Civil War. Died in Service. Remembrance per cemetery records. Holdridge & Wilcox Lot. Mary Button Tandy's Father.
Henry died as a Sgt. in Company E., 89th N.Y. Inf. Reg. of typhoid fever. He enlisted in Norwich, N.Y. on Sept. 21,1861 as a Private. Henry married Harriet M. Willcox in 1859. They had a daughter Mary E., who died Dec.6,1928 in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Henry's name is listed in the official burial records as a "Remembrance" plot, which means he is not buried here, but a flag is placed in a marker every year in memory of him. He is buried elsewhere.
From a local newspaper: Two daughters of Rueben Willcox, Mianda and Harriet, were left widows with several small children during the war. Their husbands, Ryland Harvey and Henry Button, found graves on southern soil.
Civil War. Died in Service. Remembrance per cemetery records. Holdridge & Wilcox Lot. Mary Button Tandy's Father.
Henry died as a Sgt. in Company E., 89th N.Y. Inf. Reg. of typhoid fever. He enlisted in Norwich, N.Y. on Sept. 21,1861 as a Private. Henry married Harriet M. Willcox in 1859. They had a daughter Mary E., who died Dec.6,1928 in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Henry's name is listed in the official burial records as a "Remembrance" plot, which means he is not buried here, but a flag is placed in a marker every year in memory of him. He is buried elsewhere.
From a local newspaper: Two daughters of Rueben Willcox, Mianda and Harriet, were left widows with several small children during the war. Their husbands, Ryland Harvey and Henry Button, found graves on southern soil.
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Remembrance Plot within the cemetery. A plot where Civil War veterans were honored with a stone, while their remains are located elsewhere.
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