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Stanton, John

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 23, credited to Chelsea, VT
Unit(s): 12th VT INF
Service: enl 8/22/62, m/i 10/4/62, WGNR, Co. D, 12th VT INF, red to Pvt 10/16/62, dis/wds 4/13/63

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VITALS

Birth: 11/10/1839, Canada East
Death: 12/31/1893

Burial: Highland Cemetery, Chelsea, VT
Marker/Plot: Not recorded
Gravestone photographer: Kathy Valloch
Findagrave Memorial #: 75724762

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 5/16/1863; widow Susan A., 1/17/1894, 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: See Benedict's Army Life in Virginia

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BURIAL:

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Tombstone

Highland Cemetery, Chelsea, VT

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Obituary

John Stanton died at his home Sunday afternoon, aged 53 years. The funeral was attended Tuesday by Rev. H. F. Forest and was from the house. Mr. Stanton had long been troubled with heart disease, which led to disease of the lungs, the immediate cause of his death.

Source: Herald and News, January 4, 1894.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.