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COL George Thacher Balch

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COL George Thacher Balch

Birth
Biddeford, York County, Maine, USA
Death
15 Apr 1894 (aged 65)
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Plot
Section I Lot 86
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Civil War veteran; author of an early version of the Pledge of Allegiance. Different sources list two spellings for his middle name - "Thatcher" and "Thacher". As the latter is his mother's maiden name, that is the more likely.
Civil War veteran; author of an early version of the Pledge of Allegiance. Different sources list two spellings for his middle name - "Thatcher" and "Thacher". As the latter is his mother's maiden name, that is the more likely.

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