A note of thanks to Patrick A. Teater for the photograph and inscription on the gravestone.

James V. Gurney
1842 - April 6, 1922

Priv.; Res. Abington; showmaker; 22; enl. and must. Sept. 6, 1864; must. out June 6, 1865.

Listed on gravestone:

• James V. Gurney, 9th Mass. Bat, 1842 - 1922
• His Wife Mary, 1848-1911
  

Map of Grave Location
Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, NY
Section P-9-9

Obituaries:

(Poughkeepsie) Sunday Courier - April 9, 1922, Page 23

In the death of James V. Gurney Poughkeepsie has lost another of its prominent veterans of the Civil War. Mr. Gurney passed away at Vassar Home for Aged Men Thursday. He was seventy-eight years old. Mr. Gurney had lived in Poughkeepsie for many years and he was an old member of Hamilton-Sleight Post, G. A. R.

(Poughkeepsie) Sunday Courier - April 9, 1922, Page 6

GURNEY - At Vassar Brothers Home for Aged Men, April 6, James V. Gurney. Services at the home on Monday, April 10 at 2:30 p. m. Relatives and friends, members of Hamilton-Sleight Post, G. A. R., and lady and gentlemen directers [sic] of the home invited.