JOHN ABARESIGNED UP FOR 1 YEAR SERVED 9 MONTHS - Three John Abares enlisted inClinton County. We have profiled the other two on our Facebook page, andthis is the third John. He was born as Jean-Baptiste Hebert inNapierville, Quebec, about 25 miles north of the Canada/US border. Hisparents were Moise Hebert and Marguerite Fredette who moved their familyto Clinton County before settling in Vermont in their old age.John enlisted in the 91st Infantry in Plattsburgh when he was 20 yearsold on August 19, 1864. He joined the regiment while they were in campin Baltimore, waiting to regroup while many of their men were onveterans furlough. They had just returned from Louisiana and needed mento help with the final assault on Petersburg. In March 1865, they wereon the outskirts of the city, and when it fell on April 3rd, John wenton the Appomattox Campaign with General Grant. He was mustered out andhonorably discharged on July 3, 1865, after 9 months and 22 days ofservice.He married Flavia Filion in Peru in 1865, and for the next few years,the family spent time in New York and Massachusetts. Flavia died inWinchenden, about 70 miles west of Boston, in 1902 and was buried in theCalvary Cemetery there. John came back to New York and then returned toLeominster, MA, where he died of heart disease in 1918 . He was taken toWinchenden about 25 miles to the northwest to be buried with his wife.
