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Thomas, William S.
Thompson, James L.
Thompson, William H.

Thornburg, William Henry
Tighe, Peter

Trammmell, Garrett J.
Turpin, Samuel


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William S. Thomas
1832-1912; Cpl., Co. A, 78 PA Infantry; Modesto Citizens Cemetery GAR plot; born in Pennsylvania.
James L. Thompson
1839-1914; Stanislaus County History says he was a drummer in the Civil War; he was a true friend of the GAR and was made an honorary member of Grant Post #9, Modesto; he worked to obtain the cannons that still adorn the GAR plot in Modesto Citizens Cemetery, where he is interred; he named his ranch Lanark Park after his birthplace in Scotland; he came to the US in 1849 and to California in 1869; left widow Agnes Boyd; he died in San Jose, California.
William H. Thompson
1842-1924; Sgt., Co. C, 3 VT Infantry; Cos. D & B, 16 PA Cavalry; Modesto Pioneer Cemetery; born in New Hampshire; widow Elizabeth D.; member of Grant Post #9 GAR; came to Modesto, California by 1910; in Custer, Nebraska 1900; pension application #26448 filed in 1923 in California; widow's pension.

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William Henry Thornburg
1833-1908; Sgt., Co. A, 27 IA Infantry; Turlock Memorial Park; born in LaPorte, Indiana; wife Sally Austa Curtis; came to Panoche Valley, California 1870, to Stanislaus County, California 1880; pension application #199274 filed on 08/15/1890 in California.
Peter Tighe
1830-1885; Pvt., Cos. D & K, 3 CA Infantry; Modesto Citizens Cemetery GAR plot; born in Ireland; enlisted at LaGrange, California 11/15/1861; mustered out at Camp Douglas, Utah Territory 11/14/1864; transferred from Co. K to Co. D; by 1860 he was working as a blacksmith in Branch Township; pension application #454194 filed on 07/07/1882 in California.
Garrett J. Trammell
1844-1902; Pvt., Co. C, 1 AR Cavalry (given elsewhere as Co. M); Modesto Pioneer Cemetery; born in Arkansas; widow Agnes born in Denmark, died 1923; came to California by 1880; widow's pension application #779344 filed in 1903 in California.
 

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Samuel Turpin
1846-1916; Co. A, 14 PA Cavalry; Oakdale Citizens Cemetery; born in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; enlisted 01/28/1864; mustered out 11/02/1865; member of George Thomas Post GAR, San Francisco, California and Grant Post #9 GAR in Modesto, California; came to California in 1881; pension application #1075882 filed in 1891 in California; widow's and minor's pension; died in Oakdale, California.
   

Compiled by the Stanislaus Civil War Association Cemetery Project Committee
February 27, 2006
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22 Jan 2019