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Palmer, Solon

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 0, credited to Lincoln, VT
Unit(s): USN
Service: FN, USN, 12/12/63-12/64, Vessels: Dorcas

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VITALS

Birth: 07/11/1831, New Haven, VT
Death: 04/27/1920

Burial: Maple Cemetery, Lincoln, VT
Marker/Plot: Not recorded
Gravestone photographer: Alan Lathrop
Findagrave Memorial #: 40316667

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, ../../1890, SD; widow Esther, 6/7/1920, 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

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BURIAL:

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Tombstone

Maple Cemetery, Lincoln, VT

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Obituary

Solon Palmer, a veteran of the Civil War, died April 27 at the age of 88 years. Mr. Palmer was born in New Haven, June 11, 1832. He has resided in this town for several years. Besides his wife, Mr. Palmer is survived by one son, Edward, of Arient, South Dakota. Funeral services were held at the home Sunday afternoon, the Rev. Arnot Dexter officiating. The bearers were D. L. Ross, W. A. Lee, C. A. Purington and D. L. Garland. Burial was made in Maple cemetery.

Source: Middlebury Register, May 7, 1920
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.