from cemetery records at the KSHS library:
last residence: Soldiers' Home, Leavenworth, Kansas
cause of death: chronic colitis
interment authorized by R.A. Gilcrest
According to records at the National Military Home in Leavenworth, where he died, he served with the 129th Ohio Infantry.
The Leavenworth Post, Wednesday, May 15, 1918, page 1:
Gilcrest Body Shipped to Topeka
Austin Gilcrest, age 76, died May 13th at the National Military Home. His death was caused by old age. The body will be shipped today by the J.J. O'Donnell undertaking establishment over the Union Pacific to his former home in Topeka. The body will be in charge of his brother, M.(sic) A. Gilcrest.
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Austin Gilcrest
in the U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938
Name: Austin Gilcrest
Birth Year: abt 1842
Keyed Birth Location: Ohio
Birth State: Ohio
Admitted Year: 1909
Age at Admission: 67
State: Kansas
County: Leavenworth
City: Leavenworth
Branch: Western Branch
last residence: Soldiers' Home, Leavenworth, Kansas
cause of death: chronic colitis
interment authorized by R.A. Gilcrest
According to records at the National Military Home in Leavenworth, where he died, he served with the 129th Ohio Infantry.
The Leavenworth Post, Wednesday, May 15, 1918, page 1:
Gilcrest Body Shipped to Topeka
Austin Gilcrest, age 76, died May 13th at the National Military Home. His death was caused by old age. The body will be shipped today by the J.J. O'Donnell undertaking establishment over the Union Pacific to his former home in Topeka. The body will be in charge of his brother, M.(sic) A. Gilcrest.
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Austin Gilcrest
in the U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938
Name: Austin Gilcrest
Birth Year: abt 1842
Keyed Birth Location: Ohio
Birth State: Ohio
Admitted Year: 1909
Age at Admission: 67
State: Kansas
County: Leavenworth
City: Leavenworth
Branch: Western Branch
from cemetery records at the KSHS library:
last residence: Soldiers' Home, Leavenworth, Kansas
cause of death: chronic colitis
interment authorized by R.A. Gilcrest
According to records at the National Military Home in Leavenworth, where he died, he served with the 129th Ohio Infantry.
The Leavenworth Post, Wednesday, May 15, 1918, page 1:
Gilcrest Body Shipped to Topeka
Austin Gilcrest, age 76, died May 13th at the National Military Home. His death was caused by old age. The body will be shipped today by the J.J. O'Donnell undertaking establishment over the Union Pacific to his former home in Topeka. The body will be in charge of his brother, M.(sic) A. Gilcrest.
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Austin Gilcrest
in the U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938
Name: Austin Gilcrest
Birth Year: abt 1842
Keyed Birth Location: Ohio
Birth State: Ohio
Admitted Year: 1909
Age at Admission: 67
State: Kansas
County: Leavenworth
City: Leavenworth
Branch: Western Branch
last residence: Soldiers' Home, Leavenworth, Kansas
cause of death: chronic colitis
interment authorized by R.A. Gilcrest
According to records at the National Military Home in Leavenworth, where he died, he served with the 129th Ohio Infantry.
The Leavenworth Post, Wednesday, May 15, 1918, page 1:
Gilcrest Body Shipped to Topeka
Austin Gilcrest, age 76, died May 13th at the National Military Home. His death was caused by old age. The body will be shipped today by the J.J. O'Donnell undertaking establishment over the Union Pacific to his former home in Topeka. The body will be in charge of his brother, M.(sic) A. Gilcrest.
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Austin Gilcrest
in the U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938
Name: Austin Gilcrest
Birth Year: abt 1842
Keyed Birth Location: Ohio
Birth State: Ohio
Admitted Year: 1909
Age at Admission: 67
State: Kansas
County: Leavenworth
City: Leavenworth
Branch: Western Branch
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