Joseph Samuel TUERS^[1]

1828 - 1908  (80 years)

• Name	Joseph Samuel TUERS  [2]
  Born	1828	Lodi, Bergen, NJ
  Gender	Male
  OCCU	1862 Blacksmith
  OCCU	1862	Blacksmith
  RES	1863 to 1895 Passaic Co, NJ
  RES	1895 to 1908 Essex Co, NJ
  RESI	Between 1863 and 1895	Passaic Co., NJ
  RESI	Between 1895 and 1908	Essex, NJ
  Died	23 Oct 1908	Kearny, Hudson Co., NJ
  Buried	Mount Hebron Cemetery, Section W Lot #3, Upper Montclair, Essex, NJ
  Person ID	I739	The Turses
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2006

  
  

  Father	Samuel Jacob TOERS,   b. 12 Sep 1800
  Mother	Rachel ACKERMAN,   b. 4 Jun 1803,   d. 27 Dec 1862  (Age 59 years)
  Married	16 Aug 1822	Acquackanonk Dutch Ref Ch, NJ   [1, 3]
  Family ID	F419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lydia CAMPBELL,   b. 22 Jul 1831, NJ ,   d. 28 Nov 1915, Montclair, NJ  (Age 84 years)
  Married	10 Oct 1852	1st Reformed Church, Passaic, Passaic Co., NJ
  	Romani Bogardus pastor
  Children	1. John Henry TUERS,   b. 20 Mar 1854, Bloomfield NJ ,   d. 28 Nov 1928, East Orange, Essex Co, NJ  (Age 74 years)   2. David TUERS,   b. 18 Nov 1856, New Jersey ,   d. 15 Jun 1931, Montclair, NJ  (Age 74 years)   3. Joseph TUERS,   b. 30 Jan 1860, New Jersey ,   d. 9 Mar 1913  (Age 53 years)   4. Susan TUERS,   b. Between 20 Feb 1864 and 19 Feb 1865, Ridgefield, Bergen, NJ ,   d. 19 Feb 1896, Montclair, Essex, NJ  (Age ~ 32 years)   5. Ellen (Ella) TUERS,   b. Abt 1868, New Jersey ,   d. 15 Mar 1888, New Jersey  (Age ~ 20 years)
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2010
  Family ID	F517	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1828 - Lodi, Bergen, NJ Married - 10 Oct 1852 - 1st Reformed Church, Passaic, Passaic Co., NJ OCCU - 1862 - Blacksmith RESI - Between 1895 and 1908 - Essex, NJ Died - 23 Oct 1908 - Kearny, Hudson Co., NJ Buried - - Mount Hebron Cemetery, Section W Lot #3, Upper Montclair, Essex, NJ  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Histories

  Tuers/Turse Civil War Service Auto-download records of 19 Tuers/Turse men who served in the Civil War. Document is a work in progress, but includes all known records of service dates and deaths currently verifiable from available sources. (Links not established for names not yet in the database)

  
  

• Notes

  Joseph Tuers is the 2nd great grandfather of Richard Mann. Marriage certificate of his daughter held by Richard Mann National Archives information has supplied everything except for his name. Civil War pension was applied for 3/5/1907 per the Act of 2/6/1907. Mann holds a copy of the application and the Act. The application shows that he was 79 at the time of the application and it was witnessed by Edward Kimble and Peter G Speer who stated they knew him for 20 years. The Notary who signed the application was Henry Speer of Upper Montclair, NJ. Enlistment papers show that he enlisted in the Army in Paterson, NJ on 9/1/1862. He was a Private in K Company, 25th Regiment, NJ Volunteers. He was discharged 6/20/1863 in Beverly, NJ. He is shown as being 5' 91/2" tall with blue eyes and sandy hair. His occupation at the time of enlistment was blacksmith. I have a copy of his service records dated 6/22/1889. His preliminary pension application dated 3/18/1898 showed his wife's name, marriage date and location and the names living children with names and birth dates. The minister that performed the marriage was Rev Domine Bogardus. The widows application shows the date of death but not the year. Based on the Widow's Act the year could have been 1907 or 1908. I have used 1908 because it appears they were very quick about taking advantage of the pensions when they were approved. The location of the burial is from the cemetery information. They show the cause of death as a Fistula. He was living in the Soldier's Home at the time of his death. Civil War pension was applied for in 5 Mar 1907 . Witnesses were Edward Kimble and Peter G Speer, who knew him for over 20 years. He enlisted in Paterson, Nj on 1 Sep 1862. At the time of enlistment, he was 5 feet, 9 inches tall, had blue eyes and sandy hair. He was living in the Soldiers Home at the time of his pension application and death.

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] The Toers - Tuers Family, Howard S. F. Randolph. [S54] Joan Turnure Genealogy Report. [S304] US Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, Holland Society Yearbook 1910.