Misc. Notes
I looked @ the 1850 & 1860 US Census , for the Township of Kirkland & New Hartford NY @ The Rochester Public Library and found nothing listed for the family of "McCue".
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The 1870 US Census for the Town of Kirkland, Post Office of Clinton
Information from Rochester Public Library....on August 31, 1998:
McCue, Mary, age 37, = b. 1833, occupation: Keeping House, born Ireland
McCue, Mary, age 12, = b. 1858, born: New York State
McCue, Sarah, age 8, = b. 1862, born: New York State
McCue, Margaret, age 5, = b. 1865, born: New York State
McCue, Francis, Male, age 2, = b. 1868, born: New York State
Where is James McCue he would have been 16 years old in 1875 ?
Mary's husband John died in 1868...2 years before census.
So this Mother of 5 children must have been known to the Wholahan Family, for they were living in the same Town & probably going to the same Catholic Church, St. Mary's in Clinton..
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Because Michael was reported to have died in New Hartford, NY, I looked @ the 1880 US Census
for Oneida County, New Hartford, NY, on Roll-902, #T9, Page 25, #367 @ Rochester Public Library and found the following information on August 31, 1998:
Mrs. Wholahan, age 50, Widowed, occupation: Keeping House, born in Ireland, Parents born Ireland
Mary Morrill ?, age 22, Daughter, occupation: Keeping House, born in NY, Parents born Ireland
Sarah Wholahan, age 18, Daughter, occ:: Works in Cotton Mill, born in NY, Parents born Ireland
Margaret Wholahan, age 15, Daughter, occ:: Works in Cotton Mill, born in NY, Parents born Ireland
Frank Wholahan, age 13, Son, occ:: Works in Cotton Mill, born in NY, Parents born Ireland
This must be Mary McCue of Kirkland, for the childrens names are the same, but Mary's age is listed as 50 when it should have been 47...or did they round off the age numbers ?
and the last names of the children cannot be Wholahan....if the 1870 Census is correct.
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Did she marry Michael @ Saint Francis DeSales Church in Utica and then they combined families & set up house in New Hartford with Michael working @ a new Cotton Mill ?.......for I found the Gooney Family living in New Hartford....so I assume this is where Sarah moved to & met Michael Gooney here in New Hartford ? Did Mary Ann meet the Marley's here ? So they must have moved before 1880....this is why Sarah was married in Saint Francis DeSales Church in Utica.
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I found the following information while looking at a Utica City Directory when I visited the Utica Public Library for the first time in Thursday June 4 1998, & second time on June 22, 1998.
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1880, 1881, 1882.....no record of a Wholahan
1883 Wholahan, Mary Mrs........................... rooms @ 52 Fay Street
1884 Wholahan, Mary Mrs........................... rooms @ 18 Chenengo Ave.
1885 Wholahan, Mary Mrs........................... rooms @ 1 Kossuth Ave.
Wholahan, Mary.Occupation, Operative rooms @ 1 Kossuth Ave.
1886, 1887, 1888.....no record of a Wholahan
1889 Wholahan, Mary Mrs........................... rooms @ 14 Kossuth Ave.
1890 Wholahan, Mary Mrs........................... rooms @ 237 Jay Street
1891 Wholahan, Mary widow of Michael........ home @ 237 Jay Street
1892 Wholahan, Mary widow of Michael........ home @ 445 Jay Street
1893 Wholahan, Mary widow of Michael........ home @ 445 Jay Street
1894....No Record
1895....No Record
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The note "Widow of Michael" ...was startling!
This was my first indication that Michael had remarried after Ann's death in 1869.
I will order the Soundex Micro-Film from the Mormon Center to check NYS for Wholahans in 1900
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August 1998:
The following data came from the 1900 Census-Sound Index: W450
US Census New York: Vol #195, E.D. #66, sheet #8, Line #85
Wholahan, Mary, White, born: August 1833, 66 years old, Birthplace: Ireland
County: Oneida, Utica Town, City: Utica, Street: Mary
Enumerated with............Casey, Matthew
Relationship to above Mother-in-Law
So now I was getting closer to the mystery of Mame Casey relationship.
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In the 1900 US Census for NY State, Oneida County, City of Utica, Eighth Ward, the following:
Wholahan, Mary, Mother-in-Law to Matthew Casey, Born Aug. 1833, 66 years old
a Widow, gave birth to 8 children, 5 children now living, imigrated in 1850, 50 years in US
Born in Ireland, + Father & Mother born in Ireland
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Spouses
Death DateMay 1868
Burial PlaceSt. Marys Cemetery, Clinton NY
Birth Date15 Jul 1830
Birth PlaceLiverpool, England
MemoRecord of family bible page, handwritten....Helen had this record
Death Date2 May 1876 Age: 45
Death PlaceNew Hartford, NY
MemoRecord of family bible page, handwritten....Helen had this record
Burial Date1876
Burial PlaceSt. Mary's , Cemetery, Clinton NY
MemoLoT # 58, Marked with "M", 6th row down @ edge
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationStone Mason
EducationGrammer School in Liverpool, England ?
Cause of deathDisease of Bowels, Stomach & Kidneys.
FlagsMilitary
Misc. Notes
Need to review the English Census for 1831, 1841...of Liverpool
and look for the Wholahan Family....
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I do not know the date of Michael's Immigration to US
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Book: "The Famine Immigrants" ( Volumes 1,2,3,4,5,6, & 7) @ the Rochester Public Library, Catalog # Gr-973-F198f, all records told of, Departure Date, City & Country, Ship Name, & Date of arrival in New York City: I looked for the name Wholahan in these books, finding the following:
Vol II, p-501,
Wholohen, Michael age 20 from, Cork Ireland, Dept. June 17,Ship: Argyle, arriv. date July 17,1846
Is the above person our Michael.....age & date of arrival are correct, but "Wholohen" spelling ?
But our Michael was living in Liverpool England, before he came to America.....I think that's right ?
other names in Ship Listings were:
Wholehan,......... Wholohan.............Wholohen...... &.................. Whoolehan
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"Michael settled in Clinton NY in 1846"
Michael was 16 years old in 1846..........did he come with his family members ?
Did his family move from Ireland due to the "Potato Famine" ?
1865 Census said Mchael born in Ireland ?
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If Michael came to US @ age 16....he was trained here as a Stonemason in Clark's Mills
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1850....Clark’s Mills, in Kirkland Township, in Oneida County of New York State, U. S. Census....
I did not find the Wholahan Family , Michael would have been 20 years old.
Michael & Ann were married in Clark’s Mills in 1852......Rechecked several times
1850 Census, and found no listing for 'Wholahan".
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Is there a 1855 NY State Census ?
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In the 1860, NY Census, Oneida County, Town of Kirkland, Post Office, Clinton,
Roll 564, # M-432........filed @ The Rochester Public Library...the following:
Michael Wholahan............28...Mason...b England
Ann Wholahan..................29...............b England
Thomas Wholahan..............6...............b New York State
John Wholahan..................5...............b New York State
Sarah Ann Wholahan........3...............b New York State
Mary Ann........................1...............b New York State
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This 1860 Census is the first News that Michael was a Mason & not a Weaver or Mill Worker,
which I expected if he was associated with the Clark Mills Cotton Mill.....but this was typical of the residents of Clark's Mills....the Father of the family probably had an occupation that was not weaving, the Wife was always 'Keeping House" and the children were the Mill Laborers.
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The Story of Clark's Mills in the newspaper article I copied @ Utica Library...Told how the Clark Brothers ..." constructed a quarter-mile long dyke for water power" to support their new mill.......is this the project Michael was hired for...to work as a Stonemason on the Mill Race ?
The Quarter Mile Dyke would be 1320 feet long......see map & race to Mill for this length on the 1874 map, measuring from the old Saw Mill to new Cotton Mill. The Mill Race went under Brown Street to connect back to the Oriskany Creek. Lee Buck showed me the connection.
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Living near by the Wholahan's (in 1860).. ( 2 houses away-by Census) in the Town of Clark Mills was The Timothy Batson Family, he was a 56 year old Shoe Maker, born in Ireland, with wife Ellen 32, Daughter Catherine 16, a Factory Spinner, Daughter Mary, 14, a Factory Sopinner,+ Helen 12, Elizabeth 10, Margaret 9, Bridget 8, Ann 7, Martha 5, + John P. 4....( Mary Batson, in 1867 @ age 21, was a Sponsor for William Wholahan @ his Baptism in St. Mary's Church in Clinton NY)
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The 1870 Kirkland Census, Timothy Baston 65, Ellen 50, Mary 23, Ellen 22, Margaret 17, Bridget 18 Alice 16, & John 15, last 4 were all working in Cotton Mill.
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1865 ......New York State Census from Mormon MicroFilm #1435151
1865...., in Kirkland Township, in Oneida County of New York State Census....
Page #6...Starting on line #37, Clark’s Mills is not mentioned as Town, only Kirkland.
Michael Wholahan...35... Stone Mason...b Ireland ?...Stone Mason
Ann Wholahan.........32... Housewife......b Ireland ?
Thomas Wholahan...11...Child of Michael & Ann......b Oneida Co. NYS
Sarah Wholahan.......9...Child of Michael & Ann.......b Oneida Co. NYS
John Wholahan.........7...Child of Michael & Ann.......b Oneida Co. NYS
Mary A. Wholahan....5...Child of Michael & Ann.......b Oneida Co. NYS
The home of both Michael & Ann is listed as Ireland, where in the US Census, England is listed?
Sarah is listed as 2 years older than John .....is this correct?
John should have been listed as 10 years old?
Michael is listed as being in the Army....but details of his service record could not be found in the 1865 Census where other men were listed on a special war record inventory page.
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Note: Civil War in prision , Libby Prision, Virginia......?
I don't know the source of that information...someone....? told me my Great Grand father was a Civil War Veteran and was a prisoner in Libby Prison..?
Libby Prison came into existence in the summer of 1862, and was notorious as a very cruel prison.
Libby Prison was a former tobacco warehouse where more than 1,000 Union Officers were confined.
In 1862 a system of parole & exchange was informally adopted by the Union & Confederate goverments. A "paroled" prisoner pledged not to participate in the war or assist his allies. In the fall of 1863, the US goverment suspended exchanges.
Libby Prison was located in Richmond, Virginia...one of 7 Confederate Prision Camps..
(Note: Michael was captured May 1, 1863 & was Parolled in May of 1863)
"Perhaps nothing more quickly dispels the romantic gloss sometimes applied to the Civil War than the story of the prisoner-of-war camps. ....men died like flies from untreated wounds, from starvation and from any number of diseases. The statistics are appalling: Of the 400,000 imprisoned, nearly 50,000 died and uncounted thousands suffered crippling aliments from which they never fully recovered.".
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Michales tombstone listed his Civil War Regiment as "Comp. "G"-146 Reg.-NY"
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Michael Wholahan Enlisted August 25, 1862 in Co. "G", 146 NY Vols. in the War of the Rebellion, was Honorably Discharged May 13, 1865, who died of disease of Bowels and Stomach and Kidneys in New Hartford NY, May 3, 1876.
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I received the following Sept. 4, 1998, from: National Archives Trust Fund, Washington DC:
after a written request sent July 24, 1998, for Civil War Records of Michael Wholahan.:
National Archives-Pension File of Michael Wholahan...contents:
#1...US Pension Agency-Pensioner Dropped....Mary Wholahans death date.
#2...Discharge Record of Michael Wholahan 1865
#3...Dept. of Interior- Pension Office 1886: Service, Disability & Hospitalization Record
#4...Act of 1890 Declaration for Widows Pension: Marriage info. on Michael & Mary.
#5...Declaration for Pension of Children under 16 yrs. of Age: Death dates of Ann & Michael
#6...General Affidavit 1892: by Ernest Moovill, 37 & Matthew Casey, 31, of knowing Will & Joe
#7...General Affidavit 1892: by C. E. Rogers 37, & George Jones 55, Illness 1865-1876
#8...General Affidavit 1892: by Daniel Blanchard 51, Member of Co. "G", 146 Regt.
#9...General Affidavit 1892: by John T. Goodfellow 52, Member of Co. "G", 146 Regt.
#10...General Affidavit 1892: by Mary Wholahan 57, Review of Michale's illness till death.
#11...General Affidavit 1892: by Ellen Redmond 55, & Bridget Lawler 37: Neighbors of Ann/ death.
#12...General Affidavit 1892: by Margaret Puyor 53, & Margaret Lally 52: Knew John McCue
#13...General Affidavit 1892: by Mary Wholahan 57, Birth memo on William & Joseph.
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The following record is part of the reply, a 4 page summary: from item #3 above:
Dept. of Interior- Pension Office 1886: Service, Disability & Hospitalization Record
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Department of the Interior: Pension Office....dated April 16, 1886
Sir: I have the honor to request that you will furnish from the records of the War Department a full report as to the service, disability and hospital treatment of Michael Wholahan, who it is claimed, enlisted as a Private in Co. "G", 146th Reg't., Newfork Vols. While serving in Co. "G", 146th Reg't. N.Y. Vols. he was disabled by: Disease of the Lungs...and was treated in hospitals of which the names, location, and dates of treatmentr are as follows:
Very respectfully, John C. Blank, Commissioner for The Adjunt General, US Army
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War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, Nov. 1, 1886:
Respectfully returned to the Commissioner of Pensions.
Michael Wholahan, a Private of Company "G", 146th Regiment NY Volunteers, was enrolled on the 25th day of Aug. 1862 @ Kirkland NY, for 3 years, and is reported on roll to Feb. 28, 1863 present, Mar. & April 63 absent. May and June absent. Missing in action at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 2, 1863. ( Sign was in action at date and place named ) July and August is absent at Camp Conralesue ? Alevanderia, Va. on detached service. Sept. 1, 1863 to Feb. 29, 1864 present.
March. and April 1864 is absent sick @ Washington DC since Mar. 5, 1864. May & June 1864 absent sick @ said place since Mar. 26, 1864. July 1 1864 to Feb. 28, 1865 absent sick in Gaul Hospital since March 26, 1864. March & April 1865 present. Mustered out on Ind. M. O. Roll June 3, 1865, at Washington DC"
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Prisoner of War Record show him captured at Chancellorsville, Va. May 2, 1863, confined at Richmond Va. May 8, 1863. Paroled at City Paint Va. May 14, 1863, reported at College Green Barrracks, Med. May 16, 1863 and at Camp Parole Med. May 17, 1863. Sent to Washington DC at Camaleseenh Camp May 29 and July 24, 1863. No other evidence of disability and no further information on said recorded.
Regt. Hosp. Records shows him admitted Nov. 23, 1863 with Bronchitis, disposition not stated. Dec. 11, 1863, Colic, disposition not stated. Jan. 8, 1864, Diarrohoea, disposition not stated.
Co. Morning Reports show him as follows:
Jan. 6 to 10, 1863, sick, April 23, 1865, returned to Co. from Hospital.
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The Records of this Office furnish no evidence of any disability other than above.
Regt. Hosp. Records are not on file subsequent to April1864.
Signed: R. C. Dunn, Adutant General.
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General Affidavit by John T. Goodfellow, Clinton NY, Feb. 29, 1892: Item #9 above
"......... John T. was a member of the same Co..........."Michael Wholahan was taken Prisoner while in the line of his duty, on the skermish line in advance of the regular Army on the third day of May, 1863 at Chancellorsville,...said Wholahan was returned to his Co. and Regt. in the late fall of 1863, was at that time sick. Complications of Diarrhea and Kidney trouble, appears to suffer from the same. He was pale and much emaciated and unable to do duty and after a few months was sent to the Hospital @ Washington DC..."
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General Affidavit by Daniel A. Blanchard, Clinton NY, Feb. 29, 1892:........ Item #8 above
"........ Daniel was a member of the same Co.....said Michael Wholahan was Captured and taken Prisoner by the Rebels on the 3rd day of May, 1863, while in the line of his duty, on the skermish line in advance of the regular Army at Chancellorsville, said Wholahan was returned to the Co. and Regt. in November 1863, remaning with the Regt. a few months and during all this time was unable to do duty and was sent to the Hospital @ Washington DC.......also said after his exchange from prison, complained of Diarrohoea, and Kidney trouble and appeared to suffer from the alledged complaints..."
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General Affidavit by C. E. Rogers, 37 years old & George Jones, 55 years old.
of New Hartford NY, March 9, 1892:......... Item #7 above
" I was acquainted with Michael Wholahan from the time he came home from the Army up to 1876, and saw him often and know when he came home from the Army in the summer of 1865 he was broken down of Diarrohoea, and Kidney Disease and Stomach troubles and was very often compelled to give up work that he distored with Patent Medicine and had to favor himself to any work....I know these facts from seeing almost daily and from his appearance....."
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Allan Wholahan..in a telephone conversation....... said he thought the cause of death was due to health problems encountered in Libby Prison.
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General Affidavit 1892: by Mary Wholahan 57, Review of Michale's illness till death,Item #10 above
".........That she is unable to furnish medical evidance covering the date of her husbands discharge for the reason that he had no Doctor till his last sickness. ( He used home remedies and patent medicines)......"
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Army Discharge Record:.......... Item #2 above
"To all whom it may concern: Know Ye: That Michael Wholahan a Private of Captin Seaman's Company (G) 146 Regiment of New York Infantry Volunteers, who was enrolled on the Tenth day of October, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty Two, to serve three years or during the war, is hereby Discharged from the service of the United States, this 3rd day of June 1865 at Emory General Hospital, Washington DC by reason of G.O. 77 War Dept. AGO 1865."
Said Michael Wholahan was born in England is 32 years of age, 5 feet, 7 inches high, Dark complection, Blue eyes, Brown hair and by occupation, when enrolled, a Mason."
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Michael would have seen action in the following: from Aug. 1862 to May 1863
1............To Nov. 1862 .....on Defences of Washington, DC
2............Nov. 2nd, Joined the "Army of the Potomic" @ Snicker's Gap, Va.,
3............Rappahannock Campaign, Nov. 62-June 63,
3a..........Including : Battale of Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 12-15, 1862,
3b...........General Burnside's "Mud-March" Jan. 20-24.
3c...........Encamped @ Falmouth Va. till April 27, 1863,
4.............Chancellorsville Campaign, April 27- May 6, 1863.
4a............Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5,..... Michael was captured here on May 2, 1863
Michael was sent to Libby Prison in Richmond Va.
His Regiment moved next to the Battle of Gettysburg...... July 1-3, 1863
Michael rejoined his Regiment in November of 1863....but remained ill, unable to do duty.
Michael was sick for 2 years after his imprisonment and would never see Battle again.
He was discharged, June 3, 1865 from Emory General Hospital, Washington DC
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A Book Listing of Soldiers in 146th Regiment:
Michael Wholahan: Age 32 years, Enlisted Aug. 25 1862, @ Kirkland to serve 3 years.
Mustered in a Private, Co. "G", Oct. 10, 1862. Captured in action May 1, 1863, Chancellorasville Va. Paroled, no date, Mustered out June 3, 1885, Washington DC.
This capture date of May 1, agrees with Map & Battle description, given in "A Battlefield Atlas of the Civil War" by Craig L. Symonds, Rochester Library # Oversize 973.7 S988b.
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from the book "Chancellorsville" by Stephan W, Sears, Houghton Mifflin C. 1996
@ Rochester Public Library # 973.733 SEA
Army of the Potomac: Maj. General Joseph Hooker
Fifth Corps: ................Maj. General George G. Meade
Second Division: ..........Maj. General George Sykes
Third Brigade: ................... Col. Patrick H. O'Rorke
5th Regiment NY, .........Col. Cleveland Winslow
140th Regiment NY, .......Lt. Col. Louis Ernst
Private.........................James Maloney
146th Regiment NY, ......Col. Kenner Gerrard
Private.........................Michael Wholahan
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Information From Encyclopedia Britanica; / Paul
"Battle of Chancellorsville: (May 1-5 1863), in the Civil War, bloody assult by the Union Army in Virginia that failed to encircle and destroy the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Following the "horror of Fredericksburg" (Dec. 13, 1862), the Confederate Army of General Robert E. Lee and the Union force under General Joseph Hooker had spent the winter facing each other across the Rappahannock River, Virginia. On April 27, Hooker dispatched his cavalry behind Lee's Army, intending to cut off a retreat. Two days later he sent a small divisionary force across the Rappahnnock below Fredericksburg and crossed upriver with the main body of his army. By May 1 his superior forces were massed near Chancellorsville, a crossroads in a densly forested lowland called the Wilderness. Deprived of his cavalry, however, Hooker was blind to Lee's movements, and on May 2, when Lee ordered General T. J. "Stonewall" Jackson's "foot cavalry" to swing around and attack the Union right, Hooker's suprised flank was routed. The Union general withdrew, and Lee's pressure over the next three days forced a Union retreat north of the river. The South's greatest casualty was the loss of Jackson who died May 10 of battle wounds. Of 130,000 Union soldiers engaged at Chancellorsville, more than 17,000 were lost; of 60,000 Confederates, more than 12,000 were lost."
Note: Michael must have been part of "a small divisionary force" and was captured here on May 1, 1863......See Map showing the Battle as of May 1st...........
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Caption of Civil War Photo reads:......"Outdood life & constant "roughing-it" affects men variously. There was many a young clerk from the city, slender of limb, lacking in muscle, a man only in embryo, who finished his three year term of service with a constitution of iron and sinews of whip-cords. Strange to say, it was the regiments from up-country & the back woods, lumberman and farmers, who after a short time in camp began to show most the effect of hardship and sickness. They had been used to regular hours, meals at certain times, and always the same kind of food - their habits had been formed, their sleep had not been interfered with; their stomachs, by which they could tell the time of day, rebelled at being obliged to go empty, their systems had to learn new tricks. But the city recruit, if posessed of no physical aliment or chronic trouble, seemed to thrive and expand in the open air - he was a healthy exotic that, when transplanted, adapted itself to the new soil with surprising vigor - being cheated of sleep, and forced to put up with the irregularities of camp life was not such a shock for him as for the "to bed with the chickens & up with the lark" countryman. This is no assuming the facts - it is the result of experience and record."
So....was this Michale's problem....surely being a stone mason he had a very strong body before the war.....and was capable of great strength.....but was a broken man on his return.
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1870....Clark’s Mills, in Kirkland Township, in Oneida County of U. S. Census....
Michael Wholahan...40... Stone Mason...b England
Ann Wholahan.........died 6 months previous to this Census
Thomas Wholahan.....16...Working in Clark’s Mill.....b New York State
John Wholahan.........15....Working in Clark’s Mill.....b New York State
Sarah Wholahan.......14....Working in Clark’s Mill.....b New York State
William Wholahan.......3...........................................b New York State
Joseph Wholahan.........1...........................................b New York State
Where is Mary Ann, she would have been 10 years old. and is not listed?
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Information from Utica City Directory @ the Utica Public Library, Utica NY
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1874..Michael Wholahan.....Mason..........residence:....Factory Lane
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1875 New York State Census, County of Oneida, Town of New Hartford
@ Utica Library, Utica, New York, Sept. 4, 1998, ....Roll #1435183 ........Page 30
1875....Clark’s Mills, in Kirkland Township, in Oneida County of U. S. Census....
Michael Wholahan...45... Stone Mason...b England
Mary Wholahan......42....Wife
Thomas Wholahan.....22...Cotton Weaver............b. Oneida County, NY
John Wholahan.........20...Cotton Spinner............b. Oneida County, NY
Sarah Wholahan.......18...Cotton Weaver.............b. Oneida County, NY
Mary Ann Wholahan.......16...Cotton Weaver.......b. Oneida County, NY
William Wholahan.... .7.......................................b. Oneida County, NY
Joseph Wholahan.......6......................................b. Oneida County, NY
James McCue............21...Cotton Weaver...........b. Jefferson County, NY
Mary Ann McCue......16...Cotton Spinner............b. Jefferson County, NY
Sarah McCue............13.....................................b. Jefferson County, NY
Magge McCue...........10.....................................b. Oneida County, NY
Frank McCue..............7.....................................b. Oneida County, NY
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Dodd 1875 Note:
On the 1875 Census @ houses away was a Dodd Family in New Hartford NY:
Thomas Dodd 50, Bridget Dodd 50....both born in Ireland, Children Anna 22, John 21, Mary 19, Bessy 16, Magge 15, Thomas 13, & Nelly Dodd 10 all born in Oneida County NY
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1880....Clark’s Mills, in Kirkland Township, in Oneida County NY of U. S. Census....
Thomas Wholahan.....26...Overseer in Cotton Mill.....b New York State
Thomas is the only Wholahan I found in Clark’s Mills, but his brothers Willie 13 & Joseph 11
are living near by in Kirkland Township, in the home of their aunt, Mary Tarfa age 59.
Is Mary a sister of Michael’s or Ann’s ? Is the reason the Wholahan’s came to live in
Clark’s Mills because they had relatives living here on nearby. ? I thought Michael came here hereto work in the Cotton Mills..but then I found out he was a Mason.
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I looked in the wrong place early this year 1997
The Town of Clarks Miills is located about 10 miles outside Saratoga Springs near the intersection of the Hudson River & the Batten Kill River in the State of New York, about 15 miles west of the Vermont border. Clarks Miills is an intersection of road & river with a Mill on the Battenkill River....a community of 15 homes max. The closest Town would be Schuylerville New York......which has a Library. Greenwich has no record in the Town Library of the Wholahan Family. was there June 1997, to review their records, & found nothing.
Then I found Clark Mills......near Utica in the fall of 1997
Clark Mills (Today)...formerly known as Clark's Mills in the 1800's. is a Hamlet South / West of Utica, New York, in Oneida County. This has been a Mill Town since 1840"s. Mill Name " Heinger" ?.......Jonas Clark son of founder may be in article on Thomas Wholahan as J. P. Clark
Clark's Mills Population 1874 = 420
318 Native, 102 Foreign, 413 white, 37 colored.
from Atlas, Book 25, page 48
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So...The Wholahan Story is as follows ?..... How & when did Michael & Ann arrive in America ? Michael is said to have come to Clinton NY in 1846. Michael & Ann are married in in Clark’s Mills in 1852, Michael is a mason, finding work in Clark’s Mills NY in 1850 ?. Thomas, John, Mary, William & Joseph are born here......Ann died here in 1879. Sarah was born in Manchester, NY ? The Town of Kirkland was named "Manchester" renamed "Kirkland" in 1829 so I assume Sarah was born in Clark's Mills. Michael served 3 years as a Private in Civil War & returns home very ill..Michael married a Mary McCue in 1871 and moves to New Hartford NY, taking Thomas, John, Sarah, Mary, William & Joseph with him..Sarah meets Michael Gooney in New Hartford NY.
Michael died in New Hartford, New York in 1876 & burried in St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery in Clinton NY, 3 miles from Clark's Mills. In 1879 Sarah is married @ St. Francis Church in Utica NY & then moves to Rochester NY taking with her Mary but William & Joseph go to nearby Kirkland Township to live with their Aunt, Mary Tarfa. Thomas remains in Clark's Mills till 1881 when he leaves town & the Mill. ...John moves to Utica then to West Winfield NY 30 miles from Clarks Mills, working as a barber.......................is this story true ?
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I found this history of the Kearney Family livig in Clark’s Mills in the 1880 Census. Thomas 40, Engineer, wife Catherine 38, children Agnes 19, William 17, John 16, Frances 13, Daniel 10 & James 8, all worked in the Clark’s Mills Cotton Mill, sons Simon 5, & Anthony 2 were @ home.
An interesting insight into working ages of Mill Town Children when GrandPa was growing up.
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Where can I find the following information......?
Directory for Clark’s Mills.........find one...where?...Does not Exist.
School,........ in Clark’s Mills...or Kirkland ? School House shown on 1874 C.M. Map
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Newspaper Information:
Was there a Newapaper for Clark’s Mills ......No but the "The Clinton Courier" published in Clinton NY carried notes on happenings in Clinton. The Clinton Signal published @ Clinton, Oneida County, New York 1846 to 1850, Oneida Chief 1850-1857, Clinton Courier 1857 to present.
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I found a Dodd Street in Utica, near where I think St. Francis DeSales Church is located ?
St. Francis is located near, one block away, from the Utica Library on Genesee Street.
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I could not find @ The Clinton Library on July 2, 1998, a record on Micro-Film of the April 1886 Clinton Courier.....which would contain a record of Michael's Obiturary......they had only 3 papers printed in that year.
In Utica @ the Utica Public Library I reviewed 2 Utica Newspapers for Michale's obiturary and I found nothing.....I checked fron May 3 to May 15 & located nothing.
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Clark Mills Library hours: Tue & Thur. 2-4:30
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Michales Tombstone: in St. Mary's Cemetery in Clinton NY, July 2, 1998
An American Flag was in front of grave stone.
Top Edge: Michael Wholahan
Front: "Comp. G-146 Reg.-NY"
Died May-13-1876
Age 46 years
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Note: The original St. Mary's Church building for Cinton NY was moved to Clark's Mills in 1908 and has the name " Catholic Church of The Annunciation".....this story from lady in parish house July 2, 1998.......but this does not agree with history notes of Philip E. Munson.
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"On a trip to Clarks Mills , Thursday, August 20th, 1998, I met Lee Buck. (of 4963 West Moreland Road, Whitesboro 13492.)...who was watering the flowers in pots along Main Street (Brown Street) in Clarks Mills. I stopped to inquire about the Mills in the Town. Lee (a man of about 60 years), took me home to his house & showed me his picture collection on Clark's Mills & the Town Train Stations. He also drove me to the town graveyard & showed me the grave sites of the Clarks and his own. Lee played saxophone in High School (still had his uniform) and the town band and his tombstone had an engraving of a saxophone with the inscription above his name.."He blew it"
Lee had a good sense of humor."
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From the Utica City Directory: 1876 Cotton Manufactures in New Hartford NY
1..............New Hartford Cotton Co., James Harris: Agent
2..............Utica Cotton Co.
Which Cotton Mill did Michael & family work at ?
From the 1874 Map of New Hartford...it looks like the New Hartford Cotton Co. was the one.
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Clark Mills NY: Oneida County, Lat: 43:05:32 N, Long: 075:22:48 W,
Population 1412, Postal Code 13321
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New Hartford NY: Oneida County, Lat: 43:04:24 N, Long: 075:17:17 W, Elevation 537'
Population 2313, Postal Code 13413
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The Rome-Clinton Railroad was called the New York Central & Hudson River Rail Road,
.............." NYC & HRRR'
Marr Date29 Apr 1871
Marr PlaceSt. Mary's Church, Clinton NY
Marr MemoRev. Father Peter O'Reilly