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Posted By Norman Gasbarro on June 6, 2014

One of the great ironies of the Great Shohola Train Wreck is that one of the Union guards who was killed, Lyman Wetherby, was from the same region of Pennsylvania where the coal train originated – the coal train that collided with the prisoner train resulting in Lyman’s death. The northern part of the anthracite mining area included Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.  The above extract from the Census of 1860 (Ancestry.com) is from Scott Township, Luzerne County, where Lyman Wetherby was enumerated as a 40 year old farmer, living with his large family.

A widow’s pension application based on Lyman Wetherby‘s service was made on 29 August 1864, by his widow, Catherine [Swetland] Wetherby. The Pension Index Card from Ancestry.com is shown above.   She received the pension.  All the application papers (59 pages) that she submitted are now available on the military records site Fold3.  The application file contains the usual, required proof that Catherine was the legal husband of Lyman Wetherby, that all the minor children were the children of Catherine and Lyman, the military record of Lyman, and that Lyman died in the line of duty – including the circumstances surrounding his death.

Document #3. Names of minor children, dates of birth, and date at which benefits should terminate (age 16).

Lyman Wetherby‘s military service included his first enrollment in the 143rd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company B, as a Private.  He was mustered into that service on 16 August 1862, but owing to wounds received at Gettysburg in early July 1863, he was given an opportunity to be discharged on a Surgeon’s Certificate of Disability or joining the Veteran Reserve Corps.  He chose the latter and on 1 November 1863, he was transferred to the 11th Veteran Reserve Corps, Company F.  After his initial service guarding a Philadelphia hospital, he was assigned to duty at Point Lookout, Maryland, guarding prisoners, and just after the military prison opened in Elmira, Chemung County, New York, in early July 1864, he was detailed to guard a group of Confederate prisoners to be transported by water to Jersey City, New Jersey, and then by rail to Elmira Prison.  If he had been successful in this task, he would have returned to Point Lookout via the Northern Central Railroad- through the Lykens Valley and Millersburg to Harrisburg, and then to Baltimore – which was the fastest way for him to return.  Unfortunately, the tragedy of the train wreck near Shohola terminated his return plans.  Lyman was declared dead at the train wreck site and initially buried there in Pennsylvania.  In 1911, most of the bodies were recovered from their burial place near where the wreck occurred and were re-interred at Elmira, New York, in a common grave at Woodlawn National Cemetery.  The odds are that Lyman was one of those re-interred, but since all of the bodies were not found in 1911, it is possible that his remains are still in Pennsylvania.

Document #36. Lyman Wetherby’s Military Record Summary.

The summary military record (shown above, from Fold3), includes the statement that he was “killed 13 July 1864 at Shohola, Pennsylvania, by collision of trains at the Erie Railroad while guarding prisoners of war to Elmira, New York.”  There several other references to his death at Shohola, including in Documents #3, #5, #7, #9, #38, #39, #41, #53, #56, #57, and #58.

Document #43. Notification letter to Mrs. Wetherby of Death of Her Husband.

However, two letters to Mrs. Wetherby detail the circumstances of Lyman’s death.  These letters are found in the pension application file, heretofore referenced.  A portion of one of the letters is shown above.

The first letter, 1 August 1864, sent to Mrs. L. Wetherby (Document #43 and #44) was from a Private William H. Crop of Company F of the 11th Veteran Reserve Corps who was on the train and who described the accident as follows:

The accident occurred on the R. R. from Jersey City to Erie, Pennsyvlania, about 1 1/2 miles from Shohola, Pennsylvania.  Robert Wilson of this Company saw him breathe his last.  Mr. W. lived only 40 minutes after the collision.  His head was hurt some way and the right leg badly mangled but it was supposed that his death was occasioned by more internal injuries not apparent.  You can best obtain the money due him by procuring the services of some lawyer to that end.  He has pay due from 6 months and 16 days service….

The name of Robert Wilson is not found among the dead. Perhaps the writer mistook him for someone else – or Robert Wilson may have been one of those in the Company who were not injured.

The second letter found in the files pre-dates the first letter and was sent to Mrs. Lyman Wetherby on 23 July 1864, from Point Lookout (Documents #47, #48, #49, and #50).  It was also from Private William H. Crop:

It is with the greatest reluctance that I proceed to address you today, but I conceive it to be my solemn duty to make this painful announcement.

Doubtless the intelligence of the late terrible Railway disaster on the N. Y. and Erie R. R. has reached you ere – this is possibly the worst and most grievous tidings connected with this sad affair have also been transmitted to you.  If so your grief will be less intense from a repetition of this melancholy announcement.  I shall regret deeply having reproduced an account of your inconsolable sorrow.  Your husband, Lyman Wetherby, left here on about the 12th inst. as one of a squad detailed from this Regiment to act as escort to Rebel prisoners being sent from this point to Elmira, New York. He was apparently rugged in health and enjoying himself cheerfully as well and I cannot say positively on what day the accident occurred but I think it happened a day or two before your last letter to your husband which I return enclosed herewith.  It was opened that I might assure myself of the proper directions as I endeavor to inform you of the… fate visited upon your companion in that horrible collision.  Twenty men from this Regiment are reported as killed, four of them being members of Company F….  Most to be lamented is the name of Lyman Wetherby.

The intelligence of the latter’s death gave me feelings of the deepest grief.  He was my berth companion ever since we left Philadelphia last May.  We were associated at that place in the hospital together as guards.  We have slept side by side for the past three months or nearly so.  Mr. W. merited the universal esteem of the members of the military organization from which he has just been separated.  Was truly patriotic in sentiment, tone to which he espoused his soldierly calling.

His habits were uniformly those of strict sobriety, his example worthy of imitation. In his bearing… conversation a religious inclination was clearly manifest.  It was evident religious matters had been given some consideration – some serious contemplation.

William H. Crop then proceeded to inventory Wetherby’s effects.  He concluded with the following:

The actual figures may vary slightly from those above given, but they are approximately correct.  I am willing to transmit you any further information in my possession relative to the one you mourn.

Lyman Wetherby‘s service at Gettysburg is noted on the table for the 143rd Pennsylvania Infantry on the Pennsylvania Memorial:

Click on picture to enlarge.

The believed grave site of Lyman Wetherby is at Elmira, New York.  The common grave for the Union and Confederate soldiers is marked by a monument.  Lyman’s name appears on the tablet for the Union soldiers killed near Shohola:

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Posted By Norman Gasbarro on June 5, 2014

Adam Wilkinson (1836-1864) was one of the Union soldiers who died near Shohola, Pennsylvania, in the train wreck on 15 July 1864.  Prior to serving in Company F of the Veteran Reserve Corps, he had served in the 121st Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H, as a Private.

Of the 128 members of the Union Guard on the prisoner train traveling from Jersey City, New Jersey to Elmira, New York, that was involved in the Great Shohola Train Wreck in Pennsylvania, a few were from Pennsylvania.  Research is still on-going to determine the names of all 128 of the Union Guard soldiers.  Those guard members who survived the wreck returned to Point Lookout, Maryland, via the Northern Central Railroad (Elmira to Williamsport, and then through Sunbury, Millersburg, Harrisburg and eventually to Baltimore), while those who were killed in the wreck were first buried near the site of the wreck and then were in 1911 re-interred at the Woodlawn National Cemetery in Elmira.  If a list of the 128 can be obtained, the individual genealogies and military records of each member of the guard can be researched.  At present, the names of those who died are known as well as the names of those who were injured.  Of those who died or who were injured, the residencies vary and include Ohio, New York, Illinois, Iowa, in addition to Pennsylvania.  All of the 128 men who were guarding the prisoners on the train had previously served in other regiments most likely for their state, and had either been injured at some point in their service or had chosen to transfer to or re-enlist in the Invalid Corps, later known as the Veteran Reserve Corps.  For the men who died near Shohola, if they had a surviving wife or children, a pension application file would usually be available.  For those surviving spouses who made application shortly after the train wreck, the supporting documentation is probably available on-line through Fold3.

On the 22 August 1864, the wife of Adam Wilkinson, Eliza [McEleney] Wilkinson applied for a widow’s pension (see Pension Index Card at the top of this post).

There are 38 pages from the pension application which are currently available on Fold3.

As part of the application, Eliza had to provide proof that she was married to Adam Wilkinson:

Document #8.

The proof submitted was an official copy of the record of the 9th Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, that the couple was joined in marriage on 4 July 1854 by Rev. William Blackwood, with the names of the witnesses given.

She also had to prove that that the surviving children were hers and Adam’s.

Document #24.

Several documents were submitted to verify the claim for the surviving children.  The portion of the document shown above notes the dates that each child would reach the age of 16 and therefore be ineligible for further benefits.  The surviving children named were:  Rebecca Wilkinson, born 12 July 1855;  Mary Ann Wilkinson, born 29 July 1861; and Addie Wilkinson, born 30 October 1864.  In the original pension application, Addie was not included as she had not yet been born when her father died.

The military service of Adam Wilkinson also had to be verified as well as confirmation and the circumstances of his death.  There is some confusion in the documents as to when he was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps and the date in which the railroad accident took place, but there are some telling documents included in the file which directly relate to the Shohola Train Wreck:

Document #4.  Verification of service in the 121st Pennsylvania Infantry and wounds at Gettysburg, 1 July 1863.

Document #7.  Muster dates into service in the 121st Pennsylvania Infantry as confirmation that he was wounded at Gettysburg.

Document #5.  Further confirmation of service in the 121st Pennsylvania Infantry with no date of transfer to Veteran Reserve Corps and indication that Adam died in the railroad accident at Shohola.

Document #3. Information on “Detail” from Point Lookout, Maryland, to Elmira, New York, with death occurring near Shohola. Note that document states that only 15 soldiers were killed.

Document #11. Death occurred at Pike County, Pennsylvania, with wrong date given.

Document #21. Information on death occurring at Shohola, Pike County, Pennsylvania, with wrong date given.  Two living children survived at the time of death.  See above for third child, Addie Wilkinson, born later.

Document #32. Confirmation of death at Shohola as part of 1866 application to add Addie Wilkinson for survivor benefits.

The most telling document of all (Document #17) which gives an account of Adam’s death appears below:

Document #17. Transcribed below.

Headquarters, Det.[Detachment?], 11th V. R. C.

Readville, Dedham, Massachusetts

12 June 1865

I, Charles H. Drew, Captain Veteran Reserve Corps, commanding Company F, 11th V.R.C., on honor certify that Private Adam Wilkinson, Company F, 11th V. R. C. was killed by a railroad accident on the New York and Erie Rail Road at Shohola, Pennsylvania, on 15 July 1864, under the following circumstances:  Private Wilkinson was one of a guard detailed in charge of prisoners of war sent from Point Lookout, Maryland, to Elmira, New York.  The train on which the prisoners and guard, near Shohola, Pennsylvania came in collision with a coal train, and in consequence fifteen of the guard of which Private Wilkinson was on, was instantly killed, and many of the prisoners.  Private Wilkinson was crushed with the ruins of the cars, and his remains were afterward taken out in a frightfully [?] mangled condition.  He was in no way connected with the cause of the accident, and was at the time in the discharge of his duty.  My knowledge of the above facts is attained from an official report made by Capt. Morris C. Church, 11th V. R. C., commanding said guard to the General commanding at Point Lookout, Maryland. 

(signed) C. H. Drew

Captain, 11th V. R. C.

Commanding, Company F

There are 38 documents in the pension application file and portions of some are shown above.  The complete file is available on Fold3.  Other information available in these documents includes a notice of Eliza’s death and the termination of her benefits, a claim made by daughter Rebecca Wilkinson after her mother’s death, and Philadelphia addresses of the Wilkinson’s.

Some other information about Adam Wilkinson:

The above Veterans’ Index Card is from the Pennsylvania Archives.  It contains little information about Adam except that he was a member of the 121st Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H.  From the Bates reference of 4-49 (upper right on card), it can be determined that he was mustered into service on 6 August 1862, but there is no muster out record.  He was “absent in hospital” at the time his company was discharged.

An Adam Wilkinson appeared in the Special Philadelphia Census for 1863 (from Ancestry.com).  His occupation was given as painter and he was married.  This is possibly the same Adam Wilkinson who died in the train wreck.

Adam’s name appears on the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg, on the tablet (shown above) for the 121st Pennsylvania Infantry.

A “Report of Interment” for Woodlawn National Cemetery at Elmira, New York (from Ancestry.com), notes that Adam Wilkinson was one of 17 buried in a common grave at the Shohola Monument.

The plaque on the monument at Elmira which honors the dead Union guards also has the name of Adam Wilkinson.

Finally, the Record Book of Union soldiers whose unidentified remains were interred in a common grave with those of the Confederate soldiers who also died at Shohola, gives the name of Adam Wilkinson as buried there (this record is from Ancestry.com).

At this time not much more is known about Adam Wilkinson.  It is assumed from the records that he was born about 1836, although no actual record of his birth has been seen.  Also, nothing much has been discovered about his life before the war or why he enlisted when he had two young children at home and why he chose to go into the Veteran Reserve Corps when his wife was pregnant with a third child.  After Adam’s death, other than the pension files, not much has been seen about his survivors.  Did his daughters marry and have children?  Are there living descendants today?

Additional information is sought about Adam Wilkinson, his military service and his descendants.  Comments can be added to this blog post or sent by e-mail.

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Posted By Norman Gasbarro on June 4, 2014

A listing of the May 2014 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links:

Daniel Engle of Schuylkill County – Died in Rebel Prison

The Great Shohola Train Wreck – Preparations and Receipt of Prisoners at Elmira

The Shamokin Soldiers’ Circle – Photographs 138 – 144 and Path

The Great Shohola Train Wreck – Official Report of Captain Morris H. Church

Williamstown Remembers the Civil War

April 2014 Posts

The Shamokin Soldiers’ Circle – Photographs 147 – 158

The Great Shohola Train Wreck – Fluhr’s Excellent Guide

Joshua A. Reed – Released Prisoner Dies at Home in Barry Township

Wynning History: The Explorations of a Young Historian (Part 1 of 2)

Wynning History: The Explorations of a Young Historian (Part 2 of 2)

The Brothers David Brown and Samuel E. Brown – Family Photos

The Great Shohola Train Wreck – The Geographic Context

The Great Shohola Train Wreck – As Told in the History of the Erie

Jacob Matter – War Veteran and General Laborer

The Great Shohola Train Wreck – The Strange Coincidence of the Death of the Erie President

The Great Shohola Train Wreck – Two Elusive Participants

Obituary of Isabella Enders Knouff

The Great Shohola Train Wreck – Moving the Remains from Shohola to Elmira in 1911

Benneville Hoyer – Lost Leg at Battle of Antietam

Abner M. Pike Dies at Halifax in 1902

Jacob Hassinger – Mitchell’s Independent Militia

The Great Shohola Train Wreck – The Grambling Diary

Two Veterans Named Erastus R. Foster

100th Anniversary of the Dedication of the Millersburg Soldier Monument

Obituary of Joseph W. Knouff

The Great Shohola Train Wreck – Sgt. Barry Benson Escapes Elmira via Millersburg

Why Are There Ku Klux Klan Uniforms in Gratz?

Joseph Russell – 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry

The Great Shohola Train Wreck – Was the Coal Train in a Hurry?

News of the World: May 1864

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Posted By Norman Gasbarro on June 3, 2014

Today’s post is the second of two with updated information on the Soldiers’ Circle at the Shamokin Cemetery, Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Previous posts on this blog presented photographs of each of the burial sites in the circle, many with readable stones, but some with no stones or partially readable stones.  For access to those previous posts click on ShamokinSoldCircle.  For a description of the circle, see:  G.A.R. Soldiers’ Circle at Shamokin Cemetery.  For a complete map of the circle, see:  The Shamokin Soldiers’ Circle – Mapping the Circle.

An on-line cemetery list was found at usgwarchives.net by contributing researcher Sam Kerstetter of Gratz, from which he extracted information on the soldiers that are supposedly buried in the Soldiers’ Circle.  The list he found had been uploaded on April 2011 by Tracy Eveland, but a date was not given when the list was actually compiled.

The updated information in today’s post adds the names of soldiers whose grave sites have not yet been identified in the circle.  Continued research may reveal the location of the site and stone, some of which can only be partially read.  Any readers of this blog are welcome to contribute information on any of the veterans’ named below by adding a comment to this post or by sending an e-mail.

For each soldier named below, the record begins with the designation “xxx” indicating that at this time there is no specific identified photograph number used in the Project’s cataloging of the cemetery.  This is followed by the soldier’s name, his date of death, his cause of death (where not known, “Blank” is given), his age (in years, month, days), the grave location (“G.A.R. Circle”), and remarks (when made in the cemetery list).  By the death date given it is obvious that some of these veterans were not Civil War soldiers, but served in later wars.  They are included in this list because there are some veterans of later wars buried in the G.A.R. Circle some of whom may have been buried without grave stones.

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xxx-Matthew Abraham, 31 May 1896, Asthma, 72-0-0, G.A.R. Circle, Removed to B22/R4/L23 on 18 April 1912.

xxx-William Abramik, 6 September 1971, Cor. Occl., 60, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Fred Bamford, 6 June 1961, Hypertension, 61, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Fred Barnhart, 17 February 1949, Uremia, 58, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-John Beatty, 17 November 1904, Dementia, 59-11-15, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Samuel Bender, 1 February 1893, Erysipelas, 54-11-28, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Benjamin E. Williams, 6 July 1989, Acute Myoc. Infarction, 81-0-0, B13, Soldiers Circle.

xxx-Benjamin Katterman, 17 May 1892 Consumption, 70-6-11, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-C. Bird, 20 May 1879, Lung Disease, 34-8-2, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Peter Bixler, 8 February 1878, Consumption, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-James Bogard, 11 January 1899, Dropsy, 75, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-John Brennan, 8 March 1892, Heart Trouble, 46, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Jonathan Brightbill, 31 March 1899, Brain Abscess, 64,  G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Byron L. Stanton, 11 March 1937, Mitral Insufficiency, 46-0-0, Soldiers Circle.

xxx-Charles A. Young, 21 October 1865 Myoc. Infarction, 51-0-0, Circle 4, W.W.II.

xxx-Clyde F. Ketner, 3 June 1973, Cardiac Arrest, 79-0-0, Circle 3.

xxx-Peter Coaker, 20 October 1895, Debility, 80-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Daniel Stopp, 22 June 1906, Cirrhosis of Liver, 67-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Robert Davis, 22 February 1942, Coronary Insufficiency, 43-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Walter Delbaugh, 8 Apr 1962, Pneumonia, 76-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Francis Derk, 29 November 1962, Cancer, 83-0-0, Circle 4.

xxx-Soloman Derk, 29 March 1906, Gangrene, 79-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Jeremiah Detrick, 26 July 1894, Apoplexy, 61-7-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-John Dietzler, 13 October 1894, Heart Disease, 47-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Jacob Dindorf,  22 July 1883, Railroad Accident, 48-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Dominic Ulonovich, 23 January 1975, Myocardial Infarction, 76-0-0, Circle 3.

xxx-Thomas Evans, 25 March 1886, Consumption, 62-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Adam Fetter, 16 December 1904, Dropsy, 56-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-William Fogle, 1 June 1882, Stroke of Palsy, 68-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Oliver Ford, 7 Jan 1954, Myocarditis, 65-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-John Fox, 6 February 1881, Mine Accident, 35-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Francis Taby, 13 April 1903, Paralysis, 63-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Frank Thomas, 24 February 1951, Inquest Pending, 74-0-0, Soldiers Circle.

xxx-Fred E. Spade, 6 March 1952, Ulcers, 62-0-0, Soldiers Circle.

xxx-Frederick Amos, 12 October 1962, Blank, 86-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Frederick Nahodil, 15 August 1973, Cor. Pul., 81-0-0, Circle 3.

xxx-Nelson Gaskins, 3 April 1907, Liver/Stomach Cancers, 70-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Amos Gensel, 22 July 1871, Mine Accident, 27-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-George Opie, October 20, 1946 Coronary Art. Disease, 53-0-0, October 23, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Amos Gilham, 5 June 1992, Blank, 94-7-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Patrick Glory, 9 April 1892, Railroad Accident, 60-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Grant W. Otto, 2 August 1940, Chronic Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 50-4-13, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Edward Haddock, 22 April 1967, Cardiac Failure, 79-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-James Hannon, 25 January 1917, Cerebral Hemorrhage, 73-8-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Harold Newman, 30 August 1966, Temporary, 77-0-0, Soldiers Circle.

xxx-Harry Ressler, 4 May 1911, Coma, 64-4-29, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Harry Richards, 18 June 1952, Lung Cancer, 66-0-0, Soldiers Circle.

xxx-Charles Hartzel, 26 March 1966, Pneumonia, 67-0-0, Circle 3.

xxx-Harvey R. Maurer, 30 May 1964, Acute Coronary Occlusion, 40-0-0, Circle 4.

xxx-Harvey Walters, 14 June 1962, Hemorrhage, 48-0-0, Soldier Circle.

xxx-Clayton Heck, 8 Jan 1957, Coronary Occlusion, 47-0-0, G.A.R. Circle

xxx-Oscar Heitzman, 22 January 1941, Bladder Hemorrhage, 53-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Anthony Henning, 30 December 1963, Unknown, 53-0-0, Circle 4.

xxx-Charles Henning, 19 February 1906, Railroad Accident, 71-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Aaron Henninger, 17 May 1901, Dropsy, 61-8-27, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Albert Herbein, 4 August 1940, Nephrititis, 70-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-David Hill, 11 April 1908, Suicide, 71-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-William Hodge, 15 October 1922, Cirrhosis of the Liver, 80-7-20, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-George Hoover, 24 September 1895, Paralysis, 72-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Samuel Hossan, 3 Mar 1906, Apoplexy, 77-5-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-John Howells, 11 April 1942, War, 34-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Edward Humes, 14 January 1969, Heart Failure, 47-0-0, Circle 4.

xxx-Jeremiah Simmers, 26 August 1909, Liver Complaint, 67-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-John B. Moyer, 23 June 1900, Consumption, 52-2-9, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-John G. Unfried, 18 August 1885, Dysentery, 63-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-John J. McGonagle, 9 November 1973, Heart Seizure, 51-0-0, Circle 4.

xxx-John Marcavage, 21 December 1968, Cach. Term., 52-0-0, Circle 4, W.W. 2.

xxx-John Nahodil, 6 March 1957, Cardiac Decomposition, 70-0-0, Soldier Circle.

xxx-John P. Lloyd, 17 November 1961, Coronary Arter., 49-0-0, Soldier Circle.

xxx-John Petrie, 2 June 1891, Hurt in Mines, 47-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-John Shivelhood, 16 March 1896, Heart Disease, 61-0-0, March 19, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-John Simmonds, 9 November 1889, Miners Asthma, 75-6-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-John Smith, 1 March 1943, Hyp. Of Heart, 51-0-0, G.A.R. Soldier Circle.

xxx-John W. Mowery, 14 August 1967, Coronary Thrombosis, 75-0-0, Soldier Circle 4.

xxx-Joseph Kleskie, 25 December 1962, Hemorrhage, 69-0-0, Circle 3 W1.

xxx-Joseph Markle, 9 March 1910, Heart Failure, 65-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Joseph McKinney, 2 May 1899, General Paresis, 74-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Joshua Nixon, 11 July 1898, Injuries, 76-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Rheaboam Tarr, 25 February 1914, Apoplexy, 71-7-15, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Richard Medlicot, 5 October 1889, Miners Asthma, 59-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Robert J. Marcavage, 16 October 1966, Killed, 20-0-0, Soldier Circle 4, Vietnam War.

xxx-Robert McCracken, 29 January 1892, Pneumonia, 64-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Samuel Steelfox, 27 November 1893 Senile Decay, 92-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Solomon Whary, 30 January 1903 Dropsy, 66-11-29, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Thomas W. Stank, 26 September 1981, Asphyxiation, 55-0-0, B13, Soldiers Circle.

xxx-Thomas Wright, 21 July 1890, Fell from Window, 62-1-0, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-Walter Woland, 11 February 1944, Car. of Rec. Sig., 49-0-0, G.A.R. Soldiers Circle.

xxx-William B. Oswald, 30 November 1913, Acute Cholecypititis, 77-9-6, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-William Lott, 29 December 1880, Mine Accident, 33-0-0,G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-William Samuel Tarr, 13 December 1912, Prostatitis Cystitis, 76-3-21, G.A.R. Circle.

xxx-William Weikle, 2 January 2, 1907 Dropsy, 62-4-23, G.A.R. Circle.

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Posted By Norman Gasbarro on June 2, 2014

Today’s post is the first of two with updated information on the Soldiers’ Circle at the Shamokin Cemetery, Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Previous posts on this blog presented photographs of each of the burial sites in the circle, many with readable stones, but some with no stones or partially readable stones.  For access to those previous posts click on ShamokinSoldCircle.  For a description of the circle, see:  G.A.R. Soldiers’ Circle at Shamokin Cemetery.  For a complete map of the circle, see:  The Shamokin Soldiers’ Circle – Mapping the Circle.

An on-line cemetery list was found by contributing researcher Sam Kerstetter of Gratz at usgwarchives.net, from which he extracted information on the soldiers that are supposedly buried in the Soldiers’ Circle.  The list he found had been uploaded on April 2011 by Tracy Eveland, but a date was not given when the list was actually compiled.

The updated information in today’s post adds the photograph number and link to the prior post in which the identified grave marker was pictured.  Click on the soldier’s name to go back to the post with other information about the soldier.

In tomorrow’s post, the list of burials for which a grave marker has not been located and photographed will be presented.

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For each identified soldier named below, the record begins with the photograph number used in the Project’s cataloging of the cemetery (see previous posts by clicking on the soldier’s name), followed by the soldier’s name, his date of death, his cause of death (where not known, “Blank” is given), his age (in years, month, days), the grave location (“G.A.R. Circle”), and remarks (when made in the cemetery list).

009-Michael Norton, 12 February 1886, Blank, Blank, G.A.R. Circle.

010-William Markle, 1869, Wounded in Army, Blank, Blank, G.A.R. Circle.

020-Alderson Christopher [this soldier is not in the usgwarchives.net list, but the name on the stone can be clearly identified].

021-Henry Allison  [this soldier is not in the usgwarchives.net list, but the name on the stone can be clearly identified].

024-Emmel Wolf, 3 September 1869, Burned with Powder, 30-0-0,  G.A.R. Circle.

025-George Wagner [this soldier is not in the usgwarchives.net list, but the name on the stone can be clearly identified].

026-John Coder, 19 September 1862, Leg Amputated, 18 -10-6, G.A.R. Circle, Wounded in Battle

028-William Taylor, 1 June 1876, Burned in Mines, 55-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

033-George W. Foulke [this soldier is not in the usgwarchives.net list, but the name on the stone can be clearly identified; also, this is a new stone].

034-Jacob J. Rumberger [this soldier is not in the usgwarchives.net list, but the name on the stone can be clearly identified].

035-Charles Conrad, 20 July 1886, G.A.R. Circle.

036-George Frederick, 15 October 1886, G.A.R. Circle.

037-John Stricklen, 6 December 1887, Blank, 42-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

038-James Greager (Joseph?), 12 September 1899, Dropsy, 67-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

039-David Montour [this soldier is not in the usgwarchives.net list, but the name on the stone can be clearly identified].

040-James Douty, 20 September 1889, Heart Disease, 55-9-28, (?GAR Circle).

044-Henry Clements, 16 December 1889, Miner’s Asthma, 67-0 -0, G.A.R. Circle.

045-Thomas Harris, 5 March 1890, Miner’s Asthma,  54-5-0, G.A.R. Circle.

046-Elias Smith, 9 March 1891 Paralytic Stroke, 65-0-0, March 12, G.A.R. Circle.

047-William Bonawitz, 21 May 1891, Brain Fever, 59-7, G.A.R. Circle

049-Conrad Yeager, 25 August 1891, Tumor, 58-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

051-S. P. Eisenhart, 4 March 1892, Dropsy, 55-0-0,  G.A.R. Circle.

055-Elias F. Peifer, 2 December 1892, Killed on Railroad, 54-11-0, G.A.R. Circle.

056-Thomas Caldwell, 22 Dec 1892, Heart Failure, 63-2-22, G.A.R. Circle

058-Joseph Holshue (? Joel), 31 May 1893, Heart Failure, 56-6 -29, G.A.R. Circle.

059-Samuel Tobias, 14 July 1893, Accident on Railroad., 47-7-25, G.A.R. Circle.

060-S. F. Hoover (Hower?) , 7 September 1893, Exhaustion, 51-0-0, G.A.R. Circle

061-Daniel Morgan, 19 September 1893 Dropsy, 60-8-0, G.A.R. Circle.

063-Adam Fisher, 6 July 1894, Stomach Cancer, 66-0-0, G.A.R. Circle

065-Nathan Kessler, 27 July 1894 Heart Disease, 48-0-0, July 30, G.A.R. Circle.

068-John L. Long, 26 September 26, 1895 Apoplexy, 53-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

072-Samuel Fryberger, 9 June 1896, Consumption, 51-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

073-Charles Mengle (Engle?), 17 July 1897, Dropsy, 61-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

074-Elias Fox, 16 February 1898, Bright’s Disease , 73-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

075-Cyrus Zieger, May 12, 1898, Trolley Accident, 62-0-0, G.A.R. Circle, Killed at Gosstown.

082-Josiah Simmers, 15 November 1900, Apoplexy, 58-2-0, G.A.R. Circle.

084-William Culp, 27 May 1901, Paralysis, 66-10-4, G.A.R. Circle.

085-Peter R. Treon, 28 June 1902, Apoplexy, 61-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

086-Jacob Smith, 14 July 1902 Paralysis, 63-6-11, G.A.R. Circle.

087-Thomas Tarr, 17 January 1903, Bright’s Disease, 62-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

089-John Dillon, 26 March 1903, Bowel Inflammation, 67-0 -0, G.A.R. Circle.

091-Benneville Beisel, 10 May 1903, Cystitis, 72, G.A.R. Circle.

092-Jacob Shroyer, 29 June 1904 Paralysis, 69-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

094-Daniel Fetter [this soldier is not in the usgwarchives.net list, but the name on the stone can be clearly identified].

095-Israel Whary, 24 February 1905, Dropsy, 66-8-25, G.A.R. Circle.

097-William Thomas, 28 September 1905 Fall, 78-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

098-William Blyler, 19 December 1905, Apoplexy, 60, G.A.R. Circle.

099-Joseph Helt, 5 January 1906, Bronchitis, 70-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

105-Jonathan Rumberger, 16 January 1907, Paralysis, 81-3-17, G.A.R. Circle.

108-Cleave Hawthorn, 26 June 1907, Tuberculosis, 76-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

109-Henry Bordner, 27 September 1906, Senile Debility, 72-11-23, G.A.R. Circle.

111-Joseph May, 27 April 1908, Hemorrhage, 60-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

112-Simon Strausser, 11 January 1909, Apoplexy, 75-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

113-Balthaser Ritzman, 22 January 1910, Peloric Carcinoma, 68-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

114-William Wright, 15 November 1909 Pulmonary Odaemia, 75-9-7, November 18, G.A.R. Circle.

115-John A. Wilson, 19 February 1910 Senility, 72-0-0, February 23, G.A.R. Circle.

116-William Britton, 20 June 1908, Railroad Accident, 65, G.A.R. Circle.

119-Lewis Moyer, 24 October 1910 Cerebral Hemorrhage, 65-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

120-Theodore Salter, 4 December 1910 Apoplexy, 66-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

122-George Miller, 6 November 1911, Pneumonia, 65-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

123-George Barnes, 5 February 1913, Old Age, 86-3-5, G.A.R. Circle.

124-Elias Culp, 18 October 1913, Nephritis, 74-7-14, G.A.R. Circle.

125-John Esher, 19 October 1913, Debility, 83-5-21, G.A.R. Circle.

126-John Eisenhart, 16 November 1913, Pneumonia, 75-1-5, G.A.R. Circle.

129-Gideon Frahn, 20 January 1915, Gangrene, 83-8-0, G.A.R. Circle.

130-Benjamin Snyder, 7 March 1915 Accident, 69-11-0, March 10, G.A.R. Circle, Struck by train while trespassing on railroad.

131-David Goss, 11 December 1915, Nephrititis, 73-3-26, G.A.R. Circle.

132-James A. Metz, 12 June 1916, Chronic Endocarditis, 75-9-26, G.A.R. Circle.

133-Simon Rumberger, 16 July 1916 Nephritis, 70-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

134-Monroe Geasey, 24 January 1917, Myocarditis, 71-10-27, G.A.R. Circle.

135-James P. Shannon [this soldier is not in the usgwarchives.net list, but the name on the stone can be clearly identified; also, this is a new stone].

136-James Gaskins, 22 August 1917, Heart Disease, 71-6-24, G.A.R. Circle.

137-Frank Lott, 17 December 1917 Apoplexy, 73-10-22, G.A.R. Circle.

138-Peter W. Miller, 10 November 1918 Heart Disease, 75-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

139-Matthew Lambert, 18 April 1919 Diabetes, 77-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

140-Harry Frahn, 18 May 1919, Pneumonia, 75-3-12, G.A.R. Circle

141-Samuel Kessler, 16 July 1919, Intestinal, 72-3-26, G.A.R. Circle.

142-Christian Etzel, 28 Aug 1920, Stomach Cancer, 76-0-0, G.A.R. Circle

143-Tobias Koppenhaver, 30 August 1920, Apoplexy, 74-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

144-Henry Miller, 1 October 1921, Tuberculosis, 79-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

147-Hugh Boyd,  18 May 1922, Pneumonia, 89, G.A.R. Circle.

149-John H. Johnson, 16 January 1923, Endocarditis, 77-5-2, G.A.R. Circle.

150-Henry W. Templin, 21 January 1926, Cerebral Hemorrhage/Sclerosis, 87-8-7, G.A.R. Circle.

151-Percival Derk, 4 November 1926, Cerebral Hemorrhage, 80-5-2, G.A.R. Circle.

152-Elias Fourl, 14 October 1928, Myocarditis, 81-9-13, G.A.R. Circle.

153-George E. Schalick, 31 May 1937, Myocarditis, 54-0-0, Soldiers Circle.

154-William Greager, 10 January 1941, Myocarditis, 82-0-0, G.A.R. Circle.

156-Stanley Olsheskie, 27 December 1926 Wound in Head/Suicide, 29-9-22, G.A.R. Circle.

157-Angus Albright, 16 February 1927, Tuberculosis, 26-11-14, G.A.R. Circle.

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