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Who Was Jacob Bordner of Lykens?
Posted By Norman Gasbarro on August 24, 2018
On 26 April 1861, Jacob Bordner, who had enrolled at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was mustered into service in Company F, 10th Pennsylvania Infantry, as a Private. He gave his age as 23 and his occupation as shoemaker.
The Military Summary Cards, shown above from the Pennsylvania Archives, confirm that service of Jacob Bordner, with his muster in and muster out dates and locations. Jacob Bordner was honorably discharged on 31 July 1861.
Since several persons with this same name have been found in census records and in military records, it is difficult to determine what happened to Jacob Bordner after his Civil War service was completed.
No Pension Index Card has been located for a Jacob Bordner who served in the 10th Pennsylvania Infantry.
In Newspapers.com, there are many references to a person or persons of that name, but no obituary has been found that matches with the Civil War veteran.
In 1850, a 12 year old Jacob Bordner was found in the household of Francis Frint, Washington Township, Dauphin County. No relationship was given. Was this the same person?
Finally, the name of Jacob Bordner appears on the Lykens G.A.R. Monument, as a Private who was not a member of the Heilner G.A.R. Post.
Additional information is sought about the Jacob Bordner who lived in Lykens in 1861 and who honorably served in the 10th Pennsylvania Infantry. What happened to him? Did he marry? Did he have children? Why is there no pension application? When did he die?
For readers who know the answers, please contribute them as comments to this post.
Pennsylvania Civil War Muster Rolls, 1860-1869 on ancestry.com
93rd Pennsylvania Inf., Co. I. For Jacob Bordner noted in remarks:
“Absent in Gen. Hosp. of wounds at Selam Hights [sic] May 3 ‘63.”
Probably Salem Heights in Spotsylvanis, Virginia.
The PA 93rd Inf Co I was mustered in on Nov 4, 1862.