Reuben S Farwell
Representing: Union
G.A.R Post
- John F Miller Post #31 Seattle, King Co. WA
Unit History
- 3rd Vermont Infantry B
Reuben S Farwell 3rd VT Infantry Co. B 1861-1862
Reuben S Farwell December 1862 Military Disability Form
Reuben S Farwell Pension Card 1871 WI
Reuben S Farwell 1890 Veterans Schedule WA
Reuben S Farwell Old Soldiers Home Retsil Kitsap Co. 1904 Application 1904 WA p1
Reuben S Farwell OSH Application p2
Reuben S Farwell Pension Pay Card 1920 WA
Reuben S Farwell Death Record 1926 WA
Family History
CWV OSH Retsil Cem Kitsap Co FARWELL REUBEN S UNION CENSUS CHRONX
John Miller Post
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 (15th 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
Chelsea, Orange County, Vermont, USA
MEMORIAL ID
119404925 · View Source
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Reuben S. Farwell 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
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Name: |
Reuben S Farwell |
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Unit: |
B, 3 Vt. Infantry |
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Filing Date: |
7 Oct 1871 |
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Filing Place: |
Wisconsin, USA |
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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
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Name: |
Reuben S Washington Veterans Home Farwell |
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Residence Year: |
1911 |
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Residence Place: |
Bremerton, Washington, USA |
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Publication Title: |
Bremerton, Washington, City Directory, 1911 |
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Name: |
Reuben S Farwell |
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Gender: |
Male |
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Birth Date: |
abt 1844 |
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Death Date: |
15 Apr 1926 |
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Age at Death: |
82 |
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Death Location: |
Seattle, King, Washington |
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Father: |
Jacob Farwell |
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Mother: |
Sallie Smith |
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Record Source: |
Washington State Death Records |
Reuben S. Farwell
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BIRTH |
13 Jul 1843 Northfield, Washington County, Vermont, USA |
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DEATH |
15 Apr 1926 (aged 82) Seattle, King County, Washington, USA |
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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.
Cemetery
Buried at Veterans Home Cemetery in Retsil