Farr, Charles Russell
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 22, credited to Brattleboro, VT Unit(s): 1st VT CAV Service: enl 9/27/61, m/i 11/19/61, CPL, Co. F, 1st VT CAV, m/o 11/18/64 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: abt 1839, Chesterfield, NH Death: 01/30/1917 Burial: Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, MA Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 84329408 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 9/20/1886 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   Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, MA Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Charles R. Farr
Springfield Republican, January 31, 1917
Charles Russell ar, 77, died in his home in Munroe street at 5.15 o'clock yesterday afaternoon after a short illness. Mr. Farr enlisted in the 1st Vermont cavalry and became corporal, having been in 46 engagements. For 25 years he was head janitor in the Northampton schools, and was a member of Nonotuck lodge, Odd Fellows. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Watkins, a grandson, Russell Watkins, a brother, George D. Farr, and a sister, Mrs. Eleanor Davis, both of Chesterfield, N.H. The funeral will be held in his home to-morrow afternoon, the Grand Army, of which he was a member, attending in a body.