SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION
At the annual Town Meeting in 1896 a committee consisting of
Annie J. Ward and Dr. A.A. Bemis were appointed to locate and place
An appropriate bronze marker at the grave of each Revolutionary soldier in town
so far as possible. Their excellent and completed work was submitted in a report
to the town at the annual meeting in 1898, and is as follows:
|
NAMES |
BORN |
DIED |
AGED |
|
Allen, Israel |
1743 |
July 17, 1833 |
90 |
|
Adams, Elias |
1765 |
Feb. 23, 1842 |
77 |
|
Baldwin, Asa |
Aug. 27, 1723 |
April 23, 1811 |
88 |
|
Baldwin, Levi |
1755 |
1837 |
82 |
|
Bemis, Amasa |
Oct. 10, 1757 |
Nov. 21, 1842 |
85 |
|
Bemis, Jessie |
June 3, 1751 |
April 21, 1836 |
85 |
|
Bemis, Jonas |
June 29, 1760 |
March 25, 1846 |
86 |
|
Beers, Richard |
Sept. 4, 1780 |
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|
Bigelow, John |
1757 |
1843 |
86 |
|
Capen, James |
Aug. 3, 1762 |
April 3, 1833 |
71 |
|
Capen, Timothy |
Aug. 8, 1752 |
May 21, 1834 |
82 |
|
Clark, John |
1760 |
Jan. 12, 1837 |
77 |
|
Cunningham, Nathaniel |
March 16, 1746 |
Jan. 29, 1829 |
83 |
|
Converse, Luke |
Oct. 6, 1734 |
June 10, 1810 |
76 |
|
Draper, Luke |
Sept. 22, 1720 |
March 2, 1781 |
61 |
|
Draper, John |
Nov. 16, 1745 |
Dec. 20, 1822 |
77 |
|
Garfield, Joseph |
Sept. 19, 1758 |
June 10, 1836 |
78 |
|
Green, William |
1742 |
March 21, 1800 |
56 |
|
Hall, Samuel |
1742 |
Jan. 10, 1814 |
72 |
|
Harrington, Elisha |
1761 |
Jan. 2, 1817 |
56 |
|
Hatheway, Levi |
1762 |
May, 28,1841 |
55 |
|
Hill, Daniel |
1743 |
Feb. 6, 1837 |
94 |
|
Howe, Joel |
1760 |
Jan. 9, 1854 |
93 |
|
Jones, Phineas |
1766 |
April 27, 1850 |
84 |
|
Kingsbury, Josiah |
June 30, 1759 |
July 2, 1819 |
60 |
|
Lamb, David |
Dec. 11, 1755 |
April 26, 1814 |
59 |
|
Lamb, John Jr. |
March 22, 1755 |
Jan. 1796 |
41 |
|
Livermore, Moses |
1726 |
Oct. 18, 1797 |
71 |
|
Livermore, Abijah |
Jan. 18, 1817 |
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|
Livermore, David |
1745 |
Dec.13, 1818 |
73 |
|
Loring, Nathaniel Lieut. |
1749 |
Sept. 28, 1817 |
68 |
|
Mason, Ebenezer Capt. |
March 1, 1723 |
March 26, 1798 |
66 |
|
Muzzy, Jonas |
Jan. 2, 1748 |
March 17, 1819 |
71 |
|
Prouty, Joshua |
May 18, 1759 |
March 24, 1838 |
78 |
|
Prouty, Eli |
Sept. 8, 1757 |
June 27, 1818 |
68 |
|
Prouty, Elisha |
Jan. 27, 1759 |
Aug. 26, 1819 |
60 |
|
Prouty, Isaac |
Dec. 22, 1750 |
June 15, 1828 |
78 |
|
Prouty, David Capt. |
Nov. 27, 1739 |
Aug. 25, 1814 |
75 |
|
Rice, Peter |
June 25, 1755 |
Feb. 1, 1813 |
58 |
|
Snow, James |
1757 |
April 14, 1839 |
82 |
|
Sprague, Thomas |
1742 |
May 12, 1828 |
86 |
|
Watson, Robert |
May 28, 1746 |
Jan. 26, 1806 |
60 |
|
Watson, Samuel |
March 8, 1749 |
Oct. 8, 1818 |
69 |
|
Watson, James |
July 20, 1754 |
April 17, 1823 |
69 |
|
Wilson, Nathaniel |
1747 |
Aug. 14, 1825 |
78 |
|
White, William Maj. |
May 20, 1744 |
Feb. 16, 1826 |
72 |
All of the above are buried in the Old Cemetery excepting Maj. White and Eli Prouty.
Their bodies were exhumed and transferred to Pine Grove Cemetery. This list is far
from complete. A great many of old soldiers were buried with common field stones as markers and without lettering. In laying out anew this cemetery many years ago most
If not all of these stones were removed and the land graded so that no trace is now left where many a Revolutionary patriot sleeps.
Source: Historical Sketches relating to Spencer, Mass. – by Henry M. Tower 1903
The following are the names of some of the soldiers in the Revolutionary War, originally from this town, who have since received pensions from the government, either personally or by their widows:
| Jesse Bemis | Joel Howe |
| Amasa Bemis | Nathaniel Lamb |
| Jonas Bemis | Andrew Morgan |
| John Bigelow | Amos Munroe |
| John Bigelow | Thomas Moor |
| James Bigelow | Johnson Prouty |
| Levi Baldwin | Joshua Prouty |
| Timothy Capen | Eli Prouty |
| Abijah Capon | Elijah Prouty |
| James Capen | Elisha Prouty |
| Gershom Comis | Shadrach Peirce |
| James Capen | Caleb Seager |
| James Capen | Benjamin Sumner |
| Joseph Garfield | James Watson |
| Samuel Guilford | Thomas White |
| Jesse Graham | Thaddeus White |
| Benjamin Hager | Joseph Wheat |
| Levi Hathaway | Sylvanus Gates |
The following are the names of those revolutionary soldiers who went into the service from other towns, and, being since residents, have received pensions, either personally or by their widows:
| Elias Adams | Alvan Howe |
| Israel Allen | Phineas Jonas |
| Rufus Bacon | Henry Rixford |
| John Clark | James Snow |
| Nathan Crage | Paul Wheelock |
| Elisha Harrington | Asa Humphrey |
Source: History of Spencer Massachusetts from its earliest settlement to the year 1860, by James Draper , pg. 155-156