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Hans Peter Jorgensen

Hans Peter Jorgensen

• Company: A

• Hans Peter Jorgensen was also known as Capt. Hans P. Jörgensen.
• He was born between 1830 - 1831 at Copenhagen, Denmark.
• In 1861 Hans was living at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in 1861, Hans gave his occupation as piano maker.
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  On 12 Jul 1861 Hans mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• On 21 Oct 1861 Hans Peter Jorgensen was wounded at The Battle of Ball's Bluff, Leesburg, Virginia.
• The following account of his wounding appeared in the Worcester Spy, 6 Nov 1861:
  "The orderly sergeant of the same company, P. Jorgenson, saw a rebel aim at him while loading. He hurried to get the first shot, but the rebel was to quick for him. The ball from his gun passed the whole length of the bottom of his plate, which was swung at his side, under his arm, cutting a hole the width of the ball.
  “Ah!”said he in broken English, ”you fire well; you spoil Uncle Sam’s crockery---I pay you for dat”, drew up his gun, shot him through the breast, and dropped him. Just as he fired another rebel sighted him, and shot him through the arm. This is the third wound he has received in his third war, once in Germany, once in Mexico, and now Ball’s Bluff. May he soon be able to be among his comrades, cheering them with his presence, and amusing them by his oddities."
• On 22 Oct 1861 Hans was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant.
• On 30 Oct 1861 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Hans Peter Jorgensen was included among "The Killed Wounded and Missing of the Fifteenth Regiment," after Ball's Bluff.
• On 2 Nov 1861 at "Worcester Aegis & Transcript", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Hans Peter Jorgensen was mentioned among the casualties.
• On 18 Dec 1861 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Hans was mentioned as follows:
  "Lieut. Jorgensen sent, on Wednesday, twenty more recruits to the fifteenth regiment, making ninety-one in all sent by him. He expects to make the number up to one hundred by the last of this week."
• On 12 Feb 1862 Hans Peter Jorgensen was mentioned in the Worcester Spy (Volume 91 #7) as follows:
  Furlough - The Fifteenth:---Major J. Kimball, of Fitchburg, Capt. Watson of the Oxford company, and Capt. Philbrick of the Northbridge company, of the fifteenth, are at home, on a short furlough. They report matters all right at Poolesville. Lieut. Jorgensen has recruited 67 men for this regiment since the first of January, who will start from Camp Cameron for Poolesville, this afternoon.
• On 14 Feb 1862 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Hans Peter Jorgensen was mentioned as follows:
  "Lieut. Col. Ward, Lieut. H. P. Jorgensen of Co. A., Leominster, sergeant A. E. Shumway of Co. E., Oxford, sergeant Shove of Co. K., Blackstone, corporal Collar of Co. H., Northbridge, and private Ralph T. Phinney of Co. D., Worcester, have been detailed from the fifteenth regiment, for six months, to recruit for the Massachusetts regiments."
• On 19 Jul 1862 Hans was promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
• On 28 Oct 1862 Hans was promoted to Captain.
• Camp near Falmouth, Virginia,
  22 November 1862,
  To Lt. Col. J.W. Kimball
  From 1st Lt. Hans P. Jorgdensen, Co. A., 15th Massachusetts Infantry,
  In reference to tending resignation over "the removal of Maj. Genl. McClellan from this Army, a Genl who was my entire confidence and whom I love & respect dearly." Mentions that "the foul stain of cowardise cannot rest on me, and because my feelings of love & true regard for Genl. McClellan will not allow me to serve as heretofore ... & sincerely hope an honorable discharge will be granted me."
  (Note: this reaction to McClellans removal from command is documented from numerous officers who served under him. Jorgensen's request was rejected.).
• On 9 Feb 1863 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Hans Peter Jorgensen was mentioned in an article about promotions.
• On 18 Mar 1863 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Hans was mentioned as follows:
  "Capt. H. P. Jorgensen, of the fifteenth regiment, returns to his command to-night, and will take any letters to members of the regiment left at John Boydens exchange before four o'clock this afternoon."
• On 10 Apr 1863 at "The Southbridge Journal", Worcester County, Massachusetts, Hans Peter Jorgensen was mentioned in an article listing commissions and officer promotions in the regiment, as well as which discharged or deceased officers they replaced.
• He died on 2 Jul 1863 at The Battle of Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, unmarried, killed in action.
• On 8 Jul 1863 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Hans Peter Jorgensen was mentioned in the first dispatches from the Gettysburg battle.
• An obituary for Hans Peter Jorgensen was published on 8 Jul 1863 at "The Worcester Palladium", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as follows:
  Funeral of Capt. Jorgensen
  The funeral of Capt. H. P. Jorgensen took place at Leominster, on Thursday of last week. A large number of citizens of Leominster and the adjoining towns were present to mingle their sympathies in one whom love of liberty and patriotism had prompted to take his life in his hand in defence of his adopted country. Freedom to him was alike everywhere. He fell while heroically defending that principle against the usurpation of the slave power, at Gettysburg. All honor to his memory!
  The city was represented at the funeral by Mayor Lincoln and members of the City council, the German Turners Association numbering about thirty, under escort of the State Guards, accompanied by the Worcester Cornet Band.
  Arriving in Leominster a procession was formed in which the military was represented by Col. A. B. Sprague and Lieut. Col. Studley, of the 51st Massachusetts regiment, and many officers and privates of the 15th. The procession marched to the Leomonster House, where a collation had been provided for them by the citizens of the town. Col. C. H. Merriam acted as chief marshal. The services were held at the Unitarian church, conducted by the four clergymen of Leominster, Rev. Messrs Parker, Bailey, Fay and Watson.
  After the services at the church a procession was formed and marched to the cemetery, Captains Forehand, Wood, Bartlett, Howe and Gale, and Lieuts. Goddard, Fuller, Staples, Frazier and Dudley, all officers or past officers of the 15th Mass regment acting as pall bearers.
• An obituary for Hans Peter Jorgensen was published on 15 Jul 1863 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as follows: (click icon to read).
• On 22 Jul 1863, at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Hans was mentioned as follows: (Volume 92 # 29)
  The Remains of Capt. H. P. Jorgensen have been brought from the battlefield of Gettysburg, and, arriving here on Friday, were forwarded by the eleven o’clock train to Leominster, his last place of residence. Mr. T. W. Wellington, at the request of numerous friends of the deceased, recovered the body and forwarded it to this city, where it was taken in charge by Mr. C. H. Colburn and Mr. Tinker of Leominster.
  The funeral obsequies of the late Capt. H. P. Jergensen, of the 15th Massachusetts volunteers, will be held in the Unitarian church in Leominster, on Thursday, at two o’clock in the afternoon. Past and present members of the regiment, and all other friends of the deceased, are cordially invited to be present.
• On 22 Jul 1863 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Hans Peter Jorgensen was listed as a casualty of Gettysburg.
• He was buried on 23 Jul 1863 at Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, His epitaph reads:
  To the brave and heroic solder
  Hans Peter Jorgenson
  of Copenhagen, Denmark
  Capt 15th MA Vol
  Who gave up his life for the cause of freedom
  July 3, 1863 at Gettysburg.
  
• On 29 Jul 1863 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, his funeral was reported. (click icon to read).
• Note: There is no indication to date that Captain Jorgensen was married or left survivors. He is not identifiable in the 1850 MA census, suggesting that he arrived in the US after that date. The 1860 MA census would bring some family or relatives to light, but I have so far been unable to identify an entry for him. The Worcester County, Massachusetts, Probate Index for 1863 again gives his residence as Leominster and shows that there was an administration for the estate of Hans P. Jorgenson, in 1863 (after July) in Worcester County, Massachusetts, (Probate Index, Vol. 1 & 2 A - Z, July 1731-1881). Details of this administration might give further evidence of family. Please contact the Webmaster if you have access to this information.
• Read the excerpt on H.-P. Jorgensen from Ford's history --.
• In 1888 Hans was included in the Civil War section of Emerson's "Leominster Historical" as follows:
  Capt. Hans Peter Jorgensen, a native of Copenhagen, Denmark, enlisted as Orderly Sergeant. At Ball's Bluff, he was wounded in the right arm. He was detailed to recruit, but afterwards promoted to Secont Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, and Oct. 28th, 1862, to Captain, in command of his old Company A, and was killed.
  Capt. Jorgensen had seen service in the campaigns of the Danish Army and was twice wounded while fighting the Prussians at Schleswig and Holstein ; once in the arm by a ball and on the head by a sabre.
  He was not a native of this country. He could not have been drafted, yet so keen was his appreciation of the great interests at stake, that he is reported in the 'Worcester Spy' (newspaper) to have said: 'Freedom is the same everywhere and I cheerfully give my life in its defense. I would give more if I had it,' or words to that effect.
• But where did he come from? The following research in the Danish Archives by Gert Neuchs Christensen, although not yet difinitifely proven, suggests a very plausible record of the early life of H.-P. Jorgensen. Research is ongoing. (Many, many thanks to John Christensen and his cousin, Gert, for their interest and efforts so far beyond the scope of this researcher. slh)
  
  Hans Peter Jørgensen was born March 12, 1827, in Copenhagen to saloonkeeper Claus Jørgensen (1799-1857) and Margrethe Jørgensen, born Haagensen (1792-1866). There were three other children in the marriage.
  Note: HPJ's parents didn't actually marry until June 10, 1827, in Garnisons Kirke, so technically speaking HP was born out of wedlock, quite a serious thing in those days. This is why he is only marked down as "Hans Peter", with his mother an anonymous number, in the birth registry at The Royal Maternity Foundation.
  
  Confirmed on April 6, 1842. HP was then taken on as an apprentice by master joiner (or cabinet maker; the Danish term covers both) Hans Erhart Beck. Thus, according to the 1845 Copenhagen Census HPJ was at that time 18 years old and staying as an apprentice joiner with Beck in Løvstræde 128.
  Note: this would fit in well with the description of HPJ as mechanic and piano maker in the US.
  
  In April 1848 Hans Peter entered an "eksercerskole" (Drill School) in Copenhagen as a volunteer.
  Note: several of these schools were established at the outbreak of hostilities between Denmark and Prussia in 1848 (it hasn't as yet been possible to determine exactly which one HPJ joined). Their purpose was to train much needed NCO's for the Danish army. The curriculum was not restricted to military instruction but comprised a range of general subjects (including good manners and other social skills) aimed at making the volunteer NCO's able to live up to their new, somewhat elevated position in society. This education at the "eksercerskole" may contribute to explain why HPJ was later described as "a man of learning and cultivated taste and of social attainments".
  
  On March 1, 1849, Hans Peter was assigned as a Sargent of volunteers to 2nd Company, 6th Reserve Batallion (with his height given as: 68" or 177,8 cm. - certainly above average for the time).
  Note: the military archives proper haven't as yet been consulted but will undoubtedly yield more information about HP's military career. However, it is a fact that the 6th Reserve Batallion, as part of the 4th Brigade, took part in the Battles of Kolding on April 23rd 1849 and Fredericia on July 6th 1849.
  
  Hans Peter was mustered out of the Danish army on February 15th 1851. For a while he lived with his parents in Brolæggerstræde 75 in Copenhagen, but from October 7th 1851 he is registered as living on the third floor in Hummergade 254.
  
  Most interestingly there is an annotation in the muster roll that Hans Peter has received official permission, dated April 9th 1854, "to travel abroad for 3 years." Of course, this doesn't prove anything 100% but it certainly makes it highly probable that we are indeed dealing with the same Hans Peter Jørgensen. If so, we might assume that he made the journey to the US around the middle of 1854 - probably alone as - contrary to his three brothers and sisters - there is no indication that he entered into marriage in Copenhagen.
• Credits: (Cemetery photos courtesey of Carol Purinton).
• Credits: Primary photo above by permission of the Worcester Historical Museum, Ward Collection.
• Researcher: John Christensen and
  Gert Neuchs Christensen , unrelated researchers who provided the valuable research in the Danish Archives.

• Last Edited: 31 May 2011

Levi Freeman Jose

• Father: Amos Jose b. 2 Apr 1789
• Mother: Sarah Sawyer b. 4 Jan 1795

• Company: H

• Levi Freeman Jose was born on 31 Dec 1824 at Saco, York County, Maine, son of Amos Jose and Sarah Sawyer.
• In 1849 Levi was living at Saco, York County, Maine, a farmer, at Cleves Place, in Biddeford, according to the city directory.
• He was enumerated in the household of Roland Cobb and Elizabeth Taylor Fay in the 1850 US Federal Census on 13 Sep 1850 at Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  Richard Cobb, 53, laborer, b. MA
  Betsey, 57, b. MA
  Harriet, 23, b. MA (his future wife)
  Nancy, 21, b. ME
  Mary, 19, b. MA
  Albert, 14, b. MA
  Charles E., 12, shoemaker, b. MA
  **Freeman Jose, 22, shoemaker, b. ME.
• On 2 Jan 1851 Levi Freeman Jose, 26, married Harriet S. Cobb, 24, daughter of Roland Cobb and Elizabeth Taylor Fay, at Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in a first marriage for both.
• Levi Freeman Jose and Harriet S. Cobb were enumerated in the 1860 US Federal census on 1 Jun 1860 at Sutton P. O., Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  L. F. Joice (sic), 33, bootmaker, b. ME
  H. S., 34, (f), b. MA
  F. E., 8, (m), b. MA
  C. A., 7,(m), b. MA
  Frank, 5, (m), b. MA
  James Allen, 21, bootmaker, b. MA
  John Morey, 25, bootmaker, b. Canada.
• In 1861 Levi was living at Upton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Levi gave his occupation as shoemaker.
  
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  On 12 Jul 1861 Levi mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Upton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 36 years, 6 months and 12 days old.
• On 3 Nov 1862 Levi ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts due to disability.
  
  
• He made application for a veteran's pension on 18 May 1863, and received certificate number 33050.
• On 25 May 1867 Harriet S. Cobb, his wife, died at Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, of consumption at age 40.
• On 16 Sep 1868 Levi Freeman Jose, 43, married Anna Eliza Fairbanks, 36, daughter of Joseph Hastings Fairbanks and Ann Eliza Mellen, at Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in a second marriage for both. She was the former wife of George Warren Williams of New Hampshire.
• Levi Freeman Jose and Anna Eliza Fairbanks were enumerated in the 1870 US Federal Census on 11 Jul 1870 at Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  Jose, Levi F., 43, bootmaker, b. ME
  ---, Anna E., 38, b. MA
  ---, Frederick E., 18, bootmaker, b. MA
  ---, Henry M., 1, b. MA
  ---, Marette L., 3, b. MA.
• Levi Freeman Jose died on 17 Nov 1877 at Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 52 years, 10 months and 16 days old.
• He's surviving family was enumerated in the household of Anna Eliza Fairbanks in the 1880 US Federal Census on 16 Jun 1880 at Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  Jose, Ann E., 48, widow, keeping house, b. MA
  ---, Edward E., 6, son, b. MA
  ---, Jannie L., 2, dau, b. MA
  (Note: logically, there should be a widow's pension for Ann. However, none was apparent in the index. In addition, the two older boys, Henry and Willie live at an Alms House in Southborough. Please contact the Webmaster if you have further information.).
• Levi Freeman Jose's surviving family was enumerated in the 1880 US Federal Census on 21 Jun 1880 at Southborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  Jose, Henry, 11, boarder, b. MA
  ---, Willie, 8, boarder, b. MA
  living in the "Alms House" of
  Norton, Nahum, 67, farmer, b. MA.

• Last Edited: 31 May 2011

George Clesson Joslin

George C. Joslin

• Father: Major Elias Joslin b. 10 Nov 1795, d. 1874
• Mother: Elizabeth Stearns b. 17 Nov 1799

• Company: I

• George Clesson Joslin was born on 19 Aug 1839 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of Major Elias Joslin and Elizabeth Stearns.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, George gave his occupation as not given for him in Ford's history.
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  On 5 Aug 1861 George mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry as a Captain, being credited to the quota of Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 21 years, 11 months and 17 days old.
• On 6 Aug 1861, George was presented with a sword inscribed as follows: "Presented to Capt George Joslin by the members of Co I 15th MVM August 6, 1861" (Click photo icons to view, courtesy of Terry Laird.).
• On 10 Aug 1861 at "The Webster Times", Webster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George Clesson Joslin was mentioned.
• On 14 Aug 1861 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George Clesson Joslin was mentioned in an article about the departure of the Fifteenth Massachusetts from Worcester.
• On 31 Aug 1861 George Clesson Joslin was mentioned in a report to the Webster Times.
• On 9 Nov 1861 George Clesson Joslin was mentioned in a report to the Webster Times, by F. Q. Robinson, concerning the aftermath of Ball's Bluff and reporting his status.
• Thomas Blasland wrote a letter on 4 Jun 1862, mentioning George Clesson Joslin, as follows: for publication in the Southbridge Journal.
• On 20 Sep 1862 at "The Webster Times", Webster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George Clesson Joslin was mentioned among the first Antietam casualties.
• On 1 Oct 1862 Francis Carpenter, having visited the battlefield, wrote a letter to the Webster Times detailing the status of many men after the Battle of Antietam.
• On 13 Nov 1862 George was promoted to as a Major.
• On 9 Feb 1863 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George Clesson Joslin was mentioned in an article about promotions.
• On 17 Apr 1863 George was promoted to as Lieutenant Colonel.
• On 4 Jul 1863 George was promoted to as a Colonel at The Battle of Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
• On 8 Jul 1863 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George Clesson Joslin was mentioned in the first dispatches from the Gettysburg battle.
• On 26 Jul 1863 George and Isaac Harris Hooper were taken prisoner at White Plains, Virginia, Read an account of their capture and prison experience from Ford's History --.
• On 15 Sep 1863 George Clesson Joslin, 24, married Martha Ann Walker, 22, daughter of Appleton Walker and Ziba Fitch Beaman, at Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• On 23 Dec 1863 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George Clesson Joslin was mentioned as follows.
• The following appeared in the Webster Weekly Times, 25 June 1864 (Vol 6 #16)

  Rebel Barbarity--- Since the federal operations against Charlston, the rebel authorities have selected a number of union prisoners of high rank, and placed them in that portion of the city most exposed to our fire, in the hope of deterring the federal commander from continuing the shelling of that town. Among the officers thus treated is Lieut. Col. G. Joslin, formerly Captain of the of the Webster company of the old Mass 15th. General Foster, in command of our forces before Charlston protested against this cruel act, without effect, and then refered the case to our government. Thereupon a retaliatory order was issued,transfering to General Foster an equal number of rebel prisoners, of equal rank, to be treated in a similar manner as long as our officers are exposed in Charlston.

• On 27 Jul 1864 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George Clesson Joslin was mentioned in an article about the return of the regiment to Massachusetts.
• On 29 Jul 1864 George ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts as a Lt. Colonel.
  
  
• On 21 Oct 1864 at The Bay State House, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George Clesson Joslin attended the First Annual Reunion of the Fifteenth Regiment Association.
• George was living at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, having gone west for a while after the war, according to Emerson's History of Leominster.
• He made application at Illinois for a veteran's pension in Sep 1866, and received certificate number 85248.
• In Mar 1868 Martha Ann Walker, his wife, died at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, at age 26.
• George Clesson Joslin's family was enumerated separately in the household of Appleton Walker and Ziba Fitch Beaman in the 1870 US Federal Census on 20 Jun 1870 at Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, the children with their maternal grandparents as:
  Walker, Appleton, 54, hardware store, b. MA
  ---, Zivah F., 52
  ---, Clara L., 21
  ---, Fred H., 18, clerk in store
  ---, Ella E., 16
  Joslin, Annie M., 4, b. MA
  ---, Florence M., 3, b. Illinois
  ---, Arthur W., 2, , b. Illinois
  McGray, Julia, 22, domestic servant.
• George Clesson Joslin was enumerated in the 1870 US Federal Census on 23 Jul 1870 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, where he is enumerated alone living in a hotel, age 31, clerk in the customs house.
• On 1 Apr 1872 George Clesson Joslin, 32, married Susan Maria Claflin, 27, daughter of Haziel Carey and Eliza D. Sisson, at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, in a second marriage for both.
• George Clesson Joslin and Susan Maria Carey were enumerated in the 1880 US Federal census in Jun 1880 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, he works for the U.S. Customs. No children are enumerated in the household.
• On 20 Oct 1883 at Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George Clesson Joslin attended the 17th annual reunion of the 15th regiment association, with some 110 other veterans of the regiment. (Report from the Fitchburg Sentinel.).
• In 1886 George was living at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
• In Jun 1886 George Clesson Joslin took part in the regimental reunion Excursion to the Battle-Fields of Gettysburg, PA., Antietam, MD., Ball's Bluff, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
• In 1888, George was included in the Civil War section of Emerson's "Leominster Historical" as:

  youngest son of Major Elias Joslin, and brother Mr. Charles L. Joslin and Mrs. W. B. Tisdale of Leominster. Born 19 Aug 1839 in Leominster. Soon after the war Col. Joslin went to Chicago, but afterwards returned to Boston where he recieved an appointment as clerk in the customs house. He was afterwards promoted to Assistant Appraiser of the dry goods department, which position he now holds.

• He was enumerated in the 1890 US Federal census, Veteran's Schedule in Jun 1890 at Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, as having served in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Company , noting that he had a gunshot wound through the wrist.
• George had a photo taken as an older man.
• On 26 Oct 1896 George's daughter, Anne Maude Joslin married Edward Kenney at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
• On 15 Jun 1898 George's son, Arthur Walker Joslin married Clarabel Stetson at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, in a first marriage for both.
• George Clesson Joslin was enumerated in the household of Edward Kenney and Anne Maude Joslin in the 1900 US Federal Census on 4 Jun 1900 at Claybourne Street, Ward 20, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, as:
  Kenney, Edward, head b, July 1872, married three years, b. MA, bookkeeper
  ---, Anne M., wife, b. July 1865, no children, b. MA
  **Joslin, George C., father-in-law, b. Aug 1839, married 37 years, has three children living, b. MA
  Joslin, Flourette M., sister-in-law, b. Feb 1867, single, b. Illinois, stenographer.
• On 4 Jul 1906 at Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George Clesson Joslin attended the dedication of a statue of General Charles Devens, as reported in the Fitchburg Sentinel.
• On 20 Oct 1906 at Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, George Clesson Joslin attended the 40th annual reunion of the 15th regiment association, with some 75 other veterans of the regiment. (Report believed to be from the Worcester Spy.).
• George Clesson Joslin was also mentioned in attendance in the Fitchburg Sentinel coverage of the 1906 reunion.
• On 21 Oct 1907 at Grand Army Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts, George Clesson Joslin attended the 41st annual regimental reunion and banquet on the 46th anniversary of the Battle of Ball's Bluff, as reported in the Fitchburg Sentinel the following day.
• He was enumerated in the household of Edward Kenney and Anne Maude Joslin in the 1910 US Federal Census on 28 Apr 1910 at Claybourne Street, Ward 20, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
• On 27 Oct 1910 at The State Mutual Building, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Col. George C. Joslin attended the 44th reunion of the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
• In 1912, George was shown in the MOLLUS records, as follows:

  JOSLIN, GEORGE CLESSON. LIEUTENANT COLONEL, 15th MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY, U.S.V. Elected March 4, 1874. Insignia 1558. 2d Lieutenant, 3d Battalion Rifles, M.V.M., in service of the U.S., April 19, 1861; mustered, May 19, 1861. Mustered out, August 3, 1861. Captain, 15th Mass. Infantry, August 5, 1861. Major,November 13, 1862. Lieutenant Colonel, April 17, 1863. Commissioned Colonel, July 4, 1863; not mustered. Mustered out, August 9, 1864.

• He died on 21 Nov 1916 at Dorchester (Boston), Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He was 77 years, 3 months and 2 days old.
• He was buried in Nov 1916 at Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• In Feb 1917 Susan Maria Carey received a pension to surviving family member in Massachusetts based on George's service; and received certificate number 847594.
• Susan, his wife, outlived George and died in 1927.
• A photograph or image of George Clesson Joslin is located at The American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, according to their website.
• Researcher: William A. Jannausch, a non-related researcher.
• Credits: (Cemetery photos courtesey of Carol Purinton).
• Credits: Primary photo above by permission of the Worcester Historical Museum, Ward Collection.

• Last Edited: 26 Sep 2011

Henry L. Joslin

Henry L. Joslin

• Father: John Lincoln Joslyn b. 22 Feb 1804
• Mother: Louisa Pollard

• Company: B

• Henry L. Joslin was born on 10 Aug 1843 at Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of John Lincoln Joslyn and Louisa Pollard.
• Henry L. Joslin was enumerated in the household of John Lincoln Joslyn and Louisa Pollard in the 1850 US Federal Census on 7 Aug 1850 at Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  John L. Joslyn, 46, ?? keeper, b. MA (as were all in the family)
  Louisa P., 35
  **Henry L., 6
  Abby L., 4.
• In 1861 Henry was living at Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in 1861, Henry gave his occupation as carpenter.
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  On 12 Jul 1861 Henry mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry as a Corporal, being credited to the quota of Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 17 years, 11 months and 2 days old.
• On 18 Sep 1862 Henry was promoted to Corporal.
• On 13 Nov 1862 Henry ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts to enlist in the Battery I, 1st U. S. Light Artillery.
  
  
• Starting 14 Nov 1862, Henry also served in the Battery I, 1st U. S. Light Artillery (Regular Army).
• He died on 21 Apr 1863 at Hospital on Potomac, Virginia, unmarried, of disease, as a Private in Bat. I, 1st U. S. Artillery. He was 19 years, 8 months and 11 days old.
• He was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Div. 2, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, (East of Central Entrance) Olive Path.
• On 2 Mar 1864 Louisa Joslin received a pension to surviving family member based on Henry's service; mother received certificate number 28345.
• Credits: Portrait photo courtesy of Leon Basile.

• Last Edited: 30 Jul 2010

Thomas Adams Joslin

• Father: Thomas Joslin b. 16 Nov 1777, d. 3 Jan 1837
• Mother: Hannah Adams

• Company: A

• Thomas Adams Joslin was born on 22 Nov 1808 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of Thomas Joslin and Hannah Adams.
• Thomas Adams Joslin married Harriet Louise Pierce at Dublin, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
• Harriet Louise Pierce, his wife, died apparently.
• In 1861 Thomas was living at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in 1861, Thomas gave his occupation as farmer.
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  On 12 Jul 1861 Thomas mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 52 years, 7 months and 20 days old.
• On 1 May 1862 Thomas ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts due to disability.
  
  
• On 11 Aug 1866 Thomas Adams Joslin, 57, married Victorine Gordon, 36, daughter of Robert Rogers Spalding and Asanath Barrett, at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in a second marriage for both.
• Thomas Adams Joslin and Victorine Spalding were enumerated in the 1870 US Federal Census on 28 Jun 1870 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  Joslin, Thomas A., 62, farm hand, b. MA
  ---, Victorine, 41, b. ME (as were all others in the household)
  Keniston, Nelmore, (f), 30
  ---, Charles, 7
  Mason, James, 48, works in tannery
  ---, June, 28
  ---, Addie P., 11.
• Thomas Adams Joslin made application for a veteran's pension on 18 Dec 1878, and received certificate number 173153.
• He and Victorine Spalding were enumerated in the 1880 US Federal census in Jun 1880 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, with no younger people in the household.
• On 9 Oct 1883 Thomas Adams Joslin included on the official government pension rolls for Fitchburg and Leominster, as published in the Fitchburg Sentinel.
• He died on 5 Jan 1887 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, of Bright's disease. He was 78 years, 1 month and 14 days old.
• He was buried in Jan 1887 at Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• On 4 Feb 1887 Victorine Spalding received a pension to surviving family member in Massachusetts based on Thomas's service; his wife, received certificate number 240570.
• Victorine Joslin was enumerated as the widow of Thomas Adams Joslin, of the 15th Massachusetts, in the 1890 Veterans' Schedules of the US Federal Census in Jun 1890 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• Victorine, his wife, outlived Thomas and died on 22 Sep 1903 at Boothbay Harbor, Lincoln County, Maine, at age 74.
• Thomas's wife, Victorine Spalding, died and was buried on 25 Sep 1903 at Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. At age 74 years and 28 days.

• Last Edited: 4 Oct 2010