VI-2. Jacob Pardee,
b. 26 November 1809; m. 15 January 1832, Harriet Maria Tuttle,
daughter of Jotham and Amy (Smith), d. 31 August 1898; d. 1 August 1879. Jacob was an oyster dealer in Baltimore,
Maryland and in Fair Haven, and was financially succesful. He was one of the original members of the Fair Haven
Congregational Church, and one of the six who gave to it the organ. He lived on Grand Avenue, New Haven.
VI-3. George,
b. 1 December 1812; m.
27 February 1843, Olive Grannis Luddington, daughter of Justin, b. 30 December 1817, d. (post pub.); d. late 1848. George
was lost at sea subsequent to 23 September 1848 while on a voyage from new York to the West Indies on the Brig Olive-named
after his wife-of which he owned one-fifth. He was a Freemason and an Odd Fellow. Olive m. (2) 17 September 1857, Hiram
Hills.
VI-4.Roswell ,
b. 9 December 1814; m. 9 November 1860, Mrs. Mary Ann (Rowe) Bunnell, daughter of Russell and Miranda (Scarrit), b. 3
October 1828, d. (post pub.); d. 7 June 1871. Roswell was a sea captain, and engaged in the oyster business. His widow
lived at 65 Atwater Street, New Haven, at the time of publishing in 1904.
VI-7. Lovisa,
b. 16 March 1826; m. October 1873
[or 1874], Ambrose Clark, d. 8 December 1884; d. 5 January 1890. Ambrose was a blacksmith. Lovisa was his third wife.
VI-8. Daniel Philemon ,
b. 9 May 1827; m. 21 November 1853, Almira Elizabeth Smith, b. 25 February
1833, d. (post pub.); d. (post pub.). For many years he was a blacksmith in Guilford.
VI-9. Charles Henry ,
b. 18 September 1828; m. 4 March 1855, Harriet Cook, daughter
of Lewis Wesley and Nellie (Clock), b. 16 January 1836, d. (post pub.); d. 10 August 1885. Charles was a farmer.
VI-11. Mary Ann,
b. 4 October 1834; m. 1 December
1875, Colonel Ebenezer Lane, d. 2 November 1886; d. (post pub.). Mary was brought up very strictly by Reverend Stephen
Dodd and his wife, who had no children but were intimate friends of Roswell's family. She later lived with her brother
Jacob until marriage. She resided at 65 Atwater Street, New Haven, at the time of publishing in 1904. Colonel Lane was a
ship carpenter, and in 1846 commenced business at Grape Vine Point, Fair Haven, under the firm name of Land & Griswold. He
cut in two and enlarged the steamer Bunker Hill-the first work of the kind done in the U.S. He also designed and made the
first snow plow used on a locomotive in Connecticut.
VI-12. Hiram Parker,
b. 26 April 1836; m. 26 July 1868,
Julia Ann Porter, daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth (Park), b. 25 May 1846, d. (post pub.); d. (post pub.). He was a
carriage maker for a number of years, but in later years was a carpenter. He lived at 183 Exchange Street, New Haven at
the time of publishing in 1904.
VI-13. Grace Emeline,
b. 25 June 1838; m. 5 November 1859, Harvey Elmore Towner, son of John and Martha (Tyler), b. 22
October 1826, d. (post pub.); d. 7 April 1894. Grace died of cancer.
VI-14. Jane Eliza,
b. 25 September 1840; m. 29 November 1866, Leverett Pratt Clark, son of Allen and Amanda M. (Post), d. (post pub.); d. (post pub.). Both were members of the Grand Avenue Congregational Church. They lived at 61 Atwater Street,
New Haven at the time of publishing in 1904. Jane was a member of the Perseverance Council, No. 33; Daughters of Liberty,
and of the Warren Thomas Circle, No. 5, Ladies of the G.A.R. Leverett enlisted 6 August 1862 in Company B, 15th Regiment,
Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and served until discharged, 27 June 1865, at the close of the war. He was a member of the
Admiral Foote Post, No. 17, Connecticut Dept., G.A.R.; the I.O.O.F; and the O.U.A.M. Leverett was a clerk in the New Haven
office of the N.Y., N.H. & H.R.R. Co. for over twenty years.
VI-15. Horace Augustus,
b. 14 September 1804; m. 13 June 1830, Catherine Elizabeth
Hanson, daughter of Captain Frederick and Nancy, d. 4 November 1852; m. (2) 10 may 1854, Fanny Elizabeth Phelphs, daughter
of Lewis and Asenath (Wilder), b. 31 August 1822, d. 7 October 1897; d.?
He was a cabinet maker. In 1826 he went to
Lima, Peru, and engaged in the furniture business, returning to New Haven about 1830. In 1834 he went to Mobile, Alabama,
where he worked at his trade for about a year. He was a skillful and conscientious workman.
VI-16. John Bulford,
b. 1 February 1807; m. 14 April 1830, Elizabeth P. Bartett, daughter of Preserved and Mary, b. 3
December 1809, d. 23 July 1878; d. 11 September 1882.
John died at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Hannah E. Phelps.
He was in the tailoring business in Northampton, Massachusetts for some time.
VII-33. Julia Elizabeth, b. 20 August
1835, d. 27 April 1854 of quick consumption.
VI-17. Caroline,
b. 14 December 1808; m. 27 August
1827, Sheldon Hitchcock, son of Timothy and Rena, b. 12 May
1804, d. 26 June 1877; d. 18 January 1884.
VI-18. Daniel,
b. 31 May 1811; m. 27 July 1837,
Lucinda H. Hitchcock, daughter of Heber and Lois (Stebbins), b. 1807, d. 19 May 1892; d. 17 June 1892.
VI-19. Julius Smith,
b. 7 February 1813; m. 11 August 1835, Lavinia Damaris Merriam, daughter of
Noah and Fanny (Bishop), b. 8 November 1815, d. 13 March 1894; d. 25 November 1869.
Julius attended a school in New
Haven taught by John E. Lowell; afterwards learned the carpenter's trade; came to Meriden as clerk in a store; left
Meriden and opened a dry goods store on Chapel Street, New Haven, but failed during the hard times of 1837; returned to
Meriden and began again at his trade, his shop being located where the Winthrop Hotel stood in 1904; removed to
Southington where he erected a store for Ammon Bradley, and the Lewis Academy building. He joined the Pacific Pioneers'
Co., sailing from New York 26 March 1849 and after a long and tedious voyage from Panama, reached San Francisco, where
carpenters were in great demand, and wages surprisingly large. The company disbanded in January 1850, after which he and
Julius Pratt kept store at Stockton.
Returning East he came to Durham, and was connected with the Merriam Manufacturing
Co., devoting himself earnestly to the business. On 11 June 1864 he was chosen deacon of the church. In 1867 he left
Durham to travel for The Dover Stamping Company of Boston. He moved his family to Meriden in 1868, where he died.
Julius had a gift for public speaking. While traveling in the West, he entered a church one Sunday and was recognized by
the preacher as a friend and acquaintance of former days. He was at once heartily greeted and urged to take the pulpit to
speak to the people, being introduced by the pastor as one better qualified and more worthy than himself to address them.
In lyceum debates, the anti-slavery cause, the temperance cause, and in political gatherings he was a forceful speaker.
His home was always well supplied with good reading. His wife was a great reader and had a wonderful memory, and public
events were often the subject of conversation in their home.
Their first four children were born in Meriden, Julius in
Southington, Julia in Meriden, and Lillie and Lily in Durham.
VI-20. William Henry,
b. 14 October 1814; m. 23 February 1837, Mary Fowler Chittenden, daughter of Bille and Eunice (Fowler),
b. 19 March 1815, d. 4 February 1903; d. 18 September 1898.
He learned the cabinet maker's trade, and in early manhood
was a partner with a Mr. Lines, the firm being known as Lines & Augur. He was afterwards employed by R. & J. M.
Blair of New Haven, until ill health forced him to give up work. He was an Odd Fellow
He died in Springfield,
Massachusetts, but was buried in Guilford, and his wife alongside him.
Their children were born in New Haven.
VI-22. Edward,
b. 8 July 1818; m. 31 August 1841, Anna Maria Smith, daughter of Milton and Almira (Reynolds), b. 19
March 1821, d. 29 December 1893; d. 22 September 1895.
Edward died in New Haven Hospital, having a shock of paralysis
on 18 September and never speaking again. He was a member of the New Haven Grays, and an Odd Fellow.
VI-23. Hannah Elizabeth,
b. 27 June 1821; m. 2 June 1837, Julius Phelps, son of
Epaphroditus and Dorothy, b. 28 August 1810, d. 23 May 1865; d. 5 February 1884.
Julius was killed instantly while working in the railroad yard in Springfield,
Massachusetts. Hannah went to see her sister Caroline, who was very ill in New Haven, and died of apoplexy. Julius and
Hannah are buried in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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VI-24. Mary Ann,
b. 8 April 1824; m. 23 November 1869, Truman Benedict, son of
John and Sarah, b. April 1798, d. 14 April 1880; d. 8 June 1899.
Mrs. Benedict was very much interested in the history
of her branch of the Augur family, and kept a record of the name, date of birth, marriage, and death, of each descendant
of Captain Daniel Page Augur. "Aunt Mary" was an authority on family history in that branch, and her book was referred to
for such facts by Edwin Prosper Augur for his 1904 book.
Her husband was a coal dealer in New Haven for many years, and
a prominent citizen.
VI-25. Sabra Augir,
b. 1 December 1808; m. 29 September 1830, Elijah Norton, son
of Burroughs and Betsey (Bullard), b. 6 July 1804, d. 13 January 1888; 26 May 1887.
Sabra and Elijah died in Sioux Falls,
South Dakota.
VI-27. William Henry Harrison Augir,
b. 1 Ausust 1813; m. 23 January 1839, Clarissa Smith
Hamlin, daughter of Alanson and Amanda, b. 23 April 1820, d. 5 April 1888; m. (2) 20 February 1891, Mrs. Cornelia M. Snow,
widow of Goodman, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Smith) Bassett, b. 20 February 1831, d. (post pub.); d. (post
pub.).
Harrison lived at Deep Creek, Township 42, Latah County, Idaho. He was a farmer, and when over 80 years old,
sowed his oats and wheat with little or no assistance, riding the plow, drill and harrow, but hiring harvesting and
threshing done.
In a letter of 7 March 1904, he wrote: "I was 90 the first of last August. what is remarkable with me
is my good health. I have no aches or pains of any kind. My eyesight is quite good. I read or write much of the daytime.
Most people say I am good for eight or ten years more. I account for this from the fact that I do not drink tea or coffee,
and never used tobacco or liquor of any kind; but best of all, never get mad."
For seventeen years of his early life he
was a member of the Free Baptist Church. Subsequently he becaame and ardent beliver in Spiritualism. He had been a writer
and public speaker on behalf of that sect, temperance, abolition of slavery, and the People's Party.
VI-28. Maria Louisa Augir,
b. 21 August 1815; m. 10 December 1843, Charles Taylor, d. 28
April 1863; d. 16 May 1895.
Maria taught school much of the time after she was fourteen until she was married at twenty-eight. In
early life she was a member of the Free Baptist Church, but later was a member of the Congregational Church in Colorado
Springs, Colorado.
Mr. Taylor married as his first wife Maria's next younger sister, Jane Ann Augir (VI-29), who died
about three years after her marriage, leaving one son, Marquis Franklin. Maria assumed the care of this son and afterwards
had three children of her own.
VI-29. Jane Ann Augir,
b. 14 April 1817; m. 26 November 1837, Charles Taylor, d. 28
April 1863; d. 27 January 1842.
After Jane's death, Charles married her older sister, Maria Louisa (VI-28).
VI-30. Franklin Page Augir,
b. 14 October 1818; m. 19 September 1847, Lavinia Lillie Bixby,
daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah (Flint); d. (post pub.).
Franklin, at the age of seventeen, took charge of the
transportation of his father's household goods from Sandusky, Ohio, to Racine, Wisconsin, via the lakes, the rest of the
family going overland by team. That was before the days of steam navigation, and the boat being unable to make harbor at
Racine on the down trip, kept on to Chicago. There Franklin made inquiry at the ferry, the only means of crossing the
Chicago river at that time, and found that his father's party had crossed only a few hours before. Hurrying on he overtook
them and spent the night with the family.
He frequently remarked that Chicago at that time was mostly a marsh, and that
government land in that locality would hardly be taken as a gift. His father's family made their home in Racine County,
Wisconsin, near Honey Creek.
Franklin was educated at Western Reserve Seminary, Ohio; Whitestown Seminary, NY; and
Hillsdale College, Michigan. He was ordained by a Council of the Honey Creek Quarterly Meeting in April 1847. His forty
years of active ministry were spent in Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, and Kansas.
For
several terms he was on the Board of Trustees of Hillsdale College.
The leading characteristic of "Elder Augir" as he
was familiarly called, was his logical turn of mind. He was abolutely fearless in his search for turht. He was years in
advance of his time on many questions, having no fear for religion in the acceptance of newly discovered facts. He
strongly combatted the doctrine of the literal resurrection of the body, and believed the second coming of Christ was a
spiritual and not an earthly kingdom. He taught the spiritual and not iteral inspiration of the Scriptures.
In
political opiniones he was also a leader and not a follower, and was prominent Abolitionisht in every community he served
during the years of the agiation of that issue. He was a supporter of the Republican Party for thirty years. For the last
few years of his life, however, his conviction of the growing domination of the "money power" in the councils of that
party and its failure to thoroughly enforce temperance legislation, even when enacted, led him into the Prohibition Party.
He believed and asserted that when men were elected on the issues thus presented they would know that a majority were
supporting them and could be relied upon to enforce the laws. History and polictical economy were his facvorite subjects
of thought and study. He clearly foresaw many issues that have come up for settlement long in advance of their becoming
popular, and advocated the right public policy in regard to them.
Franklin was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in
Hillsdale, Michigan.
Their children were born in Honey Creek, Wisconsin; Wyocena, Wisconsin; Winnebago County,
Illinois; Big Foot Prairie, Illinois; McHenry, Illinois; Hillsdale, Michigan, and Hillsdale, respectively.
VI-31. Almira Tryphena Augir,
b. 17 September 1820; d. 28 August 1894.
Her niece, Lillie F. Van de Mark
(VII-68) wrote to Edwin P. Augur the following concerning Almira: "Aunt Almira lived in father's family at Hillsdale,
Michigan about a year at the time of sister Arvilla's [VII-63] illness and death [September 1871], so that we all became
very much attached to her. Her's was one of those quiet lives spent for others--making Dorcas, and caring for the sick.
She took great interest in the literary efforts of young people in college, attending their meetings which were open to
the public when she could. She enjoyed listening to a good sermon or lecture, and was fond of reading--a trait common to
the family."
VI-34. Melissa Norton Augir,
b. 10 March 1826; m. 16 November 1853, David Stillwell,
son of Asher and Jane (Thorp), b. 20 January 1825, d. 24 July 1883; d. (post pub.).
VI-35. Orlando Daniel Augir,
b. 17 February 1828; m. (1) 25 December 1850, Lucy Maria
Munger, daughter of Gaius and Celia (Smith), b. 1 May 1829,
d. 15 September 1879; m. (2) 29 October 1884, Freedom
Julia Holt, d. 9 November 1887; 4 January 1898.
VI-36. Harriet White Augir,
b. 28 October 1829; m. 5 October 1848, Albion Paris Coombs,
son of Reverend Abner and Austrus (Melcher), b. 12 March 1829; d. 7 September 1903.
VI-37. Abigail Abeline,
b. 18 October 1818; m. 18 April 1838, John Hotchkiss Allen, b.
21 August 1816, d. 11 May 1894; d. 19 September 1897.
VI-38. Phebe Eliza,
b. 1 July 1820; m. 24 April 1842, Henry Swan Loper, son of
Henry and Anne (Fowler), b. 3 April 1819; 24 November 1895.
VI-39. Reuben Neros,
b. 27 September
1822;
VI-40. Correlia,
b. 9 June 1824; m. 6 February 1850, Thelus Todd, b. 19
September 1802, son of Thelus and Irene (Rogers), d. 28 August 1877; d. 1 June 1861.
VI-41. John Phipps,
b. 9 April 1828; m. 20 February 1857, Mary Mitchell, b.
23 March 1832, d. 13 March 1902; d. 24 January 1867. John Phipps was a farmer and lived on the old homestead of John
and Dinah.
VI-42. Ralph Hoadley, b. 31 October
1810; m. 1 October 1832, Maria Seber Glenney, daughter of
William and Amy (Clark), b. 31 March 1812, d. 14 March 1900;
d. 11 January 1883.
VI-43. William Augustus,
b. 22 May 1814;
VI-44. Isaac,
b. 28 April 1816;
VI-45. Mary Ruth,
b. 14 August 1808; m. 7 April 1825, William H. DeGroat; d. 6
March 1826.
VI-46. Minervia, b. ; m. 9 May 1838, Horace Beckley, son of Jason and
Clarissa (Dart), d. 9 March 1890; d. 7 October 1882.
VI-48. George
Morrell,
b. 26 April 1816;
VI-49. John Wells,
b. 10 February 1819;
VI-50. Hannah Elizabeth,
b. 18 January 1816; m. 10 March 1840, Nathan Chase, b. 22
December 1803, d. 15 August 1876; d. 11 January 1894.
VI-51. William Henry,
b. 30 January 1819;
VI-53. Maria Janette,
b. 23 December 1823; m. 3 April 1850, Michael Rich, d. 2
January 1874; d. 23 September 1853.
VI-54. Frederick Taylor,
b. 28 July 1826;
VI-55. Mary Adeline,
b. 25 June 1824; m. 27 October 1844, Captain John Calvin
Mansfield, b. 15 May 1816, d. 19 December 1890; 5 September 1860.
VI-56.
Oliver Blakeslee,
b. 27 February 1826; m. (1) 3 March 1850, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth (Lowdy) Markland, b. in England, d. 23 May 1857; m. (2) 1 June 1858, Mary Ann McLeod, b. 15 March 1822, at Oben, Scotland, d. 6 February 1896 at Holton, Kansas, daughter of Angus and Christina (McKenzie); d. 23 July 1872 at Chenoa, Illinois
VI-57. Olive Elizabeth,
b. 27 February 1826; m. 22 September 1855, Andrew Monroe Gates
, Jr.
VI-58. Sylvester,
b. 22 March 1828;
VI-61. John Peter,
b. 5
January 1825;
VI-64. George Henry,
b. 17 October 1830;
VI-65. Elizabeth Sophia,
b. 17 April 1833; m. 28 June 1852, Cyrus Augustus Beach, b. 1 May 1829, son of Abram and
Rhoda Dorothy.
VI-67. Elizabeth,
b. 5 October 1832; m. 26 January 1859, Merwin Bailey, b. 7
November 1825, son of Nathaniel and Desire (Robinson), d. 25 January 1894;
VI-68. Grace Ann,
b. 12 April 1834; m. 12 April 1860, John A. Gates, b. 6 June
1836, son of Andrew Monroe and Charlotte (Robinson).
VI-71. Rebecca Amelia,
b. 16 July 1815;
VI-72. William Augustus,
b. 20 September
1817;
VI-73. John Bradley,
b. 28 October
1824;
VI-74. Olive Francis,
b. 23 September 1827;
VI-76. Lewis Smith,
b. 14 April 1807;
VI-77. Horatio Allen,
b. 19 May 1811;
VI-78. Julia D.,
b. 18 December 1816; m. Joseph
Foster; d. 27 November 1891.
Julia died in Seymour, Indiana.
VI-79. Josiah Allen,
b. 27 July 1817;
VI-81. Justus Tyler,
b. 31 August 1822;
VI-82. Eunice M.,
b. 26 September 1824; m. Leman
Hall.
VI-83. Zimri,
b. 24 December 1826;
VI-85. Charlotte Eliza,
b. 26
December 1830; m. 7 August 1852, George Washington Hayes; d. 11 March 1860.
VI-87. William
Franklin,
b. 28 August 1837;
VI-90. Daniel Clifford,
b. 6 July 1807; m. (1) 7 September 1828, Delia Adaline
Middlebrook, daughter of Samuel Wheeler, b. 7 March 1807, d.
19 January 1864; m. (2) 24 May 1865, Caroline Clark, b.
1829, d. 26 January 1866; m. (3) 20 October 1866 [or 1867],
Marinda Allen, b. 1819, d. 2 February 1889; d. 24 October
1890.
VI-92. Susan,
b. 1 September 1812;
VI-93. George,
b. 12 January 1816;
VI-94.
Elizabeth Comfort,
b. 3 July 1819;
VI-96. Phineas
Miller,
b. 8 February 1826; m. 7 May 1846, Lucy Eliza Parmelee, b. 15
July 1825, daughter of Jonathan and Maria (Dudley) of
Guilford, d. 4 January 1895; d. 14 July 1891.
VI-98. Christopher Columbus,
b. 10 July 1821; m. 20 August 1844, Jane Elizabeth Arnold, b.
3 January 1827, daughter of General Jacob and Anna Maria
(Ford); d. 16 January 1898.
VI-99. Sally Murray,
b. 23 November 1822;
VI-100. Amasa Wellman,
b. 15 February 1826;
VI-102. Helen M.,
b. 31 January 1822;
VI-103. Rush
Ammon,
b. 2 July 1824;
VI-106. Daniel McCullom,
b. 31
July 1813;
VI-110. Samuel J.,
b. 2 May 1825;
VI-111. Jennet Ruth,
b. 17 November 1827;
VI-1. Abraham,
b. 4 May 1808; m. 29 July 1850,
Ellen Morris, daughter of Daniel and Polly (Linsley), b.25 May 1825, d. 27 May 1901; d. 17 August 1883. Abraham was a
shoemaker and in early life was in the mercantile business; later he was a farmer. He was a member of the Grand Avenue
Congregational Church, New Haven. He was also an Odd Fellow. Their first four children were born in West Haven. Their last
four in Fair Haven.
By second wife
Additional information regarding Hannah and her family can be found at my fifth cousin, John P. Campitelli's
site (Hannah being John's great-great grandmother):
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Orlando was nine years old when his parents moved from
Springville, NY, to Ohio, and later to Wisconsin. At 21 he
began a course of study at Waukesha Academy and was licensed
to preach. Ill health interrupted his studies. Eight years
later he went to Hillsdale, Michigan, and entered Hillsdale
Free Baptist College, and during the three years thus spent
in study he preached as he had opportunity. He was ordained,
and in 1861 was settled as pastor at Merrimac, Wisconsin,
preaching also for the churches at Scott and Marcellon. After
two years of aruous work he suffered from paralysis. He
gradually recovered, and in 1866 accepted the pastorate of
the church at Burnett, Wisoconsin. Later he removed to
Mukwanago, thence to Rochester, acting as pastor of the
Rochester and Prospect Churches. While in Rochester he was
elected President of teh Board of Trustees of Rochester
Seminary, to which he devoted much effort, making those years
the most prosperous in the history of the institution. The
poor helath of his family led him to seek a home in a warmer
climate, and in 1878 they moved to Pomona, Florida, where his
wife and two eldest daughters died in 1879. He preached for
severeal years for the Free Baptist Church at Crystal Lake,
Florida, and for neighboring churches occasionally, until the
last year of his life. He allied himself with the Prohibition
Party at its beginning, giving much time and effort to that
cause.
By second wife
Leverett's family joined the Shakers in 1818. When about 21,
Ralph left the Shakers and settled at Milford, Connecticut,
where all of his children were born. Afterwards, he resided at
Alexandria, Virginia, and later at Baltimore, Maryland.
He was a carpenter, was a member of the Baptist Church and was a Freemason.
By second wife
VI-89. Wealthy Ann,
b. 12 August 1804;
Captain Daniel Clifford is buried in Grove Street Cemetary at
44 Cypress Avenue, Tier 8.
Phineas was born in Middlefield, then a part of Middletown,
about three months after his father's death. In his ninth
year his mother married Captain Samuel Burgis of Guilford,
where he lived until he married and settled at the homestead
of his father. Phineas taught at Durham Academy, Wells
Grammar School at Hartford, and elsewhere.
After marriage he devoted himself to farming and surveying,
having been for about twenty years a County Surveyor. When
Middlefield became a town in 1866, he was chosen Assessor. He
also served the town as Selectman and Justice of the Peace,
and was its Representative in the General Assembly of 1869.
He was the county member of the State Board of Agriculture
from 1867 until his death. In 1876 he was delegated by the
State Board of Agriculture to make a collection of
Connecticut's products for the Exhibition at
Philadelphia.
He was a life member of the Massachusetts Horticultural
Society. He contributed frequently to leading agricultural
publications, and was Vice-President for Connecticut of the
American Pomological and Horticultural Societies.
Phineas was a strong anti-slavery man, and several times
aided fugitive slaves to gain their freedom. He abstained
from the use of intoxicants, and was a staunch advocate of
Temperance Reform. He left the Republican Party in 1884,
thereafter giving his influence and vote to the Prohibition
Party. In 1886 he was the candidate of that party for
Lieutenant-Governor, and in 1890 for Governor of
Connecticut.
He was courteous, cordial and unassuming; his hospitality
free-hearted; and his nature sympathetic. He was especially
fond of little children, whom he always noticed. He was a
member, and for many years a deacon, of the Congregational
Church in Middlefield. At the time of his death he and his
wife were members of the Second Congregational Church at
Meriden.
The following sketch of General Augur was written soon
after his death by his son-in-law, Major George B.
Russel.
General Augur was born at Kendall, NY, 10 July 1821. Very
early in life he went to Michigan with his mother, who was
then a widow, from which State he was appointed to West
Point, entering in 1839, and being graduated in 1843. Among
his classmates were several who rose to high rand and
distinction, viz.: General Ulysses S. Grant, General Rufus
Ingalls, General Joseph H. Potter, General W. B. Franklin,
General William F. Raynolds, General J. J. Reynolds, Gneral
James A. Hardi, General Frank Gardner (Confederate commander
of Port Hudson, Louisiana), General Frederick Steele, General
F. T. Dent. As to his very exceptional record of promotion,
the Army Register shows that he was commissioned from brevet
2nd lieutenant through every grade to brigadier-general in
the regular establishment, and was major-general of
volunteers from 1862 to 1866, during the war, and received
the brevets of colonel, brigadier, and major-general in
regular establishment and major-general of volunteers.
A few years after graduation he was in the Mexican War as 2nd
lieutenant 4th Infantry, where he, with Colonel H. M. Black,
served as Aide-de-Camp to Brigadier-Genearl Caleb Cushing, of
the Volunteers. He was also Aide-de-Camp to Briagdier-General
Hopping. Both received marked commendation from General
Cushing upon ending their service with him. He then served
with his company of the 4th Infantry at Fort Niagara, NY, and
in 1852 went with the regiment, via the Isthmus of Panama, to
Oregon. The late General Grant was quartermaster, and the
writer [Maj. Gen. Russel] has often listened to the story of
the trials of the trip with choler and Chagres fever, which
quarantined them at Panama for several weeks, and where Grant
came in largely for praise, and made his usual mark for pluck
and coolness and for knowing the best way to do things.
In Oregon, Augur, promoted to captain in 1852, served at
several posts including Fort Vancouver, and was for several
years in command of Fort Hoskins. While in Oregon he engaged
in fights and skirmishes with Yakima and Rouge River Indians
in 1856, with a creditable record. Sumter having been fired
upon, the 4th Infantry was ordered East in April, 1861. Upon
reaching San Francisco, hearing of his appointment as Major
of the 13th Infantry, he proceeded to New York. Arriving
there he found the appointment as Commandant of Cadets at
West Point (August, 1861), which post he filled from August
26 to December 5, 1861. He was then appointed
brigadier-general of volunteers. He commanded a brigade in
the advanced defeneses of Washington until May, 1862,
operations on the Rappahannock to July, 1862, and was in
command of the troops (including his brigade, Gibbon's
battery, and bayard's and Kilpatrick's troops of cavalry) at
the first capture of Fredericksburg. He commanded a division
of the 5th Army Corps July 19 to August 10, 1862, being
engaged in the battle of Cedar Mountain, where he was
severely wounded. The rank of major-general of volunteers
(and brevet colonel, U.S. Army), was conferred upon him "for
gallant and meritorious services" in the above battle--one of
the few full commissions so conferred. In the fall of 1862
Major-General Augur went with Banks' expedition to New
Orleans at General Banks' request as "second in command." He
commanded the District of Baton Rouge from January 20 to May
20, 1863. In hte expedition to surround Port Hudson he
commanded the troops engaged in the battle of Port Hudson
Plains, and after effecting junction with Banks, he commanded
the center wing of the army in the siege which followed.
In this siege, which was long and tedious, he did remarkable
service for the goverment in handling his troops, who did
much fighting, and in instructing others. In the council he
vigorously opposed, but in vain, the unfortunate and bloody
assault of May 27, as premature and without due knowledge of
the ground. He was then assigned to command the Department of
Wshington and 22nd Army Corps, serving in this capacity from
October 23, 1863 to August 13, 1866. This command was one of
the most trying in the Army, comprising all the troops in,
and forst around, Washington on both sides of the river, and
in the country for several miles into Veriginia, Troops were
constatnly arriving or passing through--recruits to the
front, aand deserters and prisoner to the rear. Many serious
civil complications had to besettled between the military and
the regular distrcit civil authorities. The military held a
regular provost court, which tried all soldiers and also
citizens who violated the military orders or laws--such as
selling citizens' clothing to soliders, selling liquor when
bar rooms were orderd closed, aiding deserters, etc. The rule
of the district was semi-civil and semi-military, but, for a
wonder, tehre was no open conflict between them. Then there
was the imperious Stanton but forty rods away, with his
secret service, and as the department commander had another
corps of detectives, some amusing clashes often arose. There
were the congressmen at the other end of the avenue,
continually asking fovors or passes for friends to go beyond
the lines and all sorts of impossible things, and then often
wonderingy why a resresentative of the sovereign people
should be thus denied. Mosby's troops made frequent raids
into his territory in Virginia, and troops had to be kept
constantly on the move. At one time General Augur himself
took the field to drive Mosby from a railroad which head torn
up at Falls Church. Early "came knocking at the door" of
Washington in 1864, nearly forcing and entrance, but was
reulsed. Then came the intense excitement attending teh
assassination of President Lincoln and the pursuite of the
assassins, thowing great anxiety and weighty responsiblilty
upon the department commander, who scarcley sletpt for days,
except for a short nap on a sofa in his office.
Such duties threw little glamour about them to reach the
general publcic, but were much more aruous and trying than
those of many who rose to greater fame in the battle reports
and newspapers. In 1864, when General Grant reorganized the
Army of the Potomac he sought for General Augur as one of his
corps commanders, but Secretary Stanton refused, saying that
he was doing more important work in Washington. His
conscientious and correct performance of his trying duties in
the Department of Washington was well known and appreciated
by those in authority and also by those under him.
In September, 1866, General Augur was mustered out of the
volunteer service as a major-general, and reverted to his
regular army rank, then colonel, 12th Infantry. After serving
for several months as president of teh Examining Board for
officers, the news of the terible Fort Philip Kearney
massacre in Northern Wyoming reached the East and General Augur,
assigned to his brevet rank of major-general, was ordered to
relieve General P. Saint George Cooke in command of the
Department of the Platte, headquarters in Omaha, reporting
there in January, 1867. At that time Omaha was a small town
compared with its present size, with no railroad connections
with the East. The Chicago & Northwestern, however, reached
Council Bluffs shortly afterwards. The Union Pacific was
finished only to North Platte, 290 miles from Omaha. All
operations had ceased during the winter. Troops were hurried
out but nothing could be done with them until spring, as the
season was terrible up to the end of April, everything being
blocked by snow and the weather bitterly cold. One train was
eleven days going from Omaha to North Platte in April. In the
spring Forts Philip Kearney and C. F. Smith were reinforced,;
but the Sioux still continued hostile, picking off small
parties here and there. The department commander had several
regiments in small detachments scattered along the line of
the Union Pacific to protect fro mattach--but more from
alarm--the ten thousand men at work at different places, and
in 1869 the connection through to the Pacific was made.
Upon March 4, 1869, General Grant appointed his old friend
and classmate to the vacancy in the brigadier-generals,
caused by Grant's resignation and the promotion of Sherman
and Sheridan. From 1872 to 1875 General Augur commanded the
Department of Texas, during which time there was much trouble
with the Kiowas and Comanches on the North, and the Kickapoos
from Mexico on the south. In 1875 he took command of the
Department of the Gulf, Headquarters in New Orleans. The
State of Louisiana was still in the terrible political
condition in which it had been since the war. Terrorism,
intimidations, and often worse means were employed by the
white Democrats in many parishes to prvent the Negro from
voting; or if voting to prevent the count of his ballot.
Troubles, threats, adn conflicts were constant up to the 1876
elections, when Packard (Republican) claimed the State by the
Returning Board throwing out several parishes, and held and
barricaded the State house; Nicholas (Democrat) cliamed the
State as per original returns. Hence there were two governors
and legislatures, creating a most confused and dangerous
condition of affairs in the settling of which General Augur
had much to do and say. Any error of judgment on his part
would have created chaos, having troops stationed in various
troublesome parts of the State. At the culmination, when an
armed attack in force upon Packard's position was threatened,
the Nichols troops, about 10,000 men, actually turning out,
he had twenty-five companies of U. S. Infantry in New
Orleans. At last, under a prior telegraphic order to preserve
the "present status," which was the only instruction received
for months, General Augur notified Governor Nichols that he
considered that the peace, not only of Louisiana but of the
United States was threatened, and desired him to withdraw his
troops. This was done which ended any armed display, the
further settlement being effected under President Hayes
through diplomacy. In all this affair General Augur showed
his wonderful repose of good judgment, having to act without
instructions from higher authorities, and seeking none. Such
duty and responsibility was wearing in the extreme. His next
commands were: Department of the South, Newport Barracks,
Kentucky, 1878 to 1881; Department of Texas, 1881 to 1883;
Department of the Missouri, 1883 to July 10, 1885, when he
was retired from active service.
The foregoing is concerning General Augur's military record.
What shall be stated of him as a man? He was the most noble,
calm, just, and evenly balanced man, in public affairs and
private, the writer has ever known. He was gentle to all from
the highest to the most lowly--the type of what is known as
"a true Christian gentleman." Anything coming before him
intimating trickery or dishonesty shocked him. Like General
Grant he never suspected an officer of wrongdoing, and could
be brought to believe wrong had been done, aonly upon
convincing evidence. Where punishment was involved in any
matter before him, he weighted the case with calm
deliberation, erring, if at all, on the side of mercy. In all
his years of duty, by his calm judgment and justice to all,
and by an inborn natural dignity, he commanded the respect of
all his subordiantes to a remarkable degree, and thus brought
order easily out of threatened chaos, and kept the officers
of his departments throroughly united. The same was true also
in his management of the Indians, having had under his charge
at times the great tribes--the Sioux, Cheyennes, Comanches,
Kiowas, Apaches and New Mexicos. Of strkingly fine presience
and bearing, and with a courtly manner for all, he was a
favorite wherever he served, especially among the old
Washingtonians, now fast disappearing. General Augur was a
consistent member of the Episcopal Church, but liberal toward
those not of that Church. He was a vestryman of St. John's
Church, Washington, and of the cathedral churhes at Omaha and
San Antonio, and was a delegate to many general conventions
of the Church.
General Augur married, in 1844, Miss Jane E. Arnold of
Ogdensburg, NY, daughter of General Jacob Arnold, an army
officer, and a niece of Surgeon Wheaton. They had eleven
children. He was most fortunate in possessing the love and
devotion of wife and children at all times. They resepected
and looked up to him in all things. It was the most united of
families in heart and spirit, and although scattered in the
flesh as individuals to the four winds of heaven, they all
felt bound to the dear husband and father with bonds of steel
which nothing in this world could sever but death.