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Cobb, James Wesley

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 18, credited to Lincoln, VT
Unit(s): 17th VT INF
Service: enl 2/23/64, m/i 4/12/64, Pvt, Co. H, 17th VT INF, m/o 7/14/65

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VITALS

Birth: abt 1846, Starksboro, VT
Death: 10/08/1925

Burial: Maple Cemetery, Lincoln, VT
Marker/Plot: Not recorded
Gravestone photographer: Alan Lathrop
Findagrave Memorial #: 40249628

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 1/16/1873
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

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BURIAL:

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Tombstone

Maple Cemetery, Lincoln, VT

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Obituary

LINCOLN

Wesley J. Cobb was found dead in his bed Thursday morning at the home of his son, John Cobb where he had been making his home recently. Mr. Cobb was seventy-eight of age, and a veteran of the Civil war. He head been in poor health for a long time suffering from heart trouble. Funeral services were held at the house Sunday at 1 o'clock.

Source: Vergennes Enterprise and Vermonter, October 15, 1925.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.