Suffolk-Statewide-Unknown County MA Archives News.....Bunker Hill Celebration July 4, 1843 ************************************************ 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: Francesca Henle Taylor henle@fmfproductions.com February 15, 2011, 10:29 am Macon Georgia Telegraph July 4, 1843 Bunker Hill Celebration The Boston Courier says the most interesting part of this portion of the exercises, was the descent of the revolutionary Soldiers from their carriages, and their ascent to the seats prepared for them, near the Orator. We have procured a list of these venerable men, and their respective ages, which we have great pleasure in publishing. They are as follows: Phineas Johnson 97 (the oldest present) Jonathan Harrington 95 Alpheus Bigelow 85 Levi Harrington 83 Robert Andrews 91 Elijah Dresser 93 Josiah Cleaveland 89 Jesse Smith 88 Phillip Bagley 88 Needham Maynard 88 Roger Plaisted 87 Enos Reynolds 87 Joseph Stephens 86 Nedemiah Porter 85 James Harvey 82 Josiah Hobbs 81 Josiah king 81 William Morse 81 Jacob Merrill 84 John Howard 88 Abram Wheelwright 86 Thomas Farisbie 82 Josiah Haskell 84 Abijah Dresser 92 Edmund Nason 87 John McClintock 82 James Small 86 Thomas Trask 83 John t. Dodge 80 Samuel Smith 84 Elisha D. Williams 85 Samuel Downing 76 William Emerson 83 Abijah Harrington 82 John Fly 85 Rufus Kingsley 80 Samuel Lord 84 Adams Wheelock 80 H. Bicknell 81 Ephraim Hunt 80 Johns Shoals 84 Eben Choate 78 Daniel Holden 79 Josiah Gorham 83 Chandler Russell 79 Simeon Draper 79 Ebenezer Storer 85 Josiah Hervery 78 Benjamin Sullivan 82 John Cheney 80 Luther Carey 82 Levi Robinson 89 Thomas Stanwood 80 Ephraim Marsh 76 Peter McIntosh 85 William Wiggin 79 Jacob Eliott 81 John Palmer 78 Daniel usher 77 Hugh Moore 79 John Clement 81 N. Shaw 79 Josiah Fletcher 84 Nathaniel Fish 80 Benjamin Robbins 77 John Scott 79 Jonathan Bonrne 76 John H. Seawards 84 Seth Thomas 89 Elisha Scott 85 Samuel Woodruff 83 Nathaniel B. Leonard 82 Samuel Morgan 79 Joseph Jenkins 82 Obediah Albree 79 Sylvester Dana 74 John Taylor 85 Joseph Jewett 82 Nathaniel Sherman 78 Joseph Smith 90 Nicholas Vanrenesller 88 Mathew Gregory 85 Nehemiah Porter 85 Azariah Fuller 80 Joseph Young 81 Joseph Sylvester 79 Oliver Johonnot 83 William Bliss 84 Joshua Reed 81 Nehemiah Holden 79 Thomas Robbins 82 William Makepeace 80 Levi Morse 81 Mark Greene 81 George Fishley 83 Samuel Young 87 Joseph Eveleth 87 Bradbvll Livermore 79 Ebenezer Tappan 82 Reuben Leighton 81 B. Kremigton 84 Nathaniel Berry 87 Daniel Ross 86 Joseph Kilpatrick 80 Abram Rose 84 Alexander Black 82 The first four of these gentleman were combatants at Lexington and Concord; Mr. Johnson also at Bunker Hill, and the next eleven likewise belonged to the troops who so gallantly held the slight and temporary redoubt against the regular forces of Britain. The others took part in some one or more engagements during the Revolution. Capt. Josiah Cleveland, above mentioned, was not only at Bunker Hill but in the battles at Haerlem Heights, White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth, and Yorktown, at the capture of Cornwallis. He entered as a volunteer under Col. Putnam, and was afterwards in Sullivan’s Brigade. He was born in Canterbury, Ct., December 3, 1753, and now resides in Tioga county, New York. He has performed a journey of over four hundred miles to attend this celebration. Additional Comments: Abstracted from the Macon Georgia Telegraph, Jul. 4, 1843 -- page 2 [http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ma/suffolk/newspapers/bunkerhi9gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mafiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb