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The 27th Maine Volunteers
John Came
1st Lieutenant, Company C, Age 27 from Buxton
JOHN HALEY CAME was born in Buxton, Maine on 29 Apr, 1835, the son of Abraham Lord Came and Annis Green [they were married 3 Feb, 1825 in Standish - recs of 1st Ch of Standish]. He worked at his father's lumber business in town [1860 census], before volunteering into the 27th Maine in Sept, 1862. While the regiment was on picket duty in Fairfax, VA that winter, he came down with a fever and died on 16 Jan, 1863, aged 27. His body was sent back to Buxton, and he is buried in the family's Came plot [YCCI p381]. He was single.
Additional Source Data:
1850 Buxton, York, ME census: John H age 15 w/ parents and family in hh of grandfather John Came
1860 Buxton census (pg 56): hh 416/441: John H, age 25
- The History of the 27th Regiment ME Volunteer Infantry by James Stone, page 43 has small write-up on John Came
- York County Cemetery Inscriptions by MOCA c1995 Picton Press
1st Lieutenant, Company C, Age 27 from Buxton
JOHN HALEY CAME was born in Buxton, Maine on 29 Apr, 1835, the son of Abraham Lord Came and Annis Green [they were married 3 Feb, 1825 in Standish - recs of 1st Ch of Standish]. He worked at his father's lumber business in town [1860 census], before volunteering into the 27th Maine in Sept, 1862. While the regiment was on picket duty in Fairfax, VA that winter, he came down with a fever and died on 16 Jan, 1863, aged 27. His body was sent back to Buxton, and he is buried in the family's Came plot [YCCI p381]. He was single.
Additional Source Data:
1850 Buxton, York, ME census: John H age 15 w/ parents and family in hh of grandfather John Came
1860 Buxton census (pg 56): hh 416/441: John H, age 25
- The History of the 27th Regiment ME Volunteer Infantry by James Stone, page 43 has small write-up on John Came
- York County Cemetery Inscriptions by MOCA c1995 Picton Press