Parker, Sidney Maynard
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 20, credited to Franklin, VT Unit(s): 5th VT INF Service: enl 3/8/62, m/i 4/12/62, Pvt, Co. C, 5th VT INF, wdd, Winchester, 9/19/64, dis/wds, 2/22/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 09/21/1842, Franklin, VT Death: 05/03/1902 Burial: Cavendish Village Cemetery, Cavendish, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Joie Finley Morris + Findagrave Memorial #: 92766563 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 3/17/1865; widow Mary J., 6/3/1902, VT Portrait?: Unknown College?: Not Found Veterans Home?: VT (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: There is a letter from Sidney, in camp Near Fredericksburg, Virginia to his friend David, dated 18 December 1862, in the archives of the University of Virginia Library. DESCENDANTS 2nd Great Grandfather of Barbara L. Giffin, Rutland, VT (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Cavendish Village Cemetery, Cavendish, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
DEATH AT SOLDIERS' HOME
Sidney M. Parker, an inmate of the Soldiers' Home, died Sunday morning, says the Messenger. The deceased enlisted in the 6th Vermont Volunteers at St. Albans and served three years. Of late years he had resided in Gardner, Mass., from which place he entered the home last week. The remains will be taken to Cavendish for interment. This is death No. 109 at the home and the first one since December 13 last.
Source: Burlington Free Press, May 7, 1902.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.