The son of Charles F. & Elizabeth (Jacobs) Loucks, in 1860 he was an apprentice plasterer living with his family in Maytown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Marietta, Lancaster County, August 8, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 12 as a private with Co. H, 135th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 24, 1863. At muster-out, the army docked his final pay him $2.99 for "difference in price of clothing" and additionally for loss of his knapsack, a financial hit levied on most of the men in the regiment. According to his obituary in the Tyrone Daily Herald, "When the call was made for volunteers in '61, Samuel Loucks was among the first to respond and served his country faithfully throughout the Civil War," a statement that reveals how romanticized latter-day Civil War obituaries often are.
He married Mary E. Roath April 7, 1865, in Lancaster and fathered Harry S. (b. 11/16/65 - married William T. Isenberg), Elizabeth A. (b. 12/29/66), Elsie (b. 10/01/69 - married Michael James Doran), Clayton (b. 03/19/71), William or Willard (b. 02/22/73), 10/19/74), Edith S. (b. 08/05/76 - married Samuel J. Miller, Edward Vandevander, and Burzie B. Moran), Charles Frederick (b. 10/05/78), Albert (b. 07/19/80), Samuel (b. 06/19/82), Edward (b. 10/29/84), and Alice (b. 12/18/87).
He moved to Blair County where he was a member of Ward Post No. 468, G.A.R. Mary died in 1905, and he married Belinda Lehr in 1907 in Altoona. Belinda died March 12, 1922, and he married Alfretta Foust July 27, 1922, in Bellefonte, Centre County. His cause of death is listed as "myocardial degeneration" with "senility" a contributing factor.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Marietta, Lancaster County, August 8, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 12 as a private with Co. H, 135th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 24, 1863. At muster-out, the army docked his final pay him $2.99 for "difference in price of clothing" and additionally for loss of his knapsack, a financial hit levied on most of the men in the regiment. According to his obituary in the Tyrone Daily Herald, "When the call was made for volunteers in '61, Samuel Loucks was among the first to respond and served his country faithfully throughout the Civil War," a statement that reveals how romanticized latter-day Civil War obituaries often are.
He married Mary E. Roath April 7, 1865, in Lancaster and fathered Harry S. (b. 11/16/65 - married William T. Isenberg), Elizabeth A. (b. 12/29/66), Elsie (b. 10/01/69 - married Michael James Doran), Clayton (b. 03/19/71), William or Willard (b. 02/22/73), 10/19/74), Edith S. (b. 08/05/76 - married Samuel J. Miller, Edward Vandevander, and Burzie B. Moran), Charles Frederick (b. 10/05/78), Albert (b. 07/19/80), Samuel (b. 06/19/82), Edward (b. 10/29/84), and Alice (b. 12/18/87).
He moved to Blair County where he was a member of Ward Post No. 468, G.A.R. Mary died in 1905, and he married Belinda Lehr in 1907 in Altoona. Belinda died March 12, 1922, and he married Alfretta Foust July 27, 1922, in Bellefonte, Centre County. His cause of death is listed as "myocardial degeneration" with "senility" a contributing factor.
The son of Charles F. & Elizabeth (Jacobs) Loucks, in 1860 he was an apprentice plasterer living with his family in Maytown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Marietta, Lancaster County, August 8, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 12 as a private with Co. H, 135th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 24, 1863. At muster-out, the army docked his final pay him $2.99 for "difference in price of clothing" and additionally for loss of his knapsack, a financial hit levied on most of the men in the regiment. According to his obituary in the Tyrone Daily Herald, "When the call was made for volunteers in '61, Samuel Loucks was among the first to respond and served his country faithfully throughout the Civil War," a statement that reveals how romanticized latter-day Civil War obituaries often are.
He married Mary E. Roath April 7, 1865, in Lancaster and fathered Harry S. (b. 11/16/65 - married William T. Isenberg), Elizabeth A. (b. 12/29/66), Elsie (b. 10/01/69 - married Michael James Doran), Clayton (b. 03/19/71), William or Willard (b. 02/22/73), 10/19/74), Edith S. (b. 08/05/76 - married Samuel J. Miller, Edward Vandevander, and Burzie B. Moran), Charles Frederick (b. 10/05/78), Albert (b. 07/19/80), Samuel (b. 06/19/82), Edward (b. 10/29/84), and Alice (b. 12/18/87).
He moved to Blair County where he was a member of Ward Post No. 468, G.A.R. Mary died in 1905, and he married Belinda Lehr in 1907 in Altoona. Belinda died March 12, 1922, and he married Alfretta Foust July 27, 1922, in Bellefonte, Centre County. His cause of death is listed as "myocardial degeneration" with "senility" a contributing factor.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Marietta, Lancaster County, August 8, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 12 as a private with Co. H, 135th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 24, 1863. At muster-out, the army docked his final pay him $2.99 for "difference in price of clothing" and additionally for loss of his knapsack, a financial hit levied on most of the men in the regiment. According to his obituary in the Tyrone Daily Herald, "When the call was made for volunteers in '61, Samuel Loucks was among the first to respond and served his country faithfully throughout the Civil War," a statement that reveals how romanticized latter-day Civil War obituaries often are.
He married Mary E. Roath April 7, 1865, in Lancaster and fathered Harry S. (b. 11/16/65 - married William T. Isenberg), Elizabeth A. (b. 12/29/66), Elsie (b. 10/01/69 - married Michael James Doran), Clayton (b. 03/19/71), William or Willard (b. 02/22/73), 10/19/74), Edith S. (b. 08/05/76 - married Samuel J. Miller, Edward Vandevander, and Burzie B. Moran), Charles Frederick (b. 10/05/78), Albert (b. 07/19/80), Samuel (b. 06/19/82), Edward (b. 10/29/84), and Alice (b. 12/18/87).
He moved to Blair County where he was a member of Ward Post No. 468, G.A.R. Mary died in 1905, and he married Belinda Lehr in 1907 in Altoona. Belinda died March 12, 1922, and he married Alfretta Foust July 27, 1922, in Bellefonte, Centre County. His cause of death is listed as "myocardial degeneration" with "senility" a contributing factor.
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