1860 Jacob Weigle (age 28, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Franklin Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania. He was a blacksmith. Joseph Ritner Brenizer (future brother-in-law) was listed in the adjacent household. [1]
1863 Jacob M Weigle, age 32, of South Middleton, was registered for the draft. [2]
1864 Jacob M. Weigle was First Lieut in Company G, 202nd Infantry Regiment of Pennsylvania. Brother Jonas M Weigle enlisted as a Union Private on August 26 in the company. [3] An account is quoted below. [4]
OLD WAR TIME MEMORIES.
Selections from my Army Journal,
Scenes and incidents as they occurred
in 1864 and 1865 with the soldier
boys of the 202d Penn, Vols.Items of interest connected with the 20lst,
Penn. and 8th Ill. Cavalry while on duty
together down in "Old Virginia"
after Jack Mosby and his noted
band of Guerillas.In these "Memoirs" will be given a correct version of many of the war songs, camp scenes, raids, foraging exploits, big scenes, lucky escapes, captures, love adventures, etc., as taken from records kept in the war journal of
R. J. Coffey,
Sergeant of Company G. 202, Pa. Vol.
To commence this story of the old war times aright, I must refer the readers back to the 20th day of August 1684, and then to the quiet little village of Leesburg, in Cumberland county Pennsylvania, where on that day the brave boys of Company "G" were first placed in line and with one hand upon each heart and the other raised toward the blue and cloudless heavens, took that solemn and iron clad oath that bound them together and to their country and its sacred and cherished institutions for a year or more.Side by side they stood upon that quiet village street and calmly responded one after another as their names was called until all were sworn in and the flag they ever after carried was presented to their care and keeping in eloquent and patriotic words from their esteemed friend and neighbor, Colonel James Chestnut.
He spoke to them in heroic and eloquent language that woke up every sentiment of patrotism and planted for ever that resolve of every good soldiers within each breast to do his duty or to die defending the honor of himself, his country, his loved ones, his home and his flag against all invaders.
Around them waiting to say good bye, stood kind fathers, young brothers and fond and weeping mothers, sisters and sweethearts all feeling sadness at heart to part with the noble boys, but yet In true American royalty and loyalty submitting them to the shrine of a liberty loving country, and in anxious and silent prayers to the care and mercy of the God of battles.
When the ceremonies of the muster in and speaking were over, Captain John Coffey, who had raised the company, read his order for transportation and report to Camp Curtin at Harrisburg on the following day and then dismissed the boys to enjoy the company of kind friends until the following morning, August 21st.
In my journal here would follow the names and age of every one of the hundred men in Company "G", but will omit them now as they will come in more appropriate in some later article. I will also explain that at this particular date the company had not been given the company letter nor the Regimental number, as they were added after its arrival at Camp Curtin.
On the following morning, August 21st, we took the train for Harrisburg, where in less than one week the 202nd Pennsylvania, under command of Col. Charles Albright of Mauch Chunk, Pa., Lieutenant Col. John Maus, Major Selp and the ten captains, Degen, Lascre, Powell, Roth, Lubbach, Gochenauer, Neyhart, Wagner, Pfeiffer and Decker, the Regiment was full and ordered to report to Camp Couch at Chambersburg, Pa.
While In Harrisburg, Captain John Coffey, owing to the circumstances under which he was placed at home with all the requirements of a large two hundred acre farm, and scarcely any laborers to be found, asked the advise of the company as to what in their opinion it was best for him to do. Whether to proeeed with them to the front or to return to the management of his farm, which without his care would be in a helpless condition.
On vote of the boys, it was decided that he could best aid the country to remain at home as a producer of war supplies, and he retired.
An election of company officers was then held and resulted as follows:
Captain … David Gochenauer.
1st Lieutenant … Jesse Naugle.
2nd " … Philip S. Shefer.
1st Sergeant … Jacob M, Weigle.
2nd " … Aaron Ott.
3rd " … Isaac Ingram.
4th " … R.J. Coffey
5th " … Lewis R. HachThe eight Corporals In order were: Emanuel Finkinbinder; J. D. Hemminger; Joseph Gochenauer; Theodore A. Skelley; Samuel Gochenauer; Mathias Kammerer; Peter Vaugle and William Ingram.
The 202d Pennsylvania on September 9th, 1864 marched out of Harrisburg and was taken by a special train to camp Couch at Chambersburg, where they lay in camp with 201st Pennsylvania until ordered on to tne front a few days later.
By train the 202d were returned to Harrisburg and on through to Baltimore, Washington and Alexandria, and encamped on the night of Monday October 3d on the old battle field at Mannassa in Virginia.
We were now in the guerilla haunts of Col. Jack Mosby and his daring band of from sixteen hundred to two thousand select men, all mounted on the best horses that Mosby could buy or capture.
And now reader from this time on, until Mosby's final surrender some two weeks after the surrender of Lee, our story of the ups and downs of the 202d Pennsylvania and eighth Illinois cavalry as banded together will be full of fun, hardship and adventures.
(Continued next week)
1870 Jacob Weigal (age 39, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Cerzella Weigal (age 28), William Weigal (age 6), Luberta Weigal (age 4), and Estella Weigal (age 2). Jacob Weigal was a blacksmith. [5]
1872 Jacob M. Weigle was a Traverse Juror at Shippensburg. [6]
1874 Jacob M. Weigle died on Mar. 22, 1874 and was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery, Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Jacob M. Weigle was born 1832. [7] [8] [9] The headstone was listed for a veteran of the Civil War. [10] [11]
In 1860, he was a blacksmith living in Franklin Township, Adams County, and stood 5' 11" tall with dark hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Leesburg, Cumberland County, August 20, 1864, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 25 as 1st sergeant of Co. G, 202nd Pennsylvania, and honorably discharged with his company August 3, 1865.
1880 Carzell E. Weigle (age 37, born in Pennsylvania, widower) lived in Shippensburg Twp, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in a household with William E. Weigle (age 16), Luberta A. Weigle (age 14), Nora V. Weigle (age 9), Charles H. Weigle (age 7), and Henneita H. Goodyear (age 28). Carzell E. Weigle's parents were both born in Pennsylvania. [12]
1883 Corzella E Weigle, widow, was listed on a pension record for Jacob M Weigle. Dated March 17. [13]
1888 Laberta Alice Weigle and Thomas Fuller Mcmullen were married on January 11, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Laberta Alice Weigle was a child of Weigle (deceased) and Coryelle E Weigle. (FHL film 000021005). [14]
1890 Jacob M Wigle was listed as a veteran of the Civil War, with widow Corzella Wigle, in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He had been an orderly in Company G, regiment 202 of the Pennsylvania infantry. [15]
1899 Corzella E. Goodyear Weigle died on January 15, at age 57y 7m 4d, and was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery, Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
Another Grip Victim
Mrs C. E. Weigle of Shippensburg Dies After One Day's Illness.
From Our Correspondent.Shippensburg, Pa., Jan. 17. Mrs. Carzella E. Weigle, widow of the late Jacob M. Weigle, died at her home on South Penn street, at 11:30 o'clock Sunday evening after an illness of la grippe of one day's duration. Until Saturday evening Mrs. Weigle had enjoyed good health until about 8 o'clock when she was suddenly stricken with a severe pain in the back part of her bead. Her physician was at once summoned, who pronounced her ailment grippe. She continued to grow worse until about 11:30 Saturday evening, when she died.
Mrs, Weigle was aged 57 years, 7 months and 4 days. She is survived by two sons, William and Charles, and three daughters, Mrs. Alberta McMullin, Mrs. John Diller and Miss Viola. B. K. Goodyear, of Carlisle, is a brother. Mrs. Weigle was a member of the Messiah United Brethren church, and had a large circle of friends who very much regret to learn of her sudden death.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Services will be conducted at the house by Revs. Ayers, Swartz, Henry and Hibschman. Interment Spring Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Carzelia Elizabeth, widow of Jacob M. Weigle, died at her home in Shlppensburg on the 15th from grip. She was born at Graeffensburg, June 11, 1841, and was a Miss Goodyear. She leaves two sons and three daughters. Funeral on Wednesday.
1930 Viola Weigle (age 60, born in Pennsylvania, single) lived in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Luberta A Mcwilliam (age 63). Viola Weigle's parents were both born in Pennsylvania. Viola Weigle was a seamstress. The residence did not have a radio. [22]
1940 Miss Nora Viola Weigle, daughter of Jacob Weigle and Corzela Goodyear, died on July 25, at age 69, in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Miss Nora Viola Weigle was born on October 7, 1870, in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. (Death certificate: 64905). [23]
1946 Wm E Weigle, son of Jacob Weigle and Kuzella Goodyear, spouse of Emma Lurdsay, died on April 1, at age 88, in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Wm E Weigle was born on January 1, 1858, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. (Death certificate: 32529). [24] [25] [26]
1958 Luberta Alice Mc Mullen, daughter of Jacob Weigle and Corzella Goodyear, spouse of Thomas Mc Mullen, died on January 1, at age 91, in Southampton Twp, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Luberta Alice Mc Mullen was born on April 28, 1866, in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. (Death certificate: 4597). [27]
1960 Charles H Weigle, son of Jacob Weigle and Corzella Goodyear, spouse of Helen Higgins, died on May 26, at age 87, in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Charles H Weigle was born on September 11, 1872, in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. (Death certificate: 46108). [28]
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[2] National Archives and Records Administration, Civil War Draft Registration Records (Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865) (Washington, D.C.), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[3] The Chronicle, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, June 8, 1916, page 6, [NewspapersClip].
[4] Wilson Eagle, Wilson, Kansas, August 4, 1888, page 1, [NewspapersClip].
[5] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryRecord].
[6] The Star and Enterprise, Newville, Pennsylvania, December 17, 1872, page 3, [NewspapersClip].
[7] Find A Grave Memorial 99843426, [FindAGrave].
[8] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[9] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, [AncestryRecord].
[10] Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[11] The Star and Enterprise, Newville, Pennsylvania, March 31, 1874, page 5, [NewspapersClip].
[12] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[13] U.S., Civil War Pension Index, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[14] Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriages, 1852-1968, [AncestryRecord].
[15] US 1890 Veterans Schedules, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[16] Find A Grave Memorial 99863883, [FindAGrave].
[17] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[18] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, [AncestryRecord].
[19] The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, January 17, 1899, page 3, [NewspapersClip].
[20] The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, January 17, 1899, page 3, [NewspapersClip].
[21] Carlisle Evening Herald, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, January 16, 1899, page 4, [NewspapersClip].
[22] United States Federal Census, 1930, [AncestryRecord].
[23] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[24] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[25] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[26] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, [AncestryRecord].
[27] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[28] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].