Thomas Falkner (1829 - 1889)

Born 1829 in England, United Kingdom

Died 7 Apr 1889 at about age 60 in Avon Township, Lorain, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Private Thomas Falkner served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 13 Aug 1862
Mustered out: 17 Jul 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 103rd Ohio Infantry, Company C; 183rd Ohio Infantry Company H

Thomas was born in 1829. Thomas enlisted in Company C of the 103rd OVI on 13 Aug 1862 as a Private. He is shown as "deserted," 6 Apr 1863 and then returned. Transferred to Company H, 183rd Regiment, OVI on 12 Jun 1865. He mustered out with the company on 17 Jul 1865. The 1880 U.S. Census has him living alone in Avon, Ohio and working as a Laborer. He passed away in 1889.

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Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80572855/thomas-falkner: accessed July 4, 2024), memorial page for Thomas Falkner (1829–7 Apr 1889), Find a Grave Memorial ID 80572855, citing Avon Cemetery, Avon, Lorain County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by William Stark (contributor 46521610).

• Ancestry.com. Ohio, U.S., Soldier Grave Registrations, 1804-1958 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Original data: Graves Registration Cards Collection, Ohio History Connection, Columbus, Ohio.

• Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.

• Year: 1880; Census Place: Avon, Lorain, Ohio; Roll: 1042; Page: 340b; Enumeration District: 162

• The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; U.s., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Title: General Index to Civil War and Later Pension Files, Ca. 1949-Ca. 1949; NAI Number: 563268; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Number: T288; Roll: 147