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Allen, Henry James
MILITARY SERVICE
Age: 21, credited to Jamaica, VT
Unit(s): 11th VT INF
Service: enl 8/11/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. G, 11th VT INF, pr CPL 11/27/63, m/o 5/30/65
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VITALS
Birth: 03/27/1841, Windham, VT
Death: 07/08/1927
Burial: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, VT
Marker/Plot: 259
Gravestone researcher/photographer: Bob Hackett
Findagrave Memorial #: 13928008
MORE INFORMATION
Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes
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: See 1914 Brattleboro Daily Reformer Article for biography.
Webmaster's Note: The 11th Vermont Infantry was also known as the 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery; the names were used interchangably for most of its career
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BURIAL:
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Prospect Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, VT
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Obituary
Death of Newfane Veteran
Henry Jonas Allen, 86, a veteran of the Civil war, a former resident of Brattleboro over 25 years, and humane agent there many years, died Friday afternoon in Newfane, where he had been living the past few months in one of the cottages belonging to his son, Dorr W. Allen.
Mr. Allen was born in Windham, March 27, 1841, son of Jonas W. and Hannah (Smith) Allen. He lived in that town until 12 years old when he moved with his parents to Jamaica, where he grew to manhood. He worked as a farmer and at carpentry until his enlistment in the Civil war, Aug. 11, 1862, in Jamaica.Source: The Vermont Journal, July 15, 1927
Courtesy of Cathy Hoyt.
