Corrected Roster of Company C.
[The first figures indicate age at enlistment: the city and town, the place from which the recruits came, or are credited as belonging.]
Note.—It should be remembered that several of the men from Westport were citizens of Fall River credited to the quota of Westport, the town of Westport paying them a bounty.
Capt. ELIHU GRANT.
Elihu Grant, Captain; 42; Fall River. The preacher; the soldier; the man of affairs. A Westerner by birth, an Easterner by practice. He was first known in Fall River as a popular preacher, where he ably served several churches. Later he became one of the firm of Flint, Grant & Nichols. Tin, Crockery and Furniture Dealers. He graduated from West Point and also from one of the Western colleges. He was a bookkeeper, agent for soldiers and sailors, probation officer for the Second District Court, a member of the School Board, and a member of the G. A. R. He was a Free Mason and belonged to several other mystic orders. He married Amanda Gifford, of Westport, for his first wife, and Mary Read, of the same town, for his second wife. His death occurred at New Bedford, March 13, 1897, at the ripe age of seventy-five years, and was caused by his being thrown from his carriage at Westport Harbor, Mass. One daughter and three sons, fifteen grand and eight great grandchildren survive him.
Benjamin A. Shaw, First Lieutenant; 30; Fall River. He served his full term of enlistment and was mustered out with the regiment. He was commissioned in the Second Heavy Artillery, went with the company to Portsmouth, Va., and died there July 26, 1864. His grandfather was in the Revolutionary War, and his father was a soldier in the War of 1812.
Charles D. Copeland, Second Lieutenant; 33; Fall River. A patriotic soldier; a model officer. His son is a doctor of medicine and resides in Bridgewater, Mass. He has one son and two daughters living.
Alphonso Borden, First Sergeant; 30; Fall River. He was discharged for disability March 27, 1863. He died in Fall River, being run over by a fire engine. A widow survives him, living on Rock Street, Fall River.
Charles G. Remington, Sergeant; 25; Fall River. He was mustered out with the regiment, came home, and after a while went West. Nothing can be learned of his present residence. He is supposed to be living in the West.
Isaac L. Hart, Sergeant; 41; Fall River. He was for years a prominent manufacturer. He was superintendent of Seaconnet Mills for many years. He died Dec. 20, 1886. Two sons survive him.
J. E. Cunneene, Sergeant; 30; Fall River. A prominent manufacturer; superintendent of cotton mills in Fall River; a good soldier; a good citizen, and a good friend.
Lester Lamson, Sergeant; 22; Fall River. He resides in Paris, France, where he acts as an artist in portrait painting and practices medicine as occasion may require.
E. F. Manchester, Sergeant; 20; Westport. A soldier, a patriot, a true man in everything and everywhere. He was engaged in business in Fall River several years. He moved to Portsmouth, R. I., where he died after a lingering sickness. A widow and several children survive him.
Thomas Wiseman, Corporal; 25; Fall River. He re-enlisted in Fifth Unattached Company, Heavy Artillery. He resides in Fall River and is janitor of the post office and custom house in that city.
Nathaniel Ford, Corporal; 23; Fall River. A contractor and builder. Resides in Fall River.
Robert C. Negus, Corporal; 32; Fall River. Both before the War and after he followed a seafaring life in a whaling ship. He died in Fall River several years ago.
Robert Fielden, Corporal; 26; Fall River. For several years he was engaged in the mill business. He retired from active business and lives in Swansea.
Frederick A. Norton, Corporal; 18; Fall River. He resides in Fall River and is clerk in the city office, street department.
Samuel F. Durfee, Corporal; 28; Fall River. He resides in Fall River. He carries on the teaming business and is janitor of the G. A. R. Hall.
James McGuire, Corporal; 31; Fall River. Died several years ago.
George G. Grush, Corporal; 20; Fall River. In the employ of the Bell Telephone Company (long distance). A very busy man when on duty; a genial companion when off duty. He resides in Fall River.
Charles S. Weaver, Wagoner; 20; Fall River. He went West; since then nothing has been heard of him.
Privates.
Althan, George; 18; Fall River. Dead.
Andrews, Thomas; 44; Westport. Dead.
Austin, Francis S.; 30; Fall River. He resides in Fall River, where for many years he was boss machinist. He retired from business in good circumstances. He has two sons and three daughters living.
Borden, Stephen B.; 23; Fall River. Dead.
Butler, James; 32; Fall River. Died at Soldiers Home, Togus, Maine, July 10, 1904.
Baker, Abram H.; 18; Westport. He went to California and is supposed to be living.
Bucklin, George W.; 37; Fall River. Dead.
Brayton, Stephen F.; 21; Fall River. Resides in Fall River.
Bowers, Joseph; 21; Fall River. A machinist for M. C. D. Borden.
Bohan, James; 22; Fall River. Resides in Providence, R. I.
Borden, John A.; 21; Fall River. Nothing known of him since the war.
Bradbury, William; 18; Fall River. Resides in Providence, R. I. He is an efficient member of the police force of that city. Is a comrade of Slocum Post, No. 10, G. A. R., and past grand of Westminster Lodge, No. 27, I. O. O. F. A fluent speaker and earnest worker in the Order.
Brow, Frank E.; 16; Fall River. He went to Los Angeles, Cal., where he is supposed to be living.
Clark, Henry; 36; Fall River. Died a long time ago.
Clarkson, Edwin; 18; Fall River. Resides in Central Falls, R. I.
Coggeshall, Edward D.; 25; Fall River. A blacksmith, Jamestown, N. Y.
Caswell, Thomas N.; 32; Fall River. Dead.
Cook, Charles H.; 25; Fall River. He resides in Fall River and is janitor of the Veteran Firemen’s Building.
Chase, George N.; 23; Fall River. Dead.
Crapo, Francis H.; 22; Fall River. Died in Chicago years ago.
Caldwell, William; 30; Fall River. A farmer, living just out of Fall River.
Cameron, John A.; 18; Fall River. Resides in Fall River.
Cash, William; 35; Fall River. Resides in Fall River. He was company bugler.
Crowley, Patrick; 40; Westport. Resides in Fall River.
Crighton, Thomas J.; 18. He re-enlisted Aug. 17, 1864, and was discharged July 27, 1865. He was on detached service as aid to surgeon-general. He resides in Fall River and is foreman of a brass foundry there.
Davol, John; 40; Fall River. Fife major of regiment. Died in Taunton, April 20, 1904.
Davol, John N.; 18; Fall River. Drum major of regiment. John N. was the son of John Davol. There is a story current that one day there was a little difference between father and son, the son saying that being drum major, he outranked him (the father), whereupon the father retorted that he was his father and would give him (the son) a sound licking, which he did, after which harmony reigned between father and son.
For many years after the war John Davol was in the clothing business in Fall River and John N., his son, was in company with him. The last named died in the Soldiers Home, Togus, Maine, Oct. 24, 1904.
Delmage, James L.; 29; Fall River. He lives on a farm in Swansea, where he is spending his remaining days in the quiet of a well-earned rest.
Dixon, James; 30; Fall River. Dead.
Dolman, Joseph; 43; Fall River. Dead.
Darling, John A.; 29; Fall River. He was for years a sailor on a coasting vessel, then a carpenter, and later a grocer. He was a member of the G. A. R. He died in January, 1896, leaving a widow, one daughter and three sons.
Davis, John R.; 19; Fall River. Resides in Fall River.
Deplitch, William; 35; Fall River. He was discharged May 27, 1863, on account of wounds received in the Battle of Goldsboro, N. C., Dec. 17, 1862. For years he held a good position in Washington in one of the Government Buildings, receiving a good salary. He died in Fall River, Nov. 14, 1882.
Eaton, Josiah J.; 24; Westport. He died in 1902 or 3, leaving a widow and one daughter.
Fiske, Benjamin S.; 21; Fall River. Nothing known of him since he was mustered out.
Fitzgibbons, Thomas; 43; Fall River. Dead.
Graham, William; 26; Fall River. Dead.
Gilbert, Thomas; 26; Fall River. He re-enlisted in Twenty-first Unattached Company. He died Oct. 7, 1904.
Grant, George A.; 20; Fall River. He re-enlisted in Company D, Sixtieth Massachusetts. He resides in Brockton, a prominent man of the city, chairman of the board of assessors for several years, a man of affairs with an honorable record.
Green, Dennis; 18; Westport. Dead.
Horsman, John; 22; Fall River. Dead.
Horsman, Francis; 44; Fall River. He was for many years a gardener and a mill hand. He resides in Fall River and is hale and hearty at the age of eighty-seven.
Hill, Joseph; 38; Fall River. Died in Bristol, R. I.
Irving, Eli; 22; Fall River. A painter. Resides in Fall River.
Jennings, Thomas J.; 21; Fall River. Dead.
Jennings, Cornelius D.; 35; Fall River. Supposed to be dead.
Kenney, Thomas; 27; Fall River. For many years a mill hand; now retired.
Lawrence, James; 27; Fall River. He re-enlisted in Twenty-first Unattached Company Heavy Artillery. He resides in Fall River and is a collector for the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
Lawton, David; 26; Fall River. Agent for the Providence Steamboat Company for many years. Dead.
Lewis, William H.; 34; Fall River. Dead.
Lord, George; 27; Fall River. Dead.
Lock, John B.; 18; Fall River. Supposed to be living out West.
Monroe, Albert F.; 18; Fall River. A popular artist of Fall River. Residence, 181 Elm St.
McKinnon, Thomas; 28; Fall River. Dead.
Murphy, Dennis B.; 36; Fall River. Resides in Fall River.
Malone, Henry; 21; Fall River. Resides in Fall River.
Mallison, John; 30; Fall River. Unknown.
Martin, George; 40; Fall River. Dead.
Martin, Peter; 26; Westport. Resides in Fall River.
Mars, Reuben; 19; Fall River. Fell from a team in New York and was killed.
Nary, James; 28; Fall River. Dead.
Newman, William; 28; Fall River. Dead.
Peckham, William W.; 22; Fall River. Re-enlisted and was killed in the Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia.
Peckham, Peleg H.; 29; Fall River. Boss painter in Fall River.
Phelan, John; 25; Fall River. Dead.
Pell, Jabish; 25; Fall River. Died in New Bedford, 1903.
Packard, William H.; 26; Fall River. He carried on the blacksmithing business in Fall River for many years. Dead.
Platt, Edward; 35; Fall River. Resides in Fall River.
Read, John P.; 19; Fall River. Died of typhoid fever in 1863.
Regan, Timothy; 18; Fall River. Resides in Fall River.
Regan, Morty; 23; Fall River. Dead.
Smithson, John; 18; Fall River. Resides in Fall River.
Smith, Lafayette; 27; Fall River. Dead.
Sharples, Lawrence; 20; Fall River. Dead.
Sidley, John P.; 25; Fall River. Re-enlisted in Fifty-eighth Regiment. Resides in Fall River.
Smith, James B.; 23; Fall River. A stirring business man; writer of history of Company C. Resides in Providence, R. I.
Terry, Edward P.; 21; Fall River. Resides in Somerset, Mass.
Thackray, William; 38; Fall River. Re-enlisted in Fifth Unattached Company, Heavy Artillery. Retired from all business and resides in Fall River.
Tracy, William; 38; Fall River. Resides in Fall River. He believes he can outrun any boy of his age. He is now 82 years old.
Taylor, John; 36; Fall River. Discharged for disability, March 2, 1863. Died in Fall River.
Walker, James; 18; Fall River. Driver for Fire Engine, No. 7. Resides in Fall River.
Wallace, Richard D.; 28; Fall River. Dead.
Waite, Ishmael; 36; Fall River. Painter. Resides in Fall River.