A Civil War Veteran;
Company K,40th Regiment Pa Vols & 11th Pennsylvania Reserves
He was a former resident of Brookville.
Sources:
~ The Weekly Enterprise;Cambridge Springs,Crawford County,Pennsylvania;dated 28 July 1903.
~ The Punxsutawney Spirit;Punxsutawney,
Jefferson County,Pennsylvania;dated 29 July 1903.
~ Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Card dated 9 July 1934 by G.A. Lyle.
~ Civil War Pension Card-Invalid Application # 126614-Certificate # 82763;dated 14 June 1867 and Widows Application # 791177- Certificate # 583324;dated 8 September 1903 for his wife,Harriet McCrea.
~ Jefferson County Pennsylvania Her Pioneers and People;Vol. 2;Wm.James McKnight;1917,Beers & Co. Chicago;Page 237-238.
Contributors Notes:-
According to Ken McCrea,FindAGrave Contributor-47696803 on 29 Apr2015,Thomas was his 1st cousin-3 times removed and the son of John and Sarah Nee Parker McCrea. His known siblings were:-
~ Mary McCrea;
~ Elizabeth A. McCrea Corbet,widow of Col. William W. Corbet,of Brookville;
~ Jane McCrea;
~ Felix G. McCrea;
~ Sarah mcCrea;
~ Cassius E. McCrea
Newspaper accounts stated that he was about 60 years of age,which would place his birth at about 1843 and that he had been living with his wife & children in Braddock,Pennsylvania before going to Cambridge Springs.
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A Civil War Veteran;
Company K,40th Regiment Pa Vols & 11th Pennsylvania Reserves
He was a former resident of Brookville.
Sources:
~ The Weekly Enterprise;Cambridge Springs,Crawford County,Pennsylvania;dated 28 July 1903.
~ The Punxsutawney Spirit;Punxsutawney,
Jefferson County,Pennsylvania;dated 29 July 1903.
~ Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Card dated 9 July 1934 by G.A. Lyle.
~ Civil War Pension Card-Invalid Application # 126614-Certificate # 82763;dated 14 June 1867 and Widows Application # 791177- Certificate # 583324;dated 8 September 1903 for his wife,Harriet McCrea.
~ Jefferson County Pennsylvania Her Pioneers and People;Vol. 2;Wm.James McKnight;1917,Beers & Co. Chicago;Page 237-238.
Contributors Notes:-
According to Ken McCrea,FindAGrave Contributor-47696803 on 29 Apr2015,Thomas was his 1st cousin-3 times removed and the son of John and Sarah Nee Parker McCrea. His known siblings were:-
~ Mary McCrea;
~ Elizabeth A. McCrea Corbet,widow of Col. William W. Corbet,of Brookville;
~ Jane McCrea;
~ Felix G. McCrea;
~ Sarah mcCrea;
~ Cassius E. McCrea
Newspaper accounts stated that he was about 60 years of age,which would place his birth at about 1843 and that he had been living with his wife & children in Braddock,Pennsylvania before going to Cambridge Springs.
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