Burwell, Henry C.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 0, credited to Bridport, VT Unit(s): 14th US INF Service: 14th INF on tombstone See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 03/16/1836, Unknown Death: 12/30/1892 Burial: Central Cemetery, Bridport, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Alan Lathrop Findagrave Memorial #: 44756197 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Not Found 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  Central Cemetery, Bridport, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
DEATH OF HENRY C. BURWELL
Deceased Has Been Prominent in the Marino Sheep Breeding Industry.MIDDLEBURY, Dec. 30. - Henry C. Burwell died of heart failure at his home in Bridport at 8 o'clock this morning. He had been sick for three or four months and for the past six weeks had been confined to the house.
Mr. Burwell has been for the past 12 or 15 years the most prominent marino sheep breeder in Vermont. In 1876 he took the first premium for a marino ram at the world's exhibition in New Orleans, and early last year he went to Australia with a shipload of fine wool sheep. Mr. Burwell was about 58 years of age and leaves two children, a son and a daughter. The funeral will be held Sunday.
Source: Burlington Free Press, December 31, 1892
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.