Civil War Records of Robert Wayne

Portrait of Robert Wayne from Maynard News

Service

Co. Regiment / Ship From To Residence/ Credit Occupation Notes
E 6th MVI (100 days) Private; enl. July 8, 1864; must. July 18, 1864 Oct. 27, 1864 Boxborough farmer age 22
MASSCW, 1:452

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

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
E 6th MVI Sept. 15, 1903 Invalid 1 303 925 1 074 258 Mass.  
Sept. 21, 1911 Widow 972 153 737 738 Mass. Elizabeth A. Wayne

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

Grand Army of the Republic

Recorded as member no. 52 in the membership roster of Isaac Davis Post No. 138 G.A.R., Acton, Massachusetts (Acton Memorial Library archives, 92.2.1). 

G.A.R. Personal War Sketch

Death

Date September 5, 1911
Place Acton, Mass.
Age 68
Cause  
Obituary

Maynard News, September 8, 1911

Funeral Maynard News, September 15, 1911
Burial Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, Mass.
Survived by

Additional Information

Portrait above from: Maynard News, September 8, 1911.

Robert Wayne was the brother of John Wayne and James Wayne (source: obituary)

Robert Waine [sic], age 13, is recorded in the 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household of Isaac Bullard (dwelling no. 104) (Lainhart, 1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Censuses for Acton: 16).

Robert Wayne, age 22, is recorded in the 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household (dwelling no. 50) of Martha Wayne, age 53  (Lainhart, 1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Censuses for Acton: 48).

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

Robert Wayne's name is included on the Acton Memorial Library Soldiers' Tablet, "The Men of Acton Who Fought For The Union."

 

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