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Tevyaw, William

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 21, credited to Berkshire, VT
Unit(s): 5th VT INF
Service: enl 8/24/61, m/i 9/16/61, Pvt, Co. A, 5th VT INF, reen 12/15/63, pow, Wilderness, 5/6/64, prld 11/30/64, pr CPL 5/1/65, m/o 6/29/65

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VITALS

Birth: 1840, Sheldon, VT
Death: 09/10/1910

Burial: Missisquoi Cemetery, Enosburgh, VT
Marker/Plot: Not recorded
Gravestone photographer: Denis & Karen Jaquish
Findagrave Memorial #: 92527354

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 6/28/1880; widow Mary, 10/4/1910, NY
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

Tombstone

Missisquoi (Methodist) Cemetery, Enosburgh, VT

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Obituary

The funeral of William Tevyaw, who died in Leicestershire N. Y., Saturday, was held in the Free Baptist church Tuesday, Rev. W. J. Clarke officiating. Mr. Tevyaw was a veteran of the Civil War, having belonged to Co. C, 5th Vermont regiment. He was a member of Pixley post, G. A.R., who had charge of the burial. Besides his wife he leaves a daughter, Mrs. Guy Wheeler and a son Cortes of Leicestershire and a brother Edward of this town.

Source: Burlington Daily News, September 17, 1910.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.