Civil War Veterans Buried In Washington State - James Bremner

35^th IOWA INFANTRY
Organized: 9/18/1862 Muscatine, IA
Mustered In: 9/18/1862 Muscatine, IA
Mustered Out: 8/10/1865

7^th UNITED STATES VETERAN VOLUNTEER RESERVE CORPS
Organized: 10/10/1863
Mustered In: 10/10/1863 (est.)
Mustered Out:  6/30/1865 - 11/25/1865

SOLDIER: (35^th)
Residence: Springdale, IA    Age: 30.7 yrs.
Enlisted/Enrolled: 8/9/1862   Rank:  Pvt.
Mustered In: 9/4/1862
Transferred/Mustered Out: 2/15/1864
Highest Rank: Pvt.
Rank At Transfer: Pvt.

SOLDIER:  (7^th)
Residence: Springdale, IA   Age: 32.1 yrs.
Transferred/Mustered In: 2/15/1864
Mustered Out: 6/25/1865 Washington, D.C
Highest Rank: Pvt.
Rank At Discharge: Pvt.

SOLDIER: (35^th)
Residence: Springdale, IA   Age: 30.7 yrs.
Enlisted/Enrolled: 8/9/1862   Rank:  Pvt.
Mustered In: 9/4/1862
Transferred/Mustered Out: 2/15/1864
Highest Rank: Pvt.
Rank At Transfer: Pvt.

SOLDIER:  (7^th)
Residence: Springdale, IA   Age: 32.1 yrs.
Transferred/Mustered In: 2/15/1864
Mustered Out: 6/25/1865 Washington, D.C.
Highest Rank: Pvt.
Rank At Discharge: Pvt.

PERSONAL/FAMILY HISTORY:

James Bremner was born 12/26/1831 His place of birth was Rhiney/Rhynie County, Scotland. When he immigrated to America is not known.

In 8/1862 James enlisted in the U.S. Army. His unit was the 35^th Iowa Infantry. At that time Private Bremner, the physical man was described as follows: 5’10” in height; fair complexioned; blue eyed and brown haired.

2/1864 saw Private Bremner, for undisclosed reasons, transfer from the 35^th to the 7^th V.R.C. The Veterans Reserve Corps was formed in order to offer soldiers, sailors and marines determined unfit for field service because of wounding, disease or injury a limited duty service option to continue serving their country. As a member of the V.R.C. Private Bremner was in Washington, D.C. on 4/14/1865 when President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.

The War having ended, on 12/25/1865 James married. His bride was Abagail “Abbie” Clark. Miss Clark had been born ca. 1832 in Brewster, MA.

During their years together James and Abigail produced three children: John William Bremner (b. ca. 1876 Springdale Keokuk County, IA); George Archibald “Archie” Bremner (b. ca. 1869 Prairie Keokuk County, IA) and Caroline Winifred Bremner (b. ca. 1871 Prairie Keokuk County, IA).

In 1880 the U.S. Census tallied James and family in Lynden Whatcom County, Washington Territory (WT). At that time Mr. Bremner’s occupation was noted as “stonemason.”

James died 3/19/1887 in Delta, WT. He was/is buried in Whatcom County’s Lynden Cemetery.

Newspaper Notice: (in part)

Mr. James Bremner, the worthy post master of Delta, died Saturday, March 19^th. He leaves a wife and two children to mourn the loss of a kind man and loving father. Mr. Bremner was a Republican in politics with a tendency toward reform, and was always found to front all of the leading issues of the day notably those of temperance and women suffrage.

The following comes from an 1888 Whatcom County newspaper:

 “Mrs. Bremner, the widow of a gallant soldier of the late war, living at Delta, has a crop of potatoes and other vegetables that need harvesting. Archie, her only son and support has been sick for some time and unable to do any work. The Comrades of Lynch Post, No. 8, G. A. R. propose on Thursday next, Oct. 18, to go in a body, gather her crops and prepare fuel. All old soldiers are invited to participate in this labor of love, and thus emphasize the spirit of fraternity, which is the fundamental principles of the G.A.R. Comrades respond promptly and heartily to this worthy appeal to your soldierly sympathy and generosity.”

At the time of his passing James and his family were working a 157 acre “homestead” farm in Whatcom County. His widow, Abbie, received the patent (deed) to the property on 12/17/1890.

Abbie died in 1915. She was/is buried with James in the Lynden Cemetery.
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NOTE:  The preceding courtesy of Whatcom County Genealogical Society. See our Links page for details on how to obtain the down load Civil War Veterans in Whatcom County (including June 2014 update) from which much of the above information was obtained.

Posted: 4/3/2024
Updated: 

Buried at Lynden Cemetery