Ellis, Oliver
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 44, credited to Chester, VT Unit(s): 16th VT INF Service: enl 9/1/62, m/i 10/23/62, Pvt, Co. E, 16th VT INF, m/o 8/10/63 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 01/11/1819, Dedham, MA Death: 01/12/1896 Burial: Rural Cemetery, Walpole, MA Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 136287740 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 10/19/1889, VT; widow Hattie J., 2/4/1896, 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 DESCENDANTS 3rd Great Grandfather of Sandy Ensor, Littleton, CO (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice   Rural Cemetery, Walpole, MA Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Oliver Ellis
Ellis, Oliver - born Dedham, Mass., 11 Jan., 1819, son of James and Hannah (Colburn) Ellis.. He married 1st, Ruth Barker.. He m. 2nd, Hattie Jane Robbins. He died at his home near the Depot in Chester, Vt., of kindey trouble, 12 Jan., 1896 (age 77 years,11 months, 29 days). He was a soldier of the Civil War, Col. "E", 16th Reg't. Vt. Vols. NEWS: 20 Jan., 1893: "Jan 11th being 75th anniv. of Oliver Ellis, he celebrated it by inviting the Odd Fellows to his house in the eve., where a fine meal was served. 15 of them, accompanied by wives, attended, taking w/them a handsome easy chair as a token of the esteem in which he was held. The presentation speech by Hon Hugh Henry was made in his usual appropriate and happy manner."
Source: The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, Vermont. Contributed by Linda M. Welch, Windsor County researcher.