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- "Although careful investigation of records in the U.S. War Department has as yet failed to discover any one of that name who was an officier in this battle, still, he is said, by his descendants, to have been a Major upon the staff of General Warren at the battle of Bunker Hill, and when the latter was wounded, to have taken command. Shortly after he was captured by the British and held for some time as a prisoner. Finally, when upon the point of being exchanged, all the prisoners were given a drink of rum. This, it was claimed, had had small-pox virus put in it, so that he very shortly came down with a most virulent form of the desease. Not only he, but his wife and one daughter died of the pest. Infuriated by this inhuman deed, all of the sons vowed vengeance, and to kill as many English as possible. With this end in view, those who were old enough at once entered the Continental Army, and the younger ones followed as rapidly as possible.
Stephen is said to have died before the birth of his son, Edward H. in 1766, according to Prof. Merrill Otis of Columbia, Mo. This, if true, would, of course, be the end of the Revolutionary war story, and in view of the U.S. War Department's official records, that portion relative to Bunker Hill is discredited. Although it will be a blow to many descendants, who prefer irresponsible and glorious tradition, rather than commonplace, uninteresting facts. That he was in the Revolution War [although not an officer at Bunker Hill] is more probably, since, as he had a daughter born after 1776, he was alive at that period." (Otis, Otis Family in America) [3]
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1738 - 1776 (38 years)
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