Civil War Records of Lucius S. Hosmer

Service

Co. Regiment/Ship From To Residence Occupation Notes
E  6th MVI (100 days) Private; enl. July 8, 1864; must. July 18, 1864 must. out Oct. 27, 1864 Acton butcher age 19

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): page 30 (PDF*)

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
E 6th MVI May 9, 1908 Widow 894 215 664 802 Mass. Ella Hosmer

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  4 pages  (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

Recorded as member no. 3 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 December 16, 1900
Place Acton, Mass.
Age 55 years, 2 months, 21 days
Cause  
Obituary Concord Enterprise, December 19, 1900
Funeral  
Burial Mt. Hope Cemtery, Acton, Mass.
Survived by Ella Hosmer

Additional Information

Born in Harvard to Samuel Hosmer and Sally B. Whitcomb (source: pension file)

Lucius S. Hosmer, age 5, is recorded as an inhabitant of Harvard, Mass. in the 1850 federal census, in household (dwelling no. 160/102) of Samuel Hosmer, age 41 and Sally B. Hosmer, age 30. Also in the household was his brother Augustus W. Hosmer, age 16 (source:  1850 United States Federal Census. In: Ancestry.com [online database]).

Lucius S. Hosmer [transcribed Honner], age 14, is recorded as an inhabitant of Harvard, Mass. in the 1860 federal census, in household (dwelling no. 53/63) of Samuel Hosmer, age 51 and Sally B. Hosmer, age 48 (source:  1860 United States Federal Census. In: Ancestry.com [online database]).

Lucius S. Hosmer, age 24, works in store, is recorded as an inhabitant of Acton, Mass. in the 1870 federal census, in household (dwelling no. 139/165) with Ella S. Hosmer, age 20 (source:  1870 United States Federal Census. In: Ancestry.com [online database]).

Lucius Hosmer [transcribed Hasmer], age 34, is recorded as an inhabitant of Acton, Mass. in the 1880 federal census, in household (dwelling no. 324/373) with Ella F., age 30; and Lucius E., age 9 (source:  1880 United States Federal Census. In: Ancestry.com [online database]).

Lucius S. Hosmer is recorded in the 1890 veterans census for Charlestown, Mass. (source: 1890 Veterans Schedules. In: Ancestry.com [online database]).

Lucius Hosmer [transcribed Wesmer], age 54, is recorded as an inhabitant of Acton, Mass. in the 1900 federal census, in household with Ella F., age 50 (source:  1900 United States Federal Census. In: Ancestry.com [online database]).

 

 

 

 

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