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Simerson, Barnet, private, 189th Inf., Co. H; enl. Nov. 3, 1864, one year; disch. 



June 9, 18G5. 

 Hill, Peter Anderson, private, 161st Inf., Co. A ; enl. Aug. 1862, three years ; died 



Sept. 6, 1863, in hosp., and was buried at Baton Rouge, La. 

 Retan, Sylvester L.. private, 161st Inf., Co. A ; enl. Aug. 22, 1862, three years. 

 Retan, Anson, private, 161st Inf., Co. A; enl. Aug. 28, 1862, three years; shot 



through the heart at the siege of Port Hudson, May 29, 1863 ; buried in 



the woods near Port Hudson. 

 Shuart, Bradley King, private, 161st Inf., Co, A ; enl. Aug. 21, 1862, three years; 



died in general hosp., May 31, 1864, and buried in the hospital burying- 



ground at Baton Rouge. 

 Dunn, George Carr, private, 161st Inf., Co. A; enl. Aug. 30, 1862, three years; 



disch. Sept. 21, 1865. 

 Finegan, David, private, 34th Inf., Co. I ; enl. April 19, 1861, two years ; disch. 



June 30, 1863; re-enl. sergt., 20th Cav., Co. M, July 1, 1863, three years. 

 Finegan, John, sergt., 34th Inf.; enl. April 21,1861, two years; wounded at 



Antietam and Fredericksburg; pro. to sergt., Oct. 1862; disch. April 18, 



1863, by reason of wounds. 

 Harris, Nathan, private, 161st Inf. ; enl Aug. 22, 1862, three years; disch. June 



6, 1863, protracted illness the cause. 

 Lee, James E., private, 161st Inf, Co. A ; enl. Aug. 22,1862, three years; died in 



New York City, Dec. 3, 1862 ; buried in Pulteney. 

 Clark, Lewis, private, 161st Inf., Co. A; enl. Aug. 22, 1862, three years; died 



at Baton Rouge, in general hosp., Jan. 13, 1863; and buried in hospital 



buiying-ground at Baton Rouge. 

 McCarrick, James R., private, 34th Inf. ; Co. I ; enl. May 3, 1861, two years ; 



disch. from service on account of protracted illness, April 27, 1863. 

 Lamphear, John Armstrong, private, 161st Inf., Co. A ; enl. Aug. 1862, three 



years. 

 Russel, William, private, 161st Inf , Co. A ; enl. Aug. 30, 1862, three years ; trans. 



to Washington, D. C, June 6, 1864. 

 Babcock, John, private, 161st Inf., Co. A ; enl. Aug. 22, 1862, three years ; died 



of smallpox, Dec. 28, 1862 ; buried in Pulteney. 

 Godfrey, Charles Dwight, corp., 161st Inf., Co. A ; enl. Aug. 22, 1862, three years ; 



died of typhoid fever, Nov. 28, 1862. 

 Whitehead, Aaron, Jr., private, 1st Art., Co. E; enl. Sept. 22, 1861, three years ; 



disch. Oct. 11, 1862, at Kmory Hospital, Washington, D. C, by reason of 



disability, 

 Sinsebox, James W., private, 161st Inf, Co. A ; enl. Aug. 25, 1862, three years. 

 Brown, Charles W., private, 161st Inf, Co. A; enl. Aug. 30, 1862, three years; 



died of typhoid fever, Dec. 3, 1862. 

 Spears, Alonzo, private, 148th R<'gt., Co. I ; must. Sept. 5, 1862, three years. 

 Spears, Andrew, private. 



Pierce, Olney, private, 15th Regt, Co. I; must. Sept. 15, 1864, one year; disch. 



July 1, 1865. 

 Drumm, Esbon, private, 188th Regt., Co. B; enl. Sept. 23, 1864; disch. July, 



1865. 

 Gload, James Delos, private, 188th Regt., one year; disch. July 1, 1864. 

 Pierce, Jesse R., private, 15th Eng., Co. I ; enl. Aug. 29, 1864, one year; disch. 



June 29, 1865. 

 Pierce, Charles Ithiel, private, 50th Eng., Co. A ; enl. Feb. 22, 1864, three years ; 



died Aug. 15, 1864, in hosp. at Washington. 

 Pierce, Peter Gushing, private, 50th Eng., Co. A; enl. Jan. 1864, three years; 



disch, June 28, 1865, 

 Pierce, Albert, private, 141st Regt,, Co, H ; enl, Aug. 1862 ; wounded at battle 



of Peach-Tree Creek ; died July 21, 1864. 

 Ellis, Robert (alias Robert Dunn), private, 21st Cav,, Co. E ; enl. three years. • 

 Lounsberry, William, private. 



Davis, William Edward, private, 161st Regt , Co. A ; enl. Aug. 25, 1862. 

 Eggelston, William, private, 34th Regt., Co. I; enl. April 21, 1861, two years ; 



re-enl. sergt. 161st Inf., Co. A; Aug. 25, 1862, three years; severely 



wounded in the neck at Sabine Cross- Roads. 

 Wagstatr, George Henry, sergt., 161st Inf., Co. A ; enl. Aug. 21, 1862, three 



years ; died at Baton Rouge, Feb. 26, 1863. 

 Seeley, Benjamin Franklin, private, 161st Inf., Co. A; enl. Aug. 25, 1863, three 



years; disch. Aug. 6, 1863 ; died Aug. 20, 1863. 

 Horton, Joseph Robert, private, 161st Inf., Co. A ; enl. Aug. 22,1862, three years ; 



trans, to Washington, D. C, into the Vet. Res. Corps, 

 Pinneo, Charles Adelbert, private, 2d Mounted Rifles; enl. Jan. 1863, three 



years. 

 Rarick, Abel, private, 161st Inf., Co. A; enl. Aug. 21,1802, three years; disch. 



on surg. certificate of permanent disability, Jan. 23, 1863, 

 Prentiss, William Augustin, private, 161st Inf,, Co, A; enl. Aug. 22, 1862, three 



years; wounded at Spanish Fort; disch. at Elmira, Sept. 8, 1865, 

 Prentiss, George Stanly, corporal, IGlst Inf; enl, Aug, 22, 1862, three years ; 



pro. to sergt. ; to 2d lieut., Jan. 1, 1865 ; wounded severely at Sabine Cross- 



Roads; also wounded in left hand by collision on the Mississippi; disch. 



at Marine U. S. A. general hospital, March 28, 1865, by surgeon's" certifi- 

 cate of di^al'il ty. 

 Neagns, Wil-on, luivate, 161st Inf.; enl. Aug. 22, 1862, three years; must, out 



Sept. 20; (liscli. Oct. 16, 1865. 

 Fay, James, privat**, :i4th Regt., Co. I; eul. April 22, 18G1, two yeai's ; disch. 



by must, out, .June 15, 1863. 

 Lounsberry, John, i)rivate. 

 Ransom, Peter, private, 161st Regt., Co. A ; enl. Aug. 22, 1862, three years; disch. 



Oct. 17, 1865. at Tallahassee, Fla, 



EATHBONE. 



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GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 

 The town of Rathbone was formed from Addison, Cam- 

 eron, and Woodhull, Mar. 28, 1856. It lies in the interior 

 of the county, south of the centre ; its surface consisting 

 of high, rolling upland, broken by the valleys of the Can- 

 isteo River and a branch of Tuscarora Creek. The upland 

 is from three to four hundred feet above the valleys. In 

 some places, naked and precipitous ledges of rock crop out 

 on the sides of the declivities, but the soil is chiefly a 

 clayey and shaly loam, with alluvium in the valleys. 



SETTLEMENT. 

 The first settlement in the town of Rathbone was made 

 by William Benham, a mile above the east line of the 

 present town, on the left bank of the Canisteo River, in 

 1793. James Hadley is also said to have settled farther 

 up the valley, near the west side of the town, about the 

 same time. Samuel Benham entertained travelers on the 

 Benham place as early as 1804. Abel White, who was for 

 many years known as the most successful trapper and hunter 



in the town, settled on the flat, a mile above the village of 

 Rathbone, on the right bank of the river, in 1804, and on 

 the 24th of June his son, Luther White, the first white 

 child born in the town, and now a leading citizen of Cam- 

 eron, was born there. Far from neighbors, the early set- 

 tlers were subjected to hardships which made an encounter 

 with wild beasts an aifair of little importance, if victory 

 was gained by the hardy pioneer. The river was alive with 

 fish, which gathered in shoals at the riffles, and were easily 

 caught. Shad ascended the river annually in large num- 

 bers. At night, two men, one with a torch and the other 

 with a rude spear, would take in a short time as many fish 

 as they could carry away. It was easy enough to live, but 

 bread had to be earned. For this purpose small clearings 

 were made, while the remaining land was left for years 

 covered with the original growth of the forest, affording 

 protection to wild beasts, who gathered nightly around the 

 little clearings and made the night hideous with their calls. 

 In 1806, Solomon, brother of Isaac Tracy, and Benjamin 

 Riggs made the first improvement in Rathboneville, by 



