Civil War Records of Benjamin Skinner

Service

Co. Regiment / Ship From To Residence/ Credit Occupation Notes
E 26th MVI Private; enl. and must. Aug. 12, 1862 must. out Nov. 7, 1864 Acton shoemaker age 37
MASSCW, 3:93

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): 6 Pages (PDF*)
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): page  66-67, 68-69 (PDF)

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
               

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  x

Grand Army of the Republic

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Death

Date June 20, 1899
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Obituary  
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Burial

Forest Dale cemetery, Malden, Mass.

(Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War National Graves Registration Database, http://www.suvcwdb.org. )
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Additional Information

Benj. Skinner, age 34, a shoe maker, is recorded as an inhabitant of Acton in the 1860 federal census, in household (dwelling no. 88) with Sarah J. Skinner, age 31; and one child, Hatty, age 4 ("1860 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com).

Benjamin Skinner, age 40, a shoemaker, born in Vermont, is recorded in the 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household (dwelling no. 51) with Sarah Jane Skinner, age 36 (Lainhart, 1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Censuses for Acton: 48.)

Benjamin Skinner, age 45, worker in shoe shop, is recorded as an inhabitant of Acton in the 1870 federal census, in household (dwelling no. 26/31) ("1870 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com).

Benjamin Skinner, age 55, a shoemaker, married Georgio/Georgie Anna Du Bois, age 38, in Acton, April 17, 1880 (Acton marriage record, "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," Ancestry.com).

Benjamin Skinner and Georgie A. Skinner, his wife, are recorded as inhabitants of Acton in the 1880 federal census, in household (dwelling no. 68/78) ("1880 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com).

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

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See also:

Hosmer, The Town of Acton in the Civil War: 45.

 

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