Siffrinn, Janie (b. , d. ?)

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Note: Burgess, Dennis. Corporal, Capt. Ebenezer Newell's co., Col. Symonds's regt.; marched from Lanesborough to Meloomscuyck Aug. 14, 1777, on an alarm; service, 7 days; also, Lieut. Joseph Farnam's co., Col. Benjamin Simonds's (Berkshire Co.) regt.; entered service Sept. 5, 1777; discharged Sept. 30, 1777; service, 26 days; marched from Lanesborough to Pawlet.

Note: BIOGRAPHY: Jedidah, b. 30 Oct. 1707; d. Wareham 19 [month illegible]1749; mar. 30 March 1732 Samuel4 Burges "of Plymouth" (Sandwich Town Records), son of Ebenezer3 and Mercy (Lumbert). Children, surname Burges, born in Wareham (May. Des., 31:150): 1. Jabez, b. 25 April 1733; mar. 3 May 1754 Hannah Lothrop. 2. Nathaniel, b. 22 Jan. 1734/5. 3. James, b. 25 Oct. 1736; mar. 20 March 1760 Sarah Sturtevant. 4. Mary, b. 26 Dec. 1738; mar. 12 Dec. 1754 Ebenezer Chubbuck. 5. [An infant], d. August 1740. 6. Elisha, b, 11 Jan. 1744. 7. Jedidah (twin); mar. 14 March 1779 David Besse. 8. Samuel (twin), b. 10 June 1747. 9. Benjamin, bapt. 25 June 1749. [Thomas1 Gibbs of Sandwich, Mass. (ca. 1615-1693) by Lydia B. (Phinney) Brownson and Maclean W. McLean, NEHGR 123, 1969]

Note: Residence: 1783, Tolland, Connecticut

Note: Name: Ronald Kent
SSN: 084-09-4485
Last Residence: 14737 Franklinville, Cattaraugus, New York, United States of America
Born: 31 Jul 1907
Last Benefit: 14737 Franklinville, Cattaraugus, New York, United States of America
Died: Jan 1986
State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951 )

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Census: Date: 1910
Place: Ischua, Cattaraugus, New York

Census: Date: 1920
Place: Ischua, Cattaraugus, New York

Note: Maine Revolutionary War Bounty Applications, 1835-36
Name: David Burgess
Place of Enlistment: Wareham, Mass.
Place of Death: Fairfield
Death Date: 11 Oct 1832
Widow: Sylvia
Place of Application: Fairfield

Burgess, David, Wareham. Return of men enlisted into Continental Army from Capt. John Gibbs's co., dated May 9, 1777; residence, Wareham; enlisted for town of Wareham; joined Capt. Joshua Eddy's co., Col. Bradford's regt.; enlisted May 9, 1777; age, 16 yrs.; enlistment, 3 years.

Note: American Civil War Soldiers Record

Name: William R McKimm ,
Enlistment Date: 21 May 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Pennsylvania
Unit Numbers: 2338 2338
Service Record: Enlisted as a Corporal on 21 May 1861
Enlisted in Company A, 71st Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 21 May 1861.
Killed Company A, 71st Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 21 October 1861 in Ball's Bluff, VA

Seargt. Co A .. Regt. California V. I.(71st Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers) : shot and killed at the battle of Ball's Bluff Oct. 21, 1861;

Pension: Civil war pension index image #3687, application #39967 certificate #38815 For William R McKim, A 71 Pa Inf, James Kilgore, Grd.

Civil War pension record listing James Kilgore Grdn (listed guardian Lillie S McKim, his granddaughter) of as benefactor. Shows service record of company A, 71 Pennsylvania Inf. Filing date of Dec 3 year illegible 1863 Induction rank of corporal, discharge as sergeant

1850: US Census 1850 PA, Chester co, Honeybrook township, 1857
listing stating William (Mc)Kim, 17 yrs of age, Student, born in PA living in a boarding house #274

He was an artist. I own a couple of drawings that are autographed by William R McKim, one dated Mercer, June 1857

Note: looking for family connection, Springfield township, Mercer county, 1850
36 226 228 McKIM, John 45 M Carpenter 300 Centre Co., Pa.
37 226 228 McKIM, Harriott E. 37 F Huntingdon, Pa.
38 226 228 McKIM, Robert A. 11 M Mercer Co., Pa. S
39 226 228 McKIM, Lydia M. 10 F Mercer Co., Pa. S
40 226 228 McKIM, Rebecca E. 8 F Mercer Co., Pa. S
41 226 228 McKIM, Catherine E. 5 F Mercer Co., Pa. S
42 226 228 McKIM, Martha R. 1 F Mercer Co., Pa.
Schedule No. 32, Frame No. 302, Enumeration Date 15 Aug 1850
1 226 228 McKIM, Elizabeth 42 F Centre Co., Pa.

DEATH: I do here by Certify that I was Captain of Co. A of the 71st Regt. Penna Vols. USA and was well and personally acquainted with William R McKim late a Private in A "Co" of that Regiment, that said William R McKim was killed in action at the battle of Ball's Bluff Va on the 21st day of October 1861, while in the service of the United States and in the line of duty as a soldier and further that I have no interest in this claim.

John Markoe*
Formerly Capt Co A 71 PA

Sworn and Subscribed to before me the 24 day of October 1864 and I certify that I have no interest in this claim

(Illegible signature)


*Promoted from 2d to 1st Lt., July 19, 1861; to Captain, October 22, 1861; wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862; promoted to Lt. Colonel, June 1, 1862

Adjutant General's Office
Washington D.C.
December 19, 1864

Sir:
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt from your Office of application for Pension No 39967 and to return it herewith, with such information as is furnished by the files of this Office.

It appears from the Rolls on file in this Office that William R McKim was enrolled on the 21 day of May, 1861 at ---- in Co A 71" Regiment of Penna Volunteers, to serve 3 years, or during the was and mustered into service as a Corporal on the 21 day of May 1861 at NY City in Co. A71st Regiment of Penna Volunteers to serve 3 years, or during the war. On the Muster out Roll of Co A of the Regiment of dated July 2nd 1864 he is reported William R Mckimm Corporal Killed in action October 21, 1861, Balls Bluff. On Muster Rolls July & August, Sept and Oct 1861 he is reported - Sergeant tc
I am Sir very respectfully Your obedient servant
Saml Beck
Assistant Adjutant General

The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Battle: ON the 21st of October, 1861, the battle of Balls Bluff was fought. Sixteen hundred and ten Federal and five thousand Rebel troops were engaged. The former were defeated, two hundred and fifty-two killed, wounded, and drowned, and six hundred and seventy- eight taken prisoners. The defeat and heavy loss on the Federal side were owing to inefficient transportation, retarding the arrival of reinforcements, and preventing retreat from a vastly superior force of the enemy, the engagement occurring on: the Virginia bank of the Potomac River, within two hundred feet of the waters edge.

MARTIAL DEEDS OF PENNSYLVANIA by SAMUEL P. BATES. (history of the battle)
PHILADELPHIA: T. H. DAVIS & CO., 1876.
"In the action at Ball's Bluff, where Baker fell, Captain Markoe was selected to lead two companies of skirmishers upon the left wing. "Captain Markoe," says Colonel Wistar, "had a company I could trust, an excellent company, and I sent it out. . . . They had got about ten paces in the woods, and I was about thirty paces behind with the second company, when the whole of the Eighty Virginia regiment arose up from the ground, about thirty paces off, and ran right at them with the bayonet, without firing a shot. Captain Markoe held his men steady. I ran up with my company, and a very hot fire immediately commenced on our part. . . . I put these two companies in charge of Captain Markoe, and ran back as hard as I could to take command of my regiment. Captain Markoe, with his two companies, held his position there for about fifteen minutes, during which time they lost all their officers, all their sergeants but two, one of them wounded, all their corporals but three, and two-thirds of their privates, when the rest of them, under the command of the only remaining sergeant unwounded, fell back in pretty good order, bringing with them a First Lieutenant and fourteen men of the Eighth Virginia regiment prisoners, under the fire of the whole regiment." Captain Markoe received a severe wound in the shoulder and fell into the enemy's hands, after having himself taken Lieutenant Berry and three privates prisoners. His men did fearful execution in this engagement, as the enemy, being in greatly superior numbers, were much exposed, while his own stood in open order. For four months he was a prisoner in Richmond."

Name: William R McKimm ,
Enlistment Date: 21 May 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Pennsylvania
Unit Numbers: 2338 2338
Service Record: Enlisted as a Corporal on 21 May 1861
Enlisted in Company A, 71st Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 21 May 1861.
Killed Company A, 71st Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 21 October 1861 in Ball's Bluff, VA

BALL'S BLUFF, VA.
OCT. 21ST, 1861

Ball's Bluff, Va., Oct. 21, 1861. Part of Stone's
Division, Army of the Potomac. After the battle of Bull Run, Gen. Patterson was superseded by Gen. Banks, who took position at Harper's Ferry. From that point down the Potomac to Washington the Federal pickets lined the river to guard
against any invasion of Maryland or an attempt to turn the right flank of the army which Gen. McClellan was organizing at Washington. About half-way between Harper's Ferry and the national capital was Edwards' ferry. Five miles farther up was Conrad's ferry, at the head of Harrison's island. In front of these ferries on the Virginia side of the Potomac, lay the town of Leesburg, some 4 or 5 miles from the river. Gen. Beauregard stationed Brig.-Gen. N. G. Evans, with his brigade of four regiments, at Leesburg to keep watch on the ferries and guard against a flank attack on the Confederate left. Ball's bluff lay along the Virginia side of the river opposite Harrison's island, from which it was separated by a channel about 100 yards wide. The bluff varied in height, rising in some places to over 100 feet, and the front next to the river was difficult of ascent, being steep and covered with a thick growth of bushes. Almost opposite Edwards' ferry Goose creek flowed into the Potomac from Virginia and across this stream ran the Gum Spring road from Leesburg to Manassas.
Toward the middle of October Banks' division was stationed at various points along the Potomac; Geary was at Sugar Loaf mountain on the Maryland side of the river, a short distance below the Point of Rocks, from which position he could observe the movements of the enemy; Stone's division was at Poolesville, Md., from which place a road ran to Leesburg, crossing the river at Edwards' ferry. These troops were all in favorable positions for cutting off Evans' brigade, but the Federal commanders were misled as to the strength of the enemy through a ruse to which Evans resorted of showing his men suddenly at various places at short intervals to give the impression that his force was greater than it really was. On the 19th McClellan ordered Gen. McCall to occupy Dranesville with his division. This move was successfully executed and the Gum Spring road thus fell into the hands of the Federals. Early the next morning the signal officer at Sugar Loaf mountain sent word that the enemy was moving out of Leesburg, and the following telegram was sent to Stone: "Gen. McCall
occupied Dranesville yesterday and is still there. Will send out heavy reconnaissances to-day in all directions from that point. The general desires that you keep a good lookout upon Leesburg to see if this movement has the effect to drive them away. Perhaps a slight demonstration on your part would have the effect to move them."

Stone immediately moved Gorman's brigade, the 7th Mich. and part of his cavalry to Edwards' ferry; ordered Col. Devens to occupy Harrison's island with five companies of the 15th Mass.; and sent Col. Lee, with part of the 20th Mass., the 20th N. Y. (the Tammany regiment) and a section of Battery B, 1st R. I. artillery, to Conrad's ferry. A section of Bunting's battery was already at Conrad's ferry, and Ricketts' battery, commanded by Lieut. Woodruff, was posted at Edwards' ferry. On Sunday afternoon (the 20th) three flatboats were brought from the canal to the river; Gorman displayed his brigade in view of the enemy, while shells and spherical case shot were thrown into the woods on the opposite side of the river, Stone's object being to create the impression that a crossing was to be made. The three boats, each loaded with 35 men from the 1st Minn., crossed and recrossed the river and at dusk Gorman's troops returned to camp. Stone has been criticised by some writers for not stopping his demonstration at this time, as McClellan's order had been carried out and the object of the movement had been accomplished. Instead of ceasing operations, however, he directed Devens to send Capt. Philbrick, with 20 men, across the river at Harrison's island soon after dark with instructions to move by a bridle path through the woods toward Leesburg and ascertain the position of the enemy. Toward midnight Philbrick returned with the information that he had discovered a camp of some 30 tents about a mile from Leesburg and had approached close to it without being challenged. When this was imparted to Stone he ordered Devens to cross over with four companies and take position to destroy the camp at daybreak, pursue the enemy as far as would be prudent and returned to the island, his withdrawal to be covered by part of the 20th Mass. In order to cover Devens' movement, Stone ordered Gorman to send over two companies of the 1st Minn. at Edwards' ferry, and sent Maj. Mix with a small detachment of the 3rd N. Y. cavalry along the Leesburg road until he should come to the vicinity of a battery known to be there and then turn to the left and reconnoiter toward Goose creek. Baker was directed to have his brigade in readiness to move from Conrad's ferry at daybreak, and the 15th Mass. was to be at Harrison's island at that hour ready to cross and support Devens if necessary. Devens made his reconnaissance and discovered that in the uncertain light Philbrick's scouts had mistaken openings in the woods for white tents. He therefore sent back word to Stone that no enemy was in sight in the vicinity of Leesburg. The reason he found no Confederates there was because Evans had withdrawn his brigade to a line of intrenchments along Goose creek to meet an attack from the direction of Drahesville.

After reconnoitering in the direction of Leesburg and failing to find anything of the enemy, Devens concealed his force in a wood and took steps to hold his position. In the meantime Stone had directed Baker to use his judgment about withdrawing Devens or sending over reinforcements. Baker decided on sending over more troops, but the transportation was so inadequate that it was nearly noon before all of the 15th Mass. was on the Virginia shore. From the redoubt called "Fort Evans," to the eastward of Leesburg, the Confederate commander could see the movement of the Federal troops and sent a detachment under Col Jenifer to hold them in check until his plan of attack could be fully developed. About 10 a. m. he sent the 8th Va. under Col. Hunton to the support of Jenifer, and a sharp skirmish occurred between these two Confederate detachments and the advance companies of the 15th Mass. A little after 12 o'clock the enemy appeared in force in front of Devens' who retired to prevent being outflanked, taking place in tine with the troops brought over by Baker. By 2:30 the musketry firing became very brisk and Baker ordered 4 pieces of artillery to be sent over the river. One gun and 2 small howitzers were crossed and did effective service until Lieuts. Bramhall and French were both wounded when the guns were dragged to the rear by hand to prevent their falling into the hands of the enemy. About 4 o'clock Baker fell while cheering on his men and the command devolved on Col. Coggswell of the Tammany regiment who ordered dispositions to be made to cut a way through to Edwards' ferry. Concerning this movement Coggswell says in his report: "I was followed by the remnants of my two companies and a portion of the California regiment, but, for some reasons unknown to me, was not joined by either the 15th or 20th Mass. regiments. We were overpowered and forced back to our
original position, and again driven from that position to the river bank by overwhelming numbers. On the river bank I found the whole force in a state of great disorder. As I arrived, two companies of my own regiment, under Capts. Gerety and O,Meara, landed from the large boat. I ordered these fresh companies up the bluff, and they instantly ascended and deployed as skirmishers to cover the passage to the island, while I took about a dozen men and moved to the left to check a heavy fire of the enemy which had opened on us from the mouth of a ravine near. We were almost immediately surrounded and captured."

On the river bank the Union troops maintained for nearly half an hour a hopeless contest rather than to surrender. The smaller boat had gone, no one seemed to know where, and the larger boat swamped within 15 feet of the shore on account of being too heavily loaded. There was nothing left but to surrender, swim or die. Many of the men, while negotiations were being conducted, threw their arms and cartridge-boxes into the Potomac to prevent them from falling into the hands of the enemy. Some plunged into the swift current, others saved themselves on floating logs, and still others concealed themselves in the brush along the face of the bluff and after dark made their way to the Union lines.
The Federal loss at Ball's bluff was
49 killed,
158 wounded and
714 missing.
Evans reported his loss as
36 killed,
117 wounded and
2 missing.
He claimed the capture of
710 prisoners,
1,500 stands of arms,
3 cannon and a flag.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 5

From Oberlin College Archives
According to our alumni register, Mr. McKim, from Mercer, Penn., was enrolled in Oberlin's Preparatory Department for one academic year,
1853-54. (This department was similar to modern day high school.)

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Occupation: Place: Artist

Occupation: Place: Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia

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Note: Seth was the eldest of four boys. When he was 10 years old his mother died (1746) and two years later his father died (1748). He lived with relatives in Rochester, Massachusetts.

In 1760 he moved with his wife and children to King's County, Nova Scotia.


Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Record

Name: Seth Burgess
Year: 1760-1761
Place: Nova Scotia
Family Members: Wife Abigail Howe
Source Publication Code: 8750.40
Primary Immigrant: Burgess, Seth
Annotation: Date and port of arrival or date and place of mention in the New World. Place of origin, birth date, occupation, reference to original source, and other genealogical information may also be provided.
Source Bibliography: SMITH, LEONARD H., JR., and NORMA H. SMITH. Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992. 546p.
Page: 42

Note: Residence: Goshen, Mass

Occupation: Date: 1781
Place: Physician In Goshen