David Smith Bortle
Representing: Union
G.A.R Post
- Custer Post #6 Pierce Co. WA
Unit History
- 49th Wisconsin Infantry C
Family History
David Smith Bortle
- Birth
- 24 Dec 1846
Calamus, Dodge County, Wisconsin, USA
- Death
- 27 May 1932 (aged 85)
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, USA
- Burial
- Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, USA
- Plot
- Grave #4 between block 125 and 126
- Memorial ID
- 219571337
- Born in Wisconsin. A resident of Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin when he enlisted in the 49th Wisconsin Infantry. A member of Custer Post No. 6 of Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. Died in Tenino, Thurston County, Washington. He is buried in a G.A.R. section of the cemetery. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) Veterans' Grave Registration, Pierce County, Washington, conducted in 1939, identified his grave location as Block 126, Row 5, Grave 4. The Cemetery's records indicate the burial location as between Blocks 125 and 126, Grave 4.
Cemetery
Buried at Oakwood Hill Cemetery
Row: Between block 125 and 126
Site: #4