East Cemetery – Mansfield Historical Society

Julian N. Parker

Posted on October 25, 2022October 25, 2022 by Amanda Rutha

Julian N. Parker was a resident of Mansfield on August 11, 1862 when he enlisted as a Sergeant in Co. D of the 21st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. He was appointed Hospital Steward on June 30, 1863 and he was mustered out June 16, 1865.

The descriptive muster roll of the 21st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry lists his age as 23 and his occupation as student. He is described as 5’ 10” tall with a fair complexion and blue eyes and dark hair. His marital status is single.

He was born July 3, 1839 in Mansfield to Charles and Ann/Anna (Utley) Parker. In the 1860 U.S. census in Mansfield, he is a 21 year old teacher in the household of Charles Parker. One brother in the household, John A. Parker, enlisted in Co. D of the 21st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry on the same day as Julian N. Parker.

After the Civil War, he studied medicine with Dr. Norman Brigham in Mansfield and then continued his studies at Yale Medical School, graduating as a physician in 1867.

He married Caroline Shepard of New Haven in 1868; they had no children.

After practicing medicine in Mansfield for two years, he moved to South Manchester, where he had a medical practice for more than thirty years. Julian Parker was a surgeon with the First Regiment of the Connecticut National Guard and went with them to the 1876 Centennial celebration in Philadelphia. He was a member of the Drake Post of the G.A.R (Grand Army of the Republic) in South Manchester and served as their surgeon for many years.

On July 26, 1890, he applied for an invalid pension, No. 844,420 that was granted under certificate No. 857,429. His widow applied for a pension on April 30, 1908.

Julian N. Parker died on February 7, 1901 in Manchester and is buried at the East Cemetery in Manchester, Connecticut.

Richard M. Thompson

Posted on October 24, 2022October 24, 2022 by Amanda Rutha

Richard M. Thompson was a resident of Mansfield on August 7, 1862 when he enlisted as a Private in Co. A of the 1st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Cavalry and he was promoted to Corporal on September 1, 1864. On June 13, 1864, he was captured at James City Court House, Virginia and imprisoned in Andersonville, Georgia until paroled on September 22, 1864. He was discharged June 3, 1865, Alexandria, Virginia.

He was born about June, 1841 in England to Richard and Alice _____ Thompson. His family immigrated about 1842 when he was 15 months old. In the 1860 U.S. census in Mansfield, he is a 19 year old operative in the household of Richard Thompson. Between 1865 and 1870, he married Alice A. ____. They were in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa in the 1870 U.S. census and Richard was working in a sash factory. In 1880, the family was living in Enfield, Connecticut and Richard is employed as an engineer. The oldest daughter, Alice May Thompson, was born about 1871 in Iowa; the other children were born in Connecticut: Edith E. Thompson, born about 1874; Gene A. Thompson, born about 1875 and Arthur A. Thompson, born in February, 1880. Richard’s wife, Alice died in 1886 and he married, second, Sarah A. ______, born in Maine. Children include: Daisy A. Thompson, born about October, 1890; Evelyn Thompson, born about November, 1891 and Edgar Thompson, born about July 1893. Richard Thompson and his family were living in Manchester, Connecticut in the 1900 and 1910 U.S. censuses and Richard was a carpenter. Richard Thompson was a member of the G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) and of the South Methodist Church.

On April 1, 1899, he applied for an invalid pension, No. 1,224,784 that was granted under certificate No. 1,066,551. His widow applied for a pension on March 6, 1917.

Richard M. Thompson died on February 4, 1917 at his home in Highland Park, Manchester. He is buried at the East Cemetery in Manchester, Connecticut.