Born in Gamshurst, Baden, Germany
Came to Iron Co Mo about 1855 with wife Catherine (Hurst) and son Peter.
Was living in Iron Co when in September 1864 he left home and went to Ft Davidson, Pilot Knob, Mo to fight with the Union Army during Gen Price's raid on Arcadia Valley and was not seen by his family again. He is listed as a civilian and present at the Battle of Pilot Knob. He is also listed in 1862 as mustering into Co I, 68th Reg't E M M as a private for six months. He does however appear in the 1870 Iron Co Census as being a farmer with a wife and 4 children. Since he was missing in action, it is assumed that the family listed him in the 1870 census. If he was killed in the Battle of Pilot Knob there is no record of his death or burial. If killed during the battle, he could have been buried on the battlefield or in Park View Cemetery in Ironton. It would be also possible that his remains were later moved to Jefferson Barracks, in St Louis, Missouri. There are many civil war gravestones there labeled as "Unknowns."
In lieu of not as of yet locating his gravesite and the chance of a findagrave administrator objecting to this unknown status, I have chosen to assume Nicholas is buried in the South Rifle Pit at Ft Davidson, the Pilot Knob Battlefield site.
f/o Peter, Anton, Nicholas, Catherine, and Christine
Came to Iron Co Mo about 1855 with wife Catherine (Hurst) and son Peter.
Was living in Iron Co when in September 1864 he left home and went to Ft Davidson, Pilot Knob, Mo to fight with the Union Army during Gen Price's raid on Arcadia Valley and was not seen by his family again. He is listed as a civilian and present at the Battle of Pilot Knob. He is also listed in 1862 as mustering into Co I, 68th Reg't E M M as a private for six months. He does however appear in the 1870 Iron Co Census as being a farmer with a wife and 4 children. Since he was missing in action, it is assumed that the family listed him in the 1870 census. If he was killed in the Battle of Pilot Knob there is no record of his death or burial. If killed during the battle, he could have been buried on the battlefield or in Park View Cemetery in Ironton. It would be also possible that his remains were later moved to Jefferson Barracks, in St Louis, Missouri. There are many civil war gravestones there labeled as "Unknowns."
In lieu of not as of yet locating his gravesite and the chance of a findagrave administrator objecting to this unknown status, I have chosen to assume Nicholas is buried in the South Rifle Pit at Ft Davidson, the Pilot Knob Battlefield site.
f/o Peter, Anton, Nicholas, Catherine, and Christine
Born in Gamshurst, Baden, Germany
Came to Iron Co Mo about 1855 with wife Catherine (Hurst) and son Peter.
Was living in Iron Co when in September 1864 he left home and went to Ft Davidson, Pilot Knob, Mo to fight with the Union Army during Gen Price's raid on Arcadia Valley and was not seen by his family again. He is listed as a civilian and present at the Battle of Pilot Knob. He is also listed in 1862 as mustering into Co I, 68th Reg't E M M as a private for six months. He does however appear in the 1870 Iron Co Census as being a farmer with a wife and 4 children. Since he was missing in action, it is assumed that the family listed him in the 1870 census. If he was killed in the Battle of Pilot Knob there is no record of his death or burial. If killed during the battle, he could have been buried on the battlefield or in Park View Cemetery in Ironton. It would be also possible that his remains were later moved to Jefferson Barracks, in St Louis, Missouri. There are many civil war gravestones there labeled as "Unknowns."
In lieu of not as of yet locating his gravesite and the chance of a findagrave administrator objecting to this unknown status, I have chosen to assume Nicholas is buried in the South Rifle Pit at Ft Davidson, the Pilot Knob Battlefield site.
f/o Peter, Anton, Nicholas, Catherine, and Christine
Came to Iron Co Mo about 1855 with wife Catherine (Hurst) and son Peter.
Was living in Iron Co when in September 1864 he left home and went to Ft Davidson, Pilot Knob, Mo to fight with the Union Army during Gen Price's raid on Arcadia Valley and was not seen by his family again. He is listed as a civilian and present at the Battle of Pilot Knob. He is also listed in 1862 as mustering into Co I, 68th Reg't E M M as a private for six months. He does however appear in the 1870 Iron Co Census as being a farmer with a wife and 4 children. Since he was missing in action, it is assumed that the family listed him in the 1870 census. If he was killed in the Battle of Pilot Knob there is no record of his death or burial. If killed during the battle, he could have been buried on the battlefield or in Park View Cemetery in Ironton. It would be also possible that his remains were later moved to Jefferson Barracks, in St Louis, Missouri. There are many civil war gravestones there labeled as "Unknowns."
In lieu of not as of yet locating his gravesite and the chance of a findagrave administrator objecting to this unknown status, I have chosen to assume Nicholas is buried in the South Rifle Pit at Ft Davidson, the Pilot Knob Battlefield site.
f/o Peter, Anton, Nicholas, Catherine, and Christine
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