 1834 - 1919 (84 years)
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| Name |
Neiswender, Samuel |
| Prefix |
Mr |
| Birth |
28 Apr 1834 |
Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States of America  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
31 Jan 1919 |
New Ringgold, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States of America |
| Burial |
Friedens Church Cemetery, New Ringgold, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States of America |
| Notes |
- Samuel served as a private with the 48th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Company I (Civil War).
Additional biographic information courtesy of Cindy Rinehart:
Samuel Neiswender was born at Tumbling Run, near Pottsville, April 28, 1834, was educated at Orwigsburg, and assisted his father on the home farm. After his father's death he bought the home place, a tract of 100 acres, and later came to own another farm, of fifty acres. After farming successfully in that last section for a number of years, he lost all he had accumulated through a bank failure. Moving to Bowling Green, Ohio, he tenanted a number of farms there returning to Schuylkill county in 1886. There after he tenanted farms for several years, and also did work on the neighboring farms, but for the last ten years he has been living retired in his home in New Ringgold. Mr. Neiswender dealt in horses for some time and was an excellent judge, having been a jockey in his early days. On Oct. 27, 1862, he enlisted from Schuylkill, county, and was mustered in at Reading, PA., in Company I, 167th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, to serve nine months. He was under Capts. J.M. Shollenberger and Charles Knoder, and Col. J.D. Davis, the regiments was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, and attached to the 1st and 6th Army Corps of the Army of the Potomac. The command went to Harrisburg and then to Baltimore, later to Washington D.C., and to Suffolk, and was engaged in guard duty at the fortifications there. In the expedition to the Black Water his regiment engaged the enemy at Deserted Farm, Jan. 30, 1863; was in the siege of Suffolk, April 12 to May 4, 1863; and joined in the pursuit of Lee on his retreat from Gettysburg. Mr. Neiswener shared in all its movements and fortunes, and was honorably discharged at Reading, Pa., Aug 12, 1863.
Mr. Neiswender was first married to Pricilla Halderman, who was born in West Penn. Township, this county, April 23, 1833; a daughter of Abraham Halderman. She died aged thirty-three years, the mother of the following children; Moses, born Sept. 24, 1856, who married Kate Freher; Jonas, born July 17, 1859; Mary, born Aug. 24, 1861 wife of Jacob Frantz; Rena born July 1, 1866; who married a Mr. Henderson and is deceased; Rosie, born May 11, 1868, widow of Nicholas Yocum; Eli, born in 1869; and Ida, born Aug. 18, 1870. For his second wife Mr. Neiswender married Katie Elizabeth Smith, who was born April 15, 1858 in the State of New Hampshire, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Smith) Smith. Children as follows were born to this marriage, Edwin R; William H., born Nov. 3 1878; who died Sept. 18, 1904; Minnie F., born Feb 22, 1880; wife of William M. Koch; Lewis R., born Aug. 15, 1883; who married Gertrude Selgrath; and Agnes M., born Aug. 6, 1894; wife of Charles Hepler. Mr. Neiswender is a member of the Frieden's Lutheran Church at New Ringgold. He is a Republican in politics.
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: genealogy--family history ..., Volume 2
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| Person ID |
I551 |
Ford |
| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2023 |
| Family 1 |
Smith Neiswender, Mrs Catharine Elizabeth, b. 1855, New Hampshire, United States of America d. 1937 (Age 82 years) |
| Marriage |
1875 |
| Age at Marriage |
He : ~ 40 years and 8 months - She : ~ 20 years. |
| Children |
| | 1. Neiswender, Mr Edwin Rolland, b. 1876 d. 1954 (Age 78 years) |
| | 2. Neiswender, Mr William Harrison, b. 1876 d. 18 Sep 1904 (Age 28 years) |
| | 3. Neiswender, Mr Lewis Richard, b. 15 Aug 1883 d. 1971 (Age 87 years) |
| | 4. Neiswender Koch, Mrs Minnie F, b. 22 Feb 1880 |
| | 5. Neiswender Hepler, Mrs Agnes May, b. 6 Aug 1894 d. 1979 (Age 84 years) |
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| Family ID |
F194 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2023 |
| Family 2 |
Halderman Neiswender, Mrs Pricilla, b. 23 Apr 1833, West Penn Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States of America d. Abt 1866 (Age 32 years) |
| Children |
| + | 1. Neiswender, Mr Moses, b. 24 Sep 1854, Pennsylvania, United States of America d. 12 Aug 1936, Orwigsburg, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States of America (Age 81 years) |
| | 2. Neiswender Yocum, Mrs Rosie, b. 11 May 1868 |
| | 3. Neiswender, Mr Jonas, b. 17 Jul 1859 |
| | 4. Neiswender Henderson, Mrs Rena, b. 1 Jul 1866 |
| | 5. Neiswender, Eli, b. Abt 1869 |
| | 6. Neiswender, Ida, b. 18 Aug 1870 |
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| Family ID |
F195 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2023 |
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