Owen Weed Nims
Owen Weed Nims was born on January 26, 1842, in Iowa to Amasa and Adeline Nims. His father was a farmer who owned $200 of real estate by 1850. The family lived in Bloomfield, Iowa, until the 1850s, when they moved to Maquoketa, Iowa.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on September 30, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in Company I of the 12th Iowa Infantry on October 23. The regiment took part in the Battle of Shiloh, and Confederate forces captured him there. He mustered out on August 23, 1862.
 
He returned to his parents’ household in Maquoketa after leaving the army, and he earned a living as a carpenter. He married Julia Miller around 1871, and they had at least four children: Eva, born around 1874; Mary, born around 1876; Daisy, born around 1878; and Roy, born around 1882. By 1880, he was working as a steamboat engineer. By 1910, he was living in his son Roy’s household in Maquoketa. His wife died on October 23, 1916, and he passed away of a cerebral hemorrhage in Maquoketa on August 26, 1929.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(3988)Nims, Owen Weed1842-01-261929-08-26
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 14

  • (11204) [writer] ~ Owen W. Nims to Creon L. Nims, 18 January 1862
  • (11205) [writer] ~ Owen W. Nims to Brother and Sister, 18 January 1862
  • (11207) [writer] ~ Owen W. Nims to Amasa Nims, 21 January 1862
  • (11208) [writer] ~ Owen W. Nims to Creon L. Nims, 27 February 186X
  • (11209) [writer] ~ Owen W. Nims to Adeline Nims, 16 June 1862
  • (11212) [writer] ~ Owen W. Nims to Creon L. Nims, 11 July 1862
  • (11213) [writer] ~ Owen W. Nims to Adeline Nims, 8 January 1862
  • (11214) [writer] ~ Owen W. Nims to Amasa Nims, 23 August 1862
  • (11215) [writer] ~ Owen W. Nims to John (?), 16 December 1864
  • (11216) [writer] ~ Owen W. Nims to Amasa Nims and Adeline Nims, undated
  • (11217) [writer] ~ Owen W. Nims to Adeline Nims, undated
  • (11218) [writer] ~ Owen W. Nims to Unknown, 13 October 186X
  • (11219) [writer] ~ Owen W. Nims to Creon L. Nims, undated
  • (11220) [writer] ~ Owen W. Nims to Luella Nims, undated

People - Records: 6

  • (3989) Nims, Adelaide is the [sibling of] (3988) Nims, Owen Weed
  • (3990) Nims, Mary Bell is the [sibling of] (3988) Nims, Owen Weed
  • (3991) Nims, Luella is the [sibling of] (3988) Nims, Owen Weed
  • (3992) Nims, Amasa is the [parent of] (3988) Nims, Owen Weed
  • (3993) Nims, Creon L. is the [sibling of] (3988) Nims, Owen Weed
  • (3995) Nims, Adeline is the [parent of] (3988) Nims, Owen Weed

Places - Records: 2

  • (787) [birth] ~ Iowa
  • (655) [death] ~ Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (970) [enlisted] [I] ~ 12th Iowa Infantry
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Iowa Death Records, 1920-1940, available from Ancestry.com; The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA, 27 August 1929)