Gordon, Edward
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 0, credited to Bennington, VT Unit(s): 1st MA ARTY, 8th IND MA LARTY Service: Co. E, 1st MA HART, 8th IND MA LARTY See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1828, Unknown Death: 01/28/1906 Burial: Veterans Home Cemetery, Bennington, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Carolyn Adams Findagrave Memorial #: 133258646 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 2/13/1891, VT Portrait?: Unknown College?: Not Found Veterans Home?: CA, 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: Died at Bennington Soldiers' Home DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Obituary
Edward Gordon died in the soldiers' home hospital at Bennington, Jan. 29, from a complication of diseases. He was 87 years of age and served during the civil war in the 1st battery Mass. Heavy artillery. He was admitted to the home from Windham in 1904. He has been totally blind for years, the result of wounds. As far as is known he had not a relative living. He was buried there.
Source: St. Johnsbury Caledonian, Feb. 7, 1906
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.