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Martell, Frank E.
MILITARY SERVICE
Age: 17, credited to Roxbury, VT
Unit(s): 6th VT INF
Service: enl 8/14/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. H, 6th VT INF, reen 12/15/63, wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, wdd, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, dsrtd 12/16/64, rtnd 1/1/65, m/o 7/7/65
See Legend for expansion of abbreviations
VITALS
Birth: 03/12/1844, Barton, VT
Death: 10/01/1919
Burial: Roxbury Cemetery, Roxbury, VT
Marker/Plot: 84
Gravestone researcher/photographer: Chuck McGill
Findagrave Memorial #: 99926829
MORE INFORMATION
Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 7/21/1865; widow Serena A., 10/13/1919
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
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BURIAL:
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Roxbury Cemetery, Roxbury, VT
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Obituary
FUNERAL FOR FRANK E. MARTELL HELD FRIDAY AFTERNOON:
The funeral of Frank E. Martell was held yesterday afternoon in Roxbury. Among those who attended were his brothers, E. D. Martell, of Ayer, Mass, and E. W. Martell, of Concord, Mass., a daughter of the latter, Miss Gertrude Martell, and Mrs. N. S. Young of Waterbury, and a sister of Mrs. Martell.
The bearers chosen from the White River Lodge, NO 90, were, Robert Noble, C. L. Lilly, J. M. Graham, W. R. Briggs, J. S. Kimball, and M. E. Gaskell. The Masonic ritual at the grave was read by Rev. W. C. Harvey, Chaplain of the lodge. Grand Army men attending the services at Roxbury were: Daniel Stoddard, T. B. Kendall, Dr. Waining, G. H. Kimball, A. T. Chadwick, M. N. Kendall, and Alonzo Spooner. Masons not named above serving as bearers at Bethel were, G. E. Kimball, and F. E. Rogers.
Upon the pulpit of the Universalist Church in Roxbury, where the funeral was held, was the silk flag which Mr. Martell presented to Co. H., Sixth Vermont, at a camp fire some years ago.
Source: Barre Daily Times, Oct. 4, 1919
Courtesy of Deanna French
