Fisher, Alden J.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 21, credited to Bradford, VT Unit(s): 17th VT INF Service: enl 3/31/64, m/i 4/12/64, Pvt, Co. H, 17th VT INF, m/o 7/14/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 04/22/1846, Ripton, VT Death: 02/10/1919 Burial: Cushman Cemetery, Ripton, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Alan Lathrop Findagrave Memorial #: 40098081 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 5/24/1876 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) |
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Obituary
The friends of Alden J. Fisher were saddened to hear of his death which occurred at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Donald Stone at East Granville from the effects of a shock which he suffered on the 10th inst.
Mr. Fisher was 72 years old. He was born here and lived here except the last few years of his life which he spent in the Soldiers' Home. During the Rebellion he was a member of Co. H, 17th Vt. Volunteers; also a member of J. J. Hale Post, No. 66, G.A.R.
He is survived by a son Alden J. Fisher of New Haven, and a daughter, Mrs. Donald Stone of East Granville, and several grandchildren.
The body was brought here and the funeral was largely attended at the Methodist Church on Wednesday the 12th, the Rev. G. M. Moody pastor of the Methodist Church Middlebury, officiating. Burial was in the Cushman cemetery. The bearers were Ira Dow, W. C. Gee, C. B. Boynton, and H. E. Day. There was a profusion of flowers.
Source: Middlebury Register, February 28, 1919
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.