Thayer, Simeon
soldier, journalist,. was born April 30, 1737, in Mendon, Mass..
In 1775 he was appointed captain by the Rhode Island assembly, and accompanied Benedict Arnold's expedition against Quebec. He was promoted major in 1777, and served with great credit in the defense of Red Bank and at Fort Mifflin, receiving for the latter a sword from the Rhode Island assembly in July. His Journal of the Invasion of Canada in 1775 has been edited by Edwin M. Stone. He died Oct.. 14, 1800, in Cumberland, Pa.