Civil War Records of Forestus D. K. Hoar

Service

Co. Regiment/Ship From To Residence Occupation Notes
E 6th MVI (9 months) Private; enl. Aug. 25, 1862; must. Aug. 31, 1862 must. out June 3, 1863 Acton mason age 32
E 6th MVI (100 days) Corpl.; enl. July 8, 1864; must. July 18, 1864 must. out Oct. 27, 1864 Acton mason age 33

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): pages  30-31, 34-35 (PDF)

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
E 6th MVI Feb. 14, 1888 Invalid 639 924 873 093 Mass.  

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  5 pages  (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

Isaac Davis Post No. 138, Acton, Massachusetts (source:  A. Dean Sargent. Grand Army of the Republic: Civil War Veterans Department of Massachusetts 1866 to 1947. 425.)


Death

Date January 24, 1899
Place Acton, Mass.
Age 67
Cause pnuemonia
Obituary Concord Enterprise, February 2, 1899
Funeral  
Burial Mt. Hope Cemetery, Acton, Mass.
Survived by  

Additional Information

Forestus Darwin Kitredge Hoar, a 24 year old mason, is recorded in the 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household (dwelling no. 209) with Catherine Caroline Hoar  (source:  1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Acton. Compiled by Ann S. Lainhart.  Boston, 1989. Page 27.)

F.D.K. Hoar, a 36 year old machinist and resident of Acton (born in Boxborough), married 23 year old Eldora J. Whitney of Fitchburg on October 23, 1867. This was his second marriage (source: Fitchburg marriage record, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910.  In:  NewEnglandAncestors.org [online database].)

Forestus D.K. Hoar is recorded in the 1890 special veterans census as a resident of Acton (source: 1890 Veterans Schedules. 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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