This item is a flyer for the "order of exercises" for the Memorial Day event which took place in Farmington, NH on 31 May 1897 [the usual day of the 30th being on a Sunday, the holiday's service had been moved to Monday]. It began with a parade from Main St to the town cemetery, led by the Farmington Cadet Band, with the local company of National Guard, the G.A.R. and Woman's Relief Corps members following, and the town officers, clergymen, and the public bringing up the rear.
After the ceremony at the (Pine Grove) Cemetery, it was followed by exercises at the Civil War monument downtown. That evening, a program was held at the opera house.
The back side of the flyer listed the "Names of Deceased Soldiers and Sailors, of Farmington, N.H." that were decorated, including veterans of other wars besides the Civil War.
The back side of the flyer listed the "Names of Deceased Soldiers and Sailors, of Farmington, N.H." that were decorated, including veterans of other wars besides the Civil War.
Farmington Cemetery
| John O Hayes Everett Leighton Herbert E Dame Levi W Hayes Nahala Leighton John Lewis James W Rogers John Martin Lowell Sanborn John P Moses Edmund B Small Alonzo Nute Lucius Smith C.W. Nute John W Stevens Nathaniel Parker John D Wallingford Charles L Pearl Gates Wentworth Rufus K Pearl Hiram Wentworth Robert K Peavey Gates Cloutman C.F. Whitehouse | Wingate Whitehouse Winthrop Penney David Witham Gates Pinkham Charles York Charles Richardson Alamanda Young Joseph Ricker George E Pinkham J.L. Pike J.B. Roberts A.G. Burrows John Averill Thomas Davis William H Hayes Lester H Allen E. Dodge William Hodgdon Charles H Austin Woodbury Downs Albert Howard Leonard Babb Samuel A Kimball C.E. Ricker | Charles Durgin George W Hubbard Dexter Bailey Horace Emery Joseph Hurd James Colomy Samuel Flanders Herman Jones John F Colomy Rufus B Foss James M York Ralph Carlton Hiram French George Jones Daniel P Cilley J.W. Ham Charles Kelley Leighton D Colbath Frank Hayes Emerson Keniston Dudley I Colbath Henry Hayes H.C. Amazeen |
WAR of 1812
Jeremiah Willey, Timothy Davis, Asa Willey, George L Whitehouse, Thomas Ham, Daniel Willey
1812 - Ten Rod Road
Mark Demeritt, Nicholas Ricker, Samuel Chesley, Samuel C. Jones, Timothy Henderson, Dennis Downing
Chestnut Hill Road - John K Walker
Rochester Road - Isaiah Peavey, John Tanner
MEXICAN WAR
John F Place, C.B. Roberts, ----- Shapleigh (Florida War)
Outside Yards
Augustus Horne, Ten Rod Road
Thomas Pinkham, Hodgdon Yard
Jonathan Stevens, Stevens Yard
Samuel Bunker, Bunker Yard
Jeremiah Willey, Timothy Davis, Asa Willey, George L Whitehouse, Thomas Ham, Daniel Willey
1812 - Ten Rod Road
Mark Demeritt, Nicholas Ricker, Samuel Chesley, Samuel C. Jones, Timothy Henderson, Dennis Downing
Chestnut Hill Road - John K Walker
Rochester Road - Isaiah Peavey, John Tanner
MEXICAN WAR
John F Place, C.B. Roberts, ----- Shapleigh (Florida War)
Outside Yards
Augustus Horne, Ten Rod Road
Thomas Pinkham, Hodgdon Yard
Jonathan Stevens, Stevens Yard
Samuel Bunker, Bunker Yard
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Farmington News, 28 May 1897
Farmington News, 4 June 1897
Pine Grove Cemetery burial listing on Find a Grave
Note: The Carlton Post, No. 24, of Farmington, NH, was first organized in 1870, with 51 members. It later disbanded, only to be reorganized in 1882. It was named for Ralph Carlton, who was captain of Company I, Third New Hampshire Infantry. New Durham born, he was a resident of Farmington when he enlisted in 1861. He was killed 16 June 1862 in Secessionville, SC.
Farmington News, 28 May 1897
Farmington News, 4 June 1897
Pine Grove Cemetery burial listing on Find a Grave
Note: The Carlton Post, No. 24, of Farmington, NH, was first organized in 1870, with 51 members. It later disbanded, only to be reorganized in 1882. It was named for Ralph Carlton, who was captain of Company I, Third New Hampshire Infantry. New Durham born, he was a resident of Farmington when he enlisted in 1861. He was killed 16 June 1862 in Secessionville, SC.
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