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Ambrose T. Secor, Great-Grandson of Judge John Haring
NOTES ON AMBROSE T. SECOR
From Historical Miscellanies, Volume I
As Collected and Compiled by George H. Budke in 1923
Ambrose T. Secor was reared near Monsey, N.Y. He received his education in the public schools and afterward in an institution of learning somewhere in the west.
He early became interested in the history of his native county and preserved the documents and relics which came to him from the family and wrote out the stories related to him concerning his ancestors.
He was a great-grandson of Hon. John Haring of Revolutionary fame through his daughter, Elizabeth, who married Rev. James D. Demarest. Domine Demarest's
daughter, Mary H., married Timothy Secor and was the mother of Ambrose T. Secor.
Mr. Secor in his youth indulged in the writing of verse and for many years devoted much of his leisure time to the collection of family and historical data. He lived in Bayonne, New Jersey, where he was in the real estate business and,at another time, (I have been told) employed in the Hudson County Court House.
From his widow, long after his death, I secured the Haring documents which he had valued so highly and also the privilege of copying so much of his notes and memoranda as were of use to me.
I have been informed by one who knew him well, how narrowly the Haring papers escaped destruction. Mr. Secor, in his boyhood, found them in an outbuilding (privy) where they had been thrown by some member of the family who had found them in her way as she was cleaning house. He gathered them up and kept them, but after his death I found his widow and children almost as negligent of the documents as the former owner had been. The family still have the tall old clock that belonged to Honorable John Haring, his pistol, and a number of other relics of his time. These they value more highly than they did the old papers.
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Poem of AMBROSE T. SECOR
IN MEMORIAM
Respectfully inscribed to Mrs. I. Iserman of Spring Valley, N.Y. whose son died of wounds received during the closing engagement at Malvern Hill.
By A. Thersander Secor
Tis heralded "The battle's o'er! Vast numbers fought and bled!"
And quickly scans the mother's eye the columns of "The Dead".
Her sons have bravely borne their part of that eventful day,
And now with tears, and throbbing breast, she asks, "O! where are they?"
For seven days the battles raged, - the guns poured shot and shell,
And hundreds of our warriors brave in noble manhood fell.
'Twas then young Ralph on Malvern Hill received his fatal wound,
While proudly 'gainst the Southern foe he bore his breast each round.
By comrades true his bleeding form was carried through the fray,
And placed in rear of battle's din where corse and wounded lay;
A brother's hand was near the while, and love beguiled the pain,
But morrow's light their prisons found: - they never met again!
Days, weeks and even months pass by, - no tidings, - hope has fled;
At length a message fraught with woe, announces, "he is dead!"
No tender mother's voice was heard, his dying hour to cheer;
No sister's hand to press his brow - none, none but foes were near!
Our glorious Union to restore, his blood he freely gave,
And now, a martyr to the cause, he's sleeping with the brave.
Sleep on, young soldier, calmly rest, the cannon's thundering roar,
Nor roll of drums, nor deafening shout, can break thy slumbers more.
Sleep on beneath that southern soil, pride of our hearts and home!
Sleep on! until the Captain's trump shall shake high heaven's dome,
Then shalt thou rise before thy foes, through God's immortal love,
And if thy roll of honor's proved, march to the fields above.
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The Truth Behind the Scandal
Ambrose was following a superior's orders.
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Ambrose T. Secor, Great-Grandson of Judge John Haring
NOTES ON AMBROSE T. SECOR
From Historical Miscellanies, Volume I
As Collected and Compiled by George H. Budke in 1923
Ambrose T. Secor was reared near Monsey, N.Y. He received his education in the public schools and afterward in an institution of learning somewhere in the west.
He early became interested in the history of his native county and preserved the documents and relics which came to him from the family and wrote out the stories related to him concerning his ancestors.
He was a great-grandson of Hon. John Haring of Revolutionary fame through his daughter, Elizabeth, who married Rev. James D. Demarest. Domine Demarest's
daughter, Mary H., married Timothy Secor and was the mother of Ambrose T. Secor.
Mr. Secor in his youth indulged in the writing of verse and for many years devoted much of his leisure time to the collection of family and historical data. He lived in Bayonne, New Jersey, where he was in the real estate business and,at another time, (I have been told) employed in the Hudson County Court House.
From his widow, long after his death, I secured the Haring documents which he had valued so highly and also the privilege of copying so much of his notes and memoranda as were of use to me.
I have been informed by one who knew him well, how narrowly the Haring papers escaped destruction. Mr. Secor, in his boyhood, found them in an outbuilding (privy) where they had been thrown by some member of the family who had found them in her way as she was cleaning house. He gathered them up and kept them, but after his death I found his widow and children almost as negligent of the documents as the former owner had been. The family still have the tall old clock that belonged to Honorable John Haring, his pistol, and a number of other relics of his time. These they value more highly than they did the old papers.
*************
Poem of AMBROSE T. SECOR
IN MEMORIAM
Respectfully inscribed to Mrs. I. Iserman of Spring Valley, N.Y. whose son died of wounds received during the closing engagement at Malvern Hill.
By A. Thersander Secor
Tis heralded "The battle's o'er! Vast numbers fought and bled!"
And quickly scans the mother's eye the columns of "The Dead".
Her sons have bravely borne their part of that eventful day,
And now with tears, and throbbing breast, she asks, "O! where are they?"
For seven days the battles raged, - the guns poured shot and shell,
And hundreds of our warriors brave in noble manhood fell.
'Twas then young Ralph on Malvern Hill received his fatal wound,
While proudly 'gainst the Southern foe he bore his breast each round.
By comrades true his bleeding form was carried through the fray,
And placed in rear of battle's din where corse and wounded lay;
A brother's hand was near the while, and love beguiled the pain,
But morrow's light their prisons found: - they never met again!
Days, weeks and even months pass by, - no tidings, - hope has fled;
At length a message fraught with woe, announces, "he is dead!"
No tender mother's voice was heard, his dying hour to cheer;
No sister's hand to press his brow - none, none but foes were near!
Our glorious Union to restore, his blood he freely gave,
And now, a martyr to the cause, he's sleeping with the brave.
Sleep on, young soldier, calmly rest, the cannon's thundering roar,
Nor roll of drums, nor deafening shout, can break thy slumbers more.
Sleep on beneath that southern soil, pride of our hearts and home!
Sleep on! until the Captain's trump shall shake high heaven's dome,
Then shalt thou rise before thy foes, through God's immortal love,
And if thy roll of honor's proved, march to the fields above.
************
The Truth Behind the Scandal
Ambrose was following a superior's orders.
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Ambrose T. Secor, Great-Grandson of Judge John Haring
NOTES ON AMBROSE T. SECOR
From Historical Miscellanies, Volume I
As Collected and Compiled by George H. Budke in 1923
Ambrose T. Secor was reared near Monsey, N.Y. He received his education in the public schools and afterward in an institution of learning somewhere in the west.
He early became interested in the history of his native county and preserved the documents and relics which came to him from the family and wrote out the stories related to him concerning his ancestors.
He was a great-grandson of Hon. John Haring of Revolutionary fame through his daughter, Elizabeth, who married Rev. James D. Demarest. Domine Demarest's
daughter, Mary H., married Timothy Secor and was the mother of Ambrose T. Secor.
Mr. Secor in his youth indulged in the writing of verse and for many years devoted much of his leisure time to the collection of family and historical data. He lived in Bayonne, New Jersey, where he was in the real estate business and,at another time, (I have been told) employed in the Hudson County Court House.
From his widow, long after his death, I secured the Haring documents which he had valued so highly and also the privilege of copying so much of his notes and memoranda as were of use to me.
I have been informed by one who knew him well, how narrowly the Haring papers escaped destruction. Mr. Secor, in his boyhood, found them in an outbuilding (privy) where they had been thrown by some member of the family who had found them in her way as she was cleaning house. He gathered them up and kept them, but after his death I found his widow and children almost as negligent of the documents as the former owner had been. The family still have the tall old clock that belonged to Honorable John Haring, his pistol, and a number of other relics of his time. These they value more highly than they did the old papers.
*************
Poem of AMBROSE T. SECOR
IN MEMORIAM
Respectfully inscribed to Mrs. I. Iserman of Spring Valley, N.Y. whose son died of wounds received during the closing engagement at Malvern Hill.
By A. Thersander Secor
Tis heralded "The battle's o'er! Vast numbers fought and bled!"
And quickly scans the mother's eye the columns of "The Dead".
Her sons have bravely borne their part of that eventful day,
And now with tears, and throbbing breast, she asks, "O! where are they?"
For seven days the battles raged, - the guns poured shot and shell,
And hundreds of our warriors brave in noble manhood fell.
'Twas then young Ralph on Malvern Hill received his fatal wound,
While proudly 'gainst the Southern foe he bore his breast each round.
By comrades true his bleeding form was carried through the fray,
And placed in rear of battle's din where corse and wounded lay;
A brother's hand was near the while, and love beguiled the pain,
But morrow's light their prisons found: - they never met again!
Days, weeks and even months pass by, - no tidings, - hope has fled;
At length a message fraught with woe, announces, "he is dead!"
No tender mother's voice was heard, his dying hour to cheer;
No sister's hand to press his brow - none, none but foes were near!
Our glorious Union to restore, his blood he freely gave,
And now, a martyr to the cause, he's sleeping with the brave.
Sleep on, young soldier, calmly rest, the cannon's thundering roar,
Nor roll of drums, nor deafening shout, can break thy slumbers more.
Sleep on beneath that southern soil, pride of our hearts and home!
Sleep on! until the Captain's trump shall shake high heaven's dome,
Then shalt thou rise before thy foes, through God's immortal love,
And if thy roll of honor's proved, march to the fields above.
************
The Truth Behind the Scandal
Ambrose was following a superior's orders.
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=======
Source:
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Ambrose T. Secor, Great-Grandson of Judge John Haring
NOTES ON AMBROSE T. SECOR
From Historical Miscellanies, Volume I
As Collected and Compiled by George H. Budke in 1923
Ambrose T. Secor was reared near Monsey, N.Y. He received his education in the public schools and afterward in an institution of learning somewhere in the west.
He early became interested in the history of his native county and preserved the documents and relics which came to him from the family and wrote out the stories related to him concerning his ancestors.
He was a great-grandson of Hon. John Haring of Revolutionary fame through his daughter, Elizabeth, who married Rev. James D. Demarest. Domine Demarest's
daughter, Mary H., married Timothy Secor and was the mother of Ambrose T. Secor.
Mr. Secor in his youth indulged in the writing of verse and for many years devoted much of his leisure time to the collection of family and historical data. He lived in Bayonne, New Jersey, where he was in the real estate business and,at another time, (I have been told) employed in the Hudson County Court House.
From his widow, long after his death, I secured the Haring documents which he had valued so highly and also the privilege of copying so much of his notes and memoranda as were of use to me.
I have been informed by one who knew him well, how narrowly the Haring papers escaped destruction. Mr. Secor, in his boyhood, found them in an outbuilding (privy) where they had been thrown by some member of the family who had found them in her way as she was cleaning house. He gathered them up and kept them, but after his death I found his widow and children almost as negligent of the documents as the former owner had been. The family still have the tall old clock that belonged to Honorable John Haring, his pistol, and a number of other relics of his time. These they value more highly than they did the old papers.
*************
Poem of AMBROSE T. SECOR
IN MEMORIAM
Respectfully inscribed to Mrs. I. Iserman of Spring Valley, N.Y. whose son died of wounds received during the closing engagement at Malvern Hill.
By A. Thersander Secor
Tis heralded "The battle's o'er! Vast numbers fought and bled!"
And quickly scans the mother's eye the columns of "The Dead".
Her sons have bravely borne their part of that eventful day,
And now with tears, and throbbing breast, she asks, "O! where are they?"
For seven days the battles raged, - the guns poured shot and shell,
And hundreds of our warriors brave in noble manhood fell.
'Twas then young Ralph on Malvern Hill received his fatal wound,
While proudly 'gainst the Southern foe he bore his breast each round.
By comrades true his bleeding form was carried through the fray,
And placed in rear of battle's din where corse and wounded lay;
A brother's hand was near the while, and love beguiled the pain,
But morrow's light their prisons found: - they never met again!
Days, weeks and even months pass by, - no tidings, - hope has fled;
At length a message fraught with woe, announces, "he is dead!"
No tender mother's voice was heard, his dying hour to cheer;
No sister's hand to press his brow - none, none but foes were near!
Our glorious Union to restore, his blood he freely gave,
And now, a martyr to the cause, he's sleeping with the brave.
Sleep on, young soldier, calmly rest, the cannon's thundering roar,
Nor roll of drums, nor deafening shout, can break thy slumbers more.
Sleep on beneath that southern soil, pride of our hearts and home!
Sleep on! until the Captain's trump shall shake high heaven's dome,
Then shalt thou rise before thy foes, through God's immortal love,
And if thy roll of honor's proved, march to the fields above.
************
The Truth Behind the Scandal
Ambrose was following a superior's orders.
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