Reed, Albert E.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 18, credited to Chester, VT Unit(s): 7th VT INF Service: enl 8/27/64, m/i 8/27/64, Pvt, Co. C, 7th VT INF, m/o 7/14/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 07/06/1847, New Bedford, MA Death: 10/24/1902 Burial: Brookside Cemetery, Chester, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Carolyn Adams Findagrave Memorial #: 111805319 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 2/15/1883, 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 DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Obituary
FATAL DOSE OF PARIS GREEN
Death of Albert E. Reed, of Chester, an Old Soldier
Chester, Oct. 25. - Albert E. Reed died Friday morning at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Slate on Main st. from the effects of a dose of paris green which he took last Monday night
Saturday last Mr. Reed left his home to got to Bellows Falls saying to the family that he should not be back that night. He did, however, come back to town on the midnight train Saturday in a very intoxicated condition and being unable to go to his home he was taken to the lockup and kept there till the next day. When he came to himself Sunday morning, he found he had been relieved of $50 gold watch, $60 in money, and an overcoat, evidently taken from him before he started for Chester Saturday night
Mr. Reed was about 55 years old and a day laborer. He was a member of Co. C, 7th Vermont Infantry in the Civil War
The funeral services will be held Sunday from the Slate residence at 2:30 p. m., the Rev. Henry L. Ballour, pastor of the Congregational church and the Rev. Henry Crocker, of the Baptist church, officiating. The burial will be under the direction of Henry Post, G.A.R., of which Mr. Reed was a member.
Source: St. Albans Daily Messenger, October 30, 1902
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.