William H. Corwin
1832 - 1899 (67 years)-
Name William H. Corwin Birth 15 Feb 1832 Bellport, Suffolk, New York, United States 
Gender Male Death 21 Feb 1899 Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States Burial Cedar Grove Cemetery, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States Person ID I31401 Molloy-Remde Family Tree Aug 23 Last Modified 28 Aug 2023
Family Helen Buchanan Hedges, b. 25 Dec 1830, East Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 23 Jan 1918, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 87 years) Marriage 14 Jan 1857 , Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States Family ID F11684 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Sep 2023
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Notes - Obituary - Patchogue, L.I., February 23 - William H. Corwin, a veteran of the Civil War, died at his home on Amity Street, last Tuesday afternoon of heart failure. He had been ill all winter and had been confined to the house for the past six weeks. Mr. Corwin was born at Bellport, February 15, 1832. He had lived in Brooklyn for twenty years, and while there was employed for fourteen years with the Union Ferry Company. He had lived at Patchogue for the past thirteen years and was one of its best citizens, respected by all. During the war he served in the Fourty-eighth New York Volunteers, as sergeant and after nearly two years of active service was discharged for disability. He had been totally blind for the past ten years. He had been married forty-two years and his widow and daughter, Mrs. Leroy Hulse of Brooklyn, survive him. The funeral will be held tomorrow, the Rev. C.N. Gleason of the Congregational Church officiating. Mr. Corwin was a member of South Side Lodge No. 493, F. and A. M., of Patchogue.
(Records of Cedar Grove Cemetery; New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900; The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), Thursday, February 23, 1899 - Page 7)
- Obituary - Patchogue, L.I., February 23 - William H. Corwin, a veteran of the Civil War, died at his home on Amity Street, last Tuesday afternoon of heart failure. He had been ill all winter and had been confined to the house for the past six weeks. Mr. Corwin was born at Bellport, February 15, 1832. He had lived in Brooklyn for twenty years, and while there was employed for fourteen years with the Union Ferry Company. He had lived at Patchogue for the past thirteen years and was one of its best citizens, respected by all. During the war he served in the Fourty-eighth New York Volunteers, as sergeant and after nearly two years of active service was discharged for disability. He had been totally blind for the past ten years. He had been married forty-two years and his widow and daughter, Mrs. Leroy Hulse of Brooklyn, survive him. The funeral will be held tomorrow, the Rev. C.N. Gleason of the Congregational Church officiating. Mr. Corwin was a member of South Side Lodge No. 493, F. and A. M., of Patchogue.