Acton Memorial Library Civil War Archives | Civil War Records of Robert Wayne

Civil War Records of Robert Wayne

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.
E	6th MVI	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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