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- The Seventh Regiment of RI Volunteers in the Civil War, 1862 - 1865
by William P. Hopkins, Snow & Farmham Printers, Providence, RI, 1903
p. 376 - 377:
JEREMIAH P. BEZELY. Sergeant Jeremiah Penno Bezely, son of Edward and Almira E. King Bezely, was born in Providence, R.I., Aug. 16, 1836. When eight years of age he commenced to work in a mill, and, because of the death of his father, continued in that employment until he was thirteen when he shipped in the merchant marine. He doubled Cape Horn and visited most of the countries and large islands of the South Pacific. Returning safely to his native city he tarried but for a brief space, preferring to apprentice himself for three years to a painter in Chicago, Ill. Free once more he again sought Providence, and, on Oct. 15, 1855, married Abby F. Eddy, of Scituate, R.I., a daughter of Peter and Erispa Eddy, of Sterling, Conn. By her he had three sons and seven daughters; one of the former and two of the latter have passed from earth. Those remaining are Emma L., Olive M., Ida M., Lily N., Jeremiah T., William H. and Maud E. Mr. Bezely himself is now pursuing the house-painting business in Providence. He was wounded in the head at Cold Harbor, and in the right foot at Petersburg. This latter injury, though apparently slight, seriously affected him for years after his muster out. March 1, 1863, he was detailed sergeant of the division headquarters guard, Gen. Samuel D. Sturges commanding, and did not return until May 10, 1864, when the regiment was at Annapolis, Md.
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