Jerome Bottomly
Jerome Bottomly was born on August 14, 1842, in Leicester, Massachusetts, to Samuel and Abigail Bottomly. His father was a wool sorter who owned $2,500 of real estate by 1850. Bottomly grew up and attended school in Leicester.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on September 24, 1861, and he mustered in as an artificer in the 1st United States Engineer Battalion. According to his service records, he was 5 feet, 6¼ inches tall, with light hair and grey eyes. The regiment took part in the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Fredericksburg, and the siege of Petersburg. He mustered out on September 24, 1864.
 
He returned to Leicester after leaving the army, and he married Annie Maria Whittemore there on June 18, 1867. They had at least two children: William, born around 1869; and Cora, born around 1883. Bottomly worked as a merchant and a grocer, and by 1870, he owned $2,000 of real estate and $4,000 of personal property. He also served as a local postmaster. He supported the Republican Party, and he served in the Massachusetts legislature in 1898. He applied for a federal pension in September 1903 and eventually secured one. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Leicester on August 10, 1912.
 
Image: Jerome Bottomly (courtesy Wikicommons)
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DATABASE CONTENT
(4991)Bottomly, Jerome1842-08-141912-08-19
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Artificer
  • Rank out: Artificer
  • Rank highest: Artificer
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 51

  • (13883) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly Diary
  • (13884) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly Diary, 1864
  • (14057) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Unknown, 7 April 1861
  • (14058) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Abigail E. Bottomly, 26 September 1861
  • (14059) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Samuel Bottomly, 3 October 1861
  • (14060) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Sister, 16 October 1861
  • (14061) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Cornelia Wiley, 20 October 1861
  • (14062) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Sarah (?), 27 October 1861
  • (14063) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Sister, 7 November 1861
  • (14064) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Sister, 10 November 1861
  • (14065) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Martha A. Bottomly, 29 November 1861
  • (14066) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Sister, 23 December 1861
  • (14067) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Nancy A. Bottomly, 25 December 1861
  • (14068) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Abigail E. Bottomly, 5 January 1862
  • (14069) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Abigail E. Bottomly, 7 April 186X
  • (14070) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Nancy A. Bottomly, 18 May 1862
  • (14071) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Martha A. Bottomly, 28 May 1862
  • (14072) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Sister, 17 July 1862
  • (14073) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Abigail E. Bottomly, 3 August 1862
  • (14074) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Sister, 10 August 1862
  • (14077) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Martha A. Bottomly, 29 August 1862
  • (14078) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Samuel Bottomly, 5 September 1862
  • (14079) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Sister, 2 October 1862
  • (14080) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Abigail E. Bottomly, 19 October 1862
  • (14081) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Martha A. Bottomly, 24 November 1862
  • (14082) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Sister, 4 December 1862
  • (14083) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Abigail E. Bottomly, 25 December 1862
  • (14084) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Sister, 8 February 1863
  • (14085) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Sister, 26 February 1863
  • (14086) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Sister, 21 March 1863
  • (14087) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Abigail E. Bottomly, 24 March 1863
  • (14088) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Martha A. Bottomly, 9 April 1863
  • (14089) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Samuel Bottomly, 24 May 1863
  • (14090) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Sister, 23 June 1863
  • (14091) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Sister, 3 July 1863
  • (14092) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Abigail E. Bottomly, 28 July 1863
  • (14093) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Lavina Johnson, 14 August 1863
  • (14094) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Nancy A. Bottomly, 24 September 1863
  • (14095) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Abigail E. Bottomly, 29 September 1863
  • (14096) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Sister, 4 October 1863
  • (14097) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Sister, 21 November 1863
  • (14098) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Samuel Bottomly, 4 December 1863
  • (14099) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Samuel Bottomly, 11 December 1863
  • (14100) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Martha A. Bottomly, 16 January 1864
  • (14101) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Samuel Bottomly, 24 January 1864
  • (14102) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Martha A. Bottomly, 17 June 1864
  • (14103) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Nancy A. Bottomly, 10 July 1864
  • (14104) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Martha A. Bottomly, 20 July 1864
  • (14105) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Sister, 22 August 1864
  • (14106) [writer] ~ Jerome Bottomly to Abigail E. Bottomly, 17 September 1864
  • (14132) [recipient] ~ Jonathan Butterworth to Jerome Bottomly, 15 May 1865

People - Records: 7

  • (5411) Bottomly, Samuel is the [parent of] (4991) Bottomly, Jerome
  • (5412) Bottomly, Abigail E. is the [parent of] (4991) Bottomly, Jerome
  • (5413) Wiley, Cornelia is the [half sibling of] (4991) Bottomly, Jerome
  • (5415) Bottomly, Martha A. is the [sibling of] (4991) Bottomly, Jerome
  • (5416) Bottomly, Nancy Amelia is the [half sibling of] (4991) Bottomly, Jerome
  • (5417) Johnson, Lavina is the [half sibling of] (4991) Bottomly, Jerome
  • (5418) Butterworth, Jonathan is the [friend of] (4991) Bottomly, Jerome

Places - Records: 1

  • (1570) [birth, death] ~ Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (411) [enlisted] ~ 1st United States Engineer Battalion

Groups - Records: 2

  • (6) [member/supporter] ~ Grand Army of the Republic
  • (3) [politician] ~ Republican Party
SOURCES

1850, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Appointments of U.S. Postmasters, 1832-1971, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915, available from Ancestry.com