The son of John S. & Phebe (Blain) Foose, in 1860 he was a teacher living in Penn Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 5" tall and had sandy hair and hazel eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Duncannon, Perry County, September 23, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg October 3 as commissary sergeant with Co. A, 9th Pennsylvania Cav (92nd Pa). He was left behind ill in the hospital at Leitchfield, Kentucky, but returned to duty. He re-enlisted and re-mustered at Franklin, Tennessee, May 22, 1863, and promoted to 1st lieutenant of Co. A but retained his commissary duties. He honorably discharged with his company July 18, 1865. His brother Cornelius Blain Foose served in the same company.
Perry County Democrat, May 6, 1867
Killed on Section 72, Allegheny Valley Railroad Extension near Oil City, Venango County, Pa. on the 27th of April was Thomas J. Foose, in the 28th year of his life.
The subject of this notice was the eldest son of John S. and Phoebe Foose of Duncannon. In May 1866, he commenced managing the business of Ellis & Foose, contractors on the Allegheny Valley Railroad and continued in their employ with uninterrupted success until his death which occured on the morning of the 27th.
An overhanging bank of cement gravel suddenly and before danger was anticipated fell from its insecure lodging, completely burying him and two workers standing beneath the earth and although no marks of violent bruising were visible, yet on Mr. Foose life was extinct which is an evidence that death was almost instantaneous. The other two were still alive. One has since died. The other though seriously injured, will probably recover.
In the fall of 1861, Mr. Foose enlisted in Co. A, 9th Regiment, P.V. Calvary as a private, but was soon afterwards promoted to Sergeant. Faithfully discharged the duties of his office he soon attracted the notice of his superiors, and early in 1863, was by the unanimous recommendation of the officers of his Regiment promoted to the important position of Regimental Commissary, in which capacity he acted until the close of the war--a period of two years and a half. His only absence from the Regiment during all its varied and perilous service throughout the West and South was occasioned by a severe spell of sickness in 1862, which lasted several weeks.
He was a member in good standing of the I.O.of O.F. and also of the American Mechanics. His character was strictly moral and straightforward. Always a kind and unassuming, he made friends of all with whom he associated and gained the silent admiration of others. HIs untimely death is deeply regretted by his numerous friends in this vicinity and throughout the county, not however on account of the manner in which his life was spent but that he can no longer exert a regulatory influence over the minds of others.
Siblings of Mr. Foose, Cornelius, Michael, Samuel, and James.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Duncannon, Perry County, September 23, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg October 3 as commissary sergeant with Co. A, 9th Pennsylvania Cav (92nd Pa). He was left behind ill in the hospital at Leitchfield, Kentucky, but returned to duty. He re-enlisted and re-mustered at Franklin, Tennessee, May 22, 1863, and promoted to 1st lieutenant of Co. A but retained his commissary duties. He honorably discharged with his company July 18, 1865. His brother Cornelius Blain Foose served in the same company.
Perry County Democrat, May 6, 1867
Killed on Section 72, Allegheny Valley Railroad Extension near Oil City, Venango County, Pa. on the 27th of April was Thomas J. Foose, in the 28th year of his life.
The subject of this notice was the eldest son of John S. and Phoebe Foose of Duncannon. In May 1866, he commenced managing the business of Ellis & Foose, contractors on the Allegheny Valley Railroad and continued in their employ with uninterrupted success until his death which occured on the morning of the 27th.
An overhanging bank of cement gravel suddenly and before danger was anticipated fell from its insecure lodging, completely burying him and two workers standing beneath the earth and although no marks of violent bruising were visible, yet on Mr. Foose life was extinct which is an evidence that death was almost instantaneous. The other two were still alive. One has since died. The other though seriously injured, will probably recover.
In the fall of 1861, Mr. Foose enlisted in Co. A, 9th Regiment, P.V. Calvary as a private, but was soon afterwards promoted to Sergeant. Faithfully discharged the duties of his office he soon attracted the notice of his superiors, and early in 1863, was by the unanimous recommendation of the officers of his Regiment promoted to the important position of Regimental Commissary, in which capacity he acted until the close of the war--a period of two years and a half. His only absence from the Regiment during all its varied and perilous service throughout the West and South was occasioned by a severe spell of sickness in 1862, which lasted several weeks.
He was a member in good standing of the I.O.of O.F. and also of the American Mechanics. His character was strictly moral and straightforward. Always a kind and unassuming, he made friends of all with whom he associated and gained the silent admiration of others. HIs untimely death is deeply regretted by his numerous friends in this vicinity and throughout the county, not however on account of the manner in which his life was spent but that he can no longer exert a regulatory influence over the minds of others.
Siblings of Mr. Foose, Cornelius, Michael, Samuel, and James.
The son of John S. & Phebe (Blain) Foose, in 1860 he was a teacher living in Penn Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 5" tall and had sandy hair and hazel eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Duncannon, Perry County, September 23, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg October 3 as commissary sergeant with Co. A, 9th Pennsylvania Cav (92nd Pa). He was left behind ill in the hospital at Leitchfield, Kentucky, but returned to duty. He re-enlisted and re-mustered at Franklin, Tennessee, May 22, 1863, and promoted to 1st lieutenant of Co. A but retained his commissary duties. He honorably discharged with his company July 18, 1865. His brother Cornelius Blain Foose served in the same company.
Perry County Democrat, May 6, 1867
Killed on Section 72, Allegheny Valley Railroad Extension near Oil City, Venango County, Pa. on the 27th of April was Thomas J. Foose, in the 28th year of his life.
The subject of this notice was the eldest son of John S. and Phoebe Foose of Duncannon. In May 1866, he commenced managing the business of Ellis & Foose, contractors on the Allegheny Valley Railroad and continued in their employ with uninterrupted success until his death which occured on the morning of the 27th.
An overhanging bank of cement gravel suddenly and before danger was anticipated fell from its insecure lodging, completely burying him and two workers standing beneath the earth and although no marks of violent bruising were visible, yet on Mr. Foose life was extinct which is an evidence that death was almost instantaneous. The other two were still alive. One has since died. The other though seriously injured, will probably recover.
In the fall of 1861, Mr. Foose enlisted in Co. A, 9th Regiment, P.V. Calvary as a private, but was soon afterwards promoted to Sergeant. Faithfully discharged the duties of his office he soon attracted the notice of his superiors, and early in 1863, was by the unanimous recommendation of the officers of his Regiment promoted to the important position of Regimental Commissary, in which capacity he acted until the close of the war--a period of two years and a half. His only absence from the Regiment during all its varied and perilous service throughout the West and South was occasioned by a severe spell of sickness in 1862, which lasted several weeks.
He was a member in good standing of the I.O.of O.F. and also of the American Mechanics. His character was strictly moral and straightforward. Always a kind and unassuming, he made friends of all with whom he associated and gained the silent admiration of others. HIs untimely death is deeply regretted by his numerous friends in this vicinity and throughout the county, not however on account of the manner in which his life was spent but that he can no longer exert a regulatory influence over the minds of others.
Siblings of Mr. Foose, Cornelius, Michael, Samuel, and James.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Duncannon, Perry County, September 23, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg October 3 as commissary sergeant with Co. A, 9th Pennsylvania Cav (92nd Pa). He was left behind ill in the hospital at Leitchfield, Kentucky, but returned to duty. He re-enlisted and re-mustered at Franklin, Tennessee, May 22, 1863, and promoted to 1st lieutenant of Co. A but retained his commissary duties. He honorably discharged with his company July 18, 1865. His brother Cornelius Blain Foose served in the same company.
Perry County Democrat, May 6, 1867
Killed on Section 72, Allegheny Valley Railroad Extension near Oil City, Venango County, Pa. on the 27th of April was Thomas J. Foose, in the 28th year of his life.
The subject of this notice was the eldest son of John S. and Phoebe Foose of Duncannon. In May 1866, he commenced managing the business of Ellis & Foose, contractors on the Allegheny Valley Railroad and continued in their employ with uninterrupted success until his death which occured on the morning of the 27th.
An overhanging bank of cement gravel suddenly and before danger was anticipated fell from its insecure lodging, completely burying him and two workers standing beneath the earth and although no marks of violent bruising were visible, yet on Mr. Foose life was extinct which is an evidence that death was almost instantaneous. The other two were still alive. One has since died. The other though seriously injured, will probably recover.
In the fall of 1861, Mr. Foose enlisted in Co. A, 9th Regiment, P.V. Calvary as a private, but was soon afterwards promoted to Sergeant. Faithfully discharged the duties of his office he soon attracted the notice of his superiors, and early in 1863, was by the unanimous recommendation of the officers of his Regiment promoted to the important position of Regimental Commissary, in which capacity he acted until the close of the war--a period of two years and a half. His only absence from the Regiment during all its varied and perilous service throughout the West and South was occasioned by a severe spell of sickness in 1862, which lasted several weeks.
He was a member in good standing of the I.O.of O.F. and also of the American Mechanics. His character was strictly moral and straightforward. Always a kind and unassuming, he made friends of all with whom he associated and gained the silent admiration of others. HIs untimely death is deeply regretted by his numerous friends in this vicinity and throughout the county, not however on account of the manner in which his life was spent but that he can no longer exert a regulatory influence over the minds of others.
Siblings of Mr. Foose, Cornelius, Michael, Samuel, and James.
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