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GENESEE COUNTY
REGIMENTS
THE
bombardment of Sumter aroused the same patriotic
feelings in Genesee County that were manifested
throughout the North, and for the time all partisan
feelings were forgotten; men of all parties evinced a
desire to sustain the government. At once an
enthusiastic meeting was held at Batavia and 20
volunteers were enrolled; the same evening a meeting was
held at Le Roy, and soon afterward others in various
parts of the county followed; the same patriot is
prevailed throughout.
On the 18th of April a call for 500 men was made from
the county, and a meeting called for Saturday afternoon
and evening of April 20th, at Concert Hall, Batavia; 48
young men were enrolled. The following
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committee wa appointed to solicit funds for the support
of the families of those who enlisted, and any other
expense: Trumbull Cary, John Fisher, Junius A.
Smith, Seth Wakeman, and James M. Willett.
For a like purpose a committee of three was appointed in
each of the other towns, as follows:
Alabama. - Chauncey Williams, George H.
Potter, Edward Hersey.
Alexander. - Heman Blodgett, Earl Kidder, E.
G. Moulton.
Bethany. - Lemuel Lincoln, A. G.
Terry, Carlos Huggins.
Bergen. - Horatio Reed, Samuel Richmond,
Josiah Pierson.
Byron. - J. T. Boughton, Loren Green, Addison
Terry.
Darien. - J. W.
Hyde, Col. A. Jefferson, T. C. Peters.
Elba. - Alva
Willis, A. T. Hulett, C. H. Monell
Le Roy. - Hon. A.
S. Upham, Walter Gustin, A. O. Comstock.
Oakfield. - C. H.
Chamberlain, J. C. Gardner, William Dunlap.
Pavilion. -
Oswold Bond, Warren Fay, George Tomlinson
Pembroke. - G. D.
Wright, D. N. Wells, R. F. Thompson.
Stafford. - Cyrus
Prentice, Robert Fisher, Perry Randall.
Recruiting
went on rapidly. On the 29th of April the first
company was formed under the command of A. T. Root,
and left the county; it became part of the 12th Regt. N.
Y. V. On the 14th of May the company of J. R.
Mitchell, and on the 15th that of Capt. William
L. Cowan, followed, bearing the adieux and
benedictions of all.
The departure of the first volunteers was an occasion
of peculiar interest, as it was the first volunteers was
an occasion of peculiar interest, as it was the first
time in the history of the county that men had felt the
peril of National existence from internal dissension,
and was the first call of the present generation for
volunteers. The felling for the first who went out
was more poignant than on similar occasions afterwards,
for the acuteness was to some extent worn away by
frequent exercise, and no idle curiosity was felt.
The brave volunteers of Tennessee County, who so nobly
left the comforts of home to go forth at their country's
call, to face death and suffering with no friendly hand
to allay, deserve a more minute history than the limits
of this work will permit.
In 1861, soon after the outbreak of the Rebellion, the
patriotic ladies of Batavia and othe rparts of Genesee
County organized associations for supplying soldiers in
the field with comforts and luxuries that the government
did not provide - havelocks, flannels, and articles of
clothing, as well as supplies for the sick and wounded,
which were sent on, and many a languishing patriot has
blessed the ladies of Genesee County. Among those
who early and earnestly engaged in this humane work was
Mrs.
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Gad B. Worthington, Mrs. John Fisher, Mrs. Alva
Smith, Mrs. E. R. Pratt, Mrs. Levi Jackson, Mrs. Richard
Cotes, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Dr. N. Clark, Mrs. Putnam, Mrs.
Thomas Yates, Miss M. Mallory, Mrs. John Wood, Mrs.
George Holden, Miss Parsons, Mrs. Seth Wakeman, Mrs. L.
B. Cotes, Miss Carrie Pringle, Mrs. S. C. Holden, Mrs.
Junius A. Smith, Mrs. Dean Richmond, Mrs. Macy, and Mrs.
H. Howard, and many others whose names now cannot be
learned.
22D N. Y. IND.
BATTERY
THIS regiment
was organized in this county, its rendezvous being at
Lockport; was mustered iinto the U. S. service oct. 18,
1862; was soon consolidated as Co. M. of the 9th N. Y.
Heavy Artillery; and participated in the following
battles: Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Monocacy,
Charleston, Cedar Creek, Petersburg again, and Sailor's
Creek. The officers and men when mustered into
service were: Captain, John D. Numan; senior 1st
lieutenant, Melancthon D. Brown; junior 1st
lieutenant, D. D. W. Pringle; senior 2d
lieutenant, Robert C. Worthington; junior 2d
lieutenant, Edwin F. Clark.
Sergeants - James M. Waite, Francis N. Parrish,
Asahel M. Abbey, Dan E. Waite, William I. Parrish,
William E. Wright, John Oldswager and
Josiah T. Crittenden.
Corporals. - Hugh T. Peters, Edward F.
Moulton, William H. Maltby, Thomas Walsh, Eugene B.
Wing, Robert Fowles, Henry Nulty, Orville Thomas, John
Connor, John D. Bartlett, Guy A. Brown, and James
G. Hatch.
Musician. -
Charles Foster, Edson H. Pond.
Artificers. -
Levi T. Garrett, Henry Wood; guidon, William M.
Moulton; stable sergeant, Edwin Lock; company
clerk, George Avery.
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Privates. -
Hezekiah Brown,
William T. Barrett,
E. J. Benton,
John Bower,
Seymour S. Brown,
Thomas C. Barnard,
Curus W. Brown,
Charles W. Bradley,
Freeman Bailey, Jr.,
Miles T. Brown,
Isaac Bruett,
Charles J. Cleveland,
George T. Chase,
Rowland Champion,
John Carmel,
John Cox,
Alva N. Colt,
James W. Case,
Michael Carney,
James Carney,
Thomas Cook,
Henry Connelly,
Benjamin Cox,
Zina W. Carter,
William H. Chappie,
George D. Dodson,
James Dunn,
Earl A. Dodson,
Sylvester Demary,
Dennis Dibble,
George Edwars,
William R. Eddy,
Elias Eastwood,
James Emory,
Orson J. Forbes,
Robert Finley,
Charles Fairfield,
William Faber,
Harmon Fitch,
Ansel Ford,
John E. Field |
John Griffis,
George Gann,
Cyrus A. Gowing,
Charles R. Griffin,
Paul Glor,
Amos Humphrey,
John Harmon,
Ira E. Haight,
Edward J. Hollenbeck,
John Hassett,
Archie Hollenbeck,
David Hill,
Henry Johnson,
John L. Kingdon,
Albert Knapp,
Patrick Keating,
Stephen R. King,
James Kidder,
Silas Knapp,
John Kellner,
Libbeus King,
Henry L. Kreatzer,
George B. Lawrence,
Henry Lapp,
Samuel Latrhop,
Benjamin Lewis,
Henry Leverington,
James M. Lapp,
Elias Lyons,
Charles Loplow,
Thomas McManis,
Marion F. Meredith,
Jacob Moore,
Elias Martin,
David Miller,
Albert H. Moulton
Archie McMillen,
John Munt,
Alexander McDonald
Angus McIntosh,
Lucius A. Munger |
Joseph Marsh,
Moses Nichols,
Michael
O'Donnell,
Robert Plant,
Thomas W. Paden,
James Porter,
John J. Peard,
Norman M. Putnam,
George Rogers,
Frederick Reichert,
Mortimer Rich,
Alonzo Rich,
Ambrose Rich,
Nathan E. Rumsey,
Charles E. Smead,
Henry Shafer,
Gilbert Shader,
David S. Spring,
Edward Shadbolt,
John D. Shiller,
Edsil Shaw,
Charles A. Smith,
Wallace M. Smith,
Edward B. Smith,
Stephen Thompson,
Frederick Tanger,
Homer L. Tisdale,
Stephen Taylor,
Henry Vishon,
Charles VanKuren,
Frederick Vickens,
Gilbert Wade,
Jonah C. Wicker,
John J. Warren,
Edwin Ward,
John Worthington,
Warren West,
Stephen T. Wing,
William Welch,
John W. Williams,
Walter S. Wright, and
Christian Zwetsh. |
Out of the original 168
only about 65 were in line for discharge at the close of
the war and expiration of their three years' service.
CAPT. FENN'S
COMPANY, 28TH REGT.
THIS gallant company was mustered into service May 22,
1861, and participated in the following battles:
Point of Rocks, Newtown, first Winchester, and Cedar
Mountain. In the last engagement the loss was
heavy. They were also engaged at Susquehanna Court
House and Chancellorsville. The officers and men
who enlisted were:
Officers. -
Captain, Charles H. Fenn;
1st lieutenant, William W. Rowley;
2d lieutenant, George M. Ellicott;
sergeants, Lucian R. Bailey, Charles D. Searles,
George W. Sherwood, Edward J. Watts;
corporals, Leander Hamilton, Chandler Gillam, Robert
J. Whitney, Darwin Fellows;
musicians, John Prost, Silas Bradd.
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Privates. -
Calvin Annis,
George Hallen,
William F. Albro,
Edmond Bragdon,
Bryon Brinkerhoff,
James F. Bennett,
Lafayette Barker,
Riley Blount,
George Barnard,
Oscar Barnes,
Philip Bittinger,
George H. Batton,
Henry Baldwin,
John S. Barber,
William H. Colburn,
Roswell Coddington,
William Howland,
Porter Howard,
Truman M. Hawley,
George M. Hamilton,
Isaac Hotchkiss, |
James G. Lawton,
Charles . Liscomb,
Joseph Luce,
John Moran,
Barnard Murray,
Lyman B. Miner,
William McCracken,
Richard Outhoudt,
Charles A. Perkins,
Edward C. Peck,
Robert Chapple,
Henry Close,
Charles H. Crandall,
Alexander Comyns,
Henry Dykeman,
Joshua A. Davis,
Melvin Dodge,
Decatur Doty,
Irvin H. Ewell,
Kirkland Ewell,
Theodore Eldridge, |
Joseph Ennis,
George Griffin,
Cleveland Gillett,
Joseph Gibson,
Peter Howland,
Erastus Peck,
Franklin Peck,
Michael Qiurck,
Charles B. Rapp,
Hawlow M. Reynolds,
Michael Ryan,
Howard M. Snell,
Henry Scott,
William B. Simmons,
Stephen Taylor,
Riley Thayer,
Robert Thompson,
Milton, Trip,
George Thayer,
John Van Buren
Francis M. Weatherlow. |
CAPT. A. J. ROOT'S
COMPANY, 12TH REGT.
THIS was one of the most gallant companies, and first to
organize and depart.
Officers. -
Captain, A. J. Root;
1st lieutenant, W. P. Town;
2d lieutenant, Lucius Smith;
sergeants, S. Dexter Ludden, Charles F. Rand, James
F. Taylor, Thomas Tansley;
corporals, Samuel McChesney, William P.
Jones, Joshua P. Taylor, Joseph L. Hunt.
Privates. -
William B. Aird,
Oscar Allison,
John W. Bartlett,
Franklin Billings,
George D. Baars,
John C. Beach,
John Briggs,
James Braley,
Almon G. Bentley,
James E. Cross,
James Conway,
Charles Coppin,
Zelotus Colby,
James Clifton,
Henry R. Casler,
Michael Delano,
Charles Durant,
Martin W. Dean,
Robert Dearlove,
Charles F. Davenport,
William Enwright, |
Alvin Fox,
John B. Foote,
Harrison Furguson,
Daniel N. Ford,
Jasper Gibbs,
William Graham,
John G. Gardner,
Patrick Ganatty,
Charles A. Hickox,
Jacob Hiber,
James F. Hilts,
William Johnson,
George Keene,
John Klansworth,
Barney Karker,
William H. Leonard,
William Lathrop,
Francis Lincoln,
Frank Murphy,
Albert A. Meade,
Peter Meschter, |
William H. Nichols,
Cornelius W. Post,
Robert Peard,
G. W. Reynolds,
Michael Ryan,
James Shepard,
Albert P. Stage,
George Smith,
John Stone,
Frank Seamans,
Hiram, W. Smith
James Scott,
Horace F. Tracey,
William Thompson,
Tiothy Tirney,
Alanson Vercillus,
William Wheeler,
McGuire, William,
James Preble,
Winfield S. Popple,
Michael Roach. |
105TH REGIMENT NEW
YORK VETERANS.
VERY many
brave men went out with this regiment, and Company __
was largely recruited from Genesee County. Other
companies ha__
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Genesee County men, which will be given in the order of
the companies. According to the adjutant-general's
report the regiment participated in the following
battles: Cedar Mountain, Rappahannock Station,
Thorough Gap, second Bull Run, Chantilly, South
Mountain, Antietam, and Fredericksburg. They saw
severe service, and were consolidated with the 94th in
1863.
Officers. -
Colonel, James M. Fuller;
major, John W. Shedd;
quartermaster, Charles Strong;
surgeon, Dr. D. C. Chamberland;
chaplain, B. P. Russell;
quartermaster-sergeant, Jerome J. Shedd.
COMPANY A. -
Officers. -
Colonel, James M. Fuller;
major, John Shedd;
quarter-master, Charles Strong;
surgeon, Dr. D. C. Chamberlain;
chaplain, B. P. Russell;
quartermaster-sergeant, Jerome J. Shedd.
COMPANY A. -
Andrew Whitney,
Abram Van Alstine,
Isaiah Thomas,
William Thomas,
John Thomas,
Henry E. Thomas,
John Tyrrell,
Lewis Skinner,
H. H. Ruland,
Malcom G. Pettibone,
John Nash, |
Burr Kenyon,
John Killen,
J. F. Hndredmark,
A. D. Harrington,
John Free,
William Dingman,
O. N. Campbell,
Alonzo Croft,
Lorenzo Croft,
Jeff Curtain.
Ed. Brower, |
Fred Bramsted,
Sam Averry,
Lanson R. Chaffee,
Lyman T. Miner,
George S. Winslow,
Clinton Brace,
M. Shadbolt,
H. Barbet,
George H. Smith,
George W. Dickey. |
COMPANY B.
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William Rose, |
George W. Forster, |
Philip S. Frost |
COMPANY C. -
Edward Thompson,
Joseph M. Cook,
Charles H. Hedge,
Peter McIntyre, |
M. McIntyre,
Edward Mercer,
Erasmus R. Stephens, |
William H. Thompson,
Orrin Thompson,
John B. Way. |
COMPANY D. -
George W. Griffith,
sergeant;
John Foster and Emogene Daniels,
musicians; |
Charles H. Miller, |
James Shine. |
COMPANY E. -
George Babcock,
captain;
Willis Benham, and John White,
lieutenants;
Patrick H. Graham, Lucius F. Rolfe, and Edwin
Hyde, sergeants;
Herbet Stacey, Clarence H. McCabe, J. A. Sherwood,
George W. Mather, N. J. Hamilton, Taylor Hart, and
Edward Brennan, corporals.
Privates:
Sheldon I. Brown,
Fred Eelris,
George Fauset,
John Johnson,
George Schuab,
Sylvester Primmer,
Oliver B. ____,
Isaac Wakely,
Isaac P. Wakely,
Franklin Terry,
James H. Turner,
James P. Thomas, |
H. Trumball,
Joseph Schofield,
Michael Strief,
William Riley?,
J. Parshall,
David Powell,
Robert Odion,
John Keenan,
Edwin S. Heath,
James H. Hogan,
Wesley Hawkins,
L. Hennesey, |
Jacob Hagisht,
W. H. Heal,
O? Gaskin,
Thomas Cady,
William E. Crane,
Crockr, Herrick C.,
John Barnard,
John Blake,
Chauncey, Bowen,
Albro, William F.
John F. Armstrong,
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CAPT. MOORE'S
COMPANY, 100TH REGIMENT.
THIS gallant company was mostly recruited from Genesee
County, and stands among the foremost in good work.
Its members form this county were:
Captain, Walter B. Moore;
lieutenants, M. H. Topping, Martin S. Bogart;
sergeants, Leonard D. Howell, Edward S. Peck,
Peabody Pratt, and Myron P. Pierson;
corporals, William Wheeler, W. M. Thompson,
and Donald McPherson;
musicians, J. O. Price, Samuel Malters, and
Willard Joslyn.
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SOCIETIES AND
ASSOCIATIONS.
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GENESEE COUNTY
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
IT may not be
generally known that this society had its origin in very
early years for June 22, 1819, a meeting was called and
met at the house of Hinman Holden.
Joseph Ellicott was elected president, and Hon.
Samuel M. Hopkins was elected president pro tem,
and Parmenio Adams, treasurer pro tem.
It was agreed to raise $500 for the meeting and
exhibibiton in October, $140 of the amount to be for
expenses and $350 for premiums. A committee was
also appointed to examine farms, they to be allowed $2
per day each for their time. Col. Green and
Col. Touner were appointed marshalls The
annual fair was ordered held on the second Monday in
October. Another record we find in June, 1832,
when Jacob Le Roy was chosen president.
The county has shown an uncommon interest in
agricultural affairs, establishing a strong, perpetual
society very early, and by its continued zeal still
sustains large and profitable meetings annually.
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GENESEE COUNTY
AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY.
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To the State
Charities Aid Association.
SUNDAY-SCHOOL
ASSOCIATION.
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GENESEE COUNTY
PIONEER ASSOCIATION.
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RAILROADS.
By the wisdom
of its founders the center of Genesee County was located
in the great trail between the East and the West, and
the lines of
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FRUIT INTERESTS.
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