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Historic leaves, volume 6, April, 1907 - January, 1908, Luther B. Pillsbury. (search)
merville Historical Society. He was vice-president of the Somerville Board of Trade, and active in all the meetings of the organization. He was also vice-president of the Somerville Historical Society, and president of the Somerville Fire Underwriters. He was prominent in the Somerville Sons and Daughters of New Hampshire; was a member of the Massachusetts society of the Sons of the American Revolution; past dictator of Winter Hill lodge, Knights of Honor: a contributing member of Willard C. Kinsley post, 139, G. A. R.; a member of the Somerville Y. M. C. A. and the Broadway Congregational church; and also of the Masonic fraternity, in which in his younger days he was very active. Possessed of a fund of general information, which was always at the disposal of those who sought his counsel, and having a cheerful, even temperament, he was a valuable person in any community. Although not a lawyer, he had an extensive legal knowledge, and was frequently consulted by those in need
Historic leaves, volume 6, April, 1907 - January, 1908,
Union Square
and its neighborhood about the year 1846. (search)
ract of land, bordering also on Joy street, which he divided into lots and built upon. Edward H. Bradshaw, who opened up and developed more recently the properties on Westwood road, is a grandson of S. C. Bradshaw. On the south side of Washington street stood the Milk Row station of the Lowell railroad, the first, I think, in Somerville. About this time S. C. Bradshaw, Sr., owned a residence on Joy street, and Zebediah Kinsley one on Linwood street. Mr. Kinsley was the ancestor of Willard C. Kinsley, veteran from Somerville killed in the Civil war, and after whom the G. A. R. post is named, and of his brother, Colonel Frederick W. Kinsley, also veteran of the Civil war, also of Henry Kinsley and of Albert C. Kinsley. The Kinsleys were brickmakers, the younger members of the family being prominent scholars in our grammar and high schools; a daughter, Miss Joanna Kinsley, recently lived in Brighton. On the west side of Boston street, near Washington, was a house owned by Benjami
Historic leaves, volume 6, April, 1907 - January, 1908, Company E, 39th Massachusetts Infantry, in the Civil War. (search)
men, encouraged the enlistments, which went on rapidly under the direction of the three officers who received their commissions from the selectmen. These officers were Captain Fred R. Kinsley, First Lieutenant Joseph J. Giles, and Second Lieutenant Willard C. Kinsley. All three had completed their term of service in Captain (later Major) Brastow's company, which enlisted for three months, the first-mentioned having been second lieutenant, and the two others privates in said company. These menned until November 13. On the way back, at Offert's Cross Roads, death entered our ranks for the first time, and we lost Private Sumner P. Rollins, who had enlisted with his half-brother, Illiot Kenneston. While we were at this place, Second Lieutenant Kinsley was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant, company H (from Dorchester). Sergeant-Major T. Cordis Clark, of Roxbury, was assigned to the vacancy in company E. December 21 found us at Poolsville again, where we went into winter qua
Historic leaves, volume 6, April, 1907 - January, 1908,
Union Square
before the War.—(Il) (search)
I have spoken about the birds and fishes with which most of the younger people around Union Square were familiar in the forties and fifties, which suggests that the amusements of gunning and fishing were common then; almost every boy owned a gun and was a huntsman. Rifle and pistol practice were also common, especially on the brick yards, and I well recall some of the more noted of our marksmen near the Square, among then Nathaniel Blair, Isaac Barker, Frederick Kinsley, brother of Willard C. Kinsley, after whom the Somerville G. A. R. post is named, and who was himself a colonel in the army. The Messrs. Whittemore were also good shots, as they ought to have been, for they were in the rifle manufacturing business here in Somerville, and made the best. Among other amusements in those days was bowling at the alley of Thomas Goodhue, whose alley and residence were on the westerly side of Bow Street, just north of the present Hill Building. May-day parties covered our hills pre
Historic leaves, volume 6, April, 1907 - January, 1908, Company E, 39th Massachusetts Infantry, in the Civil War.—(Ii.) (search)
nally forced back. Our division, the Second, together with the Fourth, took their places and repulsed the enemy, who fell back through an opening in the woods and made a stand among the trees, about a quarter of a mile from our line. The whole Thirty-ninth Regiment was in this engagement, Colonel P. Stearns Davis in command, Captain Fred R. Kinsley over Company E, and Captain C. N. Hunt over Company H, Dorchester. The other companies of this regiment were Company K, Woburn, under Captain W. C. Kinsley; Company C, Medford; B, of Roxbury; D, of Quincy; I, of Natick; F, of Taunton; A, of Peabody; G, of Scituate and Boston. That night the field between the two armies was strewn with dead and wounded men, mangled horses, and broken cannon. Our regimental loss was twenty, killed and wounded. Company E, being on the right, was not in the thick of the fight, and lost none. Company H lost six, two killed and four wounded. We lay in this position all that afternoon and during the nig
Historic leaves, volume 6, April, 1907 - January, 1908, Company E, 39th Massachusetts Infantry, in the Civil War.—(Iii.) (search)
re driven back about a mile, when Griffin's division met us and stopped the retreat. This event happened about 9 o'clock in the morning. General Robinson, commander of our division, lost a leg in this action. When we came back we found Captain W. C. Kinsley, of Company K, in tears. Look at my company! he cried, only seven left out o eighty-seven! But he was assured that the woods were full of our men, and that his would be in shortly. It proved to be so. We were not called on for the resr army had come up against the enemy at Petersburg. At 6 p. m. we go forward again. All that night there is lively fighting on our front (the left). Lieutenant Wyman, of my company (H), and several others are wounded. About midnight Captain Willard C. Kinsley is slightly injured in the head by a spent ball. We have no sleep that night. We are within two miles, good shelling distance, of Petersburg. Thus we spent Bunker Hill Day, 1864. June 18. At 7 a. m. we advanced through woods and
Historic leaves, volume 6, April, 1907 - January, 1908, Index (search)
ngman,———, 14. Kinsley, Albert C., 12. Kinsley, Captain Fred R., 16. 46. Kinsley. Frederick W., 12, 36. Kinsley, Henry, 12. Kinsley, Joanna, 12. Kinsley, Willard C., 12. 17, 18, 36. Kinsley, Captain Willard C., 46, 57, 66. 70. Kinsley, Zebediah, 12. Kirkland Street, Cambridge, 15. 33. Knapp, Mrs. Oren S., 9. Kinsley, Captain Willard C., 46, 57, 66. 70. Kinsley, Zebediah, 12. Kirkland Street, Cambridge, 15. 33. Knapp, Mrs. Oren S., 9. Lake, Alice E., 15. Lane, Sarah, 49. Laurel Hill, 58. Lawrence, Samuel C., 79. Leach, Elizabeth. 29. Leach. Robert, 27, 29, 50. Leathe, Edwin B., 3. Leathe, Mary A., 3. Leavitt, Major, 23. Leavitt, Rev. Horace H., 4. Lee, General. 44, 57. 77. Leighton,———. 13. Leland,———. 14. Leland, Caleb W., 55. Leland, Thom Whitridge, Elizabeth P., 39. Wilderness, Battle of the, 56. Wilderness, Battlefield of the, 44, 45. Wildridge's Hill, 29, 51, 52. Willard, —, 13. Willard C. Kinsley Post, 139, G. A. R., 3. Williams, Charles, Jr., 41. Williamsport, Md., 20. Wilson,———, 10. Wilson, Richard, 28, 31. Winter Hil