Towsley, Leander M.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 22, credited to Shaftsbury, VT Unit(s): 2nd VT INF Service: enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. A, 2nd VT INF, dsrtd 8/28/62, rtnd 11/17/63, dsrtd 6/19/64 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1839, Bennington, VT Death: 03/1911 Burial: Grandview Cemetery, Shaftsbury, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 38493914 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Not Found 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 (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice   Grandview Cemetery, Shaftsbury, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
HAD DIED OF EXPOSURE.
Leander Towslee, Whose Body Was Found Near Bennington.
Bennington, June 27. - The body of the man found in a barn Sunday evening in Hinsdalesville was identified yesterday as that of Leander Towslee, a Civil war veteran, who disappeared from his home in this village March 2. The body was so badly decomposed that the clothing and a letter were the only means of identification. Death wsa undoubtedly due to exposure.
Source: Barre Times, June 27, 1911
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.