Knight, Orris Pierre
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 20, credited to North Hero, VT Unit(s): 1st VT CAV Service: enl 9/18/61, m/i 11/19/61, CPL, Co. B, 1st VT CAV, pow 5/8/62, prld 9/21/62, m/o 10/7/62 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 03/02/1841, North Hero, VT Death: 01/09/1915 Burial: South End Cemetery, North Hero, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Kathy Valloch Findagrave Memorial #: 14387559 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 6/7/18808; widow Sarah A., 2/8/1915, 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: Son of Augustus Knight DESCENDANTS 3rd Great Granduncle of William Knight, Dahlonega, GA 3rd Great Granduncle of Leatitia Exner, Fridley, MN (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  South End Cemetery, North Hero, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
Orris C. Knight, a Civil war veteran and postmaster at North Hero, died Saturday of heart disease, from which he had suffered for four years. Mr. Knight would have been 74 years old March 2.
Source: Barre Times, Jan. 12, 1915
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.
Misinformation
Our Army Correspondence.
Annapolis, Sept. 15, 1862.The following is a list of the 1st Vermont Cavalry prisoners who died at Lynchburg:
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Orris P. Knights, Corporal Co. B, left at Lynchburg sick, died afterwards....
We have been starved, and lived without soap, lowsy, ragged and shoeless. On the whole, we are glad to reach our lines again, even in our sad plight. From behind the curtain, more anon. Sergt.
Source: Burlington Daily Times, 27 Sep 1862
Courtesy of Deanna French