Atherton, Marshall Bertrand
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 20, credited to Cavendish, VT Unit(s): 10th MO INF Service: enl 8/8/61, CPL, Co. E, 10th MO INF, pr SGT 8/5/62, dis/dsb 3/21/63, Genl Hosp, Jefferson Barracks, MO (pneumonia/chronic diarrhoea) See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: About 1838, Cavendish, VT Death: 08/03/1863 Burial: Cavendish Village Cemetery, Cavendish, VT Marker/Plot: Gravestone photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 72996097 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, application, 11/7/1863, not approved; mother Deborah, 8/24/1864 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: Brother of Eliza N. Aiken, nee Atherton, Civil War Nurse, USV, Burial record incorrectly says he served in 10th VT INF DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Obituary
DEATHS
In Cavendish, August 3d, of chronic diarrhea contracted when up the Tallahatchie, at the residence of his mother, Marshall Bertrand Atherton, 1st Sergeant of Co. E, 10th Mo. Reg., aged 25.
Source: Vermont Journal, September 26, 1863.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.