Commemorative biographical record of Tolland and Windham counties, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families . rdBarber. They became the parents of two children,Frank S. and Allen Barber, the latter dying in NewYork in 1902. The mother died in 1894, at the ripeage of seventy-three years, and was buried besideher husband in Putnam cemetery. Frank S. Richmond received his early educationin Hopkinton, R. I., and later in the Putnam Dis-trict schools. He was engaged at farming with hisgrandfather, Silas Richmon
Commemorative biographical record of Tolland and Windham counties, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families . rdBarber. They became the parents of two children,Frank S. and Allen Barber, the latter dying in NewYork in 1902. The mother died in 1894, at the ripeage of seventy-three years, and was buried besideher husband in Putnam cemetery. Frank S. Richmond received his early educationin Hopkinton, R. I., and later in the Putnam Dis-trict schools. He was engaged at farming with hisgrandfather, Silas Richmond, in Washington coun-ty, R. I., up to the time of the Civil War. In Feb-ruary, 1862, at Killingly, he answered the call ofPresident Lincoln for more troops, and became amember of Co. D, ist Heavy Artillery, under Tyler and Captain Cook. This companyproceeded immediately to the front, and was en-gaged in many of the san^^uinary battles of the Richmond participated in the battles aboutYorktown, and in the Peninsular campaign, andafter completing his term of enlistment of two yearsre-enlisted in August, 1864, being subsequentlypromoted to second lieutenant of the 13th United. 1/T-J^ a^^ < COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 317 States Colored Heavy Artillery, which became apart of the Army of the Cumberland. He continuedin the service in this position up to the close of thewar, receiving his honorable discharge at Louis-ville, Ky., and returning home with the conscious-ness of having done his full duty in maintainingunsullied the flag of his country. Upon his arrivalhome he came to Grosvenor Dale, where he wasappointed superintendent of the Grosvenor DaleFarm, a position which he filled for a period oftwo years. He was then overseer of spinning atthe for twenty-three years continuously, giv-ing the greatest satisfaction to his employers. In1888 he was appointed supply clerk of the Gros-venor Dale Company, in which position he has con-tinued, being looke
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