Bixby, Russell C.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 41, credited to Kirby, VT Unit(s): 1st VT CAV Service: enl 8/23/64, m/i 8/23/64, Pvt, Co. C, 1st VT CAV, pow, Columbia Furnace, 10/7/64, Richmond, d/prison 2/15/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 02/20/1829, Lyndon, VT Death: 02/15/1865 Burial: Richmond National Cemetery, Richmond, VA Marker/Plot: No_Marker Gravestone researcher/photographer: Findagrave Memorial #: 18739017 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, widow Cordelia, 9/25/1865; minor, 9/7/1871 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 2nd Great Grandfather of Russell Chaffee Bixby, Bernardston, MA (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Biography
Russell Carriel Bixby was born 20 February 1829 in Lyndon, VT (according to his four children's birth certificates). He married Cordelia Medora Rowe (Roe) on 21 August 1853, in Kirby, Vermont. Russell enlisted as a private in Co. C, 1st Vermont Cavalry, on 23 August 1864, and was listed as Missing in Action at Columbia Furnace on 7 October 1864. Although not specifically noted, most prisoners taken at Columbia Furnace appear on the records in prison camps in Richmond, and those who died were buried in Richmond National Cemetery, which is where we assume Bixby to be, in an unmarked graved. His wife, Cordelia, applied for his pension on 25 September 1865.