Brooks, William Alonzo
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 23, credited to Newfane, VT Unit(s): 16th VT INF Service: enl 9/20/62, m/i 10/23/62, Pvt, Co. I, 16th VT INF, m/o 8/10/63 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 03/20/1839, Townshend, VT Death: 11/16/1929 Burial: South Newfane-Branch Road Cemetery, Newfane, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Tom Ledoux Findagrave Memorial #: 49156339 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 12/15/1890, VT 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: None DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  South Newfane-Branch Road Cemetery, Newfane, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
William A. Brooks
The Vermont Journal, November 22, 1929
William A. Brooks, 90, Civil war veteran and formerly well-known grocer of South Newfane, died Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the home of W. R. Trevorrow in Williamsville, where he had been cared for by Mrs. Trevorrow since coming from Bellows Falls Oct. 29.
Mr. Brooks had lived in that locality most of his life. He married for his second wife in South Newfane, Oct. 16. 1900, Miss Serepta Antoinette Moore who died in Williamsville Oct. 25, 1928.
Mr. Brooks leaves two children, Mrs. Jessie Davenport of Greenfield, Mass., and Ray L. Brooks of Bellows Falls; also four grandchildren, Guy Lamson of Springfield, Mass., and Dorothy, Earl, and Barbara Brooks of Greenfield, Mass.
Courtesy of Cathy Hoyt.