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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



was dedicated June 27, 1852. After the dedication ser- 

 vices were concluded, Mr. Oliver Burlej and Miss Jane 

 Hall stood up in the crowded assembly and were united in 

 marriage. 



The church was built at an expense of $600, by Edwin 

 Merchant, Marias 0. Keith, and John Royce, Trustees ; 

 Edwin Merchant donating the grounds. The building was 

 made free for all denominations when not in use by the 

 society. Among the early members here were also Deacon 

 John Rutherford and wife, Levi Peters, Isaac Dewitt, Levi 

 Peters and wife. B. Simmons and E. Merchant were early 

 deacons. The church now comprises 92 members. The 

 present officers are Edwin Merchant, Treasurer and Deacon ; 

 O. F. Gorwin, Clerk ; John F. Keith, Edmond Jones, 

 p]dwin Merchant, Trustees. 



The following-named pastors have preached in the church 

 of Thurston, Rev. Oliver P. Alderman, a prominent mis- 

 sionary preacher of the Tioga River Christian Conference, 

 supplying the pulpits of Thurston and Cameron when 

 vacant, since 1844: 1836, Gideon A. Hendrick ; 1842, 

 E. Fleming, James M. Westcott; 1844, Jabez Chadwick ; 

 1846, Chester D. Kinney; 1847, William D. Rutherford; 

 1848-55, Oliver P. Alderman ; 1856, W. D. Rutherford, 

 A. Burlingame; 1857-64, O. P. Alderman ; 1865, Bryant 

 R. Hurd; 1866, Abner J. Welton ; 1867, B. R. Hurd ; 

 1869-70, Henry C. Wilber ; 1871, Wm. K. Stamp ; 1872, 

 Henry Leonardson ; 1873, John H. Carr; 1874, Lewis 

 C. Palmeteer; 1875-77, A. J. Hammond; 1878, Oliver 

 P. Alderman, the present pastor. 



MILITARY RECORD OF THURSTON. * 



Colcord, Albert, private, 78th Regt., Co. K ; enl, July 9, 1863, three years. 

 Dickinson, David Harrison, private, 23d Regt., Co, A; enl. May 16, 1861, two 



years; re-enl. 22d Regt, Co. G, Jan. 16, 1864, three years; disch. Aug. 9, 



1865. 

 Dickinson, Francis Asbury, private, 23d Regt., Co. A; enl. May 16, 1863, two 



years; re-enl. 16th Regt., Co. C, Dec. 28, 1864; discb. Aug. 25, 1865. 

 Stockings, Alva John, private, 161st Regt., Co. F; enl. Aug. 25, 1863, three 



years. 

 Shauger, Andrew, 3d sergt., 86th Regt., Co. B; enl. Aug. 18, 1861, three years. 

 Wright, Robert, private, 1st Regt., Co. E; enl. Aug. 22, 1864, one year. 

 Spensbe, Frank, private, 98th Regt., Co. A; enl. Aug. 10, 1864, three montbs. 

 Booth, Frank, private, 86th Regt., Co. B ; eul. Aug. 14, 1861, three years; disch. 



by wound. 

 Croas, Mitchel Fitcb, private, 189th Regt., Co. H ; enl. Sept. 19, 1864, one year. 

 Stevens, Harmon, private, 107th Regt., Co. F; enl. Aug. 3, 1862, three yea'S. 

 Bailey, Alexander, Corp., 141st Regt., Co. E; enl. Aug. 21, 1862, three years. 

 Downing, Thomas William, 2d sergt., 86th Regt , Co. B ; enl. Aug. 14, 1861, three 



years. 

 Piatt, Willis, private, 189th Regt., Co. A ; enl. Dec. 1, 1864, one year. 

 Piatt, George, private, 23d Regt , Co. D; enl. May 16, 1861. 

 Piatt, Legrand, private, 86th Regt., Co. B; enl. Aug. 14, 1861; killed at Gettys- 

 burg, July 2, 1863. 

 Phillips, Lyman, corp., Hist Regt., Co. E; enl. Aug, 21, 1862. 

 Gleason, Ezra, 2d lieut., 107th Regt., Co. G; enl. Aug. 6, 1862, three years; 



wounded at Ant;etani, Sept. 17, 1862; disch. Nov. 2, 1862. 

 Taylor, William, private, 189th Regt., Co. H; enl. Sept. 1, 1864, one year. 

 Edsell, Peter Harmon, private, 50th Regt., Co. E ; enl, Sept. 2, 1861, three years ; 



re-enl. Dec. 26, 1863; pro. to sergt., 7th of April ; disch. June 13, 1865. 

 Tillett, Richard Thomas, private, 86th Regt., Co. C; enl. Oct. 19,1861, three 



years; re-enl. Dec. 31, 18 53; pro. to com. -sergt., Oct. 6, 1864; disch. June 



27, 1865, 

 Youngs, Blakesley Rufus, private, 23d Regt, Co, D; enl. Sept 23, 1861, twenty 



months. 

 Johnson, Alonzo, private, 107th Regt., Co. G; enl. Aug. 1862, three years; 



wounded at Antietam, Sept 17, 1862; died and buried on the field. 

 Benedict, Erasmus David, private, 50th Regt., Co. A ; enl. Dec. 28, 1863, three 



years. 

 Sagar, William, private, 107th Regt., Co. G ; enl. Aug. 6, 1862, three years. 

 Goodsell, Jerrod Isaac, private, 50th Regt., Co. E; enl. Dec. 28, 1863, three 



years. 

 Johnson, Elijah Anson, private, 189th Regt., Co. H ; enl. Aug. 30, 1864. 

 Thompson, Francis William, 14lst Regt., Co. E ; enl. Aug. 29, 1862, three years ; 

 pro. to corp , Dec. 16, 186 i; died at Chattanooga, Teun. 



Jack, Washington John, private, 95th Regt., Co. II; drafted July 1, 1863; taken 



pris. May 20, 1864, near Fredericksburg; taken to Richmond, then to 



Andersonville, where he died, Sept. 2, 1864. 

 Jack, Brovvnol Uby, private, 86th Regt, Co. B ; enl, Sept. 1, 1861 ; died at 



home. 

 Jack, Boman, private, 86th Rogt., Co. B ; enl. Aug. 30, 1861, three years. 

 Jack, Amur, private, 141st Regt, Co. E; enl. Aug. 19, 1862, three years, 

 Heekman, Lafayette, private, 1st Regt, Co. E; enl. Sept. 1, 1864, one year. 

 Keith, Merifield Merrel, private; enl. Aug. 29,1864; died at post hosp., City 



Point, Va., Nov. 21,1864. 

 Willhelm, Benjamin George, private, 50th Regt, Co. F; enl. Aug. 24, 1864. 

 Royce, Ezra Marvin, private, 2 Jd Regt., Co, D ; enl. April 1, 1861, two years ; pro. 



to Corp., July 10, 18 51 ; taken pris. at Antietam; taken to Richmond, put 



in Libby prison ; exch. ; sent to regt. Nov. 10, 1862. 

 Royce, Matthew, private, 76th Regt., C >. H ; drafted July 1, 1863, three years; 



taken pris. at battle of Wilderness; died in Florence, S. C, Nov. 6, 1864, 

 Elzy, Richard, private, 3lst Regt., Co. H; enl. D,)c. 10, 1864, three years; sup- 

 posed to be killiiJ at Petersburg, Juna 6, 1864. 

 Burgett, Wilhelm, private, 107th Regt, Co. G; enl. Aug. 1, 1862, three years. 

 Wales, Andrew, private, 107th Regt., Co. G ; enl. Aug. 6, 1862, three years. 

 Chapman, Baldwin Amos, private, 3d Regt., Co. H; enl. Dec. 28, 1863, three 



years. 

 Dininny, Emery George, private, 1st Regt., Co. A ; enl. July 1, 1863, three years. 

 Eddy, Fenner Jerry, private, 189th Regt., Co. A ; enl. Sept. 1, 1864, one year. 

 Vare, Aden, private, 189th Regt., Co. A; enl. Sept 1, 1864, one year; pro. to 



sergt., Co. A, 189th Regt, 20th of March. 

 Babcock, Benjamin Merchant, private, 141st Regt, Co. E; enl. Aug. 20, 1862, 



three years. 

 Babcock, Hamilton Edgar, private, 189th Regt., Co. A; enl. Sept 1, 1864, one 



year. 

 Caleon, Ezra, private, 3d Regt., Co. H; enl. Dec. 28, 1861, three years ; wounded 



by accident, April 28, 1864. 

 Youngs, Harrison W., private, 86th Regt., Co. I ; enl. Oct. 24, 1861, three years. 

 Youngs, John, private, 86th Regt., Co. I; enl. Oct. 28, 1861, tliree years. 

 Gleason, David, private, 107th Regt, Co. G; enl Aug. 6, 1802, three years. 

 Lovell, James, private, 107th Regt., Co. G; enl. Aug. 6, 1862; died of fever at 



Hope Landing, Va. 

 Smalley, Samuel Stewart, private, 76th Regt, Co. H; enl. Sept 14, 1862, three 



years; taken pris. near the Rapidan; died in Florence prison, South Car- 

 olina, Oct. 1, 1864. 

 Martin, Oscar Eugene, private, Ulst Regt., Co. E ; enl. Aug. 19, 1862. 

 Sears, Edward James, private, 141st Regt., Co. E; enl. Sept. 10, 1862, three years ; 



died Dec. 8, 1863. 

 Stomp, Frank Benjamin, private, 3d Regt., Co. H; enl. Dec. 28, 1863, three 



years. 

 Stomp, Aaron John, private, 107th Regt., Co. G; enl. Aug. 6, 1862, three years; 



taken prisoner. 

 Beten, Sullivan George, private, 189th Regt., Co. H ; enl Aug. 22, 1864, one 



year. 

 Beten, Dingley William, private, 78th Regt., Co. F ; enl. Jan. 22, 1862, three 



years ; killed in Georgia while with Sherman, near Gouldsboro', March 



24, 1865. 

 French, Frazier Lewis, private, 111th Regt, Co. I; enl. Aug. 25, 1864, one year.- 

 Corbitt, Gilbert Thomas, private, 50th Regt, Co. E ; pro. to corp., May 1, 1864. 

 Lay ton, Philip, private, 107th Regt., Co. G; enl. Aug. 5, 1862, three years; 



wounded at Dallas, Ga., May 25, 1864. 

 Green, John, private, 107th Regt., Co. G ; enl. Aug. 5, 1862, three years ; pro. to 



Corp., Jan. 1, 1865 ; wounded March 16, 1865, at Averysborongh, N. C. 

 Demick, Hiram Harrison, private, 50th«Regt, Co. F ; enl. Sept 6, 1864, one year ; 



died of chronic diarrhoea, Farhiersville, Va. 

 Helm, Selah, private, 5i)th Regt., Co. E; enl. St-pt. 14, 1861, three years; re-enl. 



50th Eng., Co. E, Dec. 25, 1863, three years; pro. to corp., 1863 ; to sergt., 



April 1, 1864; must. June 13, 1865. 

 Helm, Zachariah Schoumaker, private, 50th Eng., Co. E; enl. Sept. 7, 1861, three 



years ; pro. to corp., Jan. 16, 1862; re-enl. 50th Eng., Co. E, Dec. 25, 1863, 



three years; pro. to sergt., May 1, 1864; must out June 13, 1865. 

 Helm, Jasper Semon, private, 50th Regt., Co. E ; enl. Aug. 30, 1861 ; re-enl. 50th 



Regt, Co. E, Dec. 25, 1863, three years ; wounded on picket, Aug. 13, 1864, 



near Petersburg ; must, out June 13, 1865. 

 Helm, Henry Montraville, private, 50th Regt., Co. E; enl. Jan. 4, 1864, three 



years. 

 Helm, James Vangerder, private, 141st Regt, Co. E ; enl. Aug. 19, 1862, three 



years. 

 Felkins, John, private, 189th Regt, Co. A ; enl. Sept. 2, 1864, one year. 

 Skinkle, George, private, 50th Regt., Co. F; enl. Sept. 1, 1864, one year. 

 Aldricb, Stephen Mifflin, private, Ulst Regt, Co. E ; enl. Aug. 20, 1862 ; wounded 



in head at battle of Dallas, May 4, 1864. 

 Aldrich, Seward, private, 141st Regt, Co. E; enl. Aug. 20,1862; wounded in 



leg. 

 Booth, Levy John, private, 86th Regt., Co. B ; enl. Aug. 27, 1861, three years; 



pro. to 2d lieut., March 22, 1863; 1st lieut, July 4, 1863 ; died March 31, 



1865. 

 Thorp, Charles, private, 107th Regt., Co. C; enl. Aug. 2,1862, three years. 

 Linn, Gidding Lewis, private, 111th Regt, Co. I; enl. Aug. 22, 1864, one year; 



disch. at end of war. 

 Linn, John, private, 1st Regt, Co. H ; eul. Aug. 22, 1864, one year ; taken sick 



at Fort Woodbury, and died Nov. 24, 1864. 



