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Thomas C. Zahniser
b.Abt 1823
d.1862
Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
Thomas C. Zahniser |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[2][6] |
Abt 1823 |
from census records |
| Alt Birth[7] |
Abt 1825 |
estimate based on reported birth order in family |
| Alt Birth[3] |
1835 |
Pennsylvania, United Statesfrom gravestone |
| Census[2] |
1850 |
Mercer, Pennsylvania, United StatesCoolspring Township |
| Census[6] |
1860 |
Mercer, Pennsylvania, United StatesJackson Township |
| Military[1][4][5] |
30 Oct 1861 |
Pennsylvania, United Statesenlisted in military |
| Death[3] |
1862 |
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| Alt Death[5] |
Aft 29 Jun 1865 |
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| Burial[3] |
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Jackson Center, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States(Note: stone may be memorial only, not actual burial) |
Contradictions in the records need to be resolved. The birth date on the grave marker could easily be explained as a transcription error (for 1825), a not uncommon occurrence. The conflicting information about his death, however, needs further research. Military service records (both derivative) are consistent with the gravestone information (also derivative), and census records do not suggest another Thomas or Thompson Zahniser living in Mercer County of an age to have enlisted in the military. Is there an error in the transcription of the records that say he mustered out in 1865,[5] or did he simply disappear from his family for other reasons?[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Zahniser, Kate M, and Charles Reed Zahniser. The Zahnisers : a history of the family in America. (Mercer, Pennsylvania: K.M. Zahniser, 1906)
pp. 179-80.
Thomas C. Taught school "till the breaking out of the war when he enlisted (Oct 6, 1861) in a company of Volunteer Infantry. The following June he lay in the field hospital with fever and was captured by the Confederates at the Battle of Charles City Cross Roads. It is thought that he died before the prisoners reached Richmond, but he was never heard of again."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Coolspring, Mercer, Pennsylvania, in United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
HH 1223, Fam 1244.
Zahnizer, David, 55, farmer, RE = $3000, b. PA
, Anne, 55, b. PA
, Lent, 29, farmer, b. PA
, Thomas, 17, Farmer, b. PA
, Mary, 14, b. PA
, Porter, 12, b. PA
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 45767424 , in Find A Grave.
Thomas C. Zahniser
Birth: 1835, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 1862, USA
Inscription: 1st SERG CO F 57 PA INF
Son of David (1792 - 1871) and Anna Coulson (____ - 1850) Zahniser.
Burial: Zahniser Cemetery, Jackson Center, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA
- ↑ United States. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 (Ancestry.com).
Thomas C. Zahniser
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania
Regiment Name: 57 Pennsylvania Inf.
Regiment Name Expanded: 57th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry
Company: F
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Alternate Name: Thomas/Zahniser
Film Number: M554 roll 136
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 United States. American Civil War Soldiers (Ancestry.cm).
Thompson Zahnizer
Enlistment Date: 30 Oct 1861
Side Served: Union
State Served: Pennsylvania
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 30 October 1861.
Enlisted in Company F, 57th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 30 Oct 1861.
Promoted to Full 1st Sergeant on 24 Nov 1864.
Promoted to Full Sergeant on 1 Mar 1865.
Mustered Out Company F, 57th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 29 Jun 1865 at Alexandria, VA.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Jackson, Mercer, Pennsylvania, in United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653)
HH 1094, Fam 1026.
Zahniser, John L., 44, Justice of the Peace, RE = $2500, PE = $500, b. PA
, Lucy, 44, b. PA
, Amanda (13), William (10, Johnston, Madison, Samuel, Mary, Maria
Supple, Lydia, 19, School Teacher, b. PA
Zahniser, Thomas, 27, farm laborer, b. PA
- ↑ Birth order reported by Source:Zahniser, Kate M. Zahnisers : A History of the Family in America
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