The Spirit of the Times, Pontotoc, Miss. 8-14-1841:
. . . And lastly, we record the death of a venerable soldier, Mr. EZEKIEL BLACKMARR, who died at Thompson, Conn. on the 12th July, in the 99th year of his age. He was born in Gloucester, Rhode Island, in August, 1742. Seventy-nine years ago, that is to say, in 1762, he joined the regiment of Col. Israel Putnam, which formed a part of the colonial brigade of Gen. Lyman, in the expedition to take the Island of Cuba. He was supposed to be the last surviving soldier at the taking of Moro Castle, and the oldest in the service on the rolls of King George the Third.
. . . And lastly, we record the death of a venerable soldier, Mr. EZEKIEL BLACKMARR, who died at Thompson, Conn. on the 12th July, in the 99th year of his age. He was born in Gloucester, Rhode Island, in August, 1742. Seventy-nine years ago, that is to say, in 1762, he joined the regiment of Col. Israel Putnam, which formed a part of the colonial brigade of Gen. Lyman, in the expedition to take the Island of Cuba. He was supposed to be the last surviving soldier at the taking of Moro Castle, and the oldest in the service on the rolls of King George the Third.
The Spirit of the Times, Pontotoc, Miss. 8-14-1841:
. . . And lastly, we record the death of a venerable soldier, Mr. EZEKIEL BLACKMARR, who died at Thompson, Conn. on the 12th July, in the 99th year of his age. He was born in Gloucester, Rhode Island, in August, 1742. Seventy-nine years ago, that is to say, in 1762, he joined the regiment of Col. Israel Putnam, which formed a part of the colonial brigade of Gen. Lyman, in the expedition to take the Island of Cuba. He was supposed to be the last surviving soldier at the taking of Moro Castle, and the oldest in the service on the rolls of King George the Third.
. . . And lastly, we record the death of a venerable soldier, Mr. EZEKIEL BLACKMARR, who died at Thompson, Conn. on the 12th July, in the 99th year of his age. He was born in Gloucester, Rhode Island, in August, 1742. Seventy-nine years ago, that is to say, in 1762, he joined the regiment of Col. Israel Putnam, which formed a part of the colonial brigade of Gen. Lyman, in the expedition to take the Island of Cuba. He was supposed to be the last surviving soldier at the taking of Moro Castle, and the oldest in the service on the rolls of King George the Third.
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