James M Hazzard (abt. 1831 - 1890)

Born about 29 Nov 1831 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, United States

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Died 19 Jul 1890 at about age 58 in Grantham, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

James Hazzard is a part of US Black heritage.

James M. Hazzard (also Hazard) was born about 1831 in Hartland^[1] or Woodstock^[2], Vermont. He was the son of Thomas Hazard and Lindy Lewis,

He was the husband^[1] of Sarah Talbot.

Before the war, the Hazard family lived next door to the Mero family, including Andrew H. Mero of Company B.

He stood about 5 foot 3 inches (1.6m) tall with a black complexion, black eyes and black hair when he enlisted with the military in 1863.^[2]

During the Civil War, he served as a Private in Company G of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army, the second^[3] regiment in the United States made up entirely of enlisted men of color. He was about 30 years old when he enlisted from Woodstock, Vermont on 29 December 1863. Mustered out 20 August 1865 in Woodstock, Vermont.^[4] His brother, Austin, served in Company B.

James struggled with deafness as a result of his military service.

He passed away in 1890 and is buried at the River Street Cemetery in Woodstock, Vermont.^[5]

Research Notes

• Son John Hazard (abt.1872-) was probably the son of James's niece Lucy A. Hazard (1851-). ^[6]
• James's wife died in 1871. James's niece died in 1878.

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} daughter Clara's death record
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} regimental descriptive
3. ↑ and the first with federal recognition; the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry regiment was against the wishes of the Secretary of War and filled only six companies, but did see action a full year before the 54th
4. ↑ Emilio, McKay Roster p. 370
5. ↑ Find a Grave memorial
6. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF3C-H7Q : 19 February 2021), Lucy A. Hazzard in entry for Hazzard, 1870.

• 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census"
  The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont; Roll: M653_1329; Page: 454; Family History Library Film: 805329
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #35877308
  James Hazard (27), Day Laborer, in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont. Born in Vermont.
• 1870 United States Federal Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont; Roll: M593_1629; Page: 680A; Family History Library Film: 553128
• 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1880; Census Place: Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont; Roll: 1350; Page: 380c; Enumeration District: 269
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #16821615
  James Hazzard (50), widowed, Laborer, head of household in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, USA. Born in Vermont.Enumeration District: 269
• 1890 Veterans Schedules for Woodstock, Windsor County, Vermont
• Emilio, Luis Fenollosa. History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865, Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Book Co., 1891 (1st ed.) and 1894 (2nd ed.)
• Fold3.com. "Records of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (Colored), 1863-1865." National Archives Catalog #577134. "Regimental and Company Books of Civil War Volunteer Union Organizations, compiled 1861 - 1865." Free Access Civil War Records 1-15 April 2018.

See also;

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD9H-YNM : 22 December 2020), James Hazzard in household of Horace Green, North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQV-8L8K : 3 March 2021), James Hazzard, 19 Jul 1890; citing Death, Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, United States, various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont; FHL microfilm 005486408.