Howe, Augustus Jonah
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 26, credited to Bennington, VT Unit(s): 40th IA INF Service: enl 8/15/62, m/i, Pvt, Co. K, 40th IA INF, 11/3/63, m/o 6/6/65, Little Rock, AR See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 06/29/1836, Bennington, VT Death: 01/1903 Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Vinton, IA Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Steve Hanken Findagrave Memorial #: 43962834 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 6/17/1881, VA Portrait?: Unknown College?: Not Found Veterans Home?: ME, OH, VA, WI (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: Unknown DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Obituary
DIES WHILE ON FURLOUGH
Augustus J. Howe, Soldiers' Home member, Passes Away at VintonWord from Vinton announces the death of Augustus J. Howe, a member of the Soldiers' Home, who took a furlough a few weeks ago to visit his former home. Mr. Howe was taken ill with pneumonia after arriving at Vinton, which resulted in his death.
Howe was a member of Company K, Fortieth Iowa Infantry, having enlisted at Vinton Aug. 15, 1862. He was discharged June 6, 1865, because of general disability, at Little Rock, Ark. He came to the Home April 27, 1894, and has been a member most of the time since. The trouble that he contracted during the service had made an invalid of him, and his mental condition was such that several years ago E. H. Colcord, of Vinton, was appointed his guardian. Mr. Howe was born at Bennington, Vt., Aug. 21, 1835. The interment was at Vinton, in charge of the G. A. R.
Source: Marshalltown (IA) Evening Times-Republican, January 12, 1903.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.