Homer Russell Stratton (1841 - 1910)

Born 21 Nov 1841 in Hancock, Hancock, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Esther Hodges (Macomber) Stratton — married 22 Jul 1867 in Winthrop, Kennebec, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 28 Nov 1910 at age 69 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Homer Russell was born in 1841 in Hancock, Maine, the son of Joseph and Eliza (Gordon) Stratton. He grew up in Hancock^[1], but by 1860 had moved to Chelsea, Mass., with his famiy. He worked in the trade of brassfinisher, as did his father and brother Joseph Jr., who lived next door. ^[2]

He enlisted to serve in the Civil War at the age of 20 and mustered in to Company K of the Massachusetts 17th Infantry as a private on July 22, 1861. He was discharged for disability at New Berne, NC, on June 23, 1863.

Several months later, on November 23, 1863, he reenlisted, this time in his hometown of Hancock, Maine^[3], mustering into Company B. of the 2nd Maine Cavalry a week later.^[4] He also served as 2nd Lieutenant in Company C of the 86th US Colored Volunteer Infantry. ^[5]

After the war, he resided for a time in Boston, Mass., with his father^[6], before returning to Maine.

He married Esther Hodges Macomber on July 22, 1867, in Winthop, Maine. ^[7] They seem to have spent some time in New York immediately after their marriage, where a daughter was born in to them in Brooklyn in 1868 (probably Emma). By 1870, he and his new wife resided in Augustua, Maine, in 1870 ^[8], with their two young children, at the home of Homer's mother-in-law. Homer had taken up the trade of plumber, which he would continue throughout his life.

They removed to Greenfield, Massachusetts by 1873^[9], and finally settled in Watertown, Mass., before 1899, where Homer worked as a plumber with a partner as a business Stratton & Rooney.

Homer passed away in 1910^[10] and was buried at the Ridgelawn Cemetery in Watertown, Mass.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JP-BLT : 12 April 2016), Homer R Stratton in household of Joseph Stratton, Hancock, Hancock, Maine, United States
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZCL-JY3 : 14 December 2017), Homer Stratton in entry for Joseph Stratton, 1860.
3. ↑ "Maine, Civil War Enlistment Papers, 1862-1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QB-KDNX : accessed 26 April 2018), Homer R Stratton, 23 Nov 1863
4. ↑ "Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:246J-W33 : 11 March 2018), Homer R Stratton, 23 Nov 1863; citing Military Service, , State Archives, Augusta.
5. ↑ "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2MKJ-GZN : 11 March 2018), Homer R Stratton, 1907-1933
6. ↑ "Massachusetts State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQHW-FJW : 9 March 2018), Homer R Stratton in household of Joseph Stratton, Boston, Ward 03, Suffolk, Massachusetts
7. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4N7-PRM : 10 February 2018), Homer R. Stratton and Esther H. Macomber, 22 Jul 1867
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DK-ZWG : 12 April 2016), Homer Stratton in household of Hannah L Macomber, Maine, United States
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQ6F-DRN : 10 February 2018), Homer R. Stratton in entry for Ethel Stratton, 11 Sep 1873
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N43K-NQV : 11 March 2018), Homer R Stratton, 28 Nov 1910;
11. ↑ Find A Grave, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67679082; accessed 26 April 2018), memorial page for Homer Russell Stratton (21 Nov 1841–29 Nov 1910), Find A Grave Memorial no. 67679082, citing Ridgelawn Cemetery, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Bill McEvoy (contributor 46902415)

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MH6J-NNB : 8 September 2017), Homer R Stratton, Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9TG-MV7 : accessed 26 April 2018), Homer R Stratton, Watertown town (northwest part), Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M2V1-GM3 : accessed 26 April 2018), Homer R Stratton, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States