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| Name | Nelson E. Benson |
| Photographer | F. LaRoche |
| Highest Rank | Private |
| Unit | Co. E, 17th Vermont Infantry |
| Born | July 1846 |
| Place Born | Worcester, VT |
| Died | November 24, 1919 |
| Place Died | Seattle, WA |
| Buried | Grand Army of the Republic (Seattle) |
| Service Record | Residence Worcester, VT; enlisted on 8/14/1861 as a Private; on 10/15/1861 mustered into "H" Co. VT 6th Infantry; discharged on 12/24/1862; Residence Wheelock, VT; enlisted on 8/18/1864 as a Private and mustered into "E" Co. VT 17th Infantry; wounded 9/30/1864 Poplar Springs Church, VA; Mustered Out on 6/2/1865 |
| Obit/Notes | -- Funeral notice, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Thursday, November 27, 1919, page 16, column E
BENSON - At the residence, 3422 33rd avenue south, November 24, 1919, NELSON E. BENSON, aged 73 years, beloved husband of Phebe Benson, member of Stevens Post No. 1, G. A. R.
Funeral services Friday, November 28, at the chapel of the Home Undertaking Company, Ninth at Union, at 2 p.m. Interment at Lake View cemetery. |
| Subjects (TGM) | Benson, Nelson E., 1846-1919--Portrait photographs
Grand Army of the Republic. Stevens Post No. 1--People--Washington (State)--Seattle--Portrait photographs
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans--Washington (State)--Seattle--Portrait photographs
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| Digital Collection | Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Portraits
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| Order Number | GAR068 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission, contact the Hugh and Jane Ferguson Seattle Room in The Seattle Public Library at (206) 386-4633 or send email to sea@spl.org. |
| Photograph Number | 18.3 |
| Repository | Seattle Public Library |
| Repository Collection | Hugh and Jane Ferguson Seattle Room, Local History Collection |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned as 400 ppi TIFF on a Microtek 9800 scanner; derivatives created using Adobe Photoshop (600 pixels wide) and saved as a JPG file using Photoshop's image quality "8". Scanning performed in 1/2007. |
| Studio Location | Seattle, WA |
| Original Creator | Laroche, Frank |
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