Lee, Moses F.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 21, credited to Fair Haven, VT Unit(s): 11th VT INF Service: enl 8/9/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. C, 11th VT INF, m/o 6/24/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 08/1840, Willsboro, NY Death: 06/18/1926 Burial: Prospect Cemetery, Middlebury, VT Marker/Plot: 79 Gravestone photographer: Alan Lathrop Findagrave Memorial #: 40837321 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 10/26/1892, DC 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 Webmaster's Note: The 11th Vermont Infantry was also known as the 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery; the names were used interchangably for most of its career DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Obituary
Moses F. Lee, 82, Dies in East Middlebury
Middlebury, June 20. - Moses F. Lee, 82, died Friday night at the home of his nephew, Henry M. Lee of East Middlebury.
Mr. Lee enlisted August 9, 1862 in Company C, 11th Vermont, and was made a corporal the following year. He served until the end of the war, being mustered out of service June 24, 1865.
Funeral services will be held from the house tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in Prospect cemetery.
Source: Rutland Daily Herald, June 21, 1926.
Funeral of Moses Lee
The funeral of Moses F. Lee was held at the home of his nephew, Henry Lee, East Middlebury, Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Ralph Mittler, pastor of the Methodist church of that place, officiated. Mr. Lee was a Civil war veteran having enlisted in fair Haven in Company C, 11th Vermont, on August 9, 1862. The American Legion of this village attended in a body under command of George Hathaway and furnished a firing squad. There were also several members of William P. Russell post, No. 89, of the G. A. R., in attendance besides a large number of relatives and friends. The bearers were Dr. J. J. Ross, Roberts Mundy, A. Provoncha and Budd Wargen, members of the Middlebury legion post of the American Legion and interment was in the family lot in Prospect cemetery.