George Alva Thurston of New York
Appointed from Nevada, First Lieutenant, 1st Nevada Volunteer Infantry, 10 April 1864
Captain, 28 June 1864
Honorably mustered out 15 December 1865
Second Lieutenant, 4th U. S. Cavalry, 7 March 1867
First Lieutenant, 15 Debruary 1868
Transferred to the 3rd U. S. Artillery, 13 January 1874
Captain, 10 December 1889
Died 13 July 1892
THURSTON, GEO A
CAPT 3RD US ARTY
- DATE OF DEATH: 07/13/1892
- BURIED AT: SECTION C SITE 35
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
THURSTON, EMMA S W/O GEO A
- DATE OF DEATH: 09/12/1914
- BURIED AT: SITE 35-C
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY - WIFE OF GA THURSTON
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