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The funeral of Charles Murray, aged 52 years, 10 months, who died Wednesday of last week on Oxford Avenue, was held Friday at the Church of the Sacred Heart. He was a member of Slater Guard Co. I, 15th Mass. Vol. Inf. Surviving members of Co. I, of whom there are 6 in Webster of the original 101, attended the funeral. Bearers were Henry Rusack, Sr., Michael Lanigan, E. R. Wakefield and E. D. Clemans, all comrades of the deceased in the army. Comrade Murray enlisted when a mere lad, did good service in the rank, and for a while worked in the cooks galley. Just before the battle of Gettysburg all cooks were ordered to join the ranks, and in the battle of Gettysburg this young soldier received a serious wound in his right arm, tearing away the muscle, and for 28 years suffered from the wound. Of the now surviving members of Co. I. now living in town and Dudley are Capt. Amos Bartlett, Elias B. Wakefield, Michael Lanigan, E. D. Clemans, Henry Groh, Hiram J. Raymond and Patrick Healy. |