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Bliss, John B.

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 28, credited to Colchester, VT
Unit(s): 1st VT CAV
Service: enl 11/8/61, m/i 11/19/61, Blacksmith, Co. B, 1st VT CAV, m/o 10/28/62; enl 12/30/63, m/i 1/4/64, Pvt, Co. L, 1st VT CAV, wdd, Cold Harbor, 6/1/64, pr CPL 7/1/65, tr to Co. D, 6/21/65, m/o 8/9/65

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VITALS

Birth: 02/07/1829, Williston, VT
Death: 05/08/1905

Burial: East Williston Cemetery, Williston, VT
Marker/Plot: Not recorded
Gravestone photographer: Kathy Valloch
Findagrave Memorial #: 54289798

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 10/1/1890, 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: None

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BURIAL:

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Tombstone

East Williston Cemetery, Williston, VT

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Obituary

Williston

John Bliss died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Wood Monday after along illness. His niece, Mrs. Wood has been devoted in her care of him. He is the last of a family of seven children. The funeral will be held at his late home Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock.

Source: Burlington Free Press, May 10, 1905.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.