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Thomas J. Osterhout Veteran

Birth: 11 Jul 1808
Death: 16 Aug 1887 (aged 79)
Burial: Jackson Cemetery

Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 71526961 View Source

Civil War Veteran
Private, Co. B, 41st Pennsylvania Infantry
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OSTERHOUT, Thomas J., a Representative from Columbia, Montour, Wyoming and Sullivan Counties; born, July 11, 1808 in Eaton Township, Wyoming County, Pa.; private, Company B, 41st Regiment, 12th Pennsylvania Volunteer Reserves (1861-1865, Civil War); dry goods merchant; elected, sheriff, Wyoming County (1842); elected, burgess, Tunkhannock, Pa.; appointed, revenue commissioner, Wyoming County; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1861 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1862 term; partner, foundry business (12 years); died, August 16, 1887 in Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania; interred, Jackson Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
Source: Pennsylvania General Assembly website (accessed 23 May 2022)

Civil War Veteran
Private, Co. B, 41st Pennsylvania Infantry
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OSTERHOUT, Thomas J., a Representative from Columbia, Montour, Wyoming and Sullivan Counties; born, July 11, 1808 in Eaton Township, Wyoming County, Pa.; private, Company B, 41st Regiment, 12th Pennsylvania Volunteer Reserves (1861-1865, Civil War); dry goods merchant; elected, sheriff, Wyoming County (1842); elected, burgess, Tunkhannock, Pa.; appointed, revenue commissioner, Wyoming County; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1861 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1862 term; partner, foundry business (12 years); died, August 16, 1887 in Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania; interred, Jackson Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
Source: Pennsylvania General Assembly website (accessed 23 May 2022)

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Maintained by: Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Originally Created by: A M P
Added: Jun 17, 2011
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71526961/thomas_j-osterhout: accessed ), memorial page for Thomas J. Osterhout (11 Jul 1808–16 Aug 1887), Find a Grave Memorial ID 71526961, citing Jackson Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (contributor 48353502).

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