Austin Harrison Ward

  

Biographical Information

BORN December 17, 1840 in Brattleboro, Vermont
PARENTS Nelson Ward and Jerusha Thomas
MARRIED Augusta Hannah Dean on August 9, 1865 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts
CHILDREN Elon Austin Ward (1866-1892)
DIED July 27, 1925 in Brattleboro, Vermont
BURIED West Brattleboro, Vermont
COMMENTS Employed as a mechanic for the Estey Organ Company in Brattleboro, Vermont

Resided at 6 Myrtle Street, Brattleboro, Vermont

Austin H. Ward biography

 

Military Service

RESIDENCE Brattleboro, Vermont
ENLISTED December 7, 1861 as a Private

Reenlisted on January 5, 1864

MUSTERED February 18, 1862
UNIT Company I, 8th Vermont Infantry
TRANSFERRED n/a
PROMOTED Promoted Corporal on September 19, 1864

Promoted Sergeant on May 2, 1865

DISCHARGED Mustered out on June 28, 1865 at Washington, D.C.
COMMENTS Member of G.A.R. Post (Sedgwick) in Brattleboro, Vermont