Burt, Henry S.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 21, credited to Bennington, VT Unit(s): 14th VT INF Service: enl 8/27/62, m/i 10/21/62, CPL, Co. A, 14th VT INF, m/o 7/30/63 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 10/05/1840, Bennington, VT Death: 05/11/1912 Burial: Old First Church Cemetery, Bennington, VT Marker/Plot: No_Marker; K-6 Gravestone researcher/photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 12/30/1889, 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: This soldier is buried in the Austin plot with no marker per the cemetery office. DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Henry S. Burt
St. Albans Daily Messenger
May 23, 1912
Henry S. Burt
Henry S. Burt, who died May 11 at his home in Sunderland, after a long illness following a stroke of paralysis, was born in Bennington, October 5, 1840,but moved to Sunderland when a young man and had been a citizen of that town since.
For many years Mr. Burt was town clerk and treasurer and held many other town offices, representing Sunderland twice in the legislature. He also served as assistant judge of the county court for two terms. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having served as sergeant in Company A, 11th Vt. Regt. (sic) Mr. Burt was a member of Red Mountain Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons of Arlington, and of Dudley Post, Grand Army of the republic.
He is survived by a son, Claude H. Burt, of Sunderland, with whom he lived, and a daughter, Mrs. Morton Grant.
Contributed by Tom Boudreau.