Gilbert Earl Balcom (1841 - 1862)

Born 8 May 1841 in East Douglas, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Died 12 Dec 1862 at age 21 in Continental Hospital, Washington, DC

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Biography

Gilbert Earl Balcom. ^[1]

Born 08 MAY 1841. son of Judson and Jerusha (Elliot) Balcom.

Private Gilbert Balcom served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 12 JUL 1861
Mustered out: 12 DEC 1862
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

Died 12 DEC 1862. Continental Hospital, Washington, DC. ^[6][7][8][9]

Event: 15th_Mustr 12 JUL 1861. Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. ^[10][11]

Buried 1862 Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland. ^[12][13] Evergreen Cemetery, East Douglas, Worcester County, Massachusetts. ^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S13 Kelli @ http://www.members.tripod.com/pikegen/index.htm (April 2002)
2. ↑ Source: #S1
3. ↑ Source: #S3
4. ↑ Source: #S13 Kelli @ http://www.members.tripod.com/pikegen/index.htm (April 2002)
5. ↑ Source: #S45 p. 14
6. ↑ Source: #S3
7. ↑ Source: #S2 p. 176
8. ↑ Source: #S99 as reported by Stuart Chambers from "Civil War Burials in Baltimore\\'s Loudon Park Cemetery," by Anna Miller Watring, 1996, Clearfield Co. Inc., Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD
9. ↑ Source: #S372 death
10. ↑ Source: #S3
11. ↑ Source: #S2 p. 176
12. ↑ Source: #S99 as reported by Stuart Chambers from "Civil War Burials in Baltimore\\'s Loudon Park Cemetery," by Anna Miller Watring, 1996, Clearfield Co. Inc., Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD
13. ↑ Source: #S99 (Note - this burial appears in "Civil War Burials in Baltimore's Loudon Park Cemetery," by Ann Miller Watring, 1996, printed by Clearfield for Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore.; McKim's M-491)
14. ↑ Source: #S78

• Source: S1 The Story of the Fifteenth Regiment Massachusetts volunteer Infantry in the Civil War 1861 - 1864 Ford, Andrew E. Publication: Higginson Book Company, Salem, Massachusetts 01970, 1997, Original Date, 1898
• Source: S13 Correspondence, Recipient: S. Harnwell Descendant or Researcher
• Source: S2 Massachusetts Civil War Soldiers and Sailors, 1861-1865, Vol II Publication: Family Tree Maker's Family Archives, 1930
• Source: S3 Record of the Massachusetts Volunteers. 1861-1865, Volume: 2 The Massachusetts Adjutant-General Publication: Wright & Potter, Printers to the State, Boston, Masssachusetts, 1870 Note: Unless otherwise documented, the 1870 roster has provided the basis for the estimated date of birth for the service men.
• Source: S372 Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 Publication: NEHGS, http://www.newenglandancestors.org/ Repository: #R2
• Repository: R2 Unknown
• Source: S45 Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts, with a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Call Number: : F72.W9C8vol.2 Editor: Ellery Bicknell Crane Publication: The Lewis Publishing Company, New York, 1907 Repository: #R2
• Source: S78 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 April 2018), memorial page for CPL Gilbert Earl Balcom (30 Apr 1841–4 Dec 1862), Find A Grave: Memorial #53153561, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Douglas, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by DaurRegt (contributor 47891223) .
• Source: S99 Cemetery - misc. online

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD9H-KW4 : 29 October 2019), Gilbert E Balcom in household of Judson Balcom, Worcester, ward 7, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing family 389, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ4D-87G : 11 March 2018), Gilbert E Balcomb in household of Judson Balcomb, Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,963.
• "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ4D-LVN : 11 March 2018), Gilbert C Balcomb in household of Judson Balcomb, Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,963.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZCN-6Z8 : 14 December 2017), Gilbert E Balcourt in entry for Madison A Balcourt, 1860.

• "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZJ-G9R : 11 March 2018), Gilbert E Balcom, 12 Dec 1862; citing , reference v 6 p 201; FHL microfilm 855,364.

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW69-2Y3 : 22 May 2019), Gilbert E. Balcom, 25 Dec 1862; citing Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, p 229, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,183.