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Pitridge, John W.

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 18, credited to Brandon, VT
Unit(s): 5th VT INF
Service: enl 9/4/61, m/i 9/16/61, Pvt, Co. H, 5th VT INF, pow, Savage's Station, 6/29/62, prld 8/3/62, reen 12/15/63, wdd, Savage's Station, 6/29/62, m/o 6/29/65

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VITALS

Birth: 01/19/1842, Brandon, VT
Death: 02/10/1925

Burial: Forestdale Cemetery, Brandon, VT
Marker/Plot: 148
Gravestone photographer: Kathy Valloch
Findagrave Memorial #: 95003856

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 7/29/1865; widow Mary J., 2/26/1925, 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

Forestdale Cemetery, Brandon, VT

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Obituary

BRANDON The funeral of John Pitridge was held last Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the house in Salisbury, the Rev. S. Cooley officiating. The bearers were W. J. and E. J. Whitney, A. D. and Walter Beach, Charles and Fred Ellis. Burial was in the Forestdale cemetery.

Source: Burlington Free Press, February 17, 1925
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.