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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1828

Vol. I
p415
529

(Born Me.)

Benjamin W. Kinsman

(Ap'd Me.)

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Born Jan. 14, 1806, Portland, ME.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1824, to July 1, 1828, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut. of Infantry, July 1, 1828.

Second Lieut., 7th Infantry, July 1, 1828.

Served: on frontier duty at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1828‑30; Ft. Jesup, La., 1829‑31, — Arkansas River, 1831‑32, — and Ft. Gibson, I. T., 1832.

Died, May 14, 1832, at Ft. Gibson, I. T.: Aged 26.

Buried, Pentucket Cemetery, Haverhill, MA.


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