Keith, Timothy M.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 22, credited to Waterford, VT Unit(s): 23rd MA INF Service: enl 2/27/65, m/i, Pvt, Co. D, 23rd MA INF, m/o 6/25/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 10/17/1841, Annapolis, Nova Scotia Death: 10/29/1923 Burial: Passumpsic Village Cemetery, Waterford, VT Marker/Plot: 31 Gravestone researcher/photographer: Denis & Karen Jaquish Findagrave Memorial #: 113381142 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 5/9/1887, 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: Naturalized 6/24/1869, Chelsea. DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Obituary
TIMOTHY M. KEITH DIES
War Veteran, Commander of Chamberlin Post, No. 1, G. A. R.ST. JOHNSBURY, Oct. 30. - Timothy M. Keith, commander of Chamberlin Post, No. 1, G. A. R., died at his home in Passumpsic yesterday afternoon after a long illness. He was born in Williamstown, Nova Scotia, March 7, 1842, and coming to Massachusetts during the Civil War enlisted in the 23d Massachusetts Volunteers. Though he participated in the battles, he served the last year of the war, coming to Barnet at the close and has ever since lived in that town. He married Helen M. Harvey of Barnet, June 16, 1871, who died 20 years ago. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Louis C. Hall of Wallingford, Conn., and a sister in Nova Scotia. He was an active member of the Passumpsic Baptist Church and had been noble grand of the Barnet Odd Fellows Lodge. The patriotic societies of St. Johnsbury will attend his funeral Thursday afternoon which will be held in the Passumpsic Baptist Church. The last years of his life were spent in Passumpsic, one of the five villages of Barnet.
Source: Burlington Free Press, October 31, 1923.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.