Mereness, Jacob

Knox during the Civil War

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Jacob Mereness was born in 1834.

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Death

Knox Cemetery - Jacob Mereness 1834 - 1862 134 N. Y. Vol'.

Jacob Mereness died December 22, 1862 at Falmouth from chronic diarrhea and was buried in Knox Cemetery - Jacob Mereness 1834 - 1862 134 N. Y. Vol'.

Additional Research Notes

Jacob was not born in or lived in the hilltowns. He was a Schoharie County soldier.

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Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War

New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 about Jacob Murreness
Name: Jacob Murreness
Enlistment Date: 27 Aug 1862
Enlistment Location: Wright, Schoharie, New York
Regiment: 134th New York Regiment
Rank: Private
Race: White
Marital Status: Married

New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900

Knox - Jacob Mereness - Muster Roll

Knox - Jacob Mereness - Muster Roll

New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900 about Jacob Mereness
Name: Jacob Mereness
[Jacob Marcus]
Age: 28
Birth Year: abt 1834
Birth Place: Schoharie, New York
Enlistment Year: 1862
Enlistment Location: Wright, New York
Muster Year: 1862
Separation Details: Died
Separation Date: 20 Dec 1862

Civil War Record Summaries

U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles about Jacob Mereness
Name: Jacob Mereness
Age at enlistment: 28
Enlistment Date: 29 Aug 1862
Rank at enlistment: Private
Enlistment Place: Wright, NY
State Served: New York
Survived the War?: No
Service Record: Enlisted in Company I, New York 134th Infantry Regiment on 23 Sep 1862.
Mustered out on 20 Dec 1862 at Falmouth, VA.
Birth Date: abt 1834
Sources: New York: Report of the Adjutant-General

American Civil War Soldiers about Jacob Mereness
Name: Jacob Mereness
Enlistment Date: 29 Aug 1862
Enlistment Place: Wright, New York
Side Served: Union
State Served: New York
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 29 August 1862 at the age of 28.
Enlisted in Company I, 134th Infantry Regiment New York on 23 Sep 1862.
Died Company I, 134th Infantry Regiment New York on 20 Dec 1862 at Falmouth, VA.
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Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York

134th NY Infantry
MERENESS, JACOB — Age, 28 years. Enlisted, August 29, 1862, at Wright, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. I, September 23, 1862; died, December 20, 1862, at Falmouth, Va.; also borne as Morenes and Morenus.

Census Records

1850 United States Federal Census about Jacob Mereness Name: Jacob Mereness Age: 16 Birth Year: abt 1834 Home in 1850: Sharon, Schoharie, New York Gender: Male Family Number: 401 Household Members: Name Age Martin J Mereness 45 Ann Mereness 37 John Mereness 18 Jacob Mereness 16 Charlotte Mereness 9 Leander Mereness 5 Rebecca Mereness 44

1860 United States Federal Census about Jacob Mereness Name: Jacob Mereness Age in 1860: 26 Birth Year: abt 1834 Home in 1860: Sharon, Schoharie, New York Gender: Male Post Office: Carlisle Value of real estate: View image Household Members: Name Age Jacob Mereness 26 Anna R Mereness 19

Additional Media

Military records of Schoharie County veterans of four wars

Jacob Mereness.

Wright — Age 28; enlisted August 29, 1862; died of chronic diarrhea, at Falmouth, A r a., December 22, 1862.

U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 about Jacob Mereness
Name: Jacob Mereness
Widow: Ann Mereness
Roll Number: T288_322
(Widow: Ann Mereness)
(Service: I 134th NY Inf)

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