Morgan Thistle Chisholm (1840 - 1905)

Born 12 Apr 1840 in Falmouth, West Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Naomi J (Porter) Chisholm — married 8 Aug 1868 (to 1881) in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Arabella Peppard Chisholm — married 28 Sep 1892 in Acadia Mines, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada

Descendants

Died 25 Apr 1905 at age 65 in Highland Village, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

Private Morgan Chisholm served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: May 28, 1861
Mustered out: May, 1864
Side: USA
Regiment(s): A and F Co, 18th Regiment, Illinois Infantry

Morgan was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Post 106, Du Quoin, Illinois.

Morgan Chisholm migrated from Nova Scotia to Massachusetts.

Morgan Chisholm migrated from Massachusetts to Nova Scotia.

Morgan was born in 1840 at Falmouth, Nova Scotia. He served three years in the U.S. Civil War as a soldier in the 18th Illinois Infantry, seeing action at Fort Donelson and Shiloh, was honorably discharged and received a pension afterwards. He was described variously a "mariner", "master mariner" and "sea captain" in Massachusetts after the Civil War, and returned to Nova Scotia around 1891 to be a farmer. He had one son, Samuel Locke Chisholm, from his first marriage in Massachusetts (to Naomi (Porter) Gates^[1]) and five children from his second marriage in Nova Scotia (to Miss Arabella Chisholm^[2]). He passed away in 1905 at Highland Village, Colchester County, Nova Scotia. He was buried at the nearby Geddes Cemetery, but no headstone survives.

Notes

Morgan was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Loomis Post, DuQuoin, Illinois, Post Number 106. His transfer card is preserved by the family, and an image has been uploaded to WikiTree. Morgan married Naomi Gates at Boston on Aug 8th and his brother John married Mary J Foster at Boston on Aug 1st. The entries are on the same page of the marriage records, from which one assumes they were in close contact in 1868.

Captain Morgan T.CHISHOLM - Highland Village Man Gets A Pension - Captain Morgan T. Chisholm, a Veteran of U.S. Civil War. A United States pension has been granted to Capt. Morgan T. Chisholm of Highland Village, [Colchester County] N.S. Capt. Chisholm, when a young man of 21 years old, while in Southern Illinois, enlisted in Company 'F' 18th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry under General Ulysses GRANT. Took part in the Battle of Fort Donaldson where General Grant demanded an unconditional surrender from General Simon B. Buckiner, commanding the Confederate forces, which resulted in one of the great victories to the government arms. Capt. C. participated in the Battle of Shiloh, on Sunday and Monday, the 6th and 7th of April 1862 where Albert Sidney Johnson, commander of the Confederate forces at 3 p.m. Sunday lost his life. Capt. Chisholm also witnessed the reinforcing of Gen. Dan Callais Bull and Gen. Wallace, the author of Ben Hur, to Gen. Grant on that Sunday, the 6th of April 1862, which also resulted in a great victory to the government arms. After serving three years and receiving an honorable discharge, he returned home to Highland Village, and in a short time, went to sea and soon became master and owner of a vessel. Capt. Chisholm has the honor of having made 45 successful voyages to the West Indies. He is now on a farm, where "he don't have to turn out and reef topsails." [Truro Daily News - April 17 1900]

Census Records

• Morgan T Chisholm, Age 30, Naioma G Chisholm, Age 27, Samuel L Chisholm, Age 1, at Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, in US Federal Census: Year: 1870; Census Place: Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_622; Page: 25B; Image: 59066; Family History Library Film: 552121
• Samuel Chisholm, Age 82, Morgan Chisholm, Age 49, at Lower Londonderry, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, in Census of Canada: Year: 1891; Census Place: Lower Londonderry, Colchester, Nova Scotia; Roll: T-6310; Family No: 13
• Morgan T Chisholm, Age 60, Arebella Chisholm, Age 30, James P Chisholm, Age 7, Martha J Chisholm, Age 4, at Lower Londonderry, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, in 1901 Census of Canada: Year: 1901; Census Place: Lower Londonderry, Colchester, Nova Scotia; Page: 12; Family No: 128

Sources

1. ↑ Marriages - in this city, 8th inst., by Rev Phineas Stowe, Mr. Morgan Chisholm of Nova Scotia to Mrs Naomi J Gates of Boston 11 Aug 1868, in Boston Evening Transcript - 11 Aug 1868 - Page 3
2. ↑ Morgan T. Chisholm and Arabella Chisholm married in 1892 at Colchester County; Registration: Year: 1892 book: 1807 page: 58 number: 117: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=83623

• Morgan T Chisholm, Age 28, Birth Year: 1840, Birth Place: Nova Scotia, Marriage Date: 8 Aug 1868, Marriage Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Father: Samuel Chisholm, Mother: Martha Chisholm, Spouse: Naomi J Gates, Age: 25, Birth Year: 1843, Birth Place: Nova Scotia, 2nd marriage, Father: David Porter, Mother: Mary E Porter, in Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915, Ancestry.com
• U.S. National Archives: Chisholm, Morgan T. - Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900. 31-JUL-1890
• CHISHOLM MORGAN T.C., born 1840-04-12, died 1905-04-25, buried at GEDDES CEMETERY; HIGHLAND VILLAGE: https://colchesterhistoreum.ca/search/