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Benjamin Franklin Bayley Jr.

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Benjamin Franklin Bayley Jr. Veteran

Birth
Pomfret, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
Death
25 Nov 1923 (aged 93)
Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
Burial
Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
76-15
Memorial ID
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Civil War: Company K, 5th California Infantry

Benjamin Franklin Bayley, Jr., was the son of Benjamin Franklin Bayley, Sr. (1806-1878), and Hannah Horr (1807-1885) of Trenton, Dodge County, Wisconsin. He was still living at Trenton with his parents and 6 siblings in 1850 (1850 US Census). As a young man he studied law and then headed west to California. By 1860 he was living at Soquel in Santa Cruz County (1860 US Census). During the Civil War he was 31 years old when he received a commission as a 1st Lieutenant at Santa Cruz, California, November 22, 1861. Lieutenant Bayley was mustered into Company K, 5th California Infantry. He was mustered out at Las Cruces, New Mexico, November 30, 1864. After the war he returned to California and opened a law practice in Santa Barbara County. In 1879 he was living at Los Alamos (1879 Great Register). By 1892 he was residing at Lompoc and was a member of Lompoc's Robert Anderson Post, No. 66, Grand Army of the Republic (1892 Great Register; 1900, 1910, 1920 US Census). He filed for a Civil War veterans pension at Lompoc March 24, 1902, and received certificate No. 1,059,413. He was never married.
Civil War: Company K, 5th California Infantry

Benjamin Franklin Bayley, Jr., was the son of Benjamin Franklin Bayley, Sr. (1806-1878), and Hannah Horr (1807-1885) of Trenton, Dodge County, Wisconsin. He was still living at Trenton with his parents and 6 siblings in 1850 (1850 US Census). As a young man he studied law and then headed west to California. By 1860 he was living at Soquel in Santa Cruz County (1860 US Census). During the Civil War he was 31 years old when he received a commission as a 1st Lieutenant at Santa Cruz, California, November 22, 1861. Lieutenant Bayley was mustered into Company K, 5th California Infantry. He was mustered out at Las Cruces, New Mexico, November 30, 1864. After the war he returned to California and opened a law practice in Santa Barbara County. In 1879 he was living at Los Alamos (1879 Great Register). By 1892 he was residing at Lompoc and was a member of Lompoc's Robert Anderson Post, No. 66, Grand Army of the Republic (1892 Great Register; 1900, 1910, 1920 US Census). He filed for a Civil War veterans pension at Lompoc March 24, 1902, and received certificate No. 1,059,413. He was never married.


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