Oren McIntire (abt. 1824 - 1862)

Born about 1824 in Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

Died 20 Sep 1862 at about age 38 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Oren McIntire was born about 1824.

He may have been the "Orrin McIntire", laborer, who lived at a hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, at the time of the 1860 census. If so, he was born in Massachusetts.^[1]

He was a 37 year old clerk and resident of Somerville, Massachusetts, when he enlisted to serve in the Civil War, on 11 August 1861. He mustered in as a private in Company H of the 18th Mass. Infantry.^[2] He was killed in action at the Battle of Shepherdstown on 20 September 1862.^[3]

In 1890, his step-mother Clara H. McIntire received a pension in his name.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860"
   citing Page: 546; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Digital film/folder number: 005170107; FHL microfilm: 803525; Image number: 550; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01737-5
   FamilySearch Record: MZCF-22M (accessed 17 December 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9BS3-SMZ
   Orrin Mc Intire (35) at 12th Ward Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Born in Massachusetts.
2. ↑ The American Civil War Research Database", accessed 17 December 2023, Oren McIntire
3. ↑ Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, Vol. 1, Mass. Officers and Soliders Killed in Action, p. 390
4. ↑ Pension: "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934"
   citing Affiliate Publication Title: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Affiliate Publication Number: T288; Digital film/folder number: 005080676; FHL microfilm: 541059; Image number: 2033
   FamilySearch Record: KDBZ-FQV (accessed 17 December 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9TBV-4CK
   Name: Oren Mcintire; Pension Date: 1890; System Of Record: SLS.