Hampshire County MA Archives Biographies.....Thayer, Glenroy A. 1867 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ma/mafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 15, 2006, 3:17 pm Author: J. R. Gilfillan and H. E. Riley (1899) FIRST LIEUTENANT GLENROY A. THAYER. Co. I was also fortunate in having for lieutenants men of fine character and long military training, who were in perfect harmony with the captain and ready at all times to carry out his plans and wishes. First Lieutenant Glenroy A. Thayer's aptitude for the militia was in some degree inherited. His father, Captain Edgar G. Thayer, a veteran of the Civil War, was for several years commander of Co. K, Second Regiment, at Amherst, while his grandfather and great grandfather were both captains in the New Hampshire National Guard, the latter serving in the Revolutionary War. An ancestor on his mother's side, Lieutenant Israel Phillips, rendered service in the French and Indian war and in the Revolution. Lieutenant Thayer first entered the Volunteer Militia as a member of Co. K, on Nov. 19, 1897. After his removal to Northampton he joined Co. I on Dec. 13, 1892. His active interest and ability won him an appointment as sergeant on February 11, 1893, skipping the grade of corporal. He was commissioned second lieutenant on April 9, 1894, and first lieutenant on Dec. 17 of the same year, holding the latter position at the beginning of the war, when he received a commission as first lieutenant of volunteers. During his first lieutenancy in the militia he had special charge of the equipment and the dress of the company, and the fine appearance of the command together with the excellent condition of their uniforms and accoutrements was due in large measure to his diligence and faithfulness. He enthused the men with his spirit and they readily cooperated with him. During the war service he rendered valuable aid to Capt. Williams and was an excellent soldier. Col. Clark honored Lieut. Thayer and Co. I by appointing him as ordnance officer of the regiment, his duties being to see that the companies were kept supplied with ammunition. Still greater honor would have been his but for an accident during the landing of the Santiago expedition. Col. Van Horn, of the 8th Infantry, which with the 22nd Infantry and the Second Massachusetts made up the First Brigade of the Second Division of the Fifth Army Corps, was brigade commander, and during the voyage to Cuba he selected his staff officers, or aides, one from each regiment. From the Second he chose Lieut. Thayer, who accepted the responsible position. But after the arrival off Santiago, Col. Van Horn was seriously injured while going from the Seneca to a conference of brigade commanders on another ship, and as he was unable to land with the expedition his appointments were cancelled, much to the regret of Lieut. Thayer's comrades. The lieutenant declined to re-enter the militia after the war and his resignation was accepted Dec. 14, 1898. Glenroy A. Thayer was born in Hinsdale, N. H., June 27, 1867, the son of Edgar G. and Sarah (Phillips) Thayer. His parents moved to Amherst when he was 10 years old and he was educated in the public schools of that towrn. He came to Northampton in 1892, and has since been employed in the store of A. McCallum & Co., now having charge of the dress goods department. He was married in 1888 to Nettie E. Dickinson of Amherst, and they have three children. Additional Comments: Extracted from: NORTHAMPTON IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR BY JAMES R. GILFILLAN AND HERBERT E. RILEY. ILLUSTRATED. PRESS OF ENTERPRISE PRINTING COMPANY EASTHAMPTON, MASS. 1899. Copyright, 1899, by J. R. Gilfillan and H. E. Riley. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ma/hampshire/bios/thayer93gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mafiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb