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Lyman Hanscom (1833 - 1889)

Lyman Hanscom
Born [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 16 Aug 1863 in South Berwick, York, Maine, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at about age 56 in South Berwick, York, Maine, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Lyman was born in 1833.

1850 census: South Berwick, Maine, age 17, born Maine, son of Thomas (54), farmer and Hannah (52), both born in Maine.Siblings Sarah A, 17, and Charles E, 10.[1]

1860 census: South Berwick, Maine, age 27, born Maine, in household of his parents Thomas and Hannah.[2]

In 1862, during the US Civil War, he served for 9 months as a private in the 27th Regiment, Maine Infantry.[3] He was discharged on 17 July 1863.[4]

1880 census: South Berwick, Maine, age 47, farmer, born Maine. Wife Eunice, 42. Also in household, Hannah Hanscom, 82, and nephew John E Hanscom, 18.[5]

He passed away in 1889 at South Berwick, Maine, where he was buried.[6]

Sources

  1. 1850 US census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6V6-SDM. The transcript on Familysearch mis-transcribes the last name as Hanscum.
  2. 1860 US census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDC9-F3K
  3. United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9RW-DYM
  4. United States National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH4D-28W
  5. 1880 US census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQZ-HLT
  6. United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903, United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903




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