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About Prochorus Milo Thompson
The 1850 Census showed Prochorus as living in Fox Twp., Elk County PA
The June 5, 1860 Census (page 843) showed him to be a laborer at home in Fox Twp., Elk County PA
The June 10, 1880 Census (page 270b) lists Prochorus as a Carpenter living at Location 167 in Warsaw Twp., Jefferson County PA. The Enumerator spelled the
name as "Corous"
The June 15, 1900 Census (page 115) listed him as A Farmer living at location 133 in East Precinct Warsaw, Jefferson County, PA and stated there were 7 children born and 4 living. This Census had his name spelled "Pochorus" by Frank Johnson,Enumerator
The April 23, 1910 Census (page 126b) lists him as A farmer at Location 88, Warsaw Twp., Jefferson County, PA and stated 7 children born and 3 living.
The January 12, 1920 Census (page 5a) shows Prochorus as a Widower living in East Pct. Warsaw Twp., Jefferson County PA
Prochorus married Martha Jane Moore, born January 6, 1846, in Washington Twp, Jefferson County. Martha was the daughter of James Lindsey Moore and Sarah
Rogers. They were married on January 5, 1867. Martha died of influenza on January 24, 1918. Descendants have been unable to determine where she was buried.
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From Judith Heald
Prochorus served for four years in the army during the Civil War. During the battle in Petersburg, Virginia, he was the fifth man to pick up the Union flag. A choice target for the enemy, the four flag bearers before him had been shot. He was, sure enough, the fifth man to fall. The battle continued until evening and he was left for dead. It was cold and rainy that night, but the next morning someone found him alive. Years later, a
man was admiring the workmanship on a barn built in Jefferson County, PA, and asked who had built the barn. When told that Prochorus Thompson had built it he was unbelieving. "Couldn't have," he said, "Prochorus Thompson died in the Civil War. I know, I was there. He was the fifth man to fall. I picked up the flag and stepped over him. I know he was dead. He had been shot in the head!" Prochorus not only survived that battle, he went on to serve at Appotamox.
Prochorus lost his hearing partly as a result of the head wound, but also because he had measles right after he joined the army. The enlistees were sent first to Harrisburg for a bit of training, and because they were with lots of other people and had never been with anyone but their neighbors and their families before, they often caught all the diseases because they had no immunity to anything. The army hospitalized so many men in Harrisburg because of measles, that it was often called "the measles hospital".
He loved telling stories of the war. He remembered General Grant as "a handsome man". He was present at Lee's surrender of Appomattox. He told his grandchildren of the many emotions he felt that day: happiness that the war was over, sympathy for the difficult task General Lee had to perform, and a strong feeling of brotherhood as he mingled with the Southern soldiers, sharing their rations. After his marriage he was a farmer. Because of the damage to his hearing, he could not hear his wife call him from the fields. She would ring a bell, causing the horses to look towards the house, alerting that Martha had dinner ready. Granddaughter Iva has the beautiful brass bell which Martha rang.
At the Moore Perrin Reunion in Hormtown in Jefferson County, 1995, Leonard Moore remembered the scar on Prochorus's head. He must have been a favorite uncle for he had made quite an impression on most of the octogenarians present that day. I have heard from grandnephews that he did "Civil War Drills" with the children at family reunions - lining them up to practice marching.
History of PA Volunteers, 1861-1865, by Samuel Bates, Volume 2, page 307 says - 58th Regiment, Company F, recruited in McKean, Elk, and Warren Counties for 3 year term. P.M.Thompson, 1st Sergeant, mustered into service October 12, 1861. Promoted to Corporal April 19, 1862. Promoted to Sergeant January 1, 1865. Promoted to 1st Sergeant December 19, 1865. Commissioned 2nd lieutenant January 23, 1866. Mustered out with company January 24, 1866. Veteran status."
Geraldine Hatt was told that when it was realized that immunization for smallpox and cowpox were similar, Prochorus cleansed and shaved the udder of one of his cows and immunized many of his family and neighbors.
Martha and Prochorus were Baptists.
from "A History of the Andrew Moore Family of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania", compiled by Jude Fischer, 1984.
Prochorus enlisted in Co. F., PA Volunteers on 12 Oct. 1861. He served 1 enlistment and re-enlisted. He was promoted to 1st Sgt. on 1 Jan. 1865. He was seriously wounded at Ft. Harrison; honorably discharged 24 Jan. 1866.
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Prochorus Milo Thompson's Timeline
| 1843 |
May 5, 1843
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Warsaw twp., Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1868 |
March 29, 1868
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| 1870 |
May 10, 1870
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| 1871 |
November 1, 1871
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| 1873 |
January 18, 1873
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Atkinson Mills, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1875 |
June 9, 1875
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| 1878 |
March 22, 1878
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| 1880 |
September 25, 1880
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| 1926 |
June 10, 1926
Age 83
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Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States
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