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Sharpley, John Theodore

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 18, credited to Colchester, VT
Unit(s): 2nd VT INF
Service: enl 1/13/65, m/i 1/13/65, Pvt, Co. G, 2nd VT INF, m/o 7/15/65

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VITALS

Birth: 07/13/1844, Barre, VT
Death: 08/05/1916

Burial: Greenmount Cemetery, Burlington, VT
Marker/Plot: 11
Gravestone photographer: Kathy Valloch
Findagrave Memorial #: 71386779

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 2/27/1891, 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: None

DESCENDANTS

Great Granduncle of Marie Louise Landry, Guilford, CT

Great Granduncle of David Landry, Belmont, MA

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BURIAL:

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Tombstone

Greenmount Cemetery, Burlington, VT

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Obituary

John Theodore Sharpley, who died suddenly at the home of his daughter in Old Bridge, NJ, was a son of the late Capt. David L. and Sophia Sharpley, and was born in Barre, July 13, 1844. His whole life was passed in Burlington and surrounding towns, his late home being Essex Junction. While in Burlington he was employed in the J. R. Booth mill. He was a veteran of the Civil War, a member of Company G, 2nd Vt. The body was brought to Essex Junction where the funeral took place. The burial was in Burlington.

Source: St. Albans Messenger, Thurs. Aug. 10. 1916
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.