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Veteran’s Information
Veteran’s Name: Lawson Wolf SPieLMAN
Birth Date: 12 August 1837
Location: Boonsboro, Washington County, Maryland
Death Date: 22 June 1903
Location: Anaheim, Orange County, California
Buried at: Anaheim Cemetery
Plot Location: AD (1, 60, 6)
GPS Coordinates: N33° 50' 32.19074" W117° 53' 57.63117"
(DMS) Datum: NAD83. Coordinates are +/- 1.00 feet of the grave location
Side Served – Union
Rank: Private
Company: B
Unit: 126th Infantry Regiment
State: Pennsylvania
Rank: Private
Company:
Unit: Signal Corps Infantry
State: US Army
Occupation: Farmer, Bricklayer
Family Information
Parents –
Father: John Spielman
Birth Date/Location: 17 December 1810, Boonsboro, Washington County,
Maryland
Death Date/Location: 10 April 1884, Washington County, Maryland
Mother: Sophia Wolf
Birth Date/Location: 1818, Boonsboro, Washington County, Maryland
Death Date/Location: 5 July 1885, Washington County, Maryland
Spouse: Sarah Ann Hathaway
Birth Date / Location: abt. 1841, Washington County, Maryland
Death Date/Location: 28 October 1905, San Bernardino County, California
Marriage Date / Location: 26 July 1860, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland
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Children –
Name: Anna Rosa Spielman (Hack)
Birth Date / Location: February 1861, Washington County, Maryland
Death Date / Location: 28 November 1915, Alameda County, California
Name: Jennie Spielman (Von Schmidt)
Birth Date / Location: January 1867, Maryland
Death Date / Location: unknown
Name: John E. Spielman
Birth Date / Location: abt. 1868, Maryland
Death Date / Location: 10 May 1901, Orange County, California
Name: Blanche Lucinda Spielman (Hill)
Birth Date / Location: 12 March 1870, Washington County, Maryland
Death Date / Location: 22 March 1913, Anaheim, Orange County, California
Name: Bessie L. Spielman (Shearer)
Birth Date / Location: 30 January 1872, California
Death Date / Location: 20 September 1914, Riverside County, California
Name: Ella Spielman (Craddock, Taylor)
Birth Date / Location: January 1877, California
Death Date / Location: 3 April 1936, Riverside County, California
Name: Harry G. Spielman
Birth Date / Location: 19 February 1881, California
Death Date / Location: 17 March 1944, Orange County, California
Additional Information
Member of Malvern Hill Post 131, GAR
Enlisted 8 December 1861 in the 126th Infantry mustered in 12 August 1862, mustered out 20
May 1863. Enlisted in the Signal Corps 15 April 1864 and was
discharged 16 August 1865.
Civil War Pension Index
Sig Corps USA
B 126 PA Inf
Lawson W. Spielman, invalid, 9 December 1889, California
Sarah A Spielman, widow, 14 July 1903, California
California Voter Registers
1892, Lake County, California
 Lawson Wolf Spielman, 54, Maryland, Brickman
 John Edward Spielman, 23, Maryland, Farmer
Sources
“Pioneers in Blue and Gray”, Civil War Veterans in Orange County by Gordon Bricken, First
Edition, The Bricken Press, Santa Ana, California, Copyright 2009
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National Archives and Records Administration. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to
Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc,
2000
 Record for Lanson W. Spielman
Ancestry.com. U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 [database on-line]. Provo, UT,
USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007
 Record for Lawson W Speilman
History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5 by Samuel Bates, Vol. IV, pg 134 (Law. W.
Speilman)
Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432,
1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives,
Washington, D.C.
• Boonsboro, Washington County, Maryland; Roll M432_298, Page 180B, Family 912,
Record for Lawson Speilman
1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d
• Boonsboro, Washington County, Maryland; Roll M653_483, Page 750, Family 1624,
Record for Lawson Speilman
1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d
• Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland; Roll M593_596, Page 133B, Family 816,
Record for Lawson W. Spielman
Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records
of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• Yount, Napa County, California; Roll T9_69, Page 389C, Family 27, Record for Lawson
Speilman
United States of America, Bureau of the Census.Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls
• Anaheim, Orange County, California; Roll T623_95, Page 12A, Family 225, Record for
Anna R Spielman and Ell Craddock
• San Jose, Santa Clara California; Roll T623_110, Page 8B, Family Record for Jennie
Von Schmidt
• Los Angeles Ward 2, Los Angeles County, California; Roll T623_88, Page 2B, Family
39, Record for Annie R. Hack
Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls).
Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C
• Riverside Ward 4, Riverside County, California; Roll T625_125, Page 6A, ED: 123,
Record for Ella S Taylor and son John E Carddock
California, Death Index, 1905-1939. California Department of Health and Welfare. California
Vital Records
• Record for Sarah A Spielman
• Record for Anna Spielman
• Record for Ella S Taylor
• Record for Blanche S Hill
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State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of
California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Microfilm
• Record for Bessie Shearer, Father’s Name: Spielman
• Record for Harry G. Spielman, Mother’s Maiden Name: Hathaway
• Record for John Franklin Hack, Mother's Maiden Name: Spillman
Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp.. Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899 [database on-line].
Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2000.
 Record for John Spielman and Sophia Wolf
Washington County Free Library, Genealogy, Obituary Locator 1790-2012,
http://www.washcolibrary.org/localhistory/wcflgenealogy.asp?action=textsearch
• Record for Sophia Spielman
• Record for John Spielman
Ancestry.com. California, Birth Records from Select Counties, 1872-1987 [database on-line].
Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
• Record for Mabel Frances Von Schmidt, Mother's Maiden Name. Jennie L Spellman
Ancestry.com. California, Voter Registers, 1866-1968 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo,
UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2005.
Findagrave.com, searchable database of cemeteries with tombstone inscriptions, memorials
and photographs
 Memorial 8722497, Created by Shiver, Record for Lawson W. Spielman
 Memorial 118896857, Created by Todd Cook, Record for Sarah A B Spielman
 Memorial 118896854, Created by Todd Cook, Record for Harry G Spielman
 Memorial 118896855, Created by Todd Cook, Record for John E Spielman
 Memorial 118896608, Created by Todd Cook, Record for Bessie Shearer
 Memorial 105277433, Created by AlbFirefly, Record for Anna Spielman
 Memorial 118451907, Created by Todd Cook, Record for Blanche L “Blanchie” Hill
“AT ROLL CALL, NO REPLY”, Anaheim Weekly Gazette, Thursday, June 25, 1903
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