 8, Isaac Foote, aged 93. (Christian Register., July 28, 1855.)
Francis: In Wethersfield, Conn., Feb. 13, Robert Francis, aged 92. . (Christian Register Feb. 24, 1855.)
Frasier: In Pomfret, Vt., Mr. Daniel Frasier, a native of Wellfleet, Mass. (Christian Register., Mar. 19, 1853.)
Freeman: In Reading, Mass., Mr. Sha__ Freeman, a native of Africa, aged 90. (Boston Columbian Centinel., Jan. 12, 1833.)
Freneau: In Monmouth, N. J., Capt. Philip Freneau, aged 80. . (Boston Columbian Centinel, Dec. 27, 1832.)
Frye: In Andover, Mass., Mr. Timothy Frye, aged 91 years. (Christian Register. Feb 25, 1854.)
Henry Gardner- aged 93years, 5 months, 20 days, died in Charleston, S. C., 10 Feb. He was born at North Kingston, R. I., 20 July 1734.He was from early life a mariner, and at the commencement of the Revolution, he shouldered his musket, but as soonas vessels of war were commissioned, he entered on board some of the first. Being in France at the time Paul Jonestook command of the Bon Homme Richard, he entered on board as sailing master and bore a conspicuous part in thememorable engagement with the Serapis, after which he was in various actions and served as sailmaker on board thefrigate Alliance, under the command of the late Capt. Barry, until the peace of 1783. Upon the commencement ofthe late war, although at the age of 78, he immediately entered as sailmaker, on board one of the vessels of theU. S., and served until the peace. (National Intelligencer Vital Statistics, 27 Feb. 1828)
George: In Thomaston, Me., Sept. 8, at the residence of her son-in-law, Hon. J. Ruggles, Mrs. Margaret George, formerly of Watertown, Mass., aged 95 years, wid. of Capt. John George, of the Rev. (Christian Register., Sept. 23, 1854.)
Gilman. In Brooklyn, N. Y., 24th ult., Mrs. Sarah Gilman, aged 94, widow of Nathaniel Gilman, a Revolutionary soldier. (Christian Register, Apr. 3, 1852)
Goodnough: In Deerfield, 25th ult., Abner Goodnough, aged 87. (Christian Register., Nov. 6, 1852.)
Gordon: At Rockaway, N. J., 23d ult. Mr. David Gordon, aged 93. (Christian Register, Aug. 1852.)
Grant: In Monticello, Ga. Mr. Thomas Grant, aged 72 - a soldier of the Revolution. Mr. G. left $8000 to different benevolent institutions. [Journal of the Times (Bennington, VT) 26 Dec 1828, p3]
Graves: aged 68 years, died 26 May in the county of Madison, Va. He was a Revolutionary soldier. He joined the ranks in defence of his country and was one of the captors of Cornwallis in the memorable battle of Yorktown. (National Intelligencer Vital Statistics, 5 June 1828)
Greaton: In Jamaica Plain, 12th inst., Miss Greaton, aged 88, daughter of Gen. John Greaton, a Rev. soldier. (Christian Register., Oct. 24, 1857.)
Grinnell: In New Bedford, 29th ult., Mr. William Grinnell, formerly of Little Compton, R. I., aged 89 years 5 days. (Christian Register., Nov. 13, 1852.)
Gunn--"Died -- Another patriot gone. Died in this village on Wednesday last, Mr. Abel Gunn, a soldier of the Revolution,in the 88th year of his age. Mr. Gunn was under the personal command of Washington during all the early part ofthe war and engaged in most of the actions that marked the disastrous campaigns of 1776, from the defeat of theAmericans on Long Island, and their retreat through New York and New Jersey into Pennsylvania. He was in the partythat crossed the Delaware with Washington the night of the memorable 25th of December, 1776, and captured the Hessiansat Trenton; was also one of the party that overturned the statue of George Third in New York at the commencementof the war in 1775. He had been for more than fifty years a resident of this town, and for the past thirty yearsan exemplary member of the Episcopal Church. He was buried with military honors."
[Source: "The Records of Christ Church" Poughkeepsie, NY, F.B.House 1911- 1916, transcribed by K. Torp]Gunnell: In New Bedford, 29th ult., Mr. Wil__ Gunnell, aged 89, formerly of Little Compton, R. I. (Christian Register, __? 6, 1852.)
Haddock. In Conway, May 9, Mr. Josiah Haddock, aged 87. (Oneida Repository (Canadaigua), May 20, 1835)
Haines. In New York, 19th ult., in 94th year, John A. Haines.
Hall: In Providence, Maj. Brian Hall, formerly of Norton, aged 70. (Boston Columbian Centinel, Jan. 15, 183?)
Hampton. Gen. Wade Hampton, of South Carolina. (Oneida Repository (Canadaigua), Mar. 4, 1835)
Hanford: In Walton, Delaware Co., N. Y., Oct. 19, Levi Hanford, in his 96th year, a native of Norwalk, Conn. (Christian Register., Nov. 11, 1854.)
Harlow: In Plymouth, Me., Dec. 21, Sylvanus Harlow, aged 93. (Christian Register, Jan. 13, 1855.)
Harris: In East Salem, Washington County, N. Y., 1st ult., in his 88th year, Ebenezer Harris, a native of Brooklyn, Conn. His wife, with whom he had lived 68 years, was daughter of John Sawtell, of Groton, Mass., who fought at Bunker Hill. (Christian Register, May 14, 1853)
Harris: In Moretown, April 29th, Ezra Harris, aged 75 years, one of the soldiers of the Revolution. [National Standard (Middlebury, VT) 13 May 1828, p3]
Hart: In Williston, Vt., Mr. Zechariah Hart, aged 103 years. (Christian Register, Apr. 10, 1852)
Hartwell: In Stetson, Me., Nov. 1, Oliver Hartwell, aged 93 years. (Christian Register., Nov. 25, 1854.)
Hasking: In Taunton, 2d inst., Mr. Preserved Hasking, aged 93 years 11 months. (Christian Register., Apr. 15, 1854.)
Hawley: In Monroe, Conn., Mar. 1, Capt. Abel Hawley, a Revolutionary pensioner, aged 91 years 10 months. [Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT) 15 Mar 1855, p2]
Hazen: At Troy, the 1st inst., Brig. Gen. Moses Hazen, aged 69, distinguished as a brave and zealous officer in the Revolutionary War. (The Oracle of Dauphin, Harrisburgh, Pa., Mar. 21, 1803)
Henderson: Died, in Shaftsbury, Mr. Joseph Henderson, a soldier of the revolution, aged 80. [Vermont Aurora (Vergennes, VT) 22 May 1828, p3]
Henry: In Amesbury and Salisbury Mills ___ge, Miriam, aged 87, wid. of Zaccheus Henry, soldier from Sandown, N. H. (Christian Register, __? 6, 1852.)
Hicks: In Buffalo, 18th ult., Daniel Hicks, aged 101 years. (Christian Register., Apr. 2, 1853.)
Hinds: In St. George, Me., Mr. Samuel Hinds, aged 98 years, a native of Charlestown, Mass. (Christian Register, Mar. 6, 1852)
Holbrook: In Sherburne, Apr. 12, Mrs. Sarah Holbrook, aged 85 years, wid. of Mr. Jonathan Holbrook, a Rev. soldier. (Boston Courier, Aug. 19, 1846.)
Capt. Robert Holmes: 31st ult., Capt. Robert Holmes in the 90th year of his age. (Christian Register., Apr. 21, 1855.)
Hosmer: In Walpole, N. H., Feb. 1, Mr. James Hosmer, aged 82. (Boston Courier., Feb. 13, 1840.)
Howard. In Brownfield, Me., 14th ult., Hon. Joseph Howard, aged 93, a native of Woburn, Mass. (Christian Register, Dec. 6, 1851)
Humphreys: At New Haven, on the 21st ult. Gen. David Humphreys, aide de camp to Gen. Washington. Minister to several foreign courts etc. (The Catskill Recorder, Mar. 4, 1818.)
Humphreys: In New Haven, (Conn) Gen. David Humphreys, a patriot of 1776. [3/18/1818, re-published in "Ohio Source Records"by Ohio Genealogical Society]
Jacques: In Castine, Mr. Richard Jacques, aged 85, formerly of Boston. (Boston Courier., Dec. ?, 1840.)
Colonel Francis Johnson,aged 66, an officer of the revolutionary war. [The American Review, May1815 - sub. by K. Torp]
Joseph Johnson: At Pleasant Mills, N. Y., Joseph Johnson, aged 93 years. (Vt. Record., May 22, 1852.)
Johnson: In Berlin, Mr. Nathan Johnson, aged 84 (Boston Columbian Centinel., Jan. 4, 1833.)
Johnston: In Porter, Niagara Co., N. Y., Mr. Windsor Johnston, aged 92. (Christian Register., Feb. 4, 1854.)
Kelton: In Jonesboro, Me., 4th inst., Benj. Kelton, aged 90 years. (Vt. Record., May 22, 1852.)
Kern- In Lenox, N.Y.,Mr. Charles Kern, aged 76 (Buffalo Patriot, Jan 6, 1829 - sub. by K.Torp)
Kirkum: In Norton, Summit Co., 15th ult., Philemon Kirkum, Esq., aged 91 years. A native of Branford, Conn. (Christian Register., Aug. 12, 1854.)
Kirkum: In Norton, Summit Co., 15th ult., Philemon Kirkum, Esq., aged 91 years. A native of Branford, Conn. (Christian Register., Aug. 12, 1854.)
Lay: In Chatham, N. Y., Mr. Edward Lay, aged 79 years. He was a prisoner on board Jersey prison ship. (Boston Courier., Dec. 15, 1840.)
Leach: In Lebanon, N. H., Mr. Silas Leach, aged 96. (Boston Courier., Sept. 22, 1849.)
Lee: Another Revolutionary Soldier Gone
Died in Ulysses, (NY) on the 11th inst, Jeptha Lee, a soldier of the Revolution, aged ninety-one years and elevendays. Mr. Lee was a private in Colonel Lamb's regiment of artillery, was in Fort Montgomery when it was taken bythe British, and escaped out of the fort with General James Clinton and others - was in the battle of Short Hills,near New York, and at Germantown, Monmouth, Brandywine, and in various other battles, and was at the taking ofCornwallis. He has lived for the past fifty years on lot No, 14, in the town of Ulysses, which he drew for hisrevolutionary services. – [Ithaca Journal, March 14. ["The KalidaSentinel", Mar 31, 1855 - Submitted By -G.T-Host]
Editor C. Owen Carman of the Trumansburg Free Press has discovered a cloud on the title to our farm. He had a piece in the Free Press about it. The original owner of Lot 14 in the Town of Ulysses was, as you know, Jeptha Lee, a soldier of the Revolution. He derived his title from the state through a patent executed by Governor George Clinton April 25, 1791... [excerpt from The Ithaca Journal (Ithaca, New York) 02 Nov 1936, Mon p6]News Item: Our request of last week for information about Jeptha Lee, the soldier of the Revolution, who cleared the land where stone posts is, brought a response that is most fratifiying (sic). We can do with more information, however, and we'll have to possess more before we can bring all the loose ends together and publish our findings. This is just a preliminary report. Mr. John Brooks, president of the DeWitt Historical Society, referred us to various deeds envolving Jeptha on record in the county clerk's office. He also found an account book of the general store at Jacksonville which tells a good deal about the old gentleman. Most of the neighbors in those days bought a little whisky every time they went to the store, but not Jeptha. His account over a period of years discloses no such item.
Mrs. Doctor Kirkendall contributes the important information that Jeptha Lee lived to a ripe old age and that he wore large, circular ear rings and "barn door" pants. Mrs. Kirkendall ought to know because she is Jeptha's great granddaughter and was born and raised in Jacksonville. She has a picture of him some where which she is going to look up and also a lot of papers containing his reminiscences of the early days. That reference to "barn door" pants will probably have to be explained for the benefit of young chits under 58. Probably all Presidents of the United States up to Franklin Pierce wore barn door pants. Two large buttons located near the waist band bore all the responsibility. When those gave way there was no secondary defence. Two huge flaps opened up front and rear like a barn door. Our pioneer ancestors had a feeling for vivid metaphors drawn from their everyday experiences. [The Ithaca Journal (Ithaca, NY) 27 Jul 1936, p6]Lee: Died this morning, Mr. Stephen Lee, of Portland, Maine, in the 74th year of his age. Mr. Lee was a soldier in the Revolution; he was one of those patriots who fought in the first and last battles for independence, Bunker Hill and Yorktown. He was imprisoned in the Jersey Prison ship at the Wallabout, and escaped by swimming. He is a stranger in the city, and the friend of the stranger, and all those who venerate devoted patriotism, as well as the friends of his son, David Lee, Jr., and of his grandson, Jas. M. Lane, are invited to attend his funeral, to-morrow (Sunday) afternoon at 4 o'clock, from Masonic Hall, Broadway. [The Evening Post (New York, NY) 29 Jan 1831, Sat., pg2]
Lewis: In Hyannis, Mr. Geo. Lewis, aged 98 years, 7 months. (Christian Register, May 14, 1853)
Livingston: Another Revolutionary Hero Gone
Died, at his residence in Poughkeepsie, New York, on the 29th ult. Henry Livingston, Esq. in the 80th year of his age. In him, we have lost another soldier of the revolution, a patriot, and asserter of American Independence. In 1773, he accompanied the American forces to Canada, as Major of a regiment commanded by Col. James Clinton, (afterwards General) and father of his Excellency De Witt Clinton, late Governor of the state of New York. He subsequently sustained the office of a Judge Dutchess county. [Western Carolinian (Salisbury, NC) 15 Apr 1828, p2]Lynch: In Poultney, on the 22d ult. Mr. John Lynch, aged 66 - a soldier of the Revolution. [National Standard (Middlebury, VT) 13 May 1828, p3]
Lyon: In Easton, Conn., 19th ult., Nehemiah W. Lyon, aged 100. (Boston Columbian Centinel, May 5, 1860)
Makepeace: In Oxford, Mar. 23, William Makepeace, Esq., formerly of Franklin, aged 92 (Christian Register, Apr. 7, 1855.)
Marsh: In Haverhill, Hon. Nathaniel Marsh, aged 75; an officer during the Revolutionary War, and for some years a Senatorof this Commonwealth. [The North American Review, Sept 1815 - Sub. by K. Torp]
M'Watters: On Saturday, the 30th ult. at Gladdens Grove, Fairfield District, in this State, John M'Watters, a soldier of the Revolution, in the 84th year of his age. [The Charleston Daily Courier (Charleston, SC) 09 Sep 1828, p2]
Meigs: Col. Jonathan Meigs
He was a revolutionary war hero, one of the first settlers of Ohio and called "The White Path" by theCherokee Nation.
Died on the 28th of January last, at the Cherokee Agency, Col..
Return JonathanMeigs. The following sketches of his military services, are deemed due tohis merits and character:
Col. Meigs was a native of Connecticut. Immediately after the battle of Lexington, which opened the bloody dramaof the Revolution, he marched a company of light-infantry, completely uniformed and equipped, which he had previouslyorganized and disciplined, for the environs of Boston. He was soon appointed a Major by the state of Connecticut,and marched with Col. Arnold in his tedious and suffering expedition to Canada.
In the bold enterprise of storming Quebec, he commanded a battalion; and, after penetrating within the walls ofthe city, was made prisoner, together with captains Morgan and Dearborn, since become Generals, and well distinguishedin American history. In 1776, Major Meigs was exchanged and returned home. In 1777, Gen. Washington appointed himColonel, with authority to raise a regiment. Col. Meigs, having raised a part of his regiment, marched to New Havento carry into exectution a plan projected for the surprisal and destruction of a part of the enemy at Sag Harbor,on Long Island, where large quantities of stores and forage had been collected for the army at New York; the accountof which is given in Marshall’s Life of Washington, as follows:
"General Parsons entrusted the execution of this plan to Col. Meigs, a very gallant officer, who had accompaniedArnold in his memorable march to Quebec, and had been taken prisoner in the unsuccessful attempt made on that placeby Montgomery. He embarked with about 230 men on board thirteen whale boats, and proceeded along the coast to Guilford,from whence he was to cross the Sound. Here he was detained some time by high winds and a rough sea; but on the22d of May, about one o’clock in the afternoon, he re-embarked one hundred and seventy of his detachment, and proceeded,under convoy of tow armed sloops, across the sound to the north division of the Island near Southold. The eastend of Long Island is deeply interested by a Bay, on the north side of which had been a small foraging party, against which the expedition was in part directed: but they had marched to New York two days before.
"Here, however, information was received, that the stores had not been removed from Sag Harbor, which lies in thenorthern division of the Island, and that a small guard still remained there for their defence. The boats wereimmediately conveyed across the land, a distance of about 15 miles into the bay, where the troops re-embarked,and crossing the bay, landed within four miles of Sag Harbor, at two o’clock in the morning; which place they completelysurprised, and carried with fixed bayonets. At the same time a division of the Detachment secured the armed schr. And the vessels, with the forage which had been collected for the supply of the army at New York. These brigs and sloops, twelve in number, were set on fireand entirely consumed. Six of the enemy were killed, and 90 of them taken prisoner. A very few escaped under coverof the night; having thus completely effected the object of the expedition, without the loss of a single man, andhaving moved with such uncommon celerity, as to have transported his men by land and water ninety miles in twenty-five hours."
"As a mark of their approbation of his conduct, Congress directed a sword to presented to him, and passed a resolutionexpressive of their high sense entertained of his merit, and of the prudence, ectivity and valor displayed by himselfand his party, in this expediton. In 1779, Col. Meigs commanded one of the regiments which stormed and carried Stony Point, under Gen. Wayne."
He was one of the first settlers of the wilderness which has since become the state of Ohio; having landed at theconfluence of the Ohio and Muskingum rivers, with the earliest emigrants. A government for the North Western Territoryhad been prepared, by an ordinance of the Congress of 1787. Governor St. Clair and the Judges of the Territory had not arrived. The emigrants were without civil laws or civil authority. Col. M. drew up a concise system ofregulations, which were agreed to by the emigrants, as the rule of conduct and preservation, until the proper authorities should arrive.
To give these regulations publicity, a large oak, standing near the confluence of the rivers, was selected, fromwhich the bark was cut off sufficient space to attach the sheet, on which the regulations were written – and theywere beneficially adhered to until the civil authorities arrived. This venerable oak was, to the emigrants, moreuseful, and as frequently consulted, as the Oracle of ancient Delphos, by its votaries.
During a long life of activity and usefulness, no man ever sustained a character more irreproachable than Col.Meigs. He was a pattern of excellence as a patriot, a philanthropist, and a christen. In all the vicissitudes of fortune the duties of religion were strictly observed, and its precepts strikingly exemplified. The latter part of his life was devoted to the amelioration of the condition of the aborigines of the country, for which purposehe accepted the Agency of the Cherokee station; and in the discharge of his duties he inspired the highest degreeof confidence in that nation, by whom he was emphatically denominated “The White Path”. In all cases they revered him as their Father, and obeyed his counsel as an unerring guide.
His death is a loss to the country, and especially to that station. His remains were interred with the honoursof war, amidst a concourse of sincere friends, and in the anguish of undissembled sorrow. His death was serenely happy in the assurance of Christian hope. – Nat. Inte.[Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) February 26 1823 Page 5; sub. by NP]Merrill: In Hollis, N. H., Mr. Daniel Merrill, aged 91(Christian Register., Nov. 13, 1852.)
Merrill: In Jackson, N. Y., Isaac Merrill, aged 81 years 4 days, formerly of Northumberland, N. H. (Christian Register., Feb. 12, 1853.)
Miller, Gen. Henry
April 21, 1824 --- From the York Gazette
Died on the 5th inst., at Carlisle, Gen. Henry Miller, for many years a distinguished and highly respectable inhabitantof this borough. By the death of Gen. Miller, another patriot and revolutionary worthy has passed into that invisiblestate beyond the grave, where soon all the heroes of the revolution will be gathered. They soon will exist onlyin the remembrance of a grateful county. Gen. Miller was a native of Lancaster county, but when very young removed to York. In the year 1775, he marchedfrom this place as a Lieutenant in Capt. Doudle’s Company to Boston, where he soon was promoted to a captaincyon the resignation of his captain. He held the commissions of Major, Lieutenant Colonel, and Colonel, in the warof the Revolution. Gen. Wilkinson, in his memoirs, states that Maj. Miller’s regiment was ordered by General Washington,to check the rapid movements of the enemy in pursuit of the American Army, whilst retreating across the state of N. Jersey; and the order was so successfully executed, and the advance of a powerful enemy impeded and embarrassed,that the author of the memoirs attributes the preservation of the American troops, which afterwards gained theindependence of the Country, to the good conduct of Maj. Miller, which was admirably seconded by the late Gen.Hand.
Gen. Wilkinson, in a note to his valuable work, says “Gen. Henry Miller, of the City of Baltimore, was distinguishedfor his cool and deliberate bravery, and certainly possessed the entire confidence of Gen. Washington.” This showsthe high estimation in which the father of his county held him. He was along side of General Craig (then Colonel) at the battle of Monmouth, and had two horses killed under him. On the western expedition he was appointed Quartermaster General; these arduous and responsible duties he performedto the entire satisfaction of the public. Gen. Miller’s last services were performed at Baltimore, in 1813, when that city was menaced with imminent danger, by a large army and fleet in the Chesapeake Bay. He was appointed aBrigadier General by the later Governor, Levin Winder, and had the command of the troops stationed for its defence. His spirited and manly reply to a threatening letter of Admiral Warren, will never be forgotten.
Gen Miller was in many of the most important battles of the revolutionary war, and endured a large share of the trials and sufferings incident to that eventful period. He was also an excellent civil officer. He filled for manyyears the Prothonotary’s and Sheriff’s Offices of York county. He was the supervisor of th revenue for the districtof Pennsylvania during the administration of President Adams and after this office was abolished he removed to Baltimore, where he resided for some years as a respectable and honest merchant. From that city he retired to a farm near the forks of the Juniata and Susquehanna rivers, devoting his attention to agricultural pursuits. He was then appointed by Gov. Hiester to the office of Prothonotary of Perry county. He was also a member of the Legislatureof this state, and of the convention that framed the state constitution. He was the candidate in opposition toMr. Gallatin for the U. State’s Senate. Mr. Gallatin being declared ineligible, and Gen. Miller declining to bea candidate again, Mr. Ross of Pittsburgh, was elected to that situation.
No man had more self possession and more fortitude to support himself against the darkening storms of adversity than the subject of these remarks. He was kind, liberal and sincere and with a mind characterized with peculiar strength and quickness of perception, he was prompt and firm in his decisions. He was decidedly at one time amongstthe most popular men in the state, and so in part he remained during the many vicissitudes of party collisons. He now abides in that mansion where the wicked cease troubling and the weary are at rest, until the trumpet ofthe mighty angel shall awaken to a general resurrection those who have been sleepers for thousands of years.
Gen. Miller deceased at the age of 74 years, and at the time when the munificence of the Legislature had just madec ompensation for the important revolutionary services he rendered his native county – he did not live long enough to receive this righteous retribution. – G. [Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) - Submitted by NP]Mitchell: In Scott Co., Ind., Feb. 12, Amas Mitchell, in his 90th year, served as musician under Benedict Arnold. (Vt. Record., Mar. 8, 1851.)
Mitchell: In West Bath, Me., 15th inst., Mr. James M. Mitchell, aged 94 years. (Christian Register., Feb. 19, 1853.)
Monk: Near Carthage, N. C., 25 ult., J? Monk, in his 103d year. (Christian Register., May 27, 18??.
Monroe: In Bridgewater, N. Y., 18th ult., Abraham Monroe, 92, a soldier under Gen. Gates, at the surrender of Burgoyne. [Boston Evening Transcript (Boston, Mass) 04 Aug 1851, p3
Monroe: In Hillsborough, N.H., Mr. Thaddeus Monroe, a soldier of the revolution, aged 70 - and his wife aged 68. [Journal of the Times (Bennington, VT) 26 Dec 1828, p3]
Morrison: At Philipsburg, Me., 16th inst., Mr. Moses Morrison, aged 96. (Christian Register., July 24, 1852.
Morse: In Paris, Me., Capt. Seth Morse, aged 90 years 5 months. (Christian Register., June 3, 1854.)
Morse: In Pomfret, Vt., 16th, Abial Morse, aged 96 years. (Christian Register., Mar. 7, 1857.)
Morse: In Methuen, Nov. 30, Amos Morse, aged 94. (Christian Register., Dec. 9, 1854.)
Morse: In Beverly, Mar. 18, Mr. Mark Morse, aged 96 years 2 months 21 days. (Christian Register., Apr. 1, 1854.)
Mossman: At Thomaston, Me., Mr. ? Mossman, aged 89. (Boston Courier., Dec. 16, 1840.)
Munn: N.Y., Stephen Munn, aged 90, a native of Mass. (Christian Register., Sept. 22, 1855.)
Myres: In New Haven, Mr. William Myres, Rev. pensioner. (Boston Columbian Centinel., Oct. 16, 18?4.)
Nelson: General Roger Nelson, a patriot of the revolution, and a member of Congress [The North American Review, July 1815, - sub. by K. Torp]
Nice. On the 5th inst., at his place in the township of Germantown, in the 68th year of his age, Maj. John Nice, of the Revolutionary Army. (The Oracle of Dauphin, Harrisburgh, Pa., July 26, 1806)
Nixon: General John Nixon, aged 90. He commanded the first brigade of the Massachusetts line, in the war of Independenceand was wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill. (North American Review- May 1815)
Norton: At East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., Capt. Aaron Norton, father of Ebenezer F. Norton, Esq., of this place, aged86. Capt. Norton removed from Goshen, Conn., in 1795. [Buffalo Patriot,December 9, 1828 - sub. by K. Torp]
Orton: In Monterey, Nov. 5, Azariah Orton, aged 93 years 8 months. (Christian Register., Nov. 18, 1854.)
Parmeter: In Potsdam, N. Y., Feb. 19, Nathan Parmeter, a native of Worcester Co., Mass., aged 98 years. (Christian Register., Mar. 10, 1855.)
Parrott: Near Luray, Va., Sept. 20, William Parrott, aged 100 years 7 months. (Christian Register., Sept. 23, 1854.)
Pasco: In East Windsor, Conn., Sept. 20, Reuben Pasco, aged 92 years, 6 months. (Christian Register, Oct. 22, 1853)
Paulding: On the 20th inst., at his residence in Yorktown, N. Y., John Paulding, one of the three incorruptible patriots who arrested Major Andre during the Rev. War. His venerable compatriots, William and Van Wart, are yet living. (The Catskill Recorder., Mar. 11, 1818.)
Peck: In Tiverton, R. I., Benjamin Peck, Esq., aged 85. (Christian Register., Oct. 21, 1854.)
Peck: In Monson, Feb. 9, Joseph Peck, aged ?8. (Christian Register Feb. 24, 1855.)
Peckham: In Newport, R. I., 20th ult., Mr. Daniel Peckham, aged 94 years 3 months. (Vt. Record., June 5, 1852.)
Pelton: In Floyd, N. Y., 21st ult. Joseph Pelton, aged 95 years. (Christian Register., Mar. 11, 1854.)
Perkins: In East Boston, 24th ult., Mrs. Elizabeth Perkins, aged 99 years, 5 months. (Christian Register, Oct. 1. 1853)
Perry: In Keene, N. H., Silas Perry, aged 89. (Vt. Record, June 19, 1852.)
Pettit: In Philadelphia, on the 3rd inst., in the 70th year of his age, Mr. Charles Pettit, a much beloved and highly respected patriot of the Revolution. (The Oracle of Dauphin, Harrisburgh, Pa., Sept. 12, 1806)
Pickard: In Rowley, 30th ult., Tabitha Pickard, 90 years, 10 months, widow of Jacob Pickard. (Boston Columbian Centinel, May 20, 1854)
Pierpont: In North Haven, Conn., 29th ult., Mr. John Pierport, aged 91 years. (Christian Register, Jan. 10, 1852.)
Pike: Col. Zebulon Pike, aged 83 years, died Zebulon, O., July 27. His son, Brig. Gen. Pike, was killed at the storming of York, U. C., by the explosion of a magazine. (Oneida Repository (Canadaigua), Aug. 20, 1834)
Pilsberry: In Cape Elizabeth, Me., Oct. 18, Capt. Joseph Pilsberry, a native of Newbury, Mass., aged 99 years 11 months and 25 days. (Christian Register., Oct. 28, 1854.)
Plumb: In Ogdensburg, N. Y., 22d inst., Isaac Plumb, aged 92. . (Christian Register., June 26, 1852.)
Porter: Another Revolutionary Hero
"Has given his honours to the world again, His blessed part to Heaven, and rests in peace"
Departed this life at his residence in Butler county, Va. on the 8th inst. Captain Wm. Porter, in the 82d year of his age. For more than thirty years he occupied the farm on which he died, universally esteemed by a large circle of friends, for whom his hospitable mansion afforded a general rendezvous. In all the social reality of a husband, father, neighbor, and friend, his native goodness of heart and exemplary manners, stood conspicuous. His ardent patriotism, firm integrity and enthusiastick devotion to liberty, formed a common theme for the eulogy of all who knew him, while they served to stimulate his descendants to imitate his virtues. His last declaration on worldly concerns should be regarded as "a rich legacy" to the youth of our country. Being asked hy one of the Clergy whether he was apprised that his end was at hand, and if he had the necessary assurance of a happy immortality, he replied in the affirmative, and added, "but I did wish to live till the termination of the present Presidential contest. - I helped to plant the Tree of Liberty in our soil, and frequently poured out my blood upon its roots, and have seen its branches expanding for now more than half a century - may Heaven preserve it from the fate which has so often befallen it in other countries, the destructive Power Of Military Idolatry." Yes, this was the sentiment of one who fought through nearly the whole of the war of Independence, and was literally covered with scars received in the battles of Germantown, Monmouth, Buford's defeat, &c. &c. It is ours, while he is gone to receive the reward of his glorious deeds, with the father of his country, in the bosom of his God. -- Baltimore Pat. [Brattleboro' Messenger (Brattleboro, VT) 22 Aug 1828, p3]Pratt: In Chelsea, 30th ult. Mary, wid. of the late Samuel Pratt, aged 98 years. (Christian Register., Oct. 9, 1852)
Prescott: In Halifax, N. S., 23d ult. Dr. Joseph Prescott, aged 91 years. (Christian Register., July 10, 1852.)
W. Preston, Esq., aged 78, an active officer in the war of the revolution. [TheNorth American Review, May 1815 - sub. by K. Torp]
Punchard: Hon. John Punchard, d. at his residence in Salem 18th inst., aged 93 years 10 months (Christian Register., Feb. 24, 1857.)
Quarles: In Newburyport, 6th inst., Mrs. Mary Quarles, wid. of Wm. Quarles, a Rev. soldier, aged 89 years. (Christian Register., Mar. 18, 1854.)
Rape: In Nashville, Tenn., 28th inst, Gustavus Rape, aged 97. (Christian Register, Apr. 17, 1852)
Rawson: Died, Jonathan Rawson, In Victor, NY. Aged 77 (Buffalo Patriot, Oct. 21, 1828)
Read: In Fall River, Mass., Mr. Sam__ Read, aged 76. (Boston Columbian Centinel ,Jan. 9, 1833.)
Reed: In Fitzwilliam, N. H., 30th ult., Phineas Reed Esq., aged 87, a native of Westford, Mass. Phineas Reed was the youngest of four brothers ___served; he settled at Fitzwilliam, Mar., (Christian Register., Apr. 24, 1852.)
Reed: In Londonderry, Vt., July 4, Mr. Thos. Reed, aged 88 years. (Christian Register, July 19, 1851)
Remon: At Watertown, N. Y., 2d inst., Mr. Christopher Remon, aged 94 years. (Christian Register, Aug. 1852.)
Reynolds: In South Kingstown, R. I., Oct. 17, Mrs. Eunice Reynolds, wife of Capt. James Reynolds, in her 89th year. (Christian Register., Oct. 28, 1854.)
Rice: In Reading, Feb. 6, Mrs. Sarah Rice, aged 91 years 5 months 14 days, wid. of Abiah Rice, who served in the Rev. (Vt. Record, Feb. 19, 1864.)
Richardson: In Leicester, Livingston Co., Roswell Richardson, aged 70.(BuffaloPatriot, Dec 9, 1828)
Ripley: In Londonderry, N. H., Mr. Joseph Ripley, aged 90 years 6 months. (Christian Register., Jan. 13, 1855.)
Robinson: In Southboro, Jan. 17, Mr. Zacheus Robinson, aged 93. (Boston Columbian Centinel, Jan. 30, 1858)
Rodes: In Phil., Nov. 5, Mrs. Catherine Rodes, in her 92d year, relict of Mark Rodes, Rev. soldier.(Christian Register., Nov. 18, 1854.)
Rowley: In Bloomfield, Conn., Oct. 1, Capt. Silas Rowley, aged 94 years. (Christian Register, Oct. 14, 1854.)
Sanborn: In Solon, Me., Capt. Matthew Sanborn, aged 94, formerly of Northfield, N. H. (Christian Register, May 14, 1853)
Sawin: In Westminster, 26th ult., James Sawin, aged 98 years. (Christian Register., Sept. 10, 1859.)
Shew: In Albany, 23d ult., Jacob Shew, in his 99th year. (Christian Register, Feb. 5, 1853.)
Simpson: In East-Machias, William Simpson, Esq. aged 64. A patriot of the Revolution, and a native of N. Hampshire. [Journal of the Times (Bennington, VT) 26 Dec 1828, p3]
Smith: In North Hadley, Sept. 22, Gideon Smith, formerly of Lynne, N. H., aged 80 (?). (Boston Columbian Centinel, Sept. 28, 1849)
Smith: In Brookfield, 12th inst., Mrs. Mary, wife of Capt. Israel Smith, a Rev. soldier, who survives her, aged 97 years 8 months. Been married 79 years, had 14 children; 37 grandchildren, 58 great grandchildren, 6 great, great grandchildren. (Vt. Record., June 26, 1852.)
Smith: In Hartford, Conn., Jan. 3, Rev. Jonathan Smith, aged 94, formerly of Chicopee, Mass. (Christian Register., Jan. 13, 1855.)
Smith: In Fitzwilliam, N. H., Capt. Nathan Smith, aged 91. (Christian Register., July 28, 1855.)
Smith: In Gilsum, N. H., 18th ult., Mr. Samuel Smith, aged 95. (Christian Register., Feb. 12, 1853)
Smith, Capt. William (Virginia)
Died on the 12th ultimo, in Albemarle county, Va., Capt. William Smith, in the 96th year of his age. Mr. Smithserved against the Indians as a captain in a campaign under the command of colonel George Washington, sometime before Braddock’s defeat. He was also in several battles during our revolutionary struggle, and was distinguished for his bravery and devotion to the cause of his county. For many years past, he has been a great lover of his bible, and could read with ease without spectacles. [Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Penn) March 19 1823 Page 3; Submitted by Nancy Piper]Spear: In this city (Boston, Mass.) Capt. John Spear died, age 75. (Christian Register, Apr. 16, 1824.)
Stark, General John: Death of General Stark
The immortal Stark is no more! He surrendered his mighty soul to the God who gave it, on Wednesday, May 8, 1822,aged 93 years, 8 months and 24 days; his last illness was short by extremely distressing – fourteen days previousto his death, he sustained, as was supposed, a paralytic shock, which discovered itself in choking and inabilityto swallow while eating; after this he ate no more; and during his remaining time, he was speechless, althoughit was apparent to his watchful friends and relations who stood around him, that he retained his senses to the last. – Until the last attack, he had ever been able to walk about the house, and in pleasant weather out of doors.
His funeral obsequies were attended by a large concourse of people at his late residence in Manchester, on the bank of the Merrimack, on Friday last. Rev. Dr. Dana, on Londonderry, addressed the Throne of Grave in a ferventand excellent prayer. His remains were interred with military honors in the cemetery which without a few yearshad been enclosed at his own request; it is situated on a mound being the second rise from the river, and can beseen for a distance of four or five miles up and down the Merrimack.
John Stark was born at Londonderry, N. H., Aug. 18, 1728, old style, corresponding with Aug. 17, N. S. His father was a native of Scotland, and was educated at the University of Edinburgh; married in Ireland and emigrated toAmerica at the beginning of the last century. He made his first settlement at Londonderry, but soon after removed to Derryfield (now Manchester,) and settled on the east bank of the Merimack, near Amoskeag Falls. On the breaking out of the seven years war, John Stark, then 21 years of age, his brother William, Amos Eastman of this town, and John Stinson, of Londonderry, while out on a hunting excursion on the upper branches of this river, were surprisedby the Indians. Stinson was killed on the spot; Eastman and John Stark were taken prisoners, and William Starkescaped. Stark was conducted by the Indians to St. Francois, and from thence to Montreal, where, after remaining four months in captivity, he was purchased by Mr. Wheelright, of Boston, and returned home by way of Albany. Soon after he engaged a company of Rangers, of whom he was first commissioned lieutenant, and afterwards Captain. Herehe found a field suited to his daring and adventurous spirit – he remained in this service until the close of thatwar, during which he retained the confidence and friendship of the British General, Lord Howe, until the deathof that nobleman, who was killed while storming the French lines.
In that sanguinary and doubtful contest Stark was always found cautious on a march, vigilant in camp, and undaunted in battle – and it was probably owing to the experience he here acquired, that invariable success attended, sofar as he was concerned, his battles of the subsequent revolution, which separated these States from Britain. At the close of the French war he returned to his father’s house, was soon after married, and remained in the enjoymentof domestic life, until the report of the battle of Lexington spread, like an electric shock, through the country.When this report reached Stark, he was at work in his saw mill at Amoskrag Falls: he stopped his mill, went immediately to his house, took his musket, and with a band of heroes proceeded to Cambridge. The morning after his arrival,he received a colonel’s commission, and in less than two hours he enlisted eight hundred men!
On the memorable 17th of June, at Breed’s Hill, the British soldiers first felt the destructive hand of the backwoodsmen of New Hampshire. Stark, during the whole of this engagement, evinced the most consummate bravery and intrepid zeal for his county, and his name and heroism will live forever in the annals of that eventful period. The night after this battle, the works on Winter Hill were commenced, and so zealous were the soldiery, that on the morrowthey presented a bold and commanding front, that kept the British in awe, and prevented further depredations.
After the British evacuation of Boston, Stark went to the northern posts to assist the retreating army from Quebec. On the arrival of the army at Ticonderoga, the important pair of Mount Independence assigned to his command, and the arduous task of fortifying that peninsula. After the British quit the lakes, he joined General Washington in Pennsylvania, preparatory to the battle of Trenton. And here it may be important to notice an event which was related on the day of his funeral by a venerable companion in arms then present, and in whose veracify the most implicit reliance may be place.
It is well known that, just previous to this important action, the American army was on the point of being brokenup by suffering, desertion and the expiration of the term of enlistment of a great portion of the troops. A few days previous, the term of the New Hampshire troops expired: Stark was the first to propose a re-engagement for six weeks – he, for the moment, left his station as commander, and engaged as recruiting officer; and it is added that not a man failed to re-engage. He led the van of that attack – and the event is well known. Seven days after he was with Gen. Washington at Trenton, when Lord Cornwallis with 12,000 men nearly hemmed them in: by consummate address the impending fate of the Americans was avoided. Washington fell on the enemy’s rear at Princeton, andso broke up the British plans, that the enfeebled American army was enabled to turn to hem up the British in theenvirons of New York.
In 1777, the overwhelming force of Burgoyne drove the Americans from their strong post at Ticonderoga – universal alarm prevailed in the North at the rapid approach of the British. Stark was found ready to meet and conquer them. He voluntarily marched to Vermont, and at the head of undisciplined, but ardent troops, he immortalized his name by planning and consummating the attack at Bennington – the most extraordinary and least expected event of the whole revolution, in which two different corps of British, Hessian and Indian “invincibles” were attacked and beaten in rapid succession, the first in their redoubts, and the second while coming up to the relief of the other. Thisvictory, from a state of the lowest depression, inspired Americans with the highest confidence; Stark, with myriadsof other volunteers, joined Gen. Gates at Saratoga, and by his exertions aided in the overthrow of Burgoyne. Hewas of the convention which negotiated the British surrender, but was decidedly averse to any other treaty than a surrender at discretion.
The following year the northern frontier was assigned to his command with a feeble force; still, his old friends, the militia, prompt at his call, presented such an attitude as secured the frontier from assault. In ’79 he wasat Rhode Island, and principally employed with Gen. Gates in surveying the country from Riverton to Point Judith to guard against attack. Late in the season, however, he joined Washington with the northern army, who was enabled to make good his winter quarters. In the year ’80 he was with Washington at Morristown and in the battle of Springfield; that season terminated with Gen. Lincoln’s disaster at Charleston and the treason of Arnold. In ’81 he again had charge of the northern department, and kept the enemy in close quarters with a small body of militia; the surrenderof Cornwallis this year closed the war.
For the materials of this hasty sketch, our obligations are due to Major Caleb Stark, his eldest son, who participated with his illustrious father in many of the perils of the revolution.
At the conclusion of the war, Gen. Stark, like the Roman Cincinnatus, retired to the pursuits of domestic life, mingling with the industrious and hardy comanry of New England, and aspiring to none of the honors or emoluments of public office, but reaping, in common with his countrymen, the fruits of that immortal struggle, which made us a free people. For the last few years of his life he enjoyed a pecuniary bounty from government – a few will offering of the nation to one of its most distinguished defenders.
Such was Gen. Stark – the last surviving general officer of the revolution – the first and most intrepid hero ofour State, of whom she may justly boast as unsurpassed in cool and determined bravery. He has gone the way of all the living. His character in private life was unblemished – His manners were frank and artless, though tinged withan eccentricity peculiar to his family alone. To sum up all, he was that humblest work of God’s – an Honest Man." [Taken From the Gettysburg Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) May 29, 1822 Page 4; Submitted by NP]Stevens: In North Brookfield, Mr. Judah Stevens, aged 74. A soldier of the revolution. [Journal of the Times (Bennington, VT) 26 Dec 1828, p3]
Stimpson: In Charlestown, Dec. 5th, Mr. Andrew Stimpson, aged 90 years, 6 months. (Boston Columbian Centinel, Dec. 27, 1849)
Stone: In Auburn, Mar. 7. Nehemiah Stone, aged 95. (Christian Register., March 24, 1855.)
Stone: In Oakham, Mr. Isaac Stone, aged 75. A sergeant in the revolutionary army. [Journal of the Times (Bennington, VT) 26 Dec 1828, p3]
Sturtevant: At Hartford, Me., 11th inst., Seth Sturtevant, aged 93 years. (Christian Register., July 31, 1852.)
Taintor: In Windham, Conn., Nov. 24, Charles Taintor, Esq., in his 93d year. (Christian Register., Dec. 9, 1854.)
Tallmadge: At Candor, Tioga County, on the 20th ult., Joe Tallmadge, aged 77, father of the Hon. N. P. Tallmadge of the U. S. Senate (Oneida Repository (Canadaigua), Feb. 19, 1834)
Tayler: In Albany onthe 19th ult., John Tayler, in 87th year of his age. (Buffalo Patriot,Mar. 24, 1829 - sub. by K. Torp)
Temple: In South Adams, 8th inst., Stephen Temple, aged 91 years. (Christian Register., Aug. 19, 1854.)
Terry: In Guilford, N. Y., 6th ult., Ebenezer Terry, aged 100 years 4 months, a native of Enfield, Conn. (Christian Register., Feb. 4, 1854.)
Thatcher: In Thomaston, Me., Oct. 12, Mrs. Lucy F. K., wid. of Judge Ebenezer Thatcher and daughter of Gen. Henry Knox of the Rev., in her 78th year of her age. (Christian Register., Oct. 21, 1854.)
Thompson: In Brimfield, Mr. Jonathon(?) Thompson, aged 97. He was a Lieut. in the French War, and assisted at the taking of Burgoyne, in the Rev. (Boston Columbian Centinel., Jan. 8, 1825.)
Thompson: In Halifax, Mass., Josiah Thompson, Esq., aged 77, an officer of the Revolution. [Brattleboro' Messenger (Brattleboro, VT) 22 Aug 1828, p3]
Thompson: In Elizabethtown, NY, Mr. Robert Thompson, a native of Scotland and a soldier of the revolution, aged about one hundred and twelve years. [Vermont Aurora (Vergennes, VT) 22 May 1828, p3]
Thompson: 2d inst., Mrs. Sarah Thompson, wid. of Capt. Thompson of Sudbury, aged 92 years. A Rev. soldier. (Christian Register., Dec. 11, 1852.)
Thompson: In Salem, Ohio, Seth Thompson, aged 69, a revolutionary soldier. [Buffalo Emporium and General Advertiser (Buffalo, NY) 13 Nov 1828, p3]
Timothy: In Cummington, Daniel Timothy, aged 99. (Christian Register., Jan. 18, 1855.)
Tupper: In Middlebury, Vt., Darius Tupper, a soldier of the revolution, 76 - was with Montgomery in the campaign of 1776; and proved himself a good soldier. [Farmer's Herald (St. Johnsbury, VT) 12 Aug 1828, p3]
Vanderzee. In Greenbush, N. Y., Mrs. Geety, relict of Teunis Vanderzee, aged 84. He served in the Revolution. (Oneida Repository (Canadaigua), May 20, 1835)
Van Fleet: In Reading, N. J., July 10, John T. Van Fleet, aged 94. (Christian Register., Aug. 4, 1855.)
Wadleigh: At the Shaker Village, N. H., 23d ult., John Wadleigh, 95 years 7 months. (Christian Register., Nov. 6, 1852.)
Wallace: In New York, Sergt. Andrew Wallace, aged 105. He was a native of Scotland, born at Invesness, 1730, arrived in America 1752. (Oneida Repository (Canadaigua), Feb., 1835)
Warner. In Phelps, on the 14th inst., Deac. Jesse Warner, aged 86. (Oneida Repository (Canadaigua), Aug. 27, 1834)
Weeks: In East Greenwich, R. I., June 22, Mr. Oliver Weeks, aged 100 years. (Christian Register., July 21, 1855.)
Wheeler: In Wheeler, Steuben co. N. Y. Capt. Silas Wheeler, aged 78, father of the Hon. Grattan H. Wheeler, a soldier of the Revolution. [Journal of the Times (Bennington, VT) 26 Dec 1828, p3]
White: On the 10th inst., aged 53, Anthony Walton White, Esq., Adjutant General of New Jersey. He was an active and meritorious Revolutionary officer. (The Oracle of Dauphin, Harrisburgh, Pa., Feb. 28, 1803)
Whitehead: Died, At Great-Barrington, June 5, Mr. Isaac Whitehead, aged 97 years, a soldier of the Revolution. [The Pittsfield Sun (Pittsfield, Mass.) 14 Jun 1855, p3]
Whitman: In Oxfordville, N. H., Nov. 9, David Whitman, aged 95 years. (Christian Register., Nov. 25, 1854.)
Whitmarsh: In Weymouth, 23d ult., Mr. Samuel Whitmarsh, aged 99. (Christian Register., Jan. 18, 1855.)
Whitney: In Montague, 31st ult. Ebenezer Whitney, aged 96 years. (Christian Register., Apr. 21, 1855.)
Whiton: In Lee, Mass. 16th ult. Hon. Joseph Whiton, in the 69th year of his age. He was a soldier in the Revolution, joined the army in '76, was at the battle at White Plains, and was at the capture of Burgoyne under Gates in '77. Through an active life, he has sustained many offices, municipal, civil and military, the duties of which he discharged in a manner honorable to himself, and satisfactory to an intelligent community. For many years he represented the town of Lee in the House, and for two successive years the county of Berkshire in the Senate of that Commonwealth, and was an active, efficient member of the Legislature. He has held the office of Major General in the Massachusetts militia, and for several of the latter years of his life was Associate Justice of the Court of Sessions for the county of Berkshire. [The Charleston Daily Courier (Charleston, SC) 09 Sep 1828, p2]
Wickes: In Pike Co., Ala., Dec. 20, Mr. William Wickes, aged 106 years. (Christian Register., Feb. 12, 1853.)
Wilder: In Wendell, Feb. 24, Nathaniel Wilder, aged 100 years. (Vt. Record., Mar. 8, 1851.)
Williams: In Hubbardston, Mr. John Williams, aged 74. (Boston Columbian Centinel, Dec. 28, 1832.)
Williams: In Burrillville, R. I., 16th inst., Mr. John Williams, aged 92. (Vt. Record., May 29, 1852.)
Willis: In Monroe, Va., Jan. 28, Maj. William Willis, aged 99 years. He was b. in New Bedford, Mass., 1754. [no newspaper cited]
Wolf - Died, At his late residence in the county of Wilks (GA), on the night of the 5th instant, Andrew Wolf, in the 89th yearof his age. Mr. Wolf had been an actor in "the times that tried men's souls." having enlisted when quite a youth in the Virginia line of the army of the revolution, and remained in the service of his country until that great and glorious struggle terminated in her independence. We do not claim for "the Old Worthy" thefame and distinction usually awarded to those who have marshalled and led our armies on the battle-field, but would hold in rememberance the humble and unassuming soldier, the tried and unflinching patriot, who not only gave the strength and vigor of his youth to the cause of his country, but perilled his life in her defence. "He has fought his last battle," and been gathered to his fathers. B. [October 11, 1847, Daily Chronicle & Sentinel, Augusta, Georgia - Submitted by W.F. Dixon]
Worcester: Another Revolutionary Soldier Gone: Died in Tewksbury, on the 4th inst., Mr. Eldad Worcester, a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner, aged 90 years, 3 months and 12 days. - Thus has fallen asleep another of the small remnant of the men who were actively engaged in the glorious struggle that terminated in our of Independence. Mr. Worcester served one year of enlistment in the war, when he settled down upon the paternal farm, where he has ever since resided. He has lived a long, industrious and useful life, and, at last, has been gathered to his fathers, in a good old age, leaving numerous descendants, who reverently cherish his memory. [Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (Bangor, ME) 10 May 1853, p2]
