Based upon information provided in the 1880 and 1900 census, John is the son of John Freymyer or Freymeyer & Margaret Caskey Freymyer. (His mother is often mistakenly reported to be Margaret Biting.) His birth location is frequently reported as Germany, but both his army enlistment and discharge papers say Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Although not found with any certainty in the 1860 census, he is in the 1863 draft registration as a brick maker living in Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service with the same company and regiment:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-four in Lancaster September 11, 1861, and mustered into federal service there September 24 as a private with Co. C, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry. Falling ill sometime during August 1862, on September 4 following he was hospitalized at Nashville, Tennessee, and shortly thereafter forwarded to a nearby convalescent camp. He discharged by surgeon's certificate to date February 28, 1863, at Gallatin, Tennessee, by reason of "general unfitness for the service."
2. Enlisted in Lancaster May 25, 1863, and mustered into federal service there June 1, returning to Co. C, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry, apparently having become fit for the service in less than a month. Rejoining the regiment, he was wounded in the heel and right shoulder at the battle of Chickamauga on September 19, 1863. Again hospitalized at Nashville, Tennessee, he once more was discharged by surgeon's certificate to date May 23, 1865. He appears in the company register only with his second enlistment and muster dates, and his compiled military service records contain records for both terms combined into one file, making it appear on the surface as if his service had been contiguous.
After discharge, he is said to have returned to his home in Bird in Hand, Pennsylvania, but was not wanted. The strict Amish family that he had left five years earlier opposed war of any kind. They refused military service because they thought it was a sin to take up arms against their fellow man. They had told him not to go. When he returned home from the war, he later told his children, his family refused to even acknowledge him. For them John no longer existed. He came to Missouri from PA after the war. He never visited or talked about his family in PA.
He married Melissa Mosalen Deane (1843 to 1889), a widow who lived in Allenton, MO. She had a son, William H. Deane. Together, John and Melissa had three children: Charles (1875-1915) was a Spanish-American war veteran. Their second child was Eunice Margaretta, born in Allenton, MO. Their third child, John, was born in 1886. Melissa died in the March of 1889 and John died at age 3, one month after his mother.
In the 1880s John lived in Pacific, Missouri and worked as a farmer. Later, John was Marshall of Pacific, MO, and was Constable in Boles Township for 12 years, from 1892 to 1902.
August 20th, 1889, John married Maria Anna (Mary) Heidenfelder at St. Bridget of Kildare Catholic Church in Pacific, MO. She had immigrated two years prior with her two sons, Louis (Ludwig) and Joseph Ferdinand. Together John and Mary had three more children, Leo John, George A., and Mary.
John and Mary raised their combined families in Pacific, MO. The children attended St. Bridget's Church and school and also the Pacific public schools.
John died in 1907 and turned Catholic on his deathbed. At the large funeral service, members of his extended family came from St. Louis and Kansas City. A few veterans of his old Company C, who made the trip to attend the service, stood at attention at the grave site as "Taps" was played in honor of his military service. He is buried at St. Bridget Cemetery in Pacific.
NOTE: there was a second John Freymeyer from Lancaster County who served with Co., D, 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry (59th Pa). They are often confused.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service with the same company and regiment:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-four in Lancaster September 11, 1861, and mustered into federal service there September 24 as a private with Co. C, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry. Falling ill sometime during August 1862, on September 4 following he was hospitalized at Nashville, Tennessee, and shortly thereafter forwarded to a nearby convalescent camp. He discharged by surgeon's certificate to date February 28, 1863, at Gallatin, Tennessee, by reason of "general unfitness for the service."
2. Enlisted in Lancaster May 25, 1863, and mustered into federal service there June 1, returning to Co. C, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry, apparently having become fit for the service in less than a month. Rejoining the regiment, he was wounded in the heel and right shoulder at the battle of Chickamauga on September 19, 1863. Again hospitalized at Nashville, Tennessee, he once more was discharged by surgeon's certificate to date May 23, 1865. He appears in the company register only with his second enlistment and muster dates, and his compiled military service records contain records for both terms combined into one file, making it appear on the surface as if his service had been contiguous.
After discharge, he is said to have returned to his home in Bird in Hand, Pennsylvania, but was not wanted. The strict Amish family that he had left five years earlier opposed war of any kind. They refused military service because they thought it was a sin to take up arms against their fellow man. They had told him not to go. When he returned home from the war, he later told his children, his family refused to even acknowledge him. For them John no longer existed. He came to Missouri from PA after the war. He never visited or talked about his family in PA.
He married Melissa Mosalen Deane (1843 to 1889), a widow who lived in Allenton, MO. She had a son, William H. Deane. Together, John and Melissa had three children: Charles (1875-1915) was a Spanish-American war veteran. Their second child was Eunice Margaretta, born in Allenton, MO. Their third child, John, was born in 1886. Melissa died in the March of 1889 and John died at age 3, one month after his mother.
In the 1880s John lived in Pacific, Missouri and worked as a farmer. Later, John was Marshall of Pacific, MO, and was Constable in Boles Township for 12 years, from 1892 to 1902.
August 20th, 1889, John married Maria Anna (Mary) Heidenfelder at St. Bridget of Kildare Catholic Church in Pacific, MO. She had immigrated two years prior with her two sons, Louis (Ludwig) and Joseph Ferdinand. Together John and Mary had three more children, Leo John, George A., and Mary.
John and Mary raised their combined families in Pacific, MO. The children attended St. Bridget's Church and school and also the Pacific public schools.
John died in 1907 and turned Catholic on his deathbed. At the large funeral service, members of his extended family came from St. Louis and Kansas City. A few veterans of his old Company C, who made the trip to attend the service, stood at attention at the grave site as "Taps" was played in honor of his military service. He is buried at St. Bridget Cemetery in Pacific.
NOTE: there was a second John Freymeyer from Lancaster County who served with Co., D, 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry (59th Pa). They are often confused.
Based upon information provided in the 1880 and 1900 census, John is the son of John Freymyer or Freymeyer & Margaret Caskey Freymyer. (His mother is often mistakenly reported to be Margaret Biting.) His birth location is frequently reported as Germany, but both his army enlistment and discharge papers say Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Although not found with any certainty in the 1860 census, he is in the 1863 draft registration as a brick maker living in Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service with the same company and regiment:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-four in Lancaster September 11, 1861, and mustered into federal service there September 24 as a private with Co. C, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry. Falling ill sometime during August 1862, on September 4 following he was hospitalized at Nashville, Tennessee, and shortly thereafter forwarded to a nearby convalescent camp. He discharged by surgeon's certificate to date February 28, 1863, at Gallatin, Tennessee, by reason of "general unfitness for the service."
2. Enlisted in Lancaster May 25, 1863, and mustered into federal service there June 1, returning to Co. C, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry, apparently having become fit for the service in less than a month. Rejoining the regiment, he was wounded in the heel and right shoulder at the battle of Chickamauga on September 19, 1863. Again hospitalized at Nashville, Tennessee, he once more was discharged by surgeon's certificate to date May 23, 1865. He appears in the company register only with his second enlistment and muster dates, and his compiled military service records contain records for both terms combined into one file, making it appear on the surface as if his service had been contiguous.
After discharge, he is said to have returned to his home in Bird in Hand, Pennsylvania, but was not wanted. The strict Amish family that he had left five years earlier opposed war of any kind. They refused military service because they thought it was a sin to take up arms against their fellow man. They had told him not to go. When he returned home from the war, he later told his children, his family refused to even acknowledge him. For them John no longer existed. He came to Missouri from PA after the war. He never visited or talked about his family in PA.
He married Melissa Mosalen Deane (1843 to 1889), a widow who lived in Allenton, MO. She had a son, William H. Deane. Together, John and Melissa had three children: Charles (1875-1915) was a Spanish-American war veteran. Their second child was Eunice Margaretta, born in Allenton, MO. Their third child, John, was born in 1886. Melissa died in the March of 1889 and John died at age 3, one month after his mother.
In the 1880s John lived in Pacific, Missouri and worked as a farmer. Later, John was Marshall of Pacific, MO, and was Constable in Boles Township for 12 years, from 1892 to 1902.
August 20th, 1889, John married Maria Anna (Mary) Heidenfelder at St. Bridget of Kildare Catholic Church in Pacific, MO. She had immigrated two years prior with her two sons, Louis (Ludwig) and Joseph Ferdinand. Together John and Mary had three more children, Leo John, George A., and Mary.
John and Mary raised their combined families in Pacific, MO. The children attended St. Bridget's Church and school and also the Pacific public schools.
John died in 1907 and turned Catholic on his deathbed. At the large funeral service, members of his extended family came from St. Louis and Kansas City. A few veterans of his old Company C, who made the trip to attend the service, stood at attention at the grave site as "Taps" was played in honor of his military service. He is buried at St. Bridget Cemetery in Pacific.
NOTE: there was a second John Freymeyer from Lancaster County who served with Co., D, 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry (59th Pa). They are often confused.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service with the same company and regiment:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-four in Lancaster September 11, 1861, and mustered into federal service there September 24 as a private with Co. C, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry. Falling ill sometime during August 1862, on September 4 following he was hospitalized at Nashville, Tennessee, and shortly thereafter forwarded to a nearby convalescent camp. He discharged by surgeon's certificate to date February 28, 1863, at Gallatin, Tennessee, by reason of "general unfitness for the service."
2. Enlisted in Lancaster May 25, 1863, and mustered into federal service there June 1, returning to Co. C, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry, apparently having become fit for the service in less than a month. Rejoining the regiment, he was wounded in the heel and right shoulder at the battle of Chickamauga on September 19, 1863. Again hospitalized at Nashville, Tennessee, he once more was discharged by surgeon's certificate to date May 23, 1865. He appears in the company register only with his second enlistment and muster dates, and his compiled military service records contain records for both terms combined into one file, making it appear on the surface as if his service had been contiguous.
After discharge, he is said to have returned to his home in Bird in Hand, Pennsylvania, but was not wanted. The strict Amish family that he had left five years earlier opposed war of any kind. They refused military service because they thought it was a sin to take up arms against their fellow man. They had told him not to go. When he returned home from the war, he later told his children, his family refused to even acknowledge him. For them John no longer existed. He came to Missouri from PA after the war. He never visited or talked about his family in PA.
He married Melissa Mosalen Deane (1843 to 1889), a widow who lived in Allenton, MO. She had a son, William H. Deane. Together, John and Melissa had three children: Charles (1875-1915) was a Spanish-American war veteran. Their second child was Eunice Margaretta, born in Allenton, MO. Their third child, John, was born in 1886. Melissa died in the March of 1889 and John died at age 3, one month after his mother.
In the 1880s John lived in Pacific, Missouri and worked as a farmer. Later, John was Marshall of Pacific, MO, and was Constable in Boles Township for 12 years, from 1892 to 1902.
August 20th, 1889, John married Maria Anna (Mary) Heidenfelder at St. Bridget of Kildare Catholic Church in Pacific, MO. She had immigrated two years prior with her two sons, Louis (Ludwig) and Joseph Ferdinand. Together John and Mary had three more children, Leo John, George A., and Mary.
John and Mary raised their combined families in Pacific, MO. The children attended St. Bridget's Church and school and also the Pacific public schools.
John died in 1907 and turned Catholic on his deathbed. At the large funeral service, members of his extended family came from St. Louis and Kansas City. A few veterans of his old Company C, who made the trip to attend the service, stood at attention at the grave site as "Taps" was played in honor of his military service. He is buried at St. Bridget Cemetery in Pacific.
NOTE: there was a second John Freymeyer from Lancaster County who served with Co., D, 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry (59th Pa). They are often confused.
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