The son of German-born Benjamin & Esther (Hege) Tolbert and stepson of Malinda Hedge Tolbert (could be vice-versa), In 1860 he was a pudler living with and/or working for the John Cransler family in Petersburg, Perry County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 4" tall and had brown hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg May 8, 1861, mustered into federal service at Camp Harvey, Washington DC, July 27 as a private with Co. H, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves (36th Pennsylvania Infantry). Captured at the battle of the Wilderness May 5, 1864, he was incarcerated in the stockade at Andersonville, Georgia, then transferred to the stockade at Florence, South Carolina. Paroled December 11, 1864 at Charleston, South Carolina, he returned to Union ranks only to be accused of taking an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy, a charge the army never proved and one the War Department rescinded in 1890. He honorably discharged at term's end June 16, 1864.
He married Catherine Davis in 1882 in Harrisburg and fathered Blanche Lenore (b. 1870 [sic] - perhaps a stepdaughter). In 1888, he moved to the Soldiers' Home in Erie, Erie County, but according to family lore was expelled due to drunkenness. He is buried as "Talbert."
The son of German-born Benjamin & Esther (Hege) Tolbert and stepson of Malinda Hedge Tolbert (could be vice-versa), In 1860 he was a pudler living with and/or working for the John Cransler family in Petersburg, Perry County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 4" tall and had brown hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg May 8, 1861, mustered into federal service at Camp Harvey, Washington DC, July 27 as a private with Co. H, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves (36th Pennsylvania Infantry). Captured at the battle of the Wilderness May 5, 1864, he was incarcerated in the stockade at Andersonville, Georgia, then transferred to the stockade at Florence, South Carolina. Paroled December 11, 1864 at Charleston, South Carolina, he returned to Union ranks only to be accused of taking an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy, a charge the army never proved and one the War Department rescinded in 1890. He honorably discharged at term's end June 16, 1864.
He married Catherine Davis in 1882 in Harrisburg and fathered Blanche Lenore (b. 1870 [sic] - perhaps a stepdaughter). In 1888, he moved to the Soldiers' Home in Erie, Erie County, but according to family lore was expelled due to drunkenness. He is buried as "Talbert."
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