Merrill, Solomon Fellows
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 41, credited to Rockingham, VT Unit(s): 4th VT INF Service: enl 9/3/61, m/i 9/21/61, BNDMSTR, 4th VT INF Band, m/o 8/9/62 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 04/22/1820, Shelburne Falls, MA Death: 02/14/1898 Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery, Keene, NH Marker/Plot: Section 6, Lot 315 Gravestone photographer: Carolyn Adams Findagrave Memorial #: 18250067 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 7/19/1890, NH; widot Isabella B., 4/7/1898, NH 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 DESCENDANTS 3rd Great Granduncle of Kristen Bardwell, Lenoir, NC (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice   Greenlawn Cemetery, Keene, NH Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Musicians of the Fourth Vermont Infantry Regimental Band
Merrill, Solomon Fellows - Musician / Bandmaster. (b. Shelburne Falls (Franklin County) Massachusetts, 22 April, 1820, son of Thaddeus & Achsah (Severance) Merrill). Solomon enlisted at the age of 40 years from Rockingham, Vermont on 3 Sept., 1861. He played the clarinet. He mustered in at Brattleboro, 21 Sept., 1861. He mustered out with the band, 9 Aug., 1862. He m. in Shelburne Falls, 10 Oct., 1844, Isabella Bardwell (b. Leyden, Mass., 8 Sept. 1826, dau. of Captain Hubbard B. & Lucinda (Bliss) Bardwell). When his service was complete, he moved back to Shelburne Falls, and later to Keene, NH, where he formed the Cheshire County Grange No. 131, and became its master. Solomon d. in Keene, NH, 14 Feb., 1898 (age 77 years, 10 months, 4 days). He was buried in the Greenlawns cemetery in Keene, NH.
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(researched by Linda M. Welch, March, 2008)