Soldier Information
Name: William Cooms
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Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth: 1821
Occupation: Laborer
Eyes: Dark Hair: Dark Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 8.5
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: February 20, 1865
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
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Congressional District: 5
Company: B Regiment(s): 125th USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: November 28, 1865
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
Private William Cooms spent most of his service in the hospital due to a hernia he had developed before enlistment. He was discharged at Jeffersonville, Indiana on November 28, 1865. The rest of his unit mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on December 20, 1867.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
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Death Date: February 19, 1899
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Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: March 20, 1889
Application No.: 695362 Certificate No.: 601814
Alternate First Name: Alternate Last Name: Coombs
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1870 Census
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1890 Census
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1900 Census
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1920 Census
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Enslaver Information
Name: Edmund W. Dugan Location: Nelson County, Kentucky
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1850 Enslaver Census
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1860 Enslaver Census
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1860 Real Estate Value: $13,500 1860 Personal Estate Value: $12,700
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 9
1870 Enslaver Census
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1870 Real Estate Value: $15,000 1870 Personal Estate Value: $2,700
1880 Enslaver Census
Compensation Information
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