Burlington weekly free press., December 27, 1917, Page 5; Vermont

OBITUARY - Lieut L. I. Brownson

Lieut. Leonard I. Brownson died suddenly of heart failure Saturday morning at 369 South Union street. He formerly, and for many years resided In Hinesburg, but for the past few years had lived In this city during the summers, and spent his winters with a son in Havana. Cuba. He was born August 31, 1842. Lieutenant Brownson was a veteran of the Civil War. He enlisted in the Middlebury company of the First Vermont and was present in the battle at Big Bethel, Va. He was in all the battles of the old Vermont Brigade until wounded in the head on May 5, 1864, the first day of the battle of the Wilderness. After the war. upon the reorganization of the National Guard, he was made captain of the Hinesburg company, in the First regiment."

He married Miss Alice Kenyon of Hinesburg, who died In 1894. Three children were born to them, all of whom survive htm, namely: Miss Etta L. Brownson of this city, Leonard E. Brownson of Havana, Cuba, and Earl L. Brownson of Rochester, N. Y.

Lieutenant Brownson was a member of No. 37, Cummlngs Post, G. A. R of the Vermont Commandery, Military Order of Loyal Legion. He was a loyal citizen, a gallant soldier and an honorable man.

Funeral services were held at the house, 369 South Union street, Monday forenoon at eleven o'clock. Interment was at Hinesburg in the afternoon.

Leonard I Brownson