Perry, William A.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 35, credited to Hubbardton, VT Unit(s): 14th VT INF Service: enl 9/3/62, m/i 10/21/62, Pvt, Co. F, 14th VT INF, m/o 7/30/63 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: abt 1827, Middlebury, VT Death: 09/26/1877 Burial: Hillside Cemetery, Castleton, VT Marker/Plot: No_Marker; Section 1 Gravestone researcher/photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 4/23/1877, not approved; widow Amanda J., 7/31/1890, VT 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: Believed to be buried here, but no documentation at this time. Commited suicide; Wife, Amanda J, buried in Section 1 with grave marker. DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice   Hillside Cemetery, Castleton, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
William Perry, the Hydeville incendiary and suicide, was about 57 years old and leaves a wife and six children (three daughters and three sons), all of them grown to adult age. Of the wife, the neighbors speak most highly, and her husband’s old army comrades say a better soldier than he never messed with a comrade. Lately trouble has crept in, destroying their domestic peace, and it is said that Perry had, within a very days, accepted an offer of $200, to go away and never trouble the family again, the money to be paid him this week. The house, barn and corn crib, were the property of Mrs. Perry, and were uninsured.
Source: Manchester Journal, October 18, 1877.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.