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State of Service: VT
Qualifying Service: Lieutenant
Author: Nils Eric Danielsson
Rufus Branch was born on 5 Feb 1740 on Branch Hill in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He married Abigail Mason in 1760. They had ten children. He served as a minute man in 1776 and fought in the battles of Hubbardton and White Hall. He was later made a lieutenant during the American Revolution. They moved from Lenox, Massachusetts to Bennington, Vermont. It is written “He engaged with all his might at the battle of Bennington, and rejoiced with the victors in the triumphs of the day. At the close of the war, he removed to Castleton.” He served in the Company of Captain Samuel Robinson in Colonel Samuel Herrick’s Regiment Vermont Troops. He died in Castleton, Vermont on 10 Mar 1821 and was buried in the Congregational Cemetery in Castleton, Rutland, Vermont.
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