Acton Memorial Library Civil War Archives | Civil War Records of Francis H. Stevens

Civil War Records of Francis H. Stevens

Service

Co.	Regiment/Ship	From	To	Residence	Occupation	Notes
E	26th MVI	Private; enl. Sept. 30, 1861; must. Oct. 18, 1861; re-enlist. Jan. 1, 1864 as Corpl.; prom. Sergt. Feb. 1, 1865	must. out Aug. 26, 1865	Boxborough	farmer	age 22

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): page 68-69

Pension

Co.	Regiment	Date Filed	Type	App. No.	Cert. No.	State	Beneficiary/Remarks
E	26th MVI	Feb. 20, 1891	Invalid	997 815	756 125	Mass.
E	26th MVI	March 13, 1929	Widow	1 637 466	A-6-27-29	Mass.	Frances A. Stevens

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives): 6 pages (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

Recorded as member no. 23 in the membership roster of Isaac Davis Post No. 138 G.A.R., Acton, Massachusetts Served as Post Commander, 1888 (Acton Memorial Library archives, 92.2.1).

G.A.R. Personal War Sketch

Death

Date	February 28, 1929
Place	Stow, Mass.
Age	89 years, 8 months, 17 days
Cause
Obituary
Funeral
Burial
Survived by	Frances A. Stevens

Additional Information

Born June 11, 1839 in Boxborough, Mass.

Frances H. Stevens, age 21, is recorded as a resident of Boxborough, Mass. in the 1860 federal census, in household with Lucy Mead, age 59, and Frances A. Mead, age 17 (source: 1860 United States Federal Census. In: Ancestry.com [online database]).

Frances H. Stevens married Frances A. Mead April 13, 1864 in Harvard, Mass. (source: marriage record in pension file).

News Item: "HAS LEAD FOR 25 YEARS: Frank Stevens, Stow’s Grand Old Man, One of Four G.A.R. Veterans Now Left in Town, Has Been Active in Preparations Despite His 85 Years." Boston Globe, May 30, 1923.