Henry Thomas Schrock
Henry Thomas Schrock was born on October 29, 1843, in Ohio to William Schrock. His father was a farmer who owned $3,510 of real estate by 1850. He grew up and attended school in Blendon, Ohio.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on August 5, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company A of the 95th Ohio Infantry on August 18. He was promoted to corporal on December 1, 1862. Confederate forces captured him during the Battle of Brice’s Cross Roads on June 10, 1864, and imprisoned him at Andersonville Prison. He mustered out on August 14, 1865.
 
He returned to Ohio after the war, and he married Emma Dixon on October 15, 1865. They had at least three children: Ellsworth, born around 1866; Myrtle, born around 1869; and Iva, born around 1874. They moved to Nodaway, Iowa, in the 1860s, and Shrock worked as a farmer there. By 1870, he owned $800 of real estate and $315 of personal property. They moved to Blendon, Ohio, in the 1870s.
 
He applied for a federal pension in June 1879 and eventually secured one. He was admitted to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in March 1896. According to his admission records, he was suffering from “Gen[eral] Debility,” and he was “Mildly insane.” He was discharged on October 7, 1896, and he died of heart failure in Westerville, Ohio, on September 9, 1897.
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(5212)Schrock, Henry Thomas1843-10-291897-09-09
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Sergeant
  • Rank highest: Sergeant
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 3

  • (14911) [writer] ~ Henry T. Schrock Diary
  • (14912) [writer] ~ Henry T. Schrock Diary
  • (15046) [writer] ~ Henry T. Schrock Diary

Places - Records: 2

  • (274) [birth] ~ Ohio
  • (3220) [death] ~ Westerville, Franklin County, Ohio

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (1147) [enlisted] [A] ~ 95th Ohio Infantry
SOURCES

1870 and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Ohio Country Marriage Records, 1774-1993, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, available from Ancestry.com; Ohio Soldiers Grave Registration Cards, 1804-1958, available from Ancestry.com