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Last Name: Blackwell   Birth: September 10, 1837 First Name: William   Death: October 04, 1922 Middle Name: Bush   Age: 85

Unit: 26th Branch: INF     State: NY Company: F&S Side: Union Confederate If Federal State From: Rank: QM     Enlisted: May 17, 1861 Discharged: October 30, 1862 Veteran Summary Born in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. A resident of Utica, Oneida County, New York when he enlisted in the 26th New York Infantry for two years at Utica, New York. Mustered in as Regimental Quartermaster on 21 May 1861. Commissioned Quartermaster on 27 Aug 1861 with rank from 17 May 1861. Resigned his commission. A member of Custer Post No. 6 of Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. At the 1st Encampment of the Department of Washington Territory held in Olympia on 20 Jun 1883 elected Alternate to the 17th National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic held in Denver, Colorado 25-26 Jun 1883. Elected to the House of Representatives of the Washington Territorial Assembly to represent Pierce County in the 1883 session. Died in Tacoma, Washington.

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Cemetery Name	Tacoma
Cemetery Street	4801 South Tacoma Way
Cemetery City	Tacoma
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Cemetery County	Pierce
Cemetery State	WA

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Cemetery Lot	16 - C
Cemetery Section	Sec 4
Cemetery Grave Number	2
GAR Post	Custer Post 6
GAR Department	WA
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