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Crossett, Willis H.

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 18, credited to Waterbury, VT
Unit(s): 10th VT INF
Service: enl 12/8/63, m/i 12/31/63, Pvt, Co. B, 10th VT INF, wdd, Winchester, 9/19/64, m/o 6/29/65

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VITALS

Birth: 1842, Waterbury, VT
Death: 11/21/1892

Burial: Holy Cross Cemetery, Duxbury, VT
Marker/Plot: 20
Gravestone photographer: Kathy Valloch
Findagrave Memorial #: 54481390

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 1/30/1885; widow Mary A., 12/30/1892, 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: 10th Vt. History off-site

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BURIAL:

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Holy Cross Cemetery, Duxbury, VT

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Obituary

Willis Crossett, aged 40 years, died from heart disease. He was a member of the G. A. R., and leaves a widow.

Source: Burlington Free Press, November 25, 1892.

The funeral of Willis H. Crossett was held at the Catholic church, last week Tuesday, under charge of the parish priest, Father Brelivet of Barre. An old friend of Mr. Crossett conducted the singing. Several of the members of the Grand Army were present.

Source: Vermont Watchman and State Journal, November 30, 1892.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.