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Decoration Day in Swanzey, NH - 1886

2/7/2024

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SOUVENIR
DECORATION DAY,
1886
Roll of Honor
of late Soldiers of the
Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and 1861,
Who are buried in Swanzey.
A single folded 6" x 8" sheet, listing those soldiers buried in the cemeteries located in West Swanzey and Swanzey Centre, NH.
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The following is an alphabetical list of the names contained on the above paper. Cemetery location is either Swanzey Centre (SC) or West Swanzey (WS), followed by the cemetery name, for those memorial pages found on Find a Grave. For the Civil War veterans, I've included their regiments, and death years, when known. 

Surname first name Cem Location Cemetery name War Notes
1 Ballou Jotham SC Mt Caesar CW “J.A.” on stone 18th NH INF
2 Belding Elijah SC Mt Caesar 1812

3 Black Samuel WS
CW

4 Bourn Amasa WS
CW BOORN 1st NH INF, 2nd NH INF
5 Bryant Nathaniel SC Mt Caesar CW d. 1881 1st NH CAV
6 Capron Oliver SC Mt Caesar Rev Captain
7 Cross Ebenezer F WS Homestead CW d. 1864 1st VT HA
8 Cummings Enoch SC
Rev

9 Cummings Nehemiah SC Mt Caesar Rev

10 Darling Lowell W WS Homestead CW d. 1862 6th NH INF
11 Dickenson Joseph SC Mt Caesar Rev

12 Eaton Thomas S WS
CW

13 Emerson Ezra WS Homestead 1812

14 Emmons Chancey L WS Homestead CW d. 1864 27th MA INF
15 Gleason George SC
CW

16 Green William WS Homestead Rev

17 Hammond Benjamin WS Homestead Rev

18 Hammond Joseph SC Mt Caesar Rev Lieut Col
19 Hardy Silas S WS
CW

20 Healy D Brainard SC Mt Caesar CW
14th NH INF
21 Henry Hubbard WS
CW d. 1864 14th NH INF
22 Herd Samuel SC
CW HURD 1st NH INF, 6th NH INF
23 Holbrook Cyrus SC
CW
9th NH INF
24 Holbrook Peter SC Mt Caesar Rev Captain
25 Hovey Fernando SC Mt Caesar CW d. 1866 1st NH CAV
26 Hovey Sylvander SC Mt Caesar CW d. 1866 16th NH, 18th NH INF
27 Hovey Theodore SC Mt Caesar CW d. 1864 16th NH INF
28 Hunt William SC Mt Caesar Rev

29 Johnson Cyrene WS Homestead 1812

30 Lakin Oliver WS Oak Hill CW d. 1864 2nd MA HA
31 Lane Aseph SC Mt Caesar Rev

32 Lane Elkanah SC Mt Caesar Rev Lieut
33 Larrabee Frank SC
CW LARABY d.1885 14th NH INF
34 Lyman Chester SC Mt Caesar 1812 Major
35 Morse Henry SC Mt Caesar Rev Lieut
36 Newell Nathan F SC Mt Caesar CW d. 1884 10th IL Cav, 150th IL INF
37 Olcott Otis WS
1812

38 Parker Benjamin SC Mt Caesar Rev

39 Pike Charles SC Mt Caesar CW KIA 1862 6th NH INF
40 Pomroy Benjamin WS Homestead CW d. 1862 6th NH INF
41 Prentiss G E WS
CW

42 Ramsdell Aquilla SC Mt Caesar Rev Bunker Hill
43 Read Timothy SC
Rev

44 Reynolds George SC
CW

45 Roys Roswell SC Mt Caesar CW ROYCE 9th VT INF
46 Sebastion Samuel SC Mt Caesar CW d. 1884 2nd NH INF
47 Snow Ivory WS Homestead Rev

48 Snow Joseph WS
1812

49 Stanley Penticost SC Mt Caesar Rev

50 Starkey Joseph SC Mt Caesar Rev

51 Stearns Samuel WS Homestead 1812

52 Stephenson William WS Homestead 1812

53 Stone John SC Mt Caesar CW KIA 1863 2nd NH INF
54 Thayer John S WS Oak Hill CW d. 1870
55 Weeks Richard SC
1812

56 Wheelock Lincoln WS Oak Hill CW d. 1876 14th NH INF
57 Whitcomb Abijah SC Mt Caesar Rev Bunker Hill
58 Whitcomb Abijah SC Mt Caesar 1812

59 Whitcomb Elisha SC Mt Caesar Rev Major
60 Whitcomb John SC Mt Caesar Rev

61 Whitcomb Jonathan SC Mt Caesar Rev

62 Whitcomb Philomern WS Homestead Rev

63 Williams Moses B SC Mt Caesar Rev

64 Withington John SC
1812

65 Worster Reuben WS Homestead 1812

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