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Lewis Thomas Beers

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Lewis Thomas Beers Veteran

Birth
Boggs Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
12 Mar 1918 (aged 74)
Clearfield, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Coalport, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Lewis T. Beers is an honored veteran of the Civil war, and a valued citizen in times of peace, his loyalty to the best interests of the country never being called in question. At the early age of eighteen years he entered the Union army, and on many a Southern battle field displayed courage equal to that of the gray-haired veterans. Mr. Beers is a son of John and Sophia (Sowders) Beers. His father was born in the Bush farm on Little Clearfield creek, near Forest Bridge, in 1807, a son of Robert Beers, who located in Boggs township at an early day. After his marriage, John Beers located on the turnpike between the Blue Ball and Clearfield creek, where he cleared forty acres of land and developed a good farm. In 1849 he located on the Thomas Mullen farm in Beccaria township, purchasing 150 acres of partially improved land. Of this he cleared about seventy acres and erected a fine residence and other buildings, but in 1869 sold out and removed to Grinnell, Iowa, where he purchased a farm, whereon he lived until his death in 1880. His wife died in 1894. They had ten children: (1) George S., born in Boggs township, in 1837, married a Miss Buck, of Clearfield, and with their six children now resides in Chicago. (2) John, born in Boggs township, in 1839, enlisted September 19, 1861, in Company B, 53d PVI, and was in all the battles of his regiment. (3) William, born in Boggs township, in 1841, entered the Union army with the 111th PVI, was with Sherman on the march to the sea, and at the close of the war was honorably discharged. He married Mollie Oschall [O'Shall], of Cambria county, Penn., and with his bride moved to Iowa, and later to Wisconsin, where he took up a government claim and followed farming sixteen years. He then sold and returned to Cambria county, purchasing a farm in White township, where he still makes his home. He has four children. (4) Lewis T., is next in the family. (5) Catherine, born in 1846, went to the West with her parents, and is now a resident of Kansas. (6) Herman, born in Boggs township in 1848, went with the family to Iowa, where he married and reared a family. He bought a farm, whereon he yet resides. (7) Alfred, born in Boggs township, in 1850, is a resident of Iowa. (8) Ellen, born in 1853, went West with her parents, and married Mr. Simpson, of Chicago, but both are now deceased. (9) Philena, born in Beccaria township, in 1855, married Mr. Fords of Iowa, who died leaving a widow and one child now living in that State. (10) Thomas, born in Boggs township, in 1858, is now a resident of Chicago. On the homestead in Boggs township, Lewis T. Beers was born in August, 1844. At the age of six he accompanied his parents to Beccaria township, and worked on the farm during the summer while in the winter he attended the public schools. His patriotism prompted his enlistment in the Civil war in 1861, and he joined Company D., 53rd PVI, under General McClellan. With John S. McKernan in command, the company went to Harrisburg, was mustered into service and assigned to J. R. Brooks' regiment in Fourth Brigade, First Division, Second Army Corps. The march to Manassas, drove the enemy from Alexandria, and by boat went to the mouth of the York river, where they were employed in building corduroy roads. After causing the Rebels to evacuate Yorktown, they marched to Williamsport and on to Fair Oaks, where the regiment participated in its first pitched battle. In 1862 they relieved the Pennsylvania Reserves at Gainesville, and the next morning after burning their camp formed in line of battle a mile away, the Second Corps being held to cover the line of retreat. By a heavy fire they drove the enemy back and that night retreated to Peach Orchard, where the next day they were succeeded in checking Lee's advance. The next night they retreated to White Oak Swamp, burning the bridge after them, and from there joined the main army at Malvern Hill, where they defeated Lee's forces. The Union loss was twenty-four thousand and the Confederates still greater. The Northern troops then marched to Harrison's Landing, and to the relief of Pope. Mr. Beers was at that time lying wounded in the hospital, but in the spring of 1863 he rejoined his command, crossed the Rappahannock and participated in the battle of Chancellorsville, where Hooker was repulsed with heavy loss. They then marched to Snicker's Gap, in the Shenandoah Valley, to meet Lee, and left that at place on the 1st of July, marching sixty miles in one day and night, and reaching Gettysburg at nine o'clock in the morning. In the second day of the battle there, Mr. Beers was wounded in the left leg and lay of the field for two days and nights. In the field hospital his wounds were dressed, after which he was sent to a hospital in Philadelphia. On recovering in the spring of 1864, he joined the army then under Grant at Culpeper, and participated in the battle of the Wilderness followed by the engagement of Spotsylvania. That night a part of the Second and Fifth Corps and the Third Corps marched into the center of Lee's army and took a prominent part in the victory there. Mr. Beers was again severely wounded in the left arm and from Fredericksburg was sent to Little York Hospital and afterward to Pittsburg. He participated in the battle of Hatcher's Run and the engagements until Lee's surrender. On the last day of the battle he was wounded in the right hip and remained in the regimental hospital, but was out in time to participate in the grand review in Washington, and was discharged at Harrisburg, June 30, 1865. After his return home, Mr. Beers followed lumbering on Clearfield creek, jobbing for Isaac Gates. In 1874 he married Elizabeth Mays, daughter of Jonathan and Julia Mays, of Ansonville. He then purchased a tract of land of Warren Bell and erected a house, but last sold and removed to Westover, where he bought a shingle mill and manufactured shingles one year. In May, 1881, he purchased lots in Rose Bud, erected four houses and has since been a resident of that place. In politics he is a Republican, and has served as a member of the board of election a number of terms. The children born to this couple are as follows: Ida, born in Ansonville, in 1875, and educated in Rose Bud, is at home. John W., born in Ansonville, in 1876, is now in Fort Russell, Wyom. Emma E., born in Gazzam, in 1878, is the wife of Milan Brink, of Irvona, and is living in Worcester, having one son, Myrvine. Mollie, born in Ansonville, June 5, 1881, is attending the high school of Blaine City [Blain City]. Thomas and Richard, (twins) died in infancy in 1887. George H., born in Rose Bud, January 24, 1890, is attending school. (Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania: Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion, pgs. 714-716)

Lewis Thomas Beers enlisted in Company D of the 53rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry on October 16, 1861. He was promoted to the rank of full Sargent on September 1, 1864. He and his company were mustered out on June 30, 1865. From History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, Vol. III, pg. 110.

1850 census for Boggs Township, Clearfield County, Pa., August 24th, pg. no. 338
Lewis Beers, 5, is living with his parents, John, 43, and Sophia, 31. Living with Lewis are siblings: George, 12; John, 10; William, 8; Catherine, 4; and Herman, 1. All were born in Pennsylvania. John's occupation is a farmer.

1860 census for Beccaria Township, Clearfield County, Pa., August 9th, pg. no. 214
Lewis Beers, 17, is living with his parents, John 54, and Sophia, 40. Also living with him are siblings: George, 23; John, 21, William, 19, Catharine, 14; Herman, 12; Alfred, 10; Ellen, 7; Falina, 6; Thomas, 4; and Alexander, 1. All were born in Pennsylvania except Sophia, who was born in Germany. John’s occupation is a farmer. Real estate value $1000. Personal estate $643.

1880 census for Ansonville, Jordan Township, Clearfield County, Pa. june 23rd, pg. no. 34
Lewis Beers, 35, is now married to Elizabeth, 24. Also living with them are children: Ida, 5; John W., 4; and Elvina, 2. All were born in Pennsylvania. Lewis' occupation is working at the saw mill.

1900 census for Irvona, Beccaria Township, Clearfield County, Pa., June 1st, sheet no. 1
Lewis Beers, 55, born Aug. 1844, Adaline Elizabeth is not listed. He was 25 at the time of his first marriage. Living with him are children: Mollie, 18, born June 1881; and Harrison G., born Jan. 1890. All were born in Pennsylvania. Lewis' mother was born in Germany. Lewis' occupation is a coal digger.

1910 census for Irvona, Beccaria Township, Clearfield County, Pa., May 3rd, sheet no. 17A
Lewis T. Beers, 66, and Adaline E., 55. They have been married 34 years. They have had seven children, with five children still living. Living with them are children: John W., 34; and G. Harrison, 20. Lewis is not working. John and Harrison are miners in the coal mine.

According to the special schedule for Surviving Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, and Widows, etc. Lewis was a private in Company D Pa. Volunteers from Sept. 17, 1861 to Dec. 27, 1863. He was wounded in his right hip. He was in the Civil War for two years, three months and four days. (I have a copy)

Name: Lewis Beers
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania
Regiment Name: 53 Pennsylvania Inf.
Regiment Name Expanded: 53rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry
COMPANY: D
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Sergeant
Rank Out Expanded: Sergeant

Name: Lewis Beers
Enlistment Date: 16 Oct 1861
Side Served: Union
State Served: Pennsylvania
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 16 October 1861.
Enlisted in Company D, 53rd Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 16 Oct 1861.
Promoted to Full Sergeant on 1 Sep 1864.
Mustered Out Company D, 53rd Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 30 Jun 1865 at Washington, DC.
Lewis T. Beers is an honored veteran of the Civil war, and a valued citizen in times of peace, his loyalty to the best interests of the country never being called in question. At the early age of eighteen years he entered the Union army, and on many a Southern battle field displayed courage equal to that of the gray-haired veterans. Mr. Beers is a son of John and Sophia (Sowders) Beers. His father was born in the Bush farm on Little Clearfield creek, near Forest Bridge, in 1807, a son of Robert Beers, who located in Boggs township at an early day. After his marriage, John Beers located on the turnpike between the Blue Ball and Clearfield creek, where he cleared forty acres of land and developed a good farm. In 1849 he located on the Thomas Mullen farm in Beccaria township, purchasing 150 acres of partially improved land. Of this he cleared about seventy acres and erected a fine residence and other buildings, but in 1869 sold out and removed to Grinnell, Iowa, where he purchased a farm, whereon he lived until his death in 1880. His wife died in 1894. They had ten children: (1) George S., born in Boggs township, in 1837, married a Miss Buck, of Clearfield, and with their six children now resides in Chicago. (2) John, born in Boggs township, in 1839, enlisted September 19, 1861, in Company B, 53d PVI, and was in all the battles of his regiment. (3) William, born in Boggs township, in 1841, entered the Union army with the 111th PVI, was with Sherman on the march to the sea, and at the close of the war was honorably discharged. He married Mollie Oschall [O'Shall], of Cambria county, Penn., and with his bride moved to Iowa, and later to Wisconsin, where he took up a government claim and followed farming sixteen years. He then sold and returned to Cambria county, purchasing a farm in White township, where he still makes his home. He has four children. (4) Lewis T., is next in the family. (5) Catherine, born in 1846, went to the West with her parents, and is now a resident of Kansas. (6) Herman, born in Boggs township in 1848, went with the family to Iowa, where he married and reared a family. He bought a farm, whereon he yet resides. (7) Alfred, born in Boggs township, in 1850, is a resident of Iowa. (8) Ellen, born in 1853, went West with her parents, and married Mr. Simpson, of Chicago, but both are now deceased. (9) Philena, born in Beccaria township, in 1855, married Mr. Fords of Iowa, who died leaving a widow and one child now living in that State. (10) Thomas, born in Boggs township, in 1858, is now a resident of Chicago. On the homestead in Boggs township, Lewis T. Beers was born in August, 1844. At the age of six he accompanied his parents to Beccaria township, and worked on the farm during the summer while in the winter he attended the public schools. His patriotism prompted his enlistment in the Civil war in 1861, and he joined Company D., 53rd PVI, under General McClellan. With John S. McKernan in command, the company went to Harrisburg, was mustered into service and assigned to J. R. Brooks' regiment in Fourth Brigade, First Division, Second Army Corps. The march to Manassas, drove the enemy from Alexandria, and by boat went to the mouth of the York river, where they were employed in building corduroy roads. After causing the Rebels to evacuate Yorktown, they marched to Williamsport and on to Fair Oaks, where the regiment participated in its first pitched battle. In 1862 they relieved the Pennsylvania Reserves at Gainesville, and the next morning after burning their camp formed in line of battle a mile away, the Second Corps being held to cover the line of retreat. By a heavy fire they drove the enemy back and that night retreated to Peach Orchard, where the next day they were succeeded in checking Lee's advance. The next night they retreated to White Oak Swamp, burning the bridge after them, and from there joined the main army at Malvern Hill, where they defeated Lee's forces. The Union loss was twenty-four thousand and the Confederates still greater. The Northern troops then marched to Harrison's Landing, and to the relief of Pope. Mr. Beers was at that time lying wounded in the hospital, but in the spring of 1863 he rejoined his command, crossed the Rappahannock and participated in the battle of Chancellorsville, where Hooker was repulsed with heavy loss. They then marched to Snicker's Gap, in the Shenandoah Valley, to meet Lee, and left that at place on the 1st of July, marching sixty miles in one day and night, and reaching Gettysburg at nine o'clock in the morning. In the second day of the battle there, Mr. Beers was wounded in the left leg and lay of the field for two days and nights. In the field hospital his wounds were dressed, after which he was sent to a hospital in Philadelphia. On recovering in the spring of 1864, he joined the army then under Grant at Culpeper, and participated in the battle of the Wilderness followed by the engagement of Spotsylvania. That night a part of the Second and Fifth Corps and the Third Corps marched into the center of Lee's army and took a prominent part in the victory there. Mr. Beers was again severely wounded in the left arm and from Fredericksburg was sent to Little York Hospital and afterward to Pittsburg. He participated in the battle of Hatcher's Run and the engagements until Lee's surrender. On the last day of the battle he was wounded in the right hip and remained in the regimental hospital, but was out in time to participate in the grand review in Washington, and was discharged at Harrisburg, June 30, 1865. After his return home, Mr. Beers followed lumbering on Clearfield creek, jobbing for Isaac Gates. In 1874 he married Elizabeth Mays, daughter of Jonathan and Julia Mays, of Ansonville. He then purchased a tract of land of Warren Bell and erected a house, but last sold and removed to Westover, where he bought a shingle mill and manufactured shingles one year. In May, 1881, he purchased lots in Rose Bud, erected four houses and has since been a resident of that place. In politics he is a Republican, and has served as a member of the board of election a number of terms. The children born to this couple are as follows: Ida, born in Ansonville, in 1875, and educated in Rose Bud, is at home. John W., born in Ansonville, in 1876, is now in Fort Russell, Wyom. Emma E., born in Gazzam, in 1878, is the wife of Milan Brink, of Irvona, and is living in Worcester, having one son, Myrvine. Mollie, born in Ansonville, June 5, 1881, is attending the high school of Blaine City [Blain City]. Thomas and Richard, (twins) died in infancy in 1887. George H., born in Rose Bud, January 24, 1890, is attending school. (Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania: Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion, pgs. 714-716)

Lewis Thomas Beers enlisted in Company D of the 53rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry on October 16, 1861. He was promoted to the rank of full Sargent on September 1, 1864. He and his company were mustered out on June 30, 1865. From History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, Vol. III, pg. 110.

1850 census for Boggs Township, Clearfield County, Pa., August 24th, pg. no. 338
Lewis Beers, 5, is living with his parents, John, 43, and Sophia, 31. Living with Lewis are siblings: George, 12; John, 10; William, 8; Catherine, 4; and Herman, 1. All were born in Pennsylvania. John's occupation is a farmer.

1860 census for Beccaria Township, Clearfield County, Pa., August 9th, pg. no. 214
Lewis Beers, 17, is living with his parents, John 54, and Sophia, 40. Also living with him are siblings: George, 23; John, 21, William, 19, Catharine, 14; Herman, 12; Alfred, 10; Ellen, 7; Falina, 6; Thomas, 4; and Alexander, 1. All were born in Pennsylvania except Sophia, who was born in Germany. John’s occupation is a farmer. Real estate value $1000. Personal estate $643.

1880 census for Ansonville, Jordan Township, Clearfield County, Pa. june 23rd, pg. no. 34
Lewis Beers, 35, is now married to Elizabeth, 24. Also living with them are children: Ida, 5; John W., 4; and Elvina, 2. All were born in Pennsylvania. Lewis' occupation is working at the saw mill.

1900 census for Irvona, Beccaria Township, Clearfield County, Pa., June 1st, sheet no. 1
Lewis Beers, 55, born Aug. 1844, Adaline Elizabeth is not listed. He was 25 at the time of his first marriage. Living with him are children: Mollie, 18, born June 1881; and Harrison G., born Jan. 1890. All were born in Pennsylvania. Lewis' mother was born in Germany. Lewis' occupation is a coal digger.

1910 census for Irvona, Beccaria Township, Clearfield County, Pa., May 3rd, sheet no. 17A
Lewis T. Beers, 66, and Adaline E., 55. They have been married 34 years. They have had seven children, with five children still living. Living with them are children: John W., 34; and G. Harrison, 20. Lewis is not working. John and Harrison are miners in the coal mine.

According to the special schedule for Surviving Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, and Widows, etc. Lewis was a private in Company D Pa. Volunteers from Sept. 17, 1861 to Dec. 27, 1863. He was wounded in his right hip. He was in the Civil War for two years, three months and four days. (I have a copy)

Name: Lewis Beers
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania
Regiment Name: 53 Pennsylvania Inf.
Regiment Name Expanded: 53rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry
COMPANY: D
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Sergeant
Rank Out Expanded: Sergeant

Name: Lewis Beers
Enlistment Date: 16 Oct 1861
Side Served: Union
State Served: Pennsylvania
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 16 October 1861.
Enlisted in Company D, 53rd Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 16 Oct 1861.
Promoted to Full Sergeant on 1 Sep 1864.
Mustered Out Company D, 53rd Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 30 Jun 1865 at Washington, DC.


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