Captain George Nightingale Durfee, son of Nathaniel B. and Harriet M. Green Durfee, was born at Tiverton, R.I., Dec. 16, 1843. His father represented the eastern district of Rhode Island in Congress from 1854 to 1858. The lad attended school in his native town and a business college in Providence that well-nigh fitted him for the University, but an opportunity presented itself to enter the Union Bank of Fall River, Mass., as teller, of which he availed himself. In 1862 his brother-in-law, Capt. R.G. Rodman, induced him to join the Seventh as first lieutenant. At that time he was orderly sergeant and drillmaster of the only military company in Fall River, the Zouave Cadets. He served with Company G at Camp Bliss, but when the commissions were issued he found himself captain of Company K, the duties of which position he discharged until March 20, 1863, when he resigned and returned home.
April 18, 1866, Captain Durfee married Julia W., daughter of Carder Hazard, of South Kingstown, R.I., by whom he had five boys, George Nightingale Jr., Charles Hazard, Nathaniel Briggs, Julian Huntington, and Edgar Greene. He was town clerk of Tiverton eleven years and a member of the Rhode Island legislature three years. In 1882 he removed to Fall River, Mass., and successfully entered into business as a banker and broker. (from The Seventh Regiment of Rhode Island Volunteers in the Civil War, 1862 - 1865 by William P. Hopkins, Snow & Farnham Printers, Providence, RI, 1903)
April 18, 1866, Captain Durfee married Julia W., daughter of Carder Hazard, of South Kingstown, R.I., by whom he had five boys, George Nightingale Jr., Charles Hazard, Nathaniel Briggs, Julian Huntington, and Edgar Greene. He was town clerk of Tiverton eleven years and a member of the Rhode Island legislature three years. In 1882 he removed to Fall River, Mass., and successfully entered into business as a banker and broker. (from The Seventh Regiment of Rhode Island Volunteers in the Civil War, 1862 - 1865 by William P. Hopkins, Snow & Farnham Printers, Providence, RI, 1903)
Captain George Nightingale Durfee, son of Nathaniel B. and Harriet M. Green Durfee, was born at Tiverton, R.I., Dec. 16, 1843. His father represented the eastern district of Rhode Island in Congress from 1854 to 1858. The lad attended school in his native town and a business college in Providence that well-nigh fitted him for the University, but an opportunity presented itself to enter the Union Bank of Fall River, Mass., as teller, of which he availed himself. In 1862 his brother-in-law, Capt. R.G. Rodman, induced him to join the Seventh as first lieutenant. At that time he was orderly sergeant and drillmaster of the only military company in Fall River, the Zouave Cadets. He served with Company G at Camp Bliss, but when the commissions were issued he found himself captain of Company K, the duties of which position he discharged until March 20, 1863, when he resigned and returned home.
April 18, 1866, Captain Durfee married Julia W., daughter of Carder Hazard, of South Kingstown, R.I., by whom he had five boys, George Nightingale Jr., Charles Hazard, Nathaniel Briggs, Julian Huntington, and Edgar Greene. He was town clerk of Tiverton eleven years and a member of the Rhode Island legislature three years. In 1882 he removed to Fall River, Mass., and successfully entered into business as a banker and broker. (from The Seventh Regiment of Rhode Island Volunteers in the Civil War, 1862 - 1865 by William P. Hopkins, Snow & Farnham Printers, Providence, RI, 1903)
April 18, 1866, Captain Durfee married Julia W., daughter of Carder Hazard, of South Kingstown, R.I., by whom he had five boys, George Nightingale Jr., Charles Hazard, Nathaniel Briggs, Julian Huntington, and Edgar Greene. He was town clerk of Tiverton eleven years and a member of the Rhode Island legislature three years. In 1882 he removed to Fall River, Mass., and successfully entered into business as a banker and broker. (from The Seventh Regiment of Rhode Island Volunteers in the Civil War, 1862 - 1865 by William P. Hopkins, Snow & Farnham Printers, Providence, RI, 1903)
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