died aged 62y 2m 11ds; married; reporter

obit states native of Castleton, Vermont; death record states b. Poultney, Vermont

son of Benjamin W Burt & Mary Helen (Green) Burt

m. Caroline "Carrie" Long 28 Nov 1867 at Rutland, Vermont

children:
i. Mary Caroline b. 19 Jan 1869
ii. Harry Powell b. 10 Feb 1879 m. Grace Ethel Longenecker & Ethel Laurie Beckner
iii. Frederick Dunham b. 07 Dec 1881 m. Mary A Starbuck & Lura Hodgkins Fay (name listed as Laura James Perry in his obit)

died after an illness he suffered for a year; lived in Bennington, Vt. for 15 years; member of the staff of The Evening Banner newspaper at time of his death; enlisted in the Civil War at the age of 16 along with his younger brother Charles; served in the First Vt Infantry for a year, transferred to First U. S. heavy artillery where he served to the end of the war; returned to Castleton after mustering out at New London, Conn. in 1865; worked for a time in harness making with his father then went to work for the Rutland Globe newspaper for several years; in 1873 left for Panama to work on the lathmus, remained there for nine years; returned to Vermont in 1882 and entered employ of the Rutland Herald; was appointed post master at Castleton in 1885; traveled for the Rutland Herald until going to Bennington in 1893; furnished correspondence and special news articles for a large number of papers including the Troy Press, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Burlington Free Press, Rutland Herald, St Albans Messenger, New York Tribune, North Adams Transcript, the United Press association and others; his wife, daughter, and two sons survived him; charter member of Roberts Post G.A.R. of Rutland; member of Center Lodge F. and A. M. of Rutland
[excerpts from obituary published in Bennington Evening Banner, Thurs., Sept. 5, 1907, avail on ancestry.com]

died aged 62y 2m 11ds; married; reporter

obit states native of Castleton, Vermont; death record states b. Poultney, Vermont

son of Benjamin W Burt & Mary Helen (Green) Burt

m. Caroline "Carrie" Long 28 Nov 1867 at Rutland, Vermont

children:
i. Mary Caroline b. 19 Jan 1869
ii. Harry Powell b. 10 Feb 1879 m. Grace Ethel Longenecker & Ethel Laurie Beckner
iii. Frederick Dunham b. 07 Dec 1881 m. Mary A Starbuck & Lura Hodgkins Fay (name listed as Laura James Perry in his obit)

died after an illness he suffered for a year; lived in Bennington, Vt. for 15 years; member of the staff of The Evening Banner newspaper at time of his death; enlisted in the Civil War at the age of 16 along with his younger brother Charles; served in the First Vt Infantry for a year, transferred to First U. S. heavy artillery where he served to the end of the war; returned to Castleton after mustering out at New London, Conn. in 1865; worked for a time in harness making with his father then went to work for the Rutland Globe newspaper for several years; in 1873 left for Panama to work on the lathmus, remained there for nine years; returned to Vermont in 1882 and entered employ of the Rutland Herald; was appointed post master at Castleton in 1885; traveled for the Rutland Herald until going to Bennington in 1893; furnished correspondence and special news articles for a large number of papers including the Troy Press, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Burlington Free Press, Rutland Herald, St Albans Messenger, New York Tribune, North Adams Transcript, the United Press association and others; his wife, daughter, and two sons survived him; charter member of Roberts Post G.A.R. of Rutland; member of Center Lodge F. and A. M. of Rutland
[excerpts from obituary published in Bennington Evening Banner, Thurs., Sept. 5, 1907, avail on ancestry.com]