Civil War Records of Hiram Wheeler

Service

Co. Regiment / Ship From To Residence/ Credit Occupation Notes
E (Davis Guards) 6th MVI
(3 months)		 Private; enl. April 16, 1861; must. April 22, 1861 must. out Aug. 2, 1861 Concord   age 20
MASSCW: 1:382

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): 1 Page (PDF*)
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): x

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

x


Death

Date

November 2, 1875
Place Lowell, Mass.
Age 34 years, 7 months, 13 days
Cause

consumption

(Lowell death register, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," AmericanAncestors.org).
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Additional Information

Hiram E. Wheeler, age 14, is recorded as a resident of Concord, Mass. in the 1855 Massachusetts state census, in the household of William Wheeler, age 49, and Lucy Wheeler, age 38 (“Massachusetts State Census Transcriptions for 1855 and 1865,” AmericanAncestors.org.).

Hiram Wheeler's service is recorded in the 1862/63 annual report for the Town of Acton, page 17.

Hiram E. Wheeler, age 19, is recorded as a resident of Acton in the 1860 federal census, in household (dwelling no. 323) of George Frost ("1860 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com).

Hiram E. Wheeler, age 25, of Concord, son of Hiram [?], married Abby Hapgood, age 22, of Acton, daughter of James and Mary, on December 20, 1866 in Lowell, Mass. (Lowell marriage register, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," AmericanAncestors.org).

Hiram E. Wheeler, a grocer, age 34 years, 7 months, 13 days, married, son of William and Lucy, died November 2, 1875 in Lowell, Mass., of consumption (Lowell death register, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," AmericanAncestors.org).

 

 

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