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Gove, William R.

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 25, credited to Marshfield, VT
Unit(s): 1st VT CAV
Service: enl 8/15/62, m/i 9/26/62, PVT, Co. C, 1st VT CAV, pr CPL 1/1/64, pr CSSGT 6/8/64, pr SGTMAJ 2/1/65, m/o 6/21/65

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VITALS

Birth: 08/08/1839, Marshfield, VT
Death: 07/10/1908

Burial: Eaton Cemetery, Marshfield, VT
Marker/Plot: Not recorded
Gravestone photographer: Denis & Karen Jaquish
Findagrave Memorial #: 68304991

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 4/23/1888, 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

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BURIAL:

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Eaton Cemetery, Marshfield, VT

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Obituary

WILLIAM GOVE DEAD
Well Known Resident of Plainfield Passes Away.

Plainfield, July 11. - William Gove, a man well known in the town and resident of Marshfield living about two miles from the local post office, died at 5 o'clock Friday afternoon. He has been suffering for about three years with heart disease. Mr. Gove has always been a farmer and lived with his sister and a brother. He was a Mason and has been president of the Plainfield Creamers association. He has always been prominent in town affairs. He is survived by three brothers, Nathaniel, John and George and on sister. Mr Gove was never married. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon.

Source: Montpelier Evening Argus, July 11, 1908.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.