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George W. Aldrich

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George W. Aldrich Veteran

Birth
Marion County, Ohio, USA
Death
12 Aug 1922 (aged 77)
Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
WW I Area South Central Section Row I Grave 10
Memorial ID
View Source
Ancestry.com; Indiana, Death Certificates
Name: George W. Aldrich
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 79
Marital status: Married
Birth Date: May 1845
Birth Place: Ohio
Death Date: 12 Aug 1922
Death Place: Indiana State Soldiers Home, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA
Father: John L Aldrich
Spouse: Mary E Aldrich
Contributor: RDL #47303398
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Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Jun 15, 1916
"VETERAN VISITS "BUNKIE" OF CIVIL WAR SERVICE
Comrade William Delvln, a veteran of the civil war, and hale and hearty in spite ot his eighty-six years, was greeting old friends and acquaintances in Fort Wayne yesterday.
He will spend several days here as the guest of his old army "bunkie" and tentmate, George W. Aldrich. As comrades together in the days of the war, they served in Company A, fifth Indiana cavalry for three years and were prisoners in the old confederate penitentiary at Charleston, S. C., during the siege and bombardment of that city by the federal fleet. Comrade Delvin hails from Huntington. He will attend tho meeting of Lawton-Wayne post Saturday."
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Enlisted on either Aug 11, 1862 or Nov 8, 1862. Mustered out on Aug 8, 1865. He lived in Huntington County, Indiana.
Ancestry.com; Indiana, Death Certificates
Name: George W. Aldrich
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 79
Marital status: Married
Birth Date: May 1845
Birth Place: Ohio
Death Date: 12 Aug 1922
Death Place: Indiana State Soldiers Home, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA
Father: John L Aldrich
Spouse: Mary E Aldrich
Contributor: RDL #47303398
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Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Jun 15, 1916
"VETERAN VISITS "BUNKIE" OF CIVIL WAR SERVICE
Comrade William Delvln, a veteran of the civil war, and hale and hearty in spite ot his eighty-six years, was greeting old friends and acquaintances in Fort Wayne yesterday.
He will spend several days here as the guest of his old army "bunkie" and tentmate, George W. Aldrich. As comrades together in the days of the war, they served in Company A, fifth Indiana cavalry for three years and were prisoners in the old confederate penitentiary at Charleston, S. C., during the siege and bombardment of that city by the federal fleet. Comrade Delvin hails from Huntington. He will attend tho meeting of Lawton-Wayne post Saturday."
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Enlisted on either Aug 11, 1862 or Nov 8, 1862. Mustered out on Aug 8, 1865. He lived in Huntington County, Indiana.

Bio by: Anne Mortensen


Inscription

Co. A, Ind. 5th Cav.



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  • Maintained by: RDL
  • Originally Created by: Debra Birge
  • Added: Sep 10, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41794767/george_w-aldrich: accessed ), memorial page for George W. Aldrich (12 May 1845–12 Aug 1922), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41794767, citing Indiana Soldiers Home Cemetery, Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by RDL (contributor 47303398).