History of the
Town of Nassau

The following abstract is from Historical and Statistical Gazetteer of New York State by J. H. French, published in 1860. Ray Brown's website Ray's Place has town histories as published in Landmarks of Rensselaer County by George Baker Anderson (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1897). For Chapter XXXI, Town of Nassau, click here.

Nassau was formed from Petersburgh, Stephentown, and Schodack, March 31, 1806, by the name of "Philipstown"1. Its name was changed April 6, 1808. It lies near the center of the southern border of the county. Its surface is very broken. Snake Hill, in the southwest, is about 800 feet above tide. The principal streams are Kinderhook and Tsatsawassa2 Creeks, and Valatie Kill. There are several fine lakes among the hills, the principal of which are the Tsatsawassa and the Pattawassa. The Psanticoke Swamp, west of the center, covers several hundred acres. The soil is clay and gravel underlaid by hardpan. Considerable manufacturing is carried on in town3. Nassau (p.v.), incorporated March 12, 1819, is the seat of Nassau Academy. Population 300. East Nassau (p.v.) has 45 houses, Hoag's Corner (p.v.) 25, Alps (p.v.) 24, North Nassau (p.v.) 15, and Miller's Corners 10. Slab City4 is a hamlet; Brainards (p.v.) contains a female seminary and 20 houses5. The first settler was Hugh Wilson, who located on the site of Nassau Village in 17606. At that time a few Native American families of the Stockbridge tribe were living where Mr. Hoag's orchard now stands7. The Stockbridge conveyed to Joseph Primmer a tract of land north of Hoag's Pond8 and another tract south of it to Hugh Wilson, May 16, 17609. Within the last 20 years a considerable quantity of land has been allowed to produce a second crop of timber. There are seven churches in town10.

1 Named for Philip Van Rensselaer.
2 Sometimes written as "Tackawasick."
3 There were a foundry and machine shop at Nassau Village, a paper mill at Brainerd, a carding machine and a chair factory at Hoag's Corner, and a hoe factory at Dunham's Hollow.
4 Formerly "Union Village P. O."
5 Formerly "Brainard's Bridge P. O." Transylvania Institute was established here in 1837.
6 Among the early settlers were Thomas Hicks, Henry Post, John McCagg, Daniel Litz, Titus Hempsted, Abram Holmes, James Marks, John M. Schermerhorn, Major A. Brush, Reuben Bateman, Nathaniel Gillet, David Waterbury, _____ McNeil, and _____ Wiltsie. Wm. Primmer is said to have been the first child born. The first gristmill was built on the outlet of Tsatsawassa Pond, by Mr. Schermerhorn, before the Revolution. The first inn was kept by _____ Hicks, before, and the first store by Hoag & Vail a little after, the Revolution.
7 They called their village On-ti-ke-ho-mawck, and their chief was named Kesh-o-mawck.
8 This pond was called by the early settlers the "Beaver Dam".
9 The former of these deeds is still preserved.
10 Two Methodist Episcopal, two Presbyterian, one Baptist, one Reformed Protestant Dutch and one Union.

The following abstract is from Gazetteer and Business Directory of Rensselaer County, N. Y., for 1870-71, compiled and published by Hamilton Child in 1870.

Nassau was formed from Petersburgh, Stephentown and Schodack, on March 31, 1806, as Philipstown. It received its present name on April 6, 1808. It lies near the center of the south border of the county. The surface is very broken. Snake Hill,in the southwest, is about 800 feet above tide. The principal streams are Kinderhook and Tackawasick (or Tsatsawassa) Creeks; and Valatie Kill. There are several fine lakes among the hills, the principal of which are the Tsatsawassa and the Patawassa. The Psanticoke Swamp, in the western part of the town, covers several hundred acres. The soil is clay and gravel, underlaid by hardpan. Manufacturing is carried on to a considerable extent in the town.

Nassau, situated in the southwestern part, was incorporated on March 12, 1819, contains some manufacturing and about 300 inhabitants.

The village of West Nassau contains about 50 houses.

The village of East Nassau contains about 200 inhabitants.

The village of Hoag's Corners contains about 200 inhabitants.

The village of Alps contains about 100 inhabitants.

North Nassau and Miller's Corners are hamlets.

The village of Brainerd, formerly called Brainard's Bridge, is in the southeastern part. It contains about 200 inhabitants and is the site of the Transylvania Institute, established in 1838, as a boarding school for ladies and gentlemen.

There is a limited amount of manufacturing in most of these villages.

The first settler of this town was Hugh Wilson, who located on the site of Nassau village in 1760. At that time, a few Native American families of the Stockbridge tribe were living in the vicinity. They called their village On-ti-ke-ho-mawck, and their chief was Kesh-o-mawck. The Stockbridge conveyed one tract of land north of Hoag's Pond to Joseph Primmer and another tract south of the pond to Hugh Wilson, on May 16, 1760. Among the early settlers were Thomas Hicks, Henry Post, John McCagg, Daniel Litz, Titus Hemsted, Abraham Holmes, James Marks, John M. Schermerhorn, Major A. Brush, Reuben Bateman, Nathaniel Gillet, David Waterbury, and men named McNeil and Wiltsie.

William Primmer is said to have been the first child born in the town. The first grist mill was built on the outlet of Tsatsawassa Pond, by Mr. Schermerhorn, previous to the American Revolution. The first inn was kept a little before the Revolution, by a Mr. Hicks, and the first store, a short time after the Revolution, by Hoag & Vail.

Within the last thirty years a considerable quantity of land has been allowed to produce a second crop of timber.

The population in 1865 was 2,894, and its area 26,998 acres.

The number of school districts is sixteen, employing the same number of teachers. The number of children of school age is 953; the number attending school is 761; the average attendance is 292, and the amount expended for school purposes for the year ending Sept. 30, 1866, was $4,196.36.

The following abstract is from History of Rensselaer Co., New York by Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester, published in 1880.

The town of Nassau was organized in 1806 as Philipstown, in honor of Philip Van Rensselaer. In its first few years, it was to undergo several name changes. During this time, it was known as New Stores, then Union Village, and finally, in 1818, Nassau.

Nassau Village, with its population of 300 and 57 houses at the time of its incorporation in 1819, was the social center of Nassau. There were hotels - the Kelly Hotel, later called the Kingman House, and the Homestead Hotel, built by Jonathan Hoag in 1792. It was said to have been one of the stops on the underground railway for escaping slaves.

Many distinguished visitors came to Nassau. In 1825 General Lafayette came with his friend Stephen Van Rensselaer. Joseph Bonaparte - brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France - passed through on his way to Lebanon Springs. Martin Van Buren, former President of the United States, often ate his Sunday dinner at the hotel.

In addition to being a social center, the village was an industrial center, with its grist mills, carriage factories, card shop, candy factory, and shingle and lath factory. In the early 1900s, Nassau had a piano factory.

Early Settlers
Ackley, Silas
Adams, _____
Adams, E.
Adams, Elijah
Adams, G.
Adsit, John B.
Appleby, _____
Aring, E.
Aring, J.
Aring, M.
Backes, J.
Bailey, Amaziah
Bailey, Amaziah
Bailey, S.
Ball, Dr. James H.
Barnum, W.
Bateman, R.
Bateman, Reuben
Beagle, J.
Benjamin, E.
Berry, _____
Bigelow, J.
Bishop, R.
Blake, _____
Blake, J.
Boughton, S.
Boughton, W.
Bowkins, E.
Brainard, David
Brown, C.
Brown, J.
Brown, J.
Brown, J.
Brown, N.
Brown, P.
Brown, S.
Burr, O.
Bush, _____
Bush, A.
Bush, Maj. Abijah
Cahorn, N.
Carpenter, T. G.
Carr, T.
Casey, J.
Chadsey, J.
Champion, D.
Clothier, _____
Cone, J.
Cook, I.
Cromwell, D.
Culver, B.
Cummins, D.
Cummins, E.
Cummins, W.
Curtis, J.
De Long, J.
Devereaux, _____
Devereaux, F.
Devereaux, Jonathan
Devereaux, T.
Dibol, Aaron
Dimond, M.
Dunham, Isaac
Dusenberry family
Dusenbury, G.
Dusenbury, H.
Dusenbury, J.
Dyckman, C.
Ellis, _____
Ellis, G.
Emmons, J.
Emmons, Jonathan
Fails, _____
Farnum, _____
Farrington, R.
Ferguson, J.
Ferris, E.
Filkin, W.
Finch, W.
Foster, W.
Fox, Jeremiah
Freelove, J.
Frost, T.
Gates, L.
Gillett, Nathaniel
Goes, H.
Gollet, N.
Goodrich, S.
Greenman, Benjamin
Hamilton, H.
Hamstead, N.
Harris, E.
Harris, R.
Harris, R.
Hays, W., Jr.
Hays, W.
Heusted, _____
Hicks, T.
Hicks, Thomas
Hicks, Thomas
Hoag, _____
Hoag, J. [Jonathan]
Hoag, William B.
Holmes, Abraham
Howard, J.
Howard, S.
Howe, C.
Hoyt, _____
Huested, J.
Huested, L.
Huested, Titus
Ingles, S.
Klockner, M.
Knap, L.
Knapp, Abiel
Knapp, E.
Knapp, R.
Laraway, P.
Lathrop, _____
Lawrence, J.
Leavenworth, _____
Lee, E.
Lincoln, _____
Litz, D.
Litz, Daniel
Locey, M.
Magee, G.
Magee, Patrick
Marks, C.
Marks, J.
Marks, Joseph
Martin, W.
Mason, _____
McCagg, John
McGee, George
McGee, Patrick
McNeil, _____
Mead, J.
MeGee, _____
Mills, B.
Minthorn, B.
Moore, _____
Mosier, H.
Nelson, J.
Newberry, S.
Nichols, E.
Nichols, G.
Nichols, T.
Nickerson, _____
Nickerson, C.
Northrop, E.
Ostrander, A.
Ostrander, J.
Paddock, J.
Palmer, H.
Parker, J.
Parks, J.
Philips, J.
Pitts, A.
Post, Henry
Pratt, N.
Primmer, Joseph (one of two first white settlers of the town)
Quimby, E.
Quimby, Elnathan
Reed, Eliphalet
Richmond, E.
Roberts, P.
Robins, J.
Robison, W.
Rockwell, J.
Root, Jared
Root, William
Root, Winthrop
Rowley, N.
Rowley, R.
Schermerhorn, J. C.
Schermerhorn, John M.
Schermerhorn, John W.
Sedgewick, E.
Sedgewick, Ebenezer
Sedgewick, Elmore
Sedgewick, Titus
Sennet, R.
Sennet, S.
Sherman, _____
Smalley, _____
Smalley, E.
Smith, A.
Smith, E.
Spink, N.
Sporr, Jerson
Sprague, D.
Sprague, J.
Stevenson, Williams & Co.
Steward, M.
Sweating, W.
Sweet, A.
Sweet, P.
Tarbox, J.
Taylor, O.
Thomas, E.
Thurston, _____
Tifft, John
Tobias, T.
Todd, _____
Tompkins, T.
Torrit, J.
Townsend, _____
Tucker, Henry
Turner, John
Twichel, J.
Vail, _____ [Moses]
Valentine, R.
Van Hoesen, C.
Van Hoesen, J.
Vasey, John,br> Vickery, _____
Vickery, Eli
Ward, _____
Warner, D.
Waterbury, D.
Waterbury, David
Waterbury, J.
Waterman, L.
Waterman, M.
Wells, E.
Williams, _____
Williams, J.
Williams, Jonathan
Wilson, D.
Wilson, Hugh (one of two first white settlers of the town)
Wiltsie, _____
Woodbridge, Rev. Timothy
York, T.

Some participants in the Revolutionary War
Bush, Maj. Abijah
Ball, Dr. James H.
Burroughs, Robert J. W.
Griswold, Simeon
Lester, Guy (who died in the town)

Some participants in the War of 1812
Babcock, Varnum
Bateman, Rensselaer
Cole, Jacob
Launt, George
Rogers, Reuben
St. John, Capt. David
Tifft, Capt. Simeon
Tifft, Jeremiah
Tobias, Thomas
Wheeler, Isaac
Wool, Maj.-Gen. John E.

This next list is also from Sylvester's History of Rensselaer County, published in 1880; it was transcribed and alphabetized by Debby Masterson. Sylvester describes it as a "list of soldiers credited to the town [Nassau], prepared from the printed muster-in rolls of the State and from the census reports of 1865."

Lin Van Buren added that some names appear twice, perhaps because Sylvester's team of researchers found the name both on a muster-in roll and on the deaths list of the 1865 NY State Census. Although Sylvester is a secondary source, the original census pages survive, and if you find a name here in which you are interested, you can look at the original census pages yourself. It should also be noted that the census deaths list reports what the soldier's surviving family TOLD the census enumerator. It would appear from at least one Nassau soldier, Darius Morris, and perhaps also from others such as Ceno Och, that conflicting information about some soldiers' death exists. Here is what Lin found in researching Darius Morris, in case it may help other researchers who find conflicting information in primary sources about the death of their US Civil War soldier. Darius Morris's name appears in an article by the war correspondent of the Troy Daily Times that was published on 23 May 1864, only a few days after the Battle of Drury's Bluff in Virginia. This article was an eyewitness account of the battle, written at Drury's Bluff. Published with the article was a list of casualties, and among those reported as killed was Darius Morris. Either the newspaper report of his death in this battle was erroneous or the belief of his grieving parents that their beloved son starved at Andersonville was erroneous. Andersonville records do indeed name Darius Morris - but they also show that he was not buried at Andersonville, that his place of death is unknown and that no further information is given. In other words, the Andersonville records show that he was reported by a party unknown as having been there. You can find out more about Andersonville at the Andersonville website.

Civil War Soldiers
Adams, Daniel, enl. Sept. 21, 1861, 7th Cav.; re-enl. 21st Regt.
Andrus, Henry, enl. Aug. 9, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Ashley, Abram, enl. sept. 1864, 91st Regt.
Ashley, Bernard H., enl. Sept. 25, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Ashley, Charles H., enl. Aug. 1864, 61st N. Y. Regt., Co. E; killed before Richmond.
Ashley, Hernard H., 4th corp., enl. Aug. 12, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Ashley, Noah, enl. Aug. 9, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Ashley, Noah, enl. Sept. 25, 1862, 169th Regt.; died soon after discharge.
Ashley, Wm. H., enl. Aug. 1861, 6th Cav.; re-enl.; pro. to 2d lieut.
Bacchus, Asbury, enl. Aug. 15, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Bacchus, Asbury, enl. Sept. 25, 1862, 169th Regt.; died at Andersonville.
Bacchus, Marvel L., musician, enl. Sept. 25, 1862, 169th Regt.
Bacchus, Merville, drummer, enl. Aug. 13, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Bailey, Warren, enl. Aug. 23, 1864, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Bailey, William, enl. Sept. 25, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Bailey, Wm. H., enl. Aug. 12, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Barnes, Addison.
Beckwith, Horace P., 2d sergt., enl. Aug. 14, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Beckwith, Horace, sergt., enl. Aug. 1862, 169th Regt.
Beekstine, Charles, enl. Sept. 1862, 169th Regt.
Beekstine, John, enl. Sept. 1862, 169th Regt.
Boutwell, Hiram, enl. May 1861, 18th N. Y.; re-enl. in 169th Regt., Dec. 31, 1864.
Bradway, Elijah G., 5th corp., enl. Aug. 9,1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Brockway, Chauncey G., enl. Aug. 11, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Brockway, Chauncey J., enl. Sept. 1, 1862, 169th Regt.; trans. for disability to Vet. Res. Corps.
Brown, Charles O., enl. Aug. 12, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Brown, Charles, enl. sept. 25, 1862, 169th Regt.; pro. to corp.
Brown, Edgar, enl. Feb. 1864, 169th Regt.
Brown, James H., enl. 44th Regt.; killed at Malvern Hill, Jluly 1, 1862.
Brown, James, corp., enl. Aug. 17, 1861, 44th Regt.
Brown, James, enl. Aug. 9, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Brown, James, enl. Sept. 15, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A; pro. to corp. and sergt.; taken prisoner.
Bush, Calvin, 1st lieut., enl. Aug. 27, 1862, 125th Regt.
Butler, Henry F., enl. Aug. 12, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Cain, George, enl. Aug. 6, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Calender, Leroy E., enl. Aug. 1864, 5th Art.
Carey, Silas, enl. Aug. 1864, Griswold Cav.
Clark, Harrison, enl. Aug. 1862, 125th Regt.; pro. to color-sergt. and lieut.
Cole, James R., enl. Sept. 1861, 7th Cav.; pro. to sergt.
Coleman, Horatio D., enl. Aug. 1862, 125th Regt.
Colvin, James A., enl. April 27, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.; pro. to capt. Aug. 21, 1862; to maj. Feb. 12, 1864; to lieut.-col. Jan. 12, 1864.
Conant, Charles E., enl. Oct. 10, 1862, 1st Sharpshooters.
Conant, Sumner, enl. Oct. 6, 1862; re-enl. 16th Art.
Coon, Martin, enl. Dec. 9, 1861, 20th Mass. Regt.
Crane, David, enl. March 30, 1865, 153d Regt., Co. D.
Cumming, Dennis, musician, enl. Aug. 1862, 125th Regt.
Cummings, Theodore, enl. Aug. 21, 1862, 125th Regt.
Dailey, George W., 2d corp., enl. Aug. 11, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Day, Robert.
De Marnay, Frederick, enl. Aug. 19, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Dunning, George P., enl. Jan. 4, 1864, 6th H. Art.; twice wounded.
Face, Joseph, enl. Sept. 8, 1864, 99th Regt.; trans. to 123d Regt.
Face, Mordecai, enl. Sept. 8, 1864, 99th Regt.; trans. to 123d Regt.
Fallen, Edward, enl. Dec. 31, 1861, 81st N. Y. Regt.; re-enl.
Finch, John H., enl. Aug. 28, 1862, 169th Regt.
Finley, John, enl. Aug. 9, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Frisbie, Charles D., enl. Aug. 9, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Frisbie, James, enl. Aug. 9, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Gafner, John, Jr., enl. Jan. 4, 1864, 16th H. Art.; wounded; trans to 6th Art.
Gardner, Cyrus W., enl. Aug. 12, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Gardner, Cyrus,enl. Sept. 1862, 169th Regt.; killed at Cold Harbor.
Gibson, John V., enl. Aug. 9, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Hall, William H., enl. Sept. 18, 1861, 18th Regt.
Harkins, Lewis M., musician, enl. Aug. 26, 1862, 125th Regt.; trans. to V. R. Corps.
Harris, John S., enl. Aug. 27, 1862, 125th Regt.; wounded twice.
Harter, Geo., enl. 1864, 58th Regt.; lost his life.
Hayse, Silas B., enl. Oct. 1871, 7th Cav.
Herrick, Lewis M., enl. April 20, 1861, 5th Regt.
Herrington, Benjamin P., enl. May 1861, 3d Regt.
Herrington, Lorenzo A., sergt., enl. Sept. 1861, 7th Cav.; re-enl. 21st Cav.
Heyner, Ezra, enl. Sept. 1862, 134th Regt.
Hitchcock, David W., enl. Aug. 28, 1862, 117th Cav.
Husted, John, musician, enl. 1864, 44th Regt.; disch. for disability.
Hydenburgh, Daniel, enl. Aug. 11, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Jaques, Edward P., 4th sergt., enl. Aug. 11, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Jule, Egid, enl. Aug. 1862, 169th Regt.; trans. to 22d Regt.
July, Asa, enl. Aug. 15, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Kirby, John H., enl. Aug. 27, 1862, 125th Regt.
Knapp, Lewis W., enl. Sept. 1864, 12th Cav.; pro. to ord. ser.
Krugh, Frederick, enl. 6th H. Art.
Lasher, Charles, enl. Aug. 11, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Lasher, William, enl. Oct. 1861, 44th N. Y. Regt., Co. G; killed in battle of the Wilderness.
Manning, Charles Henry, enl. Feb. 5, 1864, 169th Regt., Co. A, discharged July 19, 1865 at Raleigh, NY. Born Sept. 20, 1837 in Schenectady.
Marshall, Daniel, lieut., enl. Sept. 1862, 12th Regt.; pro. to capt., and injured.
Matoon, Andrew, enl. Nov. 4, 1861, 91st Regt.; disch. for wounds.
McQuade, Edward, enl. Aug. 11, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
McQuade, Edward, enl. Sept. 25, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
McQuade, John, corp., enl. sept. 25, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
McQuade, John, enl. Aug. 9, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Mellens, Alfred, enl. Aug. 27, 1862, 125th Regt.; died at Andersonville.
Messinger, John, corp., enl. Sept. 27, 1861, 58th Regt.; disch. for disability.
Mills, Lewis, enl. Aug. 3, 1864, 12th Cav.
Mither, John, enl. Oct. 1861, 58th Regt.
Morris, Darius, enl. Aug. 11, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Morris, Darius, enl. Aug. 1862, 169th Regt.; "starved to death at Andersonville".
 [This soldier, Darius Morris, appears twice in the 1865 NY State Census, once on page 23 listed with his living family of father Demon (sic - Demmon) Morris 58 and his mother Catherine (Earing) Morris 53, as their son Derias Morris 33 married `formerly in army' `died at Andersonville'; and once on page 52, under `Deaths of Officers and Enlisted Men', as Derias Morris, `died at Andersonville, the Rebels starved him.' I mention this to illustrate to you that if you find a name of interest here, you will find more if you afterwards consult the original.]
Myers, Peter J., enl. Aug. 14, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Ostram, Leyman, 6th corp., enl. Aug. 11, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Ostrander, George H., enl. Aug. 24, 1864, Navy ship Telposi.
Palmer, Rensselaer, enl. July 30, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Palmer, Rensselaer, enl. Sept.1862, 169th Regt.; died at Folly Island, S. C.
Phelps, Edward.
Pomeroy, Jason A., enl. Dec. 7, 1863.
Preston, Joseph, enl. Oct. 21, 1861, 91st Regt., Co. F; re-enl. 5th Cav.
Reed, Irving H., enl. Aug. 9, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Reed, Willard H., 1st corp., enl. Aug. 11, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Reed, Willard H., enl. sept. 25, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A; died at Hilton Head.
Robbins, Levy, enl. Aug. 1863, 17th U. S. Inf.
Roberts, Peter, enl. Aug. 14, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Schermerhorn, David Thomas, enl. April 11, 1865, 22d Regt.
Shaner, Minard, enl. Nov. 1861, Black-Horse Cav.; re-enl. Jan. 3, 1864, H. Art.
Shaw, Calvin, enl. June 7, 1864, 21st Regt.
Shaw, Emerson, enl. Aug. 15, 1864, 21st Cav.
Shay, Harvey, enl. Sept. 6, 1861, 2d Cav.; re-enl. 169th Regt.
Shelden, James B., enl. Aug. 9, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Shelden, John L., enl. Aug. 9, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Sheldon, George, enl. Aug. 9, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Sheldon, James B., enl. Sept. 25, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Sheldon, John L.
Shepherd, Filand, enl. Aug. 1862, 125th Regt.
Shiller, Coonrad, enl. Jan. 1862, 91st N. Y. Regt.; trans. to Navy gunboat Port Royal; wounded.
Shiller, Henry, enl. Jan. 2, 1864, 169th Regt.; wounded.
Shufelt, William H., 3d corp., enl. July 30, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Simpson, Edward J., enl. Sept. 15, 1862, 125th Regt.; prisoner at Andersonville.
Slack, Henry A., enl. Aug. 11, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Slack, Henry S., enl. Aug. 1862, 169th Regt.; pro. to corp.
Stickles, Edward, enl. Jan. 1863, 169th Regt.;died at Andersonville.
Strait, Alfred, enl. Feb. 6, 1865, 128th Regt., Co. E.
Supelt, William, enl. Sept. 25, 1862, 169th Regt.
Sweet, William, enl. Aug. 27, 1862, 125th Regt., Co. E.
Tator, Lorenz, enl. July 30, 1862, 169th Regt., Co. A.
Taylor, Abram, enl. Sept. 1861, 7th Cav.; re-enl. Aug. 25, 1862, 125th Regt.
Thompson, Hiram E., enl. Sept. 9, 1861, 7th Cav.
Tift, J. Edward, musician, enl. Aug. 26, 1862, 125th Regt.
Turner, Stephen E., enl. Aug. 27, 1862, 125th Regt.; had previously served nine months.
Urban, Jacob, enl. Nov. 1863, 41st N. Y. Regt.
Van Deusen, Cornelius, enl. Sept. 17, 1862, 169th Regt.; re-enl. in 21st Regt.
Vickery, Elias, enl. Oct. 10, 1862; re-enl. Wis. Cav.
Vickey, Charles W., sergt., enl. April 1864, 51st Mass. Regt.
Vickey, Myron D., sergt., enl. May 1861, 10th Mass. Regt.; re-enl. 2d Art.
Webster, Nelson, enl. Aug. 27, 1862, 115th Regt.; clerk in qr.-master's office.
White, David, sergt., enl. Aug. 1862, 125th Regt.; pro. to 1st lieut.
Wicks, 3d sergt., enl. May 14, 1861.
Williams, Hamilton F., enl. Oct. 7, 1862, 1st Sharpshooters.
Williams, John E., enl. Sept. 1, 1864, 99th Regt.; trans to 132d Regt.
Williams, Selim B., enl. March 6, 1865; trans. to 132d Regt.
Williamson, James, enl. June 1861, 30th Regt.; re-enl. 1864, 5th Cav.; disch. June 14, 1865.
Winters, David F., musician, enl. Jan. 1864, 169th Regt.
Wolcott, John H., enl. Jan. 27, 1863, 3d Wis. Regt.; supposed dead.

Died in Service
Ashley, Noah, enl. Sept. 25, 1862, 169th Regt.; died after he came home.
Ashley, Russell D, enl. Sept. 1864, 91st Regt.; died Oct. 11, 1864 at Baltimore, Md.
Ashly, Charles H., enl. Aug. 1864, 107th N. Y.
Bacchus, Asbury, enl. Sept. 25, 1862, 169th Regt.; died July 3, 1864, at Andersonville.
Bailey, George
Beckstine, Harman, enl. Sept. 3, 1862, 169th Regt.; died Sept. 24, 1863 at Philadelphia.
Brown, James, enl. Oct. 1861, 44th Regt.; killed at battle of Malvern Hill.
Dennis, Arnold, corp., enl. May 8, 1861, 2d Regt.; died November 1861.
Dodge, James, enl. Aug. 1862, 125th Regt.; died Oct. 1862.
Dunham, Palmer W., corp., enl. Aug. 6, 1862, 125th Regt.; died July 3, 1863.
Gardner, Cyrus, enl. Sept. 25, 1862, 169th Regt.
Hoag, enl. Jan. 1864, 169th Regt.; died at Andersonville.
Hoag, Judson, enl. Aug. 1862, 169th Regt.; died Oct. 27, 1864 in Rhode Island.
Horter, George, enl. Feb. 22, 1864, 58th Regt.; died March 31, 1865 at Cape Hatteras on board the steamer General Lyon.
Houghtaling, Hiram, enl. Oct. 1861, 91st Regt.
Knap, Eleazer, enl. April 15, 1861, 3d Conn.; pro. to sergt.; died April 3, 1861 at Fort McHenry.
Knap, Henry J., enl. Oct. 14, 1862; died Jan. 18, 1863 at Nassau.
Knap, Marshal C., enl. July 1862, 34th Mass.; died Oct. 14, 1864 at Shenandoah Valley.
Lasher, William, enl. May 8, 1861; killed in battle of Wilderness.
Loppy, Henry, enl. Aug. 18, 1862, 125th Regt.; killed at Gettysburg July 3, 1863.
Morris, Darius, enl. Sept. 25, 1862, 169th Regt.; "died at Andersonville".
Och, Ceno, enl. Aug. 1, 1861, 46th Regt.; died Aug. 22, 1864 or starvation at Andersonville.
Ostrom, Lyman, enl. Aug. 10, 1862, 169th Regt.; died May 10, 1864 at Chester Station, Va.
Palmer, Rensselaer, enl. Sept. 25, 1862, 169th Regt.; died at Folly Island, S. C.
Payne, Thomas Henry, enl. Sept. 8, 1864, 12th N. Y.; died May 1865 at Goldsboro, N. C.
Reed, Willard, enl. Jan. 19, 1864, 169th Regt.
Roberts, Paul, enl. Jan. 1864, 169th Regt.; died at Petersburg, Va.
Roberts, Peter, enl. Sept. 25, 1862, 169th Regt.; died from loss of arm at hospital.
Sheldon, George
Shofelt, Wm., sergt., enl. Sept. 25, 1862, 169th Regt.; died at Hampton hospital.
Stickles, Edward, enl. Jan. 1864, 169th Regt.; died Sept. 29, 1864 at Andersonville.
Taylor, Washington L., enl. Sept. 1862, 43d Regt.; died Oct. 30, 1862, at Hagerstown, Md.
Trumble, Andrew, enl. Oct. 1861, 115th Regt.; died June 12, 1863 at New Orleans.


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