Clapp, Marshall N.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 19, credited to Bennington, VT Unit(s): 4th VT INF Service: enl 8/10/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. A, 4th VT INF, m/o 9/30/64 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1832, Northampton, MA Death: 07/10/1907 Burial: Village Cemetery, Bennington, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Tom Boudreau Findagrave Memorial #: 50507500 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 7/26/1890, NJ; widow Caroline S., 7/22/1907, NY 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) |
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Marshall N. Clapp
St. Albans Daily Messenger
July 13, 1907
Was of a Family of Railroad Men
Marshall N. Clapp, of Bennington, who died Wednesday night July 10, of Bright's disease, was 64 years old and had always followed railroading, first as an engineer on the old Troy & Boston and Western Vermont roads and later on the New Jersey Central, running the Royal Blue express trains for many years, and retiring from the road several years ago. His father was an engineer on the Bennington & Rutland railroad, and his brother, Charles, is an engineer of one of the Royal Blue expresses on the New Jersey Central. During the Civil War mr. Clapp was a member of Company A, 4th Vt. Vols., and at the time of his death he was commander of George A. Custer - Sixth Corps post of Bennington. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Caroline Wadsworth, of Bennington, and one son Marshall, of New York.
Contributed by Tom Boudreau.