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Case of Robert Byard. | Case of Robert Byard. | ||
The following letter has been received from the overseer of the poor at Medford, Mass.: | The following letter has been received | ||
from the overseer of the poor at Medford, | |||
Mass.: | |||
MEDFORD, MASS. Dec. 9 | MEDFORD, MASS. Dec. 9. 1898. | ||
Editor of the Weekly Messenger : | Editor of the Weekly Messenger : | ||
Dear Sir.--Your paper of Dec. 1st containing a notice of information wanted of Robert Byard, a colored man and a soldier in the war of the rebellion, has been placed in my hands. | Dear Sir.--Your paper of Dec. 1st containing | ||
a notice of information wanted of Robert | |||
Byard, a colored man and a soldier in the war | |||
of the rebellion, has been placed in my hands. | |||
A colored man by the same name has resided here for nearly or quite twenty years. He died here Oct. | A colored man by the same name has resided | ||
here for nearly or quite twenty years. He | |||
died here Oct. 28, 1898. I find from the Adjutant | |||
General's report that he enlisted in the | |||
Fifty-fourth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers | |||
(colored) March 28, 1863 and discharged | |||
Aug. 20, 1865, at the close of the war. He | |||
was a large sized man and called his age 66 | |||
years. By his looks he appeared older. In conversation | |||
with him I understood that he was | |||
never married. I will give any further information | |||
or help in any way that I can. | |||
Address, Calvin H. Clark Medford, Mass. | Address, Calvin H. Clark | ||
Medford, Mass. | |||
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Case of Robert Byard.
The following letter has been received from the overseer of the poor at Medford, Mass.:
MEDFORD, MASS. Dec. 9. 1898.
Editor of the Weekly Messenger :
Dear Sir.--Your paper of Dec. 1st containing a notice of information wanted of Robert Byard, a colored man and a soldier in the war of the rebellion, has been placed in my hands.
A colored man by the same name has resided here for nearly or quite twenty years. He died here Oct. 28, 1898. I find from the Adjutant General's report that he enlisted in the Fifty-fourth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers (colored) March 28, 1863 and discharged Aug. 20, 1865, at the close of the war. He was a large sized man and called his age 66 years. By his looks he appeared older. In conversation with him I understood that he was never married. I will give any further information or help in any way that I can.
Address, Calvin H. Clark
Medford, Mass.