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George W. Young

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George W. Young Veteran

Birth
New York, USA
Death
5 Mar 1905 (aged 66)
Danby Township, Ionia County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Portland, Ionia County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot
EMD Lot 377 Row 26
Memorial ID
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G.A.R.
65yrs 11mo 17da
December 10, 2022
'"The older veterans of the Civil War are fast bivouacking on the eternal camping ground, and the number from this locality was dded to last Sunday, when George vW. Young died suddenly of heart failure at his home in Danby, aged 65 tears. He had been troubled with heart disease for a long time and been confined to the bed a couple of weeks before death, but he was not considered any worse than he had been, but he passed away within the space of a minute. He was a native of New York State but came to Portland 35 years ago from Jackson County, Michigan, and resided here until ten years ago, when he moved to Danby and engaged in farming. At Jackson, Michigan, he enlisted in Co. D First Mich. Inf., and served about two years
when he was discharged on account of a bad wound in the leg. He was a ?? and a member of John Magarah Post of Portland. Besides the widow he is survived by 4 children, Mrs. James Wainwright of Danby, Mrs. Freeman Adams, Will and Ben of Portland. Funeral services will be conducted from Grange Hall in Danby on Wednesday at 10 o'clock.
Portland Observer - March 8, 1905
Civil war veteran, died at 11 a.m., March 5, 1905 due to enlargement of the heart. He was the father of 6 children, 4 of whom were living at the time of his death. Occupation was that of a farmer."
Information supplied by "anonymous, kind of". Thanx
G.A.R.
65yrs 11mo 17da
December 10, 2022
'"The older veterans of the Civil War are fast bivouacking on the eternal camping ground, and the number from this locality was dded to last Sunday, when George vW. Young died suddenly of heart failure at his home in Danby, aged 65 tears. He had been troubled with heart disease for a long time and been confined to the bed a couple of weeks before death, but he was not considered any worse than he had been, but he passed away within the space of a minute. He was a native of New York State but came to Portland 35 years ago from Jackson County, Michigan, and resided here until ten years ago, when he moved to Danby and engaged in farming. At Jackson, Michigan, he enlisted in Co. D First Mich. Inf., and served about two years
when he was discharged on account of a bad wound in the leg. He was a ?? and a member of John Magarah Post of Portland. Besides the widow he is survived by 4 children, Mrs. James Wainwright of Danby, Mrs. Freeman Adams, Will and Ben of Portland. Funeral services will be conducted from Grange Hall in Danby on Wednesday at 10 o'clock.
Portland Observer - March 8, 1905
Civil war veteran, died at 11 a.m., March 5, 1905 due to enlargement of the heart. He was the father of 6 children, 4 of whom were living at the time of his death. Occupation was that of a farmer."
Information supplied by "anonymous, kind of". Thanx


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