Person:Moses Punches (1)

The following is made available but should be used with caution. The index of Recruits in the Co. C, 48th Ind. Volunteers (found at http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/soldiers/48th_in_infantry_soldiers.pdf) verifies that Moses did serve but his name was Moses Punches. It is also Punches on the 1870 and 1880 census records. So if the author got his name this wrong, are the dates also questionable? So use the following general historical references but double check the dates with other sources. The index of Recruits show that Moses Punches was mustered 3 Nov 1862 and mustered out 29 Jul 1865. (pg 455)

Note also that the bio below has Mary Jane 'Pimches' married to Levi Gears. On their marriage record her name is Jenny Punches and his is Levi Gears even though on subsequent census records and his tombstone his name is Zears.

Copied from St. Joseph County Biography Ref. Page [http://debmurray.tripod.com/stjoseph/stjbioref-29.htm#mpimches http://debmurray.tripod.com/stjoseph/stjbioref-29.htm#mpimches]

Moses Pimches was born in Fayette, Seneca county, N. Y., March 2, 1822; his parents left New York in the fall of 1832, going to Geauga county, Ohio; here they lived for about three years, when they moved to Stark county, O., and from there, in the spring of 1841, to Seneca county, Ohio. Here Mr. Pimches lived until he came to this tp., in the fall of 1855. He was married in April, 1851, in Seneca county, 0., to Miss Jane Jackson, daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Jackson, of this tp.: she was born Oct. 27, 1825, in Columbia county, Pa., and their children are
John J., born Feb. 15, 1852;
Mary J., born in December, 1856;
Josephine, in September, 1854;
Betsey, in January, 1858;
Hiram B., in October, 1869.
John J. was married Feb. 16, 1873, to Marietta Annis, of this tp., and has Amy M., .Mary J., Grace and Floyd. He lives in Marshall county and is engaged in milling. Mary J. married Levi Gears, and has Homer and Dora: he resides in Marshall county. Betsey married Rufus Cunningham, and is living in Marshall county. When the war broke out in 1861, Mr. Pimches was among the first to respond to the call of his country, serving four years in Co. C, 48th Ind. Vol.; he participated in the battles of Champion Hills, Jackson, Vicksburg, and was with Sherman on his march to the sea. Has 80 acres of land. Business, farming and blacksmithing.

History of St. Joseph County, Indiana Chas. C. Chapman & Co. Chicago, 1880 Union Twp.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Find A Grave
   Memorial# 17239723.

   http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Punches&GSiman=1&GScid=84411&GRid=17239723&
   This site gives full dates but no locations.

2. ↑ Find A Grave
   Memorial# 17239723.

   http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Punches&GSiman=1&GScid=84411&GRid=17239723&
   Shares a gravemarker with his wife.

3.   United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653)
   Union Twp., St. Joseph Co., Indiana.

   http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=13342725&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=5059

4.   United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132)
   Union Twp., St. Joseph Co., Indiana.
5.   United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
   Union Twp., St. Joseph Co., Indiana.