Military funeral rites were held at the grave Monday afternoon under the auspices of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Oconto. The Rev. Gilbert Spaude of Brookside conducted rites at the home at 2 o'clock. Burial was in the Brookside cemetery.
Truman Parkinson was born February 14, 1844 in Leroy, N.Y. He was the oldest of three children born to John N. and Lucy Ann Parkinson. His father was a shoemaker. The family moved to Goveneur, N.Y. in 1854. They were poor and Mr. Parkinson had to begin earning his own living at the age of ten.
For two years he worked on the farm of Andrew Rutherford. After that time he went to the home of Andrew Murry and while living there he was able to attend school a few months during the winter. He remained at the Murry home until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he ran away and enlisted, being not quite 18 years of age. He had to be sworn in by officers, but after three weeks of daily appearance at headquarters he was finally accepted as a private in Company 1, 92nd division, N.Y. infantry on December 3, 1861.