Honor Roll: 157 Main Street, Charlemont, Massachusetts

The Town of Charlemont is located in Franklin County, Massachusetts, located on the Deerfield River along the Mohawk Trail. It was first settled in in 1743.

On the grounds of the town hall are two honor roll memorials commemorating the service of residents of the town.

Town of Charlemont, Massachusetts, Honor Roll;
personal collection

Civil War

Honor Roll
Erected by
The Town of Charlemont
To the Memory of
The Men Who Served Their Country
1861 -- In the Civil War -- 1865

Albee, Henry M.
Avery, Francis D.
Avery, H. G.
Avery, John D.
Barnard, Edward
Bassett, Samuel
Blodgett, Joseph L.
Bissell, A. H.
Booth, William H.
Booth, Edwin W.
Buogess, Alonzo
Clark, W. W.
Childs, Albert
Crittenden, James R.
Coats, Alonzo
Coats, D.
Coats, George E.
Coats, H.
Damon, Otis
Dix, Stillman E.
Dodge, Luke E.
Dunnell, Lawsen
Edwards, Lewis R.
Edwards, P. O.
Ferris, A. K.
Field, Edwin A.
Fitzgerald, John
Gleason, A. W.
Harris, A. M.
Hathaway, Chandler
Hawks, Edwin D.
Hawks, John
Hawks, Joshua
Herks John H.

Henderson, George F.
Hewett, Rubert
Hillman, Fordyce L.
Jessey, John
Keyes, Charles L.
King, Edward R.
King, James M.
Leavitt, Edward A.
Leavitt, Joshua
Legate, J. M. J.
Lilly, Albert
Loomis, O. M.
McDonough, Thomas
Merriam, Fred W.
Merrill, Charles
Morrison, Clark E.
Murphy, Lawrence
Newstead, George H.
Norcross, A. B.
Phipps, WIlliam A.
Porter, George H.
Quinn, John P.
Quinn, William T.
Rice, L. B.
Taylor, I. B.
Taylor, Thomas A.
Upton, George R.
Veber, Elias
Veber, George H.
Wells, Alonzo
Wilder, George O.
Williams, Eros B.
Williams, John F.
Woffenden, Richard
Woffenden, Samuel

World War I

Honor Roll
This Tablet Is Erected By
The Town Of Charlemont
As a Tribute To The Men Who Served
1917 -- In The World War -- 1919

Coyne, Patrick J.*
Killed in Action

Woodward, Guy*
Died in Service

Bicknell, L. Emerson
Booth, Harold L.
Bowker, Charles A.
Bixby, Albert B.
Bouillie, Edward J.
Carrier, Harold G.
Cooper, Lawrence M.
Davison, Aldace H.
Dickinson, Carl F.
Dickinson, Clarence L.
Frary, Hubert H.
French, Horace W.
Garcon, James
Henderson, Edward C.
Hunkler, Clifford
Kambour, Theodore
Lively, Arthur, Jr.
Long, Richard L.
Lyman, Frank O.
Maynard, Earl O.

Maynard, Guy E.
Maynard, Ray W.
Nadeau, Charles C.
Niles, Frank W.
Pozzi, George
Pyfrom, Harold J.
Rhodes, Arthur
Rice, Alfred M.
Rice, Clarence A.
Rice, Hart A.
Rice, John A.
Rice, Walter W.
Robeda, Eugene R.
Steele, Earl L.
Taylor, Theron S.
Tetreault, Felix H.
Tinney, Floyd F.
Underwood, George, Jr.
Wells, John W.
Whitman, Charles B.
Wilbur, Guy E.

World War II

Honor Roll
Erected by
The Town of Charlemont
To The Memory of
The Men Who Served Their Country
1941 -- In World War II -- 1945

Angeli, Jino
Augustowski, Frank
Avery, Alton
Avery, Burton W.
Avery, Henry L., Jr.
Avery, Paul O.
Bixby, Russell
Breen, Roy H.
Burdick, Charles W.
Burnett, Norman
Burnett, William
Burrington, Horace
Burrington, Paul W.
Burt, Helen
Cetto, Anthony
Churchill, Clyde H.
Clark, Francis
Clark, Horace T.
Clark, Lawrence
Dickinson, Edgar G.
Dickinson, Richard R.
Dimick, George H.
Doyle, Martin
Farrell, Herbert
Gilbert, Gordon J.
Gilbert, Richard
Goodwin, John P.
Goodwin, Van P.
Guerin, Francis H.
Harmon, John
Healy, Winston
Henderson, Charlotte
Henderson, Kenneth W.
Henderson, Richard T.
Hicks, Varian

Hunkler, Harley
Kipp, Walter D.
Kipp, William D.
Kratt, Arthur D.
Lane, Albion F.
Lane, Craig I.
Lemay, Paul L.
Lemay, Roland I.
Libby, Alton B.
LoPresti, Vincenzo
Malcolm, Ian
Mathews, Floyd O.
Maynard, George E.
McHaffie, John W., Jr.
Moriarty, John W.
Moriarty, Ruth B.
Neary, Thomas J., Jr.*
Pierson, David T.
Pierson, Dorothy
Pike, Alfred W., Jr.
Pleshaw, Gervin
Purinton, Albert H.*
Purinton, Horace G.
Purinton, Richard G., Jr.
Shaw, Bertram F.
Springer, George
Stafford, Merlyn
Stafford, William P.
Taylor, Theron S., Jr.
Tetreault, Richard J.
Tinney, Margaret J.
Trudell, William
Turner, Arthur
Wilson, Raymond W., Jr.

*Killed in Action

Korea and Vietnam

Honoring Combat Veterans of
The Korean and Vietnam Wars

Korea

Albee, John C.
Avery, William B.
Lamore, Gilmond
Maynard, Albert E.
Noga, Henry C.
Russell, Edward P.

Tinney, Lawrence S., Jr.
Werner, Lawrence
Willard, Theodore M.
Willis, Allan C.
Wilson, J. Gilbert, Jr.

Vietnam

Adams, Carroll, E., Jr.
Adams, Robert A.
Albee, John C.
Avery, Kirk B.
Bigelow, Stephen P.
Clark, Donald R.
Clark, Robert F., Jr.
Coli, William M.
Cremins, John M.
Falandes, Peter M.
Fitzroy, Robert A.
Gambill, William R.
Harris, Edward R., III
Henderson, Timothy K.
Hyer, Thomas A.
Hyer, Trice D.
Kenney Fred C.
King, Edward J.

Lamore, Alven R.
Lamore, S. James
Lanoue, Peter A.
Neill, Keith F.
Purinton, Brian C.
Rice, David S.
Roberts, Harold H.
Shields, David E.
Smith, David V.
Smith, Douglas D.
Smith, Stephen A.
Stafford, William H.
Streeter, Raymond C.
Streeter, William F.
Thomson, Raymond
Tower, Lawrence G.
Zukowski, John P., Jr.

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Military Service between 1950-1999

In Memory of the Men and Women of Charlemont, Who Proudly Served in the
Armed Forces of the United States, Around the World from 1950 to 1999 A.D.

Albee, John C.
Angeli, Leo S.
Annear, Cyrus C., Jr.
Atwater, John M.
Avery, John C.
Avery, Kirk B.
Avery, Peter H.
Avery, William B.
Bellows, Cecil G., Jr.
Bliss, Verne E.
Blakeslee, Duane H.
Blakeslee, Howard E.
Brant, William B.
Breen, George H.
Breen, James D.
Breen Richard H.
Burnett, John U.
Burdick, Norman A.
Burdick, Ralph E.
Burdick, Robert C.
Cetto, Ernest C.
Cetto, Gene C.
Cetto, Paul D.
Clark, Edwin R.
Clark, Walter E.
Crowningshield, Pamela J.
Dean, Brian F.
Dean, Ronald M.
Dunlop, Leslie R., Jr.
Falandes, Andrew H.
Falandes, Peter M.
Feder, David H.
Fitzroy, Bradley A.
Fitzroy, Robert A.
Gilbert, Scott J.
Godzina, Joseph P.
Gray, Carlton L.

Harker, Mason E., Jr.
Harris, Edward R.
Hathaway, Gordon F.
Hathaway, Kenneth N.
Heist, Hilda A.
Heist, James D.
Henderson, John T.
Henderson, Timothy K.
Hyytinen, Daniel
Hyytinen, Michael R.
Jillson, Douglas R.
Jubinville, Gerald W.
King, Edward J.
Lamore, Alvin R.
Lamore, Chester J.
Lamore, Gilbert J.
Lamore, Gilmond
Lanoue, Peter A.
Lyman, Frank O., Jr.
Lyman, Stephen B.
Lynch, Mary B.
MacLean, Wallace S.
Maynard, Albert E.
Maynard, Earl O., Jr.
Maynard, John W.
Maynard, John W., Jr.
Nugent, Deric S.
Palmer, Walter C.
Parker, Sandra A.
Pecore, Merle L.
Pecore, Wayne D.
Porrovecchio, Lewis W.
Pratt, Bruce DE.
Purinton, Brian C.
Purinton, Norman
Purinton, Raymond A.

Racz, Stefan G.
Radasch, Rockwell L.
Rancourt, Sean F.
Raymond, Gary W.
Raymond, Jeffery W.
Raymond, Debra S.
Rice, Jerry R.
Rice, Peter B.
Rice, Robert L.
Sherman, Lawrence A.
Shields, David E.
Shukis, Robert C.
Shumway, Linda L.
Slaunwhite, Donald R.
Slaunwhite, Francis R.
Smith, Douglas D.
Smith, James R., Jr.
Smith, Stephen A.
Stafford, Edward R.
Stafford, William H.
Streeter, John A.
Streeter, Raymond C.
Streeter, William F.
Stetson, Francis R., III
Sumner, Keith A.
Taylor, Douglas A.
Taylor, Herbert C.
Taylor, Robert T.
Tinney, Lawrence S., Jr.
Tower, Kenneth A.
Tower, Lawrence G.
Wagner, Peter A.
Wilbur, Donald E.
Willard, Robert J.
Willard, Theodore M.
Willis, Alan C.
Willis, Gillian J.
Willis, Raymond C.
Wood, Ernest K.

Beaton, Clinton B.
Bennett, David A.
Burnett, David A.
Burnett, Richard W.
Burnett, Paul R.
Crowningshild, Dennis E.

Dickinson, Steaphen G.
Hall, Harrison A.
Jenkins, Michael E.
Jenkins, Richard J.
Lamore, Stanley J.
Lamore, William R.

Mason, David M.
Ovitt, James R.
Shaw, Johnathan R.
Tanner, Wesley D.
Werner, Daniel L.
Werner, Rebecca L.

This post was written as a contribution to the Honor Roll Project, which was created by Heather Wilkinson Rojo, author of Nutfield Genealogy.

Another Honor Roll Project Success!

I can't let the month in which we celebrate Veterans day to pass without mentioning another Honor Roll Project success. The objective of the project is to photograph veteran honor rolls memorials and transcribe the names so they would be indexed by Internet search engines and available to family historians and genealogists when searching for their military ancestors.

In September of 2015 I accompanied my husband to Albany, New York, where he works. While he slaved away at the office, I explored the cities, towns, and villages in the Berkshire mountains of western Massachusetts, photographing war memorials and other interesting things. In Pittsfield, Memorial Park is downtown and includes an honor roll memorial for the men from the city who served in the Civil War. I contributed the photographs and names in a blog post in honor of Memorial Day 2016. Another member of our Genealogy Bloggers Facebook group discovered her four times great grandfather's name among those listed in my post!

Facebook conversation about the Honor Roll contributions for Memorial
Day 2016; screenshot courtesy of Facebook

I was so excited as this was my second success.

The Honor Roll Project was created by Heather Wilkinson Rojo, author of Nutfield Genealogy. My contributions may be found here.

Honor Roll: Town of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, World War I Memorial

The Town of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, in Berkshire County, includes the villages of Van Duesenville and Housatonic. Great Barrington was first settled in 1726. During the Revolutionary War, Henry Knox passed through the town while transporting the canon from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston during the siege of Boston. He was so impressed, he later established agricultural interests in the area.

There are several war memorials, but we only photographed the one honor roll. The War Memorial had these words inscribed:

You Stand Free because They Served

In Everlasting Memory and Tribute to the
Men and Women of Great Barrington
Who, in Defense of their Country and the
Human Rights of Mankind, Served with Honor
and Distinction in the Armed Forces of the
United States of America

World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam

May their Devotion to Duty Remain
an Inspiring Legacy to Future Generations

The Civil War Memorial had these words inscribed:

A Tribute of Honor
And Gratitude to Her
Citizens Who Fought
For Liberty and Union
1861-1865.

Erected by the Town
of Great Barrington
1876

World War I

The World War I honor roll is located on the courthouse grounds.

Great Barrington and Housatonic World War I Honor
Roll; personal collection

Erected November 11th 1936
by the School Children
of Great Barrington and Housatonic
in honor of the 359 Men and Women
Who Served Their Country
in the World War

Abel, Harrison G.
Ackerman, Arthur P.
Adams, Ernest W.
Alcott, Bruce
Alcott, Darrell
Alcott, Hillard
Ambach, Raymond G.
Andrews, Harry
Arienti, Charles P.
Arienti, Henry L.
Atwood, Wallace E.
Axtell, Edward W.
Axtell, Howard C.
Bailey, Francis A.
Bailly, George A.
Bailly, Henry J.
Banach, Keonery
Barszez, Frank
Barnum, Clarence
Barnum, Elson Frank
Barry, Francis E.
Baumann, Thomas E.
Bell, Charles R.
Bellows, Paul R.
Benjamin, Andrew K.
Bennett, George
Benton, Stanley P.
Berridge, John F.
Bertoli, Jesse
Bertolini, Antonio
Besanceney, Eugene
Bignal, John Clandis
Bignal, Walter A.
Billings, Harry L.
Birdsey, Charles E.
Black, Harry H.
Bourke, William J.
Broderick, Douglas T.
Broderick, John P.
Broderick, William J.
Brochon, Emile J.
Brochon, Eugene L.
Brochon, Louis E.*
Broggio, John
Brown, Cleveland C.
Brown, George T.
Brown, Nelson L.
Brown, William J.
Buczinski, Sigmund
Caligari, Eugene B.
Cannon, James H.
Carlotto, John
Carraher, Francis B.
Casey, John E.
Cavanaugh, Dr. M. T.
Cerati, John L.
Church, George
Clark, Robert E.
Cleary, John M.
Cobb, Charles W.
Coleman, Alfred H.
Coleman, Hugh H. L.
Collins, Sheldon C.
Comstock, F. G. T. J.*
Comstock, Fred G.
Comstock, Glenville
Comstock, John P.
Condon, Charles
Condon, William H.
Condry, James C.
Connelly, Timothy J.
Connelly, William J.
Cornell, Fred H.
Costello, Ludwig A.
Crine, John E.
Crine, Wallace
Cronin, John J.
Cronin, Joseph H.
Crotty, Charles H.
Crotty, Edward J.*
Curran, Matthew J.
De Bell, John M.
Dell'Ava, Eugene
De Mouge, Seb'n P., Jr.
Dewey, William F.
Dezak, Wladyslaw
Dindinger, John Louis
Donovan, John K.
Donvan, Russell J.
Doon, James, Jr.
Dovey, William D.
Drumm, Earl H.
Duncan, Guy C.
Dunn, Francis
Dunn, Joseph C.
Durant, George Church
Egan, James
Eichorn, Clarence P.
Elsden, Robert W.
Evans, George E.*
Everison, Chris
Ey, George C.
Faivre, Herman H.
Faivre, Louis
Faivre, Marcel J.
Faivre, William
Farr, Joseph
Farrell, Thomas J.
Ferguson, Raymond M.
Ferry, William H.
Finkle, Ernest M.
Foley, James F., 2nd
Foster, Karl M.
Foster, Paul W.
Franklin, William T.
French, Charles M.
Fuller, Robert D.
Gearity, John
Genebra, Vivian
George, Amen B.
Gianesini, John
Giddings, Frank E., Jr.
Gillette, Newman V.
Gillette, Walter F.
Geowey, Ralph H.
Goodyear, W. V.
Goccia, Alfred*
Graham, William M.
Grant, Harold E.
Gregory, Charles N.
Grehan, Charles N.
Grehan, Daniel
Grehan, John
Grotti, Anthony C.
Hackett, Ives A.
Hanna, James David
Harlinski, William
Harmon, George A.
Hatch, Jay A.
Hayes, Joseph Benj.
Hessler, William F.
Hewitt, Clarence N.
Hewitt, S. Ferris H.
Hicox, Herman
Hines, Patrick J.*
Hobrandleur, Frank
Holmes, Charles H.
Holmes, John H.
Holohan, Edward P.
Hopkins, Edward F.
Houghtaling, Allen H.
Houghtaling, Irving K.
Howley, Michael J.
Iemolini, Camillo
Iemolini, Louis A.
Johnson, Henry E.
Joyner, Herbert N.
Judd, John L.
Kastner, Edward
Keefner, Benjamin
Kelly, Francis J.
Kerner, oward S.
 Kimberley, Ralph W.
Kinne, Horace M.
Kinne, W. Earle
Kinnell, Alexander
Kline, Floyd M.
Knight, Cyrus L.
Knox, John O. B.
Lambert, James A.
Lamont, Raymond
Lamont, William A.
Lane, John E.
Lane, Mortimer
Lape, Leo W.
Larkin, Thomas M.
Lawrence, Archibald
Leary, Timothy H., Jr.*
Leavitt, H. W.
Lee, Florence I.
Lekas, Peter
Lester, Harold G.
Ley, Louis A.
Lindley, Franklin G.
Love, David
Luscian, Andrew L.
Mackie, Thomas T.
Mahar, Edmund T.
Mallory, C. T. J.
Malumphy, Edward J.*
Malumphy, Thomas L.
Malumphy, William M.
Mancini, Quint
Marquis, Marcel
Martin, Robert W.
Masten, Henry J.
Mazur, Adam
McComb, Malcolm
McCormick, Harold
McCormick, John E.
McCoy, Terence J.
McDermott, Chester E.
McDermott, John B.
McGowan, James W.
McGraw, Edward T.
McGuire, Henry E.
McHugh, Joseph E.
McTigue, Michael
McTigue, Thomas R.
Mead, Edward
Mercer, Allen M.
Metcalfe, Fred
Miascek, Henry
Milani, William D.
Mitchell, Donald
Mitchell, Russell
Mizzoni, Marco
Mogan, James F.
Montague, Richard B.
Moore, Lionel R.
Mulally, John W.
Muller, Louis C.
Murphy, Harold S.*
Murphy, John E.
Murphy, John F.
Murphy, Timothy
Murray, John J.
Murray, William J.
New, John C.
Nicholas, Charles M.
Nielsen, George T.
Nocher, Peter
Noonan, John T.
Norton, Charles P.
Norton, Harry J.
O'Brien, Richard J.
O'Brien, Wallace A.*
O'Connor, Dr. A. M.
O'Hara, Charles H.
O'Neill, Michael J.
Osterling, William
Palltini, Quinto
Palmer, Oliver
Paris, Alfred*
Parks, Silas H.
Parsons, William R.
Pautot, Emil
Pendergast, Wm. L.
Pendlebury, Earl
Pendlebury, Theo. G.
Peretti, Peter
Perry, Lester
Frank, Peruff, Frank
Peters, Dr. John D.
Peterson, Clyde
Peterson, John M.
Pfeiffer, Karl N.
Phelps, Arnold C.
Phelps, Sanford W.
Pierson, Donald
Pixley, Robert H.
Poppe, H. F.
Potter, John E.
Powell, Mildred
Pratt, Dwight Harold
Proper, Myron P.
Rathbun, Harry
Reed, Alfred S.
Reed, Charles
Reed, Harry L.
Remington, D. Colman
Rewey, Ralph A.
Richard, Vincent W.
Richards, Edward W.
Richards, William H.
Riche, Leon L.
Riche, Paul J.
Richmond, Donald E.
Richmond, Howard K.
Roche, Almon K.
Rohan, James F.
Rohan, Joseph
Rohan, William J.
Ross, Edward
Roy, Raymond A.
Safaholm, Joseph S.
Salzmann, Artur
Schulze, Otto K.
Scott, Edward J.
Seeley, Harold K.
Smith, Jennie A.
Smith, Joseph F.
Smith, Morton A.
Smith, William H.
Spencer, William J. B.
Stachilek, Stanislaw
Stanley, Clarence
Stanley, Gilbert
Stanley, Leonard L.
Stanley, William W.
Stansbury, Henry G.
Stephenson, Charle L.
Stephenson, Eliz. J.
Sterl, Carl W.
Stevens, Michell L.
Stickles, John L.
Stiles, W. Burling
St. James, Robert P.
St. John, George Edw.
St. John, Robert J.
Stoddard, Louis G.
Story, Harold E.
Sullivan, Thomas
Supernaugh, Robert J.
Sutton, Allan
Syskonski, Peter
Tanner, Fred
Teggi, Thomas L.
Thatcher, Carl D.
Thompson, Harold
Tomcikoski, Antonio
Toolin, Thomas F.
Trumpfeller, Herb. M.
Trumpfeller, Rob T. J.
Turner, William A.
Van Alstyne, W. G.
Van Deusen, Charles A.
Van Deusen, George W.
Vigezzi, John
Viola, John F.
Vosburgh, Roy D.
Washaleski, Tony
Welch, George J.
Welch, James T.
Welch, John H.
Welch, William C.
Wells, Roy
Wexson, Herman Jr.
Whalen, M. Curtin
Wheeler, Merritt J.
Wheeler, Morgan L.
Wheeler, Robert K.
Whitcomb, Robert
White, Frank Halroyd
White, George L.
White, Paul C.
Wilcox, Everett
Winchell, Ellis
Wolcott, William B.
Woodstock, Daniel
Wool, Joseph
Wright, David S.
Wylie, Alexander, Jr.
Wylie, James Kerr
Zaski, Adolph
Zaski, Bruno
Zegata, John
Zerbato, Angelo V.
Zucco, Angelo L.

*Died in service

This post was written as a contribution to the Honor Roll Project, which was created by Heather Wilkinson Rojo, author of Nutfield Genealogy.

Honor Roll: Town of Stockbridge, Massachusetts: Village Green Veterans Memorials

The Town of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in Berkshire County, was first settled in by English missionaries in 1734 as a mission to the Mahican Indians. The land for the town had been set aside for the tribe as a reward for their their assistance in the French and Indian Wars. The town was incorporated in 1739 and named Stockbridge after Stockbridge in Hampshire County, England. The agreement with the Indians that the land would never be sold was rescinded and despite the tribe's assistance in the Revolutionary War, they were relocated first to New York and then to Wisconsin. Stockbridge became a resort town with the advent of the railroad and has a long tradition as an art colony.

Personal collection

The honor roll memorials commemorating the service of the men and women who served in the military during times of war are located on the village green near the golf course.

World War I

Stockbridge World War I Honor Roll; personal collection

I apologize for the quality of the photograph. It was impossible to block the sun at the time of day we were in Stockbridge. As a result, I have the names but have not transcribed the text surrounding the names.

Franklin S. Adams
Klaas Akerboom
Albert B. Ames
Edward E. Backus
Nesbit H. Bangs
Louis D. Barnes
James W. Barry
Karl F. Bechtel
William H. Belden
Charles A. Bidwell
Edward W. Bligh
Harold H. Bolton
Edward W. Carey
Charles A. Clapper
Matthew F. Clapper
Walter L. Clark, Jr.
Henry Colleric
Clarence R. Cooper
Richard J. Corbett
Earl Crosby
Albert B. Cummings
Fred J. Cummings
William J. Cusack
John F. Daley
Ernest F. Doherty
Richard G. Donaldson
Edward M. Dooley
Martin Dooley
Fenton D. Drumm
Harold E. Drumm
Samuel W. Duffy
John T. Durkin
Archie Easland*
Joseph C. Farley
John F. Farrell
Thomas Farrell
Charles E. Fellows
James F. Foley
James F. Foley, Jr.
John T. Foley
James M. Gallagher
Michael F. Gallagher
Earl Gardner
Roy Gardner
Frank Gavin
Peter J. Gavin, Jr.
Philbert Germain
William J. Gilchrist
Frank Grande
Charles R. Gunn
Clifford W. Gunn
William B. Harkema
Allen W. Harrington, Jr.*
Arthur P. Healy
Carl J. Heath
Lorenzo Henry
Abner J. Higgins
Samuel J. Huggins
George Huyck
Charles E. Jones
William E. Kenny
Wenzel H. Krebs
Alfred E. Louison
John E. Lynch
John M. Lynch
Joseph F. Lynch
James L. Macken
Joseph V. Macken
Michael F. Macken
Harold W. Markham
Robert W. Martin
Felix J. McCann
Francis Meaney
Allan M. Mercer
Henry J. Moran
John P. Morse
Thomas J. Mucahy
James F. Mullaney
John J. Mullaney
Harold S. Murphy*
John F. Murphy, Jr.
Timothy Murphy
Loyall A. Osborne, Jr.
Emily Bates Patterson
Irving H. Peck
Russell Pixley
Frank E. Punderson
Roland Rathbun
Walter N. Schneyer
William E. Schneyer
George G. Searing
Harry M. Searing
John W. Sliter
Harry L. Smith
Thomas J. Sullivan
Francis J. Tracy
Heaton I. Treadway
Wolcott C. Treat
Charles W. Wade
Nelson S. Wade*
Arthur M. Walker
Frank H. White*
Harold L. Williams
John Willis
William Wolfe
William P. Wookey
Howard Wright
Walter Wright
Leroy Ziegler

World War II

Stockbridge World War II Honor Roll (first stone); personal collection

Charles H. Acton
Rachel T. Adams
Robert E. Adams
George J. Anderson
Warren Anderson*
William J. Anthony
Richard Atherton
John Bergen
Bolton Bangs
Nesbitt H. Bangs, Jr.
William L. Bangs
Adam M. Barenski
Joseph P. Barenski
Sadie Barenski Marcus
George H. Barnes
Hugh L. Barnes, Jr.
Max A. Barnes, Jr.
Henry M. Bartlett
Ernest Beacco
John A. Beacco
William A. Beacco
William T. Belden
Frederick W. Bell
Louis H. Bell
Neil L. Bentley
Leo Blunt
David H. Bodnar
Alexander D. Bonak
Benjamin F. Bonak
Chester Z. Bonak
Stanley J. Bonak
Charles E. Bonniver
William C. Boyd
Robert E. Bracknell
David F. Braman
Ernest T. Brazee
Kenneth H. Brazee
Francis F. Brazee
Francis J. Brazie
Richard I. Brazie
William H. Breed*
Walter J. Brennan
Ruth A. Buck
John T. Budzinski, Jr.
Daniel J. Cahill
Donald E. Campbell
Paul M. Campbell
Henry E. Church
Charles Clucas
Donal B. Coleman
Patricial Coleman Warner
Andrew Cooper
G. Ruel Cooper
Karl G. Cooper
Raymond M. Cooper
William P. Cooper
Henry J. Cordes
Harol F. Corson
Norman Crandell
Ronald K. Cummings
Maurice M. Decker, Jr.
William A. Deppe
Charles C. Derrick
Ira M. Dixson
Franklyn Downing*
Frederick W. Downs
Francis J. Drake
Donald R. Drew
Jeannett I. Dupuy
Edward C. Ebitz
Francis J. Ebitz
Paul Eckenfels
Lyle J. Erdmann
Solomon Ewing, Jr.
Clarence W. Finkle
Frederick V. Finkle
William J. Flynn
Milliage S. A. Forbes*
Clement O. Ford
Edward Forfa
Edward L. Forrest*
Philip Forsythe
Edwin D. Fountain
Wellington A. French
George M. French, Jr.
Charles J. Glavin, Jr.
James I. Glavin
Daniel A. Gleize
Julian F. Gleize
William J. Gorman
Jay Gould
F. Myron Gray
Vaughn S. Gray
Alfred E. Green
Primo J. Grossetti
A. George Guerrieri
Mario A. Guierrieri
Douglas R. Hall
Ernest W. Hall
Enneth M. Hall
Lloyd E. Harkema
Stanley E. Harrod
Warren J. Haywood
Cortland F. Heath
Matt W. Hellman
Lorenzo Henry
Clarence Hopkins
Dwight E. Hopkins
Woodrow W. Hopkins
Allen E. Huggins
Joseph L. Huggins
William R. Huggins
Edward A. J. Johnson
Owen D. Johnson
Clarence C. Kickery
Weyman W. Kickery
William H. Kickery
William N. Kickery
James F. Kiley
Bernard D. Killfoile
Daniel Killfoile
Edward L. Killfoile
Edward M. Killfoile
Eugene E. Killfoile
Lawrence D. Killfoile

*Died in service

Stockbridge World War II Honor Roll (second stone); personal collection

Elford A. King
Robert J. King
Bernard M. Kinsella
Gordon J. Kinsella*
Raymond C. Kinsella
Paul Klein
Philip A. Klein
Stanley B. Koldys, Jr.
Anthony S. Koloski
Charles J. Koloski
Frank W. Koloski
Eugene Kraszeski
Leo Kraszeski
George J. Lake
Everett F. Lapham
Durwood S. LaPointe
E. James Lawton
Gordon E. Lewis
Harold E. Lewis
William F. London
Stanley P. Loomis
Gilbert S. Love
Lawrence Love
Mason B. Love
Myron M. Love
Robert B. Love
David L. Luke, III
John Luke
Lohn C. Lynch
Gilbert MacClintic
James L. Macken, Jr.
William M. Macken
William E. Mahan
Joseph T Malumphy
Howard  S. Manning
Carlyn W. Markham
Clayton W. Markham
Irving F. Markham
John D. Martin
John L. McCabe
John P. McDonnell
M. Charlotte McDonne
Francis J. Meany, Jr.
Dwight A. Merrell
John A. Miller
Charles Richardson Moffatt
Veron R. Morley
Franklin W. Munn*
Thomas H. Murphy, Jr.
Edward E. Murray
Allan R. Noble
John C. Obanhein
William J. Obanhein
Charles E. O'Brien
Howard C. O'Brien
Lawrence A. O'Brien
Marshall R. O'Brien
Edward W. Opperman
Kenneth A. Opperman
Norman V. Opperman, Jr.
Adam J. Osak
Theodore H. Osak
Hugh I. Page, Sr.
Bernard J. Perri
Francis L. Pilling
Glenn D. Pilling
Frank R. Pixley
Goerge R. Pixley
Gordon J. Pixley
Harold G. Pixley
John F. Pixley
Oliver W. Pixley
John T. Post
Robert C. Ranig
William E. Rathbun
Witold Rodzinski
John W. Rose
Henry G. Roucoulet
McA. Donald Ryan
William H. Ryan
Paul E. Roy
Anthony M. Slavadore*
George W. Schneyer
William A. Schneyer
Harry L. Searing
Nathan M. Shaw, Jr.
William J. Sheridan
William E. Smith
Joseph E. Snelgrove*
Irwin R. Prott
John P. Stafford
John Stanish
Richard D. Stephenson*
John F. Stern
Louis B. Stewart
John Sweet
Joseph W. Sweet
George F. Tansey, Jr.
Seldon I. Taylor
Charles E. Tenney
Raymond M. Tenney*
Robert E. Tenney
Ralph H. Tinker, Jr.
Lawrence V. Tolle
Marcel E. Touponce
Raymond A. Touponce
J. Murray Tracy
Royal W. Teadway
Edward Trepcynski
Harry Trepcynski
George A. Truran
David Van Deusen
John Van Nagell
Nelson S. Wade
Wilfred H. Wagner
Gerald Wellspeak
Alfred L. White
Edmund G. Wilcox
Grahm D. Wilcox, Jr.
Philip C. Wilcox
H. Edwin Williams
Robert G. Williams
Edward R. Wilson

* Died in service

Korean Conflict

Stockbridge Korean Conflict Honor Roll; personal collection

Donald Carr
Richard J. Clemens
John J. Davis
Elton A. Drummond, Jr.
Robert W. Dunne
George E. Emerson, Jr.
Julian F. Gleize
L. John Green
David L. Gunn, Jr.
Robert A. Hall
Bruce L. Decker
Donald H. Haywood
Michael Homich
Reginald J. Huggins
Victor J. Kulas
Donald W. Lawrence
Chauncey Loomis
John McL. Loomis
Alvin N. McCann
Carlton E. McCormick
Gilbert E. McCormick
Charles R. Mercier
Cornelius J. Obanhein
Stanley J. Osak
Bartlett A. Pitney, Jr.
William E. Rathbun
David A. C. Richardson
David B. Ross
Timothy F. Soule
Orville M. Trepania, Jr.*
Ernest H. Wade
John C. White, Jr.

Vietnam War

Stockbridge Vietnam War Honor Roll; personal collection

Peter A. Acly
Donald A. Beebe, Jr.
Bruce J. Brazee
Dighton M. Brazee, III
Gary A. Brazee
Robert J. Brazee
George Brazie
Charles T. Bryden
Barry B. Bunnell
Frederick J. Bunnell
Michael Burow
Paul V. Campbell
Bruce S. Campetti
Donald Carr
Joseph T. Carr
William R. Codwise
Donald W. Coleman
Frederick B. Coleman, II
Joseph J. Czaja
F. James Dolson, III
Kenneth F. Dunne
Raymond Ebbets
Brian J. Flynn
Henry R. Ford, Jr.
Harold P. French, Jr.
William E. French
Julian F. Gleize
Donald F. Goudey
John J. Goudey
Thomas P. Goudey
Kenneth W. Hadsell, Jr.
Peter B. Hadsell
William R. Hall
Douglas A. Hamling
Gerald E. Hamling
R. Ira Hare
Robert A. Holmes
William B. Holmes
John G. Hopkins
Edward W. Iacobacci
Robert L. Kay
Richard D. Killfoile
Richard H. Mauke
Andre J. Mercier
Cyrus C. Moore
Raymond B. Murray, III
Thomas Bateson Musgrave
Arthur M. Nelson
O. James Noon
Dennis M. O'Brien
Clement M. Ogden
Edward W. Oppermann, Jr.
Louis J. Peyron
Glenn D. Pilling, Jr.
Gregory M. Pilling
Eugene T. Pitney
William T. Price
Dale T. Read
David Robertson
J. Martin Salvadore
Clinton E. Schneyer, Jr.
George W. Schneyer, Jr.
Bernard J. Shaw
Robert L. Sinico
Gordon D. Soule
Dixon S. Sprott
Kevin L. Warner
Lawrence N. Webster
William E. Whitaker
Bruce D. Wilcox
Richard B. Wilcox
James Williams
Alexander Williamson
Charles D. Williamson
Donald R. Wood, Jr.

This post was written as a contribution to the Honor Roll Project, which was created by Heather Wilkinson Rojo, author of Nutfield Genealogy.

Honor Roll: Town of Monterey, Massachusetts: World War I Honor Roll

The Town of Monterey, Massachusetts, was first settled by colonists in 1739 as part of Housatonic Township Number One. The town was officially incorporated in 1767 as Tyingham and came to be known as Green Woods or south Tyingham to avoid confusion with Tyingham, the other town in the township. In 1847 residents voted to name the town Monterey to commemorate the Battle of Monterey that took place earlier in the year in the Mexican-American War. The main attraction in Monterey is the Bidwell House Museum.

On the grounds of the town library is a stone with a plaque affixed which lists the names of the men from Monterey who served in what was then called the Great War and now is better known as World War I.

World War I Honor Roll, Monterey, Massachusetts; personal collection

World War I

Monterey Roll of Honor

1917-1918

Harold B. Benedict

John H. Bills

William C. Brett

Clarence P. Eihhorn

Charles O. Enoe

Herbert S. Enoe

John E. Everitt

George W. Everitt

Alton M. Gregory

Joseph H. Johnson

Clinton W. Keyes

George Moulthrop

Irwin H. Rogers

Harry T. Scott

Arthur D. Smith

Jared B. Thomson

A. Wallace Tryon

Delmor J. Tryon

J. Munson Twing

Sauel Wenglinsky

LEST WE FORGET

This post was written as a contribution to the Honor Roll Project, which was created by Heather Wilkinson Rojo, author of Nutfield Genealogy.

(Names have been alphabetized by surname.)

Honor Roll: Becket, Massachusetts, Ballou Park

The Town of Beckett, Massachusetts, was first settled in 1740 and officially incorporated in 1765. It was named for an estate in Shrivenham, England, which belonged to William Barrington, Admiral Lord Barrington, a great friend of Sir Francis Bernard, the royal governor of Massachusetts at the time the town was incorporated.

Ballou Park is located at the intersection of Main Street (Route 8) and Prentice Place. The park contains four honor roll memorials commemorating the men and women who served in the Revolutionary War through the Vietnam Conflict.

Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Civil War Honor Roll (the hames are
listed on the sign to the right); personal collection

In Honor
of those from
Becket
Who Served in the

Revolutionary War
1775-1783

War of 1812
1812-1815

Civil War
1861-1865

Revolutionary War (1775-1783)

Barnabas Adams
Ebenezer Adams
Asahel Alford
Elijah Alford
James Allen
Asa Baird
Comfort Barnes
Oliver Brewster
Andrew Broga
David Brown
Ebenezer Bush
Gideon Bush
Anthony Church
Jonah Cushman
John Davis
Samuel Gibbs
James Harris
Joseph Higley
Micah Higley
Zadock Hunn
Amos Kingsley
David Kingsley
Ebenezer Kingsley
Elijah Kingsley
Enos Kingsley
Isiah Kingsley
Jedediah Kingsley
Jeremiah Kingsley
Libbens Kingsley
Martin Kingsley
Nathaniel Kingsley
David Lee
Samuel Lester
Bille Messenger
John Messenger
Peter Porter
John Seely
Daniel Shaw
Asa Snow
Levi Snow
Jabez Wadsworth
Jonathan Wadsworth
Ebenez Walden
Jonathan Walker

War of 1812

Austin Barber
Austin Davis

Civil War

Charles Abbott
Elisha Allen
George A. Allen
Arvid C. Barnes
George N. Barnes
Alexis Baron
Samuel Bennett
Jules Besoncon
Alvin Bliss
George Blood
Levi Bosquet
Philias Bosquet
Francis Bourn
Frank Bourn
Oliver H. Bowman
George S. Brewster
John Brewster
Charles T. Broga
George W. Broga
George W. Brown
James Burns
Jeremiah Burns
John Burns
George W. Caldwell
Henry B. Cannon
Albert B. Champlin
Lyman Chapel
Abram M. Chapman
E. Arvord Chapman
George Clark
George W. Clark
Henry Clark
Holly C. Clark
Stephen Coburn
George Cone
George J. Daniels
Robert Davidson
Dewitt Davis
Isaac Denslow
Frederick Dickinson
Philander Dickinson
Richard Dion
Patrick Divan
Patrick Dwire
Horace Eldridge
Orrin W. Eldridge
James A. Ellsworth
John Forrest
William Fuller, Jr.
William Fuller, Sr.
Calvin Goodboo
Paul L. Granger
Aella Greene
Chester E. Hamilton
Walter Harrington
Henry B. Harris
Calif C. Hinman
William H. Hinman
Eugene Holmes
Levi Huntley
Charles Ingham
Orton W. Jennings
Ira D. Jones
George Kelly
Anthony King
George King
Charles O. Kingsley
Henry E. Lee
Truman Lemley
Timothy Leonard
Walter J. Lester
Watson J. Lester
John S. Lynch
Dwight Mallison
Attien Marteau
David Martin
George Martin
Edward McDonald
Robert D. McCauley
Robert H. McCauley
John McNerny
Adelbert N. Messenger
Adelbert W. Messenger
Henry L. Messenger
Abbott M. Messer
Edwin Messinger
Lysander Miller
Harrison Mills
Herbert Morin
Edward Murphy
Thomas Newman
Thomas Noonan
Andrew Noonan
Isaac Nye
John O'Sullivan
Anselm Parsons
James Pecoy
Henry P. Phelps
George Prentiss
Lorenzo R. Putnam
Lester H. Quigley
William H. Randall
Edward Raymond
William Rice
James B. Rudd
John N. Rudd
Charles E. Saringer
Chaplin John F. Severance
Dwight Sherman
Luke Simmons
Luther A. Simons
Henry Smith
Theodore Sparks
Andrew Stanley
Michael Stanley
Henry Sterger
Charles E. Surriner
Francis Taylor
Rufus L. Thayer
James Thomas
Patrick Tobin, Jr.
Lemley Truman
Charles R. Turner
Edmund B. Turner
Henry Turner
James Turner
George R. Walker
Philemon Walker
James L. Warner
Allen H. Wheeler
James Whipple
Frederick A. Willis
Hiram Winters
Gilbert Worden, Jr.
Richard Young

Becket, Massachusetts, World War I Honor Roll; personal collection

World War I

*HONOR ROLL*
The men from Becket
Who served in the
World War 1917-1918

Leon L. Ballou
Edward Beck
Howard Bennett
George M. Bullard
William Burns
William F. Chandler
Norman Clark
George E. Crane
Eli L. Crochiere
Gordon C. Farnham
Carl McN. Flynn
Frank T. Galliher
Thomas A. Galliher
Frank Galoch
William Gordon
James H. Gray, Jr.
Said Hamzy
Maurice E. Lynch
Emil Maak
George B. Marsh
Uhlan J. Mitchell
Henry Morin
Frederick Morse
Frederick Munn
Sidney E. Pomeroy
Arthur D. Snow
Thomas Snow
Elliott H. Syms
Howard Tinker
William H. Tobin
Harold M. Tower
Dana B. Turner
Eugene S. Wheeler

Becket, Massachusetts, World War II Honor Roll; personal collection

World War II

HONOR ROLL
The men from Becket
Who served in the
World War II 1941-1945

Charles Baker
Charles Balch
Donald Balch
Edward Barnes
Robert Bowen
Thomas Broadhurst
Frank Garrington
George Carrington
Frank Clark
Leo Colleato
Harold Collins
Elliot Conner
Albert Crochiere
Fulbert Daigle
Gaston Baigle
Laurier Daigle
Roland Daigle
Alfred Deane
Fred Dupont
Harry Dupont
Ralph Dupont
Richard Dupont
Richard Ellsworth
Robert Ellsworth
Robert Englander
Everett Fuller
Ralph Gage*
James Galliher
Richard Galliher
Edward Gargan
Donald Hastings
Kenneth Hastings
Scott Hastings
Norman Hulse
Walter Hulse
William LaMontagne
Ernest Lampro
Lawrence Lampro
James Letourneau
George Lowell
Donald McSweeney*
Francis Meher
John Meiers
Henry Mertons
George Meskevich
Edward Murray
Samuel Murray
Stanley Noll
Arthur Panzeri
Clifton Phelps
Edward Popek
Frank Popek
Stephen Popek
Theodore Popek
Phillip Raymond
William Raymond
William Richards
Burt Rod
Saul Rod
John Runz*
Fred Snow
William Stone
Charles Strout
Freddie Strout
Albert Sullivan
Jerome Sullivan
Robert Suriner
Wayne Suriner
Eugene Trudeau
John Trudeau
Arthur Valrose
Charles Valrose
Kenneth Washington
Orrick White
George Will
Joseph Winters
Alfred Young
Gilbert Young

*Denotes killed in action

Becket, Massachusetts, Korean and Vietnam Conflicts Honor Roll; personal
collection

Korean Conflict 1950-1953

Richard T. Bedell
Charles J. Broadhust
Francis I. Broadhurst
John O. Broadhurst
Lester W. Chandler
Bert L. Curtis
Victor I. Curtis
George L. Davenport
Grace E. Deming
William A. Engwer
William J. Gargan
Claude A. Goodell
Harry A. Goodell
Richard E. Gore
Arthur L. Johnson, Sr.
Francis H. Lanpro
Kenneth J. Lampro
Fred L. Larock
Paul U. Mitchell
Mitchell J. Mulholland
Kenneth A. Murray
Stanley R. Noll
Norman T. O'Brien
Earl L. Palmer, Jr.
Hubert S. Saivini
Eric W. Svenson

Vietnam Conflict 1964-1973

Douglas G. Balch
Thomas E. Broga
Sandra P. Broga
Wilson W. Broga, Jr.
John F. Carpenter
Earl L. Chandler
Richard Coburn
Paul A. Conner*
John F. Connor
John P. Connor
Lewis D. Coryell
Brian S. Crowley
Albert E. Dean
Raymond Ellsworth
William H. Elovirta
Robert S. Feder
Glenn R. Fletcher
Ray A. Fletcher
John S. Freeman, Jr.
Richard E. Furlong
Howard K. Jenks
Arthur L. Johnson, Jr.
Kenneth R. Keiper
Paul G. Keiper
Francis W. Lane, Jr.
Rudolph A. Lapointe, Jr.
Robert B. Meiers
John C. Moore
Mitchell T. Mulholland
William D. Mulholland
Robert T. Murray
Thomas J. Murray
David A. O'Brien
Stephen C. Palmer
Alfred W. Pelkey
Gustave L. Seehorst
Thomas H. Smith
William J. Smith
Joseph E. Vanwert
Franklin R. Williams, Jr.
David A. Young

*Denotes killed in action

This post was written as a contribution to the Honor Roll Project, which was created by Heather Wilkinson Rojo, author of Nutfield Genealogy.

Honor Roll Project Success!

In 2015 I retired and began traveling more often with my husband on his business travels. I also began participating in the Honor Roll Project developed and maintained by Heather Wilkinson Rojo, author of Nutfield Genealogy. The objective of the project is to photograph and transcribe the names on honor roll memorials across the globe, thereby making those names available to Internet search engines and available to future family historians and genealogists.

During a trip to Albany, New York, in May of this year, I photographed honor roll memorials in several New York and western Massachusetts cities, towns, and counties. I would blog about each one with the photographs and transcribed names included. After publishing each post, I tweeted a link and informed Heather about the new post.

Soon after publishing the Otis, Massachusetts, World War II honor roll, I received this reply to my tweet:

Twitter notification; personal collection

Contributing to this project has been a rewarding experience and having someone find one of their ancestors on a memorial I transcribed even more rewarding. I hope you will consider contributing as well. Paying it forward while working at something we love -- family research -- what could be better?

Thank you to all the men and women who have served in our Nation's armed forces. I am truly thankful for your service.

_______________
My contributions to the Honor Roll Project.

Honor Roll: Town of Otis (Massachusetts) World War II Honor Roll

Otis, Massachusetts, is a town in Berkshire, the westernmost county in the commonwealth. In front of the library and museum building is the Otis World Ward II Honor Roll Memorial.

World War II Honor Roll in the Town of Otis, Massachusetts, personal
collection

Dedicated to those
Men and women living or dead
who have served and are
serving in any branch of the
armed forces of the United
States of America from the
Town of Otis. A sincere thanks
to all those for keeping
our country and others free.

In honor of
the men and women of
OTIS
who served their country
in World War II

Barton, George R.
Barton, William E., Jr.
Besaw, Paul L.
Bittman, Louis M.
Bliven, Francis L.
Bristol, Norman R.
Budner, Silas
Cowell, Ray D.
Cowell, Leon A.
Crittendon, Richard H.
Crittendon, William S.
Dillman, George F.
Edwards, Thomas G.
Gage, Charles B.
Gage, Daniel W.
Hall, Arnold D.
Harrington, Reginald J.
Hood, Edward P.
Hood, Howard D.
Jones, Clifford E.
Judson, William D., Jr.
Kaminsky, Alexander
Kaminsky, Kenneth
Kaminsky, Ray
Langdon, George W.
Moberg, David E.
O'Donnell, John H.
Pelletier, Harvey
Perry, William P.
Pillman, Howard J.
Pyenson, Maxwell
Snow, Lawrence
Somes, Barbara J.
Soule, Robert L., Jr.
Tacy, Donald D.
Tacy, Elwin N.
Tacy, Nelson C.
Tacy, William P., Jr.
Worden, Ralph R.

The names have been alphabetized by surname.

This post was written as a contribution to the Honor Roll Project, which was created by Heather Wilkinson Rojo, author of Nutfield Genealogy.

Honor Roll: Town of Lee (Massachusetts) James Burt Veterans Memorial Park and World War I Honor Roll

Lee, Massachusetts, is a town in Berkshire County. During the Shays' Rebellion in 1786 about 250 followers of Daniel Shays encountered state troops near Lee. The Shays partisans paraded a fake cannon and the troops fled. But the town is better known for its marble, which was first quarried in 1852. Marble from Lee was used in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City and the Capitol building in Washington, District of Columbia.

James Burt Veterans Memorial Park on Main Street near Academy Street. The park was named for Captain James M. Burt, U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipient and includes an honor roll memorial for World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War and Persian Gulf War.

James Burt Veterans Memorial Park Honor Roll; personal collection

James Burt Veterans Memorial Park
In Memory of Those from Lee Who Died During War
For Their Country

World War I (1917-1918)
Bossidy, James R.
Carty, John T.
Crerar, Thomas M.
Fanning, Thomas J.
Griffin, Russel R.
Gross, Harry F.
Noonan, Charles T.
Parker, Harold M.
Parker, Milton D.
Roberts, Ivan D.

World War II (1941-1946)
Arioli, Eugene
Armstrong, James
Bonafin, Eugene L.
Brace, Harold M.
Burt, Thomas
Carpenter, Thomas F.
Corey, Herbert
Cory, George E.
Cross, Harry
Davis, Joseph
Gage, Ralph A.
Leahey, John L.
McGoldrick, Peter
Murray, Francis
Pera, Aldo
Pezzotini, Victor J.
Richmond, John W.
Turner, Donald L.
Whalen, Donald

Korean War (1950-1955)
Abderhalden, William
Turner, Kenneth

Vietnam War (1961-1975)
Cummings, Charles R.
Stevenson, Bruce
Termini, James M.
Whalen, Michael

Persian Gulf War (1990-1991)
We honor the veterans of Lee
who served in the Persian Gulf War
and are thankful that they
returned home safely

This Memorial is Dedicated To All Veterans. In All Wars.
A Grateful Nation Salutes You.

This World War I Honor Roll is also on Main Street near the intersection with
Franklin Street (or slighly south) of James Burt Veterans Memorial Park;
personal collection

World War I Honor Roll

To the Men of Lee Who Gave All in the War for World Wide Liberty

Bossidy, James R.
Carty, John R.
Crerar, Thomas M.
Cross, Harry F.
Fanning, Thomas J.
Griffin, Russell R.
Noonan, Charles T.
Parker, Harold M.
Parker, Milton D.
Roberts, Ivan D.

Erected by Ausotunnoog Chapter D.A.R.

This post was written as a contribution to the Honor Roll Project, which was created by Heather Wilkinson Rojo, author of Nutfield Genealogy.

Honor Roll: Berkshire County (Massachusetts) Vietnam War Memorial

Memorial Park is in the center of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the county seat of Berkshire County. At the east end of the park is the county's Vietnam War Memorial.

Vietnam War Memorial 1961-1975; personal collection

Vietnam War Memorial 1961-1975

Dedicated to the men and
women from Berkshire
County during the Vietnam
War and in memory of
those who gave their
lives.

"To those who died
honor and eternal rest.
To those still in bondage
remembrance and hope,
to hose who returned.
Gratitude and peace."

Berkshire County Vietnam War Memorial; personal collection

Berkshire County Remembers

Aldam, Kevin G.
Benjamin, Gary T.
Bissaillon, Francis H.
Borey, David C.
Casey, Michael J.
Coakley, William F.
Conner, Paul A.
Cook, Peter A.
Cronk, Paul M., Jr.
Cummings, Charles H.
Davis, Richard S., Jr.
Foote, Peter W.
Hartlage, John P., III
Hayes, Tristan W.
Henneberry, James C.
Jaquins, Charles E.
Jarvis, Edward C.
Krzynowek, Paul S.
Luscier, Howard H.
Malloy, John J.
Muraca, Patrick J.
Pratt, John L.
Roulier, Russell R.
Shufelt, George J.
Termini, James M.
Whalen, Michael C.
Witanek, Chester L., Jr.

Names have been alphabetized by surname.

This post was written as a contribution to the Honor Roll Project, which was created by Heather Wilkinson Rojo, author of Nutfield Genealogy.

Honor Roll: City of Pittsfield (Massachusetts) Civil War Honor Roll

Pittsfield is the county seat of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, the westernmost county in the commonwealth and it is a short but scenic 45-minute drive from the outskirts of Albany, New York, where my husband works two weeks out of every month.

In the center of town is the Memorial Park at the intersection of South, North, East and West Streets. At each end of the park is a memorial.

Pittsfield Soldiers Monument, Pittsfield, Massachusetts; personal collection

The front, or west, facade includes the following inscription:

For the dead
A tribute.
For the living
a memory.
For prosterity
an emblem
of loyalty to the flag
of their country.

The rear, or east, facade includes the following inscription:

With grateful recognition
Of the services of all her
Sons
Who upheld the honor and
Integrity of our beloved
Country
The town of
Pittsfield
Erects this monument in
Loving Memory of those
Who died that the
Nation
Might live

The north and south facades include the names of Civil War soldiers from Pittsfield, who died during that war:

Pittsfield Civil War Honor Roll Plaque; personal collection

2nd Regiment
Mullany, Michael
Robbins, Charles W.

8th Regiment
Broad, Charles C.'Morgan, Daniel S.

10th Regiment
Burbank Samuel D.
Cassidy, James
Corliss, Richard S.
Duffee, Thomas
Grippen, Nelson N.
Harris, Charles, F., Jr.
Hemenway, Alfred C.
Heminway, Haskel
Hibbard, Gardner B.
Hogan, Michael
Noble, Henry
Ryan, Richard

20th Regiment
Lt. Lansing E. Hibbard

Bates, Oliver S.
Carough, James
Francis, Jonathan
Goodwin, Charles
Kelly, George F.
Merchant, John
Morey, James K.
Noble, Wilbur
Sloan, John A.

21st Regiment
Capt. William H. Clark

Chamberlain, Henry F.
Cressy, Justin S.
Garlick, Evelyn A.
Jarvis, George W.
McIntosh, Hobart R.
Menton, George E.
Wright, Samuel
Woodworth, Charles L.

27th Regiment
Bentley, James S.
Bolic, David
Davis, Charles H.
Donlin, James
Goddit, Joseph
Merry, Willard L.
Monnier, William H.
Wilbur, Eleazar
Williams, James
Wilson, John

31st Regiment
Capt. William W. Rockwell
Daily, Louis H.
Holder, Henry
Quigley, Edward E.
Martin, George L.
Ross, John B.
Tute, James
Harrington, Jonathan F., Jr.

Other Regiments
Shepardson, Charles M.
Kellogg, Byron, W.
Johnson, Isaac

Pittsfield Civil War Honor Roll Plaque; personal
collection

34th Regiment
Lt. James L. Dempsey

Casey, John
Clark, Noah A.
Dill, Charles H.
Donnelly, William E.
Fairbanks, Edgar P.
Grady, John
Harned, Nelson
Leeson, Thomas
Shaw, John

37th Regiment
Blood, Miles H.
Hooker, Oliver C.
Hussey, Patrick
Reinhart, Robert

39th Regiment
Hemenway, Elbert O.

49th Regiment
Bull, James B.
Davis, Luther M.
Dewey, Allen M.
Jones, Seth R.
Joyner, Daniel M.
Noble, Samuel G.
Platt, Charles E.
Taylor, William
Videtto, Charles F.

54th Regiment
Bird, Levi
Franklin, Eli
Van Blake, John
Wilson, Henry

57th Regiment
Bourne, George H.
Daniels, Chester H.
Daniels, Lowell
Danyon, Horace
Hodge, George H.
Monney, Peter
Thornton, Patrick
Tyler, Lester

61st Regiment
Beebe, Thomas D.
Mallison, Martin F.

1st Regiment Cavalry
Chapman, Charles T.
Gray, Hiram S.
Hanly, Michael
Hills, John F.
Ober, John P.
Roberts, Edward O.
Taylor, Giles

3rd Regiment Cavalry
Ollinger, Charles
Pritchard, Allen

2nd BL [illegible]
Reardon, Timothy

Other Regs.
Capt. Henry H. Sears

Donahue, James
Smith, John W.

Names have been alphabetized by surname within the regiment headings.

This post was written as a contribution to the Honor Roll Project, which was created by Heather Wilkinson Rojo, author of Nutfield Genealogy.

Worldwide Genealogy -- Memorial Day Weekend Traditions

I was reflecting on the oh so special way my husband and I commemorate Memorial with what is fast becoming a family tradition. Since this is my day to contribute a bi-monthly post to Worldwide Genealogy -- A Genealogical Collaboration, I hope you click over to my post and read about how we honor Memorial Day -- with family.

My brother and his wife at a restaurant in the Grove Arcade area of
downtown Asheville; photograph taken by me

2010 Asheville, North Carolina photo album

My sister-in-law, brother and husband in Newport,
Rhode Island; photograph taken by me

2011 Great New England Driving Vacation

Portion of the Medal of Honor Exhibit at the Fort Benning Infantry Museum;
photograph taken by me

2014 Southwest Georgia Tour Album

Mom's most deeply held wish was that my brothers and me would remain close after she and Dad were gone. I know that is Dad's wish, too, though he cannot verbalize it now. I think our nascent tradition is part of the glue that makes those wishes a reality. And my middle brother, who I call Saint Ted, well, he's a story for a different day.

Forefather's Day

Since 1769 there have been celebrations of the Pilgrims' arrival in Plymouth on December 21, 1620. In adjusting to the Gregorian calendar, the Forefather's Day holiday was erroneously established on December 22.

Plymouth Rock

In researching the Amsberry family, I learned that Mary "Polly" Everett of Vermont married William Allen Amsberry on May 13, 1823, in Mason County, Virginia. Mason County became part of West Virginia in 1862 when West Virginia became a state. Mary likely moved to what is now West Virginia with her parents, Francis and Sally (Franklin) Everett circa 1819.  According to the Elial Foote papers, several families moved from New York to Virginia "on the great Kanawaha River."

Mary "Polly" (Everett) Amsberry

At the age of 64, Mary and her husband and Matthew Amsberry, presumed to be a son, were living in Marion County, Iowa. She remained there until her death in 1865. She is buried at the Coal Ridge Community Church cemetery, which is also now a museum.

There are also tantalizing references to Mary (Everett) Amsberry, being a descendant of a Mayflower passenger, but I have yet to discover the link.

Semple Confusion, Not So Simple

My connection to the Semple family of Scotland is through my great great grandmother, Margaret Semple (1850-1920). She was born in Stonehouse, Lanarkshire Scotland on June 22, 1850, to Peter and Janet (Torrance) Semple. When Margaret was 21 years old, she had a daughter out of wedlock. Two years later, she married James Muir, a coal miner, on July 4, 1873. They had seven children before Margaret followed James to Illinois. Two more children were born in the United States.

One of Margaret's uncles emigrated to New Zealand in 1862 and an aunt came to the Massachusetts in the early 1900s. It is Margaret's aunt, Agnes (Semple) Taylor (1844-1919), who is the source of my Semple confusion. Well, her youngest son, Robert Semple Taylor, is really the problem.

Robert Semple Taylor

Agnes' husband, John Taylor, died at the age of 36 of cirrhosis of the liver, leaving her with seven young children. Her youngest daughter, Margaret (holding the baby in the photo below) immigrated to Massachusetts with her husband-to-be and his mother in 1904. Also, onboard, according to records I was able to find, were Agnes and her youngest son, Robert.

Agnes Semple Taylor on the far right, with her daughter, Margaret McNair (Taylor) Isbister, Margaret's adopted daughter, Clara Schomburg, and Margaret's husband, Andrew Thomas Isbister

By 1910, Agnes and Robert were living with Margaret and Andrew Isbister and in 1919 it appears Agnes died. All of the records, including census, World War I and II registration cards, and passenger manifests, indicated Robert Semple Taylor never married and lived with his sister and brother-in-law until 1937 when his brother-in-law died.  Then Robert and his sister moved in with his niece and her husband.

Andrew Thomas Isbister and his wife, Margaret McNair (Semple) Isbister

However, one of my "new" cousins is a Semple through Agnes Semple. Her tree is also well documented and indicates that the same Robert traveled to Colon, Panama in 1906 and came to the United States through New Orleans. My Robert Semple Taylor arrived in New York City in 1900 from Scotland. Her Robert Taylor married Grace Shand Denholm and they lived in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940 -- the same census years my Robert Semple Taylor was living with his sister in Massachusetts. Her Robert Taylor had three children between 1903 and 1907 and it is from one of those children she descends. My Robert Semple Taylor never married. Her Robert Taylor was a boilermaker for the railroad and my Robert Semple Taylor was a tire maker at a rubber factory.

Obviously one of us has the wrong Robert Taylor attached to our family tree, but which one?

Update: I believe we have sorted out Robert Semple Taylor. My Robert appears to be correct and my new cousin's Robert, her great grandfather, is still a mystery. My project this week is to see if I can figure out who her Robert Taylor was. This was a caution to me. Ancestry.com can make it almost too easy to find records and attach them to your tree.  I must remember to always do my due diligence to ensure they are records for the correct person.

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(1) All photographs used in this post are courtesy of Carol Rolnick and retrieved from Ancestry.com.