John A. Bouldon, also spelled "Bouldin" is his army records and elsewhere as "Boulden," enlisted in Company G, 54th Massachusetts Infantry (United States Colored Troops), April 14, 1863, for a 3-year term of service, at Readville, Massachusetts. Occupation: Hemp maker. Height: 5ft. 10 in. Complexion: Dark: Eyes and Hair: Black. Promoted to Corporal, May 10, 1863, he was wounded in action during the attack on Ft. Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina, July 18, 1863. His army medical record reads: "While capturing a cannon in the outer works of Ft. Wagner, he received two stabs from a bayonet in the left thigh, and a few minutes afterward was struck by a fragment of shell breaking left fibula, which was united imperfectly, so that he can not stand long without pain and is incapacitated for marching. Disability 1/4. Is fit case for pension. Unfit for Vet. Reserve Corps because soldiers of his color are not allowed in it." After treatment at General Hospital #10 at Beaufort, South Carolina he was eventually issued a Surgeons' Certificate of Disability on June 3, 1865.
John's discharge paper stated that he desired to receive mail at Cleveland, Ohio so he may have had a Cleveland connection prior to his enlistment. In the 1870 U.S. Census for Cleveland, he appeared, mistakenly identified as John "Baldwin", 37 years old, black, a carpenter, born in Tennessee. He wife, Rhonda (AKA Rhoda), black, was 30, with son Julius, black, 8, both also born in Tennessee. The 1880 U.S. Census for Cleveland, showed John, 45, head of household, with no job listed, born in Tennessee with both parents born in Virginia. Rhoda was 40, born now in Virginia as were both of her parents. Son Julius was 19 and employed as a stove polisher, Albert, 8, was in school, and a daughter, Almina, 4, were all born in Ohio. John was accounted for in the 1890 U.S. Veterans Census, residing at 98 Poplar Street, the name of which was changed to West 54th Street in 1906. Between 1869 and 1908 John was listed in 17 Cleveland City Directories as living on that street, working as a carpenter but in 1907 as a carpenter contractor. Son Albert had died August 29, 1891, from typhoid and was buried at Woodland Cemetery.
In 1900, John was shown born in August of 1834, 65 years old, married for 40 years, a carpenter, born in Tennessee with his father in Virginia and mother now in Tennessee. Rhoda, shown as Rhonda, was born in May of 1846, now 60 years old, married for 40 years with 3 of 6 children still living now born in Tennessee, with her father now born in North Carolina and mother now in Maryland. In 1905 and 1907 the Cleveland City Directory showed Edward Boulden, a nutmaker, and apparently his wife, Helen, a teacher also living in John's household. Their relationship to him remains unknown.
At the time of his death from apoplexy, John resided at 3314 West 54th Street. He was buried in a plot set aside for Civil War veterans in Section 72 at Woodland Cemetery, July 15, 1908. The house on West 54th still stands and is occupied. It appears to be an up/down, two family structure. Rhoda applied for a soldier's widow's pension, July 20, 1908, which was issued as Certificate #661238 in Ohio.
Rhoda Davis Bouldon remained in the house on West 54th Street until her death, April 27, 1912, from a heart ailment and nephritis. She was buried at Woodland Cemetery with her son, Albert. Nothing more is known about Julius or Almina.
Additional information might be found in John's complete military service record, although most of it can be viewed on the Fold 3 web site, and his separate pension file papers. Copies of both can be purchased from the National Archives in Washington, D.C., or viewed in person there.
John's name is on Column 3, the 15th name down on the Woodland Cemetery Foundation's United States Colored Troops Monument at Woodland Cemetery and on Plaque E-153 on the American-American Civil War Memorial in Washington, D.C.
∼He served as a Corporal in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry between April 14, 1863 and June 3, 1865 and was a resident of Cleveland OH when he enlisted .
He was wounded on July 18, 1863 at Fort Wagner South Carolina.
He was buried on July 15, 1908. US government gravestone.
John's discharge paper stated that he desired to receive mail at Cleveland, Ohio so he may have had a Cleveland connection prior to his enlistment. In the 1870 U.S. Census for Cleveland, he appeared, mistakenly identified as John "Baldwin", 37 years old, black, a carpenter, born in Tennessee. He wife, Rhonda (AKA Rhoda), black, was 30, with son Julius, black, 8, both also born in Tennessee. The 1880 U.S. Census for Cleveland, showed John, 45, head of household, with no job listed, born in Tennessee with both parents born in Virginia. Rhoda was 40, born now in Virginia as were both of her parents. Son Julius was 19 and employed as a stove polisher, Albert, 8, was in school, and a daughter, Almina, 4, were all born in Ohio. John was accounted for in the 1890 U.S. Veterans Census, residing at 98 Poplar Street, the name of which was changed to West 54th Street in 1906. Between 1869 and 1908 John was listed in 17 Cleveland City Directories as living on that street, working as a carpenter but in 1907 as a carpenter contractor. Son Albert had died August 29, 1891, from typhoid and was buried at Woodland Cemetery.
In 1900, John was shown born in August of 1834, 65 years old, married for 40 years, a carpenter, born in Tennessee with his father in Virginia and mother now in Tennessee. Rhoda, shown as Rhonda, was born in May of 1846, now 60 years old, married for 40 years with 3 of 6 children still living now born in Tennessee, with her father now born in North Carolina and mother now in Maryland. In 1905 and 1907 the Cleveland City Directory showed Edward Boulden, a nutmaker, and apparently his wife, Helen, a teacher also living in John's household. Their relationship to him remains unknown.
At the time of his death from apoplexy, John resided at 3314 West 54th Street. He was buried in a plot set aside for Civil War veterans in Section 72 at Woodland Cemetery, July 15, 1908. The house on West 54th still stands and is occupied. It appears to be an up/down, two family structure. Rhoda applied for a soldier's widow's pension, July 20, 1908, which was issued as Certificate #661238 in Ohio.
Rhoda Davis Bouldon remained in the house on West 54th Street until her death, April 27, 1912, from a heart ailment and nephritis. She was buried at Woodland Cemetery with her son, Albert. Nothing more is known about Julius or Almina.
Additional information might be found in John's complete military service record, although most of it can be viewed on the Fold 3 web site, and his separate pension file papers. Copies of both can be purchased from the National Archives in Washington, D.C., or viewed in person there.
John's name is on Column 3, the 15th name down on the Woodland Cemetery Foundation's United States Colored Troops Monument at Woodland Cemetery and on Plaque E-153 on the American-American Civil War Memorial in Washington, D.C.
∼He served as a Corporal in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry between April 14, 1863 and June 3, 1865 and was a resident of Cleveland OH when he enlisted .
He was wounded on July 18, 1863 at Fort Wagner South Carolina.
He was buried on July 15, 1908. US government gravestone.
John A. Bouldon, also spelled "Bouldin" is his army records and elsewhere as "Boulden," enlisted in Company G, 54th Massachusetts Infantry (United States Colored Troops), April 14, 1863, for a 3-year term of service, at Readville, Massachusetts. Occupation: Hemp maker. Height: 5ft. 10 in. Complexion: Dark: Eyes and Hair: Black. Promoted to Corporal, May 10, 1863, he was wounded in action during the attack on Ft. Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina, July 18, 1863. His army medical record reads: "While capturing a cannon in the outer works of Ft. Wagner, he received two stabs from a bayonet in the left thigh, and a few minutes afterward was struck by a fragment of shell breaking left fibula, which was united imperfectly, so that he can not stand long without pain and is incapacitated for marching. Disability 1/4. Is fit case for pension. Unfit for Vet. Reserve Corps because soldiers of his color are not allowed in it." After treatment at General Hospital #10 at Beaufort, South Carolina he was eventually issued a Surgeons' Certificate of Disability on June 3, 1865.
John's discharge paper stated that he desired to receive mail at Cleveland, Ohio so he may have had a Cleveland connection prior to his enlistment. In the 1870 U.S. Census for Cleveland, he appeared, mistakenly identified as John "Baldwin", 37 years old, black, a carpenter, born in Tennessee. He wife, Rhonda (AKA Rhoda), black, was 30, with son Julius, black, 8, both also born in Tennessee. The 1880 U.S. Census for Cleveland, showed John, 45, head of household, with no job listed, born in Tennessee with both parents born in Virginia. Rhoda was 40, born now in Virginia as were both of her parents. Son Julius was 19 and employed as a stove polisher, Albert, 8, was in school, and a daughter, Almina, 4, were all born in Ohio. John was accounted for in the 1890 U.S. Veterans Census, residing at 98 Poplar Street, the name of which was changed to West 54th Street in 1906. Between 1869 and 1908 John was listed in 17 Cleveland City Directories as living on that street, working as a carpenter but in 1907 as a carpenter contractor. Son Albert had died August 29, 1891, from typhoid and was buried at Woodland Cemetery.
In 1900, John was shown born in August of 1834, 65 years old, married for 40 years, a carpenter, born in Tennessee with his father in Virginia and mother now in Tennessee. Rhoda, shown as Rhonda, was born in May of 1846, now 60 years old, married for 40 years with 3 of 6 children still living now born in Tennessee, with her father now born in North Carolina and mother now in Maryland. In 1905 and 1907 the Cleveland City Directory showed Edward Boulden, a nutmaker, and apparently his wife, Helen, a teacher also living in John's household. Their relationship to him remains unknown.
At the time of his death from apoplexy, John resided at 3314 West 54th Street. He was buried in a plot set aside for Civil War veterans in Section 72 at Woodland Cemetery, July 15, 1908. The house on West 54th still stands and is occupied. It appears to be an up/down, two family structure. Rhoda applied for a soldier's widow's pension, July 20, 1908, which was issued as Certificate #661238 in Ohio.
Rhoda Davis Bouldon remained in the house on West 54th Street until her death, April 27, 1912, from a heart ailment and nephritis. She was buried at Woodland Cemetery with her son, Albert. Nothing more is known about Julius or Almina.
Additional information might be found in John's complete military service record, although most of it can be viewed on the Fold 3 web site, and his separate pension file papers. Copies of both can be purchased from the National Archives in Washington, D.C., or viewed in person there.
John's name is on Column 3, the 15th name down on the Woodland Cemetery Foundation's United States Colored Troops Monument at Woodland Cemetery and on Plaque E-153 on the American-American Civil War Memorial in Washington, D.C.
∼He served as a Corporal in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry between April 14, 1863 and June 3, 1865 and was a resident of Cleveland OH when he enlisted .
He was wounded on July 18, 1863 at Fort Wagner South Carolina.
He was buried on July 15, 1908. US government gravestone.
John's discharge paper stated that he desired to receive mail at Cleveland, Ohio so he may have had a Cleveland connection prior to his enlistment. In the 1870 U.S. Census for Cleveland, he appeared, mistakenly identified as John "Baldwin", 37 years old, black, a carpenter, born in Tennessee. He wife, Rhonda (AKA Rhoda), black, was 30, with son Julius, black, 8, both also born in Tennessee. The 1880 U.S. Census for Cleveland, showed John, 45, head of household, with no job listed, born in Tennessee with both parents born in Virginia. Rhoda was 40, born now in Virginia as were both of her parents. Son Julius was 19 and employed as a stove polisher, Albert, 8, was in school, and a daughter, Almina, 4, were all born in Ohio. John was accounted for in the 1890 U.S. Veterans Census, residing at 98 Poplar Street, the name of which was changed to West 54th Street in 1906. Between 1869 and 1908 John was listed in 17 Cleveland City Directories as living on that street, working as a carpenter but in 1907 as a carpenter contractor. Son Albert had died August 29, 1891, from typhoid and was buried at Woodland Cemetery.
In 1900, John was shown born in August of 1834, 65 years old, married for 40 years, a carpenter, born in Tennessee with his father in Virginia and mother now in Tennessee. Rhoda, shown as Rhonda, was born in May of 1846, now 60 years old, married for 40 years with 3 of 6 children still living now born in Tennessee, with her father now born in North Carolina and mother now in Maryland. In 1905 and 1907 the Cleveland City Directory showed Edward Boulden, a nutmaker, and apparently his wife, Helen, a teacher also living in John's household. Their relationship to him remains unknown.
At the time of his death from apoplexy, John resided at 3314 West 54th Street. He was buried in a plot set aside for Civil War veterans in Section 72 at Woodland Cemetery, July 15, 1908. The house on West 54th still stands and is occupied. It appears to be an up/down, two family structure. Rhoda applied for a soldier's widow's pension, July 20, 1908, which was issued as Certificate #661238 in Ohio.
Rhoda Davis Bouldon remained in the house on West 54th Street until her death, April 27, 1912, from a heart ailment and nephritis. She was buried at Woodland Cemetery with her son, Albert. Nothing more is known about Julius or Almina.
Additional information might be found in John's complete military service record, although most of it can be viewed on the Fold 3 web site, and his separate pension file papers. Copies of both can be purchased from the National Archives in Washington, D.C., or viewed in person there.
John's name is on Column 3, the 15th name down on the Woodland Cemetery Foundation's United States Colored Troops Monument at Woodland Cemetery and on Plaque E-153 on the American-American Civil War Memorial in Washington, D.C.
∼He served as a Corporal in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry between April 14, 1863 and June 3, 1865 and was a resident of Cleveland OH when he enlisted .
He was wounded on July 18, 1863 at Fort Wagner South Carolina.
He was buried on July 15, 1908. US government gravestone.
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