. Genealogical and memorial history of the state of New Jersey ... of age, he respondedto President Lincolns call for troops, and en-listed in Company H, Nineteenth RegimentOhio \olunteer Infantry. He was offered theca])taincy of his company, but declined on ac-count of his youth, being the youngest mem-ber. Against his ])rotest he was elected firstlieutenant, and served in that cai)acity until theend of the first three months term. He wasone of the gallant fellows who, at the expira-tion of his three months service, re-enlisted,taking his ])lace in the ranks, and in due timewas commissioned f
. Genealogical and memorial history of the state of New Jersey ... of age, he respondedto President Lincolns call for troops, and en-listed in Company H, Nineteenth RegimentOhio \olunteer Infantry. He was offered theca])taincy of his company, but declined on ac-count of his youth, being the youngest mem-ber. Against his ])rotest he was elected firstlieutenant, and served in that cai)acity until theend of the first three months term. He wasone of the gallant fellows who, at the expira-tion of his three months service, re-enlisted,taking his ])lace in the ranks, and in due timewas commissioned first lieutenant. He servedin the .Army of the Potomac, and participatedin the battles of the Shenandoah Xalley andwith the .Army of the Potomac. In the lastyear of the war he served under General Phil.^^hcridan. .At the battle of .Aldie he waswoundetl, taken ])risoner, and was recapturedthe next morning, and lay in the hospital threemonths on account of his wounds. He waswith General .Sheridan in his closing operationsclosing with the surrender of General Lee at. ^/y. a//f/ .Mf^S. ^Ctty/frr/ //n// STATE OF NEW JERSEY. 347 Appomattox Court House, Virginia, and soonthereafter, peace having been restored, washonorably mustered out of service. Returning home, he turned his attention tothe study of dentistry, under the instruction ofDr. Stockton, at Mount Holly, and then com-I)leted a course at the Penn Dental School,Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in1871. Later the same year he located in Bord-entovvn, where he has since remained, and haswon for himself a more than enviable reputa-tion in his profession, and which is far frombeing merely local. He is an honored mem-ber of various dental associations. In relig-ion he is a Baptist. He is affiliated with Lodge, Free and Accepted Hilliard married, in 1875, Virginia, daugh-ter of John and Elizabeth ( Woolston ) Wools-ton, of Mount Holly. Children, all born inBordentown: i. Augusta, married HenryBrakeley, of
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