Roby, Franklin C.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 18, credited to Brunswick, VT Unit(s): 1st VT CAV Service: enl 9/19/64, m/i 9/19/64, Pvt, Co. H, 1st VT CAV, m/o 6/21/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1848, Columbia, NH Death: 03/06/1936 Burial: Connecticut Cemetery, Brunswick, VT Marker/Plot: No_Marker 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, 11/21/1865 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: Graves registration card indicates burial in Brunswick, VT. Last noted living in Togus Veterans Home, ME, 5/24/1930; Died in Portland, ME DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Obituary
Franklin C. Roby, 87, who served in the First Vermont Cavalry in the Civil war, died in Portland, Me., Friday. He was a native of Columbia, N.H. Until recent years he had spent his summers at his farm home in Bloomfield. He was believed to be the last surviving member of the G.A.R. Post there. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. William Bailey of Hiram and a sister, Mrs. Harvey Bunker of North Stratford, N. H.
Source: St. Albans Daily Messenger, March 7, 1936
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.