54 FACTS RELATING TO GROTON, MASSACHUSETTS. 



FRANK L. HUGHES. 



Here is another of the many, a few of whom still live, who fought 

 their last battle on the field of Chancellorsville. He is the only son 

 of Thomas N. and Mary C. (Cummings) Hughes, and was born 

 in Groton, Mass., August i6, 1845. 



He was wounded on the retreat by a piece of shell striking him on 

 the spine. He was sent to hospital at Washington, D. C, then to 

 Rhode Island, from which he was furloughed home and discharged. 



He was married March 21, 187 1, to Addie S. Sheppard, of Ash- 

 land, and has one child, Elmer C. He was a farmer's boy when he 

 enHsted, but has been for many years since the war a prosperous mer- 

 chant in the town of Ashland. 



" History of the Twelfth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers in the War 

 of the Rebellion," by Capt. A. W. Bartlett, p. 610. 



DEATH. 



Wyman. — At the Soldiers' Home, Chelsea, April 8, Jackson 

 Wyman, late private Company A, Fifty-third Massachusetts Infantry, 

 62 yrs. Born in Groton, Mass. Admitted to the Home Feb. 14, 

 1 90 1, from Fitchburg, Mass. 



" Boston Journal," April 9, 1901. 



He was the youngest child of Reuben and Sally (Parker) 

 Wyman, and was born at Groton, on May 11, 1839. He en- 

 listed in Company A, Fifty-third Regiment Infantry, Massa- 

 chusetts Volunteer Militia, on August 31, 1862, and served 

 in the quota of Fitchburg until March 5, 1863, when he was 

 discharged for disability. He left a widow and two sons, 

 residents of Fitchburg. 



DIED AT SOLDIERS' HOME. 



Oliver L. Nourse, 65 years old, died this morning at the Soldiers' 

 Home at Chelsea. He was a native of Groton, Mass., and was ad- 

 mitted to the home exactly one year ago yesterday. He served in 

 the civil war as a sergeant in company C, i6th Massachusetts infan- 

 try. He was admitted to the home from Harvard. 



"Boston Herald," Tuesday, May 15, 1906. 



