Davenport, George W.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 24, credited to Wilmington, VT Unit(s): 16th VT INF Service: enl 9/3/62, m/i 10/23/62, Pvt, Co. F, 16th VT INF, dis/dsb 1/20/63 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1840, Leyden, MA Death: 04/09/1905 Burial: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, VT Marker/Plot: 314 Gravestone researcher/photographer: Bob Edwards Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 5/26/1880 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) |
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George W. Davenport
St. Albans Daily Messenger
April 12, 1905
G.W. Davenport
George W. Davenport died at his home in Greenfield, Mass., Sunday night. George White Davenport was born in Leyden, Mass., the son of Calvin and Lucy (White) Davenport. He attended the schools of his native town, and later went to Powers Institute at Bernardston, Mass., where he paid his own way by working out of school hours. He studied law in the office of his brother at Wilmington, being admitted to the Windham County bar in 1865, and to practice before the supreme court in 1870. From Wilmington he enlisted in Co. F, 6th Regt., Vt. Vols., in 1862. After four months service he was injured by a forced march from Camp Vermont near Alexandria, Va., to Fairfax Court House, and suffered partial paralysis of his legs. He located in Brattleboro in 1870, and practiced law there nine years. After leaving Brattleboro he lived in Leyden and Bernardston previous to going tp Greenfield. He was a member of the board of overseers of the poor at Greenfield for several years.
Contributed by Tom Boudreau.