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Bowman, Benjamin F.

MILITARY SERVICE Age: 18, credited to Royalton, VT Unit(s): 8th VT INF Service: enl 10/5/61, m/i 2/18/62, CPL, Co. E, 8th VT INF, reen 1/5/64, pr SGT 6/8/64, 1SGT 3/20/65, m/o 6/28/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALS Birth: abt 1843, Sharon, VT Death: 09/05/1912 Burial: Village Cemetery, Coventry, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 12/20/1890, SD; widow Catherine C. L., 12/4/1924, CA 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 Village Cemetery, Coventry, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there.

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BIOGRAPHY

B. F. Bowman was the projector of the Vermont colony at Loyalton, Dak.

Source: 8th Vermont Infantry Regimental History off-site page 262