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Stafford, Emerson
MILITARY SERVICE
Age: 19, credited to Readsboro, VT
Unit(s): 2nd VT INF
Service: enl 8/29/64, m/i 8/29/64, Pvt, Co. A, 2nd VT INF, m/o 6/19/65
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VITALS
Birth: 08/13/1845, Readsboro, VT
Death: 05/06/1921
Burial: Village Cemetery, Readsboro, VT
Marker/Plot: Not recorded
Gravestone researcher/photographer: Tom Boudreau
Findagrave Memorial #: 46208219
MORE INFORMATION
Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes
Portrait?: Gibson Collection
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
Great Grandfather of Ernest E. Phelps, Goldsboro, NC
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BURIAL:
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Village Cemetery, Readsboro, VT
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(Gibson Collection)Obituary
Emerson Stafford passed away Friday, May 6, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Myron Vose. Mr. Stafford had been in poor health for 2 years past. He was born in Readsboro, Aug. 17, 1845. Besides his daughter, Mrs. Vose, he leaves one son, Ira, of Springfield, Mass., and an adopted son, Foster Stafford of California; one sister, Mrs. Laura Carpenter of Vermont; one-half sister, Mrs. Joseph Goddard of Heartwellville; one-half brother, Norman Stafford of Russell, N.Y.; and several grandchildren. The funeral was held Monday at 1 o'clock at the Baptist church.
Source: Bennington Evening Banner, May 12, 1921
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau
