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Comar, Obediah S.

MILITARY SERVICE Age: 24, credited to Bennington, VT Unit(s): 4th VT INF, 14th VT INF Service: enl 8/23/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. A, 4th VT INF, dis/dsb 6/2/62; enl 8/27/62, m/i 10/21/62, Pvt, Co. A, 14th VT INF, m/o 7/30/63 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALS Birth: 05/1838, Bennington, VT Death: 08/12/1903 Burial: Lyons Cemetery, Lyons, NE Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Findagrave Memorial #: 139005190 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 6/15/1880, widow Martha J., 1/6/1904, NE 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 2nd Great Granduncle of Marian Wagner, East Ryegate, VT 2nd Great Granduncle of Brian Porterfield, Sioux City, IA 2nd Great Granduncle of Marian Wagner, East Ryegate, VT (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today)

BURIAL: Copyright notice Lyons Cemetery, Lyons, NE Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there.

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Biography

O. S. COMAR, general merchandise, is a native of Bennington County, Vt.; in 1864, came to Columbia County, Wis.; followed wagon making; in 1868, came to Everett Precinct; engaged at farming and wagon-making. March, 1877, he opened a grocery store, and gradually worked into a general stock. He enlisted, in 1861, in Company A, Second Vermont Infantry (sic); remained in the service till the fall of 1864.

(Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska, http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/andreas/burt/burt-p4.html#lyons