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Lemuel Aldrich
Civil War Veteran
Mr. Lemuel Aldrich died at the home of his daughter-in-law, this morning at 7 o'clock, of organic heart trouble. He had been sick about two weeks. The deceased was a member of Major Farewell's company and served during the last year of the Civil War. For many years he resided on a small farm in the Stevenson neighborhood northwest of town, but during recent years he had lived in Monticello.
Source: Monticello Express, 14 May 1908
Note: Lemuel's father was Lester Aldrich and his mother was a Henderson, according to the death certificate. His official death date is 14 May 1908. Two of his eleven children were Leonard, b. 1856 and E. C., b. April 1860. Lemuel was a member of the 31st Iowa Infantry, Company H.

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