Flanders, Wallace M.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 26, credited to Clarendon, VT Unit(s): 2nd NY VET CAV Service: enl, Fair Haven, 8/21/61, m/i, Pvt, Co. F, 2nd NY (Harlan's) Light Cav, 9/23/61, pr SDLR 2/28/62, dis/dsb 12/22/1863, New York, NY See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1826, Mt. Holly, VT Death: 10/26/1904 Burial: East Clarendon Cemetery, Clarendon, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Kathy Valloch Findagrave Memorial #: 34211429 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 12/26/1863 Portrait?: Unknown College?: Not Found Veterans Home?: VT (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: Obituary dtd 10/28/1904 on Friday, said he died Thursday before, and buried in Soldier's Home National Cemetery; no record of his burial there DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Obituary
Three Funerals
One Body Shipped to Newark and Two Buried at Soldiers Home.The body of James Murphy who died at the Soldiers home Thursday morning, was sent to Newark, N.J., where his wife resides. He served in Company D, 7th Vermont volunteers.
There was a double funeral at the home this morning those of William W. Beals and W. M. Flanders, both of whom died Thursday morning. they were buried in the home cemetery at the request of the members of their families. Beals served in Co. A, Second Vermont, and Flanders in Co. F, Second N. Y. Cavalry.
Source: Bennington Banner, 28 Oct 1904.
Transcribed by Deanna French
Webmaster's note: If Flanders was buried at Bennington at all, it was for just a short period of time.