Brooks, Joseph
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 18, credited to Colchester, VT Unit(s): 1st VT LARTY Service: enl 1/1/62, m/i 2/18/62, PVT, 1st VT LARTY BTRY, m/o 8/10/64 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 01/24/1845, Sainte-Marie, Canada East Death: 01/24/1928 Burial: Mount Calvary Cemetery, Burlington, VT Marker/Plot: 699 Gravestone photographer: Kathy Valloch Findagrave Memorial #: 17386061 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 4/16/1888, VT; widow Vina, 5/24/1928 Portrait?: Unknown College?: Not Found Veterans Home?: Not Found (If there are state digraphs above, this soldier spent some time in a state or national soldiers' home in that state after the war) Remarks: See John R. Fisher's site for additional details on this soldier DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Obituary
Joseph R. Brooks
Joseph Rousseau Brooks, 83 years old, died at 2:40 a.m. yesterday at his home at 75 ½ Spring street as the result of a shock. He is survived by his wife and two sons, Eugene of this city and Delthus of Panama; by four daughters, Mrs. James McGrath and Mrs. Clara Raymond of this city, Mrs. Fred Ladue of Springfield, Mass., and Mrs. Eva Crosby of Boston, Mass.; by one brother, Stephen of this city, and by one sister, Mrs. Mary LeClair of Winooski. He was a Civil War veteran, a private in the 1st Battalion, Vermont Light Artillery, and a member of the Union of Prayer at St. Joseph's Church.
The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock at St. Joseph's Church with interment in Mt. Calvary cemetery.
Source: Burlington Free Press, January 25, 1928
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.