Gravelin, Francis
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 20, credited to Montpelier, VT Unit(s): 2nd NH INF, 36th MA INF Service: enl 6/1/61, Portsmouth, NH; m/i 6/1/61, Pvt, Co. G, 2nd NH INF, m/o 10/11/62, Alexandria, VA; enl & m/i 1/2/64, Co. A, 21st MA INF, tr to Co. K, 36th MA INF 10/21/64, wdd 4/5/65, Petersburg, VA, dis/wds 6/20/65 1865 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 12/10/1840, Montpelier, VT Death: 02/12/1906 Burial: St. Augustine Cemetery, Montpelier, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Kathy Valloch Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Not found 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) |
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Francis Gravelin
Montpelier Evening Argus
Feb. 13, 1906
FRANCIS GRAVELIN DEAD
War Veteran Passes Away
Suddenly on Monday.
Francis Gravelin, aged 66 years, died at his rooms on East State street at 4:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The doctor's certificate filed this morning stated that death was due to heart failure. The deceased had been in failing health for the past six weeks but was about the streets and house as usual most of the time until Friday night, when he was taken worse and obliged to take the bed and since then until the time of his demise he has been cared for by a nurse.
The deceased was born in this city December 10, 1840 and was one of a large family of children of Frances and Catherine (Hamel) Gravelin. He was born in a house near the State House. He resided in this city until the early part of 1861. The Civil War broke out in that year and he was one of the first to enlist. He was mustered into service in the 2nd New Hampshire regiment, Co. G, infantry. He served as a good soldier in this company and later in other companies for a period of three years until he received a bullet through one lung, which made him totally unfit for further service for his country. He laid in the hospital for many weeks hovering between life and death but finally recovered sufficiently to be discharged. Since the war he has spent most of his time in this city and has worked at various trades.
In 1867 he married Miss Rosalee Crapeau and eleven children have been born to them, four are dead. He is survived by his wife, who resides at the home of Arthur Gravelin in Barre, and seven children, Mrs. Rose Graveline, Kate Gravelin, Rose Gould, of Bethel, Frank Gravelin, of Gardiner, Mass., Arthur and John Gravelin, Mrs. George Troupe and Mrs. William Holden of Barre. He is also survived by one brother, Henry Gravelin of Ashburnham, Mass., and five sisters, Mrs. John Magester, Mrs. Clement Johnson and Mrs. Aughtney Shambo of this city, and Mrs. Frank Chilley and Mrs. Rose Gravelin, of Ashburnham, Mass.
Montpelier Evening Argus
Feb. 13, 1906
The funeral of Frances Gravelin will take place at 10 o'clock Wednesday forenoon from the home of Mrs. John Magester, his sister, in the Argus building.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau