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Clark, John

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 23, credited to Huntington, VT
Unit(s): 9th VT INF, 1st MI SS
Service: enl 6/19/62, m/i 7/9/62, CPL, Co. F, 9th VT INF, dsrtd 10/5/62; Co. D, 1st MI SS

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VITALS

Birth: 04/27/1836, Canada
Death: 02/20/1906

Burial: Maple Cemetery, Lincoln, VT
Marker/Plot: Not recorded
Gravestone photographer: Alan Lathrop
Findagrave Memorial #: 39681142

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 11/6/1875; widow Augusta S., 3/22/1906, 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

Webmaster's Note: If this soldier enlisted before 9/1/62, and was with the regiment on 9/13/62, he would have briefly been taken prisoner along with the entire regiment at Harper's Ferry. Read the unit's Organization and Service for details.


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Maple Cemetery, Lincoln, VT

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Obituary

LINCOLN

John Clark, whose death occurred Monday, was born in Canada 70 years go. He passed his early life in Starksboro and Huntington. He married Augusta Bagley in 1872 since which time he had lived here. He is survived by a wife, three sons, Fred of Bristol, Edward and Victor, and two daughters, Mae and Louisa of this place, one brother, David, of this town, two sisters, Ms. Dearborn of Huntington and Mrs. Tart of Bristol. The funeral was held at the Union Church Thursday. A. C. Merrill had charge of the arrangements and the Rev. M. W. Hale conducted the services. The bearers were A. M. and W. H. Sargent, Edgar Varney and E. H. James. Those present from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Bagley, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Bagley, Mrs. Parker Jones and daughter of Huntington, Mrs. Tart and sons of Bristol. The interment was in Maple cemetery.

Source: Burlington Free Pressm February 24, 1906.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.