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The following were of the 97th NY Infantry Volunteers, unless otherwise stated:
BALLOU, WALTER.—Age, 23 years. 146th NY Infantry Vols; Enrolled, 8 Sep 1862, at Boonville, to serve 3 years; mustered in as
1Lt , Co. D, 8 Oct 1862; discharged, 28 Dec 1862, near Potomac Creek, Va.; 1Lt, 3 Nov 1862, with rank from 8 Sep 1862,
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WALTER BALLOU was born in Boonville, 21 Jun 1839. He was educated at the high school of Boonville, and graduated from
Whitestown Seminary in 1857. He was a soldier in the Union army in the Civil War, having enlisted in Company D, 146 Regiment, in
1862, and was almost immediately commissioned first lieutenant. He was wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, and having had
typhoid fever, which incapacitated him for duty, he was honorably discharged from the army in Dec 1862.
He studied law in the office of Henry R. Hadley of Boonville, and was admitted to the bar in 1868. Soon after his admission he
formed a partnership with Thomas S. Jones under the firm name of Jones & Ballou, which firm existed for four years. Then he
became a partner with Leander W. Fisk under the firm name of Fisk & Ballou; this firm continued for three years.
After that Mr. Ballou practiced law at Boonville without a partner. Mr. Ballou was originally a Republican, but having differed from his
party on the subject of reconstruction in the south, he became a Democrat, and was appointed Deputy Assessor of Internal
Revenue by President Johnson, and in 1875 he was elected to the New York Assembly. He was nominated for Representative in
Congress in 1888, but was defeated by James S. Sherman. Mr. Ballou was stricken with apoplexy on his way to the cars to attend
court at Lowville on the 8th day of April, 1899, and died almost immediately. He was a man of good reputation, a good lawyer, and
left many friends to mourn his sudden death.
Charles Buck, late Adjutant of the Ninety-Seventh Regiment (resigned 25 Mar 1862), died in Boonville, Sunday evening, after an
illness of two or three weeks. He was a nephew of Col. Wheelock, twenty-seven years of age, and esteemed as a young men of
great moral worth and promise.
BURR, HENRY N. — Age, 23 years. Enlisted at Boonville, to serve three years.
CALEN, JAMES.—Age, 19 years. 117th NY Infantry Vols; Enlisted, 6 Aug 1862, at Boonville, to serve three years; mustered in as
corporal, Co. K, 16 Aug 1862; mustered out, 15 Jun 1865, at hospital. Fort Monroe, Va.
Joel T. Comstock, Quartermaster, resigned 15 Sep 1862.
COMMERFORD, JOHN.—Age, 20 years. 117th NY Infantry Vols; Enlisted, 1 Aug 1862, at Remsen, to serve three years; mustered
in as private, Co. K, 16 Aug 1862; mustered out with company, 8 Jun 1865, at Raleigh, NC; borne as Comford.
COOK. SYLVESTER O.—Age, 27 years. 146th NY Infantry Vols; Enlisted, 28 Aug 18fi2, at Boonville, to serve three years;
mustered in as private, Co. D. 10 Oct 18fi2; promoted first sergeant, no date; discharged, 14 Feb 1864, to accept promotion as
second lieutenant," Co. D, Sixteenth New York Heavy Artillery.
DENTON, ALONZO.—Age, 19 years. 117th NY Infantry Vols.; enrolled, 30 Jul 1862, at Remsen, to serve three years; mustered in
as sergeant, Co. K, 16 Aug 1862; returned to corporal, 28 Aug 1862; promoted sergeant, 2 Nov1862; first sergeant, 28 Mar 1863;
mustered in as 2Lt , 4 May 1864; wounded in action, 27 Sep 1864, at Chaffln's Farm, Va.; discharged for disability from wounds, 23
Jan 1865. Commissioned 2Lt, 30 Mar 1864, with rank from 26 Mar 1864,.
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DENTON, ALONZO, was born in Sandy Hill, Washington county, in 1843, the son of Daniel C. Denton, a native of Saratoga county
and one of five children born to --- Denton, a soldier in the War of 1812: Richard, Daniel C., Clinton, Benjamin, and Phoebe. Daniel
C. Denton spent most of his life in the lumbering business, principally in Washington and Oneida counties. He removed to Oneida
county in 1854. He married Harriet Hovey; their children were Melissa and Alonzo (twins), Charles, Mary E., William E., and Walter.
Mr. Denton died in 1864 and his wife in 1889. In August 1862, Alonzo Denton assisted in raising Company K., 117th. Regiment NY
Vols. and went out as a private under Captain Baggs. He was promoted to first lieutenant; was in the battles of Bethel, Bermuda,
Drury's Bluff, Charleston, SC, Petersburg, Cold Harbor, Fort Fisher, and Chapin's Farm, where he was wounded in the leg. He was
transferred to Chesapeake Hospital at Fortress Monroe and from there returned home. After the war he attended business college
at Utica for six months, then engaged as clerk in a general store at Forestport. Two years later, in partnership with Mr. Thurston, he
engaged in the general mercantile business, and two years and a half later his brother-in-law, N. G. Waterbury, purchased the
interest of Mr. Thurston and the store was carried on under the firm name of Denton & Waterbury. They also carried on a large and
extensive lumber business, which Mr. Denton superintended. They erected a large mill, which was burned in 1882, and then erected
their present mill of a capacity of 40,000 feet daily, and a large sash and door manufactory at Whitesboro, NY. They also owned
10,000 acres of timber land. Mr. Denton served as commissioner of highways, town clerk, and was postmaster for many years. He
was senior warden of the Masonic fraternity and was a member of the Henry Walker Post GAR of Forestport. In 1869 Mr. Denton
married Carrie A., daughter of Stephen N. Waterbury; their children were Elmer A., a graduate of Cornell University, now of the law
firm of Halliday & Denton, of Ithaca, NY; Lena R., a graduate of the musical department of Hamilton Seminary; C. Mildred, a student
in the Sage College of Ithaca, NY; and Nathaniel W.