Hello, I've been corresponding with a member of the Westford (MA) Historical Society for a few years, and recently visited there. As a result of my visit in regards to my KIDDER ancestors, a few days later the lady was going through the "Town Farm" records and discovered a birth there which had gone un-recorded at "Town Hall." He was Roscoe KIDDER, b1846 Westford. As I am a long-time KIDDER researcher, and have been in touch with a longer-time KIDDER researcher for 10 years, I started a little mini-project to find out more about Roscoe ! It turns out he was born to an older couple, and it was not previously known that George KIDDER and his 2nd wife had had a child. There must have been problems, as Mrs. KIDDER went to the Town Farm in 1845 and delivered her baby there a few months later. Eventually, the child was sent to live with other families. At Age 5 he was in Hebron, NH, and Age 14 he was in Hollis, NH. By going through the archives of the Lists and Boards, I discovered an old posting of a descendant of Roscoe's. She stated that Roscoe fought in the Civil War from NH. She had seen his Army Records, but did not summarize them. Unfortunately, when I responded to that 2001 posting, I was informed that this lady "had passed away" ... this past Christmas ! Imagine that ! Indirectly, I "found" the official birth of her great-grandfather ... 3 months after her death ! :o( When I started posting queries this month, I heard from another descendant of Roscoe (through her "ex"), and she found Roscoe in 1870 living at "Fort Lyon in the Colorado Territory." In 1880 he was living in Topeka, Kansas, and he married there shortly after, and seems to have remained there. I'm curious whether Roscoe remained in the Army after the War was over, and that was why he was living in CO in 1870; was that where he was stationed at the time ? And, is that why he then went to KS? Thank you for your time. Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. George "Proctor" KIDDER was another descendant of my ancestors, Thomas and Joanna (KEYES) KIDDER, through another son !

Betty Have you sent for his records at NARA? If he got a pension the records should indicate when his service was completed. Mike Betty wrote: > Hello, > > I've been corresponding with a member of the Westford (MA) Historical > Society for a few years, and recently visited there. As a result of > my visit in regards to my KIDDER ancestors, a few days later the lady > was going through the "Town Farm" records and discovered a birth there > which had gone un-recorded at "Town Hall." He was Roscoe KIDDER, > b1846 Westford. > > As I am a long-time KIDDER researcher, and have been in touch with a > longer-time KIDDER researcher for 10 years, I started a little > mini-project to find out more about Roscoe ! It turns out he was > born to an older couple, and it was not previously known that George > KIDDER and his 2nd wife had had a child. There must have been > problems, as Mrs. KIDDER went to the Town Farm in 1845 and delivered her > baby there a few months later. Eventually, the child was sent to live > with other families. At Age 5 he was in Hebron, NH, and Age 14 he was > in Hollis, NH. > > By going through the archives of the Lists and Boards, I discovered an > old posting of a descendant of Roscoe's. She stated that Roscoe > fought in the Civil War from NH. She had seen his Army Records, but > did not summarize them. Unfortunately, when I responded to that > 2001 posting, I was informed that this lady "had passed away" ... this > past Christmas ! Imagine that ! Indirectly, I "found" the official > birth of her great-grandfather ... 3 months after her death ! > :o( > > When I started posting queries this month, I heard from another > descendant of Roscoe (through her "ex"), and she found Roscoe in 1870 > living at "Fort Lyon in the Colorado Territory." In 1880 he was > living in Topeka, Kansas, and he married there shortly after, and seems > to have remained there. > > I'm curious whether Roscoe remained in the Army after the War was over, > and that was why he was living in CO in 1870; was that where he was > stationed at the time ? And, is that why he then went to KS? > > Thank you for your time. > > Betty (near Lowell, MA) > > > P.S. George "Proctor" KIDDER was another descendant of my ancestors, > Thomas and Joanna (KEYES) KIDDER, through another son ! > > > > > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To search our list archives since 1996, go to > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > and enter Civil-War in the list name > > >