Joseph W. Butz
Joseph W. Butz was born around 1831 in Beallsville, Pennsylvania to David and Amy Butz. His father was a cider mill merchant who owned $1,200 of real estate in 1850. He grew up in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and by 1850, he was working as a clerk. He married Catherine Campbell around 1860, and their daughter Ella May was born around 1860. They lived in Frankfort, Pennsylvania, and Butz earned a living as a cabinet maker and wagon maker. By 1860, he owned $200 of personal property.
 
He was drafted into the Union army on July 11, 1863, and he mustered in as a private in Company D of the 61st Pennsylvania Infantry. According to his service records, he was 6 feet, 1 inch tall, with dark hair and gray eyes. The regiment took part in the Overland Campaign and the siege of Petersburg. He was discharged for disability on December 29, 1864.
 
Butz returned to Frankfort after the war. He applied for a federal pension in January 1865 and eventually secured one. By 1870, they owned $550 of real estate and $125 of personal property. They moved to Hanover, Pennsylvania, in the 1880s. By 1890, he was suffering from a tumor in his left side, which he claimed was the “result of [an] injury received in service.” He died in 1904.
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(1480)Butz, Joseph W.18311904
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 5

  • (5336) [recipient] ~ Catherine Butz to Joseph W. Butz, 8 September 1864
  • (5338) [associated with] ~ Thomas F. Campbell to Catherine Butz, 24 April 1864
  • (5339) [recipient] ~ Thomas F. Campbell to Joseph W. Butz, 24 April 1864
  • (5343) [writer] ~ Joseph W. Butz to Catherine Butz, 16 March 186X
  • (5344) [recipient] ~ Catherine Butz to Joseph W. Butz, 18 March 1864

People - Records: 3

  • (1480) Butz, Joseph W. is the [husband of] (1479) Butz, Catherine
  • (1483) Campbell, Thomas F. is the [sibling-in-law of] (1480) Butz, Joseph W.
  • (1484) Campbell, Samuel is the [sibling-in-law of] (1480) Butz, Joseph W.

Places - Records: 1

  • (1240) [birth] ~ Beallsville, Washington County, Pennsylvania

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (485) [enlisted] [D] ~ 61st Pennsylvania Infantry
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; 1890 Veterans Census, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com