Dire 1865 Sentence of Being Shot to Death for Desertion, Commuted to Prison Time - Dennis Madden of Company E, 1st Maine Sharpshooters

Sentence from an 1865 Court Martial for desertion that reduces the sentence of Dennis Madden of Company E of the 1st Maine Sharpshooters from being shot to death to a term in the prison at Sing Sing, New York.

A transcription appears at the end of this post.

Also mentioned: 

• Colonel C. F. Walcott, 61st Massachustts Volunteers - President of the Court Martial - presumably Charles F. Walcott (1836-1881)
• E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General - presumably Brig. General Edward Davis Townsend (1817-1893)

If you have a theory as to the identity of Dennis Madden of Company E of the 1st Maine Sharpshooters, please leave a comment for the benefit of other researchers.

Did Dennis go on to have descendants?

Transcription:

General Court Martial Orders, No. 291

WAR DEPARTMENT

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE

Washington, June 13, 1865

I.  Before a General Court Martial, which convened at Headquarters 1st Maine Sharpshooters, Defences of City Point, Virginia, March 14, 1865, pursuant to Special Orders, No. 21, dated Headquarters, Engineer Brigade and Defences City Point, Virginia, March 6, 1865, and of which Colonel C. F. WALCOTT, 61st Massachusetts Volunteers, is President, was arraigned and tried - 

Private Dennis Madden, Company "E", 1st Maine Sharpshooters.

CHARGE. - "Desertion"

FINDING. - "Guilty"

SENTENCE

And the Court does therefore sentence him, Private Dennis Madden, Company "E", 1st Maine Sharpshooters, "To be shot to death with musketry, at such time and place as the Commanding General may direct: two-thirds of the members of the Court concurring therein."

II.  The proceedings and findings of the Court in the case of Private Dennis Madden, Company "E", 1st Maine Sharpshooters, were approved, and the sentence mitigated by the proper Commander "to discharge from service, with forfeiture of all pay and bounty now due or that may become due, and confinement for one year in such place as the war Department may designate," and the record forwarded for the action of the President of the United States.

Sing Sing prison, New York, is designated as the place of confinement, where the prisoner, after being discharged, will be sent, under suitable guard, by orders of the Army Commander, for the execution of the remainder of his sentence.

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

E. E. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General

OFFICIAL:

Assistant Adjutant General

1908 Marriage Book: William F. McClintock & Susie A. Ward; Waterville, Maine

8" by 6" hardcover booklet entitled "Marriage Service" and containing the page shown above, documenting the marriage on 1 January 1908 at Waterville, Maine, of William F. McClintock (1872-1954) and Susie A. Ward (1874-1964).

Witnesses were: 

• Carl Green
• Mrs. A. B. Green
• Edwin C. Whittemore - perhaps Rev. Edwin Carey Whittemore (1858-1932)

Images of all of the pages appear at the end of this post.

The booklet was published by Rev. Salem D. Towne of Boston, Massachusetts, who may be the person shown on an end paper.

From brief online research, hopefully correct - corrections and additions gratefully received:

According to their official marriage record, William, born in Winslow, Maine, was the son of Albion H. McClintock and Sarah (Matthews) McClintock.  Susie, a native of Troy, Maine, was the daughter of John Ward and Sarah E. (Childs) Ward.  [Be sure to scroll down on the record to see the reverse.]

William had previously been married to Lou Belle Pearson, a Fairfield native, who died in 1903.

Note: a reader noticed a marriage certificate with photographs of William and Lou at an antique shop in Florida and kindly forwarded this photograph for the benefit of other researchers - many thanks!

William and second wife Sarah made their home in Fairfield, Maine:

• 1910 - William's occupation was laundry owner
• 1920 - William's occupation was insurance agent
• 1930 - William's occupation: "none"
• 1940 - William's occupation - line left blank

If you have corrections or information to share, please leave a comment for the benefit of other researchers.

Tintype of John R. Marston (1811-1884), a Farmer in Kenduskeag, Maine

Tintype of a man identified in a contemporary hand on an accompanying paper scrap as "John R. Marston, Died February 26, 1884 in Kenduskeag".

He was John R. Marston (1811-1884), a native of North Yarmouth, Maine, who died in Kenduskeag, Maine.  

Interestingly, the tintype shown on his FindaGrave Memorial appears to be the same tintype, with the same damage in the lower right, as the one I purchased and am holding in my hand.

From brief online research, hopefully correct - corrections and additions requested:

By 1850, John R. Marston had moved to Bangor in Penobscot County, Maine, where he was working as a cooper. He married Maria L. Hodsdon (1822-unk) of Levant on 17 November 1852.

Subsequent censuses show that they moved to farm in nearby Kenduskeag, Maine. Censuses: 

• 1860
• 1870
• 1880

John died on 26 February 1884 in Kenduskeag and is buried in the Kenduskeag Village Cemetery. I haven't found a death record for Maria.

If you have corrections and/or information to share on the people mentioned above, please leave a comment for the benefit of other researchers.

Birth Record of Alonzo Putnam Mills (1872-1950), born in 1872 in Bradford, Maine

Certified copy, undated, of the birth record of Alonzo Putnam Mills, born 28 October 1872 at Bradford, Maine, son of preacher Hezekiah Mills, age 40, and Sarah Jane (Connolly) Mills, a native of Jacksontown, New Brunswick, age 42.

From brief online research, hopefully correct - corrections and additions requested:

Alonzo apparently moved to Michigan at some point, as there is a record in Alpena, Michigan, of his marriage there of 14 June 1899 to Miss Sara E. Creighton, age 29. The 1900 Census shows Alonzo as married and boarding in Willimantic, Maine, in the Howard home, presumably connected to the spool mill there; Sara isn't listed. She may have stayed in Michigan, as their daughter, Marjorie, was born in Alpena, Michigan, in 1902. 

By 1910, Alonzo, Sara and Margery were living in Milo, Maine, where Alonzo was working as a finisher in a spool mill. Alonzo was working at Atlantic Thread Company in Milo, Maine, at the time he filled out his World War I Draft Registration Card.

It appears that Alonzo and Sara lived stayed in Milo for the rest of their lives. They're buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Milo, Maine, with their daughter Marjorie (Mills) Howe.

If you have corrections and/or additions to the information above, please leave a comment for the benefit of other researchers.

Photographs of Charles Mower as a Young Man and as a Baby; by Lewiston, Maine, studios

Two photographs of Charles Mower; taken by different studios from Lewiston, Maine. The photograph above shows Charles as a young man. 

A photograph shown further below shows Charles as a baby.

From brief online research, hopefully correct - corrections and/or additions requested:

Possibly Charles Ernest Mower (1884-1952), son of Otis Harry Mower and Lizzie (Nichols) Mower of Turner, Maine, and Auburn, Maine.

It appears that Charles, a farmer, married twice: 1) Martha McDonald Stewart; 2) Almeda H. Luce.

If you have information on any of the people above or if you feel Charles/Charley Mower is another person, please leave a comment for the benefit of other researchers.

Photograph of, presumably, Ernest Myrick of South Gouldsboro, Maine

Photograph of a young man, presumably Ernest Myrick of South Gouldsboro, Maine.  

Presumably, because, on occasion, the person whose name is mentioned is the intended beneficiary of the photograph, not the sitter himself.

'From brief online research, hopefully correct - corrections and/or additions requested:

Ernest Clifton Myrick (1886-1968) was born in Gouldsboro, Maine, the son of John M. Myrick, a native of Vinalhaven Island, Maine, and Olive (Hammond) Myrick, a native of Gouldsboro, Maine.

It appears that Ernest married twice 1) Florence J. Robinson; 2) Susan Margaret (Rainey) Vogel. By 1920, Ernest had moved to Penobscot County, Maine. He's buried in the Pine Tree Cemetery at Bangor.

If you have information on any of the people mentioned above, of if you recognize the man in the photograph as someone other than Ernest Myrick, please leave a comment for the benefit of other researchers.

Little Notebook, possibly Robbinston, Maine or Pembroke, Maine, area; names of Purchasers and Vendors

Little notebook, presumably from eastern Washington County, Maine, possibly Robbinston, Maine, or Pembroke, Maine.

Names inside - please provide corrections in the comments section

Ira ?, possibly Wool	George Fenderson	Everett Peacook
Wilford Adams	Gardner House	G? Polk
Allan House	I. H. Kilby	Mrs. Sarah Rogers, Pembroke
A. O. Ayer	E. H. Lapham ?	Lest? Savage, North Anson, Maine
Leander Bailey or Basley or Bagley	Ralph Leighton	William H. Sears
Mrs. Asenath Bayers	Mrs. Geo. F. Lincoln, Robbinston	Mrs. William Seeley
Stephen W. Benson	Albert E. Lincoln	Seth Seeley, Perry
Arthur B. Blackwood	Mrs. James Lodge	Fred C. Smith
Simon Boyd	Mrs. Edward Long or Loring	Lucius Smith, Pembroke
Mrs. H. B. Cambridge	Henry Lord	Mrs. Geo. Smith
Mrs. Willis Carter	Howard W. Moore	Mrs. Henry Smith
Sam Collrer	Mrs. Harry Morgan	Mrs. E. R. Stanhope
Robert Cubbey	Oscar Morrison	Mrs. Sarah Wilder, West Pembroke
Eugene Cushing	Mrs. Maud Morrison, Rob	Theodore Wilder
L. L. Davis, Robbinston	Frank Newman
Willard E. Davie or Davis

If you have a theory as to the owner of the notebook or information on any of the people mentioned inside, please leave a comment for the benefit of other researchers.