Tobey, Henry A.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 18, credited to Whitingham, VT Unit(s): 8th VT INF Service: enl 1/7/62, m/i 2/18/62, Pvt, Co. H, 8th VT INF, dis/dsb 6/27/62 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1844, Whitingham, VT Death: 09/27/1904 Burial: Carley Cemetery, Whitingham, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Bob Edwards Findagrave Memorial #: 141383213 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 11/8/1873 (Toby) 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  Carley Cemetery, Whitingham, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Henry A. Tobey
Deerfield Valley Times
Sep. 30, 1904HENRY A. TOBEY
Long Life of Helpless Suffering At an End.
After living for many years in a condition of absolute helplessness and undergoing intense suffering from rheumatism in its worst form, Henry A. Tobey died on Tuesday at the home of Miss Lizzie J. Howe, who had taken care of him for years. Mr. Tobey was a veteran of the civil war and contracted the illness, which finally rendered him helpless, while serving with the Eighth Vermont Volunteers in the swamps of Louisiana in 1862.
He enlisted at Whitingham on January 7 of that year and was discharged for disability on June 27 following.
For many years he was unable to take care of himself in any way and was in receipt of a total disability pension of $72 a month from the United States government. He had lived in several towns in this county, including Bennington, Jacksonville and Halifax, being cared for by Miss Smith for many years.
The funeral was held at Miss Smith's residence Thursday afternoon and interment was in the cemetery at Whitingham.
Contributed by Tom Boudreau.