Husband of Mary J. Father of Lillian A.
Inscription:
2nd LT.Co. C 40th Mass.Vols.
1st LT.Co. K 6th Mass. Vols.
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Moulton Batchelder was born in Plainfield, Vermont on December 7, 1836. His early life was spent on a farm with his family. In 1856 he became a resident of Lawrence. Here he was a watchman in the Bay State and the Washington Mills, Lawrence, MA until 1862. In July of that year, he enlisted in Company C, 40th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry for three years. During this time herose through the ranks to First Lieutenant, guarding Confederate prisoners at Fort Delaware and defending Washington during the Civil War. After the war in 1864, he was appointed to patrolman for several years and then Assistant Marshall, keeper of the jail under Sheriff Herrick and City Marshall for five years. In 1881 he resigned to accept an appointment to the State District Police which he held for twelve years and nine months. After his resignation from the State District Police, he became a corporation officer of the Lawrence Mills. Batchelder was a member of Needham Post, No. 39, G.A.R.; of the Massachusetts Commandery and the Loyal Legion and the Home Club, a male social club established in Lawrence in 1871. He was in the Committee for the Prevention of Cruelty to Dumb Animals and the Committee for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Batchelder was married to Mary Jane Rowe of Plymouth, NH who died December 6, 1896. They had two children; Chase M. Batchelder, born September 1, 1868 and a daughter, Lillian, born April 10,1862 and died February 10, 1863. Chase M. Batchelder was a shipper in the Everett Mills. His granddaughter, was named Hazel L.
Batchelder, born in 1906. Moulton Batchelder died in Lawrence in 1929.
Inscription:
2nd LT.Co. C 40th Mass.Vols.
1st LT.Co. K 6th Mass. Vols.
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Moulton Batchelder was born in Plainfield, Vermont on December 7, 1836. His early life was spent on a farm with his family. In 1856 he became a resident of Lawrence. Here he was a watchman in the Bay State and the Washington Mills, Lawrence, MA until 1862. In July of that year, he enlisted in Company C, 40th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry for three years. During this time herose through the ranks to First Lieutenant, guarding Confederate prisoners at Fort Delaware and defending Washington during the Civil War. After the war in 1864, he was appointed to patrolman for several years and then Assistant Marshall, keeper of the jail under Sheriff Herrick and City Marshall for five years. In 1881 he resigned to accept an appointment to the State District Police which he held for twelve years and nine months. After his resignation from the State District Police, he became a corporation officer of the Lawrence Mills. Batchelder was a member of Needham Post, No. 39, G.A.R.; of the Massachusetts Commandery and the Loyal Legion and the Home Club, a male social club established in Lawrence in 1871. He was in the Committee for the Prevention of Cruelty to Dumb Animals and the Committee for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Batchelder was married to Mary Jane Rowe of Plymouth, NH who died December 6, 1896. They had two children; Chase M. Batchelder, born September 1, 1868 and a daughter, Lillian, born April 10,1862 and died February 10, 1863. Chase M. Batchelder was a shipper in the Everett Mills. His granddaughter, was named Hazel L.
Batchelder, born in 1906. Moulton Batchelder died in Lawrence in 1929.
Husband of Mary J. Father of Lillian A.
Inscription:
2nd LT.Co. C 40th Mass.Vols.
1st LT.Co. K 6th Mass. Vols.
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Moulton Batchelder was born in Plainfield, Vermont on December 7, 1836. His early life was spent on a farm with his family. In 1856 he became a resident of Lawrence. Here he was a watchman in the Bay State and the Washington Mills, Lawrence, MA until 1862. In July of that year, he enlisted in Company C, 40th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry for three years. During this time herose through the ranks to First Lieutenant, guarding Confederate prisoners at Fort Delaware and defending Washington during the Civil War. After the war in 1864, he was appointed to patrolman for several years and then Assistant Marshall, keeper of the jail under Sheriff Herrick and City Marshall for five years. In 1881 he resigned to accept an appointment to the State District Police which he held for twelve years and nine months. After his resignation from the State District Police, he became a corporation officer of the Lawrence Mills. Batchelder was a member of Needham Post, No. 39, G.A.R.; of the Massachusetts Commandery and the Loyal Legion and the Home Club, a male social club established in Lawrence in 1871. He was in the Committee for the Prevention of Cruelty to Dumb Animals and the Committee for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Batchelder was married to Mary Jane Rowe of Plymouth, NH who died December 6, 1896. They had two children; Chase M. Batchelder, born September 1, 1868 and a daughter, Lillian, born April 10,1862 and died February 10, 1863. Chase M. Batchelder was a shipper in the Everett Mills. His granddaughter, was named Hazel L.
Batchelder, born in 1906. Moulton Batchelder died in Lawrence in 1929.
Inscription:
2nd LT.Co. C 40th Mass.Vols.
1st LT.Co. K 6th Mass. Vols.
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Moulton Batchelder was born in Plainfield, Vermont on December 7, 1836. His early life was spent on a farm with his family. In 1856 he became a resident of Lawrence. Here he was a watchman in the Bay State and the Washington Mills, Lawrence, MA until 1862. In July of that year, he enlisted in Company C, 40th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry for three years. During this time herose through the ranks to First Lieutenant, guarding Confederate prisoners at Fort Delaware and defending Washington during the Civil War. After the war in 1864, he was appointed to patrolman for several years and then Assistant Marshall, keeper of the jail under Sheriff Herrick and City Marshall for five years. In 1881 he resigned to accept an appointment to the State District Police which he held for twelve years and nine months. After his resignation from the State District Police, he became a corporation officer of the Lawrence Mills. Batchelder was a member of Needham Post, No. 39, G.A.R.; of the Massachusetts Commandery and the Loyal Legion and the Home Club, a male social club established in Lawrence in 1871. He was in the Committee for the Prevention of Cruelty to Dumb Animals and the Committee for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Batchelder was married to Mary Jane Rowe of Plymouth, NH who died December 6, 1896. They had two children; Chase M. Batchelder, born September 1, 1868 and a daughter, Lillian, born April 10,1862 and died February 10, 1863. Chase M. Batchelder was a shipper in the Everett Mills. His granddaughter, was named Hazel L.
Batchelder, born in 1906. Moulton Batchelder died in Lawrence in 1929.
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