Civil War Veterans Buried In Washington State - Reuben Farwell

CWV OSH Retsil Cem Kitsap Co FARWELL REUBEN S UNION CENSUS CHRONX

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1850 Northfield Washington Co. VT

Jacob Farwell 30 farmer

Sarah 23

Sarah 10/1840/VT

Ruben 8

Henry 6

Adaline 4

George 1

 

1860 Craftsbury Orleans Co. VT

Jacob Farwell 41 1819/VT farmer (15^th VT Inf. Co.I)

Sarah 39/1829/VT  (nee Smith no burial or death on her requested Pension from Jacob 1893/VT)

Adeline 13/1847/VT

Henry 16/1844/VT

George 11/1849/VT

Reuben Farwell 18/1842/VT

 

Jacob Farwell

BIRTH

1818

DEATH

10 Jun 1893 (aged 74–75)

BURIAL

Highland Cemetery

Chelsea, Orange County, Vermont, USA

MEMORIAL ID

119404925 · View Source

 

 

Reuben S. Farwell Residence Craftsbury VT; Enlisted on 6/1/1861 as a Private. On 7/16/1861 he mustered into "B" Co. VT 3rd Infantry He was discharged for disability on 12/28/1862

 

1870 Watopa Wabasha Co, MN

John Gage 45

Ellenor 40

Amenda 23

Chas 11

Hattie 9

Warren 5

Wells 3

Harbert mos

Reuben Farwell 27/1843/VT

 

Name:	Reuben S Farwell
Unit:	B, 3 Vt. Infantry
Filing Date:	7 Oct 1871
Filing Place:	Wisconsin, USA
Relation to Head:	Soldier

 

5/1/1875 Minneiska Wabasha Co. MN

R S Farwell 31/1844/VT Occ part not noted

 

6/1890 Vet Schedule WA

R S Farwell

 

1892 Duwamish King Co. WA

R S Farwell 5/1842/VT logger (no family)

 

1900 Everett Snohomish Co. WA

Reuben S Farwell 56/Jul 1843/VT parents VT/VT day laborer

 

1910 Veterans Home Retsil Kitsap Co. WA

Rueben S Farwell 76/1844 also says 74/1846 VT widowed parents VT/VT

 

Name:	Reuben S Washington Veterans Home Farwell
Residence Year:	1911
Residence Place:	Bremerton, Washington, USA
Publication Title:	Bremerton, Washington, City Directory, 1911

 

Name:	Reuben S Farwell
Gender:	Male
Birth Date:	abt 1844
Death Date:	15 Apr 1926
Age at Death:	82
Death Location:	Seattle, King, Washington
Father:	Jacob Farwell
Mother:	Sallie Smith
Record Source:	Washington State Death Records

 

Reuben S. Farwell

BIRTH	13 Jul 1843 Northfield, Washington County, Vermont, USA
DEATH	15 Apr 1926 (aged 82) Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
BURIAL	Washington Veterans Home Cemetery Retsil, Kitsap County, Washington, USA

CIVIL WAR VETERAN

Reuben S. Farwell was the son of Jacob and Sallie (Smith) Farwell. He was born July 13, 1843 in Northfield, Vermont.

MILITARY RECORD:
Enlisted June 1861 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Served in Company "B", 3rd Vermont Infantry under Colonel Smith. He was discharged December 28, 1862 at White Oak, Vermont due to a physical disability. Received pension on Certificate No. 776328 issued in San Francisco.

He was admitted to the Orting Soldier's Home on March 23, 1904. He requested to be dropped from the Washington Soldier's Home in Orting on March 5, 1910 in order to transfer to the Washington Veterans' Home in Port Orchard (Retsil).

Mr. Farwell died 15 April 1926 in Meridian Sanitarium in Seattle, Washington. He is buried in Retsil in the Veterans' Home Cemetery. He was a widower and indicated that he had no family.

OBITUARY:

FARWELL--Funeral services for Reuben S. Farwell, aged 83 years, will be held in Retsil, Wash., on Monday at 10 a.m. Home Undertaking Company.

The Ask A Librarian Washington service of the Washington State Library found the brief funeral notice that appeared in the April 18, 1926 Seattle Times. An identical notice was published in the April 18 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. They checked both the Port Orchard and the Bremerton papers and found no further mention of him.

Inscription

CO. B 3 VT. INF.

 

Buried at Washington Old Soldiers Home Cemetery Retsil