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Henry Hobart Vail

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Pomfret, Windsor County, Vermont, United States
Death: September 02, 1925 (86)
Woodstock, Windsor County, Vermont, United States
Place of Burial: Woodstock, Windsor County, Vermont, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Joshua Vail and Harriet Vail (Warren)
Husband of Minerva Elizabeth Vail
Father of Cora Lucy Vail; Elizabeth (Bessie) Hewitt Billings; Clara Warren Brooks and Mary Catherine Baldwin
Brother of George Thomas Vail; Homer Warren Vail; Laura Matilda Vail; John Fred Vail; Clara Maria Vail and 2 others

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About Henry Hobart Vail

Henry Hobart Vail

Find A Grave Memorial ID # 55595717

Henry Hobart Vail was the son of Joshua and Harriet (Warren) Vail. He was the husband of Minerva Elizabeth (Hewitt) Vail. They were married October 10, 1867. Minerva died October 13, 1895. Henry served during the Civil War.

United States Soldier Records and Profiles
Name: Henry Hobart Vail
Age at Enlistment: 24
Enlistment Date: 5 February 1864
Rank At Enlistment: Sergeant
State Served: Ohio
Survived the War: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company C, Ohio 131st Infantry Regiment on 14 May 1864 - Mustered out on 25 August 1864 at Camp Chase, Ohio
Birth Date: About 1840
Sources: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio

America's successful men of affairs; an encyclopedia of contemporaneous biography 1895, Vol 1, page 671

Who's Who In The World

Vail, Henry Hobart: Publisher, director and editor-in chief 1890-1907, vice president since 1904, of the American Book Company, New York City. Received AB at Middlebury College, 1860; hon. LL.D. Planned and directed preparation of Ray's New Arithmetics, which reached annual sale of 300,000 copies; also directed preparation of McGuffey's Revised Readers, which reached annual sale of 1,200,000 copies. Episcopalian. Address: 100 Washington Square, New York City.

VAIL FAMILY GENEALOGY, page 292

He taught at Alburgh Vermont, Marquette, Michigan and Dayton, Ohio
Sgt Company, C, 131 Ohio Infantry; the Regiment was stationed in the forts near Baltimore Publishing House of Sargent, Wilson, Hinkle & Company in Cincinnati, eventually part of The American Book Company, New York City

Death Notice: The Barre Daily Times (Barre, Vermont) 02 Sep 1925, Wed Page 1

The 1897 H. H. Vail House -- No. 322 W. 75th Street, New York, New York

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Henry Hobart Vail's Timeline

1839
May 27, 1839
Pomfret, Windsor County, Vermont, United States
1868
1868
1869
August 27, 1869
OH, United States
1872
June 9, 1872
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States
1875
November 3, 1875
Winton Place, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH, United States
1925
September 2, 1925
Age 86
Woodstock, Windsor County, Vermont, United States
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Riverside Cemetery, Woodstock, Windsor County, Vermont, United States