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Fatal 1869 shooting at Fort Ontario shocks garrison
At Fort Ontario on June 17 1869 Private Danforth Clements shot Private Joseph Marks in a second floor squad room after asking for 50 cents to pay for the funeral. Marks died that night. Clements was indicted for willful murder, claimed insanity, and later discharged from an asylum. He re enlisted, served in the Civil War era, and died in 1896. The victim is buried in Windham Connecticut with his resting place unknown.
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1St
U.S. Artillery Regiment
Joseph Marks
England
Danforth Clements
Marks
Post
Clements
Fort Ontario
Corporal Riggs
C.T. Richardson
G.N. Burt
Government Insane Asylum
Washington, D.C
11Th Connecticut Volunteers
Invalid Corps
Windham
Conn
Hannah Wilcox
Oliver Leroy Wilcox
Grove Street
National Archives
U.S. Artillery