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Mathias Harris

Birth	:	5 May 1846 Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Death	:	21 Jul 1865
Burial	:	Forest Rose Cemetery, Lancaster, Fairfield County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.7327995, -82.6050034
Plot	:	Section D5, Lot 242
Inscription	:	son of J. & C. Harris; aged 10?y.?m.?d.
Description	:	Link to article about the accident: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024207/1865-07-27/ed-1/seq-3/ ----------------------------------- From Findagrave contributor lisa hoffman: Mathias served in the Civil War; he survived the War to be killed in the engine explosion of a train, on his way home, less than 20 miles from Lancaster. Railroad accident near Pataskala, Ohio. July 21st, 1865, after being discharged, about one half of the Regiment left Columbus, Ohio, at 4:20 o'clock A.M. on the B&O Railway, via Zanesville, Ohio for their homes. About daylight, between Summit station and pataskala, in Licking County, while the Train was going at the... Read More	Link to article about the accident: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024207/1865-07-27/ed-1/seq-3/ ----------------------------------- From Findagrave contributor lisa hoffman: Mathias served in the Civil War; he survived the War to be killed in the engine explosion of a train, on his way home, less than 20 miles from Lancaster. Railroad accident near Pataskala, Ohio. July 21st, 1865, after being discharged, about one half of the Regiment left Columbus, Ohio, at 4:20 o'clock A.M. on the B&O Railway, via Zanesville, Ohio for their homes. About daylight, between Summit station and pataskala, in Licking County, while the Train was going at the rate of about 35 or 40 miles an hour, something about the engine broke, which derailed the whole train, except the Ladies coach. In an instant, Quartermaster Sgt. George F. Kutz, Privates Matthias Harris, Company I, Martin T. Keller, John Rader, and Amos J. Smith, Company K, were killed, and the following were injured: Corporal James Gannon, Company A, ankle hurt; Private William Gannon, Co. A, Musician James McGowan, Co. F, ankle hurt, Privates of Company I, William England, Foot mashed, Oliver P. Martin, leg and shoulder mashed, James Hawkins, thumb dislocated, and Ellison Murdock, both feet mashed; Privates Compant K., Henry Canode, feet mashed, John W. Jones, right arm mashed, and amputated later, Joel J. Hansberger, two ribs broken, and Abraham Rader, legs and feet mashed. There were several civilians killed and injured also. Some of those killed were in sight of their homes, and were standing on the platform of the cars, looking for the last time, on the homes they had not seen for several years, and so soon expected to enter. A negro passenger had a leg cut off below the knee, and although suffering much pain, he requested someone to find his boot with the balance of his leg in it, as he had quite a sum of money in bills wrapped around that ankle. Some of our boys had their pockets picked, during the excitement, by professional pickpockets, who had left Columbus, on the same train, for that purpose. A lady passenger tore her underclothing into bandages, for those injured, and the boys at once made up a purse and presented her with a handsome sum of money. John Guseman, Company A, says that the lady lived at no. 69 Mullberry St., Baltimore, Maryland, and that the boys gave her $369; but the lady's name has been forgotten, and all efforts to obtain same have failed.

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Mathias Harris's memorial is located at: Forest Rose Cemetery, Lancaster, Fairfield County, USA.
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Latitude: 39.7327995
Longitude: -82.6050034

Family Members:

Parent

Jacob Harris

(1802 - 1882)

Catherine Leitwein Harris

(1827 - 1902)

Siblings

(1850 - 1929)

(1852 - 1919)

(1854 - 1938)

(1857 - 1933)

(1859 - 1926)

(1862 - 1946)

(1866 - 1867)

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