BENJAMIN FRANKLIN EVEREST – 1st ENGINEERS and 3rd U. S. ARTILLERYIN THE REGULAR ARMY AND THE VOLUNTEERS - Benjamin Franklin Everest was born in Peru in 1837, the son of Judge Josiah Everest and his wife, Sarah Sibley. In February 1861, he joined the 3rd U. S. Artillery and served for three years. When he was discharged at Appomattox Station in February 1864, he came home to Clinton County and enlisted in the 1st Engineers on September 10th.His Company I was in South Carolina when he joined them. Serving with the Department of the South. The 1st Engineers were with a failed Union Army expedition under Brig. Gen. John P. Hatch that attempted to cut off the Charleston and Savannah Railroad in support of Sherman's projected arrival in Savannah.In 1865, the regiment joined Sherman’s March to the Sea supporting the troops at Honey Hill and Devaux’s Neck. Franklin was mustered out on July 3, 1865, at Hilton Head, SC.Franklin married Frances Barnes in 1865, and they lived in Schuyler Falls until 1900 when he gave up the grocery business and moved to Wilmington, NY. He died there in 1902. Frances died in 1935 after receiving her Widows Pension for 33 years.
