Lemwin, Peter
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 18, credited to Plainfield, VT Unit(s): 1st VT LARTY Service: enl 2/3/62, m/i 2/18/62, PVT, 1st VT LARTY BTRY, m/o 8/10/64 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1846, Plainfield, VT Death: 04/03/1867 Burial: St. Augustine Cemetery, Montpelier, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Kathy Valloch Findagrave Memorial #: 127117510 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Not found 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  St. Augustine Cemetery, Montpelier, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT. - On Wednesday of last week while the Democrats of Montpelier were firing a cannon to celebrate the Democratic victory in Connecticut a premature discharge of the gun terribly mangled Peter Lemwin, and seriously injured James Jangreau, two Frenchmen who were driving home the cartridge. Peter Lemwin died the same night. He was a steady, industrious young Frenchman, who had served honorably in the army. He was a member of the fire department, and his funeral which occurred on Friday at the Catholic Church, was attended by Engine Companies Number three and Five, the third section of the First Battery, the Montpelier Brass band, and a large concourse of citizens.
Source: Burlington Weekly Sentinel, April 12, 1867.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.