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Joseph Gano

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Joseph Gano Veteran

Birth
Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA
Death
23 Sep 1886 (aged 48–49)
Kingwood Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Frenchtown, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.5236137, Longitude: -75.0604391
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Military:
He served with Company B of the 38th Regiment of the New Jersey

Marriage:
He married Rebecca E. Ruple, June 9, 1860, Alexandria Twp, Hunterdon county, New Jersey.

Obituary:
Hunterdon Democrat, September 28, 1886: "Suicide Of An Old Soldier. Last Thursday evening W.T. Srope, Justice, of Frenchtown, was called to view the dead body of Joseph Gano who resided on the farm of David Kline, near Baptisttown. The Justice empanelled a jury of inquest on Friday morning, when the following facts were ascertained: That he had been a man of intemperate habits, and that for a few days had been on a spree. He arose early on Thursday morning and it was supposed that he had gone to his work in the forenoon. A noise was heard in an outhouse and upon his wife going out to ascertain the cause, found him in there. He informed here that he wished to die, and had taken Paris green. He died that afternoon. He was a soldier in the rebellion, and leaves a wife and six children. Interment in Frenchtown cemetery on Sunday."
Military:
He served with Company B of the 38th Regiment of the New Jersey

Marriage:
He married Rebecca E. Ruple, June 9, 1860, Alexandria Twp, Hunterdon county, New Jersey.

Obituary:
Hunterdon Democrat, September 28, 1886: "Suicide Of An Old Soldier. Last Thursday evening W.T. Srope, Justice, of Frenchtown, was called to view the dead body of Joseph Gano who resided on the farm of David Kline, near Baptisttown. The Justice empanelled a jury of inquest on Friday morning, when the following facts were ascertained: That he had been a man of intemperate habits, and that for a few days had been on a spree. He arose early on Thursday morning and it was supposed that he had gone to his work in the forenoon. A noise was heard in an outhouse and upon his wife going out to ascertain the cause, found him in there. He informed here that he wished to die, and had taken Paris green. He died that afternoon. He was a soldier in the rebellion, and leaves a wife and six children. Interment in Frenchtown cemetery on Sunday."


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