Person:Thomas Connolly (16)

At the time of his marriage at St. John's R.C. Church, Newark, Essex, NJ, Thomas W. Connolly was a 22-year-old farmer residing in Newark. He served in Co. C, 26th New Jersey Volunteers, during the Civil War. His regiment participated in the following engagements: Fredericksburg, Va., 13 and 14 December 1862; Fredericksburg, Va. again, 3 May 1863; Salem Heights, Va., 3 and 4 May 1863; and Franklin's Crossing, Va., 5 June 1863.

On 19 August 1891, when he applied for a pension, he was living on New Bridge St., Belleville, Essex County. He claimed to have suffered rheumatism while on duty at Fredericksburg, Va. on or about December 1862, for which he was treated at the regimental hospital.

He died leaving no surviving children. The opening of the grave was paid for by Bridget McEnery.

1. ↑ .

   New Jersey State Archives, Marriage Book K, p. 35

2.   1860 U. S. Federal Population Census.

   Thomas Conley household, 1860 U. S. Federal Population Census, Newark (7th ward), Essex, NJ, Dwelling 1324, Family 1492, p. 256
   
   Conley, Thomas, 28, M jappaner, b. Ire
   -----, Margaret, 28, F, b. Ire.

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 New Jersey, United States. New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988. (FamilySearch Record Search).

   "New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZJB-W9G : accessed 8 December 2014), Thomas W. Connolly, 12 Feb 1899 [i.e. 1900]; citing Belleville, Essex Co., New Jersey, reference v 57 p 243; FHL microfilm 589,071.

4. ↑ He was 22 at the time of his marriage.