Farrand Stewart Stranahan

F. Stewart Stranahan

Farrand Stewart Stranahan (* 2. February 1842 in New York City ; † 13. July 1904 in St. Albans , Vermont ) was an American veteran of the Civil War , an executive of the Central Vermont Railway , banker and politician , who from 1892 to 1894 was Lieutenant Governor of Vermont.

Life

F. Stewart Stranahan was born in New York City to Farrand Stewart Stranahan (1812-1845) and Caroline (Curtis) Stranahan . The New York State Senator Farrand Stranahan (1778-1826) was his grandfather and his great-grandfather was General Charles Stewart (1729-1800).

Stranahan moved to Vermont in 1859. Three years later, on August 6, 1862, he married Miranda Aldis Brainerd , daughter of Senator Lawrence Brainerd and his wife Fidelia Gadcomb . That marriage linked him to two of Vermont's most important families, the Brainerd and Smith families. Mirindas sister, author Ann Eliza Smith was the wife of the Governor of the State of Vermont J. Gregory Smith was also president of the Central Vermont Railway. Her brother Lawrence Brainerd Jr. was married to Luisa TB Smith , sister of J. Gregory Smith .

J. Gregory Smith's father, John Smith, was a speaker in the House of Representatives from Vermont and a member of the House of Representatives of the United States , also one of the early founders of the Central Vermont Railway . J. Gregory Smith's brother was Worthington Curtis Smith , a member of the United States House of Representatives and father of Vermont Governor Edward Curtis Smith .

Civil War

Stranahan was enlisted on August 15, 1862 and enlisted as First Sergeant of L Company of the 1st Vermont Cavalry Regiment on September 29, 1862. He was appointed Second Lieutenant on January 18, 1864, retroactively to January 5, and First Lieutenant on May 5, 1864, retroactively to February 28. For several months he was the aide-de-camp of Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer .

During his time as First Sergeant, Stranahan took part in the attack at the Battle of Gettysburg under Elon John Farnsworth .

Stranahan resigned on August 28, 1864. On the evening of October 19, 1864, however, the northernmost fighting on land, the St. Albans incident , the civil war, reached the city of St. Albans. Stranahan took part in the pursuit of the fleeing Confederates , who robbed several banks and wounded two citizens, one of them fatally, in their attack. J. Gregory Smith's home was a target for the Raiders , but the attackers evacuated the home on their escape. For her work in the defense of the Smith House and efforts to help the people of St. Albans, as well as tracking down the robbers, Peter T. Washburn made Mrs. Smith a Brevet Lieutenant Colonel on his staff.

Next life

Stranahan became paymaster of the Vermont Central Railway in 1865 after the war . In 1871 he was appointed cashier for the National Car Company , another Smith family railroad company. He became the cashier of the Welden National Bank in 1886 and was appointed vice president of the bank in 1892. He was also a director of the Central Vermont Railway , vice president of the Missisquoi Valley Rail Trail , officer of the National Dispatch Line , part of the Grand Trunk Railway, and vice president of St. Albans Messenger , the local newspaper.

He continued his military career as commander of D Company of the 1st Vermont Infantry Regiment with the rank of captain and was chief of staff for Governor Ebenezer J. Ormsbee with the rank of colonel .

Stranahan belonged to the brotherhoods Grand Army of the Republic and the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States . He was a member of the Republican Party and worked as a trustee for the city of St. Albans. He was also a member of the Vermont House of Representatives. He later served on the Vermont Senate . He was also the trustee of the Reformed School.

He was elected lieutenant governor of Vermont in 1892 and began his tenure made possible by the Mountain Rule .

Stranahan fell ill in 1904 and traveled to the Bahamas to recover from his illness. He died in St. Albans on July 13, 1904. His grave is in Greenwood Cemetery.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sons of the American Revolution, National Register , Issue 1, 1902, p. 983
2. ↑ Hiram Carleton, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont , Issue 1, 1903, pp. 306-307
3. ↑ Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, marriage certificate of Farrand Stewart Stranahan and Miranda Aldis Brainerd, accessed on December 11, 2013
4. ^ David Dudley Field, The Genealogy of the Brainerd Family in the United States , 1857, 151
5. ^ The Vermonter magazine, In Memoriam: Farrand Stewart Stranahan , July 1904, pages 387-388
6. ↑ Cathryn J. Prince, Burn the Town and Sack the Banks !: Confederates Attack Vermont! , 2006, page 57
7. ^ Rossiter Johnson, John Howard Brown, Authors, The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans , 1904
8. ^ Prentiss Cutler Dodge, Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography , 1912, pp. 49-50
9. ^ Vermont General Assembly, Vermont Legislative Directory , 1884, 65
10. ^ National Park Service, Soldier Details: F. Stewart Stranahan , accessed December 11, 2013
11. ↑ George A. Rummel, Cavalry on the Roads to Gettysburg , 2000, 453
12. ^ Custer, Andie, "The Wells Monument: Bas Relief of Farnsworth's Charge," Blue & Gray, Spring 2006, 23: i, p. 56.
13. ^ Dedication Committee, Dedication of the Statue to Brevet Major-General William Wells and the Officers and Men of the First Regiment Vermont Cavalry , 1914, pp. 45-46
14. ^ Hoffman, Elliott W., editor, History of the First Vermont Cavalry Volunteers in the War of the Great Rebellion, Baltimore, MD: Butternut & Blue, 2000, pp. 229-230.
15. ^ Brainerd History ( Memento from August 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
16. ↑ St. Albans Board of Trade, Advantages, Resources and Attractions of St. Albans, Vt. , 1889, pages 10, 29, 36, 40, 47, 70, 97
17. ↑ Th raileay Age Monthly and Railway Service Magazine, Car Accountants , January 1882, page 401
18. ↑ William Hartley Jeffrey, Successful Vermonters: A Modern Gazetteer of Lamoille, Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, Vermont , 1907, pages 312-313
19. ^ Yorktown Centennial Commission, Commission Report , 1883, 136
20. ^ Vermont Adjutant General, Biennial Report , 1908, 95
21. ^ Robert Burns Beath, History of the Grand Army of the Republic , 1889, 400
22. ^ Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Massachusetts, Register of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States , 1906, p. 218
23. ↑ Jacob G. Ullery, Men of Vermont Illustrated , 1894, pages 386-387
24. ^ Boston Daily Globe, ex-Lieut. Gov F. Stewart Stranahan is critically ill at Miami, Fla., March 6, 1904
25. ^ Kennebec (Maine) Daily Journal, Death Notice for F. Stewart Stranahan, July 14, 1904
26. ^ Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908, Death Certificate for Farrand Stewart Stranahan, accessed December 11, 2013

literature

• Hiram Carleton (Ed.): Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont. The Lewis Publishing Company, New York NY et al. 1903, pp. 306-307 .
• Andie Custer: The Wells Monument: Bas Relief of Farnsworth's Charge. In: Blue & Gray Magazine. Vol. 23, No. 1, Spring 2006, ISSN  0741-2207 , pp. 56-57.
• Horace K. Ide: History of the First Vermont Cavalry Volunteers in the War of the Great Rebellion (= Army of the Potomac Series. Vol. 27). Edited and additional material by Elliott W. Hoffman. Butternut & Blue, Baltimore MD 2000, ISBN 0-935523-74-X .
• Horatio Nelson Jackson: Dedication of the statue to Brevet Major-General William Wells and the officers and men of the First Regiment Vermont Cavalry. On the battlefield of Gettysburg, July 3, 1913. Privately printed, sl 1914, p. 45 .
• Theodore S. Peck (Ed.): Revised Roster of Vermont Volunteers and lists of Vermonters who Served in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion, 1861–66. Press of the Watchman Publishing Co., Montpelier VT 1892, p. 260 .

Web links

• Farrand Stewart Stranahan in the database of Find a Grave (English)