Wells, Eugene G.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 0, credited to Cambridge, VT Unit(s): 26th MA INF Service: PVT, Co. F, 38th MA INF, age 18, laborer, enl 1/27/64, tr to Co. A, 26th MA INF, 6/22/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 03/24/1847, Saint-Armand, Canada East Death: 10/17/1936 Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Waterville, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Deanna French Findagrave Memorial #: 99827695 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 5/5/1887, 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 Great Grandfather of Mary Wells Coburn, Jericho, VT (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice   Mountain View Cemetery, Waterville, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
Last War Veteran of Cambridge Dies.
Cambridge Junction, Oct. 19. - Eugene C. Wells, a Civil War veteran, the last surviving member of the L.H. Bostwick Post of Underhill and a Mason for 66 years, died Saturday morning at the age of 89 years.
Mr. Wells was born in Armand, P.Q., March 24, 1847.
Funeral services will be held at the church in Waterville Tuesday afternoon October 20, at 2 o'clock. The Masonic rites will be used and he will be accorded military honors.
Source: Burlington Free Press, October 20, 1936
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.