Friday, May 8, 2020

1864/1865 Payments On Behalf of Wife and Child in Robbinston, Maine, of Civil War Soldier Samuel Ross; in 1860s/1870s Ledger of Financial Transactions of Robbinston


Samuel Ross, age 29; then serving in Company D of the 11th Regiment; payments made in 1864 and 1865 on behalf of his wife and child in Robbinston, Maine. "Must. in 21 Oct. 1864 Belfast"

Found on numbered page 28 in a ledger of Robbinston, Maine, financial transactions from the mid 1860s to the 1870s.

Payments were made on behalf of:
  • Maria R. Ross, age 22; wife - Rebecca Maria (Berry) Ross 
  • William Harrison Ross, son; 5 months

Samuel L. Ross (about 1832-1914), born "On the Ocean", son of James Ross and Margaret (?) Ross, immigrants from Scotland and/or Ireland - records vary

 Maine Marriages, 1771-1907:
  • Samuel Ross and Miss Maria R. Berry
  • married 15 September 1862 at Robbinston, Maine
  • conducted by Rev. S. H. Coll?, possibly Methodist minister Samuel H. Collier
  • recorded by Robbinston, Maine Town Clerk A. G. Buck - Albert Gallatin Buck (1822-1901)

Rebecca Maria Berry was born 24 August 1840, daughter of William B. Berry and wife Mary Ann (Stump ?) Berry. Rebecca's oldest sibling was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1834; it appears that the family subsequently moved to Perry, Maine.

Censuses

 After the 1865 Census of Massachusetts, it appears that Samuel and the rest of his family separated, with Samuel working in Perry, Maine, and his family living in Massachusetts.  This separation might have resulted from simple economic necessity, or perhaps it was more serious, as in the 1900 Census, Samuel described himself as divorced.
Maine State Archives Collection, Military Records - Civil War:  Samuel Ross
  • age 26, married, millman at Robbinston, Maine, when he enlisted for a period of 9 months on 10 September 1862
  • born in Robbinston, Maine
  • 5' 6" tall, with light complexion, blue eyes, light hair
  • corporal in Company F of 22nd Infantry
  • mustered in at Bangor, Maine
  • left service on 14 August 1863 at Bangor, Maine - honorable discharge
  • on reverse [click on next image]: "Died July 21, 1914 at Perry, Me.  Aged 83 years"

Maine State Archives Collections, Military Records - Civil War:  Samuel Ross - note discrepancies from above
  • age 32, married and a millman at Robbinston, Maine, when he enlisted for a period of 1 year on 
  • born in New Brunswick
  • 5' 4" tall, with light complexion, blue eyes, light hair
  • rose from private to corporal in Company D of the 11th Infantry
  • left service on 13 October 1865 - term expired
  • "Died July 21, 1914 at Perry, Me."

Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921: death record of Samuel Ross
  • born about 1832 "On the Ocean" to James Ross and Margaret (?) Ross, both natives of Scotland
  • laborer; married
  • died of cerebral hemorrhage 21 July 1914 at Perry, Maine, on Town Road

Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918: - burial record of Samuel Ross
  • born at sea
  • enlisted 10 September 1862 at Bangor, Maine
  • corporal in Company F, 22nd Inf. Me. Vols
  • died of cerebral hemorrhage on 21 July 1914; buried in the cemetery on the "W. P. Pottle farm"

If you have information on Samuel Ross, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

The ledger measures about 13" by 8" by 1/2" and contains entries for almost 50 families and many pages of other financial transactions. About half of the 178 numbered pages have entries. The ledger is missing its covers; the first page of what remains is shown below.


Soldiers and sailors listed in the ledger
  • The numbers in parentheses indicate specific pages in the ledger.
  • Many of the men listed below were born in New Brunswick or Nova Scotia and may have returned to Canada after the War.  See the map below to see how close New Brunswick and Nova Scotia were, particularly in the Age of Sail.
  • If you have information on any of the men listed below, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

The List, Alphabetized

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2 comments:

  1. Troy MiddletonMay 18, 2020 at 7:31 AM

    Samuel Ross of 11th Maine Co D. Find A Grave Memorial# 30733935

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  2. Pam BeveridgeMay 18, 2020 at 9:07 AM

    That's in blog post in 4th paragraph, as a link from his name. But there are a few others that I haven't found burial sites for - hope you can supply those!

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