Tobin, John
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 25, credited to Waterbury, VT Unit(s): 5th VT INF Service: enl 8/29/64, m/i 8/29/64, Pvt, Co. D, 5th VT INF, m/o 6/19/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1838, County Clare, Ireland Death: 01/30/1922 Burial: St. Mary Cemetery, Richmond, VT Marker/Plot: S-7 Gravestone photographer: Kathy Valloch Findagrave Memorial #: 15544783 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 8/8/1890, 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: Died in Jericho. DESCENDANTS 2nd Great Grandfather of Gail Blake, White River Junction, VT (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  St. Mary Cemetery, Richmond, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
John Tobin, of the adjoining town of Jericho, well-known in this village, civil war veteran and at one time member of the G.A.R. Post here, and who was an octogenarian, died of pneumonia the first of the week and the funeral was observed at the Catholic Church this morning with interment in the old Catholic cemetery.
John Tobin died Monday, January 30. He was born in the County Clare, Ireland. He married Bridget Terry in Richmond in 1860. Hr enlisted in the 5th Vt. Volunteers in 1864. Mr. Tobin moved to Jericho in 1868, where his wife died in 1914. He is survived by three daughters, the Misses Ellen and Anna Tobin of Jericho, Mrs. James Berry of Jeffersonville, two sons, James Tobin and Edward Tobin of Jericho and one brother, Michael Tobin. The funeral was held Thursday morning in Richmond.
Source: Burlington Clipper, February 2, 1922
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.