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Keenan, John

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 31, credited to Alburgh, VT
Unit(s): 4th VT INF, 1st USSS
Service: enl 9/6/61, m/i 9/13/61, PVT, Co. F, 1st USSS, reen 1/2/64, tr to 2nd USSS, Co. E, 12/23/64, tr to 4th VT INF, Co. G, 2/25/65, pr CPL 6/20/65, m/o 7/13/65

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VITALS

Birth: 1830, Ireland
Death: 05/11/1906

Burial: Tabor Cemetery, Swanton, VT
Marker/Plot: Not recorded
Gravestone photographer: Tom Ledoux
Findagrave Memorial #: 47378831

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: Kaanan, John
Pension?: Yes, 6/3/1875 (Kaanan)
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 Granduncle of Jennifer Wilson Gaugler, Key West, FL

3rd Great Granduncle of Cynthia Wilson, Huntsville, AL

2nd Great Granduncle of Judith Shepard Wilson, Bradenton, FL

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BURIAL:

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Tombstone

Tabor Cemetery, Swanton, VT

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Obituary

John Keenan, a native of this town and a Civil War veteran, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Patnode, at North Hero, Friday, aged 76 years. Mr. Keenan was a member of Burton's sharpshooters. Besides Mrs. Patnode he leaves another daughter, Mrs. William Green of Weehawken, N.J. A son, Lee Keenan, was crushed to death under a load of saw logs at West Swanton a number of years ago. The interment was at West Swanton yesterday.

Source: Burlington Free Press, May 14, 1906
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.