Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Carnwright, J. L. October 14, 1843 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Carnwright, J. L., Dolgeville, was born in Ulster county, N.Y., October 14, 
1843.  He was reared on a farm, and in 1861 enlisted in the Sixty-fifth N.Y. 
Infantry, serving throughout the war.  He participated in the following 
battles:  Yorktown, Fair Oaks, Turkey Bend, Malvern Hill, Antietam, 
Fredericksburgh, Marye's Heights, Gettysburgh, Rappahannock, Mine River, 
Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Po River, Cold Harbor, Fort Stevens, Cedar Creek, 
Fort Fisher, Sailor's Creek, besides fourteen other engagements.  He was 
severely wounded at Cedar Creek.  At the close of the war he engaged in the 
millwright's business, since which time he has spent ten years in the service 
of Alfred Dolge.  In February, 1892, he established his present drug and 
grocery business, in which he has a fine trade.  Mr. Carnwright married Eliza 
Hodge, and they have one son.  Mr. Carnwright has been a member of the board 
of education, which position he resigned.


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source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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