Gilman Page (1842 - 1927)

Born 1842 in Stoneham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Died 6 May 1927 at about age 85 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Gilman was born in Stoneham, Massachusetts, in 1842, the son of Gilman Page and Eliza Bidwell. Named for his father, he moved with his family to neighboring Malden, Massachusetts, in early childhood^[1] and remained there throughout his life.

When the Civil War broke out, he and his brother Gilbert both enlisted and served in the same regiment. Gilman was 19 when he enrolled on April 30, 1861. He entered as a private in Company K of the Mass. 17th Infantry.^[2] He was promoted to Full Corporal and then Full 2nd Lieutenant on December 7, 1863, when he was commissioned into Company E of the US Colored Cavalry^[3] (it was a common practice for white officers to be commissioned officers in the colored regiments). He was with that regiment at Fort Monroe, Virginia, on December 30, 1863.^[4] He earned the title of 1st Lieutenant on March 10, 1864, and mustered out February 4, 1866, having served almost 5 years.

After the war, he returned to Malden, where he found work as a painter. He lived with his parents in 1880^[5], with 15 year old niece Lida Page. He married in 1886 to Lizzie Stevens, daughter of William and Olive Stevens^[6]; they had 2 children. By 1910, he was employed as superintendent of the water department for the city of Malden.

Gilman died in 1927.^[7] He was buried at the Forest Dale Cemetery in Malden.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD91-KR4 : 9 November 2014), Gilman Page in household of Gilman Page, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
2. ↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9RY-Z2N : 4 December 2014), Gilman Page, Jr., Corporal, Company K, 17th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry, Union
3. ↑ Civil War Soldiers, online database, Historical Data Systems, Gilman Page (http://civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&58163), accessed 28 May 2017
4. ↑ "United States Civil War Service Records of Union Colored Troops, 1863-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWY6-F9C : 12 December 2014), Gilman Page, 1863; from "Civil War Soldiers - Union - Colored Troops," database, Fold3.com 
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MH6Y-69N : 11 August 2016), Gilman Page in household of Gilman Page, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N4W8-F89 : 17 February 2016), Gilman Page Jr. and Lizzie L. Stevens, 26 May 1886
7. ↑ Massachusetts Death Index, 1901-1980, Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com; Gilman Page, Malden, MA, 1927
8. ↑ FindAGrave.com, Capt. Gilman Page Jr.,, Forest Dale Cemetery, Malden, Massachusetts, accessed 28 May 2017

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZHT-G96 : 30 December 2015), Gilman Page in entry for Gilman Page, 1860
• "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8SV-ZBN : 14 November 2014), Gilman Page, 1890
• "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDQ-3698 : 24 May 2014), Gilman Page, 1907-1933
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2VN-1JQ : accessed 28 May 2017), Gilman Page, Malden Ward 3, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX13-H18 : accessed 28 May 2017), Gilman Page, Malden Ward 3, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States