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Samuel Etzweiler – 101st Pennsylvania Infantry
Posted By Norman Gasbarro on January 18, 2019
Samuel Etzweiler died on 24 April 1916 and is buried at the St. Paul (Bowerman’s) Church Cemetery, Enterline, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. On his grave marker it is noted that he served in the 101st Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, as a Private.
At Harrisburg, on 20 February 1865, Samuel Etzweiler enrolled in the 101st Pennsylvania Infantry, the 2nd Company D, as a Private. The next day he was was mustered into service. He was 18 years old, a laborer and a resident of Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was born in Pennsylvania, according to another source, on 12 April 1846. His descriptive information included a height of 5 foot 8 inches, sandy hair , light complexion, and grey eyes. That information is reported on the Pennsylvania Veterans’ File Card (shown above), obtained from the Pennsylvania Archives.
On 25 June 1865, he was mustered out of the service with his company.
On 20 August 1879, Samuel Etzweiler applied for a veterans’ pension, which, according to the Pension Index Card (above) from Fold3, he received and collected to his death, which is noted on the card as 2 April 1916. Following his death, his widow applied and she received benefits until her death.
Genealogical information found elsewhere indicates that some time following the Civil War, Samuel Etzwewiler married Catherine E. Mader, who was born about 1845 in Halifax, Dauphin County, and died in 1921 in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Catherine and Samuel had at least three known children together.
Samuel Etzweiler was the son of Jonathan Etzweiler (1825-1910), a farmer, and his wife Mary “Polly” [Hoover] Etzweiler (1827-1901). In 1860, Samuel was living at home in Jefferson Township, Dauphin County, and although no occupation was given on the census for him, he probably was a laborer on the family farm. In 1870, he was living in Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County, and was working as a farmer. Likewise, in 1880, he was working as a farmer, but in Wayne Township, Dauphin County. In 1890, he was still living in Wayne Township, but by 1900, he had moved to Porter Township, Schuylkill County. In 1910, he is found in Plant City, Hillsborough County, Florida, where was working as a farmer and a laborer. At some point between then and his death, he moved to Tower City, where he died.
Of his three known children, one lived until 1952: Mary Alice Etzweiler, born 27 July 1878, married Charles Darwin Hoffman (1869-1954), a direct descendant of John Peter Hoffman, pioneer settler of the Lykens Valley. They had at least six known children.
Additional information is sought about this Civil War veteran. The pension application files were not consulted for this blog post, nor were the actual military records. Comments can be added to this post or sent via e-mail.
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