Morton, Willis W.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 20, credited to Randolph, VT Unit(s): 4th VT INF Service: enl 9/7/61, m/i 9/21/61, PVT, Co. K, 4th VT INF, pr CPL 12/1/61, pr SGT 12/10/62, pr 1SGT, 12/13/63, comn 2LT, Co. h, 10/20/63, pr 1LT, 8/9/64 (9/29/64), wdd, Salem Heights, 5/4/63, wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, m/o 9/30/64 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 09/26/1841, Randolph, VT Death: 01/22/1913 Burial: South View Cemetery, Randolph, VT Marker/Plot: 65-3-2 Gravestone researcher/photographer: Monica White Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 2/20/1882, VT; widow Minnie A., 2/13/1913, VT Portrait?: USAHEC off-site 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 (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  South View Cemetery, Randolph, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
The funeral services over the remains of the late Willis W. Morton at 2 o'clock this afternoon called out an unusually large attendance of townspeople who crowded the rooms of the Morton residence on Prospect avenue. Rev. Fraser Metzger of Bethany church was the officiating clergyman and paid a just tribute to one whose decease is generally mourned. Interment was made in Southview cemetery and the bearers were Dr. G. W. Scott, E. A. Morse, A. E. Bass and E. A. Thomas. Mrs. DeWitt C. Webb and daughter, Wanda, were present from Boston, Mrs. Robert B. Morton from Montclair, N.J., Lucius Webb from East Granville and Theodore Kendall from St. Albans. The only son, Robert B. Morton, was too ill to leave his home in Montclair, N. J. U. S. Grant Post, G. A. R., attended in a body and formed an escort to the grave. Flowers were sent by the post and Relief corps and by very many friends in town and away.
Source: Bethel Courier, January 30, 1913.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.