Emerson, Horace P.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 20, credited to Corinth, VT Unit(s): 8th VT INF Service: enl 12/9/61, m/i 2/18/62, PVT, Co. D, 8th VT INF, reen 1/5/64, pr CPL 7/1/63, pr SGT, pr 1SGT, 11/26/63, comn 2LT, 3/3/65 (4/5/65), m/o 6/28/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 03/07/1844, Newbury, VT Death: 04/26/1935 Burial: Lyndon Center Cemetery, Lyndon, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Carolyn Adams Findagrave Memorial #: 85193174 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 1/17/1898 Portrait?: Gibson Collection, VHS Collections, USAHEC off-site 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 Wesley G Emerson, Lyndonville, VT (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice   Lyndon Center Cemetery, Lyndon, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
Horace P. Emerson
Death took Horace P. Emerson, one of the three remaining Civil War veterans Tuesday. He was 91 years old March 7, and had been well for a man of those years, and one who had given four years of his life to the Union in the Civil War, having enlisted as a boy from East Corinth and as long as health permitted been active in affairs of the G.A.R. He came to Lyndonville 47 years ago continue his work for the railroad which he served 40 years.
The funeral will be conducted by the Masons from the Congregational church Friday at 2:30 P.M.
Source: St. Johnsbury Republican, April 29, 1935
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.