Connelly or Coneily, Francis

Rank: Farrier

Unit: A Co, 2d Dragoons

Enlisted: April 4, 1840 in Fort Heileman, Florida. He was 30.

Date of birth: 1808

Hometown: Waterford, , Ireland

Occupation prior to enlistment: Farrier and blacksmith

Campaign: Second Seminole War

Died: 7 December 1840

Cause of death: Diarrhea

Location of fatality: Fort Reid, Florida (Sanford, Florida)

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Place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida

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