Civil War Records of Charles Jones

Service

Co. Regiment/Ship From To Residence Occupation Notes
E (Davis Guards) 6th MVI
(3 months)		 Corp.; enl. April 16, 1861; must. Arpil 22, 1861 must. out Aug. 2, 1861 Acton    

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): page 26-27 (PDF)

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
E 6th MVI May 4, 1904 Invalid 1 314 839 1 085 678 Mass.  
April 15, 1905 Widow 826 264 608 403 Mass. Marilla H. Jones

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  9 pages  (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

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Death

Date February 23, 1905
Place Chelsea, Mass.
Age  
Cause  
Obituary Concord Enterprise, March 1, 1905
Funeral  
Burial  
Survived by Marilla H. Jones

Additional Information

Charles Jones was born January 6, 1839 in Acton to parents Samuel and Martha Ann Jones (sources: pension file; Vital Records of Acton Massachusetts to the Year 1850, page 71.)

Charles Jones, age 16, is recorded in the 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in household (dwelling no. 249/255) with Samuel and Martha Ann Jones   (source:  1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Acton. Compiled by Ann S. Lainhart.  Boston, 1989. Page 31.)

Charles Jones married Marilla Holmes Finney at East Burke, Vermont, September 16, 1863. His obituary does not mention his widow who was still alive and living in Bala-Cynwd, Pennsylvania in 1924.

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

 

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