Information from Pension and Military Records:
Born: 5/1/1827 in Wildsbach bei Biedenkopf, Germany
Died: 4/18/1887 in Hazleton, PA
Buried: Vine Street Cemetery, Hazleton, PA
Occupation: Laborer
Marital Status: Married at Bremen, Germany 3/18/1854
Wife: Margarette Bernhard b. 1824 d. 4/28/1902.
Children: Anna Martha b. 1/26/1857; Jacob b. 7/3/1861. Both children died in February 1865 and were buried the same day - 2/19/1865 possibly in unmarked graves at Eckley Cemetery.
Residence: Eckley, 48 James Street, Hazleton, PA
Height: 5'7 1/2"
Weight:
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Complexion: Fair
Service: Enlisted 9/24/1861 at Eckley, PA at age 34.
Discharged: 5/15/1862 at Alexandria, VA
Rank: Corporal
Pension: Certificate # 473.010
Other: Admitted to General Hospital in Alexandria, VA 4/4/1862 and later discharged due to tuberculosis. Drafted 7/21/1864 and served as a private in Co. B, 107th PA. Discharged from there 5/31/1865. Name also spelled Johann Bontz. At the time of her widow's pension application, Magarette was 67 years old and could no longer support herself. She ended up ina poor house until kind neighbors took her in. She died at age 78 and is buried next to John.
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