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Elbert W Van Ornum

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Elbert W Van Ornum

Birth
Essex, Essex County, New York, USA
Death
15 Jan 1936 (aged 89)
Renville County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Olivia, Renville County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
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RITES FOR VETERAN, 89
Olivia, Minn., Jan. 18.- Funeral services were held here for E. W. Van Ornum, last Civil war veteran of Renville county. He was 89 years old and is survived by his widow and five children. The couple observed their 65th wedding anniversary November 10. Van Ornum, who fought under Grant and Sherman, once had a personal audience with President Abraham Lincoln. Source: The Minneapolis Journal. Minneapolis, MN. 19 Jan 1930, page 8.
RITES FOR VETERAN, 89
Olivia, Minn., Jan. 18.- Funeral services were held here for E. W. Van Ornum, last Civil war veteran of Renville county. He was 89 years old and is survived by his widow and five children. The couple observed their 65th wedding anniversary November 10. Van Ornum, who fought under Grant and Sherman, once had a personal audience with President Abraham Lincoln. Source: The Minneapolis Journal. Minneapolis, MN. 19 Jan 1930, page 8.


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