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Samuel Kennedy McKeague

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Samuel Kennedy McKeague Veteran

Birth
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Death
26 Jan 1912 (aged 64)
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Burial
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Front Inscription:

SAMUEL KENNEDY McKEAGUE
AUG. 2, 1847
JAN. 26, 1912
CO. E 38-186, PA. VOL.
1861-1866

Below: AT REST
On top: SAM

Civil War Service Records Record

Name: Samuel McKeague
Company: E
Unit: 186 Pennsylvania Inf.
Rank - Induction: Private
Rank - Discharge: Private
Allegiance: Union

American Civil War Soldiers Record

Name: Samuel McKeague
Enlistment Date: 03 July 1863
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Pennsylvania
Unit Numbers: 2269 2269
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 03 July 1863
Enlisted in Company B, 38th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 03 July 1863.
Mustered out Company B, 38th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 07 August 1863

Unit Numbers: 2183 2183
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 24 February 1864
Enlisted in Company E, 186th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 24 February 1864.
Mustered out Company E, 186th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 15 August 1865 in Philadelphia, PA

Buried in the "Grand Army of the Republic" GAR) section of O'ahu cemetery.

After the end of the American Civil War, veterans formed fraternal groups to continue bonds formed in the war, ultimately gaining political power. The GAR emerged as the most powerful among the various organizations, by 1890 numbering 409,489, and aligned with the Republican Party. Founded in Decatur, Illinois on April 6, 1866 by Benjamin F. Stephenson, membership was limited to honorably discharged veterans of the Union Army, Navy, Marine Corps or the Revenue Cutter Service who had served between April 12, 1861 and April 9, 1865.

Civil War Pension Record

Name of Soldier: McKeague, Samuel
Name of Dependent: widow: McKeague, Mary E.
Service: E 186 Pa. Inf.; B 38 Pa Mil. Inf.
Claim entries:

Date: [year illegible, possibly 1898] Jan. 26
Classification: Invalid [meaning sick/injured]
Application No: 686925, Cert No. 573742
State from which filed: Haw.Islands

Date: 1912 Mar. 11
Classification: Widow
Application No.: 982158, Cert No. 744853
State from which filed: Hawaii

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1910 US Census
Honolulu, Hawaii
1049 Lunalilo Street

McKeague, Samuel, head, 62, b.NY, parents b.Ireland, occupation: own income, house owned free and clear.
McKeague, Mary E., wife, 45, no children of 1 born are living, b.Australia, parents b.Australia

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City Directories
1890 Honolulu City Directory
Samuel K. McKeague, occ: keeper, business: kerosene warehouse, South St., res Lunalilo St.
1898-1901 Honolulu City Directory
McKeague Samuel, supt Oil Storehouse, r Lunalilo nr Penscola


Front Inscription:

SAMUEL KENNEDY McKEAGUE
AUG. 2, 1847
JAN. 26, 1912
CO. E 38-186, PA. VOL.
1861-1866

Below: AT REST
On top: SAM

Civil War Service Records Record

Name: Samuel McKeague
Company: E
Unit: 186 Pennsylvania Inf.
Rank - Induction: Private
Rank - Discharge: Private
Allegiance: Union

American Civil War Soldiers Record

Name: Samuel McKeague
Enlistment Date: 03 July 1863
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Pennsylvania
Unit Numbers: 2269 2269
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 03 July 1863
Enlisted in Company B, 38th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 03 July 1863.
Mustered out Company B, 38th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 07 August 1863

Unit Numbers: 2183 2183
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 24 February 1864
Enlisted in Company E, 186th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 24 February 1864.
Mustered out Company E, 186th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 15 August 1865 in Philadelphia, PA

Buried in the "Grand Army of the Republic" GAR) section of O'ahu cemetery.

After the end of the American Civil War, veterans formed fraternal groups to continue bonds formed in the war, ultimately gaining political power. The GAR emerged as the most powerful among the various organizations, by 1890 numbering 409,489, and aligned with the Republican Party. Founded in Decatur, Illinois on April 6, 1866 by Benjamin F. Stephenson, membership was limited to honorably discharged veterans of the Union Army, Navy, Marine Corps or the Revenue Cutter Service who had served between April 12, 1861 and April 9, 1865.

Civil War Pension Record

Name of Soldier: McKeague, Samuel
Name of Dependent: widow: McKeague, Mary E.
Service: E 186 Pa. Inf.; B 38 Pa Mil. Inf.
Claim entries:

Date: [year illegible, possibly 1898] Jan. 26
Classification: Invalid [meaning sick/injured]
Application No: 686925, Cert No. 573742
State from which filed: Haw.Islands

Date: 1912 Mar. 11
Classification: Widow
Application No.: 982158, Cert No. 744853
State from which filed: Hawaii

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1910 US Census
Honolulu, Hawaii
1049 Lunalilo Street

McKeague, Samuel, head, 62, b.NY, parents b.Ireland, occupation: own income, house owned free and clear.
McKeague, Mary E., wife, 45, no children of 1 born are living, b.Australia, parents b.Australia

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City Directories
1890 Honolulu City Directory
Samuel K. McKeague, occ: keeper, business: kerosene warehouse, South St., res Lunalilo St.
1898-1901 Honolulu City Directory
McKeague Samuel, supt Oil Storehouse, r Lunalilo nr Penscola




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