The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-28
MILITARY RECORD
':'rJ Of WENTWORTHS
East Dover Family Renders
Noteworthy Service
in Two Wars
THREE SONS BEAR
ARMS OVERSEAS
G. l.. Wentworth and Three Uncles in
Civil War-Mrs. Wentworth s Father
Killed in Action and Two of Her
Uncles Saw Service.

Killed in Action and Two of Her
Uncles Saw Service.
Probably few families in Windham
county can show military record equal
TO that of the family of Charles L. and
Sarah (Harrington) Wentworth of East
Dover. Mr.. and Mrs. Wentworth have
three sons with the American expcdi-
tlonary forces in France, Mr.. Went
worth is a veteran of the Civil war,
Mrs Wentworth s father, Corporal Viii
ham Harrington, was killed in action
IN the Civil war, AID three uncles of
Mr.. Wentworth and two uneles of Mrs.
Wentworth saw service in the Civil
war.
In December, 1854, when II years old.
Charles L. Wentworth enlisted from
Lynn, Mass, in the 61st Massachusetts
regiment in the Civil war and saw sery-
ice at Petersburg and was at the cap
ture of Richmond. He had three uncles
IN the United States service. One of
them, Captain John Adams, was wound
ed severely, and afterwards for many
years was sergeant at arms at the Mas
saehusetts state house and later was at
the head Of the Grand Army of the Re
public
Corporal William Harrington, Mrs.
Wentworth S father, enlisted from
Barre, Mass, in the 2lst Massachusetts
volunteers and served two years. He
rc-enlisted and was killed by cannon
ball in mine at Petersburg while car
rying the reginlental colors He had
two brothers in the service
Private Harland Harrington Went
worth, 20, is the oldest son of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. l.. Wentworth After war was
declared against Germany by the Unit
ed States he tried twice 10 enlist, but
was rejected because of defective eve
sight. Later he was drafted and was
mustered into service at Camp Devens.
Aver. Mass, in May. 1918 He left
Camp Devens and sailed for France by
way of Canada in July. Since arriv-
ling overseas he has been stationed in
western France and was on the way to
the front when the armistice was
signed. He is in the sanitary depart
mcnt Of the first provisional machine
gun regiment. Before entering the
service he was employed by f. L. Hill
dreth & Co. printers, in this town.
Corporal Everett Lawrence Went
worth, 26, and Corporal Forrest Adams
Wentworth, PA, are members Of Com
Ipany 81, 103d infantry, 26th division.
They enlisted in Hinsdale. y. H.. July
25, 1917, going to Concord, n. H, and
then to Camp Bartlett, Westfeld, Mass.
They left Camp Bartlett for New York,
whence they sailed in September, 1917,
for France. They were in trimming un-
til February, 1918, when they went to
the front and saw active service in
some of the heaviest fighting of the
! war. Both have been over the top
Corporal Forrest Wentworth gradu-
, ated from the Brattleboro high school
in 1913 and saw service in Texas in the
summer of 1916 as member of the
, First Vermont regiment. He was en-
ployed in a machine shop in Springfield.
! Mass, previous to his enlistment in
Hinsdale.
, Corporal Everett Wentworth grad
. uated from the Brattleboro high school
in 1912, being one of the winners of
the Austine prizes, which are awarded
for highest rank In studies during the
four-years course. He received three
years of military training at the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural college in Am
herst, ranking as sergeant general in the
last year battalion. In February, 1916,
while still senior at Amherst, he was
: elected principal of the Hinsdale, n. H
high school He took special work
: while in the college in addition to his
! regular studies and gained a sufficient
number of points to enable him to take
up his work as principal in February
and graduate with his college class il
June During the closing days of tbs
war he was i'll with influenza at basf
hospital 202 in Orleans, France
d None of the Wentworth boys are mar
D ried.