want burial: Sumner F. Keyes, Madrid Cem.??
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found: Sumner F. Keys buried near Ellsworth, Kansas
Jean. Many thanks. I found Sumner F. Keys buried near Ellsworth, Kansas.
Sumner F. (or T.) Keyes Co. D 4th Vermont Infantry. Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled 11/24/64. Mustered out 4/19/65. Listed as died before 1890 in Madrid, Nebraska, on Roster. Nebraska 1890 Veterans & Widows Census lists Elizabeth R. Purdy as widow of Sumner T. Keyes. Actually died 4/3 or 4/5/72 at his farm near Ellsworth, Kansas, of chronic diarrhea. Elizabeth R. Keyes granted a widow's pension in ?1874. Also listed as L. N. Keyes at Andersonville.
Sumner F. (or T.) Keyes Co. D 4th Vermont Infantry. Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64. Paroled 11/24/64. Mustered out 4/19/65. Listed as died before 1890 in Madrid, Nebraska, on Roster. Nebraska 1890 Veterans & Widows Census lists Elizabeth R. Purdy as widow of Sumner T. Keyes. Actually died 4/3 or 4/5/72 at his farm near Ellsworth, Kansas, of chronic diarrhea. Elizabeth R. Keyes granted a widow's pension in ?1874. Also listed as L. N. Keyes at Andersonville.