Wolcott, Edgar J.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 21, credited to Colchester, VT Unit(s): 1st VT CAV Service: enl 8/18/62, m/i 9/29/62, Pvt, Co. L, 1st VT CAV, wdd, Gettysburg, 7/3/63, PA, m/o 6/21/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1841, Unknown Death: 02/03/1930 Burial: Village Cemetery, Colchester, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Kathy Valloch Findagrave Memorial #: 25249681 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 11/2/1866 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) |
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Obituary
E. J. WOLCOTT, ESSEX JUNCTION IS DEAD AT 89
Edgar J. Wolcott died early yesterday, at his late residence on Lincoln street, Essex Junction, following a lingering illness. He was born in Colchester, June 6, 1841, the son of the late Ebenezer and Frances Bates Wolcott.
Mr. Wolcott was a member of the first Vermont Cavalry, Company L, having participated in many of the great battles of the Civil War. He was wounded in the Battle of Gettysburg, and at one time was Orderly for General Custer. After a discharge from the army, he returned home and took up farming, which occupation he carried on until he was forced to retire because of eye trouble.
Mr. Wolcott is survived in his immediate family by one brother, Julius E. Wolcott of Colchester, and by several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, from h is late home in Essex junction. The body will be placed in the vault in Lake View cemetery.
Source: Burlington Daily News, February 4, 1930.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.