Fuller, James Bishop
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 37, credited to Grafton, VT Unit(s): 16th VT INF Service: enl 9/15/62, m/i 10/23/62, Pvt, Co. K, 16th VT INF, m/o 8/10/63 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 10/20/1824, Andover, VT Death: 07/30/1904 Burial: Popple Dungeon Cemetery, Chester, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Russell Snow Findagrave Memorial #: 111901612 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 6/3/1869; widow Hannah A., 9/12/1904, 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 (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice   Popple Dungeon Cemetery, Chester, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Biography
John Bishop Fuller was born in Andover, Vt., 20 Oct., 1824, son of James Hall & Betsey (Ayers) Fuller. He m. Hannah Abigail Davis. He d. 30 July, 1904 (age 79 yrs, 9 mos., and 10 days). From his obit: endocarditis with rheumatism, at his home in west part of town. Civil War soldier. He enlisted in Co. "K", 16th Reg't Vt. Vols on 8 Sept., 1862. He was mustered into service on 21 Sept., 1862. He was discharged on 10 Aug., 1863. He was not in 1860 census of Andover, but was in Chester at that time working as a farm laborer for the Elijah Marshall family He purchased the old Amos Cook farm in Poplar Grove, Chester, by auction, and was living there in 1870.
Contributed by Linda M. Welch, Dartmouth College, Windsor County researcher.
Obituary
James Bishop Fuller, aged 79 years, died at his home in the west part of the town, Saturday, from pneumonia. Funeral services were held, Monday, with burial with G.A.R. Honors in the burying ground near his late home. Mr. Fuller was a veteran of the civil war, and a member of Henry Post, G.A.R. He is survived by his wife and a daughter, and by a brother whose home is in Charlestown, N.H.
Source: Vermont Journal, August 6, 1904
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.