New Hampshire's Last Civil War Veteran:
Stratham
Samuel M Pearson
Died 8 June 1933
Samuel M Pearson, oldest male resident of Stratham, and last surviving veteran of the Civil War in that town, died today aged 92 years and ten days.
Mr Pearson who was a retired farmer, was a native of Stratham and had always lived in the house in which he was born with the exception of the time that he was in the army during the Civil War. He died in the room in which he was born.
Mr Pearson saw considerable action in the Civil War and was in a Confederate prison for several months. He was one of two surviving members of George A Gay Post, GAR of Newmarket. He is survived by his wife, a son, Frank Pearson of Stratham, and a daughter, Mrs Arthur G Lowe, of Derry.
Samuel Moody Pearson was born 28 May 1841 in Stratham, the son of Samuel M and Elizabeth W (Shannon) Pearson. He is buried in Stratham Cemetery.
He served with Co D, 9th New Hampshire Infantry, 10 June 1862 - 10 June 1865, enlisting as a private. He was wounded in the arm and captured during the Battle of Spottslvania on 12 May 1864. He was released, date unknown, and appointed sergeant on 1 May 1865.
Source: the Portsmouth Herald, Fri, 9 June 1933, pg 4; NH death record; Ayling's Revised Register
Samuel M Pearson, oldest male resident of Stratham, and last surviving veteran of the Civil War in that town, died today aged 92 years and ten days.
Mr Pearson who was a retired farmer, was a native of Stratham and had always lived in the house in which he was born with the exception of the time that he was in the army during the Civil War. He died in the room in which he was born.
Mr Pearson saw considerable action in the Civil War and was in a Confederate prison for several months. He was one of two surviving members of George A Gay Post, GAR of Newmarket. He is survived by his wife, a son, Frank Pearson of Stratham, and a daughter, Mrs Arthur G Lowe, of Derry.
Samuel Moody Pearson was born 28 May 1841 in Stratham, the son of Samuel M and Elizabeth W (Shannon) Pearson. He is buried in Stratham Cemetery.
He served with Co D, 9th New Hampshire Infantry, 10 June 1862 - 10 June 1865, enlisting as a private. He was wounded in the arm and captured during the Battle of Spottslvania on 12 May 1864. He was released, date unknown, and appointed sergeant on 1 May 1865.
Source: the Portsmouth Herald, Fri, 9 June 1933, pg 4; NH death record; Ayling's Revised Register
