Note: This memorial is under development.
Born in Pennsylvania on 30 September 1825, Matilda (Heddings) Pyers was the daughter of John Heddings.
Her husband was Sergeant William Pyers, one of Pennsylvania's earliest responders to President Abraham Lincoln's call for volunteers to help quell the South's burgeoning rebellion. After completing his three months' service, he promptly reenlisted and went on to distinguish himself as the Color Bearer of the 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Wounded during Union General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign in Louisiana (March-May 1864), William was celebrated in history books and news coverage of the period for retrieving the colors from the 47th's fallen standard bearer. He continued to serve with the 47th but, sadly, was killed in action during the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia on 19 October 1864. He was interred at the Winchester National Cemetery in Virginia.
The 1860 Census shows that William and Matilda had two children: Samuel Hunter Pyers and Franklin Pyers. Samuel enlisted on 27 March 1863 as a drum boy in the same company and regiment as his father - less than two years after his father headed off with the 47th. Samuel was on the same field of battle the day his father fell, but survived and completed his term of service, returning home to Sunbury after mustering out with his regiment at Charleston, South Carolina on 25 December 1865.
By 1870, Matilda Pyers was still living in Sunbury with her youngest son, Frank. The U.S. Census for that year shows others residing with the family, possibly boarders taken in to help stretch her widow's pension farther. By 1880, she was living alone but may have been residing on Church Street in Shamokin in 1884. (Her son, Samuel, was living there on Spruce Street at that time.) By the time the 1890 Veterans' Schedule was released, she was once again a resident of Sunbury.
Matilda passed away at home on 10 November 1908. Her primary cause of death was hypostatic pulmonary congestion with secondary complications from morphine poisoning. The informant was her son, Samuel. The address of record which he provided on her death certificate was the same as that given for his mother.
Matilda was interred at Sunbury Cemetery on 13 November 1908. William is also memorialized there, along with other fallen members of the 47th, on an obelisk erected in their honor in 1866.
Sources: Bates' "History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5"; "Lebanon Semi-Weekly News" (16 July 1928); Shamokin City Directory (1884); U.S. Census (1860, 1870, 1880); U.S. Civil War Pension Index; U.S. Rosters of Deceased Volunteers; U.S. Veterans' Schedule (1890; veteran: Piers, William; widow: Matilda).
Born in Pennsylvania on 30 September 1825, Matilda (Heddings) Pyers was the daughter of John Heddings.
Her husband was Sergeant William Pyers, one of Pennsylvania's earliest responders to President Abraham Lincoln's call for volunteers to help quell the South's burgeoning rebellion. After completing his three months' service, he promptly reenlisted and went on to distinguish himself as the Color Bearer of the 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Wounded during Union General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign in Louisiana (March-May 1864), William was celebrated in history books and news coverage of the period for retrieving the colors from the 47th's fallen standard bearer. He continued to serve with the 47th but, sadly, was killed in action during the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia on 19 October 1864. He was interred at the Winchester National Cemetery in Virginia.
The 1860 Census shows that William and Matilda had two children: Samuel Hunter Pyers and Franklin Pyers. Samuel enlisted on 27 March 1863 as a drum boy in the same company and regiment as his father - less than two years after his father headed off with the 47th. Samuel was on the same field of battle the day his father fell, but survived and completed his term of service, returning home to Sunbury after mustering out with his regiment at Charleston, South Carolina on 25 December 1865.
By 1870, Matilda Pyers was still living in Sunbury with her youngest son, Frank. The U.S. Census for that year shows others residing with the family, possibly boarders taken in to help stretch her widow's pension farther. By 1880, she was living alone but may have been residing on Church Street in Shamokin in 1884. (Her son, Samuel, was living there on Spruce Street at that time.) By the time the 1890 Veterans' Schedule was released, she was once again a resident of Sunbury.
Matilda passed away at home on 10 November 1908. Her primary cause of death was hypostatic pulmonary congestion with secondary complications from morphine poisoning. The informant was her son, Samuel. The address of record which he provided on her death certificate was the same as that given for his mother.
Matilda was interred at Sunbury Cemetery on 13 November 1908. William is also memorialized there, along with other fallen members of the 47th, on an obelisk erected in their honor in 1866.
Sources: Bates' "History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5"; "Lebanon Semi-Weekly News" (16 July 1928); Shamokin City Directory (1884); U.S. Census (1860, 1870, 1880); U.S. Civil War Pension Index; U.S. Rosters of Deceased Volunteers; U.S. Veterans' Schedule (1890; veteran: Piers, William; widow: Matilda).
Note: This memorial is under development.
Born in Pennsylvania on 30 September 1825, Matilda (Heddings) Pyers was the daughter of John Heddings.
Her husband was Sergeant William Pyers, one of Pennsylvania's earliest responders to President Abraham Lincoln's call for volunteers to help quell the South's burgeoning rebellion. After completing his three months' service, he promptly reenlisted and went on to distinguish himself as the Color Bearer of the 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Wounded during Union General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign in Louisiana (March-May 1864), William was celebrated in history books and news coverage of the period for retrieving the colors from the 47th's fallen standard bearer. He continued to serve with the 47th but, sadly, was killed in action during the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia on 19 October 1864. He was interred at the Winchester National Cemetery in Virginia.
The 1860 Census shows that William and Matilda had two children: Samuel Hunter Pyers and Franklin Pyers. Samuel enlisted on 27 March 1863 as a drum boy in the same company and regiment as his father - less than two years after his father headed off with the 47th. Samuel was on the same field of battle the day his father fell, but survived and completed his term of service, returning home to Sunbury after mustering out with his regiment at Charleston, South Carolina on 25 December 1865.
By 1870, Matilda Pyers was still living in Sunbury with her youngest son, Frank. The U.S. Census for that year shows others residing with the family, possibly boarders taken in to help stretch her widow's pension farther. By 1880, she was living alone but may have been residing on Church Street in Shamokin in 1884. (Her son, Samuel, was living there on Spruce Street at that time.) By the time the 1890 Veterans' Schedule was released, she was once again a resident of Sunbury.
Matilda passed away at home on 10 November 1908. Her primary cause of death was hypostatic pulmonary congestion with secondary complications from morphine poisoning. The informant was her son, Samuel. The address of record which he provided on her death certificate was the same as that given for his mother.
Matilda was interred at Sunbury Cemetery on 13 November 1908. William is also memorialized there, along with other fallen members of the 47th, on an obelisk erected in their honor in 1866.
Sources: Bates' "History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5"; "Lebanon Semi-Weekly News" (16 July 1928); Shamokin City Directory (1884); U.S. Census (1860, 1870, 1880); U.S. Civil War Pension Index; U.S. Rosters of Deceased Volunteers; U.S. Veterans' Schedule (1890; veteran: Piers, William; widow: Matilda).
Born in Pennsylvania on 30 September 1825, Matilda (Heddings) Pyers was the daughter of John Heddings.
Her husband was Sergeant William Pyers, one of Pennsylvania's earliest responders to President Abraham Lincoln's call for volunteers to help quell the South's burgeoning rebellion. After completing his three months' service, he promptly reenlisted and went on to distinguish himself as the Color Bearer of the 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Wounded during Union General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign in Louisiana (March-May 1864), William was celebrated in history books and news coverage of the period for retrieving the colors from the 47th's fallen standard bearer. He continued to serve with the 47th but, sadly, was killed in action during the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia on 19 October 1864. He was interred at the Winchester National Cemetery in Virginia.
The 1860 Census shows that William and Matilda had two children: Samuel Hunter Pyers and Franklin Pyers. Samuel enlisted on 27 March 1863 as a drum boy in the same company and regiment as his father - less than two years after his father headed off with the 47th. Samuel was on the same field of battle the day his father fell, but survived and completed his term of service, returning home to Sunbury after mustering out with his regiment at Charleston, South Carolina on 25 December 1865.
By 1870, Matilda Pyers was still living in Sunbury with her youngest son, Frank. The U.S. Census for that year shows others residing with the family, possibly boarders taken in to help stretch her widow's pension farther. By 1880, she was living alone but may have been residing on Church Street in Shamokin in 1884. (Her son, Samuel, was living there on Spruce Street at that time.) By the time the 1890 Veterans' Schedule was released, she was once again a resident of Sunbury.
Matilda passed away at home on 10 November 1908. Her primary cause of death was hypostatic pulmonary congestion with secondary complications from morphine poisoning. The informant was her son, Samuel. The address of record which he provided on her death certificate was the same as that given for his mother.
Matilda was interred at Sunbury Cemetery on 13 November 1908. William is also memorialized there, along with other fallen members of the 47th, on an obelisk erected in their honor in 1866.
Sources: Bates' "History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5"; "Lebanon Semi-Weekly News" (16 July 1928); Shamokin City Directory (1884); U.S. Census (1860, 1870, 1880); U.S. Civil War Pension Index; U.S. Rosters of Deceased Volunteers; U.S. Veterans' Schedule (1890; veteran: Piers, William; widow: Matilda).
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