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SERGEANT SILAS FURBUSH, a
member of the Quartermaster Corps, was listed by the War Department as
having been killed in action in France. His next of kin was given as
Mrs. Elizabeth Furbush. Shortly after the war, the committee that
published the book Camden County In The Great War attempted to find the
Furbush family, and neither they or the police could locate his
relatives. The War Department was not able to furnish a street address
other than that of Camden NJ.
Research by Phillip Cohen
of Camden NJ in 2006 revealed that Silas Furbush, like
William
Coonrod,
was from Camden NY. While he was not from our Camden and probably never
even visited, we consider him a welcome guest. Both he and
William
Coonrod are named on the Camden County World War I War Memorial at
Roosevelt Plaza, opposite City Hall, in Camden.
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