Elder, John Bates
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 17, credited to Colchester, VT Unit(s): 29th ME INF Service: enl 12/12/63, Pvt, Co. I, 29th ME INF, m/o 5/31/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 08/1844, Maine Death: 12/23/1919 Burial: Village Cemetery, Colchester, VT Marker/Plot: Not found Gravestone photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 26704635 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 9/21/1892, MA 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: ALL records say John, despite use of James in obituary. DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Obituary
HARDWICK
James B. Elder [sic], Civil War Veteran, Died Tuesday - Aged 75.
James Bates Elder, a veteran of the Civil war, who has been making his home for some time with T. A. McCall, at the west end, passed away last Tuesday morning, aged 75 years. The remains were taken to Colchester on Wednesday morning for burial. Mr. Elder was born in Augusta, Me., in October, 1841. He was a brother-in-law of Mrs. McCall.
Source: Barre Daily Times, December 27, 1919
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.
Elder was living in Ward 5, Springfield, MA, in 1890 (1890 Census Special Schedule for Veterans and Widows).