Kenfield, Benjamin
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 41, credited to Fairfax, VT Unit(s): 11th VT INF, VRC Service: enl 8/6/62, m/i 9/1/62, PVT, Co. K, 11th VT INF, tr to VRC 11/20/63, m/o 5/3/64 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 10/02/1820, Stowe, VT Death: 10/07/1905 Burial: Sanderson Corners Cemetery, Fairfax, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Kathy Valloch Findagrave Memorial #: 24078249 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 3/17/1865 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: Webmaster's Note: The 11th Vermont Infantry was also known as the 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery; the names were used interchangably for most of its career DESCENDANTS 2nd Great Grandfather of Dexter Kenfield, Tucson, AZ (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Sanderson Corners Cemetery, Fairfax, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Disability Discharge
Benjamin Kenfield, aged 86 years, died at his home in Fairfax Saturday. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Mr. Kenfield was born in Sterling, October 2, 1819, son of George and Lucinda (Dyke) Kenfield. He came to Fairfax in 1843, and opened an iron foundry and blacksmith shop in what is knwn as Shepardson's hollow. June 13, 1847, he married Aurilla Shepardson, who died March 24, 1905. To them were born six children, three of whom are now living, George R Kenfield, who lives in Fairfax, Abby A. Kenfield, who has always lived at home and who cared for her father and mother in their declining years, and Lou Kenfield, wife of C. B. Green, of Richmond. Mr. Kenfield served in the late war in Co. K, 11th Vt. Regt.
Source: Barre Daily Times, October 11, 1905
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.