Sherman, Roswell
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 29, credited to Wallingford, VT Unit(s): 26th NY CAV/VT FCAV Service: enl 1/4/65, m/i 1/10/65, PVT, Co. M, Frontier Cavalry (aka 26th NY CAV), m/o 6/27/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1835, Unknown Death: 06/17/1912 Burial: Green Hill Cemetery, Wallingford, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Tom Boudreau Findagrave Memorial #: 61250816 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Not found 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: After the Saint Albans Raid on October 19, 1864, Vermont raised two companies of cavalry to help guard the Canadian border; there were known as Frontier Cavalry, Companies F and M, but technically they were part of the 26th New York Cavalry. DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Green Hill Cemetery, Wallingford, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
Funeral of Roswell Sherman
The funeral of Roswell Sherman, who died Monday night, was held at the house on Killington avenue at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning, Rev. E.P. Stevens, pastor of the Methodist church, officiating. The funeral was well attended, and there were a number of flowers from individual friends, and a piece from Robert post, No. 14, G.A.R.
The bearers were Henry Battles of West Rutland and Seymour Billings, Richard Lloyd and James N. Dunn of this city. The body was taken by team to Wallingford for burial.
Source: Rutland Daily Herald, June 20, 1912
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.