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Decker, William A.

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 18, credited to Alburgh, VT
Unit(s): 8th VT INF
Service: enl 12/2/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. F, 8th VT INF, reen 1/5/64, m/o 6/28/65

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VITALS

Birth: 1845, Sheldon, VT
Death: 1924

Burial: Hope Cemetery, Georgia, VT
Marker/Plot: Not recorded
Gravestone photographer: Kathy Valloch
Findagrave Memorial #: 33362482

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 6/30/1880
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

Great Grandfather of William Barry English, Alexandria, VA

2nd Great Grandfather of Nathan Decker, Flowery Branch, GA

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BURIAL:

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Tombstone

Hope Cemetery, Georgia, VT

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Obituary

EAST GEORGIA

EAST GEORGIA, July 22. - The funeral of William Decker was held at the home of Burt French. Rev. E. I. Nye officiated and burial was at East Plain beside his wife who died six years ago. He leaves three sons and several grandchildren.

Source: Burlington Daily News, July 22, 1924
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.