Thrall, Reuben Roland
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 23, credited to Rutland, VT Unit(s): 1st VT INF, 12th VT INF Service: enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, Pvt, Co. K, 1st VT INF, m/o 8/15/61; enl 8/8/62, m/i 10/4/62, CPL, Co. K, 12th VT INF, pr SGT 2/14/63, m/o 7/14/63 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 01/06/1838, Rutland, VT Death: 06/19/1924 Burial: Poultney Cemetery, Poultney, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Jennifer Snoots Findagrave Memorial #: 23668939 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 9/9/1890, VT Portrait?: Poultney GAR Collection 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 DESCENDANTS 2nd Great Grandfather of Gardner Thrall Smith, Jackson, WY (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Poultney Cemetery, Poultney, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
Death of R. R. Thrall
Reuben Roland Thrall, son of Luther and Laura Chapman Thrall, was born in West Rutland, January 4, 1838. He removed to Poultney in March, 1865, and had resided there ever since. He married Mary Elizabeth Clark, November 15, 1866. The deceased is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Lorenzo H. Sheldon of Rutland, and three sons, Guy C. Thrall and Frank C. Thrall of Poultney and Luther G. Thrall of Rutland. G.A.R. services will be held at his late home in East Poultney at 1 o'clock p. m. and at Trinity church, Poultney, at 2 o'clock p.m. Sunday. Mr. Thrall was a former member of the old Rutland Light Guards and was a veteran of the Civil war, serving in Co. K, 1st Vermont Regiment, and later in the 12th Vermont Regiment.
Source: Rutland Daily Herald, June 21, 1924
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.