Horton, George D.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 18, credited to Stamford, VT Unit(s): 2nd VT INF Service: enl 9/6/64, m/i 9/6/64, Pvt, Co. A, 2nd VT INF, m/o 6/19/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: abt 1846, Savory, MA Death: 08/17/1915 Burial: Hillside Cemetery, North Adams, MA Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Tom Boudreau Findagrave Memorial #: 46178671 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 2/16/1888, CT Portrait?: Unknown College?: Not Found Veterans Home?: VT (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  Hillside Cemetery, North Adams, MA Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
George D. Horton
Springfield Republican
August 19, 1915HAD $2000 IN HIS POCKETS
Clarksburg Man Who Dies in Soldiers' Home Found To Have Large Sum
George D. Horton of Clarksburg, a veteran of the civil war, had upward of $2000 in his pockets when he died at the soldiers' home in Bennington, Vt., Sunday morning, according to information that reached North Adams Monday. Horton was an inmate of the North Adams hospital for some time until last week Wednesday, when he was removed to the soldiers' home in Bennington. He was a member of Co. A, 2d Vermont regiment, and after the war he settled in Clarksburg, where he had since lived. He owned considerable property at one time and was highly regarded by all who knew him. For several years past he had been a member of C.D. Sanford post.
Contributed by Tom Boudreau.