Thomas Henry STANWOOD

1835 - 1911  (76 years)

• Name	Thomas Henry STANWOOD
  Birth	28 Aug 1835	Mount Desert Island, Hancock, Maine, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	26 Aug 1850	Indian Purchase Township, Penobscot, Maine, United States   [2]
  Census	18 Jun 1860	Woodville, Penobscot, Maine, United States   [3]
  Military Enlistment	21 Jul 1862	Lincoln, Penobscot, Maine, United States   [1]
  	Co A, 1st ME Heavy Artillery
  Military Discharge	13 Jun 1865	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States   [1]
  Death	13 Sep 1911	Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, United States   [1]
  	National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (Togus),
  Burial	Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, United States
  	14 SEP 1911, Togus National Cemetery
  Person ID	I101	Stanwood Family
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Calvin STANWOOD,   b. 23 May 1808, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 15 Sep 1884, Chester, Penobscot, Maine (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Betsey MCDERMOTT,   b. May 1815, Ireland d. 4 Jul 1881, Maine, United States (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	11 Nov 1832	Brooklyn, Kings, New York   [4]
  Family ID	F145	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Betsey C RICHARDSON,   b. Mar 1842, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 1888 (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	18 Sep 1864  [5]
  Children	1. George F STANWOOD,   b. 1870   2. William H. H STANWOOD,   b. 1872
  Family ID	F507	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Eliza Ann CROCKER
  Marriage	1854  [1]
  Divorce	1858	Maine, United States   [6]
  Children	1. Henry E STANWOOD,   b. Jul 1856   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Alvah E STANWOOD,   b. 1857, Maine, United States d. 15 Feb 1865, Enfield, Penobscot, Maine, United States (Age 8 years)
  Family ID	F73	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2024

  
  

• Photos

  STANWOOD_Thomas_b1835_grave_001

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas enlisted as a volunteer soldier in Company A, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery in Lincoln, Penobscot County, Maine on 21 July 1862. His brother, George F. Stanwood, enlisted the following month, and the two brothers served alongside each other until George died 25 June, 1864, as the result of gunshot wounds sustained the previous month on May 19th. Thomas was discharged 13 June 1865 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His claim for pension, #883,893, was filed 21 July 1890 and the original file is held at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C. Over the course of the following 21 years until his death in 1911, Thomas submitted many documents in an effort to obtain an increase in his monthly pension. From these we learn Thomas was a typical Stanwood fair in complexion with blue eyes, 5' 8" in height and 165 lbs. A lumberman, he stated his rheumatism began in 1878 due to "working in lumber woods and driving on rivers…for 16 or 17 years." Thomas' life was forever changed on 10 November, 1888, when he was struck by a train of cars and knocked off a bridge near Bruce's Crossing, Michigan when walking to go pick up his mail. As expected, Thomas sustained significant injuries from which he never fully recovered. Four years later he was admitted to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Milwaukee, WI, and died at the Eastern branch in Augusta, Maine, in 1911.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1411] Civil War Pension Files, Thomas H. Stanwood (Private, Co. A, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery; Co. A, 18th Maine Infantry, Civil War) pension no. 883,893. STANWOOD_Thomas_b1835_pension_001 [S1202] CENSUS: U.S., 1850 Maine, Penosbcot, West Indian Township; p. 374B; dwelling 374, family 382; Calvin and Betsey Stanwood, with Henry, Hannah E., George F., Clara, Isabel and Florence Stanwood; 3 May 2015. STANWOOD_David_b1816_census_1850_US_001 STANWOOD_David_b1816_census_1850_US_002 [S1217] CENSUS: U.S., 1860 Maine, Penobscot, Woodville; p. 10; dwelling 71, family 71; Woodville, Calvin & Betsy Stanwood, with ch. Henry [Thomas], Hannah W., Geo. F., Clara C, Isabel, Florence, Eva and William W.; 27 April 2010. STANWOOD_Calvin_b1808_census_1860_US_Woodville_001 [S1411] Civil War Pension Files, Calvin Stanwood, father’'s pension application, no. 288,498, certificate no. 198,917, service of George F. Stanwood (Pvt. Co. A, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery). STANWOOD_George_b1841_pension_file STANWOOD_George_b1841_pension_card STANWOOD_Calvin_b1808_assessors_statement_001 [S1656] DB: Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1937, 22 May 2011; entry for Thomas H. Stanwood and Betsy C. Richardson. STANWOOD_Thomas_b1835_marr_001 [S1653] DB: Maine, Divorce Records, 1798-1891, 15 May 2016; entry for Thomas H. Stanwood and Eliza Ann Stanwood, div. April 1858, citing Maine State Archives, Supreme Judicial Court, docket 1588, vol. 2 7, p. 215.