Civil War Records of True E. Holmes

Service

Co. Regiment / Ship From To Residence/ Credit Occupation Notes
E  6th MVI (100 days) Private; enl. July 8, 1864; must. July 18, 1864 must. out Oct. 27, 1864 Acton farmer age recorded as 19
MASSCW, 1:450

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): page  30-31 (PDF)

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
E 6th MVI Oct. 17, 1890 Invalid 868 470 961 350 Mass.  

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  12 pages  (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

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Death

Date January 20, 1899
Place Boston, Mass.
Age 53
Cause

pneumonia

("Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," AmericanAncestors.org).

 
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Additional Information

True E. Holmes was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire to parents Leonard and Sylvallia Holmes (Boston marriage register, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," AmericanAncestors.org).

True Holmes, age 5, is recorded as an inhabitant of Salisbury, N.H. in the 1850 federal census, in household (dwelling no. 100) of David and Sarala Holmes ("1850 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com).

True Holmes, age 14, is recorded as an inhabitant of Salisbury, N.H. in the 1860 federal census, in household (dwelling no. 1058) of Daniel C. Stevens ("1860 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com).

In the deposition in his pension file Holmes states that he ran away from home in order to enlist and was living in West Acton at the time of his enlistment.

True E. Holmes, age 23, "employed in eating saloon," is recorded as an inhabitant of Boscawen, N.H. in the 1870 federal census, in household (dwelling no. 118) of Leonard and Savalla Holmes ("1870 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com).

True E. Holmes married Lavinia L. King on September 10, 1877. He is recorded as a 32 year old cook, born in N.H. (Boston marriage register, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," AmericanAncestors.org 

True and Lavinia Holmes were enumerated in the city of Boston in the 1880 federal census ("1880 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com).

 

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