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Name: Charles Thomas
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Place of Birth: Nelson KY
Year of Birth: 1832
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown Complexion: Brown
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 1
Enlistment Date: April 18, 1865
Enlistment Place: New Haven
Enlistment State: KY
Document: View
Congressional District: 4th
Company: K
Regiment(s): 6th USCC
Mustered Where: Louisville, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: April 15, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Sergeant
Notes:
There are discrepancies in the data for Charles Thomas, such as his age. His enlistment date was listed as April 1864 and April 1865 in New Haven, KY. He was appointed sergeant from private in May 1865. He did spend time in the hospital at Camp Nelson, Kentucky.
Died in war? No
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Death Date: January 13, 1895
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
No pension card found
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: January 22, 1895 Application No.: 607601
Certificate No.: 409306
No other family pension card found
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No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
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Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Laura Maiden Name: Edwards
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Family Notes:
Louisville, KY, Mortuary Record was located, 2nd week ending Jan. 1895, page 4, Charles Thomas, Ancestry (film 7007129, Jefferson Co. Books, 9-11).
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1870 Census information not found
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Maltster
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
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1890 Census information not found
1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: Laundress
1900 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1900 Own/Rent: Unknown 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1900 Farm/House: Unknown
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1910 Census Link: View
1910 Profession: Servant
1910 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1910 Own/Rent: Rent 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1910 Farm/House: Unknown
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1920 Census information not found
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1880 Census information not found
Compensation Application not found