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Note: American Civil War Soldiers
about Thomas P Munnell
Name: Thomas P Munnell ,
Residence: Pennsylvania
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.
Wounded on 13 December 1862 at Fredericksburg, VA
Discharged because of wounds Company H, 134th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 01 April 1863

History of Mercer County
Thomas P. Munnell, farmer, post-office Indian Run, was born July 8, 1835, in Armstrong County, Penn., son of Adam and Mary Risher Munnell, natives of Mercer and Armstrong Counties, respectively. The father was reared in New Castle, learned the trade of a stone-cutter, and while working on the construction of canal through Armstrong County he became acquainted with his future wife. After marriage he removed to Mercer County, and was employed on contract to build locks on the Beaver & Erie Canal, at or near Greenville. He afterward removed to the farm where our subject now resides, and three years later to another farm, in Lawrence County, where he died September 13, 1851. His widow is still living at the ripe old age of eighty-one years, and is the mother of the following children: Eliza J., married William H Crooks, she is a widow with four children; Mary, wife of James Thorn; Calvin, Effie, married William Simmison and resides in the West, and W. H., who is engaged in the general book business; Peter R Munnell married Maria Oakley, of Lawrence County; Thomas P., Mary K., married James M Rice, who is dead, and she resides in Oil City and has three children: Effie, Edwin and Anna; William Munnell is a resident of Springfield Township; Lizzie married W. H. Harper, an oil producer of Venango County. Adam Munnell was the owner of about 400 acres of land at the time of his death, which was the result of his labors, economy and frugal dealings. Thomas P. Munnell was educated in the common schools, and was married to Lizzie Young, a daughter of John and Margaret Young, natives of Washington County, and who came here during the early settlement of this county. Mrs. Munnell was one of four children: Jane, William, Mary and Lizzie. Her father was a strong anti-slavery man, and took an interest in the under-ground railroad transportations. He made public speeches against the evil of slavery, and his son, William, served in Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers. Our subject enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was out eight months, and was wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg in the left leg. He has six children: John, Charles W., Herbert, Anna, Mabel M. and Freddie. He is the owner of ninety acres of the old homestead, and is a stockholder of the Mercer Central Agricultural Association. In politics he is a Republican.