Woodmere Cemetery
WOODMERE CEMETERY
Detroit, Michigan
UNITED STATES COLORED CIVIL WAR VETERAN
Submitted by
Lieutenant Colonel William P. Burroughs, Jr., USAF Retired
Warner Robins, Georgia
| Private George L. Burroughs |
Company L |
2nd Regiment, U.S. Colored Cavalry |
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Born: May 14, 1832, Grimsby, Ontario, Canada
Married Mary Ann Waters March 02, 1853 in London, Ontario
Enlisted January 1865, Discharged June 1865.
After discharge he moved his family, wife and 2 daughters from London to Cleveland, Ohio where my grandfather William H. was born in 1868. Lived in Ohio, New York, Illinois and Michigan. Was a resident in veteran homes in Danville, IL and Dayton, OH.
Died: November 02, 1930 in Detroit, MI.
Buried: Woodmere Cemetery, Sec. 5, Lot 28-160. Detroit. His grave does not have a headstone but I have taken action to obtain USCTroupe headstone and have it installed.
George is my great grandfather.
Lieutenant Colonel William P. Burroughs, Jr., USAF Retired |
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