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Rogers, William W.

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 24, credited to Georgia, VT
Unit(s): 1st VT CAV
Service: enl 11/4/61, m/i 11/19/61, PVT, Co. B, 1st VT CAV, reen 12/29/63, pr Co. CSSGT, tr to Co. E 6/21/65, m/o 8/9/65

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VITALS

Birth: 07/23/1837, Georgia, VT
Death: 10/27/1910

Burial: Hope Cemetery, Georgia, VT
Marker/Plot: B95
Gravestone photographer: Kathy Valloch
Findagrave Memorial #: 35325853

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 9/27/1878; widow Charlotte A., 11/21/1910
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

2nd Great Grandfather of Joe Collea, Jr.,

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BURIAL:

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Tombstone

Tombstone

Hope Cemetery, Georgia, VT

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Obituary

Killed by Fall in Barn

William Rogers, who was killed by a fall in his barn in Troy October 27, was born in Georgia and was 73 years old. He belonged to Company B, 1st Vt. Cav., in the Civil War. Mr. Rogers had resided in Troy 41 years. He is survived by his wife, four sons, and a daughter.

Source: St. Albans Daily Messenger, November 10, 1910
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.