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Wyoming Veteran Bottomstone 91 Dies After Long Illness
George W. Bottomstone 91 one of Wyoming's oldest residents and a longtime member of the Ben Paul Post No 130 G A R died at home after more than two years of illness. A native of Pennsylvania he served in the Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry with Sherman to the sea. He married Elspy Lyter on April 6 1865 and later moved to Iowa then Wyoming. He is survived by three children and nine grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the M E church last Thursday with post and legion involvement.
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George W. Bottomstone
Wyoming
Mr. Bottomstone
Pennsylvania
Ninth
Pennsylvania Cavalry
Sherman
Elspy Lyter
Iowa
Bottomstone
Dakota
Lillian Smith
Charles E
Daisy Lyons
M. E. Church
Legion
Jee Peck
Ralph Blake
Green Island
Peck
Ed Hernon
Hernon
Donald
Manistee
Mich
Jeanice Eddy
Cedar Rapids
Mary Koch
Aneata Garside
Elsie Bender
Kalamazoo
Bender
Teachers’ College
Aneata
Genevieve
Jean Carson
Center Junction
Vernon Carson
Armour Gould
Betty
Mary
Moline
Warren Embree
Chicago
Embree
Hazel Robinson
Ruth Alden
Denver
A. G. Alem
Laurence Koch
Defiance
E. N. Wilcox
Rock Island
W. J. Beckwith
Wilcox’s
Sarah Bills
Flint
Petersen
Ahab DeWitt
Roy Bender
Bills
Edna Conmey
Ada Stewart
Mount Vernon
Dorothy Marshall
Noble Grand Circle
Donald Hernon
Martelle
Brutsman
Mallicoat
Bever Park
Newton
Rhodes
Davenport
Kellogg
Levi Mallicoat
Earl Mallicoat
Routh and
Dean
C. W. Mallicoat
R. M. Heasty
Wapsie River Bridge
H. W. Applegate
Ellis Aplegate
John
Jen Mae
Tommy Vaughn
Horton
Kansas
Fred Heasty
Wilbur
Marshalltown
L. L. Fishwild
Bruce Kent
Oscar Lee
Clinton
Ralph Heasty
Jean
Miriam
Maquoketa
Allen Chatterson
Boyd
Twils Rue
Barbara
Onslow
Ray Heasty
Robert
Hazel
Camp Huaga
Alburer
Frome