Morton, John E.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 18, credited to Randolph, VT Unit(s): 1st VT CAV Service: enl 8/4/62, m/i 9/26/62, Pvt, Co. C, 1st VT CAV, mwia, Broad Run, 4/1/63, d/wds 4/3/63 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1845, Randolph, VT Death: 04/03/1863 Burial: South View Cemetery, Randolph, VT Marker/Plot: 32-8-1 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, mother Dolly, 6/30/1880, not approved; father John, 5/4/1887, 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: WPA Graves Registration Card indicates that this is a cenotaph. DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice   Cenotaph at South View Cemetery, Randolph, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
DIED---In a Cavalry engagement near Dranesville, Va., April 1, John E. Morton was mortally wounded. He lived thirty-eight hours in great agony, and died Thursday, April 2, aged 18 years and three months. He was a member of Co. C., 1st Vt. Cavalry, and the youngest son of John and Dolly Morton of Randolph. His remains were sent home by the members of the company, for which the family feel very grateful), and was interred in the village cemetery on Sunday, April 12th, after a large congregation had listened to an appropriate discourse from Rev. O. D. Allis, pastor of the Congregational Church at West Randolph, Vt.
Source: The Daily Green Mountain Freeman, May 26, 1863
Courtesy of Deanna French