Zuver, Thomas Harper (b. ABT 1846, d. ?)

Census: Date: 1850
Place: West Lackawannock, Mercer, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Lackawannock, Mercer, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1870
Place: Lackawannock, Mercer, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1850
Place: West Lackawannock, Mercer, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Greenville, Mercer, Pennsyalvania

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Lackawannock, Mercer, Pennsylvania

Note: Traverse City Record Eagle (Traverse City, Michigan) > 1949 > September > 20

Follows His Wife

Edmore, Michigan, Sept 20 (UP) – Milford R Zuver, 83, died yesterday, two days after services had been held for his wife, Mary, 74.

Census: Date: 1870
Place: Ferris, Montcalm, Michigan

Census: Date: 1880
Place: Ferris, Montcalm, Michigan

Note: Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Record

Name: Brownlee Zuver
State Filed: Pennsylvania
Widow: Mattie Zuver

Cause of death, Chronic Myocarditis, onset 1926, Acute Bronchitis, Dec 1937

Census: Date: 1880
Place: Pleasantville, Venango, PA

Census: Date: 1870
Place: Allegheny, Venango, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Pleasantville, Venango, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1920
Place: St Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida

Census: Date: 1930
Place: St Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida

Note: American Civil War Soldiers Record

Name: James W Zuver ,
Enlistment Date: 20 August 1862
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Pennsylvania
Unit Numbers: 2118 2118
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 20 August 1862
Enlisted in Company H, 134th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 20 August 1862.
Died Company H, 134th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 19 December 1862 in Washington, DC


Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Record

Name: James N. Zuver
State Filed: Pennsylvania

Lists parents as George E and Susan Zuver
H 134 PA Infantry

Regimental History
PENNSYLVANIA
ONE HUNDRED and THIRTY-FOURTH INFANTRY
(Nine Months)


One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Infantry. - Cols., Matthew S. Quay, Edward O'Brien; Lieut.-Cols., Edward O'Brien, John M. Thompson, William H. Shaw; Majs., John M. Thompson, William H. Shaw, Cyrus E. Anderson. This regiment was recruited under the call of July, 1862, for nine months. Cos. A, B, D and H were raised in Lawrence county; C, F, G and K in Butler; and E and I in Beaver. The men rendezvoused at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, and were mustered into service during the first half of Aug. 1862. On account of the advance of the enemy on Washington the regiment was ordered to the capital before its organization was completed and left the state on Aug. 20. Its organization was completed at Washington. Very few of the officers and men had seen service before. It arrived too late to participate in either the second Bull Run or Antietam battles, and encamped near Antietam until the end of October. While here Col. Quay was stricken with typhoid fever and resigned on Dec. 7, being succeeded by Lieut.-Col. O'Brien. It participated in the battle of Fredericksburg as part of Tyler's brigade, Humphreys' division, 5th corps, and was on the right of the first line in the final charge on the stone wall, in which it lost 14 killed, 106 wounded and 19 missing. Maj. Thompson had his horse shot under him, and was among the wounded. Col. Quay was a volunteer aide-de-camp on the staff of Gen. Tyler during the engagement. The 134th remained in camp, except for Burnside's abortive movement in Jan., 1863, until April 27 when it moved upon the Chancellorsville campaign. The regiment was active on the 3d day of the battle and was highly commended in Gen. Tyler's official report of the engagement. Its loss was 48 killed, wounded and missing. On the expiration of its term of service soon after, it proceeded to Harrisburg and was there mustered out on May 26, 1863.


Source: The Union Army, vol. 1

Headstone at Cemetery reads William James Zuver
was wounded in the Battle of Fredricksburg 12/1862 and died in Findleys Hospital Washington D.C. 1/3/1863

Cause of death - Chronic Dysentary

Spelled Zuber in the 1880 and 1900 Census

Occupation: Date: BET 1870 AND 1900
Place: Farmer

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Allegheny, Venango, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1850
Place: East Lackawannock, Mercer, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1870
Place: Rockland, Berks, PA

Census: Date: 1880
Place: Rockland, Berks, PA

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Rockland, Berks, PA

Census: Date: 1910
Place: Rockland, Berks, Pennsylvania

Note: Zuver, Audley V., Priv. Co. K; Res Pleasanville, Pa. (N. G. P.); Enrd. April 27, 1898; M. I. May 10, 1898; Prom. as Corp. July 4, 1898; M. O. with Co. Dec. 28 1898.

Record of Pennsylvania volunteers in the Spanish-American War, 1898
Sixteenth Regiment Pennsylvania
Zuver, Audley V., Priv. Co. K;
Res. Pleasantville, Pa. (N.G.P.);
Enrd, April 27 1898; M. I. May 10, 1898;
Prom as Corp. July 4, 1898;
M. O. with Co. Dec 28, 1898


World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Record
Name: Andley Vincent Zuver
City: Not Stated
County: Portage
State: Ohio
Birth Date: 4 Apr 1873
Race: White
Roll: 1851083
DraftBoard: 0

Titusville Herald June 7, 1926

Audley Zuver of Cleveland, Harry Zuver of Ashtabula, O., Louis Zuver and Mrs. Mary West of Butler, Mr and Mrs. William Arnold of Bruin., O., and John L White of Westfield, NT have returned to their homes after attending the funeral of J. J. McCaslin.


Social Security Death Index Record
Name: Audley Zuver
SSN: 293-10-1457
Last Residence: Florida
Born: 4 Apr 1873
Died: Sep 1962
State (Year) SSN issued: Ohio (Before 1951 )


Florida Death Index, 1936-1998 Record
Name: Audley Vincent Zuver
Death Date: Sep 1962
County of Death: Pinellas
State of Death: Florida
Race: White
Gender: Male

Census: Date: 1920
Place: Freedom, Portage, Ohio

Census: Date: 1880
Place: Pleasantville, Venango, PA

Census: Date: 1930
Place: Hiram, Portage, Ohio

Note: Papa’s Promise

Made Good by His Comrades

Many of our readers will remember the death of Brownlee Zouver, who was killed by the cars at Warren, PA. Sept. 30, while he was on his way to locate the position of the 83rd Reg. Pa. Vol. during the battle of Gettysburg. Some time previous to his death he had promised Birdie, his little daughter, a doll as a Christmas present. After his death Birdie wrote a letter to the editor of the National Tribune, of Washington, D. C., for publication in the “children’s column,” in which she has said she had expected a doll at Christmastime, but had no papa to buy it now. The kind-hearted editor published the letter, using a heading, “No Doll since Papa’s gone.” The letter attracted a good deal of attention, and as a result Miss Birdie has received many dolls and other presents frm nearly every State in the Union, the Boys in Blue and Gray Fraternally uniting in fulfilling the promis of a departed comrade to his little daughter.

Christmas night at the United Brethren church at Pleasantville Miss Birdie was the recipient, among many other gifts, of two dolls, on presented to her by Chase Post No 50, g. A. R., of Titusville, Pa., of which Mr Zouver was a member. The other from Comrade S. E. Bryan and the night employees of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Co.’s roundhouse at Carbondale, Lackawanna county, Pa. Both dolls were handsome, but the one from Carbondale’s was a perfect beauty. The church was tastefully decorated with evergreens, and at the right and lefr of the improvised stage stood two large Christmas trees standing upright upon a pedestal draped with the Post flag, bearing across its folds the word “Comrade,” in evergreens, back of it the words “Papa’s promise made good by his comrades,” and covered with a gauze veiling, held together at the top by the G. A. R. badge, stood the Carbondale dolly, “BirdieSweet,” holding in her right hand a dainty purse containing the balance of the collection after the purchase of herself and in her left hand a beautiful Christmas card, while sitting at her feet was the smaller one from Titusville.

After the usual Christmas services Comrade H. J. Hopkins, of the Aaron Benedict Post of Pleasantville, in full uniform, stepped in front of the dollies and in a brief speech stated the history of Birdie’s letter and its results, paying an eloquent tribute to the memory of Comrade Zouver, following with memories of the war, its hardships and privations, and stated that Brownlee Zouver after having passed its many dangers, had met with a violent death twenty years after. Then calling Birdie to him he read her the following letter.

Miss Birdie Zouver – In behalf of the night employees of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Co.’s roundhouse and Comrade S. E. Bryant of Carbondale, PA., of the comrades of Post, No. 50, of Titusville, PA, together with many friends, both larges and small and the Boys in Blue and Gray, who have contributed to your happiness and comfort, I am a comrade of your father and a representative of the Grand Army of the Republic, introduce to you “BirdieSweet,’ and present to you these presents as a token of friendship from strangers to, an I entrust them to your care and protection trusting you will remember the many unknown friends and you the Giver of all perfect Gifts. On receiving the doll the delighted little girl exclaimed, “Oh! Mama Mamma! What a beautiful doll and retired to her seat, covering its pretty face with sweet kisses. The generous donors may know that they have fulled the measure of one girl’s happiness to repletion.

Census: Date: 1880
Place: Pleasantville, Venango, PA

Note: Pennsylvania Soldiers of the Sixteenth Infantry Regiment
16th PA Regt of the Spanish American War

ZUVER, Clyde R., Private, Co. E; Residence: Pleasantville, Pa.; Enrolled June 18, 1898; Mustered in June 18, 1898; Mustered out with company Dec. 28, 1898.

California Death Index, 1940-1997
about Clyde Robert Zuver
Name: Clyde Robert Zuver
Social Security #: 562148315
Sex: MALE
Birth Date: 14 Jan 1878
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Death Date: 8 Apr 1955
Death Place: Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Hummell
Father's Surname: Zuver

Occupation: Date: 1920
Place: Rig builder - Oil Fileds

Census: Date: 1880
Place: Pleasantville, Venango, PA

Census: Date: 1920
Place: Bakersfield Ward 1, Kern, California

Census: Date: 1930
Place: Norwalk, Los Angeles, California

Note: Andrew, a carpenter, lived in East Pennsbough, Cumberland before settling in
Lurgan Township, Franklin County.

Wills: ZOUVER/ZUVER, Andrew of Lurgan Township, Franklin County, PA.
Probated 1821

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Will of Andrew Zouver/Zuver of Roxbury, Lurgan Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Written 18 May 1813 Probated 13 Jun 1821
Franklin County Register of Wills Volume C, Page 54

In the name of God Amen, I Andrew Zouver of Roxbury in Lurgan Township, Franklin County, and the State of Pennsylvania, Carpenter, being very sick and weak in body, but of sound mind memory and understanding, blessed be God for the same, do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following to wit, Principally and first of all I command my immortal soul into the hands of God, who gave it, and my body to the earth to be buried in a decent and Christian like manner at the discretion of my Executors herein after named, and as to such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give and dispose of the same in the following manner to wit,

Item, it is my will and I do order, that my son George Zouver do pay my son Henry Zouver the sum of fifteen pounds out of the three hundred pounds that he hath received from me, and the remainder of said three hundred pounds I do give and bequeath unto him the said George Zouver as and to be his part of my estate, to him and his Heirs forever.

Item, it is my will and I do order that my son John Zouver do pay unto my daughter Mary Shoemaker the sum of sixty seven pounds seven shillings and sixpence out of the two hundred and eighty two pounds two shillings that he hath received from me, and the remainder of said two hundred and eighty two pounds two shillings I do give and bequeath unto to him the said John Zouver as and to be his part of my estate, to him and his Heirs forever.

Item, it is my will and I do order, that my son Jacob Zouver do pay unto my daughter Mary Shoemaker the sum of fifty five pounds out of the five hundred and seventy five pounds three shillings and two pence that he hath received from me and that he the said Jacob shall take care of and provide for my necessary support in sickness or old age so long as I continue in this present life and shall pay my burial expenses and the remainder of the five hundred and seventy five pounds three shillings and two pence together with all the personal estate that I am yet in possession of I do give and bequeath into him the said Jacob Zouver as, and to be part of my estate to him and his Heirs forever.

Item, I do give and bequeath unto my daughter Nancy Shoemaker the two hundred and six pounds that he husband and her hath received from me as and for her part of my estate to her and her Heirs forever.

And lastly I nominate, constitute and appoint my said son Jacob Zouver and my son in law Adam Shoemaker both of Lurgan Township, Franklin County, to be Executors of this my last will hereby revoking all other will Legacies and bequests by me heretofore made and declaring this and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eighteenth day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred thirteen.

Andrew X Zouver His Mark

Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the said testator as his last will and testament in the presence of us who in his presence and at his request have subscribed as witnesses
Thomas McClelland, James Strain,
Franklin County. On the 13th day of June 1821. Before me Register _, for Franklin County personally appeared Thomas McClelland who being duly sworn deposed and said that he was present and saw Andrew Zuver, now deceased make his mark unto and heard him publish the foregoing instrument of writing as and for his last Will and Testament, that at the time of doing thereof he the said Andrew was of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding according to the best of deponents knowledge and belief and that his name thereto subscribed as a witness is of his own proper hand writing done at the same time and he saw James Strain now dec. also sign as a witness at the same time to the best of his recollection.
Thomas McClelland

Sworn and Subscribed before Jos. Culbertson, Reg., Franklin County, PA., on the 13th day of June A.D. 1821. Before me Register for Franklin County personally appeared John M. Maclay, Esq. who being duly sworn deposed and said that he is well acquainted with the hand of James Strain, dec. and that he verily believes the name "James Strain" subscribed to the foregoing instrument of writing is of the proper hand writing of the said James Strain now deceased.
Sworn and Subscribed before Jos. Culbertson, Reg.
John M. Maclay

June 13th 1821 Adam Shoemaker within mentioned affirmed will and truly to execute this Will file inventory and settle in one year or when thereto lawfully required. Jos. Culbertson, Reg.

BACHMAN ZUBER Maria BACHMAN married Andreas ZUBER 6 Sept 1763 Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster Co. Their children: George, Johannas, Henry, Jacob who married ___WELKER, Mary who married Philip SHOEMAKER and Nancy who married Adam SHOEMAKER. Andreas ZUBER died 1813 in Lurgan Twsp. Franklin Co PA.

Immigration: Date: BET 1746 AND 1763