Lambert, John C.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 25, credited to Mendon, VT Unit(s): 5th VT INF Service: enl 8/23/61, m/i 9/16/61, CPL, Co. G, 5th VT INF, reen 2/20/64, red, pr CPL 4/24/64, m/o 6/29/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 12/20/1841, Manchester, VT Death: 07/24/1909 Burial: Northam Cemetery, Shrewsbury, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 184741428 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 5/7/1879; widow Lucinda E., 9/1/1915, VT, not approved Portrait?: Unknown College?: Not Found Veterans Home?: VT, ME (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) |
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Obituary
CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES.
John C. Lambert Passes Away at His Home in Shrewsbury at Age of 70 Years.John C. Lambert died Saturday evening at his home in Shrewsbury after an illness of over a year, having been confined to his bed for the past four months.
Mr. Lambert was 70 years old, and a veteran of the Civil war, having served as a corporal in Company G, 5th Vermont Regiment, First Brigade, Vermont Infantry. He was a member of Roberts post, No. 14, Grand Army of the Republic.
Mr. Lambert leaves a wife and one daughter, the latter living in Chippenhook. Notwithstanding the fact that he lived far from the nearest Grand Army post his comrades visited him often.
The funeral services will be held at his home on the Cold river road in Shrewsbury at 2 o'clock this afternoon and interment will be at North Shrewsbury.
Source: Rutland Daily Herald, July 26, 1909.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.