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Ruel Wilder Allen 

Birth

1835

Goshen, Addison County, Vermont, USA

Death

8 Apr 1916 (aged 80–81)

Yakima, Yakima County, Washington, USA

Burial

Tahoma Cemetery

Yakima, Yakima County, Washington, USA

Plot

G 315 NE 4

Memorial ID

32538163

2nd Vermont Light Artillery

Residence Goshen VT; Enlisted on 10/7/1861 as a Corporal.

On 12/16/1861 he mustered into VT 2nd Light Artillery

He was discharged for disability on 2/20/1864 at New Orleans, LA

Promotions: * Sergt 1/1/1863

 

 

 

Allen, Ruel W. Resides at North Yakima, Wash.; born February 22,1835, Antrium, N. H., a son of Alvin Allen (born April 2, 1804),and Charlotte Brown Allen (born at Rochester, N. Y., October 28,1802). Married August 4, 1860, to Sarah Elizabeth Allen; seven children: Ethan, Flora, Hattie, Verna, Alice, Elfie, Lottie. Enlisted at Brandon, Vt., October 7, 1861; Second Battery Vermont Light Artillery; was promoted Sergeant January 1, 1863; engaged at Siege of Port Hudson; arrived home on crutches after discharge, which occurred at New Orleans, February 20, 1864. Settled in O'Brien County, at Sheldon, in 1894. Member McKenzie Post No. 72, Sheldon, Iowa; Relief Corps; Mead Post No. 9, North Yakima. Settled in Lyon County, Iowa, in 1871.

Source: Old Soldiers of O'Brien County, Iowa

Buried at Tahoma Cemetery
Row: G 315 NE 4