He was born in September 1827, in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. [sources: date: 10; 4 (37 in 1864), 6 (35 in 1860), 7 (45 in 1870), 8 (52 in 1880), 9 (72 in 1900). place: 4, 6, 7, 8, 9]
In 1856/57, he married Catharine [unknown family name]. She was born in July 1827, in Pennsylvania. They apparently had these seven children:
[sources: 10 (7 children, 5 alive in 1900), 11 (7 children, 4 alive in 1910)]
In 1860, he was living in Southampton Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He was a farm laborer. He was living with his spouse Catharine and daughter Mary. [source: 6]
When he enlisted, he was 5 feet 11 inches tall, and had a fair complexion, hazel eyes, and light hair. [source: 4]
He was drafted. His service was credited to the sixteenth congressional district. He enlisted for one year, at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. (He reported to Chambersburg with Isaiah Collins (F) and Isaac W Smith (F).) He was mustered into service as a private, in company I, on 21 September 1864. [sources: 1, 4, 12, 13, 14]
He was discharged by general order on 30 or 31 May 1865. He was a private, in company I. [sources: 1 (30 May), 3 (31 May), 4 (31 May), 12-13]
In 1870, he was living in Southampton Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He was working on a farm. He was living with his wife Catharine, and children (perhaps all theirs?) Lucinda, Mary, Matilda, and Mary. [source: 7]
In 1880, he was living in Southampton Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He was a farm laborer. He was living with his wife Catharine and children Lucinda, Mary, Joseph, Sarah, Julia, along with a nephew and two grandsons. [source: 8]
On 26 May 1881, he applied successfully from Pennsylvania for a pension. [sources: 5, 11]
In 1900, he was living in West Providence Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He was apparently not working. He was living with his wife Catharine, children Mary, Sarah, Julia, Simeon, AB McCoy, Alva Johnson, and a boarder. [source: 9]
He died in 1905. He was buried in Everett Cemetery, in Everett, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. [sources: 2, 11]
On 25 [?] March 1905, his widow, Catharine Himes, applied successfully from Pennsylvania for a pension. [sources: 5, 11]
In 1910, his widow, Catharine Hymes, was living in Everett Borough, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. She was living with eight relatives. [source: 10]
Contact Jeanne Stiffler about Thomas Himes, at [email protected].
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. (In the roster) (Thomas Hymes)
2 message, from David and Carol Eddleman, 31 October 2002, on PABEDFOR list at Rootsweb, transcribing burial list from the Bedford Inquirer, 22 May 1908 (Thomas Hines [sic])
3 company I, register of men discharged (Thomas Hymes)
4 company I, descriptive roll, #16 (Thomas Heimes)
5 pension index, by name (Thomas Himes)
6 1860 US census, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, Southampton Township, microfilm series M653, film 1072, page 563 = 28 handwritten (Thomas Himes)
7 1870 US census, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, Southampton Township (Chaneysville Pa), microfilm series M593, film 1304, page 635 = 35 handwritten (Thomas Hymes)
8 1880 US census, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, Southampton Township, supervisor's district 8, enumeration district 236, microfilm series T9, film 1098, page 335 = 23 C-D handwritten (Thomas Himes)
9 1900 US census, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, West Providence Township, supervisor's district 13, enumeration district 33, microfilm series T623, film 1376, page 184 B = 5 handwritten (Thomas Himes)
10 1910 US census, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, Everett Borough, supervisor's district 16, enumeration district 12, microfilm series T624, film 1312, page 94 B = 15 handwritten (Catherine Hymes)
11 pension index, by regiment, 91st PA Infantry, company I (Thomas Himes)
12 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (Thomas Heimes)
13 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (Thomas Hymes)
14 abstract of widow's pension certificate file, National Archives and Records Administration, record group 15, WC 143,246, Barbara Tewell widow of Isaiah Collins (Thomas Hymes or Hines)
| line | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Dwelling number | 652 | ||
| Family number | 623 | ||
| Name | Thomas Himes | Catharine " | Mary E " |
| Age | 35 | 35 | 1 |
| Sex | m | f | f |
| Color | |||
| Occupation | Farm Lab | ||
| Value of real estate owned | |||
| Value of personal estate | |||
| Place of birth | " [sc. Penna] | " | " |
| Married within year | |||
| Attended school within year | |||
| Cannot read & write | 1 | ||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. |
| line | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Dwelling-house number | 254 | |||||
| Family number | 258 | |||||
| Name | Hymes Thomas | - Catharine | - Lucinda | Mary E | - Matilda W | - Mary J |
| Age | 45 [?] | 43 [?] | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 |
| Sex | M | F | F | F | M | F |
| Color | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Occupation | Works on farm | Keeping house | At home | At home | At home | At home |
| Real estate value | ||||||
| Personal estate value | ||||||
| Birthplace | Pa | Pa | Pa | Pa | Pa | Pa |
| Father foreign born | ||||||
| Mother foreign born | ||||||
| Birth month if born within year | ||||||
| Marriage month if married within year | ||||||
| Attended school past year | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Can't read | ||||||
| Can't write | ||||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. | ||||||
| Male US citizen at least 21 years old | 1 | |||||
| Male US citizen at least 21 years old who can't vote ... |
| line | 48 | 49 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| street name | ||||||||||
| house number | ||||||||||
| dwelling visit # | ||||||||||
| family visit # | 201 | |||||||||
| name | Himes Thomas | - Catharine | - Lucinda | - Mary E | - Joseph | - Sarah | - Julia | Barrette Henry | Monspeaky [?] Justin | Miller Simeon |
| color | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| sex | M | F | F | F | M | F | F | M | M | M |
| age | 52 | 52 | 31 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 3 |
| month born if born in year | ||||||||||
| relationship | Wife | Daughter | Daughter | Son | Daughter | Daughter | Nephew | Grandson | Grandson | |
| single | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| married | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| widowed/divorced | ||||||||||
| married during year | ||||||||||
| occupation | Farm Laborer | Keeping house | At home | At home | Work on farm | At home | Work on farm | |||
| months unemployed | ||||||||||
| currently ill? | ||||||||||
| blind | ||||||||||
| deaf/dumb | ||||||||||
| idiotic | ||||||||||
| insane | ||||||||||
| disabled | ||||||||||
| school this year | ||||||||||
| can't read | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| can't write | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| birthplace | Pa | Pa | Pa | Pa | Pa | Pa | Pa | Pa | Pa | Pa |
| father's birthplace | Pa | Pa | Pa | Pa | Pa | Pa | Pa | Pa | Pa | Pa |
| mother's birthplace | Pa | Pa | Pa | Pa | Pa | Pa | Pa | Pa | Pa | Pa |
| line | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 |
| street | |||||||||
| house number | |||||||||
| dwelling number | 94 | ||||||||
| family number | 98 | ||||||||
| name | Himes Thomas | - Catharine | - Mary E | - Sarah J | - Julia A | - Simeon A | McCoy A B | Johnson Alva | Johnson Francis E |
| relationship | Head | Wife | Daughter | Daughter | Daughter | Son | Daughter | Daughter | Boarder |
| color | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| sex | M | F | F | F | F | M | F | F | M |
| birth date | Sept 1827 | July 1827 | Sept 1858 [?] | Aug 1866 | July 1873 | Jan 1877 | May 1893 | Apr 1893 | May 1879 |
| age | 72 | 72 | 41 | 33 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| married? | M | M | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| # years married | 43 | 43 | |||||||
| mother of how many children? | 7 | ||||||||
| # of children living | 5 | ||||||||
| birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| father's birthplace | Un | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Maryland | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| mother's birthplace | Maryland | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| immigration year | |||||||||
| # years in USA | |||||||||
| naturalized citizen? | |||||||||
| occupation | Laborer (at furnace) | Laborer (at Furnace) | |||||||
| # months not employed | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| # months in school | 5 | ||||||||
| can read | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| can write | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| speaks English | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| owned/rented | R | ||||||||
| free or mortgaged | |||||||||
| farm/house | H | ||||||||
| # of farm schedule |
| line | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 |
| street | |||||||||
| house nr | |||||||||
| dwelling nr | 306 | ||||||||
| family nr | 311 | ||||||||
| name | Hymes Catherine | - Mary E | - Julia A | - McCoy Ora D | - Gladys V | Johnson Abram | - J Alvin | Hymes Sarah J | Johnson Austin H |
| relationship | Head | Daughter | Daughter | Grandaughter [sic] | Granniece [sic] | Brother | Granson [sic] | Sister | Grandson |
| sex | F | F | F | F | F | M | M | F | M |
| color | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| age | 83 | 51 | 36 | 17 | 2 | 85 | 13 | 44 | 32 |
| marital status | Wd | S | S | S | S | Wd | S | S | D |
| #years present marriage | |||||||||
| mother of # children | 7 | ||||||||
| mother of # living children | 4 | ||||||||
| birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| father's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Maryland | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| mother's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| immigrated | |||||||||
| naturalized/alien | |||||||||
| speaks English | English | English | English | English | English | English | English | English | |
| occupation | None | Housewoman [?] | Laundress | Chambermaid | None | None | None | None | Laborer |
| nature of industry etc. | At Home | Hotel | Hotel | Furnace | |||||
| employer etc. | OA | W | W | W | |||||
| out of work 15 Apr 1910? | No | No | Yes | No | |||||
| # weeks out of work 1909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| can read | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
| can write | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
| school since 1 Sep 09 | Yes | ||||||||
| owned/rented | R | ||||||||
| owned free or mortagaged | |||||||||
| farm/house | H | ||||||||
| nr on farm schedule | |||||||||
| civil war vet | UA | ||||||||
| blind | Bl | ||||||||
| deaf & dumb |