Smith, Lorison
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 20, credited to Brandon, VT Unit(s): 12th VT INF Service: enl 8/14/62, m/i 10/4/62, Pvt, Co. G, 12th VT INF, m/o 7/14/63 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 09/29/1841, Pittsford, VT Death: 01/12/1900 Burial: Pine Hill Cemetery, Brandon, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Jennifer Snoots Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 12/15/1879 Portrait?: Co. G, 12th VVI Reunion 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: See Benedict's Army Life in Virginia DESCENDANTS 3rd Great Grandfather of Sue Ann Huntley Nagy, Rutland, VT (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Pine Hill Cemetery, Brandon, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Lorison Smith
St. Albans Daily Messenger
Oct. 1, 1888
Death of an Old Veteran
Larius Smith, who died on Thursday home, night at Brattleboro, at the age of 92, was credited with being the oldest soldier of the civil war. He enlisted in Company I of the 12th Vermont Volunteers, which went from Bellows Falls in 1863. He was then 67 and a man of remarkably strong physique. He would at the time of his death easily have passed for a man of 60. He was twice married and left two sons, one of whom is Henry H. Smith, clerk of the Rutland county court. He was also a member of Stoughton Grand Army Post and was buried with military honors on Saturday.
Contributed by Tom Boudreau.