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Place of Birth: London

Date of enlistment: 6 September 1875

Age given at enlistment: 21

Rank: Private

Company: C

Location on 25 June 1876: With Custer's column

Jeremiah Shea had grey eyes, brown hair, a ruddy complexion, and was 5′ 6 1/4″ tall.

He was killed with Custer’s cloumn.

Listed as JERE SHEA on the battlefield monument.

Final Statement of  Jeremiah Shea [Captain T. W. Custer's Company] signed by Captain Henry J. Nowlan, Commanding Company, at Fort Abraham Lincoln on 9 October 1876.

    DUE SOLDIER
    For clothing not drawn in kind … $18.89
    Proceeds of sale of effects [June 15, 1877] … $30.30
    DUE UNITED STATES
    For tobacco … $1.14
    Indebted to Mrs Mary Scott, laundress of Company C … $7.00
    The above statement does not take into account basic pay due for the period May 1 to June 25, 1876.

 

His mother, Ellen, received a pension of $12 a month from 21 December 1885 until her death on 1 October 1894.