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Avery, Henry Hale

MILITARY SERVICE Age: 18, credited to Unit(s): 23rd WI INF Service: enl, Roxbury, 8/15/62, CORP, Co. K, 23rd WI INF, m/o 7/4/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALS Birth: 07/03/1840, Topsham, VT Death: 05/31/1927 Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Brookings, SD Marker/Plot: Block 4, Lot 51 Grave 5 Gravestone photographer: Findagrave Memorial #: 136714292 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 2/24/1882, Dakota 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)

BURIAL: Copyright notice Greenwood Cemetery, Brookings, SD Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there.

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Obituary

Civil War Vet Expires.

Brookings, S. D., June 2. -- Special: H. H. Avery, a civil war veteran, and for 54 years a resident of Brookings county, died here at the age of 87 years. He was born in Vermont in 1840 and settled in Dakota territory in the early 70s. Cancer of the stomach was the cause of death.

Source: Sioux City (IA) Journal, 3 Jun 1927
Courtesy of Tom Ledoux