ANTIQUE The Life and Times of Thomas Jefferson Schmucker 1857 CAPT 47TH Regiment

Description: Here is what I found out about the gentleman who owned this book. Please see all pics. Thank you On 3 July 1929, William H. Bartholomew celebrated his birthday in Reading, Berks County. The Reading Eagle reported on the affair as follows: Capt. William H. Bartholomew, prominent veteran of the famous 47th Regiment, received the greetings of many friends on the celebration of his 86th birthday anniversary. The captain is one of the oldest and most deeply respected veterans in this section. He enlisted in Company F of the 47th Regiment when it was organized in Catasauqua in August, 1861, and served until Dec. 25, 1865, or a total of four years and four months, when the regiment was mustered out of services at Charleston, S.C. after the war. Returning home early in January, 1866, with a splendid war record, he entered the restaurant business which he conducted for a few years. He then became a newspaper publisher, printing the Valley Record, a weekly which was issued for 25 years. It was devoted to the interests of the Democratic party. During President Cleveland’s first administration he was postmaster of Catasauqua and in 1898 was elected county treasurer serving for three years. For 12 years he conducted the Eagle, Catasauqua, the leading hotel of the town. For 11 years he served in the National Guard of Pennsylvania and participated in the famous Reading Cut fight in 1877. Two and a half years ago on the occasion of the annual reunion of the 47th Regiment, of which Capt. Bartolomew was the president, he sustained a stroke of apoplexy which has confined him to his home, 744 North Sixth street, for the most part, but he was able to be about and on the streets, and to be greeted by his many friends and admirers.On 15 March 1933, the old soldier finally answered his last bugle call, passing away in Allentown, Lehigh County. The next day, Allentown’s Morning Call reported his passing as follows: The busy and useful life career of one of Allentown’s few surviving Civil War veterans came to an end Wednesday at 3 a.m. with the death of Captain William H. Bartholomew. Captain Bartholomew, who was 89 years of age, passed away at this home, 744 North Sixth street after an illness of several years. He had been bedfast for the past five weeks. During his life Captain Bartholomew distinguished himself a defender of the Union during the Civil War, a county treasurer, postmaster, newspaperman and an ardent supporter of the Democratic party. Captain Bartholomew was born at Bath, on July 1, 1843. In his early years his parents moved to Catasauqua, and it was here that the captain [illegible] a weekly newspaper, ‘The Valley Record,’ which he published at Catasauqua for a quarter of a century as a Democratic newspaper. This paper circulated not only throughout the county, but lived up to its name by serving the people of the entire Lehigh Valley. …. During President Cleveland’s administration the captain served as postmaster of Catasauqua. When this term ended he became proprietor of the Eagle hotel, Catasauqua, which he conducted for twelve years as the iron borough’s leading hostelry. It was during his time as hotel proprietor that he was elected to the office of county treasurer, which he filled for one term of three years. The termination of the war between the states did not end his military career … for eleven years … he served as a member of Company I, Fourth Regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania, which company he was instrumental in organizing in Catasauqua. It was during this period that the strike at Reading, resulted in calling out the National Guard, and his company was among those stoned in the railroad cut at Reading. Here the captain was wounded, in the head. He was married in 1872 to Mary E., nee James, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. James. Rev. George McClellan Fisk, assistant pastor of St. Mark’s church performed the ceremony.Visitation was held at the Bartholomew family home on Friday evening with funeral services conducted there the following day—beginning at 2 p.m. on Saturday, 18 March 1833. William H. Bartholomew was then laid to rest later that afternoon at the Fairview Cemetery in West Catasauqua, Lehigh County.His obituary in The Reading Eagle described him as “one of the last remaining Civil War veterans in this section,” and as one who “served with distinction on the 47th Regiment.” He was survived by his widow, Mary, a resident of Allentown; his son, Harry, a resident of Kingston, Pennsylvania; his grandson, Lamont, of New York; and two great-grandchildren.

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