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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



Ward, Albert Scott, 3d sergt., 107th Inf., Co. C; enl. July 15, 1862, three years ; 



pro. to sergt., Feb. 10, 1863 ; wounded in right leg at Chancellorsville, 



May 3, 1863 ; leg amputated below the knee : disch. July 27, 1863. 

 Ward, Lewis, private, 50th Eng., Co. A ; enl. Dec. 22, 1863, three years ; disch. 



June 13, 1865. 

 Ward, William Carlton, private, 97th Inf., Co. F ; drafted July 17, 1863, three 



years ; killed in the second day's fight of the Wilderness. 

 Wheeler, Richard, 86th Inf. ; enl. Dec. 20, 1863, three years ; re-enl. 

 Williams, Alwyn, private, 74th Inf., Co. F; enl. June 1, 1861, three years; 



transf to Vet. Res. Corps, June 24, 1863 ; disch. June 2, 1864. 

 Williams, Silas, private, 50th Eng.; enl. Ang. 7, 1864, three years. 

 Wilson, Andrew J., 16th V. R. Corps; enl. July 26, 1864, three years ; re-enl. 

 Winer, Polydore B., 2d Cav. ; enl. Dec. 31, 1863, three years. 

 Wood, Jerry V., 3d sergt., 107th Inf., Co. C ; enl. July 9, 1862, three years ; was 



in the battle at Dallas, carried from the field with typhoid fever, and died 



the third day after. Not feeling well he had a pass from his officers, but 



refused to keep out of the fight. 

 Wood, Stephen Edgar, private, 6th Cav., Co. L ; enl. Jan. 1, 1864, three years ; 



disch. Aug. 23, 1865 ; died Sept. 3, 1865. 

 Wood, Augustus Hazen, sergt., 6th Cav., Co. L ; enl. Sept., 1861, three years ; 



disch. for re-enl. Dec. 16, 1863, three years; pro. to corporal, July 4, 1864; 



to sergt., Dec, 1864; disch. Aug. 23, 1865. 

 Woodruff, Ezra, private, 86th Inf., Co. I; enl. Aug. 17, 1861, three years; disch. 



for re-enl. Jan. 1, 1864; wounded in left thigh at Spottsylvania, May 12, 



1864, and disabled for further service ; disch. May 11, 1865. 

 Woodruff, Wilson, private, 107th Inf., Co. C ; enl. July 9, 1862, three years; 



wounded at Cliancellorsville, and transf. in consequence to V. R. Corps. 

 Woodruff, Aaron. 

 Wolcott, David Ferdinand, sergt., 5th Cav.; enl. March 10, 1862, three years; 



disch. for re-enl. Mar. 13, 1864 ; pro. to saddle sergt., April 13, 1864 ; disch. 



July 19, 1865. 

 Wright, Fred. A., private, 107th Inf., Co. C; enl. July 9, 1862, three years; 



disch. for disability, 1863. 

 Wygant, John, private, 23d Inf., Co. D; enl. Sept. 23, 1861, three years. 

 Yeomans, Willium Corey, private, 141st Inf, Co. E; enl. Aug. 18, 1862, three 



years; wounded in left shoulder at battle of Peach-Tree Creek, July 20, 



1864; died in consequence, Aug. 20, 1864. 



LIVING IN TOWN BUT ENLISTING ELSEWHERE. 



Asch, Meyer, colonel, 1st N. J. Cav.; appointed Aug. 1861, three years; pro. 

 to Ist lieut. and adjt., Oct. 1, 1861; to capt. Co. H, March, 1862; ap- 

 pointed aide-de-camp to Maj.-Gen. Pope, July, 1862; with Gen. Pope— 

 1803— iuDept. of the Northwest; Nov. 1863, appointed asst. udjt.-gen. to 

 Gen. T. C. H. Smith, commanding Dist. of Wisconsin ; Jan. 7, 1864, asst. 

 adjt.-genl. to Gen. Albert Sully, commanding Dist. of Iowa: Feb. 1864, 

 chief of cavalry, Dept. of the Northwest ; March, reported to Cav. Bureau, 

 Washington, D. C; April, assist, adjt.-gen. to Gen. Kautz, commanding 

 cav., Dept. of James ; Oct., taken prisoner in front of Richmond, six 

 months in Libby, Salisbury, and Danville prisons; March, 1865, ap- 

 pointed colonel, 4th Mo. Vol. ; disch. May, 1865. 



B irnes, John Dubois, chaplain, 13th Inf., Co. F ; enl. May 16, 1861, two years ; 

 appointed chaplain, July 4, 1861; res. on account of poor health, Aug. 

 0, 1862. 



Britton, Edward Daniel, corporal, 6th Cav., Co. L; enl. Jan. 29, 1864, three 

 years, pro. to corporal, Jan. 1, 1865 ; disch. Aug. 9, 1865. 



Campbell, William Carlo^ l«t sergt., 14lst Inf., Co. I; enl. Aug. 19, 1862, three 

 years; disch. Feb. 2, 1863, disease of the heart. 



Chase, Francis Marion, private, 189th Inf., Co. I; enl. Sept. 9, 1864, one year; 

 disch. June 10, 1865. 



Cooper, Levi Cornell, musician, 6th Cav., Co. L ; enl. Oct. 16, 1861, three years ; 

 disch. for re-enl. Dec. 16, 1863, three years ; disch. Aug. 23, 1865. 



Badger, Herbert. 



Decker, John C, private, 50th Inf., Co. F. 



Dickinson, Edward, private, 20th N.Y. Bat. ; enl. Sept. 6, 1864, one year; disch. 

 May 8, 1865. 



Erwin, Samuel, private, 37th Inf., N. Y. M., Co. C; disch. 



Evritt, Richard Philips, private, 86th Inf., Co. I ; enl. March 22, 1862; three 

 years ; disch. July 4, 1865. 



Fox, George Henry, private, 77th Inf. ; enl. Sept. 15, 1864, one year; disch. 



Halsey, Menzo De Witt, private, 20th Art., Co. E ; enl. Sept. 5, 1864, one year; 

 transf. about Sept. 20, 1864, to I42d Regt., Co. E ; wounded in right foot 

 in front of Richmond, Oct. 27, 1864 ; disch. June 24, 1865. 



Kimball, Floyd, private, 188th Inf., Co. F; enl. Sept. 17, 1864, one year ; disch. 

 Aug. 11, 1865. 



Laman, John Jay, captain, 107th N.Y. Inf., Co. G ; com. Sept. 6, 1862; resigned 

 at Atlanta, Oct. 25, 1864. 



Lamphire, Alonzo, private, 10th Cav., Co. E ; enl. Aug. 27, 1864, one year ; disch. 

 June 5, 1865. 



Manly, Jerome, 1st lieut., 6th Cav., Co. L; enl. Dec. 16, 1863, three years ; pro. 

 to sergt., Dec. 20, 1863; to 1st lieut., Feb. 8, 1864; disch. Nov. 22, 1865. 



Pitts, John William, private, 5th Art., Co. C; enl. Jan. 4, 1864, three years; 

 disch. July 31, 1865. 



Ragan, John, private, 161st Inf. 



Ragan, Jeremiah, private, 1st Pa. Cav., Co. D ; enl. July, 1861, three years ; 

 disch. June 1, 1864. 



Sykes, Lorenzo, corporal, 23d Inf., Co. H ; enl. May 16, 1861, two years ; pro. to 

 corporal, Nov. 27, 1863 ; disch. May 20, 1863. 



Teachman, Leander, artificer, 50th Eng., Co. F ; enl. Aug. 15, 1861, three years; 



must, out for re-enl. Dec. 20, 1863, three years; pro. to artificer, 1863 ; 



wounded in the mouth in front of Petersburg, at Fort Hell, Aug. 12^ 



1864; disch. June 13, 1865. 

 Todd, Eli Gilbert, 1st lieut., 86th Inf., Co. C; enl. Sept. 11, 1861, three years; 



pro. to corporal, Nov. 27, 1861 ; to sergt., Aug. 25, 1862 ; disch. for re-enl. 



Dec. 31, 1863, three years; pro. to 1st sergt., Aug. 6, 1864; to 1st lieut., 



Co. C, Sept. 28, 1864 ; twice slightly wounded ; disch. July 5, 1865. 

 Williams, Alwyn, private, 142d Inf., Co. E ; enl. Sept. 5, 1864, one year ; wounded 



in right thigh, Oct. 27, 1864, before Richmond ; disch. June 7, 1865. 



NAVAL SERVICE RECORD. 



Cooper, Theodore, 2d asst. eng., U. S. N. ; enl. Sept., 1861 ; pro. to 2d asst. eng., 



Sept., 1863 ; serving as asst. prof, of naval philosophy at Naval Academy, 



Anapolis, Md. 

 Curley, Patrick, alias McManus, fireman, enL Sept. 1, 1862, one year, De Soto; 



disch. May, 1864. 

 Curley, Patrick, alias Hiighes, re-enl. July 24, 1864, sloop Juniata; disch. June 



3,1865. 



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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 



COL. ARTHUR ERWIN. 



In this connection it seems proper to record a few of the 

 leading facts in the life of one so prominently identified 

 with the first settlement of this town, and others in the 

 county, as was Col. Arthur Erwin. He came from near 

 the city of Antrim, Ireland, before the Revolution, and 

 settled at Erwinna, Bucks Co., Pa., nearly opposite French^ 

 town, N. J. He was a gentleman not only of shrewd busi- 

 ness habits and untiring energy, but of culture and affluence. 

 In personal appearance he was dignified, commanding, and 

 affable, and of a kindly and generous disposition. He was' 

 the proprietor of a large landed estate, extending some. 

 ei<>-ht or nine miles along the west bank of the Delaware 

 River. During the Revolution he held a commission and 

 served with some distinction in the American army. Soon 

 after the close of the war he made a purchase of nearly five 

 thousand acres of land in the Chemung Valley, near Tioga 

 Point (now Athens), and subsequently, in the years 1789 

 and 1790 he purchased the town of Erwin and parts of 

 the towns of Canisteo and Hornellsville. 



He w^as twice married, and reared a family of ten chil- 

 dren, among whom his sons, Capt. Samuel, Francis, and 

 Maj. Arthur, bore a conspicuous part in the early settle- 

 ment of this town and county. 



In the early summer of 1792 he visited his possessions 

 in this vicinity, accompanied by his two sons, Samuel and 

 Francis, who were to remain and superintend his business 

 here. On his return, while stopping at the house of Dan- 

 iel McDuiFe, one of his tenants, near Tioga Point, he was 

 shot, and died within a few hours, — supposed to have been 

 assassinated by an ejected squatter by the name of Thomas. 



Capt. Samuel Erwin. 

 Capt. Samuel Erwin was born in Erwinna, Bucks Co., 

 Pa., May 4, 1770, where he received the rudii^ents of an 

 Eno-lish education at the " select schools.'' In 1792 he 

 accompanied his father to Painted Post, and remained in 

 charge of his father's large possessions here till 1795 or 

 1796. On the 10th of January, 1799, he was commis- 

 sioned by President Adams first lieutenant in the 11th 

 Regiment of United States Infantry, his commission expir- 

 ino" with the President's term of office. President Jefi'er- 

 son, Feb. 16, 1802, commissioned him first lieutenant of 



