Civil War Records of John B. Cram

Service

Co. Regiment/Ship From To Residence Occupation Notes
E 26th MVI Private; enl. Sept. 2, 1861; must. Oct. 18, 1861; re-enlist. Jan. 1, 1864 must. out Aug. 26, 1865 Newbury, Vt. farmer

age 18;

wounded Oct. 19, 1864 at Cedar Creek, Va.

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): 50-51 (PDF)

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
E 26th MVI July 30, 1877 invalid 239 801 158 017    
July 9, 1902 widow 766 068 563 605 N.H. Mary E. Cram

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  14 pages (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

x


Death

Date May 6, 1902
Place Troy, N.J.  (source: statement of Andrew Heath in pension file)
Age  
Cause  
Obituary  
Funeral  
Burial  
Survived by widow Mary E. Cram

Additional Information

John Cram, age 12, is recorded in the 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household (dwelling no. 89) of Andrew Hapgood  (source:  1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Acton. Compiled by Ann S. Lainhart.  Boston, 1989. Page 15.)

John Cramm, age 17, is recorded as an inhabitant of Acton (dwelling 193) in the 1860 federal census (source:  1860 United States Federal Census. In: Ancestry.com [online database]).

Name included on the Acton Memorial Library Soldiers' Tablet, "The Men of Acton Who Fought For The Union."

 

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