Webster, Harvey
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 38, credited to Randolph, VT Unit(s): 6th VT INF Service: comn Chaplain, 6th VT INF, 11/13/64 (12/17/64), m/o 6/26/65, Congregationalist See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 06/06/1826, Unknown Death: 01/06/1899 Burial: Elmwood Cemetery, Barre, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Monica White Findagrave Memorial #: 95588775 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 1/25/1892, VT; widow Lucy M., 12/5/1899, VT Portrait?: Jones Collection 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  Elmwood Cemetery, Barre, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
Rev. Harvey Webster
Rev. Harvey Webster died at his home in Swanton January 6 at 11:30 after a lingering illness, although he had not been confined to his bed for a week. Rev. Mr. Webster was one of the oldest and most highly esteemed of his brethren in this state. He was born in Weston, June 5, 1826, and was therefore in his 73d year. He was ordained at Barre in 1840, and had been 50 years at work in the ministry. During the civil war, he was chaplain of the sixth Vermont. He was at headquarters with Gen. Grant when lee surrendered, and had preserved several relics of that momentous occasion, among them a steel pen used by Lee in signing the article of surrender.
Source: St. Johnsbury Republican, January 11, 1899
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.