James Kerrin

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James was born in Castleisland, County Kerry, Ireland in 1832, and came to the US as a young man through New York in the 1850s. At some point before the Civil War he came to Massachusetts.

He enlisted as a Private in the 22nd Massachusetts Infantry in late 1863, and was transferred to the 32nd Massachusetts in 1864 when the 32nd was absorbing units from other regiments that were disbanding.

His life after the War is just as tricky to track as his life before the War. There were two James Kerins who lived in Worcester in the 1870s-1920s, one was a Mason and the other a polisher and laborer. I haven’t been able to find either man’s death certificate.

James Kerin the veteran became a naturalized US citizen in 1867, and most of the information about him that I’ve been able to find comes from his naturalization papers. He died in Worcester, MA on December 18, 1923, and is buried in Saint John’s Cemetery.