WILLIAM S. MERRILL
Born August 31, 1844 in St. Lawrence county Madrid, New York.
His parents were George Merrill and Eliza Folsom Merrill.
Enlisted September 1863 while living in Pensular, Michigan (Grand
Traverse County) he enlisted as a Private, 10th Michigan Cavalry
Service Info Because of the cruelty of an officer William
Merrill deserted the cavalry unit and re-entered the Civil War in
the Indiana infantry under the alias George Getchel. In 1865 he was discharged.
Afgter the war he applied for a veteran’s pension but was denied because
he was paid $200.00 dollars to join the military.
Post War: He joined his family who had moved to Eau Clair, Wisconsin.
In 1868 he married Helen Card in Mondovi, Wisconsin. They had 10
children. Lydia( Eliza), Carrie, Sadie, Annie, Eunice, Chester, Mae,
Lettie, Ethel and Ruth. He and his wife lived by Exeland on the Chippewa
River from about 1890 until his death.
Died April 23, 1924, buried in Windfall Cemetery (Exland)
ALFRED RAYNOR
Born on Prince Edward Island Canda March 14, 1843
Enlisted August 1864 - 16th Maine (Infantry) Company B. a substitute
for a gentleman from Bangor
Action Seen
New Market Heights, VA - September 28 - 30, 1864 (Petersburg Campaign)
Hatchers Run, VA - December 8 - 9, 1864 (Petersburg Campaign)
Gravelly Run, VA - March 29 - 30, 1865 (Petersburg Campaign)
Five Forks, VA - March 30 -April 1, 1865 (Appomattox Campaign)
Appomattox, VA - April 9, 1865
Mustered out as a Private June 1865 - Took money he got for substitution
and moved to Wisconsin
Died Sawyer County April 1, 1920 Buried in Winter Cemetery
David Dumond (Contributed
by Karen Duffy)
From the North Wisconsin News of Saturday, April 23, 1887.
North Wisconsin News
Saturday, April 23, 1887
Deumond--in Hayward, Wis., April 20, 1887
as a result of an accident, David R. Deumond, aged about 55 years.
At the time of his death, the deceased was
engaged in viewing and scaling a lot of logs for assessment purposes on
the Totogatic river about six miles from this place. As he was around
on the logs, some of them which were nearly on a balance gave way under
his weight and started several others, which fell upon and rolled over
him, brushing him terribly. Help was near and he was immediately
extricated, but lived only about 10 minutes. His funeral is to be
held at 10 o'clock today from the Cong'l church.
Mr. Deumond was an old settler here, being
among the first who stuck stakes in this region. He was a man of
quest and steady habits, social in his nature and quick in sympathies,
as many who have been in need of help can testify.
At the outbreak of the war he was enlisted
in the 19th Indiana Infantry, which was one of the regiments of the old
Iron Brigade. For a time he served in Battery B U.S. Art. as a volunteer
from the Iron Brigade. It is not known how many battles he was in,
but probably in most of those in which the Brigade took part, certainly
in the battles of Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Antietam, and Gettysburg.
At Gettysburg he was taken prisoner and was for a time confined at Andersonville.
He served until the close of the war and had an honorable discharge.
Concerning his family of relations, but little is known here.
He was a member in good standing of the G.A.R.
and K. of L. societies of this place. The following are resolutions
adopted by the latter in his memory.
At a regular meeting of Little Chief Assembly No.
7511, held April 21, 1887, the following preamble and resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, It has pleased the Great Architect
of the Universe to remove from our midst our late brother David R. Dumond,
and whereas it is but just that a fitting recognition of his many virtues
should be had, therefore be it.
Resolved, By Little Chief Assembly No. 7511,
that while we bow with humble submission to the will of the Most High,
we do not let mourn for our brother who has been taken from us.
Resolved, That in the death of Brother Deumond
this Assembly laments the loss of a brother who was ever ready to proffer
the hand of aid and the voice of sympathy to the needy and distressed of
the fraternity; so active members of this society whose utmost endeavors
were exerted for its welfare and prosperity as a friend and companion who
was dear to us all; a citizen whose upright life was a standard of emulations
to his fellows.
Resolved, That these resolutions be spread
upon the records of the Assembly and a copy be furnished the North Wisconsin
News for publication.
J.M. Curtard, H.W. Habie, and G.R. Dailey
(NOTE: I do not mean to speak ill of the dead,
but Mr. Dumond in the obit sounds like a saint, but in real life was something
else. He married Tabitha Evaline Wilson on April 25, 1870.
She had been married and divorced from John W. Wilson, with whom she had
three children: Arthur Milton, Oscar Franklin, and Mary Florence.
Tabitha and David had a daughter Lavina in about 1873. Tabitha began
to lose her eyesight at about this time and Dumond deserted her in September
1873. By 1876 she was totally blind and living with family in Missouri.
She died penniless at the Home for the Friendless in Lincoln, Nebraska
on Nov. 28, 1914. Dumond's parents died when he was young and in 1860 he
lived with his uncle in Delaware County, IN. After the war broke
out, he joined Company E, 19th Indiana Infantry. They were sent to
Washington D.C. in Sept. 1861 and joined the 2, 6, and 77 Wisconsin Infantry
Regiments to form a Brigade. They fought in some of the bloodiest
battles of the war, including Bull Run, Gainesville, South Mountain, Antietam,
Gettysburg, and Petersburg to name a few. At the Battle of South
Mountain they earned the name "Iron Brigade" reportedly because Gen. MacClellan
saw them fight and said the men stood like iron during the battle.
By fall 1864 the ranks of the 19th Indiana were so depleted that they ceased
to exist, folding the survivors into the ranks of the 10th Indiana infantry.
They continued to fight and were at Appomattox Court House when Gen. Lee
surrendered. Private Dumond was one of the few who survived the war
from beginning to end. (although his obit states that he was at Andersonville,
this is probably NOT true, and my contacting Andersonville yielded no information.
Also, the timing of the years is off to make that statement true.)
Dumond showed up in WI (probably met some
Wisconsin soldiers) and was working for the North Wisconsin Lumber Company
about 1883.
He lived near a Mrs. Carmichael who employed
a young girl named Annie McGinnis for domestic help. He married her
in 1883/1884 (even though he was already married to Tabitha), but the marriage
lasted only days due to his lies and cruelty. Annie fled back to
her hometown of Stillwater, MN.
In the spring of 1887 David was working at
McDermott's Landing about 8 or 10 miles from Hayward when he was seriously
hurt scaling logs. Some say he was killed there, others say he lingered
and died shortly afterward. There is no death record to prove one
way or the other.)
George Hulbert (Contributed
by Karen Duffy)
From the Hayward Republican newspaper Sept. 20, 1894
"Mustered Out"
George Hulbert, an old veteran familiarly known to most of us, was
found dead in bed at the Frank Lavell stopping place on the Spider Lake
road Tuesday. He retired the night before apparently in good health and
spirits. The authorities here were notified and Coroner Smith, with a jury
of six men and Dr. Trowbridge, repaired to the above-named place where,
after a thorough examination, was discovered that the man had died from
heart trouble. The remains were brought to this city and taken charge of
by the G.A.R., assisted by the Sons of Veterans and Drum Corps, gave him
a decent and respectable burial yesterday afternoon. Little is known of
the deceased, except that he was an old timer and a member of the 42nd
Wis. Vol. Inf.
He died Sept. 18, 1894
(NOTE: This George appears on the 1890 Veteran's
Schedule as a resident of Sawyer County who served his country from Feb.
9, 1865 to Sept. 7, 1865 as a private in Company E. He was discharged on
disability.)
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