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Sgt Philetus Lake

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Sgt Philetus Lake

Birth
Greenville, Greene County, New York, USA
Death
21 Oct 1907 (aged 64)
Oneonta, Otsego County, New York, USA
Burial
Oneonta, Otsego County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec. 5, Lot 105
Memorial ID
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Philetus Lake at age 21 enlisted August 19, 1862 with the Co. K, 120th N.Y. Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Greenville, Greene Co., N.Y.. Wounded in hip and shoulder in front of Petersburg June 16, 1864. He was promoted to First Sergeant on April 1, 1865, then discharged on June 3, 1865.

C.O.D. - Apoplexy (atheroma of the arteries)

OBITUARY
THE STAR
ONEONTA, OTSEGO CO., N.Y.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1907
Pg. 6

DEATHS
Philetus Lake - The body of the late Philetus Lake, who died suddenly at his home in Schenectady on Monday, will be brought to Oneonta on the 12:41 p.m. train today, and the funeral services will be held at Methodist Episcopal church at 1 o'clock with interment at Glenwood cemetery.
Mr. Lake came to Oneonta from Stamford in 1888, and remained in the employ of the D & H company, as carpenter, since the time until a year ago, when he removed to Schenectady, where he has since worked his trade. Mr. Lake was born in 1842 and was married in 1870 to Anna Totten, who with two sons, Eugene and Claude Lake, both residing in Schenectady, survive him.
Mr. Lake was a veteran of the Civil War, surviving throughout the war as a member of Company K, 120th New York volunteers. He was a member of E. D. Farmer post, No. 119, G. A. R., and well known in Oneonta and made numerous friends during his long residence here.

Philetus Lake at age 21 enlisted August 19, 1862 with the Co. K, 120th N.Y. Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Greenville, Greene Co., N.Y.. Wounded in hip and shoulder in front of Petersburg June 16, 1864. He was promoted to First Sergeant on April 1, 1865, then discharged on June 3, 1865.

C.O.D. - Apoplexy (atheroma of the arteries)

OBITUARY
THE STAR
ONEONTA, OTSEGO CO., N.Y.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1907
Pg. 6

DEATHS
Philetus Lake - The body of the late Philetus Lake, who died suddenly at his home in Schenectady on Monday, will be brought to Oneonta on the 12:41 p.m. train today, and the funeral services will be held at Methodist Episcopal church at 1 o'clock with interment at Glenwood cemetery.
Mr. Lake came to Oneonta from Stamford in 1888, and remained in the employ of the D & H company, as carpenter, since the time until a year ago, when he removed to Schenectady, where he has since worked his trade. Mr. Lake was born in 1842 and was married in 1870 to Anna Totten, who with two sons, Eugene and Claude Lake, both residing in Schenectady, survive him.
Mr. Lake was a veteran of the Civil War, surviving throughout the war as a member of Company K, 120th New York volunteers. He was a member of E. D. Farmer post, No. 119, G. A. R., and well known in Oneonta and made numerous friends during his long residence here.



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