History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts - citizen hylbom blog

DIED IN EEEEL PHISOXS.
James Eiley, llth U. S. Iiilnnti-y. ISC.k
Corp. Hiram George, oiltli Mass., Auir. 10, ISOl.
Peter Terney, O'JthN. Y., Oct. 11"), ISOl.
Nallian M. Walton, 59tli Mass., Sept. 11, 1S61.
The north sliield bears tlie following names —
:
DIED OF D1SE.\SE.
Surgeon W. IT. Hratli, i.l Mass., Au?. 2S, IsC-t.
Sergt. W \. i; Tilili'tis. :;:;.l \I;,ss , Miuch i:., Hfi3.
Corp. Cli.irli- A. Ilulm,-, |:;ili \la>-., KrI,. l'ii. lbG->.
Corp. ^^ K. Maiiiiia, :;:;a m,.-.. .i.ui, i-.>, im;,:j.
W. H. Avers, l:illi .Ma^^., D,e. IJ, l^(i3.'
I. B. Cowdrev, -id Co. SlKiriishnnt.-rs. April -20, 1SG2.
M. Morton D.la', .jllih .\|a-,s., Nov. :?«). 186:3.
Samuel 1. llo,kv, Ni Cn. .S|,;,i|,shooicrs, Oct. 20, 1SG2.
JolmT. (M,«-r.,. :mI, M.-,^s , March 1'.), ls(i:5.
"Waller 1! (i. (iray. y:;,! Ma^^ . \ns. :^:i, ISGi.
Aaron A. Green, 3:jd Ma^^ . .Imih' '^. I'^Oij.
E. A. Hale, I'JtIi Mass., .lui.r :;ii, l^i;.',
William Holden, 42d Mas^ , S, ,,t. l',i, lM-,;5.
Alphouso H. Pinkhani, (illi .Mass., Sept. 1 1, 1SC3.
Otis W^ Pinkham, 33d .Alass., May 15, 1SG3.
William B. Smith, Sth Battery, Sept. hi, 1802.
Joseph B. V/heeler, 13th Mass., May 2S, ISdi.
Oliver Wheeler, Jr., 33d Mass., Nov. 10, 1802.
George W. Young, 2d Co. Sharpshooters, Oct. 7, 1SG2.
James A. Green, Vjth N. Y., Sept. G, 1SG3.
Augustas F. Stevens, GtL Battery, 18G2.
The east shield is inscribed as follows : —
KILLED IX B.\TTLE.
Sergt. Charles H. Carr, 2'2d Mass., .lime 27, 1SG2.
Sergt. Leonard S. Wliittu-r. .V.lili Ma^s.. .Mav 12, 1SG4.
George O. Berry. liUli Mass., Srpi, IT, IsO;;.
John Brosnahaiii, 'jlh .Mmn'* . .\la\ 12, iMii
Philip () liurk-tniie, :;:M Ma~-., Ort. 2'.i, 1SG3.
John E, l.rclair. I:;il, Ma... S pt. 1?, l8G2.
STOXmiAM 349
Corp. Ilerschel A. Sanborn, 13tli Mass., July 1, 1SG3.
John Roach, llth U. S. Infantry, July 3, 1SG3.
DIED OF DISE.ISE.
Charles L. Nash, 5Cth Mass., Oct. 30, ISGG.
John L. Green, OOtli N. Y., March 11, ISGS.
Victor W. Lnren.h), '^ili I'.aitcrv, April 23, 1SG7.
Otis -\1. Kaslinaii, Nt Haltrrv, Apnl 22, lsG7.
John S. (irnrua ih Vci, Kc
I.--, .May 10, lsG.5.
John L. llovev
1 11. A., Ji;
It was at first intended tn place tlie monument
ill Central Sfinarc, and had it been so located tlie
arcliitectural elfect would have been much better.
Ill its present location, on open ground in Lindenwood
Cemetery, at the right of the main avenue,
it docs not appear so large as it really is, on account
of its isolated position. By vote of the town the
location was clianged from Central Scjuare to the
Cemetery. It stands on a slight elevation, so that
the top of the monument is about thirty feet above
the avenue.
Tlie following is from the oration of W. B.
Stevens, Esq., Jtily 4, 187G —
:
" Stoneham's company of ininute-mcii having
been engaged in the first battle of the Revolution
it was almost a providential coincidence that Cap-
tain John H. Dike's company, from the same town,
on the same day of the same inontli, should have
participated in tlie first skirmish of the Rebel-
lion. xVt Lexington, she was in the vanguard of
the army which founded the Republic ; at Baltimore
and Washington, she led tlie hosts that saved
the Union."
According to the rensns of Massachusetts, Stone-
Josepli Lcelair. :VM .Mass., .\lav 1.5, l^(il.
John Nolan, 33d Mass., May 2.5, 1SG4.
ham, in 1875, contained 4,ySl- inhabitants; males
Joseph Wheeler, 1st H. A., Juue 20, 1SG4.
2,mS, females 3,616.
The Stonehain Reform Club was organized by
1 This name, and the date of -the death of AF. ilorton Dike,
are erioneoiisly given on the monnnient. The first should be
James H. Ayers, the second, Nov. 18, 1863. — Ed.
Dr. Reynolds, March 16, 1876, and has a membership
of one hundred.