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Knight, Rollin M.

MILITARY SERVICE Age: 28, credited to Putney, VT Unit(s): 6th MA LARTY Service: enl, Boston, 12/13/64, m/i, Pvt, 6th MA LARTY, 12/13/64, pr CPL 5/8/65, m/o 8/7/65 as SGT See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALS Birth: abt 1838, Putney, VT Death: 05/23/1902 Burial: Cavendish Village Cemetery, Cavendish, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 9/30/1890, 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: Died at the Soldiers Home in Bennington, VT. DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today)

BURIAL: Copyright notice Village Cemetery, Cavendish, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there.

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Obituary

Rollin M. Knight, an inmate of the soldiers' home, Bennington, died May 23d. He was 65 years old and was admitted to the home from Cavendish last August. Deceased served in the Sixth Massachusetts battery in the Rebellion, and previous to that fought Indians on the plains while a private in the regular service.

Source: Bethel Courier, June 5, 1902.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.