Ferris, Carlos
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 31, credited to Middlebury, VT Unit(s): 5th VT INF, VRC Service: enl 8/24/61, m/i 9/16/61, Pvt, Co. B, 5th VT INF, dsrtd 6/14/62, rtnd n.d., tr to VRC 9/1/63, m/o 9/16/64 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1829, Middlebury, VT Death: 05/23/1912 Burial: Foote Street Cemetery, Middlebury, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Alan Lathrop Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 3/13/1865 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 (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Foote Street Cemetery, Middlebury, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
LINCOLN---Carlos Ferris died Thursday at his son-in-laws, Nelson Cram, on West Hill, in the 83rd year of his age. He was born in Athens on October 1, 1829. His people moved to Ripton when he was 12 years old.
He married Sarah Elmira Stewert of Middlebury, and to them were born seven children, of whom three are still living; Mrs. Nelson Cram of this town, Horace Ferris of New Haven, and Henry Ferris of Burlington. His first wife died Jan. 21, 1885. In 1892 he married the widow of Ebenezer Hatch, who died 15 years ago.
Prayers were held at the house, and the funeral at the Methodist-Episcopal Church at 10: 30 Sunday, and the remains were taken to the Foote Cemetery in Middlebury for burial.
Source: Burlington Weekly Free Press, May 30, 1912
Courtesy of Deanna French