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28th New York Infantry Regiment
Niagara Rifles; Scott Life Guard
Leroy Kenyon

On May 6th, 1861, Leroy Kenyon enlisted as a Private in Company D, 28th NY. He was 20 years old. He was wounded in action at Cedar Mountain on August 9th, 1862. His wounds were such that he was discharged for disability at Port Monroe, Va., on November 17th 1862.
He died less than six years later, on September 12th, 1868 and is buried at Somerset Cemetery, Somerset, Niagara County, NY.
His headstone reads as follows:
LEROY KENYON
Died
Sept 12, 1868
27 yrs 3m 17 d
Two smaller headstones are also located there, which are two sons, both of who died less than two years old:
MILO
Son of
Leroy & Euretta
Kenyon
Died Jan 9 1867
Aged 1 yr 7m 16d
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A bud of promise plucked
From earth to bloom in heaven
ORREN
Son of Leroy & Euretta
Kenyon
Born
Feb 23, 1868
Died
Jan 16 1869
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A bud of promise plucked
From earth to bloom in heaven
It is quite a small cemetery and the family plot is located about 10 meters in from the road.
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