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 Octavus Trackey

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Octavus Trackey

Birth
Death
2 Jun 1905 (aged 76–77)
New York, USA
Burial
Hudson Falls, Washington County, New York, USA
Plot
Section #2 Plot #2
Memorial ID
39751504 View Source

Octavius Trackey (Trickey in military records)Born in Canada. Served in Co. K 11th Vermont Infantry during the Civil War. Captured at the Weldon Railroad 6/23/1864. Survived 5 months at Andersonville and other Confederate prisons. Paroled 11/26/64. Mustered out 8/25/64. Living in Fort Edward, New York, on 1880 Federal census and on the SFVHA 1890 Roster. Described as a laborer in Fort Edward in the Glen Falls, New York, Directory of 1890. Listed on Special [Veterans] Schedule for Fort Edward noting disability incurred: sun stroke, chronic diarrhea, rheumatism [while a] prisoner at Andersonville 5 mos & 3 days. Died 6/2/1905. As Octavus Trackey buried in St. Paul's Cemetery at Kingsbury, New York. As Octavius Trakay after 25 years of trying and several applications granted an invalid pension in 1898 of $9 per month. Always related that he had a smoking pipe that a Confederate guard admired and he traded it for his parole from Andersonville.

Octavius Trackey (Trickey in military records)Born in Canada. Served in Co. K 11th Vermont Infantry during the Civil War. Captured at the Weldon Railroad 6/23/1864. Survived 5 months at Andersonville and other Confederate prisons. Paroled 11/26/64. Mustered out 8/25/64. Living in Fort Edward, New York, on 1880 Federal census and on the SFVHA 1890 Roster. Described as a laborer in Fort Edward in the Glen Falls, New York, Directory of 1890. Listed on Special [Veterans] Schedule for Fort Edward noting disability incurred: sun stroke, chronic diarrhea, rheumatism [while a] prisoner at Andersonville 5 mos & 3 days. Died 6/2/1905. As Octavus Trackey buried in St. Paul's Cemetery at Kingsbury, New York. As Octavius Trakay after 25 years of trying and several applications granted an invalid pension in 1898 of $9 per month. Always related that he had a smoking pipe that a Confederate guard admired and he traded it for his parole from Andersonville.


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The inscription appears to be:
OCTAVUS TRACKEY
CO. D 1ST REGT. VT. H. ART.
1828 - 1905
DELIA FERNETTE
HIS WIFE
1837 – 1903


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