Tilden, Eldon A.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 22, credited to Barre, VT Unit(s): 2nd VT INF Service: enl 5/7/61, m/i 6/20/61, SGT, Co. D, 2nd VT INF, pr 1SGT, comn 2LT, 11/20/63 (11/24/63), m/o 6/29/64 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1841, Barre, VT Death: 08/30/1885 Burial: Village Cemetery, Williamstown, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 115272103 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, widow Mary A., 9/23/1885, MA Portrait?: VHS Collections, USAHEC off-site 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) |
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Obituary
Col. Eldon A. Tilden, who died in Allston, Mass., Sunday morning, was born in Barre in 1841, and learned the tinsmith business of his father there, was a private in the 2d Vermont regiment, and served in the army of the Potomac. He went to Boston in 1871, where he has since lived.
Source: Vermont Phoenix, September 11, 1885.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.