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Drake, Spencer Jr.

MILITARY SERVICE Age: 28, credited to Wheelock, VT Unit(s): 15th VT INF Service: enl 9/17/62, m/i 10/22/62, Pvt, Co. G, 15th VT INF, m/o 8/5/63 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALS Birth: 08/11/1834, Bethel, ME Death: 01/01/1907 Burial: Baptist Cemetery, Sheffield, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Harman Clark Findagrave Memorial #: 21806286 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 1/24/1890, VT; widow Carrie, 1/24/1907, 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 Baptist Cemetery, Sheffield, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there.

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Obituary

Mrs. Aldis Barber was in Sheffield last week during the last illness and death of her foster-father, Spencer Drake. Death occurred on Tuesday, the funeral being hel don Thursday.

Source: Vermont Union-Journal, 9 Jan 1907
Transcribed by Tom Ledoux