JACOB GAMBER (1833-1890) is also found as Jacob Gamper. He was the son of Jacob Gamber and Magdalena [Miles] Gamber.
During the Civil War, he served in the 51st Pennsylvania Infantry, Company B, as a Private. After being drafted on 16 September 1864, he was mustered into service on 27 September 1864 at Harrisburg. He was discharged by a General Order (G. O.) which arrived by telegram on 17 May 1865.
In 1880, Jacob Gamber reported to the census that he was 46 years old and a former coal miner. Two of his sons, living at home, were working as laborers in the coal
Carved into the "government-supplied" grave marker is the regiment number and company. His widow, Anna Mary [Schaumber] Gamber (1837-1916), was living in Tower City in 1890, Jacob having died just before that census was taken. His service, which was in the 51st Pennsylvania Infantry, Company B, as a Private, resulted in him being "ruptured," which was reported in the 1890 record.
Jacob Gamber made application for an invalid pension on 20 February 1890, but due to the slowness of the bureaucracy, he died before he could be awarded benefits. His widow Ann M. [Schaumber] Gamber applied in July 1890 and she was successful in getting benefits, which she received until she died in 1916. She is buried with her husband in St. Paul's Cemetery in Tower City.
( Information supplied by Civil War Blog, Gratz )
During the Civil War, he served in the 51st Pennsylvania Infantry, Company B, as a Private. After being drafted on 16 September 1864, he was mustered into service on 27 September 1864 at Harrisburg. He was discharged by a General Order (G. O.) which arrived by telegram on 17 May 1865.
In 1880, Jacob Gamber reported to the census that he was 46 years old and a former coal miner. Two of his sons, living at home, were working as laborers in the coal
Carved into the "government-supplied" grave marker is the regiment number and company. His widow, Anna Mary [Schaumber] Gamber (1837-1916), was living in Tower City in 1890, Jacob having died just before that census was taken. His service, which was in the 51st Pennsylvania Infantry, Company B, as a Private, resulted in him being "ruptured," which was reported in the 1890 record.
Jacob Gamber made application for an invalid pension on 20 February 1890, but due to the slowness of the bureaucracy, he died before he could be awarded benefits. His widow Ann M. [Schaumber] Gamber applied in July 1890 and she was successful in getting benefits, which she received until she died in 1916. She is buried with her husband in St. Paul's Cemetery in Tower City.
( Information supplied by Civil War Blog, Gratz )
JACOB GAMBER (1833-1890) is also found as Jacob Gamper. He was the son of Jacob Gamber and Magdalena [Miles] Gamber.
During the Civil War, he served in the 51st Pennsylvania Infantry, Company B, as a Private. After being drafted on 16 September 1864, he was mustered into service on 27 September 1864 at Harrisburg. He was discharged by a General Order (G. O.) which arrived by telegram on 17 May 1865.
In 1880, Jacob Gamber reported to the census that he was 46 years old and a former coal miner. Two of his sons, living at home, were working as laborers in the coal
Carved into the "government-supplied" grave marker is the regiment number and company. His widow, Anna Mary [Schaumber] Gamber (1837-1916), was living in Tower City in 1890, Jacob having died just before that census was taken. His service, which was in the 51st Pennsylvania Infantry, Company B, as a Private, resulted in him being "ruptured," which was reported in the 1890 record.
Jacob Gamber made application for an invalid pension on 20 February 1890, but due to the slowness of the bureaucracy, he died before he could be awarded benefits. His widow Ann M. [Schaumber] Gamber applied in July 1890 and she was successful in getting benefits, which she received until she died in 1916. She is buried with her husband in St. Paul's Cemetery in Tower City.
( Information supplied by Civil War Blog, Gratz )
During the Civil War, he served in the 51st Pennsylvania Infantry, Company B, as a Private. After being drafted on 16 September 1864, he was mustered into service on 27 September 1864 at Harrisburg. He was discharged by a General Order (G. O.) which arrived by telegram on 17 May 1865.
In 1880, Jacob Gamber reported to the census that he was 46 years old and a former coal miner. Two of his sons, living at home, were working as laborers in the coal
Carved into the "government-supplied" grave marker is the regiment number and company. His widow, Anna Mary [Schaumber] Gamber (1837-1916), was living in Tower City in 1890, Jacob having died just before that census was taken. His service, which was in the 51st Pennsylvania Infantry, Company B, as a Private, resulted in him being "ruptured," which was reported in the 1890 record.
Jacob Gamber made application for an invalid pension on 20 February 1890, but due to the slowness of the bureaucracy, he died before he could be awarded benefits. His widow Ann M. [Schaumber] Gamber applied in July 1890 and she was successful in getting benefits, which she received until she died in 1916. She is buried with her husband in St. Paul's Cemetery in Tower City.
( Information supplied by Civil War Blog, Gratz )
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