Charles Messinger Leland
Charles Messinger Leland was born on May 27, 1821, in Wrentham, Massachusetts, to Jedediah and Laura Leland. He married Martha C. Leland on September 2, 1843, and they had at least four children: Charles, born around 1844; Ida, born around 1849; Henry, born around 1850; and Ada, born around 1858. They lived in Walpole, Massachusetts, and Leland worked as a book maker. They moved to Chelsea, Massachusetts, in the 1850s and then to Boston, Massachusetts, in the 1860s. By 1870, he owned $8,000 of real estate and $700 of personal property. He supported the Republican Party, and he attended party caucuses throughout the 1870s. By 1880, he was working as a merchant in Melrose, Massachusetts. He died of pneumonia in Boston on March 27, 1893.
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(2939)Leland, Charles Messinger1821-05-271893-03-27
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 20

  • (8028) [recipient] ~ Charles E. Leland to Charles M. Leland, 17 January 1862
  • (8029) [recipient] ~ Charles E. Leland to Charles M. Leland, 24 January 1862
  • (8030) [recipient] ~ Charles E. Leland to Charles M. Leland, 19 February 1862
  • (8031) [recipient] ~ Charles E. Leland to Charles M. Leland, 28 February 1862
  • (8032) [recipient] ~ Charles E. Leland to Charles M. Leland and Martha C. Leland, 11 August 1861
  • (8033) [recipient] ~ Charles E. Leland to Charles M. Leland, 8 November 1861
  • (8034) [recipient] ~ Charles E. Leland to Charles M. Leland, 6 February 1862
  • (8035) [recipient] ~ Charles E. Leland to Charles M. Leland, 28 April 1862
  • (8036) [recipient] ~ Charles E. Leland to Charles M. Leland, 1 May 1862
  • (8047) [recipient] ~ Charles E. Leland to Charles M. Leland, 11 May 1862
  • (8048) [recipient] ~ Charles E. Leland to Charles M. Leland and Martha C. Leland, 2 July 1862
  • (8049) [recipient] ~ Charles E. Leland and Charles M. Leland, 15 July 1862
  • (8050) [recipient] ~ Martha C. Leland to Charles M. Leland, 15 August 1862
  • (8051) [recipient] ~ Charles E. Leland to Charles M. Leland, 13 September 1862
  • (8052) [recipient] ~ Charles E. Leland to Charles M. Leland, 2 December 1862
  • (8053) [recipient] ~ Charles E. Leland to Charles M. Leland, 4 March 1863
  • (8054) [recipient] ~ Charles E. Leland to Charles M. Leland, 19 March 1863
  • (8056) [recipient] ~ Charles E. Leland to Charles M. Leland, 3 April 1863
  • (8057) [recipient] ~ Charles E. Leland to Charles M. Leland, 18 April 1863
  • (8058) [recipient] ~ Charles E. Leland to Charles M. Leland, 30 May 1863

People - Records: 2

  • (2939) Leland, Charles Messinger is the [parent of] (2938) Leland, Charles E.
  • (2940) Leland, Martha C. is the [wife of] (2939) Leland, Charles Messinger

Places - Records: 2

  • (3192) [birth] ~ Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
  • (237) [death] ~ Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

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Groups - Records: 1

  • (3) [member/supporter] ~ Republican Party
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Town Birth Records, 1620-1850, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915, available from Ancestry.com; The Boston (MA) Globe, 27 November 1872 and 13 September 1877