Pvt.
Benjamin
J.
Derrick
Born about in New York, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Harriet (Mann) Derrick
— married
1860 [location unknown]
Father of
William Derrick and Lucy Derrick
Died
at about age 75
in New York, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
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Biography
Benjamin was born in October[1] about 1827[2] in New York. His father was born in Connecticut[3] and his mother was born in New York[4].
Occupations
- 1900: Day labor
- 1870: Farmhand
- 1863: Farmer
Residences
- 1900: 5 3rd Cedar Street with his wife
- 1870: Afton, New York with his wife and children
- 1863: Cooperstown, New York (military enlistment)
Census Race
- 1900: Black
- 1870: Mulatto
Military Service
Private in the all-black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry regiment, Company F. Enlisted on 8 April 1863 from Cooperstown, New York. He was about 36 years old, married and working as a farmer when he enlisted. Mustered out 20 August 1865.
Projects
Sources
- 1870 United States Federal Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Afton, Chenango, New York; Roll: M593_916; Page: 10A; Family History Library Film: 552415
- 1900 United States Federal Census Year: 1900; Census Place: Gloversville Ward 3, Fulton, New York; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0010
- Emilio, Luis Fenollosa. History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865, Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Book Co., 1891 (1st ed.) and 1894 (2nd ed.)
- Find a Grave: Benjamin J. Derrick
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Categories: Cooperstown, New York | 54th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Colored), United States Civil War | 1870 US Census, Chenango County, New York | Afton, New York | 1900 US Census, Fulton County, New York | Gloversville, New York | Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gloversville, New York
Year: 1850; Census Place: Chenango, Broome, New York; Roll: M432_478; Page: 347A; Image: 158