Collison, James R.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 20, credited to Barton, VT Unit(s): 15th VT INF Service: enl 9/3/62, m/i 10/22/62, Pvt, Co. I, 15th VT INF, m/o 8/5/63 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 12/16/1841, Bury, Canada East Death: 09/13/1914 Burial: Welcome O. Brown Cemetery, Barton, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 77523828 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Not Found 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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Obituary
James R. Collison
James R. Collison died at his home on Elm street Sunday night at about eight o'clock. He had been confined to the house for several months, and had not been able to do any work for over a year. His immediate death, however, was caused by a shock of paralysis superinduced by a heart trouble, from which he had been a sufferer for several years. Mr. Collison was the son of Thomas Collison and Mary Middlebury Collison, and was born in Bury, Canada, on Dec. 16, 1841. At an early age, Mr. Collison came to the states to live and on Mar. 25, 1871 he married Lucy P. Wild at Lawrence, Mass., who survives him. Mr. Collison is survived by five brothers, William, David and Erastus Collison all of Barton and John and Silas Collison of Lyndon. He was a member of the Masonic lodge here, being transferred from his member ship in a lodge in Massachusetts. He was also a member of Quimby Post, G.A.R., and had been prominent in all local gatherings of that body. His enlistment was in Company I, 15th Vermont, where he served his nine months' term. He was a man of sterling character and highly respected by all. The funeral services were held at his residence on Elm street at 2 p.m. Wednesday, the Rev. W. A. Wilmer officiating. At the grave a Masonic ritual was conducted and the body was accompanied by the members of Quimby Post, G.A.R., as a guard of honor.
Source: Orleans County Monitor, September 16, 1914
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.