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Winchester, Charles R.

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 22, credited to Orwell, VT
Unit(s): 14th VT INF
Service: enl 8/29/62, m/i 10/21/62, Pvt, Co. D, 14th VT INF, m/o 7/30/63

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VITALS

Birth: 12/15/1839, Orwell, VT
Death: 02/11/1915

Burial: Fairview Cemetery, Benson, VT
Marker/Plot: Not recorded
Gravestone photographer: Susan Brown
Findagrave Memorial #: 95725076

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 9/9/1890, 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: None

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Fairview Cemetery, Benson, VT

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Obituary

BENSON.

C.R. Winchester, a life-long resident of Benson, died February 10 while on a visit to his niece at Port Henry, N.Y. He was a veteran of the Civil War and was 75 years old. His remains were brought here Thursday and taken to his home, where his funeral was held Friday. The deceased served in Company D, 14th Vermont regiment.

Source: Burlington Free Press, Feb. 18, 1915
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.