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The 27th Maine Volunteers
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Stephen Blanchard
Corporal, Co I, Age 22, Res: Alfred, Maine
STEPHEN BLANCHARD, the son of Abel and Sarah (Littlefield) Blanchard, was born in Lyman, Maine on 29 Nov 1839 [NH death rec]. He died in Pittsfield, Merrimack, NH on 10 June 1913 at age 73 from passive congestion of the liver. He was buried in Floral Park Cemetery in Pittsfield on 12 June [NH death rec].
Stephen was married to ELVIRA KENISTON, date not yet known. She was born in Maine [census recs] in 1837 and died in 1922 [death rec not viewed yet]. She is also buried in Floral Park, Pittsfield.
Stephen was living with his parents in Alfred, Maine during the 1860 census, and following the war, he moved to Manchester, NH, where he was employed in carpentry [1870 census]. He lived in the city for 30 years before removing to Pittsfield, NH at the turn of the century, where he would work as a farmer. He filed for a pension on 24 Mar 1879 (app #274,553 cert #284,298), his widow doing so on 19 Jun 1913 (app #1009,713 cert #763,798). The 1890 Veteran Schedule shows him with an injury to his left knee.
He and Elvira had only one child, a son:
I. FRED H, born 14 Jan 1866 in ME. He died on 13 Apr 1925 [rec not yet viewed] and is buried in Floral Park cemetery with parents. He was married to LIZZIE C KNOWLTON (born 4 May 1864, died 8 Mar 1919), who is buried alongside him.
Corporal, Co I, Age 22, Res: Alfred, Maine
STEPHEN BLANCHARD, the son of Abel and Sarah (Littlefield) Blanchard, was born in Lyman, Maine on 29 Nov 1839 [NH death rec]. He died in Pittsfield, Merrimack, NH on 10 June 1913 at age 73 from passive congestion of the liver. He was buried in Floral Park Cemetery in Pittsfield on 12 June [NH death rec].
Stephen was married to ELVIRA KENISTON, date not yet known. She was born in Maine [census recs] in 1837 and died in 1922 [death rec not viewed yet]. She is also buried in Floral Park, Pittsfield.
Stephen was living with his parents in Alfred, Maine during the 1860 census, and following the war, he moved to Manchester, NH, where he was employed in carpentry [1870 census]. He lived in the city for 30 years before removing to Pittsfield, NH at the turn of the century, where he would work as a farmer. He filed for a pension on 24 Mar 1879 (app #274,553 cert #284,298), his widow doing so on 19 Jun 1913 (app #1009,713 cert #763,798). The 1890 Veteran Schedule shows him with an injury to his left knee.
He and Elvira had only one child, a son:
I. FRED H, born 14 Jan 1866 in ME. He died on 13 Apr 1925 [rec not yet viewed] and is buried in Floral Park cemetery with parents. He was married to LIZZIE C KNOWLTON (born 4 May 1864, died 8 Mar 1919), who is buried alongside him.
Additional Source Data:
1850
1860 Alfred, York, Maine census (pg 24)
1870 Manchester, Hillsborough, NH Ward-6
1880 Manchester Wrd-6 (pg 27): 136 Willow St
1890 Vet Schedule: Manchester, NH: disability, left knee injured
1900
1910 Pittsfield, Merrimack, NH (pg 1A): hh 2/2
1850
1860 Alfred, York, Maine census (pg 24)
1870 Manchester, Hillsborough, NH Ward-6
1880 Manchester Wrd-6 (pg 27): 136 Willow St
1890 Vet Schedule: Manchester, NH: disability, left knee injured
1900
1910 Pittsfield, Merrimack, NH (pg 1A): hh 2/2
The following veteran stone was placed with the
Blanchard family plot in Evergreen Cemetery, Alfred,
perhaps with the thought that Stephen was buried with
his parents.