OBIT: Peter D. THOMAS, 1941, Civil War Veteran, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  Civil War Vet Dies At 98

  PETER D. THOMAS WAS NATIVE OF SOMERSET COUNTY, DIED IN MOBILE. 

  Peter D. Thomas, 98, past commander of Tod Post, Grand Army of the Republic, 
  died several days ago in Mobile, Alabama, where he has made his home for the
  past number of years.  Mr. Thomas was born November 30, 1848, in Somerset
  county, near Johnstown, the youngest of ten children of Abraham and Julia
  Thomas.  At the age of 21 he enlisted with the 21st Pennsylvania cavalry
  under General Sheridan.  While he never served on a battlefield, he was in
  many skirmishes and endured the hardships of General Sheridan's men.
  Shortly after the War Mr. Thomas went to Youngstown, Ohio, where he worked
  as a puddler In the Cartweight-McCurdy mill and later In the Brown-Boonell
  mill.  He a Veteran of Foreign Wars, post 93, in Youngstown, of which he had
  been made an honorary member several years ago.  On many occasions he
  represented the G.A.R. in state and national encampments. His wife proceeded
  him in death in 1927.  Interment will be in Youngstown. Ohio.
  
  Daily American, January 27, 1941
  
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