www. ancestry.com - American Civil War Soldiers Record:
Loeffler, John
- PVT - Co G - 9th Infantry Regiment Ohio
Enlisted, 22Apr1861; Age, 21
Mustered out, 27May1861
Loeffler, John - PVT - Co
G - 9th Infantry Regiment Ohio
Enlisted 27May1861; Age, 21
Mustered out, 07Jun1864
Will County Illinois USGenWeb
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Nov. 27, 1916 - John
Loeffler,
76, at his home in Joliet, where he had lived for forty-two years; a
member of Bartleson Post, G. A. R.
US Census Record - 1910 - Joliet, IL:
John Loeffler,
69, b. Germany, widowed, immigration - 1856, Served in Civil War; Emma,
31; Teresa, 29; William, 26; Anna, 23.
Pension application #1174092, filed
19Feb1876(1896?); certificate #120361:
Invalid;
Loeffler,
John; G 9 Ohio Inf.
Published Obituaries:
Joliet
Evening
Herald-News - Friday,
December 1, 1916 -Page 2
The funeral of John Loeffler,
Sr.,
was held from his late home, 1300 East
Washington street, yesterday morning. The funeral services were held at St.
John’s Catholic church at 9 o’clock, the Rev. Father Adolph officiating. The
burial was in St. John’s
German Catholic cemetery, where the services
were conducted by the Rev. Father Eugene. After
the Catholic services, military services were
conducted by Joseph
McCloskey, commander, and John Wyss, chaplain of Bartleson Post of the
G.A.R.,
of which Mr. Leoffler was a member.
The
pallbearers were all members of the G.A.R., and were: Ira L. Pettys, George
Young, Charles Carter, John Barr,
William Farnum and Philip Phayer.
John
Loeffler was 76 years old and a resident of Joliet
since the Chicago fire. He served during the civil war with Company
G, Ninth Ohio, and was honorably discharged by President Lincoln. In his younger days he was car inspector for
the Chicago & Alton
and Michigan Central railroads. Of late
years he had been retired. He had been
confined to his bed with paralysis for several months previous to his
death
last Monday.
(Same page and date)
OBITUARY
Loeffler – The Funeral of John Loeffler, Sr.,
76
years old,
who died at his home, 1300 East Washington
street,
Monday, was held from the home yesterday morning at 8:30 o’clock, and from St.
John’s
German Catholic church at 9 o’clock. Burial was with church and military rites at St.
John’s Germany Catholic cemetery.
He was a member of Bartleson Post G.A.R., and
lived in Joliet for
forty-five
years.
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