George Flater of Emerald Grove died at Memphis of disease contracted in the service; his body was returned to Bradford for burial.

The evidence

• “GEORGE FLATTER (deceased) ; born in town of York, Upper Canada, iii 1824 ; came Ui Wisconsin in 1846, locating at Bradford on Sees. 16 and 21 ; in 1864, enlisted in the 40th Wis. V. I. for the one-hundred-day service, and was ordered to Memphis, where he contracted a disease from exposure, from which he died Aug. 15, 1864, his body being brought to Bradford for burial. Married, in 1853, Miss J.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/35-bios-bradford.md, PDF p. 883 / book p. 887

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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