Kim Richter 93 Avery Brook Road Heath MA, 01346 413-339-4293 Dear Kim Richter, Regarding your query (below) concerning William H Bemis 1840-1901, I have located the information provided below. To hunt further, I would check first the land and probate records at the Franklin County Court House in Greenfield, MA; and obituaries in the Greenfield Recorder and Gazette. Obituaries on microfilm are available at the Greenfield Public Library, and at the Library of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association in Deerfield. I am forwarding your message to Doris A Wheeler, and to Paul W Allred, both of whom have extensive Franklin County information. The Shelburen Historical Society http://merrill.olm.net/shs would be grateful to receive a copy of the 1881 deposition, together with the information you have provided. I would like to be cc:d with any further information you obtain. Deane Merrill Librarian and Trustee, Shelburne Historical Society home: 22 Mechanic Street Shelburne Falls, MA 01370 [email protected] ------------------------------------------------- William H. Bemis b.3/27/1840 d.3/20/1901, member of Co.H 10 Regt. Mass. Vol. is buried in Arms Cemetery, Shelburne Falls, Franklin Co, MA, along with his wife Lucy Aurilla d.12/5/1902 ae.65y 10m [b.abt.Feb 1837] and his daughter Luna May Bemis 1875-1920. [Doris Wheeler's Arms Cemetery transcriptions, pg. 252, Sec. R39] [Civil War Service Record, www.ancestry.com] William H Bemis, Private, Company H, 10 Massachusetts Infantry None of the three deaths are registered in Shelburne. Not in Shelburne vital records before 1850. Not in Shelburne in 1855 MA Census. Not in Shelburne in 1860 US Census. Not in Shelburne in 1865 MA Census. [1870 [June] US Census, MA, Franklin, Shelburne, family 236, page 29 of 40] head Wm H Bemis, age 30 [b.abt.1840], Miller, married male, personal estate $1400, b.VT wife Lucy A Bemis, age 33, [b.abt.1837], Housekeeper, married female, b.VT daughter Genevieve Bemis, age 3 [b.abt.1867], b.MA daughter Gertie Bemis, age 8/12 [b.abt.Jan 1870], b.MA [1880 US Census, MA, Franklin, Shelburne, family 160, pages 13-14 of 33] head Wm H Bemis, age 40 [b.abt.1840], married male, Miller, b.VT, parents b.VT wife Lucy Bemis, age 43 [b.abt.1837], married female, Keeping House, b.VT, parents b.VT daughter Genevieve Bemis, age 13 [b.abt.1867], single female, At School, b.MA, parents b.VT daughter Gertie Bemis, age 10 [b.abt.1870], single female, b.MA, parents b.VT son Henry Bemis, age 9 [b.abt.1871], single male, b.MA, parents b.VT daughter Luna, age 5 [b.abt.1875], single female, b.MA, parents b.VT 1890 US Census does not exist. Not in Shelburne in 1900 US Census [1910 US Census, MA, Franklin, Shelburne, family 106, page 4a, page 7 of 35] Ella S Bemis, age 46 NOT KNOWN TO BE RELATED Not in 1920 Shelburne Census [1930 US Census, MA, Franklin, Shelburne, family 289, page 19 of 33] Mary L Bemis, age 51 NOT KNOWN TO BE RELATED. [Shelburne Historical Society, Mt. Massaemet Shadows, quarterly newsletter]: Bemis, Coach: 15(4)16 (October 1989): NOT KNOWN TO BE RELATED. A picture of the 1911 Arms Academy football team has been given [to the Shelburne Historical Society] by Sonny Rainville of Rainville's Trading Post on the Colrain road. The picture includes: ...Coach Bemis... Bemis, Leonard: 16(2)10 (April 1990): NOT KNOWN TO BE RELATED. Carolyn Johnson Winskye of Deland FL has given [to the Shelburne Historical Society] early photos from the collection of her grandfather, H.S. King. They included interesting pictures of ... Leonard Bemis, [Shelburne Falls Military] band conductor. Not searched: Shelburne Falls Town Directories Shelburne Land Records Shelburne Probate Records Arms Academy Yearbooks, Shelburne Falls Shelburne Falls Phone Directories At 09:46 PM 3/13/2004 -0500, you wrote: > Dear Mr. Merrill: > I heard about your genealogy website from a friend and decided to > write you for help. I have in my possession a copy of a deposition from > William H. Bemis of Shelburne Falls, MA. He served with my great, great, > great uncle in the Civil War. He and my relative were both taken prisoner > at Spotsylvania, taken to Andersonville Prison and then on to Florence. > They were parolled in February 1865 and started north together. My > relative, Oscar Hale of Gill was in very bad shape and after making it as > far as Northeast Bridge, N.C. Mr. Bemis, having heard of a ride on a boat > to the north, left my relative to his fate and is sure that he died soon > thereafter. To make a long story short, I am trying to find any relatives > of William Bemis to see if they would be interested in having a copy of > the deposition. It is dated November 14, 1881, and I got it from the > National Archives. He served in Company H, 10th Reg. Mass. > Volunteers. If you could help me at all in this matter, I would greatly > appreciate it. > > >Sincerely, > >Kim Richter > >93 Avery Brook Rd. > >413-339-4293 > Heath, MA. 01346