Lyman enlisted into Company G, 21st Infantry Regiment in August 1861 along with his cousins, Winslow Chaffin and George Lyman Cheney.
Civil War Service Record: A farmer from Holden, Massachusetts he enlisted as a Private on 2 Aug 1861 at the age of 22.
Enlisted in Company G, 21st Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 23 Aug 1861.
Transferred out of Company G, 21st Infantry Regiment Massachusetts and into Co. K, 36th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 21 Oct 1864.
Transferred out of Co. K, 36th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts and enlisted in Co. B, 56th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 8 Jun 1865.
Mustered out of Co. B, 56th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 22 July 1865
Husband of Alice G. (Swett) Thurston and father of Harold, Corinne and Madelyn.
Son of Moses and Eliza (Chaffin) Flagg Thurston.
Brother of George (89602897), Alvin, Matilda (my great grandmother), James and Mary Thurston.
From: Find A Grave Contributor: DPB,
Lyman F. Thurston was the Assistant Janitor of All Saints Episcopal Church and died in a Snowstorm from exposure and exhaustion while on the way to work. He was found deceased in a Snowbank.
Boston Globe, 27 Dec 1909, Page 8.
Civil War Service Record: A farmer from Holden, Massachusetts he enlisted as a Private on 2 Aug 1861 at the age of 22.
Enlisted in Company G, 21st Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 23 Aug 1861.
Transferred out of Company G, 21st Infantry Regiment Massachusetts and into Co. K, 36th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 21 Oct 1864.
Transferred out of Co. K, 36th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts and enlisted in Co. B, 56th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 8 Jun 1865.
Mustered out of Co. B, 56th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 22 July 1865
Husband of Alice G. (Swett) Thurston and father of Harold, Corinne and Madelyn.
Son of Moses and Eliza (Chaffin) Flagg Thurston.
Brother of George (89602897), Alvin, Matilda (my great grandmother), James and Mary Thurston.
From: Find A Grave Contributor: DPB,
Lyman F. Thurston was the Assistant Janitor of All Saints Episcopal Church and died in a Snowstorm from exposure and exhaustion while on the way to work. He was found deceased in a Snowbank.
Boston Globe, 27 Dec 1909, Page 8.
Lyman enlisted into Company G, 21st Infantry Regiment in August 1861 along with his cousins, Winslow Chaffin and George Lyman Cheney.
Civil War Service Record: A farmer from Holden, Massachusetts he enlisted as a Private on 2 Aug 1861 at the age of 22.
Enlisted in Company G, 21st Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 23 Aug 1861.
Transferred out of Company G, 21st Infantry Regiment Massachusetts and into Co. K, 36th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 21 Oct 1864.
Transferred out of Co. K, 36th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts and enlisted in Co. B, 56th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 8 Jun 1865.
Mustered out of Co. B, 56th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 22 July 1865
Husband of Alice G. (Swett) Thurston and father of Harold, Corinne and Madelyn.
Son of Moses and Eliza (Chaffin) Flagg Thurston.
Brother of George (89602897), Alvin, Matilda (my great grandmother), James and Mary Thurston.
From: Find A Grave Contributor: DPB,
Lyman F. Thurston was the Assistant Janitor of All Saints Episcopal Church and died in a Snowstorm from exposure and exhaustion while on the way to work. He was found deceased in a Snowbank.
Boston Globe, 27 Dec 1909, Page 8.
Civil War Service Record: A farmer from Holden, Massachusetts he enlisted as a Private on 2 Aug 1861 at the age of 22.
Enlisted in Company G, 21st Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 23 Aug 1861.
Transferred out of Company G, 21st Infantry Regiment Massachusetts and into Co. K, 36th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 21 Oct 1864.
Transferred out of Co. K, 36th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts and enlisted in Co. B, 56th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 8 Jun 1865.
Mustered out of Co. B, 56th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 22 July 1865
Husband of Alice G. (Swett) Thurston and father of Harold, Corinne and Madelyn.
Son of Moses and Eliza (Chaffin) Flagg Thurston.
Brother of George (89602897), Alvin, Matilda (my great grandmother), James and Mary Thurston.
From: Find A Grave Contributor: DPB,
Lyman F. Thurston was the Assistant Janitor of All Saints Episcopal Church and died in a Snowstorm from exposure and exhaustion while on the way to work. He was found deceased in a Snowbank.
Boston Globe, 27 Dec 1909, Page 8.
Inscription
LYMAN F.
THURSTON
CO. G.
21 MASS. INF.
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Buried on 29 Dec 1909
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