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SGT Thomas L Hall

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SGT Thomas L Hall Veteran

Birth
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
4 Jan 1886 (aged 69)
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Newburg, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Thomas married Catherine Harker.He was a soldier in Civil War.

Civil War Veteran

Sergeant, Co. I, 125th PA Volunteer Infantry
MI: 8-13-1862
Wounded: Severe Arm Wound at the Battle of Antietam, 9-17-1862
Dishcarged: On Surgeon's Certificate 4-10-1863

Info from Bates (enlistment and discharge) and 125th PVI Regimental History p. 88 (wound)

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Thomas L. Hall, their third child, was born in Penn township, received a common school education, and mastered well the trades of stone masonry and shoemaking. He worked principally in Hopewell, Penn and Tod townships, and afterwards turned his attention to farming and stock raising, in Penn, Lincoln and Tod townships. He owned in the last-named township 80 acres of good arable land. Thomas A. Hall was a public-spirited and useful citizen. He served in various township offices, was constable, tax collector, member of the school board and justice of the peace. He also belonged to the State militia. He belonged first to the Whig, afterwards to the Republican party, and took an active part in politics. Mr. Hall was forty-five years of age when he enlisted for the war against rebellion, August 2, 1862, in Tod township, and was mustered in at Harrisburg, Pa. He went through the nine months' service in Company I, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was wounded in the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, by a bullet, in the left arm. He was for some time in the hospital. The wound resulted in the loss of the use of his left arm, and finally was the cause of his death. Thomas L. Hall was married in Hopewell township, now Lincoln, to Catherine Harker, a native of that township, and of German descent.
Thomas married Catherine Harker.He was a soldier in Civil War.

Civil War Veteran

Sergeant, Co. I, 125th PA Volunteer Infantry
MI: 8-13-1862
Wounded: Severe Arm Wound at the Battle of Antietam, 9-17-1862
Dishcarged: On Surgeon's Certificate 4-10-1863

Info from Bates (enlistment and discharge) and 125th PVI Regimental History p. 88 (wound)

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Thomas L. Hall, their third child, was born in Penn township, received a common school education, and mastered well the trades of stone masonry and shoemaking. He worked principally in Hopewell, Penn and Tod townships, and afterwards turned his attention to farming and stock raising, in Penn, Lincoln and Tod townships. He owned in the last-named township 80 acres of good arable land. Thomas A. Hall was a public-spirited and useful citizen. He served in various township offices, was constable, tax collector, member of the school board and justice of the peace. He also belonged to the State militia. He belonged first to the Whig, afterwards to the Republican party, and took an active part in politics. Mr. Hall was forty-five years of age when he enlisted for the war against rebellion, August 2, 1862, in Tod township, and was mustered in at Harrisburg, Pa. He went through the nine months' service in Company I, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was wounded in the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, by a bullet, in the left arm. He was for some time in the hospital. The wound resulted in the loss of the use of his left arm, and finally was the cause of his death. Thomas L. Hall was married in Hopewell township, now Lincoln, to Catherine Harker, a native of that township, and of German descent.


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