Acton Memorial Library Civil War Archives

Civil War Records of Dennis Sheehan (Shehan)

Service

Co.	Regiment / Ship	From	To	Residence/ Credit	Occupation	Notes
E	26th MVI	Private; enl. Sept. 9, 1861; must. Oct. 18, 1861; re-enlist. Jan. 1, 1864	must. out Aug. 25, 1865	Acton	farmer	age 34
MASSCW, 3:93

Pension

Co.	Regiment	Date Filed	Type	App. No.	Cert. No.	State	Beneficiary/Remarks
E	26th MVI	March 4, 1882	Invalid	442 091	345 466	Mass.
		April 22, 1899	Widow	696 723	485 866	Mass.	Elizabeth Sheehan

Grand Army of the Republic

Recorded as member no. 98 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	February 20, 1899
Place	Maynard, Mass.
Age	74
Cause	erysipelas and malaria
Obituary	Concord Enterprise, February 23, 1899
Funeral
Burial	St. Bridget's Cemetery, Maynard, Mass.
Survived by

Additional Information

Older brother of Timothy Sheehan (source: deposition of Dennis Sheehan in Timothy Sheehan pension file).

Denis Shehan [sic], age 26, a farmer, born in Ireland, is recorded in the 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household of Luther Conant (dwelling no. 51)  (Lainhart, 1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Censuses for Acton: 10).

Dennis Shehan [sic], age 32, a laborer, is recorded as an inhabitant of Acton in the 1860 federal census, in household (dwelling no. 54) with Betsey Shehan, age 24, and three children (John, Catherine, and Timothy) ("1860 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com).

Dennis Shehan, age 37, born in Ireland, a Soldier in Service, is recorded in the 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household (dwelling no. 24) with Betsy Elizabeth Shehan and four children   (Lainhart, 1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Censuses for Acton: 45.)

Dennis Sheehan died Feb. 2, 1899 of erysipelas and malaria at age 74. He was born in Ireland to parents John Sheehan and Catherine Kelly. (Maynard death register, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," vol. 493, p. 535 [image], AmericanAncestors.org).

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

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See also:

Brown, Hometown Soldiers: 195-200, 406.

Hosmer, The Town of Acton in the Civil War: 44.

 

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