GEORGE WILLIAM McINTYRE -- 81st INFANTRYRECEIVE \$100 TOWN BOUNTY - George William McIntyre was born in 1846,the son of Charles McIntyre and Sylvina Vaughan who were farming inBelmont on the west side of Chateaugay Lake.On his mother's side, he had ancestors in the Revolution and the War of1812. When his time came to fight, he tried to enlist in New Hampshirein 1864, but was sent home. George enlisted in the 81st Infantry as asubstitute for 38-year-old Loyd R. Hinds of Ellenburg the next year andfor his efforts, received a town bounty of \$100. George and a dozenother men were mustered into the regiment on April 5, 1865 -- three daysafter the Fall of Richmond - and were sent to the Army of the Jameswhile they were in the field near that city. He stayed in Virginia untilthe end of August when he was mustered out at Fort Monroe, VA after 4months and 25 days.George married Caroline Sinclair in 1872, and they had two daughters. Hesupported the family by farming in the Plattsburgh area. He died in 1916at 70 years old and was buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Plattsburgh.Caroline received he Widows Pension until 1949 and was buried besidehim. One of their daughters, Edith, lived until 1966.Loyd Hinds from Ellenburg, for whom George had substituted, died onDecember 1, 1871, when he was 45 years old.
