James Mains
Birth Year: 1842
Birth Place: Scotland
Residence at Enlistment: Arenzville, IL
Regiment(s): Co K, 101st IL Inf
Military Notes: Mustered out on 7 Jun 1865 at Washington, DC.
Death Year: 1934
Death Place: Oskaloosa, KS
Burial Place: Oskaloosa, KS
Cemetery Name: Pleasant View Cemetery
Find-a-Grave#: 94141933
Spouse(s): Ellen Dick, m. 1871 in Cass Co, IL
Remarks: Resident of Arenzville when he entered service
Alt name: Main or Maine. After the war, he lived for a short time in Cass County and farmed, then moved to Kansas. Based on information gathered (so far) for this list of Arenzville Civil War veterans, at the time of his death, he was the last surviving Civil War veteran with ties to Arenzville. He was a half-bother to Alexander Robertson, also a Civil War veteran.
