(from the History of Whiteside County, Illinois: from its earliest settlement to 1908)
Anson E. THUMMEL was born Sep 22, 1841 in Lexington, South Carolina. He was a Sergeant in the Civil War. He was the son of Christian Bernard (C. B.) THUMMEL and Catherine D. LATTIN.
He arrived in Illinois as a boy (1845) and resided in Lee County until March 1, 1897 (except for a few years spent in Iowa) where he moved to Sterling.
In the meantime he took up the Union cause in the Civil War, enlisting in Company D, Thirty-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, on the 26th day of August, 1861, under Captain T. L. Pratt and Colonel Kirk, and re-enlisting as a veteran on the 23rd of December, 1863. The regiment was sent to the south and assigned to the Second Brigade of the Second Division, Fourteenth Army Corps, under command of Generals Buell and Rosecrans and later under command of General Sherman, with whom he went on the memorable mark to the sea. He also participated in the battles of Shiloh and Stone River, Atlanta, and all the engagements of the Atlanta campaign. He also took part in the battle of Bentonville, North Carolina, where nine of his company were killed and nine seriously wounded. While on the march to the sea he passed through Lexington, South Carolina, his native city, and was permitted to visit the place of his birth and to call upon his old friends there. In Washington he was one of the victorious army that marched through the city in the grand review when there hung suspended over Pennsylvania avenue a banner bearing the words, "The only debt which our country cannot pay is the one which she owes her soldiers." Coming on to Chicago, Anson was there mustered out in July 1865, after having served with the army for almost four years. During that time he was never wounded nor captured but was always found at his post of duty, faithful in the discharge of every task that devolved upon him, whether it called him to the lonely picket post or stationed him in the midst of the firing line.
Anson THUMMEL married Miss Helen POWERS on December 24, 1868, in Palmyra township, Lee County, Illinois. Helen POWERS, was the daughter of Abijah and Amanda SPROUT. Helen died September 13, 1889, at the age of forty-four years, leaving five children: Laura M. THUMMEL (married Fred ROYER), Bertha A, THUMMEL (married Amos EBERSOLE), Blanche E. THUMMEL (married Mathew FOLEY), Lloyd Anson THUMMEL (married Jennie A. SEIDEL), and Mabel K. THUMMEL (married Charles W. WEAVER).
Anson was again married on December 28, 1893 to Miss Emma SEIDEL, her parents being John G. and Barbara WAGNER SEIDEL.
He was a member of St. John;s Lutheran Church, a Republican in political preference, and served as supervisor of Palmyra Township, Lee County.
Anson E. THUMMEL was born Sep 22, 1841 in Lexington, South Carolina. He was a Sergeant in the Civil War. He was the son of Christian Bernard (C. B.) THUMMEL and Catherine D. LATTIN.
He arrived in Illinois as a boy (1845) and resided in Lee County until March 1, 1897 (except for a few years spent in Iowa) where he moved to Sterling.
In the meantime he took up the Union cause in the Civil War, enlisting in Company D, Thirty-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, on the 26th day of August, 1861, under Captain T. L. Pratt and Colonel Kirk, and re-enlisting as a veteran on the 23rd of December, 1863. The regiment was sent to the south and assigned to the Second Brigade of the Second Division, Fourteenth Army Corps, under command of Generals Buell and Rosecrans and later under command of General Sherman, with whom he went on the memorable mark to the sea. He also participated in the battles of Shiloh and Stone River, Atlanta, and all the engagements of the Atlanta campaign. He also took part in the battle of Bentonville, North Carolina, where nine of his company were killed and nine seriously wounded. While on the march to the sea he passed through Lexington, South Carolina, his native city, and was permitted to visit the place of his birth and to call upon his old friends there. In Washington he was one of the victorious army that marched through the city in the grand review when there hung suspended over Pennsylvania avenue a banner bearing the words, "The only debt which our country cannot pay is the one which she owes her soldiers." Coming on to Chicago, Anson was there mustered out in July 1865, after having served with the army for almost four years. During that time he was never wounded nor captured but was always found at his post of duty, faithful in the discharge of every task that devolved upon him, whether it called him to the lonely picket post or stationed him in the midst of the firing line.
Anson THUMMEL married Miss Helen POWERS on December 24, 1868, in Palmyra township, Lee County, Illinois. Helen POWERS, was the daughter of Abijah and Amanda SPROUT. Helen died September 13, 1889, at the age of forty-four years, leaving five children: Laura M. THUMMEL (married Fred ROYER), Bertha A, THUMMEL (married Amos EBERSOLE), Blanche E. THUMMEL (married Mathew FOLEY), Lloyd Anson THUMMEL (married Jennie A. SEIDEL), and Mabel K. THUMMEL (married Charles W. WEAVER).
Anson was again married on December 28, 1893 to Miss Emma SEIDEL, her parents being John G. and Barbara WAGNER SEIDEL.
He was a member of St. John;s Lutheran Church, a Republican in political preference, and served as supervisor of Palmyra Township, Lee County.
(from the History of Whiteside County, Illinois: from its earliest settlement to 1908)
Anson E. THUMMEL was born Sep 22, 1841 in Lexington, South Carolina. He was a Sergeant in the Civil War. He was the son of Christian Bernard (C. B.) THUMMEL and Catherine D. LATTIN.
He arrived in Illinois as a boy (1845) and resided in Lee County until March 1, 1897 (except for a few years spent in Iowa) where he moved to Sterling.
In the meantime he took up the Union cause in the Civil War, enlisting in Company D, Thirty-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, on the 26th day of August, 1861, under Captain T. L. Pratt and Colonel Kirk, and re-enlisting as a veteran on the 23rd of December, 1863. The regiment was sent to the south and assigned to the Second Brigade of the Second Division, Fourteenth Army Corps, under command of Generals Buell and Rosecrans and later under command of General Sherman, with whom he went on the memorable mark to the sea. He also participated in the battles of Shiloh and Stone River, Atlanta, and all the engagements of the Atlanta campaign. He also took part in the battle of Bentonville, North Carolina, where nine of his company were killed and nine seriously wounded. While on the march to the sea he passed through Lexington, South Carolina, his native city, and was permitted to visit the place of his birth and to call upon his old friends there. In Washington he was one of the victorious army that marched through the city in the grand review when there hung suspended over Pennsylvania avenue a banner bearing the words, "The only debt which our country cannot pay is the one which she owes her soldiers." Coming on to Chicago, Anson was there mustered out in July 1865, after having served with the army for almost four years. During that time he was never wounded nor captured but was always found at his post of duty, faithful in the discharge of every task that devolved upon him, whether it called him to the lonely picket post or stationed him in the midst of the firing line.
Anson THUMMEL married Miss Helen POWERS on December 24, 1868, in Palmyra township, Lee County, Illinois. Helen POWERS, was the daughter of Abijah and Amanda SPROUT. Helen died September 13, 1889, at the age of forty-four years, leaving five children: Laura M. THUMMEL (married Fred ROYER), Bertha A, THUMMEL (married Amos EBERSOLE), Blanche E. THUMMEL (married Mathew FOLEY), Lloyd Anson THUMMEL (married Jennie A. SEIDEL), and Mabel K. THUMMEL (married Charles W. WEAVER).
Anson was again married on December 28, 1893 to Miss Emma SEIDEL, her parents being John G. and Barbara WAGNER SEIDEL.
He was a member of St. John;s Lutheran Church, a Republican in political preference, and served as supervisor of Palmyra Township, Lee County.
Anson E. THUMMEL was born Sep 22, 1841 in Lexington, South Carolina. He was a Sergeant in the Civil War. He was the son of Christian Bernard (C. B.) THUMMEL and Catherine D. LATTIN.
He arrived in Illinois as a boy (1845) and resided in Lee County until March 1, 1897 (except for a few years spent in Iowa) where he moved to Sterling.
In the meantime he took up the Union cause in the Civil War, enlisting in Company D, Thirty-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, on the 26th day of August, 1861, under Captain T. L. Pratt and Colonel Kirk, and re-enlisting as a veteran on the 23rd of December, 1863. The regiment was sent to the south and assigned to the Second Brigade of the Second Division, Fourteenth Army Corps, under command of Generals Buell and Rosecrans and later under command of General Sherman, with whom he went on the memorable mark to the sea. He also participated in the battles of Shiloh and Stone River, Atlanta, and all the engagements of the Atlanta campaign. He also took part in the battle of Bentonville, North Carolina, where nine of his company were killed and nine seriously wounded. While on the march to the sea he passed through Lexington, South Carolina, his native city, and was permitted to visit the place of his birth and to call upon his old friends there. In Washington he was one of the victorious army that marched through the city in the grand review when there hung suspended over Pennsylvania avenue a banner bearing the words, "The only debt which our country cannot pay is the one which she owes her soldiers." Coming on to Chicago, Anson was there mustered out in July 1865, after having served with the army for almost four years. During that time he was never wounded nor captured but was always found at his post of duty, faithful in the discharge of every task that devolved upon him, whether it called him to the lonely picket post or stationed him in the midst of the firing line.
Anson THUMMEL married Miss Helen POWERS on December 24, 1868, in Palmyra township, Lee County, Illinois. Helen POWERS, was the daughter of Abijah and Amanda SPROUT. Helen died September 13, 1889, at the age of forty-four years, leaving five children: Laura M. THUMMEL (married Fred ROYER), Bertha A, THUMMEL (married Amos EBERSOLE), Blanche E. THUMMEL (married Mathew FOLEY), Lloyd Anson THUMMEL (married Jennie A. SEIDEL), and Mabel K. THUMMEL (married Charles W. WEAVER).
Anson was again married on December 28, 1893 to Miss Emma SEIDEL, her parents being John G. and Barbara WAGNER SEIDEL.
He was a member of St. John;s Lutheran Church, a Republican in political preference, and served as supervisor of Palmyra Township, Lee County.
Inscription
Anson E. son of Dr. and Mrs. C. B. THUMMEL
Born in Lexington, S. C. Sept. 22, 1841
Died at Sterling, ILL,, January 25, 1919.
A veteran of the Civil War, Enlisted in Co. D 34th Ill. Vol. Inf. D on Aug. 26, 1861 Remaining in the service until the close of the war.
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