He was 19 years old when he was enrolled (3, 4 [21 in 1863], 5 [21 in 1863], 10 [33 in 1880]). He was born in New York (9, 10).
He moved to Pennsylvania "in early manhood" (9).
He was a boatman (3, 4, 5). He was living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when he was enrolled (3).
He was 5 feet 6 inches tall, and had a light complexion, gray eyes, and red hair (3, 4, 5).
He was enlisted and mustered into service on 14 October 1861, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1, 2, 3). He was enlisted for three years, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Captain Bowman (2). He served as a private in company B (1).
He fought at the Battle of Gettysburg (8).
He reenlisted as a veteran volunteer on 24 December 1863, at Bealton, Virginia (1, 3, 4 [25 Dec], 5 [25 Dec]). He was enlisted for three years by Lieutenant Carpenter, and mustered by Lieutenant Swan (4, 5).
Beginning 2 March 1864, he was absent sick, in the hospital at Chester, Pennsylvania (11).
His descriptive list was sent on 19 April 1864; unfortunately the descriptive roll does not say to where it was sent (4). At some time (perhaps when his list was sent?) he had one knapsack, one haversack, and one canteen (4).
He was still absent sick in May 1864 (11).
He was absent, sick, when the regiment mustered out (1, 3). He served for four years (4).
He married Kate Musser, who was born in Sacramento, California (9). Their children include:
They moved west, when their son Joseph was one year old (9). Their son Joseph was raised in Allen and Adam Counties, Indiana (9). He "spent his last days in Allen county, Indiana, where he died in 1883" (9).
In 1880, he was living at 25 Allan Street, Monroeville, Allen County, Indiana (10). He was living with his wife Kat eand son Joseph (10). He was keeping a store (10).
He died in 1883 (9) or on 26 August 1887 (6).
On 16 September 1890, his widow, Kate Conroy, applied successfully from Indiana for a pension (6, 7).
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. (In the roster) (Thomas Conroy)
2 company B, descriptive roll, entry 22 (Thomas Conroy)
3 Civil War Veterans' Card File, available at the Pennsylvania State Archives, searched 31 May 2004 (Thomas Conroy)
4 company B, [second] descriptive book, entry 9 (Thomas Conroy)
5 company B, [third] descriptive roll, entry 37 (Thomas Conroy)
6 pension index, by regiment (Thomas Conroy)
7 pension index, by name (Thomas Conroy)
8 Pennsylvania Memorial, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (Thomas Conroy)
9 JOSEPH H CONROY. From T H Ball, editor, Encyclopedia of genealogy and biography of Lake County, Indiana, with a compendium of history 1834-1904. (New York: The Lewis Publishing Group, 1904.) Transcribed inUSGenWeb Archives. Contributed by Joy Fisher. (viewed 27 January 2008) (Thomas Conroy)
10 1880 US census, Indiana, Allen County, Monroeville, supervisor's district 6, enumeration district 112, microfilm series T9, film 264, page 383 = 24 C handwritten (Thomas H Conroy)
11 monthly return, company B, May 1864 (Thos Conroy)
[I did not find an entry for him in the Ancestry index to the 1890 veteran's census (searched May 2007)]
[I did not find an entry for him in RootsWeb WorldConnect (searched January 2008)]
| line | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| street name | Allan Street | ||
| house number | 25 | ||
| dwelling visit # | 25 | ||
| family visit # | 25 | ||
| name | Conroy Thomas H | - Kate | - Joseph H |
| color | W | W | W |
| sex | M | F | M |
| age | 33 | 25 | 8 |
| month born if born in year | |||
| relationship | Wife | Son | |
| single | 1 | ||
| married | 1 | 1 | |
| widowed/divorced | |||
| married during year | |||
| occupation | Keeps [illegible; looks like 'Badea'] Shop | Keeping house | At school |
| months unemployed | |||
| currently ill? | |||
| blind | |||
| deaf/dumb | |||
| idiotic | |||
| insane | |||
| disabled | |||
| school this year | 1 | ||
| can't read | |||
| can't write | |||
| birthplace | New York | Penn | |
| father's birthplace | Ireland | New York | |
| mother's birthplace | Ireland | ||