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Thomas J. Berkshire

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Thomas J. Berkshire Veteran

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
27 Jun 1864 (aged 34–35)
Kennesaw, Cobb County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Plot
I-9236
Memorial ID
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Thomas J. Burkshear, Co D 52nd Ohio Infantry
Mustered in as a private, 12 Feb 1864.
Killed at Cheatham Hill, 27 June 1864.

On the battlefield bur near
Frank Grace, I-9211,
Joseph Bowlby, I-9230,
J Sill, I-9241,
A T Dorsey, I-9242,
Corpl Albert Christ, I-9243,
James Beard, I-9244,
Linley Street, I-9246,
H F Thomas (Thompson), I-9253,
Joseph Hanlin, I-9258,
W F Carson, I-9331,
J T Fowler, I-9332,
R J Stewart, I-9352,
Wm K Armstrong, I-9446,
all also of the 52nd Ohio.

BERKSHIRE, THOS J
PVT US ARMY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 06/27/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION I SITE 9236
-VA grave locator

His widow, Ruth Ann Dougherty Burkshear/Berkshire, received a Widow's pension. She was a resident of Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Post Office: Newcomerstown. One child, Edward, was born 6 Sep 1856, received a Minor's pension.

Home in 1870: New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio
Household Members Age
Ann Berkshire 40
Edwan Berkshire 18
Thomas J. Burkshear, Co D 52nd Ohio Infantry
Mustered in as a private, 12 Feb 1864.
Killed at Cheatham Hill, 27 June 1864.

On the battlefield bur near
Frank Grace, I-9211,
Joseph Bowlby, I-9230,
J Sill, I-9241,
A T Dorsey, I-9242,
Corpl Albert Christ, I-9243,
James Beard, I-9244,
Linley Street, I-9246,
H F Thomas (Thompson), I-9253,
Joseph Hanlin, I-9258,
W F Carson, I-9331,
J T Fowler, I-9332,
R J Stewart, I-9352,
Wm K Armstrong, I-9446,
all also of the 52nd Ohio.

BERKSHIRE, THOS J
PVT US ARMY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 06/27/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION I SITE 9236
-VA grave locator

His widow, Ruth Ann Dougherty Burkshear/Berkshire, received a Widow's pension. She was a resident of Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Post Office: Newcomerstown. One child, Edward, was born 6 Sep 1856, received a Minor's pension.

Home in 1870: New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio
Household Members Age
Ann Berkshire 40
Edwan Berkshire 18

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