fact sources and writings about this individual:
Research of Kevin Everingham of MI, 2018 & 2023
1847 U.S. Registers of military service, U.S. Army.. "Thomas S. Everham 34, brown hair, blue eyes, dark complexion, 5ft, 5 1/2in, b.PA, occ; Cordaiver. Enlisted 7th October 1847 at New York."
1850 CENSUS Belvidere, Warren County, New Jersey (July 24, 1850 Dwelling #106).. "Lorenzo Houseworth 35, shoemaker,.. Nancy Ann 30,.. Sarah Ann 10,.. Peter Urtebel 31, shoemaker,.. Henry Bair 19, shoemaker,.. Thomas Everham 36, b.NJ, shoemaker."
1855 STATE CENSUS Hackettstown twp, Warren County, NJ (#100).. "Thomas Everaham, 1 white male, living alone."
1860 CENSUS Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware (July 19th 1860 Dwelling #2736).."listed with 10 people who are all Cordivans or Boot fitters, no family listed with him. "Thomas Everham 45, cordivann"
1861-1865 US Military soldier index.. "Thomas S. Everham, veteran at Chemung, NY, to Veteran Reserve Corps, Co.B, 3rd Regiment of VRC, rank; Private. Notes; see also; 109 PA, Volunteers.
1880 U.S. Military Pension record; (File #60680034) "Thomas S. Everham, Private of Co.A, 109th Infantry, Pennsylvania. Pension dated 28 February, 1880."
1884 & 1886 U.S. National home for volunteer soldiers (Dayton, Ohio, Page 12086).. "Thomas S. Everham, Military service; Company A, 109th PA discharged August 14, 1865 (end of the war). and service; Co.B 3rd VRC (Veterans Reserve Corp),.. Domestic history; Born in Burlington, New Jersey, current age; 72, occupation; Shoemaker, social condition; Widower, name of relatives; Niece; Susan Everham of Salem, New Jersey. Height 5ft, 5 1/2 in, Complexion; dark, eyes; blue,.. hair; gray. Date of admission; March 29, 1884,.. Date of death; November 7, 1886, cause; Cancer of the Stomach., effects; Nil."
From the book "IMPACT" by Kevin Everingham 2023;
Thomas was a bachelor as far as I can tell. A Thomas Everham was living in Warren, New Jersey in 1855, but I have no way to prove it was this same Thomas. At the veteran's home where he died, he listed himself as a shoemaker and his closest relative was Susan Everham, niece, from Salem, New Jersey. Just prior to the war, in 1860, he was 45 years old, born in New Jersey, living in Wilmington, Delaware, and listed as a Cordivann (Cordovan is a type of horse leather shoe). Other people living at his same address had this same occupation or were boot fitters. I'm guessing that his shoe making job or the war, took him to Pennsylvania, where he enlisted.
Thomas mustered in to Company A of the 109th Pennsylvania volunteer infantry. He reports that he mustered in at Harper's Ferry, VA in 1862. The 109th were At Harper's Ferry by May 24, 1862 and attached to the 1st brigade. From his birth information, Thomas would have been around 50 years old when he entered service.
Thomas was discharged August 14, 1865 at Augusta, Maryland. At that time he was part of the Pennsylvania Veteran Reserve Corp. He received a pension in late February, 1880. The veteran's home where he lived in the final two years of this his life, show that he was born about 1812 in Burlington, New Jersey.
Thomas died November 7, 1886 in Ohio. He is buried at Dayton National Cemetery, Montgomery county, Ohio. This cemetery was established in 1867 as a place to inter veterans who died while under the care of the Central Branch of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. He was about age 74 and had lived at the home for veterans, since March 29, 1884.
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