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Monday, May 27, 2013

Monument Monday - War Memorial, Manchester, Vermont

War Monument - Manchester, VT

"The Honor Roll Project is an effort to transcribe and photograph military honor rolls.  The transcribed names make the soldiers available for search engines, so that descendants and family members can find them on the internet.  It is a simple, but very rewarding project."

This afternoon I took a ride into town to photograph and transcribe one of the war monuments in town.  Manchester was a gathering spot for soldiers during the American Revolution, especially in the days before the Battle of Bennington. The monument represents this with the figure of a Revolutionary War soldier at the top.  The monument, however, is dedicated to the men of four wars.

Facing the road at the base of the monument is the dedication plaque, stating that the monument was placed in 1905.  Working clockwise around the base are plaques list men who served in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War and the Civil War.  I've transcribed each panel below.


IN
MEMORY
OF
THE MEN
OF
MANCHESTER
WHO SERVED IN THE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
WAR OF 1812
MEXICAN WAR
CIVIL WAR
___
ERECTED BY CITIZENS OF MANCHESTER
DEDICATED MAY 30 1905.


REVOLUTIONARY WAR
AMOS ALLEN
DAN. ALLEN
JONATHAN ALLEN
SETH ALLEN
ROBT. ANDERSON
DANL. ARNOLD
REUBEN BAKER
MARTIN BARBER
GIDEON BARBER
ISAAC BARKER
THOS. BARNEY
BENJ. BEERS
LEWIS BEEBE
AICE BECKWITH
WM. BEDELL
NATHAN BEMAN
HAYNES J. BEMAN
WM. BENNET
PETER BLACH
TIMOTHY BLISS
JARED BOORN
NATHANIEL BOORN
ARTHUR BOSTWICK
NATHL. BOSTWICK
THOS. BULL
THOS. BULL JR
ELIJAH BURTON
JOSIAH BURTON
CAL. CHAMBERLAIN
DANL. CHAMPION
CHRIS’R COLLINS
NATHL. COLLINS
ELISHA COOK
JOHN DAGGETT
JOB DEAN
ELIAKIM DEMING
WM. DREW
DUNCAN DUNN
ASA FARRAND
PETER FRENCH
WM. GOULD
SILAS GOODRICH
JESSE GRAVES
THADDEUS HARRIS
BARNABAS HATCH
CORNELIUS HAVENS
JAS. HENNESSEY
SIMEON HINE
ELIJAH HOLLISTER
JOHN HOWARD
BENJ. HUNTLEY
SAML. HULL
JAS. JAMESON
DANL. JONES
DAVID LEE
JAS. LEWIS
ROBT. LOGGAN
BENJ. McINTYRE
JOS. McINTYRE
RICH’D McINTYRE
ISAAC MARKS
AARON MASON
JACOB MEAD
PHILIP MEAD
TRUMAN MEAD
RUFUS MUNSON
THADDEUS MUNSON
JONATHAN ORMSBY
GIDEON ORMSBY
DANL. ORMSBY
GEORGE OLDS
JACOB ODELL
JOHN PAGE
TIMOTHY PEARL
STEPHEN PEARL
ABEL PETTIBONE
SAML. PETTIBONE
SETH PETTIBONE
PETER PIXLEY
FELIX POWELL
MARTIN POWELL
TRUMAN POWELL
BENJ. PURDY
REUBEN PURDY
DANL. PURDY
DAVID PURDY
PHILIP REYNOLDS
AMOS RICHARDSON
ANDREW RICHARDSON
NATHAN RICHARDSON
BENJ. ROBERTS
CHRIS’R ROBERTS
JOHN ROBERTS
JOHN ROBERS JR
JOEL ROSE
JESSE SAWYER
AARON SEXTON
GEORGE SEXTON
JONATHAN SEXTON
DANL. SHAW
JOSIAH SHELDON
GEORGE SMITH
JOHN SMITH
NATHAN SMITH
STEPHEN SMITH
PELETIAH SOPER
SOLOMON SOPER
MOSES SPERRY
PRENTICE STORES
PELEG SUNDERLAND
WALLACE SUTHERLAND
SAML. SUTHERLAND
TIMOTHY SKINNER
BENJ. VAUGHN
JAS. VAUGHN
JEREMIAH WAIT
SAML. WALKER
AZEL WASHBURN
STEPHN WASHBURN
ISAAC WHELPLEY
JEREMIAH WHELPLEY
JOHN WHITE
ENOCH WOODBRIDGE


WAR OF 1812
ROBERT ANDERSON
ALVAH BISHOP
JOHN BLACK
ELIJAH BURTON
JOSEPH BURTON
LEMUEL COLLINS
BENJAMIN DIBBLE
GURDON EATON
SAMUEL FOLSOM
ABRAM C. FOWLER
DAVID GLAZIER
JOHN HARRIS
APOLLOS HARVEY
JABEZ HAWLEY
TRUMAN HILL
SERENUS KILBURN
TRUMAN KIMPTON
ELIJAH LITTLEFIELD
MATHEW LOGAN
BENJAMIN MUNSON
JEREMIAH ODELL
DANIEL OLDS
JOHN R. PETTIBONE
JOHN S. PETTIBONE
DAVID REYNOLDS
JOHN W. ROBINSON
JOHN H. RULE
LEONARD SARGEANT
SIALS SMITH
BURTON STRAIGHT
NATHAN THOMPSON
SAMUEL THOMPSON
JOHN C. WALKER
THOMAS WAIT
ELIPHALET WELLS
JAMES WHELPLEY
SAMUEL R. WHIDDEN
MEXICAN WAR
NICHOLS BARNARD
PIERREPONT RAYMOND
BENJAMIN S. ROBERTS



CIVIL WAR
W.H. AXTELL
R.E. BALDWIN
J.E. BATCHELDER
JED BELL
D.W. BENNETT
H.T. BENNETT
S. BENNETT
W.K. BENNETT
TRUMAN BENTLEY
W.A. BLACK
COLLINS BLACKMER
J.C. BLACKMER
A.B. BOYNTON
CHAS. BROWN
HENRY BROWN
W.G. BROWN
C.A. BUNDY
NELSON BURNHAM
S.E. BURNHAM
C. BURLINGAME
I.M. BURTON
C..J. BURTON
EDW. CAMPBELL
W.S. CHAPIN
C.W. CHAPMAN
BRENTON CHELLIS
H.C. CLAYTON
G.H. COBURN
S.H. COBURN
F.O. CONNOR
E.W. COOK
F.W. COOK
E.M. CUMMINGS
HENRY CUMMINGS
H.P. CUMMINGS
S.A. CUMMINGS
WM. CUMMINGS
W.H. H. CUMMINGS
H.C. DAWSON
JOS. DEMARS
G.H. DICKINSON
C.P. DUDLEY
D.H.DYER
FAYETTE DYER
T.B. EATON
D.W. EDDY
MARK FARNSWORTH
D.O. FELT
GEO. FLEMING
JEROME GLEASON
MYRON GLEASON.
S. GLEASON
R.C. GRAY
JOS. GRENIER
J.H. HALEY
M. HANLON
C.M. HARD
M.D. HASKINS
L.H. HEMENWAY
JAS. HICKS
C.H. HILL
MYRON JAMESON
SMITH JAMESON
MORT KEARSE
TOM KEARSE
A..J. KILBURN
S. KILBURN
J.U. LEONARD
ALBERT McCOY
CHAS. MEARS
J.B. MUNSON
S.L. NORCROSS
ELIJAH PHILLIPS
GEO. PHILLIPS
CHAS. A. PIERCE
E.W. PIERCE
C.H. POND
HARRISON PRINDLE
CALVIN REED
DEAN REED
JOHN REED
V. REAULO
JOHN REYNOLDS
T. REYNOLDS
C.H. RIDOUT
B.K. ROBERTS
RICH ROBERTS
S.H. SEAVER
G.H. SESSIONS
G.W. SESSIONS, JR.
C.G. SHELDON
D.K. SIMONDS
RICHARD SKINNER
FRANK SMITH
W.H. SMITH
A.B. STRAIGHT
G.H. SWIFT
H.W. SYKES
NATH’L TOWSLEY
G.P. UTLEY
M.W. UTLEY
J.M. VANDERLIP
JOHN VAUGHN
C.HH. WALKER
T.M. WAITE
W.W. WARNER
S.H. WESTCOTT
A.A. WHEELER
DAN’L WHEELER
O.O. WHITMAN
H. WHITTON
H. WICHTMAN
N.A. WICHTMAN
W.C. WILSON
C.L. WOODWARD
W.H. WOODWARD
C. WYMAN
C.M. WYMAN
H.A. WYMAN
M.D. WYMAN
M.G. WYMAN
W.M. WYMAN
H.D. YOUNG
O.M. BELL

8 comments:

  1. I have to say my shirt button almost popped off from the proud feeling I felt reading the Smith names on the Revolutionary War side of the monument. And John Smith's wife, Mary (Molly), was just as brave dealing with the Tories when he was away with the militia. Pretty darned inspiring.

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  2. I've lived nearby my entire life but only just realized my husband's connection to the ODells (Jacob & Jeremiah). Thanks for posting this! We'll be sure and stop in to see the real thing this summer.

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  3. According to my family's records the Jas. Lewis on the Revolutionary War plaque is my great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather.

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  4. What street is this located on? I have a c1910 photograph postcard showing this monument at the end of a street with big homes with big columns.

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    1. Hi David. This monument is right on Main Street, also known at Vermont Route 7A. It is definitely not the end of a street, but there are big houses with big columns on both sides of the street. The monument is in the middle of a median strip, right in front of the Equinox Inn. Does that help?

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    2. Thanks, information like this is always a big help.

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  5. Aaron Sexton was my ancestor, and George and Jonathan were his brothers. I do not have a lot of history on my relative so this was a pleasant surprise to discover his name in stone!
    MVS

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    1. Looking for help on Aaron Sexton/Saxton? I can help. Contact me at jamesonone@live.com

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