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State of Service: MA - VT
Qualifying Service: Pvt - Corporal
Flat, rectangular bronze U.S. Gov't veteran marker
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Active cemetery located on the east side of Rte. 11 just north of the village of Pulaski
Author: Shawn Patrick Doyle
Abraham Meacham was born on June 24, 1753 in Worchester County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Isaac and Lydia (Blanchard) Meacham. On October 15, 1778 Abraham married Lydia Standish in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Lydia who was born on April 22, 1761 was the daughter of Alexander and Sarah (Alden) Standish and the 2nd great granddaughter of Captain Miles Standish. Lydia died September 15, 1844. Abraham and Lydia raised a family of nine children. On May 1, 1775 Abraham, along with his brothers Isaac and Jacob enlisted in Captain Abiathar Angel’s Company in Colonel David Brewer’s Massachusetts Regiment for three months and one week. Abraham next enlisted in Captain John Wright’s Company of the 9th Massachusetts commanded by Colonel Rufus Putnam. Abraham later served in 1780 in Captain John Stark’s company in Vermont and his final service was enlisted in Captain Zadock Everest Company in April 1781. Abraham was one of the first settlers of Benson Vermont. He died on December 24, 1822 in Benson, Rutland County Vermont and in 1823 was reinterred in his final resting place in Pulaski Cemetery, Richland Township, Oswego County New York. His grave was remarked with a Veteran’s Administration stone in the 1980s.
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