Brooks, Benton V.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 0, credited to Shrewsbury, VT Unit(s): 1st MA CAV Service: 1st MA CAV See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 01/07/1841, Unknown Death: 12/14/1924 Burial: Northam Cemetery, Shrewsbury, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Jennifer Snoots Findagrave Memorial #: 69267627 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 1/21/1889, VT; widow Fidelia W., 1/10/1925, 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: None DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Northam Cemetery, Shrewsbury, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Benton V. Brooks
Rutland Daily Herald, Dec. 15, 1924
The funeral of Benton V. Brooks, 83, who died yesterday in Cuttingsville of heart disease, will be held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning in the Northam church. The burial will be in the Northam cemetery.
Mr. Brooks, who was born in Londonderry in 1841, was educated in the common schools of that town. He had been a farmer all his life since he returned from service in the Civil war.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Fidelia Brooks, and by one brother, Elmer Brooks of Detroit.
Courtesy of Jennifer Snoots.