| Home Surname List Name Index Sources GEDCOM File Email Us | Thirteenth Generation1950. Martha Ann Chatfield was born on 31 July 1831 in Seymour, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA. She appeared in the census in 1870 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA. She appeared in the census in 1900 in Manhattan, New York City, New York Co., New York, USA. Martha died on 18 February 1904 at the age of 72 in Manhattan, New York City, New York Co., New York, USA. She was buried on 21 February 1904 in Woodlawn Cmtry., Bronx, Bronx Co., New York, USA. New York, New York City Municipal Deaths Martha Ann Chatfield and Samuel Marshall Kissam were married on 6 January 1850 in Seymour, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA. Samuel Marshall Kissam, son of Benjamin P Kissam and Harriet Jarvis Miller, was born on 8 October 1824 in Peekskill, Westchester Co., New York, USA. He died on 30 November 1858 at the age of 34 in USA. He was buried in Hillside Cmtry., Cortlandt Manor, Westchester Co., New York, USA. Find A Grave Memorial# 73923648 Martha Ann Chatfield and Samuel Marshall Kissam had the following children:
Martha Ann Chatfield and Col. William Linn Tidball were married on 25 December 1861. Marriage year might be different as 6 not clear. Cannot be earlier. In 1846, after the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, when a call was made for volunteers, he enlisted in the Third Ohio Volunteers, and served under Col. Samuel R. Curtis. Soon after reaching Mexico Mr. Tidball was elected a subaltern of his company and commissioned by Gov. Bartley, of Ohio. At Matamoras he was detailed to act as adjutant to the commander of the post, a place he served in for several months, first under Gen. Clarke, and subsequently under that officer's successors, Col. Curtis and Col. Drake, of the First Indiana Volunteers. Just (before the battle of Buena Vista, when communication was cut of between Gen. Taylor and the sea, he was bearer of dispatches from this commander of the forces in Tamaulipas to Gen. Scott, then at Lobojts Island. He accompanied the troops to Vera Cruz and participated in the siege, bombardment and surrender of that city and its stronghold, the Castle of San Juan de Ulloa. On returning from Mexico, Mr. Tidball entered the office of Hon. Jacob Brinkerhoff, at Mansfield, Ohio, under whose instruction he was qualified for admission to the Bar, and in 1848 he was licensed by the supreme court to practice in all the courts of the state. Removing to Cincinnati he became engaged in the editorial management of The Columbian, a literary paper of wide circulation and great popularity in the west. Returning to Mansfield Mr. Tidball engaged in the practice of law as partner of the late Thomas H. Ford, Esq. In the fall of 1853 Mr. Tidball came to New York city, where he was associated with Hon. Ogden Hoffman, Peter Y. Cutler, esq., and Judge Flanders, and later removed to Nassau street, where he continued to practice until 1860. He organized a regiment of volunteers in the spring of 1861, afterward known as the Fifty-ninth Regiment, N. Y. S. V., to the command of which he was commissioned by Gov. Morgan. On his arrival at Washington, Col. Tidball was placed in command of the Second Brigade of Casey's Division at Good Hope, and afterwards of the northern defenses of the city at Tenallytown. When the news of the seven days fights reached the federal capital, he was dispatched, with a brigade, to the support of Gen. McClellan, and reported to that officer at Turkey Bend, with the first reinforcements. He served in the subsequent campaigns in command of his regiment and the brigade to which it was attached, and took part in several engagements, the most conspicuous of which were Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam and Fredericksburgh. His health becoming impaired he was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps and performed duty in the freedmen's bureau, under Gen. Howard, for two years, and was judge advocate on the staff of Gen. Gillem, at Vicksburg, when mustered out of service in 1808. On leaving the army Col. Tidball returned to New York city and resumed the practice of law at No. 5 Wall street. Before the war he was an occasional contributor to the columns of The Mercury, The Dispatch, The Leader, The Sunday Times, Putnam's Monthly and other publications. After his return he occasionally wrote short stories for The Chimney Corner and contributions for The Yonkers Gazette. He was a mason of high degree and a Past Master. He was an active member of Charity Lodge, F. A. M., at the time of his death, and also of the Masonic Veterans, Mexican Veterans, Society of G. A. R., Ohio Society, and John A. Rollins Post, G. A. R. Col. Tidball was a genial, finely educated, well read and a complete gentleman in every sense of the term. He died at his residence, 302 West Fifty-sixth street. New York city, on Sunday, Jan. 29, 1893. Writing to us, from. Washington, D. C, Col. Juan Lewis said of him, " I had known Col. Tidball by reputation long before we met, which was about a quarter of a century ago, and we had many points in common. He was a thoroughly good, broad, wholesome, big-hearted man, an exceptionally competent literary critic, a keen editorial writer, and a practical citizen who made the world better for having lived in it. |