Beard, Oscar L.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 19, credited to Barnet, VT Unit(s): 1st VT CAV, 28th MA INF Service: enl 10/25/61, m/i 11/19/61, Pvt, Co. D, 1st VT CAV, m/o 5/19/62; enl 4/13/64, 28th MA INF, wdd, 5/5/64, Wilderness, rtd 7/12/64 from hospital in Philadelphia, nfr See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 06/04/1842, Unknown Death: 03/01/1895 Burial: Elmwood Cemetery, Northfield, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Kathy Valloch Findagrave Memorial #: 18735465 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 8/2/1890, VT Portrait?: Unknown College?: Not Found Veterans Home?: VT (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  Elmwood Cemetery, Northfield, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
Northfield Notes
Oscar Beard died last Friday night of heart disease and the funeral took place on Sunday, the interment being made in the village cemetery. Johnson Post, G. A. R., of which the deceased was a member, had charge of the funeral and attended in a body. Rev. Mr. East, of the Universalist society, officiated at the funeral. Mr. Beard was a man of about 45 years of age, never married and was a veteran. He has been at the Soldiers' Home in Bennington and during his visits in Northfield he has stopped with his mother.
Source: Argus and Patriot, March 6, 1895
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.