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Woodward, John A.

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 21, credited to Orange, VT
Unit(s): 6th VT INF
Service: drafted - enl 8/14/63, m/i 8/14/63, PVT, Co. F, 6th VT INF, tr to Co. A, 10/16/64, pr CPL 6/19/65, m/o 6/26/65

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VITALS

Birth: 01/24/1842, Peacham, VT
Death: 12/03/1923

Burial: Greenmount Cemetery, Burlington, VT
Marker/Plot: E-85
Gravestone photographer: Heidi McColgan
Findagrave Memorial #: 176841362

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 1/10/1891, 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 Waterbury, VT.

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Greenmount Cemetery, Burlington, VT

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Obituary

John Albert Woodward

John Albert Woodward died at the home of his nephew, George Woodward, in Colbyville Monday night. He was born in Peacham, January 24, 1842, the son of John and Rhoda Woodward, and lived in that town for the greater part of his life. He was a veteran of the Civil War, a member of 6th Vermont Infantry, and saw service during two years. He was a member of the R. S. Sheldon Post, G. A. R., of Essex Junction. For ten years he resided in Burlington at 254 Colchester avenue, going last February to live with his nephew. He is survived by is wife, two daughters, Ethel of Burlington and Julia of Cloverdale. The funeral services are to be held at the home of his nephew at Colbyville, at ten o'clock Thursday morning. A military funeral, with burial in Green Mount cemetery in this city at two o'clock will take place the same afternoon.

Source: Burlington Daily News, December 5, 1923.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.