Introduction
Born: October 8, 1834, Reed’s Ferry, Merrimack, New Hampshire.
Died: July 8, 1905, Reed’s Ferry, Merrimack, New Hampshire.
Buried: Last Rest Cemetery, Merrimack, New Hampshire.
Born: October 8, 1834, Reed’s Ferry, Merrimack, New Hampshire.
Died: July 8, 1905, Reed’s Ferry, Merrimack, New Hampshire.
Buried: Last Rest Cemetery, Merrimack, New Hampshire.
Walter was the son of Eri Kittredge and Lucretia Woods, and husband of Anne Fairfield.
A popular secular musician, Kittredge wrote over 500 songs and ballads, many dealing with the American civil war, including The War Will Soon Be Over, When They Come Marching Home, and Tenting on the Old Campground.
If you know where to get a better photo of Kittredge,