Civil War: Company C, 7th California Infantry
Abram (also: Abraham) Mails was born in Linnich, Prussia (Germany), about 1820. As a young man he immigrated to the United States and headed for California's gold fields. During the Civil War he enlisted as a private at Jackson, Amador County, October 8, 1864, and was mustered into Company C, 7th California Infantry, October 27. Abraham was a 44-year-old miner, single, and stood 5 ft 7.5 inches. Private Mails was posted to Arizona Territory with his company. He returned to California and was mustered out with his company at the Presidio of San Francisco April 26, 1866 (Orton, 775). After the war he returned to Jackson where he registered to vote June 1, 1867, and where he remained, except for a brief stay in Sacramento during the Winter of 1870-1871, until August 1873 (Amador Great Registers). He moved to Stockton in August 1873 and appears as a registered voter from 1873 until 1877 (San Joaquin Great Registers). Abram must have lost his naturalization documents during his move to San Jose in 1878, since he had to retake the oath of U.S. citizenship at San Jose on March 8, 1879. Abram Mails was a member of the Santa Clara County Pioneers (Daily Morning Times [San Jose], Vol. III, No. 4, July 4, 1880; 5:5). Abram died at the Santa Clara County Infirmary and initially buried in the infirmary's cemetery. His remains were later transferred to the G.A.R. plot in Oak Hill.
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N. C. Briggs and E. B. Stiles yesterday stood sponsors for Abram Mails, a native of Prussia, who was made a citizen by Judge Payne.
(San Jose Mercury-News, Vol. XIV, No. 150, March 9, 1879; 3:1)
Abram (also: Abraham) Mails was born in Linnich, Prussia (Germany), about 1820. As a young man he immigrated to the United States and headed for California's gold fields. During the Civil War he enlisted as a private at Jackson, Amador County, October 8, 1864, and was mustered into Company C, 7th California Infantry, October 27. Abraham was a 44-year-old miner, single, and stood 5 ft 7.5 inches. Private Mails was posted to Arizona Territory with his company. He returned to California and was mustered out with his company at the Presidio of San Francisco April 26, 1866 (Orton, 775). After the war he returned to Jackson where he registered to vote June 1, 1867, and where he remained, except for a brief stay in Sacramento during the Winter of 1870-1871, until August 1873 (Amador Great Registers). He moved to Stockton in August 1873 and appears as a registered voter from 1873 until 1877 (San Joaquin Great Registers). Abram must have lost his naturalization documents during his move to San Jose in 1878, since he had to retake the oath of U.S. citizenship at San Jose on March 8, 1879. Abram Mails was a member of the Santa Clara County Pioneers (Daily Morning Times [San Jose], Vol. III, No. 4, July 4, 1880; 5:5). Abram died at the Santa Clara County Infirmary and initially buried in the infirmary's cemetery. His remains were later transferred to the G.A.R. plot in Oak Hill.
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N. C. Briggs and E. B. Stiles yesterday stood sponsors for Abram Mails, a native of Prussia, who was made a citizen by Judge Payne.
(San Jose Mercury-News, Vol. XIV, No. 150, March 9, 1879; 3:1)
Civil War: Company C, 7th California Infantry
Abram (also: Abraham) Mails was born in Linnich, Prussia (Germany), about 1820. As a young man he immigrated to the United States and headed for California's gold fields. During the Civil War he enlisted as a private at Jackson, Amador County, October 8, 1864, and was mustered into Company C, 7th California Infantry, October 27. Abraham was a 44-year-old miner, single, and stood 5 ft 7.5 inches. Private Mails was posted to Arizona Territory with his company. He returned to California and was mustered out with his company at the Presidio of San Francisco April 26, 1866 (Orton, 775). After the war he returned to Jackson where he registered to vote June 1, 1867, and where he remained, except for a brief stay in Sacramento during the Winter of 1870-1871, until August 1873 (Amador Great Registers). He moved to Stockton in August 1873 and appears as a registered voter from 1873 until 1877 (San Joaquin Great Registers). Abram must have lost his naturalization documents during his move to San Jose in 1878, since he had to retake the oath of U.S. citizenship at San Jose on March 8, 1879. Abram Mails was a member of the Santa Clara County Pioneers (Daily Morning Times [San Jose], Vol. III, No. 4, July 4, 1880; 5:5). Abram died at the Santa Clara County Infirmary and initially buried in the infirmary's cemetery. His remains were later transferred to the G.A.R. plot in Oak Hill.
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N. C. Briggs and E. B. Stiles yesterday stood sponsors for Abram Mails, a native of Prussia, who was made a citizen by Judge Payne.
(San Jose Mercury-News, Vol. XIV, No. 150, March 9, 1879; 3:1)
Abram (also: Abraham) Mails was born in Linnich, Prussia (Germany), about 1820. As a young man he immigrated to the United States and headed for California's gold fields. During the Civil War he enlisted as a private at Jackson, Amador County, October 8, 1864, and was mustered into Company C, 7th California Infantry, October 27. Abraham was a 44-year-old miner, single, and stood 5 ft 7.5 inches. Private Mails was posted to Arizona Territory with his company. He returned to California and was mustered out with his company at the Presidio of San Francisco April 26, 1866 (Orton, 775). After the war he returned to Jackson where he registered to vote June 1, 1867, and where he remained, except for a brief stay in Sacramento during the Winter of 1870-1871, until August 1873 (Amador Great Registers). He moved to Stockton in August 1873 and appears as a registered voter from 1873 until 1877 (San Joaquin Great Registers). Abram must have lost his naturalization documents during his move to San Jose in 1878, since he had to retake the oath of U.S. citizenship at San Jose on March 8, 1879. Abram Mails was a member of the Santa Clara County Pioneers (Daily Morning Times [San Jose], Vol. III, No. 4, July 4, 1880; 5:5). Abram died at the Santa Clara County Infirmary and initially buried in the infirmary's cemetery. His remains were later transferred to the G.A.R. plot in Oak Hill.
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N. C. Briggs and E. B. Stiles yesterday stood sponsors for Abram Mails, a native of Prussia, who was made a citizen by Judge Payne.
(San Jose Mercury-News, Vol. XIV, No. 150, March 9, 1879; 3:1)
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ABRAM MAILS, CO. C, 7TH CAL. INF.
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