~ North Fork Civil War 127th Regiment Veterans...

By Danny McCarthy
Dr. Clarence Ashton Wood, editor of the Long Island Forum and contributor to the Long Island Traveler-Watchman composed a December 1952 article on General Stewart Woodford. He resided between Peconic and Cutchogue and was renowned for recruiting officers in the Civil War.
Southold Civil War Veteran Oliver Arey Mayo's name is etched on the Civil War monument that is in front of the Southold Griswold-Terry-Glover American Legion Post. Colorado resident James Mischke came to Southold NY in 2008 with his wife Karen exclusively to see me about his great-grandfather - OLIVER AREY MAYO! - & the genealogical exchanges and friendship has lasted!
I took Jim & Karen to the Griswold-Terry-Glover Post {the Southold American Legion} and was so proud that Jim let me know that his great-grandfather was the owner of that building on Tuckers Lane & Main Road, Southold, BEFORE that building became the Griswold-Terry-Glover Post!
Mr. Mayo was born in Mattituck on March 29, 1840. “After attending a district school, he entered Franklinville Academy, considered in those days an excellent educational institution.” During two winters, he taught school. In 1862, he enlisted in Co. H. 127th N. Y. Volunteers, “and served until the end of the war.” After the war time was made by teaching school during the winters and then farming during summertime. He married New Suffolk resident Julia F. Webb in 1868. “Three children, two daughters and one son, were born to this union.”
According to the obituary, Oliver Arey Mayo’s funeral services were conducted at his late residence by the Rev. Lloyd. Seven members of his old Company were in attendance and they had charge of the exercises at the grave. “His body reposes in the beautiful cemetery at Cutchogue, in the assured hope of a glorious immortality.” His wife Julia died June 12, 1943 and rests in the family plot in the Cutchogue cemetery.
Oliver Mayo’s poetry appeared in The Washington Post after 1865. About 1904, Mr. Mayo owned the Griswold-Terry-Glover Post 803/B. H. Booth Residence/American Legion Hall on the Main Road in Southold.
The September 13, 1912 The County Review carried these facts: “The 50th reunion of Co. H. 127th Regiment N. Y. Vols. was held at Paumanok Inn, on Saturday, of last week. Only 16 of ‘the boys’ answered the roll call within the past year and some others were too ill to attend, consequently the ranks are fast thinning out, and a few more years will close up the list of old veterans. The occasion, though sad, had a bright side, for a fine program was carried out. The Presbyterian church choir was present and gave cheering patriotic selections. Southold’s ‘grand old man,’ the Rev. Dr. Whittaker {stet}, addressed the company in his inimitable way, assuring them that all these years he had kept them very near his heart and was proud of them for the sacrifice they made and the lives they lived. Judge B. T. Payne read an original poem by Oliver Mayo. Rev. W. H. Lloyd made a highly appreciated speech. The dinner was faultless in quantity and quality and was partaken of by over 30, which included the sons and daughters of some of the veterans.”
The August 22, 1919 The County Review lists that George Prince & Oliver Mayo were feeling sick and hope to be at the 127th Regiment reunion, “which will be held in the {Southold} Presbyterian parish house and served to a royal dinner by the ladies of the Ladies Aid society.”
The October 10, 1946 The Long Island Traveler-Mattituck Watchman spotlighted in its Northville Academy column that in May 1861, Oliver Mayo was a Contributor to that school’s paper which was titled “The Star Spangled Banner.”
According to the Twenty-five Years Ago that was within The Long Island Traveler-Mattituck Watchman: “Oliver Mayo, Civil War veteran, died at the age of 84.”
– Baldwin T. Payne -
According to a 1916 Traveler obituary, Southold resident Baldwin T. Payne had “enlisted in the armies of the North for the preservation of the Union in Co. H. 127th Regiment, N.Y.” After the Civil War having served with much credit, he was a farmer, and he taught school for several years. Baldwin Payne was principal of the Southold public school as well. He contributed numerous and very well-written columns to the Traveler and consistently maintained a winning style. You can read the obituary in the H. H. Huntting Obituaries 1881-1923 volume in the research room itself but also online on the Southold Town Hall Laserfiche Weblink. The obituary is on page 80 in that volume. Go to the Southold Town Historian link and download that link until you locate the Southold Free Library link and then click that link and there you’ll see the H. H. Huntting Obituaries 1881-1923 link at the end of the list.
- Henry W. Prince -
Henry W. Prince joined the United States Army and was part of the New York Volunteers 127th Regiment as a Sergeant. Henry Wells Prince was born in Southold on November 17, 1839. In 1874, Henry Wells Prince and G. Frank Hommel, occupied the H. W. Prince Building on the Main Road in Southold. According to the Southold Historical Museum website, "Hommel occupied the west side of the building where he ran a shoe store and Prince occupied the east where he ran a successful dry goods business." You can double-check even further on the Southold Historical Society website for further information regarding the H. W. Prince Building by locating the Buildings link on the left-hand side of the website where the Prince Building link is located. Plus, there is another Prince Building entry on the link titled Houses 2000, which is also on the left-hand side of the Southold Historical Museum website. Henry Wells Prince died on October 31, 1925, and is buried in the Old Burying Ground of the Southold First Presbyterian Church.
By the way, Helen Wright Prince was born in Columbus, New Jersey, on October 21, 1911. According to a May 14, 2013 Riverhead News-Review paid obituary, “In the 1950s she had a unique experience teaching grades 1 through 8 combined in the East Cutchogue Migrant Labor Camp, the only one of its kind in the state. ... In addition to numerous hobbies, Helen was an avid gardener, which was reflected in the landscape surrounding her home. She was the family historian and wrote several historical/genealogical books about her family and Southold. After retirement, she volunteered in the archives of the Southold and Riverhead historical societies.” Helen Wright Prince died on May 1, 2013, in Fairport, New York, at the age of 101.
Southold Historical Museum has these Helen Wright Prince volumes available for sale: Civil War Letters and Diary of Henry W. Prince 1862-1865 and Descendants of Captain John Prince of Southold, New York and Their Place in History.:
https://www.southoldhistorical...
James Mishcke was a Vietnam War Veteran. He has a book called The Raven And The Dove.
My opinion of his book is below along with a link of a way to purchase the volume follows!:
In “reviewing the situation,” the Vietnam War era time spent by James Mischke is outspoken by this Vietnam War Veteran through his real-life circumstances spent by exchanging occurrences that so definitely need to be experienced by the reader. Mischke offers such a true, inspiring, at many times raw and shocking, but always in a way uplifting, “tales” of his friendships that are like bondings with his comrades. There also is what proves to be his being able to see himself through different circumstances where he can hopefully just be able to get by. I found it remarkable that Mischke actually was able to remember his entry was at age 22, and that he keeps up the pace of ups-and-downs, and true turmoil, by being able to add a sense of sunshine when there was an opportunity to. Let’s face it: Wartime is battleground for reactions between opponents. There are life lessons for us all! His own sense of recalling his experiences gets chronicled in a sort-of way that would make for a
great screenplay! You too will find yourself saluting Mischke via his volume! ~ Daniel McCarthy
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=the...
Information from the below link regards Southold Town American Legions & further Griswold-Terry-Glover Post-related information OTHER THAN Veterans of the 127th Regiment!:
https://patch.com/new-york/nor...