RETURN TO RESTING PLACES OF UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS
RETURN TO UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS IN THE CIVIL WAR
 | Posted by:
Bennie J. McRae, Jr. |
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 |
|
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 |
RETURN TO RESTING PLACES OF UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS
RETURN TO UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS IN THE CIVIL WAR
| Posted by:
Bennie J. McRae, Jr. |