Lewis, Henry E.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 25, credited to Charleston, VT Unit(s): 4th VT INF, VRC Service: enl 8/31/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. D, 4th VT INF, tr to VRC n.d., m/o 10/10/64 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 02/29/1836, Charleston, VT Death: 10/24/1907 Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Allentown, PA Marker/Plot: Sec. F, Lot #1106 Gravestone photographer: Fred Otto Findagrave Memorial #: 21039020 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 11/6/1890, PA; widow Georgiana, 10/31/1907, PA Portrait?: Gibson Collection, Italo Collection 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: Member of E.B. Young Post #87 G.A.R DESCENDANTS Great Grandfather of Scott M. Lewis, Allentown, PA Great Grandfather of Deborah Brown, Elizabethtown, KY (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Greenwood Cemetery, Allentown, PA Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary for HENRY E. LEWIS (Aged 71) 25 Oct 1907, Fri The Allentown Leader (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
Webmaster's Note
Henry Lewis's brother Uriah was also a veteran (U.S. Navy), but was born in New Hampshire and died and buried in New York. His descendant Deborah Brown kindly gave us this timeline of Uriah's service:
1837, Feb 18 -- Born in Littleton, NH.
1854-1862 -- Served on the crew of the whaling ships "Elisha Dunbar" and "Coral".
1862, May 27 -- Age 28 at enlistment in US Navy for a term of 2 years as an ordinary seaman, born Littleton, N.H.; hazel eyes, dark hair, 5' 3" tall. Served on the USS Ohio.
1862, Jun 10 -- Transferred to the USS Planter.
1862, Sep 10 -- Transferred to the USS Vermont.
1862, Dec 2 -- Transferred to the USS Vandalia.
1862, Dec 29 -- Transferred to the USS Dandelion as Ordinary Seaman and Quartermaster.
1864, Jun 30 -- Transferred to the USS Savannah.
1864, Aug 6 -- Honorable discharge from Navy at Brooklyn Navy Yard, NY.
1907 -- Applied for pension as Navy Veteran.
1911, Dec 8 -- Died in Albany, NY.