Hill, Ephraim Peleg
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 28, credited to Greensboro, VT Unit(s): 15th VT INF Service: enl 9/3/62, m/i 10/22/62, Pvt, Co. I, 15th VT INF, m/o 8/5/63, Brattleboro See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 04/26/1833, Greensboro, VT Death: 12/24/1913 Burial: Village Cemetery, Greensboro, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Deanna French Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 6/14/1877; widow Rosanna S., 3/31/1914, VT Portrait?: family 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 Ardith Campbell Dentzer, Alexandria, VA (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice   Village Cemetery, Greensboro, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Courtesy of Ardith Dentzer>
Biography
Ephraim Peleg Hill was born 26 April 1833, in Greensboro, Vermont, the son of Aaron and Susan (Ellis) Hill. He enlisted 3 September 1862, and mustered in as a private in Co. I, 15th Vermont Volunteer Infantry, on 22 October 1862. He mustered out with his regiment on 5 August 1863, in Brattleboro. Ephraim died 24 December 1913, and is buried in the Village Cemetery, in Greensboro. His brother, Samuel Hill, served in the same company.
The history of the Hill family of Greensboro indicates Ephraim was involved in guarding a prisoner train north from Gettysburg after the battle.
"1861 to 1865 - Over 100 leave for Civil War, including Samuel Hill and Ephraim Peleg Hill, who were both at Gettysburg. Sam was an ambulance driver, and Eph guarded prisoners of war on a train north. 35 Greensboro men died in action or from disease, 7 in the Confederate prison in Andersonville, GA."
Source: Lewis Hill and Ardith Dentzer McCormick. The Hill Family: The Descendants of John Hill; Northampshire, England; Guilford and Saybrook, Connecticut; Greensboro, Vermont. Mamaroneck, NY, 1992.
Contributed by Ardith Dentzer.
Obituary
GREENSBORO
Death of E. P. Hill
E. P. Hill passed away Wednesday morning after a long illness and was buried Friday. Mr. Hill was about 80 years of age and a veteran of the civil war. He leaves a wife and two sons.
Source: St. Johnsbury Caledonian, Dec. 31, 1913
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.