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Jonathan W. Feeser – 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Posted By Norman Gasbarro on March 25, 2019
Jonathan W. Feeser was born 17 September 1824 in Pennsylvania and died on 20 April 1905, at Linglestown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War, he served in the 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company B, as a Private.
The Pennsylvania Veterans File Card (above) from the Pennsylvania Archives gives very little information about his Civil War service, except that his enrollment was for a period of three years. Other sources indicate that he joined the regiment and company on 2 February 1864, and that toward the end of his service his company was consolidated into the 1st Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry, and that he was honorably discharged on 13 July 1865 from that regiment.
Some time prior to 1846, Jonathan W. Feeser married Catherine Zimmerman, and with her had at least nine known children, as follows (birth & death dates approximate):
- Mary E. Feeser (1846-1919), who married a Bolton;
- Angeline Feeser (1849-1867);
- Uriah F. Feeser (1851-1913);
- Edward Feeser (c. 1853-?);
- Martin Luther Feeser (1855-1942);
- Emma Jane Feeser (1857-1949), married a Cassell;
- Katherine Feeser (1860-1928), married a Keffer;
- Anne Feeser (1861-?);
- Gertrude “Gertie” Feeser (1866-?).
Catherine [Zimmerman] Feeser died in 1900. Prior to this, on 14 July 1890, Jonathan Feeser applied for a Civil War pension, which he received and collected until his death.
The Pension Index Card (above) is from Ancestry.com.
Two brief obituaries for Jonathan Feeser appeared in Harrisburg newspapers.
From the Harrisburg Patriot, 21 April 1905:
OBITUARY
JONATHAN FEESER DEAD
Prominent Resident of Penbrook Succumbed to Old Age at 81 Years
Penbrook, April 20 [1905] – Jonathan Feeser, father of Martin Feeser, contractor of town, died of old age early this morning at the home of his son. He was eighty-one years old.
Mr. Feeser was a well-known resident of Paxtonia for many years, and all who came in contact with him honored him for his fine qualities. The funeral services will be held at 9:30 o’clock Sunday morning at his son’s home and the interment will be made at the Linglestown Cemetery.
And, from the Harrisburg Telegraph, 21 April 1905:
Jonathan Feeser
Jonathan Feeser, one of the most prominent residents of Penbrook, died of old age yesterday morning at the home of his son, Martin Feeser, aged eighty-one years.
Mr. Feeser has for years resided in Paxtonia and was held in high esteem by all in that vicinity. The funeral will be held Sunday morning at 9:30 o’clock at the home of his son. Interment will be made in the Linglestown cemetery.
It is noted that Mr. Feeser’s veteran status was not mentioned in the obituaries thus far reviewed.
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News clippings from Newspapers.com. Portrait of Jonathan W. Feeser from Military Milestones of Old Paxton Township, 1715-1946, by Nevin W. Moyer.
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