Worcester in the Spanish War; being the stories of companies A, C, and H, 2d regiment, and company G, 9th regiment, , during the war for the liberation of Cuba, May-November, 1898, with a roster of ERShumway Camp, no30, Spanish War veterans, followed by a brief account of the work of Worcester citizens in aiding the soldiers and their families . seemed In la\ li(ild on Xew llrit-ain. Conn., for there his body wastaken for liurial. Me boarded on Thom-as Street for some time, and, on hav-ing his life insnred. he had the pol-icv made payalde to his l)o,-irding mis-tress rather than to his i
Worcester in the Spanish War; being the stories of companies A, C, and H, 2d regiment, and company G, 9th regiment, , during the war for the liberation of Cuba, May-November, 1898, with a roster of ERShumway Camp, no30, Spanish War veterans, followed by a brief account of the work of Worcester citizens in aiding the soldiers and their families . seemed In la\ li(ild on Xew llrit-ain. Conn., for there his body wastaken for liurial. Me boarded on Thom-as Street for some time, and, on hav-ing his life insnred. he had the pol-icv made payalde to his l)o,-irding mis-tress rather than to his immediate rel-atives. Indeed, it is after hisdeath, a brother-in-law came to Wor-cester endeavoring to sectire the re-sults of the insurance, but (hd not suc- Lor|)oral John hrancis Iloran wasborn in Abbeyfeale, Comity , son of Michael and Catherine(Wright) Koran, who arc stilj livingin the old home. He came to Americain iXSo. ami was a brother of First Ser-geant M. J. Iloran. He never attendedan\- of the schools in this country. Hewas a single man. and by trade was amason, an occu|jation which wasshared by his three brothers. He hadl)cen a foreman in the employ of Con-tractor Henry Mellen for a number ofyears: he was prominent in the Irick-iavers Cnion and had represented bod\- as ,-i dek-gale in Chicago and. 1>K. J. A. ••MONTAUK ceed. Coffee was employed as a wiregoods maker at the time Sergeant Cor-liss returned home for recruits, and hebecame one of those who were to raisethe Company to the maximum. Re-turning witli the Sergeant, when thenew men went down to Camp Alger,he partook of the experience of the re-cruits, going with them to CampMeade in Pennsylvania, where, at-tacked by typhoid fever, he died , just after the return of the Em-mets to Worcester. At the expenseof the Commonwealth, assisted by thehonorarv corps of the Enrmets, thebody ofPrivate Coffee was carried toNew Britain for burial, and it lies nowin St.
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