Beach, Charles Edmund
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 18, credited to Panton, VT Unit(s): 14th VT INF, 2nd NY VET CAV Service: enl 9/16/62, m/i 10/21/62, Pvt, Co. I, 14th VT INF, m/o 7/30/63; Co. I, 2nd NY VET CAV See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 03/21/1845, Essex, NY Death: 11/21/1934 Burial: Lakeview Cemetery, Burlington, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 24810314 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 8/18/1888, 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 in Pinellas, FL DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Obituary
Charles E. Beach Dies in Florida
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 21. - Charles Edmund Beach, 89, active in G.A.R. Circle here and in Vermont, died this afternoon at his home here. He suffered a stroke November13.
A direct descendant of the Puritan life of John and Priscilla Alden, Mr. Beach served for three years in the Civil War with the Vermont Infantry and the 2nd New York Veteran Cavalry.
He was selected treasurer of the Vermont Soldiers' Home in 1914 and held that office until he came here in 1923. He was a charter member of the local Vermont Tourist Society.
His only survivors are his daughter, Mrs. C. R. Hutchinson, her husband and two granddaughters. Mr. Beach was commander of the local G.A.R. Post for eight years. He held several national offices in the organization and was a former commander of Vermont and Florida departments.
Source: Burlington Free Press, November 22, 1934
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.