Thomas More obituary, 1899

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from the New Jersey Courier 28 Sep 1899

Thomas More, a veteran of the Civil War, a member of Company B, 162d NY Vol Infantry, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Loveland, at Bayhead on Tuesday, Sept 19th. Interment took place in the Old Cemetery at West Point Pleasant, sermon preached by Rev. Mr. Dickson of the Presbyterian Church, under the auspices of the Comrades of Elwood Arnold Polst, No. 87, G.A.R. The deceased, however, was not a member of the post.

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