Civil War Records of Henry D. Parlin

Service

Co. Regiment/Ship From To Residence Occupation Notes
E 6th MVI (100 days) Private; enl. July 11, 1864; must. July 18, 1864

must. out Oct. 27, 1864

 Acton farmer age 28

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 18, 1891 Invalid 1 023 938 931 937 Mass.  
Dec. 22, 1899 Widow 710 525 489 895 Mass. Mary A. Parlin

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  7 pages  (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

Recorded as member no. 99 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 14, 1899
Place Acton
Age 63
Cause apoplexy
Obituary Concord Enterprise, December 21, 1899
Funeral  
Burial Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, Mass.
Survived by Mary A. Parlin

Additional Information

Henry D. Parlin, age 24, a farmer, is recorded as an inhabitant of Acton in the 1860 federal census, in household (dwelling no. 135) with Mary A. Parlin, age 22 (source:  1860 United States Federal Census. In: Ancestry.com [online database]).

Henry D. Parlin 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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