Shorey, Joseph
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 37, credited to Plainfield, VT Unit(s): 2nd VT INF, VRC Service: enl 8/12/62, m/i 9/22/62, Pvt, Co. F, 2nd VT INF, wdd, Wilderness, 5/10/64, tr to VRC 11/27/64, m/o 7/3/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 09/26/1824, Canada Death: 05/25/1891 Burial: St. Augustine Cemetery, Montpelier, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Kathy Valloch Findagrave Memorial #: 187872687 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 9/25/1865; widow Mary E., 6/4/1891, 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 Grandfather of Virginia Woodcock Murphy, Ypsilanti, MI Great Grandfather of Carlton A. Woodcock, Deltona, FL Great Grandfather of Willia Royal Harvey, Winter Park, FL 2nd Great Grandfather of Richard F. Jeffords Jr., Colorado Springs, CO (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  St. Augustine Cemetery, Montpelier, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Background
Joseph Shorey and his wife, Mary King, were immigrants from the Three Rivers region of Quebec. "Shorey" was originally "Charest." Joseph had a son Alfred (Fred) Shorey of Plainfield, VT. Alfred's daughter, Mary Edith Shorey, married Robert L. Harvey of Woodbury. They had 11 children, one of whom is William Royal Harvey, Ph.D., born at Marshfield in 1927. In Census records, "Shorey" is sometimes misspelled as "Shore."
Submitted by William R. Harvey.
Obituary
Joseph Shorey, a veteran of the late war, died at his home in this village at an early hour Monday morning of last week, aged sixty-six years. The funeral services were held last Wednesday at the Catholic church in Montpelier. W. E. Martin post G. A. R., of which the deceased was a member, was well represented at the funeral and the officers and members performed the solemn yet beautiful rites of their ritual at the grave. The bereaved family circle have the sympathy of the community.
Source: Vermont Watchman and State Journal, June 3, 1891.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.