He was born in August 1828, in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, to Adam Mock and Mary Eve [unknown surname]. [sources: date: 14; 2 (36 in 1864), 3 (51 on 26 June 1880), 5 (20), 6 (30), 7 (20), 11 (36 in 1860), 12 (42 in 1870), 13 (57 in 1880), 14 (71 in 1900), 17 (23 in 1850), 21 (78 yrs 10 mos at death). place: 2, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 21 (near East Freedom, Blair County). parents: 3, 21]
On 13 September 1849, he married Hannah Stambaugh. They had seven children, five of whom were living in 1898, including these:
[source: 3, 17, 21]
In 1850, he was living in Union Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He was a laborer. He was living with his wife Hannah. They had been married within the year. [source: 17]
In 1860, he was living in Union Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He was a shoemaker, and owned $100 in real estate and $100 in personal property. He was living with his wife Hannah, their children William, Mary, Sarah, and Alice, and with George Carl. [source: 11]
When he enlisted, he was a shoemaker. [sources: 2, 5 (farmer), 7 (farmer)]
When he enlisted, he was 5 feet 7 inches tall, and had hazel eyes, dark hair, and a fair complexion. [source: 2, 3, 5 (5'7-1/2", dark complexion), 7 (5'7-1/2", dark complexion)]
He was drafted. He enlisted and was mustered into service as a private on 21 September 1864, at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, for one year. His enlistment was credited to the 16th congressional district. He was a private in company B. He reported for duty on 8 October 1864, and was part of a group of drafted men and substitutes forwarded from Biddle, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on 12 October 1864. [sources: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 22]
On the November/December muster roll, he is reported as owing $23.25 for losing his gun and accoutrements (2). He later reported that he had suffered an accidental back injury on 1 November 1864. While he and some other soldiers were carrying a log to build a tent (presumably to build wooden walls, using the tent as a roof), they dropped one end, knocking him down. He discovered his back injury after they carried him to his tent. He was treated in the camp hospital. Perhaps this is why Mock lost his gun then. [source: 3]
Although the regimental records don't mention any injury to him, Alva Bowen remembered seeing him injured, and described it years later in this way:
"I well remember that some time between the first + fifteenth of December 1864 our Command was on a raid on the Weldon Rail Road, and I saw claimant [sc. Samuel Mock] on said raid, and he was suffering from effects of an injury which he had received in his back some time in November 1864. When I saw him on the Weldon Rail Road raid he was unfit for service, was unable even to carry his gun or anything except his blanket and could only walk in a stuping [sic] position. I also saw him when he first recd the injury to his back in Nov. 94 + I asked him what ailed him and he said he had recd an injury to his back by assisting in carrying logs for winter quarters, by his comrades [sic] letting the one end of the log fall while he had the other end. When I saw him at the time of the Weldon Rail Road raid we were returning to our quarters near the Yellow House in front of Petersburg Va and he was scarcely able to get along, and I feared that he would not be able to reach Camp again." [source: 3]
He was discharged at Washington DC, in accordance with general order 94, War Department, on 20 May 1865. He had last been paid through 31 December 1864, and his clothing account had not been settled since he had enlisted--$51.82 had been advanced. He was mustered out effective 30 May 1865. He was a private, in company B. [1 (20 May), 2 (25 May), 4 (25 May), 6 (30 May), 8 (30 May), 22]
When he returned from the army, he was suffering chronic diarrhea (which he continued to suffer for many years), and "was broken down very much". He received a pension, certificate 388,180. He was a shoemaker and a farmer. [source: 3]
In 1870, he was living in Union Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He was a shoemaker, and owned $1,500 in real estate and $300 in personal property. He was living with his wife Hannah, and children William, Mary, Sarah, Alice, David, and Harry. [source: 12]
In 1880, he was living in King Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He was a farmer. He was living with his wife Hannah and children Sarah, Alice, David, and Harry, and a granddaughter. [source: 13]
On 28 June 1880, he successfully applied for a pension. [sources: 9, 10]
Hannah Mock died on 23 August 1886. [source: 3]
Samuel Mock was married to Fanny Guyer on 20 December 1887, at St Clairsville, Pennsylvania, by E S Hassler. He was 59 years old, was a farmer, and lived in East Saint Clair Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. She was 46 years old, had been born to Henry and Hether Guyer, and lived in South Woodbury Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. They had no children. [source: 3, 21]
In 1890, he was living in Waterside, South Woodbury Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He had a rupture and rheumatism. [source: 8]
In 1900, he was living in South Woodbury, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He was apparently not working. He was living with his (second) wife Fannie, and her mother. [source: 14]
He again applied for a pension on 27 [?] February 1907. [source: 9]
Samuel S Mock died on 28 June 1907, in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He died of paralysis. His obituary describs him as 'a kind father, a good citizen and an obligating neighbor', who 'will be missed in the community in which he lived'. He was buried in the Reformed Cemetery, in Osterburg, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. His grave has a Grand Army of the Republic marker and flag. [sources: 3, 9, 18, 19 (Trinity United Church of Christ Cemetery), 20, 21]
On 24 February [??--perhaps July?] 1907, Fanny Mock, his widow successfully applied for a pension. [source: 9, 10]
In 1908, Fanny Mock was 64 years old, and lived in Waterside, South Woodbury Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Samuel had left Fanny Mock $171.75 in personal property, and about 30 acres near Waterside; she also owned a small lot at the north end of Waterside. The properties had fences but no buildings. The income from the property was at most $50 to $75, and $24 was paid annually to Fanny Mock's mother as a dowry. It was also encumbered by a judgment in favor of Samuel B Fluke, which was originally about $350. [source: 3]
In 1910, his widow, Fannie Mock, was living in South Woodbury Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. She was living with her mother. [source: 15]
In 1920, his widow, Fanny Mock, was living in Woodbury Borough, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. [source: 16]
Fanny Mock died on 25 September 1921. [source: 3]
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)
2 compiled service record, Samuel S Mock (copy supplied to me by Nancy Fisher) (consists of 8 muster roll summaries)
3 pension file, Fanny Mock, widow of Samuel S Mock, certificate 638519 (copy supplied to me by Nancy Fisher), including:
4 company B, register of men discharged (Saml S Mock)
5 company B, [second] descriptive roll, entry 67 (Samuel A Mock)
6 Civil War Veterans' Card File, available at the Pennsylvania State Archives, searched 2 Jun 2004 (Samuel S Mock)
7 company B, [third] descriptive roll, entry 27 (Samuel S Mock)
8 1890 US census, veterans' schedule, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, South Woodbury Township, supervisor's district 7, enumeration district 94, page [3] (Samuel J [?] Rock)
9 pension index, by regiment (Samuel S Mock)
10 pension index, by name (Samuel S Mock)
11 1860 US census, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, Union Township, microfilm series M653, film 1072, page 643 = 25 handwritten (Samuel Mock)
12 1870 US census, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, Union Township (post office St Clairsville), microfilm series M593, film 1304, pages 704 = 31-32 handwritten (Samuel Mock)
13 1880 US census, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, King Township, supervisor's district 8, enumeration district 326 [?], microfilm series T9, film 1098, page 197 C = 17 [?] handwritten (Samuel Mock)
14 1900 US census, Pennsylvania, Bedford, South Woodbury, supervisor's district 13, enumeration district 32, microfilm series T623, film 1376, page 172 A = 9 handwritten (Samuel Mock)
15 1910 US census, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, South Woodbury Township, supervisor's district 16, enumeration district 29, microfilm series T624, film 1312, page 14 B = 2 handwritten (Fannie Mock)
16 1920 US census, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, Woodbury Borough, supervisor's district 20, enumeration district 36, microfilm series T625, film 1533, page 143 B = 9 handwritten (Fanny Mock)
17 1850 US census, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, Union Township, microfilm series M432, microfilm 751, page 258 (Samuel Mock)
18 Pennsylvania veterans burial records, Bedford County (Samuel Mock)
19 Find a grave, memorial 19803575, created by Kat, added 10 June 2007, accessed 15 July 2012 [including a picture of the headstone] (Samuel S Mock)
20 Pennsylvania death indices, 1907 ("Mock, Samuel S.; 85280; Bedford Co.; June 28.") (Samuel S Mock)
21 obituary, Martinsburg Herald, Martinsburg, PA, Friday, 5 July 1907 (Samuel S Mock)
22 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (Samuel S Mock)
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| Dwellings visited | 178 | |
| Families visited | 179 | |
| Name | Samuel Mock | Hannah Mock |
| Age | 23 | 21 |
| Sex | m | f |
| Color | ||
| Occupation of males over 15 years | Laborer | |
| Real estate owned | ||
| Birthplace | " [sc. Pennsylvania] | " |
| Married within year | 1 | 1 |
| Attended school within year | ||
| Over 20 & can't read/write | ||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. |
| line | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Dwelling number | 945 | ||||||
| Family number | 903 | ||||||
| Name | Samuel Mock | Hannah " | William H " | Mary " | Sarah A " | Alice M " | Geo Carl " |
| Age | 36 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| Sex | m | f | m | f | f | f | m |
| Color | |||||||
| Occupation | Shoemaker | ||||||
| Value of real estate owned | 100 | ||||||
| Value of personal estate | 100 | ||||||
| Place of birth | " [sc. Penna] | " | " | " | " | " | " |
| Married within year | |||||||
| Attended school within year | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Cannot read & write | 1 | ||||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. |
| line | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 1 |
| Dwelling-house number | 229 | |||||||
| Family number | 229 | |||||||
| Name | Mock Samuel | - Hannah | - William | - Mary | - Sarah | - Alice | - David | - Harry |
| Age | 42 | 41 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 |
| Sex | M | F | M | F | F | F | M | M |
| Color | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Occupation | Shoemaker | Keeping House | ||||||
| Real estate value | 1500 | |||||||
| Personal estate value | 300 | |||||||
| Birthplace | " [sc. Pennsylvania] | " | " | " | " | " | " | Pennsylvania |
| 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 | 1 | ||||
| Can't read | ||||||||
| Can't write | 1 | |||||||
| 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 ... |
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| street name | |||||||
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| dwelling visit # | 165 | ||||||
| family visit # | 170 | ||||||
| name | Mock Samuel | - Hannah | - Sarah | - Alice | - David | - Harry | Smith Jennie S |
| color | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| sex | M | F | F | F | M | M | F |
| age | 57 | 50 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 4 |
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| single | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| married | 1 | 1 | |||||
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| married during year | |||||||
| occupation | Farmer | House Keeper | Dress Maker | At Home | Farm Hand | Farm Hand | |
| months unemployed | 4 | 4 | |||||
| currently ill? | |||||||
| blind | |||||||
| deaf/dumb | |||||||
| idiotic | |||||||
| insane | |||||||
| disabled | |||||||
| school this year | |||||||
| can't read | |||||||
| can't write | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| father's birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| mother's birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| line | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| street | |||
| house number | |||
| dwelling number | 161 | ||
| family number | 166 | ||
| name | Mock Samuel | - Fannie | Guyer Ester |
| relationship | Head | Wife | Mother in law |
| color | W | W | W |
| sex | M | F | F |
| birth date | Aug 1828 | July 1842 | Oct 1825 |
| age | 71 | 57 | 74 |
| married? | M | M | Wd |
| # years married | 13 | 13 | |
| mother of how many children? | 0 | 11 | |
| # of children living | 0 | 6 | |
| birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| father's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| mother's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| immigration year | |||
| # years in USA | |||
| naturalized citizen? | |||
| occupation | |||
| # months not employed | |||
| # months in school | |||
| can read | Yes | Yes | No |
| can write | Yes | Yes | No |
| speaks English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| owned/rented | O | ||
| free or mortgaged | M | ||
| farm/house | H | ||
| # of farm schedule |
| line | 91 | 92 |
| street | ||
| house nr | ||
| dwelling nr | [40] | |
| family nr | 43 | |
| name | Mock Fannie | Guyer Ester |
| relationship | Head | Mother |
| sex | F | F |
| color | W | W |
| age | 66 | 85 |
| marital status | Wd | Wd |
| #years present marriage | ||
| mother of # children | 0 | 10 |
| mother of # living children | 0 | 5 |
| birthplace | Pennsylvania | Maryland |
| father's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Maryland |
| mother's birthplace | Maryland | Maryland |
| immigrated | ||
| naturalized/alien | ||
| speaks English | English | English |
| occupation | Own Income | None |
| nature of industry etc. | Pension | |
| employer etc. | ||
| out of work 15 Apr 1910? | ||
| # weeks out of work 1909 | ||
| can read | Yes | Yes |
| can write | Yes | Yes |
| school since 1 Sep 09 | ||
| owned/rented | R | |
| owned free or mortagaged | ||
| farm/house | H | |
| nr on farm schedule | ||
| civil war vet | ||
| blind | ||
| deaf & dumb |
| line | 90 |
| street | |
| house number | X |
| dwelling visit number | 24 |
| family visit number | 25 |
| name | Mock, Fanny |
| relationship | Head |
| own/rent | Un |
| free/mortgaged (if owned) | |
| sex | F |
| race | W |
| age at last birthday | 77 |
| marital status | Wd |
| year of immigration | |
| naturalized/alien | |
| year of naturalization | |
| attended school since Sept 1919 | |
| can read | Yes |
| can write | Yes |
| birth place | Pennsylvania |
| native language | |
| father's birthplace | Pennsylvania |
| father's native language | |
| mother's birthplace | Pennsylvania |
| mother's native language | |
| can speak English | Yes |
| occupation | None |
| industry, business | |
| employment status | |
| number of farm schedule |
Samuel S. Mock, a well known citizen of our town died at his home at this place Friday, June 28, at the age of 78 years, 10 months, the cause of his death being paralysis. Deceased was born near East Freedom, Blair County, and was a son of Adam and Mary E. Mock. He was twice married, the first time to Hannah Stambaugh September 13, 1849. To this union seven children were born of which the following survive: Wm. H., of Conemaugh; Mary E., wife of James V Smith of Johnstown; Alice M., wife of Jacob H. Gaston of Lovejoy, Indiana County; David G., of Waterside, and Harry G., of Johnstown. Twenty-seven grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren, also one sister, Mrs. Pressel, of Altoona, survive. Mr. Mock served as a private in Company B., 91 PA Infantry in the Civil War. Twenty years ago Mr. Mock came to this town and married Fannie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Guyer (deceased) and took up housekeeping here. Mr. Mock was a kind father, a good citizen and an obligating neighbor, and will be missed in the community in which he lived. Funeral services were held at the late home on Saturday evening at 7 o'clock and Sunday morning his remains were taken to St. Clairsville and interred in the Reformed cemetery at that place.