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History of the Town of Smithfield from its organization,
in 1730-1, to its division, in 1871
by Thomas Steere E. L. Freeman & Co., Providence,
RI 1881
APPENDIX E.
List of Officers of the Militia belonging to Smithfield; 1775 to 1789.
p. 208 - 209.
1775
Elisha Mowry, Lieut.-Colonel, 2d Regiment.
Andrew Waterman, Captain
Luke Arnold, Captain
Peleg Arnold, Captain
Joseph Jenckes, Captain
Sylvanus Bucklin, Lieutenant.
1776
Andrew Waterman, Captain
Elisha Mowry, Jr., lieut.-Colonel, 2d Regiment.
Thomas Jenckes, Captain
David Eddy, Captain
Nehemiah Smith, Captain
Samuel Day, Lieutenant.
Ebenezer Trask, Lieutenant
James Smith, Lieutenant
John Sayles, Jr., Colonel.
1777
Elisha Mowry, declined. Lieut.-Colonel, 2d Regiment
1778
John Angell, Lieut.-Colonel, 2d Regiment
Samuel Day, Captain
Ebenezer Trask, Captain
Joseph Sprague, Captain
1779
John Angell, Lieut.-Colonel, 2d Regiment
Eber Angell, Captain
Ebenezer Trask, Captain
Daniel Mowry 4th, Captain
Robert Bennett, Lieutenant
Simeon Ballou, Lieutenant
Benjamin Sheldon, Lieutenant
1780
John Angell, Lieut.-Colonel, 2d Regiment
William Aldrich, Major, 2d Regiment
Eber Angell, Captain
Ebenezer Trask, Captain
Daniel Mowry, 4th, Captain
Robert Bennett, Lieutenant
Simeon Ballou, Lieutenant
Benjamin Sheldon, Lieutenant
1781
Peleg Arnold, Lieut.-Colonel, Commandant 2d Battalion
Job Mowry, Captain
Benjamin Ballou, Captain
Ebenezer Trask, Captain
Daniel Mowry, 4th, Major, 2d Regiment
Daniel Mowry, 4th, Captain.
1784
Job Mowry, Captain
Ebenzer Trask, Captain
George Streeter, Captain
Joel Aldrich, Lieutenant
1785
Joel Aldrich, Major, 2d Regiment
William Aldrich, Major, Senior Chaplain Regiment
1786
Joel Aldrich, Major, 2d Regiment
1789
William Aldrich, Major, 2d Regiment.
p. 209 - 210
FIRST REGIMENT, DETACHED MILITIA.
| Thomas Steere, 1st. Lieut.
Henry C. Clark Daniel Sayles J. N. Woodward James Watson Job Arnold Nicholas B. Young George L. Keach Nelson Ballou Alexander F. Taylor William H. H. Cowden Albert E. Sholes William L. Eason G. M. Salisbury Edward W. Greene Thomas Young Benjamin O. Arnold Samuel Cash John E. Cowden |
Thomas Earle
George Macomber Roderick Whipple Henry L. Cook Olney Marsh John H. Steere Ferdinand L. Watson Albert H. Abbott Arlon J. Follett George A. Earle James A. Gardiner Horace F. Allen Henry C. Mowry Barney J. Dodge Joseph N. Mason John S. Sanborn George D. Morris Zavier D. Fisher Hiram E. Taft |
p. 210 - 211.
SECOND REGIMENT, R. I. VOLUNTEERS.
| Sullivan Ballou, Major
Charles E. Perkins, Captain Elisha Arnold, 1st Lieut. Stephen West, Jr., 1st Lieut. Henry C. Cook, 2d Lieut. Abraham Taylor Alney E. Nutting George T. Remington Henry Taft Leonard A. Clark Daniel G. Carpenter Stephen West, Jr. George E. Potter James Cromley David Cash Simeon Dean William H. Frazier George W. Fuller William Farrell Charles A. Godfrey John C. Hall Nathaniel G. Horton Robert L. Johnstone John Kelly Thomas McAlpin John Newell James Newell Patrick Island Israel Smith Marvin Smith James Fagan Almon Harris Albert E. Maker Giles C. Avery William Arnold James E. Boyce Hiram Bucklin Joseph C. Burnes Silas T. Watson Jenckes Patt J. P. Crandall Christopher A. Corey Edward O'Neal James F. Loomis James Martin Albert A. Mowry John J. Malone William W. Mowry Bernard McGarhen |
Joseph A. Phillips
William H. Reed James F. Steere Charles W. Weeks William H. Angell Jencks Bartlett Charles E. Perkins Thomas O'Niell John F. O'Niell Edwin F. Steere, Serg't. Lewis L. Sayles Silas G. Ballou William Hopkins George A. Pearce Michael Riley Albert W. White Preserved Angell Alfred I. Curtis Elisha Arnold Thomas Lewis Stephen Phetteplace John Chatman James K. King William C. Parker Charles E. Dunham Robert A. McCartney Simeon I. Staples George W. Kidder James W. Potter John H. Phillips George W. Harvey John Pasnett William Loomis George W. Olney Stephen West, Jr. William G. Reynolds Robert Robertson, Jr. Albert F. Smith James R. Pierce William Thomas Bradford Chamberlain Charles H. Hawkins George B. Hutchinson Lewis E. Angell James H. Brophy Patrick Carroll Joseph L. Haswell Wilson Aldrich. |
p. 211 - 212.
THIRD REGIMENT, R. I. HEAVY ARTILLERY.
| Isaac Bishop
Samuel Hyndam Irwin F. Mann Edwin Soule William H. Bateman John Baird Charles A. Baker Horatio N. Moon Edward P. Maguie Charles W. Nichols Thomas Phelan Hiram Phetteplace John Shuce Barton W. Saunders Erastus D. Whitcomb Olney Marsh John O'Connor Henry A. Jennison Daniel L. Arnold Samuel Kirk Arthur J. McAllen George F. Paine Moses A. Paine Hiram R. Parker John C. Pitts Charles R. Richardson Albert L. Ruby Edward Ryan Uriah Salley Lewis C. Sanborn Charles H. Smith Stephen H. Sanborn Levi Simmons Henry E. Williams Jashub Wing William H. H. Mowry Alonzo M. Fuller Stephen Rider Silas H. Appleby Alfred B. Brown Nelson M. Buffum William Davis Edward Black John H. Hodges Alonzo N. Fuller Sidney A. Fuller |
Oscar F. Gifford
Roger Hale Daniel B. Hill Albert Langley John McNally William McAllen George H. Smith James T. Warner Benjamin L. Sayles John O'Brien Edwin Mowry Arnold O. Messler Thomas Finley James Campbell John C. Oakley Elisha Mowry Tristam S. Dow Edward Black Samuel Carson George L. Burlingame John H. Bailey Daniel J. Stone Edward Eddy Benjamin Chace Edwin Salley Michael Glancy John Higgins James B. Hobron James D. Havens Abijah B. Havens William W. Hodges Edwin Joslin Henry C. Reynolds David Sanderson Christopher K. Wilbor Cornelius O'Sullivan James B. Hobson James O'Donnell Michael Cavanaugh Martin G. Thornton Andrew J. Alexander Henry J. Morris Daniel S. Olney Irwin F. Mann John Bierd |
p. 212 - 213.
FOURTH REGIMENT, R. I. VOLUNTEERS.
| Charles H. Greene, Captain
Erastus E. Lapham, Captain Geo. F. Crowingshield, 1st Lieut. John E. Moies, 1st Lieut. Charles H. Johnston, 1st Lieut. Edwin M. Smith William Sayer James Gamley James McCann Albert Burlingame Stephen Booth Moses Clemence Warren J. Cutting Isaac Charles, Jr. James Davis Jacob Butterfield Henry W. Bullman Decatur M. Boyden Silas W. Cummings Cornelius Costingan Peter Curran George L. Carter James Craig William H. Carter Albert G. Hopkins Jeremiah Lan Martin Quigley William H. Staples Albert H. Staples Ephraim M. Staples John Shay Albert L. Steere Herbert N. Sweet John M. Parker Peter Stevens Joseph Kelley Robert Kennedy Patrick Kennedy Henry M. Potter John Reynolds Edwin Street John B. H. Eaglestone |
Charles H. Fuller
William Farrell Samuel W. Farnum Samuel H. Gorton George B. Hill Joseph B. Moore Nelson T. Newman Charles A. Newell David Phetteplace John R. Case Edwin M. Smith Charles H. Briggs, Sr. John Barrington John E. Moies, Serg't. Thomas Clancy Michael O. Day John Flood John N. Graves James Grinrod Sylvester Griffin Timothy Gracy James Hennaver John Hunt Andrew Kennedy George Clarence Walter B. Peck Solomon Butterfield Edwin M. Smith Martin Sullivan Edwin Tyler George Smith Henry Wardell James Welch Fenner Latham John Beaumont Emer H. Bartlett William H. Nichols George Bassett Albert E. Sholes John A. Crowingshield Charles H. Briggs, Jr. Nathan Collins |
p. 213 - 214.
FIFTH REGIMENT, R. I. HEAVY ARTILLERY.
| John Aigau, Captain
Dennis G. Ballou Jerry Sullivan Timothy Prior Ebenezer Balcolm Wilson D. Barnes Richard A. Brown, Corporal |
Richard Arnold
James Flynn Charles Farrington Frank Fox Thomas Cooney Thomas Forbes |
SEVENTH REGIMENT, R. I. VOLUNTEERS.
| John Sullivan, 2d Lieut.
Joesph Coyle Peter Lamby Alonzo. L. Jenckes Benjamin W. Keech Adams Murray Albert M. Smith George Buxton Joseph Battie Michael Rice Nelson Niles James S. Slater John A. Austin James J. Taylor Joseph J. D. Grayton Albert G. Durfee Dexter L. Brownell, 2nd Lieut. Albert M. Smith George Buxton Joseph Battie Michael Rice Nelson Niles James S. Slater John Sullivan Mathew S. Belcher John Simpson |
John S. Belcher, 2d Lieut.
Stephen C. Jillson John F. Steere Henry W. Beebe John Brennan Charles F. Slocum Samuel Curtis George Fisher John Burke Francis W. Gardiner Edward A. Radikin Cyril P. Thornton John Simpson Hasson O. Whiting Horatio Steere William H. Smith Decatur M. Boyden Samuel Curtis George Fisher John Burke Francis W. Gardiner Edward A. Radikin Cyril P. Thornton John Sullivan, 2d Lieut. John A. Austin James J. Taylor |
Transcriber's Note: some of the names listed above were repeated.
p. 214 - 216.
NINTH REGIMENT R. I. VOLUNTEERS.
| John McKinley, Captain.
Isaac Place, Captain Nathan Benton, 2d Lieut. Israel Arnold, Jr. Horatio Giles Andrew Crumley James H. Jolly Walter Sutcliff Fenner Colwell Trowbridge Smith Joseph Smith, Jr. William T. Brooks, William Cory Thomas Crumley James O'Brien Richard J. Whittle George W. Haradon George H. Johnson Byron S. Thompson David Dines James Jacques Henry E. Baker Gilbert A. Thompson Cyrus Bennett Jacob Butterfield Willard D. Colwell William F. Fuller John Gallagher Alexander Henderson Walter Matthew Thomas Pryor Joseph Sedgwick James Sullivan Thomas B. Spooner Enoch Spencer Alexander Tongue Joseph Wilmarth George Wilson Moses Brown Stephen P. Steere Thomas Britton Charles Bowers Sylvanus Holbrook, Jr. Arnold Jennerson John Niles Otis W. Smith Jarvis Smith John Westgate A. Sayles Clark Jenckes Bartlett Edwin Carter John H. Durgin Albert Hudson Thomas Lewis George S. Potter Henry C. Sayles John Swindler |
Joseph Wheelock
George P. Grant William C. Benedict David E. Cash Henry Crocker Martin G. Cushman Samuel Preston Moses A. Aldrich Henry Bennett George W. Buxton George B. Evans Frederick C. Gove Thomas Hughes Martin G. Lyons William F. Miller John Regan Robert Sanford John Sullivan Justin Stevens Winfield S. Thompson Charles F. Taft Thomas D. Wilson Edward F. Steere John E. Whipple Daniel W. Brayton George Britton John Burns Thomas L. Hopkins Jesse D. Keach George Smith Thomas Smith William T. Smith James A. Sweet Charles W. Bradford Asa Bennett Foster W. Clark Caleb H. Freeman George J. Hendrick Charles A. Pierce Thomas Riley Marcus L. Sweet Isaac S. Tanner Edmund Crocker Alanson P. Wood Robert E. Curran Warren F. Cook Benjamin A. Dennis James H. Fairbanks Edward A. Patt Stephen A. Peck Anthony G. Wood Charles D. Wood David L. Fales Joseph B. Gooding William G. Thurber John E. Whiting Henry H. Welden |
p. 216 - 217.
TENTH REGIMENT R. I. VOLUNTEERS.
Samuel H. Hopkins
Alden Paine
Arnold J. Paine
Stephen Phetteplace
Albert W. Sprague
George H. Tyler
ELEVENTH REGIMENT R. I. VOLUNTEERS.
| Thomas Moies, 1st. Lieut.
Joseph W. Grosvenor, Ass't Surg. Edmund F. Crocker George W. Gooding Nathan L. Baggs Ansel Baxter Henry T. Braman Jasper Caler Patrick Cavanaugh Nicholas P. Clark James Coyle Thomas Dolan William F. Elsbree Henry A. Follett Theodore C. Fuller Charles C. Holland William Horton Peter Knoth Barney Mahan Gilbert Mann Charles P. Moies John McCormick John McCreighton Ansel D. Nickerson Levi C. Phillips David N. Rogers Daniel E. Verry James N. Woodward David L. Fales Orman L. Patt George G. Bennett Daniel Bryce Edward A. Browne James D. Carpenter |
Michael Cassiday
Warren F. Cook James Curran Andrew J. Dexter J. Henry Fales William B. Follett Charles E. Griffin Joseph E. Hood Michael Killeran Thomas S. Lindsay Nathan P. Maker Barney McNally Edward McCormick James Mulhaven John J. Niell William O'Donnell Thomas Rice Michael Trainor Philip Vickerey Thomas S. White Joseph W. Guild John A. Rupert Joseph S. Bunker Henry S. Sharpe George Lovely William C. White Charles H. Wilmarth Elisha Place Adin Patt Andrew Campbell John S. Graham David S. Linch Daniel R. Ballou |
p. 217 - 218.
TWELFTH REGIMENT R. I. VOLUNTEERS.
| Richard A. Briggs, 1st Lieut.
William Ackinson James Ackinson Joseph W. Preston William Reddy Joseph Wilmarth Oren Mowry George E. Macomber Edwin P. Williams Benajah S. Allen James Phetteplace Mowry C. Colwell Collins V. Keith Shadrack O. Mowry John H. White |
Henry Britton
William A. Andrews George E. Brown Otis P. Cleveland William H. Greene James L. Burlingame John E. Thornton Charles J. Sweet Lewis G. Arnold, Jr. Amasa Phetteplace Horace W. Cook Thomas M. Green William H. Latham Daniel Pelky George A. Britton |
FOURTEENTH REGIMENT HEAVY ARTILLERY.
George A. Pearce, 1st Lieut.
Daniel Carver.
FIRST REGIMENT R. I. LIGHT ARTILLERY.
| William H. Walcott
Henry F. Clark Edward Morrisey Thomas P. Steere Joseph A. Cole Albert E. Hendrick George W. Nichols Charles W. Hudson George A. Perry Patrick Sullivan Lewis L. Sayles William Arnold Patrick Larkin Joseph S. Nichols John Appleby Thornton John Eatock John B. Mowry Charles O. Dyer Charles E. Mathewson James Quigley Benjamin Snell Elisha D. Thayer Olney Arnold Daniel W. Elliott William H. Cartwright William H. Steere |
Esek S. Owen
Michael Barry Benjamin Carter Michael Murray Otis P. Snell Barney Cassidy Wm. H. Phinney Henry J. White Jacob Waldberger John Gray Daniel Caesar Royal W. Ceaser [sic] Jesse D. Keach Thomas Phinney Albert V. Walker Joy C. Bellows Gilbert Carman Thomas J. Loftus William H. Stone Aaron Schanck Wm. H. C. Smith Philip A. Dexter Charles W. Warren Robert Sheridan Patrick Cornell Thomas Donnelly |
p. 218 - 219.
TENTH R. I. LIGHT BATTERY.
William Landigan
John Stewart
Joseph McClellan
Patrick Geason.
FIRST REGIMENT R. I. CAVALRY.
| John Winsor
Jesse W. Angell Ethan S. Brown William B. Ford James Winterbottom Marcus W. Sweet Daniel A. Smith |
William H. Latham
Allen T. Brown John H. Steere George W. Harris William A. Tucker Thomas Pinkerton |
SECOND REGIMENT R. I. CAVALRY.
| Henry J. Whittaker, 1st Lieut.
Martin C. Cushman Frederick Campbell Thomas Prior Francis Reynolds Aris Bourgen Horace D. Allen |
Alexander Brenno
Alexander Campbell William J. Perry Roswell Saltonstall Thomas Crumley George Crumley |
THIRD REGIMENT R. I. CAVALRY.
| Lyman L. Swan, Asst. Surg.
Nathan L. Boggs Peter Gilroy Robert M. Pollard Wilson D. Mundy Alexander Simpson George H. Howard Henry Mowry Thomas Smith William Rankin |
John B. Batcheller
Nicholas B. Gardner Augustus Binford Amos Perry Anslem Sansany Jonathan M. Boss Thomas R. Hawkins James McCabe George Spaulding Edward S. Tyler |
p. 219 - 220.
SEVENTH SQUADRON R. I. CAVALRY.
| Christopher Vaughan, Captain
John Angell, 1st Lieut. George A. Smith Daniel H. Goff Antoine Allen Timothy Collins John Higgins James McWilliams James Sullivan John Taylor Caleb Watson Henry B. Jennison John McGovern |
Daniel Pierce
Thomas Dwyer Jeremiah Amidon James Crofter Alexander Henderson Thomas Harper James Ryder Ralph Street James P. White Wilson S. Mowry Martin Winsor Benjamin T. Reynolds Edward Morrisey |
FIFTEENTH REGIMENT MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS.
James Shay
Martin Winsor
UNITED STATE CHASSEURS.
George Harris
Olney Clark
FOURTEETH REGIMENT U. S. INFANTRY.
George Watson
TWENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS.
John Payson
George W. Wallace
IN OTHER MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENTS.
Lully B. Mowry
Elisha Steere
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
POPULATION OF SMITHFIELD.
1731
450
1755 1,921
1774 2,888
1776 2,781
1782 2,217
1790 3,171
1800 3,120
1810 3,828
1820 4,678
1830 6,857
1840 9,534
1850 11,500
1860 13,283
1865 12,315
End - Appendix E.
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