Smith, Henry J.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 27, credited to Enosburgh, VT Unit(s): 1st VT CAV, VRC Service: enl 9/6/62, m/i, Pvt, Co. A, 1st VT CAV, 9/26/62, pow, Hagerstown, 7/6/63, prld 11/17/63, tr to VRC 1/15/64, m/o 7/17/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1836, Unknown Death: 01/01/1898 Burial: Veterans Home Cemetery, Bennington, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded 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, 4/26/1880; widow Carrie C., 2/2/1898, VT Portrait?: USAHEC off-site College?: Not Found Veterans Home?: VT (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: Died at Bennington Soldiers' Home DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Obituary
Henry J. Smith died at the Soldiers' Home last Saturday. This is the 82nd death in that institution. The deceased was a member of Co, A, 1st Vt. Cav., and 62 years of age.
Source: Vermont Tribune, January 7, 1898
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.