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• Name	Thomas Spottwood  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Suffix	I
  Born	25 Jul 1822 Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2, 3, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Military	MilitaryUnit: F- 127- USCT [7, 10]
  Military	Regiment: 127th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry Company: F Rank In: Private Rank Out: Private Film Number: M589 roll 82 Memorial: Part of the African American Civil War Memorial; Plaque Number: D-133 [7, 8]
  Military	ServiceNumber: 1262464; SideOfWar: Union; SurvivedWar: Yes [11]
  Military Enlistment	Rank: Private [11]
  Occupation	1850 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [2]  –  Occupation: Butcher Industry: Food Stores, Except Dairy Products
  Residence	1850 North Ward, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [2]
  Residence	1860 Ward 3, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [3]  –  Residence Post Office: Harrisburg
  Military Enlistment	27 Aug 1864 [11]
  Military Muster	Information: Enlisted; MilitaryCompany: F; MilitaryUnit: 2884; Regiment: U.S. Colored Troops 127th Infantry; RegimentType: Infantry [11]
  Military Muster	27 Aug 1864 [11]
  Military Muster Out	Information: Mustered Out [11]
  Military Muster Out	20 Oct 1865 [11]
  Race	Black [1, 5]
  Veteran	Civil War: private with Co. F, 127th USCT [7, 8, 12]
  Residence	1880 1401 Margaret Street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 5]  –  Age: 57; Occupation: Laborer; CannotRead: Yes; CannotWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 091; IsMaimed: Yes; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 2; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head
  Residence	1884 1401 Margaret Street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [9]
  Residence	1888 1401 Margaret Street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [4]
  Died	31 May 1890 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [6, 12, 13]
  Buried	​ 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [6, 12]
  	Lincoln Cemetery
  Notes	From Dennis Brandt: "He married Maria lnu. and fathered Thomas (b. @1850), Josephine (b. @1853), Ann (b. @1858), John A. (b. @1858), David C. (b. @1860), Charles (b. @1863), and Mary (b. @1877). In 1860, he was a carter living with his family in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 8" tall with black hair, black eyes, and a mulatto complexion. A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of forty-five, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 27, 1864, as a private with Co. F, 127th U.S. Colored Troops, and assigned as company cook. Sometime in April 1865, he fell ill from an unspecified illness and ultimately was hospitalized at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, never to return to the regiment. He honorably discharged at term's end August 31, 1865. Please note that the regiment listed in the accompanying obituary is incorrectly stated. He died at the reported age of sixty-six, a member of Harrisburg's Stevens Post No. 520, G.A.R. His obituary in the Harrisburg Telegraph touts him as "one of the best known colored men of this city." Typical of the times and especially for black veterans, his age is uncertain. He is listed in the 1850 census as a twenty-eight-year-old, in 1860 at the age of thirty-four, in 1880 at fifty-seven, and his obituary in the Harrisburg Telegraph claims he died "in his 66th year," none of which coincides with his stated age at enlistment." Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/237189788/thomas-h-spotwood : accessed 24 April 2022), memorial page for Thomas H. Spotwood (182331 May 1890), Find a Grave Memorial ID 237189788, citing Lincoln Cemetery, Penbrook, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Rick Foster (contributor 48415765) .
  Person ID	I2693 SOALsearch
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024

  
  
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  Family	Moriah Libbs b. Abt 1822, Pennsylvania, USA
  Children	1. John A Spotwood (Age 74 years) b. Feb 1858, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 16 Oct 1932, Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey, USA (Age 74 years)  [natural]   2. Anna Maria Spottwood (Age 48 years) b. 4 Nov 1859, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 11 Nov 1907, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 48 years)  [natural]   3. Charles Spotwood b. Abt 1863, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA  [natural]   4. David C Spotwood (Age 36 years) b. 1859, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 10 May 1895, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 36 years)  [natural]   5. Thomas Spotwood, II b. 1850, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA  [natural]   6. Josephine Spotwood b. Abt 1853, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA  [natural]   7. Mary Spotwood (Age 52 years) b. Abt 1877 d. 1 Jun 1929, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 52 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F909 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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