Wilson, James Marden
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 33, credited to Hartford, VT Unit(s): USV Service: Additional Paymaster, USV 6/14/62, Bvt LTC USV 1/2/66 'for faithful service'; B7254m/o 7/20/66 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 11/13/1829, New Hampshire Death: 09/24/1887 Burial: Hartford Point Cemetery, Hartford, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Ginny Gage/Mary Davis Findagrave Memorial #: 192651669 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Not found 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) |
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Obituary
Death of Col. James M. Wilson
Col. James M. Wilson died at White River Junction Saturday, aged 58 years, after a life full of public service. He was born in Derry, N. H., but went to California in 1849, and was soon made constable of Sonora. He was elected to the California legislature in 1852, and soon after became secretary of the board of pilot commissioners, where he remained till 1856. He then became clerk to the purchasing agent of the San Francisco mint. He was paymaster of volunteers in 1862, and was mustered out in1866 as lieutenant colonel and quartermaster general of New Mexico. He was appointed consul at Nuremburg, Bavaria, in 1869, where he remained nine years. He was at Hamburg one year till his health failed. He was then consul at Three Rivers, P. Q., and afterward at Milan, Italy, till 1885. He was a Grand Army man and a Mason.
Source: Burlington Free Press, September 27, 1887.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.