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Obituary of Jacob Wilt – Dies from Swallowing Quail Bone
Posted By Norman Gasbarro on March 12, 2018
Jacob Wilt, who served in the Civil War in the 1st Pennsylvania Infantry, Company E, as a Private, from 20 April 1861 through 24 July 1861, and again in the 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Companies C and D, as a Private, from 27 August 1861 through the end of the war, is honored on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument.
His death on 16 November 1913 was reported in a Harrisburg newspaper and in the Lykens newspaper.
The Harrisburg Patriot of 17 November 1913 stated:
Death of War Veteran Caused by Swallowing Bone
Piketown, Pennsylvania, 17 November 1913 — Jacob Wilt, a veteran of the Civil War, died at the home of his brother, Hiram Wilt, yesterday morning. Several weeks ago he swallowed a bone while eating and as a result took blood poisoning, and also had a stroke of paralysis last week. He was 82 years old. The funeral services will be held at the home of his brother on Thursday.
The Lykens Standard also published an obituary, but on 28 November 1913:
JACOB WILT
Jacob Wilt for many years a resident of Wiconisco, died at the home of his brother Hiram Wilt at Piketown, Sunday morning, 16 November, aged 80 years, 5 months and 6 days. He had gone to his brother’s home to spend the winter as usual. Seven days before his death he swallowed a small bone while eating quail which could not be removed and as a result blood poisoning set in. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having served an enlistment of four years and six months. Short funeral services were held at his brother’s home Thursday afternoon at 1 o’clock, which were continued at the Wenrich Church, Linglestown, of which he was a faithful member. Interment was made in the adjoining cemetery.
Deceased is survived by two sons: George Wilt of Lykens, and William Wilt of Allentown; and one daughter, Mrs. William Gratz, of Philadelphia. Also, one brother and one sister, Hiram Wilt, of Piketown, and Mrs. Samuel Maurer of Lykens.
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News clippings from Newspapers.com.
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