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Sylvester Britton Crouse

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Sylvester Britton Crouse Veteran

Birth
Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA
Death
21 Jun 1939 (aged 91)
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 37, row 8, site 77
Memorial ID
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Age: 91 yrs.

S/O William E. Crouse & Eliza (Britton) Crouse
H/O Catherine Salome Galloway, m. 19 Oct 1876, Dundee, Monroe Co., MI
F/O Albert Edgar Crouse (3 Nov 1882-2 Jul 1936)

He fought in the Civil War and was wounded in his left hand. He spent many years, from 1900-1939, in various homes for disabled volunteer soldiers.

Obituary, The Kansas City [MO] Times, 22 Jun 1939, pg. 8:

CROUSE—Sylvester Crouse, 91, died last night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Stevens, 3111 Tracy avenue; where he had lived three years. He was a veteran of the Civil war, and later taught school in Michigan and Ohio. He had lived in Kansas City thirteen years. Mr. Crouse, who was born in New Jersey, has no survivors. An only son, Albert Crouse, died three years ago.

Burial Notice

CIVIL WAR VETERAN BURIED
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Full Military Honors Accorded Sylvester Crouse, 91
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(By The Star's Own Service.)

LEAVENWORTH, KAS., June 23.—The sounding of taps in the national cemetery today marked the funeral of Sylvester Crouse, 91-year-old civil war veteran, who died Wednesday at Kansas City. Mr. Crouse was born October 3, 1847, at Hunterdon, N. J. He served with the 38th New Jersey infantry as a member of company E. The colors of all veterans organizations at the home were massed at the services.
Age: 91 yrs.

S/O William E. Crouse & Eliza (Britton) Crouse
H/O Catherine Salome Galloway, m. 19 Oct 1876, Dundee, Monroe Co., MI
F/O Albert Edgar Crouse (3 Nov 1882-2 Jul 1936)

He fought in the Civil War and was wounded in his left hand. He spent many years, from 1900-1939, in various homes for disabled volunteer soldiers.

Obituary, The Kansas City [MO] Times, 22 Jun 1939, pg. 8:

CROUSE—Sylvester Crouse, 91, died last night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Stevens, 3111 Tracy avenue; where he had lived three years. He was a veteran of the Civil war, and later taught school in Michigan and Ohio. He had lived in Kansas City thirteen years. Mr. Crouse, who was born in New Jersey, has no survivors. An only son, Albert Crouse, died three years ago.

Burial Notice

CIVIL WAR VETERAN BURIED
_____
Full Military Honors Accorded Sylvester Crouse, 91
_____
(By The Star's Own Service.)

LEAVENWORTH, KAS., June 23.—The sounding of taps in the national cemetery today marked the funeral of Sylvester Crouse, 91-year-old civil war veteran, who died Wednesday at Kansas City. Mr. Crouse was born October 3, 1847, at Hunterdon, N. J. He served with the 38th New Jersey infantry as a member of company E. The colors of all veterans organizations at the home were massed at the services.

Inscription

Co E, 38 N J Inf



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