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- Lititz Record (Lititz, Pa.), Thursday, August 29, 1918, p. 1, col. 3:
"Death of John T. Hackman
John Thomas Hackman, a well-known resident of Warwick township for many years, died at his home, a short distance west of Brunnerville, on Saturday morning at 5 o'clock, aged 69 years, 6 months and 13 days. Death was caused by acute indigestion. Mr. Hackman was ill about two weeks, but was only confined to bed a week. He was a son of the late Jacob and Rebecca Hackman, residents of Elizabeth township for many years. Mr. Hackman was a veteran of the Civil war, having served in Co. F., 69th regiment, and saw active service, being wounded in the leg during the course of a battle. For many years he was a cooper and also manufactured cigars. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Sarah Nessinger before marriage, one daughter, Lizzie, wife of Calvin Steiner, of Akron, and a son, Oscar Hackman, of Ephrata. A sister, Mrs. Mahala Dunkel, of Springfield, Ohio, and two brothers, Charles, of Pine Hill, Warwick township, and Henry, of Russellville, Chester county, also survive. The funeral was held on Wednesday morning with services in Emanuel Lutheran church, Brickerville, and interment in the adjoining cemetery."
NB–The obituary errs in naming his unit in the Civil War. John T. Hackman mustered into Company F of the 9th Pa. Cavalry on June 6, 1864, at Harrisburg. This unit was recruited in Lancaster County, and John would have had to lie about his age since he was only 15, not 18 as he reported at the time of enlistment. He was wounded (gun shot through lower leg) at Waynesboro, Ga., on December 4, 1864, and was treated in an ambulance. He later contracted chronic diarrhea while near Durham Station, N. C., and was sent to the hospital at Newburn, N. C. He mustered out with the regiment on July 18, 1865.
He married Sarah Nessinger on March 26, 1868, in the records of the Lutheran Church at Brickerville.
His death certificate (Pa. No. 89126) states that he died of a cerebral hemorrhage rather than "indigestion."
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