Lake County IL Archives Obituaries.....Flagler, William H. January 1917
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The Anaconda Standard, Anaconda, Montana -- January 25, 1917
AGED WAR VETERAN DIES AT HIS DAUGHTER'S HOME --

William H. Flagler, 80 years old and the oldest member of Lincoln post, Grand 
Army of the Republic, of Butte, died yesterday afternoon at the home of his 
daughter, Mrs. Thomas Bennetts, 508 West Granite street. He had been in Butte 
for three years, coming to the mining city from Chicago, where he was a member 
of Thomas post, No. 5.

Mr. Flagler served through the civil war with the Ninety-second Illinois 
regiment, enlisting at the age of 25. He was in many engagements, among them 
the battles of Resaca, Kenesaw mountain, Peach Tree creek and at Atlanta. He 
was wounded at Peach Tree creek and again at Atlanta.

Mr. Flagler is survived by five children, Louis B. Flagler, Mrs. Thomas 
Bennetts and Mrs. Joe Morris of Butte and Leonard M. and Legrande Flagler of 
Chicago.

Funeral services will be held in Butte by the Grand Army. The body will be 
taken to Mr. Flagler's old home, Libertyville, Illinois for burial.



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