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Stone, Mason A.

MILITARY SERVICE Age: 25, credited to Wilmington, VT Unit(s): 1st VT CAV Service: enl 10/4/61, m/i 11/19/61, Pvt, Co. F, 1st VT CAV, comn 1LT, Co. M, 8/23/63 (10/8/63), pr CPT, 7/7/64 (9/3/64), tr to Co. A 6/21/65, m/o 8/9/65, Bvt MAJ to date from 3/13/65, for distinguished and meritorious services, Bvt LTC and COL each to date from 3/13/65, for gallant and meritorious services in the field. See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALS Birth: abt 1836, Unknown Death: 06/28/1923 Burial: Staten Island Cemetery, New Brighton, NY Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Bob Hackett Findagrave Memorial #: 10168528 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 12/20/1907, NY; widow Rosalie b., 7/21/1923, NY 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 Staten Island Cemetery, New Brighton, NY Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there.

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Mason A. Stone

New York Times
5 Jul 1923
COL. MASON A. STONE DEAD - Former Leader of the Loyal Legion Dies after an Operation.
Colonel Mason Albert Stone, Vice-President of the Pacific Insurance Company, died Thursday night in the Staten Island Hospital. New Brighton, Staten Island, following an operation for appendicitis, at the age of 77. Services will be held tomorrow at his home, 117 Fourth Street, New Brighton.
He fought in the First Vermont Cavalry in the Civil War and was brevetted Colonel. At the time of its merger with the Pacific Insurance Company Mr. Stone was President of the Greenwich Insurance Company. He was a member of the Union League Club and formerly a commander of the Loyal Legion.
Contributed by Erik Hinckley.