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Thaddeus S. Williamson – Served in Maryland Regiment, Buried at Killinger
Posted By Norman Gasbarro on March 9, 2018
Thaddeus S. Williamson is buried at the Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery at Killinger, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His grave is marked with a G.A.R. Star and Flag Holder and his stone indicates service in a Maryland Civil War regiment – Company A, Purnell Legion of the Maryland Volunteer Cavalry. His service dates were from 8 February 1862 to 8 February 1865, and his rank was Bugler.
The Pension Index Card, shown above from Fold 3, notes his service in the Purnell Legion, and gives his initial date for pension benefits application as 28 September 1875. The death date of 16 December 1913 is consistent with what is carved on his grave marker. The widow, Sarah L. Williamson, as noted on the second Pension Index Card, shown above from Ancestry.com, applied for benefits on 31 December 1913, from Pennsylvania. Both Thaddeus and Sarah received the pension benefits which they collected until their respective deaths.
While the pension application files for this individual are not yet available on Fold 3, the military records are available. Shown above is the folder-jacket for the records. Images of the twenty-one cards housed, each representing reference to a specific muster roll or equipment issue are are all pictured on Fold 3.
The wife of Thaddeus S. Williamson was the former Sarah Louisa Rush and she too is buried at the Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery at Killinger.
More research needs to be done to determine why this Maryland soldier ended up being buried in Upper Paxton Township and what his relationship was to the Millersburg area. Also, Thaddeus S. Williamson is not named on the Millersburg Soldier Monument – still another person with a connection to the area who is missing from that memorial.
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