Acton Memorial Library Civil War Archives | Civil War Records of George T. Ames

Civil War Records of George T. Ames

Service

Co.	Regiment / Ship	From	To	Residence / Credit	Occupation	Notes
E	6th MVI (9 months)	Private; enl. Aug. 25, 1862; must. Aug. 31, 1862	must. out June 3, 1863	Acton	farmer	age 18
MASSCW, 1:413

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): 34-35 (PDF)

Pension

Co.	Regiment	Date Filed	Type	App. No.	Cert. No.	State	Beneficiary/Remarks
E	6th MVI	May 5, 1897	Invalid	1 190 992	953 326	Mass.

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives): 5 pages (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

Recorded as member no. 125 in the membership roster of Isaac Davis Post No. 138 G.A.R., Acton, Massachusetts (Acton Memorial Library archives, 92.2.1).

Death

Date	March 15, 1924
Place
Age
Cause
Obituary	Lowell Sun, March 17, 1924: 3.
Funeral
Burial	Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, Mass.
Survived by

Additional Information

George Theodore Ames was born in Lowell, Mass. on August 1, 1844 to parents Theodore and Charlotte H. Ames (source: birth certificate in pension file).

George Theadore Ames, age 11, is recorded in the 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household (no. 275/281) of Abel Jones. Also in the household were his mother Charlott Hapgood Ames and Frank Waldo Ames, age 8 (Lainhart, 1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Censuses for Acton: 34).

George T. Ames is recorded in the 1890 special veterans census as a resident of Acton ("1890 Veterans Schedules," Ancestry.com).

He served as a trustee of the Acton Memorial Library from 1918 to 1923.

The name George T. Ames is included on the Acton Memorial Library Soldiers' Tablet, "The Men of Acton Who Fought For The Union."