Canton GAR Roster

I recently acquired a small pamphlet, printed in 1909, detailing the roster of the Hartwell T. Martyn chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic. It listed all the current members as well as the deceased and gave a short biography of the man after whom the chapter was named. Below is a transcription of the information within this pamphlet.

ROSTER

HARTWELL T. MARTYN POST

No. 346

Grand Army of the Republic

Department of New York

Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York

1909

HARTWELL T. MARYTYN

Son of Tyler Martyn, born at Canton, New York, August 23d, 1841. Enlisted in (“Scott’s 900”) 11^th N.Y. Cavalry, under Col. S. P. Remington, in July , 1862, and upon the organization of that regiment was assigned to Co. D., which was stationed near Washington D.C. Was taken prisoner of war, at Edward’ Ferry, Maryland, in August 1863. He, with others, was taken 150 miles over the blue Ridge mountains, there put on the cars for Richmond, Va; was taken to Belle Island, where there were 12,000 prisoners confined on 2 ½ acres of ground, two thirds of whom had no tents or shelter of any kind, slept on the ground, and in the winter the strongest would go around in the morning and help up the weak, sickly ones, whose clothes had frozen to the ground and who were unable to get up. The fare, which at first was stinking meat, and often times mule at that, with poor bread, grew from worse to worse, until, for the last two months, they had nothing but corn meal wet with cold water. When taken prisoner he weighed 167 lbs; when exchanged, March 13, 1864, as prisoner of war, he weighed only 93 lbs., and was transferred to the hospital at Annapolis, Md., where he had the smallpox, caught on the way down, from the effects of which he never fully recovered.

In August, 1864, he rejoined his regiment at New Orleans, where he was soon after taken with fever, from which it soon became evident he could not recover while South. He was then ordered North, and left New Orleans on the Steamer North America, which foundered off the coast of Florida, December 23, 1864, with 296 soldiers on board, the captain and part of the crew only being saved.

OFFICERS, 1909

D. W. Sherwin	Commander
F. L. Gill	Senior Vice Commander
H. J. Cook	Junior Vice Commander
M. C. Gully	Adjutant
John H. Mills	Quarter Master
R. W. Barrows	Surgeon
George Grant	Chaplain
Wm Potter	Officer of the Day
H. D. Ellsworth	Patriotic Instructor
James Mackey	Officer of the Guard
Archie Allen	Sergeant Major
S. W. Lasell	Q. M. Sergeant

MEETINGS

First Saturday evening of each month

PAST COMMANDERS

H. D. Ellsworth	Geo. H. Elmer
S. D. Kimball	M. C. Gulley
H. S. Hart	Geo. L. Rogers
D. M. Robinson	Marcus Crossman
Wm Potter	T. O. Forbes
Thomas Reynolds	C. C. Caldwell
Langdon Clark	R. W. Barrows
D. G. Griswold	C. W. Hall

MEMBERS

Name	Regiment or Ship	Present Address
Andrews, Parley	142d N.Y. Vols	Pierrepont
Axtell, Ezra	60^th N.Y. Vols	Canton
Allen, Archie	69^th N.Y. Vols	Canton
Aldous, Chas.	60^th N.Y. Vols	Pierrepont
Brogan, Henry	83d N.Y. Vols	Canton
Beakman, Chas.	13^th N.Y. Cavalry	Pierrepont
Brown, Rev. E. E.	14^th N.Y. Heavy Art	South Colton
Balcome, E. S.	11^th N.Y. Cavalry	Canton
Blount, George W.	11^th N.Y. Cavalry	Crary Mills
Barrett, Stephen	6 H.A.	Pierrepont
Barrows, R. W.	142 N.Y. Vols	Canton
Caldwell, C. C.	106^th N.Y. Vols	Canton
Clark, Langdon	60^th N.Y. Vols	Crary Mills
Coon, B. F.	20^th N.Y. Cavalry	North Russell
Crossman, Marcus	142d N.Y. Vols	Canton
Corcoran, S. W.	16^th N.Y. Vols	Pierrepont
Crowder, Simon	20^th N.Y. Cavalry	Canton
Cook, H. J.	11^th N.Y. Cavalry	Canton
Church, B. H.	106 N.Y. Vols	Lisbon
Collier, D. G.	37 Mass.	Canton
Ellsworth, Horace D.	11^th N.Y. Cavalry	Canton
Ellwood, Alexander	11^th N.Y. Cavalry	Canton
Eldredge, L. W.	U.S.S. Susquehanna	Canton
Enslow, Silas H.	60^th N.Y. Vols	Canton
Elmer, R. S.	60^th N.Y. Vols	Crary Mills
Floyd, W. H.	137^th N.Y. Vols	Crary Mills
Forbes, T. O.	39^th N.Y. Vols	Crary Mills
Finnegan, James	164^th N.Y. Vols	Canton
Gulley, M.C.	14^th N.Y. Heavy Art.	Canton
Gray, John K.	60^th N.Y. Volts	Canton
Griswold, D. G.	11^th N.Y. Cavalry	Canton
Gilman, Almond	92d N.Y. Vols	North Russell
Griswold, Lewis	14^th N.Y. Heavy Art.	Canton
Gilmore, G. H.	9^th N. H. Vols	Canton
Garrett, Sidney	69^th N.Y. Vols	Canton
Gill, F. L.	11^th N.Y. Cavlary	Canton
Goodwin, Thomas J.	9^th N.H. Vols	Canton
Gillett, D. B.	11^th N.Y. Cavalry	Canton
Grant, George	60^th N.Y. Vols	Canton
Hildreth, Hiram	97^th N.Y. Vols	Canton
Heckless, William	106^th N.Y. Vols	Canton
Hogle, George F.	56 Mass Vols	Pierrepont
Huse, Daniel	16^th N.Y. Vols	Canton
Hedding, Cuttler	142d N.Y. Vols	Canton
Inlay, John F.	12^th N.Y. Cavalry	Canton
Irwin, Geo. W.	137^th Ohio Vols	Canton
Kimball, S. D.	2d Mass. Cavalry	Canton
King, Judson A.	142d N.Y. Vols	Canton
Knox, Lewis J.	60^th N.Y. Vols	Canton
Lasell, S. W.	60th N.Y. Vols	Canton
Laddison, Francis	92d N.Y. Vols	Canton
Leonard, William	106^th N.Y. Vols	Pierrepont
Lewis, W. H.	11^th N.Y. Cavalry	Canton
Lawrence, Melvin	14^th H. A.	Pierrepont
Mills, J. H.	11^th N.Y. Cavalry	Canton
Matthews, Charles	106^th N.Y. Vols	Hannawa Falls
Morrow, John	69^th N.Y. Vols	Canton
Martin, Alexander	14^th N.Y. Heavy Art.	Canton
Mackey, James	39^th N.Y. Vols	Canton
North, E. D.	60^th N.Y. Vols	Canton
Nickerson, Charles	106^th N.Y. Vols	Canton
Northrup, M. H.	142d N.Y. Vols	Newton Falls
Olin, Chas. W.	6^th N.Y. Cavalry	Canton
Potter, William	193d N.Y. Vols	Canton
Reynolds, Thomas	11^th N.Y. Cavalry	Canton
Reynolds, John	13^th N.Y. Cavalry	Canton
Rexford, A. M.	50^th N.Y. Engineers	Pierrepont
Rogers, George L.	10^th N.Y. Heavy Art	Canton
Robinson, J. G.	142d N.Y. Vols	Morley
Sharpstein, A. A.	15^th U.S. Infantry	Canton
Smith, C. C.	11^th N.Y. Cavalry	Canton
Shipman, A. O.	13^th N.Y. Cavalry	Pierrepont
Sherwin, D. W.	1^st N.Y. Light Art.	Canton
Severance, B. F.	14^th H.A.	Russell
Spaulding, Ira	106^th N.Y. Vols	Canton
Thompson, Sylvester
Thayer, Levi	142d N.Y. Vols	Canton
Taylor, Wm H.	15^th N.Y. Engineers	Canton
Wenom, Joseph	127^th Ill Vols	Canton
White, L. B.	106^th N.Y. Vols	Lisbon
Weatherson, Wm.	U.S. Ship	Lisbon

DECEASED MEMBERS

Name	Regiment or Ship	Present Address
Agon, Richard	11^th N.Y. Cavalry	Canton
Bottsford, W. H.	16^th N.Y. Vols	Canton
Barber, Lyman	60^th N.Y. Vols	Canton
Brundage, C. R.	60^th N.Y. Vols	Clifton
Baxter, O.G.	11^th N.Y. Cavalry	Canton
Bailey, Homer	11^th N.Y. Cavalry	Canton
Brown, Donald	60^th N.Y. Vols	Pierrepont
Bell, R. J.	142d N.Y. Vols	West Pierrepont
Barber, Jason	11^th N.Y. Cavalry	DeKalb Junction
Barber, Charles	60^th N.Y. Vols	Canton
Copeland, Leroy	142d N.Y. Vols	Canton
Carney, Stephen	2^nd Conn. Heavy Art.	DeKalb
Cagle, Nelson F.	60^th N.Y. Vols	Canton
Chambers, James	5^th Cal Vols	Russell
Church, C. B.	92d N.Y. Vols	Crary Mills
Carl, Terence	1^st N.Y. Light Art.	Canton
Coon, Horace H.	92d N.Y. Vols	West Pierrepont
Devlin, Patrick	11^th N.Y. Cavalry	Canton
Elmer, G. H.	71^st Penn Vols	Canton
Enslow, S. F.	9^th N.Y. Cavalry	Crary Mills
Flanagan, Edward	142d N.Y. Vols	Canton
Gollinger, John	6^th N.Y. Cavalry	Canton
Gale, Dr. J. S.	60^th N.Y. Vols	Canton
Hills, Orville H.	1^st N.Y. Light Art	Canton
Hickok, S. W.	4^th Mass Cavalry	Canton
Hewitt, H.A.	50^th N.Y. Eng Vols	West Pierrepont
Jennes, E.E.	142d N.Y. Vols	Morley
Murray, James	164^th N.Y. Vols	Canton
Mooney, Michael	U.S.S. Lexington	Newboro Station
Marshall, Robert	11^th N.Y. Cavalry	Canton
Myers, John G.	39^th N.Y. Vols	Canton
McDole, David	142d N.Y. Vols	Canton
Patno, Frank	1^st Vermont Cavalry	Canton
Paige, Charles	14^th N.Y. Heavy Art.	Canton
Robertson, D. M.	60^th N.Y. Vols	Canton
Rutherford, J. T.	9^th N.Y. Cavalry	Canton
Rice, Lewis	142 N.Y. Vols	Canton
Robinson, J. F.	60^th N.Y. Vols	West Pierrepont
Racey, Joseph A.	1^st N.Y. Light Art	DeKalb
Storrs, R. H.	1^st N.Y. Vol Eng.	Canton
Shea, Dr. P. H.	6^th N.Y. Heavy Art	Canton
Stammer, W.	2d Conn. Heavy Art	Canton
Streeter, Reuben	18th U.S. Infantry	Canton
Schofield, William	96^th N.Y. Vols	Hermon
Seymour, George W.	U.S.S.S. Kansas	Canton
Vaughn, Reuben	13^th N.Y. Cavalry	Pierrepont
Williams, Edgar	142d N.Y. Vols	Canton
Wells, Allen	13^th N.Y. Cavalry	Pierrepont
Wilmarth, Ira A.	15^th N.Y. Engineers	Pierrepont
Wells, Thomas M.	6^th N.Y. Cavalry	DeKalb Junction
Wright, William H.	11^th N.Y. Cavalry	Canton