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Harker, John
MILITARY SERVICE
Age: 36, credited to St. Albans, VT
Unit(s): 17th VT INF
Service: enl 8/31/64, m/i 8/31/64, Pvt, Co. K, 17th VT INF, enl 1 yr., wdd, Petersburg, 4/2/65, m/o 8/11/65 (death cert. indicates he was 'black'; only known African American to successfully serve as a combatant in a Vermont regiment)
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VITALS
Birth: 1820, Franklin, VT
Death: 03/28/1910
Burial: Sanderson Corners Cemetery, Fairfax, VT
Marker/Plot: 349
Gravestone researcher/photographer: Kathy Valloch
Findagrave Memorial #: 24336827
MORE INFORMATION
Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 10/12/1865
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
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BURIAL:
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Sanderson Corners Cemetery, Fairfax, VT
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