Wright, Prentiss C.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 23, credited to Montpelier, VT Unit(s): 13th VT INF Service: enl 8/25/62, m/i 10/10/62, Pvt, Co. I, 13th VT INF, dis/dsb 1/31/63 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1839, Unknown Death: 05/14/1893 Burial: North Branch Cemetery, Middlesex, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 86476938 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 1/17/1866 Portrait?: Gibson Collection, VHS Collections, 13th History 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: 13th Vt. History off-site DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice   North Branch Cemetery, Middlesex, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
VHS Tintypes Collection
John Gibson Collection
(Sturtevant's Pictorial History, Thirteenth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers, War of 1861-1865)
Biography
PRENTISS C. WRIGHT had a disposition to be a good soldier, but his health was not equal to the task and he was discharged January 31st, 1863, and has since died.
Source: Sturtevant's Pictorial History, Thirteenth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers, War of 1861-1865, p. 684
Obituary
Prentiss C. Wright died last Monday of consumption at his home in Wrightville, aged fifty-four years. He w as a son and business partner for many years of the late Medad Wright under the well-known firm name of Medad Wright & Son. His funeral will be held today, Rev. J. H. Weeks officiating. Mr. Wright was a member of Company I, Thirteenth Regiment Vermont Volunteers, and was drawing a pension for disability received in the service. He never married.
Source: Vermont Watchman and State Journal, May 17, 1893.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.