Parkill, Edwin B.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 26, credited to Weybridge, VT Unit(s): 5th VT INF Service: enl 9/7/61, m/i 9/16/61, WGNR, Co. B, 5th VT INF, disch 5/31/62 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 02/21/1835, Bridport, VT Death: 04/22/1914 Burial: Weybridge Hill Cemetery, Weybridge, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Alan Lathrop Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 7/13/1888, VT; widow Ellen M., 5/12/1914, VT 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 DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Weybridge Hill Cemetery, Weybridge, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
MIDDLEBURY
Edwin B. Parkill, 79 years old, a veteran of the Civil war, died at his home in Cornwall yesterday. His death was due to hardening of the arteries. Mr. Parkill was well known throughout Addison county. He was born in Bridport on February 22, 1835. At the opening of the Civil war he joined the Vermont volunteers and after the war returned to Vermont. He is survived by his wife and a son and daughter. His son, William Parkill, lives in Ilion, N. Y. His daughter is at the home in Cornwall. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock and the burial will be in Weybridge.
Source: Rutland Daily Herald, April 24, 1914.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.