Amos Clark

Other Events:

• Religion: Active in the Methodist Episcopal Church
• Census: 1850, Frankfort, Waldo County, Maine, United States; as Amos Clark, in the household of Prudence Clark
• Census: 1860, Clay Township, Gallia County, Ohio, United States; as Amos Clark, clerk, in the household of Joshua Clark
• Military: 13 Aug 1861; enlisted in Co. I, 36th Ohio Infantry as 1st Sergeant
• Military: 4 Mar 1862; was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant Co. G, 36th Ohio Infantry during the Civil War
• Military: 17 Mar 1863, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, United States; was discharged from the military
• Newspaper: 4 Jul 1867; Gallipolis Journal (Gallipolis, Ohio), 11 July 1867, p2
• Newspaper: 4 Feb 1869; Gallipolis Journal (Gallipolis, Ohio), 4 February 1869, p3
• Census: 1870, Clay Township, Gallia County, Ohio, United States; as Amos Clark, Steam Boat Clerk, head of household
• Census: 1880, Clay Township, Gallia County, Ohio, United States; as Amos Clark, Produce Speculator, head of household
• Newspaper: 18 Nov 1880; Gallipolis Journal (Gallipolis, Ohio), 18 November 1880, p3
• History / Bio: 1882; History of Gallia County (Chicago and Todelo: H. H. Hardesty & Co., 1882), p27
• Physical Description: 21 Aug 1885; height 5' 11", dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes
• Military Pension: 21 Aug 1885, Eureka, Gallia County, Ohio, United States; filed a Declaration for Original Invalid Pension
• Census: 1890, Clay Township, Gallia County, Ohio, United States; as Amos Clark. Lieut, Company G, 36 Ohio Infantry
• History / Bio: 1898; History of the Rebuplican Party of Ohio (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1898), p294
• Census: 1900, Clay Township, Gallia County, Ohio, United States; as Amos Clark, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1910, Clay Township, Gallia County, Ohio, United States; as Amos Clark, farmer, head of household
• Will: 20 Sep 1911, Gallia County, Ohio, United States
• Obituary: 4 Jun 1912; The Gallipolis Daily Tribune (Gallipolis, Ohio) 4 June 1912, p1
• Obituary: 5 Jun 1912; Gallipolis Daily Tribune (Gallipolis, Ohio) 5 June 1912 p1
• Obituary: 5 Jun 1912; Newspaper unknown - original clipping
• Obituary: 6 Jun 1912; Xenia Daily Gazette (Xenia, Ohio), 6 June 1912, p5
• Probate: 24 Jun 1912, Gallia County, Ohio, United States; Address:
  Probate Court

Notes:

Military:

Civil War Service
Amos Clark enlisted in the Civil War on August 13, 1861 as 1st Sergeant in Company I, 36th Ohio Infantry. Amos was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant March 4, 1862 and mustered to company "G" 36th Ohio Infantry. In June 1862 while on a forced march to Jackson River Depot (about 200 miles) and near Meadow Bluff, Virginia he contracted chronic diarrhea and fever. The weather was inclement and they were without tents. By permission of General George Crook he was taken to Gauley Hospital, later transferred to Gallipolis Hospital, and granted leave of absence for treatment of stomach and liver trouble. After about two months he was able to join his regiment. Amos Clark was discharged March 17, 1863. September 3, 1885 Amos filed a Declaration for Invalid Pension, Application 548.698 Certificate 338.465. After the death of Amos his widow Sarah filed for a Widow's Pension,. Application 988.262, Certificate 745.319

Newspaper:

Notice.
Lost Note for $1000.00, drawn by Jacob Rigs, in favor of Amos Clark, and bearing date of April 26th, 1867, payable in sixty days from date. All persons are notified not to trade for said note as payment has been stopped.
Amos Clark
July 4 '67

Newspaper:

Court.—The Spring Term of the Court of Common Pleas will begin, in this city, March 8th. The following are the Jurors selected...
Grand Jurors... Listed among the names is Amos Clark, Clay and Jesse Ingels, Gallipolis.

Newspaper:

Five coal and produce boats, belonging to Graham, Riggs & Clark, left Monday in tow of the Thomas Means, for the South. Amos Clark and Ed. Riggs accompany them.

History / Bio:

AMOS CLARK—has been married twice. His first wife, Frances H., daughter of James and Mary Riggs, was married to him June 2, 1863, and died Nov. 24, 1874. She was the mother of three children: Mamie Laura, born July 23, 1864; James Stephen, Mar. 8, 1869; Ada Frances, Nov. 7, 1871. His second wife, Mrs. Sallie B. Harper, was married to him in Gallipolis, Ohio, Oct. 19, 1881. She was born in Gallia county, Ohio, Oct. 24, 1851, and is the daughter of Jesse and Mary A. (Waddell) Ingels. Her father came to this county in 1826. Her mother was born here in 1830. Mr. Clark is a resident of Clay township, and settled in this county in 1859. He was born in Frankfort, Maine, Dec. 8, 1839, and his parents, Stephen and Prudence M. (Martin) Clark, now deceased, were residents of Waldo county, Maine. He entered the late war July, 1861, and was appointed orderly sergeant of Company I, 36th O. V. I. He was commissioned second lieutenant of Company G, 36th O. V. I., in Mar. 1862, resigned April, 1863, on account of disability. Occupation, farming. Address, Eureka, Gallia county, Ohio.

Census:

Special Schedule - Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines
Amos Clark. Lieut, Company G, 36 Ohio Infantry
Enlistment: 13 Aug 1861
Discharge: 26 July 1865
Length of Service: 1y 4m
Post Office: Raccoon Island, Ohio
Disability: liver disease, chronic diarhea

History / Bio:

Amos Clark, of Raccoon Island, Gallia County, has for many years been one of the most active Republicans in Ohio, giving to his party the benefits of a keen mentality, an energetic nature and an unswerving fidelity to its principles, believing them to be for the best of interests and future prosperity of the nation. In 1889 Mr. Clark was elected a member of the board of equalization of Ohio from the eighth senatorial district, over W. S. Thorniley, his Democratic opponent. The board meets every ten years to equalize the value of counties and cities of this state. Ever since 1864, when he voted for Abraham Lincoln, Mr. Clark has supported and worked for the principles of the Republican party, and today no man in the county has a wider influence than he or is more closely identified with the inside workings of that organization. He has frequently been the committeeman for his neighborhood, has served on the county committee, and as a delegate he has been in some of the most noted state conventions, among which may be mentioned the one in which William McKinley was nominated the first time for governor of Ohio. In attending the congressional and senatorial conventions Mr. Clark has always taken an active part, and in county politics he has figured as a most potent factor.
The Clarks of today are descendants of a good old New England family, the male members of which were in early times adherents of the Whig party, the father of our subject, Stephen Clark, being an old-line Whig, who lived and died in Maine, where he reared five sons, four of whom took part in the Civil war. J. M. Clark, at present in the pension department at Washington, District of Columbia, at one time lived in Gallia county, but later moved to Danville, Illinois.
He was a lieutenant of Company I, Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the war. The three other brothers of our subject were Stephen, Henry and Augustus.
At the age of nineteen, Amos Clark came to Gallia county, and for one winter taught school, the following year engaging in boating on the river, in which vocation he continued until the outbreak of the war, when he returned home and enlisted in 1861, in the three-year service, his regiment, the Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, being assigned to duty with the Army of West Virginia and the Army of the Potomac, and participated in the battles of Antietam and South Mountain, together with numerous others, till February, 1863, the regiment was transferred to Tennessee and became a part of the Army of the Cumberland, and where Mr. Clark remained until his term of service expired, when he was honorably discharged, and, as his health had become seriously impaired, he returned home. He subsequently located at Chambersburg, Gallia county, Ohio, and with his brother, J. M., engaged in the mercantile business for the next five years, when Mr. Clark once more embarked in his former business, buying and selling produce, which he boated down the river to Vicksburg, and he also built up a coal trade along the river, his southern headquarters being Vicksburg, and this vocation he carried on successfully up to within a few years, when he retired from active life, and is now residing on a large farm near Raccoon Island on the Ohio river. He has been a member of the Gallia County Soldiers' Relief Commission ever since it was organized, and he is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of Pythias, and D. L. Martin Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of which he is one of the organizers and was its first commander.
In 1863 Mr. Clark was married to Miss Fannie Riggs, and of this union three children were born namely: James S., who is now in Montana; Mamie L., the wife of R. B. Ewing, of Gallipolis, Ohio; and Ada, who is a teacher in the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home, at Xenia, Ohio. Mr. Clark's second marriage too place in 1881, when he was united to Mrs. E. L. Harper. Our subject is in favor of a McKinley tariff, Blaine's idea of reciprocity, and sound money, is a good Republican and a loyal American, and is one of the most highly respected citizens in southern Ohio.
Left Maine by sea and traveled to New Orleans, then from there to Ohio. He clerked in brother Joshua's store until the War. All five brothers were in Civil War.

Will:

Will:
I, Amos Clark of Gallia County, Ohio being of sound and disposing mind and memory do make, publish and declare this as and for my last will and testament, that is to say: First - I will and direct that all just debts existing against me at the time of my decease may be settled. Second - I give and bequeath to my wife Sallie V. Clark, all my household goods of every nature and character absolutely. And I also give, bequeath and devise to my said wife Sallie V. Clark the one third (1/3) part of all my property both personal and real of every nature and character wheresoever situate absolutely and in fee simple. Third - I give, bequeath and devise all my property not heretofore disposed of, both personal and real, of every nature and character wheresoever situate to my three children, Mamie L. Ewing, James S. Clark and Ada F. Lackey, to each, the full on third (1/3) part thereof absolutely and in fee simple. Fourth - I hereby will and direct that the several devisees and bequests, devised and bequeathed in this my last will be charged and subject to the following provisions to wit: If at the time of my decease, any one or all of said legatees or devisees named therein, be indebted to me for money to them loaned, or by me paid for them as surety, or after my decease any one or all of them become indebted to my estate on account of monies paid out of my estate by reason of any being surety for any one or all of them, or by reason of the failure on the part of either of them to pay his note or obligation, of which I may be a co-maker with either of them, and for the payment of which I am responsible only as surety, then and in such event, the share and portion of my estate bequeathed and devised to such legatee or devisee by this will shall be charged with such indebtedness to my estate from said legatee or devisee and the same shall become a lien on the share and portion of my estate so bequeathed and devised to such legatee or devisee - And unless such legatee or devisee pay off said indebtedness and save my estate harmless therefrom then his or her share and portion under this will shall be sold by my executors to pay such indebtedness, my executors paying any surplus after paying such indebtedness to said legatee on devisee. I hereby revoke all former wills by me made. I hereby nominate and appoint Jasper C. Ingels and my son, James S. Clark sole executors of this my last will and testament to serve without being required to give bond for the performance of their duties hereunder. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Gallipolis, Ohio this 20th day of September A.D. 1911
Amos Clark
Signed by the said Amos Clark who at the same time published and declared the same as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us, who in his presence and in the presence of each other and at his request have hereto subscribed our names as witnesses.
Robert M. Switzer, Gallipolis, O.
Alvin O. Dickey, Gallipolis, O.

Obituary:

AMOS CLARK DEAD
Prominent Gallia County Citizen Passed Away at Xenia
Auditor James S. Clark received the sad news, this morning, that had been foreshadowed in these columns, of the death of his father at the home of his daughter Mrs. Ada Lackey of Xenia, O.
It is thought that the body will reach here Wednesday evening, when Undertaker Wetherholt will have charge, but further details of the funeral and burial cannot be given at this time, being undetermined.
Mr. Clark was born at Winterport, Maine, 72 years ago the 8th of last December.
He came to New Orleans when only 19 years of age, and followed the river up to Chambersburg, and later he and brother Joshua went to merchandizing together and running the wharfboat.
Later on he bought a farm and became a farmer prominent as such and later on formed a partnership with Capt. William Graham and Jacob Riggs, under the firm name of Graham, Clark & Riggs, and boated produce south for perhaps 30 years and bought up large quantities of fruit, running into immense transactions some years. A year ago he sold his farm to John Sanders and has done nothing since but try to recuperate his failing health which began several years ago, but in the last two years particularly so. Last fall he went to Florida and spent his winter at St. Petersburg with his wife, they only arriving North recently, and going immediately to Xenia where they have been sojourning until the end.
Mr. Clark was a member of the State Board of Equalization a few years ago, and had been often spoken of for high places in the State, but shifting conditions in politics never seemed to quite be opportune, but he was recognized as capable and worthy of distinguished preferment.
He was married first to Miss Fannie Riggs in June, 1865, and became the father of Mrs. R. B. Ewing of Carlisle, O., Mrs. Dr. Lackey of Xenia, and Mr. J. S. Clark, the present auditor of Gallia county.
Mrs. Clark dying, he was united in marriage the second time to Mrs Sallie Harper, widow of the late Attorney Eben Harper, in October, 1881, and she survives him without children.
He was a member of the M. E. church and a highly moral christian man of a kindly and agreeable nature and much respected and admired by a large acquaintance and sincerely and devotedly loved by family and relatives.
He belonged to the Chambersburg lodges of Masons and Knights of Pythias and was a valued fraternal brother and will receive all the honors these orders can possibly confer and all who knew him will regret that he was unable to continue a useful influential and worthy life, whose trend had been for the good of his fellow man, the world and in obedience to the Divine Will of an Over-ruling Providence.

Obituary:

HON. AMOS CLARK
Died at Xenia Yesterday Morning--
Well Known and Highly Respected Throughout County.
Yesterday morning Auditor James S. Clark received a telegram that his father, Hon. Amos Clark had died at 5:45 o'clock at Xenia, O., at the home of his daughter, Mrs. B. L. Lackey. Mr. Clark had been in failing health for some time and spent the past winter in Florida in the hope of being benefited by a change of climate. He returned to Xenia about two months ago and since then failed rapidly. He was born in Westport, Me., December 8th, 1939, and was 72 years, 5 months and 26 days old. For a short time he was a sailor and when 19 years of age came to this country from New Orleans and located near Chambersburg. In connection with his brother Joshua he operated a store and wharfboat at that place for a number of years. June 2, 1865 he was united in marriage with Miss Fannie Riggs and they became the parents of three children, Auditor James S. Clark, Mrs. R. B. Ewing, of Carlisle, O., and Mrs. B. L. Lackey, of Xenia, all of whom survive. In October, 1881, several years after the death of his first wife, he was united in marriage with Mrs. Sallie Ingels Harper, who survives him.
For over twenty-five years he was engaged in the apple and produce business with the firm of Graham, Clark and Riggs and was very successful. Until two years ago he owned one of the best farms on the Ohio River and was always a progressive, wideawake farmer.
He served three years in the Civil War in the 36th O. V. I. and was promoted to Second Lieutenant for meritorious service. He was also a member of the State Board of Equalization at one time and for years was prominent and active in Republican politics.
Mr. Clark could fitly be described as a gentleman of the old school and as a man of sterling worth. He was widely known in this section of the country and highly respected. His relatives have the sincere sympathy of many friends, who are grieved to learn of their loss.
His body will arrive here on the H. V. Thursday evening and will be taken in charge by Wetherholt. The funeral services will be held at the residence of James S. Clark Friday morning and will be conducted by Rev. J. R. Fields.
Three brothers also survive, J. M. Clark of Topeka, Kas., Henry B. of Girard, Kas. and Augustus of Winterport, Me.

Obituary:

Funeral Services
The body of Mr. Amos Clark will arrive here Thursday evening. The funeral services will be conducted at the home of his son Auditor Clark, by Rev. J. R. Field of Oak Hill, Friday forenoon and the interment by Wetherholt the place not being fully decided upon, and will be attended by members of both the Masonic and Knights of Pythias orders. Gallia Lodge of Chambersburg will have charge.

Obituary:

FUNERAL SERVICE FOR HON. AMOS CLARK
Brief funeral services for the late Hon. Amos Clark were held Thursday morning at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. B. L. Lackey, on Home avenue. The Rev. O. M. Sellers, of Jamestown, an uncle of Dr. Lackey, was in charge of the service, assisted by the Rev. C. W. Sullivan. Rev. Sellers gave the funeral discourse. A quartette, Mr. and Mrs. J. C.. Dodds, Frank Keyes and Raymond Stillings sang, "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" and "In the Upper Garden." Shortly after the services, the family started with the body for Gallipolis, where the burial will take place.

Probate:

Probate Records:
Gallia County, Ohio
p266 - 16 June 1912 Last Will and Testament of Amos Clark, deceased, was produced and offered for probate.
p270 - 24 June 1912 Will admitted to probate.
p275 - 6 July 1912 James S. Clark and J. C. Ingels appointed Executors after accepting letters of testamentary.
p285 - 24 July 1912 Executors filed an Inventory and Appraisement. Confirmed and ordered to be recorded.

Died:

Amos Clark Dead
Prominent Gallia County Citizen Passed Away at Xenia
Auditor James S. Clark received the sad news, this morning, that had been foreshadowed in these columns, of the death of his father at the home of his daughter Mrs. Ada Lackey of Xenia, O. It is thought that the body will reach here Wednesday evening, when Undertaker Wetherholt will have charge, but further details of the funeral and burial cannot be given at this time, being undetermined.
Mr. Clark was born at Winterport, Maine, 72 years ago the 8th of last December. He came to New Orleans when only 19 years of age, and followed the river up to Chambersburg, and later he and brother Joshua went to merchandizing together and running the wharfboat there. Later on he bought a farm and became a farmer prominent as such and later on formed a partnership with Capt. William Graham and Jacob Riggs, under the firm name of Graham, Clark & Riggs, and boated produce south for perhaps 30 years and bought up large quantities of fruit, running into immense transactions some years. A year ago he sold his farm to John Sanders and has done nothing since but try to recuperate his failing health which began several years ago, but in the last two years particularly so. Last fall he went to Florida and spent his winter at St. Petersburg with his wife, they only arriving North recently, and going immediately to Xenia where they have been sojourning until the end.
Mr. Clark was a member of the State Board of Equalization a few years ago, and had been often spoken of for high places in the State, but shifting conditions in politics never seemed to be quite opportune, but he was recognized as capable and worthy of distinguished preferment.
He was married first to Miss Fannie Riggs in June, 1865, and became the father of Mrs. R. B. Ewing of Carlisle, O., Mrs. Dr. Lackey of Xenia, and Mr. J. S. Clark, the present auditor of Gallia county.
Mrs. Clark dying, he was united in marriage the second time to Mrs Sallie Harper, widow of the late Attorney Eben Harper, in October, 1881, and she survives him without children.
He was a member of the M.E. church and a highly moral christian man of a kindly and agreeable nature and much respected and admired by a large acquaintance and sincerely and devotedly loved by family and relatives. (Gallipolis Daily Tribune, June 7, 1912 , Transcribed by Henny Evans)

Amos married Harriett Frances Riggs on 2 Jun 1863 in Gallia County, Ohio, United States. Harriett (daughter of James Riggs and Mary Bare) was born on 13 Sep 1843 in Gallia County, Ohio, United States; died on 24 Nov 1874 in Clay Township, Gallia County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:

Newspaper: Gallipolis Journal (Gallipolis, Ohio), Thursday, June 11, 1863 Page 3
MARRIED
On June 2d, 1863, at the residence of the bride's father, in Clay township, by Rev. J. Barringer, Lieut. Amos Clark, to Miss Fanny Riggs, all of Gallia county O.

1. Mary Laura Clark was born on 23 Jul 1864 in Eureka, Clay Township, Gallia County, Ohio, United States; died on 26 Nov 1956 in Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Nov 1956 in Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, United States.
2. James Stephen Clark was born on 8 Mar 1869 in Gallia County, Ohio, United States; died on 1 Aug 1942 in Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 4 Aug 1942 in Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, United States.
3. Ada Frances Clark was born on 7 Nov 1871 in Raccoon Island, Gallia County, Ohio, United States; died on 28 Mar 1914 in Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 30 Mar 1914 in Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, United States.

Amos married Sarah Vanden Ingels on 19 Oct 1881 in Gallia County, Ohio, United States. Sarah (daughter of Jesse Thomas Ingels and Mary Ann Waddell) was born on 24 Oct 1851 in Harrison Township, Gallia County, Ohio, United States; died on 27 Jun 1931 in Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 1 Jul 1931 in Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
by this marriage no children were born.

Other Events:

• Census: 1830, Frankfort, Waldo County, Maine, United States; as Stephen Clark
• Census: 1840, Waldo County, Maine, United States; as Stephen Clark
• Probate: 3 Jan 1853, Waldo County, Maine, United States

Stephen married Prudence Martin in 1819. Prudence (daughter of Holbrook Martin and Lydia Hosmer) was born on 11 May 1800 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States; was christened on 11 May 1800 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States; died on 22 Feb 1860 in Gallia County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Feb 1860 in Gallia County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Frankfort, Waldo County, Maine, United States; as Prudence Clark, head of household
• Census: 1860, Clay Township, Gallia County, Ohio, United States; as Prudence Clark, died in February

Notes:

Mentioned in the probate records of Stephen Clark, deceased.

Other Events:

• Military: Between Jul 1778 and Nov 1780; Revolutionary War as a Private
• Census: 1790, Frankfort, Hancock County, Maine, United States; as Lemuel Clark
• Census: 1800, Frankfort, Hancock County, Maine, United States; as Lemuel Clark
• Census: 1810, Frankfort, Hancock County, Maine, United States; as Lemuel Clarke
• Census: 1820, Frankfort, Hancock County, Maine, United States; as Lemuel Clark, farmer
• Census: 1830, Frankfort, Waldo County, Maine, United States; as Lemuel Clark

Notes:

Lemuel settled in that part of Frankfort known as Goshen, now part of Winterport where he farmed.

Lemuel married Nancy Littlefield in 1787. Nancy was born in 1767; died on 16 Sep 1842 in Winterport, Waldo County, Maine, United States; was buried in Sep 1842 in Winterport, Waldo County, Maine, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Note: A hatter by trade. Lost overboard 1811. Parents: Ebenezer Martin & Prudence Merritt.

Holbrook married Lydia Hosmer on 5 Oct 1794 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Lydia (daughter of Abel Hosmer and Lucy Lee) was born on 1 Oct 1770 in Templeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America; died on 6 Jan 1860 in Gallia County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Gallia County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 13 Jun 1742, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Ebenezer married Prudence Merritt on 28 Oct 1766 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America. Prudence was born in 1739 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America; died on 10 Nov 1800 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States; was buried in Nov 1800 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Massachusetts, United States; Residence during Revolution was Templeton
• Physical Description: 23 Jun 1778; 5' 7", dark complexion
• Military: 23 Jun 1778, Templeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States; Revolutionary War, Private

Notes:

Abel was a private in Company of Wilder, Sparhawk's Massachusetts Regiment. He was procured from the Company of Wilder in Sparhawk's Massachusetts Regiment, Revolutionary War. Abel was one of the men raised for the town of Templeton in the County, of Worcester, Massachusetts for the purpose of filling up and completing the fifteen battalions directed to be raised for nine months from the time of their arrival in Fishkill. He arrived there June 23, 1776. (Reference: The Adjutant General's office, War Department, Washington, DC. See Mass. Soldiers and Sailors of Rev. War, Page 287)

Revolution pension abstract:
Hosmer, Abel, born March 27, 1747 in Concord Mass; died November 3, 1832 in Frankfort, Maine. married about 1765-9 in Concord, Mass. to Lucy Lee; born June 1, 1748 at Concord Mass,; died April 1, 1826 in Frankfort, Maine.
SERVICE: Private in Massachusetts. Was procured from the company of Wilder in C. Sparhawk's Mass. Regiment. One of men raised from the town of Templeton in Worcester, Mass. to fill up and complete fifteen battalions directed to be raised.
CHILDREN: 1. Lydia, b. Nov 1, 1770, married Holbrook Martin.
2. Jonathan, b. July 1, 1772
3. Silas, b. Nov 28, 1774
4. Abel, b. Nov 15, 1777
5. Esther, b. Feb 15, 1781, married Page Moore.
6.Samuel, born July 11, 1783, married Susan (Suky) Farnum.
7. Lucy, b. Mar 8, 1786, died 1792
MEMBERS: Relda Freeman Walker, No. 330149.
May Freeman, No. 352114.
[Source: http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?abel::hosmer::156.h tml]

Abel married Lucy Lee in 1769 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Lucy (daughter of Dr. Joseph Lee and Lucy Jones) was born on 1 Jun 1748 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America; died on 1 Apr 1826 in Frankfort, Waldo County, Maine, United States; was buried in Apr 1826 in Winterport, Waldo County, Maine, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]