BIRTH = John was born June 23, 1832 in Limington, Maine.
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DEATH = John died on April 17, 1864 at Fort Snelling in Minnesota from a MI.
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BURIAL = John is buried at the Lebanon Cemetery in Apple Valley, Minnesota.
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MARRIAGE = John married Elizabeth Dam Libby on Jan 9, 1858 in Lakeville, Minnesota.
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OCCUPATION = Did some farming in Limington, Maine / Worked in a Carriage Factory in Limington, Maine (The Greenwood & Wright Carriage Company) / a Wagon Builder / odd jobs in Saint Paul, Minnesota in the 1850's
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EDUCATION = Unknown.
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MEDICAL = He contracted Malaria in the Civil War. He died from a MI.
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WHERE LIVED = Lexington, Maine / Limington, Maine / Lakeville, Minnesota.
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PARENTS = John was the youngest son of John Watson and Mary Polly Hopkinson.
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS = Unknown.
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HOBBIES = Unknown.
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MILITARY = John fought in the Civil War and was enlisted with the "4th Minnesota Infantry" as a Corporal on September 26, 1861. His first assignment was grave detail to bury the nearly 3000 dead who fell at the battle of Shiloh. John was also in the Sanitary Corps (did cleanup when the patients were fit for duty). He was eventually promoted to Full Sergeant on Jan 1, 1863.
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