Wilson, Nathaniel L.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 22, credited to Cabot, VT Unit(s): 3rd VT INF Service: enl 7/10/61, m/i 7/16/61, 2SGT, Co. K, 3rd VT INF, dis/dsb 10/31/62 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 04/06/1840, Cabot, VT Death: 01/25/1909 Burial: Peacham Corner Cemetery, Peacham, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Francis Guber Findagrave Memorial #: 120985603 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, widow Helen, 2/13/1909, VT 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 2nd Great Grandfther of Katherine Quimby Johnson, Cambridge, VT (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Peacham Corner Cemetery, Peacham, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
Nathaniel Wilson died January 24 after a long illness. He was a veteran of the Civil war and a member of G.A.R. His remains were taken to Peacham for burial. He leaves a wife and two daughters.
Source: Barre Times, Feb. 2, 1909
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.
Background
Courtesy of Katherine Quimby Johnson.Some of his G.A.R. memorabilia is now the property of the Peacham Historical Association but his application for G.A.R. membership, in the Morrill Post 71 in Cabot and his ribbon of membership will go to the Vermont Historical Society.
As a veteran, he took advantage of the Homestead Act. After marrying Helen Taft of Barre, Vt., (sister of George Taft of the same unit), he farmed in Cabot for a while, but moved West, first to Belvidere, Ill, then to Storm Lake, Iowa, before eventually returning to Cabot. He later moved to Peacham, where he and Helen shared a home on what is now the Mack's Mountain Road, not far from the Cabot line, with their two daughters, Flora Miles and Jennie Williams and their husbands, and his granddaughter Helen Miles. Helen Miles was my maternal grandmother.