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PRIVATE GEORGE (FRUTS) FRUITS REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER MEMORIAL

PRIVATE GEORGE (FRUTS) FRUITS REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER MEMORIAL
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Location: COUNTRY ROUTE 400S AND ROUTE 600W

City: WAYNETOWN

State: Indiana

Zip Code: 47990

Access: Cemetery

Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR

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PRIVATE GEORGE (FRUTS) FRUITS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA SERVED AS A SOLDIER OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS. HE JOINED THE MILITIA AT AN EARLY AGE AND REPORTEDLY LIVED TO BE PAST 114. THIS MADE HIM THE OLDEST SURVIVING VETERAN OF THE WAR. GRANTING OF THE WIDOW’S PENSION AND THE INSCRIPTION ON HIS TOMBSTONE ARE EVIDENCE OF HIS SERVICE AND AGE.


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