Sheila,
Ah, you have touched a sore spot with this. I haven't reached a satisfactory conclusion in my prior research to reconcile P.L. Tuohy's descendant's postings with what I have found to date on her line in terms of Civil War Service. Here is what the descendant has posted about her Patrick, then a biography (that may have bad info) and the service listing that she believes applies to her family's pair of brothers Patrick and Michael, both of whom lived in NY briefly but settled in Chicago, together with the death articles I have for those two (she has confirmed Michael's as right):
“...[M]y GGF was Patrick Leonard Touhy (son of Unknown Touhy and Miss Leonard of Feakle) and apparently he had at least a brother Michael... and also a sister Bridget Touhy who married John Lyons. Pat, Mike & Bridget are all buried in Calvary cemetery, Evanston, Illinois. Here's a link to some outdated info I posted on P.L.:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.anc ... /Touhy.htm “
also posted:
brothers Michael b. abt 1837 and John W. b. abt 1841. Pat and Mike were in the Civil War.
Per descendant, but conflicting with timeline in P.L.'s bio --
“1864 - Patrick Leonard TOUHY enlists Sept 10, 1864 as a private in Company A, 10th Regiment, New York Cavalry at Poughkeepsie, NY, is wounded while on picket near Prince George County, West Virginia Nov 20, 1864, and is discharged...Enlistment papers describe him as a farmer born in Ireland, age 21 years, height 5' 5", eyes black, hair dark, fair complexion.”
See screenshots for Patrick and Michael in the 10th Cavalry. Michael mustered out 19 July 1864, per
database at
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/researc ... ntro.shtml
I am showing a NY enlistment for a Patrick b.c. 1843, discharged in 1863, in time to fit the Chicago bio but since his unit was the 124th Infantry, he is the Patrick who lived out his life in the Shawangunks NY, whose bio started this thread. Nothing on a Michael in the same unit (although that Patrick did have a brother Michael per the bio). Note that Calvary Cemetery used by Chicagoans has a Civil War roll of honor, listing this Michael:
Tuohy, Michael 69th NY Co. C, Sgt; lot 2, Block 25, Sec C
http://www.genealogycenter.info/militar ... isplay=166
1865, Sept 15 - Patrick Leonard TOUHY and Catherine Camilla ROGERS are married.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.anc ... y/data.htm
Patrick Leonard Touhy born Feakle, Co. Clare abt 1839 died Chicago 1911 &
Catherine Camilla Rogers born Ridgeville (Evanston), Cook Co., IL abt 1843 died Chicago 1916
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.anc ... /Touhy.htm
P. L. TOUHY was born in Feakle, county of Clare, Ireland, March 15, 1842. In 1860 he came with his brother to New York City and engaged in the carpet business with Hiram Antterson, with whom he remained up to 1864, when he came to Chicago and first opened a grocery at the corner of Market and Illinois streets. He then formed a copartnership with Alexander Henderson and P.M. Rogers, as the firm of Touhy, Henderson & Co., which continued up to 1867, when be came to Rogers Park. Mr. Touhy is the founder of Rogers Park, having surveyed and laid out the plat of the village. In 1869 he built his present fine residence, which was completed in 1870. In 1870 he sold an interest in Rogers Park to S. P. Lunt, L. L. Greenleap, C. H. Morse and A. B. Jackson, who formed the Rogers Park Building Association, with S. P. Lunt as trustee. The only members of that organization who retain any interest in the partnership are P. L. Touhy and C. H. Morse. Mr. Touhy is also interested in the North Side dry goods store of J. W. Touhy & Co., which was opened September 15, 1883. He has been Trustee of the village since its organization and school director for three terms. He was married to Miss Catharine C. Rogers September 15, 1865, daughter of Philip Rogers, after whom the village of Rogers Park was named. Mr. Rogers settled in Chicago in 1836, and in 1844 came to Rogers Park and purchased at Government sale the land now laid out as Rogers Park. He died in 1856, leaving two children--Philip M. and Mrs. Touhy. Mr. Touhy and wife have seven children--Mary B., Edmund R., Stephen G., Catharine, Patrick J., Alice and Grace. ["Biographical Sketches Of Rogers Park". Andreas, A. T. History of Cook County, Illinois: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Chicago, IL: A. T. Andreas, 1884 Transcribed by Debbie Woolard]
http://genealogytrails.com/ill/cook/chicagobios4.html
Chicago Tribune - October 18, 1911, Founder of Rogers Park Found Dead in His Bed
Patrick Touhy, 72 Years Old, Was Chum of Elder Harrison, Widow is Worth $1,000,000 - Patrick Touhy, 72 years old, founder of Rogers Park, was found dead in his home, 7051 N. Clark St, yesterday. A coroner's jury decided the cause was heart disease. Touhy and his wife separated fifteen years ago by mutual agreement. Mrs. Touhy has been at the residence of S. Rogers Touhy. Her husband was living alone...
S. Rogers Touhy, a son, lives at 7101 N. Clark St. and is in the real estate business at 118 N. LaSalle Street. A daughter is the wife of Archibald A. McKinley. Other children are Mrs. Addison Blakely, Mrs. Catherine Cullen, Joseph W. Touhy (is this Patrick J)? and Miss Grace C. Touhy. The funeral will be held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning from St. Jerome's Roman Catholic Church.
http://tuohysoftheworld.blogspot.com/20 ... chive.html
Chicago Tribune 12 Dec 1880
Funeral of Michale TOUHY, formerly of Feckle, County Clare, Ireland (brother to P.L. Touhy, Rogers Park) on Thursday...from 208 Sherman st, to St. Mary's Catholic Church; thence...to Calvary [cemetery]. Minnesota, Wisconsin, New York, and Irish papers please copy.
There is no confirmation that Patrick Toohey (of any surname spelling) was ever at Andersonville Prison. That location has been of enormous interest to Civil War historians, professional and amateur, for many years, after my father-in-law published the first definitive work on the evil man who ran the place and was later hung for his misdeeds. The prisoner roll has only this Tuohy:
Andersonville federal records of prisoners:
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/andDetailp.cfm
John Tuohy
Regiment 19 [Infantry] Company B State United States Rank Private
Held at Andersonville and survived
Capture Date Unknown Capture Site Unknown Exchanged April 1, 1865
I have notes on other members of this Tuohy family in Chicago, if needed.
My interest in Patrick Tuohy:
Enlistment (see screenshot), starting in Co. F, transferred to Co. I:
Twohey, Patrick. — Age, 28 years. [b.c. 1834] August 21, 1862, at New York City; private, Co. F, 145th N. Y. Volunteers; wounded in action, June 22, 1864, at Culp's Farm, Ga.
The federal online Soldiers and Sailors System has a unit history showing that men of the 145th transferred into other units, including the 150th:
“145 NY Inf served in WVA but the regiment disbanded December 9, 1863, and men transferred to 107th, 123rd and 150th New York Infantry.”
Note, this Patrick of the 145th transferred to the 150th, and there was also a John in that unit (screenshot). I have not read more by locating this:
Bartlett, Edward O. The "Dutchess County Regiment": (150th Regiment of New York State Volunteer Infantry) in the Civil War, its story as told by its members p. 470
Danbury, Conn.: Danbury Medical Print. Co., 1907
Linking a Brooklyn Patrick to Clare --
Diocese of Brooklyn (NY) dispensation, from Joseph Silinonte book: Patrick Tuhey, b. Clare, residing Harrison & Hick. parents: Michael Tuhey, Johanna Connell married 21 Jul 1866 to Bridget McMahon, b. Westmeath, residing Varandah Place, parent: Patrick McMahon
Church: St. Peter, now St. Peter-St. Paul-Our Lady of Pilar, 234 Congress St.
Using a Killuran Patrick's baptism to lay basis for being the Brooklyn Patrick (if I could locate censuses)--
O'Callaghan Mills Parish baptism (Johanna a possible sister of my Ann Connell Donnellan)
Patrick b. 10 Feb 1835 to Michael Touhey & Johanna Connell, residing in Silvergrove, a townland of Killuran. Sponsors Nancy & John McNamara.
I also have notes on the Ulster Co. NY and Ontario County brothers Michael and Patrick Tuohy (two different pairs, born in different decades) linked to Clare by contemporaneous records. Specifically, the Ontario Co. brothers lived in Canandaigua, which also had this Clare man:
"Foster included a transcription of correspondence he had from the Rev. Edmund O'Connor, formerly of Tulla, County Clare, now parish priest based at St. Mary's Church, Canandaigua, 'the most beautiful village in the state of New York'."
approx Mar 1857
letter text shown
http://www.jbhall.freeservers.com/1857_ ... _story.htm
Also, here is the complete family of the Patrick of the 124th:
1880 District 1, Shawangunk, Ulster, New York
Tooey
Patrick 36 IRE Farmer [b.c. 1846]
Mary A. 32 NY
Mary E. 12 NY
Katy 10 NY
Daniel 8 NY
John P. 6 NY
Frances 4 NY
Chas. 2 NY
Plenty of meat to chew on with all of those. Have fun.
Sharon
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