Civil War
April 12, 1861 - April 9, 1865
Updated 08/17/2023
The Civil War of America is arguably the most fascinating and grievous conflict in our country's history. Unlike other battles in which our citizens united to fight a common enemy, this war pitted the Northern States against the Southern States, and sometimes even brother against brother or father against son depending upon their personal beliefs. Due to the internal nature of the war, this four year conflict claimed the most American lives of any conflict before or since. Over 620,000 Americans died during the course of the war. Many residents of the Auburn Area fought, and several died, during the worst conflict to ever occur on American soil. Below is a list of those Auburn area residents who are known to have served during the Civil War.
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ACOG - Auburn Church of God cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA
Blue font - Prisoner Of War (P.O.W.)
Bold font (of name) - Auburn-area affiliation has been confirmed
Italicized surname only - Maiden name
Italicized entire name of veteran - Military service is either unconfirmed, or unlikely, or has been disproved.
Mill Street - Auburn Cemetery, Mill Street, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA
Purple font - Wounded In Action (W.I.A.)
Red font - Killed In Action (K.I.A.)
SJC - St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA
SPC - St. Paul's Church cemetery, Summer Hill Road, South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, PA
* - Asterik after veteran's name indicates "Missing In Action" (M.I.A.)
(NOTE: While "technically" incorrect, this website recognizes any veteran who "died while in service" as being
"Killed In Action" (K.I.A.), especially if they died from illness, while being held captive in an enemy prison,
or as a result of prolonged injuries obtained in battle.)
ACOG - Auburn Church of God cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA
Blue font - Prisoner Of War (P.O.W.)
Bold font (of name) - Auburn-area affiliation has been confirmed
Italicized surname only - Maiden name
Italicized entire name of veteran - Military service is either unconfirmed, or unlikely, or has been disproved.
Mill Street - Auburn Cemetery, Mill Street, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA
Purple font - Wounded In Action (W.I.A.)
Red font - Killed In Action (K.I.A.)
SJC - St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA
SPC - St. Paul's Church cemetery, Summer Hill Road, South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, PA
* - Asterik after veteran's name indicates "Missing In Action" (M.I.A.)
(NOTE: While "technically" incorrect, this website recognizes any veteran who "died while in service" as being
"Killed In Action" (K.I.A.), especially if they died from illness, while being held captive in an enemy prison,
or as a result of prolonged injuries obtained in battle.)
Auburn-area affiliated veterans
who served during the Civil War:
who served during the Civil War:
Bace, Alois K. "A. K." - The only indication or record of military
service found thus far is that of a G.A.R. medallion inserted beside his grave in St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. Alois K. "A. K." Bace was born in Germany circa 07/04/1834. At some point he immigrated to America and eventually settled in Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. Alois married twice; first to Sarah A. Delong Bace (who died in 1884). By this union they had the following children: Bertha Anna Bace, Clarkson D. Bace, John De (D.?) Bace, Kate Alice Bace Walborn and Maggie D. Bace Slough. Approximately two years after his first wife Sarah died, Alois married Diana Freeman Bace in 1886. They had the following children: Emma Bace Anderson and Lynn Bace. "Death of Squire A. K. Bace, Auburn: Squire A. K. Bace died, Tuesday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock, at his home, on Main st., of bright's disease. He was in ill health the past 5 months, but never bedfast. The funeral will take place Saturday, May 14." - Reading Eagle, Reading, PA. Wednesday, May 18, 1898, Page 4. (Note: Bright's Disease is the "antiquated" term for kidney diseases which would include acute or chronic nephritis.) Alois died in Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA, on 05/17/1898 and was interred within the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. (NOTE: The newspaper article has an incorrect date for the funeral listed as it states in "future-tense" that the funeral will take place Saturday, May 14...and yet the article is dated May 18th and records indicate Alois died May 17th...the correct date for the funeral would have been the following Saturday, May 21st, 1898.) |
Bartolet (or Bartolett), William Henry Harrison - Private; (possibly
Company F, 80th Regiment), Company G, 173rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; served from 10/16/1862 - 02/22/1863. William was born on 08/22/1839 in Pennsylvania. He was a son of Abraham A. Bartolet and Elisabeth Berger Bartolet. He was a brother of Benjamin B. Bartolet, Cornelius W. Bartolett, Elizabeth B. Bertholet Winter, Hanna S. Bartolet Wagner and Mary Bartolet Loeb. William married Fietta Reinheimer Bartolett. They had the following children: Andrew Morris Bartolet, Annie Ida Bartlett Stoudt, John Adam Bartolett, Katie Valeria Bartolett Aulenbach and Louis Bartolett. William died on 05/11/1918 in Schuylkill County, PA and was interred within the St. Paul's Church cemetery, Summer Hill Road, South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Becker, Thomas - Private; Jones Independent Company; Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry. Thomas Becker was born on 12/21/1829. He was the son of William Becker and Hannah Schwenk Becker. He was a brother of Hannah Becker Dewald and Mary Ann Becker Moyer. Thomas died on 07/01/1881 and was interred within the St. Paul's Church cemetery, Summer Hill Road, South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Bensinger, William Francis - Private; bugler; Company C; 5th Cavalary;
65th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment; "Cameron Dragoons"; served from 08/15/1864 until 05/19/1865. William Francis Bensinger was born on 07/14/1843 in Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Solomon Ben- singer and Catharine Frailey Bensinger. William was married to Polly Ann Kremer Bensinger by Reverend John P. Stein on 08/05/1871. They had the following children: Sarah Catherine Bensinger Livers; and an unnamed infant daughter who may have been stillborn as her date of birth and date of death are both 10/09/1873. William died on 01/31/1930 in Webster Groves, St. Louis County, Missouri and was interred within the St. Paul's Church cemetery, Summer Hill Road, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Berger Abraham (Jr.?) - Served 10/21/1861 through 08/23/1865;
Company F, 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry & Company F, 116th Regiment; listed as a Prisoner Of War (P.O.W.) in military records. Abraham (Jr.?) was on born 02/04/1839, 02/04/1842 or 02/09/1842 (conflicting records) in South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Abraham (Sr.?) Berger and Rebecca Tomlinson Berger. He was a brother of William F. Berger (listed below). Years after his return to civilian life from his military service during the Civil War, Abraham (Jr.?) was found "in an outhouse near the dis- posal plant (in Reading, Berks County, PA?) in a weak and helpless condition", and even though he was taken to the Reading Hospital, he died in Reading on 07/10/1895 (or in 1898 - conflicting records) from complications due to starvation. He was living in Auburn under the care of a Mrs. Carrie Fair; but there is no further information available about this woman at this time. Abraham was interred within the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Berger, Benjamin D. - Corporal; Company K, 127th Regiment;
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; served from 08/08/1862 until 05/29/1863. Benjamin was born in South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 06/26/1840. He was the son of Samuel Berger and Rebecca Webber Berger. Benjamin married Kate A. Schrader or Schroeder Berger. They had the following children: Ann G. Berger Pfleger, Cora C. Berger Williams, Edith M. Berger Alspach, Elvie* Pearl Berger Kilmer, Howard Grant Berger and Rudolph Garfield Berger. (*NOTE: "Elvie" is an old German name which can mean an "elf or magical being"). Benjamin had a civilian occupation of being an "engineer" (presum- ably on the railroad). Benjamin died in Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 10/04/1920 and was interred within the Auburn Church of God cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA |
Berger, Daniel M. - Private; Jones' Independent Company; Militia
Cavalry; Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; and Captain Thomas Richards' Company; Company A; Independent Cavalary Battalion; served from 07/02/1863 until 08/21/1863. Daniel M. Berger was born on either 09/25/1825 (grave marker); or on 09/28/1825 (death certificate); or on 09/29/1825 (findagrave.com) in Schuylkill County, PA. He was the son of Henry Berger and Catha- rine Manbeck Berger. His civilian occupation was that of a "plaster- er". Daniel married Susanna Wagner Berger and they had the following children: Catherine Berger Trumbo; Elizabeth A. Berger Hubler; Ellen L. Berger Zweizig; George D. Berger; Henry Berger; John Adam Berger; Lydia V. Berger Tobias; Pierce Warren Berger; Sarah Jane Berger; and Susanna Berger Lindermuth. Daniel died of "congestive fever" on 10/24/1907 in Wayne Township, Schuylkill County, PA, and was interred within the St. Paul's Church cemetery, Summer Hill Road, South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Berger, George Henrich (Jr.?) - Naval Seaman; served from circa
1861 until circa 1865. George Henrich Berger (Jr.?) was born on 01/06/1842 in Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. He was the son of Georg (George) Berger (Sr.?) and Maria Berger. George (Jr.?) died on 04/18/1865 in Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA just nine days after the Civil War ended from unlisted causes...possibly from undocumented injuries received, or an illness he contracted, while serving during the Civil War. He was interred within the St. Paul's Church cemetery, Summer Hill Road, South Manheim Town- ship, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Berger, Henry - Private; Company F, 116th Volunteer Infantry; served
from 02/19/1864 until 05/10/1864; Killed In Action (K.I.A.). Military records indicate that Henry was 5'8" with brown eyes and that his civilian occupation was that of a laborer. (Note: The website findagrave.com has no conclusive listing for this Civil War veteran having been interred anywhere in the United States.) |
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Berger, John A. - Private; Company F; 116th Pennsylvania Volunteer
Infantry; began service on 02/19/1864; Wounded In Action (W.I.A.) at Cold Harbor (Virginia) on 06/03/1864; died from his injuries on 06/06/1864 (K.I.A.). Military records indicate that John's civilian occupation was that of a farmer and that he was 5'8" with brown eyes. (Note: The website findagrave.com has no conclusive listing for this Civil War veteran having been interred anywhere in the United States.) |
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Berger, John V. - Private; Company F; 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry;
served from 10/21/1861 until 05/27/1863. John V. Berger was born circa 1836 or 1837. His civilian occupation was that of a (railroad) "brakeman". John died post-1889. (Note: The website findagrave.com has no conclusive listing for this Civil War veteran having been interred anywhere in the United States.) |
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Berger, Levi A. - Private; Company I; Pennsylvania Volunteer Infan-
try; served from 02/14/1865 until 06/28/1865. Levi A. Berger was born circa 1846 or 1847. His military records state that his civilian occupation was that of a (railroad) "watchman". Levi died post-1889. (Note: The website findagrave.com has no conclusive listing for this Civil War veteran having been interred anywhere in the United States.) |
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Berger, William F. - Private; Company D; 6th Regiment; Pennsyl-
vania Infantry; served from 04/22/1861 until 07/26/1861. William was born in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 04/28/1839. He was the son of Abraham Berger (Sr.?) and Rebecca Tomlinson Berger. He was a brother of Abraham (Jr.?) Berger (listed above). William married Susanna Moyer Berger. They had the following children: James M. Berger, John M. Berger, Mayme M. Berger Keller, Rebecca M. Berger, Sarah M. Berger, Tillie M. Berger Bittle, Victoria Berger McVeigh and Walter Moyer Berger. William had a civilian occupation listed as that of a "brakeman" but it is uncertain as to which railroad company(s) employed him. William died in Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 11/02/1913 and was interred within the Auburn Church of God cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Berger, William K. - Private; Company A; 48th Regiment; Pennsyl-
vania Volunteer Infantry; enlisted on 09/17/1861. William K. Berger was born on 09/02/1837. His civilian occupation was that of an engineer on the Schuylkill and Susquehanna (S & S) railroad. He was a member of the Odd Fellows' lodge in Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. William married Mary Fahl Berger and they had the following child- ren: Celia Andora Berger Heine; David W. Berger and Kate "Katie" A. Berger Gramm. According to the website findagrave.com, William's "death was the result of an accident on the road" (presumably the railroad?). He died on 08/30/1873 and was interred within the St. John's Church ceme- tery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Betz, Isaac E. - Isaac E. Betz was memorialized as a Civil War veteran
with a commemorative veterans plaque within the Auburn Cemetery, Mill Street, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA, and was presumably interred within that cemetery; however, there is no physical evidence, nor any burial or church records, to confirm that interment. The website findagrave.com has a listing for an Isaac E. Betz who is listed as having served in Company G, 95th Pennsylvania Infantry and/or Company L, 13th Heavy Artillery from 03/05/1864 until an undetermined date during the Civil War; that information is primarily due to a military benefits card filed by his (eventual) wife. That Isaac was born possibly in March, 1837 in Pennsylvania. That individual is listed as the son of Levi Betz and Sarah Lape Betz. He is also listed as a brother of Levi Frank Betz, Louisa Betz Gockley, Sarah Betz Palm and William Betz. That Isaac married Elizabeth Betz Betz in Stark County, Ohio on 08/23/1860. They had the following children: Clara Louisa Betz, Edward W. Betz, Elmer E. Betz, Eva Marilla Betz and Lovinia Ella Betz. That Isaac died of consumption in Canton, Stark County, Ohio on 02/14/1871 at the presumed age of thirty-three years of age. That Isaac E. Betz was listed as actually having been interred within the Rowland Cemetery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio. There is no image of a grave marker for that individual on that website. Whether these two "Isaac E. Betz" individuals are the same person is uncertain; and as a result, the presumption that Auburn's Isaac E. Betz was actually interred within the Auburn Cemetery is uncertain. |
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Borkey, Samuel P. - Private; Company B; 195th Pennsylvania Volun-
teer Infantry; served from 07/16/1864 until 11/04/1864 (see: Samuel P. Burkey listed below; possibly the same individual although the dates of service do not match) (Note: The website findagrave.com has no conclusive listing for this Civil War veteran having been interred anywhere in the United States.) |
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Briegel (or Briggle or Brigle), George - enlisted in Company A;
48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry on 09/17/1861; he died while in military service (K.I.A.) at Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA, on 01/04/1863 (no details are available about the cause of his death at this time). George was born circa 1838 in Pennsylvania. His name is also listed as "Briggle" or "Brigle" in some records. His military records list him as being 5'8". His civilian occupation was that of a boatman (presumably on the Schuylkill Canal). George was interred in the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Britton, Elias - Date of enlistment was 09/17/1861; Company A, 48th
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; Wounded In Action (W.I.A.) at the Battle of Bull Run (Virginia) on 08/29/1861 and again at the Battle of Petersburg (Virginia) on 06/17/1864. Having survived both of these battle injuries, Elias was sick in the hospital when he was discharged on 07/17/1865, after having served all four years in battles during the Civil War. Elias was born on 10/01/1832. Military records document Elias as being 5'6" with "dark eyes, dark hair, dark complexion" and his civilian occupation as that of a "miller". He listed his residence as that of "Auburn in Schuylkill County". Elias survived four years of battle during the Civil War, two incidents of being Wounded In Action (W.I.A.), and a sickness that required hospitalization during that conflict, yet unfortunately he died in a freak civilian work-related accident when , as an engineer at the Hope Brush factory in Shoemakersville, Berks County, PA, he was struck in the abdomen by a wooden plank hurled through the air by the action of a circular saw and was fatally injured. He was residing in Reading, Berks County, PA at the time of his death on 05/21/1892 and was interred within the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, PA. |
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Brobst, Samuel Kunkel - Private; Company D; Independent Regi-
ment; Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; served from 10/02/1862 until 07/09/1863. Samuel Kunkel Brobst was born on 03/16/1840. He married Amanda Moyer Brobst and they had the following children: Ellen E. Brobst Riegel; Milton H. Brobst; and William S. S. Brobst. Samuel died on 04/26/1914 and was interred within the Zions Red Church cemetery; Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Brommer, David* - Private; Company F; 116th Regiment;
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; enlisted on 02/19/1864; reported Missing In Action (M.I.A.) after the Battle of the Spotsyl- vania Courthouse; Prisoner Of War (P.O.W.) in the Ander- sonville Prison; died in captivity (K.I.A.) possibly in May, 1864. He is presumed to be interred in an unmarked mass grave somewhere in Georgia near the prison. |
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Burkey, Samuel P. - Company B; 195th Regiment; Pennsylvania
Volunteers; served either 06/25/1864 until 11/05/1864; or 07/20/1864 until 11/04/1864 (conflicting records). Samuel was born in Pennsylvania on 09/19/1844. He was the son of Peter Burkey and Margarite Petry Burkey. He had a civilian occupa- tion as a salesman. Samuel married Sarah R. Moyer Burkey. They had the following children: Carrie Moyer Burkey Reber, Sadie M. Borkey and Wesley M. Borkey. Samuel died in South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 03/10/1917 and was interred within the Auburn Church of God cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. (see: Samuel P. Borkey listed above; probably the same individ- ual) |
Christ, Charles - Private; Company G; 116th Pennsylvania Volunteer
Infantry; paid a "bounty" of $100 to serve in someone else's place; served 03/10/1864 to 05/11/1865 or 07/14/1865 (conflicting records); discharged by order of the U.S. President in compliance with a telegram dated 05/03/1865. Charles is listed as having been born in 1862. He was a son of Thomas Christ and Catharina Schwenk Christ. He was a brother of David Christ and Mary Christ Moyer. Charles married Caroline Kramer Christ. They had the following children: Alice R. Christ Wert and Ellen L. Christ Schollenberger. His military records state he was 5’9” with green eyes and that his civilian occupation was that of a farmer. Charles is believed to have died in 1891; however, the website findagrave.com has a listing for Charles which states that he died on 03/13/1871. This date is questionable because one of his listed children, Ellen, wasn't born until 1872 according to the same website. Charles was interred in the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Deibert, Daniel D. "D. D." - Private; Company H; 186th Regiment;
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; served from 04/01/1864 until 08/15/1865. Daniel D. "D. D." Deibert, was born in Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, PA, on 02/21/1840. He was a son of Joseph Deibert and Elizabeth Drumheller Deibert. He was a brother of Elizabeth Deibert, Joseph Deibert, Mary A. Deibert Hoffman and Susannah E. Deibert Albright. He began working at the trade of boat-builder with his father when he was fourteen years of age, and followed that occupation for a period of thirteen years. After his military service, he opened a store at Landingville, Schuylkill County, PA, which he conducted for about twenty years, at the end of that time selling out to his son Samuel. For a short time he was in partnership with his son, Milton, in the shoe business, and then he moved to Auburn in 1893 to engage in the general store business. For more than forty-three years, Daniel was engaged in the mercantile business at various locations and was considered "one of the leading merchants" at Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. He sold "meats and groceries" at his Auburn store location among other products, offering "free delivery". Deibert's store, or Deibert's General Store, was believed to have been located adjacent to Railroad Street, (previously known as Canal Street), in Auburn. Daniel was married to Catharine (Mertz) Deibert. The following children were born to that union: Elizabeth Abegail Deibert; Franklin A. Deibert, who died young; Milton M. Deibert; and Samuel Deibert, a well-known merchant of Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, PA. Daniel's first wife Catharine died at the age of thirty-eight years and was interred within the Zions Red Church cemetery, Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, PA. In 1887, Daniel married his second wife, also a "Catha- rine" or "Catherine" like his first wife. His second wife was Catherine "Kate" Ann Kepner Deibert. They had a child, May D. Deibert Runkle. Daniel was one of the organizers of the borough of Landingville during the time he served as postmaster there. He also assisted in the organization of the camp of the P. O. S. of A. at that place. He further held the office of tax collector. As of the 1910 U.S. Census for Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA, a "D. D. Deibert" was listed as a "Retail Merchant" at the age of 70. He was notated as having lived on Railroad Street, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA, with his wife Kate (Catherine) and his daughter May (May D. Deibert Runkle). A rather cryptic note found within the AAHS archives simply states "Lou Herring - Dan Deibert's store in back". What exactly this means is uncertain. Daniel D. "D. D." Deibert died on 05/18/1921 at the age of 81 in Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. He is interred within the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Dewald, Benjamin S. - Corporal; Company C; 116th Regiment;
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; served from 03/03/1864 until 07/14/1865. Benjamin was born on 03/12/1846. He married Hannah Becker Dewald. They had the following children: Charles Oscar Dewald; Edward Isaac Dewald; Elvina V. Dewald Heim; Hannah Diana Dewald Seigfried; John Alvin Dewald (who died at four years of age); Katie O. Dewald Kilmer; Lewis Abraham Dewald; and Samuel Franklin Dewald. Samuel died on 01/11/1930 and was interred within the St. Paul's Church cemetery, Summer Hill Road, South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Diefenderfer, Christian - Corporal; Company F; 116th Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry; served from 02/19/1864 to 11/04/1864; he was captured at Reams Station, Virginia on 08/25/1864; was a Prisoner Of War (P.O.W.) held in Salisbury, North Carolina until he died in captivity on 11/04/1864 (K.I.A.). Christian was born on 01/28/1826 in Macungie, Lehigh County, PA. He married Elizabeth F. Kimmel Diefenderfer. They had the following children: Annie Elizabeth Diefenderfer Bickley, Benjamin Diefender- fer, Esther Jane Diefenderfer, George Clinton Diefenderfer, John Andrew Diefenderfer, Lewis K. Diefenderfer and Mary Alice Diefen- derfer Shoener. The website findagrave.com has information that his daughter Mary was born in Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA, so a presumption has been made that the Christian Diefenderfer family resided there for at least a short period of time. Christian's military record reflects that his civilian occupation involved that of "railroad". Christian's date and place of death are mentioned previously within this entry. The website findagrave.com indicates that Christian was buried in a mass grave at the Salisburgy National Cemetery, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC; therefore; no individual grave marker exists. No pictures are available at this time of Christian's final resting place. |
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Ditzler, Henry - Wellington Jones' Indepent Company; enlisted
10/02/1862. (Note: The website findagrave.com has no conclusive listing for this Civil War veteran having been interred anywhere in the United States.) |
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Ebling, Albert - Company G, 28th (or 27th?) Regiment, Pennslvania
Volunteer Infantry. The Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania genealogy published in 1916 has a biography included for Albert's father, Gideon Schneider Ebling. Within that biography it mentions that Albert served in the military during the Civil War in the above-mentioned unit. Albert's findagrave.com listing does not include any mention of his Civil War service. Albert was listed as having been born on 03/02/1839 in Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, although his actual residence was adjacent to Auburn in West Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County, PA. He was a son of Gideon Schneider Ebling and Elizabeth Fahl Ebling. He was a brother of Angelina Ebling Hossler, Elizabeth Malinda Ebling Faust, Gideon Henry Ebling, Jacob S. Ebling (listed below), Polly Ebling Meck, Robert Ebling (listed below), Susanna Ebling Schwenk and Thomas J. Ebling. The website findagrave.com does not list any spouse or children for Albert. Albert is listed as having died on 01/17/1919 in Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, PA and was interred within the Zion Lutheran Church cemetery, Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, PA. This cemetery has not been catalogued, nor have individual interment grave markers been photographed, on the website findagrave.com, so it is uncertain at this time whether a grave marker exists for Albert at this location. |
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Ebling, Jacob S. - Private; Company K; 97th Regiment; Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry; served as a substitute from 03/04/1865 until 08/28/1865. Jacob was born 09/22/1844 in West Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He was a son of Gideon Schneider Ebling and Elizabeth Fahl Ebling. He was a brother of Albert Ebling (listed above), Angelina Ebling Hossler, Elizabeth Malinda Ebling Faust, Gideon Henry Ebling, Polly Ebling Meck, Robert Ebling (listed below), Susanna Ebling Schwenk and Thomas J. Ebling. Jacob married Anna Maria Fegley Ebling. They had the following children: Agnes M. Ebling Lawrence, Andrew J. Ebling, Sallie A. Ebling Degler and William F. Ebling. Jacob died in West Brunswick Township; Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 11/01/1901 and was interred within the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Ebling, Robert - Corporal; Company G, 27th (or 28th?) Regiment, and
Company G, 19th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; pensioned for chronic diarrehea. Robert was born on 03/02/1842 or 03/22/1842 in West Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County, PA. (His death certificate states his date of birth as the 2nd; but his biography in the Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania genealogy published in 1916 states the 22nd). He was a son of Gideon Schneider Ebling and Elizabeth Fahl Ebling. He was a brother of Albert Ebling (listed above), Angelina Ebling Hossler, Elizabeth Malinda Ebling Faust, Gideon Henry Ebling, Jacob S. Ebling (listed above), Polly Ebling Meck, Susanna Ebling Schwenk and Thomas J. Ebling. At the age of eighteen, he apprenticed in black- smithing in the town of Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. Robert married Sarah Dewald (or Dewalt) Ebling circa 1864. He then began farming in West Brunswick Township for many years. His family then moved to Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsyl- vania, where he operated the "Spring Garden Hotel" for seven years. Robert was a member of Lodge #543 of the I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) in Auburn. Robert and Sarah had the following children: Annie Ebling Kissler (or Kistler), Ellen N. Ebling Wagner, Irvin A. Ebling, Joel Ebling, John Morris Ebling, Joseph H. Ebling, Kate "Katie" Ebling (misspelled "Kattie" on both the website findagrave.com and inscribed on her grave marker) and Mary Ebling Butz. Robert died on 04/12/1924. His cause of death is listed as "multiple sclerosis". His place of death was listed as Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, PA. He was interred within the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Egolf, Benjamin F. - Civil War. Benjamin was listed as Wounded In
Action (W.I.A.) with a gunshot wound to both legs. Benjamin was born on 12/31/1839. He was the husband of Maria Huntzinger Egolf. They had the following children: Bertha V. Egolf, Charles H. Egolf, Elmer O. Egolf and Mary Ann Egolf Dreibelbis. Benjamin died on 08/06/1910 and was interred within the Greenwood Cemetery, Hamburg, Berks County, PA. |
Emerich (or Emerick or Emrich), Benjamin (Sr.?) - Private;
Company F; 5th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; served from 04/20/1861 until 07/25/1861. Benjamin (Sr.?) was born in Wayne Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 10/30/1836. He married Elizabeth Berger Emerich (or Emrich) on 10/25/1863. They had the following children: Ben- jamin Emerich (Jr.?), John W. Emerich and Sallie Agnes Emerich Berger. Benjamin (Sr.?) died from being run over by a coal train near Port Clinton, Schuylkill County, PA, on 09/28/1871; although his place of death is listed as Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA, on the website findagrave.com. He was interred within the Auburn Church of God cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Emerich (or Emrich), Franklin - Private; Company G; 173rd
Regiment. Franklin was born on 07/24/1840. He was a son of Jacob Emrich and Lucetta Maidenford Emrich. He was a brother of Amanda J. Emerich Reber; Ephraim Emerich; Lewis A. Emerich; Sarah Ann Emerich Fidler; and William Henry Emerich. Franklin married Caroline Wert Emerich; they had the following children: Carrie Emerich Manbeck; Clara A. Emerich Kramer; Eliza- beth Emerich Rhein; Elthe Emerich (who died at only three years of age); Eurey E. Emerich Keener; Milton Morris Emerich; and Valeria Emerich Brown. Franklin died on 11/01/1910 and was interred within the St. Paul's Church cemetery, Summer Hill Road, South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Emerich (or Emrich), Joshua - Private; Company D; Pennsylvania
Independent Volunteer Infantry (Wellington Jones' Independent Company); mustered in on 10/02/1862, served in the military from 10/15/1862 until 07/09/1863. Joshua was born on either 02/02/1832 or 02/07/1832. He was a son of Jacob Emrich (Sr.?) and Maria Dewalt Emrich. He was a brother of Jacob Emrich (Jr.?). Joshua married Pietta Gruber Emrich. They had the following children: Deborah A. Emrich, Fillmore H. Emrich, Irwin W. Emerich and Mary Alida Emerich Meyer. The website findagrave.com has a notation that he was also the father of a Reuben Michael Emerich who was born in 1861 (date of death unknown); however, the same website fails to mention who the mother would have been and it has no listing for a Reuben Emerich/Emrich born in 1861 as having been interred anywhere in the United States. Joshua died on either 10/01/1895 or 10/05/1895 and was interred within the St. Paul's Church cemetery, Summer Hill Road, South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Fahl, Daniel - Daniel was mentioned as having served in the Civil War
but no further military information is available about him at this time. Daniel was born on 04/30/1838 in Schuylkill County, PA. He was a son of George Fahl and Mary Wildermuth Fahl. He was a brother of Edward Fahl; Esther Fahl Reber; George W. Fahl; Henry Fahl; John Fahl; Mary Ann Fahl Dumbauld; Susan Fahl Johnson; and William Fahl. In 1863, Daniel married Lydia Ann Lantis Fahl and they had the following children: Charles Elmer Fahl; Leah S. Fahl Harden; and Mary Elizabeth Fahl Brown. Daniel's first wife, Lydia, died in 1871. In 1872, Daniel married Sarah Elizabeth Lantis Fahl (his first wife's younger sister). They had two children: Cora Almata Fahl Ewert and Harmon Odis Fahl. Daniel on died 03/11/1931 in Markle, Huntington County, Indiana and was interred within the Barnes Chapel cemetery, Browns Corner, Huntington County, Indiana. |
Faust, Abraham - Corporal; mustered in on 03/05/1864 at Auburn,
Schuylkill County, PA; served from 03/05/1864 to 07/11/1864; listed as having been Wounded In Action (W.I.A.) at the Battle of the Spotsyl- vania Courthouse (Virginia) on 05/12/1864 and taken prisoner on that date; and having died in captivity as a Prisoner Of War (P.O.W.) at General Hospital #21 in Richmond, Virginia on 07/11/1864 (K.I.A.). Abraham was born on 03/28/1825 in Schuylkill County, PA. He married Caroline Raush Faust. They had the following children: James Faust, Sarah Faust and William R. Faust. Abraham is believed to have been interred within the Richmond National Cemetery, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia. No image of an individual grave marker is available. |
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Faust, Semarta "Simon" M. - Private; Company F; 116th Regiment;
served from 02/19/1864 to 07/14/1865. Semarta was born in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 02/18/1843. He was a son of Abraham (or Abram) Faust and Catharine Miller Faust. He was a brother of Dewald Faust, Manthony S. Faust, Susannah Faust and William G. Faust. Semarta married Katie Kramer Faust. They had a son Hobart William Faust. Military records indicate that Semarta was 5'9" and that his civilian occupation was that of a laborer. Semarta died in Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 11/27/1927 and was interred within the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Fisher, Elijah K. - Private; Company G; 129th Regiment; served from
either 08/08/1862 or 08/11/1862 until either 02/28/1863 or 05/01/1863 (conflicting records). Elijah was born in Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 10/27/1838. He was a son of John Fisher and Catharine Kramer Fisher. He was a brother of Benjamin Kramer Fisher, Charles Fisher, Daniel K. Fisher, Elizabeth Fisher Heck, Louisa Fisher Wildermuth and William Franklin Fisher. Elijah married at least twice; first to Elemina Carolina Troxell Fisher in 1864 (who died in 1865 - cause of death in uncertain at this time). The website findagrave.com has no listing of any children by this union. Elijah then married Matilda Harry Fisher. They had the following children: Anna L. Fisher Emerich, Benjamin Fisher, Charles Edger Fisher, Daniel Wilson Fisher, Elizabeth Rebecca Fisher Bast and Myra C. Fisher Eckert. Elijah died in Palo Alto, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 09/12/1926 and was interred within the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Frederici/Friderici/Friederici, Franklin B. - Sergeant, Company
48th PA Volunteer Infantry; enlisted on 09/17/1861; discharged on 07/17/1865. Franklin was born in Berks County, PA on 05/30/1845. He was a son of Amos Friederici and Anna Kraus Friderici. He was a brother of Angelina Frederici Lutz, Daniel Krouse Frederici, Edward S. Friderici, James Frederici and Joseph Frederici and was a step-brother of Aaron Krause Frederici, Anna Catharin Frederici Teter and Uriah Henry Frederici. Military records indicate that Franklin was 5'7" with blond hair and blue eyes, and that his civilian occupation was that of a farmer. He was married twice; first to Henrietta Schultz Frederici. They had two children: Frank Frederici and Leroy David Frederici. Henrietta died in 1888, and in 1893 Franklin married Harriet Emilie Miller Frederici. There is no record of them having any children. Franklin died in Reading, Berks County, PA on 04/29/1918 and was interred within the Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Berks County, PA. |
Fry, David - Private; Company 13 M.S.; U.S. Colored Infantry (or
possibly Company F, 3 Regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry)(conflicting records); he possibly enlisted at Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania on 07/21/1863. The website findagrave.com lists that he was born in Virginia in 1834 (or possibly 1833); however, his military "Company Descriptive Book" excerpt indicates he was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. David married Hannah Sewell (or Suel) Fry. The findagrave.com website mentions that he may have also been married to an Elizabeth Kirk Fry; however, there is no known record to support that possi- bility. David and Hannah had the following children: Bessie Fry, Edward D. Fry, Mary T. Fry and Robert Charles Fry. His service record indicates that he was 5'11" with a "light complexion", dark eyes and black hair. The record also lists his civilian occupation as that of a farmer. According to military records filed on 08/18/1890, David was invalided. David died in Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 09/08/1897 and was interred in the "Lower Cemetery" of Auburn, which is offic- ially the Auburn Cemetery located on Mill Street, Auburn, PA. His military service was honored with that of other Auburn-area veterans in the form of a metallic commemorative veterans plaque placed in the center of the cemetery. Also, unusual for that time period, his grave marker was placed among that of all of the other interments even though he was "colored". His widow Hannah and their four children relocated to Port Clinton, Schuylkill County, PA according to the 1900 Census records. |
Haines (or Hains), Reuben - Private; Company G; 27th Pennsyl-
vania Emergency Militia; served from 06/22/1863 until 07/31/1863. Reuben was born in Pennsylvania on 09/15/1826. He was a son of Jacob Hains and Maria "Mary" Magdalena Lindemuth/Lindermuth Hains. He was a brother of Benjamin Haines. Reuben married Hannah George Haines. They had the following children: Charles Haines, Francis Haines, Levi Haines and Lillie Haines Mumma. Military records indicate his civilian occupation as that of a brick maker. He was also employed as a brick-layer and a shoemaker. Reuben died in Auburn, Schuylkilll County, Pennsylvania on 05/25/1906 and he was interred within the St. John's Church cemetery; Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. ******************************************************************** "AT EIGHTY YEARS HE TAKES HIS OWN LIFE: Tired of life after four score years of business activity, and of usefulness in the commun- ity in which he lived a respected citizen, Reuben Haines, of Auburn, committed suicide by hanging in his stable, at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The cause of the rash act is attributed to despondancy (despondency) , the result of ill health, with which he suffered for some time past. He was about as usual during the day and nothing in his conduct betrayed that he had in mind the act of self destruction. BOYS DISCOVER HIM: He was last seen between one and two o'clock. At about 2:20 o'clock several boys playing around the place peeped into the barn and were horrified to see the body of Mr. Haines dangling from the rafters. They immediately gave the alarm and word was at once sent for aid, but too late, the vital spark had flown. A RESPECTED CITIZEN: Mr. Haines was well and favorably known throughout that place and by careful attention to business had accumulated sufficient to live comfortably. He suffered with a sore on his right leg, which gave him considerable pain and trouble, and he brooded over it constantly, which no doubt led to his self destruction. He lived with his daughter, who is married to William Mumma, and had no troubles save the almost constant pain of his leg. He was born in Berks county and was in his 81st year. At one time he was the sole owner of what is now the Auburn Shale brick plant. Haines is survived by four children. They are: Levi, of Schuylkill Haven; George, of Pinegrove; Chas., of Schuylkill Haven, and Mrs. William Mumma, of Auburn, with whom he resided. He was a bricklayer and shoemaker by occupation. Hannah, his wife, and a son, Francis, preceded him to the spirit world." - Unidentified news article source dated May 26, 1906. ******************************************************************** EDITOR'S NOTE: While Reuben Haines's death certificate lists his death as suicide by hanging, based on this news article, I would question the validity of that determination. Admittedly, Reuben suffered from "considerable pain" from a "sore on his right leg"; yet leg pain is something for which he could self-medicate; and perhaps more importantly, something he had already endured for many years; however, the author of the news article stated that the pain "no doubt led to his self-destruction" and was a sufficient cause alone to hang himself. My concern is that Reuben had served under harsh conditions in the military during the Civil War. He had worked hard as a brick-maker, bricklayer and shoemaker all of his life; therefore he was no stranger to physical discomfort. He had survived over eighty hard years without any documented attempts to take his own life of which we are aware. Sure, his wife and one child had preceded him in death...but the wife had passed over a year earlier at the reasonable age of 76 years old when the average life expectancy at that time was less than 50 years of age; and his son, Francis, had died almost twelve years earlier. Not to mention, Reuben still had four surviving children, all of whom still resided fairly nearby in Schuylkill County and one of whom he was actually living with. According to the news article, Reuben was financially secure and independent... having "accumulated sufficient (assets) to live comfortably", so money or financial hardship wasn't a concern. Additionally, other than the "almost constant pain in his leg", the news article stated that Reuben "had no troubles"...nothing to upset him to the point of suicide. Finally, the article states "He was about as usual during the day" and nothing in his conduct indicated that he had in mind the act of self destruction." Reuben had left no suicide note, nor displayed any indication or intention of suicidal tendencies that morning. A possibility exists that one or more younger, stronger individuals could overpower an eighty-one year old man and hang him from the rafters of a barn for reasons unknown...possibly if that person or persons stood to financially gain from the act, perhaps by inheriting money or property from Reuben upon his death; or if that person or persons were attempting to rob him of what money Reuben might have had on him personally; or if that person or persons held a grudge, real or imagined, against Reuben for some reason; etc.. Unless other factors were discovered that were not mentioned within the news article, which seems unlikely considering the depth and detail of the reporting, I believe a ruling of "self destruction" and "suicide" was premature and somwhat presumptuous without a full and proper investigation. As a point of interest, another "Reuben Haines", who was also from Pennsylvania, also a Civil War veteran, also who had been wounded during the war, (but was a Prisoner of War as well, which Reuben Haines of Auburn was not), also committed suicide...by inhaling "illuminating gas". (NOTE: Illuminating gas was used to light buildings and cities and is produced by distilling bituminous coal). He preceded Auburn's Reuben in death by approximately three years, dying on 07/11/1899 in Philadelphia. |
Henn (or Hehn?), William - Company K; 48th Regiment;
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; notation that he was Wounded In Action (W.I.A.) with no further details available currently. (Note: The website findagrave.com has no conclusive listing for this Civil War veteran having been interred anywhere in the United States.) |
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Hoffman, Simon George - Private; Company G; 27th Regiment;
Pennsylvania Military Infantry; served from 07/19/1863 until 07/31/1863; & Company K; 48th Regiment; Pennsylvania Infantry; listed as Killed In Action (K.I.A.) on 04/02/1865 at the Battle of Petersburg, Fauquier County, Virginia due to a musket- ball striking him in the forehead. Simon was born circa 1831 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He was a son of Jonathan Hoffman and Sarah Scherdel Hoffman. He was a brother of Heinrich Hoffman and Maria Anna Hoffman. Simon married Catharine Kline Hoffman Reinheimer in 1850. They had the following children: Emmy Rebeca Hoffman, Lewis McClellen Hoffman, Mary Katherine Hoffman Ludwig, Rose Jane Hoffman Mengel, Sally An Hoffman, Simon Ellsworth Hoffman, Vally Welera Hoffman and Wellington Morris Hoffman. Simon's widow, Catharine, filed for survivor's benefits from the military for her and her five surviving minor children on 09/30/1865. Simon's site of interment is uncertain but possibly is located within the Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. |
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Holland, Dennis (Reverend) - Private; Pennsylvania Volunteer
Infantry; served from 02/25/1864 until 09/06/1865; listed as Wounded In Action (W.I.A.) with a "gun shot wound". He received a military pension of $6/month for varicose veins, a rupture, and piles. Dennis was born on 06/21/1843 in Pennsylvania. He was a son (possibly illegitimate?) of David Holland and Mary Shuyett. He was a brother of Henry H. Holland (listed below). Dennis married Lucy A. Airy Holland. The website findagrave.com does not list any known children from this union. His civilian occupations included those of a farmer and a Reverend. Dennis died on 05/14/1911 in Tilden Township, Berks County, Pa. His Death Certificate description was that of a single black male (which is in conflict with his findagrave.com listing as having been married. His wife died nineteen years prior to Dennis, so his status should have been that of "Widower" instead of "single"). His Cause of Death was listed as "Tuberculosis of Lungs". He was interred within the Salem- Berne Methodist Church cemetery, Berks County, PA. |
Holland, Henry H. - Private; Company M; 2nd Infantry; suffered from
piles; race documented as "black"; served from 02/1864 until 12/1864. Henry was born on 10/15/1843 in Pennsylvania. He was a (possibly illegitimate?) son of David Holland and Mary Shuyett. He was a brother of the Reverend Dennis Holland (listed above). Henry died on 12/10/1918 in Upper Bern Township, Berks County, PA and was interred within the Salem-Berne Methodist Church cemetery, Berks County, PA. |
Huntzinger, Henry "Harry" - Private, Company I, Independent
Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; served from 07/10/1861 until 11/04/1861; and Corporal; Company D of (Wellington) Jones' Independent Pennsylvania Volunteers; served from 09/15/1862 until 07/09/1863. Henry was born in Pennsylvania on 03/27/1836. He was the son of John and Sidnyan Tomlinson Huntzinger. Henry married Mary Maure Huntzinger. They had at least two children: Anna A. Huntzinger and Francis E. Huntzinger. Military records list Henry's civilian occupation as that of a (railroad) brakeman. Henry died in Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 03/20/1920 and was interred within the Auburn Church of God cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Huntzinger, John (F. or T.) - Corporal; Company A; 48th
Pennsylvania Voluntary Infantry; (and/or) Company B; 20th Massachusetts Volunteers (according to the Civil War Burial records of Fredericksburg, VA); enlisted on 08/09/1861 in Port Clinton, Schuylkill County, PA; mustered in on 09/17/1861; Killed In Action (K.I.A.) at the Battle of the Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia, on either 05/12/1864 or 05/16/1864 (conflicting records) at the estimated age of 25 or 26. John was born in either 1838 or 1839 in Pennsylvania. Military records indicate that he was 5'10" and list his civilian occupation as that of a carpenter. He was at least memorialized, if not also interred, within the Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Virginia, Grave 524. |
Jones, Wellington P. - Captain; Wellington Jones Independent
Pennsylvania Infantry; served from 09/15/1862 until 07/09/1863; and Captain; Company F, 116th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry; served from 02/17/1864 until 06/27/1864; discharged on a "surgeon's certificate". A "Colonel Mulholland" implied that Captain Wellington Jones had "disgraced himself" by cowardice on the battlefield, although this claim is currently unconfirmed by any other source. Wellington was born on either 12/22/1832 or 12/23/1832. He was a son of Jonathan Jones and Mary (MNU) Jones. He was a brother of Alfred Jones; David Watson Jones, Edward Livingstone Jones; Horatio Jones, Samuel Jones and Sarah W. Jones. An 1850 U.S. Census had an 18 year old Wellington's occupation listed as "farmer". Wellington married Maria "Mary" Anna Meyer (or Moyer) Jones on 10/04/1854. They had the following children: Cara Augusta Jones, Fulton Nicholas Jones, Lillie R. Jones Immel, Mary Belle Jones Keller (who operated a boarding house along Canal Street in Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA, and with whom Wellington had resided in his advanced years) and Wellington Meyer Jones (presumably named in honor of his father Wellington and his mother's maiden name of Meyer). An 1860 U.S. Census lists Wellington now living in Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA, with an occupation of "R. R. Agent". It is currently unknown as to which of the two railroad companies operating in Auburn at that time employed Wellington (the third Auburn-based railroad company, the Pennsylvania Railroad, wasn't established in Auburn until 1886). An 1870 U.S. Census listed his occupation as that of a "Liquor Agent" (a person who regulates all persons and firms involved in the distribution, sale, and dispensing of alcoholic liquor in order to prevent sales to minors and intoxicated persons, guarantee product integrity, and ensure that licensed premi- ses are safe and sanitary). An 1880 Census has Wellington listed as a "traveling salesman". Finally, in 1881, Wellington was listed as being a "publisher". The Alexandria Gazette of Alexandria, Virginia had an article dated 01/14/1881 stating that Wellington had previously moved to Reading, Berks County, PA and had suddenly "taken sick at the B & P (Balti- more & Potomac railroad?) depot on 6th street here (Washington, DC) at 1 o'clock this morning. He started to walk to the St. James Hotel, but had hardly reached the opposite side of the street before he fell on the pavement and died almost immediately". The article did misiden- tify his rank as that of "Colonel" rather than Captain, which was the highest military rank Wellington had obtained. His place of death was listed as having been in the District of Columbia, United States of America on 01/14/1881. Wellington was interred the following day within the Auburn Church of God cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
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Kamp, Solomon - Private; Jones Independent Company, Pennsylvania
Infantry; served from 10/02/1862 until 07/09/1863; and Corporal; Company F; 116th Regiment; Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; served from 02/01/1864 until 07/14/1865; listed as Wounded In Action (W.I.A.) from gun shot wounds to his right leg and back. Solomon was born in 03/10/1844 in Albany Township, Berks County, PA. He was the son of Martin Kamp and Mary Schwenk Kamp. Solomon married Lucy Ann Lawrence Kamp. They had the following children: Elizabeth Kamp Young, Emanuel William Kamp and Lillie Kamp Luckenbill. Solomon suffered from rheumatism. He died on 07/01/1932 in Port Clinton, Schuylkill County, PA and was interred within the Port Clinton Cemetery, Port Clinton, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Kaufman, John M. - Second-Lieutenant; 7th Pennsylvania Regiment;
Berks County Cavalry; served from 09/1862 until 10/1862. John was born in July, 1835 in Pennsylvania. He was the son of John G. Kaufman and a presently unidentified mother. John M. Kaufman married twice. His one wife's name was not documented on the website findagrave.com, but a second wife was Deborah A. Spang Kaufman whom he married in 1863. Interestingly, their daughter, Annie, was born in January of 1863, so marriage may have been a result of this pregnancy. John M. Kaufman and his wife Deborah had the following children: Annie Kaufman Schultz; Carrie Spang Kaufman Wagner; Frederick Spang Kaufman; Laura Spang Kauffman McGowan; and Sadie Spang Kaufman. John M. Kaufman died on 04/31/1901 in Jefferson, Schuylkill County, PA, and was interred within the Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Berks County, PA. There is no image of his grave marker available on the website findagrave.com. |
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Keeney (or Keeny), Daniel (Jr.?) - Private; Company F; 167th
Regiment of Pennsylvania; served from 10/26/1862 until 08/12/1863. Daniel (Jr.?) was born in Pennsylvania on 07/20/1839. He was a son of Daniel Keeney (or Keeny) (Sr.?) and Redosa Batdorf Keeney (or Kieny). He was a brother of Cecilia Keeney Troutman, David Keeney, Emma Kieny Sando, Harry P. Keeney and Lewis Keeney. Daniel (Jr.?) married Elizabeth Minnich Keeney. They had the following children: Ada S. Keeney Degler, Anna M. Keeney Banning, Dora A. Keeney Moyer, Elizabeth E. Keeney Long, Frank D. Keeney and Mary J. Keeney Stoudt. Daniel (Jr.?)'s civilian occupation was that of a stone mason. Daniel died from a cerebral hemorrhage in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, on 07/05/1922 and was interred within the Auburn Church of God cemetery; Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Kissinger, William H. - Private; Company G; 116th Regiment;
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; served from 03/31/1861 until 07/14/1865. William was born in the United States on 04/15/1847. He was the son of Lawrence Kissinger and Susannah Auchy Kissinger. William married Ellen Jane Duffert Kissinger. They had the following children: Leon Alving Kissinger and Milton Henry Kissinger. William died in Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 01/11/1921 and was interred within the Auburn Church of God cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Kissmer, William - Company G; 116th Regiment; Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry. Military records list that Willaim was 5'4" with green eyes and that his civilian occupation was that of a laborer. (Note: The website findagrave.com has no conclusive listing for this Civil War veteran having been interred anywhere in the United States.) |
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Kline, Edward S. - First Sergeant or Lieutenant (conflicting records);
Company F; 116th Regiment; Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; served from 02/19/1864 until 07/14/1865; listed as Wounded In Action (W.I.A.) at Reams Station (Virginia) and sent to Lincoln Hospital for recovery. Edward was born in 1846. He married at least twice; first to Jennie R. Kline and later to Matilda R. Kline. There does not appear to have been any children from the first union based on research material consulted. The second union, that of Edward and Matilda, resulted in at least one child: Hattie Rebbeca Kline Wyckoff. Military records indicate that Edward was 6'0" and that his civilian occupation was that of a teacher. William died in Warren County, New Jersey in 1904 and was interred within the Phillipsburg Cemetery, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ. |
Klock, Horace B. - Private; Jones Company; Pennsylvania Indepen-
dent Infantry; served from 10/02/1862 until 07/09/1863. Also served as a Sergeant; Company F; 116th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; served 02/19/1864 or 02/19/1865 (conflicting records) until 07/14/1865. His brother, Lt. William Augustus Klock, also served during the Civil War and was Wounded In Action (listed below). Horace was born on 07/26/1844. He was a son of David K. Klock and Anna Eliza Burke Klock. He was a brother of Charles A. Klock, Emma L. Klock Killinger, Frances Kock, James Klock and Matilda V. Klock Moyer. William Augustus Klock (listed below). According to military records, Horace was 5'11" and his civilian occupation was that of a (railroad) fireman. Horace is listed as having lived next door to his parents in Auburn in the 1870 U.S. Census (his brother William was residing with their parents at that time). Horace was married to Margaret (MNU) Klock. They had at least one child: David Klock. Horace was killed on the Philadelphia and Reading (P & R) railroad in Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (presumably while in that company's employment). The website findagrave.com lists that Horace died on 03/19/1874 and that he was "Killed on P & R Railroad in Schuylkill Haven: legs cut off under coal train while shifting at Mine Hill Crossing". Horace was interred in the St. John's Church ceme- tery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Klock, William Augustus - First Lieutenant; Company G; Pennsyl-
vania 116th Volunteer Infantry; Lieutenant, Company A, 116th Regi- ment, Pennsylvania Infantry; served from 02/29/1864 until 07/14/1865. William was Wounded In Action (W.I.A.) on 06/16/1864 at Petersburg, VA; he was promoted to First Sergeant on 01/01/1865 and was commissioned to First Lieutenanat on 06/06/1865. His brother, Sergeant Horace B. Klock, also served during the Civil War (listed above). William was born in 1842. He was a son of David K. Klock and Anna Eliza Burke Klock. He was a brother of Charles A. Klock, Emma L. Klock Killinger, Frances Kock, Horace B. Klock (listed above), James Klock and Matilda V. Klock Moyer. His military record indicates that he was 5'7" and that his civilian occupation was on the "railroad". In the 1870 U.S. Census, William is listed as living with his parents in Auburn and working on the railroad as a "brakeman". William died on 10/23/1878 and was interred within the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Koch, Daniel - Private; Company E; 27th Regiment; Pennsylvania
Emergency Militia; served circa 1863. Daniel was born on 12/24/1816 in Pennsylvania. He was a son of Henry Koch and Susanna Bock Koch. He was a brother of Amanda Marie Koch Pile; Benjamin Koch; Charles Richard Koch; Henry Koch; Hugh Koch; Mary Magdalena Koch Miller; Sarah A. Koch Bowen; and William Jefferson Koch. On 10/24/1839, Daniel married Mary Ann Beck Koch and they had the following children: Albert B. Koch (who died at only five years of age); Allen Koch; Arenius Glenn Koch; Francis D. Koch (listed below); Harriet Koch Jacobs; Richard Henry Koch; and Sarah M. Koch Felt. His civilian occupation was listed as that of a farmer; however, records indicate that Daniel also was a proprietor of a retail store; a proprietor of a flour mill; the first president of the newly formed borough of Fleetwood and a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representa- tives circa 1861. Daniel died on 01/07/1903 and was interred within the Fleetwood Cemetery, Fleetwood, Berks County, PA. |
Koch, Francis D. - Captain; Company F; 5th Regiment; Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry; served from 04/20/1861 until 07/1861; then Company I, 48th Regiment; Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; enlisted 08/15/1861; Wounded In Action (W.I.A.) by being struck in the shoulder by a mini-ball at Fredericksburg, Virginia on 12/13/1862; discharged on 07/17/1865. Francis D. Koch was born on 08/21/1842 in McKeansburg, Schuylkill County, PA. He a the son of Daniel Koch (listed above) and Mary Ann Beck Koch. He was a brother of Albert B. Koch (who died at only five years of age); Allen Koch; Arenius Glenn Koch; Harriet Koch Jacobs; Richard Henry Koch; and Sarah M. Koch Felt. Military records indicate that he was 5'10" with blue eyes and brown hair and that his civilian occupation was that of a farmer. Francis married Mattie Huff Koch and they had the following children: Allen Koch; Benjamin Koch; George Richard Koch; and Howard Koch. Francis is listed as having died on 12/05/1917 in Conshohocken, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and was interred within the Leverington Cemetery, Roxborough, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. There is no image of a grave marker for Francis on the website findagrave.com. |
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Koch, Frederick - Captain; Company I; Pennsylvania Volunteer
Infantry. (Note: The website findagrave.com has no conclusive listing for this Civil War veteran having been interred anywhere in the United States.) |
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Kramer, Daniel - Musician; Company F; 116th Pennsylvania Volun-
teer Infantry; served from 02/19/1864 until 07/14/1865; Wounded In Action (W.I.A.) at the Battle of Wilderness on 05/05/1864; returned to duty 08/12/1864. Daniel was born in Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA, on 04/10/1848. He was the a of Benjamin Kramer and Hannah Mengel/Mengle Kramer. He was a brother of Benjamin M. Kramer, Charles M. Kramer, Henry Kramer, Lewis Kramer, Rebecca Kramer Pallman (or Tallman) and William M. Kramer. His military record states that he was 5'5". Daniel married Lydia S. Berger Kramer. They had the following children: Amasa Kramer, Beckie Kramer, Eva Kramer, Garfield Kramer, Ida M. Kramer Bennett, Jesse J. Kramer, Mary L. Kramer Fogelman, Susan D. Kramer Doughtry and W. Scott Kramer. Daniel died in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania on 10/12/1938 and was interred within in the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Kramer, Francis S. - Private; Company F; 116th Regiment; Pennsyl-
vania Infantry; served from 02/01/1862 until 07/14/1865; Wounded In Action (W.I.A.) at the Battle of the Wilderness on 05/05/1864. Francis was born in Schuylkill County, PA, on 04/04/1844. He was a son of Thomas Kramer and Esther R. Schwenk Kramer. He was a brother of Isaac Kramer. Military records indicate that he was 5'10" and had a civilian occupation as that of a farmer and a "wood chop- per". Francis died in Cressona, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 07/18/1932 and was interred within the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Kramer, Lewis - Private; Company K; 97th Regiment; Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry; and 129th Regiment; Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; served from 03/04/1865 until 08/28/1865. Lewis was born on 03/10/1846 in Pennsylvania. He married Emma L. Klock Kramer Killinger and they had the following children: Anna F. Kramer Hower; Leroy Kramer; Mabel Kramer (who died of tuberculosis as a teenager just five months after her father, Lewis, had passed); and Robert W. Kramer. Lewis was employed by the P & R (Philadelphia and Reading) Railroad as an engineer. Lewis died of pleuro-pneumonia on 07/22/1886 in Cressona, Schuyl- kill County, PA, and was interred within the St. John's Church ceme- tery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Kramer, Samuel* - Company K; 2nd Regiment; Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry; Mexican-American War; served from 12/24/1846 until 01/20/1847; also served in Company G; 116th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; listed as Missing In Action (M.I.A.) on 06/22/1864; was a Prisoner Of War (P.O.W.) in the Salisbury Prison in North Carolina. Samuel was born on 10/30/1810. He married Esther Kramer. They had at least one child because his obituary lists that he was survived by his grandchildren. Civil War military records indicate he was 5'5" and had brown eyes. His civilian occupations included that of a laborer and a blacksmith, but his obituary stated he was also a farmer. The obituary further stated that Samuel built the hotel known as "the Delmonico" (which was previously located between the Philadelphia & Reading railroad tracks and "Deiter Snyder Street", Auburn, Schuyl- kill County, PA - what is now known as Bear Creek Street in Auburn). Samuel died on 10/11/1886 and was interred within the Auburn Cemetery, Mill Street, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
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Krause, Samuel - Private; Company D; Pennsylvania Independent
Volunteer Infantry; served from 09/15/1862 until 07/09/1863. (Note: The website findagrave.com has no conclusive listing for this Civil War veteran having been interred anywhere in the United States.) |
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Lawrence, Jeremiah - Private; Company D; Pennsylvania Indepen-
dent Volunteer Infantry; served from 09/15/1862 until 07/09/1863; and Company F; 116th Regiment; Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; served from 02/01/1864 until 07/14/1865. Jeremiah was born in Pennsylvania on 10/22/1845. He was the son of John Lawrence and Mary Sousley Lawrence. Jeremiah married Elizabeth Zimmerman Lawrence. They had the following children: Harvey Lee Lawrence and Katie Amanda Lawrence Mohl. Military records indicate that Jeremiah was 5'9" and had a civilian occupation of laborer. Jeremiah died in Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 01/07/1931 and was interred within the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Lindemuth (or Lindenmuth or Lindermuth), Joseph H. A.
(Jr.?) - Private; Company L; 1st Regiment; Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry (15th Reserves); served from 07/30/1861 until 09/04/1864; served as the model for the 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry Civil War monu- ment that was dedicated on 09/02/1890 near the "Bloody Angle" at Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and costing $1,500 (adjusting for inflation, the monument would have cost a little over $50,000 in 2023). Joseph (Jr.?) was born in Berks County, PA on 11/12/1838. He was a son of Joseph Lindenmuth (Sr.?) and Theresa Herber Lindenmuth. He was a brother of Louisa Lindenmuth Frantz. Joseph (Jr.?) married Eliza Wingert Lindemuth. They had the following children: Alice V. Lindemuth Fahl, Annie L. Lindemuth, Eddie J. Lindemuth, Emma G. Lindemuth; Horace Daniel Linder- muth; John H. Lindemuth, Leon C. Lindemuth and Mary Elizabeth Lindemuth Sellers. After his military service, Joseph (Jr.?) was employed by the Philadelphia and Reading ("P & R") Railroad at Auburn, PA. His surname has been spelled in a few variations such as Lindemuth, Lindenmuth or Lindermuth. Joseph (Jr.?) died from "throat and bladder trouble" according to family records. His place of death is listed as Butler Township, Schuylkill County, PA, on 07/07/1926 and he was interred in the Auburn Church of God cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Long, Michael (possibly "the II", Jr. or Sr.) - Company F; 167th
Regiment, Pennsylvania Draft Militia or Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (conflicting records); served from 11/12/1862 to 08/12/1863. Michael was born in Pennsylvania on 09/07/1829. He was a son of Michael (Sr.?) Long and Salome Miller Long or Sarah Miller Long (conflicting records). He was a brother of Henry Long, Isaac Long, Lovina Long Fidler and Rebecca Long Klein. This Michael married Elizabeth Geisler Long. They had the following children: Adam Henry Long, Catherine Long Patsches, Elias Long, Emmalina A. Long Staller, James Monroe Long, Michael J. Long (Jr. or "the III"?), and Nathan Long. Michael (the veteran listed here) died in Jackson Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania on 06/04/1910 and was interred in the Auburn Church of God cemetery; Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Martz, Samuel - Private; Company C; 50th Regiment; PA Infantry;
enlisted on 02/19/1864; Killed In Action (K.I.A.) on 05/06/1864 in the Battle of the Wilderness from a gunshot wound. Samuel was estimated to have been born circa 1838. In 1861, he married Isabella Dierolf Martz Oswald Mengel (who was later interred within the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA). They had three children: Anna Maria Martz Reichert; Mary Elizabeth Martz and Samuel Lincoln Martz. Samuel's death in 1864 left his widow with three children ages three years old or younger. Samuel's remains are believed to rest in some unknown site within Virginia; as a result, no image of a grave marker is available for Samuel. |
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McAllister, David - Private; Company B, 6th Regiment; Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry; served from 04/21/1861 until 07/25/1861. David was born in Upper Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania on 05/06/1832. He was the son of James McAllister and Mary Martin McAllister. David married Sarah Straus/Strause/Strauss/Strouse McAllister. They had the following children: Charles Henry McAllister, Emma McAllister, Frederick McAllister, George McAllister, Henriet McAllister, Ida Alice McAllister, Katie McAllister, Samuel McAllister and William McAllister. David was employeed by the Philadelphia and Reading (P & R) Railroad as a laborer in their Auburn-situated roundhouse. David died on 07/24/1920 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The website findagrave.com has a listing for David McAllister as having been interred within the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA; however, there is no physical evidence, nor burial or church records, to confirm that interment. |
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McFadden, John - Memorialized with a Veterans' Memorial Plaque,
indicating his service in the Civil War, which located within the center of the Auburn Cemetery, Mill Street, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA; however, whether or not John was interred within the cemetery is unknown since there is no physical evidence, nor burial or church records, to confirm this interment. (NOTE: The findagrave.com website has no listing for a John McFadden as having been interred anywhere within Schuylkill County). |
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McKinney, Samuel (Sr.?) - Sergeant; Companies C & I; 14th Regi-
ment; New York Volunteer Cavalry; served in Company I, from 04/06/1863 until transferred to Company C on 08/01/1863; was discharged on 04/18/1864 due to being disabled. Samuel (Sr.?) was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania circa 1825. His military records offer the following description of Samuel: grey eyes, black hair, dark complexion, 5'8". He was the husband of Lydia Mengel McKinney. They had two sons, Samuel L. McKinney (Jr.?) and William A. McKinney. Samuel (Sr.?) died in North Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 11/17/1897 and was interred in the Auburn Church of God cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Meck (or Meek), James - Private, Company A; 48th Regiment; Penn-
sylvania Volunteer Infantry; served from 09/17/1861 until 07/17/1865. James Meck was born on 03/30/1842 in Pennsylvania. His military record indicates James was 5’9" with a dark complexion, dark eyes, and dark hair. He married Polly Ebling Meck. They had a child, Oliver Clayton Meck. His civilian occupation was listed as a railroad fireman & a yeoman (one who owns and cultivates land?). James was killed in a train wreck on 12/22/1884 and was interred within the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Meck, William H. - Private, Company A; 48th Regular Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry; enlisted 08/11/1862; discharged 06/07/1865 on "general orders". William was born on 02/25/1844. He was a son of John Meck and Mary Moyer Meck. He was a brother of David Meck, Hiram Meck, Levi Meck, Missoura Meck Kunkel and Samuel Meck. William married Diana M. Smith Meck. They had the following children: Ida Matilda Meck Moyer, James Meck, John Newton Meck, Katie Meck Fegley, Laura Alberta Meck Wagner, Lizzie M. Meck, Mary Missouri Meck Miller, Sara Ann Meck Adams and William Clayton Meck. William H. Meck died on 09/28/1927 in Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA, and was interred within the Zion's Red Church cemetery, Orwigs- burg, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Mengel, Reuben A. - Private; Company F; 116th Regiment; Pennsyl-
vania Volunteer Infantry; served from 02/01/1864 until 07/06/1865. Reuben was born in West Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 09/14/1845. He was the son of George F. Mengel and Mary E. Eppler Mengel. He was a brother of Emma Rebecca Mengel Berger, Jonathan Mengel, Samuel Mengel and William A. Mengel. Reuben married Fiana/Fianna Briegel Mengel. They had the following children: David Arthur Mengel, Ellen Victoria Mengel Nagle, Gertrude Mengel Christ, Henrietta Mengel Long, Katie Louisa Mengel Fisher, Rosa Amanda Mengel Berger and Tamsen M. Mengel Kershner. Military records indicate that he was 5'6" and had civilian occupations of a brakeman and a laborer. Reuben died in Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 02/15/1913 and was interred within the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Miller, George T. - George T. Miller's grave, located within the St.
John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA, has an accompanying G.A.R. (Civil War) medallion beside it; yet George was born approximately seven years after that war ended if his grave marker is correctly engraved. As a result, either George didn't serve in the Civil War and this medallion does not belong with this grave or, less likely, his grave marker is incorrectly engraved with his date of birth. In either case, his military service during the Civil War is presently highly doubtful. |
Missimer, Horace B. - Sergeant; Company A; 14th Regiment,
Pennsylvania Infantry; served from 04/05/1861 until 08/06/1861. Horace was born in Pennsylvania in December, 1827. He may have been the son of Joshua Missimer and Lydia Missimer. He married Rebecca Elizabeth Moser Missimer. They had the following children: Alice L. Missimer Kinney; Augusta L. Missimer (lived only nine- to ten-years of age; no exact date of birth given); Emma R. Missimer (lived only three- to -four years of age; no exact date of birth given); Frederick Charles Missimer; Hillery C. Missimer (male); Lillie Missimer (lived only fifteen- to sixteen-years of age; no exact date of birth given); Robert E. Missimer; Sarah A. Missimer Werner; and Willie Missimer (lived only one- to two-years of age; no exact date of birth given). Horace died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA, and is pre- sumed to have been interred within the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA, in an unmarked and undocumented grave site. |
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Moyer, Albert L. - Private; Company F; 116th Regiment; Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry; served from 02/01/1864 or 02/19/1864 until 05/15/1865. Albert was born in Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, on 03/12/1849. He was the son of Joseph K. Moyer and Eliza Moyer. He was a brother of William L. Moyer. Military records indicate Albert was 5'4" with blue eyes and auburn hair; and that his civilian occupation was that of a laborer. Albert died in Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 06/08/1908 and was interred within the Auburn Church of God cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Moyer, Conrad Jr. - Private; Company D; Jones' Independent Company;
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; served from 10/02/1862 until 07/09/1863. Conrad Jr. was born on 05/16/1843 in Pennsylvania. He was a son of Conrad Moyer Sr. and Maria Mertz Moyer. He was a brother of Amanda Moyer Brobst; Jacob Moyer; James Martin Moyer; John Moyer and Lewis W. Moyer. Conrad Jr. was a step-brother of Elisabetha Moyer Heim. Conrad Jr. married Emma Rinck Moyer and they had the following children: Agnes Moyer; Dory Moyer; and Irwin Moyer. Conrad Jr. died on 07/09/1919 in West Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County, PA, and was interred within Zions Red Church cemetery, Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Moyer, Daniel (Jr.?)* - Sergeant, Company F; 116th Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry; began service on 02/19/1864; listed as Missing In Action (M.I.A.) on 05/12/1864 and believed to be captured at Spotsylvania, Virginia (P.O.W.); believed to have died in captivity on 11/01/1864 (K.I.A.). Daniel (Jr.?) was born on 11/29/1810 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Daniel Moyer (Sr.?) and Elizabeth Drace Moyer (Daniel Sr.'s first wife). He was a brother of Elisabeth Meyer (Moyer), Elizabeth Moyer Mertz, Joseph Moyer, Mary Moyer Meck and William K. Moyer. Daniel (Jr.?) was a step-brother of Adolph F. Moyer, Elisabeth M. Moyer, Hannah Tomasin Moyer Mengel, Jacob K. Meyer (Moyer), Leannah Moyer, Mary Sybilla Moyer Mengel, Molinda Elizabeth Moyer, Samuel B. Moyer (listed below) and William Hiram Moyer (listed below). Daniel (Jr.?) married Rebecca Stout Moyer. They had the following children: Diana Moyer Borkey, Ellen Rebecca Moyer Auman, James M. Moyer and William Francis Moyer. Military records indicate that Daniel (Jr.?) was 5' 1/2" with a civilian occupation of mason. Daniel (Jr.?) is presumed to have been buried in a mass grave in Andersonville, Virginia. (NOTE: No individual grave marker exists for this veteran). |
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Moyer, Jonathan Y. - Private; Company G; 116th Pennsylvania Infantry;
enlisted on 02/20/1864; listed as Wounded In Action (W.I.A.) at Cold Harbor, Virginia on 06/03/1864; listed as having died at White House, Virginia from complications from the same battle injuries on 08/12/1864 (K.I.A.). Jonathan is memorialized in the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia. |
Moyer, Philip See - Private; Company D; 173rd Regiment; P.D.M.(?);
served from 10/16/1862 until 12/12/1863. Philip was born on 09/05/1832 in Schuylkill County, PA. He was the son of Philip Moyer and Magdalene See Moyer. He was a brother of Caroline Moyer Houser and Fayette Moyer Reber. Philip married Ruffinah Louisa Staller Moyer and they had the following children: Catharine E. Moyer Deibert; Cornelius Alfred Moyer; George Washington Moyer; James Monroe Moyer; and Sarah Elizabeth Moyer Moyer. Philip died on 12/06/1907 in Landingville, Schuylkill County, PA, and was interred within the St. Paul's Church cemetery, Summer Hill Road, South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Moyer, Samuel B. - Corporal; Company A; 48th Regiment; Pennsyl-
vania Volunteer Infantry; served from 09/17/1861 until 07/17/1865. Samuel was born on 11/19/1831. He was the son of Daniel Moyer (Sr.?) and Elizabeth K. Gruber Moyer. He was a brother of Adoph M. Moyer (who died at the age of one year); Elisabeth M. Moyer (who died at the age of one year); Hannah Tomasin Moyer Mengel; Jacob K. Meyer; Leannah Moyer (who died at the age of two years); Mary Sybilla Moyer Mengel; Molinda Elizabeth Moyer (who died at the age of ten years); and William Hiram Moyer (listed below). Samuel was a step-brother of Daniel Moyer (Jr.?) (listed above); Elisabeth Meyer (who died at the age of four years); Elizabeth Moyer Mertz; Joseph Moyer; Mary Moyer Meck and William K. Moyer (who died at the age of one year). In 1867, Samuel married Susan Diefenderfer Moyer and they had the following children: Sallie E. Moyer (who presumably died as a juve- nile); U. (presumably Ulysses) Grant Moyer; and William Moyer. Samuel died on 10/25/1883 and was interred within the Auburn Church of God cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Moyer, William Francis - William Francis Moyer was interred within
the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. He has a G.A.R. medallion inserted at his grave site; yet William Francis Moyer would have only been thirteen years old when the war ended...possible, but unlikely. No other information is currently available about his assumed military service; therefore, unless additional information becomes available, William Francis Moyer's military service during the Civil War is considered to either be an error in the placement of the G.A.R. medallion; or a (less likely) error in the engraving of his grave marker. |
Moyer, William Hiram - Company A; Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.
William was born on 04/17/1830. He was the son of Daniel Moyer (Sr.?) and Elizabeth K. Gruber Moyer (Daniel's second wife). William was a brother of Adoph M. Moyer (who died at the age of one year); Elisabeth M. Moyer (who died at the age of one year); Hannah Tomasin Moyer Mengel; Jacob K. Meyer; Leannah Moyer (who died at the age of two years); Mary Sybilla Moyer Mengel; Molinda Elizabeth Moyer (who died at the age of ten years); and Samuel B. Moyer (listed above). William was a step-brother of Daniel Moyer (Jr.?) (listed above); Elisabeth Meyer (who died at the age of four years); Elizabeth Moyer Mertz; Joseph Moyer; Mary Moyer Meck and William K. Moyer (who died at the age of one year). William Hiram Moyer married Sarah Anna Zimmerman Moyer. They had the following children: Alfred Sylvester Moyer, Charles H. Moyer, Clara Tamson Moyer Hoffman and Joanna Victoria Moyer Kinsey. William Hiram Moyer died on 02/24/1895 and was interred within the Zion's Red Church cemetery, Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Murphy, Mahlon M. - Listed as a Captain; Company G; 107th Regi-
ment on a military Record of Burial Place of Veteran card which was completed in 1935 (almost 40 years after Mahlon had died and approximately 70 years after the Civil War had ended). Other than this card, there is no record of Mahlon having served in the Civil War. He would have already been in his mid-fifties at the start of the war and approximately sixty at the end of the war...not impossible, but unlikely. Additionally, there are military records that a Morris Murphy served as a Captain of Company G; 107th Regiment during the Civil War. A presumption is made that somebody mistakenly recorded Mahlon M. Murphy as that veteran rather than Morris Murphy. As a result, unless additional information confirming Mahlon's military service becomes available, a presumption has been made that Mahlon's military service during the Civil War was simply a mistake on the Record of Burial Place of Veteran card. A "G.A.R." medallion was inserted next to his grave site located within the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA, but probably does not belong there. |
Nagle, Israel - Private; Company G; 116th Regiment; Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry; Private Company F, 173 Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers from 10/30/1862 to 08/16/1863. Israel was born in Pennsylvania on 09/27/1839. He a the son of George Nagle and Elizabeth Barr Nagle. He was a brother of Catha- rine Anna Nagle Berger, Reuben Nagle and William Nagle. Israel married Sarah Cinderilla Mengel Nagle. They had the following children: Charles Henry Nagle, Herbert George Nagle, Milton Nagle and Nathan Jacob Nagle. Israel died in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 01/19/1906 and was interred in the Auburn Church of God cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Nagle (or Nagel), Milton K. - Private or Corporal (conflicting
records); served from 02/26/1864 until 07/17/1865; Company K; 48th Regiment; Pennsylvania Veterans Volunteer Infantry. Milton was born on 03/24/1841 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. He was a son of Joseph Nagel and Sarah Nagel. He was a brother of Augustus Nagel, Eli K. Nagle, Reuben Nagle, and Sarah Ann Nagle Bright. His military records indicate he was 5' 5 1/2" with hazel eyes and brown hair, and lists his civilian occupation as that of a shoe- maker. Milton married Mary F. Moyer Nagle in 1868 and they had a child: Agnes M. Nagle. Milton died on 12/18/1912 Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsyl- vania, and was interred within the Auburn Church of God cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Noecker, Lewis - Private; served from 10/16/1862 to 02/16/1863.
Lewis was born in South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 09/08/1839. He was the son of Johannes (John) Noecker and Sarah Reed Noecker. He was a brother of Mary Noecker Reber and Sarah Noecker Berger. Lewis married Mary Moyer Noecker. They had the following child- ren: Carrie A. Noecker Nissley, Charles B. Noecker, Franklyn M. Noecker, George Alfred Noecker, James A. Noecker, Mary I. Noecker Repp, Sara A. Noecker Matz and William H. Noecker. Lewis was a farmer all of his civilian life. Lewis died in South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 08/15/1915 and was interred in the Schuylkill Haven Union cemetery, Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Nye (or Ney), Jared - Private; Company K; 213th Pennsylvania
Regiment; served from 03/01/1865 until 11/18/1865. Jared was born on 04/04/1847 in Berks County, PA. He was a son of John Christian Ney and Catharina "Kate" Wenrich Ney. He was a brother of Augustus Ney; Cain Ney; Elias Ney; Ephraim William Nye; Lydia Ney Kramer; Moses W. Nye and Selesa Ney Spangler. Jared died on 09/18/1918 in West Hanover Township, Dauphin County, PA, and was interred within Wenrichs' Cemetery, Lingles- town, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. |
Petry, Jacob - Company C; 51st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry;
served from 03/08/1864 until 07/27/1865; memorialized with a Veterans' Memorial Plaque located within the Auburn Cemetery, Mill Street, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA; however, there is no individual grave marker for Jacob at this location, nor any burial or church records that confirm an interment; so it is uncertain as to whether or not Jacob is actually interred within this cemetery. The website findagrave.com has only a single entry for a Jacob Petry of this era having been interred anywhere within Pennsylvania and that is in York County; however, that Jacob Petry appears to have live his entire life within York County. |
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Quail, Charles Edward (Sr.) - 1st Sergeant; 8th Maryland Volunteer
Infantry; Company D; Pennsylvania Independent Volunteer Infantry; Wounded In Action (W.I.A.) at the Battle of Laurel Hill (in what is now West Virginia) as well as at the Battle of the Spotsylvania Courthouse (Virginia). Charles Edward Quail Sr. was born on 10/09/1841. He was a son of German immigrant Conrad Quail and Mary Ports Quail. His father, Conrad, died of a ruptured blood vessel in 1845 while Charles was still a toddler. Charles (Sr.) was a brother of George W. Quail, John H. Quail, Margaret Quail, Susan Quail Little and William U. Quail. Charles Sr. began attending the University of Maryland Medical School. He did not complete his college schooling due to the outbreak of the Civil War. Instead, he enlisted in the military in August, 1862. Charles Sr. was a sergeant in Company D of the 8th Maryland Volun- teer Infantry of the Union Army, a unit renown as the "Maryland Brigade". He saw military action at Antietam, Clarksburg, West Virgina; Bolivar Heights; the Gettysburg Campaign; Maryland Heights; Funkstown (Hagerstown); the Battle of the Wilderness; Laurel hill; the Battle of the Spotsylvania Courthouse; Cold Harbor; Petersburg; Weldon Railroad; Poplar Springs Church; Hatcher's Run; the Siege of Petersburg and the Appomattox Court House. Sergeant Quail assumed command of his company at Laurel Hill after all of the officers had been seriously wounded or killed in action. He was wounded in action during the Battle of the Spotsylvania Courthouse. He served in the military with distinction as a medic for the Army of the Potomac. He mustered out of the Army on 05/31/1865. After his stint in the military, Charles Sr. returned to college in Maryland and graduated in 1867 with a medical degree. (He interned at the Baltimore infirmary for approximately one year). On 06/04/1867, Charles Sr. married Emma Catherine Weishampel Quail. Around 1867 or 1868 (reports vary), the Quails relocated to Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania where Dr. Quail began to practice medicine. The Quails established a residence and medical practice at their handsome house located at 216 Washington Street in Auburn. He was a prominent doctor within the community for many years. Charles Sr. and Emma had the following children: Charles Edward Quail (Jr.) who was born on 05/10/1868 and died on 12/22/1872 (this is the original son Charles Edward Quail Jr., whose brother, Charles Edward Quail Jr. (born 05/28/1879) was also christened with the identical name since he was born after this Charles Edward Quail Jr. was already deceased); Foster Koehler Quail, who was born in Auburn on 06/23/1869, employed as a physician at the Turkey Gap Coal and Coke Company at Ennis, West Virginia, where he contracted typhoid fever, was ill for sixteen days and subse- quently died on 12/21/1892 at the relatively young age of twenty-three (preceding his father in death by exactly eighteen years); Emma Lulu Quail Filbert, born 11/18/1873; Florence "Flora" Juanita Quail Lesher, born 03/23/1877 and married Amos Yerkes Lesher on 04/09/1902 (just six days after her brother Charles Edward Quail Jr. died) and who had three children: Charles Quail Lesher, James Edgar Lesher, and Richard Yerkes Lesher; and finally Charles Edward Quail, Jr. (a second son with the same name as a prior deceased son) was born in Auburn on 05/28/1879 and died of nephro-typhoid fever on 04/03/1902 while he was a Senior at Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia, PA. (This is a different Charles Edward Quail Jr. from his brother, Charles Edward Quail Jr., who died in 1872). Dr. Quail served as Schuylkill County coroner for two terms upon being elected to the position in 1873 in addition to running his medical practice. Charles Edward Quail Sr. was a primary organizer of the Auburn Nut and Bolt Works in 1887 and acted as its President for approximately five years. Dr. Quail also opened a pharmacy at 115 Market Street, Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in 1892. Charles Sr. served as the Schuylkill County Republican Party Chair- man. In 1900, he decided to run for, and subsequently won, a Republican State Senator's position for the 29th Senatorial District. The "Clay Record" manuals, Volume 17 - 18, which were published in 1900, states "The vitrified brick plant at Auburn, Pa., which has been idle for four years, has been bought by Senator Quail, and others, of Reading, Pa., paying $24,000 for it". Quail then served as a business adviser for the Auburn Shale Brick Company, which had originally formed in 1880. In February of 1902, the Reading Eagle newspaper reported that Senator Quail was bedridden from a serious case of erysipelas (an acute disease caused by bacterial infection. Erysipelas is characterized by large, raised red patches on the epidermis, especially on the face and legs, with measurable fever and severe general illness) as well as quinsy (an inflammation of the throat frequently manifesting as an abscess in the region of the tonsils). In 1902, Auburn resident Frank Brown initiated correspondence with Senator Quail, which eventually led to Senator Quail selling his pharmacy business in Auburn to Frank Brown. The Reading Eagle Newspaper, in the June 25, 1902 issue, stated that Senator Quail intended to erect two additional coal washeries at Auburn (but it is uncertain whether or not this was accomplished). In March of 1903, Senator Quail was a passenger on a train traveling on the Schuylkill and Susquehanna (S & S) branch of the Reading Railroad when a train car derailed. According to the Reading Eagle newspaper, Senator Quail sustained "painful injuries" as a result of the mishap. In 1904, Senator Quail was re-elected to another term in office. Clearly not an individual to sit idle, Charles (Sr.) was a burgess for the town of Auburn. He served on the Auburn School Board for an impressive thirty-three years, part of that time as the board treasurer and part of that time as the school director. He had religious affilia- tions with the Auburn Independent Church of God, serving as an elder, a trustee of the church and its secretary. Dr. Quail was also a delegate of the German Eldership. Dr. Quail was instrumental in procuring the town reservoir for Auburn. He maintained a farm in West Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, approximately one mile southeast of Auburn, PA. As if he didn't have enough demands on his time, Dr. Quail was also a member of the Schuylkill County Medical Society as well as the Pennsylvania State Medical Society. Dr. Quail was a Federal Pension examiner. He was active in numerous civic and fraternal organiza- tions. He was also very involved in veteran military organizations to include the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Commission; the Soldiers' Orphans' Commission; the Jerre Helms Post #26 of the G.A.R. (in Schuylkill Haven, PA) and the Survivors' Association of the 48th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Even in his death, Dr. Charles Edward Quail Sr. obtained one more distinction - in 1910, he was present in the Auditor-General's office of the newly constructed Pennsylvania State Capitol Building when he suddenly collapsed and died. He was the first person to die in the new capitol building. Ex-Senator Quail died from angina pectoris (a medical term for chest pain caused by coronary heart disease) on 12/21/1910 at sixty-nine years of age. Dr. Charles Edward Quail Sr., ex-Senator, was easily chosen to be Auburn's most prolific citizen. He was interred within the Auburn Church of God cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. His grave marker, which he shares with his wife Emma, can be viewed at the Auburn Church of God cemetery. A fitting tribute to Dr. Quail from the Biblical book of Matthew is inscribed on the grave marker which reads "I was sick and ye visited me." |
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Rauch/Rausch/Raush, James "Geedy" - Company G; 19th Penn- sylvania Militia Infantry; served from 09/12/1862 to 09/27/1862. James was born in Maiden Creek, Berks County, Pennsylvania on 09/12/1837. He was a son of Abraham Rausch/Raush (Sr.?) and Mary Long Raush (Rausch). He was a brother of Abraham ("Nathan"?) Rausch/Raush/Rush (Jr.?) (another Civil War veteran; listed below) and Caroline Raush (Rausch) Faust. James married Catharine S. Rhine Raush (Rausch). They had the following twelve children: "Annie" Rausch/Raush (tentatively iden- tified as Anne E. Rausch Diefenderfer), Caroline "Carrie" Raush, Catherine/Katharine/Katherine Raush, Charlotte Raush Faust, David Fitzgivens Rausch, Enoch A. Raush, Ida Raush Jungling/Yuengling, Laura Rausch/Raush, Lillian "Lillie" Raush Mengel, Monroe/Munroe Rausch, Peter Rausch and an unidentified twelfth child who wasn't named in any of the sources researched. According to Auburn-area amateur historian Kermit George Mengel (deceased), James allegedly received the nickname of "Geedy" due to his tendency to encourage his horse(s) to proceed by yelling "Geedy up!". James was an important part of Auburn's history. He worked as a brakeman, then engineer, for the Schuylkill and Susquehanna (S & S) Railroad in Auburn from 1862 to 1877. He purchased and acted as proprietor of the St. Elmo Hotel (later known as the "Auburn Hotel" or "Hotel Auburn"), Front and Market Streets, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA, from 1877 to 1888. While operating the hotel, he also conducted businesses in the form of a coal yard, a feed store and a grocery store. He was a member of the Auburn Lodge #543 I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of Odd Fellows). James became the Postmaster at Auburn from 1897 until his death in Auburn on 01/13/1904. He was interred within the Auburn Church of God cemetery; Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
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Rausch/Raush/Rush, Abraham ("Nathan Rush") (Jr.?) -
Private; Company G; 27th Regiment; Pennsylvania Emergency Militia Infantry (for presently unknown motives, Abraham used the name of "Nathan Rush" to enlist); served from 06/19/1863 until 08/01/1863. Abraham was born on 02/13/1836. He was a son of Abraham Rausch (Sr.?) and Mary Long Raush (Rausch). He was a brother of Caroline Raush Faust and James "Geedy" Raush (another Civil War veteran listed above). Abraham (Jr.?) married Emma Long Rausch. They had the following children: Abraham Rausch (Jr. or III?), Caroline Elizabeth Rausch Aikman, Carrie Rausch, Edward Rausch, Pauline Rausch Ditzler, Sabastian Rausch and Sallie Rausch. Abraham (Jr.?) died in North Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 08/09/1897 and was interred within the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Rausch, Edward - Edward Rausch is memorialized for his service
during the Civil War on the commemorative plaque located in the center of the Auburn Cemetery, Mill Street, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA, plus has a G.A.R. medallion beside his grave, indicating service during the Civil War; yet he was born approximately fifteen years after the Civil War had ended. As a result, any implication that Edward served in the military during the Civil War should be disregarded as totally inaccurate. Edward did serve during the subsequent Spanish-American War. He was in Company I, 2nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; and served from 04/28/1898 until 11/15/1898. Edward was born in Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, PA. He was a son of Abraham Rausch (Sr.?) and Emma Long Rausch. He was a brother of Abraham Rausch (Jr.?), Caroline Elizabeth Rausch Aikman, Carrie Rausch, Pauline Rausch Ditzler, Sabastian Rausch and Sallie Rausch. Edward married Sarah Elizabeth Long Rausch Ditzler in 1901. They had two children: Elsie M. Rausch (1900-1900; she lived only three days) and Pollie P. Rausch (1902-1902; she lived only two months and four days). Edward died in Schuylkill County, PA in 1903 at the age of 23 with no cause of death listed on findagrave.com. He was interred within the "Lower Cemetery" of Auburn, which would be the Auburn Cemetery, Mill Street, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
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Raush, Emanuel - Private; Company G; 27th Regiment; Pennsylvania
Infantry; enlisted on 06/22/1863; died of typhoid fever (K.I.A.) at the Academy Hospital in Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA, on 07/26/1863. Emanuel was born on 09/14/1840. He was the (illegitimate?) son of Benjamin Rausch and Catharine William. Emanuel has a grave marker located within St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA, but it is uncertain as to whether his body was recovered and interred within the cemetery. |
Reber, George - 1st Lieutenant or Captain (conflicting records);
Company F.; 116th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.; dates of service from 02/19/1864 to 07/14/1865; Wounded In Action (W.I.A.) on 05/08/1864 at the Battle of the Wilderness, VA; on 08/12/1864, he was returned to duty. George was born on 06/21/1839. He was a son of Samuel M. Reber and Elizabeth Reed Reber. He was a brother of Amelia Emily Reber Leiby, Anna Netta Reber, Aquilla Louisianna Reber Luckins, Elizabeth Reber Reichert, Ellen Reber Smith, Emanuel Reber, Mary Ann Reber Potts, Samuel S. Reber, Sarah Reber Bast and Thomas Reber. George married Rebecca J. Wagner Reber. They had at least one child: Mary Elizabeth Reber Shutter. Military records indicate that George was 5'10" and that is civilian occupation was listed simply as "railroad". George died on 02/17/1919 and was interred within the Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. |
Reber, Gideon B. - Private; Company F; 80th Regiment; 7th Pennsyl-
vania Cavalry; served from 10/22/1861 to either 05/27/1863 or 08/23/1865 (conflicting records). Gideon was born on 10/14/1843 in Schuylkill County, PA. He was a son of George Reber and Mary Rushey Reber. He was a brother of an impressive ten other siblings to include: Albert Henry Reber; Alex- ander John Reber; Amanda Rebecca Reber Reber; Elizabeth Reber; Franklin Washington Reber; George Washington Reber; Isaac B. Raber; Louis Benjamin Reber; Mary Ann Reber Emrick; and Salome Sarah Reber Hassler. Gideon married Louisa "Lucy" Ann Rohrbach Reber in 1880. The website findagrave.com has no listing of any children from this union. His civilian occupation was that of a bricklayer. Gideon died on 10/01/1931 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, and was interred within Aulenbach's Cemetery, Mount Penn, Berks County, Pennsylvania. |
Reber, Jonathan K. - Company G; 173rd Pennsylvania Infantry
Volunteers; suffered from chronic asthma; served from 10/16/1862 or 11/02/1862 (conflicting records) to 02/19/1863 or 02/22/1863 (conflicting records). Jonathan was born in Pennsylvania on 12/14/1838. He was the son of Andrew Reber and Kathryn Kramer Reber. Jonathan married Sarah Siegfried Reber. They had two children: Annie Templin Reber Schultz and Clara S. Reber Saul. Jonathan and Sarah presented a beautiful stained glass window featuring the theme of the "Revelation Lamb" to St. John's Church, Pearson Street, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. Jonathan died in Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA on 12/14/1911 (his 73rd birthday) and was interred within St. John's Church cemetery; Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Reichert, William N. - Company K; 56th Pennsylvania Infantry Regi-
ment; William had served in the military from 07/01/1863 until his death on 05/10/1864. Wounded In Action (W.I.A.) on 05/06/1864 (shot in the head with mini-ball during "the Battle of the Wilderness" in Spotsylvania County, Virginia); "Killed In Action" (K.I.A.) because he died of that injury on 05/10/1864. William was born on 01/23/1831 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth Reber Reichert on 11/11/1854 in the "Little Red Church" of Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, PA. No record of any children from this union was found under his findagrave.com web- page; however, under his wife's webpage the following children were listed: George J. Reichert, James M. Reichert and John A. Reichert (all having been born prior to William N. Reichert's death; so presum- ably they all are William's children as well). William's body was not returned to Pennsylvania. He is believed to have been buried in an unknown mass grave in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. According to the website findagrave.com, the Reverend D. B. Albright of the St. Paul's "German Reformed" Church held an honor- ary burial ceremony in the St. Paul's Church cemetery, Summer Hill Road, South Manheim Township Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 08/09/1864 "where a headstone was placed"; however, a picture of this headstone could not be found on the website. (No picture is available at this time of William's interment site or grave marker.) |
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Reppert, Amos - Company F; 116th Regiment; Pennsylvania Infantry;
enlisted on 02/01/1864; a Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Card indi- cates Amos Reppert "Died in Service" (K.I.A.) at the New York Harbor Hospital, New York, New York County, New York on 10/27/1864 but does not indicate a cause of death. A grave marker exists at the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA, but it is uncertain as to whether Amos is actually interred within the cemetery. |
Reppert, Henry "Cappy" - Company F; 116th Regiment; Pennsyl-
vania Infantry; Wound In Action (W.I.A.) on either 05/16/1864 or 05/18/1864 at the Battle of the Spotsylvania Courthouse; served from 02/17/1864 to 07/14/1865. Henry was born in Pennsylvania on 08/07/1845. He was the son of David Reppert and Elizabeth Keck Reppert. Henry married Ellen Kershner Reppert (Henry's first wife). They had the following children: George W. Reppert, Paul H. Reppert and William H. Reppert. Henry married Angelina Kerchner Reppert in 1894. Military records indicate Henry was 5’5” with green (or grey?) eyes and auburn hair. His civilian occupation was listed as that of a (canal) boatman and a (railroad) brakeman. Henry's nickname of "Cappy" was allegedly assigned as a result of Henry having been a "Captain" in the military, but this may have been a title from having worked as a canal boatman since there isn't any record of him having achieved that military rank. He was one of the Auburn area's more eccentric characters. He would decorate his buckboard wagon for participation in town parades...which was usually pulled by either a cow or an ox. Henry died in West Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County, PA, on 08/08/1925 and was interred within the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Reppert, Joseph - Company G; 116th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.
(NOTE: the website findagrave.com has no listing for this veteran as having been interred anywhere within the United States) |
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Rhine, John S. - Private; Company G; 27th Regiment, Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry; served from 06/19/1863 or 06/22/1863 (conflic- ting records) until 07/31/1863. John was born in South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 12/11/1845. He was a son of Peter Rhine/Rhyne and Mary Shoener/Shoner Rhine/Rhyne. He was a brother of Catharine S. Rhine Raush, Priscilla Rhine Acker, Rebecca Rhine Blackwell, Sarah Rhein Petry and William Rhine. John married at least twice. His first wife was Justina Koch Rhine. They had a child: Emmelina K. Rhine Schaeffer. He married his second wife Elizabeth Ney Rhine in 1913. They had no children listed on the website findagrave.com. John died in South Manheim Township on 02/09/1918 and was interred within the Auburn Church of God cemetery; Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Ribge (or Ribkee or Ripkee), Jacob (Jr.?) - Corporal; Company D;
116th Regiment, Captain Wellington Jones' Independent Pennsylvania Infantry; served from 09/15/1862 to 07/09/1863; contracted rheuma- tism. Jacob (Jr.?) was born in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 11/27/1831. He was a son of Jacob Ribge/Ribkee (Sr.?) and Katharine "Kate" Heim Ribge/Ribkee. He was a brother of Eli Ribkee, Katie Ribkee Moyer, Lydia Ribkee, Mary Magdalena Ribge Breon and Sarah Ribkee Schroeder. Jacob married Martha Ann Becker Ribkee/Ripkee in 1868. They had the following children: Charles A. Ripkee, Ellen Nora Ripkee Minnis, Harry Benedict Ripkee, John L. Ripkee and William Robert Ripkee. Jacob (Jr.?) died on 12/01/1895 in Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania and was interred within the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Runkle, Joshua - (NOTE: Joshua Runkle has a G.A.R. medallion
indicating he was a Civil War veteran next to his grave marker, but there is no current record of his military service on the website findagrave.com). Joshua was born in Pennsylvania on 04/25/1832. He was a son of Jacob Runkle and Elizabeth Mertz Runkle. He was a brother of Elizabeth Runkle Strause and Louis Runkle. Joshua married Sarah Fahl Runkle. They had the following children: Catharine Runkel (Runkle), Ellen Runkle Heffner, James H. Runkle, Morris Runkle and William Runkle. Joshua was employeed by the Schuylkill Navigation Company and eventually became the general superintendant between Schuylkill Haven and Philadelphia - a distance of one hundred and four miles. Joshua died in Landingville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 09/11/1918 and was interred within St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. A notation in his obituary stated that he had been born within a half mile of the Schuylkill Navigation Company's canal tunnel (the first tunnel in the United States). |
Rush, Nathan - see: "Rausch, Abraham Nathan Jr."
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Schoener (or Shoener or Shoner), William A. - Sergeant, Company A,
173rd Regiment; Pennsylvania Drafted Militia; served from 11/01/1862 until 08/17/1863; Captain, Company F, 116th Regiment; Pennsylvania Infantry (promoted from Second Lieutenant on 01/17/1865). Served from 02/23/1864 until 06/14/1865; service ended by "special order". William was born on 06/06/1837. He was a son of John Shoener and Catharine Hesser Shoener. He was a brother of George Shoener and Louise Shoener Dewald. William married twice: first to Emma L. Fey Shoener and then again to Mary A. Leiby Shoener. He and Emma had at a child: John Thomas Shoener. William died on 07/10/1898 in Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania and was interred within the Salem Evangelical Church cemetery, Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. |
Schrader (or Schroder or Schroeder), Jacob J. - Musician,
Wellington Jones’ Independent Company D; served from 09/15/1862 to 07/09/1863; also Musician, Company F; 116th Regiment, Pennsyl- vania Volunteer Infantry and/or Company K, 48th Regiment, Pennsyl- vania Volunteer Infantry; served from 02/01/1864 or 02/19/1864 (conflicting records) until 07/14/1865; captured at Reams Station, Virginia on 08/25/1864 and was held as a Prisoner of War (P.O.W.) until March of 1865. Jacob was born in Pennsylvania on 01/21/1847. He was a son of Reuben Schroeder and Matilda Bowen Schroeder. He was a brother of Charles Schroeder and John F. Schroeder. Jacob married Sarah Wildermuth Schroeder. They had the following children: Abraham Lincoln Schroeder, Carrie M. Schroeder Ebling and John A. Schroeder. Jacob's military record indicates that he was 5’5” with blue eyes and auburn hair. His civilian occupations were listed as those of a (canal) boatman and a locomotive engineer. Jacob died while residing in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsyl- vania on 08/07/1908. Jacob was employed at that time by the Phila- delphia and Reading (P & R) Railroad company as a locomotive engineer when he was scalded to death in a train wreck near Williams- town, PA. He was interred within the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Schultz, Henry Augustus - Corporal; Company K; 48th Regiment;
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; enlisted on 01/01/1864; Wounded In Action (W.I.A.) - "right side and arm" (but doesn't state what had caused the injury). Henry was born on 03/14/1836. He was a son of Dr. Augustus Schulze (Schultz) and Catharine "Kate" Haas Schulze (Schultz). He was a brother of Amelia Schulze, Catharine Schulce Ladner, David L. Schultz, Ella Solly Schultz, Mary J. Schulze, Rosamunda Schulze and William R. Schultz (who was also a Civil War veteran - listed below). Henry's military record indicates Henry was 5'5 ¾" with a light com- plexion, green (or grey?) eyes and dark hair. Henry married Mary Ann Underkofler Schultz. They had the following children: David L. Schulze (Schultz), Henry Tecumseh Schulze (Schultz) and Howard Henry Schulze (Schultz). Henry's civilian occupation was listed as that of a farmer. Henry died in Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 03/11/1880 and was interred within St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Schultz (or Shultz), William R. - Sergeant; Company G; 19th Penn-
sylvania Militia Infantry. William was born on 05/17/1837. He was a son of Dr. Augustus Schulze (Schultz) and Catharine "Kate" Haas Schulze (Schultz). He was a brother of Amelia Schulze, Catharine Schulce Ladner, David L. Schultz, Ella Solly Schultz, Henry Augustus Schultz (who was also a Civil War veteran - listed above), Mary J. Schulze and Rosamunda Schulze. William married Sybilla Spears Schultz. They had the following children: Earl A. Schultz, Frederick Hunter Schultz, John Augustus Schultz, Kate I. Schulze (Schultz), Mary V. Schulze (Schultz) and Sarah Catharine Schultz Young. William died on 07/30/1885 and was interred within St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Seigfried (or Siegfried), John (Jr.?) - Private; Company G; 116th
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; served from 1864 until 07/14/1865. John (Jr.?) was born in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 02/24/1847. He was a son of Jonathan Siegfried (Sr.?) and Clara Dewald Siegfried. He was a brother of Annie Templin Siegfried Brensinger, Carrie (Caroline?) Alice Siegfried, Ella E. Siegfried Reber, Jonathan Siegfried, Mary Ann Siegfried Linderman, Nathaniel Siegfried, Rebecca Siegfried Lindermuth and Sarah Siegfried Reber. John (Jr.?) married Leanna Reber Siegfried. They had the following children: Albert Seigfried and Henry Seigfried. John (Jr.?) was invalided on 05/31/1890. John (Jr.?) died in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on either 12/07/1925 or 12/08/1925 and was interred within St. Paul's Church cemetery, Summer Hill Road, South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Shaw, Joseph - Began service 03/22/1864; listed as Killed In Action
(K.I.A.) on 07/18/1864 at the Battle of Snicker's Ferry, Clarke County, Virginia. Joseph was born circa 1839 or 1840. Military records list him as 5'10"; sandy hair; blue eyes; with a civilian occupation of farmer. Joseph was interred within the Winchester National Cemetery, Winchester, Winchester City, Frederick County, Virginia. |
Shollenberger, Cyrus - Private; Company B; 167th Regiment Infan-
try; served from 10/20/1862 until 03/01/1863 (OR) Company E.; 96th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; served from 09/30/1861 until 01/10/1863 (conflicting records); contracted rheumatism. Cyrus was born in Windsor Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania on 11/07/1833. He was a son of Henry Shollenberger and Elisabeth Fisher Shollenberger. He was a brother of Annabella Shollenberger Brown, Elizabeth Shollenberger Wagner, Franklin Schollenberger (Shollenberger), Gabriella Schollenberger (Shollenberger) Kaup, and John Shollenberger. Cyrus married Esther Herber Shollenberger. They had the following children: Agnes Shollenberger Kamp, Albert Schollenberger (Shollen- berger), Annie Shollenberger Reed, Charles Schollenberger (Shollen- berger), Elizabeth Elmira Shollenberger Rauch, Emma Shollenberger Bast, Frank E. Schollenberger (Shollenberger), Victoria M. Shollen- berger Luckenbill and William Scott Shollenberger. An 1880 juror's listing from the Pine Grove Herald newspaper lists "Cyrus Shollen- berger, shoemaker, Auburn". Cyrus died in Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 02/25/1910 and was interred within the Auburn Church of God cemetery; Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Snayberger (or Sneyberger), James Nicholas - Private; Company E;
39th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; served from 06/20/1863 until 08/02/1863; Company A; 48th Regiment; Pennsyl- vania Volunteer Infantry; served from 02/22/1864 until 07/11/1865 or 07/17/1865 (conflicting records); enlistment records have him under the name Nicholas Sneyberger during his service in the 48th Regi- ment. James was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania on 09/05/1845. He was a son of Christian Vincent Snayberger and Mary Ann Scheaffer Snayberger. He was a brother of Frederick S. Snayberger, Henry A. Snayberger, Isaac W. Snayberger, John Snayberger, Mary N. Snay- berger Wagner and Sarah Ann Snayberger Knoblauch. James married Annie Lyons Snayberger. They had at least one child: Elmira Snayberger Moyer. James was described in military records as being 5'7" with a dark complexion, hazel eyes and brown hair. His civilian occupation was listed as that of a laborer. James died in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 06/18/1887 and was interred within the Port Clinton Cemetery, Port Clinton, Schuylkill County, PA. His widow, Annie Lyons Snayberger, applied for a military pension in 1890 for his service (using the name Nicholas). |
Staudt, Johannes - Johannes is interred within the Auburn Ceme-
tery, Mill Street, Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Adjacent to his grave site is a "G.A.R." medallion inserted into the soil; yet Johannes died 38 years prior to the start of the Civil War. As a result, his alleged military service during the Civil War has been disproved and the G.A.R. military medallion should be removed from his grave site. Johannes was born in May, 1756 and died on 07/10/1823. As a point of historical interest, Johannes is the earliest known interment to be located within the town of Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. He was interred within this site prior to any official church having been built in Auburn, presumably prior to any official cemetery having been established here, and prior to Auburn being established as a town, while this property was still within private ownership. See the web- page titled "Auburn Cemetery" on this website for more details about the original/first known cemetery within Auburn's town limits. |
Stout, Daniel - Private; Company D; 15th Regiment; Pennsylvania
Independent Volunteers; Company G; 116th Regiment; Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; Wounded In Action (W.I.A.) on 06/03/1864; listed as a "G.S.W." (Gun Shot Wound) to left leg. Daniel was born on 03/05/1826 in Pennsylvania. His military records listed him as 5’5” with brown eyes. His civilian occupation was listed as that of a laborer. Daniel died in South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsyl- vania on 11/08/1904 and was interred within St. Paul's Church cemetery, Summer Hill Road; South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. |
Strause (or Strauss or Strouse), Samuel (Jr.?) - Private;
Company D; Captain Wellington Jones’ Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; served from 09/15/1862 until 07/09/1863. Samuel (Jr.?) was born in West Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 09/24/1837. He was a son of Samuel Strause/Strauss/Strouse (Sr.?) and Anna Maria Fisher Strause/ Strauss/Strouse. He was a brother of Maria Strause/Strauss/Strouse Stoudt and Sarah Strause/Strauss/Strouse McAllister. Samuel (Jr.?) married Mary Ann Skeen Strause/Strauss/Strouse. They had the following children: Anna M. Strause/Strauss/Strouse Fritz; Carrie E. Strause/Strauss/Strouse Shearer and Herbert Clause Strause/Strauss/Strouse. Samuel's civilian occupation was listed in military records as having been that of a (railroad) engineer. Samuel died in Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 08/04/1898 and was interred within the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Strause (or Strauss or Strouse), William L. - Private or Corporal
(conflicting records); Company A, 167th Pennsylvania Infantry; or Company K, 127 Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (conflicting records). He served either from 10/27/1862 to 08/12/1863; or from 08/14/1862 to 05/29/1863 (conflicting records). His hearing was possibly affected by typhoid fever contracted during war. A William L. Strause is listed on the website findagrave.com as having been born on 06/08/1834 in Pennsylvania. He was a son of Philip Strause/Strauss/Strouse and Sarah Philippi (Phillips) Strause/Strauss /Strouse. He was a brother of Benneville Strause/Strauss/Strouse, Catherine Strause/Strauss/Strouse Schopf, Elias Strause/Strauss /Strouse, John L. Strause/Strauss/Strouse, Joseph Strause/Strauss /Strouse, Julianna A. Strause/Strauss/Strouse Haag, Leah L. Strause/Strauss/Strouse Burkery, Michael Strause/Strauss/Strouse and Rebecca Strause/Strauss/Strouse Phillips. William married Catharine (or Catherina) Grim Strause/Strauss /Strouse. They had the following children: Howard William Strause/Strauss/Strouse, Ida V. Strause/Strauss/Strouse, Mary Ann Strause/Strauss/Strouse, Sarah C. Strause/Strauss/Strouse Kriner, Senara Strause/Strauss/Strouse, Taylor Strause/Strauss/Strouse and Tilden Grim Strause/Strauss/Strouse. William's occupation is listed on his Certificate of Death as that of a farmer. William died in Reading, Berks County, PA on 05/10/1914 and was interred within the Zions Red Church cemetery, Orwigsburg, Schuyl- kill County, PA. |
Strausser, William - Company G and/or K, 48th Pennsylvania Volun-
teer Infantry; enlisted from 10/01/1861 until 06/18/1862; discharged for an unspecified disability. Military records indicate William was twenty-one years old when he enlisted, making his year of birth either 1841 or 1842. The records also reflect he was 5' 8 1/2" with a light complexion, light-colored hair, grey (or green?) eyes, and that his civilian occupation was that of a farmer and his residence was at Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. (Information obtained from the website 48thPennsylvania.blogspot.com). The website findagrave.com has no listing for either a William Strausser or a William Strauser (alternative spelling) that match his year(s) of birth as having been interred anywhere in the United States; as a result, no image of his grave marker is currently available to this website. |
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Trumbo, Henry H. (Jr.?) - Wounded In Action (W.I.A.) at the
Battle of the Spotsylvania Courthouse (Virginia) on 05/12/1864; died on 06/03/1864 or 06/05/1864 as a result of injuries received on 05/12/1864 (K.I.A.). Henry (Jr.?) was born on 08/14/1845. He was a son of Henry Trumbo (Sr.?) and Mary Wagner Trumbo. He was a brother of Elvina Trumbo Hummel, Emma E. Trumbo Kaup, Harriet J. Trumbo Wilson, James H. Trumbo, Joseph H. Trumbo, Mary R. Trumbo Brown and Sarah Ellen Trumbo Bensinger. Henry (Jr.?) was interred within the Saint Paul's Evangelical Congre- gational Church cemetery, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsyl- vania. |
Wagner, Jared M. - Private; Company I; 179th Regiment, Pennsyl-
vania Volunteer Infantry; served from 10/23/1862 until 07/27/1863. Jared was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania on 12/16/1834. He was a son of Johannes (Jonathan) I. Wagner and Elizabetha (or Elizabeth) Miesse Wagner. He was a brother of John M. Wagner (1821-1908), Jonathan M. Wagner (1825-1895) and Samuel W. Wagner. Jared married Henrietta Straus (or Strauss) Wagner. The website findagrave.com indicates that they had twelve children, eleven of which are identified here. They had the following identified children: Alice Maria Wagner Dunkelberger, Carrie Ann Wagner Kimmel, Charles Grant Wagner, Diana Wagner, Emeline ("Emma"?) S. Wagner, Frank Jared Wagner, James "Jim" Monroe Wagner, Kathryn Elizabeth Wagner Berger, Sallie Ann Wagner Mengel, William Wagner and Willoughby H. Wagner. A twelfth child was tentatively identified on that website only as "Emma Wagner" but it is uncertain as to whether that child is the same individual as the previously listed Emeline S. Wagner. Jared died in Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 08/21/1918 and was interred within the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Wagner, William M. - Sergeant; Company F.; 116th Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry; Wounded In Action (W.I.A.) on 06/03/1864 at the Battle of Cold Harbor (Virginia); Returned To Duty (R.T.D.) on 08/12/1864; served from 02/19/1864 to 07/14/1865. William was born on 06/11/1832. Military records indicate that his civilian occupation as that of a "laborer". William died on 01/25/1898 and was interred within the St. Paul's Church cemetery; Summer Hill Road, South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, PA. |
Wike, William H. Sr. - Teamster; Company C or G; 1st Regiment,
Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry; Wounded In Action (W.I.A.) with a "G.S.W." (Gun Shot Wound) to his shoulder resulting in permanent stiffness in his arm and hand; served from 08/28/1861 to 09/09/1864. William Sr. was born in Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania in 1833. He married Harriet White Wike. They had the following children: Alice Rebecca Wike Baldinger, Charles D. Wike, Deppy (a female - possibly Despina?) Wike, Emma T. Wike Berger, Esther Jane Wike Nein, Etta Wike, Irvin Wike, John Wike, Mrs. A. F. Wike Wildermuth, Mrs. Jacob Wike Garrett, Sadie/Sady Wike Fisher, Sarah Ann Wike and William H. Wike Jr. William Sr. died in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 02/18/1898 of a hemorrhage and was interred within the St. John's Church cemetery, Cemetery Road, Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA. |