Civil War Records of William Lucas

Service

Co. Regiment / Ship From To Residence/ Credit Occupation Notes
F 40th MVI Private; enl. Aug. 1, 1862; must. Sept. 3, 1862 transf. July 16, 1864 to V.R.C. Stow painter [46?] age recorded as 43

A

3rd VRC

 transf. July 16, 1864 must. out July 6, 1865 at New Haven, Conn.      

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

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
F
A		 40th MVI
3rd VRC		 July 15, 1878 Widow 238 270     Julia A. Lucas

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  12 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.  426.)


Death

Date October 16, 1876
Place Maynard, Mass.
Age 61 years, 4 months
Cause chronic diarrhea
Obituary  
Funeral  
Burial  
Survived by widow Julia A. Lucas; son Charles Sumner Lucas

Additional Information

William Lucas, age 40, a painter born in Maine, is recorded in the 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Sudbury  (source:  Massachusetts State Census Transcriptions for 1855 and 1865. In: American Ancestors  [online database].)

Wm. Lucas, age 45, a painter born in Maine, is recorded as an inhabitant of Stow, Mass. in the 1860 federal census, in household (dwelling no. 295/288) with Charlotte B. Lucas, age 35 and John Gardner, age 7 (source:  1860 United States Federal Census. In: Ancestry.com [online database]).

William Lucas, age 50, a painter, of Stow (born Buckfield, Maine) married Julie (Frye) Hunter, age 32, of Stow (born Bolton, Mass.), on November 28, 1865, his fourth marriage and her third. Their son Charles Sumner Lucas was born Oct. 27, 1873 in Stow, Mass. (source: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910.  In:  American Ancestors  [online database].)

William Lucas, age 55, a painter born in Maine, is recorded as an inhabitant of Stow, Mass. in the 1870 federal census, in household (dwelling no. 225/277) with Julia Lucas, age 37, Elizabeth Lufkin, age 17, James L. Hunter, age 9, and William E. Hunter, age 7 (source:  1870 United States Federal Census. In: Ancestry.com [online database]).

 

 

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