Getchell, John Wesley
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 26, credited to Montpelier, VT Unit(s): 8th VT INF Service: enl 12/10/61, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. E, 8th VT INF, pow 9/4/62, prld 11/13/62, reen 1/5/64, m/o 6/28/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 04/22/1834, Weare, NH Death: 05/18/1924 Burial: Middlesex Center Cemetery, Middlesex, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Monica White Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 6/30/1873 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 Richard A. Peck, Fryeburg, ME 3rd Great Grandfather of Clayton G. Collins, Marion, VA (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Middlesex Center Cemetery, Middlesex, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
John W. Getchell
St. Albans Daily Messenger
May 20, 1924
John W. Getchell, 91, Plainfield's oldest man and a Civil War veteran, died Sunday night at 11:35, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Brown, in Plainfield. Mr. Getchell became 90 years old April 22. He had been confined to the bed for six weeks. He is survived by one brother, Gorham Getchell, of St. Johnsbury, nine children, 51 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
Contributed by Tom Boudreau.
8th Vermont Infantry Regimental History