Turner, Elihu C.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 18, credited to Randolph, VT Unit(s): 3rd VT INF Service: enl 12/11/63, m/i 12/16/63, Pvt, Co. B, 3rd VT INF, wdd, Wilderness, 5/6/64, m/o 7/11/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 08/09/1846, Unknown Death: 11/30/1889 Burial: East Randolph Cemetery, Randolph, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Carolyn Adams Findagrave Memorial #: 115202615 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, widow Martha, 12/30/1889, VT Portrait?: Unknown College?: Not Found Veterans Home?: VT (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
WEST RANDOLPH
Comrade Elihu C. Turner of Co. B, 3 Vt. Regt., died on Saturday morning at the Soldiers' Home of consumption, aged 43 years. He enlisted Dec. 11, 1833 (sic), was wounded in the first days of the Battle of the Wilderness, May 3, 1864, and was mustered out of service at the close of the war. His remains were sent to East Randolph, where he was buried on Tuesday. This is the tenth death, and the third during the present month. The hospital is now vacant for the first time during the past year.
Source: Vermont Journal, December 7, 1889
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.