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Henry W. Larkham

Posted on November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 by Amanda Rutha

Henry W. Larkham was a resident of Mansfield on August 7, 1862 when he enlisted as a Private in Co. D of the 21st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. He was promoted to Corporal on March 7, 1863, to Sergeant on December 12, 1864 and he was mustered out June 16, 1865.

The descriptive muster roll of the 21st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry lists his age as 18 and his occupation as operative. He is described as 5’ 8” tall with a fair complexion and brown eyes and black hair. His marital status is single.

He was born about 1845 in Windham, Connecticut to Alfred and Julia (Reed) Larkham. In the 1860 U.S. census in Mansfield, he is a 15 year old operative in the household of Julia Larkham. Henry Larkham married Emily J. Johnson on February 25, 1867 in Mansfield. After the Civil War, he returned to Mansfield where he worked as a silk dyer in a silk mill.

On July 23, 1891, he applied for an invalid pension, No. 887,910 that was granted under certificate No. 643,366. His widow applied for a pension on February 15, 1900.

Henry W. Larkham died on January 23, 1900 in Mansfield and is buried in the Atwoodville Cemetery in Mansfield.

John M. Milliken

Posted on November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 by Amanda Rutha

John Mulberry Milliken was a resident of Hampton on August 22, 1861 when he enlisted as a Private in Co. H of the 7^thRegiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry; he reenlisted as a veteran on December 22, 1863, was promoted to Corporal June 1, 1865 and mustered out on July 20, 1865.

He was born about May 1839 in New York City, New York to James and Elizabeth (_______) Milliken. In the 1860 U.S. census in Hampton, he is a 22 year old farm laborer in the household of James Hutchins. John M. Milliken married Cordelia R. (_____) Scott on August 25, 1865 in Mansfield. Cordelia was 22, born in Ellington and this was her second marriage. Children include: Lizzie Milliken, born about 1868; Rosa Milliken, born about November 1869 and George Milliken, born about 1875. Harlo/Harlan Milliken, born about 1863 is probably a son from Cordelia’s first marriage or his age is misstated in the census. After the Civil War, John M. Milliken moved to Mansfield and worked as a farmer and a laborer. In the 1900 U.S. census, he is living in Clinton, Connecticut and in 1910, Providence, Rhode Island.

On July 12, 1886, he applied for an invalid pension, No. 579,693 that was granted under certificate No. 596,883.

John M. Milliken died June 20, 1913 in Providence, Rhode Island and is buried at the Atwoodville Cemetery in Mansfield.

Samuel L. Morey

Posted on November 1, 2022November 15, 2022 by Amanda Rutha

Morey/Mowrey/Mowry

Samuel Ladoit Morey was a resident of Mansfield on August 7, 1862 when he enlisted as a Private in Co. D of the 21st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. In April, 1863, He was sent to the U.S. General Hospital at Hampton, Virginia for Ascitis, an abnormal buildup of fluid in his abdomen. He was transferred to the 32^nd Co. 2^nd Battalion Veterans Reserve Corp on January 25, 1864 and discharged on September 4, 1865.

Soldiers in the Veterans Reserve Corp were men who could no longer serve on the front lines due to illness or severe injury. These units guarded prisoners, worked as cooks or at hospitals to free up able bodied soldiers. The 32^nd Co. 2^nd Battalion Veterans Reserve Corp was stationed at the U.S. General Hospital at Hampton, Virginia. In a letter from Samuel Morey to Jerome Baldwin, he stated that he had escorted an insane man to the insane asylum in Washington, D.C. and also worked in the knapsack room at the hospital.

The descriptive muster roll of the 21st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry lists his age as 24 and his occupation as farmer. He is described as 5’ 11” tall with a dark complexion and dark eyes and dark hair. His marital status is married.

He was born March 8, 1838 in Mansfield to Charles Lee and Eunice (Church) Morey/Mowry, In the 1850 U.S. census in Mansfield, he is enumerated as Ladoyt Mowrey, a 12 year old living in the household of Charles L. Mowrey. Samuel Morey married Mary Ann Buckingham on September 10, 1860 in Windham, Connecticut. After the Civil War, he was a farm laborer by the 1870 U.S. census in Windham, Connecticut.

Samuel L. Morey died on July 22, 1892 in Mansfield and is buried at the Atwoodville Cemetery in Mansfield.