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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



William I. Palmer, Co. D, 23d Inf.; enl. Oct. 28, 1861; disabled by accident, 



Oct. 29, 1861 ; discli. April, 1862. 

 Dewitt C. Jolinson, Go. D, 2M Inf. ; enl. Oct. 18, 1861 ; disch. May 22, 1863. 

 Lewis A. Durand, Co. D, 23d Inf.; enl. Oct. 18, 1861 ; disch. May 22, 1863. 

 Charles S. Van Housen, Co. E, 142d Inf.; enl. Sept. 7, 1864; wounded at Fort 



Fisher, Jan. 15, 1865; disch. Sept. 4, 1865. 

 Silas B. Decker, Co. G, 13th H. Art. ; enl. Feb. 5, 1863 ; trans, to Bat. M, 6th H. 



Art., Jan. 20, 1864; disch. Aug. 24, 1865. 

 Frederick Grasper, Co. F, 14th U. S. Inf. ; enl. March 15, 1862 ; wounded at 



Snicker's Gap, Va., Nov. 3, 1862. 

 Stephen D. Gorton, Co. E, 141st Inf. ; enl. Aug. 15, 1862 ; killed at Resaca, Ga. 

 Charles H. Comfort, Co. C, 86th Inf.; enl. Feb. 18, 1864; killed at battle of Wil- 

 derness. 

 Daniel Oliphant (sub.), Co. I, 97th Inf. ; must. Aug. 30, 1863 ; died at Washing- 

 ton, D. C, April, 1864. 

 Isaac H. Palmer, Co. E, 141st Inf. ; enl. Aug. 22, 1862 ; disch. Aug. 15, 1865. 

 William H. Huyck, Co. D, 141st Inf. ; enl. Aug. 22, 1862 ; disch. June 25, 1865. 

 Pulaski DeKalb Westcott, musician, Co. D, 14l8t Inf. ; enl. Aug. 19, 1862; disch. 



June 24, 1865. 

 Lewis A. Durand, Co. D, 23d Inf.; enl. Oct. 18, 1861 ; disch. May 22, 1863. 

 Hiram C. Turrell, Co. D, 141st Inf. ; enl. Aug. 21, 1862 ; pro. to sergt., Sept. 10, 



1862 ; disch. June 13, 1865. 

 Cassius M. Turrell, Co. D, 141st Inf.; enl. Aug. 14, 1862; trans, to Yet. Res. 



Corps, July, 1864; disch. July 3, 1865. 

 Henry C. Bonhani, Co. E, 141st Inf. ; enl. Sept. 16, 1864; disch. June 24, 1865. 

 Thomas Brown, Co. A, 14th H. Art. ; enl. July 30, 1863; disch. July 10, 1865. 

 Byron A. Barton, Co. K, 2d U. S. Cav. ; twice wounded at Flint Hill, Va., on 



reconnaissance; honorably mentioned by Gen. McClellan ; disch. July 14,. 



1864; re-eul. Co. K, 2d U. S. Cav., July 15, 1864; taken prisoner on Stone- 

 man's raid to Richmond, Va. ; detailed at headquarters of Gen. U.S. 



Grant, at Washington, D. C. ; disch. at end of war. 

 Jacob Ilollenbeck, Co. F, 86th Inf. ; enl. Oct. 28, 1861 ; disch. Oct. 29, 1864. 

 Salem Loucks, Corp., Co. L, 2d U. S. Cav. ; disch. at Savage Station, Texas, Feb. 



12, 1866. 

 John H. Collier, Co. D, 23d Inf. ; enl. Sept. 23, 1861. 



Henry F. Peet, Co. — , 6th Pa. Inf.; enl. May 10, 1861; disch. May 11, 1862. 

 Asa A. earner, Co. D, 23d Inf. ; enl. May 16, 1861 ; disch. May 22, 1863 ; re-enl. 



Co. — , 86th Inf., Feb. 10, 1864; disch. July 4, 1865. 

 Charles E. McCarty, drummer, Co. F, 13th Inf.; enl. May 14, 1861 ; disch. May 



14, 1863. 

 George M. Clark, Co. I, 20th Conn. Inf. ; enl. Aug. 12, 1862 ; disch. June 26, '65. 

 John Taylor, Co. M, 13th H. Art.; enl. Sept. 1863 ; disch. July 11, 1865. 

 John Emperor, Co. G, 161st Inf.; enl. Aug. 28, 1862; disch. Sept. 20, 1865. 

 Reuben F. Hann, Co. B, 8th U. S. Inf.; enl. July 17, 1863; pro. to sergt., Oct. 



1863; to 1st sergt., July, 1865 ; disch. Nov. 10, 1865. 

 Samuel Starks, Co. G, 161st Inf. ; enl. Sept. 3, 1862; disch. June 14, 1865. 

 Charles A. Palmer, Co. K, 132d Pa. Inf.; enl. July 26, 1862 ; wounded at Antie- 



tam, Sept. 17, 1862 ; disch. from wounds, Nov. 14, 1862. 

 James Miller, drum-major, ,85th Inf.; enl. Aug. 6, 1861 ; disch. at Washington, 



D. C , April, 1862. 

 Horace K. Rumsey, capt., Co. B, 136th Pa. Inf.; enl, Aug. 9, 1862; disch. for 



disability, Feb. 28, 1863. 

 Benjamin A. Cooper, Co. F, 50th Eng. ; enl. Aug. 28, 1864 ; disch. June 28, 1865. 

 Edward Smith, Co. M, Regt. ; enl. July 17, 1863 ; disch. at Elmira, N. Y., 



at close of war. 

 Richard Houks, Co. G, 161st Inf.; enl. Aug. 22, 1862; disch. Oct. 28, 1865. 

 Samuel H. Mott, Co. I, 107th Jnf. ; enl. July 24, 1862 ; disch. July 17, 1865. 

 Alexander Mott, sergt., Co. C, 171st Inf.; enl. Oct. 25, 1862; disch. at Harris- 

 burg, Pa. 

 Michael O'Neil, Co. D, 67th Ohio Inf. ; enl. Oct. 16, 1861 ; disch. Jan. 31, 1864; 



re-eul. Co. D, 67th Ohio Inf., Feb. 1, 1864; disch. June 18, 1865. 

 John Gibbons, Co. D, 141st Inf.; enl. Sept. 19, 1864; disch. June 18, 1865. 

 Jetferson Burris, Co. F, 188th Inf.; enl. Sept. 1864; disch. July 12, 1865. 

 Robert J. Burnham, Co. B, 71st Inf. (militia) ; enl. April 20, 1861; must, out at 



New York City, July 30, 1861 ; re-enl. 1st lieut. Co. E, 161st Inf.; disch. 



at Baton Rouge, La., Aug. 29, 1863. 

 Hiram Francisco, seaman; trans, from 161st Inf., Sept. 14, 1864; disch. at 



Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 9, 1865. 

 Lemuel Jacobs, sailor, enl. Feb. 2, 1864. 

 William I. Daily, marine ; trans, from 14th H. Art. ; lost at the storming of Fort 



Fisher. 

 Delos C. Sherwood, 1st sergt., Co. D, 23d Inf.; enl. May, 1861 ; disch. May 22, 



1863; re-enl. private Co. G, 161st Inf., Dec. 25, 1863; pro. to 1st sergt. ; 



disch. Nov. 1865. 

 William H. Lucas, Bat. L, 14th R. I. Art., and Bat. L, 11th U. S. Col. H. Art. 



BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 



HON. JOHN N. HUNGERFORD. 

 The subject of this sketch is of English origin, of the 

 seventh generation. His great-grandfather, on his father's 

 side, was Benjamin Hungerford, son of Thomas Hunger- 



ford, of Haddani, Conn., who was born in the year 1703 

 and died in 1792. His grandfather on the same side was 

 Capt. Jacob Hungerford, of Bristol, Conn., who was born 

 July 16, 1748, and died June 23, 1812. The wife of 

 Capt. Hungerford was Mary Newell, who was born Nov. 

 30, 1749, and died Jan. 30, 1806. She was a daughter of 

 Rev. Samuel Newell, who was a native of Southington, and 

 was graduated at Yale College in the year 1739. He mar- 

 ried Mary, widow of Timothy Root, of Farmington, whose 

 maiden name was Mary Hart. Rev. Samuel Newell was 

 for forty-two years pastor of the Congregational Church at 

 Bristol, Conn. 



The father of the subject of this sketch was Lot Hun- 

 gerford, who was born Dec. 8, 1777, and died Jan. 9, 1827. 

 His great-grandfather on his mother's side was Stephen 

 Smith, of Goshen, Litchfield Co., Conn., who was born in 

 the year 1710, and died in 1793. His grandfather was 

 Heman Smith, who was born in 1753, and died in Vernon, 

 N. Y., in September, 1837. Between the years 1795 and 

 1800 he was three times a representative in the General 

 Assembly of the State of Connecticut. His wife, Hannah 

 Benham, was born June 15, 1754, and died in 1802. The 

 mother of the subject of this sketch was Celinda Smith, 

 who was born in 1783 and died in the year 1868. 



John N. Hungerford was born in the town of Vernon, 

 Oneida Co., N. Y., on the 31st of December, 1825. His 

 parents removed from Connecticut to Vernon in the year 

 1801, performing the journey to Albany on horseback, and 

 from Albany to Vernon with ox-team. John N. was the 

 youngest of nine children. His father, Lot Hungerford, a 

 farmer by occupation, reared his family to habits of industry 

 and frugality, and died, as above stated, in the year 1827, 

 leaving a good and honored name. John N. was reared on 

 the farm, and attended the common schools of his district 

 until he was twelve years of age, when he removed to 

 Westfield, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., to reside with his eldest 

 brother, Hon. S. H. Hungerford, who was engaged in the 

 mercantile business at that time. In 1838 he entered 

 Westfield Academy, where he prepared himself for college. 

 In the fall of 1843 he entered the sophomore class in Ham- 

 ilton College, where he was graduated in the summer of 

 1846. During his residence at Westfield he was clerk for 

 his brother, and there learned the mercantile business. 

 From the year 1846 to 1848 he was engaged in the mer- 

 cantile business at Oriskany Falls, N. Y., with his brother- 

 in-law, Geo. W. Couch. For a short time following he 

 was in the Bank of Whitestown, at Whitestown, N. Y. 

 In May, 1848, he became cashier of the Bank of Westfield, 

 which was established by his brother, Hon. S. H. Hunger- 

 ford, who was president of the same. In July, 1854, he 

 settled in Corning, Steuben Co., N. Y., and in August fol- 

 lowing established the George Washington Bank, in com- 

 pany with Geo. W. Patterson, Jr., son of Hon. Geo. W. 

 Patterson, of Westfield, N. Y. Mr. Hungerford was pres- 

 ident and Mr. Patterson cashier. In December, 1858, Mr. 

 Hungerford sold his entire interest to his partner, George 

 W. Patterson, Jr., and subsequently had no further connec- 

 tion with that bank. In the spring of 1859 he established 

 his present bank, known as J. N. Hungerford's Bank. 



In his political convictions he was a Whig, until the or- 



