Webster, Cornelius
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 18, credited to Northfield, VT Unit(s): 12th VT INF Service: enl 8/20/62, m/i 10/4/62, Pvt, Co. F, 12th VT INF, d/dis 5/30/63 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 10/19/1844, Roxbury, VT Death: 05/30/1863 Burial: Elmwood Cemetery, Northfield, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Kathy Valloch Findagrave Memorial #: 56817639 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, mother Arathusa B., 5/3/1887, 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: See Benedict's Army Life in Virginia WPA Graves Registration Card indicates that this is a cenotaph. DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice   Elmwood Cemetery, Northfield, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
There was a very largely attended funeral at the meeting house in Northfield Centre on Sunday last, the occasion being the burial of Cornelius Webster, son of Benoni and A. B. Webster, aged 19 years, who was at the time of his death a member of company F, 12th regiment. He died at camp, near Union Mills, Va., from typhoid fever. His remains were embalmed, and brought here. The services, which were peculiarly appropriate to the occasion, were performed by Rev. Mr. Sperburn, he seeming to be fully aware that his calling was to preach Christ instead of politics.
Source: Argus and Patriot, June 11, 1863
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.