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Henry Roswell Heath

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Henry Roswell Heath

Birth
Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
19 Apr 1908 (aged 63)
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Burial
Kew Gardens, Queens County, New York, USA
Plot
Monumental Park: Maple 318
Memorial ID
150272003 View Source
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Per death certificate: married, age 68
Retired; residence 333 Washington Ave. Brooklyn
Son of Silas Heath and Maria Farnham Heath

Henry enlisted in the Civil War in the 20th Massachusetts Volunteers, was injured and made a prisoner early in the war. In 1862 he was freed in a prisoner exchange and was the first to shake hands with President Abraham Lincoln upon being released.

Henry was active in many businesses; President & Director of the Cranford Realty Co. in Cranford, NJ; a member of the U.S. Grant Post of the GAR and the Thousand Islands Yacht Clubs which he founded and an elder in the Lafayette Ave. Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn. See full details in the attached obituaries.

Per death certificate: married, age 68
Retired; residence 333 Washington Ave. Brooklyn
Son of Silas Heath and Maria Farnham Heath

Henry enlisted in the Civil War in the 20th Massachusetts Volunteers, was injured and made a prisoner early in the war. In 1862 he was freed in a prisoner exchange and was the first to shake hands with President Abraham Lincoln upon being released.

Henry was active in many businesses; President & Director of the Cranford Realty Co. in Cranford, NJ; a member of the U.S. Grant Post of the GAR and the Thousand Islands Yacht Clubs which he founded and an elder in the Lafayette Ave. Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn. See full details in the attached obituaries.

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