Thomas Hlawacek was born in Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic) on October 15, 1847. He immigrated to the United States with his parents, Wenzel and Magdalena, and his sister in 1858. They settled in Carlton, Kewaunee Co., Wisconsin.
Thomas joined the Union army at age sixteen under the alias Gloverstack. He was mustered into Co. G, 39th Wisconsin Infantry on May 28, 1864 for 100 days service. On June 13, the 39th was sent from Camp Washburn in Milwaukee to do garrison and guard duty around Memphis, Tennessee. On August 21, Thomas and the 39th took part in the defense of the city against Forrest's raid. On September 22, Thomas mustered out with his regiment in Milwaukee.
Thomas returned to Kewaunee County where he farmed and had an agricultural implement business. He got married in 1867 and fathered nine children.
Thomas was active in local politics. He served six years as town clerk, twelve years as Justice of the Peace, and one year as the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors in Carlton. In 1885, he moved to the city of Kewaunee and served as Clerk of the Circuit Court of Kewaunee Co. He was also the local postmaster in Norman (WI).
On May 6, 1884 Thomas was a founding member of GAR John M. Read Post 155 in Kewaunee. The local newspaper shows him as the sergeant major of the post. The post dues book survives in the UW-Green Bay archives. It shows him paying his dues through January 1900.
In December 1899 he moved to the Oklahoma Territory. His wife and two youngest daughters went with him.
Except for two years in Canadian, Texas (1909-11), Thomas spent the rest of his life in western Oklahoma. He lived in Cheyenne and then Hammon. He had harness shops in all the above cities.
Thomas got involved in local politics in Oklahoma. He served as the Justice of the Peace in Hammon in the teens and early twenties. He also had Republican Ward meetings at his shop.
In 1908, Thomas got a land grant for 160 acres in Roger Mills Co., Oklahoma (signed by T.R.). He also owned a ranch up in Snowmass, Colorado where he took a grandson to visit in 1925.
His first wife Mary died in 1911 and Thomas remarried in 1913 to Anna Suster (also from Bohemia.
In 1882, he filed for a pension claiming rheumatism from his service in Memphis. He navigated the pension process and eventually received a pension. By 1920, Thomas' records show he had suffered a stroke. He had partial paralysis along with crippling rheumatism. He passed away on September 14, 1929.
Thomas Hlawacek was buried at the IOOF Cemetery in Ringling where his daughter lived.
(His 1st wife, Mary Steffel, is buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Hammon, Roger Mills Co, OK.)
Thomas joined the Union army at age sixteen under the alias Gloverstack. He was mustered into Co. G, 39th Wisconsin Infantry on May 28, 1864 for 100 days service. On June 13, the 39th was sent from Camp Washburn in Milwaukee to do garrison and guard duty around Memphis, Tennessee. On August 21, Thomas and the 39th took part in the defense of the city against Forrest's raid. On September 22, Thomas mustered out with his regiment in Milwaukee.
Thomas returned to Kewaunee County where he farmed and had an agricultural implement business. He got married in 1867 and fathered nine children.
Thomas was active in local politics. He served six years as town clerk, twelve years as Justice of the Peace, and one year as the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors in Carlton. In 1885, he moved to the city of Kewaunee and served as Clerk of the Circuit Court of Kewaunee Co. He was also the local postmaster in Norman (WI).
On May 6, 1884 Thomas was a founding member of GAR John M. Read Post 155 in Kewaunee. The local newspaper shows him as the sergeant major of the post. The post dues book survives in the UW-Green Bay archives. It shows him paying his dues through January 1900.
In December 1899 he moved to the Oklahoma Territory. His wife and two youngest daughters went with him.
Except for two years in Canadian, Texas (1909-11), Thomas spent the rest of his life in western Oklahoma. He lived in Cheyenne and then Hammon. He had harness shops in all the above cities.
Thomas got involved in local politics in Oklahoma. He served as the Justice of the Peace in Hammon in the teens and early twenties. He also had Republican Ward meetings at his shop.
In 1908, Thomas got a land grant for 160 acres in Roger Mills Co., Oklahoma (signed by T.R.). He also owned a ranch up in Snowmass, Colorado where he took a grandson to visit in 1925.
His first wife Mary died in 1911 and Thomas remarried in 1913 to Anna Suster (also from Bohemia.
In 1882, he filed for a pension claiming rheumatism from his service in Memphis. He navigated the pension process and eventually received a pension. By 1920, Thomas' records show he had suffered a stroke. He had partial paralysis along with crippling rheumatism. He passed away on September 14, 1929.
Thomas Hlawacek was buried at the IOOF Cemetery in Ringling where his daughter lived.
(His 1st wife, Mary Steffel, is buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Hammon, Roger Mills Co, OK.)
Thomas Hlawacek was born in Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic) on October 15, 1847. He immigrated to the United States with his parents, Wenzel and Magdalena, and his sister in 1858. They settled in Carlton, Kewaunee Co., Wisconsin.
Thomas joined the Union army at age sixteen under the alias Gloverstack. He was mustered into Co. G, 39th Wisconsin Infantry on May 28, 1864 for 100 days service. On June 13, the 39th was sent from Camp Washburn in Milwaukee to do garrison and guard duty around Memphis, Tennessee. On August 21, Thomas and the 39th took part in the defense of the city against Forrest's raid. On September 22, Thomas mustered out with his regiment in Milwaukee.
Thomas returned to Kewaunee County where he farmed and had an agricultural implement business. He got married in 1867 and fathered nine children.
Thomas was active in local politics. He served six years as town clerk, twelve years as Justice of the Peace, and one year as the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors in Carlton. In 1885, he moved to the city of Kewaunee and served as Clerk of the Circuit Court of Kewaunee Co. He was also the local postmaster in Norman (WI).
On May 6, 1884 Thomas was a founding member of GAR John M. Read Post 155 in Kewaunee. The local newspaper shows him as the sergeant major of the post. The post dues book survives in the UW-Green Bay archives. It shows him paying his dues through January 1900.
In December 1899 he moved to the Oklahoma Territory. His wife and two youngest daughters went with him.
Except for two years in Canadian, Texas (1909-11), Thomas spent the rest of his life in western Oklahoma. He lived in Cheyenne and then Hammon. He had harness shops in all the above cities.
Thomas got involved in local politics in Oklahoma. He served as the Justice of the Peace in Hammon in the teens and early twenties. He also had Republican Ward meetings at his shop.
In 1908, Thomas got a land grant for 160 acres in Roger Mills Co., Oklahoma (signed by T.R.). He also owned a ranch up in Snowmass, Colorado where he took a grandson to visit in 1925.
His first wife Mary died in 1911 and Thomas remarried in 1913 to Anna Suster (also from Bohemia.
In 1882, he filed for a pension claiming rheumatism from his service in Memphis. He navigated the pension process and eventually received a pension. By 1920, Thomas' records show he had suffered a stroke. He had partial paralysis along with crippling rheumatism. He passed away on September 14, 1929.
Thomas Hlawacek was buried at the IOOF Cemetery in Ringling where his daughter lived.
(His 1st wife, Mary Steffel, is buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Hammon, Roger Mills Co, OK.)
Thomas joined the Union army at age sixteen under the alias Gloverstack. He was mustered into Co. G, 39th Wisconsin Infantry on May 28, 1864 for 100 days service. On June 13, the 39th was sent from Camp Washburn in Milwaukee to do garrison and guard duty around Memphis, Tennessee. On August 21, Thomas and the 39th took part in the defense of the city against Forrest's raid. On September 22, Thomas mustered out with his regiment in Milwaukee.
Thomas returned to Kewaunee County where he farmed and had an agricultural implement business. He got married in 1867 and fathered nine children.
Thomas was active in local politics. He served six years as town clerk, twelve years as Justice of the Peace, and one year as the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors in Carlton. In 1885, he moved to the city of Kewaunee and served as Clerk of the Circuit Court of Kewaunee Co. He was also the local postmaster in Norman (WI).
On May 6, 1884 Thomas was a founding member of GAR John M. Read Post 155 in Kewaunee. The local newspaper shows him as the sergeant major of the post. The post dues book survives in the UW-Green Bay archives. It shows him paying his dues through January 1900.
In December 1899 he moved to the Oklahoma Territory. His wife and two youngest daughters went with him.
Except for two years in Canadian, Texas (1909-11), Thomas spent the rest of his life in western Oklahoma. He lived in Cheyenne and then Hammon. He had harness shops in all the above cities.
Thomas got involved in local politics in Oklahoma. He served as the Justice of the Peace in Hammon in the teens and early twenties. He also had Republican Ward meetings at his shop.
In 1908, Thomas got a land grant for 160 acres in Roger Mills Co., Oklahoma (signed by T.R.). He also owned a ranch up in Snowmass, Colorado where he took a grandson to visit in 1925.
His first wife Mary died in 1911 and Thomas remarried in 1913 to Anna Suster (also from Bohemia.
In 1882, he filed for a pension claiming rheumatism from his service in Memphis. He navigated the pension process and eventually received a pension. By 1920, Thomas' records show he had suffered a stroke. He had partial paralysis along with crippling rheumatism. He passed away on September 14, 1929.
Thomas Hlawacek was buried at the IOOF Cemetery in Ringling where his daughter lived.
(His 1st wife, Mary Steffel, is buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Hammon, Roger Mills Co, OK.)
Family Members
Children
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Anna Hlavacek Hoffman
1866–1958
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Mary Hlawacek Kabat
1868–1916
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Sophia "Sophie" Hlavacek Pelnar
1870–1951
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James Heck
1872–1939
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Emil Hlawacek
1874–1965
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Antonia Hlawacek Boretsky
1876–1955
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Francisca Petrolina "Frances" Hlawacek Wallace
1879–1945
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Lucia Lenore "Lucy" Hlawacek DeLane
1882–1952
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Celeste Hlawacek Lockwood
1888–1969
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