Tewksbury, Nelson B.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 20, credited to Newbury, VT Unit(s): 12th VT INF Service: enl 8/15/62, m/i 10/4/62, Pvt, Co. H, 12th VT INF, m/o 7/14/63 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 04/04/1842, Newbury, VT Death: 06/06/1906 Burial: Town House Cemetery, Newbury, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Carolyn Adams Findagrave Memorial #: 80146861 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 9/23/1879 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: See Benedict's Army Life in Virginia DESCENDANTS Granduncle of Arthur E. Knapp Sr., Turners Falls, MA (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Town House Cemetery, Newbury, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Nelson B. Tewksbury
St. Johnsbury Caledonian-Record, June 13, 1906
Nelson B. Tewksbury, postmaster and the only merchant of Newbury Center, died on Wednesday as the result of an overdose of laudanum. He was a veteran of the Civil War and was about 63 years of age. He was a native of Newbury and commenced trade in the Center about 1868. He had been postmaster ever since. In politics he was a Democrat. Some five years ago he received $15,000 from the estate of a sister who died in Waterloo, P.Q.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.